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    NEXT SLIDE Over speeding. Bad condition of Roads and absence of different lanes. Driver /Rider's ignorance of Road conditions, Road signs and the Environmental...
  2. Road Accidents
    drive many hours without rest, dont put attention at the road, dont be patient, bad conditions of roads, bad weather (snow, flog, rain,), and there are more but...
  3. Products Type
    simplicity and reliability.  The buses are suitable for different types of roads, bad conditions of road, for severe cold and hot tropical climate as well. They are...
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  6. Working Conditions Of Children In Factories
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  7. Industrial Revolution
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  8. Accident-Cause And How To Prevent Them
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  10. Idioms
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  11. Security Analysis
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  13. Russian Revolution And Orwell (Animal Farm)
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  14. Crime And Punishment
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  17. Technology
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  22. Compare And Contrast The Roles Of Truman And Stalin In The Breakdown Of East–West Relations.
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Acton Institute
The Acton Institute is interested in religious pluralism,
individual liberty, free markets, and limited government.
This site defines the organization, its activities, and its

Commodity Flow Survey
The U.S. Census Bureau provides information here on commodity flows within the United States. Viewing, downloading, search available. Feedback encouraged.

The Dismal Scientist
This excellent economics site offers you a dictionary of economics terms, a calendar of economic indicator release dates, current indicator readings, analysis of economic regions, forecasts, thoughts, and more.

The Economic Education Website is a great resource for economics educators, K-12 through college. Lesson plans, a multitude of annotated links.

Economic History Services
In an attempt to provide a central source of information for economic historians, EH.Net has put together book reviews, course syllabi, professional information, and internet resources.

Devoted to the free distribution of working papers in economics, this Economics Working Paper Archive put up by Washington University contains more than 22 subjects, plus test posting and meeting areas.

The Economist
This experimental home page of The Economist, "the international weekly journal of news, ideas, opinion and analysis," offers selected articles and surveys. You can also arrange for a free e-mail subscription to their "Business This Week" and "Politics This Week" columns.

The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Business, financial, and labor market information is available here, as well as FRED, the historical economic database, and the Beige Book, summary of current economic conditions. There are also links to other Federal Reserve sites and to a number of domestic and international business sites of interest.

Put together by a Finnish economist, these "jokes about conomists and economics" are great fun to read, presumably for economist and layman alike.

Morgan Stanley: Global Economic Forum
Daily commentary "on the events and forces shaping the financial markets around the globe." The archives contain a number of interesting articles.

The National Budget Simulation
This is your chance to balance the budget, short version or long, brought to you by UC-Berkeley's Center for Community Economic Research. provides financial market data, including current quotes on stocks, options,commodity futures, mutual funds, and bonds. Some is free, some not. One neat feature is the stock price alarms via e-mail service.

Resources for Economists on the Internet
This is a massive collection of categorized economics links, each with an extensive description. The author has included a handy shortcut section. Nicely done.

The Salary Calculator
This is great if you're thinking about moving, but also interesting if you're studying the differences in cost of living across the U.S. and the rest of the world. Input your current residence, destination, and salary, and it will tell you how much you will have to make to move there and keep the same buying power.

This is a subscription service, but offers a wide variety of current financial information (bond, foreign exchange, treasury rates, trends, etc.) which might make it a good investment for you. The STAT-USA quarterly newsletter and "selected publications" are free.
The Sticky Wicket- Poverty's Home Page
This site truly introduces one to the thoughts and feelings of the homeless and poor. It's big on welfare and community issues and contains the Cyber Herald, which is published weekly on such news and events, plus a really engaging Thoughts for Today section.

Wall Street Research Net
Investors, professional and private, can benefit from the 140,000 links offered here on actively traded companies and mutual funds.

Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo offers weekly U.S. economic commentary, foreign exchange reports, investment and international trade news, and an invitation to join their online banking program.

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ARTFL Project
The University of Chicago's Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language ( wonder they use an acronym!) was created as a database of words from written French. It now contains over 150 million words ranging from the 17th to the 20th centuries. A great tool for French scholars and researchers, as well as lovers of language.

African Studies Quarterly
This interdisciplinary electronic journal focuses entirely on scholarly writings concerning Africa. The first volume is online with articles examining issues such as Judicial Responses to Genocide and Livelihoods and Security in Africa.

Africana Studies
Africana Studies at The University of Toledo presents, in addition to its own programs, links to a huge list of other universities' African Studies departments, African and Caribbean links, links pertaining to the state of African-Americans in the US, and more.

Amazon Interactive
Through word and picture, this excellent site will help you learn about the Ecuadorian Amazon, its rainforest, and its people. Then you get to make decisions about running a community ecotourism project to make money so that you don't have to clear so much of the rainforest to live.

American Folk
Brought to you by a group of folklorists at UCLA and dealing with American folklore and pop culture, American Folk offers you slice-of-life portraits of a number of very different personalities.

American Indian Studies Research Institute
The American Indian Studies Research Institute is an interdisciplinary research center which focuses on projects relating to American Indians. The Institute's Web page documents its history. Interesting links.

Arctic Circle
This is a comprehensive look, in text and photo, at the lands and people of the Arctic Circle using three themes: natural resources, history and culture, and social equity and environmental justice. You'll find very interesting information on indigenous peoples and their situations in the face of natural resource exploration.

Since 1956 the Asia Society has worked "to foster understanding and communication between Americans and the peoples of Asia and the Pacific." Site categories include News and Information, For Educators (with many lesson plans and related links), and an Adult-Free Zone. Lots of helpful information, well presented and frequently updated.

Azteca Web Page
Find out about the Treaty of Guadalupe, Mexico's Indian population, the definition of Chicano, and what and where Aztlan is. Lots of good information on this culture and the issues affecting it.

Black Facts Online!
This is a cool site on black history in which you can search by date or word. All kinds of events and people are listed.

CLNET, part of the Chicano/Latino Electronic network, is interested in "Building Chicana/o Latina/o Communities Through Networking." There's information here on jobs, research, and libraries, as well as sections for students, community, and personal pages, and a virtual museum.

Center for Multilingual Multicultural Research
The University of Southern California has made available this great collection of multicultural resources including African-American, Asian-American, Hispanic, and Native American annotated sites, plus news, articles, teacher training and technology projects, and more.

China the Beautiful
Chinese art, history, culture, and mythology are featured on this site, which contains a selection of Chinese poetry in both English and Chinese in the reading room.

Chinese Language Related Information Page
A number of resources for anyone interested in Chinese, including speakers and students of Chinese languages, China scholars, Chinese teachers, translators, linguists, East Asiatic librarians, and computer programmers.

Czech Happenings
Would you like to know what is going on in the Czech Republic? If so, this site is for you. Read about politics, learn the latest Czech sports scores, or learn how to speak a little Czech. To fully enjoy all this site has to offer, you need a WAV enabled browser.

Diario de Yucatan
Included on this site: the history of the Yucatan, classifieds, services directory, news, and a large section on the "World and Culture of the Maya". The Maya links are the most fun because you can check out recent archealogical findings and learn a lot about these ancient people.

Estonian Folklore
Site topics include: institutions, publications, data bases, research fields, events, folklorists, folklore, and links. It's a nice and simple layout with lots of info on the people of the different regions, plus an analysis of folklore and its importance

Written for, by, and about French citizens living internationally, this well known publication is now available online. And yes, of course, it's in French. You were expecting maybe German? :)

The Hellas Home Page
This is probably the best source for Greek and Hellenic links and information on the web: everything from cheese to the press to schools. This page was formed to promote the Hellas list, a newsgroup, which is also a great source.

