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He steered into the high school parking lot, clicked off the ignition and scanned the scraps of his recent weeks. Crinkled chip bags on the dashboard. Soda cups at his feet. And on the passenger seat, a rumpled SAT practice book whose owner had been told since fourth grade he was headed to the
The boy exhaled. Before opening the car door, he recalled recently, he twisted open a capsule of orange powder and arranged it in a neat line on the armrest. He leaned over, closed one nostril and snorted it.
Throughout the parking lot, he said, eight of his friends did the same thing.
The drug was not cocaine or heroin, but Adderall, an
"Everyone in school either has a prescription or has a friend who does," the boy said.
At high schools across the
Of the more than 200 students, school officials, parents and others contacted for this article, about 40 agreed to share their experiences. Most students spoke on the condition that they be identified by only a first or middle name, or not at all, out of concern for their college prospects or their school systems' reputations — and their own.Continue reading the main story
"It's throughout all the private schools here," said DeAnsin Parker, a New York psychologist who treats many adolescents from affluent neighborhoods like the Upper East Side. "It's not as if there is one school where this is the culture. This is the culture."
Observed Gary Boggs, a special agent for the
The D.E.A. lists prescription stimulants like Adderall and Vyvanse (amphetamines) and Ritalin and Focalin (methylphenidates) as Class 2 controlled substances — the same as cocaine and morphine — because they rank among the most addictive substances that have a medical use. (By comparison, the long-abused anti-anxiety drug Valium is in the lower Class 4.) So they carry high legal risks, too, as few teenagers appreciate that merely giving a friend an Adderall or Vyvanse pill is the same as selling it and can be prosecuted as a felony.
While these medicines tend to calm people with A.D.H.D., those without the disorder find that just one pill can jolt them with the energy and focus to push through all-night homework binges and stay awake during exams afterward. "It's like it does your work for you," said William, a recent graduate of the Birch Wathen Lenox School on the Upper East Side of
But abuse of prescription stimulants can lead to depression and mood swings (from sleep deprivation), heart irregularities and acute exhaustion or
"Once you break the seal on using pills, or any of that stuff, it's not scary anymore — especially when you're getting A's," said the boy who snorted Adderall in the parking lot. He spoke from the couch of his drug counselor, detailing how he later became addicted to the painkiller Percocet and eventually heroin.
Paul L. Hokemeyer, a family therapist at Caron Treatment Centers in Manhattan, said: "Children have prefrontal cortexes that are not fully developed, and we're changing the chemistry of the brain. That's what these drugs do. It's one thing if you have a real deficiency — the medicine is really important to those people — but not if your deficiency is not getting into Brown."
The number of prescriptions for A.D.H.D. medications dispensed for young people ages 10 to 19 has risen 26 percent since 2007, to almost 21 million yearly, according to IMS Health, a health care information company — a number that experts estimate corresponds to more than two million individuals. But there is no reliable research on how many high school students take stimulants as a study aid. Doctors and teenagers from more than 15 schools across the nation with high academic standards estimated that the portion of students who do so ranges from 15 percent to 40 percent.
"They're the A students, sometimes the B students, who are trying to get good grades," said one senior at Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, a
The trend was driven home last month to
"If you don't give me the prescription," Ms. Radulovic said the girl told her, "I'll just get it from kids at school."
Keeping Everyone Happy
Madeleine surveyed her schedule of five
She got a 95. Thereafter, Madeleine recalled, she got Adderall and Vyvanse capsules the rest of the year from various classmates — not in exchange for money, she said, but for tutoring them in calculus or proofreading their English papers.
"Can I get a drink of water?" Madeleine said she would ask the teacher in one class, before excusing herself and heading to the water fountain. Making sure no one was watching, she would remove a 40-milligram Vyvanse capsule from her purse and swallow it. After 30 minutes, the buzz began, she said: laser focus, instant recall and the fortitude to crush any test in her path.
