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Indecent Proposal (Blu-ray)
Studio: Paramount
Rated: R (for sexuality and language)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
HD Encoding: 1080p
HD Video Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Audio: English Dolby TrueHD 5.1; Spanish, French Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese; English SDH+
Time: 116 minutes
Disc Format: 1 SS/DL BD
Case Style: Keep case
Theatrical Release Date: 1993
Blu-Ray Release Date: June 9, 2009
Diana and David Murphy (Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson) love each other a lot. They are so in love that they tell each other it at almost any chance as they look passionately into each other's eyes. They make love often and romantically with the light just right and it's never raunchy, just two people making love. In case you still haven't gotten the point, Sade tells us this is no ordinary love, while D & D make love to the music. So is it a bigger challenge for billionaire John Gage (Robert Redford) to attempt to get such a committed woman? Of course it is, and when Diana comes on John's radar as she and David are in Vegas trying to make enough money to pay for their house, John makes a stunning offer to them: one night with Diana for $1 million. Their dream house is about to be taken from them and this would solve all their problems and more provided D & D's (as they constantly refer to themselves) marriage can sustain such a choice.
Diana goes for it otherwise there wouldn't be much of a movie. She finds John to be as slick as she thought, and Redford plays John with a devilish twinkle behind those heavenly eyes. Once Diana returns home to David, the couple finds they just can't live with the consequences, the pseudo broken trust, the questions with unbelievable answers. Diana finds John to be not as bad as she thought as she begins a relationship with him, leaving David with an even bigger challenge if he is to reclaim the woman he loves and repair their life.
Director Adrian Lyne spent the better part of almost a couple decades re-defining what love, sex and infidelity was in the modern age. With Indecent Proposal, Fatal Attraction, 9 ½ Weeks, and finally, 2002's Unfaithful, he added new raciness to how we were cheating today, how we embraced our sexuality and how we used a boiled rabbit to good effect. Indecent Proposal's premise explores what we'd do for money and asks just how strong is love in the face of hard earned riches. He never really gives us much of a surprise in any of his movies, but he makes the trips fairly interesting and pretty looking. His style, heavily influenced by the slick MTV editing and shooting styles of the day, lends itself to wistful, passionate love making. Unfortunately, as much as you're intrigued while the picture is playing, it leaves you unsatisfied within a few minutes of its conclusion. Each of the actors try their darndest to make something more of the story, with Redford reminding us just how charismatic he can be and Moore proving her beauty can't be toned down even by the common man appeal of Harrelson.
Movie: **/*****
Note: I am watching this title using a Marantz VP 11-S1 DLP projector, which has a native resolution of 1080p. I am using a Sony Playstation 3 Blu-Ray player while a Denon 3808CI does the switching and pass through of the video signal. I am utilizing the HDMI capabilities of each piece of equipment.
The Blu-Ray disc is encoded in the MPEG-4 AVC codec at 1080p with an aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The picture seems to have been shot somewhat soft like most of Lyne's pictures, with the palate remaining fairly cool. Flesh tones are smooth and accurate, and they are at the whim of the aforementioned color attributes. Detail and sharpness are good but are slightly intruded upon by the softness of the filmed image. Grain structure is evident but not terribly intrusive. Black levels are fair and show some detail. The overall image is fairly flat. It shows minor trace amounts of print dirt and minimal edge enhancement.
Video: **.5/*****
The 5.1 Dolby TrueHD soundtrack was attained by the HDMI connection of the PS3 to the Denon 3808CI.
I watched the feature with the Dolby Digital TrueHD 5.1 track engaged. The track is very front heavy with the surrounds quietly waking up in the casino scenes or to add a little reverb to the music. LFE's were used infrequently. The soundtrack was free from any distortion, and the actor's voices sounded smooth and natural.
Audio: **/*****
Bonus Material:
Commentary with Director Adrian Lyne: Lyne turns in perhaps the most boring commentary I've ever heard. He leaves gaps throughout and when he finally says anything it really doesn't add anything to the story. He mentions some minor stories about the shoot, but he just doesn't seem to be too involved.
Bonus Material: */*****
If nothing else, Indecent Proposal will give you and your significant other a topic to talk about since you certainly won't be discussing the mediocrity of the story and disc.
