This section will review the major court decisions from the 1960’s to the 1990 Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Act.

Supreme Court Decision: Arizona v. California (1963)

Along with determining the Colorado River rights of Arizona, Nevada, and California, the decision also quantified federal reserved rights of the five Indian reservations along the lower Colorado River: Chemehuevi, Cocopah, Colorado River, Fort Mohave, and Quechan (Fort Yuma).

1. Court granted the reservations enough water to irrigate all practicably irrigable acreage within their boundaries.

2. Water was to come from the Lower Basin states’ Colorado River apportionments. Under this standard, five Indian reservations with a total population of 10,000 were granted approximately 900,000 AF of water.

3. Indians became major players in the water rights game.

4. Upheld Arizona’s entire 2.8 MAF allotment of Colorado River water, plus the entire discharge of the Salt and Gila River systems.

5. Central Arizona Project (CAP) had the funding to begin construction.

Colorado River Basin Project Act Funding (1968)

1. Authorized the construction of the CAP system to bring a portion of Arizona’s Colorado River allocation to central Arizona.

2. In 1971, CAWCD was created to oversee construction, operation and management of the CAP system.

3. CAP delivers approx. 1.5 MAF of Colorado River water to central Arizona each year.

Minute 242 (1973)

1. Obligated the US to improve the quality of Colorado River water delivered to Mexico which was not addressed in the Mexican Treaty in 1945

Southern Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act - SAWRSA (1975)

Act provided a framework for a comprehensive agreement to resolve many of the water issues facing Arizona and Indian communities in the state.

2006 Modifications:

1. Tohono O’odham Nation in Arizona will receive 37,800 AF annually of water from CAP

2. US Government also would provide the districts an additional 28,200 AF annually from any source

3. All water will be provided without cost to the Tohono O’odham Nation

4. $15M trust fund to develop its water resources

5. City of Tucson contributed 28,200 AF annually of effluent to be used by the Secretary to facilitate deliveries to the Community

In December 2004, the Arizona Water Settlements Act Title III of the Act amended the 1982 SAWRSA and provided a mechanism to implement the settlement – the amendment identified the source of the settlement water as CAP Non-Indian Agricultural priority water.

The Community may lease its CAP water with the CAP service area

Ak-Chin Indian Community (1978 and 1984)

1. The Community was awarded annual entitlement to 75,000 AF (85,000 AF in wet years) of water delivered via the CAP and other Colorado River water.

2. In 1992 (San Carlos Apache Settlement Agreement) allows the Community to lease any unused CAP water to off-reservation users within the Tucson, Pinal, and Phoenix AMAs.

Salt River Pima-Maricopa Settlement Agreement (1988)

1. Gave the Community an annual entitlement to 122,400 AF of water (from Salt, Verde, Colorado Rivers and groundwater) plus storage rights behind Bartlett and modified Roosevelt Dams

2. Can pump groundwater only until the East Salt River sub-basin in the Phoenix AMA achieves safe-yield

3. The Community leased 13,000 AF CAP allocation to the Phoenix valley cities

Parties in Agreement: SRP, RWCD, Roosevelt Irrigation District, Chandler, Glendale, Mesa, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Gilbert, CAWCD, US and State of Arizona

Fort McDowell Indian Community Water Rights Act (1990)

Under the settlement, the Fort McDowell Indian Community received 36,350 AF per year of water from the Verde River and CAP as well as sufficient money to develop agricultural and other beneficial uses of water on the reservation.

The act specifies two major actions: (1) Community to utilize its water rights under the 1910 Kent Decree more fully, the Secretary of the Interior is directed to contract with SRP, for a period not to exceed 25 years, for the utilization of up to 3,000 AF of the existing storage entitlement of the US and SRP behind Bartlett and Horseshoe Dams. (2) Secretary is authorized to acquire for the tribe 13,933 AF of water from one or a combination of the following sources: (a) CAP water permanently relinquished by the Harquahala Valley Irrigation District (HVID) and/or (b) CAP M&I water and CAP Indian Priority water permanently relinquished by the City of Prescott, the Yavapi-Prescott Tribe, the Camp Verde Yavapi-Apache Tribe, the Cottonwood Water Company and the Camp Verde Water Company. Any water acquired from these sources shall be done with their consent.

Secretary may use water acquired from HVID with its original CAP agricultural priority or may convert it, at a rate of 1 AF per eligible CAP acre, to a maximum of 33,263 AF of CAP Indian Priority water.

As consideration for the ‘fair market value’ of water relinquished by HVID, the Secretary would: (1) credit HVID with an appropriate share of its outstanding CAP debt, and (2) offset the annual repayment requirements of the CAWCD in amounts which ‘total the balance of the fair value of water acquired and not accounted for (by the credit of HVID debt) until such value is exhausted.’

If at least 7,000 AF of CAP water is acquired from the second sources, the Secretary may acquire, from willing sellers, land and water rights in the Big Chino Valley of the Verde River watershed in an amount sufficient to replace the water acquired. The bill authorizes appropriations, not to exceed $30M, to pay for the costs of acquiring the replacement water and of constructing necessary diversion, collection, and transmission facilities to deliver the replacement water to the parties from which the Secretary acquired CAP water.

The Bill would allow the Community to lease its CAP water.

Secretary would amend the tribe’s CAP contract to authorize a 99-year lease of up to 4,300 AF/yr to the City of Phoenix commencing on January 1, 2001.

The tribe may lease water (up to 18,233 AF) for its fair market value for a term not to exceed 100 years for use in Pima, Pinal or Maricopa Counties.

The United States shall not impose upon the Community operation, maintenance, and replacement charges specified in the Community’s CAP contract for any leased water

For the purpose of the CAP contract between the US and CAWCD, the costs associated with the delivery of CAP water leased by Phoenix shall be nonreimbursable and, therefore, excluded from the District’s repayment obligation. Except for these two provisions, no water received by the Community or its members under the agreement may be sold, leased, transferred, or in any way used off the reservation

Establishes the Fort McDowell Indian Community Development Fund: $2M paid by Arizona and $23M to be paid by the US for use in the design and construction of facilities to put to beneficial use the Community’s water entitlement and other economic and community development projects.

Secretary is authorized to provide the Community with a 40-year, interest free loan of $13M under the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956 for the purpose of constructing facilities for the conveyance and delivery of water on the reservation.

Make no doubt about it people…the Game is played in COMFORT! So many guys either skip or hurry past the comfort building stage and end up alone, it’s sad. It’s a fact that even if someone is hypnotized, they still won’t do anything that their not comfortable doing.So I want you to ask yourself this: Why would a woman kiss, or sleep with me if she’s not comfortable being around me? The answer is, of course, she won’t. So how do you get a woman comfortable enough after just meeting her to bed her? That answer is simple and yet has alot of detail to it. It involves the continuation of kino escalation, meaningful conversation, location changes, emotional proof, and time. If you stop at attraction and skip comfort building all together, or just do a bit, you will find yourself with alot of friends that are girls instead of alot of girlfriends. I cannot stress how important the comfort stage is. Here are some key points to building comfort while gaming.