"People would have never looked at me and thought I used drugs like that — I wasn't that kid," said Madeleine, who has just completed her freshman year at an Ivy League college and continues to use stimulants occasionally. "It wasn't that hard of a decision. Do I want only four hours of sleep and be a mess, and then underperform on the test and then in field hockey? Or make the teachers happy and the coach happy and get good grades, get into a good college and make my parents happy?"
Madeleine estimated that one-third of her classmates at her small school, most of whom she knew well, used stimulants without a prescription to boost their scholastic performance. Many students across the United States made similar estimates for their schools, all of them emphasizing that the drugs were used not to get high, but mostly by conscientious students to work harder and meet ever-rising academic expectations.
These estimates can be neither confirmed nor refuted because little data captures this specific type of drug misuse. A respected annual survey financed by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, "Monitoring the Future," reports that abuse of prescription amphetamines by 10th and 12th graders nationally has actually dipped from the 1990s and is remaining relatively steady at about 10 percent.
However, some experts note that the survey does not focus on the demographic where they believe such abuse is rising steadily — students at high-pressure high schools — and also that many teenagers barely know that what they often call "study drugs" are in fact illegal amphetamines.
"Isn't it just like a vitamin?" asked one high school junior from Eastchester, a suburb of New York.
Liz Jorgensen, a licensed addiction specialist who runs Insight Counseling in Ridgefield, Conn., said her small center had treated "at least 50 or 60" high school students from southern
A spokesman for Shire, which manufactures Vyvanse and Adderall's extended-release capsules, said studies had shown no link between prescribed use of those drugs and later abuse.
Dr. Jeff Jonas, Shire's senior vice president for research and development, said that the company was greatly concerned about the misuse of its stimulants but that the rate was very small. "I'm not aware of any systematic data that suggests there's a widespread problem," he said. "You can always find people who testify that it happens."
Students who sell prescription stimulants to their classmates focus on their burdens and insecurities. One girl who sells to fellow students at Long Beach High School on
Every school identified in this article was contacted regarding statements by its students and stimulant abuse in general. Those that responded generally said that they were concerned about some teenagers turning to these drugs, but that their numbers were far smaller than the students said.
David Weiss, superintendent of Long Beach Public Schools, said the survey his district used to gauge student drug use asked about only prescription medications in general, not stimulants specifically.
"It has not been a surface issue for us — we're much more conscious of alcohol or other drug use," Mr. Weiss said in a telephone interview. "We haven't had word that it's a widespread issue."
Douglas Young, a spokesman for the Lower Merion School District outside Philadelphia, said prescription stimulant abuse was covered in various student-wellness initiatives as well as in the 10th-grade health curriculum. Mr. Young expressed frustration that many parents seemed oblivious to the problem.
"It's time for a serious wake-up call," Mr. Young said. "Straight A's and high SAT scores look great on paper, but they aren't reflective measures of a student's health and well-being. We need to better understand the pressures and temptations, and ultimately we need to embrace new definitions of student success. For many families and communities, that's simply not happening."
Fooling the Doctors
During an interview in March, the dealer at Lower Merion High reached into his pocket and pulled out the container for his daily stash of the prescription stimulants Concerta and Focalin: a hollowed-out bullet. Unlike his other products —
"I lie to my psychiatrist — I expressed feelings I didn't really have, knowing the consequences of it," he said, standing in a park a few miles from the high school. "I tell the doctor, 'I find myself very distracted, and I feel this really deep pain inside, like I'm anxious all the time,' or something like that."
He coughed out a chuckle and added proudly, "Generally, if you keep playing the angsty-teen role, you'll get something good."
Christine, a junior sitting nearby, said she followed the well-known lines to get her drugs directly and legally, a script for scripts. "I'm not able to focus on schoolwork," she said in a mockingly anxious voice. "I'm constantly looking out the window." Although she often uses the drugs herself, snorting them for a faster and more intense effect, she said she preferred to save them for when her customers crave them most.
"Right before everybody took the PSATs, a bunch of kids went to the bathroom to snort their Addies," she said.
This is one of the more vexing problems with stimulants in high schools, experts said — the drugs enter the schools via students who get them legally, if not legitimately.
