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Travel back with me, won't you, to a much groovier time in a much groovier place. A place full of gorgeous medieval ruins, avant-garde modern architecture, and Aurora monster model kits; a place where you can step into any night club any day of the week and watch a naked girl doing cartwheels while reciting Beat poetry, a feathered monster spasming rhythmically on the floor, or a black jumpsuited femme fatale torturing her two crucified victims to death for your entertainment. A place where the men are men, the women are dangerous, the J&B flows like water and there's always the chance that your next cigarette--or kiss--may be your last.
The place is Lisbon. The time is 1968. The director is Jess Franco, and the film is Succubus (aka Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden).
The credits roll over a montage of classical paintings in detail, each depicting joyous peasants and aristocrats in the grips of carnal lust. Fat men down tankards of ale, well-curved women dance, and a saucy rogue even tweaks the nipple of a not-at-all blushing chambermaid. As the gorgeous classical music gives way to more frenetic modern jazz, the subject matter of the paintings also changes--the racous revelries give way to demons and monsters, as scenes from Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights entwine with the previous landscapes of flesh. This sequence not only clues the viewer in to the projected arc of the coming flick, but also perhaps serves as Franco's notice that he's aiming a little higher here than he has up to now, or would in his future career, for that matter.
a gorgeous and ruthless-looking dominatrix in a black motorcycle outfit has a half-naked man and woman bound to St. Andrew's crosses. Teasing her victims first with the whip and then with the blade, the femme fatale seduces and then stabs the man, carves a line on the woman's chest, and--deaf to her screams of pain or pleas for mercy--stabs her as well in an orgasmic climax of death. Of course a moment later the hitherto unseen crowd erupts into applause, proving yet again that the nightclubs in Jess Franco's world are much superior to those of our own.
It turns out the girl is Lorna Green (Janine Reynaud), the latest discovery of hotshot nightclub producer extraordinaire William Francis Mulligan (frequent Paul Naschy collaborator and conspicuous consumer of manscara Jack Taylor). Since they've only just met and he doesn't know a thing about her history, it's unclear just how William found Lorna or discovered her talent for sadomasochistic jazz ballet; but I guess in when you meet a hot Portuguese babe who can put asses in the seats and doesn't blink twice at your fetishistic eye makeup, you learn not to ask too many questions.
Back in their apartment Lorna is still keyed up after her performing success, and wants to get frisky with the producer--here Reynaud treats us all to a bump-and-grind burlesque routine, showing off her bewitching beauty and joie de vie, to say nothing of her delectable gams. "You don't understand," she croons to her boss, "I'm a witch, and irresistible!" William deflates that balloon, yawning in his smoking jacket and calling the dance "Old-fashioned and boring!" before turning in for the night. Not putting two and two together ("Liz-not-Jack eye-makeup" plus "not interested in smokin' HAWT girlfriend" equals...um...sleepy?), Lorna soon follows him to bed.
A sound sleeper, Lorna continues to dream: back at the gorgeous Portuguese castle that is her dream home, she stands naked in front of a mirror while an elderly man plays piano behind her, musing about the goddess who gives men "either Love, or Death!" Soon she finds herself at a bar where all the waiters are nude Adonis-like men, where she meets Admiral Kapp (Howard Vernon, the original Dr. Orloff). They dance and engage in an odd game of word-association, which Lorna apparently loses; as penalty she has to make love to the lascivious old sailor. Penetration is a game two can play, however, and she kills the mood by stabbing the old man in the eye with a long hatpin! Thinking rightly that's enough REM for one night, she wakes up.
This has been a very extended dream sequence (10 or 15 minutes, by my estimate), but if Franco's ever filmed a stronger fifteen consecutive minutes, it'd be quite a feat. The soft-focus signifying the dream world is a bit distracting, but the strong primary colors, the gorgeous flat planes of sky and sea with the ancient castle in the background, the odd but implacable forward motion of Lorna's dream logic, leading inexorably to murder and her awakening--it's wonderful, just masterful filmmaking.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?), she dresses and goes downstairs to find Will auditioning a new act with a few friends over to watch. One of the crowd thinks he knows her--"Don't you remember? Those nights we spent together?" But she doesn't remember him--in fact, as we'll learn, she has trouble remembering anything about her past. This becomes even more troubling when, stepping out for a walk, she and Will happen upon a funeral in progress, and the guest of honor is Admiral Kapp himself, still with the hatpin sticking out of his eye socket!
From here out it's hard for Lorna to discern the difference between waking and dreaming, but in her defense, I think I'd have the same problem in late-60s Lisbon. For instance, Will and Lorna attend a party thrown by a rich investor friend of his, and the entertainment is a dwarf in a tuxedo conducting classical music and playing chase with a transvestite in a swan shirt! People read, make out and speak in non sequiturs while Lorna and Will drink J&B and watch it all go down. Later the host and his dwarf serve LSD-laced sugar cubes to the guests--as if that were necessary--and Lorna starts to freak out when she's surrounded by a pack of partygoers who think they're dogs. It's all fun and games later, though, when all start kissing her instead of biting. In a gesture of goodwill, they grab a shy blonde who's been eyeing Lorna all night and place her bodily on top of the supine, tripping model, leading to a short makeout session before Will remembers he's supposed to get jealous and demands they leave.
And this is REAL WORLD stuff.
"Stop asking questions...take me as I am!"
The dream-world and real life finally collide when Lorna and her forced-lesbian lover from the party wind up at an abandoned chateau, just like the one from her dream, which is now full of mannequins wearing ornate costumes that represent famous women of the past. "Do you really live here?" the girl asks. "I have always lived here," Lorna replies.) Crossing the boundary between experience and dream freely now, Lorna and the girl engage in phantasmagorical lesbian sex in a gorgeous, borderline-surreal scene. Lorna sees her shy, blonde lover transformed into a mannequin, and in terror tries to bash the dummy's head in. Concussed and frightened, the girl tries to escape, only to be hemmed in by the now-ambulatory dummies before Lorna stabs her to death. Awakening from her fever dream later, Lorna finds the girl's body at her feet, and must now admit to the fact that she's a somnambulent psycho.
Having had enough, Will flees to Berlin to start up a new nightclub and try to forget Lorna. Desperately in love (and probably not wishing to stick around until the Lisbon cops show up), Lorna follows, leading to a strange denouement in Berlin that may or may not explain what's been happening and why.
GORGEOUS. The colors, the locations, the women, the odd avant-garde symbolism--it doesn't always (or even often) make sense, but the emotional weight of the visuals easily overwhelms the need for narrative logic for a powerful viewing experience. Freed from Spanish censors and budgetary concerns for the first time in his career (iit was a German co-production, hence the Berlin-set ending), Franco really explores the space, producing what strikes me as a much more ambitious and personal work than he'd been able to attempt up to that point. While at times the mythical allusions and non sequitur philosophy spouted by the characters may seem pretentiously "arty," it's all so damn strange and beautiful I didn't really mind.
Franco was very fortunate to find Janine Reynaud to play his lead (she was the wife of one of his co-producers), because without the mature beauty and strangely ageless naivete she brings to the role, I don't think it really would have worked. For my money Reynaud is as mesmerizing and ethereal as any of Franco's famous femmes. Jack Taylor also does well here as the self-centered playboy, and the other actors who populate Franco's dream tableaus are always interesting to look at, if nothing else. The jazz/classical soundtrack composed by Friedrich Gulda is also among the best in Franco's filmography.
"doesn't have to make sense in order to be successful," a lesson he clearly never forgot.) A shorter interview with Jack Taylor in Berlin shows a different and appealing side of the man for those used to his typically stiff 70s performances.