Rapport:

Talking. It sounds easy enough but sometimes you can get stuck saying the same old thing that every girl hears over and over again. To avoid this, you must know how to start conversation, what to talk about, and when to talk about it. Make things interesting for your target. Obviously you’ll want to stay away from the “yes, no” answers, but two or three word answers are just as bad. Like openers, comfort building convo should always have a great story. This is not hard to learn how to do. Watch your favorite stand-up comedian. See how they not only make you want to wait for the punch line (building interest), but how they also pace themselves, how they don’t laugh at their own jokes (atleast until everyone else is laughing), and how they move on to another joke and them may come back to the first. This is why comedians, even the most unattractive and non-famous ones, get 10’s all the time. They know how to talk and how to build comfort.

When you first open a set and use an opener, the conversation starts from there. You obviously don’t start with introductions at this point because it would show too much interest and you haven’t DHV‘ed enough for them to care who you are. Only after you’ve built enough attraction is a women or someone in the group going to ask who you are (never ask the target her name as it, again, shows too much interest). At this point, most men just tell them what their name is. But why do that?  Instead, keep things interesting by playing a simple guessing game. She ask what your name is, you reply “what kind of person do I look like to you? A John, Bob, Marcus?”. Not only can you easily bust on her for giving you a name that’s way off, but it also gives you a sense of mystery, as well as keeps you from jumping through her hoops of compliance. Just like men can give compliance test to see how far the target is willing to just do what the PUA wants, women too have compliance test, and use them ALL THE TIME! She ask you for a drink and you buy her one, compliance. She ask you what you name is and you tell her, compliance. These are hoops that women set up for you to jump through in order to tell if you are a man of higher value. You, in turn, DHV by never jumping through those hoops. She ask what your name is, make her guess a few times, then tell her. If she ask what you do, tell her your a pencil sharpener repair man, your the guy that staples all the magazines in the middle, anything. Make her beg to know what your job is. Now, instead of finally telling her that your an accountant, doctor, bartender etc, tell her a story. Tell her from start to finish about how you came to be where you are today. Start with your childhood dream, how and why you did or didn’t give that dream up, how that moment in high school changed what you thought about whatever, how you met so-and-so who helped you, and finally how that all made it possible for you to be doing what you now do. Here the story that I use while gaming in-field and online (I hate online gaming but I’m just really good at it and it easily translates from real world game):

” You know, all my life I wanted to be a superhero. I read and collected tons of comics as a kid. I knew I wasn’t gonna get bitten by a radioactive spider or make multi-million dollar gadgets, so I started doing gymnastics and martial arts. I was a really shy kid (most comic book kids are) but the gymnastics and martial arts really gave me the confidence I was lacking. By the time I got out of high school I was the most popular kid in the whole school and one of the most well known in the city. I realized that what I really wanted to figure out is why people can be so sheltered socially and some not. So I started learning about human behavior while keeping with my other training. Now I’m a Exercise specialist, teach woman’s self-defense, and I teach Human Social Dynamics to adults who are still in that social shell. Still, I would be a superhero. Love my life, but I still want to be one.”

See how that works? This is called grounding. It’s a way of getting the two of you on the same level. Not only do I avoid the lame answer of “I’m a trainer and some what of a life-coach”, but I also build comfort by taking her through phases of my life. Sure, everyone’s story is different, but the phases are usually the same: Childhood dreams, failures, re-evaluations, present-day accomplishments. While I’m talking, she will be thinking:” I remember my childhood dream. I remember how it didn’t work out. I remember feeling awkward in school (everyone does). I remember getting to where I am now”. Storytelling like this brings commonality to the forefront, which in turn, builds comfort.

Like I’ve stated before, an alpha male is not some hard-ass looking for a fight. An alpha is someone that can take care of a woman’s physical and emotional needs. You have to DVH (once again, demonstrate higher value) in order to convey that. One way of conveying you being an Alpha is to show vulnerability. It’s very simple to understand how it works and why. Think of the movie “the Karate Kid”. Kid meets a girl, kid gets beat up by bullies, kid learns karate, kid wins in the end. Great movie. However, if it were kid meets girl, kid already knows karate and beats up bullies from the start, that would make a short and boring movie. If Kevin Bacon moved to a town were everyone danced all the time, the last dance scene in “Footloose” would have sucked. Get it? Tell stories (interesting ones) about your failures and how you overcame them. About how your sister was in trouble and you were scared to go into that neighborhood to get her, but you did anyway because you would do anything for your family. DHV. Show her that if  she (subconsciously of course) were to start a family with you, you would be a wonderful protector. She’s starting to get comfortable.

The Move:

Now I actually mean move. As in a different location. Say that you’ve opened a set. Your target has given you enough IOI’s that you now know it’s time to start building comfort, but your standing in the middle of a busy bar. What do you do? You have to move to a quieter location in order for comfort building to work. It can be the smokers area, a balcony, the V.I.P. table you have, or even a quiet corner that YOU can lean against. This does many thing. It makes so that you two have openly shown mutual interest in each others company, puts you two “together”, gives you a quieter setting for DHV games like the Cube etc, and nulls any outside distractions, i.e. cockblocking friends or other PUA’s. Now the move is not as simple as just saying “let’s go over here”. There are factors that you must be aware of so you won’t get cut off immediately or in the future. First off: ASK HER FRIENDS PERMISSION! You might be down to have a seat in the booth. She might be as well. But, if you try to take her away without acknowledging her friends, you will get cut off at the pass. They will grab her back, tell her their all about to leave, or tell you that they don’t think so. Even if you have DHV‘ed enough around them, they will either purposely cockblock, or attempt to join you. To avoid this from happening, simple ask them if it’s okay if you borrow their friend for a minute and point to them were you’ll both be. That’s it. That’s all it takes. They will either say yes, or that it’s up to her. If they do say no, and you’ve built enough attraction, the target will let them know that it’s alright.

Compliance:

Women will put you through shit test constantly. A shit test is just a way of women seeing how far they can push your buttons. A man of lower value will instantly respond to a shit test. It’s hard not to. A woman will put on a pout and say “You don’t like me”, to which most men will say “Yeah I do! I like you alot!”. You failed. A woman will say “Why are you wearing that goofy hat?”, to which most men will reply “You think its goofy? I thought it was cool.” you failed. Instead, smile and simply state whatever their attitude is and how much you like it, i.e.: “I love the hurt little puppy thing, it’s adorable, or “I love the antagonistic attitude, it’s so cute”. I’ll usually follow this up with a neg, but only if it happens during attraction. If it happens during comfort, you have to perform what is known as a freeze-out.