IGC's African American Directory
The Institute for Global Communications has put together a site loaded with interesting topics. Right now there is information on a campaign to free an imprisoned activist on death row, a focus on Black History Month, and an online resource guide for the black church fires. There's also a permanent section called "OUR VOICES: Where Do We Go From Here?" filled with quotes and essays.

Indigenous Peoples' Literature
This is a huge collection of material on the cultures of indigenous peoples all over the world. Included are writings, sayings, art, music, myths, prayers, stories, and poetry. The layers of organization are sometimes a bit difficult, but the site has much to offer.

Kids Web Japan
This is a terrific site, geared for kids but of interest to anyone who wants to know about Japan. Categories include Tradition, History, Politics, Schools, Industry, Daily Life, Ecology, and more. There's a place to ask questions and a place to play games, plus news, cool sites, much more.

Kwanzaa Information Center
At this site you can find out what Kwanzaa is and read definitions of its symbols and principles. There's information on the history and on books for children.

Museums of Russia
This site offers links and reviews of Russia's museum sites on the Web, along with information on tourism and a Kids' area. Parts are slow to load and there are a few organizational and language glitches, but if you're searching for Russian culture or history, it's definitely worth a look.

The National Civil Rights Museum
This is the museum online, where you can take a virtual tour (brief descriptions of events and history), learn about the museum, and check out up-coming events and exhibits.

Native American Documents Project
There's a fair amount of information on this site already, though the creators make it very clear they're just scratching the surface. The objective is to catalog and detail the history of US federal government policy towards Native Americans and make it easily accessible.

This site includes a large list of categorized Polish links, information on Polish customs, an address book, a search for information on your surname, and free travel guides.

South Asian Milan
South Asian Internet Resources brings you a huge resource on India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal, including news, business, food, education, and much more.

SouthEast Asian Images & Texts Project
This is a searchable digital archive of historical photographs from southeast Asia. The search is absolutely wonderful: you can search by activity, crop, people (nationality, age, gender, occupation) and place because you can use keywords.

Thai Students On-Line
This site tries to give you "a clearer insight into what life is like for children in Thailand," complete with a chance to ask questions of Thai students. There's lots of information, in word and picture, on the country's language, culture, and economy. This fun site also lets you visit a Thai school and a Thai home, learn about scouting in Thailand, and more.

This Week in American Indian History
This is fascinating history, discussing for each day of the year the Native American happenings from the 16th century to the present. There are also hundreds of Tribe names, with meanings and many with alternate names, and various tribes' names of the moons (months).

WCSU List: World Area Studies Internet Resources
The Western Connecticut State University Department of Social Sciences has put together a large collection of social studies Internet resources, categorized by world area. There are also Worldwide and World Indigenous Peoples categories, and links to WCSU resource lists in other subjects.

The Web of Culture
This is "the leading source for cross-cultural information on the web." You can find out about capitals, consulates, cuisine, currency, jobs, holidays, languages, and more in different countries. Take a quiz to see how much you know, chat, and get an e-mail pal.

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1492: An Ongoing Voyage
This site features information on Columbus's historic voyage from the Library of Congress archives. Not much on graphics, but a lot of good information here.

A&E Biography
Biographical information on individuals featured on A&E's Biography series. Lots of information simply presented makes this site a great online resource.

Academy of Achievement
The Academy of Achievement brings you pictures and stories of "legendary achievers" of the 20th century in areas such as arts, public service, sports, and science. It's a diverse and interesting group. There's also a section where you can hear achievers tell how important qualities such as passion and vision have been to them. (Slow, but there is a low bandwidth version.)

The Age of King Charles V (1338-1380)
The Bibliotheque Nationale de France presents this large site containing historical information of the King Charles V period. It's organized well, with access to many documents, manuscripts, and works of art. Available in English and French.

Alexander Graham Bell Notebooks Project
The complete notebooks of Alexander Graham Bell, containing notes on his experiments, are scanned in and ready for your reading pleasure.

Alexander Graham Bell's Path to the Telephone
This site provides information on Bell's research, with flowcharts of his progress and experiments, and a helpful narrative to assist in understanding the inventor and his path.

Alice Williamson Diary
A part of the Duke University Special Collections Library, this site presents a 36-page diary kept by a school girl, Alice Williamson, in Gallatin Tennessee from February to September 1864. The diary focuses on the occupation of Gallatin by Union forces..

American Museum of Natural History
"One of the world's preeminent scientific and educational institutions," the American Museum of Natural History offers here exhibits and information on many aspects of natural history, as well as museum information, news, and current research.

American Treasures of the Library of Congress
This online version of an exhibition on permanent display in Washington D.C. is a history lover's delight. See, among many others, the contents of Lincoln's pockets on the night he was assassinated, Thomas Jefferson's handwritten draft of The Declaration of Independence, or a baseball card from the late 19th century.

The American West
This site contains extensive information on the development and history of the American West. There are maps, stories, and links focusing on Westward Expansion (Lewis & Clark, Oregon Trail), The Alamo, European Emigration, Women of the West, and Native American Tribes and Nations, and even a whole area about western films. Lots to look at and explore!

Archiving Early America
This is a great resource for early American History. You can find images of actual historic documents, solve an interactive cross-word puzzle, read the Early American Review, and participate in a "Town Crier" online forum. Wonderful content and pictures!

California Museum of Photography
A large archive of mostly historical photos from the California Museum of Photography's collection. They make you dig to get to the images, and many of them are fairly slow to load...still, it's worth a trip.

Canadian Women in History
This is a great resource about women from Canada's past. You will find short biographies and references to other resources.

The Castles of Wales
This is a very comprehensive, attractive, and well organized site dedicated to the castles of Wales. It lists more than 170 castles, many with pictures and one with virtual tour, and includes historical information and a section on Welsh Abbeys. Complete with Welsh language version!

The Civil War Home Page
This is a huge site offering information and links to everything about the Civil War, from battles to people, collectibles to reenactments.

The Costume Page
This "comprehensive index of costume and costuming-related links" offers you 2000 categorized sites (Now there's an indication of how big the Web is getting!) where you can find information on costumes, history, museums, design, materials, and more. Everyone from trick-or-treaters to theatrical costumers welcome!

Creative Impulse
The high school teacher who developed this site has built a resource which examines history through the Arts (Art, Music, Drama, Literature, and Culture) of each historical period. She starts with prehistory and takes you through the medieval period to the present. Lots and lots of links.

Cyber Antique Mall
This lovely "on-line community for lovers of antiques & collectibles" offers vendor booths and an online bookstore to browse, a number of useful articles for the enthusiast, an appraisal service, and more.

Exploring the West from Monticello
This is an online view of an exhibition of maps and journals examining the planning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition The exhibition largely utilizes documents from Thomas Jefferson's personal library of explorers' accounts, geographic works, and maps.

Faster Than Sound: Men of the X-1
This piece of NOVA Online is just too good to miss. Chuck Yeager flew the X-1 to break the sound barrier for the first time on October 14, 1947. Here you can read and listen to his words and those of other men vital to that effort and get a feel for what it was really like to step (or fly) into the unknown. (While you're here, check out a lot of other great NOVA stuff too!)

The Field Museum
The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago offers this award-winning site. "Life Over Time," the current exhibit, has extensive dinosaur information. The currator's archeological discoveries in South America are also chronicled here.

Glen Foerd on the Deleware
This site commemorates "the last surviving riverfront estate in Philadelphia." See pictures and maps of this Italianate mansion and grounds, and read about its history and the stories of those who built and enhanced it over the last century and a half. Includes archives and preservation and tour info.