I've said before that I find Franco's work to be very hit and miss, but Succubus proves that when he hits, he hits HARD. If the infamous flesh- and fever dream-peddler ever made a more beautiful, sumptuous, affecting film, brother, I'd like to see it. 3+ thumbs.
Some more great images from Franco's Succubus:
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Succubus (1968): or, I Have Always Lived at the Castle
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 11:00 AM
Labels: '60s, 3+ Thumbs, Dolls Dummies and Puppets, Groovy, JB Shots, Jess Franco
9 comments:
- Tenebrous Kate said...
You know, if Jess Franco wasn't such a *prolific* filmmaker, I think viewers would be less surprised to see his name attached to a movie like "Succubus." It's kind of like when folks write off Rollin because they caught "Zombie Lake" on VHS during the 1980s--it's simply not a fair cop.
You're SO right about Janine Reynaud's superb film presence here. She's got a bit of a Dyanne Thorne vibe about her (am I allowed to mention Ms. Thorne and Mr. Franco in the same comment after the "Wicked Warden" film?) in her buxom, mature, "harsh bird" appeal.
A wonderful companion to "Succubus" is "Venus in Furs," another strongly jazz-influenced/structured film with an also-awesome soundtrack (the main theme from that film has never gotten out of my brain!).
Semi-related thought of the moment: the Groovy Years of Cinema were a hell of a time to be named "Lorna," weren't they?
- August 4, 2009 at 12:29 PM
- The Duke of DVD said...
Wait, wait, wait... there's a dwarf in a tux, conducting music whilst Euro-lesbians (the Duke's favorite flavor!) make-out nearby?
Dearest Vicar, have one of your trusty manservants dispatched via calash at once, straight to my estates, bearing a copy of this movie. I must watch it with the evening bath.
Fantastic review, as always. Reynaud is such a babe.
- August 4, 2009 at 12:48 PM
- Jenn said...
Oh baby! How have I missed this debaucherous Franco outing thus far? A tuxedoed dwarf? Alcohol? Sexy lesbians? It's like Franco's speakin' just to me. He caught my eye across the dance floor and this was the result.
- August 4, 2009 at 6:04 PM
- CRwM said...
You had me at the Shirley Jackson reference, you sly dog.
I can't stand Jess Franco and even I want to see this movie now!
- August 4, 2009 at 10:49 PM
- The Headless Werewolf said...
Great review! I saw this a few years ago and found it a little too pretentious for a Franco movie, but maybe I watched it with the wrong attitude. Will revisit again soon!
- August 5, 2009 at 4:18 PM
- Al Bruno III said...
This isn't the kind of movies I usually seek out but it sounds pretty interesting.
Of course by now I think that dwarves have become standard hallucination/dream fodder. I wonder what little people see when they're tripping?
- August 5, 2009 at 8:19 PM
- Fred said...
I remember reading about this in the Psychontric Encyclopedia and Phil Hardy's Encyclopedia of Horror Movies (anyone else remember books?) and I knew I had to see it. Finally bought a decent dupe on VHS back in '88 and was hooked. This is still one of my all-time favorite Francos. The original title translates as Necronomican: Dreamt Sins, which makes some sense (I got that from my old law school roomate who speaks about a dozen languages). One of the best surreal films I've ever seen.
I don't if Howard Vernon's nightclub with the naked bartenders was any influence on Studio 54 (Steve Rubbell is long gone and Ian Schrager ain't talking). But I'm pretty sure that Johnny Ola told Jack Taylor and Jess about where to see lovely Lorna do her S&M act.
Word verification: mantea (a favorite beverage served at Howard Vernon's nude bartender nightclub).
- August 6, 2009 at 11:12 PM
- Erin said...
This movie does sound worth watching for the WTF factor, is it a good intro to Franco?
- August 18, 2009 at 4:11 PM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
Thanks everyone for the comments!
@Erin--Franco made so many films, where you "should" start really depends on your interests. I like SUCCUBUS a lot, and it would be a good movie to start with if your tastes run to the arty and groovy, I think. If horror's more your thing, the Dr. Orloff series or VAMPYROS LESBOS or perhaps FACELESS would be my suggested jumping-in points. But as Tenebrous Kate rightly points out, Franco made so many movies, and a good many of them are bad by any standard, so caveat dvdplayer.
And here is an excellent blog devoted entirely to Franco's work, which might help you get a better idea:
I'm in a Jess Franco State of Mind
Happy hunting!
- August 19, 2009 at 9:03 AM


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TTL Anonymous
Posted 23 August 2004 - 05:52 PM
The topic of TTL and digital comes up again and again here at Wetpixel. When we switched to digital, many of us film converts couldn't imagine UW photography without TTL. We bought Fuji S2s, housed land strobes or bought extra "TTL" sensors so that we wouldn't have to go underwater without those three letters.
Then we learned our lesson and found manual strobe settings were just easier and better.
This is your chance to own up. Get it off your chest. And perhaps stop others wasting the cash we did on gear or settings we no longer use.
Posted 23 August 2004 - 05:59 PM
When I first bought my D100 housing in 2002 I could not believe I could get by without TTL (or dTTL as it would have to be). I love shooting fish behaviour - action that often happens in an instant. I could not believe I could get by with manual settings.
So I bought a SB80DX flashgun and put it in an old flash housing. I shot dTTL through out 2003. Until I went to Dahab (Egypt) in October. Luggage allowances and a mainly wide angle brief for the trip meant I didn't take my housed SB80DX. I tried macro for the first time on that trip with manual strobes and I have never shot dTTL since.
My name is Alex and I have been off TTL for 10 months now.
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Posted 23 August 2004 - 06:02 PM
This is a popular subject indeed. I think TTL is not a big issue for people that shoot mostly wide angle and a few fish portraits. However, for those who want to register fish behavior****, or not so common fishes (those that you see only once in a 10 day trip), geting the correct exposure on the first shot is essential, and that's when TTL becomes *very* useful.
****Only now I saw your second post, so let me add to mine. This is the first time that I hear about fish behavior without TTL, how do you achieve this? Do you try to keep the same camera-to-subject distance or you just get a feel about the exposures and sets the flash accordingly? My system does very reliable TTL (F100 with Ike ss200), and I am always pleased with the results. The only reason I didn't upgrade to digital was the lack of TTL.
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Nikon D800, Aquatica AD800, Ikelite strobes.
Posted 23 August 2004 - 06:45 PM
The switch over to Digital for me is new, haven't bought a housing yet...so the whole lack of TTL issue doesn't bother me in the slightest.
When i teach students i never let them use TTL either, the whole point of taking a photography course is to learn how the camera works isn't it?. In my opinion, it doesn't work well for wide angle anyways.
Rocha does make a good poing though. That once in a life time shot could be tricky to get the right exposure in a one off. But once you get used to using a camera on manual it doesn't take long to figure out the correct exposures within an f stop or so in any situation. And with the beauty of digital, if you are only off by one f-stop fix it later on the laptop!
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Posted 23 August 2004 - 06:46 PM
I also own an F100. Let me reassure you that I would also always shoot TTL with film. And most of the time I would get my behaviour shots. But not always - sometimes TTL gets it wrong and there is no persuading it otherwise. Of course on film you don't know this till later and anyway it probably worked on 34 of the 36 exposures so why worry. When I shot dTTL with my digital D100 i did occasionally miss shots and could do nothing about it. Of course dTTL nailed many images - I would never say that TTL is not suitable for behaviour. I'm just saying that on digital I prefer manual.
