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When Drake started the night at his father's campaign fundraiser, he never imagined he'd end it being conned into buying drugs on the West Side. Losing high-stakes poker has its consequences, but he'd repeatedly face them just to hear Lacey Douglas sing. Drake sees Lacey light up the stage, and he has to have her. But his intentions for being on her side of town turn out to be the reason he can't.
Chicago native Lacey has dreams of the opera, but life has its obstacles. Lacey has come to know her hardships as part of living in the real world and accepts them fully. When Lacey meets the intense and invigorating Drake, a fire is lit inside her, unleashing those dreams again.
Two paths that should have never crossed prove to create the exact pairing the other needs. But when their worlds take time to catch up, everything they have is tested. Finding the space between the two sides that challenge them will be hard, but it's the only place that will keep them together.
Dropping my bag on the kitchen counter, I went to work. The dishes wouldn't do themselves and since I was still new to the household's staff, I wanted to make a good impression by getting all the housework done early. I got all the dishes to one side of the sink, then started a bath of soapy water in the other side. I pushed up my sleeves and a set of arms went around my waist. My entire body froze instantly. Someone was in the house. Someone was in the house with their arms around me. My first instinct was to slam my foot into their instep. I only hesitated because of the person's smell. Warm spices and blood-sizzling juniper radiated throughout my vulnerable senses. Drake. I had no idea he was even here. If I did I wouldn't have been wasting time washing dishes. He only ran his hands at my waist at first, snuggling me into him. When his fingers brushed under my top, I grabbed his hands. "Drake. Your mom is supposed to be home soon." "Then we better make this quick," he said, his rich velvet voice heating my blood. Pushing further up my body, his massive hands covered my breasts. "Drake, we really shouldn't. Any minute she could come home." I said this, but I didn't stop him. I couldn't stop him. "Shh…" He breathed against my ear, massaging me. "Let me." Oh, god how I wanted him to. "Please." He gave my neck a single kiss. My eyes fluttering, I leaned back into him. "Only a few kisses. Only a few moments of touching, then we have to stop. We have to." Pulling me into him, his kisses picked up on my neck. Got more aggressive. Turning my head, I caught his lips. I played with his tongue like that first night. He was so skilled, my core surged thinking about his other talents with it. So distracted by how amazing his kiss was I didn't stop him when one of his hands moved down my waist and to my leg. He gathered up the material of my skirt, and squeezed my thigh. "Drake…" I spoke into our kiss. "You said a few moments of touching. Please let me." I had no idea how far he intended to go. Entrapped by his kisses and touch, I couldn't ask. I didn't respond verbally, at all. I just moved my hips, and angled my thigh so he could touch me more. Letting go of my breast, he moved his free hand to my other leg that ached to be touched. Bunching up the material, he made my skirt no longer an obstacle. I now stood in the middle of the family kitchen with my underwear completely exposed. He felt up my thighs for a bit, then his hand rested flat on the line of my panties. His other hand quickly joined the area, but didn't stop. He moved downward and cupped me entirely with his large hand. I sucked in a breath, fighting the rock of my hips. "Drake, we can't. Your mom. She could be here any minute. She could see." "Lacey," he said, pulling the material of my panties to the side with a long finger, "let me make you come." At those words, I was his.
Victoria H. Smith has a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science. She puts it to good use writing romance all day. She resides in the Midwest with her Macbook on her lap and a cornfield to her right. She often draws inspiration for her stories from her own life experiences, and the twenty-something characters she writes give her an earful about it.
In her free time, she enjoys extreme couponing, blogging, reading, and sending off a few tweets on Twitter when she can. She writes new adult fiction romance in the sub-genres of science fiction, urban fantasy, and contemporary, but really, anywhere her pen takes her she goes.
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College junior Ariel Richmond is working on year three of Project Normalcy. Her house reeks of keggers past and her bestie is just a slight bit vulgar. But the thing is—they both aid in making life refreshingly uneventful. So much for hard-earned mediocrity when Luca Grinaldi appears on the scene. Luca's sudden presence on campus is hard to ignore. Those bright eyes act like a beacon to unsuspecting females, and with features like his, he's got to be moonlighting for GQ. Luca hopelessly captivates Ariel with his confidence and charisma, but the mysteries surrounding him make him nearly untouchable. And just when Ariel grows close enough to unlock his secrets, a tragic event sends her life in a downward spiral. That steady life is no longer an option and allies quickly become scarce. The mysterious Luca seems to be the only one willing to help her—but with that trust comes the burden of his secrets. He has a dark mission of otherworldly proportions, and is willing to sacrifice as many lives as it takes to see it completed.
Gone are the days of simply maintaining normalcy, and if Ariel isn't cautious with her trust, so soon may be her future.
The Crimson Hunt is a New Adult Science Fiction Romance.


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Welcome to the student area of the project maths website. Here you will find a wide range of resources to help you with your maths. You can navigate the student area using the menu on the left-hand side of the page.
At both junior cycle and senior cycle you are expected to be able to carry out a number of constructions using a straight edge, compass and set squares. Furthermore you are expected to understand the maths behind each construction and how it connects to other theorems and constructions in geometry. Our video tutorials guide you through the construction work and then explains why the constructions works.
Take me to the geometry tutorials.
Learning to use your calculator is an important part of learning maths. Check out our videos and PowerPoints which explain how to use your calculator to help with probability, statistics, trigonometry, number, algebra and functions.

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English Language Requirements
English Language Lessons English language lessons are compulsory for international students and are part of daily lessons.
English lessons (whether EL or English) are part of the programme and no extra fee is charged.
Wellington High School has a fulltime, permanently staffed English Language (EL) department.
There is no formal English language requirement at Wellington High School – most students are assessed when they arrive using an Oxford Placement test. They are then placed into as many classes as they need to improve their language as quickly as possible and then be able to join more of the mainstream classes.
Students need to be willing to work to improve their English and to work hard, especially if they plan to stay for just one semester.
Often students who have studied English in their own countries just need confidence to improve their speaking quickly.
Senior Students (Years 11, 12, 13)
Senior student's English is tested at the time of enrolment using an Oxford Test. The results of this test are used to plan an EL programme for each student. Students with good English have a full academic programme.
Students who need lots of EL are assessed regularly by Wellington High School and enrolled in a full academic programme when their English language ability reaches the required level.
Junior Students (Years 9, 10)
There is no minimum English language requirement but students should have sufficient English to allow them to be placed in some less language intensive classes.
Students are placed in classes with their peer group and withdrawn for English language support if this is necessary.


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If you have any trace or thread of Celtic or pre-Celtic Spirit within your DNA, this site belongs to you.
Your ancient ancestors built structures in Ireland that are older than the pyramids of Egypt.
Many of these structures have been/are being destroyed and more are under threat.
The Tara/Skryne Valley is a classic example of archeological destruction.
There's a Sacred Site someone near you, visit it, protect it.
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Because it differs in chemical makeup than other hair colors, red hair does not respond well to the same bleaching processes. All hair contains two types of pigments: phaeomelanin and eumelanin. Where dark hair contains more eumelanin, red hair contains more phaeomelanin. Because eumelanin responds more easily to bleaching action than phaeomelanin, red hair requires a stronger bleaching process than dark black hair. But even though red hair may give you some trouble, a little tenacity will get it to the color you want.
Apply 20-volume peroxide to the back of the hair near the nape of your neck. Do not rub into the scalp or you might suffer discomfort or even burns from the bleach.
You may use 30-volume for naturally dark red hair, but pay close attention to your scalp. The second you feel pain, rinse out the peroxide.
