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Inglewood mayor calls Forum lawsuit 'ludicrous'
City of Inglewood accused of tricking Forum owners to give up land now being offered to the Clippers for a competing arena
Butts says Madison Square Garden Co. is 'acting for self-serving financial gain' to prevent competition; Forum owners claim breach of contract
INGLEWOOD — Mayor James Butts responded to a lawsuit by the Madison Square Garden Co., owners of The Forum, against the city as "ludicrous" at an April 12 news conference.
MSG alleges that the mayor tricked the company into giving up land now being offered to the Los Angeles Clippers 1.5 miles south of the Forum for a competing arena. MSG is suing the city for breach of contract, saying they learned later city officials had been in negotiations with the Clippers all along.
MSG claims the company agreed to terminate a parking lease at Butts' request so the city could use the properties for a business-technology center.
"It's ludicrous to believe that this is going to change the dynamic of [Madison Square Garden's] competitiveness," Butts said, noting that the Forum is the No. 1 concert venue in California.
"This basketball arena was going to be built somewhere and somewhere local," he said. "The reality is that after we get past this nonsense everyone is going to cooperate and we're going to have the synergy that's going to be developed by the sports and entertainment district, and it's going to be unparalleled in this country."
The mayor said MSG does not have the right to block another arena in Inglewood, that the entertainment company is "acting for self-serving financial gain" to prevent competition.
According to Mayor Butts, the Inglewood City Council voted unanimously to enter into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement with the Clippers last summer.

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IIE is pleased to announce, in partnership with The New York Times in Education, the 2016 Generation Study Abroad Voices Video Challenge. By hearing and seeing study abroad alumni articulate the value of their study abroad experience, we hope to inspire Generation Z and others to seek out an international experience as part of their college education.
Study abroad returnees are encouraged to submit digital story submissions between 0:30 seconds and 2 minutes long that demonstrate how study abroad gave them an edge, the impact it had on their personal or professional life and the world, and how The New York Times content helped them navigate, enhance or make sense of their experience. Teachers who studied abroad in college are encouraged to apply and share how their experience abroad has helped them with a skill that they use in the classroom today!
Winners will receive a $1,000 cash prize, an iPad, a trip to the IIE Summit on Generation Study Abroad in Washington D.C., and a video spotlight on the New York Times in Education website. Winners will also be recognized as a Generation Study Abroad Voice.
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As we celebrate National Environmental Education Week, Cleary Vaughan-Lee shares ways to teach about the environment at the local, national, and global level.
Click here to read the full blog post in Education Week and then join Cleary and Global Oneness Project on Twitter to chat about this important topic during #GlobalEdChat at 8:00 PM Eastern time, this Thursday, April 21, 2016.
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The African American Women Lead (AfAmWomenLead) Initiative was established by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans as a unique opportunity to harness the collective impact of the nation's largest women civic organizations. AfAmWomenLead partners have committed to meet a monumental goal — one million hours of service with Black women and girls across the nation in 2016. AfAmWomenLead provides a platform for organizations, institutions, individuals, and other partners interested in engaging and supporting the development of Black women and girls.
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sea level
sea level, the level of the sea, which serves as the datum used for measurement of land elevations and ocean depths. Theoretically, one would expect sea level to be a fixed and permanent horizontal surface on the face of the earth, and as a starting approximation, this is true. However, a number of factors operate to cause variations in sea level ranging up to several meters from place to place and to cause long-term global variations, often severe enough to cause flooding and damage to coastal zones.
Sea levels vary greatly from one location to another, i.e., between Nova Scotia and Florida sea-level heights differ at about 16 in (40 cm). Locally the levels of the surface of the world's oceans are disturbed by wind-driven waves and tides. Sea level therefore fluctuates in periods ranging from seconds to a year as a result of these factors. Thus for some purposes it is necessary to know the mean sea level (MSL) in a particular area, determined by averaging the elevations of the sea's surface as measured by mechanical tide gauges over long periods of time.
A number of other factors result in sea-level differences between one place or time and another. These may complement or counteract one another to result in a net rise or fall in mean sea level at a particular time and place. These factors include water temperature and salinity, air pressure, change of season, the amount of runoff from streams, and the amount of water stored as ice or snow on land. Characteristics of the earth also cause differences in sea level. Satellite measurements of the gravity field have shown that the earth is not a perfectly smooth sphere, making defining sea-level measurements difficult.
Worldwide, or eustatic, sea levels have changed over time, such as the last ice age when sea level was as much as 333 ft (100 m) lower in many areas than today. These changes are due to a multitude of reasons. Past transgression (or rise) or regression (or lowering) of the seas have been caused mainly by the addition or removal of water from continental ice caps. Such sea-level fluctuations may be due to changes in climate that cause the ice to melt or accumulate. Theories of climate and sea level change in geologic time include differences in carbon dioxide or oxygen levels, changes due to plate tectonics and earthquake activity, volcanic and asteroid activity, or changes in the sun's energy.
