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Shoosmiths has advised Ageas (UK) on its £116m acquisition of Groupama Insurance Company Limited (GICL), securing the insurance giant's position as Britain's fifth-largest non-life insurer in the process. Click here to read the case study.
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Shoosmiths advised leading credit reference agency Experian concerning an experiment it conducted into online security ahead of National Identity Fraud Week. Click here to read the case study.
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6 April 2015 brought in a range of new options for members with defined contribution pension savings.
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Heat oil in large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add 2 onions, bell peppers and garlic and sauté until tender, about 14 minutes. Transfer mixture to plate, using slotted spoon. Add beef and pork to Dutch oven and cook over medium-high heat until no longer pink, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Return onion mixture to Dutch oven. Add tomatoes with liquid, chili powder, jalapeños and cumin. Season with salt and pepper. Cover Dutch oven and simmer until beef and pork are almost tender, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour.
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JC hates the doors and the ride, but that doesn't stop him wanting to head straight to a Mercedes dealer to buy one...
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The hard-top is already expensive. The base car is £157,000 but the car I drove was fitted with a reversing camera, sports seats, special wheels, a Bang and Olufsen sound system, ceramic brakes, special paint and nice leather. It even had - at an extra cost of £3,355 - a carbon-fibre engine cover.
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Art dealer and benefactor. Lord Duveen of Millbank began his career in his father's antiques business, Duveen Brothers, in Hull. He transformed the business, specialising in the acquisition and sale of Old Master pictures, with galleries in London, Paris and New York. A great benefactor to museums in Britain, Duveen donated pictures to the National Gallery and the Tate Gallery among others, and financed building schemes including an extension for the National Portrait Gallery and a gallery for the Parthenon Sculptures at the British Museum.
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Witch Protectress [cover art]
This is a cover art for Witch Protectress - fantasy book series by Olga Gromyko.
An art for previous volume I presented in this thread.
You can also see both final versions of covers (with few later changes) here.
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Hey I like everything about this except for the wolf! It just seems like too much. Like hey look over there..its a wolf..even tho there is plenty of interesting things here...look at the wolf instead. That's just me.
I like everything..what great costume. I love all the fantasy elements. It makes me want to go on a quest and I'll bring my potions, my sword and my map. And I'll bury my chest of treasure before I leave!
March 9th, 2010 #3
Thanks You see, the wolf was an important thing in the book so I think it is on a right place - there is a love affair between the witch and a werewolf and as you can see she looks towards him - if he weren't there where he is all the illustration would miss a point a bit I think.
March 11th, 2010 #4
Nice work! I just didn't like how her hair flowed around her. It's like there's something off but I just don't know what. But it's still beautiful. =)


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Originating in Finland in eighteen-sixty-five, Educational Sloyd used handicrafts practised in schools to promote educational completeness through the interdependence of the mind and body. These radical ideas spread throughout Europe and America and had a significant impact on the early development...
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Counter-Terrorism and Human Rights
The ever-present threat of terrorism and the growing human-rights backlash against anti-terrorist policies are becoming ever more significant on the international stage. Constant media-coverage and public concern have characterised the debate over the last ten years.This book is a fair and...
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Statistics supporting arts education? Statistics supporting art?
I'm looking for a webpage or a book or any resource that would directly give me statistics supporting my theory that the integration of art has positively impacted schools. I want to prove that art improves student's behavior and attitude, possibly even their self esteem and attendance.
I am specifically looking for STATISTICS supporting this theory.
Thank you.
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But on-topic, if you need "credible" sources for this type of somewhat questionable hypothesis, i suggest you do what alot of students do: Google it and then start sifting through the information resulting from said search.
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yeah, i'm actually in high school and this is for my senior thesis project. thanks for putting me down though. the only reason why i came to this forum was because i've been having a lot of trouble finding statistics.
September 18th, 2009 #5
I'm not sure how you measure something like the impact of art on students with empirical evidence. How do you measure self esteem or attitude? If you find attendance is better, how do you connect it to art studies?
I guess the sad thing is that there even NEEDS to be proof that art enriches students. You'd think the fact that every culture I've ever heard of has created some form of art would signify that it's something vitally important to us on a fundamental level.
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September 18th, 2009 #7
There are many specialized arts high schools across the country. Why don't you try comparing statistics from them with HS statistics overall?
(assumes you are in the US)
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September 18th, 2009 #8
Actually there have been many studies done on this. Go to a library and sift through the academic journals and databases and you will find the information you want. We're not statisticians or researchers.
September 20th, 2009 #9
"I'm looking for a webpage or a book or any resource that would directly give me statistics supporting my theory that the integration of art has positively impacted schools. I want to prove that art improves student's behavior and attitude, possibly even their self esteem and attendance."
Here's your problem. As Elwell says, there are many public and private schools that specialize in arts education, some with very high reputations, and long waiting lists. There's one in Boston I visited as a grad student, and I got to interview several people there. The school taught everything, and each subject incorporated art as a means of engaging students. The student body boasted high grades, high retention rates, and about 90-95% went on to college. But, here's the thing. These were already the cream of the crop of Boston. Those who were planning from the get-go to succeed in life. They had the best grades in middle school, and they could write the best entrance essays. So, was it the art that made them good, or was it just the students themselves that made the program look good? Because, there are other specialty schools that focus on math and science, and make all the same claims.