Freeze-outs are like (I know I’m gonna get shit for this) training a dog. Seriously. You reward good behavior with good feeling and emotions, while rewarding bad behavior with discomfort. People are the same way. If you’re in the comfort stage and your target is giving you shit test, simply smile and appear disinterested in her. DON”T LOOK UPSET! Just make it seem like you were watching a movie that you’ve seen 30 times on T.V. and you didn’t feel like changing the channel. Look around the bar, change your body language to face away from her, smile at someone else. Make things uncomfortable for only a few moments, Then start a new thread of conversation. When she gives you a new IOI, reward her with and IOI of your own. This can be through kino or a compliment (never about her looks, only about her energy, personality etc). Remember, your still getting her to chase you. Cat-string.  The same is done with kino-compliance test. You tell (never ask) her to give you her hand and she ask why, freeze-out, let a moment pass, tell her again. You take her hand, while you both are sitting, and place it on your knee. If she leaves it there, reward her with an IOI. If she removes it, freeze-out, take a moment, put it back on your knee and continue as needed. The more a woman complies to what you want, the farther you can take the compliance. This is mental-escalation and works the same as kino-escalation does. However, there has to be enough interest built for freeze-outs to work. If she doesn’t care that you stopped talking to her, it’s obviously not a useful tool.

Conspiracy:

It sucks when two people are laughing and tell you that it’s an inside joke. That statement automatically puts you outside with everyone else and makes them seem like a team. That’s why conspiracy is so great. Say you’ve played the Rollercoaster with her at this point, and some girl she knows comes up and starts talking about sex. You can easily reference how long your target waited in line (her foreplay time) without her friend knowing what you two are talking about. This will make a little inside joke between the two of you that will make her feel more comfortable with you. Like you two are old friends in on it while everyone else has no idea what your talking about. This is conspiracy. Here is a little game called Screw, Marry, Kill that is great at building comfort and conspiracy:

Tell your target that your going to point out 3 guys in the venue. She has to tell you which one she would screw, which one she would marry, and which one she would kill. She has to answer and as a reward, she gets to ask you the same about 3 women. Keep this game going as people walk by. Later on you can point out the guy’s she picked when you two see them i.e. “There’s your husband! You better go make sure he isn’t planning on divorcing you for hanging around me all night.”

The Jump:

So you’ve build alot of comfort so far. You know alot about her and she knows alot about you. You’ve continued to escalate kino. You might have even kissed her by know. What next? It’s almost closing time. This is were the jump comes in. The jump is a move from the current venue to a completely different one. Will the jump happen now, tomorrow? Will it be the all night dinner or your place?  This all depends really on how much comfort you’ve built so far. If you’ve built enough to were she wants to see you again, just not tonight, TELL HER (never ask) to give you her phone number. Or playfully state that you’ve had fun talking to her and that you wish there was some form of technology that would allow you two to continue your conversation ( Thanks Dano).  Once she has given you her number, don’t walk away as soon as it’s saved. Keep talking. Continue to build comfort until one or both of you has to go.

Now, If you have built enough comfort to were she will go with you or meet you at a late night dinner or coffee shop, your in good shape. This type of jump is called an Instant Date. Even if her or your friends come with, you two are there together. This can be very powerful when it comes to gaming. I have had many of these instant dates and, unless there is some outside force i.e. work in the morning, paper due etc, I usually continue to escalate kino and build comfort enough to F-close (have sex) the target that night.Remember, kissing is not seduction. It can be part of attraction and comfort building. However, you must know when to hold back. You don’t want it to seem that all your looking for is sex. If you think that the kissing is getting too hot and heavy, pull back, take a break. Tell her you don’t want things to move that fast. Your not that type of guy. Your not that easy. Doing this will DHV you into another world! Not only that, but it will also help destroy her LMR (last-minute resistance), which I will discuss in a later class.

Last Stop:

So you’ve done your jump. Either you met up with your target the next day or so, or took her to your place that night. Either way, you still want her to be comfortable enough to go to that last step, seduction. When a woman is alone with you in your home or her’s, it’s not a good idea to try to get her right into bed. Even if she bolts straight to your bedroom. Unless she takes her cloths off and say’s take me now, nothing is a sure thing just yet. Show her around the place like you would a good friend who has never been there before. Make the bedroom the last place you go. If she comes in with you, make sure you stay out of the line between her and the door. You don’t want her to feel like a little rabbit about to be caught in a tap. You want her to feel comfortable. After you’ve shown her the room or she’s shown you her’s, suggest you go back to the living room to sit and talk. This is something that guy’s never do. Once we get her into the bedroom, we want her to sit on the bed and start making out with us. This is wrong thinking. Once again, you don’t want her to feel trapped or forced. Comfort is the word. She will be shocked. relieved, and a bit disappointed that you didn’t try anything while you had her where “the magic happens”. The thing is, once she’s been in the room and is comfortable knowing that you didn’t try anything then, she will have no problem going back in a second time for a longer period. I don’t even follow them in now. I simply tell them were it is and let them explore for themselves. Even if they ask me to come join them I don’t. I tell them to come back were I am and chill for a bit. This works wonders later on. You don;t want to be in that moment were your getting it on and just when you think it’s going to happen, she says you should slow down. That sucks. By taking YOUR time, it will help dampen the chances of that happening later on.

Now this is a trade secret that I’m about to share. Something that I have told all my friends to do, but not anyone else. I am sharing it publicly here for the first time. The greatest tool for building comfort in your final comfort location: a photo album. That’s it. A simple picture book. ALWAYS have one sitting in or around your living area. It can be on a coffee table or just leave it on the couch before you head out to the clubs. Women cannot resist looking at old pictures. That have to see what your life was like before they met you. You should have this album stocked with pics that can lead to more DHV stories. Know what pics are in there. If you plan on telling the story about the time you and your pal got chased by a bear when you were hiking together, have a pic of that friend in his hiking gear in the album. That way you can point him out to her later on to remind her that you have had a crazy and dangerous life. Have pics of your family to show her that you are family oriented (even if your not). Put your cutest and most embarrassing baby pictures in front to get that “Awwwww” moment out of her. Walk her through the pages with stories about when this happened and why you were wearing that. This is the best grounding tool I have come by as of yet. Probably better than her meeting your parents. She will feel a sense of commonality watching you grow up through pictures. She will think: “I have friends like that. I remember my fourth grade Christmas pageant. I miss my old dog too.” Continue kino through kiss and touch and you’ll have built enough comfort to move onto my favorite part: The seduction stage. That class will have to wait my young padawans. Next up is phone game and how to get rid of the cockblock/boyfriend without seeming like a cock yourself. Until then, keep gaming kids.

BEWM

Sicko the Clown Coming January 2009!!

If you don’t like it….go SICK yourself!!!

Arizona Water Law 101: History and Timeline

Before we begin to discuss the present state of water affairs in Arizona it is neccessary to understand the development of water law, and applicable legislation, which predicates the status of water affairs today. In this lecture a host of topics will be addressed, in brief, so as to allow a further understanding of the evolution of water rights law, most specifically pre-1960’s water legislation.

