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I'm AliveMature
This a post confirming I'm alive and with a new story coming soon.
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The Sun's RevengeMature
Demon Goddess, Aset - also known by the Greek name of Isis, is on a war path. Her twin brother, Iah, has been murdered, leaving her as the last of her pantheon and she's not coping with the prospect. The only clues her brother was able to give her are the name of a real OtherWorld hangout and the name of a Fallen, a descendant race of the now extinct Angels.
Without Iah to ground her with sense and reason, Aset's a loose and very deadly cannon with enough Power to cause an Armageddon - the OtherWorld version
She wrinkled her nose. She hated clubs like this, full of Goth, Punk, and Vampire Wannabes. They did her head in. The only problem was, how was she going to smuggle her gun in? Places like this were filled with kids liable to slit their wrists for shits and giggles and for that very reason the three identical bouncers on the door searched everybody before they went in. Anything deemed dangerous was confiscated until they left the club.
Aset stood on the opposite side of the backstreet to the club, the street was wide enough to let a single car pass but not many came down here. They were in the depths of the city, the roughest area but it didn't bother her. She leaned idly up against the bricks that made up the back of a building, arms crossed over her chest and one foot resting flat against the wall while the other held her weight.
Decked out in tight black leather trousers that rode low on her hips, chunky black boots that came up to her knees and hid numerous knives, a snug leather bomber jacket with the collar turned up and a pair of black gloves that fitted her like a second skin, she cast an imposing figure and she made sure the three huge bouncers had each caught her eye at least once when they flashed their alert eyes over towards her.
No doubt they could already see her gun, she doubted whether anyone in the line of people waiting to be admitted had missed it. She wore it on a thigh holster she'd strapped on the outside of her trousers, the belt that attached to the holster was also black but the silver gun stood out and glittered in the moonlight. Let them see it, let them think what they liked, they may even be lucky enough not to see her use it. She was dangerous, the air around her was thick with it. When she aimed and shot, she didn't miss, but let them think it was just for show.
From the outside the club looked pretty discreet, simple double doors guarded by the three bouncers led into a hallway where you chose to split off into one of three floors; upstairs was for V.I.P's friends of the owner etc, ground level was your run-of-the-mill club where anyone could go with music, drink and sex at the ready, downstairs now that was a different story. Downstairs was as heavily guarded as the first floor, only a special sort of person was allowed downstairs and the requirements included not being entirely human.
Aset smirked at the thought, she'd fit right in then. Her caramel skin was, however, out of place amongst the line of people and the bouncers who rigidly guarded the door. The others were either naturally an intense pale or had put on makeup to fit in. Hair colour and calibre of outfit ranged however, from lace and ruffles of the depicted Vampires from periods gone to the new age Goth Punk look that came with tattoos, piercings and multicoloured hair. The bouncers, like Aset, were more classically clothed, head to toe in black leather.
She'd been waiting a long time, out in the open and hidden before that, for someone to come out and greet her. She knew those in line would take whispers of her into the club with them and even the bouncers had to have reported her lingering, her blatant show of her gun. Eventually it came.
One of the bouncers put his hand to his ear, as if listening to an ear piece, he said something into his jacket's lapel and then shared a grin with the other two men before all three glanced over at her. Aset smirked and pushed herself away from the wall. The line suddenly fell silent as they watched her walk across the street with a walk that screamed predator and danger like nothing they'd ever seen, not even within the walls of Club Undead.
"You got any more weapons on you?" one of the bouncers asked.
Aset flicked her silver gaze to him and he took a step back, from over the street they hadn't seen the true colour of her eyes and she knew the door was guarded by men who'd know what her silver eyes meant, "What do you think?" she asked tauntingly.
Another of the bouncers swore and spoke into his lapel, "Boss, you're going to want to come down here, you'll have to see this for yourself," there was a muffled reply that sounded angry but the bouncer wasn't concerned, he was still eyeing Aset warily. She smiled pleasantly at him, flashing her sharp and curved canines in the process. Now those first in line stepped back as well, while Aset tucked her hands into her back pockets and watched the bouncers squirm as they waited for the owner, the 'official owner', to come down and meet her.
JJ Simmons wasn't actually the man she'd come here to see but he'd do for now. Unlike the Wannabes in line and no doubt in the ground floor of his club, JJ's fangs weren't fake and the threat he posed to Aset all too real. And yet there she stood waiting to confront him, when she knew he didn't have enough power alone to take her out but he had at least eight other Vampires inside the club that he could call on telepathically to help. Silver eyes marked her as one of the rare True Demon Born, but she held only half of the power; her twin, Iah, held the other half. But he'd been brutally murdered not three weeks before and she was still traumatised by the severing of their intimate link. She hadn't recovered her full strength yet, she hadn't regained control of her emotions or her power or her strength. She didn't know, if by metaphysical law, that she should wield all of brother's powers as well as her own now. She couldn't bear to think about it, she only had one lead as to his murder and that was JJ Simmons and his Club Undead – or more specifically a man she'd find in JJ Simmons' company.
The man whose name was on the deeds to the club slammed his way out of the double doors, annoyance clear on his face. He paused and stared at Aset when he finally saw her, his mouth twisted into a mocking grin as he took studied her.
"She's not a threat boys," he gently scolded his bouncers, his voice melodic and soothing, holding the tell tale signs for those who knew of a Vampire talent called Compulsion. Whereby he could persuade anyone to do anything he wanted, here he was only calming his bouncers, assuring them they'd have no trouble from her.
"But boss, her eyes—" one of the bouncers began.
"Mark her, I know, but she's not strong enough to cause any trouble," JJ glanced at Aset, smiling knowingly, "Nothing we can't handle anyway, if you'll follow me? You can keep your trinkets, they won't help you anyhow," he added and then turned and headed back into the club.
Aset paused and smiled at the bouncers before following the Vampire into his lair. Something she'd always been ordered not to do. Funny, since her brother had been taken from her the desire to follow orders given to her had fled. Sense and safety had nothing to do with it, she'd become addicted to the thrill of any danger she walked into and the elation of being able to walk away with her life.
