Power Outage & Restoration
If my power goes out, what should I do?
Check your circuit breakers or fuses to see if it’s an isolated problem. Next, examine your meter. If the meter box or any wires look damaged, call a certified electrician. They may need to make repairs before MEC can reconnect power. If you don’t find any problems, call your local MEC office to report the outage.
Newland: 828-733-0159; Roan Mountain: 423-772-3521; Mountain City: 423-727-1800.
Who do I call if electrical wires have been pulled away from my house?
MEC is responsible for delivering power to your meter and service entrance or masthead. You are responsible for repairs from the meter into your home. If service has been pulled away from your house, a qualified electrician of your choice must make the repairs. Before power can be turned back on, The State Electrical Inspector must inspect the work and issue a release.
What are MEC’s priorities for restoring service?
Our crews work around the clock until everyone has power again. MEC follows a three-step process recognized as an industry standard best. Hospitals, police departments, fire stations and other public health and safety facilities are priority one.
- Step 1 – Repairs are made at substations and on main distribution lines that leave the substations.
- Step 2 – Crews fix damage to tap lines that branch off into groups of homes or neighborhoods.
- Step 3 – Power is restored to pockets of customers and then to individual homes.
Do elected officials, employees or other important individuals get special attention?
No. MEC does not give preferential treatment. Work is not assigned according to when customers report their outage, where they live or the status of their account
What if I have special medical needs?
If you or a family member relies on an electrical life-sustaining medical device in your home, call us to make sure we are aware of it. In some cases, severe storms can damage our electrical system so badly that it takes days to fix. If you depend on electricity, it’s important to have an emergency back-up plan in place. For more information on critical referral, call your local MEC office.
How can I tell if a downed power line is still carrying electricity?
Any downed line could be energized, so never go near downed power lines. Electrocution is a real danger when storms strike. Tell your children about the potential hazards and to stay away from all wires and cables. Call your local office to report a downed line.
Are there safety concerns in using a portable generator?
Never operate a generator inside your home. Keep it outside for proper ventilation. Plug appliances directly into the generator, and only use extension cords when necessary. The number of appliances a generator can safely power depends on its rated wattage. Check the manufacturer’s recommendations for proper use and load. Only a licensed electrician should attempt to hook up a generator to the main electric panel of your home or business. If it’s connected improperly power can “back feed” into utility lines causing harm or death to line workers.
Who do I call if a tree falls near a power line?
If a tree falls within 10 feet of a power line resulting in an outage, leave the work to us. If the line is sparking, report the emergency by calling the local office.
Why would an MEC crew pass my house without stopping?
The crew could be looking for the cause of the outage or working at a nearby location before electric service can be restored to your home.
How long does food last after the power goes out?
According to the USDA, food stored in a fully-stocked freezer will stay cold for two days. A half-full freezer will keep items frozen one day. An unopened refrigerator will keep food cold four hours after power is lost. Check the temperature inside your fridge once electricity is restored to determine if the food is safe to eat. It should be at or below 40 degrees with the freezer at or below zero degrees.
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I’m curious about it, but every time I eat a lot of animal products I find myself feeling terrible. The Keystone Approach said that meats were okay if getting enough olive oil and fish oil, but I think that the meat was part of the cause of this latest PsA attack, so I’m cutting out all animal products except for fish again. It might just be me, because I was a vegetarian until I was a teenager and might not be able to handle meat.
I’m pretty sure that I need to reduce or eliminate grains. The Keystone Approach book has some information on starches and fiber sources. I just bought a lot of vegetables like cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, chard, spinach, string beans, Brussels sprouts, and similar vegetables to replace most of my grain intake.
I go into ketosis within 24 hours when fasting, but I’m not sure if it’s similar to the effects of a ketogenic diet.


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AMY GRANT AND MICHAEL W. SMITH BRINGING CHRISTMAS TOUR BACK TO BOK CENTER 23
Multi-platinum, GRAMMY® winners Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith co-bill their popular Christmas tour this holiday season, which will be joined for the second consecutive year by Republic recording artist Jordan Smith, Season 9 winner of NBC’s “The Voice.” Incorporating a full symphony orchestra at each performance under the direction of Musical Director and Conductor David Hamilton, this seasonal crowd-pleaser is being presented by Balsam Hill®. Launching November 11 in Omaha, NE, the 20-city tour travels to major markets across the U.S., including Houston, Dallas, Washington, D.C., Portland, Seattle, Denver, Atlanta and Tulsa’s BOK Center on Friday, December 1. The Tulsa show is presented by 94.1 KXOJ.
Tickets on sale now and will be available online at www.bokcenter.com, Arby’s Box Office at BOK Center, or by calling 1-866-7-BOKCTR.

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Blackville Community Garden Hosting Fundraising BBQ at Upriver Ice Cream on August 12
The Blackville Community Garden will be hosting a fundraising BBQ at Upriver Ice Cream, 60 Main Street in Blackville on Saturday, August 12.
The BBQ takes place from 12:00pm until 4:00pm.
Hotdogs are $2, Hamburgers are $3 and pop is $1.50.
There will also be a 50/50 draw.
Stop in for lunch and support your local community garden. While you’re there, grab an ice cream for dessert!


With teams taking few chances with their starting quarterbacks in the preseason, Trent Green and other backups took advantage of extended playing time.
Green, starting for Super Bowl champion St. Louis, threw two touchdown passes in the 24-17 victory over Dallas on Thursday night.
And backup Bobby Hoying threw two touchdown passes in Oakland's 20-0 victory over Seattle, while Alex Van Pelt passing for 163 yards in Buffalo's 16-12 victory at Philadelphia.
COLTS 32, VIKINGS 30: Indianapolis rookie Jamel White returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown and rushed for another, and Danny Kight kicked a 43-yard field goal as time expired.
Minnesota (1-3) took the lead with just over a minute to go on Bubby Brister's 4-yard pass to Matthew Hatchette.
FALCONS 31, JAGUARS 20: Chris Chandler threw a 37-yard TD pass to Terance Mathis as Atlanta (4-1) won at Jacksonville (3-1).
BILLS 16, EAGLES 12: Van Pelt was 15-of-28, and rookie Sammy Morris ran for 101 yards and a touchdown for Buffalo.
RAIDERS 20, SEAHAWKS 0: Andre Rison, charged Thursday in Missouri with passing bad checks, caught two passes for 49 yards in his Oakland debut.
Hoying hit Jeremy Brigham with a 10-yard scoring pass and added a 2-yard TD pass to Mondriel Fulcher. Top draft pick Sebastian Janikowski had field goals of 43 and 33 yards.
PATRIOTS 29, PANTHERS 21: Cornerback Otis Smith intercepted a pass to set up a touchdown and had a sack just a day after signing with New England (3-2).
Patriots receiver Dane Looker caught two TD passes — one from John Friesz and one from Tom Brady. Carolina finished 0-4.


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Dana White reveals that Conor McGregor may be away for a little longer than we first thought
Don't expect to see Conor McGregor before August 2017.
Initially it was believed that 'The Notorious' would be taking around six months off after he announced that he didn't want to accept a fight during his girlfriend's pregnancy.
After claiming the UFC lightweight title with a stunning victory over Eddie Alvarez last month, McGregor finally spoke about his much discussed big announcement.
The Irishman revealed that his firstborn was on the way in May 2017, leading many fight fans to believe that he'd be available to fight on the annual July 4th event, which seldom actually takes place on Independence Day but is always one of the biggest cards of the year.
"He won’t fight before May," was the initial message from UFC president Dana White during an interview with the LA Times. "His girl gets super stressed out when he fights. He doesn’t want her having any of that stress while she’s pregnant."
The time-frame would have been perfect. McGregor would have sit out to be there for the birth of his first child in May and shortly after could have re-entered training camp.
But White has since extended that timeline, adding three months, as he suggested that we won't be seeing the biggest draw in mixed martial arts history until August at the earliest.
"Conor's taking another 10 months for paternity," White said on the UFC Unfiltered podcast.
Said in passing, it was interesting to note the lengthier time-frame announced by the UFC boss which would mean McGregor will not step foot in the Octagon until August when there is a UFC pay-per-view scheduled.
McGregor was adamant that he did not want to juggle the strain of an impending bout with the time commitments required with his partner's pregnancy.
"I don’t want to be bringing a child into nothing like this," McGregor said after his UFC 205 victory. "So I’m just going to have this baby, take a little bit of time and see what way I feel after that."
Nothing's set in stone yet but there is a UFC pay-per-view slated for August 5 in Anaheim, California. Whether or not 'The Notorious' feels ready in time for that event will not be known for some time.
But if we were betting men, this one would make sense for the return of a fighter whose relationship with the Nevada State Athletic Commission has hit unsteady waters in recent months.
He seems to be in far better graces with the California State Athletic Commission, who were kind enough to grant him a boxing licence only last week.
Catch up with this week's episode of Football Friday Live

