It's a cold, snowy day in New York City, and I thought it was the perfect time to take you on a stroll of Rockefeller Park (albeit on a warmer, sunny Autumn day!). The park, named after former New York state governor and Vice President Nelson A. Rockefeller, is often not on visitors' radar. As you'll see from this post, I think it really should be, as it offers a peaceful, relaxing walk with a variety of sensory experiences – the soothing sounds and sights of water, iconic views of the Statue of Liberty and interesting architecture, the stimulation of seeing wildlife, gardens, and public art. Outside of Central Park and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Rockefeller Park is probably my favorite outdoor space in the city.
So let's start our tour. I usually take the subway to the World Trade Center area, near the Oculus transportation hub. Once we exit the station, we head west on Vesey Street toward the Hudson River, a walk of just a few blocks. Along the way, we pass One World Trade Center and the 9/11 Memorial, Brookfield Place (an indoor shopping center), and the Irish Hunger Memorial.
As we look across the water, we spy the Statue of Liberty in the distance. A little to the right is the former immigration center turned historical site and museum, Ellis Island. And further in the distance, that's New Jersey!
Turning back and walking in the other direction, we enter the main part of Rockefeller Park. First, we discover the lily pond, the sound of the small waterfall along its one side creating a sense of zen. It's too late in the season for water lilies, but there are some wild Mallard ducks taking a swim.
As we walk further, there are some Canadian Geese gathered on the expansive green lawn. They are probably taking a break as they make their way south for the winter. On another day, we might see many other birds, but our focus today turns in a different direction.
Coming up, The Pavilion, by artist Demetri Porphyrios, is nearby. I always find its architectural details interesting. I wouldn't be surprised if it's the site of weddings in warmer months.
We're coming to my favorite part of the park – an enclosed area filled with bronze sculptures by Tom Otterness. Does the style seem familiar? I've written about other Tom Otterness sculptures, found in the 14th Street/8th Avenue subway station, here. You can choose to view these sculptures as whimsical, or look closer to find the darker commentary on the financial system. It's up to you. Otterness titled this collection of sculptures The Real World. Some of the sculptures are in plain sight, while others take a little closer look to discover. Here are some examples of what we find.
I love how these sculptures invite visitors to interact with them. On a busier day, I can see children playing around them, people eating their lunches next to them. Today, we catch these two visitors looking at their cell phones, as they sit next to a phone sculpture!
We still aren't done – there are autumn flowers in the gardens to enjoy. Let's see what we discover there.
We're reaching the far end of the park now. Ready to take a break? We can sit a while on these benches, maybe watching the anchored boats bob in the water, or read another chapter in the book we tucked into our bag. If we squint as we look into the distance, we might even catch a glimpse of the Empire State Building!
Well, our walk is at its end for today. Thank you for joining me!
Although today is not a Monday, I think this is a good walk for Jo's Monday Walks. Have you checked out Jo's blog? If you haven't, I know you will enjoy it. Unfortunately, I don't meet the January theme for Jude's Garden Challenge, having discussed an Autumn garden instead of a Winter one, but her blog is definitely worth checking out as well!
Wow I have to visit this park! It looks so lovely, thanks for sharing.
I have to visit this park! Looks so pretty and your photos are so beautiful!
What a lovely leisurely walk through such varied pleasures – especially for this housebound hypochondriac! It's beautifully written too. You've offered another lovely poem from the public domain: I'll save it alongside "Sunslant low". The sculptures are great, as are the prospects and the autumn flowers. A perfect walk for Jo. Thank you.
As always, so interesting. We just don't have so many sculptures around the place over here in England. One or two very big ones like the Angel of the North, but we just don't have as many little ones to discover as you do.
What a lovely place for a stroll – your vivid descriptions made me feel as if I was walking alongside you.
I love those sculptures! I've been out to Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty but not walked through this park.
I love all parks in New York but Central Park is my favorite.
Those are some really dark statues!! I really like the chess board and the penny statues. It is always cool to find hidden treasures like this.The isn't dark but certainly real life.
Thank you! I'm so glad you enjoy it.
Fabulous post…more things to see next time we cross the pond. The sculptures are wonderful and witty.
The sculptures are special! I really enjoyed watching them. We have a bit similar idea implemented in town Wrocław in Poland. The city is full of little dwarfs and even the tour of dwarfs was created to guide people along the main monuments of the town. You can see a few of thse creatures in my sister's post: https://atelierazure.net/2016/11/12/tiny-people-wpc/.
I love the little dwarf statues! Public art like this always makes me smile. Thanks for sharing.
You are a brilliant writer, photographer and tour guide. The inclusion of the poem brought me to tears. Not in a bad way. Just so moved by your observations and the amazing way you tie everything together into such a compact, yet expansive package of delight.
What an incredible park. I love the bronze sculptures.
Love it all, was especially drawn to the Tom Otterness sculptures, then got thinking that name (& style) seemed familiar. And yes! We have one of his works here in Toronto — google Tom Otterness Toronto, or The Immigrant Family Otterness, and you'll the piece. (It's at 18 Yonge St, for anyone here.) Thanks for showing me more of his remarkable work.
I just Googled it – what a great statue! Thanks for making me aware of it. Definitely something I will have to see in person when I travel to Toronto sometime.
The bronze sculptures are so interesting. I especially love the penny. What a wonderful outdoor space Rockefeller Park is.
This is a bit udnerrated. I haven't been in so long, must visit again!
The statutes are great and so distinctive, I knew they were Otterness before I read his name. I have seen his work in the Netherlands (I think you read the post) and really like his style.


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Vintage Burlesque Wall Calendar 2019 (Art Calendar) (Calendar, New edition)
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Featuring cabaret costumes, scantily clad chorus girls and burlesque dancers, this calendar showcases the best dancers and actresses involved in the burlesque scene from the mid-twentieth century to the 1960s. Featuring photographs from some of the most exciting performances, this is a celebration of the flamboyant vintage burlesque. The datepad features previous and next month's views.
Flowers of Perversion, Volume 2 - The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco (Hardcover)
Stephen Thrower
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The disturbing, exciting, and defiantly avant-garde films of Jesus "Jess" Franco, director of such films as Vampyros Lesbos and Lilian the Perverted Virgin. Jesus "Jess" Franco is an iconic figure in world cinema. His sexually charged, fearlessly personal style of filmmaking has never been in vogue with mainstream critics, but for lovers of the strange and sado-erotic he is a magician, spinning his unique and disturbing dream worlds from the cheapest of budgets. In the world of Jess Franco freedom was the key, and he pushed at the boundaries of taste and censorship repeatedly, throughout an astonishingly varied career spanning sixty years. The director of more than 180 films, at his most prolific he worked in a supercharged frenzy that yielded as many as twelve titles per year, making him one of the most generative auteurs of all time. Franco's taste for the sexy and horrific, his lifelong obsession with the Marquis De Sade, and his roving hand-held camera style launched a whole new strain of erotic cinema. Disturbing, exciting, and defiantly avant-garde, films such as Necronomicon, Vampyros Lesbos, Virgin Among the Living Dead, and Venus in Furs are among the jewels of European horror, while a plethora of multiple versions, re-edits and echoes of earlier works turn the Franco experience into a dizzying hall of mirrors, further entrancing the viewer who dares enter Franco's domain. Stephen Thrower has devoted five years to examining each and every Franco film. This book-the second in a two-volume set-delves into the latter half of Franco's career, covering titles including Shining Sex, Barbed Wire Dolls, Swedish Nympho Slaves, and Lilian the Perverted Virgin. Assisted by the esteemed critic and researcher Julian Grainger, Thrower shines a light into the darkest corners of the Franco filmography and uncovers previously unknown and unsuspected facts about their casts, crews, and production histories. Unparalleled in scope and ambition, Flowers of Perversion brings Franco's career into focus with a landmark study that aims to provide the definitive assessment of Jess Franco's labyrinthine film universe.
