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...Central Barber Shop, currently the only store that remains in the Bence complex. “Our clean-up activities can advance more quickly in a vacant building,” said Power. “When we initially started the studies we did not expect to find such widespread contamination. The nature of the remediation is likely to be long-term and very complex.” While Power said it was her belief that the reasons for emptying the building were made clear to the tenants, Central Barber Shop’s Alfred Iannacone...
...proliferation of film adaptations, the most recent of which is “Watchmen.” Many of these films have been box office hits, with movies such as “The Dark Knight” grossing over $1 billion worldwide. But such movies have also received widespread critical acclaim. The late Heath Ledger, for example, won Best Supporting Actor at the 2009 Academy Awards for his portrayal of the comic book villain “The Joker.” “I think that more and more comic books are catering to the movie industry...
...news, when it came out last month, seemed shocking enough: Philip Alston, a U.N. special rapporteur who had come to Kenya, concluded that there exists in the country a "systematic, widespread and carefully planned strategy" of executions by police, almost certainly conducted with the consent of their top brass. Then two weeks later, two human-rights activists were gunned down in what appeared to be a well-planned attack as they sat in traffic just a few yards from State House, the home of President Mwai Kibaki. Many Kenyans immediately suspected the police were involved; the two slain...
...plan to refocus attention on ensuring students’ physical and emotional well-being. The meeting was prompted in part by results from a 2006 parent attitudes survey, which indicated that issues relating to school climate—including student safety, behavior, and discipline—were widespread concerns. In response, the district adopted the maintenance of a “safe, nurturing, and healthy school environment” as one of its goals for the current school year. Parents at the meeting said that while experiences with teachers were generally positive, students still reported encountering bullying and theft outside...
Officials are worried that if the price of food keeps rising too fast it could prompt widespread social unrest. The pensions of millions of retired Russians continues to hover below the poverty line and thousands of workers are losing their jobs. At a Communist rally in central Moscow in late February, the increased number of riot police detailed to monitor proceedings was telling of the government's growing fears...