Quickly continue to apply bleach toward the front of your head.
Wipe any bleach off of your forehead, ears and the back of your neck.
Cover your hair with a shower cap.
Bleach loses its effectiveness when it dries, so covering the hair allows the bleach to stay moist.
Attach your diffuser to your blow dryer's nozzle. Blow dry the hair, through the cap.
To avoid patchy hair color, keep the heat even.
Watch your hair color closely. Stop when you reach the desired result or after 30 minutes, whichever comes first.
Repeat the bleaching process, if you did not reach the desired color. Always wait a few days to let the skin on your scalp repair itself.
Tone your hair, using semi-permanent ash or neutral blonde in the color you want your hair. Semi-permanent hair color does not "lift" (lighten your hair), but instead deposits color on your pre-lightened hair. Because red hair shows more difficulty in lightening, it can turn orange or brassy. Toner cuts this brassiness.
Condition your hair using a protein-based conditioning treatment.
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Donny Quinn has been writing professionally since 2002 and has been published on various websites. He writes technical manuals for a variety of companies, including restaurants, hotels and salons. Quinn is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in English at Georgia State University.
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CBD and Pain Relief (Exploring the Hemp Option)By Damien Darby
Okay, what's the deal with hemp-based CBD and pain relief?
How effective and safe is it?
Ugh, good questions. Here we are in late 2016, so should you find yourself thoroughly confused and don't know what to think or who to believe then let me officially welcome you to Cannabinoid Revolution v2!
Whether the powers that be want to admit it or not (many already are though, Canada for example), western civilization is transitioning from an opiate-drenched "medicine" system to a more natural cannabinoid-based approach that interacts with the human Endocannabinoid System (ECS).
Is it being televised? No, not really.
There have been several mainstream documentaries, but they almost entirely exclude hemp-based CBD and focus on the Medical Marijuana industry because that's where the zillions are being made.
You must dig a bit deeper.
You have to discover sites, well, just like HempforFitness.com which represents a small American company not some Big Pharma or Wall Street-funded organization.
The owner, Marjan, is on the phone/online daily, responding to more and more comments/questions as time goes by from everyday people looking for answers from someone they can trust.
Questions like,
" What dosage, or how much CBD is most effective for treating chronic joint pain?"
" What product do you recommend for a child of 9 with muscle spasms?"
" My husband and I don't feel comfortable with medicating our child, but don't know what CBD product is safe to give to him. What do you recommend?"
I could go on and on. It's been truly profound, both as a Washingtonian (Marijuana is fully legal right now, but no industrial hemp fields yet) and as a cannabis-friendly writer to watch this all unfold.
And it's rough because unlike the current medical system which has endless amounts of opioid-based pills in all kinds of quantities figured out for everything from a sore thumb to migraines, the cannabinoid world is just now returning after being swept under the rug for close to a century.
We're picking up where our ancestors left off after using hemp back to the beginnings of written history. And this is while the pharmaceutical world and the established order (along with Big Marijuana to a certain degree) have declared proverbial war on industrial hemp-derived CBD despite the recent studies and the MASSIVE, and I mean GARGANTUAN amount of "on the street" anecdotal evidence from people's moms, brothers, cousins, and friends.
Pain Relief and CBD
Here's a personal example.
While on a hike I did a stupid thing (jumped off a huge redwood tree stump in CA for a photo) and hurt my left ankle pretty badly. Then, of course I didn't stop hiking but went through with the whole trek. Wow, come that evening I could barely walk…so inflamed and sore!
Thankfully I had some of the Trompetol Extra Skin Lotion Marjan sells in my bag. I put a glob on my ankle, rubbed it in, and no kidding within 30-60 seconds the pain was almost entirely gone and I could walk on it fine. Whoa!
No one can fully answer that question yet because we don't fully understand the ECS yet. And no one can say why it works like that for me, but maybe not for you.
So can CBD help you or someone you care about with their pain? There's no guarantees, but here's what we know:
- It's a well-known and very effective anti-inflammatory agent like its cousin THC but without the psychoactive-ness.
- When ingested through Medical Marijuana (edibles, vape, flowers, etc.) patients with such serious conditions as Cancer, Fibromyalgia and Arthritis are seeing substantial relief.
- CBD suppresses seizure activity, from the serious kind to minor muscle spasms as demonstrated through the "Charlotte's Web" strain of Cannabis (bred specifically for high CBD).
- The human ECS utilizes CBD, and cannabinoids in general, to regain/maintain a state of homeostasis.
- Medical Marijuana patients have shown/reported up to a 64% reduction in their use of conventional pain killers because of the way THC & CBD work synergistically in natural "whole plant" form.
Where Hemp Comes In
There are three primary reasons folks don't want to get their CBD from Marijuana: they're uninformed about the plants, THC is illegal where they live/work, or they don't enjoy the "high" from THC.
Hemp naturally has almost zero THC. It's a fiber plant. You would have to smoke a field of this stuff just to get a headache. However, it can be grown to have higher CBD levels in the same way as Marijuana can be grown with higher levels of THC and smell like blueberries. Or, you can grow fields of the plants like they are in Colorado, Oregon and Kentucky now, and transform a bundle into a thick dark resit-looking substance which can then be diluted and made into an essential oil, tincture, etc.
Make sense? In fact, all cannabis plants or strains can be bred to have higher levels of any major cannabinoid as far as I can tell.
So you get all the CBD from the plant, with microscopic amounts of THC and it's not coming from what's legally called "Marijuana" but industrial hemp which is legal (although, outside hemp-friendly states it still must be imported thanks to Uncle Fed).
Trust me, I've experimented with this stuff myself and am intimately familiar with the effects of THC. For example, I gulped down a whole Hemp Honey Stick before showing hemp products to the Veterans Administration in California and felt no high whatsoever. I mean none. Zero. No intoxication I could detect.
But how much CBD will you need?
What is the best form of delivery? – pills, lozenges, paste, cream, honey, essential oil, etc.
Here's what I suggest people do if they decide they'd like to experiment with a hemp-based CBD product:
- Talk to your doctor about it first. If you don't have a doctor (or you do and they're clueless), find and talk to someone in the industry like Marjan who has vast experience working directly with people using full-spectrum hemp products for a large variety of pain-related reasons. She can't give you medical advice, but she can tell you what she's seen through her customers. Outside this you can contact organizations like the Society of Cannabis Clinicians.
- Set aside time to dive into CBD Research and learn the basics of the human ECS to see what medical science has to say.
- Come to terms with the best dosage and delivery method to start with relative to the pain or condition in question.
- Experiment until you find what works. The difference is that unlike other conventional medications CBD isn't toxic, habit forming, or harmful even when taken in huge quantities. Doctors in CA have prescribed over 1000mg dosages for Cancer patients and witnessed no negative side effects.
Why Full-Spectrum Hemp Products Can Be Expensive
Overhead and no government subsidies.
- The cost and all the many fees and regulations involved in the import of hemp plants, tinctures, extracts, and oils.
- The cost of continuous lab testing for every batch to ensure not only the right CBD levels but legal amounts of THC as well. When Marjan is hit with a batch that has too low of CBD, boom, more testing, more import costs…
- The cost of even more testing to look for toxins, pesticides, and other impurities.
- The cost of marketing, which for small genuine businesses like HempforFitness is hard and expensive. For every 1 item she manages to sell, big corporations (often with questionable practices) sell 1000 because they have monolithic budgets.
When "we the people" are educated enough, and have had enough of these insane federal laws and regulations then industrial hemp will be grown from coast to coast once again and the prices you see today will go down by at least half, if not more.