Submitted - Letters to a Dominatrix (Hardcover)
Mistress Xena; Edited by Hercules Serfaty; Illustrated by Georgeanne Deen, Yoshifumi Hayashi, Richard Kern, …
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Statuesque actress, stuntwoman, martial artist, bodybuilder, bodyguard, dominatrix. For over 15 years Mistress Xena has helped bring thousands of twisted fantasies to life. Submitted allows you to become a fly on the wall of her dungeon as she reveals her story and the private fantasies of her anonymous clients. These incredible dreams are revealed for the first time - outrageous to some, but for Xena it's just another day at the office. These letters take the reader on an often hilarious and provocative journey through the secret minds and desires of Xena's slaves.
Tom Bianchi: 63 E 9th Street - NYC Polaroids 1975 - 1983 (Hardcover)
Tom Bianchi
In 1975, Tom Bianchi moved to New York City and took a job as in-house counsel at Columbia Pictures. That first year Tom was given a Polaroid SX - 70 camera by Columbia Pictures at a corporate conference. He took that camera to the Pines on summer weekends, those pictures became the book Fire Island Pines, Polaroids 1975 - 1983 published in 2013. Now, some 44 years later, we finally get a first look at another extraordinary collection of Polaroids by Tom taken in his NYC apartment at 63 East 9th Street. Whereas Fire Island is an expansive communal experience happening on a sunny sand bar outside of the city under huge open skies, Tom's New York apartment was an intimate track-lit den, a safe stage where he and his friends invited each other to play out their erotic night games. Tom's New York City Polaroids take us behind the closed door of his apartment, "Back then we were in the early days of a revolution that seemed inevitably headed to a more loving, playful and tolerant way of being. We were innocents", Bianchi recalls. This is an essential companion book to Fire Island Pines and an important document of urban gay life.
Laurent Benaim (English, French, German, Book)
Dian Hanson
"I've always been fascinated by sex, the diversity of practices, the will and perseverance of people to realize their fantasies," says Paris photographer Laurent Benaim. "These moments of pleasure captivate me in all their forms: the beautiful, the ugly. I have no criteria for aesthetic selection, only the expression of human desire interests me." That said, Monsieur Benaim seldom photographs simple desire or simple sex acts. His models, he insists, run the show, bringing their uncommon interests to his studio; he acts only as witness and documentarian, offering his creative encouragement and nonjudgmental camera. He shoots only amateurs, people whose lives range from button-down white collar to transient to circus sideshow. They are young and old, straight, gay and transgender, able bodied, ample bodied and oddly bodied. They have been coming to Benaim's large commercial studio in the Parisian suburb of Montreuil since 1999, first a trickle, then a flood, as word spread that their quirks and obsessions would not just be embraced, but transformed into art, through a painstaking 19th-century print technique little used in the last 100 years. Benaim earned his photographic degree in 1982. He set up shop as a conventional photographer, but at heart was a pictorialist, always searching for ways to defeat photographic realism. In 1991 he saw an antique photo with just the look he sought, and through trial and much error taught himself the gum dichromate process. It's tedious, smelly, and probably poisonous, but Benaim has used it exclusively since 1996, giving his startling sex photos the look of oversized French postcards, printed, perhaps, in the damp cellar of a Belle Epoque whorehouse. The technique softens the extremity of his subject, leading to gallery shows in Paris, Berlin, Milan, Luxembourg, Zurich and, fittingly, at the Kinsey Institute for sexual research in Bloomington, Indiana.Laurent Benaim presents 300 of the photographer's 1,000+ photos in what will be among TASCHEN's most transgressive-and talked about-titles, with an introduction by editor Dian Hanson.
Dian Hanson's Butt Book (English, French, German, Hardcover)
Dian Hanson; Edited by Dian Hanson 3
The Kama Sutra gives detailed instructions on how to spank it. Contemporary Italians touch it for luck before placing a bet. Americans are having it cosmetically enhanced at rates approaching breast enlargement surgery. The female butt, tush, culo, or derriere has always inspired awe, fantasy, and slavish devotion. Curiously, its primary purpose is functional rather than aesthetic: butts balance our bodies while running, according to biologists. But ask any pygophiliac-as fundament fans are clinically termed-and you'll get the same answer: female hindquarters exist to please the eye, the hands, and parts south. Sir Mix-a-Lot said it all when he proclaimed, "My anaconda don't want none, unless you've got buns, hun." All of this valuable insight, as well as some 400 photos from 1900 to 2008, were included in TASCHEN's original The Big Butt Book, released in 2010. Now, that same content is compressed and reconfigured into TASCHEN's popular Bibliotheca Universalis format, with some new photos thrown in just for fun. You'll still find works by Elmer Batters, Jean-Paul Goude, Ralph Gibson, Richard Kern, Jan Saudek, Ed Fox, Guido Argentini, and Sante D'Orazio, of butts ranging from petite Pam Anderson's to sumptuous Serena Williams's, all contextualized by interviews with porn icon John (Buttman) Stagliano, filmmaker Tinto Brass, and butt queens Buffie the Body, Coco Austin, and Brazil's Watermelon Woman, but in a portable size, at an affordable price. What could be more bootylicious?
Roy Stuart. The Leg Show Photos: Embrace Your Fantasies, Getting Off (English, French, German, Hardcover)
Dian Hanson; Edited by Dian Hanson
Between 1987 and 2001, Dian Hanson, then editor of Leg Show magazine, and photographer Roy Stuart collaborated on over 100 fetish photo shoots. It was critical to Stuart's taboo-busting philosophy that any sex portrayed in these photos be authentic, and he often included female masturbation, always to climax. To Stuart it seemed absurd that so many young women didn't know how to reliably give themselves orgasms. It smacked of male/female inequality. He therefore kept a number of high-powered vibrators in his studio and encouraged prospective models, during the often weeks-long educational process leading up to a photo shoot, to experiment with these machines to learn what pleased them best. When he and Hanson would confer on a shoot he might ask if masturbation would be appropriate; she came to understand this meant the model had acquired the necessary skill and wanted to demonstrate it. The answer, therefore, was always "yes". The volume Getting Off, second in the Embrace Your Fantasies series, represents the best of these photo sessions, accompanied by original Leg Show text by Hanson. All images are from the original transparencies, rescued from the Leg Show archives before the magazine ceased publishing in 2012. Join us once again for an exploration of 1990s sexual freedom, and a unique celebration of female empowerment.
