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Whether you're looking for Sugar Daddies or Sugar Babies, you should always be, and hopefully FEEL, safe.
Let's face it – having a date with someone you've never met (a blind date) can be scary enough, but flying across the globe to meet a potential Sugar Daddy for the first time could be even more nerve-racking, albeit possibly more rewarding.
Sugar Daddies should also keep THEIR safety in mind.
They too are meeting people they've never met, and frankly, until they actually see the Sugar Babies they've corresponded with, they have no proof either. Sugar Daddies also have to keep their financial safety in mind, as there are plenty of scam artists trying to pose as honest Sugar Babies… perhaps we can call these "Sugar Baby Posers" lol (inside joke, *nudges "confused"*).
Sugar Daddies: If a Sugar Baby wants you to send money or buy tickets before you meet, would you? Why or Why Not?
Sugar Babies: Have you ever had trouble trusting a Sugar Daddy? What could a Sugar Daddy do to gain, or loose your trust? What kind of Sugar Daddies do you trust the most?
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have a POT named sweetwalter…says he's from Arizona and is 50. He seems like a nice guy. We have been talking for a week through email and today text. he asked me about the kind of arrangement I'm seeking and I told him straight out. He then said he wanted to give me 3x as much as I was asking(was looking for an extra 1000 a month, he says he will give me 3000 instead). I'm excited but then he asks me for access to my bank account to send money whenever he wants. A little red flag popped into my head immediately so I asked if we could do paypal or quickpay instead so he can send money at his convenience and I can keep m personal bank account info private. he then proceeded to say that if there was another way to send it he would but he cant and our relationship should be about trust. Yes I would love a sugar daddy to help me with these bills but mama didnt raise no fool…this sounds to good to be true. What do you think?
how and where did u guys met ur SDs. im lookin for one to try somethin new
This is an incredibly informative site. Many thanks to all the SDs and SBs for sharing their experiences -good and bad.
I'm curious…does this site still provide the SD verification for a fee? And for those SBs that may have dated "verified" SDs, what was your experience?
Hey Everyone!
I've never been a SB…..Any pointers?? Im nervous, but I could really use the help!
I chatted with a guy for some time on aim he sad he will give me the world he is not who he sad he is and I am not sure who he is and why he lied to me, wasted my time and made me so sad ,he never answered the # he gave me and when I looked it up there is a female behind the number so I was talking the whole time to someone who tried to get my info to screw me over with identity theft, I feel so naive and actually fell in love with. A picture god knows who's face that was prob not even the guy begin the scam , this is just insane I really believed him and tought I found my dream
it think the sd should buy your ticket if he wants to see you or fly himself to you
but to be fair i think the ticket should be non refundable because there are alot of fake sugar babes who try to take advantage
maybe im wrong i dont know but if it were me i would send her a non refundable ticket
good work here
First ,I must say that I love reading the blogs. and learn so much from them.
Being that I'm a new sb I too have made some mistakes (2) and felt used.
I think feeling a little vulnerable, hoping that you meet an honest man someone who likes and respects you and truly wants help because he cares.
Believed all the promises in the world. thinking everyone is as honest as I am made me make some stupid mistakes that I regret.
like sleeping with a guy on the first date 🙁
another guy that we actually hit it off and we did sleep together a couple of times.. we discussed a little what the agreement would be. I was thinking oh let me just make it more natural didn't want to feel like a prostitute . What a BIG mistake.
yep those were my ONLY two SD's so far feeling a little used and hurt I was unsure if I wanted to continue on this site. or those a real, honest man really exist on it.
One thing I learned after reading this blog is not to act like you are desperate for financial assistants.
Can someone tell me what is normal??
Email? phone calls? text?
If the guy hasn't called me and after 3 weeks sent me an email. "sorry if you feel neglected just been very busy". but I see him on line all the time.
What is appropriate and not appropriate, how often should you expect to hear from these man? or do they call you a day before they want to meet?
I have decided to give this another chance, but, I can really use your guidance and experience with this. Next time I want to come prepared.
I would appreciate some advise form SD as well I want to know what would have made this guy act the way he did.
I know I am an attractive women so it can't be my looks.
I dont usually comment, but after reading through so much info I had to say thanks
New Sugar Babies beware and heed my advice.
I just encountered my first experience with a potential SD and there is a lot to be said for life experience or learning the hard way. I am definitely an example of the popular phrase, "Once bitten, twice shy." I would like to protect any SB from learning the hard way.
I personally made my profile private, so that I could only select those whose profiles appealed to me and for confidentiality purposes. Looking for quality, I chose SD based on what they wrote about themselves and what they were looking for in a potential SB. I received an overwhelming 1 in 2 response to my e-mails so I was encouraged that I had the flexibility to be selective. Now, after the real life experience, I have a guideline to being selective:
What to beware of:
1) Promises that are made to you before you ever meet in person. Do not allow yourself to get your hopes up or be misled by outrageous promises. Let them know upfront you would prefer to discus those extras or "bonuses" after a true arrangement has been executed. —– My fake SD supposedly had a connection at the bank where I had my home loan and he was going to remodify the loan to an incredibly low rate.
2) Don't put all your eggs into one basket until you have fully executed an arrangement. You might find that you blew off the real deal while entertaining a fraud. —- I did this and potentially lost the opportunity to meet 3 real people, one of which could have been my perfect SD.
3) Ask questions to figure out the authenticity of your potential SD. It is a great way to catch the liars in their own lie. For instance, keep a mental record of a few key answers they give you to questions you ask in your first conversation and then ask the same question in a week or two BEFORE YOU MEET. If the answers don't match you know you have a liar. — My fake SD gave me two completely different names for his last Sugar Baby!
4) Google the name of your SD, Call the airline and hotel to confirm their reservation. You might think this is extra work but your time is well spent. — My fake SD was supposedly flying to see me, last minute he got into a "wreck" and preferred that I fly to visit him. He NEVER actually had a reservation. He said he had reservations at the Marriott resort but when I got there it was a 3 star dump. By the way, if this happens, you can insist, that you do not stay in motels and require a new location. I did….but he was still a fraud, just doing what he had to do to get some free action….oh my goodness.
5) If you are going to be intimate, absolutely be safe and make certain that the arrangement has been, once again, FULLY EXECUTED, meaning you have been compensated. ——- I am such an idiot, I actually believed that he was going to fly out to my town the following Monday where I lived to open a bank account for me to put the money in each month.
I spent more money on preparing for this fake than I could afford right now, all to be totally duped. I know I have a lot to offer a Sugar Daddy and I am happy and willing for the real deal but we have no time for fakes, so SB, please, don't make the same mistake I made….heed my advice and good luck to all you SB's and SD's out there!
I have a 3 bedroom home in a beautiful neighborhood and it is a guaranteed safe home. If you are being abused, contact me by leaving a note here and I will try to arrange safety for you.
I'm in California so if you aren't local, be sure to have a plan that includes a packed bag left discreetly at a friends home and your important papers. You can also call a women's shelter for assistance. DON"T stay in a battering situation.
Napa Emergency Women's services is the best I have found, and they have a 24 hour hotline 800-799-7233
I'd like to know how men are getting my phone number when I haven't given it out. I know there are sites to check people for crimes, but is there someplace they are going to get personal info on us?
SB/s if a guy makes you feel bad about yourself, do not meet with him or talk to him, call someone who cares about you for advice. Hell I'm a certified therapist and I would take any sb call, day or night.
We might want to collectively look into contacting the site operators for some changes, like a site to compare notes when someone turns out to be a fake, and anyone who is abusive.
So far everyone who has contacted me has been kind and respectful.
Dears, you deserve the best, don't settle.
nice site you have!
Nice site you have!
Hi everyone,
I am new to this SD/SB relationship and I don't know how to trust an SD or how the arrangment works. Are SB suppose to recieve first and then continue with the arrangement? how can I protect myself without getting screwed over by a fake SD? I went to meet with a couple of SD but it ended up nowhere just many promises and nothing to show. Basically what are the advice for a new SB? how can we protect oursleves and not get scamed?
Part of the reason he is here must be for accelerated relations. Don't agree to be with him if you will not accept that.
There is nothing wrong with it, just don't do anything you don't actually want to do and don't mislead him in any way about how far you are willing to go and under what circumstances.
I have a potential SD that is flying in on business from California. He has said he would like sex, if the chemistry is there. Seeing as how he is only where I live once a month, the getting to know each other part is somewhat fast forwarded. Is it inappropriate to sleep with a SD on the first date if an arrangement has been established? And how do I do this without feeling as if I am nothing more than a prostitute? Is it against the law, I'm confused. Please Help!!
