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A Witness est un groupe de rock indépendant britannique, originaire de Stockport, près de Manchester, en Angleterre. Il est actif au milieu des années 1980. Le membre fondateur Vince Hunt réunit le groupe pour une série de concerts 25 ans après la mort d'Aitken.

Biographie
Le groupe est composé, au départ, de Rick Aitken (guitare), Noel Kilbride (guitare), Keith Curtis (chant) et Vince Hunt (basse). Plus tard, ils sont rejoints par le batteur Alan Brown (en 1988-1989). A Witness mêle des influences punk à un chant exacerbé.

A Witness est formé en 1982 à Stockport, près de Manchester, en Angleterre par Rick Aitken. Vince Hunt est remplacé en 1986 par Alan Brown (de Big Flame). Keith Curtis (chant) et Noel Kilbride (guitare) se joignent au groupe en 1983.

Initialement signé chez Ron Johnson Records, ils sortent leur premier EP Loudhailer Songs qui les met sur le devant de la scène des groupes inspirés par Beefheart ayant émergé au milieu des années 1980, et son félicités par le magazine NME. Une critique de l'EP de Sounds le décrit comme  Ils gagnent l'intérêt en participant avec leur morceau Sharpened Sticks sur la compilation C86 l'année suivante.

Leur premier album, I Am John's Pancreas, suit en octobre 1986, entrant les classements du NME à la  place. Après une tournée allemande et néerlandaise avec leur collègues de Ron Johnson, Big Flame, A Witness recrute le multi-instrumentaliste Alan Brown à la batterie, à la place de leur boite à rythmes. Il contribue aussi aux arrangements et idées, notamment à celles du dernier single (I Love You) Mr Disposable Razors. Avec Brown à la batterie, A Witness sort deux singles 12" chez Ron Johnson (un en 1987 et l'autre en 1988) avant de se séparer. Communion édite la compilation américaine Sacred Cow Heart en 1988.

Le groupe est affecté par la mort du guitariste Rick Aitken, mort en Écosse en octobre 1989, juste avant une tournée britannique en soutien à The Wedding Present. À cet instant, le groupe préfère se séparer que continuer. Leurs troisième et quatrième sessions à la BBC pour John Peel sont compilées en un album (The Peel Sessions), et en un single, I Love You Mr. Disposable Razors, qui est publié à la mémoire de Aitken.

Discographie

Album studio

Singles
 1986 : Red Snake (Ron Johnson)
 1988 : One Foot In the Groove
 1989 : I Love You, Mr Disposable Razors

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Groupe anglais de rock indépendant
Groupe anglais de post-punk
Groupe musical britannique des années 1980
Groupe musical formé en 1982
Groupe musical séparé en 1989
Groupe musical reformé en 2013

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Culture Catches Up With E-Commerce, Now B-to-B is Catching Up With Culture
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Anyone with at least a decade of experience in B-to-B retail — listen up millennials — will tell you that e-commerce doesn't qualify as a new trend. It was the next big thing back when new episodes of "Seinfeld" regularly aired on NBC, when people used AOL, and even when NSYNC was on tour. So for me to say e-commerce is changing the face of business feels a lot like a Twitter feed riddled with Kim Kardashian's name — a little exhausted.
Yet, the numbers don't lie. Current statistics confirm that e-commerce is growing at an explosive rate. Online shopping is expected to reach $1.4 trillion this year, a 20 percent year-over-year growth, with a consumer base of over a billion people worldwide and counting. Retail powerhouse Amazon.com did an estimated $95 billion in gross sales last year, while its Chinese counterpart, Alibaba Group, did more business than Amazon and eBay combined!
So the question is: What finally clicked?
Two key driving forces have reshaped both the potential of e-commerce and the landscape of retail: increased consumer power and cloud capabilities.
Let's start with the ubiquity of the internet and consumers' presence on it. Every hour, the human race generates enough data from internet traffic to fill 7 billion DVDs. We consume more information in a day than our ancestors did in a lifetime. More people on this planet own mobile devices than toothbrushes. This may seem obvious — of course we have a greater online presence than ever before.
The result, however, has changed the relationship between buyers and sellers. With the proliferation of interaction and information, we're seeing a massive reversal of transaction leverage. Say goodbye to the adage "buyers beware"; it's now a buyer's market. Sellers beware. Consider the following:
92 percent of consumers trust other buyers' opinions over advertisements;
82 percent of all consumers research brands online before anywhere else; and
buyers complete 70 percent of their purchase process before coming into contact with a sales rep.
Buyers have options, and if they aren't getting what they want they now, they have the capacity to go elsewhere. Customer centricity and convenience are paramount — two things Amazon and Alibaba are very good at providing.
The next question then becomes, how do B-to-B companies match the success of B-to-C e-commerce giants?
The indirect result of an empowered generation of buyers is functionality of the consumer market has begun to bleed into the business world. The same shoppers who enjoy the functionality of Amazon and Alibaba are also business users. They expect that business applications will be as easy to use and functionally rich as those they use in their personal lives, inducing the consumerization of business technology and raising the bar for B-to-B e-commerce solutions. This required an intuitive, agile system that's capable not only of helping users quickly find what they want, but of suggesting new products before they even cross our minds.
While most enterprises are trying their best to sell effectively through all their channels, some of them are stretched beyond their core capabilities. While building a cloud infrastructure to compete with the likes of Amazon may feel as daunting as asking the Michigan Militia to take on the Roman Empire, the good news is that you don't have to be an Amazon to participate in this new era of big e-commerce.
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As a result, organizations benefit from capabilities unique to e-commerce, such as online product configuration, guided buying/selling, recommendations engines for cross-selling and upselling, asset-based ordering, and advanced workflows. In addition, physical storefronts and e-commerce sites can leverage a full quote-to-cash suite that provides functionality for contract and order management, renewals, and promotions and rebates.
In a nutshell, cloud-based SaaS technology is ushering in a new generation of e-commerce capabilities, and it's time so-called innovative companies get on board.
Kamal Ahluwalia is the chief marketing officer at Apttus, a platform that automates the "quote to cash" process within Salesforce.com.
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, née le , est une joueuse internationale de football japonaise.

Biographie

Le , elle fait ses débuts avec l'équipe nationale japonaise, lors d'un match contre l'équipe d'Angleterre.

Elle compte quatre sélections en équipe nationale du Japon entre 1981 et 1984.

Statistiques
Le tableau ci-dessous présente les statistiques de Emiko Kubo en équipe nationale :

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Lien externe

Footballeuse internationale japonaise
Naissance en décembre 1966
Naissance dans la préfecture d'Osaka


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Un appello alla ragione (titolo originale tedesco: Ein Appell an die Vernunft) è un saggio politico dello scrittore tedesco Thomas Mann, trascrizione di un discorso tenuto dallo stesso Mann il 17 ottobre 1930 a Berlino, e pubblicato nel 1930.

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Un appello alla ragione è il testo di un discorso tenuto da Thomas Mann a Berlino il 17 ottobre 1930, nella stessa sala Beethoven dove otto anni prima, il 15 ottobre 1922, Mann aveva tenuto il discorso Della repubblica tedesca col quale abbandonava le tesi antidemocratiche delle Considerazioni di un impolitico e aderiva al tentativo repubblicano della nuova Germania weimariana.  Tre giorni prima, il 14 settembre 1930, si erano svolte in Germania delle consultazioni politiche che avevano visto un aumento dei consensi del Partito nazista. Questi risultati spinsero lo scrittore a denunciare il pericolo nazista, a mettere in guardia i tedeschi dalla minaccia che avrebbe investito non soltanto la Germania, ma la pace mondiale, e a fare appello alla tradizione democratico-umanistica tedesca in difesa della democrazia e della civiltà. Il discorso fu disturbato da una ventina di militanti nazisti guidati da Arnolt Bronnen le minacce dei quali, terminata la conferenza, suggerirono a Thomas Mann di rifugiarsi nella vicina sala da concerto "Alte Philharmonie" da dove fu portato poi in salvo dal direttore d'orchestra Bruno Walter.

Il testo fu diffuso in un opuscolo a sé edito dalla S. Fischer Verlag di Berlino nel novembre 1930. Apparve poi, unito ad altri saggi polemici, nella silloge in lingua francese presentata da André Gide col titolo Avertissement à l'Europe; fu quindi pubblicata in Svizzera, dopo l'avvento di Hitler alla cancelleria, nella silloge in lingua tedesca intitolata Achtung, Europa! edita dalla Bermann Fischer Verlag di Stoccolma nel 1938. Non fu possibile pubblicarlo in Italia durante il regime fascista, nonostante i tentativi della Mazzucchetti, per cui apparve in lingua italiana, nella traduzione di Cristina Baseggio, soltanto nel 1947 nella silloge Moniti all'Europa pubblicata a cura di Lavinia Mazzucchetti.

