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The Work to be Done to Ascend
The Arcturians tell us that "unconditional love is the highest resonance of the Omniverse." (1) SaLuSa tries to describe it in words and confesses that he cannot find the right ones.
"The feeling of what it is like to live in [the love of] the higher realms … is difficult to put into words. We have previously spoken of it [as] being ecstatic, and there does not seem to a better way of describing it. The feeling of love is one you understand, but again that energy is at constant levels where you are absolutely engulfed by it." (2)
Saul tells us that unitive consciousness is inextricably bound up with it.
"Full consciousness is a state of being in which the individual entity — while maintaining a sense of personal identity — also holds the sense, or awareness, of being one with God and the totality of the divine Creation.
"In this state, which is experienced — perpetually — for eternity — all knowledge, all memory, all wisdom is instantly available and known.
"All is at peace, in perfect joyful harmony, and the totality of All That Is is completely permeated and suffused with an infinite abundance of unconditional love." (3)
Thus, unconditional love prevails in the Fifth Dimension. SaLuSa tells us to raise our consciousness to its level if we want to enter and remain in the Fifth Dimension."Raise your vibrations," he says, " go with the flow, and be gradually uplifted so that you are ready when Ascension takes place." (4)
"Accepting the Oneness of all life will raise you up to a point of higher conscious awareness. You can then express it by sharing your love and Light with all life forms. You will see things in a new light and separatism will no longer be something you contribute to. It becomes redundant to your thinking." (5)
SaLuSa calls universal love the doorway in to unitive consciousness and the Fifth Dimension: "When you begin to feel love for every other soul, and it is reciprocated then you take a step nearer to Oneness that awaits you." (6) Ag-Agria confirms that those who foster it will draw the energy of Ascension to themselves.
"Ascension is your pathway to freedom and the higher realms, but you have to see it as your goal and work towards it. The energy is such that it will be attracted to those who stand in Love and Light and seek a higher expression of it in their lives." (7)
On this basis, then, I feel comfortable speculating that unitive, universal, or unconditional love is the key to Ascension and the doorway in to the Fifth Dimension. I agree with Maureen Moss when she writes:
"Did you know that everything except love is an illusion? That's a key for you, and ought to simplify things. True love, the love born of a God Consciousness, having no agenda, and unattached to the mind, is the only reality that exists.
"So what does that tell you? Keep your mind out of everything but love, and experience true reality." (8)
Given that Maureen has probably not ascended, if we need to hear the same point from ones that have, we can listen to the Arcturians: "When you recall that love's the key/You'll know you are forever free." (9)
Having said that I feel universal love is the key to Ascension, I'd like to now look at what it is.
"Unconditional, unitive, or universal love" is in some respects a contradiction in terms. Genuine "love" is and can only be unconditional, unitive, and universal. We use the word "love" for romance as well, which I prefer to call by the French term "amour." I don't believe that amour is what SaLuSa, Saul and Ag-Agria are referring to when they use the term "love."
The kind of love they are pointing to is transcendental, impartial, non-preferential. That's why it's unitive or universal, rather than dualistic or separative. The Third Zen Patriarch, SoSan, said: "Make the smallest distinction … and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart. If you wish to see the truth, then hold no opinion for or against." (10)
The minute we introduce preference, heaven disappears. The minute we introduce partiality, love disappears. In my view, love does not discriminate, prefer, or reject. As far as I'm concerned, it is, and can only be, unconditional and universal.
But we of the Third Dimension have lived our lives preferring, discriminating, rejecting. Our conversations with each other are often based on what we like and dislike or on refining our story of our own actions by criticizing others and making ourselves right. All this is an aspect of separative or dualistic consciousness. It may result in amour, but not in love.
So what is our work? Well, I think it's what SaLusa and the others have said: to foster unconditional love.
The minute I try to do that, one of two things occurs. I either radiate unconditional love or meet a barrier. In fact, nine times out of ten, or even ninety-nine times out of a hundred, I meet a barrier.
In the face of that, what is my work? To process those barriers.
If I intended to love and got only a barrier, then I can use the same process I've recommended elsewhere to clear it. (11)
I call it the "be with and observe" process. It is the opposite of reacting.
- Stand in the face of the barrier, without reacting.
- Observe what is happening to you internally.
- Ask yourself precisely when the upset started.
- Try to put a name to it – dismay, horror, indignation?
- Ask yourself what earlier, similar incident is in play here? Take the first thought you get.
- Try it on for size.
- Observe whether entertaining it as the cause of your upset brings release.
- If it does, enjoy the release. If it does not, try again.
Now let's look at the process stage by stage.
- Stand in the face of the barrier, without reacting.
The first thing I need to do when I encounter a barrier is to stop reacting to the situation. This is not necessarily the first thing I think of doing. Reacting comes easily to me and is often invisible. I react and then I review how I did, justifying and excusing myself and denying any incompetence or wrongdoing. I may only wake up to the need not to react after some time has passed.
I usually wake up when the barrier persists. When I see the unwanted condition still here, it acts like a signal and I check out whether I'm reacting. If I am, I stop. Instead, I begin being with the barrier and observing it.
It can help in this first step if I begin noticing my breathing. I keep my mind busy by having it pay attention to the breath. That frees up what Patricia Cota-Robles called the "I AM presence" to be with the barrier. (12)
There are so many places at which this process can go awry. The place here where it does is if I forget what it means to "be with and observe." I may get into thinking about the situation and scrutinizing it. "Being with and observing" is not thinking and scrutinizing. Being with is an open spaciousness. Observation is almost osmotic and effortless.
Once I've achieved the place of being with and observing the barrier rather than reacting, I go on to step two.
- Observe what is happening internally.
I begin to notice in a general way what is happening inside. I look for places where the energy is stuck. Do any muscles hurt? Can I breathe easily from the in-breath's beginning to its end? If not, where does the breath become labored? How difficult is it to stop reacting? Do I feel impelled to? I get the lay of the land.
- Ask yourself precisely when the upset started.
Then I ask myself exactly when the barrier started. Was it when something was said? Was it when I had a thought? A feeling? I be with and observe the beginning of the barrier. I go back and forth between the time before the upset to the upset itself and then the time after.
If I can identify the moment exactly, the barrier may disappear. If the barrier is too ramified or deep and persists, I go on to the next step.
- Try to put a name to it – fear, anxiety, embarrassment?
What is the barrier? Fear? Anxiety? Embarrassment? If I can name it exactly, again the barrier may disappear.
Notice that putting a name to the condition works with negative or unwanted conditions, but it doesn't work with positive or wanted conditions. If I put a name to love, etc., I may go into my head and lose the experience. Wholesome or positive experiences give way to mental operations, but unwholesome or negative experiences persist.
Thus if we read Krishnamurti, for instance, he'll say don't name experiences like love. I agree. But the same does not hold for unwanted conditions.
- Ask yourself what earlier, similar incident is in play here? Take the first thought you get.
If it persists, I ask myself what earlier, similar incident is at the root of the barrier? If I ask the mind, without struggling or trying to focus it, it will do its job and feed me back a thought, a word, a feeling that identifies the earlier, similar incident.
This step will not work if I try to force the mind to yield its secrets. It will remain silent. Again, a light touch is required. That first message could go shooting by me. I have to be watchful to catch it.
If I miss or reject it, again the exercise may not work.
- Try it on for size.
- Observe whether entertaining it as the cause of your upset brings release.
- If it does, enjoy the release. If it does not, try again.
I try on the earlier, similar incident to see if it's the one. If it is, the barrier should lift. If it's not, I may have to ask again.
If the barrier lifts, I find it best to stop processing. I don't go back into the incident. If someone is helping me, I ask them to stop too. I tend not to respond to their invitation to do more work. If I do more work, I could recreate the upset and have to run through the steps all over again.
I'm convinced that love is our natural state. While we can intend to love, since intending is a movement of the spirit, there is no need to actually expend effort, which would be a movement of the mind and body. Expending effort might only raise a fresh obstacle.
I think what we need to do, and all we need to do really, is to clear the barriers to love and love should flow freely. This "be with and observe" process helps me overcome my barriers to love. If we overcome the barriers to love, then, since love is our own true nature, it should flow freely. I'm banking on it. It's the experiment I'm engaged in.
(1) The Arcturians through Suzan Carroll, "Opening Portals – I," at https://sbeckow.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/suzan-carroll-opening-portals-i/.<
(2) SaLuSa, Aug. 14, 2009, at http://www.treeofthegoldenlight.com/First_Contact/Channeled_Messages_by_Mike_Quinsey.htm
(3) Saul, May 28, 2009, at http://johnsmallman.wordpress.com.
(4) SaLuSa, Apr. 19, 2010.
(5) Loc. cit.
(6) SaLuSa, Feb. 1, 2010.
(7) Ag-Agria, Oct. 31, 2008, at http://www.treeofthegoldenlight.com/First_Contact/Channeled_Messages_by_Mike_Quinsey.htm
(8) "Maureen Moss: The Illusion," at https://sbeckow.wordpress.com/2010/09/30/maureen-moss-the-illusion/.
(9) Suzan Carroll, "Opening Portals – I," ibid.
(10) SoSan, "The Unitive Life," at https://sbeckow.wordpress.com/the-2012-scenario/2012-essays-2/the-unitive-life/
(11) Steve Beckow, "OK, I Feel Upset … Oh, Great!" at https://sbeckow.wordpress.com/ascension/preparing-for-ascension/ok-i-feel-upset-oh-great/
(12) Patricia Diane-Cota Robles, "Responding from Our I AM Presence" at https://sbeckow.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/patricia-diane-cota-robles-responding-from-our-i-am-presence/