Honestly, I agree with Anon and Lisa that there should be a section on this site to flag or report a sd or sb whom has screwed you over. However, Southern exec has a point about people being able to black ball one another that way. A good way to verify someone is really who they say they are before you meet them in a public place is to have that person message you a picture of themselves from their cellphones.
Women are at a greater risk of being screwed over…. literally. You just have to remember that there are great guys and not so great guys on this site. I always go with my gut instinct and I try to be more optimistic than pessimistic. If you have a bad experience, sometimes it's good to take some time to recover and then start your search again.
Seekingarrangement.com has changed my life completely. I am so much more confident than I was before because I'm able to be independent, travel and experience things I wasn't able to do when I was a struggling student with constant overdraft fees and boyfriends who treated me like crap with no return. I don't have to worry about money now and it feels great. Keep on trucking Anon, you will find that man eventually who will change your life for the better.
Lisa, I i agree that you seem jaded and your attitude needs adjusting… but you know that I assume. if your just venting, then it's fine, until you make one-sided blanket statements, because that's when others will chime in with their point of view, which SouthernExec and Blondie just did. so that's my 'moderation' so to speak. i have my bitter moments, but i have to realize that half the other girls here might even have More reasons to be bitter, but yet we all try to be as rash as possible.
i want to know if you have considered all of the options. just look at one of the recent posts where SB SanFranDiddle accepted criticism, and grew out of her reactive state into a pro-active state
Lisa you come across so bitter on these sites. I don't know whether to shake you or send you to therapy. You sound like you're just in this for the money, it's all "gimme, gimme, gimme.' truthfully with your attitude towards men, you might be better off as an escort.
I agree it would be nice to have some way of knowing who the scam artists are – both SB and SDs. I wouldn't want it to be a way that someone could be black-ball'd just because someone didn't like someone else. It should only be for legit issues.
Lisa, I have to take issue with idea that somehow because a SD has money it's ok if they get ripped-off financially. I realize you were also comparing that to a SB giving intimacy and getting used – neither is acceptable. Period. I'm all for ways to help a SB mitigate their risks so that they are as comfortable as possible.
Regarding a SD having a profile up for a few months, sometimes this cannot be helped. I have had some changes in my work schedule that do not allow me to travel as much as I once did, so my profile has been up for 2 or 3 months and will likely be up another month or two. When I do find the SB that is amenable to my schedule, it will come down, but for now, it needs to remain up.
there should be a post for this subject for both sbs and sds. It's true that guys on here might get ripped off financiallly but if they are well off as they say, it's only a little money whereas we sbs take more of a risk when we give intimacy and get used. When you give of yourself to someone, you can't get that back. I am always weary of anyone who runs an ad month after month after month. It should be no problem for any real sd to get a sb on here in no time because there are many more sbs on here than sds. More woman wanting to be spoiled in the world than men wanting to spoil them. I would think that the ratio would be about 4 to 1 in favor of the sds. I have my ad on along time too but I update and change it from time to time if I don't like the response i'm getting but these guys run the same ad and if they are not finding the kind of sb they are seeking, they should change their ad and be more specific. I used to do regular online dating and I checked it out the other day to find several of the guys that I met for coffee about 3 years ago are still on the site with the same ad, no update, same pictures, etc.
I don't know about everyone else , but I am on this site to meet someone and if I see my response slow down, I will update my profile, not just leave it the same all the time.
I have been lucky to have met 4 guys from this site. One was a month long arrangement then he moved away and since he wasn't really wealthy and his job didn't travel, would broke it off but still keep in touch to say hi.
second 1 was a coffee meeting and some serious discussion and he seemed to know how to be a sd, but then he never responded to me and he is still on this site, great looking guy with alot to offer so there is something going on there. 3 and 4 came into town and took me shoppping and then we didn't see each other after that. they were both gentlemen and the meetings were platonic, actually we talked about our kids and familes when we were shopping (both were divorced parents)
Lisa, I think there should be a section here that is dedicated to posting the fake sugar daddies vs. the real sugar daddies. There are sites that rate girls, but where are the ones for the guys? I understand that anonymity is crucial to some of these guys, but we should be able to at least warn each other about the bad ones. I have encountered so many creepy con artists on this site who ask me really uncomfortable questions and this last time actually got me to believe him.
thanks for letting us know anon. I mentioned last night a guy who lives in my city who has been on the site for at least 6 months. Had him saved in my favorites from when we talked months ago. Checked my favorites and he has completely changed his profile and lives in another state now, says he married, dropped a couple decades off his age, changed weight, etc. I emailed him, he read but did not answer my email. His first profile seems legit as I checked it out and googled him so I don't know what he is up to with this complete change. He could have moved and gotten married in the last few days, sure right, but he wouldn't have gotten younger and his appearance would not have changed so quickly. Another fake
Interesting – because that is the same thing I found out last Thursday.
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That is a great thought.. I wasn\'t thinking in that direction.
Hey, I can't help with the above situation honey. All I can suggest is maybe being honest with someone of authority, like a member of the police or something cause it sounds like harrasment to me.
As for my own comments, I am new to this whole concept as well and have been approached by a couple of gentlemen, one of whom seems very nice and I have agreed to carry on talking to.
My suggestion for giving out phone numbers and stuff is get a second phone. This is what I am doing. One pay-as-you go phone exclusively for SugarDaddy calls.
I am also a little unsure of how to bring up the subject of an arrangement. My potential sugar daddy is going away for a bit and we are hoping to meet up when he gets back fingers crossed for a quick coffee and chat and get to know each other. Should the subject of arrangement be brought up then?
HELP! … I was very new to this whole concept and I made the mistake of sending pictures to a "sugardaddy" who then asked me to get a webcam. I told him I was uncomfortable doing that with someone I didn't know and he became very threatening saying that I was a liar and I wasted his time and now I have to pay the consequences! He somehow knew the name of my job and told me that he would call them and send them an email with the pictures unless I went to get the webcam today. He said he would also send them to my friends and family which scares me even more because I have no idea how he would have gotten that information. I told him no i wouldnt do that and asked him why he was doing this…He said "because your a f*cking liar." I am so scared right now and have no idea what to do. All I have is his AIM screen name and his first name. Can someone please help?!?!
Buttercup wrote:
"Before going, think about your other alternatives to remind yourself that you do not desperately NEED this one and only encounter to "work". HunnyBabe mentioned in one of her comments that men can and will smell desperation if you reek of it, and there is nothing more attractive than that for a potential SD."
This is actually a problem for me. I am already in an abusive situation (as in, violence), and I don't have the financial resources to get out of it, which is why I came here. I am afraid if I tell potential sugar daddies this, they will either be turned off, or take advantage of me, like you suggested. On the other hand, if I don't tell them, they won't be able to accommodate my needs, which are unique. I don't want my abuser to find out and get jealous, and when I leave, I need to know I will never again need to depend on my abuser for a roof over my head, since if I came back, I'd be hurt even worse than I am now. And of course, I don't want to leave the arms of one abuser only to find myself in the arms of another.
What do you suggest?
My first encounter with a SD wasn't that great, we both travelled to a city in europe, luxury hotel but only one room, drinks and dinner but he could be up too quickly.he was immediately all over me..and things happened I regretted after.No talks about an arrangement were made. we kept chatting but no second meeting has occured..figures!
I am reading the blogs with a lot of attention and will definitely take the advice as my guideline….
many sugar daddies make promises and then those promises go downhill. First he wants to meet for dinner at an expensive restaraunt, take you shopping at a high end shopping center, etc and when it's time to meet, it's let's meet for coffee and a chat. You meet him and it's just a chat,not even coffee.
oop, lots o typo's on my last comment… LOL if you take me to a cheap dirty, $100 a night hotel, you ARE NOT a sugardaddy.
I had to leave a comment after reading the very first one. It is very true that if you ant to spread my legs right away, or take me to some cheap $100 a night hotel, you are really a sugardaddy. Your a pervert and a sleazball then. I have met these kinds of Sugardaddirs before. I even met one who tried to get me to screw him in his car, LOL. If it wasn't a Porsche I definitely wouldn't have even gotten in. But I punched him, hopped out, and hailed a cab. You have to pay atention to every little thing a Sugardaddy does, what he says, and even things like the way he cleans up, his dress, his haor. All of it.
If we meet a few time in public to get to know each other and become friends, I will be more trusting. A lot of people think you are supposed to just hop in bed and start humping, but that's not true, and it's not fair to Sugarbabes. It's a friendship, and i need to feel that way before I go anywhere with you.
Am I wrong?