Larrikin Digs (Hardcover)
Paul Freeman; Photographs by Paul Freeman
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The Four Dreams of Miss X (Hardcover, New ed)
An astounding collaboration between Agent Provocateur, Mike Figgis and Kate Moss, "The 4 Dreams of Miss X" breaks new ground. Genius innovators in haute couture, AP have commissioned Mike Figgis to portray Moss in her first acting role, resulting in four unique films: "Shadows", "Scale", "Exhibitionist and "Narcissus" - "The 4 Dreams of Miss X". Shot in night vision, these films are intensely intimate: a beautiful woman's private dream experiences. Two films have been released online in 2006, with the final two released in January and March 2007. Brought together for the first time on DVD, you can now enjoy Kate Moss' first ever speaking role at home and full screen.
Shunga - Sex and Pleasure in Japanese Art (Hardcover)
Timothy Clark, C.Andrew Gerstle, Aki Ishigami
You can discover Japanese art like no other. Originally created by the artists of the ukiyo-e school of the floating world to advertise brothels in 17th-century Yoshiwara, these popular spring pictures (shunga) transcended class and gender in Japan for almost 300 years. These tender, humorous and brightly coloured pieces celebrate sexual pleasure in all its forms, culminating in the beautiful, yet graphic, work of iconic artists Utamaro, Hokusai and Kunisada. This catalogue of a major international exhibition aims to answer some key questions about what shunga is and why was it produced. Erotic Japanese art was heavily suppressed in Japan from the 1870s onwards as part of a process of cultural modernisation that imported many contemporary western moral values. Only in the last twenty years or so has it been possible to publish unexpurgated examples in Japan and this ground-breaking publication presents this fascinating art in its historical and cultural context for the first time. Within Japan, shunga has continued to influence modern forms of art, including manga, anime and Japanese tattoo art. Drawing on the latest scholarship and featuring over 400 images of works from major public and private collections, this landmark book sheds new light on this unique art form within Japanese social and cultural history. Shunga: sex and pleasure in Japanese art is published to accompany an exhibition at the British Museum from October 2013 to January 2014.
Chocolate (Hardcover)
Marc Lagrange
Photographer Marc Lagrange had a gift for illuminating intoxicating beauty and communicating timeless elegance. Filled with longing and sensuality, his photographs are a celebration of fantasy and desire. In the early 1990s, Lagrange began to work quite intensively with Polaroid film, and his nude portraiture found a more dramatic and touching look. As a medium, Polaroid film corresponded perfectly to his aesthetic and artistic vision and it rapidly became a valid means of expression for him. The Belgian artist particularly fell for the unique quality and cool-brown tone coloration of the rare Polaroid 100 Chocolate, one of the last types of film ever to be produced before the Polaroid factory closed down permanently in 2009. Chocolate contains an enticing series of carefully selected and mostly unpublished works shot by Marc Lagrange on Polaroid 100 Chocolate film. More than just preliminary studies of his sophisticated image compositions, the photographs impress with their warm colors, rough textures, and painterly aesthetic. His sensual Polaroids are a powerful example of his craft, as well as his attention to detail.
Richard Kern. New York Girls. 20th anniversary (English, French, German, Hardcover)
Richard Kern
New York Girls, first released in 1995, and published by TASCHEN Books in 1996, defined a time, a place, and the raw esthetic of the artist Richard Kern. Kern was a leading figure in the 1980s Cinema of Transgression, director of the iconic films You Killed Me First, Fingered and Submit to Me Now; producer of Sonic Youth's "Death Valley '69" and Marilyn Manson's Lunchbox music videos; and a pioneering zine publisher responsible for The Heroin Addict and The Valium Addict. After kicking his own heroin habit, Kern turned to still photography, shooting girls in his downtown, punk-inflected New York social circle. They were naked, bold, tattooed, pierced, and casually posed in minimal sets, mostly just Richard's ratty slum apartment. They were young, but not innocent, fully complicit in the bondage, gunplay, and infamous candle insertions. The text was an interview with Kern by Kim Gordon. All of this predated SuicideGirls by six years and was utterly, supremely cool. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Kern's best-known work, TASCHEN is releasing an updated edition with never-published outtakes from the original photo sets, as well as photos rejected as too explicit for the first book and stills from his 25 films. We know you've missed Monica, Erin, Jaiko, Jen, Susan, Amy and Sam, and thought you'd enjoy seeing just a bit more of them.
Dian Hansons Pussy Book (English, French, German, Hardcover)
Dive into the origin of us all
The Big Book of Pussy, not to be confused with a book of big pussies, closed out the popular "body part" series with an offering just as controversial as it was popular back in 2011. As in previous volumes, editor Dian Hanson explored the historical significance of her subject, explaining how the female genitalia have been coveted, feared, reviled, and worshipped by civilizations worldwide, from New Guinea to old Ireland. Her text was supported by playfully positive photographs of women exposing their vulvas, from 1900 to 2010. And with more than 400 photos, the point was made emphatically, in images both naturally furry and stylishly groomed.
Now, this fresh edition reframes not just the subject, but the format and design of this popular volume in the portable and affordable Bibliotheca Universalis size, to meet the needs of consumers like the gentleman who commented on Amazon, "Who wants a two-ton Pussy Book being 'exposed' for the mailman?" Relax, my finicky friend! Your pussy now arrives in a discreet 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.) size!
Included are interviews with the auteur known as Pussyman, the ex-cop who turned masturbation into millions with a toy called the Fleshlight, clit queen Vanessa del Rio, squirter Flower Tucci, and vaginal performance artist Mouse. Contemporary photographers Richard Kern, Ralph Gibson, Jan Saudek, Guido Argentini, Ed Fox, and others share their favorite pussy photos, urging even the shyest reader to call, "Here, kitty, kitty!"
"Discover 111 years of images of women as nude as the news, and just as pleasantly delivered… an exceptionally well-written and insightful book, and a time capsule of how we perceive this aspect of the female body." — LA Weekly
About the series:
Bibliotheca Universalis―Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing. Bibliotheca Universalis brings together more than 100 of our all-time favorite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia. Bookworm's delight―never bore, always excite!
Text in English, French, and German
My Gay Eye - My Gay Eye (Paperback)
Rinaldo Hopf, Axel Schock
Robert Crumb. Sketchbook, Vol. 1: 1964-1968 (Hardcover)
It's the old story. When TASCHEN released the first limited edition of Crumb Sketchbooks 1982-2011, fans drooled over the gorgeous packaging of this six-volume boxed set, the artist's thoughtful editing, the hand-written introduction, marbleized page edges, and signed Crumb-colored art print. Not all, however, could afford the steep price. So they whined and coveted, with the wail growing louder when the second boxed set, 1964-1982, was released the next year. Covet no more. Robert Crumb. Sketchbook, Vol. 1: June 1964 - Sept. 1968 combines the two earliest volumes from the limited editions, produced directly from the original artworks now belonging to an ardent French collector, into one fat 440-page Crumb feast, selling for an irresistible price. This book contains hundreds of sketches, including early color drawings from the master of underground comic art, cover roughs for the legendary Zap and Head comics, the original Keep On Truckin' sketches, the first appearance of Mr. Natural, plus his evolution and refinement, Fritz The Cat, the Old Pooperoo, and many, many voluptuous Crumb girls, all wrapped up in a quality hard cover featuring an illustration newly hand-colored by Crumb himself.
