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December 2010 Update: I faced some inconvenience of late, as my petrocard was deactivated for not being regularly used. No communication was sent to me, toll free numbers and emails went unanswered and fuel station attendants were unable to help. Eventually I got in touch with one BPCL official in Bangalore, who offered to help. After a personal visit to their office in MG Road and another attempt, my card was finally reset and sent to me. Good to have that official respond promptly to my concerns.
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As a regular purchaser of fuel, I find BPCL's Petrocard loyalty program most useful, compared to loyalty schemes of other petroleum companies. This post gives a brief description of this card and associated loyalty program and also gives a quick comparison of royalty schemes by other fuel companies.
What is petrocard?
Patrocard is a smart card based loyalty program from Bharath Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL). I'm using this card since past 8 years approximately. It costs Rs 250 as one time enrollment fee.
How it works?
User loads a predefined amount into the card- Rs 500 minimum and multiples of Rs 100 thereafter. Each time a user avails any of BPCL's services (buys fuel, lubricants or shops at their convenience store-In & Out), he/she can pay using petrocard, instead of cash. Purchase value is debited from the preloaded amount available on the card and appropriate loyalty points (called Petromiles) will be credited. Over a period petromile points get accumulated to a decent size and can be exchanged for some nice gifts.
Sample calculation: For Rs 100 spent on petrol, user gets 15 petromiles, for Rs 100 spent at In & Out user gets 100 petromiles. If you're spending Rs 1000 per month on fuel and Rs 500 on lubes+groceries at In & Out, you'd get about 600-700 points. This accumulates to about 7000 points per year, against which can exchange goods worth Rs 100-120 approx. (Rs.50 In & out cash coupen comes for 2995 points-check reqards showcase for latest options) Heavy spenders will be naturally earning more and will get to exchange better rewards.
1. Tiny drops make mighty ocean-Over a period of few years, points accumulated will be good enough to redeem some cool items. (Depends on your usage- As a moderate two wheeler user I could accumulate points to get gifts to the tune of Rs 100 per year approximately. Car users/family users will be able to get better rewards
2. The main reason I enrolled for this program initially was to save on change. The guy at the fuel station (petrol pump or bunk as it is better known as) used to fill only for Rs 99.68 or something when asked to fill for Rs 100. With petrocard, I used to pay them only 99.68 and not Rs.100. This is no more an issue as all dispensers have provision to feed exact amount/quantity, but back in 2002-2003 I could save some money this way.
3. Helps tracking your fuel expense. Email statements will be sent detailing your purchases and points-this helps keep track of how much you refuelled, where and when.
4. No need to carry cash. Credit card payments used to attract surcharges and Petrocard was best alternative.
How it helps BPCL?
Loyalty programs are primarily aimed at making a customer come back to one's outlet only (and not go to a competitor) With over 1.6 million members in past 10 years, BPCL's petrocard loyalty scheme has successfully achieved this primary objective of bonding and engaging with customers.
Interest free cash left in the card is some advance revenue for the company.
BPCL also has smartfleet program-an extended version of Petrocard program for corporate users and large fleet operators.
But also note:
* No interest is paid on the amount lying idle in the card
* Be sure to check if the fuel station accepts the card. Some stations, at times may not accept it-either due to faulty devices or other reasons
* There will be a temptation to refuel only at BPCL outlets, because of points one would be getting. If you're skipping a nearby fuel station of another company and driving extra distance to reach a BPCL outlet, fuel spent in driving those extra distance may not be worth the points gained.
* Sometimes paying by cash will be more convenient and time saving
* Only one redemption is allowed per month
* Not all retail outlets allow redemption-You'll have to drive to a few selected outlets where redemption is possible.
* I believe points earned expire after 3 years. So be sure to exchange your points for gifts within 3 years
* Can not be used for BPCL's LPG purchase/refill
* For a minimal user it may take abount two years to recover the initial amount spent on enrollment (Rs 250)
What options do other petroleum companies have to retain customers through loyalty program?
Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) also has a smart card based loyalty program. But unlike Petrocard, no money is stored in the card, but only points. I find their reward scheme considerably discouraging, compared to BPCL.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) has tied up with iMint for loyalty benefits. [Read detailed review of iMint card] But my observation is that very few number of outlets actually entertain iMint card. At most of the places you'll get abrupt reply that they don't swipe iMint. (This observation was valid when I tried my iMint card at several HPCL outlets in Delhi, Chennai, hyderabad and Bengaluru-things might have changed w.r.t time not sure).
Both IOCL and HPCL have several cobranded credit cards-I've not tried them-may be these cobranded credit cards offer better rewards than petrocard-not sure.
Don't think other lesser known fuel vendors-Shell and IBP have any loyalty schemes. Even if they have, it won't be viable for customers due to neglible number of outlets they have.
Gone are the days when there was an attitude-petrol is petrol wherever it is filled. Companies are trying hard to sell branded fuels for a premium. Significant efforts are being made to provide more services and convenience to the customers who come to tank up (ATMs, grocery stores,coffee shops, car wash and the likes) These add on services will have better profit margin than selling fuel. A Kannada article I wrote on this topic, which got published in Vijaya Karnataka in April 2003 can be >read here.
What loyalty program do you use? How useful you're finding them?
Similar product/Service reviews: mGinger * iMint * RedBus.in * Club Mahindra timeshare membership * Chennai times quotes me on fuel price hike *
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Review: BPCL's Petrocard loyalty scheme
December 2010 Update: I faced some inconvenience of late, as my petrocard was deactivated for not being regularly used. No communication was sent to me, toll free numbers and emails went unanswered and fuel station attendants were unable to help. Eventually I got in touch with one BPCL official in Bangalore, who offered to help. After a personal visit to their office in MG Road and another attempt, my card was finally reset and sent to me. Good to have that official respond promptly to my concerns.
