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...which leaves the possibility for what is believed to be the first recorded use of the 2003 Anti-social Behaviour act which for the first time gives councils the ability to enter private premises and force the removal of graffiti. A measure introduced by the (blind) MP David Blunkett and which Banksy attacked at the time in a series of paintings and statements...
...Chuck Bass. Toss on your sweater vest and talk in a hushed, threatening, but irresistible voice. Look angry, act rich...
...schools. Moreover, when possible, schools should consolidate special needs classrooms to make the most of existing teachers and both tangible and intangible resources, such as funding and experience teaching children with special needs. Additionally, schools should generate more comprehensive Individual Education Programs. Mandated under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, an IEP addresses the particular needs of each child and theoretically ensures that the school focuses instruction in a way that is receptive to the child’s needs. By creating more thorough IEPs, schools could identify which children would, in the short-term, be best suited...
...based on actual study and analysis of what led to the catastrophe on Sept. 11. Not a single one of the recommendations has anything to do with expanding the government's surveillance power. That was not what the problem was. The problem was the government had not effectively acted on the enormous amounts of information they had already amassed under its already enormous surveillance power. One of the points the Sept. 11 Commission made was that excessive secrecy actually undermined national security because it was hard to get information out. With congressional oversight and judicial review you can channel...
...officers and awarded them $6.5 million. Though he vowed to appeal the verdict, Kilpatrick eventually brokered a secret deal that awarded the officers $8.4 million in public money in exchange for their silence about the extramarital affair. Four months later, local media outlets used Michigan's Freedom of Information Act to obtain all relevant trial documents and, in January, the Detroit Free Press published excerpts from the more than 14,000 intimate text messages sent between Beatty and Kilpatrick via city-issued pagers. In March, the local county prosecutor charged Kilpatrick and Beatty with official misconduct, perjury and obstruction...