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The work of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade during 199899 was undertaken against a backdrop of continuing uncertainty in the international environment, particularly in Australias region. The second half of the year saw renewed optimism about the international economy in the wake of the East Asian economic crisis, but it was also clear that full recovery, including the alleviation of the social consequences of the downturn, would be a long-term undertaking. Central to the overall strategic outlook was the role of Indonesia, whichin a turbulent yearconfronted the consequences of the economic crisis, political transition and a major shift in policy on East Timor.
Of particular significance to Australia was the Indonesian Governments decision in January 1999 to allow the people of East Timor to choose for themselves whether they wished to remain part of Indonesia, in a referendum scheduled for the end of August 1999. This decision was influenced in part by an initiative from the Prime Minister, Mr John Howard, who wrote to the Indonesian President, Dr BJ Habibie, in December 1998 suggesting self-determination for East Timor after a lengthy transition period. The department supported the Government, particularly the Minister for Foreign Affairs, in developing the new Australian policy and responding to major changes in Indonesias stance. The department also worked closely with the United Nations to help shape the international response to East Timor. We monitored closely the uncertain security situation there, supporting the Prime Minister and ministers in emphasising at very senior levels in Jakarta the importance of Indonesias honouring its commitment to provide a secure environment for the referendum. An Australian consulate was opened in Dili, and an Australian Policy Liaison Officer was posted to Lisbon to support dialogue with Portugal on the issue.
Notwithstanding the very great attention given to East Timor, international efforts to support Indonesias recovery and democratic transition remained a considerable focus for the Government, and thus for the department. Amid continued hardship and social instability, there were some tentative signs of economic recovery in Indonesia in early 1999, but the situation remained fragile. Historic general elections were held on 7 June 1999, with the results revealing a fragmented electorate. The department supported ministerial engagement with international financial institutions and other donors aimed at securing financial backing for Indonesia, and coordinated a major contribution to the organisation of the June elections as well as to an electoral observer mission. A successful AustraliaIndonesia Ministerial Forum in February 1999, supported by the department, reinforced the importance Australia attaches to this bilateral relationship.
The global economy continued to grow at significantly lower rates in 199899 than had been the case prior to the East Asian economic crisis. The department responded to the evolving economic environment by providing the Government with strategic analysis and advice on the implications for Australia of emerging international economic trends and developments. We worked closely with other Commonwealth agencies, including through participation in the Prime Ministers Special Task Force on International Financial Reform and the International Economic Policy Group.
Helping to build international agreement to a new round of multilateral trade negotiations, to begin in 2000 under the auspices of the World Trade Organization, was a key objective for Australia. To this end, the department coordinated the Governments active role in the Friends of the Round initiative, including through support for participation by the Minister for Trade. By the end of the year, international support for a new round had grown substantially. The department also initiated public consultation on Australias approach to a new round, working closely with ministers to broaden public diplomacy activities highlighting for Australians the benefits of trade liberalisation. The department also continued to coordinate Australias active role in Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. This regional grouping, while tested by the East Asian economic crisis, demonstrated that it could play a valuable role in supporting global trade liberalisation initiatives, contributing to debate on international financial reform, promoting domestic economic reform, and improving the environment for regional business.
While a rise in protectionist sentiment made the work of pursuing Australias trade and investment interests more challenging, there were opportunities for the department to promote the strength of the Australian economy internationally. In cooperation with Australian business, the department played a leading role in advancing the Governments priorities set down in the Trade Outcomes and Objectives Statement, securing gains including through the Market Development Task Force. Working closely with our ministers, we helped negotiate better market access with key trade and investment partners such as Japan and the European Union. The increasingly competitive trading environment also underlined the need to do more in diversifying markets, and we devoted resources to the promotion of Australias trade and investment interests in Latin America and India.
We also focused on the increasingly prosperous Gulf region in the Middle East, and in January 1999 established an Australian embassy in Abu Dhabi.
In keeping with the Governments priorities, the department focused bilateral attention on Australias major strategic partnerships. We strove to enhance cooperation with the United States in response to international economic and security developments, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. Our engagement on bilateral and multilateral trade issues was extensive and sometimes difficult on matters where the US Administration was responding to protectionist pressure, for example on lamb meat. High-level visits between Australia and Japan, with close support from the department, helped promote a closer alignment of views on regional and global issues, from North Asian security to a new multilateral trade round. The department also worked with ministers to engage China in a joint commitment to broaden the bilateral relationship. The resolution of some key market access issues helped lay a solid foundation for growth in Australias trade with China and led to in-principle bilateral agreement on the terms of Chinas accession to the World Trade Organization.
The department continued to coordinate Australias policy and physical contribution towards the peace process in Bougainville which, while subject to some stresses, made further substantial progress. Papua New Guineas economic problems and difficult domestic situation were of considerable concern to Australia given the span and depth of bilateral relations, with the PNG Government not able to advance economic reform or stronger civil governance. Our efforts to promote a more positive relationship between the PNG Government and international financial institutions were only partly successful. The departments work included support for ministers consideration of strategy and policy toward Papua New Guinea, visits there by both portfolio ministers, and the AustraliaPNG Ministerial Forum in December 1998.
The department supported the Government in monitoring and responding to change within the Association of South-East Asian Nations. ASEAN expanded further, reaffirming its importance in the region by becoming the ASEAN 10 with Cambodias admission in April 1999. The year also saw ASEAN continue to grapple with challenges arising from the economic crisis, and was marked by calls from some ASEAN elements for more flexible engagement between member countries. The department focused resources on developing strategic relationships with key ASEAN players including the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, supporting high-level visits in both directions and conducting cooperative activities in the regional security, economic and public diplomacy fields.
Shared experience and interests across a wide front continued to underpin Australias unique partnership with New Zealand. The department made a significant contribution to the work of the joint task force established by the Australian and New Zealand prime ministers in February 1999 to resolve outstanding bilateral issues, including social security and investment, and supported visits to New Zealand by the Prime Minister and portfolio ministers. The promotion of economic reform continued to be a primary focus in our approach to the South Pacific. The emerging ethnic tension in Solomon Islands stood out in an otherwise positive security picture.
The department pursued a tightly focused global cooperation agenda in pursuit of our national interests. We coordinated Australian negotiating positions on the international environment, working to ensure a sound framework for the implementation of commitments made at the December 1997 Kyoto Conference. The department also played a critical role in developing and promoting Australias case to the World Heritage Committee on the proposed in danger listing of Kakadu. Through the department, Australia was a major participant in negotiations leading to the adoption of the International Criminal Court statute. As well, the department maintained Australias constructive engagement on human rights at the multilateral, regional and bilateral levels, in particular through enhanced dialogue with regional states such as China.