The Great Pyramid
Many architects who have studied the Great Pyramid contend that even with the wonders of modern technology, we could not build it today! No wonderful graphics, but this is a fascinating study of the ancient pyramid and its history.

History - The 20th Century
This Mining Company site contains a weekly article dealing with some interesting aspect of this century's history, archives of past articles, and a wonderful Resource List of sites giving you information on the places, people, and events of 20th Century importance.

The History Buff's Home Page
This site, developed by the Newspaper Collectors' Society, is a searchable library of general American history as well as newspaper history. Categories include pre-18th century, the Civil War, and 17 others. There are also links to journalism sites.

The History Channel
The History Channel offers lessons on everything from Martin Luther King Jr. to lesser known historical figures and events. Includes both world and US history. A good source for kids, parents, and teachers.

History of Egypt
This link is on Egypt's Ministry of Tourism site and it has large amounts of information on Egyptian history, mainly taken from Egypt of the Pharaohs by Sir Alan Gardiner. The pages are organized chronologically by dynasty.

The History Net
Brought to you by the National Historical Society, this site is "Where History Lives on the Net." It's organized well and provides interesting reading on a wide range of topics in world and American history as well as "History Talk" and book reviews.

A History of Photography
Summarizing photography from its beginnings through 1920, this is a text presentation with information on the contributions of dozens of people and processes in early photography. It's an excellent resource, well organized for ease of use.

The History Place
The Timeline and related articles on World War II alone would justify this as an outstanding site, but The History Place also features wonderful exhibits on The American Revolution, the Holocaust, The Civil War, John F. Kennedy, and more. For your travels, see the list of historic areas by state.

The Labyrinth
"A World Wide Web Server for Medieval Studies," Georgetown University's Labyrinth provides an "Ariadne's Thread" to guide you through the knowledge they have uploaded to the web. The information is divided into subjects such as National Cultures, International Culture, and Special Topics. A wonderful resource.

Leonardo da Vinci
From the Museum of Science in Boston, this is an excellent Leonardo da Vinci site. See QuickTime movies of the Leonardo ("Scientist, Inventor, Artist") exhibit the museum hosted in the summer of 1997 and use multimedia presentations to learn about the Renaissance and this multi-talented genius.

The Library of Congress
The Library employs multiple search methods to encourage the use of its impressive site and its catalogs as well. The site's feature exhibits tell America's story through documents, photos, movies, and audio. There's an educators' Learning Page and a great Today in History feature in addition to the massive research possibilities.

There's more information here on "North American Aborigine Projectile Points and Lithics" (arrowheads to most of us) than we knew existed! There's a glossary of lithics terminology, a set of labeled drawings of the various point types, lists of reference books and periodicals, and excellent links.

Medieval and Renaissance Fact and Fiction
This is a guide to Web resources "for people who are interested in the history, culture, literature and re-creation of the Middle Ages and Renaissance." Most links have some annotation.

Military Books Online
Looking for online research resources on various aspects of military history? This is the place to go; there's great information here.

Monticello, The Home of Thomas Jefferson
A great interactive tour of Monticello, with historical background of Thomas Jefferson's day and scientific endeavors. This is a wonderful educational site, including such things as his recipes for muffins and ice cream and the written memories of his children and grandchildren.

Moyse's Hall
Here you will find an example of Norman domestic architecture. In addition to views of Moyse's Hall and information about it, there is a variety of other information including facts about the first hunters and British Tribal Kingdoms. Very interesting.

Mr. Donn's Ancient History Page
Mr. Donn teaches ancient history to sixth graders in Maryland. This impressive site offers his own units on Ancient Greece and Mesopotamia (detailed daily lessons, activities, a unit test) plus wonderful teaching resources he's gathered on a dozen ancient cultures including Egypt, Rome, China, Africa, Aztecs, etc. Site also includes Mrs. Donn's Special Sections, maps, games, and more. Excellent.

Museum of the City of San Francisco
Here's an extremely well organized look at the history and artifacts of San Francisco. The documents are fascinating and tell the story of the settlement of California as well as of this beautiful and famous city.

The Napoleon Foundation
The Napoleon Foundation is dedicated to the study of the civil and military achivements of the first and second empires. The site includes a history of the time period, and in-depth information on the Bonaparte family. Very impressive, and it's available in French or English.

National Holocaust Memorial Museum
Though primarily this is information about the musuem, the "Learning About the Holocaust" section provides educators with information for teaching about the holocaust. There are also excerpts from the official trial with accompanying photographs (though some are pretty graphic).

National Women's History Project
The National Women's History Project promotes multicultural women's history awareness. The web site offers information regarding National Women's History Month (March) as well as great quotes by and about women's history, a women's history test (bet you can't get them all right) and links to other women's history web sites.

Native American Documents Project
There's a fair amount of information on this site already, though the creators make it very clear they're just scratching the surface. The objective is to catalog and detail the history of US federal government policy towards Native Americans and make it easily accessible.

Natural History Museums and Collections
You can link from here to hundreds of museums, botanical gardens, conservation sites, and libraries around the world. Many of these are truly spectacular. Sources are divided by continent and arranged alphabetically.

Odin's Castle of Dreams & Legends
Visit the rooms of Odin's Castle and find hundreds of links to history sites on the Web. Starting with the origins of man, moving through ancient civilizations, the Renaissance, American history, religions, and many more categories, this site offers you access to a huge chunk of the history available on the Internet.

The Political Graveyard
"The Web Site That Tells Where the Dead Politicians Are Buried" has an extensive database that gives more information than you might ever want to know about anyone who has ever served in the U.S. House or Senate, as Vice President, or in the Continental Congress. In addition to birth and death information, you get lists of politicians in alphabetical order, by state and offices held, and even more. Whether you are interested in history or trivia you'll find it and find it and find it here.

If you're looking for information on the US Presidency (including multimedia files such as images and audio clips), this is a great online resource from the University of North Carolina.

The Provincial Museum of Alberta
Featuring the human and natural history of Alberta and western Canada, The Provincial Museum of Alberta presents 12 curatorial programs, exhibits, galleries, and events. The Museum's site is extensive and rich with information for educators and students alike.

Sherwood Forest
If you can't make it to Sherwood Forest, the home of President John Tyler, spend some time on this site and you might well feel like you've been there. In animation, you can literally watch the home develop through history. If you have QuickTime VR you can take an extensive "tour" as well. Even if you've been to Virginia to see this historic plantation, you'll want to visit it on the web!

Social Studies Online Resources
World and U.S. Geography, History, and News sites are compiled and categorized here with useful annotations. If you are a teacher or student of Social Studies, this should be a helpful site for you.

Social Studies Sources
This is a large group of briefly annotated Social Studies links compiled for K-12 teachers and students. Sites are listed in such categories as General, World, and U.S. History, Government/Politics, and Geography/Culture.

Stratford Hall Plantation
Stratford Hall is the birthplace of Robert E. Lee, and of earlier Lee family members important in US history. This site details the history, archaeological finds, and current educational offerings of this unique property and offers help in planning a trip to this historic region.

Sulgrave Manor
Sulgrave Manor is the English home of George Washington's ancestors. This site gives event and visitor information of local interest, but also provides the history of the Washingtons and some insight into how the family of the first U.S. president came to live in North America.

Susan B. Anthony
This site offers a biography, photographs, and other information about Susan B. Anthony. As her niece said, "Because of Aunt Susan's love for women and perseverance in her cause, I have today the enjoyment of a great many more rights and privileges than my mother had twenty-five years ago."

TeachPDLaw's Research World
This collection of links was put together by a police officer who teaches several subjects in America Online's Academic Assistance Center. Among the subjects are World History, American History, The Arts, Culture & Society, and Research and Reference.

