The Police Act of August 1976 set up a Police Complaints Board “ to formalise the procedure for dealing with public complaints .” The Education Act of November 1976 limited the taking up of independent and direct-grant school places and required all local authorities who had failed to do so “ to submit proposals for comprehensive schools ,” while the Housing ( Homeless Persons ) Act of 1977 extended local authority responsibility “ to provide accommodation for homeless people in their area ,” and instituted the right of homeless families to a permanent local authority tenancy.

Five-yearly or three-yearly policy and finance reviews of all agencies and other public bodies were instituted, where the first question to be answered ( the “ prior options exercise ") was why the function should not be abolished or privatised.

Mount Holyoke has instituted “ The Big Turn Off ” energy conservation campaign.

On 4 December 1976, at the MESAN congress, Bokassa instituted a new constitution and declared the republic to be a monarchy: the “ Central African Empire ”.

As a natural consequence of Renaissance, Humanism, and the scientific revolution, the Enlightenment thinkers raised fundamental questions such as “ What legitimacy does heredity confer ?”, “ Why are governments instituted ?”, “ Why should some human beings have more basic rights than others ?”, and so on.

In addition, as a control measure, the “ PagoBus ” system has been instituted ; this is an electronic card system that allows users to streamline their access to stations and bus and thus save money.

* On March 23, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission ( Commission ) “ announced that it instituted and simultaneously settled an enforcement action against Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. ( CGMI ) for failing to provide customers with important information relating to their purchases of mutual fund shares .”

* On April 12, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission “ instituted and simultaneously settled an enforcement action against the New York Stock Exchange, Inc., finding that the NYSE, over the course of nearly four years, failed to police specialists, who engaged in widespread and unlawful proprietary trading on the floor of the NYSE .” As part of the settlement, the “ NYSE agreed to an undertaking of $ 20 million to fund regulatory audits of the NYSE's regulatory program every two years through the year 2011 .” On that same date, the Commission “ instituted administrative and cease-and-desist proceedings against 20 former New York Stock Exchange specialists for fraudulent and other improper trading practices .”

* On April 28, 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced “ that it has instituted settled enforcement proceedings against Tyson Foods, Inc. and its former Chairman and CEO Donald " Don " Tyson.

He renamed Government House “ the Command Post ”, instituted an advisory defense council composed of military commanders, placed military tribunals above the system of civil law, appointed soldiers to top government posts and parastatal agencies, and even informed the newly-inducted civilian cabinet ministers that they would be subject to military discipline.

The monastery was founded “ of the order of St Augustine, called St Saviour ... ... according to the regular institutes ( i. e. regulations / rule ) of the religious order by the aforesaid Bridget of Heaven inspired, founded and instituted ...” The charter previously stated the foundation to be “ Especially in honour of the most holy St Bridget, who as is acknowledged by sufficient evidence, by divine inspiration founded a religious order under her name and obtained from Heaven that in whatsoever kingdom a monastery of the same religious order should be founded there peace and tranquility by the mediation of the same, should be perpetually established ”.

It was during those years that a noteworthy bakery in New York City ’ s Greenwich Village, “ Fleischmann Model Viennese Bakery ,” instituted a policy of distributing unsold baked goods to the poor at the end of their business day.

The end of the Venetian republic ( Treaty of Campo Formio ) ended Salò's position as the capital of the western riviera: on 1 January of 1797, the provisional Brescian government instituted the Canton of Benaco with the capital of Benaco, “ aforesaid Salò ”: the town joined the Cisalpine Republic and then the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy ( 1805 – 1814 ).

In this capacity he instituted the “ Riforma Gentile ” — a reformation of the secondary school system that had a long-lasting influence upon Italian education.

The Belgian writer was promptly “ hissed at ” by the disapproving festival crowd.

The annual technical festival of Jadavpur University is called “ Srijan ”, which in the vernacular means an act of creation.

In his discussion of the importance of the ludi Megalenses in early Roman theater, John Arthur Hanson says that this particular festival “ provided more days for dramatic representations than any of the other regular festivals, and it is in connection with these ludi that the most definite and secure literary evidence for the site of scenic games has come down to us ”.

At this festival people sing as accompaniment to the dance: “ Depart!

The band's manager, armed with a tractor, arranged for an enormous crop circle replica of the band's famous “ eye ” symbol to appear in the adjoining field to the festival site during the night prior to their performance there.

Newspapers held photo beauty contests for many decades: In 1880, the first “ Bathing Beauty Pageant " took place as part of a summer festival to promote business in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

John Curwen ’ s son, John Spencer Curwen ( who founded the Stratford & East London Music Festival – the oldest English music festival – in 1882 ), published a paper called “ Old Plaistow ” in 1891 describing houses of the area.

Several well-known performers have performed at the festival, such as Robert Cray, Coco Montoya, Elvin Bishop, Sista Monica, Clarence “ Gatemouth ” Brown, Charlie Musselwhite, Bonnie Raitt, and Al Green.

The “ Old Fashion Days ” Festival is a festival held in North Salem over Labor Day weekend for the last 36 years.

The Yachats Academy of Arts & Sciences sponsored “ Stitching Stories ,” a regional quilt festival held in the Yachats Commons in 2011.

Mullins became the largest distributor of tobacco in the country, known as “ South Carolinas Largest, The world ’ s best tobacco market .” In the late 1920s the tobacco festival was started and is still celebrated today.