In addition, considerable effort was directed to implementing and strengthening international regimes covering disarmament and arms control. A ministerial meeting convened by the Australian Government in September 1998, with close support from the department, helped galvanise international political will in favour of an early conclusion of the Biological Weapons Convention verification protocol. The department worked actively to promote a more positive security environment in Australias region, contributing to dialogue on regional problems such as the tensions in South Asia and the Korean peninsula, and to the development of the ASEAN Regional Forum as an instrument for regional security.
Officers at the department in Canberra, in State and Territory offices, and at overseas posts continued to help the increasing number of Australians travelling overseas through the provision of consular and passport services. The department issued more than a million passports in 199899, representing an increase of 7.7 per cent over the previous year. A number of consular cases handled by the department, including our efforts to help mobilise international support for the release of CARE Australia workers Mr Steven Pratt and Mr Peter Wallace in Yugoslavia, received considerable media attention. However, these high-profile cases represented only a small proportion of the departments overall consular work: we handled more than 20 000 cases during the year involving assistance to Australians overseas and their families.
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Chief Scout Executive, Robert Mazzuca, send out an email about the National Executive Board taking another step to set up a permanent home for the National Jamboree and a premier outdoor adventure Scouting site. He also mentions more information being available in November; this is in line with previous rumors of a November 16th announcement.
BSA Must Read: National Executive Board News
I am writing to share some exciting news. Today, our National Executive Board took another significant step toward establishing a permanent home for future national jamborees and creating another premier outdoor adventure Scouting site. The board approved the purchase of more than 10,000 acres of some of the most spectacular land you've ever seen. It's located in the New River Gorge area of West Virginia-an area that offers some of the best rock climbing, whitewater rafting, and mountain biking anywhere in the country. It is a perfect site for the full complement of activities we intend to offer at our new facility: extreme sports, leadership training, camping, high adventure-anything you can imagine doing in the great outdoors, and, of course, the national jamboree.
We still have a lot of work to do, but under Jack Furst's tremendous leadership, we are well on our way toward going from vision to reality. As Jack said to board members, "We are only limited by our own creativity and ingenuity." And as we know, with Jack at the helm, that means there are no limits to what we can accomplish through this effort.
Stay tuned for further details and a formal unveiling of our plans in November. Until then, my sincerest thanks to the team for its tireless efforts in bringing this exceptional opportunity to our Scouting family. It is, truly, one of the best investments we will make in serving Scouts for the next 100 years.
The picture is of the New River Gorge Bridge and is not of the property that is being purchased by the BSA…

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Many, many podcasts: Check out The Weekly Review with Roman and Molly every Friday at noon PST on mutinyradio.fm. "Like" us on the evil social media til our new page goes up! We'll have show archives and links to our wonderful guests.
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Features outdoor and indoor exhibitions, plus demonstration gardens. The Mary Bivins Tropical Conservatory glass pyramid houses tropical flora and fauna. Concerts on Thursday nights from June-August. Open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Sat. Closed on holidays and Saturdays in the winter. Admission charge. 14...
Houses a broad range of 20th-century paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures and textiles, as well as Southeast Asian artifacts. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tue.-Fri. and 1-5 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Free. 2200 Van Buren St. On the campus of Amarillo College. www.amarilloart.org
Zoo features a herd of bison and other High Plains animals, as well as a special "Texotic" exhibit. Herpetarium features lizards, frogs and salamanders. Open 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Closed major holidays. Admission charge. NE 24th Street at U.S. 287. www.amarillozoo.org
Facility includes quarter horse outfitters, state-of-the-art technology, artifacts and histories of the breed. Winter hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Summer hours (Memorial Day-Labor Day): 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Sat. and noon-5 p.m. Sun. www.aqhhalloffame.com
A "bumper crop" of 10 Cadillacs are buried nose down in a field at the same angle as Cheops' pyramids. Represents the Golden Age of Automobiles from 1949 through 1963. About 12 miles west of downtown on I-40, between Exits 60 and 62. Exit Arnot Road on south side of I-40.
The center hosts science exhibitions each summer. There are hands-on activities for kids. Exhibits include a 3,000-gallon aquarium with saltwater and freshwater habitats, a Foucault pendulum that rotates independently of the earth's gravitational pull, a helium technology exhibit, a weather watch...
The center has an artist colony with local artists and a sculpture garden. First Friday ArtWalk features special family activities. Open daily. Free. 3701 Plains Blvd. www.sunsetartamarillo.com
This 1914 Neoclassical mansion includes a collection decorative and fine arts. Free guided tours by reservation April-Dec. on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Groups limited to four; minimum age 14. Advance arrangements required. 1600 S. Polk St. www.harringtonhousehistorichome.org
A six-story, stainless steel centennial time column erected in 1968, commemorates the unusual natural element found near here in the world's greatest quantity. In front of the Don Harrington Discovery Center.
Amarillo was the largest Texas city on Route 66. Look for the "Old Route 66" highway signs along this mile of shops, restaurants and clubs along Sixth Ave. The Trolley Express operates noon-5 p.m. Sat. Between Georgia and Western streets. www.amarillo66.com
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As mentioned in other reviews, this piece is VERY time intensive to put together. The one side panel was constructed wrong at the factory. I called Overstock and they are working on getting me a replacement. ( After reading another review, I suspect I'll have the same problem with the replacement.) I may decide to disassemble the side panel and see if I can repair it myself. There were other "fit and finish" problems with this chest as well, but I was able to overcome those. When I discovered the side panel wasn't built correctly, I had already been at it 3 hours and didn't want to deal with it anymore. (Almost put the whole thing out to the trash!) The style of the cabinet is what I was looking for and the overall value was in line with the price. ( You get what you pay for!!) I gave these an "average" rating. Fit and finish and the wood used made me give it a "Poor" rating. Some pieces were Fiber Board and others a very soft wood. I don't expect it would hold up to much heavy use. I'm using it for storage and to fill an empty corner, so it will work for me---if I ever get it put together.
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Several top Senate Democrats are looking for a way to push a public option back in to health insurance reform legislation.
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"We are all talking together, trying to find something that not everyone will love but the entire (Democratic) caucus will come to agreement on," said Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. "It's going to be something flexible, but not weak." Some of the proposals include:- Allowing states to decide whether to offer government care. - Using the public option as a last resort if the cost of private plans gets out of control. Still, business leaders and conservatives remain strongly opposed to a government-run insurance plan.
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Posted onWhen the new Swan 90S, Freya, was launched Tuesday at the Nautor's Swan facility in Pietarsaari, Finland, it was the 2,000th new Swan built since the company was founded.
Nautor's Swan said it has delivered 95 models of Swan, from the first Swan 36 to the new Swan105, during its 46-year history.
The very first Swan, hull No. 1, was the Swan 36-001, Tarantella, designed by Sparkman & Stephens. It was delivered to its owner on July 17, 1967. Nautor's Swan now owns Tarantella and the builder said it is based at the yard in Pietarsaari and is in perfect condition and still sailing.
