One of the deciding factors for many people when choosing where to go on holiday is the cost of leisure activities such as sports, shopping, drinking, and eating. While this guide won’t tell you where the best place to shop until you drop is, it will show you the average cost of eating out in more than forty different countries, for three different types of meals: fast food, a local budget restaurant, and a 3 course mid-range meal for two. What’s more, we’ll tell you the average cost of a local beer in a restaurant (as little as £0.50 in Madagascar, and up to a massive £8 in Norway), as well as a few need-to-know tips on eating out (such as that in Peru, many small restaurants offer a 3 course lunch, and a drink, for about £3), and facts on the dining customs in each location (like how in Taiwan, you shouldn’t stand chopsticks upright in a bowl). Want to start exploring? Just move your mouse over the map below – have fun!
The year is still young, but some celebrities are already in hot water. The following is a partial list of celebrities who have faced criminal action in 2014.
At some point in your life, you will be reminded of your age. Getting older doesn’t always have to be a drag, but being reminded that you’re old can sometimes come as a shock to you and make you start dreading the future. Instead of worrying about your age, embrace it. And if you’re not entirely sure if you’re actually old, you will know you’re old if…
"A young curandera, a medicine woman, intent on uncovering the secrets of her past is forced into a life-and-death battle against an evil Archbishop. Set in the mystic land of Aztlan, the Unholy is a novel of destiny as healer and slayer. native lore of dreams and visions, shape changing, and natural magic work to spin a neo-gothic web in which sadness and mystery lure the unsuspecting into a twilight realm of discovery and decision."
The Book Tour stop we're hosting today is about 'The Unholy', a Psychological / Paranormal Thriller by Paul DeBlassie III... And we have two excerpts from the book for you to read. Enjoy! Loup Dargent
Slavery reflects one of the most traumatic times in the history of this nation. Beginning in 1619 with the introduction of the first “indentured servants” to the United States from Africa, this era marked the first time that people were viewed as commodities that could abused and manipulated in the name of profits. By 1660, the practice had become officially institutionalized and recognized around the nation. The first records of slaves on plantations in Barbados and Jamaica appeared by the 1750's. In America, the 1840's saw the publication of pre-made accounting books designed specifically for plantation owners. These ledgers were designed so that owners could maximize the profits they could gain from “human capital” by tracking individual productivity closely. By the time 1860 rolled around, 12.5 million African slaves had been shipped to America using 35,000 separate voyages. We may think that these days are now a mere dark shadow of the past. However, slavery is still alive and well around the world in many different ways. Sex trafficking, bonded labor, child slavery, and arranged marriages are major problems all across the globe. There is little that is being done to discourage these practices, and over 20 million men, women, and children fall into slavery each and every year. People are still being viewed as commodities. Citizens of the United States may feel that the home of the free exists without such practices being widely used. However, slavery still exists on our shores in much subtler ways. The corporate environment and modern business practices have many similarities to the techniques exercised by slave owners of the past. People working in the corporate landscape still view their workers as resources that are tracked just as closely as slaves once were. It is still a common saying that everyone has their price, and anyone can be bought and sold for the right amount. Business managers also push their employees to the absolute breaking point in the name of profit for little or no extra rewards. People are mere numbers in this world and viewed as gears in the larger machine. This view is astoundingly close to the philosophies that once guided plantation owners who used slavery as their means for production.
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