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This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Collection Item Summary:
Comparison of KH-4 CORONA reconnaissance satellite photography of the Severodvinsk submarine shipyard, USSR, taken in 1964 (KH-4A) and 1969 (KH-4B). Poster made for a 1995 National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) conference or press event commemorating the thirty-fifth anniversary of the first successful CORONA mission.
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- Cold War, 1945-1989
- Space surveillance
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When it comes to convenience, few devices can compare to the microwave. Over 90 per cent of homes in North America have them and their popularity in Jamaica is rising rapidly. There is evidence to suggest that millions of people may be exchanging their health for the convenience of microwave ovens. Before you use your microwave one more time, you might want to consider some facts.
Microwaves are electromagnetic waves with a wavelength shorter than that of a normal radio wave. Microwaves are used in radar, in communications, and for heating in microwave ovens. The Germans used the first microwave units during the Second World War. The Russians researched their biological effects after the war, and because of what they learned, banned microwave ovens over 30 years ago.
IS ANYTHING WRONG?
In 1991, a United States lawsuit involved a woman who had hip surgery and died because the blood used in her blood transfusion was warmed in a microwave. The microwave altered the blood and it killed the woman.
Microwaves heat your food by causing it to resonate at very high frequencies. This may effectively heat your food, but also causes changes in the chemical structure of the food. Ordinary heating of food can cause problems by itself, but when you heat it with microwaves, you have additional damage from the negative energy frequencies.
The most compelling evidence supporting the dangers of microwaves comes from a study done by Dr Hans Hertel, a Swiss food scientist, who concluded that microwave cooking significantly altered food. Dr Hertel's findings showed significant and disturbing changes in the blood of indivi-duals consuming microwaved milk and vegetables. Volunteers ate various combinations of these foods cooked in different ways. All foods that were cooked in microwave ovens caused changes in the blood of the volunteers. Haemoglobin levels decreased and overall white blood cell levels and cholesterol levels increased.
Microwaves do not cook food evenly. Using microwaves to heat frozen hamburgers, to cook fish or chicken, and to rewarm dishes may result in cool areas remaining in the centre of the food. This could promote the survival of disease-causing germs and lead to food poisoning.
No one knows what are safe levels of exposure to microwaves. Researchers have found that low-level exposure to microwaves can cause eye damage, resulting in cataracts. Experts also report a reduction in personnel efficiency, and even a possible link to cancer. Although the significance for humans of repeated exposure to low- levels of microwave radiation is still unclear, there is enough evidence to warrant certain commonsensical precautions:
Stay at least an arm's length from an operating microwave oven.
Do not operate an oven when it is empty.
Do not operate an oven if the door will not close properly or is damaged in any way.
Never tamper with the safety switches or the fuse.
Minimise your use of microwave ovens.
MICROWAVES ALTER FOOD
Microwave oven manufacturers insist that microwaved foods are no more damaged than broiled, baked or other conventionally cooked foods. The scientific evidence has shown that this is not so.
Many of the vitamins in food are destroyed by cooking. Microwaving destroys vitamins five times more quickly than does regular cooking. Microwave heating, for example, inactivates vitamin B12. Researchers found that after just six minutes of microwaving, nearly half of the vitamin B12 in food was destroyed. Vitamin B12 was singled out for study since it is of vital importance in preventing several chronic major diseases.
A study published in the November 2003 issue of The Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture found that broccoli 'zapped' in the microwave with a little water lost up to 97 per cent of the beneficial antioxidant chemicals it contains. By comparison, steamed broccoli lost 11 per cent or less of its antioxidants.
IMPACT ON PLASTIC
Do not use a microwave to heat fatty foods in plastic containers because the combination of fat, high heat and plastics releases chemicals called dioxins into the food. Dioxins are carcinogenic (cancer-forming) and highly toxic. If you cook with microwaves, carcinogenic toxins could be leached from your plastic plates or covers right into your food.
Microwaves heat your food by causing it to resonate at very high frequencies. This may effectively heat your food but also causes changes in the chemical structure of the food.
Test your microwave (2004)
By Larry Cook
If you have ever wondered whether or not microwaved food is safe, here’s an experiment you can do at home: Plant seeds in two pots. Water one pot with water that has been microwaved, the other with regular tap water.
The seeds that received microwaved water won’t sprout. If microwaved water can stop plants from growing, think of what microwaved food can do to your health!
In 1989, Swiss biologist and food scientist Dr. Hans Hertel studied the effects of microwaved food. Eight people participated in the study. For eight weeks, they lived in a controlled environment and intermittently ate raw foods, conventionally cooked foods and microwaved foods. Blood samples were tested after each meal. They discovered that eating microwaved food, over time, causes significant changes in blood chemistry:
1. A decrease in hemoglobin and cholesterol values, in the HDL (good cholesterol) versus LDL (bad cholesterol) ratio and in white blood cells, weakening the immune system, and an increase in leukocyte levels, which tends to indicate poisoning and cell damage—conditions ripening the body for degenerative diseases and/or cancer.
2. "The measurable effects on man through the ingestion of microwaved food, unlike untreated food, are blood alterations, that can also be found at the beginning of a pathological condition, also indicative of a beginning cancerous process," wrote Dr. Bernard Blanc, who assisted in the study.
3. Microwave ovens "cook" food by forcing the atoms, molecules and cells within the food to reverse polarity billions of times per second, causing friction—the more the friction, the more the heat. This oscillation tears and deforms the molecular structure of food. New compounds, called radiolytic compounds, which are not found in nature, are formed.
Interestingly, microwaves are actually used in gene-altering technology to deliberately break cells and neutralize their "life-force" so they can be manipulated. Microwaves destroy the life force that gives food its vitality and nourishment. When this life force dissipates, microorganisms start breaking food down and it begins to rot.
In early 1991, a lawsuit was filed against an Oklahoma hospital because a patient died from receiving a microwaved blood transfusion. Hospitals routinely heat blood for transfusion, but not in a microwave.
The effects of microwaving breast milk have also been researched. John Kerner, M.D. and Richard Quin, M.D. from Stanford University said, "Microwaving human milk, even at a low setting, can destroy some of its important disease-fighting capabilities."
4. After more research, Kerner wrote in the April, 1992 edition of Pediatrics that "Microwaving itself may in fact cause some injury to the milk above and beyond the heating."
In addition, a radio announcement at the University of Minnesota said, "Microwaves are not recommended for heating a baby’s bottle Heating the bottle in a microwave can cause slight changes in the milk. In infant formulas, there may be a loss of some vitamins. In expressed milk, some protective properties may be destroyed."
5. Another study in Vienna warned that microwaving breast milk "can lead to structural, functional and immunological changes," and that microwaves transform the amino acid L-proline into D-proline, a proven toxin to the nervous system, liver and kidneys.
6. In Russia, microwave ovens were banned in 1976 because of their negative health consequences and many studies were conducted on their use. Here are some of their findings on microwaving food:
* Microwaved foods lose 60 to 90 percent of the vital-energy field and microwaving accelerates the structural disintegration of foods.
* Microwaving creates cancer-causing agents within milk and cereals.
* Microwaving alters elemental food-substances, causing digestive disorders.
* Microwaving alters food chemistry, which can lead to malfunctions in the lymphatic system and degeneration of the body’s ability to protect itself against cancerous growths.
* Microwaved foods lead to a higher percentage of cancerous cells in the bloodstream.
* Microwaving altered the breakdown of elemental substances when raw, cooked, or frozen vegetables were exposed for even a very short time and free radicals were formed.
* Microwaved foods caused stomach and intestinal cancerous growths, a general degeneration of peripheral cellular tissues, and a gradual breakdown of the digestive and excretive systems in a statistically high percentage of people.
* Microwaved foods lowered the body’s ability to utilize B-complex vitamins, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, essential minerals and lipotropics.
* The microwave field next to a microwave oven caused a slew of health problems as well.
Aside form these studies, many people find that microwaving their food doesn’t help them feel good. Stephanie Relfe, Kinesiologist, found herself feeling "gray and rather low" one day and discovered that she had inadvertently eaten microwaved food at a restaurant.
In her practice, Relfe found that all of her patients gave body signals of having allergic reactions to microwaved foods.
Another Kinesiologist, David Bridgeman, said, "Of all the people I test for allergies, 99.9% so far show severe sensitivity to any microwaved food."
Note: The London Telegraph reported Sept. 19, 2004, that microwave weapons will be fitted to U.S. military vehicles already in Iraq in an effort to disperse angry crowds. The weapons, which may be operable as early as this spring, are an attempt by the U.S. to calm growing concern regarding increasing numbers of innocent civilians being killed in Iraq.
The U.S. Department of Defense claims microwave weapons, which cause unbearable pain to the target until he moves out of the beam, cause no long-term damage. "The skin gets extremely hot, and people can’t stand the pain, so they have to move - and move in the way we want them to," said Col Wade Hall of the Office of Force Transformation.