It will return to the way it was long before opioids, like petrol, took over our societies.
But "they" want it hard to find. They want it expensive. They want you confused and uninformed so they can continue their scourge. Everyone understands this. We all recognize the War on Drugs was actually a War FOR Drugs, the kind they can control and that makes the aristocrats even richer – opiates, pharmaceuticals and heroin.
Just look at these 2016 facts from the American Society of Addiction Medicine:
" Drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in the US with 47,055 lethal drug overdoses in 2014. Opioid addiction is driving this epidemic, with 18,893 overdose deaths related to prescription pain relievers, and 10,574 overdose deaths related to heroic [an opioid] in 2014"
That was two years ago. It's worse now…meanwhile no one that I've ever heard of has died or even overdosed on any genuine hemp or cannabis-based product. Again, CBD has been proven by medical science to be non-psychoactive, non-habit forming, and non-addictive.
" From 1999 to 2008, overdose death rates, sales and substance use disorder treatment admissions related to prescription pain relievers increased in parallel."
Meanwhile wherever Marijuana or Hemp is being used/consumed there's a dramatic decrease in conventional pain killer usage and less visits to the doctor and that's not the half of it.
Wrapping Up
I'd say it's worth a shot. If you don't have access to Medical Marijuana strains high in CBD, or you don't enjoy the intoxicating effects/high of THC, then full-spectrum hemp is your best option. You may need to experiment a little but the upsides of cannabinoids vs opioids are numerous.
Don't hesitate to reach out and contact Marjan or the HempforFitness team because they care. They're real. Marjan has been through hell the last four years trying to bring hemp to the people despite the armies of opposition from all sides.


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Ecuador's Vice President Jorge Glas, has been jailed after the Supreme Court ordered his arrest while he is investigated for allegedly taking bribes from a Brazilian construction giant involved in a sprawling regional graft scandal.
Police took Glas into custody at his residence in the city of Guayaquil and later transported him on an air force plane to the capital, Quito, where he is being held.
Several supporters and former aides rushed to Guayaquil's air force base to express solidarity with Glas, who they say was stabbed behind the back by his one-time ally, President Lenin Moreno.
Minutes before turning himself in, Glas posted online a video in which he said he would abide under protest the arrest order even while arguing that the case against him was based on lies, false testimony and procedural errors.
"Those who are innocent have no reason to flee," said Glas in the video, in which he also urged supporters to continue fighting to defend the legacy of former President Rafael Correa, who both he and Moreno loyally served. "Don't give up, fight for your revolution."
Judge Miguel Jurado of Ecuador's top court accepted a request from prosecutors that Glas be detained to guard against any attempt to escape.
Until Monday's ruling Glas was free but barred from leaving the country.
Glas is highest-ranking official in Ecuador to be investigated and is suspected of leading a network of politicians and Correa officials who received $33 million that the construction company Odebrecht has acknowledged paying in exchange for contracts when he served as vice president from 2013 to 2017.
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Susan Nahvi
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A Paterno Fellow and Schreyer Honors Scholar, Susan graduated with Bachelor of Arts degrees in French Language and Culture and International Politics. As a student, Susan spent a semester studying at l'Université Paul Valéry in Montpellier, France. She was a foundation relations intern for Plan International USA and she interned for Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Mike Stack. During her time at Penn State, Susan also became an ambassador for Stand for State; she volunteered for Planned Parenthood; and she served as the Treasurer for the Penn State Martial Arts Group. After graduation, she will work for the Friends Committee on National Legislation where she will be a program assistant for policy on human rights and civil liberties.


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These days, even taking time to rest and stretch can feel like a crime. With all the pressures that surround, we all need a quick escapade. Good thing there's an adventure waiting just some 90 minutes away from Manila.
Batangas Lakelands' tour is a much-needed escape from the numbing noise of the big city. The tour is a promise to recharge and revitalize in the company of nature and loved ones.
Boasting serene views and plenty of fun, Batangas Lakelands holds magnificent treasures, one after another.
The starting point
The adventure starts at Lima Park Hotel in Malvar, Batangas. It features a relaxing ambiance, refreshing openness, vibrant tropical flora, and simple sophistication.
From the hotel, you will be transported to your first adventure by the festive Amore Bus. The 24-seater bus will then take you to the most special places in Batangas.
A new view
Elevating your Batangas experience is the Sky Adventures with Bell Textron's modern helicopter. The 12-minute chopper ride brings you from Lima Commercial Estate to the hillsides and to the Taal Lake itself, with a new magnificent view of the Taal Volcano.
Seeing things from such heights with a clear and open sky, everything becomes a newfound marvel. Buildings and houses become toy pieces. Treetops become blankets that thrive with life. Then there's the captivating intrigue of the Taal Volcano.
From high above, the humbling view of verdant greens set against rich blues makes for an experience that the books will never match up to.
Savor local flavours
After the heli-tour, you will be brought back to Lima Park Hotel in time for lunch at the hotel's flagship restaurant, Plum, which offers Pan-Asian cuisine. Their Southern Tagalog Food Trip is a must-have as it takes you on a sublime culinary journey. Highlights include the brilliantly balanced Sinaing na Tulingan, the explosive freshness of the Ensalada Filipina, and some homemade desserts paired with the local favorite Kapeng Barako at Brew, the hotel's lobby coffee shop.
A divine commune
In the early afternoon, your tour will take you to the site made to renew your faith.
Tucked in the hillside community of Balete is the Marian Orchard, a place of intimate peace and grand spirituality. Built to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary, the five-hectare pilgrimage site offers blooming flowers, refreshing greenery, and serene landscapes.
Inspired by the beauty of European gardens, the Marian Orchard is a splendid oasis of faith where one can reconnect with God. Some of the highlights are: the Sacred Heart Chapel and Tower, the Dome of Mary Mediatrix, the Rosarium, and the Marian Plaza with the Chimes of Mary.
Golden hour panorama
After a restful stop at the Marian Orchard, the adventure then takes you to Amore Point, a quaint lakeside property that serves as the jump-off point for the sunset at Lake Taal.
Here, you'll board either the Lady of the Lake or the Queen Fisher, both 30-seater vessels, going to your next destination, Lakepoint Manakah.
In the 15-minute ride, feel the breeze of fresh wind caress you and get lost in the natural wonders before you.
Once you reach Manakah, you will find yourself in secluded grounds facing a stunning view of Lake Taal with the sun burning orange as it descends into the horizon. Truly, a perfect golden hour panorama.
The sunset experience is the epitome of an exclusive escape. Here, there are elements of carefree childhood: the tropical huts, a treehouse, the swings hanging by high branches. The scenery is then further made immaculate by the sunbeams: pretty ambers pirouetting through the greens of trees and grass.
Complementing the scene will be great-tasting food. On-site, you will be served the local specialty Binalot paired with a refreshing Buko juice.
Even at the trip back to Amore, the view remains to be transcendent. As you go down Manakah, notice the remaining glimmers of golden light and how they dance upon the water. Then as night falls on your cruise back, the emerald lake transforms into a dark silver pool and together with the stray light, bold and bronze in the distance, the stage is set for the dramatic intensity of a lost Rembrandt masterpiece.
Small wonders
On your way back to the hotel, the remnant sway of the boat ride lulls you. And the unhurried small-town life before you provides another layer of ease and satisfaction.
It's easy to cast aside the small things when you are stuck in the motions of the Metro Manila life, with the bigness of skyscrapers and billboards and traffic blocking everyone from life's great views.