Since the Industrial Revolution the increase in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases caused by the burning of fossil fuel, deforestation of tropical rain forests, and other human activities has led to global warming and a resulting increase in sea level greater than that that would have been expected otherwise. Rising sea levels result in increased coastal flooding and the permanent inundation of coastal lands (in some cases threatening the existence of island nations). The economic implications of rising sea levels are magnified by the percentage of the world's population (more than one fifth) that lives near the coast, and the concentration of urban and industrial areas close to the coast.


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happy birth-versary sassy eats.
i was on the phone with my mom and told her it was sassy eats 1 year anniversary. she goes "oh happy birthday sassy eats" and then i got all confused. because while this blog has felt like birthing a child (every parent now hates me) it also feels like a relationship. so i'm calling it a birth-versary. because it's my party and i can call it whatever i'd like.
i hate to admit this, but sassy eats was partially born from a break-up. it's sort of how i feel about the idea of hilary clinton becoming president. of course i want a female president, but i also want her to have gotten there on her own. because you know, men. anyway. i remember it vividly. i was standing in my ex's kitchen. he had just complained because i was making tacos and he saw me adding onion to the ground turkey and he doesn't like onions but i had literally made it like that for him so many times and i wanted to throw a spoon at him. hard. he also didn't like the inside of tomatoes, so i should've known it was doomed.
now i feel like he might be reading this and being all taylor swift but i mean, he's probably not, right?
i was standing at the island and i told him i was thinking about starting a food blog. i didn't tell him i had already started it. that i was already learning the ropes and teaching myself about wordpress and testing templates. i didn't tell him i was already falling in love with the writing and the photography. i didn't tell him this place made me feel happier than anything had in a long time. and when i told him, he laughed.
i must have had a case of totally warranted on purpose bitchy resting face because he quickly realized i was serious. to be fair to him, this is way out of his wheelhouse and he backtracked and feigned support. nonetheless, his very reaction sealed the deal. we were never going to work and i was starting a food blog.
i never really looked back.
i held sassy eats close, only letting a few people see it so i could get their opinions. and i was pretty scared the night i launched it. like stomach doing somersaults, scared. because i wanted it so badly. it already held pieces of me i didn't want back. it felt very 3rd grade when you don't know if anyone's going to come to your birthday party and there you are with a pony in your tutu and just praying, please let them like me. please let them come.
i poured a very very large glass of wine. launched it. and then didn't look at my phone or computer for hours. and hours.
but when i did, people had liked it. people actually liked it.
that has been one of the most eye opening things about this place and the last year. who has ended up being the biggest cheerleaders. it hasn't always been the people i expected. people i hadn't talked to in years and family friends who i hadn't seen since my pubescent days, were messaging me saying they loved it and each time i grinned from the inside out and it felt like my heart would burst with joy and pride and relief. and i told them it made my day – because it did. it always does.
you know how people say – make your passion your job and you'll never work a day in your life – that's how this feels. it doesn't feel like work. i can have had a really awful, miserable day but when i come to this place – it gets better. and i feel like myself again. every time. it feels like fun. like when you get that new toy on christmas morning. i hope everyone finds a sassy eats in their life.
i do have to admit, that it's a lot harder than i thought. this whole blog thing. it's more rewarding, but it's more time consuming. partly, because i insisted on doing it on my own. because the other reason i started this place was i needed something to be mine. something that people didn't track changes through or ask for in a new format or something that someone couldn't tell me "thanks for taking a stab but….." (i mean, that's the worst of the worst).
but it's not as easy as i thought. it's growing evolving but not as quickly as i hoped it would in my go big or go home kind of mindset. and there's the pinterest, and the facebook, and the twitter, and the instagram, and the subscriber emails and the comments and the emails to answer. and there have been so many days when i think i should quit it.
but every time i feel like breaking up with the whole thing, something stops me. my mom calls and tells me her friend just left her a voicemail raving about the blog. my sister texts me to tell me her crossfit instructor couldn't stop talking about it. a college friends cooks up a sassy eats dish and shares it on instagram.
and the girl in me, who stood at that island, looked her boyfriend straight in the eye and said "screw you. i'm doing it anyway" – she wants to hang on to it. because it brought her to a brighter place.
i still don't know if it will stay or go.
but thank you. each one of you who had read a post or shared it with someone.
sassy eats doesn't exist without all of you. it would just be some weirdo diary that only i would read. which is i guess is what a diary is, and sassy eats is kind of like a diary in the way that i tell you all my embarrassing moments, dating blunders, and break-ups and work snaffoos. but that's just who i am, i couldn't keep this place strictly food. if i could, i would have each of you over for dinner so we could talk about all these things. we could relate. maybe we'd feel a little less lonely and a little more understood because someone else out there has been through it. that is always my hope.
and that is my birth-versary wish. that each one of you finds your own sassy eats place. that sassy eats helps you cook, or smile or just feel like someone gets it. and i ask that you share sassy eats with someone who you think might just come to the party.