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Roanoke-Lynchburg: Yorkshire Terrier Breeders
Below is a sample search of our Yorkshire Terrier breeders with puppies for sale. The search tool above returns a list of breeders located listings located nearest to the zip or postal code you enter. From there you can see photos of their pups, find out detailed information on their web page and contact them by email, phonoe or even get driving directions.
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Additional Information: AKC Breeder/exhibitor. Home to Best In Show, Multi CH, Award of Merit and Specialty winners. Our dogs are raised in our home and are available to show and companion homes with a 3 yr health guarantee
I have been involved with dogs and dog shows since I was an infant. My parents were professional dog handlers and breeders. My father was a... ...
Additional Information: I am a small home breeder of Yorkies and Chihuahuas. All my puppies are registered and raised in our home with lots of TLC Yorkie babies available at this time Contact for information and pictures
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AKC YORKSHIRIE TERRIERS RAISED IN LOVING HOME BRED FOR QUALITY THAT IS TRUE FOR THE STANDARD OF THE BREED & HEALTH. WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE... ...
Sandy Ridge Yorkies
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Hello, I'm a small hobby breeder. I share my home with my 4 legged babies. A Yorkie is a true and loyal companion!� A non-shed breed that will... ...
Edgewood Yorkhire Terriers
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Magnolia Hill Kennels
Additional Information: We home breed small Yorkies from Major who is Champion sired to Sheppard who is 3.5 lbs. Everyone is AKC reg We breed for the love of the breed.
The mom is Roseann, the dad Major so they will be small. males are $650 females are $750. shipping if needed is $350 They can go... ...
Robin's Yorkie Babies
Additional Information: AKC Registered Yorkshire Terriers puppies. Call for more details on how to adopt a new baby yorkie. 336-625-9911. We have 4 very small males that are 8 weeks and is ready.
I am a breeder of Yorkshire Terriers. They are all AKC Registered and healthy. Each pup will come with his or hers first puppy shot and deworming.... ...
Malays Toy Dog's
Additional Information: I am planning a winter breeding that should produce some adorable tiny traditionals (2015). 804-317-4599
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Additional Information: Puppy's are ready for forever homes I raise Traditional and Parti-Yorkies. CKC , AKC registered.
YORKIE PUPPIES ARE READY TO GO, 2 MALES .STARTED ON PUPPY SHOTS AND PEE PADS, VET CHECKED.CKC REGISTERED. NEW LITTER APRIL 2014. 1 girl... ...
D & D Yorkies
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I will update when I have new babies.. Call or email for more info. or to place a deposit. Located central WV Ph. 304-354-7597 or... ...
My glamour yorkies
Additional Information: We are so proud to be a part of the yorkie family. We have 5 yorkies . They live in our home where they are loved and well socialized. Our females weigh 4.8 and 5.5 and our little man is 3.2
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Pine Haven Yorkies
Additional Information: Small breeder raising AKC registered Traditional, Golden & Parti colored yorkies. Our adult yorkies are all AKC registered.
We are a small breeder with 9 Yorkies. Our dogs live in our home and are a part of the family. All parents are AKC registered. Our puppies are... ...
Little Tuff Maltese,Yorkies
Additional Information: Our pups are started with paper training from the time they start walking.AKC,BBIR Champion Lined Pedigrees,304-360-0418,Check out our website www.littletuffmaltese.net,www.littletuffyorkies.co
Puppies Available ,we have males and females.Gorgeous Black,Gold & White with a great coats,and the most beautiful markings and rich... ...
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a little bit of precious love
Additional Information: A Little Bit Of Precious Love A.K.C And C.K.C Traditional And Partie Yorkshire Terrier i have only 1 ckc boy left taking deposit,s
Just To Let You Know A Little About Our Little Family Of Yorkie,s They Are Our Babie,s We Love Them Unconditionally Our Female,s Are Between 5 To... ...
My Best Friends Too
Additional Information: I am an experienced Yorkie breeder that absolutely loves the breed. Presently, I have some beautiful, lovable, healthy puppies. I'm in Virginia: conveniently located about an hour from the D.C. area
I currently have an older pup, male chocolate 1 year old. Next litter expected late March. Should be ready mid to late June. I... ...
Additional Information: Come see our beautiful Yorkies. 1 year written health guarantee. We raise traditional, Chocolate, Golden and Parti Yorkshire Terriers. References and Shipping Available. Our Parti yorkies are DNA'd.
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Additional Information: We are a small hobby breeder that all our yorkies are raised in our home with loving care. We take pride in raising and caring for our yorkies. We have NO babies available at this time
SPECIAL ; I have a 3 year old male for sale that weighs 4.5 lbs and stands 8.5 in. tall and very tiny and is a short leg AKC... ...
Additional Information: 1 year old female available now. Under 3lbs. Very loveable, lap dog. Raised underfoot & part of our family. Tails Docked, Dew Claws removed, De-wormed & Vaccinations given.
NEW PUPPIES AVAILABLE. Compact bodies, Shots/Wormed, Vet Checked, Health Certificate, Dam is 3 pounds 8 ounces/Sire is TWO pounds. Raised as part... ...
Additional Information: AKC 4 puppies age 10 weeks 3 boys 1 girl. Tails docked, dew claws, all shots provided at vet with proof. 2 very small( under 2 lbs at last vet visit)1 medium. Dad 5.7 lbs Mom 8 lbs. Prices 650-850
Additional Information: We have a new litter of the beautiful designer breed Morkies! Born May 9, 2014. 3 males available. Mom is an akc Yorkie. Dad is an akc Maltese. $600. Now accepting $200 deposits! Puppies have tails docked, dew claws removed, come with a full vet exam, first set of shots and a health guarantee! Ready for their new homes on June 20, 2014!
We have a new litter of the beautiful designer breed Morkies! Born May 9, 2014. 3 males available. Mom is an akc Yorkie. Dad is an akc Maltese.... ...
Millers Little Paws
Additional Information: I am a small breeder, we have approx. 3 litters a year.We have AKC registered traditional color and Parti color yorkies.All of our yorkies are family and run free in our home.
Back Creek Valley Yorkies
Additional Information: I have retired from breeding. I want to thank ALL of you who have gotten a puppy or two from me and for those of you who have reached out in hopes of getting one from me.
Rosie's Precious Pups
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Yorkies Morkies and More
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Lindas Royal Yorkies
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NUTRITIONWith the wide variety of food at Thanksgiving dinner, chances are you'll want to give your dog something special, too. If you're contemplating what to feed your dog for the holiday, here is a guide to a great Canine Thanksgiving Feast.
DOG HEALTH So you have your new puppy picked out. There are quite a few shots, treatments and examinations that will keep the newest member of your family healthy.
DOG FUN Walking your dog is not only crucial to keeping him healthy and happy, it strengthens the bond between your canine friend and his caregiver. There are a lot of obstacles out there. Don’t forget these simple tips to keep your walk fun and safe in the outside world.
HEALTH The same techniques that physiotherapists use to treat a variety of injuries and conditions in humans have been adapted to suit animals with great success. Family pets, show dogs, and working dogs can all benefit greatly from physiotherapy. Dogs whose activities involve a lot of agility are especially susceptible to the types of problems that physiotherapy can address.
FIRST TIME OWNERSBringing a dog into your family is a decision where many people don’t realize it’s magnitude until after they have the dog. There are a number of things that you need to research before you decide to purchase a dog, and it starts right in your own home.
HEALTH Many believe that a dog and a new baby cannot happily coexist, so therefore the dog has to go. This is not necessarily the case. A new baby does not mean you have to abandon your dog.
DOG TRAINING It’s not enough to simply walk the dog through the front door and hope he will acclimate to his new surroundings; you have to teach him how to interact with the new people and items in his environment.
PET-NEWSWORTHY If you're considering adding a pet to your home in 2015, you're in very good company. As many as 71.4 million homes are expected to include a pet in 2015. According to the American Pet Product Association, pet families have increased from 56% of households in 1988 to 62% this year.

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As hard as it is for me to imagine there are those of us who don’t quite care for Halloween or perhaps don’t even like the idea of dressing up! Personally, I will take any opportunity I can to dress up and get into costume / character. If you’re not so keen on the idea of a costume here is my pick for a great outfit. You’ll have to excuse the light as it was really bad when the photo was taken but I kind of look like a ghost which I like.
I’m obsessed with this t-shirt. I got it very recently in Penneys and it is €6. I absolutely adore it.
Any black skirt will do the job or black jeans if you’d prefer. There are plenty of Halloween tights in shops at the moment and there’s an abundance of skeleton legs. If you’d feel more comfortable in tights then opt for a seasonal pair.
I made my Halloween shoes last year and they were really simple to do. They started off life as an ugly white pair. I printed Halloween shapes and characters on photo paper and glued them on using pva. When they were dry I applied pva to the rest of the shoes and sprinkled purple glitter over them. I went over the shapes with Modge Podge.
I bought the Boo clutch in Penneys about two years ago and got it in the clearance section for €2; I was delighted with myself. It is a pretty big bag so I can fit my flats in it because I really can’t walk in heels.
I threw a faux leather jacket on. Any Halloween hairband will do the job and there are loads available in shops like EuroGiant and Dealz. Finally I added the Kiss of Death, black lip kit from Makeup Revolution.
So there you have it: a really simple Halloween look.