Freya is set to leave the yard Sept. 14 after a month of commisioning.
"Delivery of the Swan 90S, Freya, marks an incredible achievement for Nautor's Swan and our team," Nautor's Swan managing director Enrico Chieffi said in a statement. "The Swan 90 is an iconic model within the current Swan line, and it is fitting that the 2,000th Swan delivered should cement it in our history books. With a busy schedule of launches and commissioning ahead of us for the rest of the summer, we are looking forward to reaching many more milestones in the years to come."
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A town may not legally purchase hospital and surgical insurance covering volunteer firemen while off duty or purchase such insurance to cover the dependents of such firemen.
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October 27, 1960
Honorable Don L. TalleyState Senator, 18th District814 North 1stKelso, Washington Cite as: AGO 59-60 No. 154
Dear Sir:
By letter previously acknowledged you have requested an opinion of this office on a question which we paraphrase as follows:
May a town legally purchase and pay the premium on hospital and surgical insurance covering volunteer firemen and their dependents while on duty and while off duty?
We answer your question in the negative as qualified in the analysis.
The fundamental rule governing our decision is that a municipal corporation, such as a town, has only the power expressly granted to it by statute, and those which are necessarily implied from the powers expressly granted. Any doubt as to the existence of a power must be denied. Pacific First Federal Savings and Loan Association v. Pierce County, 27 Wn. (2d) 347, 178 P. (2d) 351 (1947).
Chapter 41.24 RCW provides for the payment of certain benefits to volunteer firemen and their dependents, including disability payments, death benefits, hospitalization and surgery, and retirement pensions. In each case however, [[Orig. Op. Page 2]] the statutes provide that the condition for payment is the disability, death, sickness, injury, or retirement of the fireman himself, and that it must be ". . . in consequence or as the result of the performance of his duties, . . ." (cf. RCW 41.24.150, 41.24.160, 41.24.210). There is no authorization for direct coverage for dependents, or coverage for volunteer firemen while off duty.
RCW 41.24.020, it is true, does provide "That nothing herein shall prohibit any municipality from providing such additional protection for relief and compensation, or death benefit as it may deem proper . . ." This provision, however, does not by its terms authorize coverage for persons who are not firemen, or coverage for volunteer firemen while they are not acting as firemen. The problem then is to determine what the legislature meant by this proviso, since the only object of construing a statute is to ascertain the meaning and intention of the legislature. Cory v. Nethery, 19 Wn. (2d) 326, 142 P. (2d) 488 (1943).
The legislative intent is to be determined from reading the act itself, construing terms and provisions therein according to their ordinary meaning, and giving consideration to the purposes and objects sought to be accomplished by the legislative enactment. State ex rel. State Retirement Board v. Yelle, 31 Wn. (2d) 87, 195 P. (2d) 646 (1948); Graffell v. Honeysuckle, 30 Wn. (2d) 390, 191 P. (2d) 858 (1948). In the construction of a particular statute or in the interpretation of its words or provisions, all acts relating to the subject or having the same general purpose should be read together as constituting one law, and an endeavor should be made to ascertain the uniform and consistent legislative purpose. Words should be construed as used in the same sense, unless otherwise indicated by the context or nature of things. State ex rel. American Piano Co. v. Superior Court, 105 Wash. 676, 178 Pac. 827 (1919).
Construing RCW 41.24.020 with the other provisions of the same chapter, and in order to give effect to the purpose and policy of the entire act, as we are constrained to do, we conclude that the policy of Chapter 41.24 RCW is to provide benefits to certain firemen and to protect them from various contingencies in the performance of their duties as firemen. We further conclude that RCW 41.24.020,supra, at most impliedly permits a municipal corporation to provide additional protection to those firemen and to protect against those contingencies such as contributing to a group plan covering firemen and providing additional benefits of the same kind. However, in our opinion, the statutes do not expressly or by necessary implication authorize coverage for persons who are not firemen or for sickness or injury to a fireman not incurred in the actual performance of his duties as a fireman.
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We trust this information will be of assistance to you.
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I am first time gardener with no experience, and any person to help or seek information from!
When I was looking to buy seeds, my 4 year old added one or two. I did not take it out as it would lose her interest in the gardening adventure. The seeds that she selected one of them was ornamental squash. I planted them in the hillock as recommended in the instructions. My question is what are ornamental squash? Are they edible? In my native country, we also eat tender pumpkin stems. This also promotes more branching and more bushy plant. I have no idea about ornamental squash! Can anybody help me? I planted them in April 17th, thinking its middle of April. Also living in zone 5, did I plant it too early... frost may be still lurking around to destroy my gladilus, tuberose, canna, one very colorful leafy bulb(do not know its name).... pumpkins, goldmohar etc. Should I take them out of soil and take them in? Thanks for reading. |
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- Posted by canadian_daisy Z2b-3a Ont (My Page) on Tue, Apr 28, 09 at 14:16
You are probably talking about gourds, which are not edible, however they can be dried and used as birdhouses, etc. Regarding whether or not you planted them too early, I'm no authority on Zone 5 conditions, here in Zone 3 it's much too early. Maybe someone from Zone 5 will answer your question. |
- Posted by northerner_on Z5A ONCanada (My Page) on Tue, May 5, 09 at 1:02
We in Zone 5 will soon reach our frost free date - May 6. It is usually recommended that squash (summer, winter, ornamental) be sown outdoors after all risk of frost is past and the earth has warmed up. You may be able to get away with planting them now this year, as it has been quite warm, but I usually wait until the end of May to plant them. If they don't sprout you can always plant more - I think they mature in 45 - 50 days. |
- Posted by kaali_maali (My Page) on Wed, Jun 17, 09 at 8:36
Many of them sprouted very early till yesterday.... they are coming. Patience works. Thanks. |
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Hi Everyone!!! Just talked to my friend and she twisted my arm to show you all this arrangement I made for a dinner party the other night.. It went over well.. Next time, I'll put some candles around them... Hope you like it!! Desert Sunrise changing colors again... Must be this heat!!! ;-) Have a great night!! Laura |
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Oh my!!!! How do we Not like somethin so beautiful like that?? Silly question... My friend ;). Love love love it!! Bet the party guests loved it too!! Very nice Laura!! Thanks for sharing!! Chuy |
Laura, Just beautiful. You did a great job. I love the colors in your Desert Sunraise. Barb |
Nice! And I agree, the Desert Sunrise is spectacular, that is one that truly stands out. |
- Posted by robert1971 7a OK (My Page) on Wed, Aug 14, 13 at 9:31