Turner - The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J. M. W. Turner (Paperback)
Franny Moyle 1
The man behind the paintings: the extraordinary life of J. M. W Turner, one of Britain's most admired, misunderstood and celebrated artists J. M. W. Turner is Britain's most famous landscape painter. Yet beyond his artistic achievements, little is known of the man himself and the events of his life: the tragic committal of his mother to a lunatic asylum, the personal sacrifices he made to effect his stratospheric rise, and the bizarre double life he chose to lead in the last years of his life. A near mythical figure in his own lifetime, Franny Moyle tells the story of the man who was considered visionary at best and ludicrous at worst. A resolute adventurer, he found new ways of revealing Britain to the British, astounding his audience with his invention and intelligence. Set against the backdrop of the finest homes in Britain, the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution, this is an astonishing portrait of one of the most important figures in Western art and a vivid evocation of Britain and Europe in flux.
Conrad Shawcross: the Dappled Light of the Sun (Paperback)
Conrad Shawcross, Patrick Sykes
The sculptures of Conrad Shawcross ra explore subjects that lie on the borders of geometry and philosophy, physics and metaphysics. For the 2015 Summer Exhibitions Annenberg Courtyard installation Shawcross created a large-scale, immersive work consisting of five cloud-like forms in steel. Made from thousands of tetrahedrons these stand at over six metres high and weigh five tonnes each. Shawcross explains: The Greeks considered the tetrahedron to represent the very essence of matter. In this huge work I have taken this form as my brick, growing these chaotic, diverging forms that will float above the heads of visitors. As well as photography of the works in situ, the publication contains working drawings, structural diagrams and a text by the architecture writer Patrick Sykes.
The Big Book of Pussy 3D (English, French, German, Hardcover)
Dian Hanson 1
The origin of the world: The cat s out of the bag in 3 luscious dimensions First, The Big Book of Breasts, then The Big Penis Book, The Big Book of Legs, and the weighty Big Butt Book. What could follow but The Big Book of Pussy, an in-depth exploration of the female pudendum, that coveted orifice man spends nine months trying to escape, and a lifetime attempting to reenter? And what could follow that but The Big Book of Pussy 3-D? In 220 pages, featuring 110 black and white photos converted to sublime 3-D by the nerdy little genius Jon Schnitzer and his crew at The Brain Factory, The Big Book of Pussy 3-D doesn't just contain the same photos from the original volume, but also many never-before-seen photos unique to this edition. And as with the other-body parts 3-D editions, the effects are subtle on the page, but intensely dimensional when you slip on your red and blue anaglyph glasses included with this volume. Fans of the untrimmed wild-caught pussy, take note that hair provides one of the best subjects for 3-D viewing, demanding meticulous hand conversion by the 3-D artist with a full and fluffy viewing pay-off."
Bondi Road (Hardcover)
Paul Freeman
The fourth book in the Bondi series from photographer Paul Freeman
Vanessa del Rio (English, French, German, Hardcover)
Back in 1974, the sexual revolution was in full swing and the adult entertainment business was on the verge of becoming Big Business. Deep Throat had created America's first porn star in 1972, but just two years later 1974 Linda Lovelace was already retired and the industry was seeking the next big thing. Vanessa del Rio should have been that thing, except in 1974 there were no ethnic sex stars. Undeterred, Vanessa took any role they'd give her, because, amazingly, she was there for the sex more than the money. Fans, awed by her on-screen passion, made her a top box-office draw and America's first Latina star. Retired since 1986, Vanessa del Rio remains a sexual icon who cuts across all ethnic boundaries. In this fresh and irresistibly affordable edition, TASCHEN presents Vanessa in all her candor, confidence, and exuberant sexuality through vintage photo shoots, film stills, her own enormous archive, and her own words. And because paper and ink can't do justice to a personality this big, an original 140-minute DVD documentary is also included.
Forbidden Erotica (English, French, German, Hardcover)
Sportive gentlemen, lascivious ladies: Since the earliest days of photography, people have been getting up to all manner of rannygazoo in front of the lens. This collection presents the finest highlights from the collection of New Yorker Mark Rotenberg, who began collecting antique smut after finding a stash of vintage erotic pictures in a Brooklyn dumpster and now owns a 95,000 strong collection of archive pornography dating from between 1860 and 1960. Flick through these pages and witness the fitness of our forebears as they romp, cavort, and frolic with unabashed energy and glee. From early monochromes of daringly dropped drawers and seductively waxed handlebar mustaches, to Kodachromes of cheery, twin-peaked pin-up beauties in the 1950s, this fine collection spans the sublimely sensual and the ridiculous.
Bright Stain (Paperback)
Francesca Bell
Private Pornography In The Third Reich (Hardcover)
Hans Von Bockhain
Sex in the Third Reich: this subject is bound to raise wild speculation. What happened behind closed doors of a nation whose regime broke all taboos? More than 300 private pornographic photographs, almost all from one private collection which survived the most adverse conditions, provide ruthless testimony of the high time when those pictures were still sensational and daring, coquettish and provoking, but most of all: prohibited.
Picasso Erotic Sketchbook (Hardcover)
Pablo Picasso; Norbert Wolf
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This intimate glimpse of Picasso's sensual drawings selects some of the most compelling examples of the artist's celebrated erotic works. Thirty-five of Picasso's erotic drawings are exhibited in this collection that offers viewers the unique experience of watching over the artist's shoulder as he works. Picasso's brilliant draftsmanship is evident on every page, while his versatility is reflected in these pieces, which are in turn provocative and humorous, angry and tender. Designed to resemble an artist's sketchbook, this superb addition to the "Erotic Sketchbook" series features stunning reproductions, an embossed cover and a delicate ribbon tie, making it the perfect gift or keep- sake for lovers of art and lovers everywhere.
The Twisted Adult Coloring Book (Paperback)
Magnus Frederiksen
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The Kama Sutra - The Classic Guide to…
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Sweet Things - By Keith Garvey
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The Osprey Hydraulics Reservoir has long been our favourite hydration pack reservoir.
We were therefore intrigued to hear how Osprey had improved on it with this new version with the following updates.
Upgrading the reservoir from MPE to TPU plastic, makes it slightly lighter and even more durable.
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The Pour Shield effectively extends the collar to make the reservoir easier to fill.
The plastic back plate and the carry handle make the whole reservoir much stiffer, making it much more portable and easier to fill than a floppy first-generation hydration bladder.
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The omission of compulsory has also taken a toll on the game; mandatory figures are needed to teach skaters basic abilities. Additionally, I discovered that watching videos of different skaters doing the dance helped lots. Well, I am going to do a little bit of speculation and see whether I can make a fair guess of what dances or steps the skaters of the 1870's may have seen by taking a look at movies of Mohawk and Choctaw dances on youTube. Although a lot of folks purchase figure ice skates to begin with they might also want to use them for skates. What's the difference between recreational skates and figure skates? There is a huge difference in skating in the various skates. Their skates are built using a high instep, moderate heel width and rounded toe box, meaning that it suites anyone with toe lengths the same as their big toes. Among the most noteworthy features is the anatomical heel lock that replaced the customary outsole.