I believe it's extremely important to study art, because it gives you something to enjoy throughout your life, and a way to comment on what you experience. To truly do a study proving arts' significance, you'd need to do two separate studies. First, find a school or district that's increased funding and performance in the arts over a long period of time. Then study things like retention rates, incidents of violence, rates of drug abuse, and %'s of students going on to higher education. Conduct student surveys asking to what extent art education has affected their lives. Then extrapolate a conclusion taking into account external factors like an improving/declining economy, increasing/decreasing crime rates, changes in student behavior (time spent studying, going out, surfing the internet) etc...
The closest to a study I've seen recently on this was on NPR. They wrote about a study of the national competence of students in creative/performance arts and found that there has been no real progress over the last ten years. I'll look up a link.
Long story short: you're looking for statistics that don't exist, that no one cares enough to pay for, and that would be very difficult to piece together. You need to shift gears on your topic.
EDIT: And, just to explain why I thanked Faust for his reply, he's absolutely right in saying that your entire approach to this topic is flawed. We don't study art so that we can boost high school attendence or student behavior. Choosing that as a primary goal is an insult to art ed. It's like saying the best reason for teaching evolution is to increase computer sales at radio shack. Sure, buying computers is nice, but the main goal of teaching evolution is to understand the world we live in, and the main reason for teaching art is to have more skilled artists working, period.
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September 20th, 2009 #10
I don't think he's talking about arts high schools. I understood that he meant art classes in regular high schools versus schools where they have eliminated the art class. There have been studies done to see if young children fare better in other classes, with paying attention, and with stress if they have an art class in school.
September 21st, 2009 #11
I know he's not talking about arts highschools, but that's about the only opportunity to find any statistics to "prove" his theory. By all means, though, post some of those other studies if you know any. Of course, any school that cuts their art budget is probably a poorer school from a poorer neighborhood, so I imagine stats will be scewed somewhat for that reason.


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First Lady Michelle Obama prepares to speak to religious groups at Northland Church in Longwood, Florida, on Saturday, February 11, 2012, to promote her healthy-lifestyle initiative. This was the first of 2 Central Florida stops for the first lady today. Ludmilla Lelis, Orlando Sentinel
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Overclocking GPU with Beta drivers
Is this a good idea? Whenever I use Rivatuner with beta drivers on my 8800 gtx it doesn't give me the option to test out the clocks before applying them. This kind of worries me. I overclocked my card to 615/1100 and it crashed after playing Oblivion for 30 minutes.
The core temp on my card now seems to be locked at 60c even at stock speeds?! Before it was 52ish.
Anyway, is it better to use non beta drivers when overclocking AND if so , what are some good drivers to overclock with?
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drivers shouldnt make a difference.... make sure you are using the latest version of rivatuner... you can also try ntune or ati tool
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HOUMA, Louisiana — The Terrebonne Parish school superintendent is forming an advisory committee to help evaluate the district's aging facilities.
Superintendent Philip Martin told The Courier (http://bit.ly/1LtQHAH) several people have already committed to the task force and the focus is now on setting meeting dates.
The committee is the first step in a more than a three-month effort to evaluate facilities and create a master plan to guide the board's construction spending.
Officials have long pointed to aging and overcrowded schools as one of their priorities to address.
The average age of public school buildings is more than 60 years and some, including Gibson Elementary, are more than a century old.
A 2013 schools task force listed facility upgrades as the second-most pressing issue facing the school board but recommended a study and master plan be completed before moving forward on any construction.
Martin said the committee will decide whether their meetings will be open to the public.
The committee will be similar to that 2013 task force that eventually recommended a half-cent sales tax proposal for teacher salaries. The primary difference is that Martin will moderate this committee instead of an independent consultant.
"I have to bring recommendations based upon my own analysis and the advice of the committee," Martin said. "I'm looking for their opinions, suggestions and advice."
The school board approved the study at its June 16 meeting. The measure, authored by board member L.P. Bordelon, would update a 2005 facility study and directs Martin to consult with "people that best know the physical facilities and curricular needs of the system."
No outside consultants have been hired, Martin said, though he said that's a possibility in the coming weeks.
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New Experiment Will Answer Some Mind-Bending Questions On Whether We Live In a Hologram
The Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is completing a unique experiment called the Holometer which has recently started collecting data to answer some mind-bending questions about our universe–including whether we live in a hologram.
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When it comes to finding happiness, many of us seem to be looking for it in all the wrong places, wasting time and energy, not realizing that the root of happiness is within each and every one of us, in our hearts. Allowing ourselves to experience genuine happiness is to become happiness, it is wanting happiness to be a part our lives with all our hearts and being open to receiving it no matter what form it might take.
Shaken By Doubt?
What do you do when 'always believe in yourself' begins to crumble? Ask: What is it that you're doubting. That seems to me, to be the question. There is a difference between believing in your beliefs, and believing in your Self, so let's look at it.
After six decades, it seems that I still have an evolving belief system. The spiritual ideal holding that changing picture together would be a childhood wish for a clean heart and right spirit. I suspect that's the case for a lot of us… remembering ourselves as children, we did have a desire to do right and feel clean inside… clean and free.
What we participate in is pretty much the name of the game. What do we spend our time, energy and intention on? What are we consciously and/or subconsciously empowering that's leading to our own dis-empowerment? Where attention and thus intention goes, energy flows. Where is ours going, collectively and individually? Something to seriously consider on a continual basis in this massively manipulated energetic world.