Older A.D.H.D. drugs required low doses every few hours, and schools, not wanting students to carry the drugs themselves, had the school nurse hold and dispense the pills. Newer long-lasting versions like Adderall XR and Vyvanse allow parents to give children a single dose in the morning, often unaware that the pills can go down a pants pocket as easily as the throat. Some students said they took their pills only during the week and gave their weekend pills to friends.
The mother of one high school freshman in Westchester County said she would open the kitchen cabinet every morning and watch her son take his prescribed dose of Ritalin. She noticed one day that the capsule was strangely airy and held it up to the light. It was empty.
"There were a few times we were short in the month, and I couldn't understand why," recalled the woman, whose son was in eighth grade at the time. "It never dawned on me until I found those empty capsules, and then I started discovering the little packets of powder. He was selling it to other kids."
A number of teenagers interviewed laughed at the ease with which they got some doctors to write prescriptions for A.D.H.D. The disorder's definition requires inattentiveness,
Many youngsters with prescriptions said their doctors merely listened to their stories and took out their prescription pads. Dr. Hilda R. Roque, a primary-care physician in West New York, N.J., said she never prescribed A.D.H.D. medicine but knew many doctors who did. She said many parents could push as hard for prescriptions as their children did, telling her: "My child is not doing well in school. I understand there are meds he can take to make him smarter."
"To get a prescription for Adderall was the Golden Ticket — it really was," said William, the recent graduate of Birch Wathen in Manhattan.
A high school senior in Connecticut who has used his friend's Adderall for school said: "These are academic
As with the steroids taken by athletes, the downside of prescription stimulants appears after they provide the desired short-term competitive benefits. This was the case with a recent graduate of McLean High School in
Late in his sophomore year, the boy wanted some help to raise his B average — far from what top colleges expected, especially from a McLean student. So he told his psychologist what she needed to hear for a diagnosis of A.D.H.D. — even gazing out the window during the appointment for effect — and was soon getting 30 pills of Adderall every month, 10 milligrams each. They worked. He focused late into the night studying, concentrated better during exams and got an A-minus average for his junior year.
"I wanted to do everything I could to get into the quote-unquote right school," he recalled recently.
As senior year began, when another round of SATs and one last set of good grades could put him over the top, the boy said he still had trouble concentrating. The doctor prescribed 30 milligrams a day. When college applications hit, he bought extra pills for $5 apiece from a girl in French class who had fooled her psychiatrist, too, and began taking several on some days.
The boy said that as his A-minus average continued through senior year, no one suspected that "a kid who went to Bible camp" and had so improved his grades could be abusing drugs. By the time he was accepted and had enrolled at a good but not great college, he was up to 300 milligrams a day — constantly taking more to stave off the inevitable crash.
One night, after he had taken about 400 milligrams, his heart started beating wildly. He began hallucinating and then convulsing. He was rushed to the emergency room and wound up spending seven months at a drug rehabilitation center.
To his surprise, two of 20 fellow patients there had also landed in rehab solely from abusing stimulants in high school.
"No one seems to think that it's a real thing — adults on the outside looking in," the boy said. "The other kids in rehab thought we weren't addicts because Adderall wasn't a real drug. It's so underestimated."
'No Way You'd Notice'
The Sklar family lives near the top of a daunting hill in Ardsley, a comfortable suburb north of New York City. Ardsley High School sends dozens of graduates every year to Ivy League-caliber colleges. When students there use
At their kitchen table after school last month, Dodi Sklar listened as her ninth-grade son, Jonathan, described how some classmates already abused stimulants — long before SATs and college applications. An accomplished student who said he would never join them, Jonathan described the ease with which he could.
"There's no way you'd notice — that's why so many kids are doing it," he told his mother. "I could say I'm going for a run, call someone I know who does it, get some pills from them, take them, come home and work. Just do it. You'd be just glad that I was studying hard."
His mother sighed. "As a parent you worry about driving, you worry about drinking, you worry about all kinds of health and mental issues, social issues," she said. "Now I have to worry about this, too? Really? This shouldn't be what they need to do to get where they want to."