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Basic Rules of Baccarat
Each card is assigned a value as follows:
- Ace: 1 point
- King, Queen, Jack, Ten: 0 points
- 2-9: Face value.
If the hand total exceeds nine, then the score is determined by the number's last digit, e.g. 6+6=12, therefore the score would equal 2. The strongest hand in Baccarat, known as a 'natural', is a 10+9.
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Should you Always Bet on the Banker?
A banker bet should merit more frequency than any other option. According to Mathematical data, the banker retains a 45.85% chance of winning each round. The same data also assigns players a 44.62% chance of winning. The difference is slight but significant enough to lean probability the banker's way.
Does Card Counting Work in Live Baccarat?
Card counting is very effective in comparison games like Blackjack and Baccarat. It is useful as it provides players an idea of what the remaining card values are. As gameplay involves comparing cards, knowing what cards are left is very influential.
What are the best bets in Live Dealer Baccarat?
As the banker has a higher win percentage, odds are it is the best bet to make. Banker bets also have a 1.06% house edge, which makes a banker bet the safest bet to make. Player bets have a 1.24% house edge, and ties have a 14.36% house edge.
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The Baccarat Commission is a casino charge for winning banker bets. It is designed to offset the increased odds banker bets provide. Essentially it is a 5% tax attributed to player winnings and is deducted from the final cost. Despite the extra charge banker bets are still the most lucrative choice to make.
How Many Decks are Used in an Online Live Baccarat Game?
A live dealer game of Baccarat uses eight 52-card decks. Eight decks are the standard amount to use in a traditional game of Baccarat. They are also another instance of the word eight in Baccarat, which adds the Chinese superstition that it is lucky. Non-traditional versions of Baccarat do exist, and these various forms do not always use the traditional set-up.
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Baccarat was one of many classic table games found in Macau casinos in 1930. It became quite popular for its fast rate of play and the reduced house edge. Additionally, Chinese culture attributes luck to the number eight, and drawing an eight or nine is considered an instant win in Baccarat. Additionally, the pronunciation of the Chinese word for eight is similar to their word for wealth and prosperity.
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Players win Baccarat by correctly anticipating who will have the winning hand. A round will end with either the banker winning, the player winning or a tie. Winning occurs when players correctly predict who the winner will be.
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Live Baccarat is played with an actual human dealer. RNG Baccarat is computer-generated. The difference is in aesthetics, pace, overall feel, and socialization. RNG Baccarat is mechanical in its approach. The pace is steady and methodical. Players play alone. Live Baccarat is as close as one can get to a physical casino without actually being there. Live dealer tables also have the option of group play.
How Do I Play Live Baccarat?
How Do I Bet at a Live Baccarat Table?
In Baccarat players choose who has the winning hand. There are three options to choose from; the banker, the player, or a tie. Players wager by assigning chip value to one of these choices.


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When setting bail, the judge will take into consideration the person's family and community ties, employment, prior criminal history, and any failures to appear in court to determine if they are a flight risk. If the judge orders bail, it will need to be paid before the person is releases. When a person that has been released on bail does not appear at their next scheduled court date, a bench warrant will be issued for their arrest.
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This briefing explains how to go about developing your policy and outlines the areas you may need to consider. Although not required by law, it is good practice for voluntary arts groups to create an equal opportunities policy to show that they are actively opposing discrimination and that their services, membership opportunities, employment procedures and management and decision-making processes are accessible to everyone.
An equal opportunities policy is also a requirement of most funding bodies – many of the grants available to voluntary arts groups, including the Big Lottery Fund, are public money, and funders are concerned that they will be used to benefit everyone.
By adopting a comprehensive equal opportunities policy and thereby providing access to all that your group offers, good equal opportunities practice can improve your efficiency as a group, the quality of your management, the range and quality of your group's artistic output and your relationship with audiences, artists, staff and volunteers.
This briefing has been provided by Voluntary Arts. Find out more or access more briefings and guidance from the Voluntary Arts website.
What is an equal opportunities policy?
An equal opportunities policy is your organisation's written statement about your commitment and intent with regard to equal opportunities. It should be supported with written procedures on how you are acting on your intentions now and plan to in the future.
It shows that your group is aware of discrimination and that you are putting equal opportunities principles into practice. It applies not only to your members but also to anyone with whom you deal e.g. audiences and people who attend workshops.
Every group's equal opportunities policy will, of necessity, be different and so it's not appropriate to adopt someone else's policy. However, it can be useful to look at equal opportunities policies drawn up by other groups as a guideline.