Contenuto
Occasione del discorso è l'invito rivolto a Thomas Mann dalla Verband Deutscher Erzähler (Associazione dei Narratori Tedeschi) a leggere pagine del nuovo romanzo a cui sta lavorando. Mann ritiene però che, nelle circostanze che si sono create in Germania, non sia né conveniente né lecito limitarsi a «leggere un capitolo di romanzo e tornarsene poi a casa». Mann dichiara di non voler assumere la parte del praeceptor patriae e spacciarsi per un nuovo Fichte; pur non essendo fautore né dell'attivismo sociale, non lo è in questo momento storico neanche dell'idealismo estetico schilleriano, poiché ci sono momenti della vita collettiva in cui l'artista non può rinchiudersi nel suo «impulso interiore all'arte».

Mann rivendica la sua appartenenza alla borghesia tedesca, di cui non ha mai rinnegato i valori, e la sua fiducia morale nella Germania. L'esito delle recenti elezioni politiche, con la vistosa avanzata del partito nazista, non può essere spiegato soltanto dai problemi economici conseguenti all'iniquità del trattato di Versailles, ma dal sovrapporsi di una concomitante crisi spirituale: «il sentimento di una svolta storica, che annunciava la fine dell'epoca borghese, datante dalla Rivoluzione francese, e del suo mondo ideologico [...] e trovava la sua manifestazione artistica nel grido espressionistico dell'anima, la sua espressione filosofica nell'allontanamento dalla fede razionalistica [...] come un regresso irrazionalistico, che poneva il concetto della vita al centro del pensiero, che esaltava le forze dell'incoscio». Il nazionalsocialismo è differente dal nazionalismo cosmopolita e umanitario del XIX secolo «per il suo carattere sfrenato, per il suo culto orgiastico della natura» a cui consegue «una politica di stile grottesco, con maniere da esercito della Salvezza, con convulsioni di masse, con scampanellii da fiera, alleluia e monotona ripetizione di parole d'ordine alla maniera dei Dervisci». Lo spauracchio della borghesia tedesca è il vocabolo «marxista». Ma per Mann in Germania non esiste contrasto più acuto e più profondo di quello fra la socialdemocrazia tedesca e il marxismo ortodosso d'impronta moscovita comunista, e bene fece il ministro degli esteri Stresemann, il cui principale obiettivo politico era la revisione pacifica del patto di Versailles, ad appoggiarsi all'SPD. Mann conclude che «oggi il posto politico della borghesia tedesca è al fianco della socialdemocrazia» e che solo una politica estera che miri alla pace può garantire in Germania «un'atmosfera, in cui certe esigenze borghesi di felicità, quali la libertà, la spiritualità, la cultura, posseggono ancora una possibilità di vita. Ogni altra atmosfera comporterebbe una ascesi e un irrigidimento nazionale, che significherebbero il più terribile dissidio tra patria e cultura, quindi la sventura di noi tutti.»

Critica
Le proteste dei nazisti presenti alla conferenza di Mann furono numerose e vistose, ma non tali da determinarne l'interruzione a causa dei costanti applausi del pubblico, composto in maggioranza da liberali e socialdemocratici. Ci fu un trambusto al termine della conferenza determinato dall'intervento della forza pubblica e ciò diede visibilità ai nazionalsocialisti. Il quotidiano nazista Völkischer Beobachter affermò che la conferenza di Thomas Mann era stato un episodio di propaganda marxista.  Klaus Harpprecht, nella sua biografia di Thomas Mann, affermò che l'intervento pubblico di Mann colpì il pubblico presente per la chiarezza dell'esposizione, ma che le reazioni dei partiti politici antinazisti furono inadeguate soprattutto per i vincoli ideologici dei socialdemocratici. Anche Hermann Kurzke, un altro biografo di Thomas Mann, ha elogiato il discorso, sottolineando la chiarezza e il coraggio dell'autore, il quale non è ricorso alla retorica come in Considerazioni di un impolitico, ma analizza la situazione con freddezza e intelligenza, non esitando a dare consigli pratici. Qui Thomas Mann non è più l'artista che riduce la politico all'estetica, ma un pensatore politico che separa la sfera politica da quella estetica. Anche per Giorgio Napolitano la condizione reale della Germania e dei Tedeschi nell'ottobre 1930 è tracciato «con assoluta crudezza». Mann è colpito dal balzo in avanti compiuto dal partito nazionalsocialista e dalla gravissima crisi economica che ha investito la Germania, e da qui l'appello alla ragione di fronte a chi fa leva sulla forza del fanatismo. Per Napolitano, «in Un appello alla ragione è contenuta la più profonda riflessione sulle radici ideologiche del nazionalsocialismo, delle sue "correnti spirituali e pseudospirituali" che segnano una paurosa regressione nella storia tedesca.»

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Hillary Compares Egypt's Dismal Human Rights Record to US
Egyptian policemen sexually assaulted prisoner Imad Kabir with a broomstick.
The violent scene of Imad writhing in agony as he was being sodomised with a broomstick was filmed and later circulated on the Egyptian blogs.
Torture by security forces is common in Egypt.
The Egyptian victim of the violent police abuse, Imad Kabir (pictured above), was sentenced to three months in jail for resisting the abuse.
Egyptian blogger Karim Soliman (Karim Amer) was tortured in prison.
His blogging outraged religious authorities so he was jailed. There is no freedom of expression in Egypt.
When asked about Egypt's horrible human rights record, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton responded, "We all have room for improvement."
The Washington Post reported:
According to State's latest report on Egypt, issued Feb. 25, "the government's respect for human rights remained poor" during 2008 "and serious abuses continued in many areas." It cited torture by security forces and a decline in freedom of the press, association and religion. Ms. Clinton was asked about those conclusions during an interview she gave to the al-Arabiya satellite network in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Her reply contained no expression of concern about the deteriorating situation. "We issue these reports on every country," she said. "We hope that it will be taken in the spirit in which it is offered, that we all have room for improvement."
Ms. Clinton was then asked whether there would be any connection between the report and a prospective invitation to President Hosni Mubarak to visit Washington. "It is not in any way connected," she replied, adding: "I really consider President and Mrs. Mubarak to be friends of my family. So I hope to see him often here in Egypt and in the United States." Ms. Clinton's words will be treasured by al-Qaeda recruiters and anti-American propagandists throughout the Middle East. She appears oblivious to how offensive such statements are to the millions of Egyptians who loathe Mr. Mubarak's oppressive government and blame the United States for propping it up.
So, what happened to that "smart diplomacy" we were promised?
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PUBLISHED: September 17, 2019 at 4:45 p.m. | UPDATED: September 19, 2019 at 9:45 a.m.
For most of her adult life, this was the time of year when Lindsey Vonn would be in South America training for the upcoming ski racing season, so being a retired downhiller feels strange for the most successful female ski racer of all time.
One of her ex-coaches has been texting her photos of former teammates training in Portillo, Chile, where the U.S. Ski Team holds annual September training camps in the southern hemisphere's winter.
"I'm like, 'Can you please stop torturing me?' " said Vonn, who was in town to speak at Denver Startup Week, an event designed for entrepreneurs to network and hear speakers share their business acumen. "It's more weird now because I'm in Colorado and not in Portillo — I'm not antsy and looking forward to the winter. It's just a totally different feeling. My life doesn't revolve around winter anymore."
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That's not to say Vonn has no competitive outlet. She is in the process of creating a cosmetics company with the help of Chase Ink credit cards as a "partner."
Vonn said the name of her company will remain "top secret" until the line is launched next spring, but it will include five beauty products plus perfume.
"I didn't know what to expect when I retired, but now I'm focusing all of my competitive energy and drive into starting my own business," said Vonn, 34. "I've never started my own business, I don't really know what to do, so it's been really helpful having Chase help me and support me. … It's a learning process, but beauty is something I've always been passionate about."
Vonn was a fierce competitor on the slopes, winning 82 World Cup races and three Olympic medals, but early on she developed an eye for glamour. She was a regular on celebrity red carpets and was one of the first female ski racers to wear makeup when she competed. It was always a good bet she would be interviewed on TV after she raced.
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Bronze medalist Lindsey Vonn of the United States celebrates with the American flag after the women's alpine skiing Super-G on day nine of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics at Whistler Creekside on Feb. 20, 2010 in Whistler, Canada.
"Just because you're an athlete doesn't mean you can't be feminine," Vonn said. "It doesn't mean you can't put your best foot forward. To me, putting on makeup is like putting on my game face. When I have my makeup on, I feel like I'm ready to attack the world and anything is possible."
Vonn said she was deeply involved in testing her cosmetics and the perfume scent.
"I literally smelled different scents until my nose was raw, but I'm really excited about the perfume," Vonn said. "I wanted it to be for strong women, that when they walk in the room, people notice them — it just accentuates their strength."
Last month Vonn announced her engagement to P. K. Subban, an NHL defenseman who was traded over the summer from Nashville to the New Jersey Devils. Vonn and Subban spent much of the summer moving to New Jersey, and her home in Vail is for sale. The move to greater New York is convenient for her business dealings, but they're not making wedding arrangements just yet.
"He's focused on hockey and I'm focused on my business," Vonn said. "Once that settles down, after his season, maybe we'll start thinking about a wedding date."
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From its point of entry, to its culmination on the bluff, C hetco Point Park affords its visitors incredible views of the Pacific Ocean, Port of Brookings-Harbor, Macklyn Cove and more.
With its tide pools, sandy beaches, meandering foliage-covered path, wooden bridge and panoramic 360 degree views, a trip to the Point never disappoints. Visitors to the park can view native seals on the rocky outcroppings, a distant St. George's Reef Lighthouse and, during the season, whales!
Picnic tables are available in the park area which is also ADA accessible. The trail winds its way up to the bluff where panoramic views await! Lush foliage is abundant and wild flowers flourish from April through October.
In order to provide visitors access to the natural, breathtaking beauty of Chetco Point Park, the City impacts its nearly nine acres as minimally as possible.
Still visible are pilings and rock portions of the old wharf where the first locomotive and rail cars were brought into Brookings.