I think what film photographers don't realise is that flash exposures don't vary as much as they think. When I am shooting behaviour - I very rarely change either my aperture or my flash settings - once I have determined the correct exosure with a test shot. Often of just a rock close to the subject.
Below is a collage of fish behaviour shots I have taken this year. All on manual. They show mating RS purple tangs, shy hamlets, Emp Angels, Anthias, Parrots, peppermint bass, 4 eye butterflies, fighting flounder and mating lancer dragonets. Hope that you find them persuasive.
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Nikon D5 (Subal housing). Nikon D7200 (Subal housing). Olympus EPL-5 (Nauticam housing).
Posted 23 August 2004 - 06:50 PM
Of course, my total experience with a dSLR underwater encompasses five days at the time of this posting, and on two of these days I did no shooting underwater at all, but it was a close thing...
Initially I was suspicious, I did not believe that it was possible to shoot small fish (like sailfin blennies displaying) without the benefit of TTL. I was used to the idea that I could set the lens on f22, the strobe(s) in close to the port, fire away, and let the F100 deal with it... much like Rocha.
The first four or five shots were a bit wobbly, but I just hit the delete button and the embarassing evidence was gone. Eventually, I realised that setting the flash power and aperture without TTL was really very similar to the way I usually work in macro: Set the reproduction ratio/point of focus, then move the camera to the correct camera/subject distance. I just had to add the additional quick check that the strobe to subject distance was correct. Once I had the correct strobe to subject distance, the exposures came out spot on...
I knew I wanted to shoot at about 1:3, so I found some small sponges, dialled in the strobe position and focus, then adjusted the aperture to get the exposure correct. The histogram display really helped to get things right.
I found I was able to shoot a sequence of the blennies popping out of the hole, displaying and returning, and almost all of them were correctly exposed. I was using an ss100, so I did not have the power and fast recycling ability of the ss200... from my experience with that strobe, at 1/4 power, it will probably "recycle" fast enough to get a full buffer on the d100.
I am used to shooting wideangle without TTL, shooting macro without it was an eyeopener, but in the end a pleasant experience.
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Posted 23 August 2004 - 07:16 PM
FWIW, I have been on some dives where I could literally not take my hands off of the housing handle. In situations like that, you need either TTL or a Titan housing w/ handle-mounted strobe controls.
TTL is great for behavioUr shots, but I have shot my last three trips without TTL and haven't missed it. Shoot, my last trip with the Fuji S2 was back in September of 2003! Yikes!
When I house my Kodak (hopefully this month) then I won't get to shoot TTL either. That doesn't mean I don't like it though. If my camera supported TTL, I'd probably use it some of the time (maybe 25%) but now, it's no longer THE important feature for me.
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Posted 23 August 2004 - 09:23 PM
Posted 23 August 2004 - 09:26 PM
I think this is an important thread. Based on posts I see from people just getting into this obsession, TTL seems to be a large factor in their decisions.
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Posted 23 August 2004 - 09:56 PM
I lost out ... he got better at it than me.
I have shot one roll of film underwater with TTL, 2 rolls on manual, and every digital shot out of god knows how many thousands all in manual due to lack of choice originally, but then kept with it because it gave me more options.
I have made more mistakes in manual than i did in my one roll of TTL, but thats not fair as I only ever took 35 shots in TTL. I however would not know what I know now if I had always shot TTL, I wouldn't know by looking at the scene what settings to use, where to put my strobe, or what mood the shot is gonna take (I like creating moods with one strobe as thats all I have)
The bootom line as far as I am concerned is that Digital brought about art and vision in underwater photography.
It took away the machinery of TTL and forced the skills back into our hands, and many of us have embraced it and used it to it's benefit.
Amen to manual control.
Posted 23 August 2004 - 11:19 PM
My name is Helge ...
and I managed to get off TTL due to the fact, that my Metz (top side) strobe doesn't support the Olympus E-1 yet and that I had a strange experience using a Subtronic strobe topside recently.
I used to have HLX video lights with my housed E-20 but I will use a strobe with the E-1 in the future. I'm in the process of housing the camera so my experience with TTL is pretty dry ;-)
I had an indoor shooting recently where I used a Subtronic strobe in slave mode to cover the fisheye I had to use. That was when I realized, that fiddling with strobe compensation is as much work as setting the strobe manually in the first place. Getting the hang of the right power setting wasn't really hard to achieve. The histogram was a great help.
I also have to admit that there's a sample of the latest TTL converters for Olympus waiting to be tested with the E-1 but this thread and my recent experience doesn't put that pressure on the topic anymore. I think that TTL may have its place but I experienced also lots of situations recently (black sand in Lembeh Strait) where you have to set the camera manually to get proper results.
Thanks, Alex. You've really got style, both behind your keyboard and your camera. Kept me laughting until I scrolled down to your pictures. That's when the laughter was replaces by breathless admiration.
Helge ;-)=)
Posted 24 August 2004 - 02:45 AM
I only ever used TTL once (F801, 60mm Micro, Aquatica housing with SB103 strobe).
My mentor Kevin Metcalfe hit me over the fingers with a fin and I never did it again :shock:
All my film shots were done on manual controls with exception of the focus on WA.
My first digital shots using auto everything except the strobe were lousy and the Sea&Sea D70 housing does not support TTL, however as soon as I switched to manual aperture and shutter speed I gained at least 90% control over what I was doing, all I need now is manual focus
Posted 24 August 2004 - 02:58 AM
I'm in the unusual situation of having gone from digitaL ttl with the EWA-Marine to non-TTL now I'm shooting with the Ike.
So unlike most of you, I know what I'm missing. And let me tell you - TTL is a good thing. There's a bunch of shots I could take with the bag-TTL that I just can't contemplate with the non-TTL housing. So I don't even try them.
Non TTL digital is fine for digital shooting of slow moving or stationery subjects. Is crap for close macro of moving subjects. If you are cleverer than me you may be fine with non-TTL, but I will continue to long for true Canon eTTL support.
Rob Whitehead
Shooting with Phase One and Canon. EWA-Marine Factory Test Pilot.
Posted 24 August 2004 - 04:11 AM
There's a bunch of shots I could take with the bag-TTL that I just can't contemplate with the non-TTL housing. So I don't even try them.
Really, being someone who has never fully gotten to love TTL .. or really even used it that much I find that hard to understand, could you elaborate ?
maybe even an example.
In my mind and someone correct me if I am way off base here, but TTL is just like P mode (auto) for ya camera it just takes the information it is reading from the lense and makes it's best decision about how much light to add onto the subject. I understand how that gives you a 'perfect'ly exposed shot. (I also can see how limiting that can be ,kinda like driving an auomatic car, you'll never get the same results from that car as you would a manual)
But at the same time, TTL being an electronic thing I have never understood why there is such a big deal about it with digital cameras ... why did it take so long and why are they still working at it ? isn't it easier to make now the cameras are digital ?
Posted 24 August 2004 - 05:00 AM
Those that view TTL as a crutch or training wheels not to be used by "real" photographers are off base. It's like saying AF is for losers. I shoot mainly MF on land, except when AF works better.
I think I really want to write a really long post about the subject, so more later.
BTW, how many topside shooters use their respective speedlights in full manual mode? The only time I do is when I take the strobe off the camera and have it in my hand pointing at a particular object in the scene.
Posted 24 August 2004 - 05:35 AM
If TTL doesn't work underwater, that is one thing - but it does. It does all of the same "thinking" that we do when we set strobe power, it just does it faster and get's it right the first time.
