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Teen accused of killing Ft. Carson couple faces 22 new charges
Police say Macyo January assaulted, robbed at-risk adult
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - A teen accused of killing a Fort Carson soldier and his pregnant wife faces new charges for alleged crimes against an at-risk adult.
Macyo January, 18, faces 22 counts unrelated to the murders of David Dunlap and Whitney Butler that happened Jan. 14 on Bassett Drive. He's now accused of assaulting and stealing from an elderly woman on Sept. 25 and again on Jan. 11, just three days before the murders.
"I thought it was probably two people the way she was beaten up," said Richard Thompkins, the woman's neighbor.
Thompkins described the woman as "fragile," and said during both break-ins she was beaten and forced into a closet. He said a lawn care worker found her the first time and a neighbor called 911 the second.
"The second time when he beat her up, I guess his mask fell off and he says, 'You're tougher than you were the first time,' so she knew it was the same person," said Thompkins.
He said the woman recognized January after he was arrested for the murders.
People on the block said what happened changed their neighborhood, with neighbors buying weapons, new security systems and generally feeling on edge.
"For a while, you didn't want to come around this neighborhood after dark. People weren't trusting anybody," said neighbor Daryl Daniels. "They wouldn't even open their doors. After he was caught, it's still that way."
January was 17 years old at the time of the crimes. He recently turned 18 and has been moved from a juvenile facility to the county jail. Prosecutors want to try him as an adult.
The charges read against him Monday include first-degree assault of an at-risk adult, two counts of first-degree burglary, criminal mischief, menacing, theft from an at-risk adult, motor vehicle theft, possession of a handgun by a juvenile and harassment. An at-risk adult is someone over the age of 60.
January faces 23 counts, including murder, burglary and theft, in the deaths of Dunlap and Butler.
Police said January shot and killed the couple when they walked in as he was burglarizing their home.
The Dunlaps moved to Colorado Springs just two months before the crimes and recently found out they were expecting their first child.


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Bluegrass festival
SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. — The 34th annual Music in the Mountains Bluegrass Festival at the Summersville Music Park, on Webster Road, runs June 25-28.
The outdoor music event is dedicated to the memory of co-owner Edgar Kitchen who, along with his wife, Eunice, 96, has often been recognized for contributions to the state's musical heritage. This year, however, Eunice Kitchen will be recognized for her undying commitment to bluegrass music in a unique way.
She will be crowned Queen of the Festival.
"I never thought anything like this, being crowned queen of this festival, would ever happen to me," Eunice said.
The 2014 musical lineup includes bluegrass legend Dr. Ralph Stanley, whose career has spanned more than 60 years and is known for popularizing the song "Man of Constant Sorrow" in 1951; five-time Grammy nominee singer-songwriter Rhonda Vincent; International Bluegrass Music Hall of Famer Doyle Lawson and other bluegrass greats.
Cast members Corby Patton and Rufus Keeney of the History Channel series "Appalachian Outlaws" will also make appearances.
For more information, contact Betty Dotson-Lewis at 704-929-3118.
July Fourth in Ripley
RIPLEY, W.Va. — "The USA's Largest Small Town 4th of July Celebration," Ripley's 2014 festivities include a concert by West Virginian Adam D. Tucker, who headlines a full day of entertainment on the Jackson County Courthouse square.
Morning activities will start with a pancake breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. at Calvary United Methodist Church, followed by the 10 a.m. opening ceremonies on the courthouse lawn. This year marks the 16th running of the Firecracker 2 Miler race at 11:30 a.m. in front of the thousands of spectators who will be lined up for the parade at noon.
Dreama Denver, widow of TV celebrity Bob Denver, of "Gilligan's Island" fame, will serve as grand marshal.
Other highlights will include a carnival by Gambill Amusements (July 1-5), a 7 p.m. pig roast at Country Rhodes Bed & Breakfast, and a 10 p.m. fireworks display.
Visit www.Ripley4thofJuly.us for a complete schedule of events. Call the Ripley Convention & Visitors Bureau at 304-514-2609 or 844-772-8850 for information.
Sternwheel Regatta
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The annual Point Pleasant Sternwheel Regatta takes place along Main Street and Riverfront Park, Point Pleasant, June 26-28. Admission is free, and events include entertainment, food, dinner cruise and a pageant. For more information, visit www.pointpleasantregatta.org/, email email@example.com or call 304-593-2404.
Road bowling finals
IRELAND, W.Va. — The top male and female bowlers from each of two open qualifiers will compete in the West Virginia Irish Road Bowling Association's state finals next weekend in Ireland, Lewis County. Semifinals will take place all day Saturday, and the finals will be Sunday afternoon.
For more information, visit www.wvirishroadbowling.com or call David Powell at 202-387-1680 or 202-905-1959.

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The Countess of Wessex feels ''ridiculously happy'' for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge following the birth of their son yesterday (22.07.13) at 4.24pm.
The Countess of Wessex feels ''ridiculously happy'' for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge following the birth of their son.
Sophie - the wife of Prince Edward - admits she hasn't been able to wipe the smile from her face since learning the royal couple welcomed a baby boy - the third-in-line to the British throne - into the world at 4.24pm on Monday (22.07.13) at the private Lindo Wing of St Mary's Hospital in London.
Speaking at the Swiss Cottage Sports Centre in London today (23.07.13) - where she was meeting members of the British Wheelchair Basketball team - she said: ''It's a wonderful event. Everybody's absolutely thrilled as you can imagine. I feel ridiculously happy for them.
''I never expected to feel quite this happy but I've had a big smile on my face ever since the news broke.''
Sophie - who has two children, Lady Louise, nine, and five-year-old James, Viscount Severn, with Edward, Earl of Wessex - hasn't spoken to Prince William and Duchess Catherine yet but she has sent a number of messages to congratulate them on the birth of their son and is looking forward to meeting her great-nephew.
She revealed: ''I've sent messages but I'm hoping in the next couple of days to catch up with them.
''I think they'll probably just want to be together at the moment.
''Having had babies myself I know that you really want to close down the hatches and just be together with your immediate family in the first few days and weeks.
''I hope to be able to see the baby sometime soon but no plans yet.''


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Dallas Best & Worst Contractors of 2013
Dallas Best Contractors
December 27, 2013 by Gretchen Becker
All Metroplex Plumbing | Lewisville
Carrollton member Sandra Ehret turned to All Metroplex Plumbing owner Carlos Moreno when she needed extensive plumbing work, which included unclogging some drains, repairing a sewer line, and replacing a toilet and failed water heater sensors. "They made recommendations that weren't necessarily the most profitable for them," she says. "They truly seemed to care most about helping us solve the problem."