On July 17th I will be participating as one of the panelists for Axceler's second TweetJam.
Is traditional Enterprise Content Management (ECM) dead?
What have been the impacts, if any, of social collaboration on your company or clients?
Are you moving from a structured ECM model to amore unstructured, social collaboration model?
Is social collaboration impacting your company culture? If so, how?
What is the key to end user engagement in the enterprise?
What three things are critical to making ECM and social collaboration work together?
What does the future of enterprise collaboration look like?
Mark Fidelman (@markfidelman), Forbes columnist, author, and ceo of Evolve! Inc.
Jeff Shuey (@jshuey), director of alliances at WinShuttle, SMC Seattle board member, esq.
Eric Riz (@rizinsights), SharePoint MVP and evp at Concatenate, Inc.


The world needs more Desmond Tutus in this world. Learn and be inspired from our latest collection of Desmond Tutu quotes.
Desmond Tutu is a very colorful character; and that's not just because he wears a pink dress (or priest's habit, that is). Desmond Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983. A courageous and widely admired man, he won this prestigious prize for battling apartheid in South Africa. He also bears the distinction of being the first black man to be the Archbishop of Cape Town and the Bishop of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa.
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Russia and the United States are on the brink of a new arms race as future of vital arms control treaties in doubt.
On Feb. 1, U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo announced that the United States would suspend its obligations under the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and give notice of its intention to withdraw from that agreement in six months. The next day, President Vladimir Putin said Russia would also suspend its INF obligations. Moscow and Washington have decided to head down a risky path.
The primary cause of the treaty's demise is Russia's development and deployment of the 9M729, a prohibited land-based intermediate-range missile. The U.S. government for years called on Moscow to return to compliance but failed to adopt an effective political and military strategy to achieve that. In the months since John Bolton became national security advisor, it does not appear that Washington tried. Mr. Bolton's open antipathy to arms control likely explains that.
Mr. Bolton's disdain for arms control and the INF Treaty appears to have found a partner in the Russian military, which has long chafed under the treaty's ban on land-based intermediate-range missiles. Aside from the 9M729, the Russian Defense Ministry is apparently developing two other intermediate-range missiles — a land-based version of the Kaliber sea-launched cruise missile and a hypersonic missile — as supposed responses to a U.S. intermediate-range missile.
Note that the U.S. missile has not been deployed or even tested. In fact, the Pentagon has yet to disclose whether it will be a cruise or ballistic missile.
This charade recalls the time at the INF negotiations in 1983 when the Soviet chief negotiator claimed that the Soviet SS-20 missile was a "response" to the U.S. Pershing II. Considering that the SS-20 was deployed in 1976, seven years before deployment of the Pershing II, the SS-20 as a response showed remarkable prescience on the part of Soviet military planners.
Putin Says Russia Suspends INF Nuclear Deal With U.S.
With Moscow continuing its violation of the INF Treaty and Washington showing little interest in its preservation, it is all but certain the treaty will come to a formal end in six months.
That will leave just one treaty regulating U.S. and Russian nuclear forces: the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START, sometimes referred to in Russia as START III). In contrast to the INF Treaty, both sides met New START's limits when they took full effect in February 2018. Russian officials have complained that the U.S. military converted some U.S. systems so that they would not count under New START in an inappropriate manner, an issue that is being discussed in the treaty's channel for addressing compliance issues.
New START, however, expires by its terms in just two years. It can be extended by up to five years, and Russian officials have indicated an interest in extension.
Extending New START would be in the U.S. interest. Extension would cap Russian strategic forces to 2026 while not impacting U.S. modernization plans, since those plans are designed to fit within New START's limits (the same may be true of the Russian side, but the Russian military has not disclosed its planned future strategic force structure). Extension would also continue the flow of important information between the two sides provided by the treaty's data exchanges, notifications, inspections and other verification measures.
Extending New START should be an easy decision for Washington. Indeed, it would be an easy decision for most U.S. administrations. The administration of Donald Trump, however, is not most U.S. administrations.
This poses a novel situation for the Kremlin. In the past, Soviet and Russian leaders usually could assume that their American counterparts were as — or often more — interested in arms control than they were in Moscow. Not so today.
This opens the disturbing prospect that the INF Treaty will die this summer while New START ends in February 2021. No constraints will then govern Russian or U.S. nuclear forces. Neither side should welcome that situation, which will be less stable, less predictable and less secure.
In the late 1960s, President Richard Nixon and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev recognized that piling up more and more strategic missiles did not improve either side's security. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev came to a similar conclusion with regard to both intermediate-range missiles and strategic nuclear forces in the 1980s. Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev likewise saw the value in regulating nuclear arms nine years ago.
We can only hope that — before the two countries proceed too far down their current path and things get out of hand — such wisdom returns to the Kremlin and the White House.
Steven Pifer is a William Perry fellow at Stanford University's Center for International Security and Cooperation and a nonresident fellow with the Brookings Institution. The views expressed in opinion pieces do not necessarily reflect the position of The Moscow Times.
The United States' full withdrawal from the INF Treaty would not herald the start of a new Cold War, Sergei Lavrov said on Monday.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says the country is ready for dialogue with the United States.
Russia has said it was planning for a U.S. deployment of new nuclear missiles in Europe following Washington's planned withdrawal from the treaty.
Putin said Russia would deploy its first regiment of hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles next year.