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Drawing Games for Kids : Roll the Dice Drawing Game - How to Draw Step by Step Drawing Tutorials
Here is a silly drawing games that is a lot of fun for kids to play. In this drawing game, you use dice to decide what parts of the drawing you will draw. We have included a face drawing game and a landscape drawing game. This is a lot of fun and it helps children who might not be able to draw freely and creatively...this will help them draw more freely and creatively. This will also increase silliness.
This month, my Kids Craft Stars friends and I are back with another fun craft challenge. Since it’s the middle of winter now, we couldn’t resist trying out some cute snowman crafts. We have a huge collection of stones that we have been collecting on each trip to the beach, so I decided to put them …
I know we have featured Egg carton covers before but I love how easy they are to make and more importantly how easy they are for mom. Set the kids up on the kitchen bench with some paint and cartons and let them color away whilst you make dinner or enjoy a coffee break.
As I child I loved wind chimes, and as an adult I still find it relaxing watching and listening to wind chimes blowing in the breeze. They look great and add interest to your garden or patio area. Wind chimes make an ideal craft activity for children of all ages as they are fun to make […]

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These 11 pictures show how destructive Hurricane Sally has already been
As the West Coast continues to deal with out of control wildfires filling the sky with smoke, the East Coast is facing its own devastating weather. Hurricane Sally made landfall this morning, and it has spent much of the day pummeling parts of Alabama and the Florida Panhandle with heavy rainfall and powerful winds. As the slow-moving storm lingers over the region, it brings with it the threat of unprecedented flooding that could force thousands of people from their homes.
Sally is not the strongest storm to make its way to the East Coast this hurricane season, but it has the chance to become one of the most destructive. The storm, which was considered a Category 2 when it first reached land early Wednesday morning, has brought sustained winds of over 70 miles per hour and gusts as fast as 105 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center. It's also moving at a painfully slow rate, creeping along the coast at just five miles per hour and bringing with it a fury that is causing significant damage to the Gulf Coast.
More troubling, Sally has also brought extreme rains. The National Hurricane Center said downpours are expected to produce between eight to 12 inches of rain in much of the affected regions, with some areas at risk of getting hit with as much as 35 inches. Pensacola, Florida, a city of 50,000 with a metropolitan sprawl that has nearly half a million residents, has already been pounded with as much as 30 inches of rain. Per the National Hurricane Center, a water level station in the city reported that water was 5.5 feet above sea level, and locals have documented white-capped waves pouring through the streets. Part of the Pensacola Bay Bridge collapsed under the pressure of the flooding and most of the downtown region is underwater.
Pensacola may get the worst of the rain torrents, but it won't be alone in experiencing unmanageable amounts of rainfall. Charlotte, North Carolina, is projected to get up to 10 inches and coastal cities in Alabama are projected to experience more than 15. Meanwhile, cities more inland, including Alabama's capital of Montgomery, could see up to 10 inches. Storm surges that accompany the rainfall could leave some coastal areas with incoming water that reaches six to nine feet above sea level.
As the flood waters pour in, they bring with them devastation. Tens of thousands of people are stranded without power as the storm knocks out electrical grids. Nearly 300,000 people were without power in Alabama Wednesday afternoon, according to PowerOutage.us, and about 250,000 in Florida have also been left in the dark. Meanwhile, local governments have been trying to facilitate evacuations, though it is unclear how many people have managed to escape the region prior to the storm.
Sally is predicted to continue bearing down on the region through Thursday before eventually dying down as the weekend approaches. Before it dissipates, it is expected to produce record-breaking flooding and destruction that will stick with the affected cities long after the storm warnings are over.


It’s a deep aquamarine type of winter’s day at the top of Switzerland and on the terrace of your mountaintop restaurant you tune in to the DJ’s trance vibes, wrap yourself in one of the silky fleeces, call in a glass of Krug and take in the views of the snowscapes below you, before examining the menu. There is not a cheesy tartiflette or cliched fondue in sight, for this is the brand-new The Japanese By The Chedi, at the top of the mountain in Andermatt, where GQ dined recently on a set menu comprising hamachi usuzukuri, seaweed salad and yuzu goma vinaigrette; green tea soba noodles with langoustine; grilled black cod with shiitake, salsify and miso sauce; and katsuretsu of beef, hispi salad and fermented green beans (there were eight courses in total, but you get the idea). Welcome to the highest Japanese restaurant in Europe.
Picking at buttery, miso-hinting black cod and juggling an ohitashi salad with chopsticks at an altitude of 2,500 metres is surreal, but curiously perfect: there’s something about the purity of Japanese food that matches the scenery and the air. And Champagne being a perfect match for Japanese food also matches the lifted atmosphere. It makes you realise that rib-sticking, fat and carb-heavy Alpine food – of the type served at almost every mountain restaurant, usually washed down with a tannic red wine – may have been exactly the wrong thing to have been consuming all these years.
Japanese food as a category is one thing, but this is no sushi takeaway. The Japanese By The Chedi at Gutsch is an outpost of the Michelin-starred Japanese at the Chedi in the new Andermatt Swiss Alps resort down in the valley. Fuelled by Champagne, you can ski from one Japanese to the other in a matter of minutes, down a couple of interesting red runs. It is part of a new two-restaurant fine-dining complex on top of the mountain here: the neighbouring restaurant Gutsch (interconnected via a shared terrace) also opened this winter, featuring contemporary Swiss cuisine and both panoramic restaurants are gunning for a Michelin star in this year’s Guide, which would make them the highest altitude Michelin-starred restaurants in the world. When I asked one of the staff whether they were expecting a star this year, he replied, without much irony: “two”. Which would be quite an achievement in a place where your ingredients and staff arrive by cable car every day.


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This is a page I did before I went away on my knitting endeavours. I loved the paper and it went really well with the photos. I used a single sketch layout and then flipped it on its side for the other page.
When I learned to crochet the flowers a friend told me she wanted a granny blanket for her studio in her studio colour and this is what I came up with. I was really happy with my attempt and loved the little red flowers that dotted it. Now I only hope that it lasts...:D
I took a close-up photo of one of the squares that had the flower on.
Now I am going to make one for myself and my daughter has been hinting that she would like one for her bed. Loads of stuff to do to keep me out of mischief. I just wish I could get my scrapping mojo back.


There was a time you could scoop up fresh mountain stream water on your hike and relish the sweet taste. Not anymore. In the 21st century, to stay healthy on your hikes in the wilderness, you have to treat all water as suspect.
Crystal clear mountain streams may seem clean to the eye, but millions of invisible micro-organisms are thriving there. Most living things in water are harmless, but there are types that can make you very sick when ingested.
Yes, if you’re in a survival situation facing dehydration, you’d take a chance and drink the water, as is. However, if you have a water filter with you, you can avoid a lot of intestinal discomfort.
There are many excellent backpacking water filters, and how they work and their simplicity will be important considerations when choosing the best hiking water filter.
You’re Not Alone
In the modern, over-populated world in which we live, no matter how remote your hiking trip is, somebody has no doubt been there before you. You can never tell whether further upstream people haven’t urinated or defecated into the water. You also can’t tell if a dead animal is rotting upstream.
Water filters vary in the types, as well as the number of organisms they are able to filter. The best backpacking water filter is small and compact and fits easily into your backpack. When you want to travel light with your backpacking trip, you can’t be carrying a daily ration of 4 liters of water with you. The best backpacking water filter is, therefore, lightweight and easy to carry around and has certainly revolutionised hydration issues of backpackers.
There are plenty of variations available, and we look at some reliable, robust water filters that can be easily popped into your backpack for easy retrieval:
1. Katadyn Hiker Pro
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This filter is plastic and affordable and the inexpensive replacement filters are readily available. It is suited for 1 or 2 people. You won’t battle with excessive clogging with this portable water purifier which is also easy to keep clean. To clean it, you simply unscrew the filter element and rinse it out.
The water filter offers easy attaching to a drinking bottle, removing unpleasant tastes, chlorine, pesticides, trihalomethanes, as well as odors.
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2. MSR AutoFlow Gravity Filter
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Weighing just 0.69 pounds, this pump lets gravity do the work for you and filters more than 1.75 liters per minute into a 4-liter reservoir. The filter can be cleaned without disassembly for flow recovery. Simply fill the 4-liter reservoir with your water, hang the bag from a tree and gravity gets to work, eliminating the need for pumping.
With the Universal Bottle Adapter which is included, you can filter water directly into almost any bottle. MSR recommends you backflush after every 8 liters of water that you process so as to clean the filter and remove sediment.
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3. The Sawyer MINI
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It’s no wonder that this small, light, water filter is considered as one of the best hiking water filter there is. It weighs just 2 ounces and is recommended for up to 100 000 gallons of water. You can screw the Mini directly onto most water bottles. You can also use the attachable drinking straw to drink directly from the water source. The kit comes with the Sawyer Filter with tip cap, a 7-inch drinking straw, a 16oz reusable squeeze pouch as well as a cleaning plunger.
If you’re a group, this water filter is also available as a 4-pack and is made in the USA. Sawyer recommends back-washing your filter when you notice the flow rate is becoming sluggish. With proper back-washing you won’t need to replace filter cartridges.
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This has to be the best camping water filter for simplicity. Made of BPA-free plastic, this is such a recognizable water filter, weighing just 2 ounces and 9 inches long. Its smallness means you can toss it into your backpack or carry it in your pocket. Its flow rate is about 1.7 liters per minute. You simply remove the small product from its sealed hygienic packaging and use the filter to drink directly from the water source.
To clean it, you backflush by blowing air back through the mouthpiece. LifeStraw recommends you backflush after use every time. This nifty little filter removes bacteria and protozoa from water. It’s able to filter up to about 1000 liters of water before it needs to be replaced.
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5. Versa Flow
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The HydroBlu water filter can be used with a hydration pack or as a gravity filter. It can be screwed into a plastic water bottle, and can be used as a straw that you can use to drink directly from a water source. Ideal for backpacking and outdoor recreation, the filter removes bacteria such as salmonella, e-coli and cholera from water as well as protozoan cysts, including the likes of Giardia and cryptosporidium.
The filter can be used in a number of ways, such as gravity filter or drinking straw. It weighs just 2 ounces and has a flow rate of 1 gallon per 5 minutes. HydroBlu suggests you use the filter for up to 20 000 liters before it will need to be replaced.
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6. Survivor Filter PRO
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Weighing 8 ounces, this water filter has been tested at Intertek labs in the USA to show that it can remove 99.9% of virus, staph, bacteria, heavy metals and more. The filter makes use of a 3-level filtration system to filter water through pores of 0.01-microns. The filter comes with tubing, a hose clip, zippered carrying case, and an attachable cup.
The plastic casing is made of military grade BPA free material. The carbon filter and cotton pre-filter will last up to 2000 liters before replacement is needed. You can use the Filter PRO directly from the source, into the included attachable cup, or into some other water container.
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7. Aqua Vessel Insulated Filtration
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This bottle by EcoVessel is made from high-quality, premium, stainless steel. You can describe this water filter container as a no-fuss way to ensure clean water. Its vacuum insulation will ensure your water remains cold for up to 36 hours. The plant-based filter attaches easily to the straw top, ensuring that each sip you take is cleaned before reaching your mouth. All that is basically required of you is to fill the bottle.
The filter, which is attached to the bottom of the straw, will clean the water as you sip. It removes 99.9% of Giardia and Cryptosporidium. It’s not the best solution for long hikes but it’s ideal for day hikers.
The bottle also comes with an additional non-filtering straw. The water filter is made in the USA and filters up to 100 gallons of water.
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Temperatures, humidity, altitude and individual tastes will play a part in how much water you need on your hike. Once you are out in the wilderness, the water sources you are relying on can’t provide 100% safe water. Even if you’re dying of thirst, take the time to filter your water.
The importance of remaining hydrated and filtering your water can’t be overestimated. The best camping water filter will be effective for removing protozoa, bacteria, particulates, viruses and chemicals. We’ve given you seven well-rated, effective, portable, backpacking water filters so that you can get away into the wilderness with an enormous sense of peace.


