... Bryan Almonte, all 17; and Brian Cepeda, 16. They were arraigned on hate crime charges. They were seen in the courtroom with their heads down as their relatives wept. The charges they face include robbery, assault, sexual abuse, and unlawful imprisonment as hate crimes. None of the eight entered a plea. Peitars and Caraballo were granted bail at $100,000 bond or $50,000 cash while ... the other six are being held without bail. Two attorneys, Paul Horowitz and Fred Bittlingmeyer, represented all eight suspects at the hearing, although ... they do not expect to represent all eight during...

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... , but they may not need to. The New York's 9th Congressional District, which Weiner represented for the past 13 years, covers Brooklyn and Queens. However, the New York lawmakers are trying to eliminate the district during their redistricting process to cut down two congressional seats due to population losses. The winner of the special election winner will serve out the remainder of Weiner's term, which ends in January 2013 (Carnia). Weprin could ... run for a full term afterwards, but he is unlikely to beat out Crowley, who is predicted to take in most of the district ... ...

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... replace Indian Point and the huge amount of power it generates. Furthermore, the licenses for Indian Point's two reactors will expire in the near future - 2013 and 2015. If actions are not taken beforehand, the state can refuse to renew the permits that allow the plants to use water from the Hudson River as a coolant which will, in turn, force the plant to shut down. Currently, the Indian Point plant uses ... up to 2.5 billion gallons of water from the river per day and cycles it ... back into the river. A Westchester Democrat and former assemblyman ... ...

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The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, portrays the lives of the largely divided social classes of Long Island in the 1920's. Jay Gatsby depicts the young man desperate to win the acceptance of the old money, elitist class, and in particular the love of his former partner, Daisy Buchanan. As the story unfolds, it becomes easily apparent that Fitzgerald portrays women in a negative fashion. In particular, Fitzgerald uses Daisy, Jordan Baker and Myrtle Wilson to illustrate the disapproving ... qualities of carelessness, selfishness, dishonesty and hypocrisy. Over the years, Gatsby imagines ...

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... . Tom and Daisy disappear. Overall, the plot is very strong. Throughout the book, no action was done without reason or intent. The story was well thought out and always kept me reading. I always wanted to know more about Jay Gatsby and what would happen next. There was only one weak point in the plot which is the ending. The story ended quickly, after Gatsby's death everyone either vanished, or was ... never mentioned. I just feel that the ending was immediate, not as the rest of the story. ...

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The Great Gatsby Background Information The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and was published in 1926 by The Penguin Group. Summary Of What The Novel Is About This novel takes place in the 1920's during the Jazz Age. It is a tragic love story ending in jealousy and deceit that lets us all know that things cannot always go back to the way they used to be. The Plot The novel begins in the spring of 1922, ... suspects she has a secret lover although he does not know his identity. Later on, while in the city, Gatsby tries to force Daisy into telling Tom that they are in love, but ...

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In the Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses the settings of East and West eggs, The Valley of Ashes, and New York City to assist the actions of the main characters. The East Egg is more of the upscale region of the setting. People that live there have all the money, drive fancy cars and dress in expensive clothing. It symbolizes comfort, which means that it is always pleasant there. The East Egg also symbolizes prosperity. The ... people there, like Jay Gatsby, are successful. Daisy Buchanan is ... secret apartment in New York. Their neighbors are Mr. and Mrs. McKee. Tom and Daisy are not...

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... kill John if it's the last thing I ever do." This all started the Lincoln County War in which Billy played a leading role. This "war" was actually a struggle between two rival groups of businessmen and ranchers. Murders and depredations between the two groups built up to a three-day battle in Lincoln, New Mexico during July of 1878. Billy was a member of the group that shot Sheriff Bill ... worked and spent many happy hours together. The Kid was visiting a young Mexican woman at the ranch and stepped out of the bedroom, into the moonlight, when he heard the hoof-beats of horses outside. G...