JJ Simmons led Aset upstairs, to the lounge where he and those specially invited played and fed. Without thinking about it Aset drank everything in, every crack in the wall, every sound from downstairs and above, every colour, every escape root and most importantly every Vampire they passed was noted in her impeccable memory.
The stairs led onto a large landing filled with soft sofas and chairs and currently playing host to three Vampires that lounged around. They all stiffened as they caught sight of Aset's eyes but JJ ordered them to relax and sent one of them to fetch his other guests from downstairs. The blond Vamp went without question but glared at Aset as she went. JJ led her into a large plush office, a huge oak desk sat next to heavily draped windows, it was tidy, obsessively so but then so was the rest of the room. Another desk sat in the corner of the room, a series of tv monitors in the wall above it that showed almost every conceivable angle from each of the club's three floors as well as outside in the street. One showed an empty expanse of street directly opposite the club, Aset smirked; so they'd known she'd been waiting then.
JJ settled in the leather chair on the opposite side of his desk and waited for his other guests to be brought in. Aset stood in the centre of the room, facing JJ, feet placed apart in a fighter's stance while she held her hands loosely behind her back. She regarded JJ with the same intensity as he gave to her and didn't even glance over her shoulder when her ears picked up the almost nonexistent sounds of a group of Vampires entering the room. JJ raised an eyebrow at her trust in him.
"What makes you think that I haven't ordered my men to kill you upon entering the room?" he asked as the door gently closed, shutting her in with six Vampires.
Aset smirked, "I've piqued your curiosity, you'll at least hear me out before ordering my death," she said.
"Assy?" one of the group behind her asked and Aset gasped as if her very breath had been knocked from her lungs, her eyes shot open and she whirled, her hand plucking her gun from it's holster in an instant as she levelled the weapon at the Vampire who was supposed to watch her brother's back.
"Traitor," she snarled, anger making her usually slight Egyptian accent so thick the men around her could barely understand. JJ stood rapidly, becoming as tense as the other four Vampires while the one Aset was glaring at with such fury the air around her had begun to fizz and crackle with the intensity of it stood still.
Drake looked confused as he stepped forwards, hands held out as if he was approaching a wild animal – little did the others know that Aset was as wild as they came, "Assy, what are you doing here? Where's Iah? He'd never let you come here alone," he murmured gently and none of them missed the flash of flooring pain that flooded the air around her, "Assy, where's Iah?" Drake pressed.
Aset's face contorted with pain, "You were supposed to guard his back!" she snarled, "Where the fuck were you when he needed you?" she asked.
"Where's Iah, Aset? What's happened?" Drake asked, stepping forwards and close enough that the barrel of her gun now pressed into his chest.
Aset glared up at him, "You don't even know what happened do you?" she asked, "Have you even questioned why Iah hasn't contacted you in the last three weeks?" she demanded.
Drake frowned, he had but, "Why are you here without Iah?" he asked again, his voice dangerous but concerned.
Aset slapped out at him with the power she was struggling to control and sent him flying, "My brother's dead, Drake," she hissed, "Stabbed in the back, a back you were supposed to be guarding, but you weren't around, disappeared off in the dead of night," she sent a disgusted look over her shoulder at JJ Simmons, "At least I now know whose dog you are."
"Dead?" Drake echoed hoarsely, the shock of it finally hitting him hard enough to force him to his knees, "Assy, I didn't know, he knew I'd been ordered to JJ's side, he knew that! Assy, you have to believe me, I wouldn't have left him if he'd been in any danger, Izzy," he pleaded and Aset whimpered at the nickname only her twin had ever used before. It was the shortened name of the Greek translation of her name, Isis, not many people knew it.
"What the hell is going on, Drake?" JJ demanded.
Drake held Aset's furious gaze until she dropped her eyes, it was the only sign of her backing down that he'd get and only then did he reply to his master, his voice still thick with pain and loss, "You know I guard one of the True Demon Born when I'm not here," he pointed out, "And you know only the Egyptian's hold any real power, you've heard of Iah, God of the Moon?" he asked, JJ nodded tersely. Drake glanced back at Aset who still had her gun levelled at his heart, "You're in the presence of his Throne, his twin sister Aset, sometimes called Isis by the Greeks and Goddess of the Sun amongst other things. She's now the only Demon who could take all of us down, Iah was the other," he added in a whisper, a gentle warning to both his master and the others that Aset was a force to be feared. Aset noted that bit of information, confirmation about her having most of Iah's powers as well as her own now.
"The Moon's Throne?" JJ repeated before he laughed and fell back into his leather chair, "What brings you into my lair, Isis?" he asked.
Aset turned to glare at him over her shoulder, her aim lowered ever so slightly on Drake's chest, "You're not worried about the gun I'm holding to your man's heart?" she asked.
JJ laughed again, and Drake winced knowing what would follow if his master pissed off Aset, "No, it's just a gun, it won't kill him only hurt him."
Aset did something unsettling then, she grinned, a purely malicious grin that sent shivers down all the men's spines, "Not just a gun, JJ," she taunted, "A gun of pure platinum holding bullets of gold, expensive but worthy insurance in a house full of Vampires," her evil grin widened as she saw JJ glance nervously at the gun. But she did something else to shock them, as quickly as she'd drawn the gun she'd tucked it back into place in her holster. JJ's eyes widened at her show of trust that he and his men wouldn't turn on her.
"What do you want?" he asked suspiciously.
"My brother's last words were 'Find Rousan, Club Undead', you've no idea how many Vampire Wannabe clubs are called Club Undead," she pointed out idly, "It took me three weeks to come across a name I knew to be a true NightStalker. I'm looking for my brother's murderer," she added bluntly, "I know Rousan by reputation, but am only looking him up because Iah told me to, I have no idea what the link is."
"You walked into a Vampire's lair freely and armed with a weapon that can truly kill us, why should we hospitable? What made you think we'd help? It's not a sensible line of thought now is it?" JJ asked.