As a 'Sugar Daddy' I've had more than one potential baby put me at great unease when they start to ask questions about my family. This makes my guard go up, because the possibilty of blackmail comes into play. I will usually not call her for a date again if she is persistant in getting details about them, even after I tell her I would rather not answer those questions.
Hi Beth,
Married men are a different kind of SD. I am currently seeing a married man. At first I thought it was the best option, since I'd have more free time at night and on weekends, and it would put a concrete limit to any emotional escalation.
I am very attached to him now, but if I had to start all over again, I would choose a non married SD, here's why:
– If your SD lives with his wife, the only time you will get to talk to him on the phone is from around 10AM to 7PM on weekdays, and the occasional unexpected alone moments. Trust me babe, it gets really hard from 7PM to 10AM, or weekends, when you know he's living his real life and you have no part in it.
– When dating a married SD, there will always be the time where he tells you about his wife. The wife is like a third, silent person in your relationship with him. The duration of the relationship in a lot of cases depends on her not finding out about the arrangement. If she finds out, you can most likely forget about your SD. It is also possible that if she gets sick or has an accident, your SD will decide that he has to be there for her, and end your relationship. So although a single SD might be fickle because of personal tastes, a relationship with a married SD can be quite unstable.
-> How to do your best to avoid your SD's wife finding out about you:
* do not wear perfume when you meet him
* do not use his hairbrush
* if you have to walk in the street, walk at a small distance from each other
* do not make unreasonable requests
* do not suggest any changes (perfume or appearance) – she WILL notice
* NEVER leave notes he might want to keep
* do not call him outside his "out of home" time, even to leave a voice mail
(these are only things YOU can do, doing them does not guarantee that your SD will do all the things a married SD should do to stay safe and not hurt anyone's feelings)
– Some married SDs have to be careful with their expenses, as most of them have their credit card bills sent at home where they can be scrutinized and analyzed by their wives. This means they can't easily do things such as buy plane tickets online, pay for your phone bill in a minute if you have a problem, buy you gifts online, take you on major shopping sprees (you can only walk around with so much cash), pay for hotel rooms, or even transfer money into your account. Of course, some are smarter and have a credit card whose bill is sent to their office and will use it to spoil you, but they don't all have one already, and it might take a while.
If only Saks Fifth billed credit cards as "worldemail.com" 😀
– Last but not least, the room for being spontaneous is greatly reduced in a relationship with a married SD. Unless his family is on holidays at the other end of the world for a month, there is little chance you and him can act on whim and impulse together. This can be less fun, especially if you like spontaneity.
So here's my little "article" about married SDs 🙂 Of course darling, if you have to choose between a married man you really like and a single man you like a lot less, go for the married one, but know what you're in for before jumping in.
Good luck babe, let us know how it goes!
LOVE buttercup
aww writing this post made me sad 🙁
I don't have any problem giving out my phone number when I've exchanged a few emails and know if we are on the same page. Most of the guys I have talked to have had no issues with this. Actually I usually met them first (they have all been local men) and then if they asked for my number and I felt comfortable with them I gave it to them. I have found some fakes on here when they gave me their phone numbers and I entered them in reverse lookup and found their full name and address (which in a few cases didn't match up to their income claims) I did a google live search and could actually see where they lived. This is scary and I would never abuse the situation but I found it odd how some of the men who made millions a year (or claimed to) lived in small run down apartments in less than desirable neighborhoods, especially those that were married as you would think that if they were that wealthy they would want their families to live some place nice.
Telephone numbers can be helpful but dangerous is given to someone who would abuse it.
Hi Everyone
Thanks for the advice. Especially coming from an SD point of view. I'm not completely adverse to giving out my mobile # as it's all I have. It's just this request was in the second message so I had no real idea who he is yet. I have had a gentleman I turned down once after we spoke on the phone (his swearing was the reason I turned him down) who stalked me via text, photographs and constant ringing at all hours for 3 months. In the end I had to threaten him with giving his phone number to the police before he'd stop. Now I'm more cautious, but I don't mind giving out my msn address as it's so easy to block someone.
Really love some advice on married SD though. Any thoughts.
Smiles Beth
Everyone should know that when you give out your home phone number, the number can be looked up online, your name and address will appear if it isn't unlisted, and the person will know your address. Many might use cell phones but I can't afford to use my cell phone for long chats as it is pay as you go and used only for emergencies. I have to keep a land line too because of my internet connection.
Lisa and Be_A_Star: From an SD perspective I have asked an exchanged phone numbers after exchanging a few message. I understand that there can be scams but I think you need to make a judgement after you have chatted with somebody.
It is always a case-by-case basis- the SD could be a legit individual or a fake so you have to make a call based on your brief email conversation. In my case, if an SB is not willing to exchange phone numbers the conversation would end right there. Although I have had only one scenario where an SB said that she did not have a phone. That was probably a scam anyway. All others have readily exchanged phone numbers with me. It may be because when I have a conversation with somebody I inspire trust. The bottom line-I would recommend against making that a blanket policy.
Don't give your phone number out to anyone on the site! Avoid giving your email address out too. I gave my email adress out to a potential sd and he is still pressing me to give out my phone number which I will not do to a stranger. He has sent me some emails with attachments (some win. stuff that my computer has blocked due to suspicious files). I have deleted him completly and am glad I didn't give him my phone number.
If a potential sugardaddy demands your phone number and won't settle for messenger, then he is not to be trusted and is probably pushy in other ways too. Protect yourself first as there isn't anyone on this site worth risking your safety. I should have been suspicious of this guy because his grammer and spelling are terrible even though he is a caucasion man from Florida. For all I know he could be from some other country trying to scam.
I have had a message from a potential SD and he asked for my number or msn address. I was happy to provide my msn address to chat on and maybe see what his style was like. I did mention I was not prepared to give out my phone number on first contact due to already having a bad experience. I thought this was ok, he seems to have taken offence and advised me he is the real deal and wished me luck but would look for someone else. I'm a little confused as I did give him my msn address to chat I just can not see how this was wrong. Any ideas?
Also just curious, question to the girls who have had married SD. Do you find the arrangement easy or does it make it to difficult? And do you worry bout the wife finding out about you?
Smiles Beth
Paige –
there's nothing in particular…I've done these trips more than a few times…and, I would only say to be yourself and have fun. Be open to doing new things…and, don't be too demanding. I've never actually had a bad experience traveling with an SB, or even a potential one. I'm just guessing that someone demanding…or controlling…would be something that would turn me off right away. I tend to be most generous with someone who is sweet and kind and friendly…so, your point about being "low maintanence" is well taken.
Thanks for the love Paige333
HB xxx
Oh thanks sooo much for making this a post! I'm glad you guys decided to talk about it.
1. I agree completely about making sure you have cash on your trip. Always be as inexpensive as you can be– and grateful. Yes you girls are ALL bombshell sugar babies!! but that doesn't always mean we deserve everything handed to us on a silver platter. Show this potential SD that you can be low maintenance and he won't mind taking you on pretty much ALL of his trips..
2. Is there something a SB does on a trip that has made one of you sugar daddies know that she's a keeper?? What's the worst mistake a SB can make on a getaway?
3. I prefer cash or bank transfers as well, although I have gotten checks before. Honestly more than that, I like when you come with me and treat me to things.. like shopping. I love that you enjoy watching me try on different clothing, it's fun we can share together.. unless you hate shopping, then let's just order online and spend all that time rolling around in bed 😉
You girls are awesome. So great to know that there are other real sugar babes out there!
I feel more comfortable with cash, or just money deposited in an account…but between checks and cash i'd go for cash.
Hi A somewhat different question: In my previous relationship I used cash. Has anybody used checks? Are sugarbabies comfortable with checks?
I agree 100% with Buttercup, i remember when i met my SD i told him i needed to call my aunt(she's the only member of my family who knows about it) in the morning, and we were having breakfast so he went: ok, dont drink that juice just call her NOW!!! hahaha…i thought it was the cutest thing and of course that instantly made me trust him even more…and btw he also ask me before coming, if i didnt have any jealous ex boyfriend who might want to beat him up lol.
There's nothing i would add to Buttercup's pointers, except for just putting more enphasis on: DON'T ACT DESPERATE, AND ALWAYS THINK U HAVE OTHER OPTIONS, so if u don't feel comfoprtable, or the SD turns out to be something else than what u expected, just gently let him know, u dot think it'll work, and walk away from that situation 😉 .
…P.S. Let ur SD know u dont like to be choked to death (lol inside joke with Buttercup) hahahahhaha….sorry i couldn't help iit!!!
HB xxx
oh god, I noticed the 'nip-slip' too…but, didn't want to be the first to say anything…lol. thanks for jumpin' in there.
my pleasure.