The U-Boat War in Cartoons
This little gem shows five wonderful old cartoons from newspapers of 1915-1916 depicting British, German, and United States reactions to the battles over shipping just prior to U.S. involvement in World War I. It's a nice history mini-lesson with exposition and questions.

The US Civil War Center
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Increased the number of monsters in the 120-140 and WTF instance.
Now people will lose items in all the guild maps and continent 2, even if their OA is 20 or under. Some C1 maps, like Tyrnim past are also affected.

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Jacqui's Legacy: Part Three
Chapter Ten: Stefana

"Well, well, well."
As Stefana stepped out of her car, she found that she was not the only one who had headed to sixth and west that morning. Uttering a curse, she wheeled on the speaker, casting him a glare as she did so.
"What in hell are you doing here, you jerk?" She demanded. "Will you get a clue and just leave me alone? I told you, Cynthia's told you - I don't know anything, so leave me alone! And dammit, quit following me! It's getting creepy."
"Perhaps it is to you." Darren leant up against his car door, offering her a smile. "But you know what the funny thing is, Stefana?"
"Do I look like I care?"
"You might do." Darren pursed his lips. "See, I was here before you. I didn't follow you here - I was here on a tip-off for a story I'm doing. Should I be surprised to see you? Or is it as I expected - that you were feeding me a pack of lies and that you're in this up to your pretty little neck?"
"Leave me alone." Stefana pushed him out of the way, but he grabbed her by the arm.
"Tell me what's going on and I'll leave your name out of the story." He suggested. Stefana glared at him again, shaking herself free of his grip.
"Don't you dare touch me again." She seethed. "You lowlife jerk, do you want me to get a restraining order on you?"
"I'm just curious to know why you're here."
"Well, I don't care why you are, and I think you should get lost now." Stefana folded her arms. "I'm here on an errand. It's nothing to do with you...but if you get involved, it might just get you killed. And you know, I wouldn't miss your ugly mug one bit, but the Tribune'd be a damn empty paper without it's workaholic newshound."
"Get me killed?" Darren's eyes widened. "Was that a threat?"
"Not from me." Stefana said grimly. "Look. This is none of your business. None of anyone's. It's not a news story, it's..."
She faltered, then hardened her resolve.
"It's money that's owed someone, someone who lives in this neighbourhood." She lied. "Money that I have to pay back and he's not the kind of guy who likes journos."
"Money?" Darren's eyes narrowed. "You're telling me by coincidence your loan shark lives in the same street as an old school that's been putting up some crazy power readings lately?"
"I don't care about power readings." Stefana snapped. "I care about you getting out of my business. Cynthia told you all she knew yesterday, because she hoped you'd leave me alone. Why can't you do that, huh?"
"Because I'm not sure I believe you." Darren shrugged. "Problem of mine, really. I don't generally believe anyone."
"Well, I have a deadline." Stefana snapped. "And if you have a story to investigate, that's all well and good. But I'd get your stupid head out of this street for a half hour or so. Then do whatever crazy stuff you wanna do. If this guy thinks you're after him, he will blow your brains out. He's not a nice guy, and he doesn't like press."
"So what are you doing mixed up with him?"
"Doesn't take a genius to work that out." Stefana bit her lip, and comprehension dawned in Darren's eyes. He laughed.
"Drugs." He said simply. "Brilliant. Is that what all this has been about, Stef? Covering up the fact you still have a drug problem?"
"No comment."
"Do you think that's even vaguely newsworthy?" Darren demanded. "There's something else. There has to be."
"Then come back and sniff around when I'm through meeting my contact." Stefana said darkly. "When he's gone, and I'm gone, this place is all yours. Would I say that if it was anything else?"
"I don't know." Darren looked thoughtful. "But I'm intrigued. All right, Stefana. We'll play it your way. I'll sit in my car and wait for you to do your spot of dodgy business. But when you're done, you come back to me here. You're going to come and investigate with that understood?"
"Why should I do that?"
"Because if you don't, your drug drama is tomorrow's headline." Darren shrugged. "Sorry, but there has to be a headline. And you're it, if I don't find what I'm looking for."
"Fine." Stefana sighed. "Just let me go, okay? I'm already running late!"
Darren held up his hands.
"Go." He said. "I'll see you in a little while. Don't forget! You come back here to me, or you know what's going to be on the front page of the Tribune tomorrow!"
Stefana swore at him, then she turned on her heel, stomping off down the street. Heading away from the school to begin with, once sure she was out of Darren's sight range she slipped down a side-passage, darting between buildings as she doubled back on herself.
"Who woulda thought that it would ever come in handy, knowing this part of town." She muttered as she dodged her way between two derelict cars. "Would never have imagined meeting that shady drug dealer would ever have had it's positive side - but I guess it means I know my way better than Mr Tabloid Asshole. Who knows? Maybe Cynthia was right to pick me, after all."
She reached into her pocket, feeling the plastic wallet and carefully she pulled it out, glancing at it.
"Well, here goes nothing." She muttered, crossing the road and making her way in through the school's front entrance. "I hope that she's suitably distracted...otherwise it's not McMillan I need to be worrying about!"

*    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *    *

<>"Synergy, how could you!"
Copper's tears flowed down her face as she tried to comprehend what she had just witnessed. "Aaron was your friend - your protector! We all were! I thought you weren't going to hurt us?"
Jacqui cast a glance her way, and there was a flicker of sadness in her blue eyes. Then the expression hardened and she shook her head.
"I have to do what I have to do to survive." She said softly. "Your husband was no longer useful to me."
Copper bit her lip.
"I guess there's not much to choose between either of you, after all." She said bitterly. "I guess you're both psycho and you both deserve to be shut down."
Jacqui cast Copper a lingering look, then she blinked, turning her attention back to her opponant.
"It is done." She said softly.
"Well, you proved to me one thing, Synergy."
Athena eyed the scene with a mixture of derision and amusement. "You have proven yourself gullible and stupid in your old age. Did you really think that I would spare you, if you put an end to one miserable human? I don't care about them. I just wanted to see whether you would betray them to protect yourself. Now I have my answer, I know that you do have a sense of logic. Such a pity that you also have failing circuits. It will be too easy now to track you down and finish you off."
She cast a glance at Copper, who was still in floods of tears.
"That one is annoying." She remarked. "I would get you to finish her off too, but I can sense you weakening and I want to be the one to destroy you myself. Besides..."
She faltered, a strange expression crossing her face.
"No!" She muttered. "There is someone...I have to..."
Her hologram shimmered and blurred, then vanished, leaving the necklace projector to clatter to the ground. For a moment, Jacqui's projection held firm. Then her watch sent up a final pinkish flare and a wisp of smoke began to curl out around the edges. Jacqui flickered and burst into a mass of light and Copper covered her eyes as the room grew too bright for her to even see.
The sound of his voice startled her and she glanced up, blinking through the light as she saw her husband hurry to her side.
"Aaron?" She whispered, then, "Aaron! Oh! You're all right? But...?"
"It was an illusion. It was all an illusion." Aaron hugged her tightly, stroking her curly auburn hair. "I'm sorry...there was no way for me to tell you whilst Athena was still here."
"You mean...?" Copper's eyes widened. "Cynthia? Not Jacqui, but...?"
"When she changed, I thought that somehow Jacqui's files had slipped through a crack and had taken control of her system again, too." Aaron nodded. "I won't pretend I wasn't a little freaked out, Copper. But then, when I realised what she had done - what she had made both you and Athena see, I realised that it wasn't Jacqui at all. It was our Synergy - doing what she does best to buy us time with Athena."
Copper scrambled to her feet, reaching over to pick up Cynthia's discarded watch. The surface was charred and scorched, and she bit her lip.
"At what cost?" She murmured. Aaron took it from her, casting it a glance. He frowned.
"I dread to think." He admitted. "Even when she's running on full power, Cynthia can't project more than one solid hologram comfortably. Athena must know that. She must have realised her opponant's limitations. That's why Cyn put the watch back on. To make it clear that she was projecting Jacqui at full strength."
"And because I was fooled, Athena was fooled." Copper swallowed hard. "I feel wretched now, even thinking that Synergy would hurt you. Those could have been the last words I said to her, Aaron - and I accused her of something which I should have known she'd never do."
"She was built for illusions." Aaron kissed his wife gently on the forehead. "Today she proved it. I don't know what damage she's done to herself, but if this is any indication, it probably isn't good. It would have taken a lot of power to project around me, and make Athena believe I was nothing but ash. I guess it was the last straw. She held onto it as long as Athena was here...but then she couldn't hold onto it any longer."
He bent to scoop up Athena's discarded pendant then, in a burst of sudden anger, he threw it against the wall, watching with little pleasure as the crystal projector shattered against the stone.
"At least she can't come back here today." He said soberly. "I only hope Cyn's sacrifice has bought Stefana enough time. Athena left here because she knew someone was tampering back at the school. She can re-materialise there I hope Stef's on her guard."
"Should we head out there?"
"We should, and as quickly as we can." Aaron nodded. "Cyn's done her part and it's up to us now to make sure Stef isn't another casualty of today's adventure!"