As we've mentioned, they cost a lot, but they also provide exceptional comfort, incomparable performance, exceptional durability, and a pair of top-shelf capabilities. Our stadium is situated at Town Square, where one is free to enjoy the various dining and shopping options. The natural reaction to this is that my totally free foot kicked upwards. Figure skates are made with a very stiff boot so that the ankle and foot are well supported when a skater spins or jumps onto the ice. The outcome is that extruded sheet will not slide too or be as durable. The sauce will be very thick. Really tell her that you're there for her and you will always be. In the winter, there are dozens of places to go ice skating, whether you would like to bundle up and find an outdoor location or settle for an indoor rink. And the ice was superb! Without a good pair of Ice Skates, ice hockey cannot be played.
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One thing that stops many people from trying figure skating is that figure skates hurt.
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For an ice skating experience to remember the obvious choice is Leicester on Ice.
The park is so immense, you could spend days exploring every nook and cranny.
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If you do not have a cozy pair of ice skates, you will want to limit your time you spend actually about the ice. Ask any one who possesses a set of SB (if you don't yourself) and they will mention the weight of the SB as one of their disadvantages. If you lose weight too quickly, that isn't great for your health; it is also more likely you will get all of it back again. You pay for your chunk of time, and if you get off first, you do not receive back your money Many rinks let 'bridging'. They also always have a few skating themed t-shirts, thus a fantastic place to get skating presents to get back home! Professional skaters get up at 5 in the morning, he tells you, practise till 8, go to work, then return in 6 and do the next four hours. To begin, you'll need a tough surface to stand, a piece of blank paper, a pen or a pen and a soft tape measurer. Goalies also need to wear helmets so as to avoid the ball from doing damage to the head.
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Compulsory figures provided exceptional training in border work and balance, along with the problem of characters made it hard for skaters to maneuver quickly through the levels of skating. If it doesn't work out, it's only 30 minutes of your lifetime. The Americans bossed the game for the first 10 minutes and made the brighter start. I needed to stop and readjust the lacing at least two and eliminate the tube at the first 15 minutes on ice. Speed hockey, outline skating and ice hockey is due to ice hockey sports. Lower instructional levels abilities comprise: Back crossovers, three turns, bunny hop, forward lunge, arabesque, ballet hop, beginning single jumps, easy footwork like Mohawks, hockey stop, T-stop. You can produce a Stinkeez very cheaply using ingredients that are affordable and only socks. Now, I've read a variety of books and articles on willful practice and some steps are unachievable for me (by way of instance, practicing several hours a day and being under 20). I love to skate, but it is a hobby.
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Most women choose to ice skate for recreational pursuits or more skilled in figure skating.
Some stores will have sales on previous years models, this is a great way to get the higher end skates for a fantastic price. Whistler hotel which like Steamboat had witnessed a decline in its Real Estate market amount has also made a comeback in 2014 with the first gains in market value of its property reported in four years. We nevertheless, regardless of our pep discussions and warnings, unfortunately had witnessed some setbacks, especially (and thankfully) with only a few, mostly long distance, clients. These are just the three most common types of radii, however, if you would like to make the most of your skating it is recommended to use an 11′ radius. Most women choose to ice skate for recreational pursuits or more skilled in figure skating. While dresses are always a safe option for relaxing times, approach with care when planning a trip to a skating rink.
Discovery Green Park offers an outdoor ice skating rink for many months of this year in the winter and inside of the huge shopping mall named Galleria, there is a year round ice skating rink. In 1995, Olympic ice skating has been extremely disciplined without having financial compensations. Newbie lesson: Wear the stinkin' practice skirt and tights or risk having everyone in the club explain the expectations for you. Catsuits are now so popular that lots of celebrities wear them on their shopping excursions, on plane rides, in book signings, in resorts, museums, libraries, and other regular public excursions and events. Black gloves are good, too, because they do not show dirt like white gloves and your figure skater can wear them on warm-up ice at competitions. The K2 Skate Pro rollerblades also contain ILQ – 9 PRO bearings for high precision and S-channel rubber shields to protect them from moisture, dirt or dust. With the support of all PowerDyne tools and wrenches you can easily perform maintenance and replacement of these bearings and wheels on your roller skates without recurring to some costly workshop.
All three types of Riedell bearings are excellent in their application areas, Kwik Ceramic bearings being the most expensive and technologically advanced, providing increased life support and little to none maintenance. There are numerous retailers providing cheap hockey equipment without compromising on the quality. The discipline of studying and mastering the science and art of sales, promotion and effective communication skills every day … pays the dividend of supplying a high degree of quality, advice and service to my customers. In reality, some kind of knowledge and skills may be simpler to learn by explaining then by being explained to. In fact, many inline leagues and pickup games occur on outdoor tennis and basketball courts. In case you have never plays Hockey or not play with it for a long time, you have to to share the experience of great players. A person that plays for recreation should decide on a high performance meeting that suits their foot.


December 31 is Donald Trump Jr.'s birthday.
Yes, you read that correctly: Donald Trump Jr. is a Capricorn. His brother Eric is a Capricorn, too. And just when you thought that this story couldn't get any worse, Eric shares his birthday with me. I know, right?
I guess that we all have our biases; I'm not any different than the other astrologers. Perhaps the Capricorns they knew were less like me and more like the Trump brothers. I don't spend a lot of time discussing people I don't like, so I'm going to get to the point. I am embarrassed that they are Capricorns. They are users. They contribute nothing to the common good, just like their good-for-nothing father. A more selfish family has never walked the face of the earth.
There is something interesting in their charts, though. Both of the boys and their father have a bunch of planets and points hovering around house cusps (roughly 29° to 1° in various signs). My astrologer friend Tracy mentioned this to me a couple of months ago, but I didn't look into it until now. With Uranus about to move back and forth over the Aries/Taurus cusp, there is potential in these shared charts for major disruption.
I hope so. The universe could do with a few less users.


If you haven't yet considered mediation as a way to resolve business disputes, here's why you should.
That our justice system is rife with problems is not news. With few exceptions, litigation takes too long, costs too much, and often leaves even the winners feeling like victims- just some of the many reasons why deal-makers should favor mediation over litigation.
Think of mediation as negotiation with a moderator. The mediator (a neutral third party) listens, questions, clarifies, sets ground rules and suggests alternatives, all to help the parties work out their own solution. A mediator has no authority to bind the parties, unlike an arbitrator, a judge or a jury. Jane Guerin, an attorney specializing in mediation and a UCLA law lecturer, highly recommends mediation. "Compared to litigation and arbitration," she says, "the parties have greater control over how their dispute is resolved."
Because mediation is informal, nonadversarial and keeps disputants talking directly, it is surprisingly effective. In fact, experts say that mediation is successful 80 percent of the time. In the United States, studies show high satisfaction rates on both sides, and that mediated settlements are far less likely to be protested or later attacked than litigated ones.