I should mention that some hotels are actually set-up like this…so, you're not asking for some special expensive suite within a regular hotel.
I mentioned Embassy Suites…its not the Four Seasons, but, usually they're fairly nice. I've also stayed at a Doubletree Suites and a Sheraton Village in Florida with an SB that were both almost exactly like an apartment on the inside. Enough room for your own personal space…but, still staying together to avoid awkwardness and keep that budding romance going…
let me add a little to buttercup's post from the SD's point of view.
of course the SD should buy a roundtrip ticket up front. the only way I see a variable in this is if you have the ability to potentially stay longer with him if things go well…then, you might want to leave your return open…and, this would only be if you've talked enough until you feel comfortable with such a situation.
this isn't a bad idea for the SD's too! (I have so many damn stories)
Once I flew a potential SB to my town…because she happened to be from relatively close by (about 2 hrs)…and, she wanted to meet me as well as visit family. I didn't buy her a roundtrip because she said she didn't know how long she wanted to visit…which was a mistake. She ended up staying at my place for a week! And, from my perspecitive, but, apparently not her's…we really didn't hit it off. I was just too nice of a guy to ask her to leave.
I also agree that bringing some cash is a good idea. I've had SB's fly to meet me…and, they literally came with nothing (and would tell me). I remember thinking that they're lucky they found a good guy in me…or what would they do??
along those lines, yes…do tell someone where you are and who you're with. this isn't a bad idea for SD's either. My brother is one of the few people who knows I'm active in this. He asks me to always tell him where I am when I travel to meet someone. He's worried an SB's jealous boyfriend might "roll" me on one of these trips…or worse. I've been with SB's for a full day or more…and, noticed they haven't called anyone…and, I'll even ask…"is there anyone you need to call so they know you're safe?"…and, I've been surprised when the answer has often been "no".
and, of course, HAVE FUN. take the time to know the other person before traveling. talk on the phone especially…get a feel for their personality. don't look to make a quick dollar at the expense of ruining something that could be so much fun and beneficial for both down the road.
I live in a somewhat rural area in the northeast, but, near quite a few really fun major cities. I have flown potential SB's into one of the nearby cities rather than here because I've felt we can have more fun, and I could do more spoiling/be more chivalrous in one of those cities.
What do you all think of room arrangements in a situation like that?
Would it depend on how long you've spoken with the potential SD/SB and your comfort level going in?
Seems to me that separate rooms would take at least part of the fun out of the supposedly romantic weekend getaway. Undoubtedly, you'd reach a point in the evening where some akwardness would creep in. Are separate beds in the same room acceptable? I have done it this way a few times in the past and its worked out fine. Sometimes, after a long day/night out on the town, its fun to unwind together with a movie and room service together.
Actually, what I've done in the past (not every time) is try to book a room that's like a suite with somewhat different sleeping quarters, but, still sharing the same basic room. Picture something like a Embassy Suites type of set-up.
Just wondering what you all thought…since this kinda plays into safety.
hey coolpix…might be the first time I've agreed with you in the blogs!
unprotected sex is OFF LIMITS…and, what kind of a guy would want to meet at a sleazy motel?
I agree that I usually try to avoid talking too specifically about sex before a first meeting (not gentlemanly or chivalrous). I always want to meet at a public place…and, I require a phone call before meeting in person.
Here's a neat trick for both SD's and SB's. There have been a couple times where I've been skeptical about a potential SB, or felt that I was potentially being scammed…
Here's what I did. If she admitted to having a cell phone camera or a digital camera (or it was obvious based on pictures)…I have asked the SB to take a picture of herself with a piece of paper in hand saying "HI (my name)" on it.
I have weeded out quite a few scammers this way.
One girl who was allegedly an aspiring model insisted she wanted to fly to see me, but didn't want to give her last name for safety. So, she wanted me to wire her the flight money. (big red flag to begin with).
Well, I asked her to take such a picture…and, she went on about how her modeling agency doesn't let her take specific requested pictures for people and how it was in her contract…blah, blah, blah.
We didn't talk after that…
Yes i have trouble with trusting with sugar daddys. A real sugar daddy wouldn't ask me to have unprotected sex with me the first night or ask me to meet at a sleezy hotel. The ones I trust avoid talking about sex and want to meet at a public place after phone calls and chatting. I have trouble all the time but its easier now to with a background check!


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Shared ownership too expensive for London first-time buyers, Which? research finds
Shared ownership schemes are intended to help cash-strapped first-time buyers onto the property ladder, but Which? research has found that most young people in London are unable to afford even the minimum share.
Shared ownership involves buying a share of between 25% and 75% of a property and paying rent on the remainder. For many people struggling to save up a large enough deposit to buy a home of their own, this is the most realistic way of buying a home. However, Which? research shows that buying even the minimum share of a studio or one-bedroom shared ownership property within a 20-mile radius of London is impossible for most people aged under 30.
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9 PR lessons from 'Best Picture' Oscar nominees
The movies vying for the crown at this Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony carry many insights. Here's what communicators can take from 'Arrival', 'La La Land' and more.
The nine films nominated for best picture at this year's Academy Awards differ in genres and plots, but all share one important element: They all tell great stories.
For PR pros, that's also one of the most important aspects of the job.
We help clients determine their message, decide which audiences we want to affect, use the appropriate channels and find the most effective ways to tell captivating stories.
Though we might not be able to directly relate to Ryan Gosling's experience as a struggling jazz pianist or Dev Patel's quest to find his lost family, here are lessons from their characters' journeys that we can apply to our own role as professional storytellers.
1. "Arrival"
IMDB Summary: "When twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors."
The PR takeaway: Don't assume.
With any form of communication, there is always a chance that things may get lost or misinterpreted in translation. Always double check that you fully understand the message that is being conveyed.
For example, make sure you know as much as possible regarding the angle a reporter is taking on a particular story. That way, you can appropriately prepare a spokesperson going into that interview and they won't be blindsided by any unexpected questions or topics.
2. "Fences"
IMDB Summary: "A working-class African American father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life."
The PR takeaway: A timeless story can translate through different channels.
One of the most important things for PR pros to consider is if you have a core message that appeals to your target audience.
"Fences" is based on a 1983 Pulitzer-Prize winning play that takes place in the 1950s. From the page to the stage—and then to the screen, the story about family relationships is universal. "Fences" shows that if you have a timeless and powerful message, it can resonate with your audience, regardless of the format.
In PR, if you have a strong message, you can similarly adapt it in order to reach audiences through a variety of channels—whether it's through a blog post, YouTube video or other means.
3. "Hacksaw Ridge"
IMDB Summary: "WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot."
The PR takeaway: Follow your instincts.
Andrew Garfield's character was served well by remaining true to his belief in the commandment that "thou shalt not kill." Though it was a huge challenge, he followed his instincts.
In most scenarios, a PR pro should also go with his or her gut. Whether it's a feeling that you might be veering too off message to try and fit into a news cycle, or a sense that a client's approach might translate as something inauthentic, your gut will usually inform you if something may not be the right approach.
4. "Hell or High Water"
IMDB Summary: "A divorced father and his ex-con older brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's ranch is West Texas."
The PR takeaway: Be strategic.
Whether you're carrying out a series of bank robberies or developing a campaign to raise awareness on an issue, you must be strategic in your planning.
To ensure your communications plan goes as smoothly as possible, begin by identifying your goals at the onset. Monitor your progress as you begin to execute your plan. Adapt as necessary, and just like the brothers in "Hell or High Water," be prepared to face the unexpected with backup plans.
5. "Hidden Figures"
IMDB Summary: "The story of a team of African-American women mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program."
The PR takeaway: Use your team.
As the engineers at NASA learned, you might not always be able to solve a problem on your own.
You might be an expert on a particular client's topic or industry, but sometimes the only way to find success is to work with your team members and brainstorm fresh ideas.
People with different backgrounds can contribute different perspectives and lead you a solution that you may not have thought of on your own.
6. "La La Land"
IMDB Summary: "A jazz pianist falls for an aspiring actress in Los Angeles."
The PR takeaway: Persistence is the key to results.
There are times you might get lucky, but you're not often going to achieve your goals overnight—no matter if that goal is becoming a Hollywood movie star or landing a front-page story in a major paper.
In "La La Land," Mia takes small steps to achieve her dream, including working as a barista on a studio set and going on multiple auditions.
Similarly, PR pros must be persistent in building their experience and networks. Landing smaller stories can help build buzz for your dream media placement.
7. "Lion"
IMDB Summary: "A five-year old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family."