Asked if the improper use of stimulants was cheating, students were split. Some considered that the extra studying hours and the heightened focus during exams amounted to an unfair advantage. Many countered that the drugs "don't give you the answers" and defended their use as a personal choice for test preparation, akin to tutoring.
One consensus was clear: users were becoming more common, they said, and some students who would rather not take the drugs would be compelled to join them because of the competition over class rank and colleges' interest.
A current law student in Manhattan, who said he dealt Adderall regularly while at his high school in
William, the recent Birch Wathen graduate, said prescription stimulants became a point of contention when a girl with otherwise middling grades suddenly improved her SAT score.
"There was an uproar among kids — some people were really proud of her, and some kids were really jealous and mad," he recalled. "I don't remember if she had a prescription, but she definitely took more than was prescribed. People would say, 'You're so smart,' and she'd say, 'It wasn't all me.' "
One sophomore at Harvard-Westlake School in Studio City, Calif., is unsure what his future holds. Enrolled at one of the top high schools on the West Coast, he said he tried a friend's Adderall this semester but disliked the sensation of his heart beating rapidly for hours. He vowed never to do it again.
But as he watches upperclassmen regularly abuse stimulants as they compete for top college slots, he is not quite sure.
"Junior and senior year is a whole new ballgame," the boy said. "I promised myself I wouldn't take it, but that can easily, easily change. I can be convinced."
A chart last Sunday with an article about the abuse of prescription stimulants by high school students referred incorrectly to the availability of a generic equivalent of one drug, Concerta. A generic form of the drug has been available since 2011; it is not the case that it is not available and that therefore Concerta could be more expensive. The article also referred incorrectly to Nan Radulovic, a health care worker in Santa Monica, Calif., who said students had asked her for Adderall prescriptions. She is a social worker, not a Ph.D. and psychotherapist and therefore is not a "Dr."


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Reflections on My 30 Year High School Reunion
July 17, 2011 § 4 Comments
Unlike some of you, I remember damn little from high school, which maybe isn't surprising given how long it has been. If our lives are broken down into what we can remember, the years up through high school represent only the first third of our remembered existence — that first third in which our roots warped and determined our future growth.
Out of the life plants growing out of the same teenage educational soil, an entire ecosystem has evolved. Maybe that is the compulsion I feel to visit the Class of '81's FaceBook page — to see what has grown, what remains stunted, what has died. Our lives now range from the resplendent to the barren, from the ornate to the impoverished in ways that could not have been imagined 30 years ago.
Which doesn't quite explain why most of what I see and read on the FaceBook page makes me so angry. Maybe my roots from high school twisted me into a bitter 48 year old, but I don't think so. The anger I feel is against the nostalgia, against the yearning for past connections that have withered into the mulch that fertilized our current incarnations.
Nostalgia — a convenient denial mechanism of the present.
And what is more teenage than feelings of isolation, fear and outsider-ness? Every time I see the push to "find" everyone, I wonder — what if they don't want to be found? What if they want absolutely nothing to do with the people that treated them like shit in high school? And oh yes, look at that puffy, stupid hair styles we all had.
Statistics are bastards, because the Class of 81 is not immune to them. We can recognize the 12 deaths, but what about the deaths of children and spouses? What about the mental illness, adultery, divorce, imprisonment, alcohol and drug addiction, unemployment (quite possibly at least 10% of our class right now, probably more)? In other words, no special treatment for our minions. And oh yes, didn't the D-ettes look hot in those boots.
The trivialities of high school pale in the face of killing and war. I've had the great honor to talk to former inhabitants of the halls that teemed with our teenage hierarchy about their experiences killing. Killing someone changes a person. I found my pacifist self struggling against the knowledge that killing can be a simple, necessary act coming from a simple choice — kill or be killed. I listened and if I had found myself in the same situation — I would have killed too. And oh yes, isn't it funny guys wore short shorts playing sports in the early 80s.
Maybe my rage against nostalgia is simply a rage against those who seem to find solace in an escape to the past, a solace that feels as inaccessible to me as a high school clique. I find no comfort in the naive, arrogant, self-righteous 18 year old that was me.