Your guests were very lucky indeed! I hope some of them stuck their noses into all those gorgeous blooms...I know I would have! Great job! And yes, that Desert Sunrise is a spectacular bloom. I agree. :) -Robert |
LOVELY LAURA!!! Do you refrigerate the blossoms for a bit before you arrange them? I heard this helps them last longer, some even float face down in water a bit before cooling.... roxanne |
Laura, that looks extremely beautiful, what a great job you did. Lucky guests. And Desert Sunrise - wow. We are starting to get heat here, so mine may look like that in a few days. Thanks for inspiring me to get one, it's incredible. And I'm so glad you got talked into posting that arrangement, it's awesome. |
Love the blooms displayed in the driftwood. Didn't know you had 2 of them. Where have I been? You did a good job making them. Lucky quests that got to enjoy them. Very Hawaiian looking. Nice! Peg |
That's sooo cool! I like the white one! Mark |
Just beautiful. Lucky guests - dinner and beautiful flowers. You really fuel my lust for Desert Sunrise :) |
Laura, very nice arrangement. The variety of flowers are impressive! Nicely done! |
- Posted by loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, (My Page) on Mon, Aug 19, 13 at 11:03
Hello Everyone!!! HI Chuy!!! Thank you!! You are always so upbeat and I always love to hear from you!!! The guest loved the blooms!!! Hi Barb!! Thank you as well.. The Desert Sunrise changes all of the time. I think it really should be called the Camillieon!! LOL. It is always changing and I love every single color change... It is one of my favorites!!! Hope you are having a great blooming season. Love to see your pics... Hi Brian... You are right. DS is a stand out and I would recommend this cultivar to everyone. It has been the first to bloom here and it is still going strong. The blooms smell wonderful and they last well in a vase too!!! ( stay quality ). Hope you are well.. Ahhhhhhhh. Robert... You are correct !! Lol, they did put their noses in the blooms.. They even picked up the displays and looked closer. You know I LOVED that!!! Lol.. We know we would do the same, after asking of course!!! I also was one that kept putting my nose to the table. Before during and after dinner... I just love there flowers.. WE all do. That is why it is fun to share... Thank You!! I know you would have your nose deep in the blooms!!! ;-) Hi Rox!!! THANK YOU !!!! I have never done this... But it is a great idea!! I just pick and put right I to the little vials of water. But, I think it would work.. They do this for the leis in Hawaii, so it would be a great idea.. Mahalo for that!! ;-). Thanks for the invite .. Have a wonderful time at your Luau!!! Wish I could be there... Hi George aka Simi!!! I am glad she twisted my arm too!!! The heat always is changing the color on my DS.. You never know what change from day to day... It is amazing!! I, glad you bought one. You will love her!!!! As always, thanks for the compliments!!! Hi Peg!! I was making one for a friend... Then when I was looking at the table, it needed something else, so I added the other wood display and it just seemed to connect!!! I like how it flows and it looks like it was made to follow the flow... I think I have to make my friend another... Lol!!! ;-) Thanks for twisting my arm... ;-) Hi Mark!!! I like the white one too!! Funny... It is the only NOID there!! When I trim the white... I'll be in touch!!! Thank YOU!!! Mscynthia!! Thank you !! You are so right about lusting after DS. I would advise you to put her at the top of your list... She is that impressive to me!! My guest loved the blooms... Lol.. I was even asked to name them at dinner.. Lucky for me.. I could name them all. Didn't open the wine yet!!! ;-) Hi Manuel... Thank youso much for the kind compliment!! I really enjoy making them and finally having the blooms to fill the vials. This year has been a great year for me and my trees and the blooms are just beautiful... The fragrance at night is simply divine... Tuberose is so strong and fills the air in the evening. Hope you are having a wonderful summer!! Mahalo!! Take care , I hope you all are enjoying the summer... My Taj Mahal is about to open as well as Pele, JJ Orange and Keiki Lavender.. I'm really excited!! Then I'm afraid that the wood displays will have to be put away for the year.. Hopefully the blooming season will last for another month or so... Mahalo!!! Laura |
Alohas Laura and plan a trip this way some time during bloom time...luau is always in late August. :-))) |
- Posted by loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, (My Page) on Mon, Aug 19, 13 at 22:10
Thanks Rox!!! I would just love to see the blooming season out there... ;-) Mahalo!!! Laura |
I will try to post some photos of the luau set up....depends on how much time I still have after the food prep/decor set up....roxanne |
- Posted by powderpuff 9 & 11 (My Page) on Tue, Aug 20, 13 at 16:02
Laura, what a beautiful display! Desert Sunrise is magnificent. I got a 5 gallon from JJ this spring. It's gotten really big but no blooms this year. Can't wait to see pics of Taj Mahal and JJ's Orange! |
- Posted by loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, (My Page) on Wed, Aug 21, 13 at 21:44
Thanks Rox!!! I would love to see your set up.. You probably have a beautiful display!!! Thanks for posting pics if you can!!! Hi Powder.. I love my DS . It has been blooming all summer and changes all of the time. Taj Mahal is about to open any day... I did have a few buds drop. Several people have mentioned this sometimes happens with this cultivar, so I'm hoping to have some beautiful blooms. I'll post when open. JJ Orange is about a week or so from blooming. Royal Hawaiian is about to open as well as Pele and Penang Peach. Divine, Elsie, Lavender , Miami Rose , Thai Super Round , CS and DS are all blooming and looking good!! I am happy!!! Take care, Laura |
Beautiful arrangements, beautiful blooms, dinner and wine. Sounds like a little slice of heaven. Thank you for sharing the photos. BTW your previous pics of DS caused me to put her on my "gotta have it list", I would call it a wish list but I think sooner or later most on this forum get those on their wish list; therefore, I'm calling my list gotta have it! |
- Posted by loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, (My Page) on Thu, Aug 22, 13 at 22:01
Hi Cointx, Thank you!!! I think your " got to have it " list is right on target!!! You will love this one... She was the first to bloom and she is still going strong.. I am so impressed with with this one.... ( Desert Sunrise) Mahalo!!! Laura |
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16th Mar 2008, 03:30 PM | #42 |
Knowing your limits, for ie. clipsize, how long you can run and how long you can hold your breath when you're sniping. With UT, your clipsize is as big as your ammo count, you always run and your aim is always dead on.
16th Mar 2008, 03:34 PM | #43 |
Crouching every time you fire so you don't fall foul to..
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16th Mar 2008, 03:41 PM | #44 | |
I was comparing more to CS actually, so I'll agree with the rest. Except maybe recoil. There must be a better way of doing it than random spread (even Q3 CPMA changed the shotgun to a fixed pattern). |
16th Mar 2008, 03:59 PM | #45 |
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UT's flak cannon has always had a random spread. And you can replace reloading with having weapons with which you might actually run out of ammo. Knife? Impact hammer. Bombs? Domination points. Hostages? CTF. Except in CTF the flags won't capture themselves when you take out the other team. In CS you don't even have to worry about spawning unarmed and without your team. Sooo hard!