Mediation is a good choice when parties are cooperative, want to preserve a relationship, and/or want a creative solution that a court doesn't have the inclination or legal authority to grant. For example, in a lawsuit recounted by Guerin, "The plaintiff agreed to accept frequent flier points in lieu of cash-a win-win compromise that was unlikely to have occurred in court." However, mediation probably won't work if one side's out for blood, or too stubborn or far apart from the other.
Today, there are hundreds of public mediation centers operating nationwide, as well as numerous for-profit dispute resolution services that offer mediation. Your mediator should be unbiased, experienced and skilled. However, because there's currently no widely accepted certification or training for mediators, you may have to do a little extra shopping. Get recommendations from your lawyer or the local bar association. Be wary of former judges; they're used to orchestrating (that is, coercing) settlements and may lack the diplomacy required of a mediator. If your dispute involves technical knowledge, get a mediator with the right background.
When one side wants to mediate and the other doesn't, an invitation from the mediator to the reluctant party is helpful. For best results, each side should bring someone with the authority to settle and the ability to be an articulate, level-headed spokesperson. Having people on your side with a calming influence, or that the other side really wants to talk to also helps. If you're called on to make an opening statement, take it easy. Antagonizing the other side defeats the purpose of mediation.


Among the many arts and crafts supplies, ribbon is probably the most popular item. Also known as riband, this piece of item is primarily employed as decorative binding or tying. Those who are fond of carrying out arts and crafts projects are surely familiar with its different types, such as cloth, plastic, metal, and wired ribbon. In addition, ribbons are often in demand during Christmas season for decorating gifts and for decoration ideas in general.
There are several ribbon shops you can find in Singapore, and one of these is The Ribbon Shop. So with various stores, why would you opt to buy ribbons at the Ribbon Shop? Here are three main reasons that may convince you to do so.
The Ribbon Shop accepts custom-made ribbon designs to match the customer's preference. The shop provides customised ribbons for all occasions, including Christmas, corporate events, Chinese New Year, Valentine's Day, birthday gifts, anniversaries, wedding and special gifts.
One popular customised ribbon design is for corporate events wherein the company can have their logo printed on the ribbon. If interested on this service, customers must specify the color scheme and provide the logo along with the tagline then the personalised ribbons will be created. Having customised ribbons can enhance the company's image, leaving a lasting impression of the corporate event. Furthermore, these ribbons are likewise clever marketing tool for brand advertising and expanding presence.
The shop offers a hefty ofribbon choices to meet every customer's needs. As they aspire to become the one stop shop for all kinds of ribbon necessities, customers can pick from the shop's wide array of ribbon options, such as grosgrain ribbon, nylon satin ribbon, polyester wired ribbon and metallic ribbon, to name a few. Ribbons come in different materials, including matte finish, shiny plastic, translucent plastic and fabric.
One of the best selling products in the store is the grosgrain ribbon, which is commonly used for gift wrapping, arts and crafts decorations and even as lanyards. This particular type of ribbon is usually made from stiff fabric, characterised by its ribbed appearance, and is close woven, fine coloured fabric. Grosgrain ribbons are available in various colours, designs and patterns. Few of the in-demand designs are polka dots and stripped.
A wide assortment of products will be useless if the shop doesn't have exceptional customer service. Customer satisfaction is always a priority. Hence, at the Ribbon Shop, every customer is provided with utmost service to ensure memorable shopping experience. For interested customers, the shop is willing to showcase their portfolio containing their previous works and projects to rationalise the quality of the products.
The Ribbon Shop has worked with various organisations in Singapore, including small-medium enterprises (SMEs), multinational companies (MNCs) and government agencies. Thus, they are highly experienced when it comes to giving the best service to all their customers.
If you represent a company that requires custom-made ribbons for upcoming events, the staff at Ribbon Shop can readily assist you and discuss the possible designs. Or if you are an arts and crafts enthusiast searching for grosgrain ribbon or ordinary ribbon, you can visit the shop anytime to buy all the ribbons you need to finish your project. This ribbon store does not only offer high quality and wide array of ribbons, their products are also budget-friendly. Thus, the Ribbon Shop has gained several loyal customers ever since they started.


Social workers are trying to find it. Researchers are looking for it. Individuals desperately search for it. Lawmakers even try to legislate it.
The silver bullet that ends poverty. Something practical and definitive that will break generational cycles of pain, suffering and difficulty.
The simple truth is we know what makes the biggest difference in breaking poverty cycles: Strong families. And nothing strengthens a family faster than an involved father.
Studies have shown active fathers radically change the lives of their children. The presence of a father figure decreases a child's risk of becoming a drug addict by 50 percent and reduces the likelihood of children becoming involved in crime by 90 percent.
The impact of strong fathers goes far beyond helping children avoid negative behaviors. Sons and daughters of involved fathers grow with the emotional skills and abilities to lead their lives.
Strength and focus are required for fathers to take care of their marriages and lead their families to reach their full potential. That's only possible if fathers challenge themselves and realize they are the ones who are responsible to teach their sons and daughters to face and overcome obstacles.
For men to become the fathers and family leaders children need them to be, they must first become followers. God provides role models for every father. They show other men how to foster godly families.
Writen by Ricardo Brambila, director of the Buckner Family Hope Center at Bachman Lake in Dallas, where he strengthens vulnerable families.


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By Digital Editor on May 9, 2018
GlobalData: Over US$46.3 billion will be spent on Southeast Asia's upstream capex by 2020
An average capital expenditure (capex) of US$17.8 billion per year will be spent on 336 oil and gas fields in Southeast Asia between 2018 and 2020, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
— Oilfield Technology
Making ASEAN a relevant force in uncertain times
This weekend saw Singapore host the second ASEAN Media Forum (AMF), where almost 30 media leaders, journalists and social media influencers congregated to have a dialogue with the region's thought leaders on various important issues affecting the region.
Southeast Asia's demand for tech talent continues to soar
Southeast Asia's demand for tech talent continues to soar in online hiring across the IT and Telecom industry, as organisations evolve their tech capabilities in the region.
— Networks Asia
Media Freedom: Much more than just the media's problem
As the 'illness' of undermining media freedom catches on in Southeast Asia, the diagnosis of its various strains – be it traditional or new threats, overt or hidden, subtle or in-your-face – is far simpler than prescribing the possible cures to it.
— Rappler
Asean workshop mulls sustainable management of mine closures
Government officials and experts from Laos and Asean member countries involved in the supervision and management of mining are currently discussing international standards for sustainable mine closures.
— Vientiane Times (subscription)
Vietnam's labour productivity among lowest in region
Despite having increased at a relatively fast pace in recent years, Việt Nam's labour productivity remained in the lowest group in East Asia with scores in backbone sectors of the economy even falling behind Cambodia, a report found on Tuesday.
— Viet Nam News
Strong ties between ASEAN and New Zealand
Since its inception in 1967, ASEAN's growth trajectory has been nothing short of impressive.
As China's Influence Grows in Cambodia, Analysts Urge Caution
Hun Sen defended the country relationship with China, saying other countries were "jealous" of Beijing's rise.