Why We Can't Cure Cancers
When do you think we will find a cure for cancer? Five years? Ten years? More? In 1971, Richard Nixon declared a 'war on cancer', over 40 years ago. Since then we've spent over 100 billion dollars or more searching for a cure. I recently saw this question on Quora: "When will all cancers be curable?" – What do you think?
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The question is not what Apple Cider Vinegar can do, but what can't it do. As a folk remedy, it has been credited with curing everything from the flu to warts or sunburn to dandruff. However, it also can help reverse many serious diseases that many would immediately turn to medications to solve. Here are 8 more reasons this powerful health tonic makes your kitchen your best pharmacy.
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We all know, deep down, that we are all connected. But is this notion of being connected only a magical feeling or is it concrete fact? Quantum mechanics or the study of the micro-world states illustrates that what we think of reality, is not so. Our human brains trick us into believing in the idea of separation when in truth, nothing is truly separated —including human beings.
Too Much Screen Time Disrupts Young People's Emotional Intelligence
Researchers at the University of California in Los Angeles recently took a look into how media is affecting young people's social skills. UCLA scientists studied two groups of sixth-graders from the same school: one group didn't have any screen time for the duration of five days; while the other group spent their usual time looking at smartphones, TVs and other screens.
What was revealed? The study reported that the group of sixth-graders without any screen time did a better job reading human emotions.
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Many arrows point to the bee decline. A Harvard professorrecently warned that Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) is only the beginning for us. The ripple effect from new classes of pesticides is just getting started.
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Nice and convenient location 6345 Collins ave, reasonably priced, minutes from Miami International Airport, Downtown Miami, Bayside, The New Midtown Mall, Aventura Mall, and exclusive shops of Bal Harbour. Unit has two full size beds. Updated Kitchen. Updated Bathroom with walk-in shower, Cable, 1 TV, Wifi Services throught the buiding, walking closet, plenty of storage Cabinets for long or short term use. Linens, dishes, cookware, beach chairs, and more. Valet parking for one car. This condo has private access to the warm sandy Tropical beach and pool, outside shower by the beach. Laundry room on each floor.
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6300 Collins Ave, Miami Beach. Some activities that may be done at the beach are sunbathing, swimming, jogging, and variety of Water-sports. Our condo is within walking distance to Publix Supermarket, Navarro and Walgreen Pharmacies, Blockbuster Movie Rental, Local Gym, Beauty Parlor, Local park by the beach. Near South Beach, Cafes and much more.
Located in the North Beach Resort District of Miami Beach, just one block from a rowing club and an outdoor (free of charge) gym at the park by the Intercoastal, close to shopping and restaurants, walking distance to major grocery stores, pharmacies, and shops. Only 10 minutes to South Beach. Nestled between South Beach and Bal Harbor. Close to Aventura Mall and only one bridge away from Downtown and the new MidTown Shopping Center. Only a few minutes from Miami airport, less than 30 minutes from Fort Lauderdale Airport. 15 minutes to the Port of Miami and Bayside, the AA Arena and the Performance Arts. Entertainment for children within 15 minutes: Jungle Island, the Children's Museum.
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Starkey Laboratories, one of the worlds leading hearing technology companies, today launched the Destiny 1600 during the AudiologyNow! 2007 conference. The new flagship product, Destiny 1600, offers the industrys first initial fit protocol that allows practitioners to conduct an automated initial fitting using real-ear data in less than two minutes. On display at booth No. 346, the Destiny 1600 joins the Destiny line of hearing aids that work in tandem with the intuitive Inspire OS 2.0 software, powered by Starkeys proprietary nFusion technology.
Starkey continually seeks innovative technologies to improve the patient journey to better hearing, said Jerry Ruzicka, president, Starkey Laboratories. The Destiny 1600 continues the momentum of last years revolutionary introduction of nFusion technology and demonstrates Starkeys firm commitment to improve users hearing and help hearing care professionals ensure more accurate fittings.
Its widely accepted that real ear measurement is the only way to get a completely accurate, individualized hearing aid fit. Until now, this has required expensive equipment, and the measurement process can be time consuming, Ruzicka says. The Destiny 1600 provides a fully Integrated Real Ear measurement, automatically incorporated throughout the Inspire OS 2.0 fitting software, providing the most precise fit possible in very little time.
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- Integrated Real Ear measurement provides the most accurate fit on the market and requires no additional equipment
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- Self Check is a diagnostic tool that gives patients a performance report of their hearing aids circuit, receiver and microphone
- Reminder feature allows practitioners to program an audible follow-up to remind patients about maintenance and return visits
The Destiny 1600 behind-the-ear model (BTE) is available in a stylish new design and 15 colors and patterns to enhance hair color and skin tones, and fit consumers lifestyle.
Designed to work specifically with Destiny hearing line of products is the Inspire OS 2.0 software platform, the industrys only fitting software available today that recreates a users hearing environments within a hearing care professionals office. Simulating various environments through virtual reality, Inspire OS 2.0 works in sync with the Destiny products and nFusion Technology to collect real-ear data and provide the fastest, most accurate individualized fit possible for patients.


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Heat oil in a pan. Crackle mustard seeds,cumin seeds, asofetida. Add green chilis.
Add onions and fry until partially cooked.
