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	Birmingham (city, England) - Search View - MSN Encarta
		Birmingham borough council is the largest unitary authority in the country.
		Birmingham is renowned for the number of canals that crossed the city, later followed by the railways (New Street railway station is in the centre of the city), and then the motorways, including the “Spaghetti Junction” interchange.
		Birmingham City and Aston Villa football clubs are also there as is the National Indoor Arena, which regularly stages international athletics and other sporting events, and can seat 13,000 spectators.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /text_761574273__1/Birmingham_(city_England).html (991 words)

	Birmingham at AllExperts
		Birmingham was originally part of Warwickshire, however the city expanded in the late 19th and early 20th century, absorbing parts of Worcestershire to the south and Staffordshire to the west.
		Birmingham suffered heavy bomb damage during World War II during the Birmingham Blitz, and partly as a result of this the city centre was extensively re-developed during the 1950s and 1960s, with many concrete office buildings, ring-roads, and now much-derided pedestrian subways.
		City of Birmingham Council House, with Dhruva Mistry's sculpture, 'The River', in the foreground (commonly known as 'the floozie in the jacuzzi').
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/bi/birmingham.htm (6941 words)

	The Ultimate Architecture of Birmingham Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
		The need to house the many industrial workers that flocked to the city from other areas led to many Victorian streets and terraces of back-to-back houses, some of which were later to become inner-city slums.
		Martin's Church in the centre of the Bullring was Birmingham's original parish church.
		Birmingham's industrial importance in World War II led to some of the heaviest bombing raids during the Blitz.
	www.dogluvers.com /dog_breeds/Architecture_of_Birmingham (753 words)

	Birmingham, United Kingdom
		Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the English Midlands It is the second largest city of the United Kingdom and is regarded by many as England's "second city".
		The city is at the centre of a large metropolitan area, defined by the government as the West Midlands county (with a population of nearly 2,600,000), but in practice including parts of the surrounding counties of Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.
		City of Birmingham Council House, with Dhruva Mistry's 'The River' in the foreground (commonly known as 'the floozie in the jacuzzi')
	www.creekin.net /c89-n193-birmingham-united-kingdom.html (3165 words)

	Birmingham Tourist Information
		Birmingham is also known as 'the city of a thousand trades' because of its vast diversity of manufacturing firms.
		Birmingham is well known among the European cities for its nightlife.
		The Birmingham Tourism Board is commissioned by the City Council and it looks in to the issues relating to tourist information centres and facilities for the visitors.
	www.cityround.com /birmingham/tourist.php (319 words)

	Birmingham, Alabama - Civil Rights
		Birmingham, Alabama, served as the center of fl industrial employment for nearly a century, and the major site of fl labor struggles and civil rights protests.
		Birmingham was often at center stage in the Civil Rights Movement, not only for its citizens' courageous efforts, but also for its local government's staunch resistance.
		By 1990 the Birmingham Plan was in place, an initiative that sought to ensure equal access to capital, loans, mortgages, and employment for the city's women and African Americans.
	www.africanaonline.com /civil_rights_birmingham.htm (1687 words)

	Birmingham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England.
		Birmingham suffered heavy bomb damage during World War II, and partly as a result of this the city-centre was extensively re-developed during the 1950s and 1960s with many concrete office buildings, ring-roads, and now much-derided pedestrian subways.
		Birmingham is home to a wide variety of Asian eateries which have served the people of Birmingham since the 1950's, the Wing Yip food empire first began in the city and now has its headquarters in the Chinese Quarter along with many other fine oriental restaurants.
	spellster.com /s/birmingham (7530 words)

	SAA: Birmingham: The Magic City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Trains are an important part of the history of Birmingham, and anyone growing up in the city in the first half of the twentieth century would recall the train whistles and the sounds of clacking wheels and hissing and chugging steam engines.
		Birmingham was founded at a railroad crossing, and the rail lines that zig-zagged through the valley and across the hills connected mines, mills, and camps to the small core of the city and to the extensive rail lines that joined the area to the rest of Alabama, to the South, and to the world.
		City Police Commissioner Eugene "Bull" Connor was determined to uphold the city's segregation code despite the fact that he had lost in the recent election, the results of which were being contested in the courts.
	www.archivists.org /conference/birm2002/magiccity.asp (2142 words)

	Government of Birmingham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Birmingham gained the status of a municipal borough in 1838 and gained its first elected town council which took over the functions of the Street Commissioners.
		Birmingham City Council is the largest local authority in the United Kingdom with, following a reorganisation of boundaries in June 2004, 120 councillors representing just under one million people, in 40 wards.
		Birmingham's eleven parliamentary constituencies are represented in the House of Commons by one Conservative, one Liberal Democrat and nine Labour MPs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Birmingham_City_Council (868 words)

