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Asia Pacific|Task Force Urges Better U.S. Engagement With China
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Task Force Urges Better U.S. Engagement With China
Delivery workers in Beijing last month. The Trump administration has vowed to impose high tariffs on Chinese goods.Credit...Fred Dufour/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
By David Barboza
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The United States' relationship with China was strained during the Obama administration, with sharp differences over economic and trade issues, cyberattacks and Beijing's assertive maneuvers in the South China Sea.
But since taking office last month, President Trump has signaled that matters could get even more contentious, as his administration has vowed to project more military might in Asia and to impose high tariffs on Chinese goods. China could respond with its own punitive measures.
A new report by a bipartisan task force of prominent China specialists is warning of dire consequences, including the possibility of a trade war or an armed skirmish, unless the United States can find a more effective way to engage China.
The 72-page report, to be issued Tuesday by the Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations and the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego, urged the Trump administration to take a tougher line on China, while reaffirming principles that have guided relations between the two nations since the 1970s.
At times, the report, "U.S. Policy Toward China: Recommendations for a New Administration," seemed at odds with the new president. It argued that the White House should support a trade agreement similar to the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which Mr. Trump has already rejected, to strengthen economic ties in Asia.
And it cautioned the administration not tamper with Washington's commitment to a One China policy — a clear reference to the president's recent suggestion that the United States could ignore what had become a central tenet of the relationship after President Richard M. Nixon's groundbreaking trip to China in 1972.
The report urged swift action to reassure the United States' allies in Asia about its security commitments there. It also recommended that the administration initiate talks, as soon as possible, with China's leaders and develop constructive policies on what the task force identified as the six most critical areas of engagement, including efforts to halt North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
"We're really at a critical inflection point," said Orville Schell, a scholar at the Asia Society and a chairman of the task force. "We are worried about the increasingly antagonistic relationship" and "think the U.S. needs to up its game in terms of the effort its puts into high-level negotiations."
Mr. Trump has given no clear indication of how he will deal with China, but his administration has hinted at a more confrontational approach. The commerce secretary, Wilbur L. Ross Jr., has complained about Chinese tariffs, and Mr. Trump named Peter Navarro, a strident critic of China, to lead a new White House office overseeing trade and industrial policy.
The defense secretary, Jim Mattis, has said the United States would stand "shoulder to shoulder" with Japan and its Asian allies, which angered China. He has also given China some reassurance, however, saying on Saturday in Tokyo that military maneuvers in the South China Sea were unnecessary. Diplomacy, he said, should resolve the differences.
The task force rebuked Mr. Trump's questioning of the One China policy, by which the United States recognizes the government in Beijing, rather than that of Taiwan, as representing China.
The report said that "it would be exceedingly dangerous to unilaterally abandon our longstanding One China policy — an understanding that has served as the basis for the U.S. relationship with China, helped protect Taiwan's security, prosperity and democracy, and preserved peace and stability in Asia for almost four decades."
"Across-the-board tariffs or challenging the One China policy is not the way to go," said Susan L. Shirk, a professor at the University of California, San Diego, and a chairwoman of the task force. "We shouldn't undervalue what we've achieved over the years — a more or less peaceful Asia, a big market for exports and a key partner on global problems, like climate change. If it was to become unhinged, it's not just chaos in Asia but destabilizing for the global economy."
United States-China relations have been charged for decades, particularly after the military suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations in 1989 in Beijing. But the task force said that American policies, regardless of whether a Democrat or Republican was president, had helped integrate China into the global economy and encouraged it to adhere to a rules-based international system.
But relations worsened after the 2008 financial crisis, which China withstood well with a huge stimulus package, it said. Beijing's leaders grew more hostile toward economic and military supremacy by the United States. In 2013, with Xi Jinping as president, these tendencies hardened.
Cheng Li, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said that as China's economy grew, so did its abilities and determination, and old suspicions that the United States wanted to contain it resurfaced.
"China's goal is clear: It wants to be a regional power," said Mr. Li, who was not on the task force. "Xi Jinping wants to revitalize China's glorious past. And, with the world's second-largest economy, it wants to build a stronger military."
The task force report said the Chinese government also tightened restrictions on American internet companies, nongovernmental organizations and media outlets.
As relations between Washington and Beijing started deteriorating, the task force was formed two years ago to make recommendations for the next president. Its members included Charlene Barshefsky, a former United States trade representative; Winston Lord, a former United States ambassador to China; Kurt M. Campbell, a former State Department officer; and Evan S. Medeiros, a special assistant to President Barack Obama on Asia.
As they began to meet, consensus emerged that the United States needed to strengthen its resolve and show greater firmness in dealing with China.
The task force urged the administration to keep a strong military presence in Asia. It also said new policy and diplomatic tools, including sanctions, litigation over trade disputes and the use of reciprocal measures, were needed. For example, if China restricted investment or trade, the United States might need to do the same.
The administration should make clear its resolve to combat climate change, avoid protectionism, reaffirm the One China policy, bolster its military commitments in Asia and, effectively, stay the course, the task force said.
The task force warned that if the new administration alters the basic course that has long guided United States relations with China, it could "destabilize not only the bilateral relationship, but also the region as a whole."