Getting it right the first time is something that we have discounted as "not important" because hey, we can always review on the LCD and reshoot, right? Wrong.
Firstly, there are some shots that you will never get to reshoot. Once you have spooked that shy fish, it's just not coming back.
Secondly, digital photographers are often accused by "old timers" of taking too many photos and overwhelming/blinding the subject. Based on my experience with new digital divers, this is a valid gripe. Sometimes, shoot, review, shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot shoot just isn't cool.
Anyhow, I'm interested to see what else George has to say on this one as I'm one of the few who's actually had a GOOD working TTL system for the DSLR.
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Posted 24 August 2004 - 05:38 AM
Ha! Alex, eat your heart out. Craig: I salute you Mr. Sailfin Blenny-on-your-first-digital-dive man!
Yeah Craig's shot is definitely better than mine. Damn you, Craig! I feel another dusk dive lying on the sand coming on...
I am glad that this discussion is attracting both sides of the TTL argument. I think that my introduction was a bit biased - and should have said that this is the place for people to state their feelings for either side of the argument, so that new digital photographers can read and learn from their opinions - whatever they be.
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Posted 24 August 2004 - 05:57 AM
Damn you, Craig! I feel another dusk dive lying on the sand coming on...
Just don't go into 15 minutes of deco, as I did...
Ooops, hope the gulf-diving people don't read this board
Scorpio_fish: Yes, I use the ole' SB80DX in matrix-metered balanced fill flash mode all the time, on the F100 where it belongs and I wouldn't be without it. TTL, on high end film cameras as a mature technology is a very useful thing. I also take the flash off the camera, put it on a stand, measure the flash to subject distance and set "manually" in some instances, such as lighting hummingbirds coming to a feeder...
As to the point and tone of this thread, I think the slightly strident tone that Alex used to commence the discussion is quite similar to, and in some ways satirises, the strident tone that many new-to-digital shooters use when the insist that they "have to have TTL". If TTL control of flashes for digital cameras was more mature, then I'm sure we would be more likely to embrace it.
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Posted 24 August 2004 - 06:45 AM
I don't think you will find many people saying it cause it sounds cool,what you will find is people like myself who never really did film photography, and used digital underwater when there REALLY was NO TTL, there really wasn't and the funny thing is ..manufacturers lied and said there was ! Anyway .. I'm not trying to be cool. It's just i have never used it and don't have the ability to use it, i like the artisitic qualities a manual strobe gives me, not from settings but more from positioning, I don't turn down the settings (limited on the YS120) unless in macro I move the strobe further back, kinda like a singer playing with the mic to get different effects. Even when i get my Canon D60 in a housing or (if i can get my hands on one for free a MkII 1D) I will stick to my manual ways as I find it more satisfying, and if i mess up a one off shot because i didn't use TTL, well i'll wait, those are normally like Alex said behavioural shots, and fish behaviour does repeat itself. (i'm lucky i can go diving in grand cayman whenever i like)
I agree with George. Don't just say "TTL, bah!" just because you think you sound cool..
I'd also like to say although I have never been accused of blinding fish .. I am sure I have done it and that is a valid accusation, but don't get me started on what the old school film guys get up to underwater trying to guarentee their shots.
Although I am still trying to master my Canon 550 (more controls than a space ship cunningly hidden in very few buttons) I always put it on auto mainly cause i haven't got a clue what I am doing with it. I'll read the manual one day properly rather than just for the bits i need.
BTW, how many topside shooters use their respective speedlights in full manual mode? The only time I do is when I take the strobe off the camera and have it in my hand pointing at a particular object in the scene.
Posted 24 August 2004 - 06:59 AM
How many discrete strobe power settings do I have with my DS125 in manual mode? If I were able to shoot TTL, how many possible strobe output powers (i.e. output durations) am I able to achieve?
Suppose I am shooting wide angle. The left side of the scene has a yellow sponge one foot away. The right side of the scene has darker red sponge which is one foot away but angled away such that part of the sponge is 3 ft. away. How do I properly light the scene using TTL? (OK, this is a quickly thought of example, maybe with a little time I could come up with a better one).


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major macro economic indicators
|GDP growth (%)
|Inflation (yearly average, %)
|Budget balance (% GDP)
|Current account balance (% GDP)
|Public debt (% GDP)
(f): forecast
- Fiscal stability
- Skilled, multi-lingual workforce
- High-quality infrastructure, business-friendly regulation
- Performing international financial centre
- High standard of living
- Highly dependent on large financial sector
- Economy vulnerable to euro zone economic cycle
- Future fiscal impact of ageing population
Risk assessment
Growth still buoyant
Luxembourg's growth rate is still one of the highest in the euro zone, remaining strong in 2016, despite a volatile quarterly profile, driven by stronger job creation, ongoing weak inflation and favourable financing conditions. A slight acceleration in activity is foreseeable in 2017, reflecting the implementation of fiscal reform comprising a significant cut in tax on individuals and businesss. In addition, employee wages are expected to benefit from the activation of automatic index-linking of wages to inflation at the end of 2016. This is likely to drive up GDP, even if some of these gains will be saved and used to purchase imported goods. At the same time, the relatively low unemployment rate is projected to remain in the region of 6%, while inflation is expected to increase with oil prices rising again.
At sectoral level, recent developments reflect a recovery in financial services activity, the traditional growth driver, after a chaotic start to 2016 due to market volatility. Worth noting too is a degree of dynamism in non-financial services, construction and industry (espeically aeronautics and satellite technologies).
The government's diversification strategy is aimed at promoting the development of new sectors (automobile parts, eco-innovation, health and biotechnology, IT and communications, space technologies),better arming the economy against shocks and improving job prospects for lower-skilled workers. On the other hand, the country's attractiveness could suffer from the process of international financial harmonisation and transparency currently under way.
A top-level financial system
The current account balance still shows a strong surplus, despite an income balance deficit, due to the existence of a sizeable services balance surplus. This is because the Grand Duchy is the second largest investment fund centre in the world, after the United States, and a central location for banks specialising in managing intra-group liquidity as well as the main centre for private banks in the euro zone. Furthermore, it is home to a great many reinsurance companies. While financial services play a major role in the economy (1/4 of GDP, 18% of budgetary revenues, 11% of employment), the process of harmonising financial standards within the European Union and at international level (automatic exchange of tax data regarding deposits in 2015 and end of bank secrecy by 2017) could threaten the attractiveness and profitability of the Luxembourg financial sector. This process will require the sector to readapt to a new regulatory environment (Banking Union, Basel III), which should help increase its resilience.
Nonetheless, the strong connections between Luxembourg's financial system and the rest of the world make it a receptacle (and also a vector) of global financial instability. Meanwhile, the level of exposure to the property market among the banks positioned on the domestic market still needs to be monitored.
One of the healthiest budget positions
Public accounts continued to show a surplus in 2016 due to firm revenues in a context of vigorous growth, a contained rise in spending associated with the multi-year fiscal consolidation introduced in the 2015 budget. The accounts should be in balance in 2017 thanks to the tax reform taking effect early in the year and which is expected to reduce State revenues by about 0.8% of GDP. At the same time, the reform of European VAT on e-business services will continue to generate a shortfall in tax revenues. The public debt remains one of the lowest in Europe (in addition, public sector assets exceed liabilities). The main challenges for the public finances continue to be the implementation of international fiscal transparency and, in the long term, the rising cost of the aging of the resident population and of cross-border workers.
Tripartite coalition losing popularity
The early elections held in October 2013 led to the formation of a new coalition including, for the first time, Liberals, Socialists and Greens led by the Liberal Xavier Bettel.
