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A Supreme Court jury has found Harley Hicks guilty of murdering a baby during a Bendigo home burglary when he was high on the drug ice.
The jury, sitting in Bendigo, began deliberating at 11.30am on Friday before handing down its verdict about 2.40pm on Wednesday.
Mr Hicks, 21, had pleaded not guilty to murdering 10-month-old baby Zayden Veal-Whitting in a house at Eaglehawk Road, Long Gully, in the early hours of June 15, 2012.
Zayden's mother, Casey Veal, found him lying in blood-stained sheets shortly after realising her home had been robbed.
The Crown claimed Mr Hicks had been robbing the house when he unplugged a baby monitor before striking the baby with a baton about 25 times.
The motive for the killing was, according to the Crown, possibly because the baby had woken and Mr Hicks wanted to silence him so he would not be caught. The aggressive influence of the drug ice may have also been a reason for the killing.
The murder weapon was found at Mr Hicks' property on June 20 with both his and the baby's DNA.
The defence claimed Mr Hicks did not enter the house, did not steal anything, did not kill Zayden, and the DNA found on the baton could have been from Mr Hicks' twin brother Ashley.
Harley Hicks was a drug user, a liar, a burglar and a thief but not a killer.
In what was a dramatic twist to the trial last Saturday, Mr Hicks' mother, Wendy Clark, was called before the judge to explain why she had taken a photograph of her son in the dock and posted it on Facebook.
Justice Stephen Kaye, who had ordered no photographs be taken of Mr Hicks while he was in custody because it could be seen as prejudicial to his case, threatened to charge Ms Clark with contempt of court. It is also illegal to take photographs inside a courtroom during a trial.
The judge ordered Ms Clark to appear before him on Monday with a lawyer to make submissions as to why she should not be charged with contempt.
"This court is not Hollywood," Justice Kaye said when warning Ms Clark about her conduct.
During the trial, the jury was told Zayden's mother had started a new relationship with furniture removalist Matthew Tisell about nine months before Zayden was killed.
They had moved into Eaglehawk Road, Long Gully, just before Christmas 2011 with Zayden and his older brother, Xavier, now aged four. The boys' father, James Whitting, shared parenting duties.
Ms Veal and Mr Tisell had been planning to move out of the house on the weekend Zayden was attacked.
Mr Tisell had arrived back home at about 10pm on June 14, 2012, after an interstate trip to Adelaide.
He told the jury he had had something to eat, washed some clothes and to wind down "had a few pipes" of cannabis before having "some intercourse" and going to bed about 2am.
Mr Tisell said Zayden was a light sleeper who would wake up very easily, whereas he would sleep like a log.
Zayden's mother, who also smoked marijuana on the night, told how Zayden had been a healthy and happy baby who had earlier woken up about 1am. She had given him a bottle, a dummy and his teddy bear, put his blankets over him and said goodnight to him.
Ms Veal said she was woken about 7am by Xavier who said, "Doors are open, doors are open".
She and Mr Tisell realised they had been robbed and went to check on Zayden.
Ms Veal noticed the baby monitor wasn't plugged in and Zayden had yet to wake up.
"I thought it's really strange, he must be, like, really tired.
"I looked at him and realised he just wasn't sitting where he normally should be.
"It was just in a really weird place to where he normally slept because he always slept in the same spot and he didn't look like he normally did when he slept.
"He was kind of lying on his back, really like peaceful whereas he's normally lies on his side and bit of everywhere.
"Didn't have the blankets on him that I put him to sleep with because he had to sleep weighted or he wouldn't sleep at all.
"He had three blankets on him because he liked to have it - to sleep like that with his teddy bear and his dummy and that morning when I went in to get him he only had one on him and it sat perfectly straight across his face, which I thought was really strange because he doesn't like things near his nose.
"So I kind of touched him as I went to, like, pull it back and he didn't really respond.
"And then when I pulled it back I just seen there was blood everywhere, um, and that his face was swollen and bruised and he was unresponsive.
"So I picked him up and screamed out to Matty, I think, and - like, screamed at him to ring an ambulance and we took him into the lounge room or the family room, I guess - took him into there."
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Purple madness isn't as strong as it used to be, but I still appreciate a good purple shade. This one is.
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This one looks really great! - Even though purple madness has never attacked me. (;
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2016 Wisconsin Aging Network Conference
Thank you to those who attended the 2016 WI Aging Network Conference. We were pleased with the attendance of almost 500!
Location/Dates | Pre-Conference | Sponsors | Presentations | ElderACE Awards | Exhibitors | Keynote Speakers
Our 2016 Wisconsin Aging Network Conference was held September 22-23, 2016, at the Kalahari Resort & Convention Center in Wisconsin Dells.