The PR takeaway: Use all available resources.
"Lion's" protagonist, Saroo, uses Google Earth to find his lost family.
From using Google Analytics to evaluate which messages are working, to exploring Twitter lists to uncover the proper reporters for your topic, there is an abundance of tools that PR pros can harness to get their messages in front of their audiences.
8. "Manchester by the Sea"
IMDB Summary: "An uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies."
The PR takeaway: Be prepared for anything.
PR pros go beyond developing strategic messaging and reaching out journalists.
As we can learn from Casey Affleck's character, sometimes you can find yourself in a role you least expected. From creating original content for a guest post to field producing a live television segment, PR pros should be prepared to perform a variety of roles.
9. "Moonlight"
IMDB Summary: "… Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami."
The PR takeaway: Get up close and personal.
"Moonlight's" popularity is partially because viewers felt personally invested in the protagonist, Chrion, whose experiences they witnessed from childhood through adulthood.
In spreading a client's message, it can help to go beyond the surface.
The winning story might not be what an organization does, but rather who is behind it. By sharing a personal story of why a founder was inspired to take action, you can create compelling copy and establish a personal connection with your audience.
Dee Donavanik is a senior manager at Scott Circle (@ScottCircle), a full service communications and event management firm based in Washington, D.C. Connect with her on Twitter: @donavanik.
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Oppenhiemer Used this phrase after the Manhattan project succeeded in splitting the atom With the successful trinity nuclear bomb test. Oppenhiemer however was Incorrect because It is Death Itself that is the destroyer of worlds and Not Man. Man play's a small insignificant Part. At least As I see it.
Death Comes Into everyone's Life And with it the infinite Possibility Of an end of all things Or the Beginning Of something new I chose to believe in the Later as death Has often effected me in ways That I cannot express in words, Only to say I go through it and I always perceiver, but that by Choice.
I recently Made A friend, Or Rather was Introduced to and blessed with a friend And they became very close, In the short time we had together,I was able to experience from them an unconditional Love And In their life and Not their Death I was Blessed to be a part of It.
My Friend King Lucky Lakota McKenzie succumb to Salmon Poisoning, Appropriately On the McKenzie River In the Southern inland costal region Of Oregon On 5/21/2013. May He Rest In Peace. ( He Showed Me More Love Than My Own Father) I am A blessed Man.


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Edward and his band The Lost Boys - Emmett, Jasper, & James -hit the road for the summer, and that's just the beginning of this story. As Told from EPOV
Winner: First Place Judges' Choice at the Pick a Pic Challenge. Officer Edward Cullen is beguiled by the sweetness and beauty of the girl shopping for flowers. He never felt the sting.
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Bella finds herself in a position she'd never dreamed of - homeless and panhandling with her daughter on a street corner praying for a miracle on Christmas Eve. Will her prayer be answered? AU/AH, ExB. A little holiday gift to you all.
~ Beautiful banner by Robrator ~
When snarky lead singer Bella falls for a sexy bartender, is it a match made in heaven? Or will his girlfriend throw a wrench into the works? A One Shot Soundtrack Contest entry based on Paramore's song, Misery Business.
Bella Swan never thought she would return to Forks after leaving in 9th grade when her parents divorced. She remained in Arizona for college, medical school and residency, pushing herself towards an unknown goal. When she heard that Jacob had died in a motorcycle accident, Bella returned to Forks and to a world of old ties and new opportunities. The Cullen Retreat was recruiting for a new psychiatrist and Bella found herself accepting the job. Perhaps returning to her roots would be just the asylum Bella needed to find herself. But the founders of this mental health respite were quite a mystery to Bella and the people of Forks. The most intriguing part of the job was not the opportunity itself, but the benefactor's youngest son Edward. He seemed to ensnare Bella's thoughts and decisions from the moment she arrived....
It was just a bit of fun, a chance for an all-expenses paid vacation, and a favor for her bestie. Never in a billion years could Bella have imagined just how much meeting Edward Cullen would invert her world.
Thanks to Belindella for the beautiful banner.
Edward has been in prison for four years. He made sure not to keep Bella hanging on, not allowing any contact, but now he has been released and wants to know what is waiting for him on the outside.
AU - Human
Romance/angst - Bella/Edward
Jasper Whitlock is an "every man's man;" a real man with real needs and a wife that doesn't put up with his bull. Through midnight Kardashian fantasies and unholy credit card bills, Alice is with him every step of the way. That is, of course, unless she's a few steps ahead.
Laugh along with a completely over-the-top - yet realistic - view of the constant back and forth that is known as holy matrimony. For better, but mostly just for worst, they've got each other. Isn't love splendid?
**All JPOV**
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Select outtakes and missing scenes from The Little Fish. Rated M for possible language, lemons, and general naughty fun.
A story of finding love. Neither expecting eachother, are they ready to admit that it is love, that this is what they need.
Edward is a mess after the terrible accident leaving Bella dead, but things start getting even stranger in the weeks and months that follow. He learns that there is a fine line between delusion and reality and that not everything can be proved. I can't give everything away but just know you are in for some twists and turns in this story, which is set in the past and present. Warning, This story is heart wrenching and dramatic but I can promise that you'll love me for it in the end! Please read and enjoy!!!
The Cullens offered Bella a home and a normal life, away from her oppressive Uncle William Black and the military career he wanted for her. Normal, until she stumbled into a meeting between ex-Volturi Edward Masen and another Volturi agent. Could she trust Edward and this strange connection she felt with him, or was he merely using her as a Volturi pawn to eliminate the Cullens?
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Bella is set up by Alice on a blind date with her boyfriend's best friend.
Edward is set up by Jasper on a blind date with his girlfriend's best friend.
Care to guess who's who?
After being sent to a children's crisis center, Edward has to embark on a journey within himself to figure out how to have the most important thing in life: happiness. Luckily, a familiar friend gets to take the journey with him. EPOV. BxE.
Bella has just moved to Seattle looking for a new start. She starts working two jobs, making friends and flirting with guys. Too bad the one she's really interested seems out of her reach.
Bella Swan is, according to her friend Jasper Hale, "that girl that every guy in high school falls in love with at least twice." Jasper's new foster brother, Edward, is convinced he's kidding. After all, he can see that Bella's acting, that her perfection is the cover for her true self.
But Edward has secrets of his own, and he's sure he'd be better off without them coming to the surface. His past of multiple foster houses and gang violence aren't the worst of his problems.
Their meeting is an accident. Or maybe fate.
(and you see that incredibly amazing banner of incredible amazingness? my beta, Dr_Twilight_PharmD, who constantly goes above and beyond the call of Beta Duty, made that for me)
Bella meets Edward in the ER. One funny internal monologue later and she's reduced to a bumbling baboon who's panties are drenched. Her life turns for the better, but can a random chance turn it gruesomely wrong?
(AU-AH, OOC for Bella's vocabulary)
Rated NC-17 for language, mature sexual content, and later violence.
On temporary hiatus. 12/19/11
Thanks to Sarah_Elizabeth for the artwork!
"She wasn't supposed to fall for you, Edward! Not like this..." Jasper yelled.
"Do you really think I don't know that? That I planned for this to happen?....Things change."
"You're going to break her heart."
"I know," he replied, gazing at the flickering flames, and added quietly to himself, "and she's going to break mine."
Bella Swan is a writer for a Women's Magazine in Florida, a magazine that she writes the self help column for...Something she really wants to escape. The good news, she is escaping self help, the bad news, she's covering the lives of women behind sports stars...In Denver.
Here she meets three amazing women; the girlfriend, fiance, and wife to two players and the coach of the team, but what will happen when the team superstar, Edward, takes an interest in Bella?
Warnings: It's NC-17, so basically... Smut, Language.
One Christmas, Alice and Rosalie invite Bella to join them and their boyfriends on a vacation at Lake Tahoe. Little does Bella know that Emmett and Jasper have cajoled Edward into going along as well. Will it be a Christmas to Remember or a Christmas they both wish to forget?
Rating due to Emmett's and Rosalie's foul language and lemons.
Part II (Fool Me Once, Fool Me Twice) has started. I cannot disclose the summary because it may give away the ending to the first part.
"I threw my belongings into Renee's car and made my way to better things. Anything's got to be better than a drunk mother and a bully of a step-dad, right?"
Join Bella as she makes her way towards better things and finally looks out for number one.
Bella is a popular photographer returning to college for her Masters. Edward is a passionate English Professor. Bella sees the world through her lens. Can Edward show her how much she is missing? How can he break through her defenses and what will he do when he finds out why she keeps everyone at a distance? Canon Pairings. *Warning*: Rated NC-17 for future reference of child abuse, lemons, and language.