30 comments :
- hari said...
I spend Rs. 1500-2000 on petrol a month and then at the end of the year, you have a measly Rs. 100 or Rs. 200 credit with which to buy gifts??? That's a ridiculously low return for "loyalty".
No thanks... to any of these cheap loyalty programs.
- Tuesday, July 28, 2009 8:01:00 AM
- Mridula said...
I said before go for a career that rewards your interest in research. Any plans for a good research based higher degree?
- Tuesday, July 28, 2009 9:49:00 AM
- Shrinidhi Hande said...
Yes, it is low, provided if you have a better alternative (some other loyalty programs which are better rewarding).
Else something is better than nothing. Unlike shopping or other loyalty programs which tempt you to spend unnecessarily, Fuel expenditure is something you can't avoid anyway.
Yes, there is some initial expenditure, inconvenience compared to paying in cash and so on. So depends from person to person.
let me think of it.
- Tuesday, July 28, 2009 10:05:00 AM
- Supreetha said...
Citibank Indian Oil credit card is better in this regard. You will get 4 turbo points for every Rs 150 spent in IOC outlet(no surcharge) and 1 turbo point for every Rs. 150 in case of other purchases. Once your points reach 500, you can redeem them for Rs 500 worth of petrol.
- Wednesday, July 29, 2009 12:34:00 PM
- Shrinidhi Hande said...
That's good. Someone spending 1500 per month on fuel gets approx Rs 500 worth free fuel per year.
But then, this comes in lieu of your credit card's reward program.
Petrocard users can swipe their credit card to load petrocard and reep benefits from petrocard as well as their credit card's reward scheme.
- Wednesday, July 29, 2009 1:27:00 PM
- hari said...
Supreetha, did you do your math?
500 / 4 * 150 = Rs. 18,750
So you need to spend Rs. 18,750 on petrol before you can redeem Rs. 500.
That's a return of 2.66%
- Wednesday, July 29, 2009 4:19:00 PM
- hari said...
Also Shrinidhi, I would like to add that fuel expenditure is not unavoidable if you can take a bus or a train.
These reward programs want to encourage/provide incentive to people to spend more on fuel by using their vehicles more often when they can use alternative transport, but people don't realize how low a return they are getting.
I just want people to realize how much they will have to spend before being able to "redeem" any prize or gift or whatever... the Oil companies are laughing all the way to their banks.
What I really detest is that they raise the cost of petrol and diesel and then insult customers by offering such ridiculously cheap "incentives".
- Wednesday, July 29, 2009 4:25:00 PM
- Shrinidhi Hande said...
Its well and good if people stop buying fuel and use public transportation/cycle. I support that thought.
No point buying fuel for the sake of points-Don't think anyone does that. Just that when you have to buy fuel anyway, buying it with some reward points might be better than buying for nothing.
In any year if you're anyway spending 15-20k on fuel (again, will be great if you can save on that by using alternate options) why not treat yourself with a small gift instead of nothing?
- Wednesday, July 29, 2009 4:47:00 PM
- hari said...
I know. If they actually gave 10% return I might consider it.
Some cheap gift at Rs. 200 or Rs. 300 a year doesn't exactly appeal to me.
And then again, the inconvenience of using the Petrocard and pre-paying the amount is another negative.
It looks really attractive, but what I am saying is that everybody must work out the economics and look at the actual benefits before falling for schemes like this.
Oil companies are no angels.. We know how much pressure they're exerting on the government to increase fuel prices. We should do nothing to support them or use their schemes which actually are insulting to customers in their return: around 2-3% when the actual fuel price increase is costing us much more, not just in fuel costs but in rising prices of food and essential commodities as well.
The Rs. 200-300 benefit you get hardly seems to matter before how much havoc the oil companies are playing in Indian economy at the moment.
- Wednesday, July 29, 2009 8:25:00 PM
- Shrinidhi Hande said...
I understand your stand. But you're asking for 10% returns which a shopping mall loyalty scheme may give, but I don't think Oil Companies will have such a high margin to pass on the benefit to you.
- Thursday, July 30, 2009 2:53:00 PM
- Rajs said...
I was a very strong "loyal" user of BPCL Petro Card till an year back. But after I got cheated in the petrol station which I regularly visit, I started avoding BPCL altogether. The attendant was forcing me to buy "Speed Diesel" by stating that normal diesel is out of stock all the time. When I caught them red-handed one day of the cheating (he was filling diesel for another cab that came by), they tried to evade the issue.
The sad part is that BPCL actually noticed that I stopped using the card and sent me an email seeking the reasons. When I explained the reason to the manager by email, no response!
So much for the loyalty.
- Monday, August 10, 2009 8:51:00 PM
- Smarry said...
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- Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:43:00 AM
- Shrinidhi Hande said...
Thanks for sharing your experience. Yes, it is very common practice for fuel stations to try force sell branded fuels. I remember an Indian Oil outlet in Mumbai which was selling branded fuel only was forced to sell normal fuel after media and public agitation.
Outlets are often managed by agencies, so may not be fair to generalize. But BPCL could have at least responded to your communication.
- Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:53:00 AM
shri nidhi ji by your comments i judge that u are the strong promoter of BPCL petrocard . this is not the case IOC too are much cautious about their programmes as they are doing road shows etc. better keep notice of that.
- Sunday, September 06, 2009 11:10:00 PM
- Shrinidhi Hande said...
I'm not a promoter or anything. In my reviews I explain what I find good and what I find bad. Final judgment is readers' discretion.
I have indianoil card-but never got any communication from them. Have noticed them promoting Extramile and extra premium branded fuels, but not much on loyalty schemes (may be I missed them)
- Sunday, September 06, 2009 11:49:00 PM
shrinidhi ji IOCL has done many xtra power road shows, organizing transporter meet telling them about the advatages of fleet card in metros and in main cities.