The company offers a range of plumbing services, from drain cleaning to installing eco-friendly water heaters, says Moreno, who holds a Texas master plumber license. "The customer is always right, and I try to take care of them and take care of their properties," he says. Moreno started his company more than three years ago after working 15 years in the plumbing industry. He donates plumbing services to his church when needs arise.
Member Carol Poinier of Lewisville says Moreno replaced her water heater before taking time off for the birth of his second child, prompting her to write one of 18 Page of Happiness nominations he received in the last year. Moreno's work so impressed Poinier that she also hired him to replace a faucet that broke off in her hand. "I'd definitely call him again," she says.
Southern Pride Openings | Garland
Tom Herold started installing high-end custom doors and windows in 1998 and launched his own company in 2009. "We try to do the little things for the customers, and we're able to talk to them," says Herold whose wife, Kelli, sets up appointments and whose father, Larry, performs estimates. The two-time Best Contractor offers customers in-home consultations to discuss projects, present options and hear concerns.
Member Jim Christensen talked to several large companies that were unable to install a new door and frame for his 1940s-era White Rock home on Dallas' Eastside. "I had trouble finding a company to do the door because it was an odd size," says Christensen, who found Herold and Southern Pride on Angie's List."This is an old school craftsman who takes pride in his work."
Creating custom solutions with guarantees for his customers remains Herold's top priority, including keeping up on product information like recalls, installing products with transferable lifetime warranties, and taking the time to color match window frames. The windows he installs cost $167 to $425, tilt out and can have different color frames to match a homeowner's decor. "We can match their bedspread to the frame of their windows," says Herold, who donates to Friends of Scouting and pulls the Cub Scout float in the annual Rockwall Christmas parade.
Kelli Herold says door and window installation, which doesn't require a license, usually improves a home's energy efficiency, adding that one customer cut bills in half after replacing every window.
Member Brandon Hemard says the sliding glass door that Herold replaced cuts down on the noise and heat that comes into the master bedroom of his home near Richardson. "In the future, we may look at replacing our front doors, and they would be our contractor of choice," says Hemard, one of 15 members to submit a Page of Happiness nomination on the company in the last year.
Wright Brothers Air Conditioning & Heating | Fort Worth
Now with 25 years of experience in the industry, Larry Wright started his family business in 1999 with the aim of making his customers' lives more comfortable. "We're being honest and telling them what we can do for them," says Wright, who holds a Texas air conditioning/refrigeration contractor license and donates to cancer walks and church missions. He offers HVAC systems with high energy efficiency ratings.
Wright impressed Arlington member Natalie Dorsey by arriving at her house two hours after she called about her faulty A/C unit. "I'd definitely hire them again," she says.
Member Patricia Meier submitted one of the 13 Page of Happiness nominations the Wright Brothers received in the last year after they replaced the HVAC system in her Arlington home. "[Wright paid] attention to detail and not just replacing the system but making sure the system was installed to operate efficiently," she says.
Peace Love and Paws Petsitting | Hurst
Bedford member Katrina Odell says her dogs remembered Peace Love and Paws owner Denise Primm the second time she hired Primm for petsitting. "The telling part is that the animals trust her," says Odell, who gave Primm one of 11 Page of Happiness nominations in the last year. "She'll text me when she's there and let me know they're okay."
After a childhood of bringing home stray animals, it's only natural that Primm made a career of caring for pets. "This is what I love, and this is what I get to do every day," says Primm, who started her company in 2011. Her work doesn't require a license, and Primm says she donates to the Humane Society.
More Best Contractors
Here are some more Best Contractors who made this year's cut based on their awesome track record for local service. Read their reviews on angieslist.com to learn why members think they're so special.
- Absolute Inspections
- Advanced Air Conditioning Service
- Affordable Siding and Windows
- Closet Storage Systems
- DFW Geek On The Go
- Fallen Leaf Landscaping
- Geo Dynamics
Van Alstyne
- GPS Plumbing
- James Imburgia Painting Contractor
- National Property Inspections
Flower Mound
- Shower Doors of Dallas
- The Rice Group
2013 Best & Worst Contractors
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Dallas Worst Contractors
December 27, 2013 by Gretchen Becker
Proud American Moving/Direct Van Lines | Dallas
Proud American Moving, a company that provides interstate moves and also does business as Direct Van Lines, lost its license for failing to provide and maintain required records, according to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration records. The FMCSA revoked the company's license in 2013, the fourth time since 2011, records show. Also in 2013, the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles issued a $6,500 penalty against the F-rated Dallas-based firm for failing to provide and maintain required records, including proof of insurance, registration, contracts, claims and invoices. The DMV records show 11 consumer complaints, all for noncompliance with consumer protection requirements.
Member Christine Kaiser of Bloomington, Ill., says setting up service with Direct Van Lines to move her daughter from Illinois to Tucson, Ariz., went great, but the $3,600 job quickly went downhill after that. Kaiser says her daughter's belongings arrived late and broken. "They said they didn't know where to deliver it," she says. "Her stuff was sitting in a warehouse. They just dumped it." Kaiser joined Angie's List after the incident and in 2013 filed an F review, one of six F's and a D submitted for Proud American dating back to June 2012. "For a whole month, I felt like I was being held captive," Kaiser says, adding the company claimed they didn't have a delivery address. "They hold your stuff hostage. You just get a bad vibe during the whole thing."
Other members from across the country complain of delayed arrivals, missing possessions, poor communication and failure to provide receipts or respond to complaints, according to reviews.
The Texas attorney general's office received 20 complaints about the movers in 2011 and 2012, with customers alleging their goods weren't delivered, prices increased unexpectedly, workers held items hostage and the company wouldn't return calls or emails, according to agency documents. Attempts to reach Proud American for comment weren't successful.
North Star Mechanical | Garland
When Dallas member John Toia's A/C started leaking, he says the North Star Mechanical technician sent by his warranty company cut open the unit and left insulation hanging out instead of unscrewing the cover. Toia says he paid a $60 service charge to American Home Warranty, but instead of making repairs, the North Star tech gave prices for a new unit. "This guy basically came out to sell me a new air conditioner, no matter what," Toia says. He says he contacted the warranty company and North Star for guidance. "They were difficult to reach and didn't provide much help," he says. "By the time I had another company look at it, the total cost was around $500. The actual fix was under $10. Honestly, both the warranty company and North Star shouldn't be doing business with the public."
Toia and other Angie's List members filed six F reviews and one D on D-rated North Star in 2013. Members complain their home warranty companies assigned North Star to make repairs, and technicians performed shoddy work, damaged their homes and tried to get them to buy unnecessary services or new A/C units. A 2009 review from member Shery Overbeck of Dallas says North Star never issued a promised refund, resulting in a Penalty Box case after the company didn't participate in the Angie's List complaint resolution process.