The biggest difference between CS and UT is the camp-laden gameplay of the former. A lot of it is knowing where the enemy is going to come out and flashing/nading it and waiting for someone to peek out. But even that kind of stuff is in UT via DOM, TAM, and keeping control over an area in which a powerup is about to spawn in 1v1/TDM. |
16th Mar 2008, 04:16 PM | #46 | |||
As a lament, it seems that WoW players are some of the last few bastions (all 20 gozillion of them, lol) who will stick to a game for any length of time. |
16th Mar 2008, 04:26 PM | #47 | ||
I don't fully understand how UT is considered old-school when it's changed a fair bit since it's 99 release and when you compare it to CS for example that has pretty much only received a graphical upgrade. Games like Battlefield in essence are CS with vehicles. |
16th Mar 2008, 05:21 PM | #48 |
dub, we can argue semantics all day long, but we all have to realize that UT games are not the type of games most gamers play, for whatever reasons. The three examples I posted were only a few, but were the most likely reasons I see for lack of a bigger online community when compared to other FPSers.
Even the offline experiences in UT games are far better IMO than most SP games, but when the UT games are touted as primarily MP, many gamers are scared away due to my reason number 2: they'll get their butts handed to them by the already highly skilled UT veterans. It doesn't mater how much you, me or anyone else says that those newcomers should suck it up and learn the game, they won't stick around if they aren't having fun. Period. |
16th Mar 2008, 05:39 PM | #49 | |
I mean, I get owned almost all the time and still manage to get some enjoyment out of the game. Maybe before you post something like that you should ask for some opinions from said "newcomers" first. Period.
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16th Mar 2008, 05:51 PM | #50 |
Well, then, why aren't more gamers playing UT games? Why do they continue to play games such as Halo and CS? That is because they actually have a chance to survive long enough to get some enjoyment. The kind of owning I was referring to in the previous posting is the kind where the newbie can barely respawn in and then "boom" he's dead again. Sorry, but I fail to see how that is fun for the lesser skilled player.
Perhaps your getting owned is more like you can actual spawn in, pick up weapons and get a few frags, but you end up losing the match. That is a far cry from a newb getting continuously owned right after respawning. If he never gets a frag, he won't come back for more. Well, most won't. Edit:/ Btw, I know what you mean about getting owned most of the time and still enjoying the game. But I still maintain that a newcomer most likely won't return if his first experience is continuously getting owned immediately after (re)spawning. Last edited by Crotale; 16th Mar 2008 at 05:54 PM. |
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You can move the 'documents & settings'-folder to anywhere you like. It's not even a hidden setting anymore like it used to be in Win2k/NT-series. Quote:
Everyone understands how 'every day' weapons relate to each other in terms of power/rof/accuracy/etc (even though most of that knowledge is based on 'Hollywood'-definitions instead of real-life statistics). It's UT that has the weird 'random pew-pew'-weapons that can't hit **** by comparison. That's why it doesn't "click" unless you build a scifi-game on a hugely popular background like Starwars or something as massive as Halo. // --- Having played CS in the early days I can say that 'getting owned' in that game is even worse to me. You start with a ****ty weapon (a pistol) and if you make a mistake you get to wait for 5 minutes (or longer) to try again and unless your team wins you're going to have to wait a really long time before you can afford anything half-decent which you won't get to shoot if you're unlucky. Perhaps the real disadvantage for UT is that you keep getting 'owned' a dozen times over while CS-style games make it look less painful as you're spending a lot of time waiting to play the ff-ing game. Last edited by JaFO; 16th Mar 2008 at 06:25 PM. |
16th Mar 2008, 06:32 PM | #52 |
I have never known anyone facing an experience like that. Maybe if it's a smaller map, like, say, Rising Sun, and it's packed full of players then sure, I'd agree. But I find that that is unlikely to happen, wouldn't you say?
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16th Mar 2008, 06:58 PM | #53 |
If you're opnly talking UT3, then maybe you are correct, since the playerbase is very small. But, I played on a lot of various public servers when I played UT2003/4 and I saw quite a few morons who love to spawn rape. Sure, a seasoned player might be able to get around this kind of crap play, but a newcomer gets completely put off by the experience. Maybe it isn't as rampant as I may have inadvertently indicated, but it still happened quite a bit in those games. For some odd reason, I never saw that amount of spawn raping occur in other games.
Still, the argument is that UT games are not most gamers type of games for many reasons. |
16th Mar 2008, 07:01 PM | #54 |
Just the fact that most arguments in favor of UT are based on the weapon strategies shows the narrowness of its niche. While UT's weapons are indeed far more complicated and do require more skill than, say, CoD's weapons, UT has no other 'dimensions,' for lack of a better word.
It could be argued that powerup-timing and the sort add complexity, but this is something that newcomers would never think of when they are simply trying to survive for more than five seconds. Other games such as Gears (although I really did not enjoy it) add the elements of cover, reviving teammates, etc., and this is the stuff that newcomers actually appreciate. Don't get me wrong, I think UT gameplay is a masterpiece in and of itself, but it simply lacks other goodies (however meaningless they may be) like CoD's level-up crap. |
16th Mar 2008, 08:54 PM | #55 |
To be fair it isn't the lack of 'extras' that stop me wanting to play UT04/3 ... both games just feel clumsy, I'd much prefer to play quake which is a faster and imo far more elegant game.
17th Mar 2008, 02:52 AM | #56 | |
It seems there have been enough arguments about your list of reasons, so I'm just gonna leave it alone. [] Clumsy? Pardon me for not understanding, but in what respect do they feel "clumsy" at all?
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17th Mar 2008, 09:07 AM | #57 |
Yes, but in order to better understand how to create a better strategy for UT3, one must look at how the average gamer sees UT games in general. Even if UT3 outsold all the other UT games and had bigger player counts online than any of the previous versions, it still wouldn't be as successful as H3 or COD4, IMO.
The other issue is whether or not we are talking UT3 as whole or just the PC version. |
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I've always wondered if people actually play Q3/CPMA or if it's more that people have played it once or twice and then say they play it while harping on how much better it is than UT just because they think it somehow makes them cool to do so. UT3 feels far more clumsy than any of the previous UTs. The movement is overly grounded, yes, but the weapons feel very inconsistent in comparison to past games. |
17th Mar 2008, 02:27 PM | #59 |
It's pretty much everthing that's already been mentioned, combined into one post, that would end this discussion.