National Reclamation Act / SRP Creation (1902 / 1903)

Due to drought which occurred on the Salt River in the late 1890s, the Act provided government loans to ‘reclaim’ the West with irrigation projects. The creation of the Theodore Roosevelt Dam, as well as, federal purchase of all of the private canals (in Central Arizona) with landowners pledging more than 200,000 acres of their land as collateral for a government loan to build a massive water storage and delivery system. In addition, the Feds built the Granite Reef Diversion Dam. In 1917, operation of the canal system was turned over to the Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association (SRP) created in 1903.

Supreme Court Decision: Winters v. United States (1908)

Recognized Indian Water Rights regardless of whether a tribe had used the water or not. Water Rights were established at the time the reservation was created. The state in which the reservation is located must fulfill the tribal water right. Established Federal Reserve Right to water. Federal Reserve Right: These rights implicitly reserve an unknown quantity of water and provide that the government has such future use of water as will be necessary to fulfill the purposes for which the federal land reservation was made.

Hurley v. Abbott: Kent Decree (1910)

Establishes the basis for water rights in Arizona on the Salt River. Established who had surface water rights in the Salt River watershed for water users who diverted water above Joint Head Dam, an old diversion near present day Sky Harbor Airport, however decree never addressed water rights along the Verde River.

Colorado River Compact (1922)

Apportioned Colorado River between Upper (Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico) and Lower (California, Arizona, Nevada) Basin states. Demarcation between Upper and Lower is set at Lee’s Ferry located in northern Arizona’s canyon country close to the Utah border. Keystone to the “Law of the River” and had estimated annual Colorado River flow at 16.4 MAF (Million-Acre-Feet) per year, however average flow based on current estimates is 13.5 MAF per year.

Colorado River Compact, Summation

Beginning the in early 1900s the Colorado Basin states were anxious about securing their share of the Colorado River. Considering the fact that California, then and now, was seeing incredible growth, they were early in the game to establish their water rights on the Colorado, to the detriment, or perceived detriment, of the other basin states.

Further alarm grew out of a US Supreme Court decision which ruled (c. 1922) that the law of prior appropriation applied regardless of state lines. Delph Carpenter, a Colorado attorney, asserted that the states must reach an agreement in regards to Colorado River appropriations and would serve as a panacea for future River litigation.

W.S. Norviel of Arizona played a prominent role in the beginning negotiations as a fierce supporter of Arizona rights to the Colorado. He insisted that the Lower Basin states receive all the water of their tributaries, plus half the river’s flow at Lee’s Ferry which almost stopped negotiations. Ultimately one (1) MAF was allowed in order to quiet Norviel.

Even after signing the Compact, all the states but Arizona ratified it. Arizona’s Governor Hunt faulted the Compact for not allocating water directly to the states, instead of to the basins. As per the Compact, the law of prior appropriation would not apply between the basins, but if enforced within basin, Arizona would be competing with rapidly growing California.

The proposed Boulder Canyon Project, which included construction of the All American and a high dam on the lower river, intensified animosity between Arizona and California. The project would increase California’s access to the River thereby ‘potentially’ hurting the water rights of Arizona. Despite all arguments and even after litigation, the project passed.

In the early 1940s (same time groundwater pumping was reaching its height, in terms of technology) Arizona ratified the Colorado River Compact and began to discuss the CAP. Beginning in 1952 the US Supreme Court case, Arizona v. California began. Finally after 11 years was resolved by the following: (1) Colorado River water was apportioned, California received 4.4 MAF, Arizona 2.8 MAF, and Nevada 300,000 AF and each state was awarded all the water in their tributaries.

Additionally, Arizona v. California opened the door to federal participation in Colorado River affairs, something the drafters of the 1922 Compact did not want. Also, the decision interpreted the Boulder Canyon Act as empowering the Secretary of the Interior to act as water master of the Lower Colorado River, to apportion future surpluses and shortages among the states and even among users within the states. Issues not covered in the Compact include: environmental concerns, as well as, Indian Water Rights, which were negotiated much later.

Boulder Canyon Project Act (1928)

Further divided the Lower Basin’s allotment with 4.4 MAF going to California, 2.8 to Arizona, and 300,000 to Nevada, with Arizona and California agreeing to split any excess equally. Authorized the construction of the Hoover Dam and the All-American Canal.

The Mexican Water Treaty (1945)

Entitled Mexico to 1.5 MAF of Colorado River water, however during severe droughts the US may reduce its allotment to Mexico “in the same proportion as consumptive uses in the United States is reduced.”

The problem of water in Arizona first came about with the invention of better groundwater pumps in the 1940s which led to ‘overdrafting:’

Overdrafting is defined as the process of extracting groundwater beyond the safe yield of the acquifer. The problem first started in Tucson in the Avra Valley. Tucson, unlike Phoenix with SRP, did not have a direct surface water allocation; as such, Tucson pumped much of the water from the, then, perennial Santa Cruz River. In the late 1970s, courts started issuing injunctions against Tucson from excessive groundwater pumping in the Avra Valley.

McCarran Amendment (1952)

General stream adjudications, when brought in state court, allow state courts to adjudicate the water rights of Indian Tribes and federal agencies based on federal law, along with water rights of other persons, based on state law.

Essentially, the amendment waives the sovereign authority of an Indian tribe and the federal government provided the adjudication is comprehensive, i.e. that it includes all of the water rights on a river system.

This ends our journey through early Water Right’s history. The next class will start with Sumpreme Court Decision: Arizona v. California (1963).

Arizona Water Law 101: Terminology

In order to have an understanding of the topics covered in this class it is necessary for you to know and understand the terms and acronyms used. As such, the below list represents, some but not all, of the terms used in ‘water world.’

Water Terminology

Acre-Foot (AF): One acre-foot is the volume of water sufficient to cover an acre of land to a depth of 1 foot, 43,560 cubic feet, approximately 325,851 gallons. For practical purposes, 1 AF is enough water to meet the consumptive use of an average household (4-5 people) for one year.

Active Management Area (AMA): An initial active management area is a geographical area which has been designated by the legislature as requiring active management of groundwater….other than stored water, withdrawn from a well. A.R.S. § 45-201(1).

Assured Water Supply (AWS): Under A.R.S. § 45-576 a developer may not offer to sell of lease in an AMA subdivided lands (six or more lots under 36 acres in size) unit it first demonstrates to the Department that it has a water supply that meets certain criteria. In this regard, the developer has two options: (1) the developer may obtain a certificate of assured water supply from the Department, or (2) the developer may obtain water service from a water provider whose service area has a designation of assured water supply. Either the developer applying for a certificate of assured water supply or the water provider applying for designation must demonstrate that it has a water supply that meets the following criteria: (1) the supply is of “adequate quality,” (2) the supply will be continuously available to meet the water needs of the proposed use for at least 100 years, (3) the projected use is consistent with the management plan of the AMA, (4) the projected use is consistent with achievement of the management goal of the AMA, and (5) financial capability has been demonstrated to construct the water facilities necessary to make the supply of water available for the proposed use, including the delivery system and any storage facilities or treatment works.

