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In recent years, conchas have gained visibility outside of Mexico. A "concha bun burger" won the James Beard Foundation's Blended Burger Project in 2016. [8] With many bakeries reimagining the concept of a concha, the sweet bread has also received a high amount of attention on social media. [9] Conchas have become a symbol of Mexican-American ...
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The bodies of the lutes were traditionally made from a concha (armadillo shell). [3] Today the bowls may be made of wood and the mandolin have a flat back.. mandolinos de concheros or mandolina conchera: with 4 double courses (8 strings), tuned as mandolin (g-d-a-e).
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After 1700, literary evidence from a variety of sources—e.g., ministers, newspapers, and judges—suggest that property crime rates rose (or, at least, were perceived to). [78] Conviction rates appear to have risen during the last half of the eighteenth century, rapidly so in the 1770s and afterward and especially in urban areas. [78]
Many U.S. states offer parole after a decade or more has passed, but in California, people sentenced to life imprisonment can normally apply for parole after seven years. [3] Florida leads the country with nearly one quarter of its LWOP prisoners, more than California, New York and Texas combined. [4]
“Washington State imprisons people at a rate three times higher than most of the rest of the developed world.” | Opinion
A 1959 report indicated that the facility was over three times more expensive to run than the average American prison; $10 per prisoner per day compared to $3 in most other prisons. [18] The problem was made worse by the buildings' structural deterioration from exposure to salt spray, which would require $5 million to fix.