With the Batangas Lakelands Tour, you are made to focus on what matters. So, to truly experience Batangas, you have to surrender to small wonders. The crisp wind, the stillness of the everyday, the lightness of being in the moment. The grandness found in the blissful moments of momentary escape.
The Batangas Lakelands puts these front and center, ready for you to jump into.


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Ductless air-conditioners have many potential applications in residential, commercial, and institutional buildings. The most common applications are in multifamily housing or as retrofit add-ons to houses with "non-ducted" heating systems such as hydronic heat or baseboard heaters. They are an excellent choice for room additions and small apartments, where extending or installing ductwork (for a central air-conditioner or heating systems) is not feasible.
Like central systems, mini splits have two main components: an outdoor compressor/condenser, and an indoor air-handling unit. A conduit, which houses the power cable, refrigerant tubing, suction tubing, and a condensate drain, links the outdoor and indoor units.


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If you are reading this, that means the month of May hasn't killed you yet.
For all us parents out there struggling to cross that end-of-school-year finish line, there should be some sort of support group. We could even have matching T-shirts.
The front of the shirt could say I SURVIVED MAY. On the back could be a picture of a disheveled mom lying on the kitchen floor in the fetal position holding up a tattered lunch box to a kid stepping over her cold, lifeless body while staring at a tablet.
It is true that we are all totally and completely over school at this point. The parents. The students. Even the teachers. Especially the teachers. All done. All over it.
The kids have sensed the end on the horizon for weeks now and have all but given up. I have literally had to drag a few of my children out of bed this past week and prop them up against a dresser to help them get their clothes on.
Please enjoy this picture of my son taken a year ago during the last week of school.
Are you feeling just how "over it" he was?
Poor guy. I feel his pain. Actually, in my house it may be the parents who are looking forward to summer the most.
We've had enough. We are ready for a break from ensuring that all homework packets, school projects and educational software requirements have been completed and turned in.
If I'm asked to fill out or sign one more school folder, planner, agenda, reading log, behavior chart or school survey I am going to throw a #2 pencil across the room.
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We can no longer muster up the energy to piece together 5 creative, fun and/or wacky outfits for another themed spirit week. We just can't. In fact, let's vote to have May be national "pajamas and flip flops" month.
Also, field day. You want me to send my kids to school slathered in sunscreen with a change of clothes, a spare water bottle and a towel labeled with their name on it?!?!
At this point it is a miracle if I remember to put on deodorant and a bra so asking me to gather all those extras is just cruel.
I thought about offering my kids' teachers money to apply their sunscreen for me on field day. Like, 20 bucks under the table. But then I read those 10 email reminders stating, in bold, that teachers are not allowed to apply sunscreen. It's against the law… or something like that.
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A few weeks ago, a coworker of mine declared that, "May is the new December." At first, I thought she was referring to how insanely busy the month is. But upon further review, I now see that she was also referring to how broke we are all going to be once May is over. Just like the Christmas season, May is EXPENSIVE.
We cannot possibly dole out any more money for last-minute field trips, teacher appreciation week, end of the year gifts, yearbooks, spring pictures, supplies that are needed for end of the year parties or eleventh-hour fundraisers.
Our bank accounts have nearly been drained and whatever money we have left is going to pay for summer camps.
And the events.
How many more events can we cram into this month?
Field day, spirit week, teacher appreciation week, field trips, award ceremonies, heritage project day, preschool programs, VPK graduation, class parties and the list goes on and on.
No doubt that sometime in mid-April, employers around the world start day drinking and hiding in company supply closets to avoid all the parent employees who are requesting time off for yet another end-of-school-year event.
At the beginning of the month to honor Mother's Day, I attended three separate Muffins with Mom events all on different days of the week.
Now, don't for one second think that I don't love and appreciate every single one of these things. I do! They are all precious and adorable and they make the kids feel so loved and special.
I am all for that!
And I am incredibly grateful for the hard-working teachers who spend so much time and energy putting it all together. Really, I am! It's just… there's a lot of things, okay?
I don't know about you, but I have found that as this school year comes to a close, there are a few things that I have "let go" more than others.
The first thing is the lunch packing situation. Anyone else have a mental countdown going on, ticking away the number of lunches left to pack until school is over?
Yep. This girls does. Started after Christmas.
In August, my lunch game was strong. I had lunches packed and ready the night before.
Turkey sandwiches on whole wheat bread with a variety of healthy snacks and sides.
But now, it's May, and I am frantically slinging around Lunchables, Uncrustables, cheese sticks and pre-packaged, no-nutrition carbs at 7:00am like it's my job.
The other day I sent my daughter to school with a Ziploc bag of salami as her main course. I didn't even have the energy to put it between two slices of bread.
Second, my ability to leave the house in a timely fashion has fallen head-first off the educational wagon these past few weeks. School starts at 8:30. In August, I was herding everyone into the car no later than 7:30.
But now, it's May. And with each passing week we are leaving later and later.
To my 65 year old neighbors attempting to enjoy the peace and quiet of retirement, the clamor and clatter coming from the garage next door probably sounds like some sort of violent military operation.
Go, go, go! Get off the floor! Get in the car! You need to move faster! We are going to be late! Grab your folder! Where are your shoes?! Stop touching your brother! Why don't you have pants on?!
Lastly, in this crazy month of May, I have redefined my responsibilities as the primary homework supervisor. I used to be all, "Let's sit down and read a book together and discuss if and how we relate to the characters and define any vocabulary words you might be unfamiliar with."
But now I'm all, "Did we listen to a Podcast in the car today on the way to school? Good. Write that down in your reading log and forge my initials for me."
Here is a picture of my kindergartner's homework taken just last week:
Read the part under What I Liked Most About This Book Was:
What does that even say? I have no idea. The first part is clear-ish. It says, "I like went they."
But that last word… Dibootwos? Bibootwes?
No clue.
In August I would have made her sit down and spend a bit more time developing and correcting that sentence.
What is it that you liked, honey? Can we try and stretch out that word and sound it out together? Maybe you could even give a brief explanation as to why "went they Dibootwos" is your favorite part.
But not anymore. My response was, "Perfect. Looks great. Now put that in your folder and don't forget to turn it in."
I'm over it, ya'll.
And I know you are, too.
Just a little bit longer!
We got this!
Let's finish strong… ish. Summer, here we come!
Oh, and be sure to check back here in about 9 weeks for when I am begging the schools to open their doors early and take these crazy kids back!
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Cabal Crafted will be popping up for the holidays at Arcade Coffee Roasters. Come see the Cabal Crafted catalogue in person, and learn about why the objects you already have and the spaces you already make matter. Also experience the slow spirit by geeking out about design and craft details on each piece. I (Walter Cabal) will be there to chat with you about what you might be looking for and which pieces may be a good fit for your daily living.
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Welcome to the Beast's Castle, home of old friends and missed treasure chests.
In lieu of making any meaningful commentary on Beast's Castle, I'm going to instead talk about a problem I have with RPGs.
Many times in an RPGs, players will see treasure chests in the level while watching cutscenes. This is good because it gives them something to pay attention to while the characters are busy talking about things not relevant to the main plot.