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Most people are already aware that any significant blow or similar outside force applied to a person’s head can cause brain injuries such as concussions. However, many people do not know that concussions can also occur whenever the brain is moved back and forth rapidly inside of the skull. Typically, this might occur when a person falls or experiences a sudden jolt to his or her body.
According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the latter type of concussive event is sometimes overlooked in children because there may not have been any identifiable contact between a child’s head and another object. The following are some important facts the CDC would like childcare professionals and others to know about concussions:
— Any forceful blow to a child’s body that causes a rapid movement of his or her head can potentially cause a concussion.
— The majority of concussions do not involve a child being “knocked out” or otherwise losing consciousness.
— All concussions are serious medical conditions that require prompt medical attention to prevent further injury or death.
— Concussions pose a greater risk for children and adolescents.
— A child at school can suffer a concussion after his or her head comes into contact with a hard object such as doors or even other children’s heads.
— Events involving physical activity such as recess, school sports or physical education classes are instances where children frequently experience concussions.
— Adolescents involved in car accidents are particularly vulnerable to the damaging effects of concussion.
Florida residents who suspect their child may have suffered a preventable brain injury should know a few things. First, state law entitles some injured parties to recover compensation for their injuries. Additionally, not all brain injuries are caused by concussive force. For example, a lack of oxygen to a child’s brain as a result of a medical error can be an equally devastating type of brain injury. Your Florida personal injury attorney will be able to assess the facts of your child’s particular case and explain the legal consequences to you.
Source: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “A Fact Sheet for School Nurses” Nov. 17, 2014


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Nanocrystals can be used as “artificial atoms” to create designer materials for electronic applications and solar energy conversion as they are controllable, potentially non-toxic and earth-abundant. In collaboration with the groups of Dmitri Talapin and Giulia Galli, University of Chicago, wet-chemical techniques were used to synthesize those nanocrystals and assemble them into semiconducting nanocomposites.
“One great advantage of designing nanocrystals is that we are able to choose their properties”, explains Wippermann. “As we develop our own “atoms”, we do not rely anymore on the chemical properties of elements but are able to design materials with target properties through nanostructuring.” That means the researchers can abstain for example from toxic or rare elements. And even though their current model system is still using toxic elements, they embed the nanocrystals into solid matrices so that the nanocrystals are not spread into air. “The current key challenge is not the production of the nanocrystals themselves but rather the understanding and controlling of their interface chemistry and defects, as their surfaces and interfaces are only a few nanometres in size and buried inside the material”, says Wippermann.
He and his team produced and analysed buried interfaces in solids of indium arsenide nanoparticles capped with thiostannate (Sn2S6-4) ligands as prototypical nanocomposites. The ligands are used during the synthesis of the nanocomposites. With the help of theoretical and experimental techniques they found that the ligands are not adsorbed as intact units but decompose upon contact with the nanocrystal surface, forming an amorphous matrix around the nanocrystals. Exactly this matrix influences the electronic transport of the nanocrystal solids, as the decomposed ligands form a passivation layer on the nanocrystal surface and only on top of this layer an intact ligand may adsorb.
Another passivation mechanism is the incorporation of sulphur into the subsurface layer. Arsenic in turn diffuses into the matrix, leading to the formation of characteristic defects. These defects explain the observed switching between positive and negative photoconductivity. Simulations showed that the indium arsenide nanocrystals draw sulphur from the matrix leading to the formation of a sulphur shell around the nanocrystals. Sulphur also affects the amount and character of defects in the nanocomposite: A high sulphur content reduces the number of dangling bond defects in the nanocomposite and leads to the formation of sulphur chains acting as hole-conducting interconnects between the nanocrystals.
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text: Many of us try hard to capture the scenes on our waters and shorelines that can vanish in seconds. Sometimes we’re lucky. A double rainbow, Northern Lights, a black bear, a bobcat, a diving eagle, a gathering of loons, a boat passing through the shimmer of a harvest moon, a grandchild’s smile with the first fish. These are the moments that can define our intoxication with ESLA’s waters. Have a photo to share on ESLA’s gallery? Put “Gallery” in subject field and email to ElkSkegemogLakes@gmail.com.


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Anti-China protests held by Tibetan community on Tibetan National Uprising Day in Geneva
Geneva (Switzerland), Mar 10 (ANI): Anti-China protests were held by Tibetan community in Europe on 59th Tibetan National Uprising Day in Geneva. Over a thousand Tibetans gathered outside the United Nations office in Geneva to demand for a fact finding mission in Tibet. Members from half a dozen European countries joined the protest to demand China to stop atrocities in Tibet. Free Tibet slogans were also raised during the 59th Tibetan National Uprising Day.

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YAY!! BIG HAPPY DANCE TIME, THIS CARD WON AT A DAY FOR DAISIES THIS WEEK
Just could not resist this digi from ADFD, love Zebras so much, Most people I know do and I think makes a card for men, women or children, very versatile.
Imae from AD4D called Sketch pad Zebra, coloured with Promarkers
DP's from The Works
Deckle card Carole's Crafts
Pearl and circle sticker from stash
The sketch below
A Day for Daisies - - No.76 - Week 1 - Get Wild
LEJ Designs Challenge No. 66 - Furry Friends
Digi Darla Challenge - Fins, Feathers, or Fur
Brown Sugar : Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly : Occassion-ally
Delightful Challenges : Make it pop…add layers or dimension
Sketch n Stash #15
2 Sisters #156 Favourite Embellishment (pearls)
Card and Scrap #59 Anything Goes
Card Mania #27 Your Favourite Embellishment (pearls)
Just B Creative Crazy Anything Goes
Great Impressions Square Card
The Crafter's Café challenge #23...Furry friends/ friendship
Robyn's Fetish #172 Lots of Layers
I have just returned from a superb holiday/vacation in Italy. It has made me warm and fuzzy about summer, my favourite time of year!! I w...
A simple summery card today. Recipe Image by A Day For Daisies coloured with markers and pencils Crafters Companion Emb. folder B...
A Molly Harrison card today. I adore working we with these images, they are fabulous. Recipe Image by Molly Harrison coloured wit...
This time at Creatalicious we are sponsored by Crafty Sentiments and as you can see below there are many more excellent images in th...
Yay, it's our every other Sunday new release day at DigistampsFor Joy and this beauty comes with a set of two sentiments making ...
So delighted to share Froggie Hoppy Days 3 which is another of the fabulous new releases from Whimsy Stamps digi products for July, s...
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May I Present Vintage Beach Beauty just one of the latest new releases from Cute As A Button . I am besotted by this vintage beaut...


