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Demand for new wind power equipment is set to contract in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region in 2013 and 2014, in spite of an expected strong global market recovery in 2014 – the legacy of low economic growth and political weakness across the region, finds a new report from MAKE Consulting.
However, consistent with the region's leading market status, the report estimates that long-term growth of the wind industry in Europe will be over two times gross domestic product (GDP) out until 2020.
Overall, the report says grid-connected wind installations in EMEA will increase by a 4.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2012 to 2020. Growth, though, is uneven across the region and is led by northern Europe, offshore and emerging markets. The report says seven of the top 10 global emerging markets are located in the EMEA region, underlining the area's importance in driving growth.
Despite this, the geographical demand structure will change toward markets that warrant investment to achieve market access and thus have higher risk profiles: MAKE says this will present challenges for the European wind power supply chain.
MAKE believes that the European Union (EU) will meet only 93% of its 2020 National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP) targets, with southern European and offshore targets not being met, mostly due to weaker-than-expected electricity demand growth. The EU offshore market is nevertheless still expected to be one of the brightest growth spots.Â
The report says regulatory uncertainty appears to be moderating across EMEA, and regulatory momentum is predominantly positive. However, policy uncertainty in recent months has dampened demand. MAKE adds that improved long-term policy visibility is required within the EU – particularly for offshore to keep momentum. As a result, market contraction in the EMEA region is likely to deepen further in 2014 despite global recovery and continued growth in offshore and emerging markets in the region.
Orders are picking up strongly in markets where MAKE expects growth – northern Europe, offshore and Africa and the Middle East, but it remains weak in southern and eastern Europe. MAKE expects the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for wind to be at or below grid parity for most onshore markets between 2015 and 2020. This and 2030 renewable targets will form the basis for sustained long-term growth of the wind industry, the report concludes.


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The Women@Energy series showcases profiles and videos of inspirational women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) careers at the Department of Energy.
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The A Team Classic TV Show
"In 1972 a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government, they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the A-Team."
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The A Team Fan Tributes10 Pat Donnelly from Falls Church, VA: Thank you George for giving us the best work of your life. You owned Hannibal Smith and spoiled us for anyone else. I love your panache and your brains. Thank you.
9 Richard from New Zealand: It was a classic show, no doubt about that. My all time favourite show for many years.
A pity about Season 5 though. BA talked less and never argued with and threatened Murdock anymore and Murdock became sane. It's a pity it had to go that way.
8 fabian from Colombia: The Best Ever since The A-Team... Wait a minute I'm talking about The A-Team... So what can I say... it is just the very best of all the time!
7 Wayne kloed from Hartlepool GB: A brilliant series would watch it every saturday tea time without fail. Favourite episode would have to be the cowboy one where the a team saved mustangs from being slaughtered. Anybody else think that amy was hot
6 David Stanley from Farmington, New Mexico, USA: The A-Team reflected the attitude of America in the 1980s. Ronald Reagan was president, we were flexing our military muscles again after the impotent and disasterous 70s, oil prices were down after two bad oil shortages (with resultant price hikes) of the 70s, and we were feeling a new sense of optimism as a nation.
We also began to see the Vietnam era veteran as a victim that had been mistreated a decade earlier, rather than as a drug addict, freak, and baby killer. Hence shows like the A-Team and the Sylvester Stallone "Rambo" movies reflected those feelings.
The A-Team was full of humor, much of it intentional, some unintentional. Mr. T was probably the most visually funny, although Capt Howlin Mad Murdock was the most witty and crazy (Mr. T made his public debut in 1982 in Rocky III).
My favorite episode was the one where the A-Team is driving taxi cabs and crashing multiple cars. Probably 50 or more cars were destroyed in that one episode. Entertaining action comedy!
5 Khadija Suleman from England: i never missed 1 episode of the A-team, bcoz it was so addictive. i loved it when mad murdock used to wind B.A up. that was funny!!!!!!
4 leisa b 38 from Maine: Hannibal I ain't working with no fool. Murdoch get away from me fool. ain't the A-Team the best
3 Allen Forster from Cornwall GB: I aint flyin' nowhere with that sucker. Hannibal, get that fool out of here. Brilliant. Loved Mr T and Howling Wolf Murdoch. Be holed up in a domestic garage with a clapped out car and within two minutes put armour plate on it and guns and come through the doors and blast away the baddies!
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2 NISHAN SINGH from DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA: Every episode of the series was hot. The 80's would be nothing without the A team.
1 Spiv from Letchworth: This was my childhood - the music, the style, the eccentric macho no-nonsense action bravado - the A Team rocks!
The A Team
Genre: Action
Year: 1983 - 87
George Peppard is Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith
Dirk Benedict is Lieutenant Templeton "Face" Peck
Dwight Schultz is Captain "Howlin' Mad" Murdock
Mr. T is Sergeant Bosco "B.A." Baracus
Lance LeGault is Colonel Roderick Decker
1928-10-01: George Peppard (Hannibal) was born in Michigan.
1935-05-02: Lance LeGault (Col. Decker) was born in Chicago.
1945-03-01: Dirk Benedict (Face) was born in Helena, Montana.
1947-11-24: Dwight Schultz (Murdoch) was born in Baltimore.
1952-05-21: Mr. T (BA) was born in Chicago.
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Beginning in 1974, long before music television filled the airwaves, the PBS series Soundstage sparked the nation. The innovative and prestigious program achieved widespread critical acclaim and featured the artists that defined the era.
Soundstage played host to such luminaries as Bob Dylan, Al Green, Janis Ian, ArethaFranklin, Bonnie Raitt, the Doobie Brothers, Arlo Gutherie, Jose Feliciano, Harry Chapin, Benny Goodman, Dionne Warwick, Itzhak Perlman, the Temptations, Kenny Loggins, among others...
The ground-breaking, hour-long concerts were filmed before small studio audiences, giving home viewers the sensation of experiencing the concert firsthand. As a result of the immense popularity of Soundstage, the show enjoyed tremendous longevity, initially running from 1974 to 1985.
For all those who loved the original series, we are proud to announce that Soundstage has been reborn! The production uses state of the art high-definition video equipment, and is digitally recorded and mixed in Dolby 5.1 surround sound.
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These meetings are broadcast live on DMTV Channels 7.1 and 7.2 on Mediacom or are available to watch on-line. Meetings are also replayed on Sundays and Wednesdays at 10:00 am; and Monday and Friday at 7:00 pm.
