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...full City Council for a vote, but only after the committee conducted a four-hour debate on the system’s inability to retain students. Over the last two years, Cambridge schools have lost 755 students. This year, there are roughly 6,000 students enrolled in the district. Schuster’s and Nolan’s motion ultimately passed on a 4-3 vote. Nolan said the roundtable was necessary because the issue of declining enrollment had not been formally addressed on School Committee agendas. “We have nibbled around the causes of this issue...
Located in the bustling Kemang area of South Jakarta, the all-suite Kemang Icon, kemangicon.com, is an ideal setting for visitors looking to get away from the relative blandness of the central business district. Longer bookings are encouraged by special rates and by [an error occurred while processing this directive] domesticated touches (four of the 12 one-room suites come with kitchenettes). The location also has some of the Indonesian capital's hippest nightlife and shopping within walking distance, so there's plenty to keep guests amused - they can drop in at chic new cocktail lounge Casa (it's right...
Spitalfields is a London neighborhood with a dual personality. It borders the financial district, but walk 10 minutes to the east and you hit deprived public-housing projects. The area's focal point is Spitalfields market, founded in 1887 and still going strong, in part due to the controversial development of the western side. Under an arching transparent canopy, mainstream shops and restaurants, which moved in over the winter, are now doing a brisk trade alongside the established stalls peddling eclectica. Among the new arrivals, only the restaurant Canteen might appeal to both the bohemian crowd and financial folk...
...pervasive is the sense that the Taliban is effectively in charge that the public, fearing retribution, has rejected help from the government and U.S. Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs). One source in the Suri District in Zabol province explained why locals had turned down a water-purification project proposed by the local PRT: "I don't want to be put to death by Taliban," he said...
...same day, New Orleans Criminal District Judge Charles Elloie set him free. From 2003 to 2004, Elloie, one of 12 judges, was responsible for 83% of cases in which a suspect was released after a bail reduction, according to a Metropolitan Crime Commission study. Since Katrina, Elloie has issued either no bail or low bail in at least four cases involving assault rifles, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune. Elloie did not respond to a call from TIME...