- Monday, September 07, 2009 1:37:00 PM
shri nidhi ji one more thing i want help from you if you have any paper on customer loyalty in oil companies only in retailing then please ,ail me at email@example.com.
- Monday, September 07, 2009 1:39:00 PM
- Shrinidhi Hande said...
Hi Rohit,
Nice to know you're from UPES. Will share the paper, if I come across any.
- Tuesday, September 08, 2009 7:44:00 AM
shri nidhi ji thank you for your response please send papaer if u find any. email@example.com
- Tuesday, September 08, 2009 12:34:00 PM
shrinidhi ji plz help me i am preparing for company(IOCL) interview how should i proceed what areas should i work upon in order to get an edge plz guide me sir. waiting for your response eagerly.
- Sunday, September 13, 2009 12:51:00 AM
shri nidhi ji can you incentives provided by BPCL petro card . why loyalty cards are loosing interest among people hardly people have these loyalty cards.
- Tuesday, November 10, 2009 8:58:00 PM
Heyy maan use your credit card to fill up the bpcl smart card.
So what u get now is
Rs 100 -150 loyalty from BPCL +
Credit card point royalty from the bank.
Enjoy both
- Wednesday, November 25, 2009 5:27:00 PM
I always motivated by you, your views and way of thinking, again, thanks for this nice post.
- Norman
- Monday, September 20, 2010 5:35:00 PM
very good post. i hold imint card already. i like Bp petrol bunk near my area, they never cheat. ioc n hp have not been good. i planned to buy petro card, but still in dilema between imint(hp) n petrocard (bpcl)
can u please suggest
- Friday, October 29, 2010 12:16:00 AM
- Shrinidhi Hande said...
Hope you cleared your IOCL interview. Its too difficult to give interview tips without knowing your background, post etc. Most of the tips are available on the net already.
Mohit, you can reload petrocard using credit card as well and still enjoy dual benefits
Have both...
- Saturday, October 30, 2010 7:24:00 AM
- Sunil Swarup,Advocate said...
From last one year the statment and rewards details were not sent to me.i have 65000 points ,but the dealer m/s hukum chand faquir chand,Agra told me that he is now not authorised for rewards.
Sunil Swarup,Advocate,27-A,old idgah colony,Agra.
- Friday, June 24, 2011 11:00:00 PM
- Shrinidhi Hande said...
As far as I know points should be redeemed within 3 years of earning them..
Escalate to BP if local staff won't help...
- Saturday, June 25, 2011 7:21:00 AM
hi, i am really imterested in petro card can somebody clear my doubts 1)can i load money into petro card using my credit cards 2) can i use multiple credit cards to upload money into petro card?
- Sunday, April 08, 2012 7:17:00 PM
- Shrinidhi Hande said...
You can use multiple cards to pay for petrocard
- Wednesday, April 11, 2012 4:56:00 AM
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Ecclesiastes 5:13--6:12
August 21, 2005
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1. The DANGER that FACES Man!
A. Living Without Enjoyment!
B. Laboring Without Fulfillment!
2. The DUTY that FINDS Man!
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B. An Inexcusable Vanity!
3. The DOMINION that FAVORS Man!
A. The Tragic Life that Avoids God's Control!
B. The Triumphant Life that Accepts God's Control!
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"Because it means that all of this Shadow-Debris came from the day to day occupation of the Academy."
Her brow furrowed, "And?"
He waved a hand at their surroundings, "Look around us. Do you see any Pathomantic burn marks? Any Necromantic bleaching or Hemomancy stains?" She shook her head, comprehension dawning, "Exactly, there are no signs that whoever killed Alucard was an Adept. Whoever did this, did it solely with his Hyde." He looked at her and, noting that the color had returned to her eyes, asked, "What did you see?"
"He died in a state of terror."
"Most men die in a state of terror."
"Most weak men die in a state of terror, those who are used to fighting and winning die in a state of exhilaration and anger as they struggle to survive. This man died in a state of fear and pain, there was no strength left in him, no courage, or anger: just the fear and pain."
"So, he was bested wholly and utterly." She nodded. "So, whoever did this was powerful enough to debase a Proctor level gifted." He sighed and began tapping his arm as if in thought, "That's not good."
The corporal they had met earlier reemerged from the surrounding crowds and hurried over to them with a black coated sergeant in toe. Noir straightened as they arrived; his hands once more buried in their pockets, "You the Hemomancer?"
"Yes, I hear you want me to inspect the body."
"Yes, I want to know when and in what state his injuries were inflicted."
"What good will that do?"
Noir scowled and pointed at the corpse, "Look at how messed up the body is, are you going to tell me that's normal? Adepts don't generally engage in the kind of physical conflict that would result in those injuries."
Understanding flickered in the Hemomancer's cracked eyes, "You want to know if he was tortured?" Noir nodded, but the Hemomancer was already on his knees beside the corpse, laying Hemomancy-stained hands onto its breast. A moment passed and the corpse began darkening, its skin and clothing both assuming a reddish hue. "The majority of these injuries were inflicted when the body was in a passive or bound state," The Hemomancer looked up, "He was tortured."
Noir tapped his thigh thoughtfully, his coat pocket moving up and down with the action, "Whoever did this wanted information. I wonder if the Academy was involved in some sort of strife, an inner conflict perhaps."
The Hemomancer shook his head, "I don't think so; at least it wasn't when I was here."
Noir grimaced, "So, it was external rival, which means that its probably somebody that Grim pissed off."