Wednesday, September 21, from Noon-4:45 for a half-day learning session—Doing More With More: The Business Development Potential.
Our featured speaker was Marisa Scala-Foley, director of the Office of Integrated Care Innovations in the Center for Integrated Programs at the U.S. Administration for Community Living (ACL). Marisa shared information, experience, and a national perspective about the role of business development in expanding the aging network's capacity to serve older adults.
Marisa Scala-Foley Presentation
Kristen LaEace Presentation
Thank you to our sponsors!
Workshop Presentations/Handouts new page
ElderACE Awards
ElderACE Awards Announcement new page
Virtual Exhibit Hall new page
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- AAA Wisconsin
- AARP Wisconsin*
- Aging & Disability Professionals Association of Wisconsin (ADPAW)*
- AGIS Network (AssistGuide)
- Agrace Hospice & Palliative Care*
- Alzheimer's Association
- Americans for Better Hearing Foundation
- Binning Insurance
- Bureau of Aging and Disability Resources (BADR)*
- CapTel Outreach
- Center for Aging Research and Education, UW-Madison School of Nursing
- Circle Wisconsin
- Consumer Direct Wisconsin
- Creative Living Environments, LLC
- Foundations Counseling Center, Inc.
- Greater WI Agency on Aging Resources*
- GT Independence*
- Healthcom
- Hoglund Bus Co., Inc.
- iLIFE Financial Services*
- IndependenceFirst
- Liturgical Publications Inc.
- Lori Knapp Companies/LKiChoice
- Lutheran Homes of Oshkosh
- Mom's Meals NourishCare
- My Choice Family Care*
- MySeniorCenter
- Nordic Walking
- Northcentral Technical College
- Our House Senior Living*
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- Premier Financial Management Services
- Security Health Plan of Wisconsin*
- Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP)
- SimplyHome, LLC
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- WI Aging Advocacy Network (WAAN)
- WI Association of Benefit Specialists (WABS)
- WI Association of Mobility Managers (WAMM)
- WI Association of Senior Centers (WASC)*
- WI Board for People with Developmental Disabilities
- WI Dept. Of Veterans Affairs
- WI Guardianship Support Center
- WI Institute for Healthy Aging (WIHA)*
- WI Long-Term Care Workforce Alliance
- WI Talking Book and Braille Library
- WisPACT
Keynote Speakers
Connie Podesta, Life Would Be Easy if It Weren't for Other People
We are pleased to announce that motivational speaker Connie Podesta will be our keynote speaker Thursday, September 22.
Lynn Breedlove, The New Aging Movement (Now That the Baby Boomers Have Arrived)
Aging advocate Lynn Breedlove will be our keynote speaker Friday, September 23.


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You, your family or your company can help the invaluable work of UWC in educating our future leaders for a better, more understanding, and more peaceful world. It is important that we add to the numbers of scholarships currently available to South African students, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds needing substantial financial support. We urge you to consider a number of the ways in which you can help us.
UWC South Africa is also currently looking for patrons to support the organisation. We welcome volunteers to assist us with our selections process, publicity, specific student support as well as financial contributions.
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Food and a loving voice are excellent positive reinforcements and make training much more effective than negative actions or punishments. When food is used, it can be either dry kibble or treats. Remember to monitor how much food or treats you feed your dog during training and to reduce the amount fed at mealtime accordingly. Treats should not exceed more than 10% of the total calorie intake for the day.
Say "sit" while you push down on your dog's back near their tail, and hold a treat just above eye level. As they stretch their neck for the treat, the pressure on their back will cause them to sit down. Use the sit command to keep your dog from leaping on visitors.
Once your dog has mastered the "sit" command, reinforce it to teach them how to stay. Simply practice the sit command from farther and farther distances, commanding your dog to "sit" and then "stay." When you're ready, call out, "Come," and they'll come running (earning both the admiration and gratitude of your visitors). And make sure you give your good doggy a treat!
To get your dog to lie down, first train them to sit. Then, gently pull out their forepaws as you command, "Down." When they're settled on the floor, hold them down gently with one hand while giving them a treat (at floor level) with the other.
First, your dog must have a firm grasp of what "sit" means. Then, fit them with a lead and training collar (which you should remove whenever you're not using it for training). With your dog sitting at your left, say, "Heel" and begin walking. They'll probably shoot ahead, but pull back gently on the lead until you're even with them and repeat the command. Walk at a deliberate, even pace, and gently but firmly pull your dog next to you, at which point you repeat the "heel" command. Eventually, your dog will move from one place to another in response to your pointed finger and will sit at the sound of a finger snap. Sometimes it helps to hold a treat at the heel location, and they'll follow it while you say, "Heel."