Edward Cullen is looking for inspiration to write THE American novel. Bella Swan is looking for inspiration, any inspiration, to pull her from her doldrums existence. But what they find in each other, neither of them could have expected.
Story rating is for profanity, lemons and adult situations
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Grad student Edward Cullen comes home one day to find a very unexpected Christmas gift. A one-shot written for the fabulous Ms. DeJean Smith for the Sparkling Citrus 2010 Secret Santa exchange.
Bella is the new girl at school with only her new friend Alice to guide her. When she and Edward first meet, will Bella fit into his life and town or will the sparks fly? Could Edward possibly be interested in this new girl? Or is she what he's been looking for? This story is rated NC-17 for a reason. There will be under-age drinking, lemons, violence, swearing, and more along the way!
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We're creating promotional videos!
The HEMA Alliance is creating a series of 30sec, 60sec, and 2min videos, which will be released under the creative commons license.
These will be free for all clubs, leagues, schools, and other HEMA institutions to use in advertising and promotions.
However, we need good, quality footage.
Everything from instructional footage, to amazing exchanges, tournament finals, even theatrical stage fighting that uses HEMA. We need it all.
- You must have the rights to give us permission to use the footage
- If you provide a low-quality link as a sample, that you have access to higher quality samples.
- You are able to help identify people in the video in case we need to contact them.


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1/5 of Member States is a "significant number"
The treaty article (11.4, TEU) creating the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) requires the support of citizens from a "significant number" of Member States.
The Council and Commission have interpreted "significant" in a very restrictive way as being 1/3 of Member States (currently nine countries). This is more than required to form a European political party! Plus, within each of these nine countries, the number of signatures must reach a quota equal to 750 times the number of MEPs.
1/5 of Member States (currently five countries) is a "significant number" sufficient to guarantee that an ECI has cross-border support.
A proportion of Member States higher than 1/5 will make it practically impossible for all but the largest, best-funded organisations to organise a successful ECI. The ECI would become in fact an initiative right only for already powerful lobbies. Not ordinary citizens.
1/3 of Member States = lobbyist's initiative
1/5 of Member States = citizens' initiative
In honour of constituency week, each day this week, the ECI Campaign will highlight a different aspect of the draft ECI regulation that must change so EU citizens can in fact exercise their new initiative right.


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Manual B SeriesOpen
Elite Screens' Blog Team
Q: My manual screen is stuck and unable to retract back into its case. What can I do to retract again?
A: If you are not able to pull the screen down two inches when attempting to retract it, give the screen a quick yank downwards with a little bit of force. Please be sure to not stand directly under the housing of the unit when yanking down on the screen.
Q: Can I use my manual/electric Elite projection screen as a window shade to block the sunlight?
A: No, Elite manual and electric projection screens are not designed for use as a window curtain and should never be exposed to direct sunlight. Prolonged exposure to solar radiation will destroy synthetic materials and such damage is not covered by our standard warranty.
Q: Can the Manual B Series screen lock at any position?
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text: Werthead #1 Posted June 24, 2010 With the TV series picked up and filming close to starting, I decided to create a Game of Thrones, TV show-specific Wikia here. This wiki is specifically based on the TV series alone, not on the books, and works on the premise that what happens in the books will not necessarily happen in the TV show, and spoilers from the books will vigorously not be allowed. Simply regurgitating the articles from the Westeros.org book Wiki onto the TV-specific one is out, as we do not know what will be changed in the transition from book to television. I suspect policing this will be fun ("That's a fantastic 3,000-word essay on Book Winterfell you've got there, but as it turns out the HBO series depiction is completely different so it's got to go,")!Obviously, with filming not yet started, it is hard to say what can be turned into an article and not, so for the time being I have focused on behind-the-scenes articles, such as this massive production timeline of major events in the pilot and series' production to date, which took a frankly ridiculous amount of time to create (and involved revisiting every single entry on GRRM's blog and on Winter is Coming from early 2007 until now, and I probably still missed some stuff).This will, hopefully, turn into a useful, spoiler-free resource for people interested in the TV series. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


text: Lesley Le Grange is professor and Vice-Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Education at Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Lesley teaches and researches in the fields of environmental education, research methodology, science education, and curriculum and assessment. He has 150+ publications to his credit, he serves on the editorial boards of Africa Education Review, Journal of Educational Studies, Southern African Journal of Environmental Education and Transnational Curriculum Inquiry (TCI): the Journal of the International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies and is Associate Editor of the South African Journal of Higher Education.


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Finger on the Weather
Wichita weather: Warm and breezy
Sunday will be sunny, warm and breezy in the Wichita area.
Highs could push into the mid-80s, forecasters say, with southerly winds in the teens and gusts reaching 30 miles an hour at times. Overnight lows may even stay in the 60s before Monday offers more sunny skies and highs in the 80s.
Winds won't be quite as robust, though, with south breezes in the low teens and gusts topping out in the 20s. Tuesday will offer a few more clouds but more highs in the 80s.
For more information on current conditions, go to our weather page.
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Any thoughts on which would be more suitable for ID codes? Integer
or packed?
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Charles Wilt wrote:
In the example given, Myfld1-3 are ID codes making up a composite
primary key.
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 2:46 PM, CRPence wrote:
On 22-Jan-2014 10:51 -0800, Charles Wilt wrote:
Philosophical question for you all...
I'm creating a new table to hold data received from an external
The specs given include
Name, Type/Length, Picture
MyFld, N/5 , 9(5)
So MyFld is a 5 digit number...
I could defined this as Packed/Zoned 5,0
Or I could use integer (or even small integer since the
current number of values is less than 1000)
Since I know DB2 and RPG for that matter perform best with
integer, I'm leaning that direction. But I can't help but think
that Packed (5,0) is more correct.
I would decide according to the storage requirements for the data
[in both dataspace and an access path], and according to how the
data will be used in programs and queries which is likely
dependent on what the data represents. <<SNIP>>
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Sir Alex Ferguson's bold pronouncement that he has assembled the best squad of his 21 years at Old Trafford was given added credence by his team's performance as they beat Blackburn Rovers 2-0 yesterday.
Without Wayne Rooney, whose injured ankle will sideline him for a month, two goals from Cristiano Ronaldo returned the defending champions to the top of the Premier League and put pressure upon Arsenal, who visit Reading tonight.
"I believe this is the strongest squad I have ever had," Ferguson wrote in his programme notes. He went on to add: "So much so I think I would be pushed to name my best overall team. This is a good young team coming together, they show great courage in their play and want to play right. They want to win something and I think they've got a good chance of doing that. They're playing well."
In Rooney's absence, Ferguson handed a first league start since February to Louis Saha, who was ineffective in his 68 minutes of activity, not that it mattered to the end result. "I think with the front players we've got, one of them is going to produce something on the day," said Ferguson. "Today it was Cristiano but there was other good work by [Carlos] Tevez and Saha, I was pleased with that, and thought Ryan Giggs did fantastic, particularly in the second half.
"Ronaldo is a possibility there but Saha coming back in his first game did very well for us. I took him off as a precaution in this situation and to have him ready for two weeks from now."
Ronaldo now has 10 goals for the season and United nine wins from their last 10 outings.
After getting a much-needed rest in midweek, Ferguson felt Giggs was the major influence behind United's triumph. "We have to measure Ryan's appearances because we cannot play him all the time," said Ferguson. "He is 34 at the end of the month but I feel he can go on for a good few years yet."
As for Rooney, Ferguson said he will be absent for a month. "Wayne was very unlucky," he said. "It was just a freak accident, but four weeks is about right."
Victory must have given Ferguson added pleasure coming, as it did, against a team led by one of his prodigies, Mark Hughes, who has been widely discussed as a potential successor.
"Every time we play against an opponent managed by one of my old players, this crops up," said Ferguson. "It's unfair on whoever is being discussed at the time. Also, it's trying to shove me out the door quicker than I want to go!"


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Yesterday was one of those days that reminds me of why I love fall so much. Three surf sessions, fishing, sunburn and that tired feeling from being outside all day.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Millville Fall Regatta
This weekend I was able to make it down to Millville to take in a boat race at Laurel Lake. The fall Millville regatta was my first race way back when (and apparently my grandfather's too). There weren't too many boats racing this year, but it was still great to see everyone there. It is always a little sad to go to the last race of the year because it signifies that winter is coming....ugghhh
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Philllies Post Season
I won the lottery...for standing room only tickets for the first Phillies playoff game against the Colorado Rockies. It was a beautiful day, albeit a little windy. Cliff Lee threw a complete game and only gave up one run. Bethany and I missed a few of the runs because I wanted to go up behind home plate to make the photo below. Big thanks to Jimmy for getting me down into the camera well to be able to make a few photos of the field without people in front of me.