§ 4 Responses to Reflections on My 30 Year High School Reunion
I have found that I'm my own personal spin doctor. I can tell you the stories of my life that make my life sound hard and almost unendurable. That make tears start to flow. I can also tell you the stories of my life that will have you laughing and smiling and make my life seem like the best life ever. And all those stories will be true.
I've not attended any of our reunions. Not that I was treated horrifically bad during high school. I liked school. It was a great place to be. Much better than home.
I digress.
I figured that my life had gone in such interesting directions since then that the few people I might have had something in common with would be even fewer.
Of course, I forgot that everyone else had gone on to live a life as well. And they had happy stories and sad stories and horrific stories and stories that could fuel a sitcom for years.
The reunion committee set up a FaceBook page. And sent me an invitation to join the page. And people who I never even figured knew who I was have friended me. Yes, some of that is just curiosity and not real friendship, but I'm also curious. And I've learned that there are people who I'd like to meet again, as adults with lots of life experiences, who maybe will be my friends for years to come and all because we had this common experience in the late 70's in Kaysville, Utah.
So, Kent, come find me at the reunion. We can share funny stories and sad stories. I shouldn't be too hard to find. I'll be the one with the boot on my foot, recovering from yet another surgery. Or I'll be the one with the glowingly white skin as I never did manage to figure out how to tan!
I love the misanthropic view point. Now I do have to argue about the Dette's…they were/are hot…I married one and have a daughter that is one.
There is no going back and many of those seeking the teenage years and companionship are seeking that time when there was no real responsibility, no accountability and no clock but the seasons.
I can fully appreciate your view point…it's almost reminiscent of family reunions with cousins you haven't seen since pre-elementary years.
Then again, sometimes there are family members that you connect with that even though distant, withdrawn, struggling with their own issues…are undeniably entwined in your thoughts and feeling, failings and view of the overall human population.
You…for me are one of those connected family members!
Kent, you were not a "naive, arrogant, self-righteous 18 year old" in high school. You were always a good guy!

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Saturday, May 05, 2007
I did not die (or even dye) of boredom!
Since then, I have had a huge party, bought my ticket to Korea and then had a booth at Gore Place Sheepshearing Festival. Phew! It took me most of this week to recover.
Today's big event is the migration of the fish back to their pond at the Zen Center. My friend Kuen came by this morning and picked us all up. She and I cleaned out the pond, got the filter going and put the fish back in. Strangely enough, there were fish that I didn't catch last fall that actually survived the winter in the pond! That's not supposed to happen! Something about toxic gas building up with the pond is frozen over. Well, these aren't just any fish. These are Buddhist fish!
I'm going to miss them. I'm going to empty and clean out the big tank in preparation for next fall. It is good not to have the fish all summer. I'd just have to find someone to take care of them while I was gone and that would be a pain. They are much happier in the pond!
In knitting news, I'm on pair number six of the boring gray socks. That is the sixth and last pair! I'm really looking forward to knitting something with color in it!!
5 comments:
- Fresh Ground Knits said...
Why are you knitting six pairs of grey socks?
- omly said...
Are they all the same size or did you end up knitting a range of sizes?
- somebunnysloveDOTcom said...
Thanks for the update. :) I am so excited that the ticket is all yours. Looks like the fish recovered fine from their winter visit. Now if only I had the same patience to knit so many pairs of identical socks!
- Lucy said...
I'm going to Korea for a Zen retreat in July. The temple offering the retreat is doing so for free. They only ask that you bring them an offering of some kind. I decided to make six pairs of socks for the monks and nuns. They have to be this shade of gray because that's the only color they can wear.
- Danielle said...
Last night I took my visiting family candlepin bowling and confirmed that the less I try, the better I bowl. Have the Buddhists tried meeting at Lanes & Games?


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DEFIANCE, OHIO -- The Defiance College softball team suffered a pair of losses in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference play on Wednesday, falling to Anderson (Ind.) University, 1-0 and 9-0.