	Metroblogging Birmingham: Birmingham City Council - Business Transformation Strategic Partnership
		Birmingham City Council Cabinet members have made the decision to choose Capita as their preferred partner for a Strategic Partnership and plan to transfer IT services to a joint venture company on the 3rd of April.
		In the Council press release Stephen Hughes comments that it is difficult at this stage to say exactly how much the city could make in savings but also quotes the figure of one billion pounds over the 10 year contract.
		We requested that the Council involve an external expert organisation to be a “critical friend” with experience of such contracts to support the process.
	birmingham.metblogs.com /archives/2006/02/birmingham_city.phtml (1323 words)

	Council House and Chamberlain and Victoria Square, Birmingham, West Midlands,UK
		Council House and Chamberlain and Victoria Square, Birmingham, West Midlands,UK The Council House
		The foundation stone for the Council House was laid by Joseph Chamberlain in 1874.
		Victoria Square in front of the Council House with its impressive water fountains and the River Godess by Dhruva Mistry (1993) is joined by the Iron Man by Antony Gormley (1993).
	www.birminghamuk.com /councilhouse.htm (226 words)

	Council House, Birmingham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The council house was designed by Yeoville Thomason, and construction began on the building in 1874 when the first stone was laid by the then mayor Joseph Chamberlain.
		On August 9, 1902, the council house, along with the Town Hall, was illuminated in celebration of the coronation of King Edward VII.
		The Council House was extended a second time 1911-1919 (architects Ashley and Newman) by the building of a new block to the north and connected to it by an intricately designed archway (internally a corridor).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Council_House,_Birmingham (462 words)

	City Council members cut budgets, but not their own
		At a time City Council members were cutting $35 million from the budget - and asking city employees to do without cell phones, overtime, city cars and travel - their own office budgets remained untouched.
		Council members often circumvent city purchasing procedures, give employees year-end bonuses that would be forbidden in civil service jobs, and dodge the city's residency requirement by paying office staff as independent contractors, an Enquirer review of council office budgets found.
		Council members are also required by city ordinances to get advance permission for travel from the Finance Committee, but that ordinance is rarely followed.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2003/05/06/loc_councilmoney06.html (1600 words)

	City Council Minutes - December 17, 2001
		An article in a Birmingham newspaper was referenced relative to an ordinance change reducing the allowed building height in their overlay district, with a comment that our ordinance allows Cambridge Place to be built at an "overpowering" height.
		It was stated that, for many years, the City Council has tried to get commercial development on Cady Street because it is a vacant area that can be developed to help the prosperity of the City as a whole.
		It was noted that the City Manager and the DPW Director plan to review the study and report to the Council in early 2002.
	www.ci.northville.mi.us /referencedesk/Minutes/Council/2001/011217.htm (2184 words)

	The National Guantanamo Coalition - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Birmingham Guantanamo Campaign pointed out that they delivered a petition to the Birmingham Council before their December meeting demanding that they ask the British Government to act on behalf of the British residents and secure their release to the safety of Britain where all have their families waiting for them.
		Major cities in Britain, including Birmingham, Edinburgh and London held meetings to mark the day and to campaign for the release of British residents and the closure of Guantanamo and other prisons like it where individuals are imprisoned illegally.
		BirminghamIn Birmingham, campaigners for the closure of Guantanamo invited councillors from all political groups to come and discuss the plight of the British residents still held at Guantanamo and the refusal of the British government to take responsibility for these residents and secure their release to the safety and security of Britain.
	guantanamo.org.uk (3646 words)

	Freedom House: Birmingham to Boston
		In May 1961, over 10,000 demonstrators marched on the State House to lend their support to the civil rights struggle in Birmingham, Alabama.
		A second stay-out, almost triple the size of the first, was held in February 1964 and led to the formation of the Sate Board of Education's Advisory Committee on Racial Imbalance.
		The Council, along with the Institute, the Freedom House Coalition, and parents, expanded the community's role from channeling information to working directly with the court as advocates and advisors.
	www.lib.neu.edu /archives/freedom_house/Birmingham.htm (566 words)

	Birmingham
		Birmingham’s Chinatown boasts a wide range of restaurants and interesting specialist supermarkets, and for those who are fond of curries, Birmingham is the capital of the ‘Balti’ – inexpensive Kashmiri cuisine served in a wok-like metal dish.
		Birmingham is bursting with clubs playing anything from dance, house, drum and bass and jungle, to hard rock, 70s, 80s, lounge, soul, jazz and garage.
		Birmingham lies at the heart of England and is surrounded by a wealth of beautiful countryside.
	www.aston.ac.uk /birmingham (2301 words)

	Council House, Birmingham - Heart of England - UK Attraction
		The impressive façade of the Birmingham Council House greets visitors as they come into the city’s Victoria Square which also houses another of Birmingham’s spectacular buildings, the town hall.
		The Council House, as its name suggests, was built in the Victorian period for council business and meetings, a purpose it still serves to this day.
		In front of the building are water fountains and contemporary sculptures adding to the lively, bustling atmosphere of this part of a city that is being constantly regenerated.
	www.ukattraction.com /heart-of-england/council-house.htm (186 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| West Midlands \| Private letters put on internet
		Birmingham City Council has been forced to remove hundreds of private letters it had uploaded onto its website without the permission of the authors.
		He said the council's licensing committee had illegally uploaded the scanned letters onto the website and many had been available online for months.
		A statement from Birmingham City Council said: "Following a limited number of complaints from members of the public we are currently reviewing our policy of publishing licensing objection letters, in their entirety, on our website.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/west_midlands/4814958.stm (340 words)