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New Release: Free – A Black Ops Romance by Riley Edwards
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After the love of Lily's life and best friend dies in combat, she struggles to move on – until Carter Lenox enters her life. Carter has a secret, one that will destroy Lily. But when a terrorist hell bent on revenge tries to kill Lily, Lenox has no choice but to claim the one woman he should never have.
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He was my first love…
I wanted him to follow his dreams. I wanted him to escape the life he hated. I thought I was doing the right thing by not telling him how I truly felt. Until it was too late, and my silence turned into my biggest regret.
Twelve years ago, Shane Owings died, taking my heart with him. I was left devastated and broken hearted. Time didn't heal, as the years went on I only missed him more.
She was my best friend… the only woman I ever loved.
When I ran off to join the Army, I left behind everything I had ever loved. I thought I was doing the right thing, but my good intentions quickly turned into my biggest regret.
Every year on the anniversary of Shane's death I watched as Lillian Nelson visited Shane's grave and spilled her secrets to a dead man. Each year I hoped she wouldn't be back, that her heart would finally heal and she would move on. But year after year she was back. So many times I wanted to reach out and comfort the beautiful woman, but I knew she would never forgive me. It was my fault Shane was dead.
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Riley Edwards is a best-selling multi-genre author, wife, and military mom. Riley was born and raised in Los Angeles but now resides on the east coast with her fantastic husband and children. Her two eldest children have flown the coop and are now serving in the US military. Riley also has a teenage daughter that is the source of laughter and wit around her house. Her youngest son is a "bad-ass" in training and is very much a mini version of his Alpha father.
Riley writes heart-stopping romance with sexy alpha heroes and even stronger heroines. Riley's favorite genres to write are romantic suspense and military romance. (Those are also her favorites to read.) She's known for her jaw-dropping plot twists. You know the ones? Those pivotal scenes in a story that when executed so flawlessly it leaves you breathless and begging for more? Yeah, those! She's mastered the art of blending suspense, romance, and smoldering sexy times. It's like Criminal Minds, and the Spice Channel mated, and a perfect love child was born.
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ARC Review, New Release & Giveaways: BOHEMIA NIGHTS by Lucy Lakestone
A DELICIOUSLY INDECENT PROPOSAL …
Thea McKay likes her quiet, private life well enough. She creates pop-up paper art that no one ever sees, hangs out with her friends and admires men from afar. But then, at a play premiere, she meets gregarious video blogger Duncan Flyte. An incorrigible charmer with dubious motives, he's handsome, hilarious and overwhelming. When he says he won't stop showcasing her to his legions of fans unless she agrees to spend seven nights with him, her world turns upside down. The offer is both outrageous and tempting. Those seven nights don't have to be passionate, but what if Thea wants them to be? Can she raise the stakes with this adorable Scottish import — especially when Duncan's cheerful campaign to woo her may be just one more spectacular lie that will break her heart?
This is the fifth novel in the award-winning Bohemia Beach series, each a steamy standalone romance set among a circle of young artists in the enchanting Florida city they call home.
Disclosure: I was given this book for free in exchange for an honest review.
Oh my sweet bananas! I absolutely fell in love with this book and its cast of characters.
While this is the fifth book in the Bohemia Beach series, it was the first book I've read in this series, and by this author. It definitely stands well by itself. No need to have read the previous four books to understand the story. That being said, I now want to read the first four books because the lead characters from each book were in the fifth book and I'm dying to hear their stories as well.
I glanced at the first paragraph and I was hooked. I only wanted to see what point of view the book was written in, as I was in the midst of reading something else. But I couldn't put it down, I had to to read more. I had to know why Thea McKay thought Duncan Flyte was a ……. nope not saying. Get the book and see for yourself. But be warned. You will be hooked as well.
The story easily comes to life. Plopping you smack dab in the middle of this exciting set of friends, with a snarky, yet insecure heroine, who has no idea why this sexy Scot would want to have anything to do with her. Therefore he must be using her for publicity. Right? Smart guy that he is, Duncan uses Thea's dislike of being in the public eye to his advantage. In exchange for her spending seven night with him, Duncan promises to refrain from featuring Thea on his vlog every night during that time. Then if at the end of the week she still wants him to get lost, he will. Or course, Duncan is going to do his best to change her mind. Thus the fun begins.
Thea agrees despite her certainty that Duncan will break her heart. Somehow her mouth said yes, while her head was saying, "No freaking way!" It could have been her hormones, and she might have a bit of a crush. One she would deny to everyone, including herself.
Kudos to the author for weaving this tale in a such a way, that while being lighthearted and fun, it also had depth, self-discovery, and enough heat at times to light a fire.
I recommend this to anyone who wants a contemporary love story, that goes from "Hell No!" to "Oh Yes!". One that will make you yearn for one of your own.
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A New Adult/Contemporary/Erotic Romance novel by Lucy Lakestone (Bohemia Beach Series, Book 5)
Publisher: Velvet Petal Press
Fiction > Romance > New Adult
Publication date: Aug. 11
List price: $3.99 ebook; $14.95 trade paperback
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-943134-10-6
Kindle ISBN: 978-1-943134-11-3; ASIN: B07487Z6K3
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Lucy Lakestone, author of the "Bohemia Beach" series. Photo by Kathryn Gonzalez
Lucy Lakestone is an award-winning author who lives on Florida's east central coast, among the towns that serve as an inspiration for the hot romances of her Bohemia Beach Series. She's been a journalist, photographer, editor and video producer but prefers living in her imagination, where the moon is full and the cocktails are divine. Lucy is also a launch author for the Barefoot Bay Kindle World with a novel of romantic suspense, Desire on Deadline.
The books in the Bohemia Beach Series can be read as standalone romances, but they have connected characters and settings, so you may wish to read them in order:
Bohemia Beach (a Golden Quill finalist)
Bohemia Light
Bohemia Blues (winner of the Golden Quill and a National Readers' Choice Awards finalist)
Bohemia Heat
Bohemia Nights
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Lucy is giving away a signed print copy of Bohemia Nights and a pop-up card (pictured below) from Lovepop to one lucky winner (US Postal Residents only). Or an ebook of Bohemia Nights if the winner is international.
To enter: Comment separately in response to one or all of the three options listed below . Each question below is worth one entry. Total of three entries per person possible. Winner picked with the help of random.org and will be announced Monday, August 21st.
1) Which book in Lucy's Bohemia Beach series tempts you the most. Why?
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2) Have you every tried to do pop-up art or have you every had a pop-up card or book? I think they are fascinating, but I doubt I would have the talent or patience to make one.
3) Like this post. (Only if you did – If not, tell me what you didn't like.)
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New Release & Review: Record of Wrongs by Sharon Kay
Title: Record of Wrongs
Series: Redemption County #1
Author: Sharon Kay
Genre: Adult, Contemporary Romance
Published: August 1, 2017
Do your past mistakes define you forever?
Cruz Zaffino leaves prison after a serving a decade for a crime he didn't commit. With his life all over the internet, there's nowhere he can go to avoid his illicit past. Involved with one of Chicago's toughest gangs, he made enemies bent on ruining everything he has. Nowhere is beyond their reach.
Every day, Rosie Marlow lives with the scars from the worst mistake of her life. It's the one secret she has in her tiny, gossip-fueled town. When Cruz walks into her bar, covered in tattoos and dangerous attitude, she's captivated. His rough sexuality makes her melt, and his harsh experience calls to her own broken soul. But her story is private and buried so deep, she's never had the strength to share it.
She's the unexpected light to his darkness, yet he knows she's hiding something. Sultry summer nights in each other's arms weaken her resistance and taunt her with the idea of forever. But as his adversaries draw close, can she love him enough to let him go?
Disclosure: I was given an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review.
Great beginning to a new series.
Cruz Ziffino has finally been released from a 10 year stint in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Unwilling to waste his time on anger and regret for the years he was incarcerated, Cruz decides a fresh start is needed and with the help of fate or destiny he leaves the gang ridden streets of Chicago for the country life in Redemption County where he meets the sweet, yet sassy Rosie Marlow.
While the two hit it off from the start, the road to happiness isn't without it's hazards and obstacles. Cruz might have thought he left his past behind him, but others are not willing to let things lie. Then there is the fact that Rosie has her own secrets. Can she find the courage to open her past up to Cruz? Will it chase him away?
This story runs the gamut of emotions. At times it made me laugh, cry, and sigh, Engrossing from beginning to end, I couldn't put it down. I can't wait to read Rosie's brother's story.
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Sharon lives in the Chicago area with her husband and son, and one weekend the idea for her Lash Watchers and tough leading ladies formed in her head, refusing to stay quiet until she put pen to paper. Her characters tend to keep her up at night, as they banter, fall in love, and slay endless varieties of power-hungry demons.
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By Tamye Whitener • Posted in Book Release, Book Reviews, Contemporary	• Tagged 4 Star Review, contemporary romance, New Release, Record of Wrongs, Sharon Kay
New Release: Collaring His Cadet by Claire Thompson
*★**★**★**★**★*
Collaring His Cadet
Claire Thompson
Bondage, discipline, sadomasochism… Masters and slaves, whips and chains… What have I gotten myself into?
My name is Remy, Cadet Remy Harris, and I always show the world my tough-girl side — ready, willing and able to beat any guy at any challenge. When I enrolled at a venerable Southern military college, I never dreamed I'd be inducted into the secret BDSM society that pervades the campus and military at every level.
My submissive fantasies explode as I'm drawn into a dark, edgy world of erotic servitude, training and punishment. Each new experience pushes my masochistic boundaries, but the yearning in my submissive soul remains. Though I'm assured the Slave Corps is the be-all and end-all for serious slave girls, my doubts and questions linger. Maybe I just don't have what it takes for true submission?
Then I meet Him…
Mistress Janet led me to the circle of chairs and remained standing beside me. "Allow me to present Remy Harris. She has no previous formal training, so please keep that in mind as you put her through her trials."
Put her through her trials.
Her words jolted me into another round of internal questioning. What the hell was I doing there? What had I signed up for? I glanced nervously from face to face, settling at last on Jacob, who continued to smile his bland, ironic smile.
Was there still time to back out?
Stand and fight, I reminded myself. Never surrender.