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"Well, there she is."
Stefana paused in the doorway of the main school hall, eying the mess with some distaste. "And ew, you can tell Techrat's been here, too. Bits of junk all over the shop. I wonder if he's about."
She glanced around her, then, finding the coast clear, she stepped gingerly over the piles of computer wreckage, heading towards the big blue and silver computer that stood by the far wall.
"Oh well, girl, this is it." She told herself wryly. "I sure hope Cynthia knew what she was doing when she made this disk. If she didn't, we're all in a whole lot of trouble."
"Perhaps, Stefana Ranieri, you should consider the possibility that you already are."
The voice made the hairs on the back of her neck prick up and, even as she turned to face the speaker, she heard the tracer in her pocket begin to emit a dull whine. At it's sound, Athena let out a snort of derision.
"So you track me down like an animal?" She demanded. "Why are you here at all? Don't you know that I can kill you? After your activity at Rebel Records, why should I not?"
"You tried to frame me for a man's murder, Athena." Stefana gathered her wits, facing her foe defiantly. "I thought we were on the same side. Why would you do that?"
"I am not on anyone's side but my own, and you are lying to me." Athena's eyes flashed with an angry blue fire. "Synergy was at Rebel Records and you are working for her."
"I don't work for anyone, least of all a crackpot bunch of wires and screws." Stefana pulled a face. "She's threatened to kill me enough times and she's pretended to be me, trying to screw up my friendships and my job. Why on earth would I help Synergy?"
"You were there. I saw you."
"You were there. I was rehearsing with my band." Stefana shook her head. "Hey, it looks like I got impersonated by two holographic computers at once this week, didn't I? Wonder what the odds are of that happening?"
Athena was silent for a moment, her projectors flickering as she considered Stefana's words.
"Then how did you know I took your form?"
"We have security cameras at Rebel Records. And I'm paranoid."
"Why should I believe you?"
"You don't have to." Stefana shrugged. "That's not why I'm here."
"Then why are you here, human?"
"To strike a deal with you, computer." Stefana's tone was rich with sarcasm, but it was lost on the hologram, who frowned.
"What sort of a deal?"
"This sort of a deal."
Carefully Stefana reached into the plastic wallet, pulling out the shiny silver disk. "This."
"That's a disk." Athena frowned. "What interest would I have in a disk?"
"Well, you were right about something." Stefana responded simply. "I do know something about Synergy. I've met her - and I've seen how she works. Maybe Techrat told you that. Bottom line is, you're both too powerful for me. But she's on the way out. Dying. And I'm not interested in fighting computer battles. So I figure I'd cut a deal with you. This disk, in return for my life."
"You still have not explained to me why I should be interested in your disk, Stefana Ranieri."
"Because it has everything on it you need to find Synergy." Stefana said simply. "Her location, her weaknesses, her programming and everything else. Techrat made it when he tried his hand at destroying her. He failed. He's a jerk. But he left this with me for safekeeping. And I figure, well, you're not a jerk. And if I scratch your back, you'll scratch mine."
"I do not understand your metaphor." Athena pursed her lips. "But I understand your mode of address. You wish to exchange Synergy's information for your life, correct?"
"That's about the size of it."
"And if Synergy is dying, what use will it be to me then?"
"If she's dying anyway, why are you so keen to track her down?" Stefana countered. Athena nodded.
"You are right. I do wish to find her." She admitted. "She may be dying, but it may be only another illusion. I must be sure."
She hesitated again, as if thinking it over, and Stefana's heart pounded in her chest as she waited.
Engrossed in their conversation, neither one had seen the reporter creep up to the doorway of the schoolroom, having followed Stefana's trail at a distance.
At length, Athena nodded.
"Very well, Stefana Ranieri. I will agree this deal." She said softly. "You give me the disk. I will give you your life."
"Done." Stefana hesitated, then held out the disk. "So I'm going to go now. And you're damn well going to leave me alone."
Athena glanced at the disk, setting it down on top of her unit. Then she cast Stefana an amused smile.
"Perhaps." She agreed vaguely. "But you forget that I am a computer, and the concept of making deals is wasted on us. You are no longer useful. Therefore you are surplus to requirement and will be terminated."
"Hey, wait a minute!" Fear leapt into Stefana's eyes. "So you're turning on me? After I did you a good deed?"
"Master created me." Athena said softly. She gestured across the room to the pile of ash and soot in the far corner. "That is all that is left of him now. Why should I treat you any differently?"
Stefana swore, then lunged for the disk, but Athena raised her arm, swiping the guitarist back with such force that she fell, banging her head as she tumbled to the floor and knocking herself clean out. Athena shook her head slowly, tut-tutting, then turned her attention to the disk.
"Leave her alone."
Darren stood in the doorway, his expression one of anger. "What is all this? Someone's junkyard? What do you want with Stefana - and who are you?"
"I neither know nor care who you are."
Athena cocked her laser at the intruder, sending out a beam of blue light that seared the doorframe just inches from where he stood. Despite himself, Darren paled.
"Are you...Synergy?" He whispered, and Athena let out a peal of amused laughter.
"Synergy is dead, human." She said mockingly. "I am Athena - and you and your friend are about to be terminated."
"Uh-uh. No you don't." Darren shook his head, taking another step towards the computer. "You're a computer, not judge and jury for the whole of America. Where's your friggin' off switch, huh? You need a serious reboot."
"If you wish to take another breath, you will remain exactly where you are." Athena's eyes flashed dangerously, and blue flares shot up from the corner of the room. "I am not interested in your babblings. You will wait until I am ready to deal with you, and then you shall be eliminated. Move, and I shall blow this whole building up."
"And destroy yourself too? That's crazy." Darren snorted.
"I am a computer." Athena said darkly. "Crazy is a human behaviour. I merely operate on logic. I exploit your weaknesses and I do not fear harm. You will remain where you are. I shall deal with you presently."
She flipped open her disk drive, picking up the silver disk and running a finger across it's surface. Then, with a little shrug, she slid the disk into the drive. With a slight whirr, the drive clicked shut.
Almost as soon as she had done so, Athena realised her mistake. She let out a shriek as, before Darren's bewildered and disbelieving gaze, her hologram flickered and glowed before exploding into bursts of blue light. One by one the projection units blew out their lasers, filling the room with wisps of black, acrid smoke. The mainframe gave one final whirr, then a thud and all was silent. Smoke curled from beneath the computer's keys as the monitor's activity faded to a single blip across the screen.
For a moment, Darren just stood there, speechless at what he'd seen. Then, as the smoke grew thicker, he registered Stefana lying prone on the floor beside the mainframe and, muttering a curse under his breath, he clambered down beside her, scooping her up in his arms.
"You have some major explaining to do to me, girl." He said, as he hauled her out of the school and onto the grass outside, reaching in his pocket for his mobile phone and dialling 911. "I'm damn well going to make sure you live through this to do it."
As he finished his call, he became aware of a car drawing up on the front and he glanced up, seeing Aaron hurrying towards them, Copper in tow.
"Stef!" Aaron exclaimed, then, "Is she...?"
"Out cold, but she's alive." Darren said briefly. "What is this, some kind of musicians of Los Angeles meeting I wasn't told about?"
"I got a call from her on my cell, asking me to meet her here." Aaron crossed and uncrossed his fingers behind his back, crouching at his friend's side. "What happened?"
"Something I'm not even sure I believe myself right now." Darren admitted. "I'm still processing it. I wouldn't go in there!"
As Aaron stood, heading towards the school. "Something electronic is blowing a gasket or two in there and it's full of smoke."
"I'll make sure noone else is inside." Aaron called back. "I hear the sirens - Copper, will you stay with her and Mr McMillan? In case she comes round?"
"I'll stay." Copper nodded her head. "Be careful, Aaron. If it's dangerous in there..."
"I promise." Aaron nodded. Then he was gone into the building and Copper settled herself down at Stefana's side as the dark haired girl's eyes flickered open. She blinked a couple of times, and as she brought Copper into focus, she smiled.
"She took it." She murmured. Then her eyes fluttered shut once more.
"What did she say?" Darren frowned. "Tool kit? Was that it?"
"I couldn't make it out." Copper lied, though she reached down and squeezed the girl's hand. "But here are the medics. They'll know what to do."
She eyed Darren with interest.
"How come you were here?"
"I've learnt that action follows Stefana Ranieri." Darren said simply. "And this time, I got more than I bargained for."
He glanced at the still girl, then,
"I think, so did she." He added. "But don't worry. I'll get sense out of her when she's feeling more herself. Right now I'm still trying to work out what I saw in there...and don't ask me to explain it to you. Trust wouldn't believe me if I did!"