The objective of an equal opportunities policy is not to reduce the diversity of artistic experience, but rather to value that experience more equally, allow it to be experienced more fully, and make it accessible to a broader range of people.
Developing your policy
Who should be involved in the development?
It is important to involve as many people as possible. The views of all participants need to be sought including the board, management, group members, paid and unpaid staff and audience members. In this way the policy will draw upon the skills and experience of a range of people and everyone will have their say. If more people feel they own the policy, then the chances of it being more effective are likely to be increased.
What sort of language should we use?
The style of your policy need not be formal and stuffy. A short policy written in plain language that is direct and to the point is far better than pages of complicated, jargon-filled text.
What should the policy contain?
A policy should contain four main components:
- A statement of intent
- Your group's objectives concerning equal opportunities
- Procedures and a programme to implement the policy
- A monitoring and review process
1. Statement
- The statement should demonstrate that your group recognises that certain people are discriminated against, is wholly opposed to this and will take all necessary steps to eliminate discriminatory practices.
- The statement could be general (that you intend to treat everyone equally), or you could list the kind of discriminations you wish to avoid: eg. gender, marital status, age, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, health, responsibility for dependants, political activity, physical, mental ill health and learning difficulties, etc.
- It could indicate how people will know about your intentions eg. the statement will be included in your publicity material and job advertisements, and displayed so that it's visible to members of the public.
2. Objectives
Set out your objectives e.g.:
- To provide our publicity material in any format that's requested
- To make our building more accessible to those with disabilities
- To have a broader representation from different groups on the board
It may also help to make a detailed list of all the activities your group is engaged in eg. board duties, management, publicity, administration, workshops etc, and all the job descriptions of the people involved in these activities. Identify where discrimination could exist.
3. Procedures & action
- This section is an outline of the specific steps you are going to take to put your objectives into action. Be realistic, though, and put down what you can do, and by when.
- You may wish to tackle all forms of inequality at once, or address one issue at a time. Drawing up a table may help to clarify what needs to be researched, done, by whom and when.
- Don't forget to build in an evaluation and monitoring procedure.
- State that the policy applies to everyone involved in the group, and confirm that all these people have a responsibility to implement the policy by behaving in an anti-discriminatory way.
- Examine and evaluate the structure and composition of your decision-making groups in the light of the policy.
- Be clear about any specific responsibilities you may assign to people e.g. board members may have overall responsibility for implementation and monitoring.
- Outline your procedures for dealing with breaches of the equal opportunities policy: do you have procedures for dealing with disciplinary issues, bullying, harassment or complaints from the general public?
Action Plan
- Choose each objective in turn. Divide them into chunks with estimated times and state what you aim to achieve for each chunk.
- Delegate responsibility for tasks within each objective. State who will be responsible for which task and why they are doing it.
- Circulate the proposed plan, making sure everyone sees it and gives feedback.
- Ensure the finalised procedures and plan are available publicly so that everyone knows what's expected of them. Include information in induction programmes and keep everyone informed of changes.
4. Monitoring and reviewing
Show that once your plan is up and running, you'll be checking on its progress.
- how you will check that the policy action plan is being implemented
- who will be responsible for this
- how often progress checks will be made (monthly, quarterly?)
- how you will know when you have achieved an objective
A table may be a helpful tool. It may also be a good idea to form an equal opportunities advisory group comprising board members, staff, volunteers and special consultants who will be responsible for assessing the group regularly. If you intend to do this, make sure people know about it. Assessments will enable you to judge the progress of the policy and to amend or draw up new objectives if necessary.
Other areas
There are several other important areas to consider when creating your equal opportunities policy and you may wish to include these in the policy:
Is your board or management committee committed to an equal opportunities policy and has it incorporated this commitment into the constitution? Does it include representatives from the disadvantaged groups with which the policy is concerned? How do you appoint new board members: are they elected, co-opted or nominated, and do you advertise widely? How are they inducted and trained?
- Be aware of informal decision-making processes as key decisions are often made in discussions outside meetings. This could potentially lead to discrimination.
- Where and when are committee meetings held? Some people may not like attending them at night or may need assistance with travel.
Implementing your policy may require training and the development of new skills. Training for volunteers, staff, board members and the management committee might include increasing awareness of race, gender, disability or legal issues, or being made aware of their roles and responsibilities
Encouraging participation for both audiences and members
- How will you ensure that existing and potential members as well as audiences and users have access to all that you offer?
- Publicity and information material: is it available in various formats (Braille, PDF, video, large font) and languages? Are your images inclusive? Is information about disabled access prominent? If your information is only available online, how will you make it available to those who prefer not to access it via the internet, if requested?
- Open days and conferences: do you hold events to make your work known and give people a taste of what you do?