Aset regarded him calmly, she lost her smile and just watched him, "Vampires have clan wars that wipe out many of their number every hundred or so years, as a species on the whole you're used to death and massacre – it comes with the territory. I may be a Demon Goddess, the Moon's Throne and Lady of the Sun but I'm the last of my kind now that Iah has been taken from me. We were the last by a good three hundred millennia, long before Vampires had even dreamt of evolving. I'm not at all accustomed with grief, I've lived at a distance from humans my entire life and don't enter their lives enough to miss them when they die," her face hardened, "I'm alone and without Iah to ground me with reason and sense I have none, nor hope nor any real plan for how I'm supposed to spend the rest of eternity without my brother by my side. It's made me ruthless, it's made me hunt for that elation of walking into danger knowing I may not come out with my life and made me strive for that brief moment where I feel truly alive when I do walk out of any such situation," she fixed JJ with a stare he couldn't escape from, "I'm slowly going mad, I've lost my other half; a sun without moonlight doesn't and can't function – the only peace I'm ever going to find is when I steal the life of the being that took my brother from me," she said quietly, her voice ringing with the threat and a promise that they all had no doubt of her keeping.
"And after that?" JJ asked.
Aset's eyes turned frosty as she glared at Club Undead's owner, "I'll be fucked if I know," she answered truthfully, "Where's Rousan?" she asked, turning the conversation back to where it should be.
JJ shrugged unhelpfully, "He may not be in tonight, I don't keep tabs on the man," he answered, but somehow Aset doubted that very much.
Aset bit back a growl, instead she smiled pleasantly at him, "Am I inhuman enough to qualify for the basement?" she asked.
The Vampires behind her shifted uneasily, "Boss, that may not be such a good idea, there's a load of Shades down there, as well a few Weres – you know how most react to her sort," one said uncomfortably.
Aset smirked as JJ squirmed under her eyes, he sighed heavily and rubbed a hand across his eyes, "I know, Von, I know but this is," he sighed again, "Von take her downstairs, Drake," he called warningly as the Vampire JJ had called Von turned and opened the door, the others following him, "I want a word, Drake," he added and Drake reluctantly held back while the others filed out of the room before Aset. Aset followed but paused when Drake reached out to catch her arm.
"Don't touch me," she snarled under her breath.
"I want to know everything, I'll come for you in a while," he said, his tone non negotiable and Aset knew the Vampire well enough to know he'd keep his word.
Aset pulled her game face on and let nothing show in eyes, she nodded once and then tugged free of his grip to leave the room and slam the door behind her. The four Vampires that had been in the room with her watched her warily, the three that had been up here when JJ had brought her to his office were still here. The two females laced over the one male but they'd frozen to regard Aset with a heavy suspicion.
She rolled her eyes before pinning Von with them, "Shall we?" she asked.
Von gulped nervously but nodded all the same and turned to lead her downstairs. The door to the basement was guarded by yet another large Vampire, to his credit he didn't step back when Aset met his gaze he only pointed to her gun.
"You're not going to want to take that down there," he pointed out.
Aset smirked and held her arms out, palms up, "You gonna make me?" she taunted, drawing attention from those just being admitted to the club.
To her surprise, the bouncer laughed, showing fang as he did so, "You know full well that I can't touch a platinum gun with gold bullets in it, girl, so no I'm not going to make you," he clarified before looking to Von, "I take it the big guy brought her in with the gun on her?" he asked and then grinned when Von nodded, a little nervously, "Fine," he said and with a flourish and an otherworldly bow he opened the double doors and stepped aside.


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Afternoon analysis 19.08.2015:
Inflation in the US missed the forecast. However the dollar gained after comment form the Fed's member. The German parliament backed the Greek bailout program. The zloty dropped after the reports from Poland were weaker than expected.
On Wednesday the key release will be the Federal Open Market Committee's July minutes. The US central bank will not provide any explicit clues on whether it is going to increase rates in September. Hence, the main task will be to spot nuances in the release (more on the issue in our morning commentary). All in all, investors are hoping that the publication will help to better assess whether the September meeting is more probable than December as the moment of first hike in almost a decade.
Today's report pointed at the later term. The price growth was lower than it was expected. In July the price growth stood at 0.1 percent on a monthly basis - less than the 0.2 percent forecast. However, the year on year report was in line with the forecast at 0.2 percent. The core inflation was in a similar fashion. The gauge which excludes volatile food and energy costs increased 0.1 percent on a monthly basis and 1.8 percent against the preceding year.
The release significantly weakened the dollar. However, the US currency quickly recouped its losses. The St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said that he will ague for a hike in September. Although he is viewed as a hawk and he has no vote in the FOMC this year, the remark was enough to support the dollar.
Greek bailout agreed
Greece is moving forward with the bailout. Today the Bundestag agreed to provide financial support for Athens. 454 lawmakers voted for, 113 were against and 18 were absent. Also the Dutch parliament is expected to agree the program today. Athens are going to receive 86 billion euro in financial aid in exchange for reforms. However, the reform plan has not been revealed.
The next step is to include the International Monetary Fund in the support program. The Washington-based institution is not willing to support the scheme as it considers the Greek debt as unsustainable. However, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel has recently argued that some form of debt relief will be discussed in the fall.
On Thursday Athens are expected to repay the European Central Bank. Later the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will ask the parliament for a vote of confidence. It will lead to a snap election. All in all, this factor will have limited impact in the markets. The Greek crisis is getting less important.
Weaker zloty
Today's reports from Poland missed the forecasts. Industrial production increased 3.8 percent on a yearly basis. Less than the 4.1 percent that was forecast and a weaker result than the 7.6 percent in the preceding month. Retail sales also missed the forecast. It increased just 1.2 percent against the 2.9 percent that was projected.
Recently the Polish economy results has been mixed. In spite of strong exports growth and solid expansion in the labor market, the GDP missed the forecast (the growth stood at 3.3 percent against the 3.6 percent forecast). If the tendency holds, the discussion on interest rate cuts may be restarted. Jerzy Osiatyński from the Monetary Policy Council suggested recently that there is some space for cuts. This factor will affect negatively the zloty in the long term.