— VOA Cambodia
Election Watchdog Slams Cambodia Ruling Party Official For Labeling Non-Voters 'Traitors'
The head of an election watchdog in Cambodia on Tuesday slammed a senior official from the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) for labeling anyone who refrains from voting in the country's upcoming general election a "traitor" to the nation, amid calls for a boycott of the ballot.
All factories need infirmaries by year's end
The Labour Ministry has announced that all factories across the country must have their own infirmary completed by the end of this year, noting that 88 percent of factories having built infirmaries already.
RI`s working population reaches 127.07 million: BPS
Indonesia`s working population has reached 127.07 million in February 2018, up by 2.53 million compared to the same period of 2017, which has been recorded at 124.54 million, according to the Central Bureau of Statistic (BPS).
— Antara News
Foreign exchange reserves slid to US$124.9 billion in April
Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves stood at US$124.9 billion in April, lower than the $126 billion recorded a month earlier, Bank Indonesia (BI) announced on Tuesday as it continued to intervene in the market to stabilize the rupiah against a stronger United States dollar.
Former regional councilor, jailed for corruption 2 years ago, still receiving IDR37 million monthly salary
While last month's guilty verdict and 15-year sentence for former house speaker Setya Novanto was hailed as a landmark victory in Indonesia's fight against endemic corruption, there is clearly still tons of work that needs to be done in terms of how the government handles corrupt politician, as evidenced by the latest outrageous story of a law-breaking lawmaker still enjoying the perks of his former job in prison.
— Coconuts Jakarta
Compiled by Emily-Mae Richards @emilymaeaway
Stimulus package intensified to boost SMEs, ministry says
A number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have enjoyed financial access and a large amount of in-kind support, thanks to assistance from the government and development partners.
NERI: Lao Economy Needs Diversification
An economic update released last month by the National Economic Research Institute (NERI), a government body led by former Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, stated that the mining sector's contribution to the country's economy will continue to drop over the coming years as a lower output is predicted for this natural resource-based sector.
— The Laotian Times
Northern Australia To Share Primary Education Experience With Laos
Northern Australia faces similar primary education challenges to Laos, including remote locations, multi-grade classrooms and language barriers.
— KPL
Malaysia's ruling coalition losing ground, but could still win: survey
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's ruling coalition has lost more ground in the lead-up to Wednesday's general election, but it could still win enough parliamentary seats to cling on to power, a survey by an independent polling firm said.
— Reuters
Massive Police Presence To Safeguard Malaysia's General Election
Around 68,000 uniformed police will be deployed during Malaysia's polling day on May 9, including 12,700 civil and police volunteers, according to Malaysia's Internal Security and Public Order Department, a unit under the Ministry of Home Affairs in charge of the enforcement of the country's internal security laws.
Dual Thai nationality votes being 'sold' for today's Malaysian election
MALAYSIAN authorities have tightened the border with Thailand after 200 people with dual nationality allegedly sold their votes in Northern Kelantan to cast ballots in today's general election.
Compiled by Leakhena Khat @leakhenakhat
UN Security Council: Refer Myanmar to ICC
The United Nations Security Council should immediately refer the situation in Myanmar, including the widespread and systematic abuses against ethnic Rohingya, to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Human Rights Watch said today.
— Human Right Watch
US retiree accused of running 'sex tours' on Thai-Myanmar border
An American man has been arrested in a sting operation for allegedly running a online brothel service matching men in northern Thailand with Myanmar sex workers across the border, police said Tuesday (May 8).
Ooredoo Myanmar enters eSports tie-up with HOG
Ooredoo Myanmar has entered a partnership with Myanmar's first eSports center Halls of Gamers (HOG) to provide high-speed connectivity for competitors.
— Telecomasia.net
The Philippines is planning a $14 billion 'pollution-free' city that will be larger than Manhattan
Manila, the hyper-dense capital of The Philippines, is known for its traffic jams. In a 2016 survey, navigation company Waze ranked Manila as having the "worst traffic on Earth."
— Business Insider
P17-million milkfish destroyed in Bulacan fish kill
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (Bfar) and the Provincial Agriculture Office of Bulacan pegged the value of milkfish wiped out by a fish kill in Obando town at P17 million.
DBP signs P9.5-B loan deal for construction of Clark gov't center
THE Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) signed a P9.5- billion loan deal with the construction firm AlloyMTD Holdings Philippines, Inc. for the development of the National Government Administrative Center (NGAC) at the New Clark City (NCC).
Global connectivity will boost Singapore's economy, create jobs
SINGAPORE'S transport network will be enhanced to connect the city-state with the rest of the world, Coordinating Minister for Infrastructure and Minister for Transport Khaw Boon Wan said on Tuesday.
— The Business Times
Singapore Tourism Awards celebrate excellence as tourist arrivals continue to grow
The team leader of guest services at Ce La Vi Singapore, a rooftop bar and restaurant at Marina Bay Sands, was shorthanded and having to deal with multiple difficult situations at once.
— The Straits Times
Malaysians in Singapore on a dash across strait hoping to sway vote
Many of the half a million Malaysians living and working in Singapore crossed the strait into their homeland late on Tuesday to cast their votes in Wednesday's national election, packing a busy causeway in a chaotic but at times festive mood.
Shippers' Council forecasts 8% export growth this year
The Thai National Shippers' Council (TNSC) has forecast 8% export growth this year, due to continued economy recovery in trade partners.
217 officials found embezzling state funds for the destitute
The Office of the Public Sector Anti-Corruption Commission (PACC) has reported 50% progress in its investigation into the embezzlement of state funds for the destitute in Chiang Mai province.
Migrant labour cap piques businesses
Business operators are crying foul over a new law that caps the share of migrant workers at 20%, saying the regulation poses a "critical obstacle" for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) struggling to cope with labour shortages.
Vietnam asks China to withdraw military equipment from South China Sea
Vietnam requested on Tuesday that China withdraw military equipment from the South China Sea, following media reports this month that China had installed missiles there.
Vietnam's pepper export to India skyrockets
Vietnam's pepper export turnover to India posted a year-on-year whopping surge of 209 percent in volume to more than 7,100 tons in the first quarter of this year, reports from the General Department of Customs showed.
— The Hanoi Times
Cashew industry wants ban on cheap imports from Vietnam
Import of inferior cashew kernels from Vietnam haveto be stopped and policy loopholes plugged to protect the ailing domestic cashew industry.
— The Hindu Business Line
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John Archibald may refer to:

 Jock Archibald (1895–1967) Scottish football goalkeeper
 John Archibald (cricketer) (born 1958), Antiguan cricketer
 John Archibald (cyclist) (born 1990), Scottish racing cyclist
 John Archibald (politician) (1845–1907), politician in Queensland, Australia
 John Archibald (priest) (1840–1915), Anglican priest and author
 John Archibald (writer), winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in commentary
 J. F. Archibald (John Feltham Archibald, 1856–1919), Australian journalist and publisher
 John Smith Archibald (1872–1934), Canadian architect

See also
 John Archibald Venn (1883–1958), British economist

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All in all, Canada is a pretty good place to be if you're going to conduct basic research and this week in space for Canada is all about basic research as we report on and react to the discussions occurring at the 2009 Canadian Science Policy Conference.