	ONB Arts & Entertainment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Operation New Birmingham estimates that nearly half a million visitors will join the 80,000 workers in the City Center for a series of festivals during the next seven months.
		The ONB Magic City Art Connection is held annually in Linn Park during the last weekend in April.
		City Stages, Birmingham's world-class music festival, is the City Center's (and the State's) largest special event.
	www.yourcitycenter.com /arts_ent/ent_bham.htm (842 words)

	Birmingham News.Net
		Though Birmingham stands in the heart of the Deep South, it is not an Old South city.
		Birmingham News.Net is part of an international network of news sites, dedicated to the major regions, countries and cities of the world.
		Links to Birmingham sports sites, and a regional map are also features of our site, and we regularly provide polls of general interest.
	birminghamnews.net (1034 words)

	City Council considers lower power rate for Nucor Steel
		Seattle City Council members plan to vote Monday on an agreement to continue giving Nucor Steel a deal on its electrical rate, in exchange for $9 million up front for Seattle City Light to settle an earlier contract.
		It is similar to a contract the city signed with struggling Birmingham Steel two years ago in an effort to keep the West Seattle plant in business.
		Birmingham Steel ended up declaring bankruptcy anyway and the operation was sold to Nucor.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /local/164213_council11.html (646 words)

	Vision Associates - DK Rewinds
		Birmingham City Council's Urban Care Department are running a campaign to encourage householders in the inner city to make their homes more secure against burglary.
		Part of the campaign is to use video to show the best ways to go about putting in items such as window and better door locks, as well as to help educate people in how to deal with the growing problem of distraction burglaries.
		Andy produced On the House, Top Gear, and the pets programme, One of the Family.
	www.visassoc.co.uk /news-2002-february-council.htm (275 words)

	Cranley retreats on his choice for Booth's vacant council seat
		There is one other possible scenario: Booth could, at any time before he leaves council, amend his successor designation certificate to allow just one council member to make the pick, giving him more influence over who's selected.
		Class struggle: In a draft motion circulated to his council colleagues this week, Pepper calls for the Black United Front to call off the boycott or be removed as a party to the Collaborative Agreement.
		Tough choice: Cincinnati City Council has always been a hospitable venue for anti-abortion resolutions, but a pro-life proposal by Chris Monzel may be in trouble.
	enquirer.com /editions/2003/03/19/loc_cityhall19.html (801 words)

	TROY CITY COUNCIL
		For those addressing City Council, time may be limited to not more than twice nor longer than five (5) minutes on any question, unless so permitted by the Chair, in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the City Council, Article 12, as amended April 12, 1999.
		Persons interested in addressing City Council on items, which are not on the printed Agenda, may do so under the last item of the Regular Business (F) Section.
		The Council may waive the requirements of this section by a majority of the Council Members elect.
	ci.troy.mi.us /council/Agendas/12182000.htm (1514 words)

	Birmingham travel guide
		It is a city of mixed cultures, beliefs and lifestyles and has recently become a fashionable place to set up a business or to hold a conference.
		Birmingham is a very lively city and has some interesting old buildings such as The Town Hall and the Council House.
		The City of Birmingham is a great starting place to explore the many sights of the Heart of England.
	www.world66.com /europe/unitedkingdom/england/birmingham_and_wes/birmingham (318 words)

	City of Irondale: Message From The Fire Chief
		Also designate a meeting area outside of the house so that all can be accounted for after escaping the fire.
		I would like to express my appreciation to Mayor Ramsey, the Irondale City Council, the staff at City Hall, and the members of the Irondale Fire Department.
		I would like to encourage all to think of fire safety and to be aware of the effects of working in a hot and humid environment while performing work around the house.
	www.cityofirondale.org /?ID=166 (670 words)

	Birmingham
		The city is located in an important coal-mining region.
		Birmingham has to offer: museums and galleries, concert halls, shopping, exhibitions, canal-side walks and restaurants.
		The city's Municipal Bank (opened 1916) is the only one of its kind in Great Britain.
	www.2747.com /2747/world/city/birmingham.htm (92 words)

	City of Birmingham, MI: K thru O (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He was a member of the Birmingham Lodge #44, F and A. He was a well-respected and popular citizen of Birmingham.
		She served as Director of the Community House, helped to organize the Birmingham Area Seniors Coordinating Council (BASCC) and was active in the Woman’s Suffrage Movement.
		Lowman came to Birmingham in 1916 to build the Presbyterian Church that was on Woodward and stayed.
	www.ci.birmingham.mi.us /home/index.asp?page=1103 (1216 words)

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