The Hemomancer glanced at Noir again and, taking in his white coat, shifted subtly to face him. Noir saw this and waved dismissively, "No, it wasn't us, we don't have anybody capable of killing a Proctor level gifted with his bare hands." The Hemomancer nodded quietly but kept watching him. Noir rolled his eyes, "Alright, I think I have everything I want from." He turned from the corpse and departed.
Adrian fell into step behind him, "Where are we going?"
His grimace deepened, "To see Grim so he can tell us who he's at odds with." He caught sight of grim and changed course.
"Will he even talk to us after the way you treated him earlier?"
Noir shrugged, "I don't know, we'll just have to see- Hey, Glass Ass I have something I want to ask you!"


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Arguments and Ending ThingsMature
"I said no!"
"You can't stop me!"
This argument had been going on for twenty minutes, and a compromise was yet to be reached. Alex was trying to persuade Isobel to let him go to Lily's house, but she was having none of it. Six weeks after I died, relations in the Bates household had not improved any. Actually, I think they might have got worse.
"I wouldn't like to bet on that, Alexander," said Isobel.
"I know you wouldn't! You don't take chances on anything, and you don't let me have any fun!" he responded.
"Well, not since I discovered what your idea of fun is! Even before I knew about the drugs, Alex, I knew about the drinking, about the girls, about the failing classes. I told you I don't want you hanging about with any of those people anymore!" she said.
"I'm going to see my girlfriend! What's the worst that could happen?"
"Oh, where do I start...?" she asked exasperatedly. Alex scowled.
"For goodness' sake! Fine, all right! Go! But be back here by ten o'clock, and if you put one toe out of line, so help you God..." Isobel said.
I wasn't sure what was worse, to be honest. Another night stuck in this house, or one spent with the Brainless Wonder. I followed Alex out of the front door anyway, because I had no choice.
He grabbed his skateboard and jogged down the gravel drive, and setting it down on the road, balanced himself. I had to run to catch up and hop on behind him.
He swerved to the left at the bottom of the hill. Lily's street was away to the right, so I wondered where we were going. I was resigned to my fate of having no say in anything the living did, by then, so I went with it.
It was only when we passed the last housing estate in town that I realised where he was taking us. And I have to say, I hated the idea.
When Alex passed through the gate to the cemetery, I wanted nothing more than to turn and run. As usual, though, my choices were limited- try that, and have my insides ripped out by some malevolent invisible force, or go with Alex. Not surprisingly (but not willingly either) I chose the latter.
He hadn't been to my graveside yet, so I hadn't either. I would have been quite happy never to see my grave, but it looked like I wasn't getting a choice.
Alex searched the rows intently, hunched over slightly to better see the engraved names on the stones. He stopped, reading the name on a clean, white slab of granite. I hung back as he sat down next to it, but my morbid curiosity became too much for me and I wandered over.
The grass had grown over the dirt in patches and somebody- presumably mum- had planted a row of pansies at the base of the stone. They had wilted a little.
Apart from that, it was a tidy enough grave. I guessed my mum had been down a few times. I wasn't sure what to make of that- It had never seemed to me like she loved me- cared for me, maybe, or was even fond of me- but never loved me. Maybe, as with most things, I was just easier to love when I wasn't there.
I looked at Alex, putting my pondering to one side. He was tracing the little indentations of the letters in the stone, mouthing my name, my birthday. My death day.
Rory Jay Abram. Born 12 May, 1995. Died 19 January, 2012. Aged fifteen.
How tragic. I wondered absently what strangers would think, reading that. Would they stop to read it at all? Alex was staring at the stone but his eyes were far away and he was barely moving.
He didn't say anything, not once; he just sat and stared, kneeling on the damp grass. It was cold out, and persistent drizzle fell from the grey sky. Alex's hair was plastered to his forehead and cheeks, but still he didn't move. Somebody else wandered up through the graves. An old woman wearing a Rain-Mate regarded Alex with pity as she passed him, clutching a bunch of pink roses to her chest. She looked as if she may have been about to say something, but she changed her mind and walked on.
Finally Alex got up, tearing his eyes away from the grave, and I swear he looked at me- right at my face, and said "Thank you," clear as day.
"You're welcome," I said, as a knee-jerk reaction, but he was already walking back towards the gates, skateboard in hand. I was completely astonished by what he had just done, but a sharp tugging at my chest brought me back to the present and I jogged after him, wondering why he didn't wait for me.
"Alex!" I shouted. "Alex!" I repeated as he turned his head towards me. "Why didn't you tell me you could see me? I swear, I'll kill you too if you try anything like that again!" I yelled, but really I was overjoyed.
He shook his head slightly, and walked away.
"No, Alex," I said, confused. "Alex, it's me! It's Rory! It's... it's Rory."
The realisation hit me like a cannonball. It was more devastating, more crushing, than any mix of emotions I had ever felt before. He hadn't heard me. He hadn't seen me. I was nobody.
To have something and have it taken from you suddenly is worse than never having had it at all; so much more cruel. It was like giving a blind man sight and then snatching it away; giving him just long enough to see what he was missing. Of course, for me it was only an illusion, but it felt real, for all that it was worth. It felt more real than any other moment in my life, and any in my death, for the sole reason that I had never wanted anything more.
I wanted to curl into a ball on the ground right there in the graveyard and be left to wallow in self-pity, because sometimes is helps, but I couldn't do that. I couldn't do that because even though part of me hated Alex then I couldn't leave him.
I dragged behind him, testing the boundaries of our weird joining force, seeing how much pain I could stand. It was less than a minute before I gave up and ran towards him.
As we rode away from the cemetery on his board I blocked out everything that had happened in the last hour, locking it away like an old file, to be taken out and examined at a later date.
I hoped we were going back home- miserable though it might have been, I would rather spend the night there in the company of someone with more than one brain cell than with the Brainless Wonder. She seemed to get less wondrous and more brainless every moment I had to spend with her.