Add peanuts and roast. Add potatoes, turmeric powder and mix well.
cover the pan and let it cook on low flame.
When potatoes are cooked add tomatoes. Stir to mix.
Now add poha and mix well. Coat the poha evenly.
Add sugar, lemon juice and stir. Let it cook for sometime.
Sprinkle water if needed. Close the lid for two minutes.
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Millions of pounds are to be spent on a major investment project at a power station in Romney Marsh.
One of two nuclear reactors at Dungeness B power station will be shut down today for maintenance on the reactor and machinery, including the turbine which generates electricity.
In total, 12,000 separate projects are scheduled to be completed at the site at the same time, with a total spend of £25 million.
Station director Martin Pearson said: "This is a huge programme of works which will help to ensure Dungeness B can continue to operate, providing jobs and contributing to the local economy.
"The significant investment from the company shows EDF Energy's confidence in the future of Dungeness B.
"Our staff and contractors have worked extremely hard in the planning process and are geared up to deliver the last major project before we make a decision on extending the operating life of the plant beyond 2018."
The projects include the inspection of the turbine rotors and a programme to inspect the fuel channels on the reactor.
This type of work is carried out every three years at the power station and is known as an "outage".
During the outage the number of workers on site will double, with around 550 specialist workers brought in to assist the existing staff.
The other reactor and turbine will continue to generate low carbon electricity while the project is carried out.
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Dungeness B power station has been generating enough power for more than 1.5 million homes since it started operating just over 30 years ago.
Its current scheduled closing date is 2018 however EDF Energy hopes to be able to extend its life for a further ten years, to 2028.
The station employs more than 550 permanent staff as well as over 200 contract partners to ensure the safe reliable generation of power.
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Chapter 52 - The Truth Is
I opened the bathroom door and the steam from behind me seeped into the room, creating a look of fog all around my frame. It was a sign of a good bath – the type that I have not experienced in maybe a week. It could have been better, but I'm not complaining. And the time I took to use cream and use wet-wipes to increase the feeling of freshness was not done in vain either.
With my towel wrapped around me, I looked up from my feet after feeling the attention Chris was giving me and tightened the fuzzy material brushing against my skin. His brown eyes were squinted slightly and his head hung tilted to the side just a bit. That pink bottom lip of his grazed between his teeth back and forth at a slow speed before he sucked it in entirely.
Lord, God.
"Come here," he mumbled in a deep voice, sitting on the edge of the bed with his feet planted to the ground. Chris brushed his left hand through his brown and golden colored forest of curls and licked his lips while his gaze pierced me. My nipples rang with sensitivity in response to the way his eyes warmed me, and I tried to keep back the smile.
I stood just within the door frame, hair still tied up in a bun on top of my head while my chest and shoulders tensed.
Everything around us managed to stay still as not a sound was made. But the throbbing of my breasts only increased when Chris' face relaxed and a smile come through. His eyes were welcoming, but I could tell that he was waiting to say something.
I let my own smile show when I washed over the innocence and hopefulness in his face. He just seemed so bright and honest like he was eager about something positive. So I walked over to him, feeling the build up I had before leave a little.
"Yes?" Why I was smiling like a fool, I'm not so sure. Chris chuckled and moved me from his side to between his legs. Once he did that, he leaned back and kept his body up with his arms. He took a good look at me – a slow one, from feet to face. "What?"
"Aight," he laughed. "C'mere," he said, getting up and pushing me back some but holding my waist. I took the steps with him as I wobbled in a direction I wasn't facing. Chris seemed so relaxed as he smiled, showing a glimpse of his teeth. That was what made me want to kiss him, and so I did. I gave him two damp ones in a row, then pulled back.
In honesty, it felt so much better now. It's scary, but there was something thrilling and relieving about being more vulnerable with him.
I was looking up at him until he stopped moving, causing me to do the same. "Turn." I did what he said, and there we were facing the wall long mirror, our reflections reminding me of just how young we are. Between us we had twelve body piercings –including my nipples; blond, brown and purple hair and too many tattoos to count – obviously because of Chris.
The smile I was wearing slowly slipped off my face once I saw the fall expression Chris now wore. He seemed so serious – not mad or annoyed, but concentrated.
Scooping me up by my waist and holding me in his arms, Chris towered over be but bent his neck to kiss softly along my shoulder to my jaw. It gave me butterflies.
I put my hands on Chris', which were locked over my stomach while I let him kiss along my skin.
"You ever forget that we're so young?" I asked, tilting my head a little.
Chris stopped then looked at me through the mirror. After chuckling he smiled lightly. "Yeah, all the time." He paused then uses a more meaningful tone, speaking slower. "And we're definitely too young for you to be feeling how you do, Rae."
"Huh?" I was slightly caught off guard with that and it showed on my face.
Chris didn't respond, but he did keep up the eye contact. I turned my head to actually look up at him, so he looked down and did the same. But then I felt cool air against my bottom half and warm fingertips slipping up from across my thighs and lightly go over the crease between them that made the 'V' shape.
"Chris!" I squirmed, frowning and bending to cover myself, but he held me still.
"Will you let me show you something?"
I was still holding my towel and didn't think I'd stop until he would let go.
"Trust me, aight?" He said lowly. He wasn't asking me, and the look he gave me through the mirror caused my heartbeat to increase. I felt uncomfortable and thin-skinned. He kept me in his arms longer but loosened up so that I didn't feel trapped. He did it slowly and with care, so by the time we were in a position for me to go, I felt like I didn't want to.