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One of the questions we hear most often is, "What does it take to be a successful trader?" Although many people look for the Holy Grail of trading that works every time, history has shown it likely doesn't exist. Instead, George Gero, precious metals strategist, vice president, global futures, RBC Capital Markets, says nothing in life is free or easy, so you have to be prepared to work if you want to be a successful trader.
Here are five things he checks every day before making a trade. Check back next week when Gero shares more details on these five and five more in this month's Trading 101 article.


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The "Springsational" craft and vendor fair will be held Saturday, April 27, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at St. Peter Lutheran School, North Ridge (gymnasium), 4169 Church Road, Cambria (between Route 104 and Route 93).
In addition to many crafters and vendors selling their specialties, there will be a basket and gift certificate raffle taking place. There will also be a pulled pork lunch by Cloy's Meat Market and a bake sale.
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Motorcycling is one of the most exciting forms of transportation around. Part of the thrill of motorcycling is to know that you are totally responsible for every action taken, from timing each shift to keeping a keen eye out for other motorists. To understand these responsibilities and get the most from your experiences, the Connecticut Basic Rider Course is the place to start. This course offers expert instruction for both the beginning and experienced rider.
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The Sidecar and Trike Education Program (S/TEP) is provided for those interested in learning to safely drive a Sidecar, Trike, or Spyder. The S/TEP includes both basic level instruction (for new drivers with little or no Sidecar, Trike, Spyder or Motorcycle experience) and advanced instruction (for Sidecar, Trike or Spyder drivers with some experience). The "advanced" section is simply the second half of the basic course.
The BRC is designed to meet the State of Connecticut Rider Education Program mandatory requirement for training in order to receive a motorcycle endorsement on a person's Connecticut Driver's License. The BRC begins with development of the fundamental riding skills of turning, shifting, and braking; then expands these basic skills into more advanced street riding techniques. Training motorcycles, ranging in size from 125cc to 350cc, are provided. DOT-approved helmets are also provided. All sessions are conducted at Gateway's North Haven campus. Students must attend and participate in all sessions, in sequence, with no exceptions. Any absence or late arrival will result in the student being dropped from the course and will require the student to register for another course, pay again, and start from the beginning. Only register for a BRC section that you know you will be able to make all classes on time. Students will be registered on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Living in the shadows of an active volcano is like sitting on a time bomb, especially when one of them is called the Fire Mountain or Gunung Merapi, the volcano that dominates the center of the island of Java. Mount Merapi, located near Yogyakarta, is one of the most active volcanoes on earth. It is one of some 500 volcanoes in Indonesia, from which at least 129 are active, aptly giving this archipelago the name: the Ring of Fire.
Despite its frequent eruptions, Mount Merapi is very central to the lives of the Javanese people and kings. For through its eruptions Merapi spews lava, ash and minerals to the surrounding areas. These provide nutrients for the soil, making this one of the most fertile areas in the world, and consequently the most densely populated. This majestic, perfectly cone-shaped volcano, with its peak at 2,911 meters above sea level, has also determined the lives of kings and realms. In the early 11th Century, the once mighty ancient empire of Mataram mysteriously disappeared, and power suddenly shifted to East Java. Scientists surmise that a violent eruption of Merapi in 1006 AD was the ruin of the empire.
This massive eruption also buried the nearby Borobudur temple in ash. More recently in the 20th century, a destructive eruption in 1930 claimed 1300 lives. Today Merapi still erupts intermittently, but the people here have befriended the mountain and accept its rumblings and coughs as part of normal natural phenomena.
The Merapi volcano plays an important part in the accepted cosmos of the Javanese sultans. The Keraton of Yogyakarta faces the mountain in one direct line. Merapi is also guarded by spiritual "guards" who give offerings to the mountain.
Local people respect the awesome power of this volcano. Annually, on the anniversary of the Sultan's coronation, offerings (labuhan) are brought from the keraton of Yogya to Mount Merapi , together with similar offerings carried to the Indian Ocean to the south, to appease the spirits of the mountain and the sea, in order to bring welfare to the inhabitants of Java.
Merapi is continuously monitored by a number of earthquake posts, who warn inhabitants of impending eruptions. Despite frequently giving out smoke, the mountain still attracts hikers and climbers.
There are two ways to reach Mount Merapi, from Kaliurang or Selo.
From Yogyakarta, go further North to Kaliurang hill resort by public transport or by car. Kaliurang stands at 900 m on the slopes of Merapi. It is possible to arrange tours to Mount Merapi through travel agents and tour operators in Yogya.
Selo can be reached from Muntilan or Boyolali along a winding though spectacularly scenic road.
The peak of the mountain can be cold and dark, especially if you are trekking before sunrise so it is recommended to bring a flashlight, warm clothing, water, food and sturdy shoes.
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A winner was selected from 273 designs submitted by 90 freelance designers.
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Dear Designer,
We are starting up a FASHION Brand around Wildlife prints. The central product will be clothing (high-end fashion for Women and Men) and fashion accessoires.
Our company name, brand and central domain name is Tijgerprint.nl (in English this would be 'Tiger Print', but actually it includes usage of all 'cat' like prints: Panther, Leopard and Tiger)
It is a FRIENDLY brand, while FASHIONABLE and HIGH QUALITY. We donate a part of our income to charity (a tiger foundation) and are a company that is aware of our environment and society.
Our whole product assortment is clustered around 2 central clothing line (1 line has several articles, like a dress, jacket, pants, shirt etc): A Business Style and a Night Life style. These products are our 'Flagship' and it's the core element or our business.
We'll have a real off-line store + a website.
If you have any questions about the assignment, you can contact me at all times,
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Women and Men in the age category of 'late twenties and late forties' (YUP+)
People that have a keen eye for fashion and want something 'different' then the crowd, but not to extreme.
Outgoing people that have money to spend
Independant men and women (can be self made entrepreneurs as well as career people)
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We need a logo for our business, that will be used prominently on our website, Letter heads, business cards etc etc. But possible as 'brand-tag' in the clothing itself as well. The Logo should really 'breathe' the feeling we want to communicate.
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Farmers' market features produce 'fresh off the vine'
Newville Borough resident Susan Wesner has been buying produce and flowers almost every week at the Farmers' Market on the Lawn. And, she was back again to shop the local harvest Saturday outside of the John Graham Public Library.
Wesner said, "I like the fresh produce. I love the Kennebec potatoes that these guys have," as she pointed to Horst's produce stand.
Scott Horst and his sister Arlene operate the stand. Scott said they have a "real big" garden on their family's property six miles north of Newville in Lower Mifflin Township.
"Most of it is extra of what we have," said Scott.