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Originally from Melbourne, Australia, I've also lived in the UK and spent a few months travelling around Europe (Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Germany and Holland.)
While in Japan I've explored Tokyo, Yokohama, Chiba, Hakuba, Nikko and Kanazawa. Fukuoka and Hokkaido are next on the list, so let me know if you have any advice.
SUMMER 2006 KANSAI TOUR - Spending a week or two backpacking around Kansai in August, stopping in Kyoto, Hiroshima, Osaka and Kobe using the Seishun 18 Ticket (Jyuuhachi Kippu). Any advice? If you've been to Kansai, please drop me a line on my talk page and let me know what you loved about the area.
My travelogue and photos are here

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text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Slimy Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Slimy" AffectedmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 1854Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Fri Oct 29, 1999 1:52 pm Perhaps I should post the hand alone, as well. I put some effort into making it realistic, and now it's all covered in slime... Back to top imdakingmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 321Location: USA Posted: Fri Oct 29, 1999 2:02 pm Thats pretty cool affected. The slime is pretty slick! I did this, as fan art/for a project in school <IMG SRC="http://members.tripod.com/imdaking/specialforces.jpg"> Its from a screenshot of halo. halo.bungie.com imdaking argh...... here is a direct link if you use Internet Explorer anyways... http://members.tripod.com/imdaking/specialforces.jpg [This message has been edited by imdaking (edited October 29, 1999).] Back to top M.A.C.Kjunior memberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 33Location: England Posted: Fri Oct 29, 1999 2:29 pm looks like this string involves us posting recent art work? ) ok ill go with that hehhe http://redrival.com/mack/lokain.jpg -M.A.C.K Back to top AffectedmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 1854Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Sat Oct 30, 1999 3:41 am It's nice to see your work, sure, but would someone else actually like to say something about the pic I posted? :P ---------- Affected http://affected.cjb.net [This message has been edited by Affected (edited October 30, 1999).] Back to top Galaxyjunior memberMember #Joined: 27 Oct 1999Posts: 7 Posted: Sat Oct 30, 1999 7:21 am Please tell us how you did that slime effect!?! It looks soooooo good!!!!! Damn that looks great! Back to top TurboYVRmemberMember #Joined: 24 Oct 1999Posts: 189Location: Vancouver BC Canada Posted: Sat Oct 30, 1999 8:50 am good looking hand.. I especially like the colour scheme, makes it look like a negative. Kudos for that. And what kind of slime effect are you going for? cuase it looks like some intelligent slimy thing is taking over the hand by growing little bits that wind their way around his fingers.... as opposed to a hand that's been dipped in or had slime poured over it. For some reason, it reminds me of how Venom would look in mid-change with the symbiote coating his body. I think I read too many comics.... Back to top Recifejunior memberMember #Joined: 30 Oct 1999Posts: 19Location: Brazil Posted: Sat Oct 30, 1999 9:27 am Hey, really nice hand! But since you asked for comments , here I go! 1)You should work more on where's the lighting source, cus its a little bit confusing, since theres different lightings for the hand and the slime (???) 2) You should also put a little shadow of the slime in the hand. 3) your nails look really really good! You asked for opinions... here they are! But hey, your hand looks amazing! Check out my work at: http://www.gold.com.br/~recife/images/ take care -recife- Back to top AffectedmemberMember #Joined: 22 Oct 1999Posts: 1854Location: Helsinki, Finland Posted: Sat Oct 30, 1999 9:47 am The concept here was for the hand to have penetrated a plasma surface, not organic slime, but not exactly inanimate either... It was just airbrushed, though the highlights were done on a layer set to hard light. The trickiest bit was getting the shape of the slime to look anything like right. The light sources are at the top, bottom and right sides of the hand. That's why the slime, too is highlighted at most edges. I think the highlights ion the center of the slime may be a bit too harsh, though. Well, I noticed some flaws anyhow, and I'm fixing them now, might as well do something about that as well. I'm not sure I could get away with a shadow, since the lights are pretty harsh. I think they'd negate any shadows cast by the slime. Maybe I should try a refracted light-type of thing, though. Death to the typo! [This message has been edited by Affected (edited October 30, 1999).] Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Archive : Sep99 - Dec00 All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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Al Rajhi bank in Jordan ATM deal
Amman, January 28, 2012
Snax, a leading chain of convenience stores operated by Al-Mashrabia Trading Company in Jordan, has inked a deal with leading Saudi bank Al Rajhi to install ATM machines at a number of its branches located across Amman.
The initial phase of execution is already underway with five branches located in Um Al-Summaq, Shmeisani, Park Plaza – Sweifyeh, Airport Road and near University of Jordan to receive ATM services from Al Rajhi Bank, said the company in a statement.
The agreement gives the trading group an opportunity to provide an integrated shopping experience, it added.
With the introduction of this new service, Snax customers will have the opportunity to take full advantage of all the levels of convenience that the ATM machines from Al Rajhi Bank will provide, complementing the 24/7 services that Snax provides its customers when shopping for their daily needs.
Commenting on the deal, Hazim Al-Sarraf, CEO of Snax said: 'We are pleased to embark on a long term partnership with Al Rajhi bank that enjoys a prestigious position in the world of banking.'
'Snax continuously strives to deliver a greater level of convenience and service to our customers, building on successful accomplishments to date,' he noted.
Tarek Akel, CEO of Al Rajhi Bank in Jordan said: 'We understand the importance of delivering efficient and convenient services to our clients. We are confident that this partnership will present an added value, with both sides looking to provide the best around the clock services to all customers."-TradeArabia News Service