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Contributors: Lenz, Sarah (Universität Frankfurt)
Sarah Lenz (1984), Studium der Soziologie/Germanistik (Mag.), Universität Trier; Mitarbeit an Projekten des Lehrstuhls Wirtschaftssoziologie (2012/13), Universität Trier; Seit 2013 Wiss.Mitarbeiterin, Institut für Soziologie, Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main; Dissertationsthema: Ethische Banken
Scientific paper contribution: Ethical Banks - Professional Biography and taking critical distance in ethical Banking and Finance
Abstract: Ethical Banks – Professional Biography and taking critical distance in Banking and Finance The segment of empirical reality chosen for the presentation is dedicated to ethical or sustainable banking. Though rather small still, this segment has been expanding rapidly. Contrary to conventional banking, this segment has constantly been gaining legitimacy since the collapse of global finance. Building on the assumption that institutions do not only depend on the acceptance and consent of actors involved, but that they may as well be challenged by them. Based on interviews, the conditions of reflexive distancing are reconstructed in terms of sociocultural dispositions, professional-biographical developments, and specific forms of criticism. Different forms of criticism are understood as historically rooted, being condensed in the interviewees' biographies. Finally, historical dependence and the distinction between artistic critique and social critique are related to the empirical cases presented. Not least, the waves of criticism which transform and shape capitalism and the basis of its legitimization are included in research on ethical banks.


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Sunday, 20 September 2015
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Hello from a fellow class mate! So pleased you managed to get the replacement pair sewn up ok. I finished mine over the weekend and totally agree about the value of getting someone else to fit you - it makes such a difference. Very pleased with the end result.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hi Nina! That's great you were pleased with yours too, I'm so pleased I did the class and found out about my odd legs. I've already bought some more tartan too to finally make a tartan pair!Delete
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Glad you finished yours. I've only just got round to doing the hems. I can wear mine now.ReplyDelete
These look like such a good fit!! I'm still to brave making my first pair of trousers, hopefully this spring. I did the Sew Over It dressmaking weekend a few years back, where you make the shift dress & a circle skirt,and it was brilliant! I'd love to do the trouser class as they advice & help you got with the fit sounds brilliant.ReplyDelete


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Welcome to Episode 164 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast
In this episode, hosts Neil Shuck, Mike Hobbs & Mike Whitaker discuss what they've been doing (Hobby-wise) for the past two weeks, cast their eye over some of the latest hobby news and dive, for the first time, into the Meeples & Miniatures mailbag.
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Mehr News Agency reports that Russia's Inter RAO – Export LLC has signed an MoU with Iran's Khuzestan Water & Power Authority to expand the Dez hydro-electric power plant (pictured) by 720 MW.
The project will include the construction of an additional turbine hall.
The Russian company will also participate in the modernization of Ramin thermal power plant, based on an MoU with Iran's state-run Thermal Power Plants Holding Company.
Inter RAO – Export will draw up technical and commercial proposals for the projects, and will also arrange raising of the debt financing for the customer equal to 85 per cent of the projects' cost.
It will acts as an EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contractor without investing its own funds.
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As part of his official visit to India, London Mayor Sadiq Khan has unveiled plans for a $150M UK/India drama co-production of The Far Pavilions, based on the epic novel of British-Indian history by MM Kaye. The book previously was adapted as HBO's first miniseries in 1984, starring Ben Cross, Amy Irving, Omar Sharif and Christopher Lee. The latest version will consist of 30 hourlong episodes and be produced by Michael Ward and Colin Burrows for Beautiful Bay Productions.
Billed as the biggest TV co-pro between London and India, the series will combine top Indian acting talent and the British capital's post-production skills including a creative crew made up of both Indian and British technicians. No broadcast or streaming partner has been mentioned.
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The Far Pavilions was written by British author Kaye in 1978. It tells the story of an Englishman brought up as a Hindu during the British Raj and his passionate love for an Indian princess.
Ward, who produced a 2005 West End musical based on the book, said today: "Having based myself in Mumbai for most of the last decade, I'm excited to spearhead the Indian end of this international collaboration. It's the perfect time to take my stage adaptation of Mollie Kaye's masterpiece much further and deeper into its Indian cultural landscape, and to invite the best of Indian and British talents to contribute towards turning it into a high-end television series authentically written and cast for a global audience."
London has been a popular destination for Indian films for more than 30 years, with about 20 shooting in the city during the past 12 months including the box office hits Judwaa 2 and Mubarakan.
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Read and rate Travel Journal Entries for Khuzhir, Irkutskaya, Russia
Jul 22, 2017 - Rain day
The day started out bright and sunny. We walked down to the local shops to see what they had to offer. The town is like a movie set from a Wild West movie. Dirt roads. Run down wooden houses. Fences nearly falling down. A few supermarkets - none looking particularly interested in having customers. It hit 30 degrees by midday, so we headed home to change into cooler clothes. A few minutes later, we were out exploring again. This time along the coast. We came to a small port. You were taking your life in your own hands walking along the...Jump to full entry
Jul 21, 2017 - Tour of north Olkhon Island
Today we did a 7 hour tour which took 9 hours to complete. It was an tour of the northern half of Olkhon Island. The scenery was spectacular. There were 8 other people in our group - 2 Chinese and 6 Russians. Olkhon Island is the largest, and only inhabited island on Lake Baikal. Lake Baikal is the deepest, oldest and largest (by volume) freshwater lake on Earth. It is 1,638 metres deep, 636 km long and contains 20% of the world's fresh water. One of the stops was at a former gulag site, where part of the remaining ruins are of the...Jump to full entry
Jul 20, 2017 - Olkhon Island
Today involved a lot of travel. First, we caught the bus from Irkutsk to Lake Baikal, a car-ferry over to Olkhon Island, then drove 38km on a dirt road. This is the view as we crossed the lake. Although the air temperature was mid-20's, the water was somewhere between 4 and 8 degrees, Behind our guesthouse is this series of Sharmen poles - they are very colourful. This rock is only minutes from our guesthouse. We explored for the whole afternoon, then buffet dinner with the other guests.Jump to full entry
Nov 2, 2013 - Days 74 to 77 - Olkhon Island (Russia)
After the refreshing (?!) 30 minute walk from the hostel to the bus station, we clambered into a mini-van for the six hour trip to Khuzhir, the main "town" on Olkhon Island. The van was decked out with curtains and also had a small plasma screen showing some US film, which had been wonderfully dubbed into Russian. After some three hours on the road, and passing deep snow in places, we pulled into the main "services" on the road for lunch. After a hearty Borsch and hair of the dog, it was back to the bus for another 90 minute drive to the...Jump to full entry
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Aug 7, 2011 - Olkhon Island in Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal, the 'Pearl of Siberia' or the 'Blue Eye of Siberia' is a crystal clear body of fresh water and has the singular distinction of being the worlds deepest lake: 1637m at the western shore. It holds 20% of the worlds fresh water meaning that if the worlds drinking water ran out tomorrow Lake Baikal could supply the entire population of the planet for the next 40 years! The lake is 636km long and 60km wide, making it one of the biggest lakes in the world too. The water is icy, never more than 15C, and legend has it that a dip in the...Jump to full entry
Jul 6, 2010 - Beautiful Baikal, Outstanding Olkhon
Lake Baikal, Russia: Three Spectacular Days on Olkhon Island ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2-3 July 2010 Baikal: A Few Facts & Figures At up to 1637m deep, Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world, has the fifth largest surface area and the greatest volume, containing almost 20% of the world's fresh water. In fact its volume is greater than that of the five Great Lakes of North America combined. If all other drinking water were to vanish...Jump to full entry