So here: 1) Niche because: It's hard, it's too fast for many people, it doesn't allow you to "pwn" people by spamming because in UT people can actually dodge (given that the server isn't overpopulated), weapons that give you methods of attack besides spray 'n pray. 2) Not popular because: -Modern day gamers are wussies. Most of them that I know think they are absolutely godlike when they can finish a game on hard difficulty by camping and exploiting bad AI. Even worse in multiplayer. The corpsehumping starts after the first accidental double kill and keeps going on after that. When faced with someone slightly better, it's either a hacker, a cheater, a nolifer, or homosexual; preferably all four combined. Or lag because everyone in the world lags, while they themselves are always on 3 Terabyte/s fiber-optic connections. -The bad state of UT3 on release/demo. Word of mouth is indeed one of the most important advertising media in PC gaming. While a fancy box shot and noisy commercials with lots of sound effects and explosions might sell console games by the dozen, PC gamers tend to read reviews before buying or will torrent the game to try it out themselves.-- As for the CS/CoD4/UT/Q3 comparison, I think it is very fair to call Q3 and UT the harder games. I've played all of them a good deal of time, and I rocked pub servers in CS as soon as I figured out the maps, and learned how to use AWP/M4. Desert Eagle dominance came shortly after that (bit of aim_deagle training and voilá), and as far as combat came I was victorious is most cases. However, those games were far less about actual FPS skill than no-lifing the game and having a clan. You could put 5 individual people with exceptional aim and decent tactics against an organised team of 2-3 people on teamspeak, and they would lose every single time. Fact: You can have the worlds fastest reflexes, insane aim, and very good player prediction. You'll still be pwned by those camping dudes with the flashbangs because you have no way to dodge. They can hear you coming, they'll know where you're coming from, and they'll take you down.
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What does olympic lifting build? I don't think its for mass because the pictures I've seen of them dont show them to be very big, just extremely ripped. I'm in mma/nhb and this looks like it might be an effective style of lifting for what I do.
What does olympic lifting build? I don't think its for mass because the pictures I've seen of them dont show them to be very big, just extremely ripped. I'm in mma/nhb and this looks like it might be an effective style of lifting for what I do.
I've never noticed them to be ripped... their strength compared to their looks is actually pretty damn amazing.
Have you started lifting already?
You should throw some of that in every so often, like every 3 weeks add it in. I trained with a powerlifter one summer and he forced me to do his cleans and stuff- I got some good gains, give it a shot. I recommend training with people who have different goals from time to time too so you can shock your body a bit.
Things I would note are full-body conditioning and explosive strength.
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I do them for football. Gives you explosive power if you do them right.
Well they may not be ripped to a body builders standard but they are very lean and look kinda like bruce leeish but not to that extreme from what I've seen.
Obviously the reason most are 'lean and small' is because they want to compete in a lower weight class while maxing their strength. Olympic lifting and bodybuilding are very different.
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if ur looking to maximize hypertrophy then don't do em. but if ur playin a sport or find the sport of olympic lifting interesting then give it a try. its a highly technical form of lifting. it builds coordination, short outburst of speeed and strengthg
Well, I'm in nhb, not very serious just do it for fun but I'd like to improve in any way I can. This style of lifting looked like it would benefit any wrestling/grappling type of sport and thats what I do.
Hyperthropy isnt what I'm interested in. I'd much rather be a medium weight and very strong,explosive, fast etc. Would O Lifting help me get this?


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APPLEDORE TO NEW ROMNEY: Microgreens, Farm Stands, and Fish 'n' Chips
Before we left New York, we'd contacted Frances Smith, a plucky, accomplished gardener and the co-founder of Appledore Salads. Smith's modest 18th-century farmstead just a half-hour's drive south from Read's has revolutionized fresh greens in the U.K. during the past decade. In the eighties, Smith was selling quail eggs to restaurants when her enthusiasm for vibrant salad greens caught fire with the chefs. "They were all serving the same tired romaine from Holland," she told us as we nibbled on five varieties of nasturtium blossoms. These days, her cosseted greens, like red orache, cocarde, Moroccan tea mint, and English mace, are picked at 6 a.m. and delivered to London's top chefs by dinnertime. Smith's customer list, as tough to crack as a courtside box at Wimbledon, includes pioneers such as Stephen Bull and Alastair Little, whose namesake restaurants changed the culinary landscape in England. And while what she grows at Appledore is enough to supply only a thin sliver of the London restaurant market, her influence reaches far beyond her own accounts: "The twenty different leaves I offer are provocative!" she trilled. "Once chefs taste what I'm growing, they put pressure on all their mainstream suppliers to follow suit."
After a quick "nibbling safari" in the greenhouses (they're called polytunnels here), Smith treated us to the kind of rustic shepherd's breakfast we had only dreamt about—delicious, slightly gamy lamb kidneys on toast, roasted tomato, streaky bacon with fried eggs—and chatted about the rise of "gastropubs" around England. But, she warned, many charming-looking pubs still serve frozen entrées (liver and onions, creamed chicken and rice) made by a company called Brakes (formerly Brakes Brothers). How to tell which ones do?"Just ask the barman, 'Is there a Brakes Brother in the kitchen?'" she advised.
Smith packed us off with addresses for a few gastropubs, a farmers' market, and a supermarket that represents Britain's new food world order. We hopped into the Morry and headed out but didn't get very far. A few miles down the road, we saw a sign—GIBBETT OAK FARM SHOP—that seemed promising. At the end of a driveway was a brick building with a stunning selection, not just of the farm's range of midsummer produce but also of fresh farmer cheeses with the creamy, crumbly texture of cheesecake; honeys and jams; and lusty, unfiltered apple juices, labeled by varietal: Falstaff, Red Pippin, and Cox/Bramley. If we'd visited in June, we would have been able to taste the Elsanta strawberries that are the pride of the farm.
The next farm shop we visited had deliciously tart currants and strawberries with an intense, melon-like flavor, but we couldn't ask what variety they were because there wasn't a soul in sight, only a yapping terrier which, we presumed, was the strict enforcer of the honor jar. As we drove on, it became quite clear that if we stopped at every farm shop we passed, we wouldn't make it to Tenterden for a week: farm shops are southern England's convenience stores. But instead of garish neon signage, farm shops, tucked away down narrow lanes, are marked with hand-painted wooden placards that inform you from the road what's in season. Many are so sleepy, you feel as if you've stepped into the farmer's living room. In a few cases, you have.
In Tenterden there was a brisk trade at the farmers' market. Twenty or so stalls with green-and-white-striped canopies sold bunches of heathery wildflowers, cuts of fresh, grass-fed lamb, Pentland Javelin potatoes, enormous demilune bread loaves, several piles of apples and their ciders, glistening slabs of huss (a kind of shark), sole, and plaice (a flounder look-alike) from a Rye fisherman, and scones baked that morning by someone called Lesley. We retreated across the street to Waitrose, the supermarket Smith had recommended. From the parking lot, it could have been in Cleveland or Rochester. Inside, it was a different story: here were Premiere new potatoes grown by a farmer named Darren Searle and Chantenay carrots raised by one Max Howard. The farmers' photos—all rosy and earnest—were attached to the bins. It was as though Alice Waters had swept through and hypnotized the townsfolk.