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Anne Bradstreet was the first published female poet. But in the time of Puritanism and strict moral codes, the progressive woman was looked down upon. The role of a woman was to cook, clean, milk the cows, and manage the household in the event of the absence of the man. But there were women like Anne Bradstreet, Mary White Rowlandson, and Sarah Kemble Knight, who broke those roles (and rules) set for them by a masculo centric ... she chafes at this masculo-centric culture, she is also willing to submit to it "provided they afford her some recognition. This is what she says in The Prologue: "L...

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... was September 11, 2002. It was a day that will forever be embedded in every American's mind. An attack that wasn't foreseen by anybody fell upon one of the busiest. I was at school when I heard about the event. The day was as normal as can be, not a cloud in the sky, a clear September morning. I was in my United States History class. Everybody was laughing and having fun when an ... he claimed we could not watch it as he was instructed not to turn on the television. I figure this was done to prevent causing a panic in everyone. So we went back to our work, with this announcement racing ...

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... Also, this form of transportation linked rural and urban areas allowing rural residents to move, or shop in the big cities, and allowing city dwellers to go to the country. Family life transformed as well, as teenagers were given new social opportunities. During the 1920s, musical culture changed when jazz won a wide following. Jazz music was a blend of West ... this happened, white musicians began incorporating jazz into their music, while big bands, both black and white popularized it for dancing. Quite possibly the greatest cultural changes came about with the Harlem Renaissance, a ...

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... in the 1960's. Andy Warhol is a man who knows what to do to stand out, in ways that others just did not. One of the main themes of this book would be creativity. Everything that Andy Warhol does is based on his creative mind. Ever since Andy was a little kid he was always different from everyone, and looked upon ... as an outcast. He was diagnosed with a disease chorea, in third grade. Warhol was sick in bed with nothing to do. Therefore, Warhol would read, draw, and listen to the radio in his spare time, because ... bloomed when living in New York. He was a person who thought out of the...

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... also gave us insight on how Muslim American's live today. I thought they would be completely different than I am but we are very much the same. Muslim's actually probably go through harder times because of their religion especially after September 11th. People who follow Islam and study ... him to sell her goods he brought back her profit, she was very impressed with his honesty and character. When he started telling his followers the messages he was receiving he also told them that he was just a regular man, not like Jesus and they should not worship Muhammad. He ... was trustworthy, h...

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... York under the Snow" "New York under the Snow" was written by Jose Marti. It is about the Blizzard of 1888, the most famous snowstorm in American history, which has obtained a legendary status. The blizzard hit the northeastern United States with such fierce intensity that etched itself into victims' memories. The storm took people by surprise, and many were unprepared for the resulting desolation ... the fires. The happiness defied description when the blizzard had finally faded away, but just moments later the blizzard returned. The heavy snow hurled the people down to the ground helple...

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... O"Hara beautifully demonstrates the important role of voice in his poem "Yesterday Down At the Canal" from his collection Lunch Poems. Frank O"Hara manipulates and changes the voice numerous times throughout the poem. He begins in the first two lines by evoking a satirical voice aimed at supercilious, melodramatic readers: "You say that everything is very simple and interesting/ it makes me feel very wistful like reading a great/ Russian novel ... does" (lns1-3). O"Hara tactfully uses the "you ... ...

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... came crashing down (no pun intended) on October 29, 1929. Job was lost shortly thereafter, and the house went right after that. Home now is a shantytown in a vacant lot in New York City. Find meals in the garbage cans when the bread lines are too long. Life's even harder for a lot of other people, out in the Dust Bowl and other parts of the country. Life during the Great Depression was ... difficult for almost everybody in America, no matter where the came from. In the cities, families were thrown out onto the streets and left to fend ... over farming, and drought. "Newspapers say the d...