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Posted June 05 2009 - 02:21 AM
I've only been with Blu-Ray for a few weeks now, but was shocked by just how grainy this Blu-Ray was. Especially when compared to FATAL ATTRACTION. Both light and dark scenes are nothing but grain. That said, the original DVD suffered from the same. The colors are much improved.
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The Guardian - fat panic and class hatred
If you like what I do, feel free to leave a comment over there and to pester the editors to commission me to write more stuff about fat.
Benefit cuts for the obese are driven by fat panic and class hatred
PS Welcome Guardian readers!
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- Chloe said...
I took a look at this report yesterday - it looks to me, from reading an earlier report, that they are asking people to opt-in with medical information, which is never going to happen. (I looked at this on my blog...)
The shame of it, is that there are otherwise some very good suggestions in the report, and they also acknowledge the need for building communities and safe spaces.
Left a comment on the comments page on the Guardian!
- 4 January 2013 at 08:48
- Charlotte Cooper said...
Thanks for this.
It *is* a shame that they come to it so arse-backwards.
- 4 January 2013 at 09:47
- Carolyn Smith said...
Hi Charlotte,
It's Carolyn from Games Monitor. Just wanted to say how excellent your CiF piece was. The best I've read for a long time. Sorry to hear that the Daily Mail ruined your enjoyment of the Fattylympics. Wretched rightists! I'm studying spatial planning at the moment, and every time the 'fat' subject comes up I groan. Thank you so much for the interview you did for GM. I think it's one of the best articles we have on the site. Very best regards, C
- 6 January 2013 at 19:28
- Charlotte Cooper said...
Thank you so much!
There are some critical geographers who have done some good work on fat and spatial planning. Rachel Colls published an article a couple of years ago that you might want to check out. I don't have the ref on me at the moment, but if you email me I can send it to you.
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The first storm of 2014 did some fixable damage to the dunes and back road at Duxbury Beach leading out to Gurnet, but it was "not catastrophic," Maggie Kearney reports. She is president of the Duxbury Beach Reservation, Inc.
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When traveling in freezing conditions, what is the recommended practice for washing dishes? Where do you do it? In your shelter? Outside? How do you not freeze your hands in the process?
I have camped in some pretty awful weather before. If I am tent camping, then I modify my eating routine a little. I eat the solid food course, then I follow that with the soup, and then I follow that with the hot tea. As a result, at the end, there isn't much left in my mug/bowl to clean out. At the worst, a splash of hot water into it and then I set it upside down in the tent vestibule. It helps if your cuisine is hot-water based, and not a carefully stewed pot.If I am camped in a snow cave, it gets easier. I repeat the above process, but at the end, if there is anything to be cleaned out, then a splash or two of hot water and then pour it directly onto the snow floor. It will melt its way down and be gone.--B.G.--
My wife loves to wash dishes. I am not making this up. She will gather everyone's 700s and trek off to the stream, break through the ice and wash them sparkling clean. She uses "orange" fish gloves -- not lightweight, but sturdy -- in the winter. If it is really cold she might put on a pair of liners underneath, but I've only seen this on a couple of occasions. She is pretty tough.
bag eating ... or eat out of a metal bowl ... that way you just put the bowl on top of yr pot with a splash of water and ice/snow ... and it melt when yr boiling yr water for tmr ... and clean it thensave some fuel
Hi DamienI am surprised no-one has let you into the winter secret yet. So I will.When you have finished dinner and scraped your bowl 'clean', wipe all your gear down with a bit of snow (like a sand scrub) and then rinse with water. Do not dry! Leave gear sitting in tent doorway.Half an hour later (or much less if it is really cold!), pick up your gear and scrape the ice off. Voila: clean gear!We found this method one morning when it was really cold, and Sue got as far as a rinse before she was interrupted. 5 minutes later, everything was ice - so she just gave it all a whack to clear the ice off, and packed it away dry.Caution: This does NOT work with plain aluminium pots. The ice STICKS! Not sure about hard anodised aluminium either. But titanium pots and polyethylene bowls and Lexan cutlery ... excellent.Cheers
Hi Damian,I've reposted this from the blog, hope you don't mind.I generally use a handful of snow to get most of everything out, plus a tiny little plastic scraper. Give everything a scrub with a couple of handfuls of snow. Then I heat a cup of water, add some detergent, and starting with the least greasy plates, work my way through, tipping from dish to dish. I carry a pair of light weight dishwashing gloves to keep my hands dry, which makes it much more pleasant. I also use them if I'm digging a snow platform, or pulling down a wet tent too. It means I'm happy to dry the tent off in the morning, since my hands aren't screaming at me.I agree with Roger though, I never dry anythingI do this wherever I cook and eat. On a nice night this would be in an outside snow kitchen. If not, in the mid with no floor on my own, or the floor pulled back with the kids.Last (first) snow trip with the kids there was an antechinus eating all the scrapings from our bowls. In the end he burrowed up from below our sump pit and would be sitting in the bottom of it waiting for breakfast!