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In addition, Aquila reorganized some of its funds into a more unified structure and engaged in other updating, and ProTracker announced a new cloud-based service.
Here are the latest developments of interest to advisors:
1) First Trust Offers Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund
First Trust Advisors L.P. announced the launch of First Trust Global Tactical Commodity Strategy Fund (FTGC). FTGC is an actively managed ETF that will seek to provide total return by providing investors with commodity exposure while seeking a relatively stable risk profile by investing up to 25% of its total assets in commodity futures contracts and exchange-traded commodity-linked instruments through a wholly owned subsidiary of the fund.
The rest of FTGC's assets will primarily be invested in short-term investment-grade fixed-income securities, money market instruments, ETFs and other investment companies, and cash and other cash equivalents.
Rob Guttschow and John Gambla are senior portfolio managers of the fund. The two will primarily be responsible for daily investment decisions under the direction of an investment committee that includes six other individuals with extensive investment experience.
2) Innealta Capital Announces New Fund of ETFs
Innealta Capital, a division of AFAM Capital, announced that it has launched a new mutual fund, the Innealta Risk Based Opportunity Moderate Fund (ROMAX). The fund's objective is to offer the opportunity for both long-term capital appreciation and income within a single strategy. It operates as a fund of funds and primarily invests in ETFs that are exposed to a variety of asset classes, including equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies and real estate.
The fund seeks to invest in leveraged ETFs in order to free up portfolio collateral, which can then be allocated to high-yield investments deemed by Innealta to possess attractive risk/reward tradeoffs.
3) ROBO-STOX Launches Benchmark Index Tracking Robotics, Automation
ROBO-STOX LLC has announced its launch of the ROBO-STOXGlobal Robotics and Automation Index (ROBO), which tracks the robotics and automation space. The index consists of 77 domestic and foreign robotics and automation companies that meet listing criteria for the S&P DJI Global Broad Market Index.
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The index is rebalanced on a quarterly basis, and is usually weighted 40% toward bellwether stocks and 60% toward non-bellwether stocks. Companies can be deleted from the index at any time at ROBO-STOX's discretion.
4) SunGard Launches Holistic Financial Planning Solution for Advisors
SunGard recently announced the launch of WealthStation CompAct, a financial planning solution that gives advisors the ability to produce results-based, holistic financial plans quickly, simply and interactively. By addressing eight popular financial planning concepts using charts and summary tables, WealthStation CompAct helps advisors take action by simplifying complex information and making financial plans more meaningful to the client.
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Catching up on a few modern era gloves. This Sonnett "Roberto Clemente" model V460 sold for $261. There are a surprising number of different Clemente models made by Sonnett. This one has a V-Break feature and is in stellar condition.
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2K Czech (previously known as Illusion Softworks) is back in the developer's chair, bringing gamers to the city of Empire Bay for the run-and-gun tale of Vito, an Italian-American descending into the underworld of organized crime in 1940s America.
"Mafia II is what gamers want in a mob game -- the marriage of a compelling story with edge-of-the-seat action and lifelike characters that immerse players in an epic entertainment experience," said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K. "When you add in a setting that accurately reflects a period in history that has never been rendered so beautifully, it sets a new benchmark not just for the action-crime genre, but for any game set in the real world with a rich story to tell."
A rundown from 2K:
Looking to escape the life of hardship that his father led, Vito dreams about becoming a made man, and together with a lifelong friend, Joe, will work to prove themselves to the Mafia as they try to make their names on the streets. However, the two quickly realize that life as a wise guy isn't quite as glamorous as it seems.Featuring third-person cover-based shooter action, Mafia II also includes more than 100 original licensed songs from the 1940s and '50s players will hear blaring from car radios when they engage in the game's numerous driving missions.
Mafia II is now available for Windows PCs, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3.
Sharkey says: Looking forward to this one. For those that missed the original on PC, I'd compare it to Red Dead Redemption. Red Dead took a more mature approach to the open world shoot-em-up, with stunning results. That's what the first Mafia did, and that's what fans are hoping for in Mafia II. Here's to hoping 2K delivers -- I'll find out when the UPS man swings by this afternoon.


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Abstract: Abstract: In this paper we present a cost effective and simple procedure for evaluating company web sites. Our assumption is that such sites are places for companies' self-presentation and that customers are readers of these texts. Web site texts with narrative qualities, e.g. scenes, actors, acts, initiate the customers' imagination and narrative mind and hence their decision making. These ideas are investigated in a qualitative study of two companies' self-presentation as future work places for students. The results demonstrate that the students choose the company that has a web site with rich narrative qualities above the company that has a web site with good graphical appearance, but poor narrative qualities. In conclusion, we suggest that user centred evaluation of commercial web sites by using the suggested method can pay attention to deep, narrative structures in both the company's self-presentation and the customers' reading of the web site texts. Keywords: Competitive advantage, decision-making, dramas, imagination, narratives, storytelling, web-design. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6442
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Sony BMG's decision to employ rootkits to "lock down" CD-ROM drives on customer's machines has plenty of enthusiasts and consumer advocacy groups hopping angry. Sony, on the other hand, is being totally flippant, complaining about people calling their DRM tech "malware." "spyware," or "rootkit." Thomas Hesse, President of Sony BMG's global digital business division, showed up on NPR to try and sweep the entire thing under the rug.
"Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it," he asked? "The software is designed to protect our CDs from unauthorized copying, ripping."
This shockingly bald and arrogant statement comes as other public faces of Sony and their partners are also trying to play down the fiasco. First 4 Internet Ltd, the British company that developed the DRM software, issued a so-called patch for the rootkit, but all it does is remove the cloaking technology that was used to hide the DRM tech from users. The rest of the system-unstabilizing, kernel-hooking garbage is left to sit there and fester.
Sony's justification for its moves are both saddening and hilarious at once. Pointing the big, hairy finger at pirates, the company has made it clear to the general media that such measures are there because of the big bad pirates, and that the software was designed to be so deeply entrenched and cloaked in a system precisely because today's pirates are ingenious, industrious sorts. They act as though they're sorry to have to hide their true intentions from the user via a licensing agreement (that should be torn to shreds in a court). But see, they just have to do it because otherwise, the pirates win (along with their friends, which presumably include communists, homebrew software makers, and people who share a single drink at restaurants where refills are free).
It plays well in Peoria, that is, until someone points out that all these elite pirate geniuses have to do is drop the CD into any Linux computer, and be bothered with none of it. That's right: the excuse for such insidious DRM, for DRM that potentially harms a system and behaves exactly like malware, turns out to be completely and utterly asinine on account of the fact that it only works on select platforms, anyway. Yarr, be there pirates smart enough to figure this out! Yarr, there be so!
And how well is that DRM working for ya Sony? It took me all of 45 seconds to find a pirated copy of Van Zant's latest album. Looks like it's working out perfectly!
Pathetic. And you know what? Pucker up and get ready to kiss the future, because if you think this is the end of this kind of behavior, just wait until you see how BD+ gets implemented on Blu-ray.