The zloty declined after today's releases. Today's weak reports came in a wrong moment. The FOMC's minutes may show that the Fed is ready to increase rates. As a result, the zloty will be under pressure from the Fed's tightening and weak reports.
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She stretched her neck out of the car window to assess the pathos of her sitution.The sight that met her panicked eyes was not all pleasing. As far as she could see, for miles on either side,vehicles ranging from public busses to lorries to sumos to auto rickshaws jammed the over-burdened lane, making traffic movemnet impossible. The traffic signal at the far end of the road had finally turned green after a WHOLE five minutes (which had seemed almost like an hour to her)but it would be another few minutes before the traffic would start moving...and probbaly by then the signal would again turn red.
Oh!the traffic of Kolkata!
Trying not to panic,she focused on checking out her appearence in the rear view mirror.Black pants, with a cream coloured sleevless top and a black leather jacket.....hmmmm...she looked more like a under cover agent than a teenage journalist. Her jet black shoulder lenghth hair tied in a tight ponytail, the dark circles around her eyes and her chapped bleeding lips, did nothing to improve the situation. What with school and chemistry tests and physics parctical exams, she had hardly had the time to change from her school uniform, before she had had to dash to the assignment. And now she was going to be late....she always manged to be late...no matter how early she started. Her growling stomach reminded her that she had not even taken dinner.
After enduring the tirring, irritaing, pathetic....(and all possible other bad words)traffic of Kolkata for another half and hour, she finaly reached the Theatre.And lo and behold!she was actually ten minutes early!this was the first time she was actually early for an assignment (you must be wondering how she kept her job)....Oh! God this deserves celebration! Euphoric, she jumped on to the pavement and was just about to go towards the ticket counter when... ...WHAAM!!!!!!
"wHO THE HEL..." ...grabbing her forehead, she looked up to see the pillar like thing she had hit against, only to find a boy standing infront of her with a apologetic face.Wearing a demin jacket over a formal shirt and faded jeans, the clean shaved, chiselsed out face of the boy, looked oddly familiar to her.
"Are you ok?i am really sorry...i didnt see you coming along...have you hurt your head?" he asked in a concerned tone.
"Ummm..no...I'm ok...thanks...err...do I know you? she asked unable to contain herself. Seeing that he was surprised, she mumbled "I am sorry,...umm... actually your face looks familiar...umm..it resembles someone"
After giving her an intent look, his lips curled into slight smile, as he said "actually you do know me. Remember we had met in the inter-school fest (Indian form of school prom) last month?"
"Oh! yeah...!!!i remember...you where the person who had got locked up in the washroom of the auditorium and had to stay there for 4 hours, before we could fetch a machanic to break open the door and bring you out..." she said spontaneously.
"Yeah quite a memory!I am glad you remeber" he mumbled, turning red.
"Err...no...I didnt mean it that way....and..and..thats not the only thing i remember about you...you had won the inter-school debate in that fest...right?
"Yeah....that too..."he replied visibly lighting up.
Thanking the "God of remembering-right-things-in-the-right-moment", she asked " So,what are you doing here?"
"I am a trainee journalist of "The Telegraph". I have come here to cover this Annual Theatre Festival and write a report on it, what about you?"
"I am a trainee journalist of "The Statesman" and am also here to write a report on this event..."she said suprised at the compatibilty of their mission. "...and so...that makes us proffesional enemies right?"
"Considering the "relationship" between the two dailies..yes...but considering the fact that we both are mature enough to decide our enemies without being influenced by our proffesional status...no" he added in a serious tone.
"woah....that was one looong compliacted sentence..just like the news reports of Telegraph...you mind repeating? ...me a bit slow" she said jokingly
"Just like Statesman is slow at getting hold of the latest news updates...." he replied sarcastically. Then,after a little laugh continued "I meant that as long as we don't insult eachother's work, we can keep this proffesional ennimity apart and work on developing a personal friendship"
"hmm..I dnt develop anything 'personal' this soon" she replied with a slight smile.
"Well then...suit yourself.Being a reporter of Telegraph,I happen to be very proffesional and don't like to be late, so I will head for the theatre now..you are welcome to accompany me..."he replied mocking a nonchalant tone.
"Well we the reporters of Statesman, prefer to work unaccomapied, but we also consider it our responsiblity to share our work experience with the amaetures. So i'll gadly accompany you...just to guide you , you know"...she added with a laugh.
"I am honoured madam"
As they walked down the narrow avenue,towards the mainhall, each fell silent, lost in their own thoughts...about the other. she couldnt help noticing that he looked kinda handsome....especailly with the moonlight falling on his face...and...
Oh!God what was she thinking..had she completely lost it?All boys where double standard selfish 'creatures' who dint even deserve a thought..and here she was going all ''gaga'' over a dumb telegraph boy who got himself locked in a washroom....She must be having some hormonal problem!!!
"So, whats your final review on the performance?" he asked, after the show. While watching the show, they both had intently discussed the various aspects of a theatre performance, like stage settings, dialogue delivery, costumes etc..Her views, where indegenously creative to say the least...and he was eager to hear what she had to say about the overall performance.
"Well firstly....Hey! wait...you are not planning to plagarise my ideas and include it in your article right?she asked suspiciously...
"Well I was hoping to amalgamate the creative ideas of an experienced reporter like you...with the amaetrish ideas of mine...."
"So you where planning to plagarise..."
"I was planning to quote you..."
"Ummm..watever..you can do that...anyway my article is going to come out before yours...so the world will know who the genius is..." she added loftily..
He burst out into a hearty laughter at her last comment...watching him laugh, she felt partly releived ... atleast he wasnt one of those over-sentimental egostic boys who totally lack any sense of humor....but then you cudnt judge boys so soon..they change colours like a chaemelon. T
hey walked down the road outside the theatre and came near the entrance of the ST. Peter's cathedral, one of the largest cathedral of the city of Joy. Looking at the lonely cathedral gate, she paused for a momemnt...cathedrals always made her feel...diffrent...made her feel calm and at peace with the world..she was a Hindu by religion, but she loved cathedrals...and Jesus...