So I wasn't happy when we arrived at her front door. I was especially unhappy when I saw that her family wasn't in because the idea of being alone with those two was not appealing. It was about as appealing as, say, acupuncture. To somebody with a needle phobia.
I reluctantly stepped into the garish green hallway, grimacing as I was forced to follow them upstairs. Lily didn't look happy when he walked over to the window and opened it, leaning on the sill and staring out into the dull sky.
She wandered over and wrapped her arms around his waist, but dropped them by her side when he didn't move. He just kept staring out of the window while she stared at him in turn, looking hurt.
"What's wrong with you?" she asked, but she sounded more annoyed than she did concerned. He continued gazing out of the window for a moment, then turned to face her.
"Do the words 'it's not you, it's me' mean anything to you?" he asked. She stared at him blankly, and he sighed, but I was suddenly jubilant. He was going to break up with her! It was about time, I thought. She tapped her bright pink fingernails on the desk, not comprehending.
"I'm breaking up with you," he said finally. She looked like she might punch him.
"And you're going to use the excuse that it isn't me, it's you?" Lily said. He smiled, but it was strained.
"Exactly. It's not me, it's you. A new twist on a classic line," he said. When this sunk in, saying that she looked like she might punch him... Well, it didn't quite do her expression justice.
"After everything that happened?" she snarled. Alex shrugged.
"And what exactly is everything?" he asked.
"You know what I'm talking about," she said, flicking her honey blonde hair.
"I do. But you knew I didn't love you, and if there's one thing I know about you is that you don't love me either. And I don't want to do anything I'll regret. So I'm gonna go," Alex said.
"Like what?" asked Lily, her big blue eyes glistening with crocodile tears over the loss of her favourite fashion accessory.
"Like hurt you. Or ask you to forgive me," he replied without feeling. Lily grinned, but Alex wasn't looking.
"What about this?" she asked. He looked like he might have asked her what she was on about if she hadn't decided to grab him and eat his face.
At least, that's what it looked like.
Alex, who just didn't seem to do standards any more, kissed her back. They kind of fell onto the bed, so I was relieved when Alex shoved Lily off and stood up, straightening his clothes and ruffling his hair with his right hand.
"Exactly like that. And some advice before I go- playing hard to get never did anybody any harm. Seeya," he said, turning around and beginning to walk away.
"Maybe you should take your own advice!" Lily yelled after him, red faced and livid. Alex ignored her, although he did mutter a couple of curses under his breath as he ran down the stairs and slammed the front door shut behind him.
As we walked home in the darkness, Alex's skateboard under his arm, I was forced to admit to myself that maybe she had a point.


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Can a single product help even-out skin tone, wear well throughout the day, and work on a variety of different skin types? In the case of CoverGirl's Queen Collection CC Cream, we found that the answer is yes! In fact, this has so many positives going for it that were it not for one flaw (which we'll get to in a moment), it would easily earn our highest rating.
Queen Collection CC Cream is packaged in a plastic squeeze tube similar to some of CoverGirl's other foundations. The cream is lightweight and applies easily, providing medium coverage of red marks, dark spots, and other imperfections. It dries down to an attractive soft powder finish, making it a good option for combination skin (oily spots tended to resist appearing until midway through its wear time). What's even better is that though this does have a powdery finish, it feels moisturizing enough that it can work on both normal and dry skin. If you have very dry skin, you'll likely find it necessary to prep your skin with a hydrating primer or richer moisturizer.
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In fact, the only drawback (and it's a minor one) is that while fragrance isn't very high on the ingredient list, the initial perfumey smell of this CC cream is quite strong. The good news is that the scent fades within 15 to 20 minutes, but this is something to keep in mind if you have sensitive skin (especially around the eyes), or prefer your products fragrance-free.
Otherwise, CoverGirl's Queen Collection CC Cream is a great drugstore CC cream option for medium to deep skin tones, and one of the few offering great shades for women of color.
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Strengths: Inexpensive and widely available; a hugely improved selection of foundations, several with reliable sunscreen; good concealers; enviable pressed powders; some fantastic Lash Blast mascaras; mostly great eyelining options; a vast selection of lip color options, from the long-wearing Outlast to sheer lip glosses to the wholly impressive Lip Perfection lipstick; several great options in the Queen Collection.
Weaknesses: The older foundations are seriously lacking; the newer Advanced Radiance foundation has great texture but disappointing SPF rating; powder blush and eyeshadows; terrible makeup brushes; all of the "Clean" products contain irritating ingredients.
Since 1961, CoverGirl has been slowly building a portfolio of cosmetics that today is about as all-encompassing as a makeup line can be. Originating from the same "medicated" ingredients found in Noxzema Skin Cream (which was never medicated in the least, but seriously irritating for skin), the debut products are still available, albeit with slight modifications. The good news is that for the past several years CoverGirl has consistently updated their line with some very impressive products, especially their foundations, concealers, and vastly improved pressed powders. They also offer some excellent eye and lip pencils, lipsticks and lip gloss, and one of the all-time best long-wearing lip paints, Outlast.
What's puzzling is that although many of CoverGirl's latest products are progressive, they tend to hang on to the lackluster-to-poor options, including abysmal powder blush and eyeshadows and their long-standing, very irritating Clean Makeup. These items may be part of CoverGirl's humble beginnings, but you certainly don't see parent company Proctor & Gamble adding eucalyptus oil and menthol to their Olay products or to products of any of the other cosmetics companies they own. If those ingredients were so important, why not use them everywhere? Needless to say, the great products outnumber the disappointments, and the prices make it easy for those on a budget to be beautiful and enjoy some state-of-the-art products, provided they shop wisely.