Mistress Janet placed cool fingers on my arm. "I believe you are already acquainted with Master Jacob?
I nodded, resisting the urge to say something sarcastic about the precise nature of our acquaintance. "Yes, ma'am."
"Yes, Mistress," she said in a soft but steely voice.
"Yes, Mistress," I promptly amended.
"And this is Mistress Diane"—she nodded toward the woman and then turned toward the other guy—"and Master Floyd."
Floyd? Who the hell was named Floyd?
Keeping my face military impassive and respectful, I nodded politely toward each of them.
Turning back to me, Mistress Janet said, "You're here of your own free will, is that correct?"
"Yes, Mistress," I managed, pleased my voice sounded steady, even if my legs had turned to jelly.
"You are about to undergo a series of trials devised by this committee to determine your suitability," she continued. "If you pass and choose to join the Slave Corps, you will be admitted as a novice. Based on your predilections"—I must have looked blank at the unfamiliar word, because she clarified—"your sensual hardwiring, you'll either be trained as a potential slave or a potential Dominant. Watching your reaction the other night, along with input from Master Jacob, we will conduct the trials with the assumption you're a submissive."
No point in denying it. Without looking at Jacob, I replied, "Yes, ma'am, er, Mistress."
"Good," she said crisply. She took her seat beside the others. "Start by removing your uniform. Then you will kneel on the floor facing us, forehead touching the ground, arms extended in front of you along the ground."
I glanced from face to face. They were regarding me intently. Jacob's expression was slightly mocking, as if challenging me to fail.
Fuck him.
Bending down, I unlaced my boots. I pulled them off, along with my socks, and set them neatly aside. Standing tall, I took a breath and reached for the top button of my blouse, willing my hands not to shake. As I shrugged the garment from my shoulders, I ordered myself not to blush.
As their eyes burned into my flesh, I reached behind my back and unhooked my bra. My torso bare, I became uncomfortably aware of my breasts, wishing as I always did that they were small and high, instead of full and large. In spite of my discomfort, my nipples tingled and hardened under the four Doms' relentless gazes.
With fumbling fingers, I opened my fly, pushed my pants and underwear down past my hips and kicked out of them. I glanced at Mistress Janet, who gave me a small nod as if to say, "Go on."
Glad to hide my bare body, I lowered myself to the floor and leaned forward until my forehead touched the carpet. I extended my arms in front of me. My heart was mutinying in my chest, my gut clenched into a ball as I waited for whatever was coming next. I tried to take in a deep breath and release it slowly in an effort to relax, but it came out as a heaving shudder.
I heard the sound of a chair scraping back, and then saw Mistress Janet's feet appear in my peripheral vision. Reflexively, I lifted my head to look up at her.
Mistress Janet placed a firm hand on the top of my head, pushing it back down to the floor. "Stay in position. I'm going to blindfold you." When my forehead was once more touching the carpet, she fitted what felt like a sleep mask over my eyes.
She tapped my shoulder. "Stand up, feet flat and shoulder-width apart, hands locked behind your head."
I stood awkwardly, slightly off balance because of the blindfold. Though my heart was still pounding and my lungs seemed to have collapsed, something else was happening too. Assuming that position—blindfolded, naked and on display—brought about that familiar, softening release I had experienced when Jacob had commanded me in his bedroom. As nervous and uncertain as I was, I couldn't deny my excitement.
I lifted my arms as instructed and stood waiting in front of the four judges, my nipples tingling, my clit swelling. This was it. I was poised at the top of a steep slope, ready to fly down this mountain of adventure. I sensed all it would take was one little push.
"Very nice," murmured Mistress Diane. "Such supple youth, such strength, and yet she's every bit a woman, no doubt about that."
I felt the heat of a flush rise up my neck and into my face, but I stood my ground, clenching my interlaced fingers against the back of my head to keep from reflexively covering my body.
"Too bad she cuts her hair like a goddamned boy," Master Floyd interjected. "All these GI Janes trying to act like guys. Enough to make you puke."
My distaste for the man blossomed into full dislike.
"Let's see how she handles a whipping," Jacob said mildly, as if he didn't care one way or the other.
A whipping!
I drew in a sharp breath, my muscles tensing as adrenaline squirted into my bloodstream. At the same time, I couldn't deny the hot pulse of desire that surged through me as my skin tingled with anticipation.
I heard some movement, and a moment later two large, masculine hands gripped my shoulders from behind.
Claire has been writing for nearly two decades, and has published over 70 novels. She writes BDSM romance and non-con abduction tales, spanning both m/f and m/m genres. She has received numerous awards for her bestselling work, including the 2010 NLA-Int'l Pauline Réage Award for best BDSM fiction. Her darker works press the envelope of what is erotic and what can be a sometimes dangerous slide into the world of sadomasochism. Ultimately her work deals with the human condition, and our constant search for love and intensity of experience.
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⛱___ Crafty Authors at the Beach ___⛱ With #CMCon2017 'Featured Authors' B.A. Tortuga and Julia Talbot
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Welcome to "Crafty Authors Coffee Time with Tamye".
Our special guests joining us today for coffee and crafts by the beach is not one but two "Featured Authors" for the upcoming Coastal Magic Convention, B.A. Tortuga and Julia Talbot.
B.A. and Julia are here to share their latest books with us and their part in the special craft project Kiernan started last week to raffle off at Coastal Magic for charity. So hang around to see what they've been up too.
First off, let me tell you a little about this dynmic duo.
B.A. Tortuga is texan to the bone and an unrepentant Daddy's Girl, BA Tortuga spends her days with her basset hounds, getting tattooed, texting her sisters, and eating Mexican food. When she's not doing that, she's writing. She spends her days off watching rodeo, knitting and surfing Pinterest in the name of research. BA's personal saviors include her wife, Julia Talbot, her best friend, Sean Michael, and coffee. Lots of coffee. Really good coffee.
Having written everything from fist-fighting rednecks to hard-core cowboys to werewolves, BA does her damnedest to tell the stories of her heart, which was raised in Northeast Texas, but has heard the call of the high desert and lives in the Sandias. With books ranging from hard-hitting GLBT romance, to fiery menages, to the most traditional of love stories, BA refuses to be pigeon-holed by anyone but the voices in her head
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Julia Talbot lives in the great Southwest, where there is hot and cold running rodeo, cowboys, and everything from meat and potatoes to the best Tex-Mex. A full time author, Julia has been published by Torquere Press, Dreamspinner Press, Resplendence (as Minerva Howe), Changeling Press, and Samhain. She believes that everyone deserves a happy ending, so she writes about love without limits, where boys love boys, girls love girls, and boys and girls get together to get wild, especially when her crazy paranormal characters are involved. Julia also writes as Minerva Howe.
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in Daytona Beach February 2 -5, 2017.
You still have a chance to join B.A., Julia, and more awesome authors as well as some of your fellow readers for beachside bookish fun! Single Day and Combo Registrations are now available, but are limited! Choose the day (or days) that work best for you! We'd love to see you by the beach!!
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B.A. Tortuga and Julia Talbot
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B.A. & Julia shows us their contributions in the shared project they and fellow Club Raven author, Kiernan Kelly created to be raffled off for charity at Coastal Magic this February.
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Calling His Bluff by B.A. Tortuga
A Club Raven Novel
Patrick's loss is Remy's gain.
After his twin dies in battle, it's Patrick Daniels' duty to marry his brother's fiancée. Too bad he can't make himself do it, and in his distress, he manifests a psychic talent that's stronger than the tornadoes in his native East Texas. Then a mysterious man from a place called Club Raven steps in and sweeps Patrick off to the booming East Coast city of Baltimore.
Club Raven veteran Remy Blanchard sees Patrick and knows, even though Patrick is very ill, that this is the challenge he's been waiting for. He nurses Patrick back to health, and begins to teach Patrick to control his talent. His methods might be unconventional, and Patrick might be new to the kinds of sexual games Remy knows best, but the two of them find something in each other that might be just as magical as the gentleman's club where they meet.
The sheets were drenched, the world a violent place filled with tremors and waves of agony. Patrick twisted, trying to drive himself up, away from the sea of bites that covered his skin. He groaned when skeletal hands reached up from the depths to pull him back down. No. He wouldn't go back.
Bébé. Bébé, you are a fighter, aren't you? So strong." The voice was soft, melodic, welcome. It had a lilt to it that pleased him, soothed him.
"Sing to me?" That voice could draw him up.
"Oh, bébé. I haven't been asked that in a long, long time."
"Please." He couldn't see the face that went with the voice but he knew it. Hot golden brown eyes, a strong jaw, wicked mouth. Hair like a raven's wing. It made promises of things that were simply phantasms, but the sounds… Oh. The voice began to sing, a simple French lullaby, but so sweet. His tortured brain held onto the song, the melody a salve.
The grasping, bony hands clawing at him withdrew, and a kinder, warmer pair of hands began stroking his skin with a cool, wet cloth.
"It will be better soon, bébé. Mark my words."
"They're trying to drown me. I won't let them." Not when he could stay here. "Don't stop."
"You are safe from drowning, mark my words."
"Am I?" He laughed, but the sound was dry as dust.
"I swear to you, by all I hold holy."
Patrick opened his eyes, relieved to see the face matched his memory, blurry as it was. "You're Mister Remy."
"I don't feel well. I feel awful and guilty somehow." He felt as if he'd gone and done something wicked and evil.
"Guilt is not for men like us, bébé. Let it be gone and you will feel better." Remy stroked the cool cloth over his burning skin again.
"Is it so easy?"
"No, but then again, it doesn't need to be difficult, either." The cloth disappeared, and Remy held a glass of water to his lips. "If you practice, it becomes easier."
The cool water eased him, splashed deep in his belly. He breathed deep for the first time since he'd awakened. "Better."
"It is."
The cloths were changed, the cool rags making him gasp. He clenched and unclenched his hands, trying to adjust.
"I know, bébé. I went through just this before I left San Francisco. Unlike you, I did it to myself, no?"
"Why? Why would you?"
"I was feeling guilt. You see? Totally useless emotion."
"Indeed. Guilt is…" He had so many reasons for it—Henry, Caroline, his father's eternal disappointment.
"We'll work on it together. After you heal."
"Soon? How long can this linger?"
"Not long." Remy smiled, one hand resting on Patrick's chest. "Not as strong as you are."
A tingle made his muscles twitch and he pulled away from the wicked thoughts the dark hand on his chest drew forth.
"Did I hurt?" Remy asked, concern clear.
"No. No." No, that was a comfort, down deeper than skin.
"Ah, good." Remy began to hum again, that voice smoothing over every rough nerve.
The peace made him blink, made his eyelids heavy. All he did now was sleep and dream, but he was so tired. Remy was there watching over him.
"Be at ease, bébé."
You help." The words popped out, and he tried not to worry about saying them.
