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In any event, it provides us all with a forum to voice our opinions and concerns, and as a way of keeping up with the latest information regarding the Cape Wind debate. I consider CCToday an excellent source of info about Cape Cod in general and appreciate their commitment to providing this site for all of us. .
Preschool to Grade 4
To the right of the spread a spotted cow and pink pig seem to be repressing a jig ("The big cow Lou and the/little sow Sue wanted to/make some/music, too"). Emerging readers will find the large print accessible as well as the mirroring relationship between text and illustration. Preschoolers will delight in this read-aloud that has much potential for participation—spoons, knee slapping, and clapping. One caution: the foot-stompin' rhythm may leave some adults with a fiddle sound reeling through their heads.—Teresa Pfeifer, Alfred Zanetti Montessori Magnet School, Springfield, MA BECHDOLT, Jack. Little Boy with a Big Horn illus. by Dan Yaccarino. unpaged. Random/A Golden Bk. 2008. Tr $14.99. ISBN 978-0-375-83903-0; PLB $17.99. ISBN 978-0-375-93903-7. LC 2007926073.
K-Gr 2—Ollie, a small child with oversize hair and big glasses, plays the tuba.
Harman lobbied over gender pay gap
Union activists have lobbied a Government minister as part of a campaign to close the gender pay gap. Officials from Unison delivered a strong message that women deserve as much pay as men to Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman at the party's Spring conference in Birmingham. The union's head of local government Heather Wakefield, women's officer Sharon Green and other female officials pointed out that women's average pay was still "scandalously" 17% less than men's. Unison's general secretary Dave Prentis said: "Thirty years on, the Equal Pay Act is still seen by many employers as a take-it-or-leave-it bit of legislation. "But we want to see it implemented robustly across the UK. "Local authorities have dragged their feet in implementing equal pay, blaming the lack of cash.
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