Hello Rod, No I don't mind at all. I thought I would post the question here as well to see what else popped up.
A bit off topic but in Norway most people use meals from Drytech where you eat directly from the bag:http://www.drytech.no/old/?page_id=40
Edited by osaether on 11/02/2010 05:48:58 MDT.
Hi Rod> antechinus ... sitting in the bottom of it waiting for breakfast!Love it!Cheers
"antechinus"Are they good to eat... fried in olive oil?--B.G.--
> "antechinus"> Are they good to eat... fried in olive oil?Wash your mouth out!They are small, cheky, quite cute, furry, about the size of a rat, and fully protected.Now, grilled bear ...Cheers
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4. "Wanna Be Right" – DJ Kay Slay feat. JR Writer, Jon Connor, Reek Da Villain & Jae Millz. Kay Slay produces a sick beat here with a nice sample, and gets the perfect (although random) assortment of rappers to accompany it and deliver 4 rock hard verses. These four definitely seem like an oddball group from different cliques, with Dipset's JR Writer, Reek Da Villain from Busta's Conglomerate, YMCMB's Jae Millz and the heir to the hip hop throne, Jon Connor. The total package, beat plus four perfect verses (and Connor's is extra perfect), make this a top track of the year.
DJ Kay Slay feat. JR Writer, Jon Connor, Reek Da Villain & Jae Millz- Wanna Be Right [Link]
5. "Wait For Me" – Big Sean feat. Lupe Fiasco. These two rappers had very interesting years in 2011, with Big Sean climbing to center stage faster than his rapping skills could keep up with, and Lupe's "Lasers" fiasco, but this track from June's Finally Famous: The Album was a keeper and showed the good qualities of both of them. The beat and chorus are awesome, Sean's verse is catchy as hell, and Lupe's wordplay shines in his verse. Definitely the catchiest song out of the top 5, and the sample from Wilson Picketts's "It's Too Late" is one of the coolest of the year, so props to No I.D. and Exile for producing this one.
Big Sean feat. Lupe Fiasco- Wait For Me [Link]
6. "Strange Clouds" – B.o.B. feat. Lil' Wayne. Easier said than done, but try to block out Wayne here. SICK chorus on a SICK dubstep-influenced beat, and B.o.B.'s verses are mighty good. Forget the middle part happened.
B.o.B. feat. Lil' Wayne- Strange Clouds [Link]
7. Yelawolf feat. Gangsta Boo & Eminem- Throw It Up [Link]
8. Tech N9ne feat. Hopsin & B.o.B.- Am I A Psycho [Link]
9. Urban Mystic feat. Jadakiss, Styles P & Bun B- Money Is My Wife [Link]
10. "Outro" – Lil' Wayne feat. Bun B, Nas, Shyne & Busta Rhymes. This was the best track from Wayne's Carter IV and, no surprise, Wayne isn't actually on it! Nas's verse in this song gets my vote for the verse of the year- he absolutely murders it from start to finish.
Lil' Wayne feat. Bun B, Nas, Shyne & Busta Rhymes- Outro [Link]
11. Kanye West & Jay-Z- Gotta Have It [Link]
12. Marcus Manchild feat. Travis Porter & Big K.R.I.T.- A Million [Link]
13. Drake- Headlines [Link]
14. "Assassins" – Pharoahe Monch feat. Jean Grae & Royce Da 5'9″. Pharoahe Monch's W.A.R. was one of the most underrated albums of the year, which is fitting because Monch is one of the most underrated emcees of all time. Nobody in the history of rap has come close to rivaling Monch's creativity in terms of complexity in rhythm and lyrics. "Assassins" was one of four singles from this album, with Royce tearing it up like always and Jean Grae proving that female rappers with actual talent do, in fact, still exist.