I looked to the ground, ashamed of something. The air surrounding us was thick and I was waiting on him to do or say something.
Soon, Chris let his hands slip up the side of my body, and so slowly and so carefully, he unwrapped the white towel from around my body. It slipped and brushed against me, hitting the floor with what sounded like a heavy thump.
I watched it on its way to the ground but didn't want to look up again. I felt like it would be a bit much, and I didn't want to get that intense feeling from his watchful eyes.
Chris' fingertips touched my skin and I felt my hairs rise. I swallowed a little and covered my breasts with my arms, moving my legs closer together to shut the gap.
But he held me anyway – tightly at that. My back was pressed firmly to his chest before he lifted my chin up. I made sure that my eyes were closed because I didn't want to look. At least not right now.
He didn't let his hands roam too much, but it was very intimate. I was exposed – naked when I felt like there was so much wrong with me. I couldn't get the stuff in my head to shut down the noise, and even without looking in the mirror, I could see every scar mapped and marked into my skin.
I felt the soft, soft kiss touch me on the back of my neck along with him breathing. He brushed his thumbs against my skin while the hair on his chin tickled me. "Open. It's alright," he assured me in a low and raspy voice.
I squeezed my eye lids before I blinked slowly four times and did as he said.
We locked eyes through the reflection and I watched Chris kiss the side of my neck and behind me ear.
"You see what I see?" He asked. I didn't answer, just lost the will to keep on looking. He tightened his hold some to make me look up again. "Do you?"
My response was silence.
"It's perfect. There is no need for you to be anything else." He paused and my eyes wandered to meet his again. "I don't know what made you forget, but I can help to always remind you." Deep was his voice, and every word he spoke was said against my skin. Before I knew it, I was more relaxed than I wanted to be. Chris had some sort of effect on me that I didn't expect.
For what felt like a minute, we just stayed like that. He kept his fingers running small circles on my skin.
"Can't we…" I began, feeling too emotional for my likings. His words did something to me, and I thought that now would be a great time to face this new, but tired fear of mine. "Less lights?"
"Nah," he shook his head slowly, "we tried that last time and you still freaked out," he chuckled.
"Because I don't feel comfortable!" I snapped and Chris gave me this 'whoa' expression, but just kissed my shoulder again. Turning from the mirror, I made us look at each other in the flesh.
"Exactly. Stop running from it like it's going to change by doing that. As sappy as this sounds, I got you."
Like many unexpected moments with Chris, I faintly saw it coming but was overwhelmed with the intensity of his gaze. And with a moan slipping from the barrier that my lips tried to keep, his strong hold held onto the back of my left thigh with a smacking sound. Chris brought me forward with that movement, and now my little lady parts were tingling an inch away from his mouth.
He was topless and I was thankful. I was on my feet, stood in between his legs as he has resumed his seat on the edge of the bed. It gave me the position of looking down at him, which didn't happen often.
My lips were parted due to the anxious feeling I was harbouring, and my clit began to warm because of that.
Chris' brown eyes were burning in connection with mine, but my attention soon darted to his lip biting, and then to his other tattooed arm snaking around my right thigh.
The quiet in the room smoothly shipped us away with calm waters from everything else that would try to distract me or Chris.
Nothing in New York City could tempt me enough to leave him or the way he looked at me. Right now I was his, and I knew he was going to make me feel it.
Chris caressed body, squeezing my ass in his hands with large, full grips that caused me to jerk. Like a stress ball, he firmly pressed his fingers into my skin, feeling my cheeks and upper thighs with great embrace. It felt like he didn't want to leave any single part of me untouched, and the warmth from his hold was more promising than anything I could imagine in this moment.
Did I feel insecure?
Was it odd from me?
Will I stop it this time?
I don't think so.
It didn't take long for my attention to wander over the scar carved vertically along my stomach. The bumpy look of it had the area just below my rib cage thumping and my eyelids opening and closing quickly. But then he kissed me – touched the mark with his lips, then smirked sweetly up at me after it made a sound. He did that twice, then once again before letting my tattoo from nature guide him southwards.
The look he gave me before setting light kisses along the top of my thighs set me off even more. But it was when he left wet kisses surrounding the triangular length, which surfaced my inner centre, that I felt a slow, warm and gentle seed being planted in the lower part of my stomach.
He was rubbing the back of my tights now while letting his fingers travel up the inside, right at the top.
My eyebrows lowered as Chris grabbed, then raised my right leg while still holding firmly onto my other. He tugged it over his shoulder and helped me keep balance as I gasped from his sudden action.
It was now that I stood tiptoed on one leg with the other lifted, so that my petals were aligned with his lips. The way he had my legs open allowed him to see very part and detail of my sensual map. He bit his lip hard and stared even harder, holding onto me as if I was being pulled away.
The seed in stomach was growing more now and I'm sure he could feel it in the way my cheeks blushed.
"Oh," I moaned as I titled my head back from the heat his peering in admiration and thought caused me.
Chris could see all of me, including the wet drops I could feel tracking every free space, dip and curve between the top of my thighs.
It was with my head turned back, eyes closed, right leg pressed on his shoulder and left toes on their tips that my body shook from the first bolt of electricity sent from Chris' tongue sliding flat against my tingling clit. "Oh," I moaned again, but stronger this time.