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This is a continuation of last week. I got maybe 25% through what I wanted to share then.
"When fifteen-year-old Dee is left at her grandpa's farm in rural Washington, she thinks her life is over. She may be right.
An electromagnetic-pulse attack has destroyed the country's power grid, sending the United States back to the Dark Ages. Now Dee and Grandpa must face a world without electricity and clean water—let alone cell phones and the Internet—as well as the chaos brought on by this sudden catastrophe. Soon their town begins to collapse as disease and lawlessness run rampant. With handsome, troubled Mason and friendly boy-next-door Hyrum at her side, Dee fights to survive and deals with a new, undeniable attraction at the same time.
Meanwhile, a corrupt, power-crazed sheriff is administering a terrifying brutality and preying on the sick and the well supplied. When he sets his sights on Grandpa's farm, can Dee put her feelings aside to save her home—and take back the power she'd feared was forever lost?"
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"Trenton Colman is a creative thirteen-year-old boy with a knack for all things mechanical. But his talents are viewed with suspicion in Cove, a steam-powered city built inside a mountain. In Cove, creativity is a crime and "invention" is a curse word.
Kallista Babbage is a repair technician and daughter of the notorious Leo Babbage, whose father died in an explosion—an event the leaders of Cove point to as an example of the danger of creativity.
Working together, Trenton and Kallista learn that Leo Babbage was developing a secret project before he perished. Following clues he left behind, they begin to assemble a strange machine that is unlikely anything they've ever seen before. They soon discover that what they are building may threaten every truth their city is founded on—and quite possibly their very lives."
"Lord Fenton is a gambler, a dandy, and a flirt—and he must marry or else he will be disinherited, stripped of his wealth and his position. He chooses Alice Stanbridge for two simple reasons: he once knew her as a young girl, and she is the least objectionable option available to him.
However, Alice has harbored feelings for Fenton since their first meeting ten years ago, and she believes his proposal is real. When she discovers it is not, she is embarrassed and hurt. However, a match with the most-eligible bachelor in London would secure not only her future but that of her family as well.
Determined to protect herself from making a fool of herself a second time, Alice matches Lord Fenton wit for wit and insult for insult as they move toward a marriage of convenience that is anything but a happy union. Only when faced with family secrets that have shaped Fenton's life does he let down his guard enough to find room in his heart for Alice. But can Alice risk her heart a second time?"
"Imagine a time when the gods turn a blind eye to the agony of men, when the last of the hellions roam the plains and evil stirs beyond the edges of the map. A time when cities burn, and in their ashes, empires rise.
Alexander, Macedonia's sixteen-year-old heir, is on the brink of discovering his fated role in conquering the known world but finds himself drawn to newcomer Katerina, who must navigate the dark secrets of court life while hiding her own mission: kill the Queen. But Kat's first love, Jacob, will go to unthinkable lengths to win her, even if it means competing for her heart with Hephaestion, a murderer sheltered by the prince. And far across the sea, Zofia, a Persian princess and Alexander's unmet fiancée, wants to alter her destiny by seeking the famed and deadly Spirit Eaters.
Weaving fantasy with the salacious and fascinating details of real history, New York Times bestselling author Eleanor Herman reimagines the greatest emperor the world has ever known: Alexander the Great, in the first book of the Blood of Gods and Royals series."
"The demon Prince of Eriis has turned out to be something of a disappointment.
Rhuun is crap at magic. He can't fly, can't even shoot flames from his hands – the only trick he's mastered at all is disappearing into the shadows. His poor girlfriend has just about had it with him. It's no wonder he drinks. All he does is daydream about visiting the other world, the world without magic – the human world of Mistra. Of course, no one has been there for a generation – when the humans won the war and sealed the mystical Door between the worlds. But Rhuun knows all about the humans. He's got a book, the only human book on Eriis, and he's been studying it his whole life. The fact that his book is a bodice ripping romance novel, well, it'll make his adventures in the human world a little more complicated. For one thing, he'll have to learn that women do not generally like to be called 'wench.'
Over in Mistra, Lelet va'Everly could use a little magic herself. Parties and boys have lost their luster, and she's desperate for an adventure. When a bizarre, exasperating, extremely good looking – and hot (literally) stranger shows up, he might be the person – and purpose -. she's been looking for. (But why does he keep calling her a wench?)
Sometimes love doesn't change the world – it changes all of them."
"Epidemic! An ancient virus has surfaced on Long Island, NY, turning its victims into black-veined, infectious, psychopathic killers. Chaos and madness rule.In desperation, the military quarantines the island, trapping Melanie Bailey and herautistic son, Aiden. Somehow Aiden survives infection. He could be the key to a cure…if Melanie can get him to the mainland.Gang leader Jimmy Wade also survives the virus, but he's acquired a hunger for human flesh. Believing consuming Aiden will make him all-powerful, he and his gang hunt the boy. Melanie and Aiden must evade both Wade's tightening grip and the growing army of the infected in an impossible escape from what all call Q Island."
"Nothing can stop Raine Cooper when she wants something...
Raine finally knows that her gorgeous neighbor, Torin St. James, is a legend straight out of Norse mythology, and that her feelings for him are strong. Torin is crazy about Raine too, breaking the one rule he lives by: Never fall for a mortal. The problem is he no longer remembers her, his memories erased by Norns—Norse destiny deities—to punish her for defying them.
So Raine comes up with a plan...
She will make Torin forget his one rule a second time and fall in love with her all over again.
But she quickly learns that well-laid plans do not work when dealing with deities and supernatural beings. Desperate, Raine makes choices that could not only tear her and Torin further apart, but lead to the destruction of everything and everyone she loves"
"Calvin isn't a teenager, not really; instead, he's spent his life trying to protect his mother and sister from his alcoholic father. Calvin keeps a knife close and sleeps with one eye open, even years after his father has left the family. A summer vacation spent at their late grandfather's estate promises him and his sister the chance to leave their problems behind.
Instead of blissful freedom, they find the old house harbors secrets at every turn, like a mysterious stone door in the forest with rumored powers to give its entrants the gift of future-seeing. When Calvin faces the return of his seemingly-reformed father, he throws himself through the door to receive the gift of foresight. But the door offers more doubt than certainty, and the future he sees is riddled with disturbing confusion. With a revenge-obsessed lawyer hunting him down and a secret society out to control him, Calvin must figure out how to stop what he's started before he loses what he holds most dear.
As he battles the legacies of his past and the shadows of his future, Calvin must accept help from unlikely sources, give trust he never thought possible, and learn that the greatest challenges lie not in the things to come, but in the present moment."
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Most of these were FREE when I got them in the past month. So feel free to check as some of them might still be there!
"SOCCER MOM IN OUR WORLD.PROMISED DELIVERER IN ANOTHER.Susan Mitchell thought she was an ordinary homemaker. She was wrong. Pulled through a portal into another world, she finds a desperate nation waiting for a promised Restorer.While she struggles to adapt to a foreign culture, she tackles an enemy that is poisoning the minds of the people, uncovers a corrupt ruling Council, and embraces a profound spiritual journey.Will this adventure demand her life? Can she find a way back to her family? She has always longed to do something important for God, but can she fill this role?"
"When a string of increasingly brutal serial murders spills into his jurisdiction, William Coe, a Homicide detective stricken with OCD and an eidetic memory, is forced to search for answers as the body count grows. As clues begin to surface, Coe starts to wonder about the exact nature of the killer he's after. In a game of cat and mouse that could make or break his career, he's forced to follow a trail that will lead him to places darker than he could have ever imagined..."
"Game of Thrones meets The Walking Dead in this post-apocalyptic zombie series.
Thousands of years after a zombie apocalypse wiped out the majority of humans, the world is a very different and harsh place. It's safest to live behind the fortified walls of the Kingdom of Golden Rock, or it least it had been. Rumors of an army of dead led by a man calling himself The Scholar have proven true, and even the most secure cities are no match for his undead soldiers. The Scholar's goal is to crush the world of the living, but he also wants to capture a simple baker named Saffi, though no one seems to know why.
Saffi's father vows to protect his daughter, and flees The Scholar's path, only to fall prey to other evils of the world outside the walls. In just one day's time, Ward and Saffi's lives will be forever altered, and the secret about why The Scholar wants her will be revealed."
"Michael Evans is only in rural St. Davids to maintain a low profile after his time spent as a city cop ended in disaster. The town is perfect for him: isolated. A tiny population. Virtually no crime.
Until the night the strange canisters fall from the sky and the town priest starts killing people with his teeth. To Michael, the bloodbath looks like a murder case that the quiet town's two police officers can't possibly handle.
But this isn't just a crime scene.
And the priest is just the beginning..."
"In the time after The Black, human survivors of the Southern Claw Alliance clash with vampire legions of the Ebon Cities in a constant war for survival. Earth as we know it has been forever damaged by an arcane storm that fused our world with distant realms of madness and terror. Things that once existed only in our nightmares stalk the earth.
Now, humanity is threatened by one of its own.
Eric Cross, an enlisted warlock in the Southern Claw military, is part of an elite team of soldiers and mages in pursuit of a woman known as Red -- a witch whose stolen knowledge threatens the future of the human race. The members of Viper Squad will traverse haunted forests and blighted tundra in their search for the traitor, a journey that ultimately leads them to the necropolis of Koth.
There, in that haven of renegade undead, Cross will discover the dark origins of magic, and the true meaning of sacrifice...
Experience a dark and deadly new world in the debut novel of the "Blood Skies" series from author Steven Montano."
"Orphaned at eight years old, Ellie developed an ability to help her navigate the cold, indifferent world where she found herself. Armed with the knowledge of a person's true intentions, she learned it was safer to be alone. Then Jake Coulter slipped through her defenses by offering the promise of a normal, happy life. After narrowly escaping a dark truth that Jake hid from her, Ellie retreated from the world in an act of self-preservation.
Drawn out of her protective bubble when a friend insists on playing matchmaker, Ellie meets a handsome doctor. With some persistent coaxing, Ellie warms to the idea that she may have found a reason to let her guard down. She rediscovers her hope for an ordinary, yet extraordinary life.
Accepting a seemingly innocent favor, Ellie finds herself the caretaker of the Bradford mansion, an impressive home with its own mysterious past. Curious about a life that she could never have, she delves into the mansion's history. Soon Ellie realizes that danger lurks in its empty rooms. When Jake resurfaces with premonitions of Ellie's death, Ellie's new life is turned upside down as a simple truth is revealed. Ellie's life can never be normal because something old and evil has been searching for her for a long time. And now it has found her."
"A new flu strain has been spreading across Africa, Europe, and Asia. Disturbing news footage is flooding the cable news channels. People are worried. People are frightened. But Zed Zane is oblivious.
Zed needs to borrow rent money from his parents. He gets up Sunday morning, drinks enough tequila to stifle his pride and heads to his mom's house for a lunch of begging, again.
But something is wrong. There's blood in the foyer. His mother's corpse is on the living room floor. Zed's stepdad, Dan is wild with crazy-eyed violence and attacks Zed when he comes into the house. They struggle into the kitchen. Dan's yellow teeth tear at Zed's arm but Zed grabs a knife and stabs Dan, thirty-seven times, or so the police later say.
With infection burning in his blood, Zed is arrested for murder but the world is falling apart and he soon finds himself back on the street, fighting for his life among the infected who would kill him and the normal people, who fear him."
"An unlikely savior emerges to prevent the advent of mass destruction and genocide descending on the world…
Los Angeles, 2040. When the terrorist known as Medusa threatens to kill millions with a stolen nuclear bomb, Nick Jameson makes a fateful decision. He reveals himself on global television as a Daywalker - a vampire with a soul. To save Los Angeles, Nick exposes not only his own gifts but three separate cultures based on millennia-old magic.
The three metahuman races exist in careful balance, working to maintain a fragile peace. Nick and his fellow Daywalkers successfully master their natural bloodlust. The Sentinels, armed with both magic and steel, repress their warlike instincts. And even some Nightwalkers, normally their natural enemies, have deserted the Court of Shadows to join the triple alliance. Nick Jameson is deeply involved with two such Nightwalkers - handsome Lorcan and powerful Rory. Both men love Nick. But neither can protect the new Ambassador to Humanity from the events he has set in motion.
