... rate of 39.9%, which means that after an incarcerated person is released, that person has a 39.9% chance of committing another crime and returning to prison within three years. This is slightly below the national average of 43%.3 It costs taxpayers approximately $60,000 per year per inmate, which adds up ... only outgrowth of this program. It is proven that inmates who are enrolled are 75% less likely to commit infractions while in prison, out of fear that they will lose their education privileges. It is also proven that college education in prisons breaks down racial barriers ... feels...

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... . As time went on other instruments in Merengue were replaced. Mainly because when the Dominicans migrated out of Cibao they took the music with them, but could not bring the instruments. As time went on pianos, basses, saxophones, trumpets, and trombones, were the futures of what help create ... the music for Merengue. Now days if u wanted to hear what started Merengue, the "Perico Ripiao" you could go to Quisequeya Heights ( Washington Heights) and ... Jackson Heights neighborhoods of New York and in Corona Queens Another style of Latin music, which is very popular, is Salsa. Salsa is...

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... censor "pro-drug lyrics". These censors announced their plan to pressure major record companies to discontinue production of what they called "obscene" music and music which contains " blatantly pro-drug lyrics. All of the CDs targeted as "obscene" already carry Parental Advisory Labels. Parents are already ... wont play the roughest and most offensive songs. A third station WPWR opted for a different route, saying it would lose credibility with its audience if it banned music that reflects the language of urban life. "We've got to speak their language" if the message of the record is ...

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... after the creation of Mtv. Since Mtv's introduction as part of the "pop" culture, it has evolved to include all types of music, from rock -n- roll to love songs to hip-hop. Videos used to help the listeners/fans interpret the artists' songs, now the videos just ... are the work of promoters and record labels in an effort to sell more and more albums. Sometimes the artists have their hands tied in the way the music is promoted. These marketing tactics are probably dictated by someone in an office in some building in New York. But as distasteful these videos may be, ... video can get away...

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... streets, therefore, many may say that it was the industry that killed them. It all started when Tupac was shot and robbed in the lobby of a music studio in New York City. He was at the studio to meet with Biggie to work on a song together. After the robbery, Tupac blamed Biggie for ... became a serious issue. It looked as if the violent lyrics in songs cause the fans to react violently. Then the media had a way of portraying rap music as all violent and negative. They never showed the positive side of the rap industry. When Tupac died, all the media concentrated on was the fact that .....

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... , student performance, and parental concerns. First of, student's health. These snacks and soda machines are dispensing sicknesses. According to Agnes Molnar, director of the Child Nutrition Unit of the Community Food Resource Network in New York City, the danger with vending machines in schools is that students often replace nutritionally balanced school lunches with less nutritious vending machine items. She notes ... school lunches purchased. "Principals and teachers should care more about what their students are putting into their mouths," Molnar said. Carol Beebe, executive director...

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... able to lower our prices even farther. We will be selling high quality and accurate guides informing people which Bed and Breakfast establishments are available. Including items such as price, food quality and attractions in the near by area. This guide will be a little more extensive then the ones we have available now but we are hoping for a large demand not ... ...

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... songs off of Napster morally acceptable? This seems to be a constant questioned asked amongst ourselves. It is the ever-constant issue of morals when dealing with others. The downloading of music off of Napster is not morally acceptable. With a common sense understanding of copyright issues, trying to get something for nothing and the laws of the land a person can plainly see ... copyright law. The protection of copyrights was established to allow a person, who qualifies, to protection their work. Works such as poetry, movies, CD-ROMs, video games, plays, paintings, sheet music, and yes...

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... against hostages. Autopsies revealed that hostages did not die from having their throats slashed by their captors, as had first been suggested by prison officials, but from the troops' deadly fire. Perhaps because of the Depression economy, perhaps for other reasons as well, no Attica inmate ... institution described above. When Attica opened, there was no cafeteria with food under glass, no recreation room, no automatic signal system, and no sunlight streaming into the cells. There was, in fact, nothing but another huge, foreboding prison. With the unprecedented emphasis on security visi...

