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    article, "Escape Route," by Avi Steinberg is a librarian's take on a social institution. By social institution I'm referring to a structure given a particular purpose by society (Killgore, 2017). The author describes his experience staffing the Suffolk County House of Corrections library. He tells the reader about positive and negative effects of inmates spending time in the library, the debate on a library being accessible, and his personal experiences with the inmates. Steinberg finishes the…

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    the United States". As stated by CNN.com (n.d.), on October 26, 2012, North Carolina, Washington, New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland all declared "a state of emergency," and on November 9, "gas rationing begins in New York City and Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island.” Hundreds of highways and roads flooded across the country, and thousands of flights were cancelled. The hurricane even affected the 2012 presidential election. "The Obama and Romney campaigns have cancelled or changed 20…

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    Drug Courts Case Study

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    cases, mostly nonviolent, due to the intensification of the “War on Drugs” and “Tough on Crime” movements during the 1980s (Kleiman & Hawdon, 2011). This eventually led to the introduction of drug courts. The first drug court was established in Dade County, Florida, in…

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    transportation cost by starting some schools early and staggering start times within the districts (Anderson). This method allows drivers to run more than one route at a time, which means few drivers are required (Anderson). Lubbock ISD in Texas and Suffolk Public Schools in Virginia are expected to save up to 1 million a year by using this method (Anderson). While research have found benefits of starting school later in the day,…

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    Why Start School Later?

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    especially those in middle and high school, according to Psychology Today. These benefits include better academic performance, fewer absences and even improved health”(Anderson 1). However this claim is invalid because, according to the text,” Montgomery County Public schools in Maryland has 30 high schools and the three ranked highest by U.S. News and World Report for college readiness and algebra and english proficiency all begin classes at 7:25 a.m.”(Anderson 1). Schools that begin early…

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    reviewing and granting liquor licenses. There are several different Office Locations for The New York State Liquor Authority and they each cover different counties (“About the New York State Liquor Authority.”). Zone one is located in New York, NY and consists of Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond, Suffolk and Westchester County. Zone Two which is located in Albany, NY consists of Albany, Broome, Cayuga, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Delaware, Dutchess, Essex, Franklin, Fulton,…

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    obtaining his position in the newly found country. Analyzing Bacon’s background, his actions and motives, and the consequences these actions had can provide readers with the knowledge to decide if what he did was justifiable. On January 2nd, 1647 in Suffolk County, England a man named Nathaniel Bacon was born into a wealthy and well-educated environment. He attended Cambridge University to receive his…

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    Powerful Social Media

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    In Suffolk County, NY, several incredibly hateful and vicious comments were posted on Facebook about a popular student; before, and after, she committed suicide. A Response People don’t join so that they can keep to themselves. People join social media to share…

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    The culture of Salem led to very significant events, creating the start to persecute innocent beings as “witches.” Perhaps the strict binding Puritan society had played a role in the killings of innocent others. With learning from these events, it will give us all the chance to teach us important lessons of fear and prejudice. Roughly fifty year after Salem being settled, (Linder, 2002) does Martha Goodwin age thirteen begin showing very bizarre behavior. Soon after her siblings are to promote…

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    Corvette. Not one individual had solicited how he dealt with all from that on take-home pay of about $400 a week. In May 1992, Dowd, four different officers, and one previous officer were captured for medication trafficking by police in Long Island's Suffolk County. At the point when the captures hit the papers, it was the ideal time for control among the police metal. Not just had some of their cops get to be degenerate, additionally the criminal acts must be uncovered and uncovered by a rural…

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