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Many people view the Sammamish-Issaquah area as very affluent, but there are many people in our community who are in need. Faith Church seeks to foster and maintain relationships with local organizations that are meeting needs, such as food insecurity, affordable housing, and emergency supplies. Below are the organizations we partner with most often with volunteer opportunities for each.
Our friends at Tent City 4 are currently residing at Mary, Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Sammamish. Church members, friends, and neighbors are invited to get involved in supporting the TC4 residents with some basics. They are always looking for community partners to assist them.
Contact Pam in the church office with further questions, or you can call TC4 directly at 206-618-3901.
Hot Meals are served on weekday evenings at the Issaquah Fire Station for any person in need of a hot meal. Faith Church volunteers provide meals every 3rd Monday of each month for 35-45 guests. Currently there are two options for being involved:
- Prepare and drop off food only.
- Prepare and serve food at the fire station.
Our congregation regularly collects and delivers food to the Issaquah Food & Clothing Bank.
Take a minute and consider who the food bank serves: The working poor. The newly homeless. Struggling seniors. The mentally ill. Whether underemployed or unemployable, the victim of tough times or tough streets, representing a long-term need or a short-term crisis, we try to help everyone who comes to us. Our clients range from newborn to over 90; individuals to single parents to entire families; working, unable to work and unable to find work. But one thing that many clients have in common? They never expected to need our help.
Watch for periodic updates on what is most needed at the Food Bank. Currently, the Food Bank is most in need of regular volunteers to staff their evening food pantry pick-up project.
Every year, Faith Church sponsors a day of service aimed at fighting hunger in our community and raising awareness of this continued issue in our local community and around the globe.
We partner with Lake Washington Schools Foundation Pantry Packs to pack bags of food which provide weekend meals for hungry Lake Washington School District students. All ages are invited to come together to pack supplies for hunger relief.
Packing events are on hold due to the pandemic.
World Relief provides a soft landing for refugees by helping adults find jobs and housing, helping get kids enrolled in school, providing training opportunities and legal services, providing ministry in the detention center, and even offering a community garden where refugees can work the soil to grow food from home. They have welcomed refugees from all over the world since 1979. They are currently helping many refugee families from Ukraine and Afghanistan.
World Relief is a Christian-based organization that generally doesn’t verbally evangelize their faith; instead they live out their Christian values of love and welcome through their actions and deeds every single day. Check out this uplifting video highlighting their work.
Find out more here: worldreliefseattle.org


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As a seasoned TV owner, I understand the frustration of trying to decide which size TV is right for your space. I recently faced this dilemma myself and did some research and testing to determine the best size for my needs.
Today, I’m here to share my findings and provide a full comparison of the 50-inch vs 65-inch TV. From design, to resolution, to sound quality, I’ll cover all the features that make these TVs unique, so you can make an informed decision about which one is right for you.
|1. 50- and 65-inch TVs have many similarities|
|2. The main difference between them is the size of the screen|
|3. Recommended viewing distance for 50-inch TV is 6.5-10.5 feet|
|4. Recommended viewing distance for 65-inch TV is 8-13.5 feet|
|5. 65-inch TV can have more HDMI and USB ports than 50-inch TV|
|6. Consider the room size and viewing distance before buying a TV|
50- vs. 65-inch TV: Similarities
First, let’s look at the similarities between these two common sizes. They mostly have the same advantages.
As such, they usually need their content to be high definition. Both of them can provide an immersive viewing experience that users love. A lower resolution such as 1080 or Full HD is suitable for smaller TVs but may not be efficient for TVs with 50- or 65-inch screens.
Another similarity between 50- and 65-inch TVs is that they have more features compared to smaller-sized TVs.
They usually have more HDMI and USB ports for connection to other entertainment devices. They can also have add-ons, such as the option to connect sound via Bluetooth for a better audio experience.
Both 50- and 65-inch TVs are large enough for a home theater experience, yet they’re still easier to fit inside your house compared to a 75- or 80-inch TV.
Still, the 50- and 65-inch TVs are in the larger spectrum, so they’re best placed in a room that generally fits a number of people at a time. TVs this size shouldn’t be placed where they get in the way.
It’s a good thing that 50-inch and 65-inch TVs also have wall-mounted versions. A wall mount is suitable for saving space and getting the TV out of the way. However, once you install it, you better have decided that it’s going to stay there for a while.
If you have enough space in the room and prefer a TV that you can lift and move around, you can get a 50- or 65-inch TV with a sturdy stand that goes well with it.
50- vs. 65-inch TV: Differences
Now that we covered the similarities between both TV sizes, let’s see how different they are. Granted, there aren’t many significant differences between them except for the screen size.
The obvious difference between the 50-inch and the 65-inch TVs is their size. The screen of the 65-inch TV is 30% larger than the 50-inch one (measured from one corner diagonally to the other corner).
So, the difference in screen size also makes their viewing distance different. For a 50-inch TV, it’s recommended to sit at a distance of 6.5-10.5 feet from the screen. And for a 65-inch TV, the recommended distance is further, between 8 and 13.5 feet away from the screen.
The point is that the bigger the screen, the more space you need to be able to watch your TV comfortably and avoid eye strain.
With that, choosing where to place your TV may depend on which size of TV you have. With the 50-inch TV, you can choose to place it in a room in your house that can accommodate fewer people. You may opt to put it in one of your larger bedrooms where you can watch from the recommended distance.
As for the 65-inch TV, living areas where you typically accommodate guests and more people can be the place where it goes.
Another difference may be that, though both of them can accommodate more HDMI and USB ports than smaller-sized TVs, the 65-inch TV can obviously have more ports than the 50-inch one. This may clinch the deal if you have plenty of devices to connect to your TV.
A Word of Caution
Both the 50- and 65-inch TVs have so much potential. But before getting either, and because these two sizes are in the large range, the most important thing to consider is the room you will be using them in.
Do you have enough space for a 50- or 65-inch TV? If so, go for the purchase. If not, think again. This is important because you want to have a comfortable viewing experience every time.
You wouldn’t want to pay a reasonable price for a good TV that doesn’t suit the room you’ll place it in. You still wouldn’t enjoy the viewing experience if you’ll only get eye strain. Likewise, if the room is too large, you may consider looking at bigger sizes.
Read more: 50 vs 70 inch TV
50-inch TV Pros:
- More affordable than 65-inch TVs
- Smaller size fits in most rooms
- Recommended viewing distance is 6.5-10.5 feet
50-inch TV Cons:
- Smaller screen size
- Fewer HDMI and USB ports
- Less immersive viewing experience
65-inch TV Pros:
- 30% larger screen than 50-inch
- Recommended viewing distance is 8-13.5 feet
- More HDMI and USB ports
65-inch TV Cons:
- More expensive than 50-inch TVs
- May not fit in smaller rooms
- Can be too close for comfortable viewing