The coalition, already weakened by the massive rejection in June 2015 of the proposed constitutional changes (including granting the right to vote in national elections to foreign nationals resident in Luxembourg), continues to suffer falling ratings in polls to the advantage, mainly, of the former dominant party in the country's political history, the Christian Social People's Party.
That party, although the government is hoping to get the credit for the healthy state of the economy and its tax reforms, could lead the next coalition to come from the elections in October 2018. The continuity of economic policy would not be undermined.
Last update : January 2017


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Hands On Literary Festival and Masquerade Ball
Burlesque Press
Monday, December 30, 2013 at 8:00 AM - Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 9:00 PM (CST)
Event Details
Join Dinty Moore, Lauren Grodstein, Moira Crone, Roger Kamenetz and more in New Orleans this New Years for panels, readings, and a New Year's Eve Masquerade Ball!
Please Note: Early Bird Registration ends June 1, 2013. The final date to pre-register for the full conference is November 1, 2013. Masquerade Ball Only and Keynote Only tickets will be sold up until the start of the Masquerade Ball.
Tentative Schedule:
***Please note that this schedule is still tentative and subject to change at any time until otherwise posted.***
December 30, 2013
Registration Begins at 8:00 am
9 am to 12:30 Panels and Presentations
9 – 10am Session Room A: An Interview with Susan Larson
Panelists: Susan Larson and Ted O'Brien
9 – 10 am Session Room B: Poetic Ventriloquism
Popularized in the 19th and 20th centuries by such poets as Robert Browning and Edgar Lee Masters, the persona poem has become one of the dominant forms in contemporary poetry. Our panel members, all authors of dramatic monologues, will discuss reasons for the rise of the persona poem's popularity in the late 20th/early 21st century, what drew them to write about the subjects they chose, the influences that guided them, and the advantages, limitations, and possibilities inherent in the form.
Panelists: Kate Fox, John Gery, and Dawn Manning
9-10 am Session Room C: Readings by Eva Langston, Lynne Barrett, and Melanie Neale McLendon
10:15 -11:15 am Session Room A: Writing the Mask: Gendered Personas
Writers often adopt personas as a means of challenging traditional gender norms. This panel of writers explore gender and its ever-more-fluid definitions to delve deeper into the truth of identity and human nature. These current students and graduates of the Chatham University MFA in Creative Writing program who regularly write in gender-bending personas will discuss the risks and rewards of literary drag.
Panelists: Sarah Shotland, Jessica Kinnison, Dakota Garilli, Mark Nieson, Lindsey Scherloum, and D. Gilson
10:15 to 11:15 am Session Room B: Readings by Andrew Dillon, Daniel Wallace, and Bill Loehfelm
10:15 to 11:15 am Session Room C: Fuck Poems: An Anthology Reading
Panelists: Vincent Cellucci, Bill Lavender, Jordan Soyka, Brooke Champagne, and Brock Guthrie
11:30 to 12:30 Session Room A: How to Get Published in Lit Mags, and What's the Deal with Contests and Residencies/Retreats?
This panel will focus on how, where, and when to submit to literary magazines. It will address issues of simultaneous submissions, cover letters, submission managers, and more. The panel will also talk about various literary contests, contest fees, and try to develop some do's and don'ts to simplify the general getting-your-work-out-there process.
Panelists: Eva Langston, Merridith Allen, Lynne Barrett, and Tawni Waters
11:30 to 12:30 Session Room B: Readings by Rodger Kamenetz, Madaline Herlong, and Amy Wright
11:30 to 12:30 Session Room C: Exploring Exploring the Small Press World with Beating Windward Press
Panelists: Matt Peters, Nathan Holic, and Melanie Neale McLendon
12:30 to 2 – Break for Lunch
2 pm to 5:30 pm – Panels and Presentations, Author Signings TBA
2-4pm – Session Room A: A Reading and Discussion by Lavender Ink/Dialogos
New Orleans's own Lavender Ink press, together with its Diálogos translation imprint, will present a reading and discussion by some of its authors, which include poets and novelists from around the nation and the world.
Panelists: Peter Thompson, Mark Statman, Sarah Henning, Joseph Kline, and Joseph Bienvenu
2-3 pm Session Room B: Bringing Voices from the Inside, Out: Teaching Creative Writing in Alternative Spaces
Working with writers in nontraditional settings like jails, drug rehabilitation centers and halfway houses asks teachers to confront which masks we put on and which we are invited to take off outside the conventional classroom. Creative Writing faculty and MFA graduate students from Chatham University's Words Without Walls program discuss their experiences in these settings and read from work generated in these spaces.
Panelists: Sarah Shotland, Jessica Kinnison, Dakota Garilli, Mark Nieson, Lindsey Scherloum, and D. Gilson
2-3 pm Session Room C: Readings by JE Robinson, AC Lambeth, Gina Ferrara, and Jesse Manley
3:15 – 4:15 pm Session Room B: Readings by Mitch Sommers, Ira Sukrungruang, and Bill Lavender
3:15 – 4:15 pm Session Room C: But You're Not (Insert Label Here)
In this panel, fiction writers will discuss the practicalities and politics of character formation—how and why we create characters who look (and talk and think) like us and characters who look (and talk and think) like someone else. Queer, straight, male, female, young, old, brown, black, or white, from here or there or somewhere in between, how do we imagine characters and create them on the page? Does it matter if they look (and talk and think) like us or not? As fiction writers, do we get to tell anyone's story?
Panelists: Lania Knight, Madaline Herlong, John McNally, and Kaycee Filson
4:15 -5:15 pm Session Room A: On to the Next One a Reading and Discussion This panel will discuss the challenges facing authors once they're no longer "debut" writers, and also talk about ways that all writers – from first-timers to old hands – can make themselves new in the eyes of the public. I'll also talk about the odd rise up the bestseller lists of my most recent novel, A Friend of the Family. This event will conclude with a reading from The Explanation of Everything, new this September.
Panelists: Lauren Grodstein
4:20 -5:20 pm Session Room B: Readings by Biljana Obradovic, Katherine Reigel, and Laurence Ross
4:20 – 5:20 pm Session Room C: TBA
5:30 – 6:30 pm: Session Room A: The New Orleans Literature Anthology: A Discussion of New Orleans Literature Past and Present with Anthologist Nancy Dixon
Panelists: Nancy Dixon, Moira Crone, and Susan Larson
5:30-6:30 pm Session Room B: TBA
5:30 – 6:30 pm: Session Room C: TBA
6:30 pm to 8pm – Opening Reception, Keynote Address by Dinty W. Moore
December 31, 2013
Registration Begins at 8:30 am
9am to 1:30 pm – Panels and Presentations
9-11 am Session Room A: Chatham University Group Reading with Sarah Shotland, Jessica Kinnison, Dakota Garilli, Mark Nieson, Lindsey Scherloum, and D. Gilson
9-10:00 am Session Room B: How You Say You Say
This panel will explore the intricacies of translating poetry with input from some of today's top translators and writers.
Panelists: Mark Statman, Peter Thompson, and Biljana Obradovic
9-10 am Session Room C: Pre-Modern and Post Modern Love with Fantasy, Desire and the Power of Mediated Love: Jeanette Winterson's The PowerBook and Anthony Trollope's Seductive Scene Design
Panelist: Sara Henning and Daniel Wallace
10:15 to 11:15am Session Room B: Readings with Aaron Kruper, Robin K Johnstone, Meiloni Erickson
10:15 to 11:15 Session Room C: Unreality for Beginners – A Master Class (open to all registered participants)
If you have written realistic fiction most of your life, and would like to experiment with slipstream, fairy tale, fable, literary fantasy, or sci-fi, then this master class gives you a start. Moira Crone will talk about speculative fiction, suggest works to read, and give you a prompt to try writing outside the normal range of experience and perception. She will also suggest other story ideas in this genre, and, if you are ready for the plunge, suggestions for taking on all the dimensions: world building.