He squeezed my ass tighter and cupped my erect clit between his fat lips. "Ah," I shook, tensing when he sent his tongue against my intimate silk.
Slowly, I brought my head forward to look down at his dirty blond curls. I panted and held the back of his head because he bent his tongue to curve around my clit and cradle it, mixing his saliva with my body's natural lubrication. He rubbed it so that a whirl of power swarmed in the centre of my stomach, making me leak on his lips and chin. And that made Chris lick faster, stimulating nerves that have been patient for so long. The feeling set my body alive in the sexiest way possible.
I bit my bottom lip as I fought to keep my eyes open. Soon I felt cold air attack my wet area as Chris purposely decided to neglect it.
"I Want you try something," he demanded in a deep mumble – lips covered in me. My vagina was still so close that I felt the spark from his cool breath on my bareness.
I blew out, closed my eyes to contain myself, then nodded like a dummy. But they were soon open again after I felt Chris lift my second leg up. Before I even properly registered, both of my legs where hung over his shoulders with my thighs by his neck. He held my back up as extra support as I naturally pushed forward because I was scared I'd fall.
"Whoa," I said lightly in a rushed gasp.
My view was of Chris' head stuck between my legs, right at the meeting. "Ah, fuck," I cursed, toes bending as he French kissed my sensitivity roughly. My nerves set on fire. It left my insides warming and my clit stinging. I felt unstable in the air like that and was amazed that he was holding me up so well, but then he rocked backwards like the first half of the Titanic which sunk onto the North Atlantic ocean. And like that too, I splash right on his lips, my wetness being heard by the both of us.
I was sitting completely on his face.
I hopped up a little when Chris let his hands run over my skin.
"Ride, baby," he instructed before pulling me back down and opening his mouth wide, sucking on me like he would a got darn peach. And I was spilling and shaking all at once while a sharp cold flash began to cruise shivers up the bone in my back. Something was pushing and it was getting harder for me to keep it back.
The moan that left me was insane because he started flicking my clit like he was punishing me. And that shit made me drop more.
"Ssssh," I hissed as Chris shoved his tongue between my lips and shot it inside me. It was like waterworks – the motion of his tongue stimulating my nerves to let hot sudden waves ripple from that specific centre to my toes, fingertips and nipples. The bars were ringing seriously and I couldn't help but play with my right one. And all of the build up led me to grind against his lips harder.
In the back of my mind, I tried to hide the voices of insecurities that were bubbling about. The only thing that kept me from stopping was the amazing sensations that stung against my pink parts. But I couldn't forget that I wasn't in any position to make my issues invisible.
Chris had his hands on my thighs, squeezing them to stop me from moving too much, and he was getting his way. I couldn't jump up when it got too much, and now my hot body was really feeling it.
I began to whine and pant so heavily that my breasts moved up and down. A bolt of heated energy made me lean back and grab fists full of the sheets. I rocked my hips back and forth as if I this was a rodeo. I was actually riding his face, and that allowed all of me to feel his mouth.
The faces I was pulling probably said it all and so did the amount of wetness Chris caused me. I thought this much was either not sexy anymore or just plain embarrassing, but Chris seemed to love it with the way he let me hear his sucking and licking on me.
"Fuck! Fuck!" I cried, breathing so quickly that I couldn't even get the word out without force.
And that was it. My clit, lips and centre had been teased, sucked, licked and flicked way too much for me to stop from pouring out.
My pelvis rocked forward as Chris trailed his lips over my clit to suck it hard. He shook his head from side to side viciously, moaning so that the vibrations kept my toes moving. I locked my legs and my abdomen contracted.
"Ah—ah…shhh, Chr—ris!" Oh God I was about to flood a stream on this nigga's face.
And that's exactly what I did. I came with shock. Everything was buzzing while Chris licked all around. I was too into it to let any words out but my body couldn't help but make me moan. I stayed riding his lips as I dripped, and splashed, and leaked.
God, he is so good.
Chris let me relax and calm myself before he stopped kissing me there and moved me back by my waist. I shuffled back, still breathing a little out of time. I lifted my head once I was sitting above that snake of his, and what I saw was a fixed expression of frustration on his face. It was like he was focused on something intense enough for him not to let it go.
I felt less embarrassed and more curious, but that didn't change the way that I looked.
Every scar was on show, and there was no hiding how they rose on my skin, turned corners and appeared darker than my tone. Yet, I was beginning to feel better about it all. I was beginning to think like I did before, and that was 'I'm fine the way I am'. But I don't know if I'm a hundred percent there.
Chris squeezed my thigh before turning me on my back in one movement. And I smiled when he kissed the scar on my chin lightly, then moved down to the ones on the rest of my body. It wasn't sexual – more sweet and thoughtful than anything. The kisses made me giggle, too, and he laughed at me for it. I rubbed his head and he smiled a toothless smile, showing his dimples and looking too cute for words.
I lifted my top half to look down at him. His head was just over my belly button.
"I don't have a condom," he mumbled, making clear eye contact. He was waiting for me to give him a response, and I knew well that if I said that we shouldn't move this into something more, he'd accept it.
"Oh… okay," I said slowly in a quiet whisper before, laying down on my back, shifting so my legs opened more and unintentionally bit my bottom lip.