CoverGirl's Web site is extremely easy to navigate, and presents a wealth of product information, along with practical (if somewhat cutesy) tips and tricks for successful makeup application and for finding the shades that work best for you. CoverGirl's consumer relations department is consistently helpful if you have any questions or concerns. For example, if one of your favorite items was discontinued, you might want to know what replaced it, and they will let you know. Such service and customer concern is yet another powerful reason to believe CoverGirl really has its (class) act together.
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zeroing in on the Northeast and the radar and so forth. They've never
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The thief lord / Cornelia Funke.
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| Prosper and Bo are orphans on the run from their cruel aunt and uncle. The brothers decide to hide out in Venice, where they meet a mysterious thirteen-year-old boy who calls himself the "Thief Lord." Brilliant and charismatic, the Thief Lord leads a ring of street children who dabble in petty crimes. Prosper and Bo delight in being part of this colorful new family. But the Thief Lord has secrets of his own. And soon the boys are thrust into circumstances that will lead them to a fantastic, spellbinding conclusion.
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He breathes steadily as his feet pound the corridors. The girl goes limp in his arms, but he has no time to stop. Not even with the blood oozing from a shoulder wound, cascading and painting a deluge in rouge. Another explosion erupts before the security guards behind him, blocking their passage with a barrage of the remnants of what was formerly a wall.
He sees flashes of other prisoners, some cackling madly, galloping and insane with sudden liberty, or some, like him, silent and focused on an exit, moving, looking out for the next blast.
Some fall to the attack, stumbling over collapsed chairs, then crushed under cement, but he never seems to encounter any danger himself. Perhaps the girl is a good-luck charm.
The compound's layout is inimical. By pure chance, he hits upon an exit. A weak point in an outer wall, all it needs is a good slam, and -
More upset architecture stomps onto the path before him, grumpy and adolescent. He winces. It's not safe to put the girl down, not like this. He looks around wildly, but he can already see security guards a distance away who have caught sight of him, raising their pistols and lurching across the detritus of the ruined jail.
He turns his back to them, so that the girl isn't a target. He's not sure why he feels the need to protect her. He doesn't know her.
'Don't put her down!' someone shouts. A woman?
Sensing his target's distraction, one of the security guards takes fast aim, finger stroking the trigger like a lover's cheek, then a shot rings out-
'Get down, you lumbering oaf!'
He obliges. Whoever this lady is, she knows what to do. She can take over from here. The bullet misses.
'Give me your gun.'
He hands it over.
Two shots ring out. Two bodies slump to the floor.
'Now get up... What am I, your mother? Clear this exit right now!'
'But... the girl...' he manages to input.
'She's safe! I'm here, aren't I?'
He rises slowly, lies the girl down gently and begins to carve at the wall. When the gape has reached a size deemed suitable by the mystery lady-prisoner, she shimmies through (more limber than she looks, for her age, he thinks) and calls for him to give her the girl.
He's not sure why he does. Perhaps his world has turned into a giant game of cops'n'robbers, and he, perpetually a robber, instinctively trusts those with the same prison stripes swathed round them.
He crashes through the wall. Is the game ruined, now that he's outside the playing field? Or has it just begun...?


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Saviour's Grace
The hurried whisper caused his eyes to spring open and he looked back down the passage from where the voice called. Sure enough, like hope eternal, there was a small rickety door that he had missed, hidden in the dimness. Slightly ajar, the gap showed a face with long shoulder length hair and soft skin, a mouse peeping out from its burrow. With a quick wave of the hand, the mysterious woman beckoned Ansfroi to enter but he paused all the same, unsure of what to do. Finally, something in the warm eyes, pleasant and trusting, helped make up his mind and he retreated in through the doorway.
Inside, the rescuer who had peered from the door's shadow looked at him silently with clear, blue eyes that sparkled. Her heart shaped face and hairline could be seen through under the translucent fabric of her ardiya, a cover-all of loose, light cloth that helped reflect Jerusalem's heat. Its material was slightly worn in several places, like an old carpet that had taken the punishment of a thousand paces, but somehow it seemed to only accentuate her beauty; a grace that lifted Ansfroi's heart. Her slight lips smiled as he looked on stunned.
"A crusader I take it?"
This voice was from a man who sat cross-legged amongst the cushions. His face was etched with a network of crevices, carved out by the dessert land's heat. Unlike his daughter's ardiya, his ridâ' was worn at the shoulder, wrapped across his body like a toga. His hair was much greyer, barely showing the blackness that painted his daughter's hair, and his wizened eyes carefully watched the stranger as he placed an olive in his mouth.
"Yes, sir. I thank you for saving me." It seemed strange to Ansfroi that two Muslims might help out a man such as he, but then the blueness of their eyes and the realisation that their skin was tanned, not born dark, struck the answer home, "You are Christians? From Europe?"
The old man nodded, chewing on the olive with teeth like the craggy rocks that surrounded the city, "My parents came to the city many years ago."
Ansfroi's brow frowned in confusion. La Roule had taught him that Jerusalem was home of the infidel Islamic religion and yet here were people of his own culture, God fairing Christians.
Giving a wicked smile at Ansfroi's perplexed look, with an outstretched arm the old man gestured to the cushions that lay scattered on the floor, inviting the young man to sit. The room itself had little in the way of furniture; leather cushions showing signs that their life was soon to end; a red rug now faded by the sunlight that streamed in through the small windows. In front of the man there stood a low table, no more than a foot from the ground. On its surface several small clay pots held deep black olives, shining in their oils. Nothing was decorative or carved.
"My name is William." He laughed, "Yes, named after the Bastard, though I assure you I know who my parents are!"