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... festival, nearly ninety percent of the people there were smoking marijuana. Approximately one hundred percent of the 33 people arrested were charged with drug-related charges. In addition to this, food shortage was a problem, since so many people showed up who the festival organizers wree not prepared for. Only 60,000 people were expected to attend, yet on the first day ... fruit. Although there were some conditions that were terrible, (Lack of food, hardly any facilities, drugs and alcohol, and mud) there were hardly any violent acts at the festival. However, on the negative side, acco...

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... festival, nearly ninety percent of the people there were smoking marijuana. Approximately one hundred percent of the 33 people arrested were charged with drug-related charges. In addition to this, food shortage was a problem, since so many people showed up who the festival organizers wree not prepared for. Only 60,000 people were expected to attend, yet on the first day ... fruit. Although there were some conditions that were terrible, (Lack of food, hardly any facilities, drugs and alcohol, and mud) there were hardly any violent acts at the festival. However, on the negative side, acco...

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... West Nile virus didn't occure in the United States until about four year ago. In 1999, the West Nile virus appeared in New York ("West Nile Fact Sheet" 1). There was no sign of the West Nile virus in the Western Hemisphere before 1999 ("Questions and Answers About West Nile Virus" 1). How the West Nile ... an infected bird or mosquito carried it over here from another country. This is just a theory and the true reason has not been identified ("West Nile Fact Sheet" 1). Sometimes when it comes to the West Nile virus, people have no symptoms at all. In fact, most people don't even know tha...

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... John Hammond signed her to Columbia records for her debut record along with Benny Goodman and his band. By 1936, she had begun to record her own music. Her recordings became a masterpiece to the name jazz. She had done recordings with such artist like Count Basie in 1937 and Artie Shaw in 1938. She ... movie New Orleans. Tragedy struck right in the prime of her career. Billie started used alcohol and drugs that led her to serving time in a Federal prison. Billie worked her way back to the limelight making stops at New York's Carnegie hall and Europe. She was arrested again for drugs and ...

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... pasture in Sullivan county. For four days, this site became a "countercultural mini-nation" in which drugs were all but legal, music was plenty, and love was free. The music began Friday afternoon at 5:07 p.m. August 15, and continued until mid-morning Monday August 18. The festival closed the New ... but a permit had already been purchased to have a concert, so not much could be done about it. Although the conditions were terrible, (Lack of food, sparse sanitation facilities, drugs and alcohol, mud, to name a few) there were no violent acts at the festival. DRUGS Drugs were a problem a...

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... pasture in Sullivan county. For four days, this site became a "countercultural mini-nation" in which drugs were all but legal, music was plenty, and love was free. The music began Friday afternoon at 5:07 p.m. August 15, and continued until mid-morning Monday August 18. The festival closed the New ... but a permit had already been purchased to have a concert, so not much could be done about it. Although the conditions were terrible, (Lack of food, sparse sanitation facilities, drugs and alcohol, mud, to name a few) there were no violent acts at the festival. DRUGS Drugs were a problem a...

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... an ex-lead singer and junkie along with a lifelong tragedy of being HIV positive. Mark and Roger, who struggle to find ends meet, barely make enough money to provide them food, heat and to pay rent. Over the years that follow, the main characters will embark on drama every step of the way, with Roger who is holds onto his former ... my attention due to musical twist. A rock opera was something that I was not expecting. The musical twist caught my attention the most because it was very interesting and entertaining. The music by Michael Morris helped the audience figure out the mood of th...

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... . The facts that the film shows are very real and touching. It amazes me how all the blame always goes to the same old things like video games, evil rock music especially made by Marilyn Manson, and of course the old classic T.V. Moore succeeded in proving that this isn't entirely true. As he showed us that most of the video games ... come from Japan, and they probably have the so called evil rock music made by there own Marilyn Manson. It was now true that this weren't the reason's why America has so many homicides every year. Seeing that people live in Canada with ... I saw this in th...