By the Sword
Jeremy Harkness was lured into Medusa's service under false pretenses. A loner with no one and nothing to cling to, he was willing to die for his cause. But the night Medusa tried to obliterate Los Angeles, Jeremy met Nick Jameson, triggering the onset of his own psychic gifts. For Jeremy is the third race of metahuman, a Sentinel, born to kill the Nightwalkers with no quarter asked or offered. And neither Medusa nor the Court of Shadows will settle for peace when they can make war.
Betrayal and treachery lurk around every corner on the road to coexistence, and at every turn, Nick must question who to trust among his metahuman allies, friends, and lovers—before their civilization is plunged into the depths of darkness and bloodshed. With millennia-old magic, emerging romance, and ever-shifting allegiances, this inventive series unveils a scintillating, homoerotic world of Nightwalkers, Daywalkers, Sentinels, and Humans, who battle for world dominance in the not-too-distant future."
"Everyone knows magic users and werewolves are intrinsically diametrically opposed...
Seattle Police Detective Ethan Ellison, born into a long line of Quebecois magicians, leads a fairly unassuming life working Theft and consulting on magical misdemeanors. He's spent eight years building a life for himself in Seattle, far from his father's shadow. He works hard, lives under the radar, and fucks whoever catches his eye.
Detective Patrick Clanahan, beta-heir to Pack McClanahan, is a tightly wired bundle of rage and guilt, still trying to come to terms with the murder of his last partner.
When a human woman is murdered in werewolf territory under suspicious circumstances, Ethan is reassigned to worked the case with Clanahan in the hopes that he'll be able to balance out the wolf's rougher edges.
Too bad they mostly just rub each other the wrong way.
This is the first of three books in the BLOOD & BONE TRILOGY.
DISCLAIMER This work contains language and sexual content that may not be suitable for readers under 18. This work contains sexual MALE/MALE content. Not your cup of tea? Don't read it."
"In a post apocalyptic dystopian world ravaged by two warring gods Ben Casper lives in a crumbling shopping mall called The Glass Palace with his family. He's just come back from a rites of passage into the brutal outside world that officially makes him an adult. Now he must get married and be trained to take over from his father as Mayor. Except he sees things differently now; he falls in love with his friend's brother and makes a friend in a member of the Felum, a vicious human/cat hybrid tribe. He doesn't want responsibility. Only he might have it thrust upon him when he becomes embroiled in a conspiracy to kill the gods; a plot that could lead everyone he loves into mortal danger...
This is the first volume of The God Slayers Quartet"
"Relinquish Control has just opened its doors in Seattle, and already we are not shy for customers. Relinquish Control is an exclusive escort service catering to the most distinguished customers, from business magnates to foreign royalty. This proven and well-established international business offers an elite selection of women who are ready and willing to attend to your every need with no questions asked. Confidentiality is our special obligation.
Jewell Weston is homeless and desperate at age twenty-four. Two years ago, she quit her job to care for her ailing mother and her young brother; the medical bills incurred because of the cancer that killed her mother two months ago took everything the family had, and the state then took away her brother, now age fourteen. The only way for her to get the boy back is by finding a job and securing a home.
When she's approached by a woman in cashmere and pearls who tells her she can change her life, and is handed a card with the business name Relinquish Control on it, she thinks she has nothing to lose by calling the phone number. Maybe this will be the answer to her prayers, a way to save her little brother from the nightmarish foster home he's been placed in.
Blake Knight, known to the world as cold and without a heart, is given an exclusive membership to Relinquish Control by his devilish younger brother, who thinks it would be amusing to make his staid brother squirm. Little does this brother realize that Blake does indeed have unusual desires that Relinquish Control can cater to perfectly. What started as a joke turns out to be just what Blake needs. Though the world sees this man as deliberate and emotionless, it's nothing but a façade. What lies underneath would shock all those who know him.
When he and his two brothers were six, eight and ten, they were tied up and forced to watch while their parents were murdered. The image has been burned into their minds, though they've tried to forget, leaving each of them guarded and unwilling to give their trust to anyone other than each other. No one is allowed to have their hearts. The brothers would never think of letting down their guard with anyone else, certainly not with a woman.
Follow Blake and Jewell's journey and see if they can find a happily ever after…"
"Author Jeff Powell wakes up to find the impossible has happened. He is within his own novel—summoned into the fictional world of Feldall's Keep by a spell he didn't write. One the House enchantress hasn't figured out how to reverse.
When the villain he's been struggling to write reveals himself, unleashing waves of terror and chaos, Jeff must use more than his imagination to save the characters he created—and the woman he loves.
Trapped within a world of his own creation, he must step outside the bounds of his narrative to help his characters defeat an evil no one anticipated, even if he must sacrifice his greatest gift. In the end, he has to ask: are novels really fiction, or windows into other worlds?"
"Myranda is a young woman more interested in staying alive than being a hero. Orphaned by a continent-spanning war that has gone on for decades too long and shunned for failing to support it, she has been on the move since she was only a child. One can hardly blame her when she thinks that the chance discovery of a fallen soldier's priceless cargo is the moment that will change her life. No one could predict just how great that change would be. It will lead her through an adventure of rebels and generals, of wizards and warriors, and of beasts both noble and monstrous. Each step of the way will take her closer to the truth of her potential, of the war, and of the fate of her world."
"To a master alchemist like Addie, impossible is just another word for challenge. When a fiery explosion destroys the Alchemica, the premier alchemy institute in the United States, she's left with nothing. No home, no colleagues, and no memory. Learning what happened seems impossible, but she still has one strength, and in her opinion, it's the only one she needs. She hasn't forgotten a thing about alchemy.
Addie brews a potion to restore her lost past, but remembers only the flames of the Alchemica's destruction—and a man among the ashes. A man with the elemental power of fire, who just happens to be the leader of the magical community. He might know what happened, but getting him to tell her will require some…creativity. The magical aren't fond of alchemists. Some say it borders on hatred, but Addie isn't one to back down from a challenge, even if that challenge happens to be a man who can turn her to ash with a thought."
"Gabriel never expected Princess Robyn to show up at his manor after word of her sudden disappearance. Because of his remarkable talent in wielding the elements, however, he is appointed her protector until she can take the throne, but word of his magical power slowly spreads to untrusting ears.
Imprisoned because his abilities constitute a threat, Gabriel fights for his freedom as Princess Robyn is forced to fight for her throne.
Only through learning the true meaning of strength can either of them be saved, but all power comes with a cost."
"There ARE creatures lurking in the dead of night... Seventeen year old Nikki and her twin brother, Nathan, move to the small town of Shore Lake to start over after their mother is brutally attacked. When a missing teenager washes up on shore during their first night at the cabin and there are whispers of vampires in Shore Lake, Nikki begins to realize that there are things roaming in the darkness that are far more sinister than what they left behind in the big city.
This book contains some graphic language, violence, and mild sexual situations."
"Discover today a new dimension that will remove you from reality as you know it. Welcome to the new book series: Ancient Guardians. Book One, The Legacy of the Key, promises to give you a fun, new, and thrilling reading experience!
No matter where you are, facing your reality with passion and purpose will always lead down the path you were intended to go.
Reece Bryant was able to pick up the pieces of her broken life after the sudden death of her father. Though emotionally draining, she found the courage to move on, which would have made her father proud.
After finalizing the last of his estate, and returning to pursue her degree in medical school, she has never felt so confident. While making her way through this world on her own, she is
suddenly confronted with the truth of her existence, and the reality of her future.
It is when she encounters two alluring and mysterious men, that a series of extraordinary events takes place, putting Reece's life in grave danger. With her life in the balance, Reece must blindly trust the two mysterious strangers; and when she does, she is brought into an enchanting world that is beyond her logical comprehension. This captivating land reveals new worlds and new dimensions to which her existence is paramount.
But it is once she falls in love with the stunning Levi Oxley that everything will change, and Reece's life will be in more danger than ever before. Forced to return to Earth and face a Council of Worlds, Reece discovers there is more to this enchanting dimension than she could
have ever imagined.
At a moment's notice, even thru the fog of our denial, our journey can become
crystal clear. And within the revelation, once our fear subsides, we can find contentment and purpose if we focus on the things that matter most.
Trust—Courage—Love."
"Thirteen year old Adenine is kept prisoner by her family. The last carrier of the Death Plague that, along with the war, wiped out thousands of her country's people twenty-five years ago, she isolates herself in her attic bedroom to avoid infecting others.
When her mother fails to bring her food, Adenine begins to starve. Driven by hunger and fear, Adenine ventures into the house and discovers her mother bedridden and sick. Despite her terror of infecting others, Adenine fumbles her way out into the streets of war-torn Borrelia in search of the town's doctor.
Her courage brings her friends... and sinister enemies that plot and plan against her. Adenine's mother is keeping secrets, her friends are lying to her, and when dangers arise she must decide to fight or run."
"Dagdron was raised as a rogue, his dagger his only companion and pickpocketing his favorite pastime. But when his father forces him to attend the Adventurers' Academy, where warriors, enchanters, and rogues learn how to fulfill quests to become heroes, Dagdron must face a whole new life. When Dagdron is accused of stealing the Arch of Avooblis, he and his ever-honorable roommate, Earl, embark on a quest to recover the magical crystal. Along the way they must deal with the mysterious Headmaster Gwauldron, a snobby princess-enchantress, and the fact that their involvement with the Arch of Avooblis may very well cost them their lives."
"'My name is Lucas Soul. Today, I died again. This is my fifteenth death in the last four hundred and fifty years.'
Soul is an outcast of the immortal societies. Born of a Bastian mother and a Crovir father, a half breed whose very existence is abhorred by the two races, he spends the first three hundred and fifty years of his life being chased and killed by the Hunters.
One fall night in Boston, the Hunt starts again, resulting in Soul's fifteenth death and triggering a chain of events that sends him on the run with Reid Hasley, a former US Marine and his human business partner of ten years. From Paris to Prague, their search for answers will lead them deep into the immortal societies and bring them face to face with someone from Soul's past. Shocking secrets are uncovered and fresh allies come to the fore as they attempt to put a stop to a new and terrifying threat to both immortals and humans.
Time is running out for Soul. Can he get to the truth before his seventeenth death, protect the ones he loves and prevent another immortal war?"
"On the morning before her 67th death, it is business as usual for Jesse Sullivan: meet with the mortician, counsel soon-to-be-dead clients, and have coffee while reading the latest regeneration theory. Jesse dies for a living, literally. As a Necronite, she is one of the population's rare 2% who can serve as a death replacement agent, dying so others don't have to. Although each death is different, the result is the same: a life is saved, and Jesse resurrects days later with sore muscles, new scars, and another hole in her memory.
But when Jesse is murdered and becomes the sole suspect in a federal investigation, more than her freedom and sanity are at stake. She must catch the killer herself—or die trying."
"Blood never lies, but people do...
With the King of Altera on his deathbed, all eyes are on his only child, eighteen-year-old
Angeline Robart. Called from her studies to return to her father's side, the Crown Princess is kidnapped en route by Connor, a mysterious rogue who has been waiting a long time for the chance to change his destiny.
Facing the consequences of a freak accident that even Connor could not prevent, Angeline is forced to travel a dangerous path to regain control of her fate and her kingdom. Her impossible choice requires her to rely on Connor, who epitomizes everything generations of her family tried to destroy.
As the last of the Robart bloodline, Angeline discovers that enemies she thought long conquered have been lying in wait for just such an opportunity as her father's death to turn events to their advantage. Worse yet, by uncovering those secrets, Angeline must confront the possibility that no one ever expected her to take the throne in anything but title alone.
As her bond with Connor grows stronger, she realizes they have far more in common than she ever expected, and that could make him just the ally she needs."