Mansfield member Deborah Coppola says she waited several days in the Texas heat without A/C when North Star failed to show up for appointments, and then the warranty company told her the company didn't service her area. "After I started looking them up online, I thought maybe we were better off that they didn't come," she says.
Company owner Lanny Lasater also ran another business at the same Garland address called Authorized Service Center, which has a website listing the same valid air conditioning/refrigeration contractor license number as North Star. Dallas-area residents filed 12 complaints on the firm with the Texas attorney general. ASC, named as one of three defendants in a civil suit involving a dryer fire that killed a Farmers Branch woman, agreed to a confidential settlement in the case in 2013. Lasater didn't return calls or emails seeking comment. Both companies continue to solicit business.
Ron Loven Construction | Mesquite
Member Jimmy Pitts says he paid Ron Loven $13,000 down on a house remodel and the handyman left all the work except painting unfinished. Redbeacon, a website owned by Home Depot where Pitts says he found Loven, issued a $1,000 refund when he complained. Three complaints prompted Redbeacon to remove Loven from its site, says spokeswoman Deanna Decker. Pitts says the 2013 project left his Mesquite home in shambles: "It's been the worst experience of my life." He says he joined Angie's List to find a reputable contractor to finish the job.
Three members, including Pitts, submitted F reviews on the F-rated handyman in 2013, including a Penalty Box case resulting from Loven's failure to participate in the Angie's List complaint resolution process. A 2013 complaint to the AG accuses Loven of using abusive language toward a customer. Loven refused to address grievances when reached by phone.
"I'm busy," he says. "I don't have time to talk to people about complaints."
Joe Guest Masonry | Fort Worth
Burleson member Robin Turner says she and her husband, Andy, had to pay another company $200 to remove a pile of bricks that Joe Guest failed to pick up from their driveway after completing a $1,500 upgrade job. "He assured us that he would have his crew remove it," says Robin, who joined the List to post an F review, one of five on the F-rated company.
Member reviews cite shoddy work, unfinished projects and failure to show up for jobs at all. The IRS placed a federal tax lien for more than $21,700 on the firm for unpaid income taxes in 2010 that remains pending, according to the Tarrant County clerk.
Member Sheryl Dunn and her mother Irene Dunn of Fort Worth say they paid Guest $5,500 in 2010 for flagstone and a patio that are now cracked and falling out. "Part of the patio has sunk into the ground," Sheryl says. "I can't even begin to tell you how stressful this entire ordeal has been."
Penalty Box Hall of Shame
The Penalty Box is our way of alerting other members about a provider who has failed to meet a member's expectations. See Dallas Penalty Box Hall of Shame.
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Thompson: I'm ready to destroy this kid
Light heavyweight Lionell "Lonnie B" Thompson (14-2, 9 KOs) continues on his personal path of retribution this Saturday night as he takes on Ryan "The Irish Outlaw" Coyne (21-1, 9 KOs) at Resorts International Hotel & Casino, Superstar Theatre, in Atlantic City, New Jersey. "I'm ready to destroy this kid," 28-year-old Thompson said. "I'm excited and looking forward to Saturday night. I can't wait to fight. I've learned how to be a professional boxer. I'm sky-high and in top-top shape. I take every opponent seriously. I respect Ryan Coyne but he has been built-up and protected. I've heard a lot of people are picking Coyne or that it's a 50-50 fight at best. A lot of people don't know how good a fighter I am but they will Saturday night. I'm going to give fans the type performance they really want to see. I'm stepping up to prove myself.
Thompson vs. Coyne is the 10-round co-feature on a Main Events-presented event, "Road To Redemption," airing live on NBCSN and headlined by a heavyweight clash between Amir "Hardcore" Mansour and Kelvin "Price Is Right" Price.


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Victoria Crescent West
New Pacific, Hercules, 94547
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Victoria Crescent West has a Walk Score of 59 out of 100. This location is Somewhat Walkable so some errands can be accomplished on foot.
This location is in the New Pacific neighborhood in Hercules. Nearby parks include Garretson Field, Foxboro Park and Foxbord Park.
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Victoria Crescent West is in the New Pacific neighborhood. New Pacific is the 2nd most walkable neighborhood in Hercules with a neighborhood Walk Score of 42.


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Parry's putter snares the prize
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Craig Parry rides home the winning putt on the fourth play-off hole at the Heineken Classic at Royal Melbourne yesterday.
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Faced with make-or-break putts, Parry jnr was his
father's inspiration.
Professional golfers draw on wide-ranged sources for inspiration, hiring mind coaches and swing doctors to hone their games. But Craig Parry went no further than his Sydney backyard to find the inspiration and the putting stroke that he needed to win the Heineken Classic at Royal Melbourne yesterday.
Confronted with a series of clutch putts as he went down the stretch in the $2 million tournament and then in an epic sudden-death play-off with West Australian Nick O'Hern, Parry thought of his 10-year-old son Ryan, who already has developed prowess with the short stick.
"When I had my putts for pars and saves, I thought: 'Just do what Ryan would do'. He gets the right speed and hits it in the middle of the hole. There's no thought of missing it."
It worked beautifully for Parry. Three times in a play-off that lasted four holes, O'Hern had makeable putts for a birdie that would have given him his first win in six years. Each time he missed, and Parry dodged the bullet.
Three times they had both made par. But at the fourth play-off hole, Royal Melbourne's 18th, Parry knocked a short iron to five metres and then buried the left-to-right putt in the heart of the hole for a birdie.
O'Hern, a metre closer, stared at a downhill slider to extend the play-off, almost identical to the previous two he had missed on the low side. Again, he burned the hole on the right-hand side, and Parry had won his 22nd professional tournament and the $360,000 first-prize cheque.
"You'd think I would learn the third time around," said O'Hern. "But I hit the same putt."
On a dramatic final day, Parry seized the outright lead at the ninth and looked the winner, only to falter on the back nine with three bogeys. At the 17th he rolled in a birdie putt to rejoin the lead, but in truth he was gone on more than one occasion.
At the first play-off hole, O'Hern hit a gorgeous iron shot to four metres and Parry found the front bunker. Parry was faced with a treacherous four-metre downhill putt for a par that would continue the play-off, and O'Hern allowed himself to think the unthinkable. "I thought: 'It'd be nice to two-putt to win'. Then I thought: 'No, don't think that'. Sure enough, he knocked it in."
In the end, one player knew how to win; one did not. Parry is a streetfighter from way back, underestimated by some people but not the other players. Someone had asked him earlier in the week if he could be happy with his career even if he did not win a major championship. Parry said he could. "It's not bad for a little bloke from Sunshine."
More to the point it was his putting that did it for him. Using a two-ball putter that he sent "on a holiday" last year in frustration, he was brilliant around the greens. "It (the putter) learnt its lesson. It might be in the bag a bit longer."