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Emerald is the color for the year 2013...and lucky me, it's my birthstone too! Aside from that, green definitely tops my list when it comes to eyeshadows as it really brings out my brown eyes.
So here's my latest look using greens...
I am pretty sure I've done this look before. Sorry for that, but I just can't get enough of these pretty green eyeshadows from MAC.
(Juxt, Bitter and Humid)
And yes, it's the look I wore with two of my most recent hairstyles:
Tell me, which of the two hairstyles would you prefer?
For more ideas using the lovely color for next year, click here.
I'm excited for the coming year, are you!?


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Quentin Tarantino is currently busy shooting his slavery-era spaghetti western Django Unchained, and now the first images from the set have landed online. We get our first look at Christoph Waltz in character as a German bounty hunter who teams up with an escaped slave (Jamie Foxx) who's bent on rescuing his wife from an evil plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio). It's not much, but the sight of Waltz decked out in his period gear has me giddy at the thought of a Tarantino-fied full blown Western. We also get an image of the director on set with cinematographer Robert Richardson.
We've also got the first set photos of Mark Wahlberg and Rob Corddry in Michael Bay's crime comedy Pain and Gain, including some images of Wahlberg doing some harness-enhanced crunches. Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson play bodybuilders who get caught up in an extortion ring and a kidnapping scheme that go terribly wrong. Hit the jump to check out the images.
Images courtesy of ChristophWaltzFans.com (via The Playlist). Django Unchained opens on December 25th.
Images via JustJared and WWTDD.


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Kitchen confidential: Brian Helleberg, Fleurie
The secret to great cooking is... Keep it simple. Do what you know how to do. 'Creativity' is overrated.
The secret to success in the restaurant business is... If you enjoy what you're doing, you're already successful.
The secret to making Fleurie's crab butternut squash is... timing. Adding the crab meat to the pan at just the right moment is essential. It's also a seasonal dish that's best done when the freshest ingredients are available.
Fleurie's gateau of squash and crab with truffle butter
2 lbs. butternut squash
1 egg yolk
salt and pepper to taste
1 tbsp. parmesan cheese
pinch of nutmeg
small pinch cayenne pepper
1 lb. jumbo lump crab meat
1/4 cup chicken or fish stock
1 tbsp. chopped chives
1 tsp. truffle oil
I picked this dish because it's simple, with three primary flavors. It's not really creative– it's my spin on a dish I did years ago at another restaurant. It's one of the most popular dishes at Fleurie.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Cut the squash in half, scoop out seeds, and place flesh side down in a roasting pan. Cover tightly with a lid or foil and roast until tender, about 45 minutes to 1 hour. Scoop out the squash with a spoon and place in a food processor along with the egg yolk, salt, pepper, nutmeg, and cayenne pepper. Before serving, bake again for 3-4 minutes to let the egg yolk set.
The crab meat should be roasted in small batches. Heat a sauté pan on the stovetop to medium-high and add 1 tablespoon of butter. When most of the butter has melted, begins to turn light brown, and starts to foam slightly, add 3 ounces of crab meat.
Make sure the crab meat is thoroughly coated in butter and add salt and pepper to taste. Turn down the heat and let the crab meat warm through for 1 minute. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and place the crab on top of the squash.
To make the truffle sauce, bring the stock to a boil and add one stick of cold, cubed butter. Whisk in the butter until it is just melted and pull it off the heat. Stir in the chopped chives, truffle oil, and salt and pepper and pour over the gateau.


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Kelly Swallow
Around the World in 80 Chairs: Patchwork Chair by Kelly Swallow, London
Upcycling Exhibition at The Old Cinema
The Old Cinema in Chiswick is hosting an exhibition on upcycled furniture. The pieces on display illuminate the space with an array of striking and colourful designs. A perfect day out to gain some inspiration for your home. The pieces are crafted from waste materials and have been recreated into beautiful high quality objects.
In the words of Reiner Pilz
"what we need is upcycling – where old products are given more value not less."
The wide range of artists on display at the exhibition allows it to cater for different needs and different tastes.
Kelly Swallow's stunning patchwork upholstered chairs are created as unique pieces made with vintage or designer fabric.
Handmade lamps by Sarah Turner liven up the room with their incredible shapes. They are made from old plastic drinks bottles and sculpted into a variety of intricate forms.
The Rag and Bone have constructed a range of eccentric metal lamps, chairs and other objects mostly made from junk.
The authentic vintage furniture by Ines Cole give an almost rustic feel to the interior.
Lucy Turner's retro exotic pieces are particularly striking, she transforms and customises mid-century furniture with the clever use of laser cut laminate.
The exhibition runs until Sunday, March 25th.


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I've never thrown a 102-mph fastball in any inning of any game, let alone the ninth, but I'm guessing it requires effort. And Justin Verlander's pit stains in this vid would seem to confirm that.
OK, I know that's most likely shadowing, but seriously, when Verlander starts his windup at 0:28, he's not exactly a Right Guard ad. And while uniform dirt and degradation have been a part of sims for years now, isn't it time we start integrating some sweat and stank?
MLB 2K10 is out March 2. But it is not Smell-o-Vision enabled.