We sped along route 259, toward the southeastern corner of England and the cluster of beachside fishing villages just south of Romney Marsh, an area with such prime lamb-grazing territory that its breed of lamb is named Romney Marsh, or Romney for short. In recent years, it has become the main source for grass-fed, organic lamb, but as we drove toward the water and the verdant farmland gradually gave way to broad, treeless plains and marshes, we saw no lambs—only tufts of lamb's wool blowing across the road. A light drizzle began to fall, and at the very edge of Britain, within cannon's range of France, the land became as desolate as tundra, the water wind-whipped and steely gray. Fish smokeries seemed to be the coast's answer to the farm shop. We stopped at one in Dungeness, aptly named the Smokery, where buoys and old boots were strewn about the yard. It was no bigger than a broom closet, but its array of smoked fish would thrill any self-respecting New Yorker. Jim Moate, his long silver hair tucked up under a panama hat, emerged from the house next door and helped us through the selection: mackerel, haddock, and various types of salmon, all cured and smoked over oak, without dyes, chemicals, or preservatives. What's the biggest seller?"Hot-smoked salmon," he said. "Piece of 'at and a jacket-potato's dinner, innit?" Unfortunately, we had two dinners scheduled for that night, so we ate a quarter-pound of smoke-streaked, peaty mackerel on the spot and stashed a slab of salmon in our cooler for a later picnic.
A mile from the Smokery, we found the Pilot, a fish-and-chips pub Frances Smith had insisted we visit. We'd been toying with the idea of skipping fish-and-chips—it seemed so Olde England—but she'd said the Pilot was not to be missed, and advised us to order the small plate, nothing else. When the fish arrived, tail and teeth were hanging over each end of a large oval platter. It was piping hot, cleanly fried, with flaky, sweet flesh and the kind of light crust that lulls you into thinking you could eat fried food all day long. The waitresses wore floppy blue hats that made them seem as if they'd stepped off of a Fairport Convention album cover, circa 1971.
Outside, the sky was roiling with rain, so we drove a few miles farther up the coast road and found our lodging for the night, Romney Bay House—an Italianate manse that rises from the dunes of New Romney, overlooking the Strait of Dover. Built in the twenties for the Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, the house is now inhabited by a German hairstylist, his wife, two boxer dogs, and two cats. It was smartly furnished with bright chintzes and a well-stocked honor bar, and had a fire burning in the fireplace. Our rooms looked out over the golden-sand beach, neatly meted into parcels by jetties that extend far into the sea. After a short siesta, we reconvened for dinner number two, in the greenhouse adjacent to the living room, where tables were set for us and a dozen other guests. An inspired salad of lobster, smoked salmon, and prawns was followed by a flavorful, if well-done, duck breast and a plank of assorted English and French cheeses. When we lamented the absence of lamb on the menu, we were told that it was too common in these parts. Dessert was a soft meringue drizzled with homemade butterscotch and surrounded by radiant berries. The chef, it appeared, had been to the farm shops as well.
TUNBRIDGE WELLS: Gastropubs and Grass-fed Lamb
We awoke to a sunny, cirrus-streaked blue sky and some fresh anxieties: we'd missed Romney lamb on its home turf and we had not yet had a meal at a gastropub. With renewed resolve, we drove away from the coast along the A262, past Sissinghurst, more farm shops, and a field of hop vines, to Tunbridge Wells, an old spa town on the border of Kent and East Sussex. Tun Wells, as the radio DJ's call it, almost qualifies as a city, with brisk traffic, an Indian restaurant, and a boutique hotel, the Hotel du Vin & Bistro, in a converted sandstone mansion. Our room was small but stylishly decorated with sisal flooring and sage wool upholstery, and it offered a bird's-eye view of the garden and the rooftops of the city. In the park, locals were playing soccer. We dropped our bags and, armed with a map, asked the concierge the quickest route to the village of Rushlake Green.
"Horse and Groom?" he inquired, guessing correctly that we were going to the gastropub there. "I'll phone. You'll need a reservation."
We set out for lunch and soon found ourselves driving along lanes wide enough for no more than a car and a half, lined with tall hedges. Finally, we reached a clearing, a tidy triangular lawn with cottages on each side, dominated by the Horse & Groom and the pileup of diners waiting outside for a table.


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BLOWN! today i had 2 exams History General and Credit, we got a hour 20 minute break inbetween them, i was alone with Iain no one around AND I BLEW THE PERFECT FUCKING CHANCE! i never told him god im an idiot.
and oh yeah last day of School too, so ive already moved out, i currently live a town thats 25 miles away, BTW thats actually worse than it sounds 2 roads from here to Haddington exist 1 through very hilly terrain that takes a very long time and a major road through Edinburgh, so i either go through Boo Hoo fucking Egypt or the Capital with thousands of cars on the most important road in Scotland, so im stuck and its a 4 hour bus ride due to the traffic and population of the area, so im stuck.
ive got so many conflicting feelings and emotions that its making me physically sick, im not joking, im immune to most forms of food poising so its not that.
Well. What else can you do but move on? There are probably plenty of hot guys to obsess over in your new town, right?
NO, everyone is either really young as in their pre-teens or really old as in 60+
I don't believe that. There is a high school in this town, no? Unless you intend on being home schooled. Which means there will be teenaged boys. And also girls. Because you're bi, yes?
there is a primary school, the high school is down at Queensferry another town, most Scottish areas have one Highschool (with exceptions of remote towns like Aberfeldy and big cities like Glasgow and Edinburgh) but that one High School is statistically Better than most high schools in America (thats actually true) so they have one MASSIVE high school thats top quality instead of many that are shit, but they are primary schools everywhere as its easier to make them great.
im seriously not Joking, they will be more eventually the Towns vastly growing very fast, at this rate it will not be a Town but Rather a District of Edinburgh itself
Actually its Located in the Concilate of Mid Lothian which was recently Renamed the Counciled Great City of Edinburgh, which lead to a large Expansion of the cities lines causing alot of villages to be swallowed up, im actually surprised Glasgow is still bigger
It would seem so wrong to not be able to find a gay kid at Queen's Fairy.
"You can judge the whole world on the sparkle that you think it lacks" - Dawes, When My Time Comes (http://youtu.be/Z0FrcTX6hWI)
younger than me and either closeted or not knowing
humorous word play ha ha
INFACT from what you said i came closer to him than you have ever been with anyone
Besides, it won't be true by the end of this weekend. I'm working on a school project with someone in my class. And I agreed with this other guy at my school who also makes EDM to make a collaboration song sometime.