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Folegandros is the most southern island of the western Cyclades. It is a typical Cycladic island situated between Sikinos and the island of Melos. The island gets very narrow at the middle, where its width hardly reaches 1000 meters. Two bays at both sides, the bay of Vathy and the bay of Plaka, entering deeply in the land, divide the island in two equal parts.
The island has a nice climate. Humidity is quite moderate, thanks to the dry northern winds, while heat never gets unsupportable, thanks to the sea.
And in summer, the "meltemia" (the northern summer winds) make the atmosphere and the environment cool enough.


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Shaler softball team young yet mighty
For fans who were not aware, this is supposed to be a rebuilding season for the Shaler softball team. It was hard to tell that by the performance against North Hills that saw the Lady Titans smash 14 hits in a decisive, 10-2 win.
The hit parade was highlighted by Brianna Dobson, who hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning to cap off the scoring for Shaler.
"The best thing about the team right now is the hitting," Dobson said. "We had 14 hits … we just try to stay focused and do our best."
Shaler did its best work a little at a time, sprinkling the runs over four innings.
The work at the plate was impressive because of the overall youth of the team, but lack of practice time due to rainy weather forced the squad to learn from games.
"These delays just make us want it more," Shaler shortstop Maddie Mulig said. "If we have a weakness right now, its making sure we play our nonsection games as hard as we do our section games."
Mulig said she wants to see the momentum stay up at all times.
The team looked fundamentally sound against North Hills, and Mulig said that's a testament to coach Skip Palmer.
"He made us do stations every day — we may not have liked it, but it helped," Mulig said. "We have the confidence that any one of us can go up and get a clutch hit at any time."
Six players recorded hits in the game.
Palmer said he was a little worried early this season but said his team is settling in.
"They are starting to believe in themselves and play experienced ball," Palmer said. "They are a good team."
Palmer was impressed by his freshman pitcher Dobson, and rightfully so. She gave up two runs on five hits, and despite getting drilled by a line drive, she hung in and finished the game.
"She threw 83 pitches, and she is keeping the ball down," Palmer said. "She will be really good. We are just taking it slowly … she hit a home run, too, so I can't complain."
Palmer is happy with the way the young team is maturing together and how well it is hitting and running the bases.
"They are doing what they are supposed to do and doing it correctly," Palmer said.
The Lady Titans will be back in action on Monday, April 22, at home. The opponent is Seneca Valley at 3:30 p.m.
Jerry Clark is a sports editor for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-779-6979 or email@example.com.


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Smile, the future is now and chances are you've been filmed and/or photographed participating in it.
It wasn't so long ago that the thought we might be caught on film doing anything, no matter how innocent, sent shudders through us to the roots of our hair. which promptly stood at attention.
It wasn't so much that we might be doing something of which we'd be ashamed. It was more the feeling that we'd been violated.
But, being watched as we go about our business has become so much a part of our lives that we, for the most part, have tired of waving, making silly faces, or mouthing messages calculated to unambiguously register our disapproval of this technological trodding upon what we supposed was our right to privacy.
Even criminals seem oblivious to the intrusion as we are reminded almost daily on television broadcasts that play tapes of robberies, beatings, shootings and kidnappings
Ah, the right to privacy. And we thought it extended to all aspects of lives. In the parlor and the bedroom, yes, but set foot outside your digs and it turns out that right to privacy is a homebody.
It probably is a barometer of the state of society when the notion of being filmed at every turn has evolved from an annoyance or fear to a comfort.
Here in Southwest County, the caught-on-tape movement is picking up speed.
An increasing number of cameras are being installed in schools.
Lake Elsinore is exploring using portable cameras to catch graffiti vandals in the act as well as red-light cameras to help control traffic.
Murrieta has put cameras to good use at three locations to catch motorists who consider red lights a traffic-control device for everyone other than them. Initial grumblings by Murrietans appear to have dissipated allowing them to return to harassing their public servants.
In Temecula, recently installed surveillance cameras captured acts of vandalism at Chaparral and Temecula Valley high schools just a week ago and, if they didn't play a role in the arrest of the two suspects, you can bet they'll be center stage at their trials.
Cameras even are being considered to help catch illegal dumpers in remote areas of the county.
It appears that cameras are here to stay. Happily, they may do some good.