Lowering himself down, Ansfroi placed his sheathed sword by his side, unable to sit with it projecting from his belt. The man William was referring to was the Duke of Normany, of course, the conqueror of his people twenty eight years ago; ten years before his birth.
"There are many Christians and Jews amongst the city. The Fatamids were once a very tolerant people." At the last words, William's eyes seemed to show tiredness, "Alas, not anymore."
"So you are a supporter of the crusade?" He nodded thankfully to William's daughter as she poured him a small beaker of water. Lifting the drink to his lips, he realised just how dry his mouth was as the cool liquid refreshed him.
William pondered the question for a second, offering Ansfroi a pot of olives, "We are Christians." Was his simple answer, "And we shall not see those of our religion die so readily."
Looking at him, Ansfroi nodded with agreement and gratitude. If the crusaders were doing one thing it was dying readily.


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The Right of Nations to Self-Determination
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The Right of Nations to Self-Determination is a book by Lenin written in February–May 1914.[1]
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Ed Sheeran Serenades Teenage Fan Battling Cystic Fibrosis Minutes Before Her Death
This is so beautiful and yet so heartbreaking. People is reporting that Ed Sheeran helped to fulfill Triona Priestley's final wish on Sunday by singing "Little Bird" (her favorite song) to her over the phone right before she passed away. Triona, who had been battling cystic fibrosis since childhood, passed away minutes after receiving the call, reports Independent.ie. This all was made possible by a Twitter campaign. Her health started to turn for the worst and her family and friends logged on and posted Tweets directed at Ed with the hashtag #SongForTri. By Sunday night the hashtag was trending on Twitter, and Ed's management contacted her friend to set up the phone call.
"Ed rang Triona and personally sang Little Bird to her as she took her last breaths," Hanlon wrote on Facebook, according to the Daily Mail. "Triona left us listening to her idol surrounded by all the people who loved her. People's respect is incredible. We would like to thank everyone."
Ed Tweeted:
Rest in peace Triona, so heartbreaking x
— Ed Sheeran (@edsheeran) April 1, 2014
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Starting off from the beginning of the actual "wedding", here is just a little peak of all of the events from our ceremony run-through at Scarritt Bennett...hope you enjoy! Next up is our rehearsal dinner via Mere Bulles coming up ASAP.
P.S. all pictures are courtesy of the fabulous and very talented Leslie Walker... not only is she a fantastic photog, but she is one of my great friends, too!!


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Cassadee Pope has been talking to us about her new single "I Wish I could Break Your Heart" and the video that goes along with it. She says "I left it kind of open-ended so people could make their own interpretations of what they get from the song." Check it out below. What do you think?


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yo boarderaholic
I used a loaded pintail, I need a new setup now.
What setup do you ride?
I put skyhooks and slalom trucks on my dervish and it feels like a snowboard nowhah.
nice, sounds like fun.
Ahaha. Terrible question. I have too many set ups. =/ BUT, I do primarily use a Lacey with 44 Cal's and 70mm 78a Divines or a Baby Killer with 44cal's and 70mm 78a Divines. I'm going to switch up the wheels and try some street slayers next summer. Oh yeah, I also have a Vendetta set up with 50* Randals and Flywheels for distance pushing.
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Anyone try one of those freeboards?
loaded dervish...the flexiest one if possible, i swear youll love it and you will be able to bomb hills and parking garages like no body's business:cool:
(no but seriously, don't do that, you will hate yourself and so will everyone else who actually longboards)
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It's really comfortable and it might have the best milkshake in the town.
Also food was good, I really liked it.
You will know after you visit la viva
Serving local cuisine this place is clean with fine service, sodas and beer available as well. Soups seem to be a speciality here. Like most eateries here food cooked to order and always fresh.
They have a new and improved menu and much faster service, even during lunch time. Good cocktails and they have one day a week as a girls' night. There's a VIP room for available for booking.
Overall, I think you'll like it there at La Viva!
Their Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/laviva.mn.
La Viva is not the best restaurant in town, but it's certainly worth a visit.
As has been pointed out, the wait for your order can arrive can be painfully long, but if you are not in a hurry and in good company, who cares?
The salami pizza is among the best that UB has to offer, and this in...
I was there twice. First time during winter. Night. I was alone.
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text: I currently have AAA discount on two nights at Portofino in March for a $777.60 (son is 19 so have to pay extra adult charge per night). Now annual pass discount is available and would cost $571.50. But to get this, I would need to upgrade one of the tickets I already purchased. I bought our 4 tickets from Costco last August. I got the 3 park unlimited (includes Wet n Wild). They were $92.99 plus up charge (I'm not a member) and shipping (actually cost to me was $101.36 each). I was planning to do Wet n Wild one day while we are still at Disney before we move to Portofino. So my questions are 1. I would assume I would need to upgrade before I use the ticket at Wet n Wild, correct? If I do use the ticket there, will I be able to upgrade it? 2. Since the annual pass does not include Wet n Wild, I would need to purchase a ticket there. Looks like AP gets 25% discount on WnW tickets, correct? 3. Is there any problem upgrading the Costco tickets? Do they use the current cost of similar tickets (looks to be 94.99 now for 2 park unlimited) or what I paid (92.99) or ??? 4. Assuming I need to change the ticket before going to WnW, we would need to stop by on the way there. It looks like Universal/IOA open at 9 and WnW at 10, so should be able to do so and get there by opening. How long should I allow to do the upgrade? Is there a way to do this without having to pay for parking at Universal? Can my husband drop me off somewhere and pick me up? 5. How bad do you think the lines will be at WnW on a Wednesday in mid-March? 6. Would you do this to save about $60 which is what I think I will save? Since I have AAA, I don't think any of the other discounts are any better. Thanks


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Nita Ing has always cut her own path. As a teenager in the 1970s, she was expelled for rowdy behavior from the mostly expatriate Taipei American School. She ended up first at a Massachusetts boarding school, then at the University of California at Los Angeles studying economics. Ing's U.S. experience, particularly the American penchant for openness and institutional accountability, marked her indelibly.