Pharoahe Monch feat. Jean Grae & Royce Da 5'9″- Assassins [Link]
15. Yelawolf- Everything I Love The Most [Link]
16. Common feat. Nas- Ghetto Dreams [Link]
17. Maino feat. Roscoe Dash- Let It Fly [Link]
18. "Running The Streets" – Freeway feat. Jakk Frost & Free Money. A nice old-school feel to this one, produced by Statik Selektah. Freeway's high voice and Jakk Frost's low voice are a great combination as they both have the same rawness in their styles.
Freeway feat. Jakk Frost & Free Money- Running The Streets [Link]
19. J. Cole feat. B.o.B.- Pass Me By [Link]
20. "Time For Some" – Action Bronson & Statik Selektah feat. Lil' Fame. This one is from the album Well Done, Action Bronson's second album of the year and just as impressive as the first. Produced entirely by Statik Selektah, the beats were incredible and Bronson shined like no other. This one features Lil' Fame (of M.O.P.) on the hook.
Action Bronson & Statik Selektah feat. Lil' Fame- Time For Some [Link]
21. Lil' Wayne, Drake & Big Sean- All Of The Lights (Remix) [Link]
22. Lloyd feat. Andre 3000 & Lil' Wayne- Dedication To My Ex (Miss That Pussy) [Link]
23. Kanye West & Jay-Z- Murder To Excellence [Link]
24. Eminem feat. Slaughterhouse & Yelawolf- 2.0 Boys [Link]
25. M.O.P.- Back At It [Link]
26. Emilio Rojas feat. Rittz, Laws & Voodoo- Champion (Remix) [Link]
27. "We Go Off" – Phonte feat. Pharoahe Monch. After churning out albums and mixtapes with Little Brother, Phonte finally released his first solo album and he didn't skip a beat at all. Charity Starts At Home was one of the best albums of the year, with Phonte demonstrating why he, too is one of the most underrated rappers.
Phonte feat. Pharoahe Monch- We Go Off [Link]
28. Kanye West & Jay-Z- Otis [Link]
29. Chris Brown feat. Busta Rhymes & Lil' Wayne- Look At Me Now [Link]
30. AWAR feat. Joe Budden- Standout [Link]
31. Big Sean feat. Kanye West & Roscoe Dash- Marvin Gaye & Chardonnay [Link]
32. Machine Gun Kelly feat. Ester Dean- Invincible [Link]
33. "Ima Boss" – Meek Mill feat. Rick Ross. 2011 saw a rise of Rick Ross's Maybach Music Group, signing, among others, Wale & Meek Mill. The group has collaborated with one another a lot and tends to use beats that usually sound the same (from producers like Jahlil Beats and Lex Luger), meaning every song by them sounds exactly the same as the last. "Ima Boss" was an exception, as the beat is one of the best of the year, and Milly actually flexes some rap muscle on the track. Bonus points because rappers coast to coast did freestyles over this.
Meek Mill feat. Rick Ross- Ima Boss [Link]
34. Yelawolf feat. Slaughterhouse & T.I.- Hard White (Remix) [Link]
35. "Freaks And Geeks" – Childish Gambino. Actor-turned-rapper Donald Glover shook the entertainment industry by flexing his rap muscle, and his debut album Camp did not disappoint. He mixes clever funny lines with a surprisingly hard flow, the perfect balance to listen to.
Childish Gambino- Freaks And Geeks [Link]
36. Lupe Fiasco- The Show Goes On [Link]
37. The Dean's List- Dear Professor [Link]
38. A-Trak feat. Donnis, Pill & Danny Brown- Ray Ban Vision (Remix) [Link]
39. Fabolous feat. Red Cafe & Trey Songz- Sicker Than Yo Average [Link]
40. Asher Roth- Common Knowledge [Link]
41. Drake feat. Nicki Minaj- Make Me Proud [Link]
42. "Say It (Remix)" – Termanology feat. Joell Ortiz, Bun B, Saigon & Freeway. Nice features on this track here from the Massachusetts rapper, known better as the rapper of 1982 (with Statik Selektah). Saigon spits fire on this one, in the year that his looooong-awaited debut album Greatest Story Never Told finally came out and absolutely did not disappoint. Termanology has teamed up with Sai and Freeway before, and the new additions of Slaughterhouse's Joell Ortiz (yaowa!) and the Trill OG himself make this a great song.