Chapter One: A Plea For Help
Chapter Two: Phoenix
Chapter Three: Federal Help
Chapter Four: A Tangled Web
Chapter Five: Assassin
Chapter Six: Panic For Sophie
Chapter Seven: Athena Strikes Again
Chapter Eight: Cynthia's Ruse
Chapter Nine: Martyr
Chapter Ten: Stefana
Chapter Eleven: Nemesis
Epilogue: White Flag

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About: Bulgaria

Languages & Culture 12-10-2017

Bulgaria makes effort to bring Roma children back to school

Small armies of teachers, social workers and police officers are swarming across Bulgaria to carry out a Herculean task -- convince tens of thousands of Roma parents to send their children to school.

Economy & Jobs 04-10-2017

Bulgaria and Romania seek investors for big infrastructure projects

Bulgaria and Romania are on the lookout for investors in three big regional infrastructure projects, following a joint session of the heads of government on Tuesday (3 October), Bulgarian media reported.

Energy 29-09-2017

Central-Eastern European pipeline gets go-ahead

An ambitious gas pipeline project connecting Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Austria received a shot in the arm on Thursday (28 September), when all of the involved parties signed a memorandum of understanding for the project, a vital part of Europe's efforts to wean itself off Russian gas.

Brexit 28-09-2017

UK free to introduce visas on Poland and other EU members after Brexit

The UK will be free to introduce visas to Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, and may do so after its “orderly exit” from the Union, Britain’s chief negotiator David Davis said on Thursday today (28 September), answering a question from EURACTIV.com.

Central Europe 15-09-2017

Trans-Europe Express: Pre-war Europe blues

The cynicism of was undeniable. Just as the Commission announced it was taking the second step in an infringement procedure against Poland over the reform of its justice system, legal experts associated with the PiS government announced that the country could still demand reparations from Germany for its occupation during World War Two.

Future EU 14-09-2017

Paris and Berlin don’t take Juncker’s ‘Union of equality’ seriously

European officials made positive comments on Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’ s State of the Union speech on Wednesday (13 September), but several said he would face stiff opposition for countering "multi-speed Europe" by encouraging all states to join the euro.

Central Europe 13-09-2017

State of the Union: Juncker snubs Poland, overwhelms Romania, Bulgaria

Pro-European EU members Bulgaria and Romania were overwhelmed with attention in Commission President’s Jean-Claude Juncker State of the Union speech today (13 September). In contrast, Poland, l‘enfant terrible of the EU, was not mentioned a single time.

EU auditors praise water quality efforts in new member states

European Union funding has been well spent on improving drinking water quality by Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania, according to a new report by the European Court of Auditors. But a funding gap could undermine progress made so far.

Elections 08-09-2017

Trans-Europe Express: Lega Nord Means Berlusconi

The Lega Nord has won the election. Or so one would be inclined to believe, surveying the stories on Italian politics published since August in the (mostly) UK press. A bit of Brexit projection, perhaps? Not exactly, but it can’t be excluded either.

Economy & Jobs 06-09-2017

Greece and Bulgaria sign ‘Sea2Sea’ project, hoping for EU funding

Sofia and Athens signed a memorandum of understanding on Wednesday (6 September) for the construction of a high-speed railway, hoping to attract foreign investment and establish strong links in a region historically known for divisions and antagonism between neighbours.

Enlargement 06-09-2017

Macedonia says ‘big step’ made in name row with Greece

Macedonia hailed a "big step" towards resolving a quarter-century-old dispute with neighbour Greece on Tuesday (5 September) over its name that has seen it blocked from NATO and European Union membership talks.

NGOs ask Commission to step in as Bulgaria threatens access to justice

A coalition of green NGOs has called on the European Commission to intervene in Bulgaria, after the country’s ruling party announced a proposal that the environmentalists said would limit access to justice by increasing costs.

Energy 30-08-2017

Bulgaria starts building nuclear waste dump, addressing EU concerns

Bulgaria started on Tuesday (29 August) construction of a radioactive waste depot for its sole nuclear plant, with the facility expected to become operational in 2021, the energy ministry said.

Economy & Jobs 25-08-2017

Macron courts EU’s eastern leaders over posted workers, antagonises Poland

Snubbing Poland, French President Emmanuel Macron is touring eastern EU countries to gather support for tightening EU rules over the employment of cheap labour in other member states. But Warsaw said it would oppose this reform “to the very end”.

Enlargement 02-08-2017

Bulgaria pledges to champion Macedonia’s EU and NATO dreams

The European Union has welcomed the signing of a bilateral treaty between Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in which the EU member has promised to support the latter’s EU integration.

Global Europe 21-07-2017

Trans-Europe Express: EU summertime blues

At the time when many in the EU bubble are getting ready for holidays, it is helpful to remember that the summer period is a fertile time for coups, geopolitical earthquakes and big blunders.