- Participation: do you have schemes for younger and older people, those on low incomes and disabled people? Are there any barriers to membership or participation in meetings and events such as transport, childcare, carer responsibilities, timing? How will you ensure that specific groups in the community are not excluded? Are signers or interpreters available?
- Environment: do your venues and workplaces have good disability access, provide for dietary differences (e.g. vegetarian, halal) and offer translation or signing facilities?
Recruitment and employment processes
If you take on staff or volunteers you will need to conform with anti-discrimination legislation. You may wish to state that you'll use the legislation as a framework on which to develop good practice as laid out in the Equality Act 2010 (for Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland) or the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Bill 2014.
You will need to include a recruitment and employment procedure in your policy. Things to consider:
Recruitment: how you advertise vacancies, write job descriptions, design application forms, how your interview panel is comprised, and your shortlisting, interviewing and selection procedures
Employment: your contract, probationary period and induction process, training, support and staff development, and provision for individual employee needs
Health & Safety and Child Protection
It is best practice for groups to have a statement of intent with regard to both Health & Safety and Child Protection.
Health & Safety
The Health and Safety Executive website has advice on how to manage low risk and features further advice on outdoor events, fire safety assessment and food standards: www.hse.gov.uk/voluntary (for issues in the Republic of Ireland, go to www.hsa.ie).
Child Protection
If you work with children and young people you will need a statement that shows how you aim to safeguard them. The NSPCC (www.nspcc.org.uk) sets out guidelines on the various policies and legislation across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; for the Republic of Ireland, go to www.childprotection.ie.
A final note
Simply making your statement and objectives known does not mean that you are an equal opportunities group. This will only happen if you take the practical action as outlined to implement your policy.
Equal opportunities will be an ongoing issue and although you'll reach many of your objectives, a plan to reassess them on a regular basis should be actioned.
Having an established EOP does not mean that the full requirements of equal opportunities legislation will necessarily have been implemented. Check the legislation and take practical action as and when it's required.
Further Information
The following organisations offer advice and many publish information sheets:
Arts Council England: 0845 300 6200
Arts Council Ireland: 00353 1 6180200
Arts Council of Northern Ireland: 028 9038 5200
Arts Council of Wales: 0845 8734 900
Creative Scotland: 0845 603 6000
Equal and Human Rights Commission: phone contacts for their offices in England, Wales and Scotland are on the website
National Council for Voluntary Organisations: 020 7713 6161
Voluntary sector body in Ireland: 00 353 1 454 8727
Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action: 028 9087 7777
Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations: 0131 474 8000
Wales Council for Voluntary Action: 0800 2888 329
Further reading:
At www.legislation.gov.uk you can find a series of acts made to protect the rights of children and the disabled, as well as Health and Safety at Work, and Employment Rights guides.
Voluntary But Not Amateur: A Guide to the Law for Voluntary Organisations and Community Groups (2009)
Blackstone's Guide to the Equality Act 2010 (2012)
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In the middle of the wet, slimy field, there lay an old, forgotten teacup with mold and moss glued down onto the wet surface. Half submerged by the muddy ground the cup sat there crying in the cold rain, raindrops acting like tears. Remembering is life back at his warm cupboard filled with his friendly plates and bowls. He wished he was back. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled as if there was a drum in the ominous sky. The rain was pelting now and trees were rustling as if they were arguing to each over. The teacup stared lost at the dark sky, scared and upset.
Month: March 2018
The bunny that came to tea by Charlotte 5Pesotto
With the sun shining a new day had dawned. Beautiful birds sang from far and wide. clouds roamed here and there. Leah woke up in deep thought. who else should invite? she wondered to her self she thought about it on the way back from school...Until...boom!!!!!she ran over to inspect the crisis at hand she watched as an adorable bunny hoped up to the giant piece of china in the form of a tea cup and somehow he was able to lift it and fit it down his hole I chased after him and down his hole to a rather good looking shack "Any tea love?" the bunny asked "um sure" we found that we were good friends before we knew it so I asked if he wanted to come to my tea party and he said "yes
The jealous mountain by Elvin
One there was a giant named Jeffly who entered a competition that would show who was the tallest. A mountain named Bobbly who also entered. So when the results came in it was close but Jeffly won, but then Bobbly got his chance for revenge when Jeffly sat next to the mountain for tea, so Jeffly sat down and pulled out a cup and kettle to make black tea. But he didn't realise that bobbly sneaked up to and then Bobbly squashed him and his only trace was a half buried cup that was discovered by Jefflys friends.
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Giants by George
They were as big as a house, their hands were as big as a car and feet the size of a lorry. There were lots of them. And these creatures all travelled in packs and one bunch lived in London in a park. Back then they were the only living thing. They sneaked around playing hide and seek and believe it or not they loved tea – steaming hot boiling to the brim and bubbling over the top. One day they walked home from a picnic with strides as big as a football pitch but leaving behind one of their giant cups.