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Hello friends and neighbors. It is good to see you here.
Hello friends and neighbors. It is good to see you here.
The pecans are in. Civitans sells pound bags of half shelled pecans from Georgia for $10. They are seriously good pecans for a good cause, to help children and adults with special needs. Pecans are available at The Daily News, 724 Bell Fork Road; First Bank, 827 New Bridge Street; or from any Civitan.
I hope that you enjoyed the Christmas parade yesterday and that afterward you visited the Festival of Trees at the American Legion. If you didn�t, you have another chance today from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Festival is 66 awesome trees, a Sweet Shoppe, Silent Auction, and Gift Shoppe; and continuous entertainment. Admission is a $2 donation. Please come.
It�s genetic
Along with patriotic honor and valor, honors for academic achievement run in at least 12 families aboard Camp Lejeune. At the John Archer Lejeune Chapter of the National Honor Society�s induction ceremony Nov. 19 at Lejeune High School, three Lejeune seniors inducted their sibling. Nine other incoming members of the Honor Society have siblings in the National Junior Honor Society at Brewster Middle School who will follow them into the Lejeune National Honor Society.
Parents of the students attribute the success to hard work, a good work ethic, and a good teaching staff at Lejeune schools. The parents were also high academic achievers so it may have been passed to the students in their genes.
Senior Kathleen Donnellan inducted her sister Elizabeth, a sophomore. When asked, mother Christine Donnellan, quipped �good genes.� Although Christine was joking, the girls may have gotten their smarts from their parents. Both their dad, Marine Colonel James Donnellan and mom were members of the honor society. They met in college in Boston. James attended Boston University; Christine attended Lesley.
Being serious, Christine attributed her daughters� success to hard work.
�They are just very hard workers,� Christine said of her daughters. �They go above and beyond. They enjoy doing the extra stuff. If they have to do a video, they all do commercials and bloopers to make it more fun.�
Despite health problems and hospital stays, Kathleen has done well. She plans to attend Boston University like her dad to major in marine biology or theater. Kathleen serves as NHS treasurer and Student Government Association Representative.
Elizabeth was diagnosed with Irlen Syndrom, a reading disability. She plans to study photography in college.
Young sister Mary who is a member of the Brewster National Junior Honor Society started her own cupcake business, Symphony Sweet Cupcakes, that specializes in gluten free cupcakes. Mary�s products are available through her Facebook page.
�We are very proud of them,� Christine said. �They have really done a lot.�
NHS members Azai and Simba Wallace inducted their sister Nikia.
Mom Marri attributed the siblings� achievement to �hard work and dedication to their studies.�
Dad HMC Simba Wallace is also a strong proponent of education, Marri said.
�He has made it clear that the children are expected to go to college. The girls are athletes but he has told them that they are students first and athletes second.�
Azaia and Nikia play basketball for Lejeune High School. Simba works with the Special Olympics sports progam.
The Wallace siblings also get their smarts from mom and dad. Marri is a speech pathologist with a Master�s degree from Northeastern State University. Simba Sr., a Chief in the Navy, is a medical corpsman.
�We are very proud of them, they work hard,� Marri said.
Up and coming
James Osborne is an NHS member and brother Shane is a NJHS member. The young men put a lot of time and effort into studies, mom Heather said, but she also credits their teachers with their success.
�They have excellent teachers that go above and beyond when they are needed,� Heather said.
James and Shane are Boy Scouts working towards being an Eagle Scout. They play soccer, run track, and are involved in their church and community. James is an assistant in the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine second grade classes at St. Francis of Xavier Chapel. Shane volunteers in the nursery.
The Osborne boys are also following the lead of their parents who met at graduate school. Marine Lt. Colonel John Osborne attended the Naval Academy and Heather Osborne attended Gallaudet. Heather also partners in a military charm business Nomades, www.nomadescollection.com.
�I know that I am biased but are just fantastic young men,� mom Heather said.
NHS member Taylor Washington is a sophomore and sister Ashley is a NJHS member at Brewster Middle School. Mom Tanya joked that they children get their smarts from �me, all me.� Actually she says that Taylor and Ashley have a good work ethic which comes from the military community; they lead by example; and are also in a great school system.
�Teachers and administrators care about these kids; they try to do all they can to make sure kids feel welcome, accepted. We just moved back this summer and it was like coming back home. I attribute a lot to teachers and staff; they are phenomenal.�
The Washingtons are also involved with their children. Taylor is a member of the JROTC at Camp Lejeune; he is working to be an Eagle Scout; he serves in the Student Government Association and they both play sports.
�They are like other normal kids,� Tanya said.
Mom is a professional volunteer that strives to teach her children the value of giving back; dad Lt. Colonel Robert Washington, is a graduate of Texas A&M University.
�I am very proud of them,� Tanya said of her children. �They�ve worked hard and they deserve the honor.�
NHS member Brigid DeTreux is senior class president, vice president of the National Honor Society, and commanding officer of JROTC. Sister Kathleen is a freshman and member of the NJHS. High academic achievement is genetic; Dad Colonel Kenneth DeTreux graduated Cum Laude from Temple University; mom Kathleen DeTreux was on the President�s and Dean�s lists throughout nursing school.
Brigid is a founding member of the Buddy Club at LHS, a program that mentors special needs students. She is applying for a Navy scholarship to attend Temple University to study nursing and then join the Navy Nurse Corps.
�I am very proud of them, I am,� mom Kathleen said.
I write this column on Wednesday. I was worried about getting the column in on time last Wednesday because that was the day the trees came in from the mountains for the Festival of Trees. When I arrived at the American Legion at 8:30 a.m., the Marines already had most of the trees off the trailer, the trunks trimmed and stood in tree stands ready for spraying. They had some experienced guidance from James Cole, Dale Weston, Dick Keith, Alan Robins and his assistant and Doodle Jarman who sprayed the trees. Those men were doing such a good job that I was not needed so I came to The Daily News to get my column in on time and to prepare the tree tags. That�s answered prayer.
Foxes have holes
On Tuesday evening, we meet at the Golden Corral for the Coach Phil Padgett radio show on WJCV radio, 1290. My son Jimmy was telling me that on his way, a man hit a fox on the Richlands Highway at the end of Ridge Road across from Baker�s Restaurant. The man that hit the fox and Jimmy stopped to help the fox. The fox was up on its feet but going around in a circle as if dazed. Jimmy called the Onslow County animal shelter, the NC Wildlife Commission, and a friend in Richlands that rescues wildlife. They all said that because there is an 80 percent chance of rabies among foxes in North Carolina, they could not help him. Jimmy threw a shirt over him twice to keep him warm and left him. When I came home about 9 p.m. I checked on him and he was still in the same spot, walking in circles. He was aware though because when I shined the lights, he stopped and acted like he was going towards the road so I quickly turned them off. It broke my heart to see that creature suffer.
When I arrived home, I turned on the television and evangelist Joseph Prince was speaking. Quoting from Matthew 8:20 in the Bible, Prince said �And Jesus saith unto him, the foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests but the Son of man hath nowhere to lay his head.� Hearing that, I prayed that God would give the fox a hole where he could be safe to heal. I checked on the fox on Wednesday morning and he was gone. I did not see him lying dead. I checked with Baker�s Restaurant and no one had seen him. I am going to believe that God heard my prayer for that fox and that he is safe in his hole. Thank you Jesus.
Thank you for coming.