Panelists: Moira Crone
11:15 to 12:15 Session Room A: Suspense & Masquerade: How to Fix a Plodding Plot
Careful research, a lovely prose style, and witty dialogue are all useful tools for writing a novel, but without a suspenseful, intriguing plot, you may struggle to get an agent to say "yes" to your book. Strangely, however, most creative writing programs don't offer specific advice on plot and story design, and so most aspiring writers are left having to figure it out on their own. This panel will address these issues and provide some concrete options for fiction writers.
Panelists: Daniel Wallace, Lynne Barrett, and Bill Loehfelm
11:30 to 12:30 Session Room B: The Poetics of Hip Hop
From Neruda to Nas, Rimbaud to Eminem, Keats to the Notorious B.I.G—this presentation is concerned with the poetics of rap and the correlation between some of the best rappers and the most versatile, musical and lyrical poets of the 20th and 21st Centuries. This panel will also include a performance of Hip-Hop poetry.
Panelists: Nate Kostar, et al
11:30 to 12:30 Session Room C: TBA
12:30 to 1:30 Session Room A: Readings with Moira Crone, Nathan Holic, and Wendell Mayo
12:30 to 1:30 Session Room B: Monsters Ink
This panel will look at the role of monsters in our literature and lives. From the one-eyed, man-eating giants of Homer through the blood-sucking undead, werewolves, and Freddy Krugers of our day, to the Loup Garou of Cajun lore, monsters inhabit our writing and imaginations. These panelists will look at the place and meaning of these uncanny characters in literature past and present.
Panelists: Nancy Dixon, Bill Lavender, Ira Sukrunruang
1:30 pm to 8pm – Afternoon Recess
8pm til 1am – Masquerade Ball, with live music, dancing, and a champagne toast at midnight!
The ball will be held at The Prytania Bar, located at 3445 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 70115.
January 1, 2014
No registration table. Participants must pick up registration materials prior to the January 1 events!
3 pm – 4pm Session Room A: An Editors Roundtable and Discussion of Publishing Trends
Panelists: Dinty W. Moore, Matt Roberts, Amy Wright, Lania Knight, Matt Peters, Bill Lavender, Peter Thompson, et al
4:15 to 5:15: Session Room A: UNO/NOLA Readers with John Gery, Tawni Waters, Matt Roberts, Casey Lefante, TBA
5:30 – 6:00 pm Session Room A: An Original Play Reading by Merridith Allen
6:00 pm – Conference Wrap Up, Adjourn to Happy Hour!
Hotel and Area Information: The Conference Hotel is the Maison St. Charles, and the rate code for a discounted room rate of $179 per room is Hands On Festival. Please contact the hotel directly to make your reservations.
More information on area events and attractions coming soon!
Please note: While we encourage formal attire for the ball, the only requirement is a mask. Masks can be easily purchased almost anywhere in New Orleans, or online from many costume websites. For questions regarding this or anything else, please contact Jennifer Stewart at firstname.lastname@example.com, or use the contact form below.
To register, please click here.
When & Where
New Orleans,
Monday, December 30, 2013 at 8:00 AM - Wednesday, January 1, 2014 at 9:00 PM (CST)
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I have strayed away from writing in my blog this year. Two weeks after celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary, Merrill was diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. My heart is boken, life will never be the same without him. I cry every day. I haven't had much interest in writing at all for genealogy was something I shared with my husband. My focus is looking forward to building a new life for myself. There is always a battle going on within me, heart vs head. I must listen to my head to make the right decissions for the future. It became important to me and our children to turn this negative situation into a possitive one for not only us, but for Merrill as well. On September 28 we will doing a walk in Boston for Unite to Fight Pancreatic Cancer. Our team has been working hard and have raised a little over $6000.
#1 Have a yard sale
must clean out 35 years of stuff - done
#2 Put house on market
sold in four days
#3 Find a new home
#4 Pack and move
in process.
#5 purchase new furniture
I am just going to write off 2013. I don't see myself having much if any free time, with moving, settling in, then the holidays and Christmas shopping.


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9 Easy Projects to Upgrade Open Shelving
Too often, function prevails over aesthetics, especially in hardworking rooms like the home office and kitchen. Many people turn to inexpensive hardware store open shelving to maximize storage and minimize cost. But affordable, basic shelving doesn't have to be boring; think of them as a blank canvas waiting to be dipped, gilded, and adorned with beautiful collections.
Here's a handful of various decorative and detailing projects from around the web that add style, color and a little bit of luxury to basic shelves.
- Leather Strap Details: (Photos 1 & 2) Throw out the brackets and hang planks from cowhide. Whether it's an old weathered belt or faux and freshly cut, a strip of leather gives some style to a plain wood or white shelf. Claire Zinnecker of Camille Styles used new tan hide to hang this whitebood board. Aileen of At Home in Love did the same with belt straps.
- Painted Edges: Claire's and Aileen's projects have something else in common. Both chose to add a little sparkle to natural wood shelves with gold-painted edges. Tone-on-tone is a subtle tip, but bright accents work just as well, like these neon pink edges on white shelves in Silke Neumann's flat, (Photo 3) featured on Freunde von Freunden.
- Taped Edges: (Photo 4) For a little less commitment, tape the edges of shelves with colorful masking tape or patterned washi tape, like Lela did in her kitchen on Vorstellung von Schön.
- Dip-Dyed Accents: (Photo 5) Untreated wood soaks up dye like a sponge. Inexpensive raw shelves are ripe for dip-dye makeovers, like these pink-dipped shadow boxes on Whimsey Box.
- Painted Hardware: (Photo 6) Upgrade basic hardware with a pop of color. Amy of Eat, Sleep, Decorate gave Home Depot shelf hardware a metallic finish in her closet.
- Gold-Edged Books: (Photo 7) The things on the shelf are as important as the shelf itself. Adorn books with gold-leaf pages to instantly elevate an office library. A Creative Day shows us how it's done.
- Re-Styled Book Spines: (Photo 8) Some books are less photogenic than others. Give reference books or other neccessary reads a temporary makeover for a better styled bookshelf. Jen from Day by Daily popped up on Poppy Haus to show off this taped book spines project.
- A Branch Rail: (Photo 9) Add an extra spot for accessories by quickly tucking a branch, dowel or pipe from shelf brackets, like in this photo from Martha Stewart. Hang scissors and other tools from the rail with a few oversized S-hooks (like these from IKEA's GRUNDTAL line).
- Monochromatic Knick-Knacks: (Photos 10 & 11) Shelves feeling cluttered? Streamline accent pieces by giving the lot of them a coat in a single hue of spraypaint. Everything from plastic toy animals (this tiger from Hello Home) to a drawing figurine (on Fabric Paper Glue) look put-together when matched up in gilded gold.
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Hot on the heels of the news that TNT has greenlit a new action series from producer Michael Bay, the network has announced that it has also ordered 10 episodes of a new spy drama starring Sean Bean (Game of Thrones). Based on the novel by Robert Littell, Legends follows Martin Odum (Bean), an undercover agent working for the FBI's Deep Cover Operations (D.C.O.) division. Martin has the uncanny ability to transform himself into a completely different person for each job. But he begins to question his own identity when a mysterious stranger suggests that Martin isn't the man he believes himself to be.