Attendees at this years conference included Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology, John Milloy, the Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities and Minister of Research and Innovation, Preston Manning (these days with the Manning Centre for Building Democracy) plus the presidents of the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Ontario Centres of Excellence and about 220 other scientists, engineers, policymakers, industrial R&D managers and others with an interest in the intersection of policy, science and technology.
There were also at least two Canadian Space Agency people (one of who connected with me after the conference to compare notes and correct some of my obvious errors). They generally kept a low profile and attended to network and learn.
General consensus as to the best presentation of the conference goes to Preston Manning who suggested increasing the number of science-receptive people at senior political levels in Ottawa (evidently there aren't very many there now), raising the strategic and financial commitment to R&D in the private sector and bridging the communication gap between scientists and politicians (a gap possibly there because scientists talk less than politicians).
I found the sessions interesting but only the beginning of a process that needs to take place over the next year or so. Conferences of this type seem to spend a lot of time and effort building a process to define and categorize the existing situation but then allow their freshly organized process to break down when it comes to offering up and implementing solutions.
One or two sessions could have used a rethink. For example, the Thursday morning sessions on "Who speaks for science?" filled with scientists looking for someone to tell their stories could have been combined with the session on "Science Journalism, Media and Communications" especially since the media people in the second session rather thought they knew who was speaking for science (they thought they were) and were looking for scientists with stories to tell.
As well, the session on the "Democratization of Science" seemed a little disjointed and could have focused more how the internet is changing the nature of research and development. Science today is now often public and "out loud" without the "middle man" to screw things up and with peer review done in real time (at least according to "Astronomy and the New Media: Astronomy Cast Episode 148).
I'm also more aware of the processes and methodologies in place among the American venture capitalists when it comes to science commercialization than I am with the Canadian methodologies outlined at the conference (the US seems to mostly depend on financial modeling algorithms to tell them that out of every ten companies they fund, seven will go bankrupt, two will barely break even but one will make enough money to cover all the other losses and provide a reasonable return on investment). I'm not totally sure I understand the role of all the intermediaries, government agents and business development people I met over the last few days and who seem to be a part of our process.
I would suggest an alternative, more Canadian focused model with quite a few case studies available where university "centers of excellence" grow up around specific science and technology applications and their spin offs and it might have been worthwhile to have at least a few case studies of this nature. For example, we could have taken a look at Surrey Satellite Technologies which grew up in the 1980's around the University of Surrey and how the pattern is repeating itself today at UTIAS and other universities. Or we could have had a case study related to what NORCAT has been doing lately.
Perhaps that's when solutions will start to be offered up for implementation. Until then, that's all for this week in space for Canada.


"Ford Democratizes Performance". Those were the words spoken today by Jim Farley of Ford of Europe, during the introduction of the Ford GT, the 2016 Ford Focus RS, and the latest Ford Performance cars in Europe at the Geneva show. With a range of cars covering any buyer, from the Fiesta ST thru the Ford GT.
And if you missed the Detroit Show, where the message that Ford Performance is leading innovation in the company, then you can listen to the exact same message in Europe in this video. With a range of speakers including Johnny Herbert, Jim Farley, Raj Nair, and Ken Block.
For North Americans, the advent Ford Performance means that SVT is finally dead, fully and completely this time, with the team absorbed into the single worldwide Ford Performance organization. Products like the Mustang, Focus ST and Focus RS, and Fiesta ST as well as the Ford GT will be sold worldwide for the first time. And this means that Ford of Europe's famous performance team, which gave us so many Cosworth, ST, and RS gems in the past, will now be part of the team delivering them worldwide.
And more is coming… with 20 total Ford Performance cars due by 2020, and with the stated plan to use the new performance AWD system in further products, we're hoping to see a Fusion ST or RS announced next. But first that car has some mid-term updates coming in 2016, including Ford's all-new 9-speed transmission. so if there is to be a sporting Fusion (and the platform is certainly worthy of it), then it will be this time next year before a sporting version could be announced.


Yet another self-righteous, virtue-signaling business wants to tarnish themselves by jumping into political debate and alienating customers.
Sparkfun sure didn't seem to care when hundreds of thousands of American workers, in uncool blue-collar industries like manufacturing and agriculture, suffered heavily from the Chinese imposed tariffs on the goods they produced.
Hey, but Sparkfun had a good deal for a while, so f*** those workers and their families, as long as Sparkfun got theirs. Self-serving corporate greed at its worst.
Why does Sparkfun hate the American worker? Why does Sparkfun hate their conservative customers?
You idiots want to play politics, you can suffer the results.


SAN FRANCISCO — A winter storm slamming the western U.S. dumped rain Tuesday in Northern California and raising the threat of floods, while heavy mountain snowfall created a risk of avalanches and whiteout conditions on roads in the Sierra Nevada.
The National Weather Service issued flood warnings and flash flood watches for the San Francisco Bay Area and many parts of the Sacramento area into Thursday morning.
Some small creeks and streams had flooded and the weather service warned that two rivers north of the San Francisco Bay Area were likely to overflow their banks by Wednesday morning.
However, while some areas could see 6 inches of rain or more over the next two days — and as much as 12 inches in some local mountains — the intensity won't be fierce enough to cause devastating mudslides in areas denuded by a string of devastating wildfires, such as Shasta and Lake counties, the weather service said.
Sonoma County officials issued a flood warning, saying the Russian River near the community of Guerneville is expected to hit flood stage early Wednesday.
In neighboring Napa County, the Napa River in San Helena could also overflow.
In the Sierra Nevada along the California-Nevada line, forecasters warned of possible whiteout conditions from blowing snow in the high passes. The mountains could see up to 8 feet (2.44 meters) of snow at higher elevations and winds gusting to 140 mph over ridgetops.


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Santa Clarita Diet season 3 is already being written, but Netflix is yet to order it
There's no sleep for the undead…
By Stephanie Chase
With Drew Barrymore, zombies and Nathan Fillion's decapitated head all mixed together, it's no surprise that Santa Clarita Diet has become a big hit for Netflix.
And despite season two only hitting the streaming service two weeks ago, fans are already hungry for a third season.
The good news is, showrunner Victor Fresco has already begun writing the next instalment. The bad news — Netflix hasn't put in an order yet.
Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Fresco said there's still loads more of Joel (Timothy Olyphant) and Sheila's (Drew Barrymore) story to tell, given that both season one and season two are set during a four-week period.
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"They're still only about a month into this incredible change that they're going through," he said.
And Fresco has plenty of ideas, revealing that he wants to delve more into the mysterious couple Paul and Marsha, who appeared in season two.
There's also the question of the Knights of Serbia, a group who have been tasked with finding zombies and stopping the outbreak.
"We like the idea that there are other people out there —not the government — that are looking into this, and it's a threat to Sheila and obviously to Joel also, so we'll track that story into season three," Fresco said.
However the showrunner added that he's not had the green light from Netflix yet, but said he's keeping his "fingers crossed."
"We don't have any data to know how the show is doing, so we'll just have to see," he added.
Based on the response of fans and critics, we're pretty optimistic that Barrymore will be returning to eat more flesh in the future.
And to satisfy your hunger, we have a handy guide with everything you need to know about season three right here.
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