And their excess would make other gardeners jealous. They brought a variety of produce to sell, including potatoes, red beets, herbs, peppers, peaches, tomatoes, jam, okra, hot peppers and wineberries. And if that wasn't enough, there were handmade items like potholders, doilies, birdhouses and scrubbers.
A humble man, Scott confessed the peaches were not from his garden, but from Sunrise Orchards.
The Horst family has come to both years of the farmers' market that began last year under the direction of former library director David Cubie. The new director, Mary Schoedel, has continued the event.
"It's something that's needed in the Newville community," said Schoedel. "We offer locally grown produce and locally made items."
The director estimates that five to seven vendors come each week along with 30-40 shoppers.
Market shopper turned vendor, Joann Cohick, was selling eggs and gladiolas for the first time at the market. A circulation clerk at the library, she came to sell the extra eggs from her six chickens that walk around on a property mostly in Upper Frankford Township.
Carol Graham (no relation to John Graham), while not there Saturday, usually sells handmade dolls and a few small paintings to add to the variety of the market's offerings. The Newville resident has been making dolls "off and on" for 22 years.
Bill Myers, of New Kingston, was also on the lawn to sell extra produce. With a stand called Bill's Ridge Hill Garden, Myers is not in it for the money.
"It's not to get rich," explained Myers, who was born and raised in Newville. He brought potatoes, blueberries, onions and red beets, but once his broccoli is ripe, he said it's a popular item.
Jennifer Conners, of Lucky Acres in Bloserville, can relate to Myers.
"I don't make any money but I do make friends," said Conners. "We like the social aspect."
Nancy Markowitz, operating the Mike and Nancy's Eggs stand, feels the same way.
"There is a nice camaraderie amongst the vendors," said Markowitz. "Everyone is really helpful. People don't know what they're missing."
Markowitz and her husband have chosen not to use chemicals on their "mini-farm." And she has free-range chickens as well.
"We don't want to hurt the environment," explained Markowitz.
Mary Pat Henry, who operates the Totem Pole Farm stand, shares the same view on sustainability. Her small farm near Newville does not use pesticides or herbicides.
"It's fresh off the vine," said Henry. "You don't know how old the produce is at the store."
"I like to help out the local people," said Wesner, while holding two bags of the most local produce around.


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Jordan Berliner has been named the first director of the new Don Ryan Center for Innovation.
Berliner, of Alexandria, Va., most recently worked as president of his own company after many years with Ernst & Young, a professional service corporation and one of the "Big Four" accounting firms.
He was hired by Bluffton Town Manager Anthony Barrett from a field of 42 candidates following a nationwide search.
The Ryan Center is a technology incubator established by Clemson University and the town of Bluffton.
The late Don Ryan was the chief executive officer of CareCore National, which is providing office space for the technology incubator project.
The center is a three-year model program to build a "technology village" in Bluffton, one of five in South Carolina.


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Storm Jameson writes of Stendhal 'as one speaks in suitable company of a friend'. She knew him very well. Over the years she read everything available by him and she immersed herself in his life and his writings - and the two cannot be separated. As a biographical subject, Stendhal is vastly more rewarding than many literary figures. Something was forever happening to him; usually another passionate love affair. Life at home, in his youth, was a smouldering battle-ground: he hated his father, and when he rejoiced at the execution of Louis XVI, 'be sure', Storm Jameson adds, 'that another head glimmered in his mind.' There was his naively close relationship with his sister Pauline, whom however he later outgrew, so that 'he would do anything he could for her except live with her.' There was his brief but horrifying experience of Napoleon's wars. And of course, there was his passion for travel, for society, for the opera, for Italy. It all became part of the texture of his books. What is so astonishing is that his contemporaries were unconscious of his genius: even his old friend Merimee patronised him as a failure. Posterity has set that right, and this study, so lucidly and perceptively written, and providing so many insights, gives a marvellously concise picture of a rich and varied life.
Storm Jameson (1891- 1986) born to a North Yorkshire family of shipbuilders. Jameson's fiery mother, who bore three girls, encouraged Storm (christened Margaret Storm) to pursue an academic education. After being taught privately and at Scarborough municipal school she won one of three county scholarships which enabled her to read English Literature at Leeds University. She then went on to complete an MA in European Drama at King's College London. During her career Jameson wrote 45 novels, numerous pamphlets, essays, and reviews, in an effort to make money. Her personal life suffered, and her first marriage to schoolmaster Charles Douglas Clarke was an unhappy one. After they divorced in 1925, Jameson went on to marry Guy Chapman, a fellow author, and remained with him despite her apparent rejection of normal domestic life. Storm Jameson was always politically active, helping to publish a Marxist journal in the British section of the International Union of Revolutionary Writers in 1934 and attending anti-fascist rallies.


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DoH features the tannest villain in the annuals of villainy. This guy looks like George Hamilton crossed with the dude that played J. Peterman on Seinfeld. He tends to dress like Hugh Hefner and speak in either quiet soliloquies or piercing shrieks. I speak, of course, of Count DeSade, the monarchial tyrant who rules a few people on a remote island. By "a few people" I mean a giant black dude who affects a turbaned, Sultan-esque look that serves as a general lackey, a hawt young chick that fails to get into any state of undress, and an older lady who tries her best to act like a piece of wood while on screen.
I'm getting ahead of myself here.
Let's start at the beginning, which is a ship voyage in which our protag Fallon is heading somewhere, we aren't sure where, it doesn't matter cause he doesn't get there. During a killer storm in which the ship's occupants are tossed like so much detritus, and featuring some of the happiest ship-in-a-storm music ever put to film, the good Fallon gets tossed unceremoniously overboard. Washing up on a beach, and pulled from the surf by the Captain of said vessel, we are given a glimpse of the awesome unintentional humor that this movie is soaked in as we see that Fallon's pants are dry as a bone, except for the arse. How did this happen to someone being pulled from the ocean? Maybe it's the magic of the island!
The island, which looks suspiciously like the woods behind a Hollywood soundstage, is inhabited by the nefarious Count DeSade. Little do the Captain and Fallon know what they are in for! They are awoken from sleep by the sound of a pack of ravenous dogs tearing into an unlucky woman. Investigating the next day, they find her mutilated corpse and decide to find out what exactly is going on around here.
It is here that we are treated to our DeSade introduction, and what an introduction it is! DeSade, looking mighty tan and sweaty, is berating his lackey. This quickly devolves into DeSade having a raving breakdown, as he is prone to do, which causes him to start hearing voices. At first I thought this must be Satan talking, but no, instead it is DeSade's own inner monologue, manifesting itself as a fat man that resembles the ghost of Col. Sanders. This split personality torments poor DeSade, inflicting upon him a rubber cobra, a rubber bat which DeSade grapples with, and finally a gigantic, terrifying rubber spider which has clearly visible wires running from it. This scene is awesome, and really gives us a good indication of the Count's mental state.