Alexander Cary (Homeland, Lie to Me) and Jonathan Levin (Charmed) serve as executive producers, along with showrunners Ethan Reiff and Cyrus Voris, the creators of Sleeper Cell. Jeffrey Nachmanoff (Traitor, The Day After Tomorrow) and Mark Bomback (Live Free or Die Hard) serve as consulting producers. The pilot was directed and executive-produced by David Semel (Heroes, Person of Interest) and written by Nachmanoff, who developed the story with Gordon and Bomback.
"Legends has everything you want in a good spy drama: intriguing characters, multi-layered plots, a terrific cast and lots of action and suspense," said Michael Wright, president, head of programming for TNT, TBS and Turner Classic Movies (TCM). "At the center of it all is Sean Bean, giving an outstanding performance in an extremely complex and difficult role. We are very excited to work with Howard Gordon and his fellow executive producers, who have put together a truly extraordinary drama."
Roth Cornet is an Entertainment Editor for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @RothCornet and IGN at Roth-IGN.


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3 bedroom terraced house for sale
Spain - San Enrique De Guadiaro, Cádiz, Andalusia
like this property?Call: 03339 396885
Key features:
- Centre of pretty Spanish village in Guadiaro Valley countryside
- 5 mins drive from beaches and Sotogrande Marina
- Near local bars and restaurants
- 20 mins drive to Gibraltar
Full description:
The property is built on two levels with two separate terraced areas. The gound floor terrace is located beside the modern kitchen and lounge/dining areas. There are two bedrooms and a bathroom on the ground floor.
Upstairs there is another lounge and double bedroom. Also on this level there is a large roof terrace with country and mountain views.
Additional Features:
Central Air
Mountain View
Country View
Close to Amenities
Local Area:
San Enrique is 5 mins drive from Sotogrande which is situated at the south western end of the Costa Del Sol and benefits from a micro climate which exists from Marbella down to Gibraltar created by the protection the mountains running down the length of the coast provide from colder winds from inland. So its not usual to find yourself on the beach on Christmas day or New Years Eve !
There are many places to visit such as Marbella, with its beaches and lovely old Town. Nearby is Puerto Banus which is flash and brash with great shopping. Nearer to Sotogrande are Estepona and Duquesa which are lively but family resorts. To the south we have Gibraltar which is only a 20 minute drive and an interesting place what with Barbary Apes Dolphin Safari's and the Rock. 2 hours drive takes you to Seville whilst Jerez ( famous for horses and Sherry ) is 1 hours drive.
Basically the Costa Del Sol has something for everyone and a mild year round climate with things hotting up from June until the end September.
Sotogrande is situated near Torreguadiaro and Duquesa with the nearest town being Torreguadiaro
Here is a bit of information on each place:
In Sotogrande, you will be happy to learn, that there is a great number of things to do in this place, from visiting nearby towns like Tarifa or Marbella, to playing golf or polo. Or, you simply enjoy the beach or have an outing on the boat. Sotogrande has one of the major leisure centres in Europe and was given the award Centro de Interés Turístico Nacional. Golf, sailing, polo, beach, horse-riding, tennis, diving, hiking, cycling are only some of the activities which can be realised in Sotogrande. From there you can go to interesting places like Marbella, Tarifa, Gibraltar or Castellar.
Torreguadiaro is the first village which sits on un-spoilt Mediteranean beaches in Cadiz province and existed long before the port of Sotogrande was even thought of. Torreguadiaro has retained a largely Spanish feel and being bypassed by all major roads is a fantastic beach holiday destination. It is a friendly, vibrant place with a nice atmosphere and a great mix of people from all walks of life.
The beaches of Torreguadiaro are deep and sandy covering several kilometers the beaches are being a mix of rocky coves and long sandy stretches, with lifeguards present in the summer months. On the beaches you can also find a number of Chiriguitos, ( beach bars ), which offer food, drink, parasols and fresh seafood.
The village has about 14 restaurants and bars with food to suit all tastes from Chinese to Italian, traditional and modern Spanish and Mediteranean cooking. The beauty of Torreguadiaro is that not only you can enjoy the food and beautiful beaches of Torreguadiaro and a ten minute stroll takes you into to its trendy neighbour which is more cosmopolitan resort of Sotogrande.
Puerto de la Duquesa
Duquesa Marina is the ideal place to dine on the evening, or to enjoy long sunny, lazy afternoon lunches. There are a very broad selection of restaurants, ranging from quite sophisticated a la carte restaurants to pizza joints and Chinese and Indian Restaurants. There are lots of bars, offering different facilities and atmospheres. The emphasis is on the family and although most evenings are very busy in the summer months, there are no night-clubs and the atmosphere is friendly. Most of the bars have satellite TV's so you needn't miss the cricket or football if that's a major concern to yourself or your kids.
Either side of the port is flanked by long sandy beaches. Looking out to sea the long sandy beach on the left of the marina runs down towards Sabinillas which is a friendly Spanish seaside town. There you will find a 3 kilometre long promenade dotted with every type of restaurant imaginable. Inside the town itself there are more bars and restaurants to choose from all of which are visibly more Spanish than in the more cosmopolitan marina. On the opposite side of the marina the beach leads to Castillo, named so because of the large Moorish Castle which dominates the skyline. Castillo is basically a fishing village and all of the restaurants there predominantly serve seafood, so if you like fish and octopus, look no further.
Nearest Airports*
- Gibraltar (North Front) (INTERNATIONAL), 11.3 miles
- Málaga (INTERNATIONAL), 51.2 miles
- Jerez (INTERNATIONAL), 52.4 miles
- Sevilla (San Pablo) (INTERNATIONAL), 83.2 miles
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By Allan Muir
There really ought to be an asterisk on the Hart Trophy to designate the years in which it is awarded to the NHL's best player instead of, as stipulated by the rules, "the player adjudged to be most valuable to his team."
Some years, that player is one and the same. This won't be one of those years because Sergei Bobrovsky isn't among the finalists. And there is no one in this league who more demonstrably had a greater impact on his team's fortunes than Bob.
That's not to overlook the achievements of the three players who made the cut: Pittsburgh's Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin of Washington, and New York Islanders' star John Tavares. You can make a solid argument for any of them as the league's top performer.
Crosby likely would have run away with the thing if not for an unfortunate collision between a Brooks Orpik slap shot and his jaw. The injury cost Sid a quarter of the season, diminishing his candidacy in the eyes of some, but obviously not many, voters. Fair enough. Crosby was in the midst of a magical year up to that point, running away with the scoring title as he piled up points at a rate of 1.56 per game. That's a pace, as SI.com's Sarah Kwak pointed out yesterday, that has been matched only by Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr and Eric Lindros during the past 20 years. Crosby notched multiple points in nearly half of his games (17 of 36) and finished fourth in the league with a plus-26 rating. Injury or not, that's a pretty stout year.
Ovechkin's bid is marred by a brutally soft first-third of the season as he struggled with the manipulations of coach Adam Oates, who hoped to revive his career by moving him from left wing to right. Once he gave in, he looked like the Ovie of old, just coming from a different angle. He finished the season on a thrilling tear, scoring 23 goals in his final 23 games to capture his third Rocket Richard Trophy as the league's top sniper. No arguing his value, either. Led by his resurgence, the Caps finished the season 11-1-1, rebounding from 15th in the East to capture the Southeast Division title.