Ironically it was only his love of Royal Melbourne that brought Parry to Melbourne this week. His wife Jenny wanted him to stay in Sydney to help oversee the return of their two children to school. Parry told her he wanted to win at "Royal" because he had never done it before.
He had first come to the course as a five-year-old, sitting behind the 18th green with his grandparents at a tournament, then at 13 playing pennant for Sunshine. Parry won the debate with his wife, and has a title at the grand old lady of Australian golf to show for it.
"That was bloody hard work because each time I thought I was going to lose," he said.
The victory should lift his world ranking into the top 50 this week, and certainly guarantees him a start in the World Golf Championship matchplay event in California in a few weeks' time, where the players face off according to their rankings, first versus 64th and so on. "It'll be good not to have to play Vijay (Singh) first round," he joked.
As for O'Hern, it was another near miss. "I'm going to knock that wall down at some stage," he said. "When I win one, I think I'll win a bunch of them."
Englishman Simon Dyson and Australian rookie Jarrod Lyle tied for third, just a shot out of the playoff, while defending champion Ernie Els could not make it four on end.
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Cause of Narragansett Fire Under Investigation
NewsRadio 920 WHJJ and the Associated Press
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) — Narragansett officials are trying to determine what caused a fire that destroyed a building housing several businesses over the weekend.
The three-alarm fire off Dean Knauss Drive was reported shortly before 12:30 p.m. Saturday. Several companies were in the building including the South Ferry Co-op, Baud Builders and Narragansett Stair & Millworks.
Fire officials say no one was injured, but the complex is a total loss.
Firefighters were on the scene into Saturday night because of hotspots that kept flaring up.
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Lightfoot and Sons, Bairnsdale
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About three hours from Melbourne, East Gippsland has a warmer, maritime climate with low rainfall and tempering sea breezes. Its coastal plains produce chardonnay, cabernet sauvignon, fruity pinot noir and floral riesling.
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Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Warning that escalating tensions in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea) "could lead to conflict," Philippine Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario urged China at a foreign policy forum in Tokyo to act responsibly instead of resorting to aggression in the wake of its its rapid rise as an economic and military power in the Asia-Pacific.
In his speech at the Tokyo forum on Thursday, Del Rosario reiterated the Philippines' pursuit of peace in trying to settle its conflict with China over disputed waters in a part of the China Sea that the Manila government refers to as the West Philippine Sea, a dispute highlighted this month by the deployment of Chinese military vessels within the Philippines' exclusive economic zone.
The text of his speech was released by the foreign office here.
"China, as the second biggest economy in the world with a position of primacy in the region, is very important to the security and prosperity equation in Asia. We must all support China's peaceful rise and hope that China will firmly pursue the track of being a responsible power and a positive force," Del Rosario said.
"Being a responsible power, however, is not without its challenges. The competing territorial and maritime disputes are causing considerable tension that could lead to conflict," he said at the 19th Nikkei Future of Asia Conference, considered the region's premier foreign policy forum gathering Asian ministers and other officials at the Japanese capital on Thursday.
The Philippines' top diplomat noted how the region continues to find a balance toward peace and security amid China's rise, saying that, on the contrary, the presence of the United States, a long-established world power, "has had a stabilising effect" on Asia and the Pacific for decades.
"The rise of new powers has certainly added a new dimension to the geopolitics of Asia and the Pacific. Increasingly relevant to this complex equation is China's growing economic network in the region, its rapid military build-up and its development of blue ocean capabilities. The region, it seems, is still finding the right equilibrium that would ensure long-term peace and security," Del Rosario said.
In the face of an aggressive China, Del Rosario said, the Philippines continued treading the path of peace in hopes of settling the dispute without the use of arms. He said Manila was batting for "diplomacy and peace over conflict," and a "just and durable" solution to the dispute based on international law.
He explained that the Philippines haled China to the United Nations arbitral panel after pursuing other avenues "to no avail."
"Under these circumstances therefore, we must find a durable solution based on international law, or else the status quo will favour military and economic might, and diplomacy will veer toward appeasement. And as we all know, appeasement undermines any attempt to build a system based on equity and rules. Rather than being forced to accept that might is right, we want to show that right is might," Del Rosario said.
Filed in January, the Philippine action seeks to clarify Manila's and Beijing's maritime entitlements in the West Philippine Sea, stop Chinese incursions into the Philippines' exclusive economic zone and nullify China's "nine-dash line" claim over the waters. China has rejected the proceedings but the legal process will continue.
"Our arbitration case against China's over-extended claim represents a choice the world needs to ponder as regards the future order it seeks for itself - either an international system that is largely dominated by force, or one that is significantly characterised by the rule of law," Del Rosario said.
"Through this case, we also seek an end to the pattern of unlawful, increasingly aggressive assertion based on the threat of use of force, which has prevented us and other littoral states from the lawful exercise of our maritime rights and entitlements within our legitimate maritime zones."
The Philippines this month protested China's deployment of a warship and two maritime surveillance vessels along with several fishing vessels around the Ayungin Shoal (Re'nai Reef for the Chinese), located some 105 nautical miles or 196 kms off Palawan (roughly the distance between Manila and Pangasinan), well within the country's EEZ.
Responding to the diplomatic protest, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said China was reiterating its "indisputable sovereignty" over the waters and said patrolling the territories was well within its right.
"The Ren'ai Reef is part of the Nansha Islands (Spratlys). China has indisputable sovereignty over the Nansha Islands and their adjacent waters. It is beyond reproach that Chinese government vessels carry out normal patrol in relevant waters," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hong Lei in a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday.


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Congressman Hakeem Jeffries is the latest elected official to enter the fray over the new bathrooms slated for the Riegelmann Boardwalk in Brighton Beach, which residents of the Oceana condominium complex have vocally opposed.
Jeffries is on the boardwalk today holding a press conference, calling for the Parks Department to forever abandon its plans to place the bathrooms in Brighton Beach, officially dubbed the New Brighton Comfort Station. That would leave the next nearest public restroom on the boardwalk more than seven blocks away.
Oceana residents opposed the placement of the bathrooms, saying the 20-foot-tall structure would impede their oceanfront views, attract drug dealing gangbangers, and create a bad scent.
Jeffries joins Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz and Senator Charles Schumer in siding with Oceana residents. It was also an issue in the recent City Council race, where opposition was embraced by candidates including David Storobin and Ari Kagan.
The last we checked in on the story, city officials suffered a setback when a Brooklyn Supreme Court judge ordered that the agency produce an environmental impact study and scoping process, which includes a public hearing that will take place tonight (details below).