Method for making stationary heat transfer coefficient fields visible by photochemical means
||Method for making stationary heat transfer coefficient fields visible by photochemical means
||Opitz, et al.
||March 31, 1981
||March 24, 1980
||Montag; Bernhard (Forchheim, DE)
Opitz; Heinrich (Erlangen, DE)
||Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Berlin and Munich, DE)|
||Downey; Mary F.
|Attorney Or Agent:
||Kenyon & Kenyon
||430/199; 430/347; 430/422; 430/434; 73/147
|Field Of Search:
||73/147; 73/73; 73/168; 346/1.1; 430/434; 430/422; 430/347; 430/199
|U.S Patent Documents:
|Foreign Patent Documents:
||Stationary heat transfer coefficient fields are made visible by applying a swelled photographic film (original wet film) in daylight to the article to be exposed to the flow. The wet film obtained after it is exposed to a gas flow and removed from the article, is squeezed onto an unexposed dry photographic film. The separated wet copy (latent image) is seeded with reactive gas (H.sub.2 S) to make the moisture profile visible, and is developed into a wet-copy photogram (black-and-white picture), the sharp contours of which (line equidensities, isohumids) can optionally be translated into colors, corresponding to the stationary mass transfer distribution, and with which definite heat transfer coefficients can thereby be correlated.
||What is claimed is:
1. A method for making stationary heat transfer coefficient fields visible comprising:
(a) providing a swelled photographic film layer;
(b) applying said film layer to a surface of an article to be investigated;
(c) exposing said film layer to a flow of gas to form an undeveloped wet-film photogram having a characteristic residual moisture profile;
(d) removing said undeveloped wet-film photogram from the surface of the articles;
(e) contacting said undeveloped wet-film photogram with an unexposed dry photographic film and maintaining such contact for a time sufficient to transfer at least part of the characteristic residual moisture profile from said wet film photogramto said dry film thereby converting said dry film into a wet copy of said wet film photogram;
(f) separating said wet-film photogram and said wet copy;
(g) contacting said wet copy with a reactive gas to make visible the residual moisture profile therein; and
(h) developing and fixing said wet copy.
2. The method according to claim 2 wherein said swelled photographic film layer is prepared by swelling photographic film in a material selected from the group consisting of water and mixtures of water and glycol.
3. The method according to claim 2 wherein said mixtures of water and glycol contain no more than 10 parts water for every part of glycol.
4. The method according to claim 1 wherein said time of contacting the undeveloped wet-film photogram with the dry photographic film is about thirty seconds.
5. The method according to claim 1 wherein said reactive gas of step (g) is hydrogen sulfide.
6. The method according to claim 1 wherein said steps (a) through (h) are repeated at least one utilizing a different flow exposure time of gas against said film layer in step (c); wherein each of the developed wet copies resulting from eachsuch process are treated to differently color the isohumids contour of each; and wherein the so-prepared wet copies are stacked in registration.
||BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method for making stationary heat transfer fields visible by photochemical means by applying a photographic film layer to the surface of an article and exposing the film layer by conducting a gas over it.
Methods are known for making stationary heat transfer zones visible which are based on the analogy between mass and heat transfer. An example of one such method is the so-called equidensity method using Agfa Contour Film.RTM. (Kimmel, H. andOpitz, H., Siemens Review, Vol. XL, 6/73, pages 275 to 278). For this purpose, a uniformly moistened photo-gelatin layer is applied to the surface of an article to be investigated which is exposed to the flow of dry air thereover. As a result ofevaporation to the flowing air, the film is transformed into locally different degrees of dryness corresponding to the stationary local state of the boundary layer flow.
From the residual quantities of liquid differently distributed locally in the photo-gelatin film after the exposure of the film to the flow, a photographic half-tone picture (photogram) can be developed, the density distribution of whichrepresents the residual moisture distribution in the photo-gelatin layer due to the existence of a moisture-density curve. By reason of the above-mentioned analogy between the mass and heat transfer, the evaporated amounts of liquid represent a measurefor the latter, and a definite local heat transfer coefficient can be correlated with a given local photographic density in the photogram. An absolute determination of the numerical values has not, however, been possible to date, i.e., one must stillcalibrate with physically determined values. The half-tone photogram obtained by the above-mentioned method represents the stationary mass transfer distribution of a planar subassembly as it is produced by the stationary thickness distribution of thePrandtl boundary layer, controlled by evaporation.
"Equidensity lines" can be constructed from half-tone photograms. "Equidensities" are areas or lines of equal, arbitrarily selectable photographic density tones which are displayed black on white or vice-versa. If these "equidensities" aregiven certain colors, the correlation of the equidensities among each other is facilitated substantially in complicated situations. The equidensities obtainable with wet-film techniques are lines (areas) of equal residual moisture, so-called"isohumids".
The equidensities are prepared by means of so-called "contour film".RTM. (Agfa). By varying the exposure time, the "window" in the contour film can be shifted over the entire density range of the half-tone original. Depending on the densitysteps (controllable by simultaneously copying a step grey wedge), several transparent equidensity separations are obtained in this manner which can be stacked with proper registration (sandwich assembly) and copied together. By chromogenic developmentof the black-and-white separations, color equidensities can be obtained as slides. However, the preparation of the equidensities by this method is time-consuming and requires the use of Agfa Contour Film.RTM..
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is the pictorial display of stationary heat transfer coefficient fields in the form of equidensities, in which the noted shortcomings do not occur.
According to the invention, these and other objects are satisfied by providing that a swelled photographic film applied under illumination to the surface of an article to be examined, after being exposed to a flow of gas, is removed from thearticle, squeezed in darkness on an unexposed dry photographic film, separated therefrom after an appropriate dwelling time, and the wet copy obtained thereby "seeded" with a reactive gas to make the moisture profile visible and developed in aphotographic developer according to known methods to form a wet-copy photogram. The wet-copy photograms can be prepared rapidly, since the method according to the invention furnishes line equidensities immediately. It is a further particular advantageof the invention that in a sequential process, stepped moisture profiles can be obtained by stepped flow-exposure times, the individual isohumids of which can be stacked to form isohumid families. The display becomes even more distinct if the boundariesfor the heat transfer zones (isohumids) are represented by colored lines. The method according to the invention also permits the detection of very small differences in heat transfer zones. Information relating to the relative origin of the heattransfer zones and semi-quantitative information on the heat transfer coefficients is possible.
For swelling the photographic film, both water and mixtures of water and glycol in a ratio of maximally 10:1 parts, respectively, have been found to be particularly well suited.
Suitable reactive gases are sulfur-containing gases, particularly hydrogen sulfide.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 shows isohumid contours obtained using the method of the present invention, constituting closed curves about transparent dry zones.
FIG. 2 shows a family of colored line isohumids obtained using the method of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
To carry out the method of the present invention, a wet-film photogram which has already been exposed in an air stream but has not been developed, can be transferred to an unexposed dry film by means of a calender or a press and both filmsseparated after a dwelling time of about 30 seconds. In this operation, part of the residual-moisture profile of the original wet film passes into the photo gelatin layer of the initially dry film, converting the initially dry film to a wet copy. Ifthe wet copy is then "seeded", preferably with H.sub.2 S gas, so that only a latent image of the transferred residual moisture becomes visible, a black-and-white copy can be obtained on the wet copy after customary photographic development and fixationwhich shows a distinctive change of the density distribution from the developed wet-film original. Densities below 0.3 are suppressed and no longer displayed; in these ranges, the film becomes completely transparent, whereas the developed wet-filmoriginal in all ranges reproduces a density distribution analog to the moisture. The wet copy acts thus as a discriminator. The transparent dry zone obtained is furthermore delineated against the residually remaining half-tone regions by asubstantially more dense but very narrow and sharp contour. The "isohumids contour" constitutes a closed curve about the transparent dry zones (FIG. 1).
The corresponding wet copies can be prepared in an analogous manner, starting with the highest moistures down to small residual moistures, corresponding to a density of about 0.3 of the wet film. The developed wet copies can be traced with inkon transparent drafting vellum individually along the isohumids contours. The individual black-and-white line copies can subsequently be converted by a color copying process (e.g., Agfa "Transparex.RTM.", 3M Colorkey, Reguprint and others) into coloredcontours. Numerous colors can be chosen. The color film copies, stacked in registration, furnish a multi-colored transparent "isohumids sandwich".
An isohumids sandwich, in which several transparent colored isohumids contours are stacked on top of each other, represents the geometrical plot of the heat transfer zones as well as their quantitative sequence.
With the family of isohumids obtained by the method according to the invention, it is possible through correlation of a heat transfer coefficient to determine the other physical data by means of a calibration. Thus, colored line isohumids (FIG.2) decode the distribution of the heat transfer zones cartographically. The order of the lines from lower to higher heat transfer coefficients is thus represented on a relative scale as follows:
______________________________________ -multidot. (black) = 1.0.alpha..sub.o .multidot. .multidot. .multidot. (red) = 2.9.alpha..sub.o (purple) = 1.3.alpha..sub.o .multidot. .multidot. (green) = 3.8.alpha..sub.o .multidot. .multidot..multidot. (yellow) = 1.7.alpha..sub.o (blue) = 5.0.alpha..sub.o .multidot. (orange) = 2.2.alpha..sub.o ______________________________________
With the method according to this invention, the stationary heat transfer coefficient fields of heat exchangers, as well as other systems with forced gas cooling, can be determined.
The invention will be explained in greater detail by the following examples.
A photographic film (Agfa 023) is swelled in a waterglycol mixture (10:1 parts) for 3 minutes at a temperature of 10.degree. C. in daylight. Excess liquid residues on the film are removed by squeezing. In this condition, the film is appliedfor exposure to the surface of an article to be exposed to the flow.
After an exposure time of several seconds in the steady-state air stream provided, the film is removed from the surface and is squeezed in darkness on an unexposed dry film. After a dwelling time of 30 seconds, the characteristic, invisibleresidual moisture distribution, which originally existed on the swelled film, is distributed equilibrium-wise on both films, converting the originally dry film to a wet copy of the original exposed film. The residual moisture profile then residing onthe wet copy is seeded with H.sub.2 S gas and subsequently processed with a standard photographic developer into a black-and-white film.
This wet-copy photogram shows a structure different from a residual-moisture profile which is prepared in accordance with German Pat. No. 2,133,834 and developed with H.sub.2 S into a visible photogram of the residual moisture distribution. Allphotographic densities below 0.3 are suppressed. In addition, the wet copy prepared in accordance with the method of this invention is surrounded by a sharp contour, the so-called isohumids contour (FIG. 1).
With the same test conditions, the procedure is performed with methyl mercaptan as the reactive gas.
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Hello friends! I apologize for the lapse in writing the last couple weeks. I’ve been super busy at work and my hobby had to take a bit of a back seat. I am taking a well deserved break this weekend this weekend though and enjoying this gorgeous weather! I am also continuing to enjoy the flavors of the season. This weekend I made up a pitcher of Cider Sangria. This blend incorporates the best of the fall flavors in a nice adult beverage.
To make you will need:
1 bottle white wine (I used a Chardonnay)
1/2 gallon apple cider
1 1/2 cups fresh whole cranberries
1 granny smith apple
1 red pear
Mix together the cider & wine. Chop the apple & pear into small-medium sized chunks and add to the cider/wine mixture. Add in the cranberries and stir. The fruit will rise to the top. Refrigerate for a half hour or so before serving to give the flavors a little time to blend. Serve chilled and enjoy!