Tavares' development took a huge step forward as he ranked third in the league with 28 goals. He led the Isles with 47 points in 48 games, willing them almost singlehandedly to their first postseason berth since 2006-07. Like Crosby, he played with a number of wingers -- not all of whom were quite first-line material -- but he continued to produce. And like Crosby, he imprinted his team with his humble but fiercely determined personality. This isn't his year, but his being in the Hart mix for the first time tells you everything you need to know about the respect he's earned around the league.
So, who wins? Without Bobrovsky's name in the hat, it's a toss-up. Do you take Crosby, who's season was brilliant from the beginning until it was cut short by injury? Or Ovechkin, who recovered from his early disinterest to finish at a level reminiscent of when he won the award previously in 2008 and 2009?
Given the support staff that Crosby has, and the ability of the Penguins to go on a 10-2 run shortly after he was hurt, and the rise of the of the Capitals that coincided with Ovechkin's rebirth, I'd guess that Ovie has the edge.


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METROPOLIS has announced that a team of young architects and engineers from HOK and Vanderweil Engineers has won the magazine's Next Generation Design Competition with a proposal for a visionary, net-zero retrofit of a 1960s federal building in Los Angeles. The Washington, D.C.-based team, which worked on a volunteer basis for three months to create the winning submittal, offered a fully integrated design solution highlighted by solar collection, photovoltaic (PV) production, and the breakthrough use of an on-site microalgae bioreactor system.
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The 15-person team "put in a lot of weekends and long nights" says Harwick. "It was many hours of research, design, and number crunching, but we also tried to be as creative as possible and bring a lot of ideas to the table. We wanted to demonstrate an approach that not only reflects the latest in design and technology, but calls for a whole new mindset — one that engages and involves tenants as well."
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- A cloud computing system contributes to an 80% reduction in office equipment energy use
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- Phase-changing insulation material in ceilings to help extend natural ventilation periods
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GSA Chief Architect Leslie Shepherd says he and the other jurors were impressed by "the sophistication of the winning entry, and of the many other inventive submissions. With appropriate testing and validation, certain Next Generation strategies could be replicated across a wider swath of our Great Society-era buildings."
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Wayland organizations offering Christmas festival for community children
Members of 16 student organizations at Wayland Baptist University will be offering games, crafts and visits with Santa Claus for boys and girls at a free Christmas Festival planned Dec. 6.
Slated for 7:30 p.m. in Pete's Place - located in the basement of the McClung University Center - the event will feature various game booths, crafts and candy. One booth will feature pictures with Santa for $2. All other activities are free.
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Apucarana is the 10th largest town in my state, around 120,000 inhabitants, being one of the highest in the state (around 900 meters altitude). Because this it received the title" High Town", being up there you can see a huge amount of lands around.
Here we can see the back part of Catedral with the statue of Our Lady Of Lourdes in the top of the tower and one of the most known buildings of the town ahead. This town is an important link of highways and railways, famous because production of caps and blue jeans.
Apucarana é a décima maior cidade paranaense com cerca de 120 mil habitantes, é também uma das mais altas do estado, com cerca de 900 metros de altitude e por conta disso chamada de "Cidade Alta". Vemos aqui a parte de trás da catedral, com a torre e a imagem de NS de Lurdes no topo. Ao longe um dos edifícios mais conhecidos da cidade.
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emka (129901) 2018-01-09 14:42
Ola Jorge,
beautiful picture with a lot of sun. Lovely saturated colours and excellent sharpness in the big picture. Nice to see beautiful palms.
Kind regrads MAlgo
danos (110395) 2018-01-09 22:50
Ola Jorge,
the brilliant light of the day enhance the beauty of the place with the bell tower of the Cathedral to just seen on the right.I like the clarity as the sharpness of the image.
jemaflor (118530) 2018-01-09 23:38
Hi Jorge,
A composition well balanced with cathedral and motorbikes in the Fg, nice colors and a sun light well captured, tfs.
Silvio1953 (179301) 2018-01-10 0:49
Ciao Jorge, great view of lovely cathedral, beautiful composition with a lot of moto and palms, wonderful colors, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio
Fis2 (131159) 2018-01-10 0:59
Witaj Jorge!
Interesting fragment of town.
Curious view.
Good frame, colors and light.
I like tower.
Well done.
Warm regards.
holmertz (75299) 2018-01-10 1:52
Hello Jorge,
To me it was a good idea to show the cathedral and the big white building from this side, putting them both in the background and mainly showing the colourful motorbikes. They make the photo more eye-catching and even more interesting, rather than the average view of the average church. And along with the rows of trees they also give the photo fine depth.
Kind regards,
lousat (113203) 2018-01-10 2:26
Hi Jorge,interesting post showing us the opposite view of the cathedral,but not alone,the composition is full of other things to watch,especially the lot of colorful motocycles,very good quality of sharpness everywhere. Have a nice day and thanks,Luciano
Tue (61764) 2018-01-10 4:40
Hello Jorge,
A very nice and bright cityscape. The light was wonderful and rendered the colours so well too. I also like the composition a lot, the motorcycles are well included in the left hand foreground.
Lidka (527) 2018-01-10 4:52
Dear Jorge!
A lot of bikes.
Fine church. Superb architecture.
Nice trees.
Amazing sky.
Fine long perspective.
Good exposure and capture.
Good quality.
Well done!
sacimar (35255) 2018-01-10 8:27
Hola Jorge,
como veo hay muchas motos también por allí, me llama la atención el orden en su aparcamiento, la torre de la catedral también destaca, bien visto,
Un saludo,
abmdsudi (74988) 2018-01-11 7:07
Hi Jorge
A neat town scene I think you couldn't have chosen a better time of the day to photograph this view. The sublime light, fresh colours and contrast make this graceful, accentuated by some interesting features which easily grabs attention. Excellent urban capture, Congrats
Best wishes
mcmtanyel (46440) 2018-01-11 20:34
Hello Jorge,
I like the two lines of bikes providing good leading lines and repeating patterns.
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The fast-food giant recently released a financial advice website and tool to help its employees "make every day and every dollar make a difference," according to the site, but it may have inadvertently hinted its employee pay isn't adequate.
The site, Practical Money Skills for Life, includes a budget journal with a sample monthly budget to help "get your money on track" but it includes wages from two jobs. The first job brings in $1,105 a month and $955 from a second job. On the federal minimum wage of $7.25, working 40 hours a week for four weeks, an employee would earn $1,160 before taxes. Some say the tool may have implied McDonald's workers need a second job in order to make ends meet.
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Employee interaction is critical to the success of McDonald's, says Allen Adamson, managing director of branding firm Landor Associates. That means employees need to feel happy and appreciated from management to relay that sentiment on to customers.
"They need to make sure their workforce is energized and positive and delivers the brand," Adamson says. "You touch the brand through its employees. McDonald's is doing the right thing in the long term, helping employees better managed their life, budget and making sure they are well-balanced."
Precious, a 22-year-old cashier at a New York City McDonald's, says she makes $7.25 an hour and works at the chain full-time and doesn't have a second job. She was unsure if her coworkers had other jobs.
While she was unaware of McDonald's new program, as were several other New York City McDonald's employees, however Precious says she would be interested in learning more about it.
"It's important—everyone needs to learn how to budget," she says.
Courtney agrees and says McDonald's is in the right.
"It's hard to knock an idea that helps people with something there is a need for." With that said, Adamson says perception is everything, so even if McDonald's meant the tool to be helpdul, if it's perceived as tone-deaf, that can be a branding issue.
"If a brand looks as if it's not treating employees well, it will run into trouble," he says.