None of the other three comfort station on the Brighton Beach – Coney Island boardwalk, nor any of the other 10 locations throughout New York City, are being subjected to the same process. That's because the type of project doesn't typically trigger the state requirement for an environmental impact statement when building in a coastal erosion hazard area – a requirement that, somewhat ironically, Cymbrowitz had sought to strike down for all future projects. He said these bathrooms changed his mind.
The Parks Department released their draft scope statement for the environmental study a few weeks ago. In it, they unsurprisingly determined that the proposed comfort station would have no significant impact on a slew of areas, including socioeconomic conditions, community facilities and services, waste and sanitation services, energy, air quality, public health and more. In fact, they found that it provided benefit in some of these areas.
Due to the court case, the statement says, the agency will also assess the comfort station's impact on several additional areas, including urban design and visual resources, natural resources, neighborhood character and hazardous materials. Tonight's meeting is an opportunity for the public to comment on the scope of the study.
If you have thoughts about the comfort station and its impact on the community, whether for or against, attend tonight's public hearing at the Shorefront YM-YWHA (3300 Coney Island Avenue) from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
UPDATE (3:06 p.m.): Moments after publishing this piece, the following flier landed in my inbox. Apparently this is being distributed around Oceana.


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7 Day Motivational Thread starting April 22: We Can Do This!
Starting us off for the week! Let's make it a great one, folks -- we can do this!
Goals for the week:
Log everything, no exceptions (nibbles and "tastes" count!):
At least 1500ml water per day:
At least 15g fiber per day:
Maintain 7-day calorie rolling average under 1550:
Maintain 7-day sodium rolling average under 1400mg:
No red entries on this report:
Study every day:
Time for me to kick it up a notch (or, in the case of the sodium, kick it down a step). Starting today, I'm tracking fiber. That's going to be a difficult one for me and I anticipate a red entry or three before week's end. 15 is far lower than what I should have but I figure if I set the bar low to start, there's a better chance of making it
. I'm also lowering my sodium stat. As of today, I'm aiming for a rolling average of 1400 instead of 1500. I toyed with the idea of upping the water from 1500ml to 2000ml, given that I averaged close to 2400ml per day last week, but I think two changes in a week is enough.
Hey, has anyone experimented with different sized plates? I switched us over to smaller plates last year and everyone has been pretty happy with it. My husband and I are both of the "clean plate" generation, so smaller plates give us the satisfaction of doing a "good job". The one thing I didn't switch was bowls. That changes officially today.
I bought smaller bowls last year but never started using them. Over this past weekend, however, I use one for cereal. That 1-cup of cereal used to look so lonely in the bigger bowl (and therefore ALWAYS had to be kept company by a second cupful); in the new smaller bowl, one cup filled it to nearly overflowing. Sweet!
Anyway, let's go, everyone! Happy Monday, and Happy Earth Day for those of us in the US (I'm not sure if it's recognized in other parts of the world)!
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Hi all, im new to the forum and just wanted to say hi and make myself known. I have a 328i MTech, on an N plate with a few issues id like to get resolved, hopefully. .
Hi all, im new to the forum and just wanted to say hi and make myself known. I have a 328i MTech, on an N plate with a few issues id like to get resolved, hopefully. .
Many thanks
The issues i have are:
The rear parcel shelf brake light doesnt work, i have changed the bulb and bulb holder but yet the control pannel is still telling me that the bulb has gone. Any ideas or suggestions?
The other issue is the a/c unit power just keeps dissapearing, and then it comes back on when it feels like it, however it is getting longer in delays before it will come on.
iv heard that this could be due to the a/c control unit. Is there any way of testing this?
Many thanks for your help
The Parcel shelf brake light is very likely down to a wiring fault. Have a search in the electronics forum on here and theres a thread with pictures of a trouble spot for boot wiring.
AC unit power. Do you mean it goes cold or the unit actually stops putting 'ANY' air out?
As in the fan stops?
Many thanks, the link by Ronnie is very interesting it is doing exactly that. will cost about 130 to recondition.
Im still looking into the electrics, boostist, many thanks will let you know the outcome.
I saw yesterday a thread about the control unit by peluca, i know it was talking about the ac unit and changing a capacitor which would fix the air con problem. Would this also fix the same issue as i have? can anyone enlighten me on this?
I could send the unit away but i will be without air controls for up to 7 days (mail dependent) and with the weather over hear at the moment not something i want to do at the moment.
Many thanks
Ronnie, many thanks i will get this sorted now......
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Jul 20, 2010
Cory Gardner Talking Out of Both Sides of His Mouth on Return to Bush Economic Agenda
Why does Cory Gardner continue to talk out of both sides of his mouth?
Gardner laid the blame for the problems we're facing today right at the feet of Republicans, even arguing the Republican Party hasn't "come up with solutions" to our greatest challenges.
But, at the same time, Gardner's an NRCC-supported candidate whose chairman, Pete Sessions, said on Sunday that Republicans want to go back to the "exact same" economic agenda that Bush pursued – the very agenda Gardner blamed for the economic mess affecting Coloradans.
And Gardner sought and received the endorsement of the House Conservatives Fund by pledging his support for privatizing Social Security and ripping the safety net out from underneath Colorado seniors – a major piece of the failed Bush economic agenda.
Now Coloradans want to know from Cory Gardner: which is it?
"Enough of the politically-motivated double talk from Cory Gardner – Coloradans deserve better," said Andy Stone, Western Regional Press Secretary for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. "Gardner owes it to voters to level with them on whether he stands by his comments or supports organizations' whose agenda would take Colorado back to Bush economics."
- On Meet the Press, National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions and National Republican Senatorial Committee John Cornyn consistently defended Bush policies and promised to return to them if Republicans won the House. When asked to name a difference between what Republicans would do in the future and what President George W. Bush did, Representative Pete Sessions said:
- "We need to go back to the exact same agenda that is empowering the free enterprise system rather than diminishing it."
- "We did things that would empower the free enterprise system." [Meet the Press, 7/18/10]
- Cory Gardner is a House Conservative Fund-supported candidate. [HouseConservatives.com, accessed 7/15/10]
- In order to be considered for a contribution from the House Conservatives Fund, candidates must fill out a questionnaire and support values consistent with those espoused by the conservative Republican Study Committee, which includes privatizing Social Security and Medicare. [CQ-Roll Call, 3/10/10]
- Republican Study Committee Supports Social Security Privatization. The Republican Study Committee supports the privatization of Social Security and has been praised by right-wing for their pro-privatization stance. [Freedom Works Release, 3/1/06]
- Gardner told the Denver Post, "A failure of Republicans in the past has been (not focusing on) the basic nuts and bolts of governing. That's why we lost." [Denver Post, 9/24/09]
- Gardner also said of Republicans "We have been part of the problem" and that "One of the failures of the Republican Party has been to not come up with solutions to the greatest problems we face in this country," he said. [Fort Morgan Times, 8/14/09; Coloradoan, 8/20/09]


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Second language?
tlr online
07-02-05, 19:52
Anyone here speak a second (or third) language?
