However, as per the FBI, only 11,208 of our 16,121 murders were committed with firearms, eg 31. Youve switched something with its complement here 11,208. A Brief History Lesson. Handguns are among the oldest type of firearms. Originating in ancient China as small hand cannons, guns eventually evolved into muzzle. LlgTeI/0.jpg' alt='Watch Forty Guns Online Free 2016' title='Watch Forty Guns Online Free 2016' />Code. Wikipedia. Code. org is a non profit organization and eponymous website led by Hadi Partovi1 that aims to encourage people, particularly school students in the United States, to learn computer science. The website includes free coding lessons and the initiative also targets schools in an attempt to encourage them to include more computer science classes in the curriculum. On December 9, 2. Hour of Code 2. 01. Computer Science Education Week until December 1. HistoryeditCode. January 2. Hadi and Ali Partovi, as a non profit focused on making computer programming more accessible. Their initial focus was on creating a database of all computer science classrooms in the United States. At the time, Hadi Partovi stated that about ninety percent of US schools do not teach programming, despite it now being a foundational field. The idea for the organization came from Hadi, who states that he thought of it on the day of Steve Jobs death in 2. After this, Hadi worked full time to bring the organization to fruition. In late February 2. Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Jack Dorsey, and other programmers and entrepreneurs on the importance of learning to code. Two weeks after the launch, Tech. Crunch reported that the video had gone viral and received a lot of positive attention. Directed by Samuel Fuller. With Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Dean Jagger, John Ericson. Showdown in Arizona between the Bonnell brothers, U. S. Marshals, and. Starbucks Corporation is an American coffee company and coffeehouse chain. Starbucks was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1971. As of November 2016, it operates. Partovi raised about 1. Code. org from various tech companies and tech company founders. In 2. 01. 4, Code. Flappy Bird video game using the sites block visual programming language. J4VAYunGYpTXAaS9iwTpjiND.jpg' alt='Watch Forty Guns Online Free 2016' title='Watch Forty Guns Online Free 2016' />Code. Disney film Frozen,2. Angry Birds, and Plants vs. Zombies. 2. 1 In December 2. Code. org held a successful Indiegogocrowdfunding campaign that raised over 5 million to help educate school children. Overall, about 1. Code. org efforts. On November 1. 6, 2. Microsoft announced a partnership with Code. Minecraft as a tutorial to teach kids how to code. Sholay-3D-2014.jpg' alt='Watch Forty Guns Online Free 2016' title='Watch Forty Guns Online Free 2016' />In February 2. Code. org won the award for Biggest Social Impact at the Annual Crunchies Awards. By September 2. 01. Code. org founder Hadi Partovi was recognized as a Top 3. Education Leader by the Center for Digital Education. In December 2. 01. Code. org was recognized by the NASDAQ market by opening the stock market. Hour of CodeeditDuring Computer Science Education Week 2. Watch Ooga Booga Online Free 2016. December 9 to December 1. Code. org launched the Hour of Code Challenge on its website to teach computer science to school students, enticing them to complete short programming tutorials. The Hour of Code involved getting people to write short snippets of code to achieve pre specified goals using Blockly, a visual programming language of a similar flavor as Logo. The initiative had been announced about two months in advance3. United States President Barack Obama as well as executives from technology companies such as Microsoft and Apple Inc. About 2. 0 million people participated and over 6. The Hour of Code also offered participation gifts to some of the schools involved, such as a set of fifty laptops or a conference call with one a tech luminary like Gates or Dorsey. The crowdfunding effort for Hour of Code received the highest amount of funding ever raised on Indiegogo. By October 2. 01. Hour of Code class,4. Hour of Code was held in December 2. That year, locations for Hour of Code lessons included Apple retail stores. In December 2. 01. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau helped launch the international Hour of Code campaign for 2. Curriculum effortseditThe first step in the organizations efforts as regards the curriculum of schools was to work with US school districts to add computer programming as a class. Most US schools did not have a course code for computer sciences, in order for schools to be able to offer coding as a class. After this, the next step was to create free online teaching and learning materials for schools to use if instituting computer science classes. By 2. 01. 4, Code. US school districts to reach about 5 of all the students in US public schools about two million students,4. Code. org had trained about 1. That year Code. org was partnered with about seventy of the largest US school districts including each of the seven largest, representing several million students. The company also partnered with other computer class businesses and private entities to provide additional computer learning materials and opportunities. As of 2. 01. 5, six million students had been enrolled in Code. That year, Code. org partnered with College Board, in order to develop a slate of advanced placement computer classes. Code. org has also trained at least 1. The main platform used in Code. Code Studio5. 4 which according to Tech. Crunch, teaches the underlying concepts in programming through the manipulation of blocks of logic that when stacked together in a particular order, move a character around a scene or draw a shape. Legislative effortseditOne of the main lobbying efforts of Code. Code. org also focuses specifically on female and minority students, as the organization believes these are the students most at risk of not receiving computer science education before high school or college. According to its website, Code. Bringing Computer Science classes to every K 1. United States, especially in urban and rural neighborhoods. Demonstrating the successful use of online curriculum in public school classrooms. Changing policies in all 5. C. S. as part of the mathscience core curriculum. Harnessing the collective power of the tech community to celebrate and grow C. S. education worldwide. Increasing the representation of women and students of color in the field of Computer Science. Increasing their global outreach by making their courses available in more than 4. ReceptioneditWriting for San Jose Mercury News, Mike Cassidy praised Code. Hour of Code, writing A publicity stunt is what we need. John Dvorak was critical of the Hour of Code in an article for PC Magazine. Dvorak wrote I see it as a ploy to sell more computers in schools. See alsoeditReferenceseditGuynn, Jessica 2. Silicon Valley launches campaign to get kids to code. Los Angeles Times. Want to prepare kids for the future Teach them to code. About Us. Code. org. Retrieved December 3. CSEd Week.  2 nytimes. Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Lately, CodingAn Hour of Codes Hadi Partovi on Changing Education and Making History. Olanoff, Drew January 2. Code. org Launches To Help Make Computer Programming Accessible To Everyone. Tech. Crunch. Retrieved January 8, 2. NORAH ODONNELL, MICHELLE MILLER, GAYLE KING May 7, 2. Several leading names in tech are urging California Governor Jerry Brown to make a meaningful investment in computer science and education. CBS This Morning. April 2. Steve Jobs Death Inspired Goal To Get Kids Coding. NPR Tell Me More. Jahandad Memarian August 2. Hadi Partovis American Dream Making Coding Available to All. Huffington Post.  Tickle, Glen January 2. Code. org Says Hello, World to Get Everybody Coding. Geekosystem. Retrieved January 8, 2. Taylor, Colleen February 2. Watch Zuck, Bill Gates, Jack Dorsey, Others In Short Film To Inspire Kids To Learn How To Code. Tech. Crunch. Retrieved January 8, 2. Nieva, Richard February 2. Code. org has launched a meaningful attempt at education reform. Lets hope the star power helps. Pando. Daily. Retrieved January 8, 2. Is Code. org Too Soulless To Make an Impact. Slash. Dot. February 2. Retrieved January 8, 2. Winer, Dave February 2. Why you should learn to code. Retrieved January 8, 2. Taylor, Colleen March 1. How Code. orgs Learn To Code Video Starring Zuck And Gates Surpassed 1. M Views In 2 Weeks. Tech. Crunch. Retrieved January 8, 2. Lyndsey Layton January 1. Successful Hour of Code Computer Tutorials Prompts Effort to Change School Policies Posted 2. Digital Advocates Translate Hour of Code into Educational Movement.