"Good. I want to, hmm?"
"Thank you." He blinked again and again, but couldn't focus, so he finally let his lashes fall since they were so heavy.
"Easy. Easy, bébé. Breathe."
"Stay with me." He shouldn't ask, but he did. He needed Remy with him.
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Happy Medium by Julia Talbot
Andrew is out to debunk Max as a medium, not make love to him…
Max Bellame is working his way through 1870s Baltimore as a medium, even if he knows nothing about spirits. He uses the power of his mind to move objects, convincing his clients he's the real thing. He's making a living, but sooner or later he always has to move on. Something always happens. Usually a disaster.
Andrew Meechum works for Club Raven, a gentleman's club that doubles as a paranormal research facility. He sets out to debunk Max, only to be fascinated by the man. Can Andrew convince Max to take a chance on love, and to find his true calling as a medium, or will their personal demons force them apart?
The low gaslight in the creaky old parlor cast the perfect glow on the round table, lending atmosphere to the cheap crimson cloth Max had draped over it. A candle or two would complete the look, but he wouldn't light them until immediately before the family assembled in the room.
He surveyed the seating. Seven chairs.
Max blinked, then frowned. He'd been told five family members and himself. Where had the extra chair come from and why?
He ducked back across the hall into the men's parlor, where he'd asked the family to allow him to be alone to prepare for the séance. Max took a deep breath, rubbing his fingertips over his watch chain, which hung across his waistcoat. Changing the plan was against the rules. The Marsten family should know that. He'd been incredibly clear. After another inhalation, he knelt beside the large carpet bag holding all his tricks and pulled out a piece of white cheesecloth and a small glass orb. Those would serve as his floating spirit. The glass orb would be far more mysterious than the rubber balls some of his contemporaries used. He needed these and a picture of the deceased.
Many men had tried to debunk the Mesmerizing Maximillian and failed. That was because, while he might not be able to talk to the dead, Max didn't have to resort to wires and dressed up actors for his tricks. He rubbed his fingers against his thumb, feeling his calluses slide together. Then he stopped, glaring at his hand. No tells. No nervous habits. Get this over with, get the other half of his payment, and move on.
Closing his eyes, he rubbed his hands on his pants, then nodded sharply. Time to set up. Max grabbed some tallow candles scented with a tiny bit of sage, the orb and cloth, and a few other tricks from his bag.
Thank God the parlor was still empty. The family waited in the dining room for his signal, sipping port or brandy in an effort to steel their nerves, no doubt. Contacting a dead relation always gave people pause, and for good reason. Inviting such things into your home, finding out information you didn't want to know, was always a risk. Even with a charlatan like him, there was a chance of summoning something real. When that happened, if it did, his only backup plan was to run.
He thought of what had happened in Philadelphia and shuddered.
Max couldn't think of that now. Candles, drunkards' matches, the orb hidden behind the biggest chair. He placed a few atmospheric touches about, then lowered the gas lamps in the chamber.
Time to go get the family. He needed to lead them in, sort them out so they sat where he needed them to.
He strode to the dining room and knocked on the door, which swung open easily. Clearly the portal was meant to allow servants easy access with trays. This had been a proud house once, beautiful. Now it was run down and sad.
"I'm ready, Mr. Marsten," Max murmured in a low, respectful tone.
"Thank you." The gentleman of the house rose, his moustache twitching with distaste. Clearly he was indulging his wife with this séance; the lady in question still wore deep mourning rather than the gray and lavender sported by the other family members, so even though the death had been some time ago, she was unwilling to let go.
A man Max hadn't met rose from the table with the daughter and two spinster aunts. Tall, broad through the shoulders, he had the carriage of a soldier, not a bit of slouch about him. He held his hat in his hand, and his hair, cut too short for fashion, shone bright gold under the gas lamps. His handsome face creased in a smile, lines crinkling up beside his blue eyes and his mouth.
"I hope you don't mind that Miss Marsten invited me to attend," the fellow said. "Andrew Meechum, at your service."
"Maximilian." He nodded curtly, noting that Mr. Meechum didn't specify which Miss Marsten had asked him along. Both spinster aunts and the daughter went by that designation, so the ruse was a clever one, since all three ladies wiggled and fluttered when Meechum said the name. "I wish I had been informed ahead, but no matter if you come with an open mind." Max gave a strained smile.
"I do." Meechum spread his hands, apparently trying to look harmless. He managed about as well as a fox in the henhouse. "I am entirely at your disposal."
"Mmm." Max turned on his heel and left the room, the ladies preceding the gents as they all trooped over to the parlor. He stopped to light matches, touching them to the candlewicks. One of the spinsters, he could remember neither name, lowered the gas lamps even more, and the atmosphere changed immediately.
Come join us at the Coastal Magic Convention, February 2nd – 5th, in Daytona Beach. It's going to be an absolute blast. #CMCon2017
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Thanks for sharing with us B.A. and Julia. I look forward to seeing you both in Daytona.
Thanks to everyone who joined us today. I always want to know what you think.
What do you do with the swag you get from conventions and book signings? Have you ever used them in a craft? We're going to be playing "Swag Bingo" or something of that nature at the convention next weekend. Sounds like fun. I'll be sure to tell you about everything after I return.
Please feel free to leave a comment and a picture of anything you've made with some of your author swag.
By Tamye Whitener • Posted in Authors, Book Release, Books, Crafts, Crafty Author Spotlights, Sewing, Spotlights	• Tagged #CMCon2017, B.A. Tortuga, Calling His Bluff, charity, Club Raven, Club Raven Novel, Coastal Magic Convention 2017, crafts, Daytona, Debut Series, Debut Website, EvilPlotBunny.com, Featured Author, Gay Romance, Happy Medium, Julia Talbot, Kiernan Kelly, M/M, New Release, video
⛱___ Crafty Authors at the Beach ___⛱ With #CMCon2017 'Featured Author' Kiernan Kelly
Our special guest joining us today for coffee and crafts by the beach is another "Featured Author" for the upcoming Coastal Magic Convention, Kiernan Kelly. I'm so excited she accepted my invitation to join us today.
Kiernan's a very gifted author and crafter and has come up with a very special craft project to share with us later.
For now, let me tell you a little about this creative lady.
Kiernan Kelly lives in Florida among the alligators and palmetto bugs with her husband and a Shar Pei-Labrador puppy who thinks she's a person (the dog, not Kiernan. Kiernan knows she's a person. At least, she is after she's had her daily dose of caffeine).
Kiernan spends most of her time writing gay erotic romance while chained to a computer in the dark recesses of her office, which her children have dubbed, "The Gay Cave."
Her stories of gay romance envelop diverse themes, varying from paranormal to fantasy, and science fiction to contemporary romance, with thirteen novels currently in print and ebook, and over sixty shorter works available in both mediums. She has published with a variety of houses, including Torquere Press, Dreamspinner Press, MLR Press, Loose-Id, Starbooks Press, Cleis Press, and Circlet. Her horror short story release, "Cletus," appears in the Coscom Publishing's book "Bits of the Dead."
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You can also find Kiernan on the brand spanking new Evil Plot Bunny website. Today is it's debut so be sure to go by and check it out.
Join Kiernan at the Coastal Magic Convention
Last chance to get your ticket for the full weekend is January 20th.
Kiernan Kelly crafting for Coastal Magic
Kiernan shows us her contribution in the three-person project she and fellow Club Raven authors, BA Tortuga and Julia Talbot are creating to be raffled off for charity at Coastal Magic this February.
BA Tortuga and Julia Talbot will be joining me later this week with their contributions. I can't wait to see what they do.
Wishful Thinking by Kiernan Kelly
Tony Brazzio, co-owner of Club Raven, Baltimore's premiere men's club in 1875, has a pocketful of cash and a chip on his shoulder. He's out to prove to his co-owners — and himself — that he's not a fluke, that anyone can be successful give the opportunity, no matter how poor his beginnings.
Bull O'Brian and Dandy Gilroy are two hoodlums from the rough streets of New York's Five Points. They're pickpockets by trade, and both possess psychic talents that make them two of the best. When Tony offers to bring them to Baltimore and give them the chance at a life of riches in polite society, they jump at the chance, if only to steal the members of Club Raven blind.
The best of plans rarely work the way they're intended, and things swiftly go from bad to worse for Dandy and Bull. There's murder afoot and a detective on their trail, and not even copious amounts of hot, sweaty sex can ease their fear or guilt.
As for Tony, he's faced with admitting his experiment is a failure, something he's loathe to do. It'll take a great deal of persuasion, a little luck, and a lot of lube to make sure his plans for Dandy and Bull become more than just wishful thinking.
Tony sat on a stool in Club Raven's huge kitchen. A plate piled high with fragrant spaghetti Bolognese sat in front of him, accompanied by another dish holding an array of meatballs, sausage, and braciole. He held a tiny saucer full of grated cheese, and drizzled some over the top of the spaghetti with a delicate silver spoon."Mama, it smells delicious."
A very round woman hovered nearby. She wore a black silk faile mourning dress, and a long white apron. Her only jewelry was a simple gold wedding ring, a broach fashioned from human hair that was pinned to her ample bosom, and a pair of black rosary beads she kept in her apron pocket. Her gray-streaked black hair was neatly braided and pinned into a coronet encircling her head. She flicked her fingers impatiently toward his plate. "Si, si. Mangiare."
Tony chuckled. "Si, si. I'm eating, Mama. You're going to make me fat." He twirled his fork in the pasta and lifted it to his mouth. His eyes closed in near ecstasy at his first taste. Nobody cooked like his mama. It was why he brought her to Club Raven as his private chef. She had a nice little apartment behind the kitchen. This way he could see to her needs, and didn't have to worry about her living in Five Points, but she could still feel useful.
"Perché hai portatoquei due ragazzi irlandesi qui?" She made the forked sign of protection with her fingers. "Sono problemi."
"I know the two Irish boys are trouble." He smiled at her, then speared a piece of sausage on his fork. "I need to make them respectable. Rispettabile, you understand?"
"Stai andando a mettere se stessi in difficoltà, Antonio."
"I won't get myself in trouble, Mama. I told you—I'm one of the owners in this place." He shook his head. Mama just couldn't believe that her son, poor little Anthony Brazzio from Five Points, could co-own a magnificent building like Club Raven. It was as if Mama spent her days with one eye always looking for the trouble she was sure was coming. "I admit, though, I'm wondering if maybe I made a mistake bringing them here. They're up to something, I can feel it."
Come join us at the Coastal Magic Convention, this February in Daytona Beach. It's going to be an absolute blast. #CMCon2017
Don't miss your chance to meet over 50 fabulous urban fantasy, paranormal, and romance authors at Coastal Magic next February! This super casual book-lover weekend happens on Daytona Beach and gives everyone the chance to hang out with fellow readers and amazing storytellers.