07-02-05, 20:02
Dutch is my first language, so that makes english my second i guess... ;)
We earlier had a thread about this, tlr.
07-02-05, 20:06
First - latvian, second - english and third - russian... :rolleyes:
tlr online
07-02-05, 20:09
I'd like to learn Russian some day. Along with Japanese and Chinese.
French is my second language, well, what I can remember of it.
tlr online
07-02-05, 20:10
.. and now we have another one, Joseph. http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/wave.gif
07-02-05, 20:12
yeah well english is my second laguage and im also studying french.. aint very good at it but at least im studying it hehe.. oh and i used to study russian too. didnt like it at all tho.
07-02-05, 20:13
1. Norwegian
2. English
3. Deutsch?
07-02-05, 20:22
4th - german (didn't like it...) I'd like to learn French and Chinese (know fer words and phrases in these two languages :D )
07-02-05, 21:56
My mother tongue is Turkish. English is second, I have been studying "English Language Teaching for Primary Levels" at university. That means my job is also teaching English.
And we had German in High school, but I forgot what I know! :(
07-02-05, 22:03
My mother language is portuguese, my seconde language is english, and my third is french. But i´m not very good in the french!
07-02-05, 22:05
i took french for 7 years and i didnt learn much http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif
07-02-05, 22:35
I do think you "non North Americans" have far better education in languages. Most of you seem to be fluent in at least two languages; most in more than two. I envy you.
07-02-05, 22:43
1. English
2. Macedonian http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
07-02-05, 22:44
1. English
2. Macedonian http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
08-02-05, 03:36
1. Tagalog (or Filipino)
2. English
3. Spanish (going on my 4th year learning it)
08-02-05, 03:46
Originally posted by tazmine:
Most of you seem to be fluent in at least two languages; most in more than two. fluent is a relative term http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif
08-02-05, 03:48
My second language is English. I had 3 school years of French, but can't say I know a lot of it. Can understand some Spanish, only because it's similar to Portuguese, though.
08-02-05, 04:04
1. Hindi ..thats my mother tongue
2. English
And a little bit of German, Spanish, French and Italian ..(very little Italian..I only know how to ask directions :D ..just in case i need it sometime)
08-02-05, 04:12
Bad Azz Croft
Does that mean that Area 51 is in the Phillipines or are you living in the US.
My Stepmother comes from Iloilo but she was living and working in Manilla when my Dad met her. They were married in 1980. My Dad and Tessie are in the Phillipines at the moment in Iloilo. Tessie owns some land there and they are looking at building a house there. http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/wave.gif
08-02-05, 05:48
1. Russian
2. English
... or maybe 1 <-> 2 :D
3. Bad Russian
4. Bad English http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/jumper.gif
08-02-05, 05:58
English is my second, I guess... http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif I would put Spanish in the same place, if it hasn't been centuries (well, almost!) since I last spoke them - not sure about what condition they are in my brain now :D French is third surely, and I can also understand a good deal of Italian - can't speak it, though :rolleyes:
08-02-05, 06:34
Well, in Finland we have two languages, FINNISH which is my first language and SWEDISH which I really cant talk tho Ive been studyin it at school for couple of year http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif so
HAHA! Jag kan inte tala svenska... :D
My brazilian friend has taught me a bit portuguese but i can only say some pervy phrases :D I can also write a bit with the hieroglyphics http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
[ 08. February 2005, 07:38: Message edited by: Suzan ]
08-02-05, 08:08
English is my second language. I can also speak/write German, but not as well. I understand a bit of Spanish, Italian and Japanese, but you can't really say I speak any of them http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/smile.gif
08-02-05, 08:21
My first language was Chinese, but my grandparents made me forget it; children who learn English as their prominent language fare better in America. So I guess English is my base, while Spanish is my second language.
08-02-05, 08:53
1. English
2. Irish (not fluent)
3. some French
08-02-05, 10:03
Jambo na Karibu (hello and welcome)
I can speak some swahili.
08-02-05, 10:10
1st Language, Serbian.
2nd language, English.
3rd language, Arabic.
08-02-05, 10:14
Lets play, you have to guess what this says (or is supposed to say, cause i know how rubbish at this i am!)(ill put it in two languages) (oh god i bet it says something completely different to what i think!!!)
大家好, 我愛墳塋入侵者
08-02-05, 10:16
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Mark Garcia
08-02-05, 15:47
1. Spanish
2. Catalan/Valencian
3. English
4. A little bit of French
08-02-05, 15:55
1. Slovak
2. Czech (similar to my mother language, I didn't have to learn it; btw, do you remember Czechoslovakia?)
3. English
4. German (2 years, so I can't say I'm able to have a proper conversation in this lanugage - it's a pity)
I wonder if my English is understandable? :rolleyes:
Melonie Tomb Raider
08-02-05, 15:57
Does Pig Latin count? http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif haha. All I know is English and I did know how to speak Dino pretty well, almost fluently. Dino is a language that they made up on Star Fox and my brothers and I learned it. So no, I don't speak a second or htird language, although I do entend on learning Japanese and Spanish. If they offer the classes at my college.
08-02-05, 18:11
2.French, Italian
08-02-05, 18:54
1 English
2 Some Dutch
3 A little German
4 A little French
08-02-05, 19:33
1. Dutch
2. English
08-02-05, 20:05
1. Norwegian
2. English
3. Swedish... Danish (but can`t speak it).
Some Icelandic, German, Spanish, Italian, French...
08-02-05, 22:03
I'm teaching myself German - my school is utterly pathetic at teaching languages (plus all but one of the German teachers act like semi-psychopathic child-hating homosexual molesters) so I'm gonna drop the damned subject at the end of this year and just continue on my own. I'm learning just now by using German forums to get critique on my design & website stuff and it seems to be working. ^_^
09-02-05, 02:18
Gecko, again you define in the most vile, offensive and unnecessary terms. Please stop!
09-02-05, 05:24
Originally posted by Tramp:
Bad Azz Croft
Does that mean that Area 51 is in the Phillipines or are you living in the US.
My Stepmother comes from Iloilo but she was living and working in Manilla when my Dad met her. They were married in 1980. My Dad and Tessie are in the Phillipines at the moment in Iloilo. Tessie owns some land there and they are looking at building a house there. http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/wave.gif LOL. I just put Area 51 for fun! :D I live in the US and yes I came from the Philippines. Our family owns a land somewhere there currently a house is being built. I hope to someday return when the house is finished and spend some great vacation. http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/thumb.gif
09-02-05, 05:34
1. American
2. English
3. Internetish
5. Mechanic
09-02-05, 05:36
Originally posted by Neteru:
Gecko, again you define in the most vile, offensive and unnecessary terms. Please stop! I don't see any of those...