Chris raised an eyebrow at me and I simply nodded. He licked his lips and got up. He placed me just almost over the edge of the bed so that my back was bent, and by that I knew he was about to go deep as fuck. Needless to say, because of all of that, I was all kinds of sensitive and ready.
He let my legs fall and I paid attention to the thick tube-like shape printed heavily though his blue boxers after he pulled his jeans straight to the ground. There was the frustration again, and telling by his flustered expression, he had waited as long as he could. Chris yanked his boxers off, too and pulled his best friend out at the same time. I breathed in hard and took in the look of it: light brown and a pink head – full like it was heavy as fuck.
Lifting my legs up and bending it at the knees, Chris moved them to the sides so that he could get between my legs from where he was standing. The cold was hitting me while he stared in-between, holding his lip behind his teeth. He looked like he had been put through distress by all of the waiting his done.
Teasing me with his head, I watched him rub himself against me. He leaned forward over me so that we were chest to chest and kissed me, slipping his tongue into my mouth and skipping straight to passionate. I moaned and locked my arms around his neck, relaxing against the bed – and then I felt him. My face screwed up and I bit his lip hard from not expecting it as he slid and dug in. He went all the way in and I felt his bone come up against my pink wet walls.
Yes, that was it – his length and thickness and the way his body tensed against mine; the deep breath he took and low grunt that sounded like he didn't want me to hear. That made my lips and clit swell again as he pushed, dig into me. God.
"Uh," I whined when he moved in and out slowly. I was feeling him again after the while that we've been apart, so I understood him taking his time. Shit, I appreciated it. He was a lot for me to take, especially when he isn't playing.
He breathed in hard and clenched his jaw since we stopped kissing a while ago. I had my hand against his chest and was whimpering from him stretching me. My opening stung from all of him.
Chris began to kiss from my jaw to my neck and stopped there, sucking hard before biting me on my skin there. "Ahh, shit," I cursed when he went in harder. My head went into the mattress at this moment because Chris started stroking in me now, and honestly, by bones were buzzing from it. He was sending sensitive waves of stimulation up inside me as he grabbed my right breast in his hand and sucked on my nipple. He moved my palm from his chest and slipped it over his neck instead so that there was no barrier.
I got that shape impact where it was like I was going to wet myself, but I pushed it back, trembling when I did.
His rotating hips meant that he was pressing against my clit, too, and he didn't let much of him out whenever he bashed against my opening. It was enough to give me a small body shaking orgasm that spread mainly around me lower half. It all made me that bit more fussy and sensitive. I was getting hot flashes and calling on God like I need to repent. Our chests were becoming glossy from the rubbing and that added to the heat.
The waves he set off rippled through me like skipping a smooth stone across the surface of a lake.
Chris pushed my thighs up more to get in deeper. I was going to push back due to reflex, but I wanted him to feel me how he wanted to, so I scratched up the back and bottom of his hairline instead. "Ahh, oh—fuck!" I sounded so feeble, and I was. He was going in hard now, and it seemed the more I reacted and ran my nails in and along his back, he crammed himself inside.
"Shit," he mumbled, his speech muffled into the side of my neck. His muscles were flexing.
I was out all over the both of us and it was sticky, hot and now I got that feeling where speed was zipping through. My walls started to close tighter around Chris' dick and my brain went quiet on me. I couldn't concentrate on a single thing as he the part of my walls closest to my stomach clutched. Strong cervical contractions began to build up and it was like I had weights pressing on my abdomen. I felt like I had been holding a burning need to pee for about two hot minutes now. I started to grab at his skin, marking it and hitting his back.
I thought I couldn't take it, but I wanted to.
The sting powered through my clit to inside of me and waved all the way out and through the rest of my body. A high-pitched scream left me and I couldn't control the shivering my bones and joints did. An electric sensation seeped into my skin and I was literally coming back to back. It was serious. When I tensed and let it go, Chris bit down on my neck harder than he's ever done and stroked long. My toes curled and I was panting too much to say a word. But I felt his body twitch and him bust warm. It was like he was going to pull out, but couldn't let himself, so instead he went deeper. And for that minute we were breathing through the waves like that, rubbing and sliding against one another as we let the flutter set off from our heads to our very toes. Chris kept going, stroking it all out, just as I wanted him to.
"Why not? It goes with it."
"Yeah but it's more to it –it's what you gotta do to make this shit work, you feel me? None of that is any good. Ain't no good eatin' that if it hasn't been prepared and all," she announced enthusiastically with a New Yorker accent lacing thick between every syllable.
"That sounded too ghetto," I laughed, coughing as I tried not to choke on the green and red gummy bears in my mouth. We had bags of junk, and for people who were supposed to watch what we ate, we were displaying high levels of bad practice.
Rae smacked my chest lightly as I chucked now.
"I'm an OG," she explained, speaking with her lips edged outwards as she did a bounce and leaned back.
I looked at her like there was something wrong.
"Yeah, but you mind sounding like you one with an education?" I cocked my right eyebrow as I looked down at her straightened hair and licked my lips absentmindedly. I decided a while back that I liked the purple ends.
"Why you always hating on me?"
I gave her a blank stare, blinking more times than was actually necessary. But that made Rae turn her head and burst out laughing after trying to contain it. I smile lightly and shook my head, yawned, then laughed with her.
For ten minutes now we've been stood in the kitchen trying to figure out what to eat, but it took more out of us than we expected. The shower we had was long enough for us to grow madly hungry, and the sleep didn't help. My body was on low.