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Aug 13, 2008 - Lake Baikal
Dear Friends, Our trip to Lake Baikal was truly amazing. We took about a thousand pictures, but they can't do justice to our sidetrip. We were on Baikal for about three days, and pretty much did not waste a minute. I am not going to write too too much about our trip because Kara and I arrived in Ulan-Ude not too long ago, and we are hungry, but a few words. The homestead where we stayed was like a little international village. We met Venezuelans (both of whom were extremely nice -- they also probably liked that Kara and I spoke Spanish...Jump to full entry
Jul 29, 2008 - Breathtaking Olkhon
Day 15-17 - Lake Baikal and Olkhon Island From Irkutsk we took a taxi across town to the Aftovagzal (bus station) where we were immediately accosted by a middle aged gentleman looking for people going to "Khuzhir." This was a relief as this was exactly where we needed to go!! ACross the street, there were small crowds of people waiting to board mini buses, many of whom where locals, so we joined the queue. After an hour, our backpacks were thrown onto the roof a minibus, tied down and covered with a tarp. We were on our way to Olkhon and...Jump to full entry
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Jun 19, 2008 - Irkutsk - Lake Baikal (Olkhon Island)
A half-hour walk with all my gear to the bus station to start the day. Bought the ticket to Khuzhir on Olkhon Island, half way up the west coast of Baikal. Also had to buy a luggage ticket separately which was a bit unusual. The trip to the ferry over to the island was uneventful, going through farmland and green fields. Once we arrived on the island the bus started up to get off the ferry, there was a large bang and the bus leaned to one side. Presumably some problem with the suspension which I'm glad didn't happen while we were moving at...Jump to full entry
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Sep 11, 2006 - Lake Baikal
After an 8 hour drive in a barely road-worthy school bus, we arrived in Khuzhir, a village on Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal. At 1637m, Lake Baikal is the deepest in the world. It holds 1/5 of the worlds unfrozen fresh water and is home to over 1000 endemic species of plants and animals. Half of the island is bare hills and the other is forest. Our rustic guesthouse, run by a former table tennis champ, is a focal point of the wild west town. All Trans-Siberian tourists seem to stop here for great home cooked meals, rustic cabins and...Jump to full entry
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Jul 3, 2005 - Olkhon Island
Fancy a beach holiday in Siberia? I have found the ideal spot although as with Mediterranean beaches the chances are that the Germans will have beaten you to the best spots. Appealing soft sand beaches fringe beautiful Olkhon Island, about half-way up the western shore of stunning Lake Baikal. The gently undulating island of open grasslands and dense pine forests is home to some 1500 hardy souls, the majority of whom live in Khuzhir, a ramshackle village that's the main focus of the island and home to Nikita's, a bona fide travellers...Jump to full entry
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Sep 25, 2004 - Lake Baikal, Olkhon Island
9-21 After a fine homestay in Irkutsk, blintzes for breakfast with great plum/currant jam. We headed out by minivan 5 hours north to Olkhon Is. in Lake Baikal about halfway up the lake. This is a very old and spiritual location, having been inhabited according to archeological records as early as 6th century. We took excursions on 3 of the days and pretty much covered the entire island which is accessible by vehicle. The roads are all just dirt(mud in many cases due to recent rain) and heavily rutted, great excitement up and down...Jump to full entry
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For regular observers of the Mexico national team, the green promotional banners outside of Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium with meticulously edited portraits of Javier Hernandez, Hirving Lozano and Miguel Layun jumped out for a certain reason: none of those players was there. Nor, for that matter, was any other recognizable star player like Carlos Vela, Hector Herrera, Giovani dos Santos or Jesus "Tecatito" Corona. But given how many of those identical banners there were around the stadium, it would've likely been an expensive task to replace them.
The 50,000-plus fans who saw Mexico beat Venezuela 3-1 may have been wondering the same thing: Why weren't the usual big names on the squad and who will line up for El Tri at the Gold Cup?
The debate over how much (or little) dedication there is to Mexico's national team for those established players, and their varied reasons for missing out on this summer's soccer, has reached nauseating levels. In Layun's case, the news that a cancerous tumor (now removed) had kept him out was a stark warning about the pitfalls of unsubstantiated speculation. Whatever their reasons, the absentees have left a vacuum, especially in attack. Fortunately for head coach Gerardo "Tata" Martino, there's one player primed to fill it: Raul Jimenez, the most important player in the Mexico squad at the Gold Cup.
- Ultimate Gold Cup guide: Can anyone beat Mexico or the U.S.?
- When is the CONCACAF Gold Cup?
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"Personally, I've never won [the Gold Cup]," said Jimenez in an interview with ESPN in Wolverhampton before the end of the Premier League season. "I've only been once and we finished in the semifinal, so I'm coming in with passion, pride and the drive to win it... it is something that I'm missing."
Speaking after the final warm-up game against Ecuador, Jimenez was even more emphatic about just what the tournament means.
"It's going to be very special for me, it's a very good opportunity to show Mexico and the world who I am," Jimenez said in English after Mexico's 3-2 win at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Such outwardly bold statements, with full respect to the Gold Cup, require context. For a start, the Wolves striker isn't a kid. He debuted for Mexico in 2013, he's scored one of Estadio Azteca's greatest goals, has an Olympic gold medal from London 2012 and is now Mexico's most expensive player. But he was bitterly disappointed he didn't get more playing time at the World Cup last summer when, not for the first time, he was in the shadow of Mexico's highest-ever goal-scorer Hernandez and played only 54 minutes.
"Honestly, yes [I expected to play more]," Jimenez told ESPN. "With [former Mexico manager] Juan Carlos Osorio's process and the rotations I thought, 'I probably won't play against [group stage opponents] Germany, but against South Korea or Sweden, I could start a game.' They are simply the coach's decisions and you have to accept them."
How things have changed since then, to the extent that even if Hernandez and the rest were available, Jimenez would still almost certainly be the focal point of Mexico's attack this summer. A loan move, since made permanent, to Wolves after the World Cup in Russia was received with a degree of skepticism in the Mexican media. After periods mainly on the bench at Atletico Madrid and Benfica, along with his sparse participation at Russia 2018 with Mexico, how would he step up to find success in England's very different footballing culture and in arguably the toughest league of all?
"Much depends not only on style of the country, but the coach's playing style so that your skills can fit the system and that's what's helped Raul a lot," former Bolton Wanderers striker and Mexico legend Jared Borgetti told ESPN. "I'm sure that Raul and the coach [Nuno Espirito Santo] thought they'd do well, but not as well as they did."
Jimenez's season at Wolves has been better than most expected, making Premier League watchers the world over sit up and take notice of a Mexican striker with a very different skill set than West Ham United's Hernandez, who had previously been the principal reference point.
- Martino's first six months with Mexico: The good, bad and ugly
- Mexico legend Marquez: Times have changed for El Tri stars
- Mexico captain Guardado: National duty makes you tired mentally
Jimenez was one of 29 players to feature in all of his team's 38 Premier League games, scoring 13 goals -- only Callum Wilson (Bournemouth) and Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) of clubs outside the "big six" got more -- as well as creating 42 chances and making seven assists.
"He's not a traditional No. 9 that is static and waiting. He likes to drift outside [the penalty area], he likes to participate in the offensive transition," said Borgetti, second on Mexico's all-time scoring list behind Hernandez. "He's not someone who is obsessed with the goal, he's a player that helps the team play better and others to score as well. Defensively, he cooperates and that's why the coach and the people in the team praise him; he's not only there in the good times, he also works."
It's not only on the field that Jimenez has made an impact at Wolves. As the rain bucketed down intermittently outside of Molineux Stadium ahead of an April 24 showdown against Arsenal, the way that Wolves fans have taken to the Mexican was very evident. One young local fan, wearing a Mexico shirt, said he'd love to watch Jimenez play for El Tri in the Estadio Azteca and now prefers them over his native England, because of Jimenez.