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Monday, October 5, 2009
Christian & Lindsay
This past Friday was Christian and Lindsay's wedding. I've known both of them for a long time as we all grew up in the same town. And Christian and I play on the same men's league hockey team. We had great weather for the outside wedding and I'm pretty sure everyone there had an excellent time. The Bradford Estate was a great place for the wedding and reception.
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ESM / Grudge Match
Eastern Surf Magazine used a shot of mine of Pat Emery for their Garden State Grudge Match preview. It is the best surf contest in Jersey and a lot of fun to watch as there is almost always waves. Check out the rest of the preview at www.easternsurf.com
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Keith & Mary
This weekend my good friend Keith got married to his girlfriend of 8 years. They have a great group of friends most of whom know each other. It was a great time and everyone had a ton of fun. Keith sent me a text at 11 that day and asked if I would mind shooting a few photos during the reception. I thought this was in addition to the regular photographer. It turns out I was going to be taking over for the other photographer – another friend of Keith's. I had a lot of fun doing it and was stoked to be able to help out.
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Chanticleer Gardens
This weekend I walked around the Chanticleer gardens with Bethany and her parents. Chanticleer is only a mile or so from our new house, and looks like a great place to spend a nice sunny day relaxing.
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Miguel Blesa, the former executive chairman of Caja Madrid, has become the first prominent Spanish banker to go behind bars since the start of the financial crisis. He is accused of leaving the company saddled with huge losses because of an ill-advised takeover of a bank based in Miami in 2008.
Caja Madrid was one of several banks that eventually merged to form Bankia, which became the biggest mortgage lender in Spain.
But the problems at Caja Madrid were part of the cascading issues that eventually undermined Bankia, which the government seized last year. Bankia's collapse set off a crisis that resulted in Spain's banking system requiring a 40 billion euro, or $51.3 billion, European bailout.
Mr. Blesa, 65, spent Thursday night in a Madrid jail but walked out on Friday after posting bail of 2.5 million euros.
The Madrid judge in charge of the case, Elpidio José Silva, had ordered that Mr. Blesa be jailed and have his passport taken because there was a risk he might flee the country.
Mr. Blesa has denied wrongdoing and has not been formally charged with any crime. Bail was set at 2.5 million euros because it is an amount equivalent to the severance payment Mr. Blesa received when he voluntarily left Caja Madrid in 2010.
He is accused by the group Manos Limpias, or Clean Hands — a far-right association that has been pursuing several corruption cases — of buying City National Bank, based in Miami, in 2008 at an inflated price without following due diligence by checking into that bank's underlying liabilities. Judge Silva is also investigating whether the purchase involved falsifying documents.
The case highlights how Spain's banking troubles stretched beyond its borders, as cajas, regional savings banks that are tightly controlled by area politicians, tried to emulate the overseas expansion of their commercial peers during the country's economic boom.
Over all, about 100 Spanish bankers have been named in continuing court cases that have mostly focused on loans said to be fraudulent, conflicts of interest and excessive compensation packages granted by collapsed cajas. But Mr. Blesa is the first among them to have spent any time in jail.
Mr. Blesa, a former official in Spain's Economics Ministry, became chairman of Caja Madrid in 1996. That was shortly after José María Aznar, a former classmate of Mr. Blesa, was elected prime minister. In April 2008, Caja Madrid announced that it would buy 83 percent of City National Bank for $927 million, following the lead of other Spanish commercial banks that had already expanded into the United States. Two years later it bought the remainder for $190 million.
That purchase price was roughly equivalent to the book value of the bank, but Caja Madrid ended up having to absorb losses of about 500 million euros generated by City National's Miami unit. The deal threw Caja Madrid into "a perfect storm," according to the court filing, at a time when it was also facing rising domestic problems linked to the bursting of Spain's housing bubble.
Mr. Blesa was replaced as head of Caja Madrid in 2010 by Rodrigo Rato, a former managing director of the International Monetary Fund who was finance minister in the Aznar government.
Under Mr. Rato, Caja Madrid was at the center of the formation of Bankia, a seven-way merger of cajas that issued public stock in 2011. The combination was designed to consolidate the caja sector by allowing stronger entities to absorb the losses of weaker and smaller ones threatened with collapse.
Instead, Bankia sank under the collective weight of bad property loans and required 18 billion euros of the European rescue money to keep it afloat. The bank, which was nationalized a year ago, posted a loss for 2012 of 19.2 billion euros, a record for the Spanish banking industry. It has recently been trying to sell some assets, including City National.
Bankia is now the target of several lawsuits. Last year, Mr. Rato appeared in court after being named along with 32 other former Bankia executives and board members in a criminal inquiry. They are suspected of offering potentially misleading accounts at the time of Bankia's 2011 listing, which involved tens of thousands of the bank's retail clients buying into the stock offering. The former Bankia executives and board members deny wrongdoing and have not been charged so far.
Mr. Blesa will face separate accusations, also from Manos Limpias, relating to his time at Caja Madrid. The questions concern a credit line of 26.6 million euros granted in 2008 to Marsans, a travel company that subsequently went bankrupt. Marsans was owned by one of Spain's most prominent entrepreneurs, Gerardo Díaz Ferrán, who also sat on the board of Caja Madrid.


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The United States' census data from 2005-2009 has finally been analyzed giving insight into various LGBT issues (Uhh, from 2-6 years ago…). The data has been used to determine the ten cities/regions in the nation with largest population of gay and lesbian couples. San Francisco tops the list, hardly a shocker, but some of the data is quite surprising. The list:
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif. 1.36%
- Burlington-South Burlington, Vt. 1.12
- Barnstable Town, Mass. 1.10
- Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine 1.09
- Santa Rosa-Petaluma, Calif. 1.03
- Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Ore.-Wash. 1.00
- Santa Cruz-Watsonville, Calif. 0.95
- Springfield, Mass. 0.92
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. 0.91
- Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. 0.91
It's no surprise to a Seattleite like myself that our city is full of married gays. Burlington, VT and Springfield, MA were a bit of a surprise. I mean, I've been to Springfield, and I'm not quite sure whey a gay person would decide to set up shop there. Besides a little thing like the legal right to marry…
All of the 10 metropolitan areas with the highest proportions of same-sex unmarried partnerships, according to data from the Census Bureau's 2005-2009 American Community Survey, are in states that currently grant either same-sex marriage or domestic partnerships. But only two of those states–Massachusetts and Maine–issued any type of legal same-sex partnerships for that entire period.
Four of the 10 metropolitan areas with the greatest proportion of unmarried same-sex partners by household were in Massachusetts, where same-sex marriage has been legal since 2004. This suggests that many Massachusetts cities may have far more gay couples who simply cannot be counted with this data.
Maine, home to Portland which is at No. 4 on the list, also issued domestic partnerships starting in 2004.
But the other states represented among the top 10–Vermont, California, Oregon, and New Hampshire–began issuing same-sex marriage licenses or partnerships much later, in some cases after the data-gathering period.
This data, again, is tiiiiired. These numbers have surely grown in the past half decade, and the census has proven to be a notoriously poor measurement for LGBT population growth. Still, it's handy to have these figures available if you're a homewrecker looking to move someplace new, I suppose.
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Hey, as some of you already know it was my 10th anniversary upon joining this site on Sunday and I am posting a redux of Still Me to mark it with one chapter going on daily. I'm also now regularly updating A New Career In A New Town, finished I'm Only Human (After All) and have posted a one shot... I Wish... so am being a bit busy at the moment... I'm really hoping to finish a few of my abandoned stories, but am enjoying myself too much at the moment! My sister, Vicky, also joined 10 years ago and I'm really hoping she might be inspired to do something too because she inspired me to this! A big wave to all my old friends of the Spoon and to some new ones too!!
Just about coming up to my 5th anniversary writing on this site and while I know I have been away for quite some time, I have still missed my family of teaspoon very muchly.
Its been a rough old time for both myself and my sister, real life has been hitting hard, but I have come back here for some therapy, reading and writing here seems to sooth the soul. If there are things I have missed please feel free give me a nudge as I really don\'t know where to begin!! XXX
Hello, I came back.... don't know if I still have it, just know how much I've missed it.
Okay, so it seems I'm writing on a regular basis again, so I can now say that I'm properly back along with my sister Vicky Smith. It's taken a bit of getting used to and I appreciate everyone who has welcomed me here.