Unfortunately neither of those people are Brad. But still. I'm going to be alone with people. So your statement will be incorrect then.
The point still eludes me. You doubt he's gay, doubt he would be interested, so I'm still unclear what you are unburdening yourself about by telling him. Good practice perhaps, since you're mitigating the risk with you two being apart right after, but still...
If there can be no upside, it seems there should be no downside to not following through.
So, had everything gone right, he'd know, probably not know exactly what to say about it in real time, so not say much of anything, he's crap at staying in touch, and now you're far apart.
"You can judge the whole world on the sparkle that you think it lacks" - Dawes, When My Time Comes (http://youtu.be/Z0FrcTX6hWI)
ive settled on bi but mostly attracted to girls, he seemed to be a little homoerotic at times with me :S
and i can't really explain why
because he doesn't use the internet and the only way he can communicate over long distances is on the phone, which he never uses because he spends almost every single minute of his time swimming.
except the swimming he prefers trying to learn every musical instrument in existence and getting beat up by his cat
Last time we spoke, he could play like 20 instruments. I can play about 3.
hes can play them but can't actually make his own music if you know what i mean, he can play music but can't make his own
and I'm really good at sound design. That's why we decided to collaborate. We already make good stuff alone, so we're going to make a fucking sick song together.
Iain once did a Collaboration with another one of my friends Vlad they did a couple songs Vlad was singing so it came out in a Russian accent
its amazing that we all understand that better than a English one
"Is it too late for me to even approach being a swimmer as good as you?"
If he really likes you and would like to be near you more frequently, I'd be very surprised if he didn't offer to check out all of your potentials...
Don't reject any offer!
Join him if he even hints... I think you're both tongue-tied... as is the fate of most youthful gays of quality!
It's relatively straight forward if sex is all you want; but to admit your affection for another boy is so much more difficult! :(
I usually never get around to these things. Anyway, here it is. I didn't feel like making a journal for it, so I'll just post it here because your comment is relevant.
Brad's been really confusing lately. His mood and attitude just fluctuates erratically; sometimes he's rude and completely uninterested in anything I say to him, and other times he's listening to everything I say, completely interested in it and responding positively. But it's unpredictable. He'll be mean to me one minute and a good friend the next. I don't know why he does that or what it means. And it just started recently, like a month or two ago, but it's gotten worse in the past couple of weeks.
possibly even a schizophrenic. Not actually having observed Brad when he's rude, erratic, mean (hurtful?), seemingly oblivious... or just the opposite of all these, I cannot independently say that your assessment is totally unbiased.
However, what does come through quite clearly: You would very much like to be accepted by him as a quite special friend. But he provides only the barest of hints that he may wish the same from you.
I can truly sympathize with the roller coaster emotions he's managed to provoke in you with such ambivalent signaling.
It could be that you're being a bit over-critical... only a possibility; I've not been a "fly on the wall" and don't know "beans" about the actual interpersonal dynamics between you and Brad.
Ask yourself... Do you think Brad may also have complaints about how you treat him? A possibility? If so, this'd mean that he cares. Again... I have no way of knowing...
Try this: The next time things between you and Brad seem to be going awry, just blurt out, "Brad... I think of us as friends... possibly great friends... so, why do you sometimes say/do things that seem so hurtful... or, maybe, this is not your intention at all?"
It's been a long time since I've engaged in teen-teen conversation... but I do recall that it's not easy to bare ones emotions so openly...
But... I wish you luck.


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Veuve Clicquot Polo on the Beach is free to attend; however, tickets are available for the VIP hotel house party on Saturday 5th July at £120 per person. House party details >>
Age restrictions
Veuve Clicquot Polo on the Beach is a two day family friendly event. Adults and children of all ages are welcome!
Food and Drink
The Veuve Clicquot Airstream Champagne bar and Beach Hut barbecue and bar are open to everyone to purchase food and drink on the beach from 12 midday on both days. The Beach Hut restaurant will also be open on the day although booking is strongly advised for dinner – it will get busy! Call 01637 860877 to book. Watergate Bay Hotel will be closed to non-residents on Saturday 5th July.
Watergate Bay is dog friendly all year round. You are welcome to bring your dogs to the event but we ask for them to remain on a lead at all times around the pitch, Airstream Champagne bar and beach barbecue & bar.
The Extreme Academy car park will be full of event vehicles and horses so we encourage you to park in the event car park which will be in a marked field just up the road from the hotel at a cost of £3. This is easily accessible from the road and is in the direction of Newquay. From there it is a 10 minute walk down a cliff path to access the beach.
If you have specific parking requirements please contact us on 01637 860543 ext 353.
Watergate Bay has a gently sloping tarmac slipway onto the beach which provides the perfect viewing point for those with disabilities. If you need any assistance on the day, there will be stewards available to help.
There are some public toilets just across the road from the hotel and we will be providing temporary toilets in the Extreme Academy car park. There is a disabled toilet in the Beach Hut opposite the beach.
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We will be accepting credit cards in the Airstream Champagne bar, Beach Hut barbecue and bar, Joules pop up beach shop and Cornwall Farmers, Patch & Acre pop-up shop. We will also be offering cash back in the Extreme Academy. However, there are no cash machines in Watergate Bay. The nearest cash machine is in Newquay.
What time does the event start and finish?
On both Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th July Polo on the Beach will start from midday when the barbecue and bars open, closing at 9pm on Saturday 5th July and 5:30pm on Sunday 6th July. Events in the arena will start at 1:30pm on both days.
What should I bring?
As always in Cornwall, check the weather! Even if it's sunny it can get chilly in the evenings so warm clothes are advisable. There is no seating around the arena so you may like to bring your own camping chairs. Make yourselves at home!
What can't I bring?
Please don't bring glass onto the beach. BBQ's are also not allowed in the event area.
What if it rains?
Hey, this is Cornwall. We can have four seasons all in one day! Polo on the Beach will still go ahead in the rain, just make sure you're prepared with warm clothes and wellies as you will be outside. Only if we're faced with a torrential storm or high winds, will we need to cancel the event for everybody's safety – we've put in a request for sunshine and blue skies so let's hope we're lucky! Check on our website and twitter page for updates.
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The idea of budgeting is something that is needed in homes today. Americans have become the worst managers in the world when it comes downs to money. It's the wealthiest nation, but there are still so many people that fail to budget.
Much of the budgeting that people do is unrealistic. People allocate money on paper, but they seldom live like this. It's better for people to have a clearer picture of what they are spending. This is why apps like Lemon are so great. It will actually scan a receipt and group this into a certain category. This allows people to see what they actually spend. It's not about what they think anymore.
Mint is another free apps that allows people to put in all their credit card information. This apps tracks spending on every credit card that is in the system. This saves people so much time. It's another app that brings spending habits to the light.