The Dutch festival of Sinterklaas was celebrated as “ St Nick ’ s Day ” ( December 5 ).

According to Bill Mankin, “ It seems fitting … that one of the most enduring labels for the entire generation of that era was derived from a rock festival: the ‘ Woodstock Generation ’.”

United's first international performance took place in Los Angeles at the metal festival “ Foundations Forum ” in September 1995 and had few albums released in North America.

He put on all sorts of mystical events — e. g., the celebration of his marriage as the “ One Without End ” ( the Ein Sof ) with the Torah, preparing a solemn festival to which he invited his friends.

It is also the home of the month-long cultural festival called the “ Guelaguetza ,” which features Oaxacan dance, music and a beauty pageant for indigenous women.

The Festival Internacional de Música de Morelia is an annual event that was begun in 1988 by Bernal Jiménez, who had the dream of making Morelia the “ Salzburg of Latin America .” The festival consists of more than forty concerts with over 500 artists participating.

Winners of the 2009 festival include “ Alamar ” by Pedro González Rubio, “ Presunto culpable ” by Roberto Hernándex and Geoffrey Smith and “ La sirena y el buzo ” by Mercedes Moncada.

In 1990 two sub-festivals were introduced: “ North Sea Jazz Heats ”, a free festival performed in pubs throughout The Hague, and the exclusive “ Midsummer Jazz Gala ”.

The festival also has in attendance one of the “ sister ” images of the Virgin of the Remedies brought down from the sanctuary at the top of the pyramid.

Will they carry torches and pass them along to one another as they race with the horses, or how do you mean ?” “ That's the way of it ,” said Polemarchus, “ and, besides, there is to be a night festival which will be worth seeing.

A study on the relationship happiness to various character strengths showed that “ a conscious focus on gratitude led to reductions in negative affect and increases in optimistic appraisals, positive affect, offering emotional support, sleep quality, and well-being .”

Some cultural differences may be based on linear traditions, on teaching from one generation or “ school ” to another.

He used his time in Bourg to research mathematics, producing Considérations sur la théorie mathématique de jeu ( 1802 ; “ Considerations on the Mathematical Theory of Games ”), a treatise on mathematical probability that he sent to the Paris Academy of Sciences in 1803.

A year later in 881 Alfred fought a small sea battle against four Danish ships “ on the high seas ”.

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Agathocles was cited as from the lowest, most abject condition of life and as an example of “ those who by their crimes come to be princes ” in Chapter VIII of Niccolò Machiavelli ’ s treatise on politics, The Prince ( 1513 ).

" The Chicago Daily Tribune called it “ One of the most spectacular crimes of the 20th century, and what is believed to be the first airplane kidnap murder on record .” Because it occurred somewhere over three Missouri counties, and involved interstate transport of a stolen airplane, it raised questions in legal circles about where, by whom, and even whether he could be prosecuted.

Also, supporters of this view would characterize Luke ’ s portrayal of the Roman Empire as positive because they believe Luke “ glosses over negative aspects of the empire and presents imperial power positively .” For example, when Paul is before the council defending himself, Paul says that he is “ on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead ” ( Acts 23: 6 ).

“ Charges of sedition come from the Jews ” ( Acts 17: 6-7 ; 24: 5 ) which shows that Luke ’ s emphasis was not on the politics of the Empire but rather on the spiritual matters of believers.

The army report that day contains only one phrase: “ All quiet on the Western Front .” As Paul dies, his face is calm, “ as though almost glad the end had come .”

One of the cookbooks that proliferated in the colonies was The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy written by Hannah Glasse, wrote of disdain for the French style of cookery, stating “ the blind folly of this age that would rather be imposed on by a French booby, than give encouragement to a good English cook !” Of the French recipes, she does add to the text she speaks out flagrantly against the dishes as she “… think it an odd jumble of trash .” Reinforcing the anti-French sentiment was the French and Indian War from 1754-1764.

Those on the “ rice coast ” often ate ample amounts of rice, while the grain for the rest of the southern poor and slaves was cornmeal used in breads and porridges.

The work contexts in which African-Americans sang songs comparable to shanties included: boat-rowing on rivers of the south-eastern U. S. and Caribbean ; the work of stokers or “ firemen ,” who cast wood into the furnaces of steamboats plying great American rivers ; and stevedoring on the U. S. eastern seaboard, the Gulf Coast, and the Caribbean — including " cotton-screwing ": the loading of ships with cotton in ports of the American South.

Since the New Testament never condemns instruments themselves, much less in any of these settings, it is conceded that “ the church Fathers go beyond the New Testament in pronouncing a negative judgment on musical instruments .”

According to a 2008 television programme, presented by Griff Rhys Jones, “ the flame has only been extinguished once, by a drunken Mexican football supporter on the night that France beat Brazil here in Paris ,” most likely referring to the 1998 FIFA World Cup Final.

His comment on Numbers 23: 19 has a still more polemical tone: “ God is not a man that he should lie ; neither the son of man, that he should repent ; < font face =" times new roman " size = 3 > if a man says: ‘ I am a god ’ he is a liar ; if he says: ‘ I am a son of man ’ he will have cause to regret it ; and if he says, ‘ I will go up to heaven ’ he has said but will not keep his word ” last phrase is borrowed from B ' midbar 23: 19 ( Yer.

On her second visit to Rank, Nin reflects on her desire to be “ re-born ,” feelingly, as a woman and artist.