"You know...i love cathedrals..."she said softly,as if afraid to disturb the peace of the surroundings
"I havnt ever been inside a cathedral...wanna go in?" he asked eagerly.
"I dont know...its kinda lonely and dark inside.." she replied. Somwhow, despite her love for cathedrals, she had a deep sense of fear associated with it.
"I am there with you...lets go" he said soothingly .
She felt suprisingly touched by what he said ..."I am there with you.."...in her life,very few people had given her this assurance. In a diffrent situation, these words could have meant a lot to her.
The evening had already fallen over the city of JOy. A cold wind blew down the deserted avenue leading to the main entrance of the church. An unearthly silence reigned in the cathedral campus...it was as if the cathedral was surrounded by sound proof walls... the silence was broken by the occasional rustle of a falling leaf...and their footsteps...
As she entered the cathedral gates, she at once felt at peace...she felt on the top of the world...she felt so comfortable...
"its beautiful..."he mumured..breaking into her reviere
"It looks best during the christmas...its beautifully decorated then...with bells, steamers and miseltoes and lightings....but you know what is the best thing I like about christmas....its christmas carols" she said happily.
"I havnt ever heard a christmas carol..."he replied
"What????Dont you have Christmas functions in your school?
"Umm...no..actually our school does not like to celebrte any relegious ceremonies...you know in order to miantain secularism"
"Instead, they could celebrate all relegious functions...then also they can maintain secularism. Well...i study in a missionary school, and each year we have carol singing competion on the last day before our Christmas holiday...its really beautiful a event" "
Then you must be knowing quite afew carols...y dont you sing one?he requested.
"I am no good a singer...and also how can i sing here" she replied unbelievingly
"Please..sing one carol. There is noone out here...please..." he almost pleaded.
She dint know what really made her sing...probably it was his urdent request..or mayb it was the magic of the surroundings,just perefct for a carol and christmas... ...
and so she sang...
"Silent night...holy night...All is bright, all is calm, round the virgin mother and child..."
Her voice reverbrated through the silence...into the sky. She suddenly felt free and inexplicably happy...she felt alive ..with the song...
Just as suddenly as she had began, she stopped. Her fair cheeks, where flushed in the cold, and the chilly wind blew past her hair, making it blow over her face....she looked up at him, hoping for a response, only to find him looking at her with an awed expression...she blushed
"You sing really well...."
"umm...not exactly...the carols are so tuneful, that even a hopeless singer like me, cant make them sound bad...anyway lets go inisde..."
Inside the cathedral, as she bowed down infront of Jesus, she for once dint know what to ask for...she always had so many things to pray for, there was so many things that she wanted from Jesus...but today someohow only one word came out right from her heart.."thank u"
"Thank you for accomapanying me madame...I had a real good time" he said with a smile
They where standing in the parking lot infront of her car.
"Well...as they say the pleasure's ll mine. But plzzz dont call me madame...it makes me feel soo old" she said mockingly.
"Well..how old r you?he asked eagerly
"What a rude question!Dint they teach you in school not to ask a girls's age!!!. "Guess my age from my face" she replied.
"I think you are about 25, mayb more but not less" he said confidently.
"What do you mean!!!!!I am exactly 16yrs, 3 months 6 days old!!!!!Not a day more...and people say i look 13..."she said in an annoyed tone.
"People say too much...i think you look 12, or even better, you look as good as new" he replied with a laugh.....
She just opened her mouth to ask something, when he again interupted her and continued, "...and before you ask it, I am 17 yrs 4 months, 6days....which makes me...umm...umm... excatly one year,..ummm... one month older than you. woah...Anyway ...umm...ummmm...now that we are discussing numbers, can I have your mobile no.? he asked, a trifle nervously.
"Once again a looong and complicated sentence. Though the answer is quite simple. Give me your phone ill save it" she repied with a smile.
As she saved her number in his mobile, he said "I never expected that you would give me your no...considering the fact that you don't develop anything 'personal' so soon.
"its not personal You have probbaly heard the saying, keep your friends close but enemies closer".Gudbye
...She opened her eyes into the suffocating darkness of her room....3rd december 2008, seemed to her like a long forgotten dream....she wasnt even sure that it had actually happened with her...it seemed quite impossiible to her, that there could have been such a wonderful day to her life....it seemed too good to b true...
That day after returning home, she had hardly given their encounter a thought, but now sitting alone beside the window, with no sweet thought other than the memories of their first encounter...she realised how special it had all been....She almost wished that she hadnt said 'gudbye' so soon....
It was January now....almost a months hence. During the last month, they had texted eachother often....actually he had texted her almost everyday...during the first few days, she had considerd it odd that someone she hardly knew, was taking the trouble to sms her everyday to just wish her a gudmorning or to ask how her day had been....even her best friend dint do that...
....but later, she had also started replying to his sms....it somehow felt good to know that someone cared...
...the usual singular 'hi', 'hello' sms s soon turned into long hours of sms chatting....and his sms s became one bright spot of her day....she almost looked forward to it....
But today was the first time, he had actually called her...she was just beginning to wonder why...when the phone started vibrating again...


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For many students, an internship isn't on their checklist of things to do before graduation. Sure, some Minnesota School of Business programs require internships or externships. For those students, it's a bonus – in-field experience that is built right into the curriculum. But, did you know that internships are an option for every program that we offer? And in many cases, you can also receive credit towards graduation, which is what one of our accounting students is taking advantage of this quarter.
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- Employers like to see an internship on your resume. Internships are a way to gain in-field experience while in school. Those who complete an internship generally have a foot up against their competition.
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Cory is on track to graduate this fall. "My current plan is to complete my internship and see if I am offered a job working for the City of Blaine," he notes. If that doesn't happen, he plans to continue working at the restaurant, where he is currently an Operations and Systems Manager. He'll continue looking for accounting positions. If he doesn't find an accounting position within a year of graduation, he plans to enlist in the Air Force, with the plan to move into government accounting upon graduation.