Let's suppose a Temecula bank is robbed or a gang member comes to the city to make his bones or a child is kidnapped from Ronald Reagan Sports Park, if there were cameras at the roads leading out of the city, you have to believe that law enforcement would be that much closer to identifying the perpetrators.
Of course, that only works if the criminals leave the city, thus it becomes obvious that cameras need to be installed in parks and other public areas as well as intersections.
Big Brother can be a very scary guy. Scarier even, in some respects, than the low-life lurking in the shadows.
But, Big Brother works for us and is eminently available for vigorous discourse at public meetings as well as action in the courts. As long as we pay attention to what he's up to, we ought to be OK. And, he doesn't put a gun to our heads and pull the trigger.
At least, with Big Brother, we have recourse on this side of the hereafter.
- Phil Strickland is a Temecula resident and regular columnistfor The Californian. E-mail: email@example.com .


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Q: Last year we negotiated to purchase a home and were told that our final counter-offer to the counter-offer was verbally accepted. It was decided that we'd all sign a new contract combining all the agreed-upon terms during a week-long negotiation. At the last minute, a new buyer appeared. We were later told that the seller's agent would represent this buyer. Plus, we were asked to submit an all-new offer, creating a bidding war. This seemed incredibly unethical and unfair on several levels. It goes without saying we did not win out and feel completed blindsided. What are the rules regarding questionable actions by a seller's agent?
A: Dual-agency is perfectly legal in California. However, many agents do not engage in it for a number of reasons, not the least of which is an unhappy consumer on the losing end of a multiple-offer negotiation. Many firms acknowledge the legal and image problems associated with a potential in-company sale during the multiple-offer process. For that reason, many companies prefer the broker of record and/or sale manager to sit in on the negotiations. There are additional steps to enhance the appearance of fairness, such as: in-person presentations of offers, preventing any offer to be viewed prior to presentation of all offers and/or making sure all the offers are sealed in envelopes until presenting them to the seller(s).
Conversely, the most unethical of our industry's licensees will often stall buyers' agents with offers when they have a buyer of their own, in order to collude with a licensed empty suit to act as a buyer's agent. Weeks later at closing, the seller's agent will quietly extract 75 percent of this individual's commission in the form of a referral fee.
Should a buyer or his/her agent sense funny business afoot, the best gambit is to call the firm's owner and/or broker immediately. That phone call will not go over well with the seller's rep, so the tactic should be used as a last resort prior to a competing offer being ratified. A buyer has nothing to lose at that point except, of course, the house.
Now, please do not let an unhappy episode keep you out of the market. Be assured there are plenty of great sellers represented by outstanding firms and agents.
Realtor Pat Kapowich, Kapowich Real Estate, is a Certified Residential Broker and instructs quarterly in real estate at De Anza College. Contact him at (408) 245-7700 or via SiliconValleyBroker.com
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This is a partial response to FAQ needs for alt.sex.enemas. It is not really in question/answer format. I will supply a question/answer part later - this part is maybe more of a reference work.
Most people find that a warm water enema can be held more easily than a cold one. I use a very warm enema when I want to fill myself with the maximum amount of water possible. I use a cool water enema when I need to force out water and material that is stuck in my bowel. The temperatures given are that of the water as it is poured into the bag. It cools off some before it gets into the colon. Don't try to judge temperature with your fingers, they're too unreliable. If you don't want to use a thermometer, use your tongue! It's a fairly reliable reference for body temperature.
Cool water is 30 - 35 degrees C ( 86 - 95 degrees F ) Warm water is 40 - 42 degrees C ( 104 - 108 degrees F ) Hot water is 43 - 45 degrees C ( 110 - 113 degrees F ) Don't take water any hotter than 45 C or 113 F or you can scald the colon. You can take it as cold as you can stand, some take crushed ice enemas, but I suspect most people couldn't even accept water that cold into their bowel.
The Anus is the external sphincter that closes off the rectum from the outside of the body. It is a ring of muscles. It can easily stretch to about 1 inch diameter, and can be stretched wider if you go about it slowly.
The rectum is a powerful muscular organ about 5 inches long, with a sphincter at each end. The sigmoid colon is a looped section of the bowel just above the rectum. It is shaped somewhat like a question mark, hence its name. The loop occurs at about a depth of ten inches, as can be felt if you push a firm object into the rectum, and up through the inner sphincter. The sigmoid comes in two sizes in humans. There is the long sigmoid and the short sigmoid, and few are born with one in between the two distributions of sizes. Those who have the big sigmoid can probably take about a full quart of water more than those with the short one.
