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The Academies Bill is first major piece of education related legislation passed by the new coalition government. According to the number10 website the purpose of the bill is to create “a world beating school system in which every parent has access to a good school and all pupils achieve high standards”. The Academies Bill will allow any school in England and Wales to opt out of local government control extending the legacy left by Labour PM Tony Blair who pioneered the city academy scheme to raise educational standards in deprived inner city areas.

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Large oil patches vanished when tropical storm Bonnie crossed the Gulf. Flyovers observed seemingly clean surface waters. A different picture emerges after accounting for the disappearance of oil by evaporation and by oil plume formation. It seems that larger oil patches were ripped apart by the storm and were converted into "tarballs". One billion pounds of tarballs will become an endless nuisance for beach communities depending on tourists.

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