REGISTRATION is open until January 20th! If you haven't been to Coastal Magic yet, you're missing out on a lot of fun. Be sure to keep up with all things Coastal Magic, by following it via your own personal social media drug of choice:
Thanks for joining us today, Kiernan. I look forward to seeing you in Daytona come February.
For those that can't make the convention, you can still join in the fun by joining our 2017 Featured Authors Reading Challenge. It's open to everyone.
What do you do with the swag you get from conventions and book signings? Have you ever used them in a craft? Please feel free to leave a comment and a picture of anything you've made with some of your author swag.
By Tamye Whitener • Posted in Authors, Book Release, Books, Crafts, Crafty Author Spotlights, Sewing, Spotlights	• Tagged #CMCon2017, B.A. Tortuga, charity, Club Raven, Club Raven Novel, Coastal Magic Convention 2017, crafts, Daytona, Debut Series, Debut Website, EvilPlotBunny.com, Featured Author, Gay Romance, Julia Talbot, Kiernan Kelly, M/M, New Release, video, Wishful Thinking
AWKward, Victoria by Emme Burton Release Blitz ~ Review by Tamye
Title: AWKwaRd, Victoria
Author: Emme Burton
Cover Design: Sarah Hansen, Okay Creations
Merde!
That's exactly what Max Devereux's former life was-pure crap.
He's re-invented himself. Now he's the Premier Danseur and Choreographer at the hottest ballet company in Chicago.
He's also a premier player. All the dancers know it.
Moving from girl to girl. Bed to bed. No one has ever compelled him to be faithful.
No one has ever felt like home.
His stunning boss and artistic director, Mariette Gallant, bets him he'll be in love in three months.
The prize if he doesn't?
A night with Mariette. Max takes the bet-eagerly. This will be an easy win.
Enter Awkward.
Victoria Awkward.
The gorgeous, strawberry blonde ballerina with the unfortunate last name.
She is ANYTHING but Awkward and she can dance and charm as well as he can.
The best way to motivate Max to do something is to forbid him.
Mariette has put Miss Awkward off limits.
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The alarm on Victoria's cell phone goes off. She's set it to go off every night at eleven forty-five so she can get home by midnight. Tonight when it sounds, she groans and drops her head to my chest in frustration.
I lift her head with both hands and bring her gaze to mine. "I know you have to go, but before you do, one more lesson from the teacher." I run a thumb across her soft, full lips and then lower my head to allow my lips to take its place. The kiss is soft and lingering, and just as I believe it to be ending, my awkward girl surprises me and opens her lips ever so slightly to allow me to taste her sweet mouth and tongue fully. She steps back even as she kisses me more.
"Mmm." She breaks our kiss. "I don't want to go, but I have to."
"I understand." I turn her toward her dance bag and give her a little nudge. The last thing I want to do is have her mother get upset and refuse to let her out at night to rehearse, or worse, tell Mariette.
She slings her bag over her shoulder and blows me a kiss.
I catch it. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yes, tomorrow. No boxing tonight."
"Don't worry, Miss Awkward. I have no desire to box tonight."
AWKwaRd, Victoria
by Emme Burton
☕☕☕☕
Fantabulously fun read. Which is surprising, since by the end of the first chapter I was thinking, "What the heck! This guy's a total jerk! I agreed to review this, Why?" But I had promised to review the book. And I believe in sticking with it, and seeing a book through. Luckily in this case, I was rewarded. Without the author showing us what a total smuck Max Devereaux is. We wouldn't be able to appreciate how much he has to grow to become worthy of winning the prize. As to what that prize is, you'll have to read the book to find out what the true prize is.
Even though I couldn't stand the hero at first, I was pulled in and held captive by the writing itself. As I shook my head over Max's caveman like behavior, I eagerly kept turning the pages, waiting eagerly to see how Victoria Awkward would reactive to his antics, and what hoops she would make him crawl through to gain her attention and affection.
All in all. I came to love the main characters, and enjoyed reading about Max's journey down the road of love. There are a few surprises, that give the story a nice twist as well.
I definitely recommend this book to contemporary romance and dance readers and look forward to reading more books by this author.
Disclaimer: I was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.
Emme Burton is the author of the bestselling Romantic Comedy/New Adult Novel, SNACK, the Better Than Series: BETTER THAN ME (Book 1), FIX IT FOR US (Book 2), and STILL INTO YOU (Book 3) and an author in the #1 bestselling anthology, HOOK & LADDER 69. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri with her amazing husband and sons, and her "fur boy." Emme has never, ever been lost in a mall either as a child or an adult. Her mother, and now her family, have always known where to find her. At the bookstore.
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By Tamye Whitener • Posted in Book Release, Book Reviews, Contemporary, Rafflecopter, sports	• Tagged 4 Star Review, AwKwaRd Victoria, Between the Sheets Promotions, contemporary romance, Emme Burton, Giveaway, New Release, Okay Creations, Rafflecopter, Sarah Hansen
Sensual Secrets New Release Not Your Mother's Coffee Table Book
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Title: SENSUAL SECRETS: Not Your Mother's Coffee Table Book
Author: ELLIE MASTERS
EBOOK Release Date: 1 January, 2017
Genre: ROMANCE, SHORT STORIES AND POEMS, PICTURE BOOK, 104 pages
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This isn't a novel… it's not a book of poems… it's something MAGNIFICENT!
Enter a world of luscious thoughts and decadent desires. Within these pages you will find a momentary escape from the real world as you sink into a sensuous realm where reality, fact, and fiction combine to sweep you away in an unadulterated fantasy.
Why is it called "Not Your Mother's Coffee Table Book?
Because, the stories and images inside this book are not fit for younger eyes. They are however, meant to inspire your imagination; to take you on a sensual journey into "what if"and "what may be." It's a key to the discovery of the soul, a path less taken, a road you will want to travel again and again. It's something to share with your lover. You'll want to keep it close at hand. Under your pillow might just be the perfect place!
The concept for SENSUAL SECRETS: Not Your Mother's Coffee Table Book came to me this Fall. I enjoy writing erotic shorts, snippets of stories, kernels of revelation, simple moments where we can dip our toes into another place, a sensual realm where we can dream and play. Sensual Secrets is a compilation of my sinful shorts, passionate poems, and sexy short stories written this past year, all bundled into a visual feast for your enjoyment.
Ellie Masters has been exploring the worlds of romance, dark erotica, science fiction, and fantasy by writing the stories she likes to read. When not writing, Ellie can be found outside, where her passion for all things outdoor reigns supreme: off roading, ATV-ing, scuba diving, hiking, and breathing fresh air, are just a few of her favorite pursuits.
Wife, lover, and mother are her most treasured roles, but Ellie has played many parts: counter-girl at McDonalds, a research assistant in a Nanofabrication facility, rocket scientist, physician, and now a published author with the release of her debut novel Changing Roles. Ellie is adding to her publications, HEART'S INSANITY: an Angel Fire Rock Romance coming August 2016.
She has lived all over the United States, east, west, north, south and central, but grew up under the Hawaiian sun. Now, Ellie is proud to call herself a Southern transplant, learning to say y'all and 'bless her heart' with the best of them. She lives with her beloved husband, two children who refuse to flee the nest, and four fur-babies; three cats who rule the household, and a dog who wants nothing other than for the cats to be his friends. The cats have a different opinion regarding this matter.
Ellie's favorite way to spend an evening is curled up on a couch, laptop in place, watching a fire, drinking a good wine, and bringing forth all the characters from her mind to the page and hopefully into the hearts of her readers.
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By Tamye Whitener • Posted in Book Release	• Tagged Coffee Table Book, Ellie Masters, Erotic Romance, New Release, Not Your Mother's Coffee Table Book, Picture Books, Poems, Romance, Sensual Secrets, Short Stories, Special Price
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Title: Family Fortune
Author: Kathleen Eyke
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Defying the restrictions of society, Emma Johnston plans to become a teacher and help broaden the lives of young women. Society, her father, and even her own heart betray her and leave her longing for a different life entirely.
After having run up considerable debt, Emma's father needs her inheritance from her maternal grandfather and he has a plan that seems guaranteed to get it for him, until Roger Starnes steps in and rescues her.
Together, the headstrong heiress and her protector scheme to stop her father and allow her to live her life, on her terms.
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Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Kathleen Eyke moved to Alabama when she was 4. She professes to be slightly neurotic. With a love for history in all its forms, she's a serious overachiever who does crafts to relax, and for fun and profit. Painfully shy to start with, Kathleen has a wickedly earthy sense of humor once comfortable with someone.
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Secondary Colors by Aubrey Brenner Release Blitz
SECONDARY COLORS BY AUBREY BRENNER
Love is weakness.
Love is unkind.
Love is selfish.
I know better than anyone else. Having made the mistake once before, I refuse to give myself to anyone, body or mind. My heart isn't even an option. Fresh out of college, I plan to spend my final summer home in the small town of Aurora, New Hampshire with my loving, flighty mother and old friends, my eyes set on the future. That's before I'm welcomed home by a beautifully flawed drifter, in search of his own. It's hardly love at first sight. More like loathe. He creeps under my skin from the moment he refuses to acknowledge my existence.
But, it's hard to deny there's something in the way he watches me, the way his presence calms and electrifies me, bringing something dead inside to life again. He's been jaded by his own loss and heartache. It's burned into his very being.
I want to know Holt Turner—and that terrifies me to death.
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Aubrey Brenner is a native Californian who enjoys spending time with her fiancé and their four-legged children. She always had a passion for story-telling and visual artistry. Through her writing, she's able to showcase both.
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Rafa Nadal in ominous form in Monte Carlo: can Nishikori stop him in today's final?
Japan's Kei Nishikori believes he can find a way to beat Rafael Nadal in Sunday's Monte Carlo Masters final, but admits that the 10-time champion looks in ominous form.
World number one Nadal eased to a 6-4, 6-1 semi-final victory over Grigor Dimitrov on Saturday, while Japan's Nishikori came back from a set down to beat third seed Alexander Zverev.
"I'm sure there is a way to beat him. But, you know, to see him this week, it looks a little bit difficult," admitted Nishikori.
But he insisted he's not an automatic favourite on clay, despite having won 34 consecutive sets on the surface.
"I really don't care if I am favourite or I am not favourite," said Nadal, who needs to win the title to remain ahead of Roger Federer at the top of the world rankings.
"Being (in) 12 finals already here is something difficult to imagine. To win 10 is difficult to imagine, too," 16-time Grand Slam champion Nadal added.
"In our sport, there is not much time to stop and think about the things that have happened or not happened.
"My wrist, on clay, it's a little bit different than on hard courts. Little bit sore still," said former world number four Nishikori, now ranked 36.
"Yeah, the match in Madrid, for sure that gives me a little bit of confidence," he said.