The descending colon is in the left side of the lower abdomen, and can be easily felt any time the abdominal muscles are fully relaxed. It hugs the left wall of the pelvis, and reaches up to the splenic flexure, which is just under the left rib cage.
The transverse colon extends from the splenic flexure to the hepatic flexure, right across the abdomen on the right. It follows a sagging course across, and in many people sags about ¾ of the way down in the middle.
The ascending colon is on the right side of the pelvis, and the lowest part of it is called the cecum, the part of the colon where the small intestine expels its contents into the colon in a liquid form. It is the part of the colon with the largest diameter, and is most effective in absorbing water.
After taking a large enema, stand in front of a mirror, with the light from a ceiling lamp falling across the abdomen, and the shadows will make many of these structures readily apparent. The transverse should show up as a shadow about 2-3 inches below the belly button. When lying face down on a bed, the cecum will expand to an enormous size, then lift the body a few inches with the hands and knees and the right side of the belly will clearly show the shape and position of this part of the colon. The colon narrows gradually from the cecum (about 2-1/2 to 3 inches when distended) to the sigmoid, about 1 to 1-1/4 inches diameter.
There are many positions in which an enema can be taken. Two of the most widely known are the "Sims" position and the "Knee-Chest" position. The Sims position has the recipient lying on the left side, with the right knee brought up near the chest. The Knee-chest position has the enemee supported by the knees and the shoulders, with the chest sagging down, so that the chest almost touches the floor. This places the abdomen nearly upside down, so that the water can flow down from the rectum to the transverse colon by gravity. In cases of deep-seated constipation, this position will help the water reach way up into the colon for a good cleaning out. It is also useful in a technique for floating air or gas in the colon above the water so that the air can be expelled.
Standing upright requires you to hold the tube in the anus unless you use a nozzle that can be held in, but it allows me to accept more water than any other position.
Lying on the back is a favorite position, especially for the first enema of a session. You can watch the bag slowly deflate, and you can also watch the abdomen expand as the water enters the colon. You should lie down so that you can prop your head against a wall, like a pillow. You will probably be most comfortable if the knees are raised. You will first see the belly swell very low, just above the crotch, as the sigmoid expands. Then you will see the left side start to bulge as the water enters the descending colon. You will be in a position to massage the bowel as well as feel the shape and position of your colon.
Lying face down can be used, but pressing the belly on the floor restricts the abdomen's need to expand.
Lying face down and arching the back by raising the upper body on the elbows is a very stimulating position, and lifts the belly up from the floor. This presses the genital area against the floor, and leaves the hands free to massage the breasts, etc.
Lying on the right side is the opposite of the Sims position, and causes the water to flow down into the cecum. When you do this, feel the ballooning out of the cecum, the part of the colon with the largest diameter.
Sitting on the floor allows you to tense certain skeletal muscles, and can lead to a powerful orgasm. The floor helps hold the nozzle in. This may not be the greatest position for filling and cleaning the bowel, however.
Reclining is similar to sitting, but you lean back against something.
Standing on the head uses gravity to force the water down into the transverse colon, which usually needs a good cleaning out anyway, but especially if you are quite constipated.
Reclining in the bathtub is quite comfortable, except that the tub may be cold. You don't have to worry about leakage here.
Leaning over the edge of the bathtub is similar to getting on your hands and knees, but it leaves your hands and arms free, and is a little easier to stay in that position for a while.
Sitting on the edge of the bathtub is comfortable, and is the way to do a faucet enema, described in equipment.
Every individual has his or her own capacity, and it will change from each enema to the next. The cleanliness of the colon and the amount of gas present will have a great effect on the volume of water that can be taken. Medical researchers have determined that the average adult human colon has a capacity of 7 quarts. I believe that this measurement may have been made using colons removed from cadavers, who wouldn't complain about the pressure. It may be that the average colon has this capacity, but that no one except a woman who has just delivered a baby has that much room in the abdomen to allow the colon to expand to its fullest. You may want to experiment with this by taking the largest enema that is comfortable, and then rolling from side to side very slowly and seeing if the water runs downhill to distend the lower side more. You probably will find that the lower part of the colon will be noticeably more swollen, indicating that it is your abdomen that is unable to expand to allow the colon to accept any more fluid.
Fifty or so years ago, most adult patients receiving barium enemas were given 4 quarts of the barium solution and made to hold it during the X-ray procedure. At the same time, the enema bags sold in drugstores held 3 or 4 quarts, and many people felt that they could not be properly cleaned out unless they took the full bag. I took my first 4 quart enema at 12 years of age. I had to refill the bag in the middle - what a pain. Today's drugstore fountain syringes do not hold over 2 quarts, which many feel is a real shame.