Fallon and the Capt. get shanghaied by the lackey while crossing a field. Fallon employs the most faggy gay homosexual fighting style known to mankind, and ends up going down like a date on prom night to the lackey, who basically shakes him into passing out. Great stuff. Fallon wakes up in the Count's mansion and we are introduced to the older lady. The rapport between her and Fallon basically sounds like two barristers arguing the legality of obscure Tort laws designed to impugn the general populace of Dunny on the Wode. Seriously, it's like they are quoting some High Chant dictionary written by druids. The general gist is that Fallon is invited to dine with the Count, which he accepts.
Upon entering the dining room and seating himself, he graciously thanks his host, which causes the Count to fly into an instant, quivering rage. Standing suddenly, he slams his fists down upon the table, shaking and tan, he glares murder at Fallon. The wooden lady goes, "The Count does not tolerate conversation during repast." Fallon turns to her and goes, "You can tell the Count that he can very well go to Hell!" This ranks right up there with Naschy's immortal line about bitches in chains. I cheered and applauded at this line, it was just so over the top perfect. Fallon occasionally narrates the movie, and he does so during the quiet dinner, and here we have our 2nd awesome line, "I studied the Count. His eyes bore that glint of paranoid inbreeding." Indeed!
I'll stop with the play-by-play now, for I wouldn't want to give away the secret of the island. Such things you'll see and discover! The Rack, Chinese Water Torture, windy hallways that nearly blow people down with their force, fog machines that engulf people in sudden blasts of cloudy mist, ever-present handy weapons available on the walls, crazed lepers, the list goes on….
I would give DoH 2 solid thumbs. The transfer is horrid, the audio barely audible, but oh is the dialogue and acting so very much worth it! Tan dictators, wooden mistresses, queer fighting styles, young hawt women being flogged, this movie has it all. No nudity, though, but there are a few spots that I think had them that had obvious cuts. I would jump at the chance to buy an unedited version of this movie that had a better transfer. Highly recommended!
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Dungeon of Harrow (1962): or, Harrow How You Doin'?
Posted by The Duke of DVD at 8:40 AM
Labels: '60s, 2-3 thumbs, Old Dark House
3 comments:
- Pearl said...
Has anyone else but me noticed the numerous uncanny coincidences between this film and Roger Corman's "The Terror"?
- June 8, 2009 at 12:49 PM
The protag's dialogue and delivery makes Shatner sound like Olivier
- June 24, 2011 at 8:31 PM
- Alan Bazin said...
"... suspiciously like the back of a Hollywood sound stage..."
At no time was any moment of this production even in the same state as a Hollywood sound stage, and that should be obvious to anyone who watches this film. You are not seeing how truly low budget this film is...
- July 25, 2013 at 8:50 PM
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While he hasn't received the same level of attention as his goal-scoring counterparts Zack Schilawski and Zak Boggs, rookie defender Seth Sinovic is making a name for himself in MLS
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Nothing can ever really be stated with certainty in professional sports until it happens, but as far as Major League Soccer goes, to assume that the New England Revolution will draft a strong rookie class each and every year is a pretty safe bet.
The club's history in the MLS SuperDraft since Steve Nicol took over as head coach is impressive to say the least. Current Fulham midfielder Clint Dempsey – who will be one of the stars for the U.S. National Team at the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa – was selected by New England in 2004, while Michael Parkhurst and Jeff Larentowicz were picked up one year later. Last year, the Revolution's impressive rookie haul included two players widely considered to be candidates for the league's rookie of the year award, defenders Kevin Alston and Darrius Barnes.
In a surprise to absolutely no one, New England's current rookie crop is once again proving to be one of the best in the league. Of the Revolution's 10 goals, six have been scored by newcomers Zack Schilawski (4) and Zak Boggs (2), both of whom have found themselves in the starting lineup on multiple occasions.
But while Schilawski and Boggs – the "Zack Attack" to those of us from the Saved by the Bell generation – have received much of the plaudits, there's only one Revolution rookie to have started all nine games this regular season.
That would be left back Seth Sinovic.
It's not surprising that Schilawski and Boggs have garnered much of the interest among New England's rookies. As long as professional sports have been around, attacking players have always been the center of attention.
Yet Sinovic has quietly put together a stellar start to his professional career, stepping seamlessly into the Revolution's backline from the first game of the season. If it was up to him, quiet is exactly the way Sinovic would like to keep it.
"I think I'm more of an under-the-radar type of guy," he said. "I don't really like too much attention. The attention [Schilawski and Boggs] have gotten is well-deserved, and I'm just going to go out there and keep doing what I do.
"When you've got guys like Cory (Gibbs), Kevin (Alston) and now Pat (Phelan) in the back and Preston (Burpo) making big saves, it makes the defense look better all the way around, so that makes my job easier," he concluded.
While Sinovic tends to play down his accomplishments so early in his professional career, the difficulty of the tasks with which he's been charged in the first nine games of the season cannot be overstated. In the season opener against the LA Galaxy, the 23-year-old had the unenviable duty of containing 2009 MLS MVP Landon Donovan. For the record, Donovan finished the game with one assist, although it was the result of a set piece from the opposite side of the field, away from Sinovic.
That was nothing compared to the performance he had in the home opener against Toronto FC dynamo Dwayne De Rosario, who actually switched sides from the right wing to the left wing midway through the game to get away from Sinovic.
The second-round draft pick has had to make quite a few adjustments while adapting to the professional game, but if Sinovic's performances are any indication, he's certainly getting the hang of it.
"More than anything, I'm just trying not to dive in," he said. "I'm trying to slow my feet down. [This league has] good players, and if they're not going to beat you with speed or quickness, they're going to beat you with size and strength."
Sinovic hasn't been beaten much by anybody thus far, but he's well aware that there's still plenty to learn. Right now, his focus is on getting rid of the ball quicker, as he believes he's been guilty at times of staying in possession a little too long.
The person who has probably had the best view of Sinovic's performances is goalkeeper Preston Burpo, who sees plenty of potential in the rookie.
"You can see that he's learning," said Burpo. "He has to think a little bit quicker off the ball, defensively speaking. With the ball – again – he has to think a little quicker and know where it's going before he actually gets it.
"But I tell you what, the kid's got a lot of confidence and he reads the game well," he continued. "He's been a great surprise for us, for sure."