Effluent: Means water that has been collected in a sanitary sewer for subsequent treatment in a facility that is regulated pursuant to A.R.S. § 49-361 and 49-362. Such water remains effluent until it acquires the characteristics of ground or surface water. A.R.S. § 45-101(4).

Grandfathered Rights: A grandfather right is a right to withdraw and use groundwater within an AMA based on the fact of lawful withdrawals and use of groundwater prior to June 12, 1980 for all initial AMAs. There are three types of grandfathered rights: (1) Irrigation grandfathered rights, (2) Type 1 non-irrigation grandfathered rights, and (3) Type 2 non-irrigation grandfathered rights.

Groundwater: Groundwater means water under the surface of the earth regardless of the geologic structure in which it is standing or moving. Groundwater does not include water flowing in underground streams with ascertainable beds and banks. A.R..S. § 45-101(5)

Irrigation Grandfathered Right (IGFR): Confers the right to irrigate specific plots of land that had been irrigated with groundwater between 1975 and 1980. Land without an IGFR may not be irrigated with groundwater. An IGFR may not be sold apart from the associated land.

Type 1 IGFR: Is associated with land permanently retired from farming and converted to a non-irrigation use, e.g. building of a new industrial plant or a subdivision. This right, like an IGFR, may be conveyed only with the land. The maximum amount of groundwater that may be pumped each year using a Type 1 right is three (3) acre-feet (AF) per acre.

Type 2 IGFR: Can only be used for non-irrigation purpose. The right is based on historical pumping of groundwater for a non-irrigation use and equals the maximum amount pumped in any one year between 1975 and 1980. Examples of non-irrigation uses include industry, livestock watering, and golf courses. Type 2 rights are the most flexible because they may be sold separately from the land or well. In addition, the owner of a Type 2 right may, with ADWR approval, withdraw groundwater from a new location within the same AMA. It is possible to lease a portion of a Type 2 right, but if the right is sold, it may not be divided; instead, the entire right must be sold.

Safe-yield: Is a groundwater management goal which attempts to achieve and thereafter maintain a long-term balance between the annual amount of groundwater withdrawn in an AMA and the annual amount of natural and artificial recharge in the AMA. A.R.S. § 45-561(12).

Surface Water: The waters of all sources, flowing in streams, canyons, ravines or other natural channels, or in definite underground channels, whether perennial or intermittent, floodwater, wastewater or surplus water, and of lakes, ponds and springs on the surface. For the purposes of administering Title 45, surface water is deemed to include Central Arizona Project water. A.R..S. § 45-101(9).

Arizona Water Law is dictated by Title 45 of the Arizona Revised Statutes and can be found by clicking here.

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Arizona Water Law 101

Welcome to Arizona Water Law 101, this class is presented by EPU Investments an Arizona based consultancy and asset management firm. This class is being offered as a special lecture series and will provide the student with a general overview of Arizona, and in particular, Arizona Colorado River Water Law. As such, this will include a general overview of water law including (in no particular order):

1. What are water rights?

2. How do water rights impact me?

3. Differences between ground water and surface water

4. Arizona Water Law Terminology

5. Various Water Rights Settlement Agreements

It is our hope that at the end of this lecture series the reader has a greater understanding and appreciation of water rights and its impact in our everyday lives.

The image depicted is a Map of Arizona showing various AMA-INA locations.

Openers and Negs are essential to game. They are valuable tools that any PUA must master in order to get the women they want. However, there are other “tricks” that will also boost your mastery of your game and all around social skills. Over the years, pickup artist have studied and tested various routines and gambits in field, in order to help build rapport and be interesting. Not only are these games/tricks/bets a fantastic way to show your target and her friends that you are fun and exciting, but they can also be great ways to build attraction, comfort, demand compliance, and seemingly get into your targets head. Tell a woman all about yourself and she may quickly get bored. Tell a woman all about herself, and she will think that your the only one who gets her. I have honestly had women bring other women to me just to demonstrate my psychic/magical/impossible powers over and over again. I’ll go through the gambits that have worked for me time and time again, however, there are many more that are out there and are very useful. Go to any library and look up street magic, cold reading, or bar bets and games. All can be useful info for the aspiring ladies man. Lets get started:

The Cube:

Without question, this is my favorite cold-read routine, and one of the most effective of all time. It was created by P.U.G Neil Strauss a.k.a Style. The man is a god. All you really need is your target (or the targets friends to build jealousy and lower chances of cock blocking) and a good memory.

First, ask the target if she’s ever heard of the cube. No. TELL her to give her hands to you (don’t ask, tell. This is called a compliance test. I’ll get into that later on). Now you tell her to imagine that she’s driving down a desert highway, nothing to see for miles. All of a sudden she sees a cube on the side of the road. Ask her what size is the cube in relation to something. Then ask her what color is the cube. Ask if it’s solid or transparent. Tell her that there is a horse near the cube and ask her how big is the horse and what is it doing. Next, tell her there are flowers around the cube. Ask how many flowers there are. Now the game is done and it’s time to tell her what all that meant. Here’s how you read her answers to the cube:

• Cube size= Her ego. How she sees herself in the world. Paris Hilton’s was the size of a hotel, see what I mean.
• Cube color= Personality. Black would be anti-social while blue would be laid-back and cool etc.
• Cube solid or see-through= solid means she is hard to read and doesn’t let people in easily. Transparent means she wears her heart on her sleeve. She’s an open book.
• Horse= Relationships with men. If the horse was big and looking at the cube, it means she wants a man that will protect and watch over her. If it was small and doing nothing, it means she’s not into relationships right now.
• Flowers= Friends. However many flowers there are equals the number of true friends she has. Friends that she honestly trust. the ones she knows she can count on.

Now the great thing about the cube is that not only will it actually help you learn what kind of person your target is, but it will also make the target think that you know her so well already. There have been a few times where I’ve done the cube, the target denies the interpretation, but her friends confirm that shes exactly the way I described. It never fails. I don’t know if its because its true, or because women really want to believe it is. Now of course, everyone is different, so you have to be quick on your toes. I once had a young lady tell me her cube was mirrored. I told her that she views how she is based on the way other people see her. On others opinion of her. Now I thought I was gonna get shot down on that one, but she told me I was absolutely right. That other people’s opinions matter so much to her. See what I mean? It will also help to be vague and yet seem to give detail. If your target says her cube is the size of a house, tell her that she has a strong foundation and knows who she is and what she wants, but is still striving to do better for herself. She’ll say that is exactly who she is. Here the thing: THATS WHO MOST WOMEN ARE!!! Or, atleast who they think they are. That’s what cold reading is all about. Giving vague descriptions with authority to make them seem real and pinpoint acurate. It’s what every fake psychic uses to tell people about themselves and their deceased loved ones. Practice the cube on your female friends and family members until you can get it down well enough to use in actual gaming.