A nigga just wanted to eat.
The first two problems were first world ones seeing as they were, one: we had too many ingredients to pick from, and secondly, there were cooking utensils here that were too posh for us to understand. Most of them were completely unnecessary, and that made me glad that I wasn't the one who'd actually be cooking.
"Whatever, Rae," I mumbled. "But I want meat! Look at this shit," I said doing a bicep curl and pulling a face. "See this?" I grunted, " this comes from real manly food, not fish." I made my voice deeper to sound like a WWE wrestler and tried to get her to kiss my muscles.
"Ew, stop that!"
"What? You better appreciate this here," I stated. Rae gave me a disgusted look and all I did was give her a quick kiss. "You're a such sucker for me," I laughed. She rolled her eyes and took rice out of a cupboard.
"If you were a wrestler, what would your name be?"
I stared at her ass while I thought.
"That's hard, man." I actually began to rub my chin. "Wait, Golden Bear!"
Rae stopped scooping up rice with the little pot in her hand and turned her head. Her bottom lip began to wobble and then her cheeks became a little red. I grinned because I was proud of myself, and all I got in return was her bending over and laughing.
"You are so queer!" She squealed.
I chuckled and became a little embarrassed. "Man, shut up."
"Golden bear though?"
"Just cook this food, alright."
"Watch it," she said, pointing her index finger at me with a faint smile sealed onto her face. I pulled it down with a smirk and stood behind her with one arm over her shoulder. She turned her attention back to what she was doing and carried on cupping out rice.
I felt good right now and I didn't want anything to take me off this high.


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status of wild pollinators in North America and to establish a framework for long-term monitoring of pollinator populations and function over time is a laudable goal. New long-term monitoring programs should maximize results obtained per dollar spent by integrating professional scientist monitoring activity with citizen-scientist monitoring activity in assessing both pollinator status and pollination function. The professional science activities fall within the mandate of governmental agencies, including the USDA, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Science Foundation's proposed National Ecological Observatory Network. The citizen-scientist activities could be coordinated through partnerships among nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), governmental organizations, and citizen groups. Participating NGOs for a North American Pollination Monitoring Program could include the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign, the Xerces Society, Monarch Watch, and likely citizen-scientist groups such as native plant societies, gardening clubs, schools, friends of nature reserves, community farm alliances, or commodity groups. The Pollinator Watch Program in Canada is currently under development through the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Network's Nature Watch Program (http://www.eman-rese.ca/eman/naturewatch.html). Federal agencies could stimulate collaborative programs that encourage agency, university, and NGO scientists to work together via strategically formulated funding announcements. The participation of volunteer citizen-scientists through the NGOs could greatly increase the output of assessment programs at little additional cost.
Nonfarm landowners, such as homeowners and private businesses, also could contribute to conservation of pollinators, with little investment (Box 6-3). Wildflower plantings provide resources for bees, and wood fences can provide nesting sites for twig-nesting bees. Raising public awareness and educating the next generation about the importance of pollinators and what people could do to protect them is critical.
Recommendation: As part of their outreach, federal granting agencies should make an effort to enhance public understanding of the importance of pollination as an ecosystem service through support for citizen-scientist monitoring programs, teacher education, and K–12 and general public education efforts that center on pollination.
Recommendation: Professional societies (Ecological Society of America, Entomological Society of America, American Association of Professional Apiculturists, Botanical Society of America) and NGOs (North American Pollinator Protection Campaign, Xerces Society for the Preservation of Endangered Invertebrates) should collaborate with landowners and the public to increase awareness of the importance of pollinators and to pub-


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Houston Elementary School was established in 1986. All of our teachers are "highly qualified!" We take great pride in educating our students using advanced technology and a scientifically research based curriculum. We challenge our students to be the BEST they can BE!
Sunday, March 8, 2015
Technology in the Classroom
Mrs. Mann's 6th-grade science class has been busy, again, using the school's technology to create Power Point Presentations for their science projects. Siete', Calvin, Michael, and Cameron's Power Point Presentations on sinkholes and tsunamis show how much research they have been doing in class. This is just another example of the amazing things that are happening at Houston Elementary School!
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Read Across America Week
Wear a Hat Day
Wednesday - "Wacky Wednesday"
Wear Wacky Tacky Clothes Day
Thursday - "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish"
Wear Red and Blue Day
Friday - "Green Eggs and Ham"
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Valentine's Basket Winner
Sunday, February 1, 2015
100 Days Smarter
To the celebrate the 100th day of school and being 100 days smarter, Houston's students and teachers had fun dressing up as 100 year olds. There were also lots of fun writing assignments, art projects, and math activities throughout the school.
Monday, January 12, 2015
Thank You!!!
Houston Elementary School would like to thank both the Allen Oil Co. and Retired Judge Fielding for both donating $500 to our school. The money is greatly appreciated! A portion of the money will be used to used to begin our outdoor classroom. The contributions of our community help to make our school a better place for our students to learn - Thank you!
Sunday, January 4, 2015
School Starts Back Tuesday
Hopefully everyone had a great Christmas Break and is well rested. School starts back Tuesday, January 6th.
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Houston's Christmas Trees
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Also check out the article in the paper about our donations for the Toys for Tots.
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Also check out the article in the paper about our donations for the Toys for Tots.
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