The Shrinking Shrimp By Ivan Reviakin
In USA children slept but Stuart and his dog Davy were at a gobsmacking disco party until twilight. At the party they were guzzling lavish beverages. One of them was called "The Shrinking Shrimp". Nobody dared to even think about drinking from this peculiar looking bottle, but Stuart drank it and for some reason felt sick!
Suddenly as if in a nightmare, he turned out to be as small as an ant. He stood up, because Davy gambolled at him rapidly so he dashed for safety in a tea cup which he had found lying in the ground, so he went into a deep sleep in it!


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The government has assured all health sector workers of decent conditions of service before the end of June this year.
The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, gave the assurance at the opening of a two-day workshop to validate a draft condition of service document for health sector workers in Accra.
The workshop, organised by the Ministry of Health, brought together staff of the ministry, the Ghana Health Service and other stakeholders to review and fine-tune the draft document.
It was also aimed at deepening the understanding of the responsibilities of the employer, employees and the Ministry of Health.
After the validation, the draft document, developed by the Ministry of Health about 10 years ago, is expected to provide a clear policy guidelines for the provision of conditions of service for approximately 90,000 employees in the health sector.
Mr Iddrisu observed that, the absence of a condition of service document for health sector workers, which he described as a major employment anomaly, was a matter of serious concern to the government.
The government, he said, remained committed to correcting the anomaly.
When that was done, the minister indicated, it would be the first time in many years that Ghana was recognising the critical role played by health sector workers in national development.
He expressed optimism that approved conditions of service would also serve as motivation for the workers to give of their best in the discharge of their duties.
Health Minister
The Minister of Health, Dr Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah, said the ministry was currently saddled with a myriad of challenges which had been compounded by the recent fire outbreak at the Central Medical Stores in Tema.
He attributed the challenges to the lack of clear cut policies and systems in the sector and stated that the conditions of service developed for the workers would apply to all agencies under the ministry.
GMA President
The President of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr Poku Adusei, who chaired the opening ceremony, expressed the hope that the initiative would yield the desired results.
According to him, apart from the generic conditions of service developed by the Public Services Commission, the health sector had been without a peculiar conditions of service since the Ministry of Health was established more than 8 years ago.
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After their terrific Blu-Ray of Mario Bava's Hercules In The Haunted World (1961), I was hoping Kino Lorber would keep the peplum coming. Well, with Goliath And The Vampires (1961) coming in early 2020, there's at least one more in the works. This one has Gordon Scott as Goliath and was co-directed by Sergio Corbucci (there's some debate about how much input he actually had). Dino De Laurentiis is credited as executive producer — I think it's the only one of these pictures he did.
AIP released it here in the States, but didn't get around to it until 1964. Reynold Brown's poster art was typically beautiful. Like Hercules In The Haunted World, Goliath And The Vampires stirs a little Gothic horror into the usual peplum stew, which I always appreciate.
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2. Warm Milk: Drinking warm milk can amazingly help you to calm down and it helps a lot for people who having trouble falling asleep. This is a fact because the amino acid tryptophan in milk helps relax you.
3. Green Tea: One of the many health benefits that green tea has is its ability to relieve stress. It acts as a stress relief because it contains theanine which is an important calming agent. Remember to drink decaffeinated green tea, because caffeine is a stimulant and will not produce the calming effects you are looking for.
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Because anyone who assumes that all Africans in British History have been powerless, enslaved victims must be challenged.
iranda Kaufmann's book 'Black Tudors' challenges the modern misconceptions many of us may have about Tudor England and its demographic makeup.
The prevalent but fake story about Elizabeth I having banned all black people from England, has contributed to the creation of an image of Tudor England as a society that was free from black people, and especially those who were not enslaved.
In this seminal work, Kaufmann resurrects the black Tudors from the forgotten corners of the archives and, with a lot of contextual information and from often very sparse records, she fleshes out relatable and lively biographies of the black people that lived in Tudor England.
Because of the often sparse archival material, Kaufmann has added a great amount of context and historical background information to ensure that we understand the times as much as the people themselves. While the context is usually very useful and facilitates the understanding of the social, political and economic standing of the black Tudors of this book, it sometimes becomes a bit tedious, since I would have hoped for more information about John Blanke, Henry VIII's trumpeter, for example, and a little less contextual information. This is, however, a matter of personal preference and probably has to do with the fact that I have read a fair amount of historical accounts and research about the period already.
Kaufmann manages to find a diverse range of black Tudors, including women, and people from all walks of life. We meet domestic servants, prostitutes, divers, circumnavigators, converts, and many more in this well-researched, yet very accessible historical account.
This book is essential reading, especially in the current climate in Britain and the world at large, where right-wing rhetoric is becoming increasingly prevalent, and where the idea of 'the good old days' (that were supposedly free of foreigners), is becoming the driving idea behind racist and exclusionary policies and politics.
