Westminster Choir College of Rider University Princeton‚ NJ FOLK INSTRUMENTS OF PUERTO RICO: THEIR ORIGINS‚ ROOTS AND INFLUENCE IN PUERTO RICAN CULTURE Luis F. Rodríguez MH 631 - Introduction to Musicology Prof. Mirchandani 12/19/2001 CONTENTS: Introduction 3 Historical Background 3 Musical Genres 4 Musical Instruments Taíno Heritage 6 African Heritage 8 Plucked String Instruments (“Spanish Heritage”)
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COURT CASE: ALA vs. CIPA (may be United States vs ALA) Argued March 5‚ 2003 Decided June 23‚ 2003 CASE SUMMARY: In this case the American Library Association (ALA) challenged in court the constitutionality of the Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA) enacted in 2000‚ saying that it violated the First Amendment. In this lawsuit ALA sued to overturn the requirement that libraries restrict patrons’ access to computer information‚ that if Internet filters were not installed‚ federal funding and computer
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No‚ the citizens did not enjoy the freedom they had envisioned and did not accept American rule. Initially‚ the people of Cuba‚ Philippines and Puerto Rico had welcomed American involvement and had viewed it as an opportunity for freedom and social reform. Their vision was to break free Spain’s control and build their own government and laws. After the war‚ America began to take control over the islands and the people’s views towards America changed. The American government was imposing their rules
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Weeks vs United States By: Daven Baker Historic Background the U.S. Supreme Court used the common law rule and permitted States and federal courts to admit evidence gained by an illegal search to convict an accused offender Common law – judges decided whether evidence that had little to do with a case could be admitted Fremont Weeks was arrested at his business‚ where officers searched the site without a warrant Evidence collected from the illegal search was used to convict Weeks of transporting
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“United States vs. Enron” Enron Corporation was one of the largest global energy‚ services and commodities company. Before it was filed bankruptcy under chapter 11‚ it sold natural gas and electricity‚ delivered energy and other commodities such as bandwidth internet connection‚ and provided risk management and financial services to the clients around the world. Enron was established in 1930 as Northern Natural Gas Company and joined with three other companies to undertake this industry. The four
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Although‚ there is an enormous difference in the scale of their two economies‚ the United States and Portugal share significant similarities. Portugal’s economy is growing at a steady rate‚ but has a long way to go to get out of its recession. In the article‚ The Federation of International Trade Association says‚ “Since 2009‚ Portugal has been suffering from the worst economic crisis since the fall of the dictatorship in 1974. This deep recession was caused by the collapse of foreign demand and
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-1Question: In 400 words or less. The backbone of a country is always in its constitution. A constitution is a body of fundamental principles according to which a state is governed by. If I were to write a constitution for a large country with significant differences in the population‚ I would definitely use Britain’s constitution as my model. Britain is a parliamentary democracy with a constitutional monarchy‚ which in my mind is a great system to create unity among the people. Although‚ Britain’s
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Abstract I chose the landmark case of Korematsu v. United States for this research paper. Back on December 7‚ 1941 the Japanese attacked US Naval forces in Pearl Harbor located in Hawaii. The next day the US declared war on Japan and everyone was in a panic wondering what would happen next. The United States joined World War II and all Japanese and Japanese-Americans were being rounded up and put into camps‚ because the US government was afraid that there could spies or that the people with a Japanese
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economies of Cuba and Puerto Rico are very similar during the 16th‚ 17th‚ and 18th centuries. As Spain colonized these two islands in the 16th century under the idea that gold was abundant. Thus in turn the islands became a safe port for Spain and her vessels. It also set out to be a huge migration from the Spain to the islands‚ because everyone was set to search for gold. . This turned out to be short lived as the mining of gold peaked in 1517 till 1819. By Spain using Cuba and Puerto Rico for mining gold
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Smart Phones: Windows vs. Android With time‚ phones have changed drastically. First from the house phone to the “brick phone‚” flip phone and now touch screen. Not too long ago Google and Microsoft Windows created smart phones that were really similar to the Apple iPhone‚ which was the phone that achieved better management of apps—BlackBerry being the first to launch phone applications. These smart phones are called Android and Windows Phone 7 which differ a lot from each other. When someone is seeking
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