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December 16, 2011
Describe your thoughts below.
- MoochoochachiDecember 16, 2011 at 10:16 AM
THIS IS INCREDIBLE THANK YOUReplyDelete
- MoochoochachiDecember 16, 2011 at 10:17 AM
Also, I rode the subway with a dog this morning but I didn't even realize it until I looked down and saw that there was a dog and realized it was a dog.ReplyDelete
- MoochoochachiDecember 16, 2011 at 10:17 AM
- MoochoochachiDecember 16, 2011 at 10:18 AM
Also, do dogs have homes? Is this realistic?ReplyDelete
That's not Santa Claus.ReplyDelete
It looks like yet another True Soda stooge.
I'm detecting a trend here.
Halle + ('t' x 2):ReplyDelete
Yes I know the parenthesis were redundant. I know order of operations like Gamzu knows swimming!
The headline clearly says "Soda Claus," not "Santa Claus" or even "Santa Clause," which was a hilarious Tim Allen movie wherein he plays Santa Claus due to a clause (get it?!?!) in a contract.
Moochoo you and that subway were very lucky. I myself enjoy the meatball sub. Others prefer Italian. I say they are racist.
I guess I never realized that about the Tim Allen movie.ReplyDelete
I think that is why True American Dog is such a great site. I learn something almost every day.
I wonder if people would like a "Halloween Clause" movie where Tim Allen is followed home by a vampire who is available for hire for entertainment purposes.
As far as Soda Clause is concerned:
As for those of you who are always disrespecting True Soda, look at the motto at the top of old "can head".
Give Live Love
I think that says it all.
Merry soda to all! May 1,000 vampire perform at your bar mitzvah and follow each of your guests home.
That's not the real Soda Claus. He has a fake straw.ReplyDelete
- HallettDecember 16, 2011 at 6:18 PM
Meve: just 'cause my statement was "That's not Santa Clause" doesn't mean I didn't read the title carefully.ReplyDelete
Although I didn't.
If I were an Internet Detective I would be inclined to say "The game(zu) is afoot!" at this point.
I am in a part of the world where it is impossible to celebrate Christmas and many of the other popular Winter holidays, but I wish you all Happy Holidays nonetheless.
Enjoy your fried Tuna and poached albatross or whatever it is that people still celebrate with.
Every aspect of this image makes total sense except for the 3D glasses that is confusingReplyDelete
I have abs of steel too but, I'm a lot more special than fake santa with a soda breathing gun!!!!ReplyDelete
- MoochoochachiDecember 21, 2011 at 7:38 PM
Informal Poll: Which is better, Dogs or Cats?ReplyDelete
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Sorry my href didn't work on the last posy and I know Gamzu would come down heavy on me.ReplyDelete
What I started to say was:
In my family we have a holiday tradition of giving citrus for the holidays. If you are looking for a delicious citrus gift package, click her and order my
A percentage of proceeds will be donated to whatever charity you are thinking about when you purchase + you do not need to include a shipping address!
Here is your Christmas card.ReplyDelete
It is all you are getting from me.
Click on this href to see your card
- AnonymousDecember 31, 2011 at 6:40 PM
Vampire Rick? More like Macaulay Culkin as Richie Rich...always trying way to hard to impress the other kids.ReplyDelete
So what it's it "Rich" do you or don't you have a McDonalds in your house?
- AnonymousJanuary 1, 2012 at 11:51 PM
Richard Atkins?ReplyDelete
Hey I am just a big admirer of your talent of photo editing simply..It just makes me smile big big bigger every time...just love the concept of Soda Claus in Christmas season...Great Fun!!ReplyDelete
This is really an art photo and I like it so much....I just praise your idea so much of introducing a Soda Claus..this is really funny and made me smile bigger.. :DReplyDelete
Really a fun advertise to promote the soda...the editing was done perfectly to make someone smile more bigger indeed!ReplyDelete
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Shoreline Entertainment has picked up world sales rights to La Victoria Films' Hidden Moon starring Wes Bentley and will produce the sci-fi Probe.
Pepe Bojórquez directed the film about a young man who espies a mysterious Latin American woman at his father's funeral and pursues her to Mexico, where he discovers her identity and realises he has fallen in love with a woman who belongs to someone else.
The cast includes Ana Serradilla, Johnathon Schaech and Linda Gray. Universal Studios distributed in Mexico and Shoreline holds rights for the rest of the world. Leslie Abell negotiated the deal with Sam Eigen and Melody Djavadi of Shoreline.
Randal Kleiser will direct Probe, about a young man who has an observation device inserted into his brain by an alien. Shoreline and producer Jonathan Sanger anticipate a late summer production start.


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Oceania Triathlon Union seeks administrator
By Oceania Admin Account on 26/02/13 at 10:46 am
The Oceania Triathlon Union (OTU) is seeking a part-time administrator to assist the OTU President two days a week. The administrator will be responsible for ensuring all appropriate equipment is in place for effective OTU operations. An email application form can be obtained by request by emailing email@example.com.
POSITION: Administrator
NORMAL HOURS: 16 hours per week (2 days per week)
RESPONSIBLE TO: Oceania Triathlon President
The Administrator is responsible for ensuring appropriate systems and equipment is in place to ensure that the Oceania Triathlon Union operates effectively and efficiently.
• President (day to day)
• Elected Board Members
• All Oceania Triathlon National Federations
• Oceania Athletes
• Sponsors
• Funding contractors
• Media organizations
• Including all but not limited to the above.
• Work closely and collaboratively with the Oceania President, Executive Board and all Oceania National federations
• Oversee all administration activities including minute talking, as agreed and predetermined with the President.
• Assist the President and board in the drafting and development of all business annual plans and budgets
• Expand and keep updated the Oceania Web site
• Introduce OTU Face Book and Twitter communications
• Manage all Oceania finances and accounting
• Be the official information center for all Oceania triathlon enquiries
Skills required:
• Excellent communicator both written and speech
• Ability to demonstrate a high level of computer skills
Other Tasks:
Any other task as reasonably asked by the President