Termanology feat. Joell Ortiz, Bun B, Saigon & Freeway- Say It (Remix) [Link]
43. Common feat. John Legend- The Believer [Link]
44. DJ Khaled feat. Drake, Lil' Wayne & Rick Ross- I'm On One [Link]
45. Young Jeezy feat. T.I.- F.A.M.E. [Link]
46. Kirko Bangz feat. Big Sean, Wale & Bun B- What Yo Name Iz (Remix) [Link]
47. Young Jeezy feat. Jay-Z & Andre 3000- I Do [Link]
48. Big Sid feat. Killer Mike & Big K.R.I.T.- Born On The Block [Link]
49. B.o.B. feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Bun B- 5 On The Kush [Link]
50. "Unfair" – Tech N9ne feat. Krizz Kaliko, Ubiquitous & Godemis. And there you have it folks. The top 50 hip hop songs of the whole year. Tech N9ne wraps this one up, a fair way to end a year that Tecca Nina dominated. This song is off of the latter of his two albums in 2011, Welcome To Strangeland.
Tech N9ne feat. Krizz Kaliko, Ubiquitous & Godemis- Unfair [Link]
A couple songs barely missed the cut this year, some J. Cole, Gilbere Forte, Slaughterhouse, Ace Hood and Trae The Truth. The DSTHH train keeps rolling in 2012! Happy new year to everyone!


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C++: Other Things You Should Know
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This class has at least exposed you to most of the important parts of C/C++, but if you want to really learn it, you'll need to put it into practice.
If you already have a programming project that you can use to gain experience, great. Otherwise, consider the following book.
Programming Pearls
, by Jon Bentley
(I used the first edition years ago when I wanted to exercise my C and C++ book knowledge after I finished working through the textbooks and basic examples.)
This book is a collection of columns, most of which originally appeared in
Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery
. Here's a description from the preface:
"The columns in this book are about a more glamorous aspect of the profession: programming pearls whose origins lie beyond solid engineering, in the realm of insight and creativity. Just as natural pearls grow from grains of sand that have irritated oysters, these programming pearls have grown from real problems that have irritated real programers. The programs are fun, and they teach important programming techniques and fundamental design principles."


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Jamie, not one mention of the number one cause of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, namely our addiction to animal foods? When you have blinkers on that fail to mention the meat of the problem, you must not be surprised that what you say is muffled up by what you eat. In Bill McKibben's neck of the woods, there is a small firestorm occurring due to a couple of oxen, Bill and Lou. Please see the Climate Healers post on this, http://climatehealers.ning.com/profiles/blogs/superstorm-bill-and-lou .
When will Bill and other environmentalists finally start talking about the whole problem, not just the fossil fuel angle of it?
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Neighbors with multiple dogs concern Dawson residents
Some Dawson residents complained to borough council Monday night about neighbors with multiple dogs who do not clean up after them.
Residents talked about outside stench, barking and the overall condition of properties with many dogs.
"I sympathize completely, but I am not really sure what we can do about it," Councilman Robert Bibby said.
Residents were told to contact the Uniontown barracks of the Pennsylvania State Police and ask for the officer in charge of dog and animal issues.
"They have an officer there who is assigned to dog calls," Dawson Mayor Carol Capella said.
Council reminded residents that dog licenses are available at the post office and at the Brownfield Community Center.
Council decided to have community cleanup from May 1 through May 4.
"We're not going to have a Dumpster, but this will be for cleanup in general," Council President Patty Lint said, adding that garbage bags and gloves will be available at the borough building for those who need them.
Capella asked council to allow local youth to again plant flowers around the borough building and was granted permission.
Dawson Volunteer Fire Department Chief Billy Colbert asked council if they were any closer to a decision regarding the fire department's request to erect a new fire hall on a lot owned by the borough.
"We were just wondering were you stood on it," Colbert said. "We'd really like to be in our new hall for our next banquet."
Lint told Colbert that the council had been discussing the topic and would inform the department soon of its decision.
Council set Dawson Days for June 1 and 2.
Marilyn Forbes is a freelance writer.
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Well, I'm down 1 pound today. Very good. When TOM shows up next week I won't be too happy, so I'm trying to enjoy the losses while they last
@MsKnitter: You know, I live in SoCal, and NEVER had cactus..in the Caribbean where I grew up, we don't at them. Or maybe some people do, but I never heard of it. They just make juice and it's gross. My dad drinks it every morning. Congrats on the baggy jeans. It feels soo good to validate all your hard work by putting away baggy clothes. Yay!