09-02-05, 07:44
Originally posted by Lemmie:
2.French, Italian
4.Russian. Pretty good to know I'm not alone http://www.tombraiderforums.com/images/smilies/wave.gif
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Photo 2: Screw the board to the studs
Position a strip of masking tape parallel to the stairs with the top edge located so that the top of the rail will be 34 to 36 in. above the stair nosings. Locate the studs and mark them on the tape. Support the handrail board on a pair of nails. Drive a pair of 3-in. screws into every other stud.
Whether you need to add a new handrail or firm up a wobbly one, here's a new handrail hanging method that's easy and super strong. The trick is to mount the handrail to a board first and then screw the board to the wall. This eliminates the hassle of trying to line up the brackets with the studs, and allows you to securely attach the end returns with screws running through the back side of the board. This method is much easier since most of the work is done on your workbench. And it also hides any damage from a poorly hung existing rail.
Start by measuring the distance from the nosing at the top landing to the nosing on the bottom tread. Add 12 in. to this measurement to find the length of the board you'll need. We used a 1x6 and shaped the edge with a router and cove bit. Cut the handrail 6 in. longer than your measurement with 45-degree miters on each end. Screw the handrail brackets to the handrail (but not the board yet), spacing them about 4 ft. apart and about 1 ft. from each end. Support the handrail on the board and measure from the tip of the miter to the board to find the length of the returns. Cut the returns. Then glue and nail them to the ends on the handrail. Photos 1 – 3 show how to complete the job. We used finish screws to attach the board to the wall because the heads are smaller and easier to hide.


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- Band: LG Entertainment
- Ceremony: Saint Ignatius Catholic Church
- Hotel: Courtyard Houston Northwest
- Reception: Chateau Polonez
- Hotel: The Element Houston Vintage Park
LG Entertainment
"We had a New Year's Eve wedding and it was fabulous. I didn't want the balloons held by a net because the place was so pretty, so LG got guys to throw them over the balcony at midnight! That's service!"
Saint Ignatius Catholic Church
"The Church, still decorated for Christmas was stunning. Gold tapestry, white poinsettias, it wa just beautiful. The service was reverent but funny. Father Norbert always does such a good job."
Chateau Polonez12612 Malcomson Rd
Houston, Texas 77070
"The food and drinks were outstanding. The venue is just gorgeous. It could not be more perfect for a wedding or a reception."
Courtyard Houston Northwest11050 Louetta Rd,
Houston, Texas 77070
The Element Houston Vintage Park14555 Vintage Preserve Parkway
Houston, Texas 77070


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A Japanese TV show sees if certain animals can navigate their way to a bowl of food without knocking down some dominoes (first part of the clip is missing, but you still get to see which animal is victorious):
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Removing pipes just to replace a gasket?
As water drains out of the tub, i found it is leaking where the drain shoe (horizontal) comes to a slip nut in a 3-ended pipe. sorry...i'm not a plumber and can't find a name for this section of pipe. it is the piece that brings together the overflow and the tub drain before the U-trap. (a decent diagram is here: http://www.plumbingworld.com/pricepf...ts.html)gasket
it turns out the rubber gasker has dried out and needs to be replaced. BUT...do i have to remove this entire section of pipe to get the gasket on? i have 2 of the slip nuts loose, but the bottom one (near the U-trap) is very tight and i'm reluctant to break this seal (old brass pipes). also it looks to me that, even if i do loosen the 3rd nut, i will have to loosen/remove the overflow pipe in order to have enough play to get the gasket in there.
Any advice on the best way to get thes pipes apart - if necessary - and how to get the gasket in will e much appreciated. trying to get this done before the in-laws come on Christmas! thanks, michael
Loosen the overflow pipe. It's only held tight by a couple of bolts. (Check, but don't drop the rubber gasket on it as well. Replace too, if it's dried out.)
You can hold a backup wrench on the pipe near the trap and another to turn the stubborn slip nut. You might even spray a little WD-40 on it, to loosen it up. It's a rubber gasket, and you also might just heat it a little with a hair dryer to soften it up.
Good luck!
thanks, mike...i got the overflow off but am still trying to bust this last slip nut.
If the hairdryer doesn't work, you might hav eto heat it with a propane torch.
depending on how much room to work and etc. take a hammer,preferably 2 and tap from each side at same time,,from ALL different directions,,,generally shakes it loose or take a couple pipe wrenches and persuade her!! Replace ALL the seals on all ends at once or you will soon be back to redo them anyway!! I like the slip plastic ones cause they dont seem to shrink,dry and rot so fast!! Good luck!!(With the inlaws)
Mike - Thanks for the 2 rounds of advice. Everything came out and is back in with no leaks. MUCH appreciated.
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CLYDE — Martin Andrew Jones, 73, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014, at his residence.
A native of Haywood County, he was the son of the late Howard Martin and Mackalean Kuykendall Jones, and was also preceded in death by a brother, Donald Jones, and half-brother, Chester Kuykendall. Martin was employed at Lea Industries for 20 years and was a member of Panther Creek Baptist Church. He loved to trade on guns, dogs, and livestock and enjoyed hunting and fishing.
Martin is survived by a brother, Bill Jones and wife, Gayla, of Canton; his best friend and pastor, Ronald Greene; close friend, Tony Williams; several nieces and nephews; and several children that considered him "Papaw Jones."
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at Panther Creek Baptist Church with the Rev. Ronald Greene officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from noon to 1:30 p.m. prior to services at the church.
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The Rays did not start the season's second half in stellar fashion, losing four of their first six post-All-Star break games, but they are on a 4-2 run coming into tonight's series opener with Oakland. Tampa Bay, which opened its current nine game road swing with a 2-1 series win over the Orioles, took its series with the Angels yesterday, beating L.A. 2-0 in Zack Greinke's Halo debut.
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poison saves, poison kills
This.^^^She agrees, but while there makes a comment that really throws me: namely, that she's "always accused of being too flirty"
This is the point where you need to find out if she's interested. Pretty much any discussion of sex implies sexual interest. You should have made a move right there. That she brought up 'being too flirty' is flirting in and of itself. If you are still on flirting terms, make a move and don't look back.
I don't really think you're "not a man" so to speak i just think the girl intimidates you. For a girl you weren't really interested in im sure you could treat her like the garbage she wants to be. You gotta figure out a way to tear her down in your mind. Not to say the macho "blow me, whore" won't work, I just don't think it's you.