For more on this topic, see The 4 Quart Enema: Fact Or Fiction
Most people will find it difficult to retain an enema for more than 5 minutes. If the bowel is not clean, then the peristaltic action of the colon will push against the fecal masses and produce intense pressure. This will frequently happen with your first enema in a series. Not much to do but expel and try again. If you get a strong cramp and an urge to expel, getting up is the worst thing you can do. Making the descending colon vertical adds gravity to the force pushing out. This is how to have an accident. If you can, wait while lying down. The pressure will pass in 10-15 seconds as the wave of peristalsis passes the sigmoid colon and reaches the end. Then you can get up and expel without straining to hold it in. If you must go to the toilet, and the pressure is intense, you can hold the buttocks together with both hands. This helps the anal muscles keep it in.
A trick I use is to lie face down on the bed, and wait for three waves of cramps to pass down. After the third cramp, I can walk leisurely to the toilet to expel, and I get a real good expulsion of all that stuff. If the cramps are extreme, however, I just don't wait. Another aid in retaining the water is to get into the knee-chest position when the pressure builds. This causes gravity to help hold the water in.
Another method is to lie on your back, and massage the colon with both hands. Whenever you feel pressure building, or can feel a big bulge with your hands, massage around that area until the pressure relaxes.
Some people recommend rolling from one side to the other every minute or so. The idea is that the water will flow repeatedly downhill, alternately filling the descending and sigmoid colon and then running down to the cecum. This is supposed to break up any masses in the transverse.
Need I mention that some people use a butt plug to hold the water in?
Obviously, most people expel their enemas while seated on the toilet. This is probably not the best position for expelling water from the colon because of the need for the wide cecum to push the water up hill to the transverse, and then for the transverse to pump it back up its sag to get it to the descending. A large volume in the descending will cause the descending colon to slide down the left side and kink where it meets the sigmoid. This can get you stuck! If you can feel lots of water bulging on the left side, but can't get it out, you need to change positions. Get up and lie down for a moment, or get into the knee-chest position, or just turn around as if you are looking over your right shoulder. These techniques can un-kink the descending, and get the water passing out again.
Some people prefer to expel in the bathtub, which is much easier, because the colon does not need to lift water to get it out. This is extremely messy, however, so don't do it unless you don't mind cleaning up. If the colon becomes severely blocked while holding an enema, you may prefer to do this rather than call the paramedics. In the hospital, patients are frequently given a bedpan when expelling enemas, to get the same benefit of the position.
If there is substantial gas in the colon, it may be very difficult for the colon to lift water when large air bubbles are present. These like to collect at the hepatic flexure, high on the right side, and can be detected by a rumbling sound when you press there. If you want to get the gas out, you can sit on the floor and make sure the gas is at the hepatic. Roll slowly onto the right side, then massage the transverse, following its course with your hands. You will know that you are moving that gas by the rumbling. When you have the gas moved to the splenic flexure, move quickly to the knee-chest position. Now massage the descending colon upward, from the ribs to the groin on the left side (you're upside down, remember) until the gas has moved to the sigmoid. Use heavy massage in the groin area, to move water out of the sigmoid, and move the gas in. When this is done, get on the toilet quickly, and you should be able to expel a prodigious gas blast. You may have to repeat this procedure several times, but when all the gas is out of the colon you should be able to expel the water quickly.
Don't sit on the toilet for more that a few minutes if there is no water coming out. Sitting too long and straining are the chief causes of hemorrhoids. Those will certainly ruin your enema pleasure. If nothing is coming out, lie down either face down or up, or lie on your left side, or get into the knee-chest position. These will help the water move, and soon you can go back to the pot.
The standard enema apparatus available in the drug store can be divided into several types. There is the open-top fountain syringe, usable for enemas and douches. There is the closed-top type bag, which can also be used as a hot- water bottle. There is the four-way type, which also is intended to be used as an ice bag. Most of these units offer 2 quart capacity. If that is the limit of your capacity, the open-top fountain syringe is the best type to use, because it is very convenient. The enema and douche nozzles that come with these units leave much to be desired. There are also discreet type units sold primarily for feminine hygiene use, but some come with enema tips also. These are good because a woman can put them in her purse.
Shy - An expandable syringe that is filled by pressing the mouth of the bag against the sink faucet. This bag will hold 4 quarts. The big drawback is that it has no way to shut off the flow except to remove the bag from the tube, which will cause the water to flow from the rectum. What you need to do is to attach a hose with a clamp to the nozzle, which is inserted into the bag. You can pour liquid soap into the bag before filling with water.