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I'm marketing someone else's book to get experience for my own.
Croatian artist Tomislav Skrljac was hired by self-publishing American authors to do work on the first book in their book series, The Bear Detectives. Tomislav has gotten way more involved in the marketing of the book than you would expect an illustrator living on another continent to get.
As you'll read, that's partly because he sees this as a learning experience toward self-publishing his own written work in the American market.
The Internet is one big educational program. The world is a big schoolyard. Life is one big school.
You could say that my journey to self-publishing is a story that's gone on almost a decade now, since it has been ten years since I thought of an interesting fantasy genre plot.
At first I wanted to make a comic out of the story, then I changed my mind and decided to make a book.
The first version of the book was rejected by science fiction publishers in my country. I was blind to its faults. I was just not a good enough writer in those young days. I put the story aside and almost forgot it.
Now, actually, it has been less then a year since I realised that I can have all the required tools to resurrect it. It occurred to me that I could use all of the experience I gathered in those years, after putting it aside, to publish it online. To edit the old version and write a new one, to self-translate it to English, to self-illustrate it, and to self-publish it. On Amazon first.
So, what I am doing now is writing a new version, while at the same time gathering experience to do the translating, publishing and marketing part as well as possible. I am doing that by using my illustrating skills, doing illustrations for the new Bear Detectives book series, and participating in the authors' publishing/marketing business.
I must point out here that I am first and foremost an illustrator (well, actually, an art teacher), and that I am not from a country where English is the native spoken language. But I never saw those two facts as insurmountable obstacles in pursuing a writing career.
Besides doing illustrations for comics, I wrote a large number of comic scripts illustrated by other artists, as well as by me. A good number of those comics sold well and were well-received by critics.
I also wrote a few short stories, mostly science fiction. But since Croatia's publishing market is very small (even when you add in neighbouring countries who understood our language), I've always dreamed of having my works (comics, comic scripts, stories) translated and published in English, both in America and worldwide.
I have always been a good student, especially in English. Thank god that we have English movies and shows subtitled here! Also, sad to say, communicating with U.N. peacekeepers during our war in the nineties was helpful too.
We loved to hang around those funny guys in the blue helmets, who spoke with strange accents (and strange languages between themselves), who came from Nigeria, Denmark and other countries we heard about only in school and on TV.
So my English grew quite strong over the years, and it will be absolutely good enough for me to do the translation of the book after I finish it (with the help of some my native English partners and Google Translate, of course), and my drawing skills were good enough to start looking for international illustrator and designer jobs over the internet.
Elance was of great help in showing my abilities and accomplishments to a large number of potential clients, and keeping my prices low helped close the deal. I did a lot of design work, a number of illustrations for customers from all over the world, started a comic series for a health products website in Malaysia, made a few book covers, etc.... And then, finally, I got the job on a really promising children's book series project, with great potential for good sales and reviews, and with an opportunity for me to learn all that I need to successfully publish my own book some day.
Our deal was only for the portraits of the three bears, the covers and for twelve illustrations. Later on, as the publisher became really satisfied with my work, he offered me more and more assignments relating to the series. I
- designed and prepared the print layout
- was invited to illustrate periodic texts on the website that tracks the series
- suggested making short comics associated with each of the characters' "cases"
- created banners for an Adwords campaign, and, finally,
- got to administer the Facebook pages and participate in all other marketing campaigns.
The whole project is going very well. We are still in the beginning of our marketing activities, but we're very pleased with the results we've gotten so far.
The book that I plan to publish someday will be for slightly older readers - for teenagers and folks who wish to always stay young - but I expect that the methods for placing The Bear Detectives in front of the widest possible audience will work for my future book as well.
So I suggest that anyone who worries they're lacking some of the skills to start their own self-publishing project first "practice" as a partner on somebody else's project. Offer the capabilities you do have, then learn from the experience. I am more confident than ever that I am close to having all the skills I'll need to do a whole self-publishing project (almost) all by myself.
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India's Election Commission (EC) ordered to postpone the implementation of the much awaited service tax exemptions till a new government takes over at the centre, reported the Economic Times. The special economic zones and units operating in them have to wait now to get exemption on service tax payments for services inside the zones.
A government official reportedly said that EC denied permitting the Finance Ministry to pass a notification, as it would result in direct benefit to a section of electorate when general elections are going on.
Initially, SEZ units and developers had been allowed exemption on service tax on services availed within the boundaries of the zone, but were made to pay tax on services enjoyed outside the zone. However, the finance ministry decided to permit SEZs to claim refunds on services like banking, courier and port handling availed outside the zones following representations from industry.
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Pretty much everyone knows that if you want to emulate Madonna's lean physique or Geri Halliwell's 100 per cent fat-free stomach, yoga is the discipline for you. Increasingly, however, certain forms are also being used to treat mental conditions such as depression, anxiety and negativity.
Dr Helena Waters describes herself as a broker between orthodox and complementary medicine. She was a practising psychiatrist for 10 years, but eventually left that field feeling that she was no longer suited to it. 'In retrospect,' she says, 'I wasn't happy with prescribing medication that didn't really address the cause of people's unhappiness. It was a bit of a sticking plaster approach.' Dr Waters is now a keen proponent of the use of yoga to treat all forms of illness, both mental and physical. 'Most health problems probably start at a mental and emotional level but we don't realise it until they become physical - then we have to deal with them. But it's much better to manage mental and emotional imbalances as they come up.'
One form of yoga, Dru Yoga, has been developed with this in mind by the Life Foundation, a spiritual community with centres worldwide. Dru Yoga is particularly gentle and based on continuous flowing movements. Close attention is paid to the heart and spine.
But the most striking aspect of Dru Yoga is its use of visualisation. These mean that even people who are physically unable to make the movements can follow and benefit from the class.