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"In the year 1692, life changes forever for ten-year-old Abigail Faulkner and her family. In Salem, Massachusetts, witches have been found, and widespread fear and panic reign mere miles from Abigail's home of Andover. When two girls are brought from Salem to identify witches in Andover, suspicion sweeps the town as well-respected members of the community are accused of witchcraft. It isn't long before chaos consumes Andover, and the Faulkners find themselves in the center of it all when friend turns themselves in the center of it all when friend turns against friend, neighbor against neighbor, in a desperate fight for the truth. At the heart of this gripping story are Abigail and her sister, Dorothy, who together must find a way to persevere during a period marked by terror, adversity, and ignorance.Told from Abigail's point of view and based on actual events in the author's own family histoy, "The Sacrifice" offers a unique perspective of the Salem witch trials by delving into the devestating effects the trials had not just in Salem but throughout Massachusetts."
"When sixteen-year-old Zoey Redbird is "Marked" by a vampyre tracker and begins to undergo the "Change" into an actual vampyre, she has to leave her family and move into the House of Night, a boarding school in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for other fledgling vampyres like her. It's tough to begin a new life away from her parents and friends, and on top of that, Zoey finds she is no average fledgling. She has been singled out by the vampyre Goddess, Nyx. Although Zoey has awesome new powers, it's hard to fit in when everyone knows she's special. As she tries to make new friends and maybe find a hot boyfriend (or two), she comes up against all kinds of evil, from the perfect-looking, super-popular girl with not-so-faultless plans, to the mysterious deaths happening at the House of Night and all over Tulsa. Things at the House of Night are not always what they seem. Can Zoey find the courage deep within herself to discover the truth and embrace her destiny?"
"Far above the world of humans, among misty mountain peaks ringed with clouds, the Phantom Saints hold sway. This story opens with a battle between the Phantom Saint of the Red Phoenix and his protege, Dark, who has trouble besting his mentor. Dark finally succeeds when he takes Red Phoenix's advice and, in Oedipal fashion and with the Red Phoenix's full consent, strikes down the reigning saint. Dark, a confused 14-year-old, must bear the guilt and responsibility of the murder; he has become the new Phantom Saint of the Red Phoenix. Now the adventures really begin. While journeying to neutral territory, the befuddled Dark trespasses on the realm of the Phantom Saint of the Blue Dragon, setting up the book's second half. The penalty for trespassing is death, so readers are again treated to scenes of battle in a barren mountaintop wilderness. The Blue Dragon team has its own back story, involving secret love and reincarnation, so there's plenty of dialogue between sword blows. At its core, this work is a series of battle scenes strung together with some tasty mythology. While Asamiya's heroes are standard-issue manga characters, his rocky landscapes are truly masterful, evoking a world where the winds howl and nothing grows. When Dark makes a final mistake and is sentenced to wander without his identity-proving sword, the hostility of his universe is unmistakable. Asamiya has created a world any battle-loving manga fan should enjoy."
"Hitomi Hoshino, a 16-year-old high schooler with an interest in mysticism, experiences strange dreams at night. A mysterious temple, a tremendous jewel, a shadowy prince - the images trouble her, and a strange incantation keeps echoing in her mind. During a simple fortune-telling one day Hitomi feels a magical pull, and in a shocking moment the dream incantation drags her from her body. She wakes up in a strange world where the Earth hangs in the sky and a headstrong prince asks her to power his god. Where is she? Why has she been transported? And will she really be able to wake the deity Escaflowne?"
"What would you do if you turned into a Pokémon?
Ginji is a regular schoolboy until he wakes up one day as a Torchic!
Before Ginji can figure out how to change back, a friendly Mudkip convinces him to become his partner and form a Rescue Team. Saving adorable Pokémon from disaster is exciting work, but can Ginji save himself? Will he ever be human again? And has his transformation turned the Pokémon world topsy-turvy?
The adventure - and mystery - is on!"
"Harrowing confrontations with the merciless Ilse Witch and the monstrous Antrax have taken their toll on the intrepid heroes aboard the airship "Jerle Shannara". But their darkest adversary now snaps at their heels, in the form of the Morgawr - feeder upon the souls of his enemies and centuries-old sorcerer of unimaginable might with a fleet of airships and a crew of walking dead men at his command. The Morgawr's goal is twofold: find and control the fabled ancient books of magic and destroy the dark disciple who betrayed him - the Ilse Witch. Now at the mercy of those who seek vengeance against her, the use Witch's only protector is her long-lost brother, Bek Ohmsford, who is determined to redeem his beloved sister . . . and to fulfill her destiny."
"From the moment sixteen-year-old Madison Grant is abducted, an unthinkable terrorist plot is set in motion--pitting Special Agent Kelly Jones against her most powerful adversary yet. The kidnapper's ransom demands aren't monetary...they come at a cost that no American can afford to pay.As Kelly's fiance, Jake Riley, races to find Madison, Kelly is assigned to another disturbing case: the murder and dismemberment of a senator. At first the two cases don't appear to be related. But as Kelly navigates her way through the darkest communities of America--from skinheads to biker gangs to border militias--she discovers a horrible truth. A shadowy figure who calls himself The Gatekeeper is uniting hate groups, opening the door to the worst homegrown attack in American history."
"For centuries they've lived in secret among northern England's green and misted hills. Creatures of extraordinary beauty, power, and sensuality, they possess the ability to shape-shift from human to dragon and back again. Now their secret—and their survival—is threatened by a temptation that will break every boundary.
Dubbed the Smoke Thief, a daring jewel thief is confounding the London police. His wealthy victims claim the master burglar can walk through walls and vanish into thin air. But Christoff, the charismatic Marquess of Langford, knows the truth: the thief is no ordinary human but a "runner" who's fled Darkfrith without permission. As Alpha leader of the drákon, it's Kit's duty to capture the fugitive before the secrets of the tribe are revealed to mortals. But not even Kit suspects that the Smoke Thief could be a woman.
Clarissa Rue Hawthorne knew her dangerous exploits would attract the attention of the drákon. But she didn't expect Christoff himself to come to London, dangling the tribe's most valuable jewel—the Langford Diamond—as bait. For as long as she could remember, Rue had lived the life of a halfling—half drákon, half mortal—and an outcast in both worlds. She'd always loved the handsome and willful Kit from the only place it was safe: from afar. But now she was no longer the shy, timid girl she'd once been. She was the first woman capable of making the Turn in four generations. So why did she still feel the same dizzying sense of vulnerability whenever he was near?
From the moment he saw her, Kit knew that the alluring and powerful beauty was every bit his Alpha equal and destined to be his bride. And by the harsh laws of the drákon, Rue knew that she was the property of the marquess. But they will risk banishment and worse for a chance at something greater. For now Rue is his prisoner, the diamond has disappeared, and she's made the kind of dangerous proposition a man like Kit cannot resist."
"The City of Towers launches a brand new novel line set in the world of Eberron, Wizards of the Coast's newest D&D(R) campaign setting.
Author Keith Baker's proposal for the exciting world of Eberron was chosen from 11,000 submissions, and he is the co-author of the Eberron Campaign Setting, the RPG product that launched the setting. The Eberron world will continue to grow through new roleplaying game products, novels, miniatures, and electronic games.
AUTHOR BIO: Keith Baker is a freelance writer and game designer. In 2003 his proposal for the world of Eberron was selected as the winner in the Wizards of the Coast fantasy setting search"
"Four years after Tom and Abby's 12-year-old daughter vanishes, she is found alive but strangely calm. When the teen refuses to testify against the man connected to her disappearance, Tom decides to investigate the traumatizing case on his own. Nothing can prepare him for what he is about to discover."
Gifts and Giveaway wins
"Fever Devilin is killed by an intruder. He doesn't stay dead - thanks to an emergency medical team - but he does slip into a months-long coma. When he comes out of it, there are two things he now knows: that he's been dreaming about the legendary Paris 20's café scene and that his would-be killer was after a blue tin box, containing a photo of what Fever believes to be an angel. As Fever struggles to recover, out there is a would-be killer who must be found while there's still time."
And still more to come next week *sigh* So many books have been added to my collection lately but I fear it is already a bit overwhelming to look at for many. So to be continued...
Current Giveaways:
4th of July Giveaway Hop-tote bag, books and Jamba Juice GC! US only, ends July 4
June New release Giveaway-Book of choice- Ends June 30, INT
chucklesthescot June 20, 2015 at 2:38 AM
I have Panic on my tbr at the moment with a pile of other zombie books. I've read the first book in the Slow Burn series and I really enjoyed it-I liked the plot and there was plenty action. I've also read The Final Formula which was a decent read-a bit different from what I was expecting. I've read another series by AR Wise which I liked but I didn't really fancy this one. Enjoy your books!
Haraiah June 20, 2015 at 2:48 AM
You got so many books and they all sound so good! :D I hope I get accepted for a copy of Legacy of Kings. I want to read it so bad. Have a great reading week!
Haraiah @ Random Things In Action
Bob/Sally June 20, 2015 at 5:42 AM
Wow, nice haul. Can't say I've heard of most of the authors, but I see a few fantasy and horror titles there that I'm going to have to look into.
Jessica @ a GREAT read June 20, 2015 at 6:03 AM
WOW! That's a lot of books!! Hope you enjoy the mall!
My STS will be up tomorrow, so be sure to stop by then!
Grace Fonseca June 20, 2015 at 6:30 AM
WOW. So many books, Outage and the Demon Door look fabulous. I hope you love all your new books.
Grace @ Books of Love
http://gracebooksoflove.com
michellesminions June 20, 2015 at 10:16 AM
WOW!! Amazing haul! I'm really looking forward to Legacy of Kings! Escaflowne <3 I hope you enjoy them all! Happy reading!
Michelle @ Michelle's Minions
My StS
So many books! I hope you enjoy them all! I can't wait to read Legacy of Kings!
Lizzie @ lizziethesarcasticblonde.blogspot.com
You got some awesome books! Outage sounds phenomenal! Kind of reminds me of the TV show Revolution a little bit and I loved that before it got cancelled! Also, I am DYING to read Legacy of Kings! I didn't quite enjoy the 1st House of Night novel and I doubt I'll continue with the series but I hope that you come to love it! Happy reading!
So many good books. I really want to read Outrage.
Lisa Mandina June 21, 2015 at 5:00 PM
Wow! Great haul! I haven't heard of most of these, but that Q Island sounds good. I'll have to go look for it.
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Melliane June 21, 2015 at 9:36 PM
wow that's nice, so many books for you but I confess that I don't know any. Hope you'll have a good time with each. happy reading!
Stacey Brutger June 22, 2015 at 4:03 AM
Great haul! So many books...I love it. Outage sounds really good. I enjoy a good post-apocalyptic book. Happy reading!
Krystianna June 22, 2015 at 5:26 AM
Great haul! Legacy of Kings sounds really good. I may have to add that one to my TBR! Have a great week. :)
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
Wow, what a great haul. Hope you enjoy! And that you find time for all of this, yeesh!
lindalou June 22, 2015 at 6:35 AM
Wow! Thanks for bringing these books to my attention!
Diane Elizabeth June 22, 2015 at 7:06 AM
Scrolling through this post, thinking wow, that looks good over and over ;) Nice haul, thanks for bringing so many new books to my attention.
Laurel-Rain Snow June 22, 2015 at 8:30 AM
Wow, what a haul! Outage is one that sounds frightening and brings out my worst fears. Thanks for sharing...and for visiting my blog.
That's quite a haul this week!! Yay you!! Outage caught my eye immediately. I'll have to add that one to my list for sure.
Shannon @ The Tale Temptress
Elsi June 23, 2015 at 4:56 AM
Overwhelming is an understatement! Mysteries of Cove really caught my eye. How can one resist steampunk with dragons?
Alyssa June 23, 2015 at 7:11 AM
I have Legacy of Kings! I hope you read all of these because there is a lot!
Alyssa @ The Eater of Books!
Lekeisha June 25, 2015 at 8:03 AM
Wow, you got some great books! I hope that you love them all!
Berkeley Hapa July 4, 2015 at 6:23 PM
Wow, that is a lot of books for one week, and apparently you still haven't listed them all! I am interested in the Terry Brooks book and the Ednah Walters series is on my list to read. Hope you get through them all eventually!
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Dear Citizen O is an experiential installation which has been approved for Creative City Project's Immerse on October 21st 2017. The installation will involve the recreation of an early 20th century mail room, and participants will be given writing packets which prompt them to write a letter to an anonymous fellow citizen of Orlando: "Citizen O". Once their letter is written and sealed in an envelope and dropped off, participants are welcomed to 'take a letter' in exchange. This will be their artifact to take home -- within which they will hear the heart of a fellow Orlandoan.
The prompts provided will encourage poems, letters of love, a shared personal story, a cherished memory in orlando, or drawings around compelling ideas or topics. We want to invite attendants of the event to not just consume art, but to create it -- and we are excited about this unique aspect of our installation.
The project will last the duration of the Immerse event which is 5 hours, and with an anticipated attendance of over 60,000 of people to the event -- we wish to accomodate 1000 participants per hour if our budget permits.


