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...National Youth Court Center in Lexington, Ky. Advocates say they not only help relieve criminal-court backlogs but have also proved they can turn around a kid who has gone wrong. A study by the Urban Institute found that youth courts are often more effective in preventing repeat crimes than are other methods used by cities to discipline first-time minor offenders, which range from a letter of warning to referral to juvenile criminal court. "Youth courts provide a more thorough and personal response," says Jeffrey Butts, who directed the Urban Institute study...
...Only in so much as history tends to repeat itself and in that we tend to repeat our stupid actions. Otherwise, it is very much a commentary on that war, that situation...
...lunchtime, fears of a repeat attack seemed to be fading and passengers on London?s buses looked a bit more comfortable in their seats. Riding into town from Hammersmith, teenage girls chattered brightly on the bottom deck and finally exited in a fit of giggles. It was almost business as usual. On any other day the sharp knock at the back of the bus as it approached Piccadilly Circus might have been interpreted as something mundane: an umbrella hitting the floor, a high heel?s clatter. Today it provoked a panic for one woman seated in the back...
ESTABLISHED. TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM, covering the Indian Ocean; by UNESCO; in Paris. Designed to prevent a repeat of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that killed more than 200,000 people, the planned system will link seismographic equipment and deep-sea sensors scattered throughout the region with monitoring centers and emergency-services agencies in at least 19 countries. When fully operational in 2006, the system is expected to provide early warning of potentially devastating undersea earthquakes, enabling the evacuation of coastal communities around the Indian Ocean...
...memorizes lyrics, attends concerts, and knows several line dances well enough to teach them. She created a playlist—66 songs long—of her favorite country hits, and convinced me and our six other roommates to entertain the genre. As I listened to the playlist on repeat, I became entranced by the energetic beats and the creative lyrics. Inevitably, I became a country music fan, and now my most played songs in iTunes are titled “Chattahoochie” and “Whose Bed Have Your Boots Been Under.” First impressions...