Such an impressive start to Sinovic's career has even surprised the player himself. When asked if he could've ever imagined starting the first nine games of his professional career, Sinovic was honest in his answer.
"I hoped I would have, but probably realistically didn't imagine it," he said with a chuckle. "It's been great so far, and hopefully it can continue.


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Swenson–– Carolyn Barbara, 95, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2012, in Newport, VT. There will be a private celebration of her life with family and close friends. In her memory, contributions maybe made to the Irasburg Grace Brethren Church Youth Ministries, P.O. Box 41, Coventry, VT 05825 or to Eric T. Swenson Scholarship, c/o Merrimack Valley High School, 106 Village St., Penacook, NH 03303 or The American Heart Association, 434 Hurricane Lane, Williston, VT 05495. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch-converse-rushford.com.
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We hear the Italian nuns chanting their prayers as we creep down the convent stairs each evening, heading out to find yet another heavenly setting in which to dine on still more of their country's divine abundance.
My 22-year-old daughter and I are staying in religious guesthouses while touring Italy, a popular option in the dozen or so years since several guidebooks sent the idea into the travel mainstream.
At most such places, guests are invited, but not expected, to pray with the hosts. And if Italian was our native tongue, we'd probably join in. But the lack of shared language makes us wary of becoming consumers of things spiritual, looking to check "vespers" off an itinerary. Already, choosing the convent option in a country centered on religion risks trivializing it in a grasp at authenticity. So we opt for dinner.
Kevin J. Wright, travel industry expert and author of "Europe's Monastery and Convent Guesthouses," estimates that hundreds of Italian monasteries and convents – most with only a dozen or two rooms to rent – take in many thousands of travelers each year. Low prices, notoriously clean rooms, a family feel, and the safety of the enclosures are the big draws. And though virtually all are owned by Roman Catholic communities, they shelter travelers of all faiths.
Eileen Barish, author of "The Guide to Lodging in Italy's Monasteries," is Jewish and likens the experience to staying in the home of a welcoming, non-Jewish friend. She drinks in the history, architecture, and even the religious imagery in the buildings, she says. "I go to the chapels when I'm there because they're so beautiful."
Rome, the "home office" for Catholic congregations worldwide, houses the greatest concentration of such lodgings. Taking in guests allows the communities to sustain themselves even as their ranks are thinning, and a public eager for new and different travel experiences – even the experience of reflection or silence or spiritual growth – is there to help, says Mr. Wright. He estimates convent and monastery rates to be at least one-third lower than comparable nonreligious lodgings. The houses vary greatly. Some offer little more than a bed and a hall bath. Others have air conditioning, Internet access, private baths, and in-room TVs – recent innovations made in response to market forces.
Mark Logan, of the online booking website monasterystays.com, says the United States, Canada, and Australia supply the lion's share of convent/monastery business, typically couples in their 50s who've already done the requisite guided tour of Italy, as well as families and budget-minded travelers of all ages.
No matter how welcome the income may be for the hosts, hospitality first and foremost emanates from a biblical mandate to welcome the stranger, explains Brother Richard Oliver, webmaster for the Order of St. Benedict, the community most directly associated with monastic hospitality. Even in the case of visitors who come without an overt religious purpose, this theology considers the mystery of God to be ever at work, he explains: "There's some reason they're doing this rather than a cheap motel. You never know what someone has to give."
As early as the 3rd century AD, the desert fathers made hospitality a priority. Later, Benedict, the father of Western monasticism, elaborated on it in his famous rule: "Let all guests who arrive be received like Christ, for He is going to say, 'I came as a guest, and you received Me' " (a paraphrase of Matt. 25:35).
The most traditional – and conservative – abbeys are run by monks and nuns of the Cistercian, Trappist, and Benedictine orders, and guests there are generally expected to participate in the community's spiritual life, Brother Richard explains, since their very presence suggests some desire for retreat, silence, or discernment.
Creature comforts are fewer at these traditional abbeys, where house rules, curfews, and prayer schedules are common. Some convents and monasteries accept only men or only women, though even the more relaxed houses expect that couples be married.
No matter where we stay we find twin beds, crisp sheets, gleaming floors, a reading lamp, a lower than average number of mirrors, and a crucifix on the wall. Even though our digs are plush by hermitage standards, some things are missing – computer, remote control, outside news, the incessant need to try this and visit that. But the lack of these things makes room for the new. "I feel like I can hear my thoughts again," my daughter announces two days in.
Funny, because pulling up at Villino Noel, run by the Oblate Missionary Sisters of the Assumption on Rome's loud and busy Via Andrea Doria, you would expect to hear only traffic. Sharing the sidewalk with a gas station, the convent gate looks like the entry to an impound lot for cars. But on the other side lies a delightful garden refuge made all the sweeter by the fact that – despite a note asking that guests respect the silence – there's a table for eight here. Several garrulous Italian couples put the spot to happy use (silence, in these places, being something of a moving target).
The garden also contains the little devotional shrines popular in Italy: a statue of Mary, a glass-protected wall grotto with a statue of Jesus, a Scripture verse in French. And in a city where ideas and religion and art and civilization history all tend to be delivered in overwhelming proportions to a relentless moving mass of humanity, this little convent is a treat.
Sloughing off the grand of Rome
Forget Bernini's David and what giant he might slay today. Nevermind your philosopher-guide Gabriella and her contention that an olive tree never dies. Stop wondering why people take so many pictures. Villino Noel sloughs off all the grand of Rome while retaining the essentials, and religion emerges faithful, human – five nuns making sure you're in at night, the eldest putting down her lacemaking to investigate, on hands and knees, a plumbing problem.
We have the key to the convent gate here in Rome, so there's no curfew. Elsewhere, we have to ring the bell to get in, and thus need to be back by 10 or 11 p.m. so our hosts can get to bed.
Unlike in hotels, where staff usually speak some English, calling for reservations is tricky because Italian is the norm. Showing up unannounced is not advised. And though some houses may accept what donation a guest offers, the days of trading dishwashing duties for a night's sleep have yielded to the need to handle real estate wisely or risk losing it.
Travel books can help turn up prospective lodgings, and the Church of Santa Susanna, in Rome, lists religious houses and links on its website. For an extra 20 percent or so, online sites like monasterystays.com will book a stay, eliminating language confusion and speeding reservations for those in a hurry. We paid the convents €65 ($93) a night in Assisi, and €80 ($115) a night in Rome and Florence, including breakfast.
In the medieval, friar-filled town of Assisi, where virtually all of life seems to pay homage to the beloved St. Francis, Italy's patron, it would seem odd not to take shelter in a convent.