@Faithful- A late dinner sometimes shows up in the scale for me, but I've had extra fish plenty of times without problems. I had almost 8 oz of Mahi for lunch yesterday LOL...it was sooo delicious I couldn't stop eating it. I'm sure the scale will go back down tomorrow for you. It most likely is your lack of "activity" in the BM dept.
Btw, how do you eat Tilapia?? It always just tastes like dirt to me. I just can't eat it.
I'll just get some magnesium citrate. The reviews on Amazon for that Natural Calm powder are amazing. I almost want to try it just to prove them wrong lol. A lot of people say they had to increase their dose until they started to notice an effect. Maybe your dose wasn't high enough??
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Desmond sucked on his cigarette lazily, his entire posture completely relaxed, eyes half-closed. He was watching his mark for the last hour or two, and it seemed like the playboy was about to leave finally. Usually Desmond didn't bother with cases like this one; he could care less about scorned lovers' affairs. This one, however, paid more than enough, so he took the case. The woman who hired him (of course, it was a woman! A man would've just shot the son of a bitch point-blank without hiring an assassin) has made it clear that she wanted this "...piece-of-rat-shit" to die as painfully as possible. Desmond considered that for a few seconds. He wasn't going to torture the guy (not because it went against his principles, but simply because when you torture someone, the entire affair is ought to become quite messy, therefore, there will be inevitable traces left), neither would he take his chances with arranging some bizarre accident (those were opt to go wrong). That left poison. Desmond was fine with that. He knew his poisons well.
He was supposed to take care of this tonight, that was also specified by his contractor. Apparently, the third of February had some deep meaning to the woman. Desmond didn't care. He was, however, getting more and more annoyed with the fact that the playboy wouldn't leave the damn tavern. In the last several hours, Desmond had enough coffee to drown himself in. He kept on ordering countless refills, which made him a customer, therefore he wouldn't be kicked out of the tavern. He wasn't worrying that someone might identify him later. First of all, there was no way anyone would be able to even connect him to the mysterious illness of Mr. Pain-In-the-Ass, and second of all, Desmond was good at being just another face in the crowd. In fact, he was better than good. He hemmed to himself softly. That was probably one of the reasons he was on the top of the list when it came to his line of work. Also, it was probably one of the reasons he was still alive.
The playboy was on his way out and Desmond got up smoothly, leaving a couple of crumpled up bills on the table. Just enough not to be remembered like a cheap asshole, but not enough to become a great tipper either. He walked outside, ignoring the chilly wind, and made his way towards the playboy, who was smoking while waiting for his car to arrive. Desmond ducked his head down against the wind, the hood of his thick shirt successfully hiding his face, and pulled his hand out of the pocket. He was close enough to his mark now; so close that he could smell the man's aftershave. The playboy gave him a very bored look and turned away.
Desmond started walking across the street when he tripped on the metal grid covering the rain duct. His arm shot forward and he grabbed onto the smoking man's wrist, to keep himself from falling. The playboy was caught completely by surprise and he dropped his cigarette.
"What the hell?!" he yelled out when he almost lost his balance as well.
Desmond quickly drew his hand back, twisting the ring on his finger.
"Sorry," Desmond said again and walked away, blending into the crowd almost instantly.
He knew that the guy never even noticed a weak prick on his wrist, and even if he did, he would forget all about it in a couple of minutes. An hour or so later, he'll be writhing in pain so horrible that he won't remember his own name, let alone some clumsy idiot who bumped into him on the sidewalk. He'd be dead by midnight, just as Desmond's contractor wanted. He will go through two or three hours of agony at the most, but Desmond knew for sure that those hours would seem like eternity to him.
He made his way to the phone booth and dropped several coins into the slot. He didn't have to look for the phone number; it was imprinted in his memory. Desmond never had any problems with remembering things - numbers, words, addresses, you name it. He had to look at something only once, and it would be stored in his memory forever. He considered it a gift.
"Done," he said shortly into the receiver after he heard a 'click' on the other end of the line. "Finish the transfer."
He didn't wait for the answer and replaced the receiver in the cradle. He knew that the rest of his payment would be transferred into one of his accounts if not immediately, then very soon - he wasn't worrying about that. He pulled a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and frowned when he realized he only had two left. He tutted with slight annoyance, remembering that he was smoking pretty much nonstop for the last two hours. After shoving one of the remaining cigarettes into his mouth, he shrugged to himself. There was a smoke shop on the way to his current apartment, these two cigarettes will last him until he gets there.