Here are some descriptions of exotic enema equipment you can build from commonly available items.
The faucet enema is not for the inexperienced. If you don't have much enema experience, I suggest that you start with a standard 2-quart open-top fountain syringe from the local drug store. When you get able to take 2 fillings of the bag at one time, then you are ready to get more exotic.
Actually, the equipment for the faucet enema is available at any hardware store. It is called a shower hose adapter for the bathtub faucet. It has a rubber fitting that fits over the bathtub faucet, a hose, and a rubber shower head. Attach the faucet fitting to the bathtub faucet, remove the shower head from the end of the hose, and you are ready. Set the faucets to a gentle flow, with a temperature that feels a little warm to the tongue. Sit on the edge of the tub, and ease the flowing hose against and then into your anus. You will feel the water filling your rectum. Relax the bowels as much as you can, and you don't need to worry about spilling a little water into the tub. When the bowels feel full, remove the hose and wait a moment. The feeling of pressure should pass, then insert again. When you are totally full, move to the toilet and expel the water. You can repeat the process as many times as you like. Since the water is always running, you can move back and forth between the tub and toilet very quickly, and get a good cleaning out in about a half hour to 45 minutes. When the bowel is clean, take as much water as you can, and then enjoy the sexual release. When completely filled, don't miss looking at your distended belly in the mirror. You can also adapt a colon tube or other nozzle to the flexible hose on a personal shower head.
A few cautionary notes about the above procedure! The pressure from the water faucet is enough to burst the colon. Don't let the pressure rise too much in the bowel. When the pressure is strong, pull the tube out, or let the water pass out of your rectum. Don't take water that is too hot. Use some lubricant on the anus first, and after every few insertions. If you have a very large colon, or have heart disease, the water absorption can be deadly. You must use water with salt in it to avoid "hyponatremic shock" - dilution of blood electrolyte.
A 4 quart enema jug can be made from a Rubbermaid 1 gallon orange-juice pitcher. Drill a hole near the bottom of the pitcher, insert an all-thread pipe nipple of about 3/8" size, and seal with nuts pressing on rubber washers sealed with RTV (bathtub caulk) or contact cement. Attach plastic tubing to exposed end of pipe nipple, held with hose clamp, and sealed with same sealant. You will have to make or order a large diameter enema nozzle or colon tube, although the end of the plastic tube can be smoothed off and used just like that.
A 4 quart bag can be made from a Faultless brand ice bag. Drill a hole in the center of the plastic cap, and adapt as above with the pipe nipple, etc. Get an 8-32 Eye Bolt with machine screw threads, 2 8-32 fender washers as large as available, and 2 8-32 nuts. Poke a hole in the center of the end of the bag opposite the filling mouth just big enough to take the eye bolt. Screw one nut onto the eye bolt. Place a washer on the eye bolt. Put contact cement onto the washer facing away from the ring end. Push into the bag from the outside. Coat the other washer with contact cement, and place over the exposed end of the eye bolt inside the bag. Screw the other nut on to hold the bag between the two washers. This should provide a leak-proof hanging hook for the bag. Glop some contact cement on the inside washer and nut to prevent rust. Voila! A 4-quart enema bag!
Nozzles and tubes: There are many different types of nozzles and tubes available for inserting into the rectum. What you want is either a colon tube (a rubber tube from ¼" to ½" diameter and anywhere from 10" to 3 feet long) or a nozzle with a bulb on the end, to help you hold it in. These are called "N-Tips". Some of the best drug stores carry these items, but you will have to ask for them. Some drug stores also carry the fleet high-volume bag enema or an equivalent brand, these are made of plastic and will not deteriorate when oils are used, as a rubber bag will. The "high-volume bag" usually holds 2500 CC (over 2 quarts) but in the same series, the manufacturers make a barium enema container which can be ordered, and it has 3500 cc capacity (almost 4 quarts). Medical and ostomy stores carry many of these items. These are considered disposable, but with a little care they will last a long time.
The Colon Tube is a straight tube with a rounded end, and usually a small hole in the side near the tip. They come in many sizes, and are usually measured in "French" sizes. 28 French is a small tube, and 36 is fairly large.
As provided by Cody - Thanks
Fr. size Inches mm 18 ~¼ 5.7 24 .30 7.6 28 .35 8.9 32 .40 10.2 36 .45 11.5 42 ~½ 13.4 48 .6 15.3 60 ¾ 19.0
The N-tip is really made to help patients hold a barium enema, but many people use them for other enemas. It is made of molded plastic.