The Istituto Beata Angelina, just across the green from the basilica of San Francesco – and its Giotto-covered walls and throngs of pilgrims – did the job well. Here, in a pristine, light-bathed restoration of an 18th-century house damaged in a 1997 earthquake, a staff of five Franciscan nuns run things. There's the young Suor Angela, whose welcome tour is a spirited mix of sign language and charades. She kisses her fingers with a gusto others reserve for things culinary as she entreats us to visit the basilica in the very early hours as the friars chant their morning prayer, promising a singular experience of "il silenzio." She does not disappoint.
Later, house director Suor Clotilde, an animated Italian version of the affirming reverend mother, waits up for us with destination information and travel times. Lodging is just the starting point for the nuns' ministry. Their mission, she explains with the help of a friar from the Philippines, is to provide a place for reflection and spiritual understanding, especially for youths, families, and those who are discouraged. She tells of her successes – a troubled teen who found peace at the convent and now works with others in crisis; a married couple moving toward divorce who rediscovered each other's "beauty" while there; a couple who met there and are now married.
We agree that we could see ourselves coming to a place like this if ever we were bereft.
Wearying by the end of our trip, at Istituto Suore di Santa Elisabetta in Florence, we were relieved to find the English-speaking Carmen at the desk and a hair dryer in the bathroom. Like the city itself, this opulent villa, abuzz with activity, feels more secular, akin at times to a casual hotel. Its garden is as resplendent with gnome collections and cement deer as with religious artifacts, yet its chapel is well used, with reading glasses, prayer books, and devotional items marking individual nuns' favorite spots.
Guests are invited to morning mass, but as elsewhere, often skip it. One German teacher, traveling alone and wrapping up a three-week stay there as part of a sabbatical year, says bluntly that she chose the convent for reason of personal safety.
Nonreligious hospitality
Headed home, we make an unscheduled stop at Della Signoria, a little three-star hotel near Florence's famed Ponte Vecchio.
Here, we are surprised to find another – albeit pricier – piece of paradise: a sweet breakfast balcony awash in home-stitched floral cushions, pink damask tablecloths, and white wrought-iron furniture. A Christmas cactus blooms atop each table, and a mass of overflowing planters provides screening from the crowds below.
As she pours a guest a second cup of coffee, longtime owner Rita Lippolis quietly describes her decades-old relationships with guests. "They come to us in good times and bad," she says.
And as she talks about the honor of receiving travelers in their sorrows as well as their joys, you began to picture Mrs. Lippolis and her kindly staff adorned in the head-covering veils of the suore, their gray server uniforms cinched at the waist with rope, evidence that there are many ways a house becomes holy.


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I found these on another site for weight loss actually and found they work perfect for a protein punch and can freeze for a quick toss in the lunch on the way out the door. It's not really japanese at all but it works perfect for my americanized bentos I think.
You will need
Ham slices
shredded cheddar
salt/pepper to taste
muffin cups/pan
1 egg will produce 2 egg cups so plan your ingredients around how many you will make.
line each muffin cup with a slice or two of ham (depending on how thin it's sliced).
Scramble the eggs, salt and pepper until nice and fluffy then stir the shredded cheese. I generally add a few pinches per egg. Pour the egg mixture into your ham lined muffin cups and bake at 350 until eggs are cooked through.
I normally eat one and toss the second into the freezer. It gives me a meal and a spare.
Just the new girl around here looking for some lunch ideas.
I have used a similar recipe which suggested using prosciutto or bacon as the muffin tin liner. If you use large muffin tins you can fit in a whole egg. The whole egg seems less prone to leaking out. I pour the egg over some blanched spinach and sliced fresh or sun-dried tomatoes then top with grated cheese. Occasionally I add sliced black olives. I guess there are heaps of possible filling combinations.
Great idea to freeze them for later lunches.
Hi BFGuru, you've got a version of my lazy-girl crustless quiche thing there.
I line the muffin molds with one strip of turkey bacon, cut in half, and add lightly beaten egg/salt. Top with chopped leftover vegetables (usually broccoli, green onion, maybe some red pepper) and bury some nigella and red pepper flakes in the veg. Never thought of trying to freeze them -- GREAT idea!
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A courier arrived recently at the Ducal estates (known locally as "That creepy-ass huge McMansion on the hill, you know, the one with the constant parade of freaks coming and going, oh and the weird, mute doorman with no ears, not to mention the super fat, sexually virile rich dude that lives there" by the local teens). I knew this to be a special delivery by the outward look of the courier alone: riding a creaky, ancient pennyfarthing bicycle, he was dressed in an elaborate peacock cloak and hunched his shoulders like a dog trying to pass a peach seed. His pock-marked face belied a sort of hideous retardation that at once frightened me and aroused my curiosity. Surely only the most powerful of men could control a freak such as this!
Turns out, he was sent by the Vicar (I should have known). In his leathery hand, he extended a parchment-wrapped parcel, sealed with the Vicar's own glyph, which was pressed into wax made from the rendered fat of an uncut yak penis. I unwrapped the package as the the dullard knuckled his forehead in my direction, turned and sped off back down the way, a single honk from his bicycle horn echoing sonorously across the expanse of my front acreage.
Inside, a gem of a giallo, dealing with filthy blackmailing Italians, red-headed hotties, and more cane-knives than you can shake a stick at. Huzzah! I exclaimed. The Vicar does love me so.
Let us explore, shall we?
Our movie opens with the young Minou (played by the luscious Dagmar Lassander) taking a bubble bath. Sure, she may have the real-life name of a surly stevedore from Portsmouth, but make no mistake, this is Grade-A Euro-babe hawtness, 100% organic free-range teat, folks. We get no nudity this early, but with Dagmar we don't need it (well, I told myself this while watching), as her figure is striking whether it's covered by suds in a tub, or drenched in The Duke's Own™ Man-Ranch.
As she bathes, Minou gives us a bit of inner monologue about how she's going to stop drinking so much, and how she's going to give up taking tranquilizers(!). Now, I can't speak for all of you, but the thought of a drunk, tranquilized Eurohottie gets me all excited, like. All down in my nethers, even. It isn't long before Minou violates her own covenant, dropping a horse pill down her gullet with a bourbon chaser. You see, she's pining for her husband, Peter, who has been neglecting his marital duties of late due to a massive workload.