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... boring, not that Mme Avari was a bad teacher, she was awesome. I"m just not multilingual.) Since I sat the closest to the window, as well as being a New York State EMT, I rushed over to the window to see what had happened. The second I looked out side, a vast Mysterious Black cloud hovered in the clear blue sky. Being a fireman as well my instincts were going off like an early morning ... school, skipping steps, dodging scared students left and right. As I was running down the steps I met up with Bobby and Steve, we all had the same worried and scared look on our faces. The second we ar...

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... all levels and functions of a business. Initially the sessions focused on removing unnecessary work but as the program developed it focused more on complex business processes. The sessions usually started with small groups brainstorming followed by a plenary session in which suggestions developed from the small groups were openly debated. At the end of discussion, the leader was required to make an immediate decision and ... However, each quarter the bottom 10% producers were dismissed based upon the Vitality Curve. (See Appendix) Employees were evaluated based upon the 4 E's and 1 P of G...

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... to solve problems by discussion rather than by war. It consisted of 3 parts, the Assembly, the Council, and the Secretariat. The Covenant was the set of rules for the League of Nations, which member countries had to obey. Imposing sanctions (preventing or stopping trade) was how the League punished countries that broke the Covenant. Despite the fact that the League was an excellent and noble idea, it was fatally flawed from ... . The idea that the failure of the U.S. to enter the League was a terrible mistake that played a significant role in bringing about the Second World War became wi...

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... was about 150 miles, and was completed in about 30 hours, including an overnight stop. The success of "the Clermont" was assured from the start. People would not content themselves with the slow travel of stagecoaches or sailboats when they could go to Albany in 32 hours in a steamboat. The competition made the other sailors jealous, so other boats often hit "the Clermont" intentionally. The next winter a law was imposed to ... protect " the Clermont" fining or imprisoning anyone who attempted ... ...

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... was about 150 miles, and was completed in about 30 hours, including an overnight stop. The success of "the Clermont" was assured from the start. People would not content themselves with the slow travel of stagecoaches or sailboats when they could go to Albany in 32 hours in a steamboat. The competition made the other sailors jealous, so other boats often hit "the Clermont" intentionally. The next winter a law was imposed to ... protect " the Clermont" fining or imprisoning anyone who attempted ... ...

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... grew up in a Christian home and have been going to church my whole life. The definition of Christianity in the dictionary says; the religion derived from Jesus Christ, based on the Bible as sacred scripture, and professed by Christians. A lot of people use the term ... to live a decent life. "Tolstoy found in the lives of these peasants a spirituality that became a model for creating meaning and achieving happiness in this own life." Tolstoy viewed religion as the way to happiness and the good life. Living a good life could mean ... writer was working 60 hours a week in order to live i...

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... on an 80 acre farm. At this early age John indulge himself in books of popular fiction such and humor and mystery novels. At this age he also showed interest in fine art his mother was a great encouragement and pushed him to pressure art and literature. He did extremely well in school and was elected president and co-valedictorian of his graduating class. After ... high school he received a tuition scholarship to attend the prestigious Harvard University. He graduated from Harvard summa cum laude ... moved to Ipswich, Massachusetts where he settled down and started to focus on his nove...

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... environment when they move from one school to another. They are frightened by starting again in an unfamiliar place. Also, it is very difficult to adapt alone in a place where you do not know anything. Therefore, to get new students used to the new surroundings, schools can provide orientations, offer continuous counseling, and help new students find good buddies. First of all, elementary schools ... people harder to adjust new schools. For example, in the story of College, when Anzia Yezierska, the author of College, went to school on the first day of the semester, she was very excited...

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... conditions were staggering and you were lucky to live past the age of five. The East Side of New York had the highest population density in the world, which I found interesting. I found his opinions about the lower class acting like their surrounding very interesting. Their habits ... there would be revolt in the city. Such a large number of people oppressed would eventually fight back. He believed that the only solutions were to change laws, remodel all the tenements, or the best solution to tear them down and build new model ... groups discriminated against at the time, including whi...

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