The Rollercoaster:

This cold reading routine is a great follow-up to the Cube. Not only is it alot easier to do, but it’s a great way to bring a little sexual tension and humor into the conversation. Here’s how it goes:

Ask your target to imagine herself at an amusement park. There is a rollercoaster that she really wants to get on but there’s a line. Ask her how long does she wait in line. Tell her that she finally gets on the the ride, harnessed in and about to start, how does she feel?  Tell her the ride has started and she’s on the highest point with the biggest drop. She realizes that the ride is actually a water ride and she’s about to hit the big splash, what does she yell? Next, she’s of the ride and wants to get on the merry-go-round. She gets on but her horse doesn’t work, how does she feel? Now for the fun part. Here’s how you read her:

• The wait in line= How long she likes foreplay. A woman told me 2 hours once and I knew that would be wrong, but she said that it actually was how long she liked foreplay. Chicks are weird.
• On the ride and about to go= How she feels just before sex starts.
• What she yells out during the big splash= You guessed it, orgasm. It’s what she screams out when she hits that point.
• Horse doesn’t work= How she feels when a guy can’t get it up.

The cool thing about the rollercoaster is how much fun women have with it. Whether your answers are accurate or not, they’ll still have a good laugh and a great time talking about it with you. They’ll bring their friends over to hear their answers and laugh and giggle during, while their friend has no idea whats going on. She’ll feel as though she’s in on it now with you. Your together during this point. She might even want to try doing it herself with you there to remind her how it goes. This cold-read gambit works get while picking up.

Five Questions:

I always use this one whenever I find myself in one of those award “soooooo” moments. The ones were the conversation just dropped and you don’t know what to say next. It’s also a great bar bet gambit. I always make the bet like this: If we play we have to bet. If I win, she has to buy me a beer. If she wins, she gets to kiss me, but only a peck, because I don’t make out with people I just met (yeah right). This was also created by Neil Strauss. Here’s how it goes:

Tell her that your going to ask her 5 very easy and simple questions. All she has to do to win is to get every answer WRONG. Make sure she understands that the goal is to get them wrong. You can even do a test question just to make sure she gets the game. Next, ask her anything you want. What time is it? What color are my eyes? What day is it? What bar are we at etc?  It doesn’t matter what the first 3 questions are, just as long as she gets them all wrong (which she should unless she’s a complete idiot). Now here is how you win. With a little bit of acting skill, start to look confused. Count on your fingers or whatever you want to do, just be convincing. Ask her how many questions was that so far. Normally, most people will say 3 which is right…you win. If she catches you on that one and says something like 7 or 45, laugh as though you got busted and say “You got me. You’ve played this before haven’t you?”. She’ll say no and you’ll win, since that was the fifth question. Get it. I love this routine to death. Since I bet that if I win I get a beer and if she wins she get a kiss, most women get confused and think I won a kiss. I let them know that my prize was the beer and want that and not a kiss. Cat-string, remember? Now depending on the mood and how much interest SHE has earned with me, I might tell her to forget the beer and that I’ll ALLOW her to kiss me since I tricked her. See how that works? Or, I’ll get the beer, drink it, then tell her I feel bad for tricking her and ALLOW HER to kiss me. Either way, I kiss-close my target within minutes into opening conversation with her. Just another Jedi-Pimp mind trick.

Subconscious:

This one is more like the Cube and Rollercoaster. It’s based on subconscious responses. It can be hit and miss, but it doesn’t really matter. It will leave you with something to talk to your target about and give you alot of chances to add in DHV stories and spikes. It’s very simple to do. All you need to remember is: Color, animal, and a body of water. Here it is:

Ask your target to give her answers as fast as she can, without really thinking of them. Ask her to name a color. Then ask her to give three adjectives to describe said color. Ask for and animal and describe it the same way she did the color. Next, a body of water. When she is finished, read her answers like so:

• Color= How she see’s herself.
• Animal= How she see’s her friends.
• Water=  how she see’s her sex life.

There is a fourth part that tells how she views death, but I tend to stay away from those topics. Remember, you want her to see you as someone that makes her excited and happy, not the guy who made her think about her dead puppy.

Lock-in Props:

A lock-in prop is any item a PUA owns that is given to the target for safe keeping. This can be a hat, a necklace, a ring, watch etc. The item has to be shown as having value to the PUA (through a cool DHV story) even though it may, in reality, be worthless. The point of a lock-in is to build trust, keep you in the targets mind, and make sure the target does not leave without you knowing. I cannot stress how useful a lock-in prop is. They have worked miracles in my gaming. I once gave a woman from England my battered Spider-Man necklace to wear for the night. I made up some story about how much it meant to me and how long I had it (complete BS). Then I left her. I didn’t even talk to her for the rest of the night. By the time I ran into her again, the bar was closing and she had to leave. She took off the necklace, told me how much she appreciated me letting her wear it, put her tongue down my throat, and then gave me her number. Simple as that. Why? Because I showed her, by not only giving it to her but by not hounding her about it all night, that I trusted her. Trust. The key to the lock-in prop. Did I really trust her? No. Of course not. I didn’t even know her. But, because I let her believe that I did, she trusted me. Hat’s are great lock-in props. Especially crazy looking hats. The wilder the prop, the more a woman will want to use it herself. Use big furry top-hats. Use multi-colored boas. I have even, on occasion, walked around clubs with a stuffed Winnie the Pooh doll. Tell a woman that you’ve had it since you were six (even though you bought it last week at a yard sale) and she will melt. Tell her that she can play with it while you go find your friends, and she will be yours. Just remember not to use something you actually care about. Some people are just asses who will leave with your stuff just because they think it looks better with then than with you.

NLP:

NLP is Neuro-Linguistic Programming. It’s tricky. It’s easy to see how it works, but hard to master completely. Basically, it’s using certain motions, attaching feeling or commands with those motions, then using those motions to bring up those feeling and commands whenever one chooses. It’s hard to explain in written form, but I’ll try my best. Think of it like this: If we were together and I were to act like the tip of a pen was scolding hot, and I did it over and over again, pretty soon your brain would think that it was hot as well. If I then came at you with said pen, you would back away and not let me touch you. That is one aspect of NLP. I use NLP usually while I have one on one time with my target. While in conversation, I’ll ask the target about things she hates guys to do and why. As she’s giving her list, I’ll repeat the things she say’s while motioning away from us and into the crowd. Then I’ll ask her to tell me the things she wants in a guy. The things she wants in a relationship. This time, as she says her list, I’ll repeat the qualities she likes and at the same time motion to myself. Then I’ll mix the list, saying the bad things and pointing away, and the good thing while pointing to myself. As we move on in conversation, I’ll continue to point to myself. When she see’s this, she will subconsciously be reminded of the good qualities she likes in men and associate those qualities with me. If another guy comes along and tries to game her, I’ll point in his direction the same way I pointed during the bad qualities, making her associate them with him. Now I know that this sounds crazy, but it’s real and it works. P.U.G Ross Jeffries has been teaching it for years. Mentalist Derren Brown is amazing at it. I’ve seen him make a woman believe that her car was turned black even though it was right in front of her and as red as blood. It’s an amazing tool to learn. I’ll dedicate a future post entirely to it soon.