Traditional sponsorship is ill. While expected to linger, the disease is fatal. Death will result from sponsorship's failure to provide strong competitive returns. No doubt you and your sponsors are secretly (or not) bored with gold, silver, and bronze opportunities. Certainly few sponsorships gender excitement about the lackluster results, such as name exposure. For instance, one week after the event, just one percent of the 100,000 people in an audience could name a NASCAR sponsor.
This column examines the fundamentals of a growth-value partnership as an ingenious idea being used by remarkable nonprofits that yield increased revenue. It will help you to create growth-value partnerships so your nonprofit, your business partners, and your customers and donors experience new value.
Businesses and nonprofits operate in distinct arenas. Growth-value partners build on the limited common ground the two sectors share, such as the need to form new and strengthen existing customer and, in the case of nonprofits, donor relationships. You'll find this fundamental at play in traditional sponsorships, but in growth-value partnerships, measurable results are on steroids.
Logic tells us that when a title company and a Habitat for Humanity affiliate jointly develop an evening for the title company's customers and real estate agents who recommend them, that more value is created than simply listing the title company for the year, even though the underlying donation is the same: $100 per closing, or about $5,000 per year. At the open house event, the title company president welcomes and thanks the attendees for making the gift possible. Habitat shares the Habitat story and invites new residents and real estate agents to volunteer and to donate used household goods to the re-sale store.
Common ground involves more than just business goals, such as marketing, branding, and employee retention. For magic results, the link between the nonprofit's mission and the business' business must make intrinsic sense. For example, customers of both entities might overlap in a way that benefits customers if they use both services, such as in the Horace Mann-DonorsChoose.org partnership. In the Habitat-title company partnership, the common link involved helping people to be new homeowners. Common ground includes shared goals, logic, and emotion that knit together two different threads to form new materials.
Besides starting from common ground, successful growth-value partnerships require trust and belief in the other entity's competence in their respective work, setting mutual expectations, and over time, team play.
Partnerships require trust or the belief that the other party acts in good faith—despite appearances, until facts prove otherwise. For some this means dropping calcified beliefs about how the other sector operates. Some must drop their inclination to throw all businesses into the same "filthy capitalist" category. Others must toss a belief that there are people who "can't" join nonprofits. To build growth-value partnership, both parties must believe the other offers value.
Growth-value partnerships also require belief in the partner's competence, viability, and potential success. This competence rests with the specific nonprofit or business in question. The Horace Mann-DonorsChoose.org partnership brought the insurance company new opportunities in social media and technology. DonnorsChoose.org gained from connecting with a firm with a 70-year history and local school knowledge.
Successful partnerships require meetings of the mind to set mutual expectations. Executing great ideas requires organizing from concept to practice. In one partnership, The Asolo Repertory Theatre partners with Wilde Lexus to create Wilde Wednesday. Among other activities, this involved champagne for patrons and parking a Lexus in the theatre entrance each Wednesday. Expectations involved creating the idea and the execution specifics, such as who will organize the arrival and departure of the Lexus, and the chilling and uncorking of the champagne.
While the activities are underway, to create maximum outcomes the best growth-value partnerships engage in team play. By working as a team, the partners can take advantage of unexpected opportunities, such as press interviews and branding breaks—often invisible at the onset.
With the above for fundamentals, you may conclude that growth-value partnerships are rare. They need not be. They remain special. Leaders must craft them one-by-one. Growth-value partnerships aren't like Model-T cars where mass production ruled the day. To provide and uncover benefits the partners must create hands-on customization.
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University of Birmingham's Theodore Wrigley Wins Tom Wills Medal
The University of Birmingham's Theodore Wrigley has won the 2019/20 Tom Wills Medal, awarded to the "best & fairest" player in the National University League.
Having finished as runner-up last season to the University of Oxford's Ben Doherty, Wrigley polled 13 votes across Birmingham's six NUL games this season, two more than the Doherty.
In fact, Wrigley polled the maximum of three votes from the on-field umpires in four matches and is the only player to have received votes in every single NUL round he's played.
"I feel very relieved," Wrigley told AFL England. "Last year Ben [Doherty] was obviously another calibre, but becoming the first British player to win the Tom Wills Medal feels great!"
Wrigley first started playing in September 2018, having discovered Australian rules football at the university Sports fair.
"I've always believed sport is hugely important to meeting others at university," said Wrigley . "I play for two university sports teams and also play campus league 6 a side. It's always a great way to release stress."
Over the last two years, Wrigley has seen the competition evolve and new rivalries and relationships between university teams strengthen.
"I played in the inaugural season, but I I think the league was still in its infancy. There were a lot more Australian players, but now I can see a lot more British players who want to get involved. Secondly I believe there is more camaraderie between teams, most likely due to the 2019 All Star Game which really served to enhance friendships between teams. I'd like to say a big thanks to Conor, Calumn and Scottie of Cardiff who always had a big smile when we saw them on match days."
Birmingham were swept aside in the 2018/19 Grand Final, losing by 72 points to a rampant Oxford. However, this year Wrigley helped Birmingham became the first side to go unbeaten during the regular NUL season. He believes the dynamic between new and experienced players helped them over the course of the season.
READ MORE: University of Oxford's Ben Doherty Wins Inaugural Tom Wills Medal
"I believe the team dynamic this year, especially the connection between seniors and freshers, helped us fight for each other in all games. Three Aussie players really showed us that a quick hand pass game suited our young energetic team far greater than a kick and hope."
The side were also helped by 6'5″ tall forward Thomas Sanders who kicked 12 goals to finish as top goalkicker in the Men's Division and key defender Rob Morton, who were both singled out by Wrigley.
"[Rob's]a really great friend that I've got a lot closer to this year, plus has been a great servant of the club for the past 4 years. His defensive prowess allowed us to keep on the front foot in all games. And having Tom up front really helped if we opted to kick long."
High points this season for Wrigley included their first games of the season, which saw Birmingham record resounding wins over Cambridge and South Wales, as well as revenge on Oxford which set up their assault on the minor premiership.
"For a lot of the new players playing at home in Birmingham, under the lights of Bournbrook, with a capacity crowd really showed that the Australian rules football game in England can be respected and is really exciting to watch. Additionally after losing in the final against Oxford last year, beating them for the first time in Cardiff really placed the thought in our minds that we might stand a chance of winning this year."
With the NUL Grand Finals postponed until further notice, Wrigley says he has several aspirations aside from the NUL, having played for the Wolverhampton Wolverines.
"As a club close to the University we've really tried to build a connection between the Birmingham and [the Wolverines]. They have a couple of GB stars Craig Degville, George Dibble, Ross Denton and Adam Morris who really helped to improve my game. If I move to London I'd love to play for North London Lions as they seem to have a lot of Birmingham alumni and a great club culture."
Wrigley is looking forward to a senior call up for Great Britain, following in the footsteps of fellow Birmingham player Sam Walon who made the step up from the NUL to the Great Britain Bulldogs in time to compete at the European Championships.
"I managed to be invited to train with GB last year," said Wrigley. "Of course I'd love to get a senior call up for a game at some point. I'm putting in the miles while the season is off so I'm in top shape when football returns."
It was a three-horse race for much of the season, with Oxford's Cameron Sharp kicking eight goals over the season to finish as runner-up, with Cambridge's Tim Shepherdson kicking six en-route to a Grand Final rematch against Wrigley.
Here we can reveal for the first time how the umpire's voted and how the Tom Wills Medal race unfolded!
Picture credit: Newman Visuals & Bob Given Photography
Tags: AFL, AFL England, Aussie rules, Australian Football, Birmingham, national university league, NUL, Theo Wrigley, Theodore Wrigley, Tom Wills Medal, University of Birmingham, uobarfc
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L'Istituto Leibniz per la storia europea (IEG) (Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte) di Magonza è un istituto di ricerca non universitario ed è membro dell'Associazione Leibniz dal 2012.

