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    Soc 310 Cook County Jail Reflection Paper Autumn 2009 Our visit to Cook County Jail was very stimulating to say the least. The community that the jail system is located in is primarily filled with Mexican Americans and seems to be very poor. I think that the jail is located there with no consideration of lowering property level due to the fact that it is already a poor neighborhood. I think that it further harms this community because the youth are exposed to jail system unnecessarily. I

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    Filinvest wins contract to redevelop site of old Cebu City jail By Doris C. Dumlao Philippine Daily Inquirer 4:47 pm | Tuesday‚ February 28th‚ 2012  1 72 5 MANILA‚ Philippines—Filinvest Land Inc. has bagged a deal to redevelop a 1.2-hectare property owned by the government that was the site of the old Cebu City jail on Salinas Drive in Lahug  to  turn it into a business process outsourcing complex. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange on Tuesday‚ the property developer announced

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    Huntley‚ Dana. "The Quest for the Historical Arthur." British Heritage‚ vol. 19‚ no. 3‚ Mar. 1998‚ p. 12. EBSCOhost. Huntley based his article around the idea of whether Arthur was a real person that existed in history or merely just in stories. He begins his article by familiarizing the audience about the legends of King Arthur. While stories of Arthur progressed through centuries of Celtic tales and became popular during the middle ages‚ it is important to note that it was Geoffrey of Monmouth

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    The Historical Context of Performance‚ Dance. In this essay I have been researching and will be discussing the different contexts of west side story. This will help me to critically comment on the portrayal of Romeo and Juliet through the use of dance. West Side Story is a modern-day version of Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet‚ west side story however is set in the Upper West Side of New York City in the late 1950s with conflict between two teenage rival street gangs of different ethnic and

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    To jail break an iPhone 3g you will need iTunes and access to the internet. The first thing you will need to do is back up everything on your iPhone 3g using iTunes. There are many different ways to jail break. Once you’ll backed up your iPhone 3g you have to restore it. To restore it hold the shift key and click the “Restore” button. iTunes will launch a file dialog for you to select the firmware file. You will need to download the newest firmware (ios 4.0.1). Once your iPhone 3g is updated to firmware

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    Ashleigh Cox Keith Fagan World History 18 December 2014 Pocahontas: A Native American Figure Throughout history there have been many great historical figures. A historical figure is someone who will forever be remembered for their great achievements or bravery. Many historical figures have faced many obstacles which they have had to overcome. One such figure was Pocahontas. She was a Native American woman who lived an extraordinary life. Pocahontas‚ the Native American princess‚ experienced

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    The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail Study Questions 1. Thoreau has a unique perspective on even something like the alphabet. What is that perspective? How does it relate to Emerson’s ideas about conformity? Thoreau believes that you shouldn’t be forced to say the alphabet one particular way. Say it backwards‚ or start in the middle. Emerson had said‚ “Cast conformity behind you.” Conformity is doing things just like everyone else. Obviously‚ Thoreau doesn’t do things like everyone else.

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    The Jails A Central Plant services all three major jail campus facilities—the Main Jail‚ North Annex‚ and South Annex—and nearly all jail support functions are located in the Main Jail. The Main Jail has 12 floors‚ six of which are for housing. Its maximum population capacity is 1‚064. The Main Jail was built in 1989 and features administrative offices‚ an infirmary‚ and intake and release offices. The North Annex Jail is a five-story structure‚ four of which are used almost exclusively for

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    The Great Gatsby: How it Applies to Modern Society The people in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby are very alike the people in our generation today. They’re alike in the way they depict racism‚ irresponsibility‚ and corruption. The two generations however; also share people who display integrity and honesty. The two generations show irresponsibility and corruption through many characters like Myrtle‚ Meyer Wolfshiem and Tom. After Myrtle bought the dog she had taken no care after

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    Background Information * The novel covers a 10 year period. * The novel was written approximately in 720 B.C. * The novel takes place in 1230 B.C. ~ during the Bronze age. * The Iliad (written first) and The Odyssey are based on historical events that took place about 1230 B.C. * Both novels are considered epic poems * The Odyssey is defined as a journey. This is the story of Odysseus’ journey back home after the Trojan War. From The Odyssey‚ Homer chose the story of Odysseus’

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