Those are just a few of the tools I use while gaming. There are many more, and I’ll post as many as I know, but I’ll leave it at that until we go over some more key elements of game. Most of what was covered can be used at any stage in seduction so go out and try em’. Next up is how to build comfort and why it is so important to get to and how to move on from it. Go get em’ playa.

BEWM

Haunt Marketing For the Financially Impaired

Yes, yes my little minions of horror, back by extreme demand ’tis I, your wonderful purveyor of fright, and Dean of Sick U, Jack Often, to deliver more sound and sage advice when it comes to haunt marketing. I must admit I have been busy with other dealings and will be offering a class on procrastination in the upcoming semester. But enough of my jabbering and on to more pressing issues.

Alas, Halloween has past and I’m sure some of our first year haunters are either (a) pulling out what little hair they have left or (b) kicking small dogs and babies and blaming me for not posting the follow-up to Haunt Marketing Part I. Well, assuming you read Part I of the haunt marketing romp, you probably didn’t screw yourself too bad and if you played your cards right, and did enough tricks on the streets, you’ll probably be able to run next year.

Guerilla Marketing: Haunters Take It To the Streets

Although, as first year haunters, or even aged haunters, dream of lush marketing campaigs fit for Disney, the reality is much more, shall we say, mundane. I remember when I first started haunting in San Diego, some 10+ years ago, and saw the wonderful advertising and marketing campaigns put on by the ‘big dogs’ of haunting, I thought it would be a piece of cake to replicate, I mean everybody gets Halloween. Hell, I thought, haunted houses pretty much market themselves, don’t they??!! Then I met that special moment where fantasy meets reality, and it enters in much the same fashion as a test dumby being slammed into a wall. As I stated in Part I, radio is only a mere facet of a whole marketing campaign, and perhaps your weakest stream at that. Just think about it, we are inundated with thousands of commercials everyday when we wake up, drive in the car, and then lay our heads down at night. It is nearly impossible, considering the time constraints most haunters have to go through, to effectively market their haunt on top of securing a location (unless you are one of the lucky ones to secure long term housing), pass inspections, deal with unruly actors and the list goes on and on. Therefore, I have complied a list of great guerllia marketing campaigns, not all my own I must say, but which have proven effective for getting that much needed jolt to get your haunt off the ground.

Guerllia Marketing Tactics: The Obvious

(1)In between searching for hookers on Craigslist.com or Backpage.com, I’d suggest placing multiple ads early in the season offering special prices for tickets for Craiglist/Backpage users. Not only does this help increase your search engine optimization for your website, assuming you have one and in this day and age YOU MUST HAVE ONE, it also gets the word out early on your haunt.

(2)Assuming you can secure a location early, add your site on MerchantCircle, which is a great resource not only for its SEO capabilities but also gives you great connections to local merchants who might actually provide sponsorship dollars to your event and best of all ITS FREE!! Definitely make sure to use their blog, newsletter, and coupon functions because everytime your update, than in turn will update your ranking on the internet.

(3)Make sure to list your haunt on every available haunt site out there which includes: HauntWorld, which by the way is a great site for getting more information on what professionals in the industry are doing and has a myriad of haunt links on which to showcase your haunt and HauntSpace just to name a few.

Guerilla Marketing Tactics: The Philanthrophic

This is perhaps the most underused and ignored aspect of for-profit haunting. Everyone likes businesses, and people, who give back to the community. I’m not saying that having a little kid piss his pants after a good scare isn’t good civic duty, but partnering up with a good nonprofit not only invites the media to run special interest stories it also promotes general good will.

Guerilla Marketing Tactics: The Obnoxious

Now comes the part where I add my disclaimer, some of what you might read in this next section is not encouraged, endorsed, nor sanctioned by your illustrious author. It is but a mere attempt to tell you some of the more egregious attempts at shameless self promotion haunters in years past have done to drum up publicity using less than conventional methods.

(1) Tie one of the hanging kicker props to a light pole which is quite visible to the public with a large sign saying so-and-so haunt is one mile up the street. Now one must use prudence if choosing this option (I’m not necessarily sure prudence was used in its inception but you get the idea), as I have heard this has caused accidents but is also brought the night news helicopter.

(2) Dress up in full costume and hit every major radio and TV station in your area. When I mean dress up, I mean dress up and PLAY THE PART. That means running around the building and looking queerly into every window displaying a sign talking about your haunt. Hopefully, you’ll only be asked to leave, but sometimes Irish costume jewlery, i.e. hand-cuffs, do come into the picture.

(3) Go into any book store and head straight to the magazine section. Make sure you’re armed with lots of 4″x6″ marketing fliers and procede to stuff every magazine with fliers. Although this can be very tedious and hopefully you can convince some of your not-so-bright friends to tag along, it can provide just the needed plug of legitimacy to your haunt that can arouse interest.

Well, I’m spent, hopefully I’ve illuminated a few of the finer points of guerilla marketing but I have by no means touched on them all and I’m sure there are greater and more efficient methods of marketing still out there. Till next time, happy haunting.

In order to get a woman to date or sleep with you, there has to be attraction between the two of you. Attraction has to come first. So many men try to start with seduction, but they just come off as creepy and desperate. Many try to start with building comfort, but they come off as too nice and average. You have to be able to build attraction first. Make a spark, a connection between you both. The best thing about getting a woman interested in you is that it’s not that hard. You want her to be interested…be interesting. One of the keys to getting a woman to be interested and to stay that way is by showing lack of interest in her, atleast at first. It amazes me how true the adage of men being dogs are, because women are cats. Think of it like this: If you put a string in front of a cat and just let it sit there, the cats not going to even notice it. Move the string around a bit and the cat will go nuts trying to get it. Let the cat get the string and it will quickly lose interest. Cat string theory. You have to constantly make it seem like the woman is getting to you, then quickly pull away so she can continue the chase. I might be getting a little ahead of myself so, lets start from the top.

There are many different ways to open (open conversation) a set (single or group of women). You can have a direct opener ( i.e. “your cute so I had to come get to know you), or an indirect one ( i.e. “Do you guy’s remember Ducktales?”). There are many different openers out there. “Hi” is one. Thats it. Hi. Be prepared to follow that hi with something interesting though. Truly interesting. A story that will really get there attention, or a question that will really get them to think. Then follow that up with another interesting story or question. There are ton’s of canned (pre-thought of) openers online or in books that you can find. Use em’ if you want. I prefer to come up with my own to stay original and to make sure no one else has said the same thing to them the night before (which is embarrassing let me tell you). Here are a few very short ones to give you more of an idea of what openers are.