Minou decides to go out later that night for a nice walk by the pier a little ways from her house. Before we can shriek "Watch out, Minou, it's a slimy Italian male!", a slimy Italian male accosts her by riding up on a motorcycle to leer. Minou flees, but he pursues, using a short cane that is almost like a cudgel, except more, uh, cane-like. Quickly revealing a hidden blade (as all good canes and cudgels should have), he uses it to capture Minou and forces her to the ground. He straddles her, and she fears her worst fear (as well as the top fear by most of planet Earth) is about to be realized: unwanted, surprise insemination by a sleazy Italian.
It seems Mr. Blackmailer (as he's known in the credits, played with obvious aplomb by Simon Andreu) has other ideas than simply cavorting in her cinnabar crevice. He lets her know that her husband is not all he seems he is, and is indeed a murderer! He uses his cane-knife to cut open the top part of her dress, revealing little but hinting at a lot more. He assures her that he'll leave her honor intact, for the moment, for eventually she'll beg him to take her. With that, he leaves her be.
Minou rushes off to a nearby bar, where a couple of drunks watch her down roughly 20 beers while waiting on her husband Peter to arrive. A humorous side-note here, the camera sure does linger over shots of the strategically placed bottles, for a brand called "Carlsberg", which is, it turns out, now the 4th largest beer brewery in the world, and popular most anywhere suds are are popular, minus parts of Arkansas and most of the Darfur region of the Sudan. Minou explains that a sexual deviant accosted her, leaving out the parts about Peter, choosing wisely to keep those to herself for a while yet.
'shroomed-out hippies, they have a seat at a nearby table to gossip. Dominique casually mentions the death of an older gent, who happens to be the business associate of Minou's husband. Later at home, Minou reads more about the death in the local paper. It seems the death was rather mysterious, the deceased having been killed by embolism of the kind divers get from surfacing too quickly. Peter comes home and Minou asks him about the dead fellow, and as it turns out Peter owed the man a considerable sum of money. Hmm, the plot thickens!
The next day, Minou has a lunch date with Dominique. At a small cafe, Minou discusses her run-in with the shady, hairy Italian pervert. Dominique is entranced, exclaiming "Oh! I would love to be violated!" I guess I need to expand the Ducal B&B Promotional mailings. At any rate, the girls retire to Dominique's house, where she wastes no time in getting the young Minou to leer at pornographic pictures, most all of them containing Dominique being rogered and groped by sweaty, hairy Italian poon-hounds. Minou happens upon a pic of a man pawing Dominique's ample bosoms, and realizes it's the blackmailer dude! Asking if she can have that one (Dominique doesn't mind spreading the porn), Minou takes off without explaining why she's suddenly acting funny.
The next day, we see Peter at his office, and find out he's involved with diving equipment, including pressurized tank construction! Hmm, mysterious death due to embolism... potentially deadly scuba stuffs.... nah, couldn't be! Later that night, as Minou and Peter sleep, Mr. Blackmailer calls on the phone, talks to Minou and plays her a recording that is of Peter and his coworker, discussing the killing of the now-deceased guy he owed money to! Minou is suitably horrified, but still determined to protect Peter.
Minou heads to the blackmailer's apartment. The place is really something, covered in plaster hands reaching from the walls, with a love-nest in the middle of the floor and weird demon statuary of the sort seen around the Vicar's pantry. Minou tries to pay him off with $1000, but he just tosses it away. He informs her that his sole intent is to sex her up, but she's gotta ask him for it. He threatens to go to the police with his recording when she recoils in horror at his hairy, sweat-covered body. Finally Minou relents, and spends a busy afternoon having the equivalent of a wet dog rubbed over her naked flesh, as the Italian blackmailer has his way with her. In the end, he gives her the audio tape, which she chunks into the nearby ocean when she leaves his apartment.
Arriving back home, she finds Dominique hanging out with Peter. Since her excuse that she was with Dominique doesn't hold much water now, Minou stumbles about under Peter's harsh gaze until Dominique finally manages to cover for her. Later that night, still obsessing over her sexy-time, Minou once again hits the tranquilizers. Minou just can't let go, reliving her nightmarish day over and over. We see more tidbits of her time with the blackmailer/rapist, including him donkey punching her in the face!
The next day while Peter is out at work, Mr. Rapist shows up at Minou's apartment! He tells her the tape of Peter was a fake, and that all he wanted to do was have her submit to him. He shows her pictures that he somehow had taken while they were mid-coitus, and that she can't tell Peter unless she wants the photos to come out into the open! Not knowing what to believe anymore, Minou turns to tranqs and alcohol as she spirals further down the rabbit hole.
Minou heads over to Dominique's house, and it is revealed to us that Dominique is sleeping with Peter! He slips out the back door as Minou arrives at the front. She eventually confides in Dominique, confessing the whole thing. Dominique wants to help, so she helps Minou get together $20,000 in order to really well and truly buy off the blackmailer this time. Minou pawns some of her jewelry to make up some of the cash, then heads over to the rapist's apartment. He's having none of it, though! Giving her 3 days to once again submit to him, he lets her leave unmolested, this time.
Dominique goes to Plan B: getting Minou to confess to Peter, which she does. Understandably, Peter is upset, but he calls in a favor with the local police commissioner, who arrives and takes statements. The party heads over to the rapist's house, which turns out has been empty for at least a year. Minou really starts to come unglued at this point, and even contemplates suicide the next day while standing up on a high trolley station above the nearby bay.
The rapist/blackmailer keeps taunting Minou, including showing up at her apartment late at night while a storm rages. He gives Minou a creepy Italian leer from outside a window while the rain pelts down. Screaming, Minou calls for Peter, but of course Mr. Poon-hound is long gone. Minou remembers her photo that she took from Dominique, but in looking for it she finds it's gone. She talks Peter and the commish into going to Dominique's flat, so she can confirm the existence of the photo. Dominique tells them she can't recall giving any photo to Minou.
At this point, the writers of the movie are really trying to keep the viewer as confused as Minou. On one hand, we have Peter seemingly involved in a murder via decompression chamber, and on the other we have Mr. Rapist, who could have just invented the whole thing. We also have Dominique acting coy but seeming to know all that is going on with just a few glances or chance looks at Minou.
Everything comes to a head the next night, when Minou is home alone once again due to Peter having a business engagement. She hears a noise, goes to investigate, and finds a turtle has somehow gotten into her house. Suddenly, the lights go out, and she sees what she thinks is the rapist, holding his cane-knife! Only it turns out to be a creepy mannequin. As she's staring at the mannequin, a hand reaches out from under a nearby curtain and grabs her leg! She hammers it with a nearby statue, and it lets go.