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Okay, let's move on. Let us consider why we need to identify the type of variable that a pointer points to, as in:
int *ptr;
One reason for doing this is so that later, once ptr "points to" something, if we write:
*ptr = 2;
the compiler will know how many bytes to copy into that memory
location pointed to by ptr. If ptr was declared
as pointing to an integer, 4 bytes would be
Now, let's say we point our integer pointer ptr at the first of these integers. Furthermore lets say that integer is located at memory location 100 (decimal). What happens when we write:
ptr + 1;
Because the compiler "knows" this is a pointer (i.e. its value is an address) and that it points to an integer (its current address, 100, is the address of an integer), it adds 4 to ptr instead of 1, so the pointer "points to" the next integer, at memory location 104. Similarly, were the ptr declared as a pointer to a short, it would add 2 to it instead of 1. The same goes for other data types such as floats, doubles, or even user defined data types such as structures. This is obviously not the same kind of "addition" that we normally think of. In C it is referred to as addition using "pointer arithmetic", a term which we will come back to later.
Similarly, since ++ptr and ptr++ are both equivalent to ptr + 1 (though the point in the program when ptr is incremented may be different), incrementing a pointer using the unary ++ operator, either pre- or post-, increments the address it stores by the amount sizeof(type) where "type" is the type of the object pointed to. (i.e. 4 for an integer).
Since a block of 10 integers located contiguously in memory is, by definition, an array of integers, this brings up an interesting relationship between arrays and pointers.
Consider the following:
int my_array[] = {1,23,17,4,-5,100};
Here we have an array containing 6 integers. We refer to each of these integers by means of a subscript to my_array, i.e. using my_array[0] through my_array[5]. But, we could alternatively access them via a pointer as follows:
int *ptr;
ptr = &my_array[0]; /* point our pointer at the first
integer in our array */
And then we could print out our array either using the array notation or by dereferencing our pointer. The following code illustrates this:
----------- Program 2.1 -----------------------------------
/* Program 2.1 from PTRTUT10.HTM 6/13/97 */
#include <stdio.h>
int my_array[] = {1,23,17,4,-5,100};
int *ptr;
int main(void)
int i;
ptr = &my_array[0]; /* point our pointer to the first
element of the array */
for (i = 0; i < 6; i++)
printf("my_array[%d] = %d ",i,my_array[i]); /*<-- A */
printf("ptr + %d = %d\n",i, *(ptr + i)); /*<-- B */
return 0;
Compile and run the above program and carefully note lines A and B and that the program prints out the same values in either case. Also observe how we dereferenced our pointer in line B, i.e. we first added i to it and then dereferenced the new pointer. Change line B to read:
printf("ptr + %d = %d\n",i, *ptr++);
and run it again... then change it to:
printf("ptr + %d = %d\n",i, *(++ptr));
and try once more. Each time try and predict the outcome and carefully look at the actual outcome.
In C, the standard states that wherever we might use &var_name[0] we can replace that with var_name, thus in our code where we wrote:
ptr = &my_array[0];
we can write:
ptr = my_array;
to achieve the same result.
This leads many texts to state that the name of an array is a pointer. I prefer to mentally think "the name of the array is the address of first element in the array". Many beginners (including myself when I was learning) have a tendency to become confused by thinking of it as a pointer. For example, while we can write
ptr = my_array;
we cannot write
my_array = ptr;
The reason is that while ptr is a variable, my_array is a constant. That is, the location at which the first element of my_array will be stored cannot be changed once my_array[] has been declared.
Earlier when discussing the term "lvalue" I cited K&R-2 where it stated:
"An object is a named region of storage; an lvalue is an expression referring to an object".
This raises an interesting problem. Since my_array is a named region of storage, why is my_array in the above assignment statement not an lvalue? To resolve this problem, some refer to my_array as an "unmodifiable lvalue".
Modify the example program above by changing
ptr = &my_array[0];
ptr = my_array;
and run it again to verify the results are identical.
Now, let's delve a little further into the difference between the names ptr and my_array as used above. Some writers will refer to an array's name as a constant pointer. What do we mean by that? Well, to understand the term "constant" in this sense, let's go back to our definition of the term "variable". When we declare a variable we set aside a spot in memory to hold the value of the appropriate type. Once that is done the name of the variable can be interpreted in one of two ways. When used on the left side of the assignment operator, the compiler interprets it as the memory location to which to move that value resulting from evaluation of the right side of the assignment operator. But, when used on the right side of the assignment operator, the name of a variable is interpreted to mean the contents stored at that memory address set aside to hold the value of that variable.
With that in mind, let's now consider the simplest of constants, as in:
int i, k;
i = 2;
Here, while i is a variable and then occupies space in the data portion of memory, 2 is a constant and, as such, instead of setting aside memory in the data segment, it is imbedded directly in the code segment of memory. That is, while writing something like k = i; tells the compiler to create code which at run time will look at memory location &i to determine the value to be moved to k, code created by i = 2; simply puts the 2 in the code and there is no referencing of the data segment. That is, both k and i are objects, but 2 is not an object.
Similarly, in the above, since my_array is a constant, once the compiler establishes where the array itself is to be stored, it "knows" the address of my_array[0] and on seeing:
ptr = my_array;
it simply uses this address as a constant in the code segment and there is no referencing of the data segment beyond that.
This might be a good place explain further the use of the (void *) expression used in Program 1.1 of Chapter 1. As we have seen we can have pointers of various types. So far we have discussed pointers to integers and pointers to characters. In coming chapters we will be learning about pointers to structures and even pointer to pointers.
Also we have learned that on different systems the size of a pointer can vary. As it turns out it is also possible that the size of a pointer can vary depending on the data type of the object to which it points. Thus, as with integers where you can run into trouble attempting to assign a long integer to a variable of type short integer, you can run into trouble attempting to assign the values of pointers of various types to pointer variables of other types.
To minimize this problem, C provides for a pointer of type void. We can declare such a pointer by writing:
void *vptr;
A void pointer is sort of a generic pointer. For example, while C will not permit the comparison of a pointer to type integer with a pointer to type character, for example, either of these can be compared to a void pointer. Of course, as with other variables, casts can be used to convert from one type of pointer to another under the proper circumstances. In Program 1.1. of Chapter 1 I cast the pointers to integers into void pointers to make them compatible with the %p conversion specification. In later chapters other casts will be made for reasons defined therein.
Well, that's a lot of technical stuff to digest and I don't expect a beginner to understand all of it on first reading. With time and experimentation you will want to come back and re-read the first 2 chapters. But for now, let's move on to the relationship between pointers, character arrays, and strings.


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Abstract: Housing markets in several countries are suffering. The prolonged and strong housing price rises of recent years have turned around. Historical records suggest that housing price drops may happen slowly but be large. Housing prices continue to fall because capital losses have substituted capital gains, housing equities are falling, and housing price expectations have become negative. Household debt had increased to the same degree as housing prices or even more in some countries. Access to mortgage and credit had improved and lenders used "cruise control" when financing still higher housing market prices. Now, housing demand is further weakened because access to credit has been tightened. During a downturn, owner-occupiers' housing price risk is increased and a growing number of owners have negative equity and payment troubles. Under these conditions, arrears and foreclosures will be widespread in owner-occupation. The effects on the wider economy of a housing price downturn are discussed. Not only does the lenders' increased credit risk lead to tightened credit access, losses threaten the banks and can create financial crises. Falling housing prices clearly depress the housing market and housing construction activities and thereby the contribution of residential investments to economic growth, while it is less obvious that average housing consumption and residential investments over the whole cycle are affected. The reduction of non-housing consumption as a result of a wealth effect is a reality for years for depressed owner-occupiers but in the aggregate, the housing wealth effect is more dubious. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7141
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Abstract: Abstract. In Denmark, taxation of residential property returns varies considerably with the type of ownership and type of tenure in terms of the way income is calculated, the types of taxes applied and tax rates, which range from 0 % to above 60 %. Together with other housing subsidies this disparity in taxation contributes to the pronounced lack of tenure neutrality in the Danish housing market. The paper illustrates how tax rules alone create distortions and imbalances in the housing and residential property markets and discusses as well the magnitude of the imbalances. The method used is the application of a set of return and user cost equations. The tax aspects of the long-standing rather unequal treatment of private rental dwellings, social rental dwellings, owner-occupied dwellings and private co-operative dwellings, which have drawn decisive tracks in the markets, are discussed. The lowering of the tax rate for the return of institutional pension savings to 15 % which came into effect in 2001 has created a substantial advantage for pension funds compared with private investors with regard to investments in rental residential properties. The owner-occupiers' user costs and subsidization are shown to depend on their capital structure and to a large extent they depend on whether the owners' most obvious savings alternatives are either personal investments with heavily taxed returns or institutional pension savings with lightly taxed returns. Also private co-operative associations are tax exempted, and this fact in combination with the prospects of improved legal conditions for raising loans to finance the individual apartments will almost certainly lead to this form of tenure – as "tax free ownership" – capturing part of the market for owner occupation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7154
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Does negative equity exist as a permanent feature in the Danish housing market?Lunde, Jens (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: House and flat prices have been through a tremendous bust and boom cycle in Denmark. From 1986 to 1993 real prices for houses and flats dropped by one third on average, foreclosures accounted for around 1/6 of the house and flat turnovers in numbers, and in reality the market for owner-occupied houses and flats was in a crisis. Initiated by a strong interest rate drop and by an expansive finance policy, the market turned. From 1993H1 to 2004H1 real house prices increased 76% and real flat prices 128%. Moreover, Denmark has a leading position in the international household debt race and as in many other countries the fear of the consequences of a strong interest rate increase for the housing market is widespread. Therefore, in order to examine the financial stability among owner-occupiers, a sample of approx. 40,000 owner-occupier families with data at household level has been drawn from the tax statistics for each year from 1987 to 2003. Through the analysis it is shown that the distributions of the owner-occupiers' capital structure, measured by the net liability/housing wealth ratios, have more or less been the same throughout the 16 years, even during the long-lasting steep house and flat price rise. Moreover, since 1994 the median value of the net liability/income ratio has increased by 71% for all owner-occupiers and by 54% for owner-occupiers between 30-39 years of age.Finally, one last, important aspect of the financial stability of owner-occupiers, namely, their capacity to service their debt has been analysed. The owner-occupiers' net interest expenditures/ income ratios before tax have been nearly halved from 1987 to 2003. Most of the drop happened during the years of the "housing market failure". From 1994 on the ratios were more slightly reduced and were in 2003 at 8.8% (median value) for all owner-occupiers and 12.2% for owner-occupiers between 30-39 years of age. However, if the reductions of the tax rates for deducting interest expenditures are taken into account, the 2003 after-tax-ratios are only about 2 percentage points below the 1987 after-tax ratios. At March 2005, a new challenge facing Danish owner-occupiers is that 50% of their mortgages carry interest adjustment. Keywords: house prices, housing wealth, real estate wealth, housing debt, mortgage debt, personal wealth, personal finance, loan-to-value, debt-to-income, interest expenditures, interest-to-income, financial stability. JEL classifications: D 14, E 44, G 21, R 20, R 31. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7197
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Cross-stitch is the perfect medium for 8-bit and 16-bit fan art. Have you ever seen one of the patterns crafters use? They look like pixel art! They're little grids of color, showing which block goes where, in what shades, to add up to a visible whole. And the craft itself is pretty retro, invoking images of samplers sewn into pillows in every variety of "grandma's house" that society has to offer.
Happily, the folks at Kill Screen have found one crafty Etsy seller who's understood the connection all too well. Her shop also features carefully embroidered memes, other classic gems, and my personal favorite, a certain infamous riddle.
A retro craft to honor retro games? Seems perfect to me!
Geeky Cross Stitch [Etsy, via Kill Screen]