Fondazione
Fondato nel 1950 su iniziativa di Raymond Schmittlein, capo della direzione generale degli affari culturali del governo militare francese, la nuova struttura è stata progettata per aiutare a superare le lacune nazionali e confessionali storicamente sviluppate tra gli stati europei e le loro popolazioni attraverso la ricerca storica "senza pregiudizi", e quindi, in particolare, supportare la comprensione franco-tedesca. La ricerca svolta presso l'istituto dovrebbe servire a rivedere (»disintossicare«) i libri di storia (scolastici) con l'obiettivo a lungo termine di istituire un »libro di storia europeo«.

Questa idea venne alla fine degli anni 1940 durante le discussioni franco-tedesche a Spira, che Schmittlein lanciò nel 1948/49. Si mescolò alle concezioni cristiane "occidentali" della storia di un gruppo di storici tedeschi, tra cui il giornalista medievalista di Bonn Fritz Kern (1884-1950) che aveva diretto la delegazione tedesca nel 1948. Anche il teologo cattolico e storico della chiesa Joseph Lortz (1887-1975) prese parte a questi colloqui.

Kern elaborò i primi piani per fondare un "Istituto per la storia della cultura e della religione", che - come primo direttore dell'istituto - voleva che realizzasse, oltre all'obiettivo didattico, una storia universale basata sulla religione ("Historia Mundi") in diversi volumi. Un altro direttore fondatore fu Lortz, che nel 1950 fu nominato professore straordinario per la storia occidentale della religione presso la Facoltà di filosofia dell'Università di Magonza. Questa intenzione e la storia della fondazione spiegano la struttura dell'istituto di ricerca fondato nel 1950 come "Institute for European History" (IEG). Nell'aprile 1951 venne creato un dipartimento di "Storia religiosa occidentale" e uno di "Storia universale". Entrambi i dipartimenti erano e sono guidati da un direttore, ed entrambi i direttori sono anche professori all'Università Johannes Gutenberg di Magonza.