Every so often, everything seems to work out. For me last night, playing Garvey on alpha30, the stars aligned and I topped my previous high score by almost 1000 points. I got a Cook and Artist before expeditions 2 and 3. On expedition 3, I got a Prehistoric map and recruited a Chasmosaurus, a Raptor, and a Lizard Shaman to complete my party. Amazing luck! For expeditions 4-5-6, I chose Drylands maps with multiple villages -- one had 3 shrines and 4 (!) villages. With all those relics, anthro studies, and paintings I managed to pile up 5562 points. Anybody beat that?
Update: I just got a score of 6974.
Now my best is 15,557.


Not quite my usual topic of expertise, football goalkeeping, but it is a little known fact that many a great literary / political figure has played in the position of goalkeeper. A disproportionately high number indeed. The interesting argument has in fact recently been advanced that of any position on the football field, a history of having played in the position of goalkeeper, as the most cerebral and strategic of them all, is much more highly correlated with a literary and creative career than any other.
Pope John Paul II: goalkeeper. Obviously not while holding the position of head of the Catholic Church, but apparently played in goal at university.
Luciano Pavarotti: yes, a bit hard to believe, but perhaps the big man wasn't always so big… Reported to have had a shot at a professional career with Italian football side Modena. Had to settle for performing at the World Cup during half time instead!
A fan of both Camus and goalkeeping – it is a friend of mine, who runs a website that sells goalkeeper gloves and kit, TheGoalkeeperCo.com, who makes these claims about goalkeepers being cleverer than the average footballer. As a goalkeeper, he may be slightly biased. So does anybody know of any other good examples of famous non-professional goalkeepers?
Did you go to a pub, club, or restaurant last night? Did you stand around in the street, maybe, talking to friends? If so, there's quite a good chance that a picture or video of you is already somewhere on the internet – even if you didn't yourself post pictures on Facebook or another networking site.
You may not be at the front of the picture: quite possibly you were just walking by or standing a few yards behind, when someone aimed the camera at someone else, and you just happened to get into the frame. Have you ever been 'tagged' on Facebook in a picture you didn't even know had been taken? if you're under about 35, the answer's probably yes.
Did you get any spam in your email today? If so, someone you don't want to have your address has already got it, and will pass it on. Did you send an email today? If so, the recipient can forward it to someone else without your knowledge.
What has all this got to do with Wikileaks? More than you might think. The fuss being made about the site by governments misses what I believe is the real point. If Wikileaks gets suppressed, in a matter of months (or weeks or days) other websites will spring up doing the same thing. Now that, thanks to computers and the internet, any document can be copied in a microsecond and sent around the world in a few seconds more, it is simply becoming impossible to keep anything secret.
Anywhere you go now there will be someone with a mobile phone, video camera or digital camera – usually all three rolled into one. When I was in New Orleans last spring, my friend Ken took a few pictures – as I thought. Once I was home, I found that he'd in fact made and edited a video with clips showing many of the things I'd done, and the people I'd met, during my visit. I don't object at all, in fact I'm pleased. But I didn't know it was being done, and by the time I did it was on YouTube. I've also become quite used to turning up as a bit-part player in other videos turn up on YouTube and elsewhere – as well as being tagged in photos I never knew were taken. As Ken says succinctly, 'Video is the new paper.' I've slotted in the video above in case you're interested.
The accusations of torture at Abhu Ghraib came out because people with mobile phones took pictures. Now the police routinely check out Facebook for evidence against criminals, and they quite often find it.
Almost none of us is untraceable now: your bank card, your mobile phone, your store cards, and the countless CCTV cameras in the street mean you can be traced just about anywhere. The truth is that to a great extent privacy, like copyright and for the same reasons, is already dead. Government secrecy is going the same way. It's simply too easy for things to get out.
Whether this will lead to better or worse things, I have no idea. It's only just starting, and time will tell. But the bigger issue behind Wikileaks is simply this: nothing can be kept secret any more, least of all a document. What happens to Julian Assange is not going to change that. Rather than being pro or con him, maybe we need to think about that bigger picture.
Just back from the opening of an excellent new exhibition of paintings by Peter Roebuck at the Arison Gallery in Chorlton, Manchester.
Peter has I think made a unique and very distinctive contribution to the English vision of landscape – though he also paints still life, people and many other subjects. But to me, landscape is the heart of his work and he has worked with enormous dedication and integrity over many years to refine a most unusual way of seeing, and showing, the world.
The hallmark of Roebuck's work is a combination of radiant intensity of light with a quality of visual softness, created sometimes by mist, sometimes by frost, sometimes by distance or sunset light, but always conveying a sense of stillness and fascination. Perhaps that's the outcome of the very close and long-continued observation which you sense has gone into these paintings.
Working in both oil and watercolour, Peter Roebuck returns often to certain favourite subjects: the waters, and the shores, of Morecambe Bay, the lesser-known areas of Lakeland, and the Mersey Valley, centring on Chorlton Meadows not far from where he lives. The radiance of his colours and the intriguing simplifications of landscape forms, which make the places portrayed appear more, not less, fascinating, mean that these paintings are haunting and, in their way, inimitably strange as well as beautiful. The longer you look at them the more interesting they get.
If you're in South Manchester between now and 9 October, and have even a few minutes to spare, do go and take a look, to see fine work by a greatly underrated and totally individual artist.
The Arison Gallery is at 512 Wilbraham Road, Chorlton, Manchester M21 9AW (0161 881 6734).