It was almost twenty minutes later, and Desmond could see the dim flickering light of the smoke shop's sign. He shoved his hand into his pocket and that was when he suddenly felt extremely uneasy. He couldn't tell what it was, but something was off, all right. The other reason that he was still alive was the fact that Desmond's instincts never betrayed him, and in return, he never ignored them. Something was wrong, and it didn't matter what it was.
He ducked and twisted around at the same time - that was the only reason the first blow got him on the shoulder instead of his head. "That would crack my skull open," he thought almost indifferently and dropped into a crouch, his left leg shooting forward. This trick worked almost always - people usually did not see it coming, and as a result, they were knocked off their feet, to Desmond's advantage. Yes, this trick worked almost always. There were exceptions though; like this one. Desmond's attacker avoided the kick with surprising ease and even grace. Then he landed a kick of his own onto Desmond's kneecap. Pain exploded immediately; it was like a case of dynamite charged with glass went off in Desmond's leg and quickly floated into the rest of his body. He grunted and tried to get up, but the pain incapacitated him for several seconds. He saw his attacker raise his arm again and tried to duck aside, but he was a second too late. The arm swung in a perfect arch and then something collided with the top of Desmond's head. For a second, everything around him exploded brilliant white and then the world became pitch-black.
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LOS ANGELES — Lower interest rates and stabilizing home prices combined to boost home sales in June, the California Association of Realtors recently reported. However, diminished home affordability remains a challenge for buyers, particularly in high cost areas of the state.
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LOS ANGELES — Lower interest rates and stabilizing home prices combined to boost home sales in June, the California Association of Realtors recently reported. However, diminished home affordability remains a challenge for buyers, particularly in high cost areas of the state.
Closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in California totaled a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 394,930 units in June, according to information collected by CAR from more than 90 local Realtor associations and MLSs statewide. June marked the eighth straight month that sales were below the 400,000 level and the eleventh straight decline on a year-over-year basis. Sales in June increased 1.5 percent from a revised 389,060 in May but were down 4.8 percent from a revised 414,830 in June 2013. The statewide sales figure represents what would be the total number of homes sold during 2014 if sales maintained the June pace throughout the year. It is adjusted to account for seasonal factors that typically influence home sales.
"While June home sales rose at the statewide level, the market is still constrained by tight supply and low housing affordability in areas of high demand, where job growth is robust and international buyers have a strong presence," said CAR President Kevin Brown. "Overall, however, with inventory improving and home sales slowly moving back up, the market is more balanced, and we could see further market normalization in the upcoming months as interest rates remain at the lowest levels we've seen so far this year."
The statewide median price of an existing, single-family detached home slipped 2 percent from May's median price of $466,320 to $457,160 but was up 6.6 percent from the revised $428,700 recorded in June 2013. The statewide median home price has increased year over year for the previous 28 months, marking more than two full years of consecutive year-over-year price increases. The median sales price is the point at which half of homes sold for more and half sold for less; it is influenced by the types of homes selling as well as a general change in values.
"Home prices are finally increasing at a healthier pace, and the smallest year-over-year price gain in more than two years suggests that prices are stabilizing," said CAR Vice President and Chief Economist Leslie Appleton-Young. "Last year's frenzied market of multiple offers, which drove sales prices above listing prices, has tapered off as the sales-to-list price ratio has dropped to a more normal level at nearly 99 percent, which signals a return to a more balanced market."
Other key facts from CAR's June 2014 resale housing report include:
• Housing inventory edged slightly higher in June, with the available supply of existing, single-family detached homes for sale increasing from 3.6 months in May to 3.7 months in June. The index was 2.9 months in June 2013. The index indicates the number of months needed to sell the supply of homes on the market at the current sales rate. A six- to seven-month supply is considered typical in a normal market.
• The median number of days it took to sell a single-family home also rose in June, up from 31.6 days in May to 33.9 days in June and up from 27.8 days in June 2013.
• Mortgage rates dipped in June, with the 30-year, fixed-mortgage interest rate averaging 4.16 percent, down from 4.19 percent in May but up from 4.07 percent in June 2013, according to Freddie Mac. Adjustable-mortgage interest rates in June averaged 2.40 percent, down from 2.43 percent in May and down from 2.60 percent in June 2013.