Compiti
Uno dei compiti principali dell'IEG è la ricerca delle basi storiche dell'Europa. Secondo gli statuti, si tratta di »ricerche sulle tradizioni religiose e spirituali dell'Europa, i suoi cambiamenti e le sue crisi, in particolare sulle differenziazioni religiose, i loro effetti e le possibilità di superarle«, così come »una ricerca di base relativa all'Europa che adatti il processo di crescita comune e di comprendere storicamente i singoli percorsi storici degli stati e dei popoli europei.

L'Istituto Leibniz per la storia europea svolge questi compiti conformemente allo statuto:

 attraverso progetti di ricerca nel lavoro individuale e congiunto dei suoi componenti con scienziati nazionali e stranieri.
 finanziando giovani scienziati post-laureati in Europa e in altri continenti che lavorano su progetti di ricerca sulla storia europea e vivono come compagni nell'istituto.
 attraverso la cooperazione con altre istituzioni in patria e all'estero che perseguono obiettivi simili.
 attraverso le proprie pubblicazioni e finanziamenti per altre pubblicazioni in cui vengono discusse questioni scientifiche della ricerca europea.
 attraverso il trasferimento di conoscenze nella società.

Programma di ricerca
L'Istituto Leibniz per la storia europea (IEG) ricerca le basi storiche dell'Europa nei tempi moderni. La sua ricerca è sviluppata in modo interdisciplinare dal Dipartimento di storia religiosa occidentale e dal Dipartimento di storia universale. Si estende attraverso le epoche dall'inizio dei tempi moderni alla storia contemporanea. Da una prospettiva transfrontaliera, l'Europa viene esaminata come uno spazio di comunicazione, i cui confini interni ed esterni sono stati ripetutamente modellati da diversi processi transculturali.

Il tema principale dell'attuale programma di ricerca all'IEG riguarda le differenze in Europa: le forme per stabilire, far fronte e consentire la differenziazione nelle sue dimensioni religiose, culturali, politiche e sociali. L'Europa è vista come un laboratorio per lo sviluppo di forme di regolamentazione e limitazione, ma anche per la produzione e la conservazione della diversità e delle disuguaglianze. Le dinamiche conflittuali dell'area "Europa" derivano dalle diverse interazioni e intrecci che hanno portato allo scambio, all'appropriazione e all'integrazione, nonché alla delimitazione e al confronto sul continente e oltre i suoi confini. Il programma di ricerca riunisce le competenze interdisciplinari, trasversali ed orientate all'Europa disponibili all'IEG in tre aree di ricerca:

 Pluralizzazione e marginalità
 Sacralizzazione e desacralizzazione
 Mobilità e appartenenza

Dal 2008 al 2018, l'IEG, insieme all'Università Johannes Gutenberg di Magonza, ha gestito il gruppo di formazione alla ricerca finanziato dalla DFG, Le Chiese cristiane, che affrontano la sfida dell '"Europa".

Borse di studio e programma di scienziati ospiti
L'Istituto Leibniz per la storia europea (IEG) assegna borse di ricerca per giovani ricercatori (dottorandi) sia all'interno che all'estero. I progetti di ricerca sono finanziati a studenti di dottorato e post-dottorato che si occupano della storia religiosa, politica, sociale e culturale dell'Europa tra il 1450 e il 1970 circa. I progetti comparativi, di trasferimento storico-transnazionale e le domande relative alla storia delle discipline umanistiche e delle religioni relative agli sviluppi storici nelle tre religioni monoteiste (cristianesimo, ebraismo, islam) sono particolarmente ben accetti.

Come scienziati in visita, l'istituto accetta anche borsisti da altre organizzazioni, come la Fondazione Alexander von Humboldt o il servizio di scambio accademico tedesco.

Il Senior Research Fellowship Program consente a rinomati scienziati di altri paesi europei e non europei di essere invitati all'IEG di Magonza per 2-6 mesi. Questi possono perseguire il proprio progetto di ricerca e scambiare idee con gli scienziati della sede dell'Istituto. In questo modo, le cooperazioni esistenti vengono implementate e rafforzate e in futuro verranno preparati nuovi progetti di ricerca congiunti.

Biblioteca
Con circa 87.000 titoli, la biblioteca offre letteratura sulla storia dell'Europa dalla metà del XV secolo. L'attenzione si concentra sulla storia europea e internazionale e sulla storia del cristianesimo dall'umanesimo e dalla Riforma. La biblioteca contiene numerose riviste e periodici internazionali (oltre 500 gli abbonamenti attuali). C'è anche un gran numero di bibliografie specializzate e aiuti bibliografici generali disponibili. Tutti gli stock possono essere ricercati nel catalogo online dell'istituto (OPAC). Ogni anno vengono fatte nuove aggiunte oltre a un gran numero di risorse e database online finanziati da DFG. La biblioteca fa parte del sistema bibliotecario locale (LBS) Rheinhessen (organizzazione e tecnologia: Biblioteca dell'Università di Magonza) come parte della rete bibliotecaria di livello superiore HeBIS.

Bibliografia
 Claus Scharf: Geschichtswissenschaft als gesellschaftliche und transnationale Kommunikation Das Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz unter der Leitung von Karl Otmar Freiherr von Aretin. In: Christof Dipper, Jens Ivo Engels (Hrsg.): Karl Otmar von Aretin: Historiker und Zeitgenosse. Lang, Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3631666142, S. 101–128.
 Winfried Schulze, Corine Defrance: Die Gründung des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz (= Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte Mainz. Beiheft 36). von Zabern, Mainz 1992, ISBN 3-8053-1349-7.
 Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz 1950–2000. Eine Dokumentation. Herausgegeben vom Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz. von Zabern, Mainz 2000, ISBN 3-8053-2688-2.
 Winfried Schulze: Zwischen Abendland und Westeuropa. Die Gründung des Instituts für Europäische Geschichte in Mainz im Jahre 1950. In: Ulrich Pfeil (Hrsg.) Die Rückkehr der deutschen Geschichtswissenschaft in die "Ökumene der Historiker." Ein wissenschaftsgeschichtlicher Ansatz (= Pariser Historische Studien. Bd. 89). Oldenbourg, München 2008, ISBN 3-486-58795-1, S. 239–254 (Digitalizzato)
 Winfried Schulze: Deutsche Geschichtswissenschaft nach 1945. DTV, München 1993, S. 212f.

Collegamenti esterni
 Sito ufficiale
 Dipartimento di ricerca storica digitale (DH Lab)
 EGO | Storia europea online
 Mappe IEG
 Trattati di pace europei pre-moderni online
 HGIS Germania
 Gruppo di formazione alla ricerca
 Blog: Umanitarismo e diritti umani
 Progetto di ricerca Controversia et confessio
 Piattaforma di recensioni recensio.net
 Appuntamenti in loco - affrontare le differenze in Europa

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USA: The U.S. market for salted snacks
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MarketResearch.com, a premier business intelligence marketplace serving the Fortune 1000, announced today the release of a new study "The U.S. Market For Salted Snacks", by Kalorama Information. In 1999, U.S. sales of salted snacks totaled approximately $15.6 billion, an overall increase of more than 20% since 1995. According to the study, the salted snack market will maintain a growth rate of about 5% through 2004, increasing to almost $19.8 billion. In 1999, sales of potato chips totaled close to $5 billion and projections are that growth in this category will slow from 5% in 2000 to 3.8% in 2004. Tortilla and corn chip sales totaled almost $4.1 billion in 1999, up from $3.3 billion since 1995. Dollar sales in this category are expected to increase to almost $5.5 billion in 2004.
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Q: java. nio. connect multiple channels to one selector I am trying to understand how to write simplest application with one selector and multiple channels.
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After this step in server console I see following:
Accepted connection from java.nio.channels.SocketChannel[connected local=/127.0.0.1:9000 remote=/127.0.0.1:49184]

In client console I see following:
Exception in thread "main" java.nio.channels.NotYetConnectedException
    at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.ensureWriteOpen(SocketChannelImpl.java:269)
    at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl.write(SocketChannelImpl.java:474)
    at io.nio.SocketSender.main(SocketSender.java:25)
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    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:120)

Please help to understand the reason of stack trace.

A: The message is clear enough. I would do the client connect in blocking mode: then it either completes or fails. Otherwise you have to use a Selector, select for OP_CONNECT, use finishConnect(), test its return value, etc. In fact I would use blocking mode through the client, and I probably wouldn't use NIO at all.

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