In game one, Anderson plated a run on an RBI-single to put Anderson ahead, 1-0. Defiance attempted to respond in the bottom half of the inning, as Brooke Gostomsky (Covington) singled and Haley Patty (Bradford) walked to put a runner in scoring position. They advanced to second and third on a wild pitch, but a popup ended the potential scoring threat.
Kaity Kuhn (Celina) led off the fifth by being hit by a pitch, but a fly-ball double play ended the inning. Defiance left a runner on in the sixth but still posted another threat in the seventh. With one out, Jackie Hartman (Parma/Padua Franciscan) smoked a double to left field, with an error advancing her to third. Kuhn then walked to put two runners on base. DC could not capitalize, as the Anderson reliever got a strike out and a groundout to finish off the victory for the Ravens.
Junior Sarah Kaya (Lorain/Clearview) threw a complete game for the Yellow Jackets, surrendering one run on seven hits with four strikeouts despite suffering a loss, falling to 11-9 on the season.
Defiance finished the contest with three hits, getting one each from Jordan Osborne (Delaware/Rutherford B. Hayes), Gostomsky, and Hartman.
Anderson continued their pitching dominance in the nightcap, as Hadley Decker fooled the Yellow Jackets, not allowing a hit through four frames. The Ravens scored three in the third and another in the fifth to hold a 4-0 advantage.
Kuhn led off the fifth with a single, followed by a walk from Patty. Bauer reached base on a fielder's choice and Defiance had the bases loaded with no outs. But Anderson forced the next three DC batters to strike out, ground into a fielders' choice, and foul out to end the threat. Defiance left a runner on base in the sixth before Anderson scored five more runs in the seventh inning to cap off the sweep of the Yellow Jackets, earning a 9-0 win.
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My uncle, Joseph G. (Buddy) Allen, in Dordrect, Holland
visiting with Hogerzeil relatives immediately after World War II.
My great grandmother, Florence Etta Hoogerzeil,
born in Beverly, Massachusetts in 1871, daughter of Peter Hoogerzeil, Jr.
The Hoogerzeils of Holland and Massachusetts....
In previous blog posts I've mentioned that I've been posting on genealogical bulletin boards for more than fifteen years. When all else fails, and you are stuck on finding a clue (we call it a "brick wall") it can be invaluable to post your problem on ancestry.com, rootsweb or anyother on line resource. Sometimes I've received answers right away that help me to find the clues for primary sources to prove a lineage, and sometimes it takes years for someone to reply. Some brick walls postings are still waiting for the right person to read them. I'm sure that someday most of my mysteries will be solved, and I'm willing to wait.
In August 2009 I wrote about how a posting on a Batchelder family bulletin board lead to someone mailing me an account book for a farmer in Chichester, New Hampshire. In July 2009 I wrote how the curator of Washington Place in Honolulu, Hawaii (now the Governor's residence) sent me copies of letters to help prove a mysterious family myth. About ten years ago someone in the Netherlands helped me to make a connection between a sailor in Beverly, Massachusetts to a sea-faring family in Dordrecht, Holland. This will be the story of my Hoogerzeil ancestors.
Erik Kon, a researcher in the Netherlands, saw a posting I made on line about Peter Hoogerzeil of Beverly, Massachusetts of "Dort, Holland." He had been doing research on the Hogerzeil family, which stretched back to the 1600s as a family of whalers and sea captains. It turned out that the surname "Hogerzeil" was a completely made up name by Captain Ocker Bruins Hoogerseijl. Traditionally in Holland, the names were patronymics. Captain Ocker Bruin's son Michiel should have been named Michiel Ockers, but they broke tradition by using the name "Hoogerseijl" [high sails] in honor of the family occupation. Thus, as far as we can now tell, anyone in the world with the name Hogerszeil/Hoogerzeil or its variations are members of this same family.