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Coos County FPA
February 28, 1931: "The patrol will build a modern glass enclosed lookout on Blue Ridge east of Marshfield." (The Coos Bay Times)
September 3, 1933: "Blue Ridge Lookout is located NE of SE Section 35, T26S, R12W. Material is on the railroad at the top of the hill, 1/2 mile from site of tower. Trail is also constructed to site. This crew consists of ten men. They will build the lookout house and tower. 4000 feet of timber at the present time at the 6200 feet grading. Will require some rock work to make it passable. Also a small bridge yet to be built. All work will have to be done by hand labor." (Samuel L. Miller Field Report)
September 20, 1933: "The lookout towers, located on Blue Ridge and Anderson mountain, are nearing completion and another week should see the work finished. Each lookout is 60 feet high, complete with a fully equipped cabin on top of the tower. The Blue Ridge telephone line was to be completed today. It extends from the Blue Ridge lookout to the forest service in Marshfield" (The Coos Bay Times)
October 15, 1933: "The tower and cabin on this point are almost completed. It is a very fine looking job and should prove to be quite an asset to the Coos Fire Patrol Association.
It was quite foggy while upon the mountain and it was impossible to see any of the surrounding country. The construction of the tower has opened up 40 degrees more territory than it has been previously possible to see." (Samuel L. Miller Field Report)
1933: A 55-foot tower constructed by the CCC.
April 10, 1934: "March 27, Coquille Camp. With Mr. Hoffman made a trip over the Blue Ridge road to the tower. They have approximately 3,000 feet to go to put the road in passable shape to the lookout tower." (Samuel L. Miller Field Report)
May 1934: "The road to Blue Ridge lookout completed." (Forest Log)
June 21, 1935: "The 'flying squadron,' located in the fire patrol warehouse in Marshfield, is working this week repairing the road to the Blue Ridge lookout." (The Coos Bay Times)
August 31, 1935: "John Queen, instructor in the science department of Marshfield High School who has been a lookout for the Coos fire patrol stationed at Blue Ridge during the summer, has returned to resume his duties at school. Ralph Scarbrough of Bridge, who has been a member of the 'flying squadron' of fire fighters stationed in Marshfield during the summer, will take the Blue Ridge position." (The Coos Bay Times)
1937: "Blue Ridge Lookout. Location is in the middle of a long ridge with very small percentage of land visible in 8 mile zone. This lookout could be improved by moving the present tower to the northern edge of the ridge and by establishing a supplemental lookout point on the southern edge of the ridge." (S.L. Miller Field Report)
July 7, 1937: "First lookout to be manned this summer by Coos Fire patrol is at Blue Ridge, at which John Queen, Marshfield High school instructor, has been stationed. District Warden Keith Young announced today." (The Coos Bay Times)
September 17, 1937: "Burtell Olin, Eugene, was assigned to Coos Fire Patrol lookout post on Blue Ridge this week, replacing Charles Foster, who held the post for a few days after John Queen left the lookout station to return to his duties on the Marshfield High School faculty. Olin was on the Blue Ridge lookout last fall after Queen ended his summer's work. Foster has returned to Corvallis for the fall and winter school tern." (The Coos Bay Times)
June 11, 1941: "First lookout to be assigned for the 1941 fire season by the Coos Fire Patrol association is Lloyd Jarvis, who has been dispatched to open the Blue Ridge lookout station." (The Coos Bay Times)
June 12, 1941: "The Coos Fire Patrol association dispatched a lookout to Blue Ridge station yesterday, first of the season. Unless there is heavy rain, all of the lookouts will be at their posts by June 15, District Warden Keith Young said." (Corvallis Gazette-Times)
October 6, 1943: "STRAYED: From Blue Ridge lookout, one fox terrier, name 'Jerry' Left Oct. 2. Two brown spots on left side. Call L.T. Jarvis, Myrtle Point." (The Coos Bay Times)
May 28, 1945: "Alfreda Leaton of Empire will be stationed at Trail Butte lookout above Allegany, having served at the Blue Ridge lookout last summer." (The Coos Bay Times)
1948: The lookout was staffed at half time, the cost of staffing was $255.00. (Oregon Department of Forestry Annual Report - 1948)
September 23, 1952: "Queenie, the dog which helped her mistress watch for fires in the Coos county forests for five years, is gone.
When Miss Frankie Gilliland of Corvallis started work in 1947 as Brewster Rock lookout for the Coos Forest Protective association, she brought Queenie along with her. It took a little urging at first but soon Queenie went up and down the steps to the lookout at will. There were many chipmunks, squirrels and other animals in the forest to make life interesting for Queenie.
Each summer, Queenie came back to the forest and whichever lookout to which Miss Gilliland was assigned. In 1950, when the two were on Anderson mountain, Oueenie was photographed by the Times while climbing the lookout tower.