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RICHMOND — About a dozen protesters shut down a Wells Fargo Bank during the lunch hour Wednesday.
The protest was organized by Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE), which also staged demonstrations at branches in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland and San Diego.
The protests launched what ACCE calls a "campaign calling on Wells Fargo to enact a broad principal reduction program, reduce short sales and release data on borrowers helped by income and race."
Bank officials in Richmond temporarily closed the doors at the 4300 Macdonald Ave. branch as the protesters marched in a circle and chanted, "Banks got bailed out, we got sold out." Customers still used automated teller machines nearby.
Organizers said they targeted Wells Fargo branches because the bank is the largest mortgage servicer in California, and they want to push for steeper mortgage principal reduction to be a standard step in loan modifications to reduce foreclosures.
Wells Fargo spokeswoman Mariana Phipps said the bank has a "strong record of working with customers who may be having mortgage payment challenges" and has forgiven more than $6 billion in principal reduction.
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With the support of numerous veterans, Cape Coral City Council on Monday unanimously increased the minimum amount of liability insurance required for solicitors and established requirements for veterans organizations requesting to solicit on city rights-of-way.
The only complaints were that the ordinance changes didn't go far enough.
Mayor John Sullivan, who brought the ordinance forward, said many solicitors are making themselves out to be local groups or veterans when they aren't, and donors are buying into that when they place money in someone's bucket along city streets.
The insurance requirement would increase from $300,000 to $1 million for rights-of-way solicitors, and the organizations would have to be accredited nationally.
"These people change one word in their name to make it look like a local organization," Sullivan said. "Put the ordinance out there and make it pass."
During public comment, during which mostly local veterans got up to speak, Bruce Miller said he had wished the ordinance took it one step further.
"It should have gone to affect all city property. They'll go to Eco-Park or other venues and nothing will change," Miller said.
Another veteran, Ralph Santillo, passed along a story of a female Marine veteran who put $50 into a jug, thinking she was giving to his organization - until Santillo told her that his organization didn't solicit on the streets.
"She went back and got her money and when she finished the guy packed up and left," Santillo said. "We may need more teeth to keep more out."
Councilmember Kevin McGrail said he supported the ordinance, but drew the line at expanding onto city properties.
In other business, the city council unanimously approved the North Spreader Canal agreement between the city and Lee County. This means both sides have voluntarily withdraw from the "Chapter 164, Florida Statutes process" and will instead work together on scientific study on the canal to reach an environmentally beneficial solution to the issue.
The vote was contingent on the Board of County Commissioners also voting for approval, which that board did on Tuesday.
Also, city council passed two other new consent items: to purchase liquid polymer for Water Reclamation at $81,000 annually, and for an interlocal agreement between the city and Greater Pine Island Water Association for the purchase of potable water during emergencies.
The council also appointed Carmen Salome to the Civilians Police Review Board and Peter DiPaolo as an alternate. It also appointed Ramon Villanueva to the Affordable Housing Advisory Committee.


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London, England, Nov 9, 2012 / 05:29 pm (CNA).- Bishop of Durham Justin Welby will become the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury and leader of the worldwide Anglican Communion, succeeding the retiring Dr. Rowan Williams.
"I feel a massive sense of privilege at being one of those responsible for the leadership of the church in a time of spiritual hunger," said the 56-year-old father of six, who was an oil industry executive before pursuing a religious vocation.
British Prime Minister David Cameron's office formally announced the appointment, saying he had been the "overwhelming choice" of the British Crown Nominations Commission, a body made up of clergy and laypeople.
Bishop Welby is widely hailed for his personal holiness and ability to sort out complex issues, which supporters hope will serve him well as church attendance continues to drop and the Church of England wrestles with divisive issues such as female clergy and bishops, ordaining practicing homosexuals, and creating wedding ceremonies for gays.
The future Archbishop of Canterbury got a warm reception from Catholic quarters, including Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols.
"I am sure that his ministry, like that of his predecessor Archbishop Rowan Williams, will provide an important Christian witness to this country over the coming years," said the head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales.
The President of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, Cardinal Kurt Koch, welcomed Bishop Welby's appointment and will be traveling to England for his installation next March 21.
Bishop Welby's press conference today underscored why Professor Paul Murray, director of the Centre for Catholic Studies at Durham University, described him to Vatican Radio as "a very unusual combination."
On the one hand, he praised "the riches of Benedictine and Ignatian spirituality, the treasures of contemplative prayer and adoration," and being "confronted with the rich and challenging social teaching of the Roman Catholic Church." He mentioned no other branch of Christianity in his remarks.
He also admitted, like his predecessor, to taking spiritual direction from a Benedictine monk.
But Bishop Welby also took the occasion to voice his support for an issue that is further straining the theologically divided Church of England and is being hotly debated at its general synod, which will end later this month.
"I will be voting in favor" of ordaining women bishops, he said, "and join my voice to many others in urging the synod to go forward with this change."
Dr. Williams is also pushing this measure, saying it is "inconsistent to exclude in principle a baptized person from the possibility of ordained ministry."
The issue will be decided at a two-day meeting that will begin Nov. 19. If it fails to pass, it cannot be brought up for reconsideration until the next synod in 10 years. The Church of England allowed for the ordination of women in 1992.
Bishop Welby's predecessor served 10 years in the position before announcing his retirement earlier this year. He struggled to maintain order in the Anglican Communion, which is divided over issues of sexuality and ordination.
In 2006 Archbishop Williams chided the Episcopal Church, the American branch of the Anglican Communion, for its embrace of homosexuality, including ordaining an openly homosexual bishop living with his partner. "In terms of decision-making the American Church has pushed the boundaries," he said.
Many disaffected traditional Anglicans have left for other churches rather than remain in a church where theology and morality seem up for grabs.