Previously, all I knew was that Peter Hoogerzeil had been a young stowaway, on a ship full of hemp from Rotterdam, bound for the ropeworks at Salem, Massachusetts. He must have charmed the captain of the ship, because he ended up marrying his daughter! The census records at Beverly list him as a mariner, caulker and engraver. Peter, Jr., born in Beverly, was also a sailor, and an inventor and owner of a shipping company. My uncle, a grandson of Peter Hoogerzeil, Jr., visited the Hogerzeil's of Dordrect as a soldier serving in the newly freed Netherlands immediately following World War II.
With Erik's help, I've put together a lineage for this family, which shows how the Beverly, Massachusetts Hoogerzeils came to America. All this would never have been possible without one little posting on a bulletin board!
The Hoogerzeil/Hogerzeil Lineage:
Gen. 1. Arijen Bruynen married to Aeltie Jacobs.
Gen. 2. Bruin Arijens, d. before Aug. 1667; married to Annetje Ockers, daughter of Ocker Joppense Stierman and Neeltie Gerrits.
Gen. 3. Ocker Bruins Hoogerseijl, b. 18 Oct. 1663 at Krimpen aan de Lek, Holland, d. 27 Jan 1748/9 at Krimpen aan de Lak; married in 1695 to Lijbeth van't Hof. Ocker Hoogerseijl was the commander of a whaling ship from 1720 to 1730.
Gen. 4. Michiel Ockers Hogerzeijl, b. 18 Jul 1696, d. 25 May 1779 at Krimpen aan de Lek, Holland; married on 25 Jan 1738/9 at Dordrect, Holland to Lijbeth Schouten, daughter of Simons Jans Shouten and Agnietje Engeldr van Thiel. Michiel Ockers Hogerzeijl was the captain of a whaling ship from 1729 to 1759.
Gen. 5. Simon Machielszoon Hoogerzeijl, b. 2 Jun 1743 at Krimpen aan de Lek, Holland, d. 24 Feb. 1814 at Dordrecht, Holland; married on 30 Sep. 1764 at Krimpen aan de Lek to Anna Ooms, daughter of Adam Adriaans Ooms and Anna van der Ham. Simon Hoogerzeijl was the captain of a whaling ship from 1771 to 1802.
Gen. 6. Simon Hogerseijl, b. 7 Jul 1776 at Neiuwpoort, Holland, d. 15 May, 1829 at S'Gravendeel, Holland; married on 5 Sep. 1799 at Dordrecht to Lissa Van Epenhuizen, daughter of Pieter Van Epenhuizen and Margrieta Koolhallder. Simon was also a captain of a whaling ship.
Gen. 7. Peter Hoogerzeil, b. 28 Oct 1803 at Dordrect, d. 12 May 1889 at Beverly, Massachusetts; married on 30 Dec. 1828 at Beverly to Eunice Stone, daughter of Capt. Josiah Stone and Susanna Hix. Peter and Susanna had six children, all born in Beverly, and they are my 3x great grandparents.
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Sometimes you just wanna be like the 'red dress' emoji and just twirl!
And trust me, for this photo shoot, twirling is what I did!
I purchased this dress (and the green dress in this post) specifically for my trip to Greece but didn't get to wear it. But once I returned home, I had an event to attend and thought I would take advantage the gorgeous grounds while there. And let me say, this fun red maxi dress and the grounds were a perfect match!
This is a spectacular dress and I think anyone would feel absolutely beautiful in it. I'm a true sucker for maxi dresses, but what I really love about this maxi dress is the party in the back! (Remember this black one?)Oh yes! The strappy lace-up gives this dreamy dress such fun and life! And it's so unexpected. I really am hoping I can find just one more place to wear this too before the summer ends. If not, I think it would be a perfect dress to wear during the Christmas Holiday. What do you think?
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Last week, we had lots of fun with Arizona Restaurant Week! We shared every meal on our Instagram and even talked in depth about our foodie adventures on the blog.
We also talked about how summer wedding season is nearly here, and that my favorite part of a wedding (besides the couple celebrating love, of course) is the cake. My Wedding Cake Sundae Bowl recipe is on the blog, and we made sure to share it on our Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest too. If you think it looks delicious and want to pin it, you can pin it below:
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If you think that teddy bear or chocolates will do this time too then you are surely wrong! Everyone has a problem deciding gifts and when it comes to girlfriend, one can actually go blank and clueless about it. So we bring you some of the most different and unique gift ideas that will surely make your girlfriend happy or maybe your "Girlfriends" happy.