Queenie was 10 or 11 years old this past summer. Perhaps it was her age or perhaps she was too eager to get to the ground to chase some animal. Queenie had started down from the tower and had reached the second landing when she slipped, then plunged to the ground. That was the end for Queenie." (The Coos Bay Times)
1958: "The Blue Ridge and Beaver Hill lookouts, after 23 and 24 years respectively, were condemned and demolished. Two new 50 foot CT-3 treated timber towers with 14 x 14 cabins were erected in the same locations for replacements. Cost of materials and facilities in these two towers will be approximately $6,000. All labor on these towers was performed with our regular personnel." (Coos District Annual Report)
June 16, 1958: "Nearing completion is the new lookout tower on Blue Ridge, about 10 airline miles southeast of Coos Bay. Replacing a tower erected in 1934 and razed this year because of rotting timbers, the new tower is 63.6 feet from the ground to the peak of the roof. The floor of the cabin occupying the tower top is 53.5 feet from the ground. Built after an improved design, a Coos Forest Protective Assn. crew of Ted Hariman, Bill Hoffman, Floyd Peachee and Howard Hudson did the erection job after timbers were pre-cut at the patrol's Bay Park headquarters. The tower, erected at an elevation of 1,580 feet, provides a view which includes eight other lookout towers in the Coos Bay patrol area. Coos Bay can be seen from the tower." (The World)
July 17, 1965: "Nancy Leatherman and Terrell Clarke" "The couple went up the Oregon coast for a honeymoon trip. They will be living the next three months at Blue Ridge Lookout, where the bride is employed by Coos Forest Protective Assn." (The World)
1965: "Elk Mountain is located some 3 1/2 miles southwest of Sitkum and serves as a replacement for Brewster Rock, Signal Tree and Blue Ridge Lookouts." (Coos District Annual Report)
September 7, 1972: "Public Notice: Because of construction work, Blue Ridge Road to Blue Ridge Lookout will be closed to the public until further notice." (The World)
1974: "The Blue Ridge lookout tower, which has not been used for several years, was dismantled during the year because of rot." (Coos District Annual Report)


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Councillor Bentley commented . . .
"I was delighted to be there to witness this historic moment. This opening comes after the intense work put in by the Essex County Council's International Trade Team and made possible by the 24 year relationship Essex County Council forged with the Jiangsu Province. This is the beginning of a long and prosperous partnership between Phoenix and Essex."
Phoenix Publishing and Media Group is engaged in six business sectors - publishing, book distribution, printing, hotel, real estate, and finance - and its annual sales income amounts to £1.2 billion. In China the company has 11,000 employees and 34 affiliated units. The UK Company will deal with printing, copyright trading and publishing businesses and plans to create up to eight new jobs in the county, with more expected as the company grows.
The signing of the MOU and move to the Essex follows a trade mission to China that took place at the end of March, led by Cllr Bentley, which included a visit to Phoenix Publishing's headquarters in Nanjing in Jiangsu Province. The week-long programme was delivered in close cooperation with the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government through links created by Essex County Council 24 years ago.
Mr Chen Haiyan , the Chairman and CEO of Phoenix Publishing and Media Group said . . .
"Phoenix Print Digital Printing business is PPMG's first step in UK. We are looking to start our publishing business in one year. And we want PPM International to be a platform for cultural exchanges. We hope we can initiate a writers exchange project with Essex in the near future".
Councillor Tony Ball, leader of Basildon Borough Council said . . .
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Phoenix, which also has businesses in the travel and real estate sectors, is also discussing with the County Council other opportunities to bring more tourists and businesses to Essex.
Councillor Bentley said . . .
"The County can now look forward to an increase in job opportunities and we can add another major international company to our portfolio of businesses that have chosen to locate their offices in Essex".


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Westport Music and Movement Center
1787 Post Road East
Westport, CT 06880
Host: Jackie Jacobs, telephone: 203-394-8358
Parking: Parking is limited; please use the lot across the street in the Super Stop and Shop and be careful crossing the street!
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1595 Post Road East
Westport, CT 06880
0.4 miles away
Fairfield Inn at The Circle – (a few miles away but nice diner in parking lot delivers room service)
417 Post Road East
Westport, CT 06880
3.49 miles away
Best Western Black Rock Inn – (very affordable!)
100 Kings Highway
Fairfield, CT 06825
4.04 miles away
Hotel Hi-Ho
4180 Black Rock Turnpike
Fairfield, CT
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I-95 NORTH exit 19 (toward US-1/Southport)
0.2 miles, staying straight onto Pease Ave.
0.1 miles turn slight right on Post Road East/US-1 (Post Rd E is just past Woodrow Ave-Your destination is just past Bulkley Ave S
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I-95 SOUTH exit 19
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