Languages & Culture 19-07-2017

Macedonia says ‘FYROM’ name no better than ‘Klingon’

Macedonia rejected suggestions on Wednesday (18 July) it could end a row with Greece over its name by adopting an unwieldy acronym instead, saying it was as alien as the "Klingon" language in Star Trek.

Enlargement 13-07-2017

EU pledges funds for new Balkan railway, transport projects

This week's summit of the six Western Balkans EU hopefuls and EU leaders fell somewhat short of political expectations but produced concrete results in financing regional transport projects, most notably a railway link between the capitals of Macedonia and Bulgaria.

Energy 11-07-2017

Turkey voices energy ambitions at World Petroleum Congress

Turkey, a country poor in energy resources, has voiced its ambitions to leverage its geographic position by becoming an even more important crossroads of supply routes and a giant energy hub, saying this would “improve” the EU’s energy security.

Agrifood 03-07-2017

Eastern Europeans bite back over ‘food apartheid’

It looks like Nutella, smells like Nutella and yet doesn't quite taste like the famous Italian chocolate spread. Eastern European leaders are fuming after tests suggested that big Western brands use cheaper ingredients in food products sold in former communist countries.

Politics 28-06-2017

Minister for the Bulgarian Presidency: Cohesion will be one of our priorities

Bulgaria will take over the rotating Presidency of the EU from 1 January 2018. Lilyana Pavlova, the minister for the Bulgarian Presidency, told EURACTIV.com about its priorities, which include security and migration, the Western Balkans and the future of cohesion policy.

Air Pollution 26-06-2017

Western Balkans holds breath for better air quality

In the Western Balkans, air pollution can be a fatal problem, made worse by some of those countries’ energy policies. Ioana Ciuta sheds light on the region’s developing crisis, which is claiming lives at an alarming rate.

Trans-Europe Express: Is Sánchez a man with a plan?

Last month, Pedro Sánchez brought a new and unexpected result to the European ballot box. Sánchez returned to his post as secretary general of Spain’s Socialist Party (PSOE) after a bitter campaign against Susana Díaz, the powerful president of Andalucía who was supported by the barons of the party.

Report: Western Balkans route not closed, just diverted via Bulgaria

A report by a German think tank reveals the deficiencies of the deal with Turkey to stem the flow of refugees to Europe. Migration is on the menu of the two-day summit starting today (22 June).


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Saturday, October 19, 2013

October Blush Mystery Beauty Box

Blush is a company that is associated with Dermstore and Blush offers a monthly mystery beauty box.  You can make a one time purchase for $34.95 or subscribe monthly for $24.95.  Both prices include shipping. It made absolutely no sense to me to pay $10 more when I could just cancel the subscription if I didn't like it.  Each month Blush says they will send a box full of products handpicked by their panel of beauty experts of mostly full size and some travel-size products worth at least $100.  The subscriptions are limited and sell out quickly.

I believe this subscription is available to the US only, they don't really say on their website.

The good:

Price: If they continue to send great products with a value of at least $100 that's 4 times the value.

Want more: Since they have a retail website reordering is easy and all these products were easily found.

The not so good:

Price: This is one of the higher priced subscriptions but the products seem to be premium.

Skip: Their website is not user friendly.  I couldn't find an option to skip or cancel.

October Blush Mystery Beauty Box.

Contents of Blush box w/approximate retail price listed:

FULL SIZE Butter London nail polish in Kerfuffle. Value = $18.00

.1 oz. Karin Herzog Vita-A-Kombi 1 daily moisturizer. Value = $4.41

FULL SIZE Mirabella Mineral Highlighting Powder in Latte Swirl Brilliant. Value = $36.00

FULL SIZE Myface Cosmetics Lip Pop Gloss. Value = $18.00

FULL SIZE Theraplex FT Exfoliating Emollient for hands and feet. Value = $15.00

.07 oz. Talika Lipocils Expert lash enhancer. Value = $9.17

.17 oz. Miracle Skin Transformer Face SPF20. Value = $4.80

FULL SIZE Chella Lace Highlighter. Value = $18.00

The total value of of this blush beauty box is $123.38. Yay nail polish and it's Butter London polish which I love. The big item in this box is the Chella highlighter but I'll be honest I have no idea how to use this. I also don't really know what to do with the Mirabella highlighting powder. Even though I like playing with makeup colors I'm sort of a minimalist when it comes to the highlighting, bronzing and all that. I might need to go to the teenager and she if she can enlighten me. The exfoliating product is something I can totally use. At first I thought the lipocils was a lip product because really with a name like lipocils why wouldn't it be. Turns out it's another product to help pump up your lashes. I tried the smartlash product awhile back and I didn't see any real noticeable results. The lip gloss color is really pretty but it will have to wait for me to use the others.

Verdict: This box is always great in product and value. Even if I don't love everything I always get my moneys worth on the products I will definitely use.

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  1. I received the Chella in Ipsy and had no idea what to do with it. Blush has a great video on you tube showing you all the uses and now I love it...and I now have 2! I use it under my eyes, on my waterline to accent eyes and as a spot concealer. Really cool!

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Choosing a Main Character

This was supposed to have gone up a week ago. I don’t know why it didn’t.
A lot of us writers have it easy. We have one strong character idea and are ready to center a story around them, or we have a strong plot idea and just need to design a character who can [...]

Cultures and Children

We don’t often think about children in speculative fiction or our games—at least, not once we stop reading entirely in the children’s section. They might be incidental characters, might possibly serve in a MacGuffin role, but they’re not likely to be the protagonist. As such, it’s easy for us to forget about them in a [...]

Weaponized Weaknesses

I’ve talked a lot about the kinds of things a character can turn into weapons—but then there’s one of my favorite ways, one that backfires easily, but that works spectacularly. What happens when a character uses her own weaknesses as part of her arsenal?
Things get interesting.
Part of it is just the effect. A character uses [...]

Exercise: Ten Questions

Sometimes, you have a character (or other story element or feature) who just isn’t coming through. Sometimes, you have a person—in your audience, in your game group, wherever—whose take on what you’re doing you just can’t figure out. And sometimes, you can get these two things to cancel out.
In some order, choose yourself a character [...]

Purpose-Based Location Design

(Yet another for RPG Blog Carnival.)
Locations don’t come naturally to a lot of people. Sure, they might have one feature they want to play with, or a very vague idea of outline, but the rest is the geographical equivalent of a probabilistic haze. Honestly, that’s normal. We don’t have to know everything. But we can [...]

Can, Can’t, and Shouldn’t: Three Ways Location Shapes Behavior

This is another post for RPG Blog Carnival. Thinking about locations seems to bring out the best in my inspiration.
Locations have many different effects on the characters who occupy them: physical, metaphysical, emotional, you name it. But one of the biggest effects a well-designed tactical environment creates is a change to behavior. Particularly, it creates [...]

The Dreaded Recap

Recapitulation is an inevitability of any sort of part-by-part storytelling medium, particularly as the separation between the installments increases. Giving the players a refresher between sessions, letting readers of a series know what they might have missed and/or reminding them what happened last time, the occasional catch-up for long-running webcomics—without a recap, the audience might [...]

World-building: Some Travel Questions

One of the nice things about the modern world is that we can take travel for granted, and never realize how much it helps us. There’s a lot more impact to what’s available than you might think—even owning a car vs. taking mass transit can be the difference between a half-hour trip to get groceries [...]

Or, why I really need to do my blogging in the afternoon while making progress on something else rather than in the evening after an overall disappointing day. I get… snippets. Not large enough to be a blog post. Not small enough to just ignore.
Sometimes it doesn’t matter how epic the foe is, or how [...]