1. Spa Vouchers
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Yes, spa will work wonders if you want to pamper your girl! If you feel your girlfriend is tired after so many hours of work and you don't want to tire her more then spa is the best way to tell her that you care for her! What more is that you both can go for a double spa for that soothing and relaxing moment! So gift her some Spa vouchers or join it and enjoy the experience. It's the perfect way to spent time together and just relax and enjoy each other's company!
2. Personalized Jewelry
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Now, every girl has a pendant, has rings and bracelets. But what will make it different will be her name written on the pendant or some hidden quote in the ring that only you two understand. This will make her feel really special and important. One can gift those charm bracelets in which you can add up things like a small Eiffel tower or her favorite pet! All these things will be personalized and only and only for her! Wouldn't that be great and special?
3. Open When Letters
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Now, this one is little time consuming but trust me she will cherish your hard work throughout her life! All you need to do is actually write hand written small notes for her for some situations that she will deal and will need you. For example, the title will be "Open when you are Sad" and write some cute things inside the letter so that she feels motivated and inspired. Some other open when letters can be "Open when you don't feel confident" to "Open when you can't sleep". She will actually love these small tokens and will feel your presence even if you'll not be with her.
4. Meal at the restaurant where you first met
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Remember that first meal of yours when things were little bit awkward and cute? If you really remember the first restaurant you took her to then take her again to that place and plan a romantic dinner or meal for her. Always remember it's not important for the place to be big or famous, just show some care and love for your girl because girls know when a guy truly loves them! So you can take her to your first restaurant and tell her why it is special and how you cherish the moments still.
5. Beautiful ring
Now for this there are three steps!
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Step 1: Present her a periodic table
Step 2: Ask her "Which metal/nonmetal she finds beautiful?"
Step 3: Get her a ring of that anyhow!
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Note: For the following procedure your girl must know what a periodic table is otherwise the results can be harmful!
6. Personalized Song
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A personalized song is a song which is specially written for your loved one, has original composition and lyrics! What best can describe your feeling other than music? You can actually gift her song in your voice. There are some companies which can make your song and record it. All you need to do will be listening to the song, record it in your voice from your phone and email them. The syncing of song will be done by them and your song will be ready! What more a girl wants? They even make videos so check it out.
7. Shopping Vouchers
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Now, if you can take her shopping, well and good since she never likes your choice! Other option would be to gift her some shopping vouchers so that she can herself choose what she wants and never nag about it later. If your girlfriend is too choosy and you both are actually opposites then this is the best option one can do for her!
In the end, little flowers or chocolates would never harm anyone!!
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We are divided into two sub-branches, the adults language training brand and the test based training brand. We also have a corporate training department, which covers a wide range of government departments, agencies, and industrial-leading corporations, such as ICBC, PETROCHINA, SINOPEC, Bayer, Ferrari etc.
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Our teachers are our greatest asset. You will receive orientation training and on-going training from the Director of Studies on the center and will follow-up with on job quality control.
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Teach English in Beijing and immerse yourself in the traditions of ancient China while also being a part of the exciting changes of a city on the cutting edge of modern culture. Beijing continues to be an exciting place for all things music, fashion and art with plenty of events and shows to attend. There is a thriving expat community in Beijing, with the Sanlitun area being a popular destination for both expats and trendy locals to mix and mingle over drinks.
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-10 days national holidays plus 5 days paid holidays
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-Salary increase or promotion based on performance review
-Free Chinese language and cultural exchange activities
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-Bachelor's degree
-Degree in Education and English preferred
-TEFL certificate (No TEFL? – We recommend INTESOL)
-Native English speaker from USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, South Africa, Australia or New Zealand
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-Fluency in oral and written English
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The Australian dollar is higher, boosted by weaker-than-expected US gross domestic product (GDP) figures.
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