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... small booths everywhere and it looked somewhat like a fair. People were braiding each others hair and giving others henna tattoos. We found a food both were the guys running it weren't even collecting money. They were in fact giving out food for free. We thought that was great and so we basically camped out around this makeshift stand and filled up on their ... soda and candy. Once our stomachs began to hurt we went to help our father set up the tent. Everywhere you looked all we could see was guys without their shirts on and various music blasting from ... like forever, we had opted t...

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... to 18 different cities within New York, California, Florida, Utah, Vermont, Louisiana, Colorado, Nevada, and Washington. Washington, DC and San Juan Puerto Rico are also flight destinations("Learn more: fact sheet", 2002). The fleet consists of 32 Airbus A-320s powered by. This is the only type of airplane that management wishes to use, and 100 more have been ordered for the ... next six years. All aircraft can hold 162 passengers in leather seats with a television at every seat ("Learn more: fact sheet", 2002). Inflight entertainment consists of 24 channels of LiveTV, an in-air satelli...

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... hard by the American Revolution. Some of them had their property destroyed in the fighting, some others had contracts with the Continental Congress. The contracts were in order to provide food and other goods to the Continental Army. Once the war was over, there was no more need for that contract, but for many of the farmers they were still producing ... started to shut down the foreclosure hearings, especially for the people who were victims of foreclosure. Many of the people that could not pay the taxes would go to a debtor's prison. Farmers not only protested the fact that they have ...

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... : 8). This is known as recidivism and it is a problem in our society as it affects communities, families, and public safety. The transition from prison life back into society is not simple. Ex-offenders must find a residence, purchase life's necessities, and locate a job. These activities are harder for ... knew the solutions, but our policies did not reflect what these scholars deemed would be effective. I was interested in learning why our society wanted prison to be like a "business" and was willing to pay huge amounts of taxpayer's money on prisons rather than trying to fix ... Feder...

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... this time in the stifling heat, and of course they tend to steal things they didn't really need like overly priced items instead of food and clothing. It was reported that Toaster and Liquors and sport memorabilia, than food and shoes. A lot of people's commentary on the traumatizing sight was like "Holidays in July". When the blackout was over the ... from the states to employ workers to reconstruct whatever was damaged. It seemed liked many government officials were going through some sort of a recover during this time including people. Many prison cells were filled up to max during t...

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... . The Fixer 1966 takes place in tsarist Russia. (BRITANNICA) His novel won him the Pulitzer Prize in 1967. It was about the suffering of a Russian Jewish workman sentenced unjustly to prison. Therefore it is a tale of the Holocaust. (Lardinois) His other novels are A New Life 1961, Dubin's Lives 1979, and God's Grace 1982. Last but now least "The Tentants" which was ... and spending several months each year in New York City. They say he tries to do some writing each day and likes to spend his leisure time reading listening to music, visiting art galleries, playing poker and doing on walk...

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... was trying to calm him down because he was freaking out another child on the plane. The other kid was crying hysterically. The food was so extravagant that I ate mine in a split second and then went for my brother's food too. The second plane, was the total opposite. This plane was going to Mayaguez. It was smaller than the last plane and ... and I was invited by one of the girls at the party. I went and had lots of fun. It was like being in an outside club. The party was fantastic. The music was superb and the food was delicious. I wish I could have stayed longer but I had to hop on th...

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... up in violent conflict against their oppressors. During the Nineteen Sixties and early Nineteen Seventies, these class struggles reached a boiling as evidenced by the massive prison uprising in Attica, New York. (Zinn, A People's History, 514) "The prisons in the United States had long been an extreme reflection of ... (Zinn, A People's History, 515) The death of George Jackson, a politically outspoken inmate from California, in August of 1971 at the hands of prison officials sent shockwaves throughout the prisons of the United States. (Zinn, A People's History, 519) He had been the voic...

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