May Ritchie, 47, was in a wheelchair when she discovered Dru Yoga. She had suffered from back trouble since her teens; her condition had gradually deteriorated until, in her thirties, she was diagnosed with Degenerative Disc Disease and underwent surgery for five years, involving bone grafts, metal plates and screws. She was forced to give up her job as a nursery nurse in a maternity hospital and by the age of 37 was in a wheelchair. May then began to suffer from severe depression. 'I felt that I was a burden on everyone. I was no use to society. I wouldn't go out. I was periodically on antidepressants. Sometimes I managed to lift myself out of my depression but I always went down again, and each time I'd sink a little lower.'
Then a friend told May about Dru Yoga. 'At first I used to go along to classes in my wheelchair and do what I could; things that I couldn't physically manage, I visualised. Then the pain began to settle and eventually I managed to stand up and take a few steps. It wasn't pain free but it was a lot less painful than it had been.'
Emotionally, says May, she felt a huge weight lifting from her. 'Before everything was such an enormous effort. One morning I realised I'd moved and gone from one room to another almost without thinking.'
Dave Barry, 61, likewise found himself experiencing deep depression when faced with the breakdown of his marriage 'I wasn't suicidal but I took to walking in a hazardous area of the Peak District without taking any equipment or precautions,' he says.
Eventually, on a weekend retreat, he too was introduced to Dru Yoga. 'Afterwards I felt fitter, as if I had some energy for once.'
However Dave was then faced with redundancy at work. His doctor recommended he saw a psychologist, which he did, while continuing to practise the yoga. 'The psychologist said it would take six months to help me. But when I went to see him again after a month he was amazed at my progress. When I told him about the yoga aid, it's an odd thing, but what I thought would take six months has already been achieved. What have you been doing? I told him about the yoga, he told me to keep it under my hat or else he'd soon be out of a job!'
Bija Bennett, author of Emotional Yoga (published by Fireside) believes that the emotions and our health are intimately connected. 'Emotions are physical and act as a bridge between body and mind. If we alter the awareness of our emotions we automatically alter our physical state. So managing our emotions is now considered a form of disease prevention.'
Bennett points out that yoga has always been a holistic discipline that deals with body, mind and spirit simultaneously. And she is rather censorious of the versions of yoga that are currently being offered up in gyms as a form of workout, rather than a lifestyle.
'There is an understanding in the West now that yoga is all about physical positions that have to be mastered. But yoga is not just physical training, it's not even primarily about exercise. It's an ancient practical system for accessing, healing and integrating the body and mind. It goes beyond fitness. In the US nowadays people do yoga in a gym - yoga used to be practised in temples.
'I think that in America, where 15 million people practise yoga, most are missing the most important health benefit yoga can offer which is emotional strength, flexibility, immunity.'
Dr Helena Waters is a bit more tolerant of our western weaknesses - in her view it doesn't matter whether or not you know why you're doing it. The important thing is to do it.
'The spiritually starved West is starting to recognise that it's missing something. And if you do yoga, even if you're not really aware of what you're doing, your body and mind will benefit.'
She is adamant about the power of yoga to heal and the potential for its integration into mainstream medicine. 'If I'd know then what I know now,' she says, 'I might still be a practising psychiatrist.'
· To find out more about Dru Yoga visit the Life Foundation website.


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Just bought 2 new BMs so thought i'd join up again.
bought a 2007 X5 3.0d 7 M Sport 7 seater a month ago, this is for the wife, treated my self to a 2006 335d yesterday and wow what a great car, I just cant believe
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What is a Faith-based Rehab?
Some individuals when given the opportunity to do so may want to incorporate religion into the treatment process when in need of drug rehab. Faith-based rehabs give addicted individuals the chance to do so, even if they weren't religious prior to entering rehab. For example, someone may have the realization that religion may be what is missing from their lives and so may want to pursue this avenue during the healing process. Or maybe someone was already a religious person and wants the opportunity to have a more spiritual outlet and access to their their faith and religion during rehab. A faith-based rehab would be a terrific option in either case.
Types of Faith-based Rehab
There are a number of faith-based rehab option available, such as Catholic, Christian and even non-denominational rehabs. Non-denominational faith-based rehabs for example allow clients to call upon whatever religion they wish and pray and worship freely without judgment whomever or whatever they choose. Even if a faith-based rehab goes by the doctrines and teaching of a specific religion, most do not enforce these teachings and ideologies on others and just want to help the individual recover from substance abuse. So if someone just wants an alternative to the traditional treatment methods and a spiritual experience, even if they are not of a specific religion, faith-based rehabs can offer this outlet and opportunity.
What Happens in Faith-based Rehab?
Individuals in faith-based rehabs will not simply pray to get better but will also work to get better, much like any other rehab. The same rules apply in most cases, with detox being the first step followed by different types of counseling and the application of other treatment techniques. Most rehabs will help the treatment client identify what could be prompting their substance abuse and then working out ways to resolve these issues effectively so that in the future they won't need to turn to drugs and alcohol. In a faith-based rehab, the treatment process is complimented with religion and spirituality, and individuals are encouraged to take part in church services, bible meetings, group prayer, and personal prayer to develop closeness to a power greater than oneself.
For thousands of years religion has been an integral part of life, and it has helped turn lives around including criminals and those seriously addicted to drugs or alcohol. It should always be encouraged if individuals want to turn to religion and spirituality during such a critical time, because religion is something that they will be able to turn to long after they leave rehab as a means to stay healthy and sober. It is quite possible the best aftercare plan that has ever existed.
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I scowled at the pile of completed coursework. One of the downsides of having a mind that worked at a ridiculous speed is you had so much free time on your hands, you get bored easily. I was already months ahead of my classmates and still craved more knowledge.
I swept my hand through my hair; pushing it out of my face - it was a familiar gesture of mine that, for some reason unbeknownst to me, drew the attention of boys.
I needed a task. A distraction. A mission.
I got up and paced, restlessly. In the end I decided to change and go out to a club. Everyone already had misconceptions that I went out partying and drinking, anyway, because I was a student; so it didn't really matter if I encouraged such prejudice.
I wore my favourite, dark skinny jeans with boots and a long sleeved, top that clung to my upper body and stopped at my waist, showing some stomach. My boots gave me a few inches more in height; making me barely five feet tall.