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Q: How can I lock race conditon in SQL Server? I have a Stored Procedure in SQL Server with the following scenario:
In my stored procedure I have a function for getting the max serial. I get the max serial and insert it in a table:
Set @Serial = GetMaxSerial(...)
Insert Into MyTable (Serial,...) Values (@Serial,...)

Sometimes my stored procedure is executed 2 times concurrently in a way that both, get same max serial for example 100 and try to insert it in MyTable. The first insert is done successfully but the last fails and I get error about key.
How can I lock these two lines of codes and force my sp to run these lines of code together?
Or is there a better solution?

A: A very good scenario for SERIALIZABLE transaction isolation level. Transaction isolation level decides what level to access other transactions has to a Row/Resource when one is already working with the Row/Resource. To read more about  transaction isolation levels Read this link SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL.
SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE;

BEGIN TRANSACTION

  Set @Serial = GetMaxSerial(...)
  Insert Into MyTable (Serial,...) Values (@Serial,...)

COMMIT TRANSACTION

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AWRA Florida offers at least one (1) $1,000 scholarship to Florida High School Seniors who have demonstrated outstanding achievements in academic performance and community involvement and have an intent to pursue academic studies in water resources-related fields of geology, engineering, ecology and/or marine biology at a Florida college or university. The scholarship recipient(s) will also be awarded a student membership to AWRA Florida for the following year. The Scholarship(s) will be awarded upon confirmation of enrollment in a Florida college or university. Applications must be received by April 15.
Lester "Buddy" Blain was born in Plant City in 1927, as a fourth generation Floridian and great-grandson of the Plant City pioneer Captain Francis William Merrin, who founded The Plant City Courier in 1884. Buddy was instrumental in the enactment of the Florida Water Resources Act and the promulgation of rules that today define and guide water management in Florida. Buddy served as a director and officer of the AWRA Florida and was a nationally recognized expert on water law and resources. Buddy died July 20, 2016.
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Leonardo Torrico - Jupiter
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For the frequent request we get to be slighly out of town but accessable to all the services, here's your villa. Beautiful lot and a nice open plan home with lots of glass, palm trees and space to live your tropical dream. It could use a little sprucing up but the house is fundamentally sound and will make a perfect retirement spot for some lucky Boomer or young family who enjoys their quiet time together. This has tremendous appeal and potential. There is a lovely lot next door as well BL6028AB.


#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving (in the U.S.) and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, #GivingTuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving. MAP works to empower coastal communities around the world, providing support and building the local capacity to maintain stewardship over mangrove forests. MAP has chosen to remain small, partnering with other community-based non-profits in Asia, Latin America and Africa, while planting seeds of knowledge and support through a wide variety of projects and campaigns. As a result, most of MAP's funding goes directly toward these efforts. We need your help to maintain and complete these projects. In areas where MAP works, communities lack the capacity and the capital to engage in sustainable livelihoods and rise out of poverty. Your support of MAP flows directly to others around the world; you enable MAP to carry on its work, and we need your help today.


Note: Only includes 2015 releases, not catalog sales.
Includes sales of 2015 releases made in 2016.
Excludes solo features, incl. leads.
Pure sales only, not SPS.
Up until the 3rd quarter of 2011, Girls' Generation raked in a grand total of $ 19.3 million USD in Korea. If you include 4th quarter sales for "The Boys" along with their Japanese promotions, it is estimated that the total revenue figure would exceed 100 billion won or approximately $ 88.56 million USD.
These figures don't include individual solo activities (appearances, performances), special projects, SMTown concerts, and more. Because such figures weren't tallied in, there's a high probability that final revenue figures are much higher.
4. [+244, -37] Hate all you want but the girl group one top is still SNSD. They barely even promoted last year too.
11. [+69, -2] Considering this is only their group's imagine if you add in their radios, musicals, international CFs and events, dramas, units… it'd come out to so much. And they didn't even promote that much in 2014 too..
+ #1 in South Korea, ofc.
and she's top 10 in all the relevant WESTERN ones.
and she's only a MEMBER of Girls' Generation, the power of the full 9 angels?!
#2 Laos; #3 Finland, Japan, Chile; #5 Mexico; #11 New Zealand; #13 Canada, Norway; #15 Brazil; #19 Netherlands; #20 United States; #22 Ireland; #25 Australia; #27 Russia, Spain; #32 Denmark; #40 United Kingdom and several other countries.
- Passed 130K+ digital album sales.
TaeTiSeo takes over international iTunes charts with 'Dear Santa'!
They currently have the #1 iTunes album in 9 countries, which are Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Macau, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia and Cambodia!
위 그래프는 2015년 국내 주요 걸그룹의 음원 매출 성적을 그래프로 나타낸 것인데, 소녀시대의 음원 매출이 타 걸그룹에 비해 압도적으로 높은 것을 알 수 있다. 소녀시대의 노래 중에 올해 7월에 발표한 'PARTY'는 출시와 동시에 주간차트 1위를 차지했고, 8월에 발매한 'Lion Heart'는 주간차트 4위를 기록했다. 또한 소녀시대-태티서가 12월에 출시한 'Dear Santa'는 첫 주에 9위로 차트에 진입했고, 10월에 출시한 태연의 솔로 앨범에 수록된 "I"는 주간 차트 1위에 오른 바 있다.
위 그래프는 국내 주요 걸그룹의 음반 판매량을 그래프로 나타낸 것인데, 소녀시대의 음반 판매량이 2~4위 걸그룹들의 앨범 판매량을 합친 것보다 많은 것을 알 수 있다. 이는 소녀시대가 'Lion Heart' 와 'PARTY', 태연의 솔로 'I' 앨범을 주축으로 올해 총 39만 8천 여장의 앨범 판매고를 올리며 다른 걸그룹과 상당한 격차를 벌렸기 때문에 가능했던 것으로 조사되었다.


6 34 2 32" / 81.5cm 25" / 63.5cm 35" / 88.5cm BUST: Using a tape measure, pass it around the body to meet at the centre front. This should be done at the widest part of the chest.
WAIST: Using a tape measure, pass it around the body to meet at the centre front. This should be done at the narrowest point of the waist.


Home Spinning Archive by category "Dyeing"
I love Sukrita's dyeing experiments. This one is onion skin dyeing. What a great colour.
This skein of wool was hand dyed by Sukrita. The blue is so vibrant.
This is a stunning piece of dyeing by Sukrita. She took a sock blank, which is superwash so no felting in the washing machine. She soaked it in an alum bath for the mordant, then laid it out and placed gum leaves, carrot slices and hibiscus flowers along the fabric. She then rolled up the fabric and boiled it. It looks absolutely amazing.