• “Who is the leader here?”
• “Okay, who’s been naughty and who’s been nice?”
• “This may sound like a weird question, but would you sleep with Jesus?
• “Do I look like a drug dealer?”
• “Is it OK to breakup with someone with a text message?”
• “Are you guy’s retarded or are you cool” (You have to be super confident for this one to work. Have a good story ready!)

Neither the choice of opener style or opener itself really matter. What matters is how you open. Say “guy’s” instead of “girls” to keep it from seeming sexual in anyway. Remember, lack of interest is crucial. Body language and approach are really the key to getting conversation started. Think of any predator in the wild. They stalk and approach in a straight line to their prey. Don’t do this. Just like prey, a woman will feel threatened by this much directness. This also shows too much interest. Instead, approach a woman the same way horses approach each other when meeting for the first time. Horses move at each other in semi-circles to show that they are none threatening, they then stand side by side. When approaching a set, come in a semi-circle and from the side. Speak from over the shoulder and look as if you could walk away at any second. Rock your body as if you are about to leave but your just staying a second to hear what they have to say. This is called a False Time Constraint (FTC) and is a great way to show lack of interest on your part. Only when the women in the set (specifically your target girl) turn to face you directly do you do the same. Keep the non-verbal and verbal FTC’s coming. Verbal ones being: “I really have to get going”, ” I have to round up my friends”, “I can only stay a second” etc. Remember, cat-string theory. Once the set is interested in your question/story/conversation can you begin the use of negs.Negs are simply a funny backhanded comment to the target to show lack of interest. THESE ARE NOT PUT DOWN OR WAYS TO BE MEAN. These are only given to the target and are meant to make her think “What did he mean by that?”. Negs are excellent ways to keep her friends from cock-blocking you as well. They will think that you have no interest in their friend and hence are a non-threat. Remember, negs are not an insult. You want to show her: A: your not interested and B: She’s flawed just like everyone else. Take her down a notch without her getting pissed at you or thinking that your an insecure dick. Here are some examples of negs. Try to recognize the difference between negs and insults.

• Y’know, I just saw a girl wearing the EXACT SAME dress/outfit a little while ago.
• Your hair looks shiny, is it a wig? Oh well it looks nice anyway
• I like your look, beauty is common but you seem like you have character
• I think I like your left eye best
• (Looking at her friends but pointing to her) Is she always like this?
• Where is your off button?
• You remind me of my sister
• You remind me of my weird ex
• You look just like my high school math teacher

See the difference? You want her saying to herself: “Why isn’t this guy after me like every other guy?”. “What did he mean by that?”. “I’ll get him to like me”. There are also Shotgun negs. You want to do these when you are isolated with only the target around. When she talks, act as though she spit in your face while speaking. Make it seem like your grossed out, but that you don’t fault her for it. Or pick a pretend piece of lint out of her hair. Make her self-conscious. Remember the cat-string though. You want to use the Push-pull method. Bring her down with a neg, then bring her back with a compliment or a hug or another sign of affection, then neg her again. Keep it to a minimum though. Use common sense. If you neg too much, one after another, you will seem like a dick or that she has no chance with you at all. You’ll take the string completely away from the cat. A girl who is a 7 might only need one or two negs, while a girl who is a 10 might need 4-5 in order to get her off the pedestal that so many men have put her on. Push-pull gentlemen. Cat-string.

You will know if the playful negging is working or not by the IOI’s she gives you. IOI means Indicators of Interest. Simply put, they are conscious and sub-conscious ways to telegraph her attraction for you. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if a girl is into you or just being nice. I could never tell. I lost alot of opportunities because I didn’t know what signals to look for. I look back on certain situations now thinking DAMN! I had that and didn’t even know it. Here are some key IOI’s to look for:

• The touching and twirling of the hair while talking/looking at you
• Smiling when you speak or look at her
• purposefully touching you
• scratching her own face and hands
• rubbing her wrist
• asking your name
• re-instigating conversation once it has stopped
• laughing at your jokes (even the ones that aren’t funny)
• you hold her hand and squeeze, she squeezes back
• you tell her “Hands of the merchandise” and she touches you again
• She’s very playful in a teasing and physical way
• She ask if you have a girlfriend
• You move, she follows
• She leaves you but comes back to talk more

Now there are more, however those are a few key ones to look out for. If you get three from her, then you’ve made her attracted to you. Good job. But not letting the attraction turn into a friendship is also part of the puzzle. It is very easy to go from “I like this guy” to “I like this guy as a friend. The LJBF zone ( Let’s just be friends) is one that should be and can be avoided very easily by the use of kino.

Kino is short for kinesthetics. Touching. It is a must during the attraction stage of game. You must start kino very early into your approach and conversation. If you don’t, and things still go smoothly, you will get caught in the LJBF zone. Here’s why. If you meet a woman and within the first ten seconds you go in for a kiss, your probably gonna get slapped. If you go on four dates without even touching her, then go in for the kiss, things will feel awkward. However, if you tap her on the shoulder when she makes a good point, then playfully push her when she teases you, then hug her when she’s sweet, then hold her hand while you walk to the bar, then rub her arm while you talk, then intertwine your fingers as you look into each others eye’s, kissing her next is gonna be no problem. That is called kino-escalation. Starting small with a handshake or playful punch to the shoulder, and ending with a kiss or (YAY!) sex. It’s getting a woman to be comfortable with your touch. If you take things to far to fast, no big deal. Take a step back and then try later. Just keep escalating. Even though this sounds like it should be part of building comfort, the only kino that is not allowed during attraction is third base or higher (slow down there buddy). Escalating kino is not only a great way to show her that you don’t want to be “just friends”, but also a great way of avoiding the awkwardness of the first kiss. If your kissing her hand, shoulder, and neck all night, then kissing her lips before you say goodbye won’t feel weird at all. In fact, if you escalate properly, you should be kissing her long before you part ways. That is why kissing is still part of the attraction phase.

Remember that all of this is just attraction. You have to do this first in order for a woman not to think your a creep or just another nice guy. Attraction, then comfort, then seduction. Follow this order always. If you miss-match steps, you will get no where fast. A woman of class and value will not sleep with you just cause she’s horny. If you find one who will, wear two rubbers cause you ain’t the first, or the sixth, or the tenth, or the 40th. The attraction phase may take an hour or just 5 minutes depending on your skills, but it will work. Like the great David DeAngelo once said: “Attraction is not a choice”. I’ll delve into this a little deeper later on, as well as how to move from attraction to the comfort stage because, lets be honest, if a woman is not comfortable around you alone, she ain’t having sex with you anytime soon. Happy gaming my young Padawans.

BEWM