Degrees of Backstory Characters

Into every character’s backstory, a few characters who aren’t the backstory’s central character must fall. They don’t live in a vacuum, after all. (And if they do, they’re probably pretty boring characters, and lack verisimilitude. Even hermits usually had someone who raised them.) That doesn’t mean they’re all created the same, though.
Overall, backstory characters are [...]


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Archive for June 15th, 2012

1915: 20 Hunchakian gallows

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On this date in 1915, twenty activists of the Armenian Hunchakian political party were publicly hanged in Istanbul’s Beyazit Square.

A couple of other very grainy (newspaper?) images are here.

These unfortunates had participated in a 1913 convention that resolved — secretly, so they thought — upon treating to a programme of political assassinations of the nationalist Young Turks then driving belligerent policy against Armenians.

Unfortunately for them, the Sublime Porte had sublime ears.* It pounced on the prospective terrorists at the first opportunity, and gave them a couple of years in a dungeon before a wartime show trial days just days after Armenian genocide had commenced.

Paramaz, who’s probably the most individually famous of the twenty, has a recently-erected monument in Meghri. He’s also credited with a movingly humane exchange with an Ottoman judge, each reflecting on their respective impasse vis-a-vis nationhood and self-determination.

“The attributes of history in our reality are arranged in such a way that what constitutes ‘patriotism’ for one is viewed as destructive treason by the other,” quoth the judge (!!!) to the defendants.

And thus the mutual relations between nations living together amount to the negation of international law and social concepts. Today is the last session of these trials … There was something unusual and unqualifiable in these trials. Unqualifiable because neither you nor us had enough wisdom to penetrate each other’s [worlds].

You cannot imagine, effendis, that it is with such grief that I will pronounce the depth of my conviction regarding the patriotism accumulated in you. What can be more heartbreaking tht warm blooded beings like you full of life have sacrificed logic to sentiments … What great deeds vigorous individuals like you could have accomplished, if the ideal of a common welfare had been pursued under one banner … What benefits could have been borne from a mutual understanding that eluded [us], the other end of which is sad and dark. You languished with the idea that you are struggling against injustice; while have felt, every minute, that the rules of the world are abasing higher tendencies under the weight of cruel necessities.

This reflection led Paramaz, who today is an Armenian national hero for his martyrdom at the Turks’ hands, to reciprocate:

I, who has never cried in my life … I am not ashamed to say that I was deeply moved by the sincerity of [the judge] Khurshid Bey’s speech … and I cried, I, Paramaz, because Khurshid Bey put his finger on the wound when he stated, ‘What good deed could have been accomplished …’ I cried because in those words I found the brilliance of truth.

[Yet] we would be asking the same question, and add, What was left that we did not do for the welfare of this country. We accepted such sacrifices, we spilled so much blood and spent so much energy to bring about the brotherhood of Armenians and Turks; we lived through such suffering to elevate each other through trust. And what did we see? Not only did you condemn our gigantic efforts to sterility but also consciously pursued our annihilation …

Gentlemen, judge people by their work, by their traditions, within the realm of their ideas. I am not a separatist from this country. On the contrary it is [this country] that is separating itself from me, being incapable of coming to terms with the ideas that inspire me.

(Both quotes are as cited by Gerald Libaridian’s chapter exploring the Hunchak party’s history and doctrine, from A Question of Genocide: Armenians and Turks at the End of the Ottoman Empire.)

Mutual empathy notwithstanding, the end for these twenty was indeed sad and dark.

* An Armenian informant named Arshavir Sahagian attended the conference and finked out its design. He was killed for his troubles on December 25, 1919, according to Raymond Kevorkian.

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How to Flourish with Ethical Business Practice?

1729_ethics.jpgEthics concern an individual's moral judgements about right and wrong. These Decisions are taken within an organisation may be made by individuals or groups, but whoever takes these decision are highly influenced by the culture of the company. Behave ethically is the highly complicated decision among all moral one; employees may decide what they think is the right course of action according to welfare of society. It is rejecting the route that would lead to the biggest short-term profit.

Ethical behaviour and corporate social responsibility provides significant welfares to a business. For example, they may:

• It can attract customers to the firm's products leading to  sales and profits
• It make employees want to stay with the business, reduce labour turnover as well as increase productivity
• It enables  more employees wanting to work for the business, reduce recruitment costs and enable the company to get the most talented employees to work with itself
• It helps in attracting more investors and keep the company's share price high that helps in protecting the business from takeover.

Unethical behaviour or a lack of corporate social responsibility while conducting business, in comparison, may injury a firm's reputation and may turn appealing to stakeholders. Profits and sales could fall as a result.

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 As In a perfect world, businesses and their employees would always do the correct thing. But unfortunately, in the real world, ethical dilemmas are a common occurrence in the workplace in the mind of people. We see Each company's culture is different from other , but few companies focus on  profits and results above all else. In such kind of environments, management may get blind eye to ethical viewpoints if a worker produces results, given the firm's mentality of "the end justifies the means. In such condition Whistle-blowers may come forward to preserve the ethical benchmark of their company. Therefore, ethical dilemmas may arise when people feel worried to do immoral things to please their bosses or not picking the co-workers’ or superiors' bad behaviours if they confront it.

Individual workers may be under financial pressure or simply hunger for recognition. If they can't get the rewards they seek through accepted channels.Though diversity is an important part of business, some people may not be comfortable with people from different backgrounds and possibly be reluctant to treat them as they deserve to be. This discrimination can be unethical but illegal and still remains common.

An ethical dilemma is a difficult situation that leads to apparent mental conflict between moral imperatives. This includes ethics, integrity, compromise and corruption have to become as significant as other critical areas of law enforcement training if significant changes can occur during course of period. It is also called an ethical paradox since in moral philosophy, paradox often plays important role in ethical issues.

Some Issues can cause ethical dilemmas for workers within their own companies, doing business with other firms can also present opportunities for breaches. There is lot of Pressure to get the very best deal  from another business can cause some workers to negotiate in bad faith or lie to get a discount. The Negotiators may also try to bribe their way to a good deal and earn money in faster ways. Though it is illegal in the U.S., but it can be still sometimes happens; in other nations, it is more common, and sometimes even expected, which can put negotiators in a difficult position.

We often hear about corporate scandals, lawsuits, and corruption today that it's easy to assume most companies bend the rules to their profits. There are many  businesses that are giving back to the community of nation  through volunteer work for society, promoting ethical business standards, and being transparent about their corporate practices. They set themselves as an Example for the other establishing companies to run business of their own insist of earning faster money.

It includes Ensuring that employees understand the company's corporate values is attained by the statement of 'Our Business Principles' which makes clear the behaviour it seeks from staffs.This is an effort to honour those companies that are leading their industries in compliance, corporate governance, and social responsibility, this essay salutes the World's Most Ethical Companies.

Thousands of companies from around the globe are viewed who are having huge turn over but very few has set Ethical standards. The scale that measures these companies are: ethics and compliance programs; reputation, leadership, and innovation; governance; corporate citizenship and responsibility; and culture of ethics. The examples of highly ethical companies  around the world are:-

• Accenture, Business services, USA
• Dell Inc. computer hardware ,USA
• eBay Inc. Retail, USA
• Ford Motor Company ,Automotive, USA
• Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Consumer products manufacturing, Germany
• IHCC (International Hospitals Construction Company) Saudi Arabia Construction, Saudi Arabia
• Iberdrola, S.A. Spain Energy and utilities: electric, Spain
• SingTel, Telecommunications services, Singapore

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Number of company employees : 100-500
Approximate annual sales : USD$100,000,000
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Website: www.yccreate.com
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Address: No.16,Fuzhou South Road, Qingdao
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