Charles est horloger. Un jour, il rencontre son amie Suzanne sur la plage. 
Suzanne lui montre une très vieille montre. Ils retournent à l’atelier de Charles pour trouver des informations sur la montre dans les livres de Charles. Une légende dit que la montre aide les gens à voyager dans le temps.
Soudain, un homme étrange prend la montre et s’enfuit. Charles le rattrape. 
L’homme dit qu’il est le pirate Eric le Kraken. Il veut remonter le temps.

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La montre - Chapitre 1 - French stories in French - Olly Richards and Richard Simcott

It’s work party season — here’s a survival guide 

How to survive the party scene this time of year.

For reference, see the article below.

https://www.ft.com/content/ee952810-4e43-438e-99a4-fbb03bccce33

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It’s work party season — here’s a survival guide 

6 razones para pasar tus próximas vacaciones en Colombia

¿Por qué Colombia es un buen destino turístico?

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Asking for Directions in Chinese

Aprender sobre como falar quando se trabalha em casa! 

 Portuguese Audios for Intermediate B1 -Áudios em Português para Intermédios B1

Trabalho remoto 

Spanish México

PROYECTO ARQUEOLÓGICO TEMPLO MAYOR.

Have you ever said something to somebody that maybe you shouldn't have said and now you have to try to back out of it?

English with Uncle Billy

English with Uncle Billy having a Discussion. Oops.

op universities in California like Stanford and the University of Southern California will no longer be able to favor the relatives of alumni and school donors during the application process.

That's after state governor Gavin Newsom signed a law banning all private nonprofit colleges from giving preference to so-called "legacy" applicants and those with links to donors.

Newsom said the law already applied to public universities in the state. The law will now apply to all universities from September 2025.

The governor said: "In California, everyone should be able to get ahead through merit, skill, and hard work. The California Dream shouldn't be accessible to just a lucky few, which is why we're opening the door to higher education wide enough for everyone, fairly."

California is the second US state to ban both public and private universities from favoring legacy applicants. Maryland was the first, earlier this year, although the state's top school — Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore — had already ended the practice independently.

Virginia, Illinois and Colorado have banned public universities from giving preferential treatment to those with links to former students or donors.

Admissions to US universities are very competitive. And legacy admissions policies give an advantage to applicants whose — often wealthy, often white — family members previously attended the university, or who have donated money to the school.

A 2022 study looked at one unnamed US university and found that, over a 16-year period, 34% of legacy applicants were accepted — compared to just 14% of non-legacy applicants.

A group representing private colleges in California said it was "uncomfortable" with the state getting involved in the universities' admissions processes, but said the institutions would follow the new law.



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California Bans 'Legacy' College Admissions

گر بر فلکم دست بدی چون یزدان، برداشتمی من این جهان را زِ میان
وز نو فلکی دگر چنان ساختمی، کازاده به کام دل رسیدی آسان


Ah, Love! could you and I with him conspire, To grasp his sorry scheme of things entire
Wound not we shatter it to bits - and then, Re-mould it nearer to the heart's desire.