I know I have a number of unfinished fictions and I do intend to keep with them... I just can't help it if something new pops into my head and gets in the way. Experience now tells me that I'm best getting it out of the way, so forgive me if I post new things before finishing old ones... I really have no intention of abandoning any of them.
In the mean time, if there's anything you would like me to take a look at, let me know... sometimes a nudge is as good as a push!! I thank you!
I am British, live in a pretty little Village about 40 miles from Cardiff on the English border.
I'd also like to say, if I like something I review it as an act of support and appreciation. If my reviews aren't appreciated ( as in not responded to) I'm very likely to remove them.
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May 22nd - June 23rd, 2019
Christopher will be performing in 'Nomad Motel' at the Atlantic Theatre in New York City.
March 10th - April 7th, 2019
Christopher will be performing in 'Wolf Play' at Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, OR.
November 2018
Christopher portrays Jonathan 'Raven' Winter in the upcoming Netflix series 'Tales of the City.' Expected release date sometime in May / June 2019.


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The wild in you
is awake though
its quiet existence
may escape perception.
It matters not if it is felt,
or if it was forgotten long ago.
The wild in you is awake.
It calls to the
hawk soaring overhead,
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It is elated predawn,
stretching into profoundly silent stillness,
untethering the heart
into a state of unfurling.
It expands into the vastness
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delighted by the dizzying astralscape.
At the sight of the full moon
it cries from every particle of being,
"Yes! Yes!"
and ceases not to be the
very sense of wonder itself.
It is awake while you drive your car,
leaping out of your chest
at lightning piercing the dark sky,
and becoming the exalted expression
of tree branches rooted into Source.
It looks into my eyes and
draws the wild out of me.
It is all that ever was or will be.
The wild in you is
all that is here, and now.
It never stopped
dancing to the beat
of a tribal drum.
It moves and merges
with all that was ever infinitely wild.
The wild was born before
words and thoughts turned into
concepts and beliefs
and crystallized into our reality.
It brings us closer to waves crashing,
rivers rushing,
rain falling steadily on
earth pregnant with life.
The wild in us whispers
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or the death we cannot die,
for what is wild will always be,
the wild in you,
the wild in me.


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The Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology (SSCP) hosts an annual student poster session at the APS Annual Convention. Those receiving the top award receive $200. Winners of the "Distinguished Contributions" Award receive $100. A year complimentary membership in APS is also awarded to winners in the two categories. The number of awardees is at the discretion of the reviewers. The total amount of cash awarded in 2014 was ~$1,500.
To be eligible to submit an SSCP poster, the first author of the poster must be a student and must be a member of SSCP at the time of submission. Submissions to the SSCP student poster session must be completed by January 31, 2018. You will also be contacted by email in April to submit a copy of the final version of your poster in May, 2018.
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By Phil Brennan |
Sunday, 09 November 2008 11:38 AM
Now that the presidential election is over, the liberal press can freely admit it was in the tank for Barack Obama.
On Sunday, The Washington Post's ombudsman admitted that the paper's coverage was strongly skewed in favor of Obama and against John McCain.
This report is not so much "news" -- readers knew that papers like the Post were working for the Obama campaign and had thrown claims of journalistic "objectivity" out the window to help the Illinois senator become president.
What is news is that the paper is admitting to the brazen bias.
In an article headlined "An Obama Tilt in Campaign Coverage," Post ombudsman Deborah Howell writes that Post readers "have been consistently critical of the lack of probing issues coverage and what they saw as a tilt toward Democrat Barack Obama."
Howell quickly adds, "My surveys, which ended on Election Day, show that they are right on both counts."
Howell studied the paper's coverage of the campaigns beginning in November 2007 -- about a year before Election Day.
She found rampant evidence of a pro-Obama bias.
"The op-ed page ran far more laudatory opinion pieces on Obama, 32, than on Sen. John McCain, 13. There were far more negative pieces (58) about McCain than there were about Obama (32), and Obama got the editorial board's endorsement. The Post has several conservative columnists, but not all were gung-ho about McCain.
"Stories and photos about Obama in the news pages outnumbered those devoted to McCain. Post reporters, photographers and editors -- like most of the national news media -- found the candidacy of Obama, the first African-American major-party nominee, more newsworthy and historic. Journalists love the new; McCain, 25 years older than Obama, was already well known and had more scars from his longer career in politics."
Howell fails to raise the "L" word (read liberal) to explain the Post's and other media infatuation with Obama.
Put another way, if the young Louisiana governor, Bobby Jindal, a conservative Republican and person of color, was running against an elderly liberal Democrat for president, would the coverage have been so kind to Jindal?
To ask the question is to answer it.
Howell says some of the lopsided coverage was due to the longer, heated campaign Obama underwent, beginning with his primary fight with Hillary Clinton. But even when Obama and McCain became their parties' presumptive nominees, Post coverage continued to tilt toward Obama.
And the Post's bias didn't stop with McCain. Howell also admits the Post was out to get Sarah Palin.
"One gaping hole in coverage involved Joe Biden, Obama's running mate. When Gov. Sarah Palin was nominated for vice president, reporters were booking the next flight to Alaska. Some readers thought the Post went over Palin with a fine-tooth comb and neglected Biden. They are right; it was a serious omission."
As for the man we just elected our next president, Howell thinks "Obama deserved tougher scrutiny than he got, especially of his undergraduate years, his start in Chicago and his relationship with Antoin 'Tony' Rezko, who was convicted this year of influence-peddling in Chicago. The Post did nothing on Obama's acknowledged drug use as a teenager."
Oh well, it is nice to hear the paper that brought us Woodward and Bernstein finally admits that even the most basic investigative reporting gets targeted at Republicans.
Thanks for the candor, Deborah.
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Bosch meets Black Swan in this balletic inspired coming of age fantasy
I remember one design project in which we had to pick two seemingly disparate objects, ideas, concepts to be inspired by and cohesively and cleverly bring the two of them together to create a couture collection. I chose chemistry and fantasy (geek) and told the story of faeries emanating from chemical compounds, dragons, fabrics woven from the vapors of fuming beakers.... Another classmate chose to fuse together... pirates. And. Birthday cake.... I will never forget that concept because it is simply so utterly obscure a union, you thought her mad or genius. Pretty sure it was successful. Confetti colored jackets and all that.
Fast forward to all the elements Jun Takahashi expertly wove together to tell his dark coming of age fairytale, entitled "Pretty Hate Bird". A far more complex union than NIN's adolescent angst filled Pretty Hate Machine album, and Angry Birds (although I wouldn't be surprised if Takahashi was listening to one and playing the other at any point during development.) Upon seeing the first girl in her debutant ball gown and wings, I thought we were watching the Swan Princess. But then there were tutus and floaty ballet inspired ensembles, like all the sheer skirts and knits... and I realized he was drawing from Black Swan. The hair and make up did resemble that of Natalie Portman's in the film. But then there were peasant girls/milkmaids (?) Reminiscent of Vermeer's painting of the subject, and a little of Drew Barrymore's Ever After Cinderella. There was thought provoking art: surrealist prints featured trompe-l'œil skulls (not unlike the giant skull emerging from a cherry on the runway), and flowers with batwing shaped leaves....
Then, solid, candy colored coats descended the runway in simple silhouettes, featuring the ever present black swan motif in buttons, and... ornately framed screens playing cartoons?!?!?!? I assumed that they were clear pocket for a smartphone, and after scoping the designer's instagram, it turns out I was right! [embed]http://instagram.com/p/tcqSXySvbv/?modal=true[/embed]
And then there was Bosch! The infamous "Garden of Earthly Delights" tryptic was printed all over a series of skirts, tops, dresses... THE SHOES!! And in what was one of the greatest displays of concept to creation: the pink formations in Bosch's piece were brought to life in the jewelry and other accessories. The girls were living art head to toe. Art depicting the journey the girls were taking. The leaving behind of innocence and succumbing to life's more carnal pleasures and the decadence around you. For a more in depth study of the painting, I implore you to revisit Rachel's beautiful post on the Bosch Dr. Martens.
Speaking of accessories, I'd be remiss not to mention the show's "it" bag. Cherry shaped minaudière suspended from brass knuckles. Give it!
For the finale, there was a series of exquisite feathered looks, complete with over the top feathered masks. The leather jackets also a sign of rebellion. It was stunning and almost scary, and it paved the way for the final walk, when the girls returned to the runway clad entirely in beautiful black pieces with black wings outstretched behind them, conveying the end of their journey, and their complete transition into the dark side.
Hey, if your descent into darkness guaranteed you a fantasy wardrobe by a mad genius, could you resist the temptation?
(images via Style.com and Fashionizing.com (detail shots))