As soon as I entered the club, the bass pulsed all around me. I made my way straight to the bar. Thank God I was old enough to drink 'cause I needed one - badly. The club owner, Bryce, nodded at me and passed me my usual glass of champagne. I smiled ruefully.
"That predictable, huh?"
He laughed, "You had that look."
I raised a brow and leaned in. "Oh? And what look might that be?" I asked, softly, an inviting half-smile playing on my lips.
His eyes zeroed in on my mouth. "Um..."
"Come on," I teased, "I'm most curious now that I realise you've been memorising my expressions."
He managed to drag his gaze to my eyes, "I'm sorry?"
"You were going to tell me what 'look' I had," I prompted.
"Oh, it was your 'Don't-get-in-my-way' look that said you were frustrated and needed alcohol - fast," Bryce recovered, and smiled back.
I laughed, softly, and tossed my hair back over my shoulder. "It would appear you really do know me well."
He winked, "Extremely well, chéri."
Bryce moved away, reluctantly, to attend to his other customers whilst I swivelled in my chair to watch the dancers. After a while I got up to join them, swaying my hips and losing myself to the music.
I quickly lost interest and, after paying for the drink, left the bar. Night had fallen and the cold February air bit at me. Ignoring the chill, I strode through the streets; not quite ready to return to my room.
As I walked I fell into the old habit of analysing everything and everyone I saw. I was endlessly fascinated by how things worked or how people behaved.
Engrossed in my own thoughts, I didn't notice him until we crashed into one another.
I staggered back; struggling to balance in my heels. Aside from rocking back slightly, he didn't react.
I glowered darkly at him. He was averaged-height for a guy (though still nearly foot taller than me - with three inch heels on). He had an athletic build and long, black hair which he'd pulled back into a ponytail. His scowling, olive green eyes matched the irritation in my own.
"Watch it," he growled.
I raised a brow. "I could say the same to you."
He snorted.
We both waited for the other to move first. I crossed my arms. "We're going to be here all night at this rate," I pointed out.
He shrugged, "Maybe you should move then."
Okay, I'll admit it: I walked right into that one.
"Whatever, macho man," I said, adopting a blasé attitude, "I'll move if you tell me your name."
"Why?" He frowned.
"So I can go home and write it on my list of 'People-I-pissed-off-and-should-take-care-to-avoid-in-future'," I answered. Truthfully, it was because it was something I didn't know and I hated blank spots in my knowledge.
I could've sworn his lips twitched.
"Long list is it?" he asked.
"It's growing," I admitted with a half-smile, "I don't know why."
"I can imagine," he replied with a chuckle.
I started to grin in response but then what he'd said penetrated my skull. "Hey!" I exclaimed, "What's that suppose to mean?"
He merely smiled mysteriously. "Jarod," he told me, "Now will you move?"
I rolled my eyes but stepped aside; gesturing dramatically for him to pass. He walked past without another glance in my direction. I frowned. Rude much?
As I lay in bed that night I thought over the confrontation with Jarod. I couldn't force him from my mind. He was a mystery that had triggered an explosion of questions in my mind and if there was one thing I hated: it was an unanswered question.


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The form of light reflected or diffracted from the fly would be in part determined by intermittently bright speckled sunlight. Colour response by the camera at low light intensities is not necessarily accurate. That being said, I'm not quite ready to give up on the idea that, in the darker image, parts of the fly are actively glowing.


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Project Brotherhood
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Project Brotherhood is a health clinic focused on using community outreach and preventive education to meet the needs and improve the health of African American men in the Woodlawn area on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. The clinic is operated by a combination of staff, volunteers, and interns and hosts a variety of free services for members of the community.
Social Support Group[edit]
Project Brotherhood offers a weekly social support group facilitated by a licensed social worker. The conversation in these groups can range from current politics, cancer prevention tips, or other topics brought up by the group. During the group, the social worker is available to assist participants with social services and a doctor is on staff to deal with medical concerns. Clients are also able to receive help in terms of fatherhood classes, resume writing, preventive health education, and other services.
A course on meditative Qigong is offered concurrently with the weekly support group.
Health Clinic[edit]
The clinic is hosted in the Woodlawn Health Center and is staffed by paid and volunteer doctor's who are able to provide various medical services. These services range from pre-employment physicals to health checkups to treatment of chronic conditions.
Many African American men say that they avoid health clinics due to unkempt appearance, so Project Brotherhood staffs a barber to give haircuts and talk to men about health issues ranging from prostate cancer to HIV.
Project Brotherhood was featured on Black in America, a documentary on CNN focusing on various topics and issues relating to the African American population in the United States. Project Brotherhood was presented as one of America's Pioneers in terms of African American issues.[1]
White House visit[edit]
The staff or Project Brotherhood were invited to the White House to speak on a panel about black men's health and the HIV epidemic in the African American community. During the panel discussion, Dr. David Malbranche of Emory University stated his belief that Project Brotherhood is a model that should be replicated across the country.[2]


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ABSOLUTELY Fabulous star Joanna Lumley has revealed she loved chatting up
supermodel David Gandy.
Dolce & Gabbana man David guests in an Ab Fab special on tonight's Sport
Relief, on BBC1 from 7pm.
Joanna's Bollinger-swilling character Patsy Stone spots David
pictured below modelling Sport Relief socks chatting in a bar to
fellow model Kate Moss.
Patsy, an ex-model, then butts in and Joanna enjoyed every moment.
She said: "We had the man who has been voted the handsomest man on the planet
or something lovely David Gandy, who is a dear."
She also reckons catwalk queen Kate could have a career in acting.
Joanna said of Kate's cameo: "Just divine. She's a natural."
Disgraced boxer David Haye pops up, too, having shot the show shortly before
his brawl with rival Dereck Chisora – and Joanna reports he was "a great,
good sport".
And there are other star turns – as Patsy rubs shoulders with her fashion
queen idol Stella McCartney and, at the gym, bumps into British Olympic
legends, sprinter Linford Christie and hurdler Colin Jackson.