I feel like you should 'force the moment to its crises' as it were, and actually make a move or ask her if she likes you. This does not mean flat out asking there are many ways in which you can discuss this with her while retaining mutually exclusive knowledge if you know what I mean. Or if you really like her then act on it. Like others have said she may be waiting for a move. But also beware the doesn't know when to flirt girl because I think they do it to psychologically satisfy themselves. I would say that definitly do something as it doesnt soound like a comfortable situation.
Like speaking generally and asking things such as: Do you think guys should make the first move?
Do you think that skin contact creates closeness?
Do you enjoy spending time with me?
In this way without making it too uncomfortable you may be able to make your mind up about what she wants or she may even tell you.
By the last part I mean that some girls ( maybe not her I dont know) enjoy the attention and longitude of flirting and may not want to end because a) they don't really wish to start anything proper with that person or b) they may be doing it semi-conciously with partly knowing the effect they are causing and yet not understand the other persons point of view. There are of course other reasons but these were what I could think of right now. Im just saying if she is flirty or misunderstood as being too flirty by people around her then chances are she enjoys the social interaction that entails and is likely not that way only towards you. Or she is confused right now. But really just speak to her about it.
"As long as we keep talking..." Pink Floyd
But my problem is basically that I haven't had a lot of experience dating, flirting, etc. I went to an all-boys school, attended college prematurely (at 17, and didn't meet many people). Most of the women I've ended up with have made the first move, which has tended to promote a certain helplessness in me. There have been two girls - the only two where our chemistry was so intense that I was literally moved to touch them - that have been the exception. Battling with extended depression and anxiety over the past 3-4 years has further taken me 'out of the game'. Since I am still relatively depressed and unsociable, I find it hard to muster up the whole jerk thing, which I guess is why I was slightly taken aback and was wondering if there was some alternative way I could approach the situation, since, for all intents and purposes, she doesn't seem to mind the less-enthusiastic, dysthymic me.
Anyway, I feel like there are certain basics I haven't been educated in, and my shyness does lead me towards wanting to learn more about how to pick up on cues etc. To me, a girl touching you automatically meant she likes you, but then the disclaimers from this girl in particular (and reading around on google) left me somewhat confused. Since I've written here, there's been more (a spontaneous massage) and her threading her arm through mine while walking (again with the disclaimer that she simply 'likes to touch people, and will always hug her family members').
But your suggestion that any mention of flirting = flirting is helpful because I've noticed her progressing towards mentioning sex around me (e.g. sex is really important to her, but then, confusingly, relating some anecdote about how she almost ended up having sex with some woman in a sauna the other day .. I presume she's bi?). At the same time, she is very open about a lot of other stuff (neuroses, health problems etc.) which make me feel more like a friend. I also took up Tkarrde's suggestion to refuse an offer to sleep on the couch; she then said that she would let me stay in her bed but finds it hard to fall asleep with other people around and had to be up early the next morning.
Still, I've realized that she isn't really dating material and that if I do sleep with her, it could screw up our friendship circle (there's some overlap), so I'm probably going to drop it here.
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This is perceptive too. I found her somewhat self-absorbed, though perhaps accidentally, i.e. more through neuroses than vanity, but she does seem intensely interested in relating her own problems etc. while doing very little to find out about me, despite constant questioning and shows of interest and whatnot on my part.By the last part I mean that some girls ( maybe not her I dont know) enjoy the attention and longitude of flirting and may not want to end because a) they don't really wish to start anything proper with that person or b) they may be doing it semi-conciously with partly knowing the effect they are causing and yet not understand the other persons point of view. There are of course other reasons but these were what I could think of right now. Im just saying if she is flirty or misunderstood as being too flirty by people around her then chances are she enjoys the social interaction that entails and is likely not that way only towards you. Or she is confused right now. But really just speak to her about it.
"As long as we keep talking..." Pink Floyd
poison saves, poison kills
Foreign saying: The heart lands on grass, but also on shit. If you have feelings for her then fine, but aside from that don't play into her thing, if she is pissing you off with her behavior. Also standing back is a good evaluation. But don't monkey around if you do like her. Just be honest.
From a woman who used to drink a lot to manage, there is a fine line between casual drinker and oops I am drinking to cover my issues. Drinking apron drink in is to cover guilt She may like you but if she feels guilt about anything she said she will not bring it up again unless she is really drunk. (this is not good). Sounds like until you talk to her when she is sober you will not find the truth. You may catch her wasted and get sex, but she wont remember too much, sounds like a cycle of guilt too me. Wanna change that ? Be the guy that forgives her, dont dwell on what she said when drunk, or how she acted, try just telling her you were intrigued by her.
OVERANALYZING. If it's right, it's right, and you will both know it and shit will just happen. Otherwise, let it go. There was not enough chemistry to sustain. When you are madly drawn to someone and find everything about them fascinating/wonderful, and can't be around them without wanting to jump their bones, yeah, that's when there is potential
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions.
-Leonardo da Vinci
For guys at least, nerves can get in the way, even if they do feel the chemistry.
Only dead fish follow the stream.
The constitution is paper, the bayonet is steel. - Haitian proverb.
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Was having dinner the other night with a buddy and his friend. My buddy is technically an eagles fan, but he really isnt a football fan.
His friend is a big Egals fan, and the converstation got around to Eli, and the "elite" stuff.
This guy just hates Eli. Says hes average at best, if he didnt have a good defense he would never win, the only reason he had a good season this year is his receivers, etc.
I asked him what QBs were better. He said the ususal: Brady, Brees, Rodgers, Big Ben. I agreed, and asked who else? Took him 5 minutes of thinking, then he says Stafford.
Now, I know Stafford is good, but I asked him by what objective measurement he could possibly say Stafford is better than Eli at this point. I mean the guy just had his first winning season? He gave a lot of BS answers; better arm, he's gonna be 10 times as good as Eli, blah, blah, blah.
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3rd Annual Duwamish Princess Angeline Native Tea Party this Saturday, 1pm-3pm
3rd Annual Duwamish Princess Angeline Native Tea Party, Sat., 1pm-3pm
From the Duwamish Tribe: Let's celebrate spring. We're breaking out the china and serving Native & English teas, scones & finger sandwiches with a lump of sunshine. Your hostess is Princess Angeline's great-great-grand-niece, Cecile Hansen, the Duwamish Tribal Chairwoman. Music by NW Native Flutist Paul Wagner. Tasty fun. Suggested donation $10.
Come early for opening of new gallery show by Seattle artist Gerrad Stockdale-- NW Fusion: Unlabeled in Seattle. Seattle icons are transformed by fusion with traditional NW forms. Meet the artist from Noon to 1pm.
More info and tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/366380
Duwamish Longhouse & Cultural Center
4705 W. Marginal Way SW
Seattle, WA
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