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I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. It’s not a great excuse, but its all that I have, so its what I am going with. I don’t wish to be telling this story to complete strangers, but I am in a great deal of trouble, and this is part of my discipline, and I think it would be best if I did as I was told at this point…so…here is how it happened.
I awoke to the sound of the phone blaring in my ear this morning, and that always annoys me. His overly chipper morning voice didn’t cheer me as it generally does. It actually frustrated me further. “Why are you calling so early?” I barked into the phone. His silence should have served as a warning, but I chose to ignore it. He waited a moment and then reminded me that I had asked him to call this early, because he was picking me up soon to make the 1 hour drive to his nephews birthday party. “Ok, I’m up.” I said into the phone, less sharply this time, but still dancing on the edge of disaster.
The moment I saw him, I was filled with shame for being so curt and abrupt with him. His eyes were stern, but concerned. The first words he spoke to me were, “Good morning, do we need to spend part of this ride going over respectful and approriate manners of speaking to me?” I felt the dark cloud of anger cross my face. I know better. He is the kindest man I have ever known, generous, loving, sweet and strong. However, he made it clear to me in the begining of our relationship that he expected complete respect from me at all times, towards himself, myself and all others, and anything less would not be tolerated. In fact, it would be delt with swiftly, firmly and unpleasantly. It wasn’t long before my sarcastic mouth got me into a position to find out exactly how unpleasant, unpleasant could be. I was pushing him now, and I knew it. I allowed the sullen look to sink in and then I uttered the ‘word’. There are few things that I can say that upset him more. In answer to his question, I rolled my eyes heavenward, looked him straight in the eye and said in my most defiant voice, “WHATEVER.”
He was silent for almost 10 full minutes, and my mind raced with excuses and apologies. I sank back meekly into the seat and waited for him to speak. He finally put his hand on my knee and spoke gently, but deliberately. “I think I might have mentioned to you in the past that it is absolutely unacceptable for you to use that tone of voice with me, ever. I don’t think I need to even address your choice of words, as you know exactly how I feel about that one. When we get home this afternoon I am going to adjust this attitude. This will be the second time I have had to discipline this same behavior, and as I have mentioned, if I have to do it twice, the second time will be MUCH, MUCH worse than the first.” My heart sank, because the first time he ‘adjusted this attitude’, he pulled me over his lap, removed my jeans and my panties and spanked my bottom as hard as he could with his hand, and when his hand got sore, he used my paddle-style hairbrush. Needless to say, I didn’t do much sitting for several days after that. I couldn’t imagine how much worse it could be.
It was a nice party, and a long, quiet ride home. He asked me if I was ok, and if I was dreading the evening. I mumbled something about, “..not feeling well…upset stomach…headache…” If I thought for a second that this little manipulation was going to get me anywhere, I was SO wrong.
I was surprised that we passed by my house and proceeded on to his. He explained that he had some supplies at his home that he would need this evening, so we were going there instead. Naively I thought, “Good, he doesn’t have a paddle hair brush…” When we got inside, he pulled be down onto his lap and cuddled me for a few moments. Telling me that he loved me, and always wanted only what was best for me. My well-being exceeded his own. He looked me straight in the eye and explained that he could never in good conscience spank me if my tummy was upset. My heart lept, until he said, “So we’ll work that out first. I think a glycerin suppository, followed by a mineral oil enema.” I was in complete shock. He couldn’t mean this. I had never had and enema in my life. I knew better than to argue though. That would have been disrespectful, and my bottom was going to pay for this day, in every concievable way it seemed.
He led me to his bedroom and made me take off all of my clothes. He then went about gathering his supplies. A small bottle labeled, “Glycerin suppositories”, the KY jelly, a thermometer that I suspected, and correctly so was not of the oral variety and some rubber gloves. I can’t imagine the look on my face, but he was very gentle about the whole proceedure. He explained that he was going to take my temprature first, because it was possible that I wasn’t feeling well, and thats why I was behaving so badly. He had me lie face down on the bed and he sat next to me. He snapped on a glove, and I watched, in facinated terror, as he pulled the thermometer from its case, and opened the tube of KY. I buried my head in shocked humiliation as he then put some lubricant on his finger and spread apart my bottom cheeks. He applied the lube to my anus, and then pressed gently, introducing his finger and a little bit of the lube inside of me. He told me to relax and I felt the thermometer poised at my opening, as he began to slide it in, I couldn’t help it, I tensed every muscle in my body. He asked me once to relax, and then told me in no uncertain terms that this piece of equipment WAS going into my bottom, and we could do it hard or we could do it easy, it was up to me. I took a deep breath and relaxed. Hot tears of shame slid down my cheeks as that apparatus disappeared into my ass. He kept two fingers on the thermometer for the entire 5 minutes that it was inside of me, and he occasionally moved it in and out, or twirled it around inside of me. Finally he extracted it and read the result. “No temperature.” he announced. I looked up at him hopefully. Maybe now he would just spank me more severly and not go through with this awful plan. He already had the cap off of the suppositories. He explained that he would insert it deep into my rectum and that I would then be required to lie still for 15 minutes, at which point he would administer the first enema. He asked me to pull my knees up underneath me, so that my bottom was high in the air. He again put a dab of lube on the end of the suppository and another on my anus. It slipped in easily, and he pressed just inside and stopped, explaining that it would insert more easily if we allowed it to melt just a bit. After several seconds, and without any warning he firmly pressed the wretched thing deep inside of me. He left his finger in place for much longer than I thought was necessary. He finally pulled it out and left the room. I could hear him in the bathroom, running water, opening and closing cabinet doors, preparing for my most horrifyingly embarrassing moment. He finally came to get me, and when we walked into the bathroom I recoiled in horror. I saw a bulging 2 Quart red bag hanging from the shower bar, as my eyes travelled downward the length of the tubing, I saw a large device that I assumed was the nozzle that would be inserted inside of me. There were several towels on the floor, as well as a small pillow. “Lie down, with your head on the pillow, the same way as before.” I almost couldn’t make myself do it. I have never had anything larger than a finger in my ass, and I have never been in such a submissive position with anyone before. I did as I was told though, and this time when I felt his fingers lubricating me, he did a much more thorough job. He slipped 2 fingers inside of me, twisting them around and lubing me generously. All of the sudden I was hit with a cramp from the suppository I guessed. I looked up at him in a panic..”I have to go…” He rubbed my back gently and said, “Take some deep breathes, because you are going to have to go MUCH worse than this by the time we are finished here.” I was again in tears. I felt him p
ressing that huge nozzle a
gainst my opening, and I forced myself not to fight it this time. After a moment of gentle pressure it was deeply and securely inside of me. I heard a click as he started the flow. Warm water rushed inside of me. Strangely enough, it didn’t hurt or panic me. I concentrated on breathing deeply, and not fighting the sensation. He stopped the flow a couple of times to allow me to deal with the cramping, and he even rubbed my distended tummy, and spoke quiet, encouraging words to me. Finally it was all inside of me, and he pulled the nozzle out, roughly. “Now” he said sternly, “You will lie here for 10 minutes before you expel that enema, and you better not make a mess in my bathroom.” He busied himself in his bed room, as I fought to handle the severe cramping while still retaining the enema inside of me. Finally he came in and told me I could go. Without any false modesty I flew the toilet and began to relieve myself. He quietly closed the door to allow me some privacy. I cleaned myself up and went and stood in the doorway. I was ready to have this all be over.
He stood up and moved towards me. “We are almost done, my good little patient.” He stepped back and began to unbuckle his belt. I backed up against the wall and stared at him, wordless. Speechless. He took my hand and pulled me towards the bed, where he had me place the palms of my hands on the bed. I have never felt so exposed. Bent over at the waist, hands on the bed, and about to be spanked with his belt. He explained that I was going to get 50 swats with his belt, and if I moved out of this position then that one wouldn’t count. He asked me to count aloud, explaining that if I didn’t count it, it didn’t count either. He then rested the belt against my bottom and lectured me for a long time, about respect, and back talk, and how neither would ever be tolerated. He mentioned briefly that in the future it would be in my best interest to NOT feign illness in a misguided attempted to avoid or delay my punishment, or I could expect the same treatement that I had gotten today. And then without any further warning I felt the first wildly painful explosion on my bottom. ONE I shrieked, unprepared for how much a spanking with a belt actually hurts. I fought the urge to stand up with every painful blow, and I missed a couple of counts because I litterally could not speak. He has a pattern that appears to include making the first 10 and the last 10 the hardest, but he likes to swat the same place over and over a couple of times in the middle. He had hit the same spot about 4 times in a row by the time we got to 40 and I was pretty much an incoherent mess. Sobbing, begging, screaming and trying to count. The last one was the hardest yet, and I shrieked and stood up, dancing around a bit to try to relieve the intense sting all over my poor, tortured backside. He threw the belt to the ground and grabbed a hold of me. Holding me so close and so gently. Speaking soothing words of comfort to me. I calmed down quickly and tried to apologize for being such a spoiled, disrespectful brat. He held me in his arms for a long, long time. I have never felt so loved and cared for in my life.
He then explained to me that he thought I should share this experience. Partly so that I would have to think about it at length again, and hopefully THAT in itself will deter any future outbursts. But also because he thinks it might be helpful for others to hear our stories, because this lifestyle is very rewarding and happy.

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