In the stands, there was a smattering of lucha libre masks, inspired by Jimenez's FA Cup semifinal celebration -- which ultimately proved premature, after Watford came back from two goals down to beat Wolves -- and a smattering of Mexican flags.
"Let's be honest: none of Wolverhampton was exactly an expert on lucha libre," Wolves fan Manny Singh King told ESPN. "We were googling it like mad afterwards... we tried to become experts on Mexican culture."
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The Exploding Heads are back to help Raul Jimenez sell his wrestling masks, while Declan Rice has some newspaper headline suggestions.
Jimenez and girlfriend Daniela Basso are local celebrities in the West Midlands given their fondness of exploring the sights and sounds of their new home.
"[Jimenez has] been to West Park, he's been to [West Midland's] Safari Park, he's been to Drayton Manor, Warwick castle," said Singh Kang. "He loves this place.
"He's embraced what England is and obviously somebody coming in from a foreign place has you thinking, 'Will they integrate? Will they interact?' Raul has fully interacted with all the fans. He interacts, he signs things, he replies back to fans and most importantly he bangs [the goals] in."
In that April match against Arsenal, Jimenez led the Wolves press with the same panache he has all season, as if all those wasted afternoons and evenings stuck on benches in Spain and Portugal have been bottled and unleashed on the Premier League this season. The fans on the South Bank responded.
"There's something that the Wolves want you to know, best in the world, he comes from Mexico; our No. 9, play the ball and he'll score every time," came the chant. "Si Señor, pass the ball to Raul and he will score ..."
Back in Mexico, Jimenez's profile has risen. In Mexico City, hundreds turned up for a sponsored autograph session on May 17 in a shopping center to the south of the city, with at least a few in Wolves shirts present. Jimenez has always been a popular figure, especially among Club America fans, but succeeding in Europe has propelled him into that elite level of Mexican national team player, the type that gets to appear on green advertising banners outside billion-dollar stadiums like Hernandez, Lozano and Layun.
Jimenez's family, middle class by Mexican standards, moved to Mexico City when the young player was age 7 as his father took a new job. Born in 1991, he'd previously attended the Cruz Azul soccer school in Jasso, close to the family's home town of Tepeji del Rio in the state of Hidalgo. But the youngster had to transfer to Club America when his family moved to the big city, due to Cruz Azul's training center being so far. It would turn out to be a profitable decision for Las Aguilas, who reportedly ended up selling him to Atletico Madrid for over $13 million in 2014 and got a percentage of the transfer when he moved on to Benfica.
Club America's Under-20s head coach Guillermo Huerta first met Jimenez when the player was 13 and says he was small for his age, which is difficult to believe given Jimenez is Mexico's second-tallest player in the 23-player Gold Cup squad at 6-foot-2.
"He always played as a center-forward but Raul was also short, he was very small, very fast and afterwards, he shot up," Huerta said.
Huerta also highlights Jimenez's mentality even as a youngster, believing it helped him when regular starts weren't coming at Atletico Madrid and Benfica.
"Raul has always been very stable mentally, he's very level-headed," stated Huerta. "He was a player who knew what he wanted and was always working for it."
But while Mexico City is where Jimenez developed into a professional at Club America and eventually became a club icon, his roots are in the town of Tepeji del Rio. There, the 19th-century La Josefina textile factory still dominates the center of the town. It may only be a 90-minute drive from the heart of Mexico City, but it feels very different from Mexico's capital, with the birds singing, the small colonial church and mom-and-pop stalls selling barbacoa de borrego, the state of Hidalgo's signature dish.
In the sports shop close to the central plaza, there surprisingly aren't any Jimenez shirts for sale, with the assistant slightly embarrassed about that and offering to order one online. But Jimenez's presence in the town runs deep even if he didn't spend much of his youth there. The player owns a ranch nearby and spent time there during his break ahead of the Gold Cup. While back in the area, Jimenez sent a video message congratulating a local Tepeji girls' team, which had won the state championship and advanced to the national finals in Veracruz.
"Raul Jimenez means a lot to Tepeji. He's one of the standard bearers and it brings pride to hear Tepeji del Rio being talked about because of him," said Carlos Narvaez, president of the local soccer league.
When Jimenez, the oldest of four siblings, was at Atletico Madrid, he signed 30 soccer balls and sent them to the local league as a sign of support. His extended family still live in a town that has a thriving soccer culture and boasts a number of players playing professionally in Mexico.
"What does he mean to the youngsters?" said Narvaez. "They see him as an inspiration and they know that if they work and have talent then some day they can reach his heights."
Walking around Tepeji del Rio's central plaza, which has a cozy town hall flanked by a library and a primary school, brings home just how far this is from the bright lights, intensity and magnitude of the Premier League. For Jimenez, his time to take center stage has finally arrived.


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County Anvil is one of the eight counties of Cyrodiil. It is the most western of the counties and it encompasses the Gold Coast, it is bordered by County Kvatch to the east. During late Third Era, the county was ruled by Millona Umbranox.
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Anvil has existed since at least 1E 2200, when King Bendu Olo led the All Flags Navy against the Sload of Thras during the threat of the Thrassian Plague.[1]
Originally, Anvil was a small collection of rundown huts infamous for being a violent haven for pirates, refugees, thugs and thieves.[2] During the time of Haymon Camoran Battle for the throne, it was controlled by the Red Sabre pirates, but it was taken over and used as a base of operations by Commodore Fasil Umbranox while he attempted to destroy the Red Sabre Pirates and for his hunt for the Black Flag and its captain Torradan ap Dugal.
During the battle in Anvil Bay between Umbranox and Torradan ap Dugal, the whole town was set on fire and destroyed.[3] Dugal tried to flee, but Umbranox's battlemages caused a rocky outcropping to collapse over his ship so that it was destroyed. As a reward for destroying the pirates, Umbranox was given the title of Count of Anvil, as well as the funds to build a city over the ashes of Old Anvil. He built Castle Anvil on the same island the Black Flag was buried under.[2] Umbranox's descendants would rule for centuries afterwards.
During the Great War, the city was put under siege by the armies of the Aldmeri Dominion, which ended with a Dominion victory in 4E 172.[4]
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- ↑ Pocket Guide to the Empire, First Edition: Wild Regions
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Emmanuel Sanders stood in the batter's box at Coors Field Tuesday afternoon with high expectations — for his showing on the baseball diamond and the football field.
The Broncos' wide receiver joined several teammates at UCHealth's third-annual Healthy Swings charity home run derby, which helped raise $100,000 for cancer research for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Fullback Andy Janovich took home the individual title with three blasts into the seats.
"I expect to make contact a lot," Sanders said moments before launching several baseballs past the $1,000-donation midfield fence marker.
But the eyes of reporters quickly drifted from Sanders' bat to his left leg, and more specifically, a surgically repaired Achilles that twisted with every hack. No reason for concern, though, with Sanders eyeing a possible July return in training camp. Just don't expect a firm answer on exactly when it will happen.
"We'll see," Sanders said. "When I'm ready, I'm ready."
The injury occurred Dec. 5, 2018. That makes for six months and six days since Sanders last played at full speed. He has posted updates on his rehabilitation via Instagram stories (@ESanders_10); from first-person accounts of agonizing ankle stretches, to one-foot balancing on a rubber ball to now running crisp routes. Although those recent agility drills were against air and not NFL defensive backs.
"I know a lot of people say the older you get, you don't heal as fast, but I guess I kind of proved that wrong," Sanders said. "I still have a month-and-a-half to go and I've still got to keep striving to get better. … I've been working every day and I've been showing it on my Instagram to show the fans I'm working my butt off to get back."