Three decades later, the 45-year-old Ing is still making waves. Issue No.1, she says, is smashing the "black gold," or corrupt links, between Taiwan politicians, gangsters, and big companies, and ushering in a more democratic age. "It affects business, and it affects government policy," she says. As chairman and CEO of the $15 billion Taiwan High Speed Rail Corp., the island's high-speed train program, she considers it particularly important that she set an example by running a squeaky-clean operation.
To demonstrate her desire for change, Ing broke ranks with most of Taiwan's business elite and served as an economic adviser to Democratic Progressive Party candidate--and now President--Chen Shui-bian. Ing felt that Chen, as an outsider who opposed the formerly ruling KMT, would be best suited to clean up Taiwan's corrupt practices. She now serves on a blue-ribbon national strategic development committee and maintains close ties to the President.
Ing is determined to keep the train project on the straight and narrow. The new line, which when finished in 2005 will whisk passengers from one end of the island to the other in 90 minutes, is one of the world's most costly. Ing is instituting a series of anti-corruption measures for the embryonic project, ranging from competitive bidding to seminars aimed at inculcating an anti-graft culture. She has learned about gangsters and extortionists firsthand, running up against them in her other role as president of Continental Engineering Corp., a construction company founded by her father. She fought those toughs--and she'll keep on fighting them.


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The "No Permit, No Exam" policy has been a policy that has long continued to make students, most especially the poor ones to suffer and struggle to finish their education. In most cases, students who are unable to pay their tuition fees are forced to drop out because they'd been denied to take major examinations which would jeopardize their hard-earned grades at the start of the semester or school year.
With this policy in existence and practice, education has indeed become a privilege rather than a right as guaranteed in the Philippine Constitution. However, progressive student-leaders have continued to struggle for the abolition of this policy. The history of campus-politics and student government elections have often been decided by this issue.
In De La Salle University – Dasmariñas, we took the opportunity of the resisting this policy during the revision of the DLSUD University Student Council revision last 2007, wherein we included an anti-No permit, No Exam policy in the Bill of Students' Rights.
Though it met some resistance from the representatives of the University Administration, we were able to muster enough votes to have it ratified. So now, students can find this anti-No Permit, No Exam policy enshrined in the 2008 USC Consitution, Art. III, Sect. 1, a.4
Student with delinquent accounts permitted to take examination shall nevertheless be subject to the right of the University to withold the release or issuance of student's school records or documents or to deny such students from admission for the next semester or year until prior delinquencies are fully paid.
Fortunately, KABATAAN party-list has taken the struggle against the "No Permit, No Exam" policy to the halls of Congress and has introduced a bill that makes such policy illegal. House Bill No 6799 or the "Anti-'No Permit, No Exam' Act of 2009".
Hopefully, the bill will be passed into a law. Which is what should be done, and should have been done a long time ago. Private universities & colleges, most of whom are Catholic institutions must realize that education should not be a business, rather, it should be done as a ministry, service or vocation as many of them profess, and this proposed law would ensure just that.
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Residents in 16 regions of the UK have been left without internet access after a fire broke out at the Blisworth Telephone Exchange on Friday (September 20th).
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... path. I am instantly reminded of Portugal. Most people are older and pink in color, unless they've been here for a while, then they're like a toasty pink. The people visiting Candolim seem to be Russian, Scandinavian and from different parts of Europe. The beach has the same cement blocks leading up to it as in Portugal, and the same little beach hut restaurants lining it. I stay long enough to watch the sunset and have dinner at ...
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... This place was so cool we decided to stay there rather than prison but we already had paid at prison so for the rest of the time in Goa we just used prison to shower. I heard of a guy from our friend rick that we met in Jaipur that could get some drugs. The guy worked right next to Tantra at a bar named 555. We went in and found him and he came and chilled with us in the treehouse. Alex left as soon as he came up and Kareem later told us that she used to stay next door at his ...
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... somewhere much nicer than where I'd been staying so I FINALLY HAD WIFI!!!! Haha. The beaches here were dreadful! I felt like I was in Spain. So I actually didn't spend much time on the beach here as I also had a pool at the hotel so that was nice :-)
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Pope Francis declared Monday that all priests would have the right to forgive abortion, making permanent a temporary measure put in place for the Vatican's jubilee year.
"I henceforth grant to all priests, in virtue of their ministry, the faculty to absolve those who have committed the sin of procured abortion," the pope wrote in an apostolic letter marking the end of the "Year of Mercy", which wound up Sunday.
"The provision I had made in this regard, limited to the duration of the Extraordinary Holy Year, is hereby extended," he wrote.
The Argentine, 79, said he had to "restate as firmly as I can that abortion is a grave sin, since it puts an end to an innocent life".


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Studio-duty throne with soft vinyl-covered 14-inch diameter round seat, 4-inch thick foam pad, solid steel rod with threaded tube collar locking mechanism, double braced curved tripod leg support
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... known in movies as the ""Bridge too far")
Walked up and down the shopping centre.
Pictures - Louis, Toggs and Marisa eating the traditional bratwurst and drinking the traditional beer bittburger. Hester eating a ...
A day of discoveries
... a few hours wandering around then it was time for lunch.
We returned to the cafe we had breakfast yesterday, Ron enjoyed schnitzel, potatoes and salad and I had an amazing goulash soup...no piccolos today (although we did see them on the menu how we missed it yesterday I don't know) after this we headed to get our train to Kleve to visit our friends F and M.
As always we were early and just in time for the announcement that the train was delayed by ...