What the Open Government Partnership tells us about how international initiatives can and do shape domestic public sector reform.At the 2011 meeting of the UN General Assembly, the governments of eight nations—Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States—launched the Open Government Partnership, a multilateral initiative aimed at promoting transparency, empowering citizens, fighting corruption, and harnessi...

Tap into the wisdom of experts to learn what every UX practitioner needs to know. With 97 short and extremely useful articles, you'll discover new approaches to old problems, pick up road-tested best practices, and hone your skills through sound advice.Working in UX involves much more than just creating user interfaces. UX teams struggle with understanding what's important, which practices they should know deeply, and what approaches aren't helpful at all. With these 97 concise art...

The authors examine developments in labor standards in global supply chains over the past thirty years, analyzing factors that create challenges and opportunities for improving working conditions. They illustrate the complex dynamics within and among key groups, including brands, suppliers, governments, workers and consumers.Using extended examples from China, Honduras, Bangladesh and the United States, as well as new quantitative evidence, the authors analyze stakeholders and mech...

Daniel Sikora presents a fun short story, where the two men meet to explore their bodies and enjoy silly conversations. Both college students, both young and free, yet not without things in the closet. When they become intimate and sweet with each other, an unexpected acquaintance appears, forcing the lovers apart. What follows is a scene of inexplicable fun where under serious scrutiny they desperately try to cover their mischief. Picturing a short fleeting moment in the lives of the two ...

In a Berlin home of an ordinary hetero couple, one finds the world of kinky pleasures, group sexual fantasies, and inclinations for sex in public. Clavicula is the story of a passionate threesome that reveals how an ordinary life on the surface can be full of creativity underneath. The straight couple plans a session of passion and fun. When their third enters the apartment, their male partner is already tied to a kitchen table, while she can't wait to take the panties off her beautiful fe...

Her Eternal Love is a dark fantasy novella and revelation cliffhangerEmpress Domnina, governor of the Realm of Shadows, has forbidden a relationship between Elena and the vampire Decio. No longer willing to abide by Domnina's ruling, Elena decides to confront the governor and learns of a surprising secret that rocks her to the core. While a prophecy looms, and dangerous beasts invade the realm, Elena discovers that assumptions can prove false and that real love exists in unexpected...

It's 2044. The Earth is suffering from global warming, overpopulation, and the threat of global extinction. Shiva, a one hundred kilometer diameter dwarf planet has a one-in-fifty chance of impacting the Earth in the year 2079 with four hundred times the impact energy of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. The Vishnu ship, hope for survival launched in 2035, will impact Shiva soon with a 10 gigaton nuclear device to attempt to divert the 'killer from the Kuiper Belt'. The outcome could...

On Valentine's Day, every couple makes each other's dreams come true. For this couple, it means a night in the dungeon where intimate secrets expressed in the safety of a home bed become a reality, however frightening or extraordinary they might be. What a mother of two always dreamt about comes true in the dark-lit dungeon where the two men take the reins over all her body parts. First, she is showcased in her revealing outfit to the crowd, then she is severely punished for her disobedien...

They meet in the daylight and an awkward conversation ensues. Parting ways, they can't help but wonder whether their short encounter can be prolonged. The hopes are high, and the obsession is overwhelming in this story of delightful conquest where a dom and a sub thoroughly enjoy their newly discovered roles. It all unravels in a Berlin nightclub where the protagonist wanders in search of sexual adventures. Unexpectedly, their screen idol shows up with a whip and a promise of sweet punishm...

In The Fulness of the Gentiles the author presents a remarkable exegesis of this biblical concept. Rev. Dr. A.A. Leenhouts explains this ‘Fulness of the Gentiles’ as ‘God breaking His silence’ through a fulfilling act of salvation in the Gentile world, in order to ‘graft His chosen people into their own olive tree again’. In this way, he states that a consistency can be observed in God’s actions by involving the Gentile world for the purpose of the salvation and the restoration of the Jewi...

Joseph Smith The Twenty-Fifth, a new Mormon prophet, emerges in Salt Lake City, much to the displeasure of the official LDS church. He brings with him a cadre of Apostles, not the least of whom are ones named Brigham and Jason. "JS25," as he is called by those close to him, like his predecessor from the 1800s, engages in polygamy, but with a twist. He doesn't have sex with his wives. The tale also features two men having problems with their dull, married sex lives and JS25's attempts to ai...

Tired of waiting for our governments to disclose their presence, an Alien race announces their existence themselves, taking mankind on a journey of discovery.