Sanders said in May that he wouldn't put a timetable on his return, only that he was "feeling good" in addition to optimism over his fit in first-year offensive coordinator Rich Scangarello's system. That mantra didn't change under the sun at Coors Field. Full recovery from similar surgeries can vary between six months and a year but it seems teammates won't be surprised should Sanders suit up July 18 to begin training camp.
"It's just the competitive nature that (Sanders) has," wide receiver DaeSean Hamilton said. "I know he sees us out here practicing and things like that. He wants to hurry up and get back….He's making sure he'll be ready to go for training camp or preseason whatever he needs to be able to play before that."
Sanders, 32, is entering the final year of his contract, and if free agency awaits, good health is a must. Sanders has yet to put in extensive work with new Broncos quarterback Joe Flacco but didn't express concern with training camp and preseason still on tap. Sanders considers himself among the NFL's top wide receivers and views the Pro Bowl and playoff berths as essential to having a good season.
"I know me coming off an Achilles injury, the moment I step into this offense they are going to expect a lot out of me," Sanders said. "And I'm going to expect a lot out of myself. I'm preparing for those moments and hopefully, that opportunity meets the preparation."
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Warning as temperatures continue to soar
QUEENSLANDERS will swelter through another day of scorching weather as extreme heatwave conditions continue until midweek, with emergency services on high alert for heat-related sicknesses.
The Bureau of Meteorology has announced southeast Queensland is sweating through "extreme" heatwave conditions, which is the rarest kind of heatwave.
BOM forecaster David Crock said today may be even hotter than Monday in some parts of the southeast interior, with Ipswich expected to climb to 40C.
Queensland Ambulance Service director of clinical quality and patient safety Tony Hucker said paramedics would be on "high alert" for vulnerable members of the community, such as the elderly, children, pets and those who are sick.
"Heat stress or heat exhaustion is easily treatable," he said, urging rest for the person affected, cooling them off and getting their fluids up.
"Heat stroke is very dangerous. This is at the end point of the heat-related illness spectrum, and it's dangerous - fundamentally, your organs start breaking down and you can die. So it's so important not to let people get to that level of illness."
Mr Hucker said it was not acceptable under any circumstances for parents to leave a child or pet in the car, as things can turn tragic in a matter of minutes. In extreme heat the temperature in a car can climb to 50C.
"It only takes minutes for the temperature to rise inside a car to fatal proportions, where we can see really quite horrible outcomes for kids," he said.
The QAS is urging people to look after themselves and be sensible in the hot weather so their services aren't required.
"We're busy, we see 3500 patients a day and once we start seeing temperatures go up we can see that workload go up by a factor of 100, in some cases even more. It's really important people look out for themselves, avoid the hottest part of the day, stay out of the sun, wear loose-fitted clothing, keep water close by and just try and take it easy on these really hot days," he said.
The QAS will also be on high alert for heat-related illnesses during Melbourne Cup festivities.
"Alcohol, hot sun and having fun is a dangerous combination so it's all in moderation," Mr Hucker said.
"In among the drinking of champagne, drink lots of water and if you're out in the sun, minimise the amount of alcohol and increase the amount of water and you should be OK."
Ipswich at 40C is set to be the hottest areas in the southeast interior tomorrow, so Courtney Haynes is planning to spend a little time in the pool with her 11-month-old bub Ruby.
"We've been using a tub on the deck for a pool, but it's just not cutting it in this heat," she said. "We'll just be going to the pool or chilling out in shopping centres, (as) we don't have airconditioning unfortunately."
Tuesday's hottest predicted temperatures in the southeast's extreme heatwave are: Ipswich 40C; Gatton 39C; Beaudesert 39C; Esk 39C; Toowoomba 36C; Sunshine Coast 33C; Brisbane 33C.


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Hitting back at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his attack on the Left, the Communist Party of India-Marxist alleged on Saturday that his government had "mortgaged" India's foreign policy for the Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
"The Manmohan Singh government has mortgaged India's foreign policy for Indo-US nuclear deal," CPM general secretary Prakash Karat told PTI from Madurai. Further, he said the government "has given a commitment to buy 10,000 mega watts of American nuclear reactors, which will cost the country not less than Rs two lakh eighty thousand crore." This would "only enrich the American corporations and make electricity beyond the reach of the common people", he charged.
Politburo member Sitaram Yechury asked why did the government "spend tens of crores of rupees just for lobbying in the US if it was only for meeting India's energy needs." He said there was "another agenda which the PM is not revealing and that is what we are objecting to. It is that almost all our nuclear commerce has been tied up with the US and there are policy pressures too.The Prime Minister does not explain all this to the people. He should also explain how the strategic defence tie-up with America helps us in getting electricity for the people," Yechury, who is touring West Bengal, said.


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Tensions Rise Over Paterson's Plans for SchoolsMay 21, 2012
Another state-operated school district, another broiling debate over the Christie administration's reform plans.
This time, it was in Paterson where deep divisions have surfaced over the administration's mix of proposals, from changes in educational practices to the closing and reconfiguring of a half-dozen schools.
The Paterson advisory board on Thursday narrowly approved the package put forward by state-appointed superintendent Donnie Evans.This time, it was in Paterson where deep divisions have surfaced over the administration's mix of proposals, from changes in educational practices to the closing and reconfiguring of a half-dozen schools.
But similar to Newark's ongoing reorganization that has touched off fiery community meetings, more than 50 people opposed to the plans in Paterson gathered this weekend to begin strategizing how they would stage their fight.
"These are our children, and we intend to fight for them and resist what they are trying to do," said Jonathan Hodges, a longtime member of the advisory board who voted against the proposals.
The Saturday morning meeting held at Paterson's International High School lacked the rancor of the Newark meetings, but Hodges and others said they would make it up with persistence and urged attendees to take their concerns to local, state and even federal officials.
Also attending were leaders of the Paterson Education Association, the teachers union; and the Paterson Education Fund, an advocacy group.
The Paterson plans are not as sweeping as in Newark, where new superintendent Cami Anderson has sought to close or reconfigure more than a dozen schools, including shared space with charter schools.
In Paterson, Evans' plans call more for closing and reopening as many as eight schools in different grade configurations, as well as educational changes. One is ending of "social promotion," the practice of moving students to the next grade, even when they may not have reached achievement benchmarks.
Not all the proposals were criticized on Saturday, with some in the audience saying the district needed to raise its own expectations for both students and teachers.
But the tone was more about the ongoing tension of the state making these decisions, a tension that has festered ever since the state's takeover 20 years ago.
A centerpiece of the administration's plans throughout the state is the creation of seven new "regional achievement centers" that will serve as the hub of turnaround efforts for schools with low student achievement overall or wide gaps in achievement levels.
These RACs will provide assistance and support in the districts, some more collegial than others, depending on the needs. Evaluations of the schools are underway this spring, and state officials stress that remedies will be developed with the districts.
But other moves are less bending, such as one provision that states principals of low performing schools who have been there more than two years will likely be replaced.
The RACs are yet to be staffed, but the state has released an outline to how they would be spread across the state, each covering between five and 72 different schools. One center will cover both Bergen and Passaic counties, including Paterson, and work with 45 schools overall.
They will include both instructional experts, but also specialists in data, "culture and climate," and "human capital."
"So the state will pay to have a third party come in and improve our culture and climate," said Rosie Grant of the Paterson Education Fund.
"These are the people who will decide how to turn around our schools," she said. "You can forget about local control."


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