Out from under the curtain comes the rapist, of course. He retrieves his cane-knife and knocks Minou down, straddling her once again. He begins to make tiny incisions along her neck, all the while kissing her! Meanwhile, Peter realizes he left some important papers at home, so he rushes back, arriving just in time to see Mr. Rapist straddling his wife. Calm as a flat sea, Peter sets his briefcase down, pulls out a pistol, and shoots the blackmailer square in the back, killing him instantly!
**** spoilers beyond this point, I suggest you skip the next few paragraphs if you want to retain your innocence! ****
Minou awakens to find Peter about to make a phone call, instead of checking on her of course. Peter reveals that it was him all along, that yes indeed he murdered the business rival, but that wasn't enough, he had to set up and elaborate web of lies that included having Minou murdered for insurance money. Only the guy he hired, Mr. Rapist Blackmailer, took his job too seriously and instead toyed with Minou when he was only supposed to kill her. Just as Peter is about to shoot Minou, the police rush in along with Dominique, and the commish guns down Peter!
Minou is wheeled away to the hospital, her external wounds merely superficial, but her mental scarring understandably deep. Dominique explains to the commish that she had slowly put things together when she realized that Peter had taken out a large life insurance policy on Minou. We cut to a few days or perhaps weeks ahead, and Minou is leaving a psych ward, good as new. Dominique picks her up in a convertible, and the two drive off, with Dominique joking that she has some new pornographic pictures to show Minou. It is to laugh! The two drive off, screeching like drunken harpies. Fin.
**** end spoilers ****
As gialli go, this one was actually pretty enjoyable. There wasn't a whole lot of nudity, and all of the sex was pretty much done clothed, but what nudity existed was tastefully done. The storyline really kept me guessing along with Minou, but then I'm easily duped by movies so perhaps my illustrious readers would have had it figured out very early on. Some things are never really explained, like how did they set up the rapist's apartment in order to make it seem like no one had been there for a year? Dominique's having photos of the rapist were never quite explained either, I guess except for her promiscuity. The writers used Dominique as a red herring quite a bit.
A lot must be said for the direction, done by the great Luciano Ercoli. His use of pacing and suspense really added a lot to what could have easily been a mediocre giallo. Cinematography by the fab Alejandro Ulloa (of El Caminante fame) was eye-popping to say the least. Every shot was beautifully framed, and his use of light and shadow during the night scenes really added to the tension. Special props go to Ennio Morricone's score.
In the end, I have to give this one 2 Thumbs Up, despite the lack of rampant nudity and the fact that it was packed to the rafters with sweaty Italian men. I prefer my men hairless and Scandinavian, but that's a conversation best left for a long winter's night. Friends, if you enjoy a good giallo from time to time, you could do a lot worse than Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion (1970), Or How No Ladies Are Above Suspicion In Italy!
Posted by The Duke of DVD at 1:00 PM
Labels: '70s, 2-3 thumbs, Dagmar Lassander, Giallo, Sweaty Italian Poon-hounds
5 comments:
- Al Bruno III said...
Another fine article, as always the writing to be found here is top notch and keeps me interested even when I am reading about a genre of film I am not all that interested in.
I know Kentucky Fried Blasphemy but that's just how I roll.
I particularly liked your description of the ending of the film and how it relates to the healing power of homemade sweaty Italian porn.
- July 23, 2010 at 3:25 AM
- Soukesian said...
Just for the record, Carlsberg was exclusively endorsed by Orson Welles in TV ads for many, many years: "Probably the best lager in the world". I don't know that I'd go that far, but I've certainly raised a few glasses of it to the big man's memory.
- July 23, 2010 at 2:54 PM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
@Soukesian--I know that in my college days, when I was in England studying abroad (her name was "Fiona," for the record), Carlsberg was everywhere, and was generally the favored "fizzy lager" amongst those who went in for that sort of thing. For myself, I enjoyed a good Strongbow cider for thirst-quenching, then a Tetley's bitter, Old Peculier, or Castlemane XXXX for seconds. For main course: wherever you go, Guiness is the beer the drinks like a meal.
@Duke, this sounds like a sweatier-than-normal example of the genre, aided by the particularly perpirational performance of Simón Andreu as the blackmailer. He was just as scummy in one of my fave vampire (lesbian) flicks too, as the the husband of The Blood-Spattered Bride!
- July 23, 2010 at 3:06 PM
- The Duke of DVD said...
@Al - Your generous comments make my nipples erect, as usual. I think the world would be a better place if more folken were exposed to the healing properties of manly Italian sweat, sluiced off the nethers of horny Mediterranean men. On second thought... scratch that idea.
@Soukesian - Well if Orson Welles endorsed it, then it's good enough for me! I'm going to pretend that he got so whale-like by downing as many liters of Carlsberg as he could in an hour, and then trying to break that record.
@Vicar - I need to hunt down Simón Andreu's entire body of work. I could feel the sleaze coming off him in waves. Plus, I challenge anyone to find a human more capable with the cane-knife!
- July 23, 2010 at 3:43 PM
- J. Astro said...
It sounds like more giallo than I personally could handle, but kudos to you for tackling it and loving it. That said, I bet I'm far sweatier (even on a chilly day) than all these Italian guys put together. Not bragging, just telling the facts. :)
- July 24, 2010 at 12:14 AM


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Here they come
The Golden Globes are on Sunday, as you know. Which is why LAX is busy. So many actors are flying in for the weekend – the pre-parties, the after-parties, the show… you have to be there – to be seen, to be talked to, to work the rooms, whether or not you are nominated.
And that's where we find Jon Snow and the Khaleesi. Game Of Thrones did not get a lot of love (any love?) from the HFPA but winter still comes to Los Angeles for Globe weekend to celebrate HBO in general. But seriously, when is that show going to get some respect?
Anyway, the wait will be over soon. HBO has yet to announce a premiere date for Season 4 but it's hard to imagine it won't be March 23 or 30 or somewhere around there since that's when it usually comes around. It's our reward for making it through award season.
Update: Season 4 will premiere on Sunday, April 6th. It was just announced yesterday.


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Programming the Raspberry Pi with Raspberry Pi co-founder Eben Upton
When you receive your Raspberry Pi, what will you do with it, how will you use it and what can it do for you? The possibilities are only limited by the imagination, so to help you get up and running quickly, in this live session I'll talk you through the simple set up procedure for the Raspberry Pi.
You'll learn how to--
download and install the Operating System on the SD card run the boot up script use the script editor and begin to create applications using the presupplied Python scripts.
All in less than 40 minutes.
This Design Flow webinar will demonstrate how Raspberry Pi users can get their unit up and running and begin their programming revolution.