The typical balloon retention catheter has a rubber balloon (they usually come in 50 and 100 cc sizes) near the end of what would otherwise be an ordinary colon tube. When the balloon in inflated with air from a bulb, it makes it impossible for the tube or the solution to come out until the balloon is deflated. These tubes are nearly always made of gum latex, and you must be sure not to use Vaseline or oil on them. Lately, some people have had severe allergic reactions to certain types of tubes, and some models have been taken off the market. It's probably rare, however. In Great Britain one style of this tube is called a "Warneke Barium" tube.
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Elf Sternberg writes:
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firstname.lastname@example.com (Jonathan M. Elson) writes:
If you start out with one quart of water administered with the bag about 2 feet above you, and try to hold the water in for 5 minutes, and then expel completely, you should get most of the large fecal masses out of the bowel.
A couple of points: One, not everyone can take one quart, much less the two Jonathan recommends later. If you're going to play with enemas, play safely-use the valve if you have to and, as with any sex games, if it hurts when you don't want it to, something is wrong and it's time to stop.
Yes, most certainly, if it hurts, or is even uncomfortable, stop the flow and relax until the pressure passes. Certainly, there is considerable variation in all aspects of human anatomy, and the colon is special in that a dimorphism is well recognized in the sigmoid colon. Some people have a short one, some have a long one, and few people have one in between. I think that nearly all adults can take at least 3 quarts, but the colon must be empty of fecal matter, free of air or gas, and completely relaxed and free of cramps. This is tricky! To artificially empty the colon with enemas, which are irritating at some level to the colon, and then to have the colon completely relaxed requires some work, but it can be done.
The other point is that the bowel is not really intended to take a whole lot of pressure, especially not pressure applied externally. The best books on enema play recommend *one* foot above the top of the bowel, so if you're standing, the bag should be just about even with your breastbone, and if you're kneeling, the bottom of the bag should probably be hanging just above your belly, and no higher.
Research gastroenterologist have measured the force exerted by the muscles of the rectum as providing 50 Pounds per square inch of pressure during a bowel movement. Now this is the rectum, not the entire colon, but the pressure of water standing at a height of four feet is less than two pounds per square inch.
Nursing textbooks and radiological textbooks suggest heights from 1 to 3 feet for the bag. As long as you control the flow with the clamp, you should have no worries about harming the bowels. When gastroenterologists have a case of intususception (infolding of the bowel), a free flowing enema with the bag 5 or more feet above the patient is used, the enormous pressure pushes the intususception out and back to normal. This procedure is done under light anesthesia, and would undoubtedly be unbearably painful, but the doctor who developed this procedure wrote that he had done hundreds of these procedures and never burst a patient's bowel.
Now, I'd like to describe the method for taking the largest enema you can. This isn't a dominance issue, some people find that by stretching the bowel with a large enema they receive fantastic sexual stimulation. It is probably due to pressure on the internal pelvic organs (both male and female), which can't be provided any way from the outside. This is true for me.
First, the bowels must be completely cleaned. You can start with a one quart enema (or as much as you can get in) taken slowly in the knee-chest position. You can make the enema soapy by holding ivory bar soap in the water as it fills the bag. The water should be warm, about 102 degrees F (39 C). This water will actually have cooled to body temperature by the time it enters you. Take it slowly, stop the flow with the clamp when you feel pressure, but try to take about one quart and hold it for 5 minutes. Massage the belly gently while the water is going in, and while you hold it. Expel on the toilet until you feel that you got all the water out. Repeat this procedure at least 3 more times, preparing 2 quarts of water each time, in case you will be able to accept more than one quart. Relax, let the water flow in, and try to take as much in as you can. You might allow as much as ten minutes for the enema to flow in (with pauses as needed), although if you use soap, you probably can't wait that long. Again, hold it for 5 minutes, if possible.
If there is substantial gas in the colon, it may be very difficult for the colon to lift water when large air bubbles are present. These like to collect at the hepatic flexure, high on the right side just under the ribs, and can be detected by a rumbling sound when you press there. If you want to get the gas out, you can sit on the floor and make sure the gas is at the hepatic. Roll slowly onto the right side, then massage the transverse colon, which sags from just under the ribs on the right, down about 2-3 inches below the belly button, and then back up to just under the left ribs, following its course with your hands. You will know that you are moving that gas by the rumbling. When you have the gas moved to the splenic flexure high on the left, move quickly to the knee-chest position. Now massage the descending colon upward, from the ribs to the groin on the left side (your'e upside down, remember) until the gas has moved up to the sigmoid (in the groin region, and hard to feel). It is behind the bladder. Use heavy massage in the groin area, to move water out of the sigmoid, and move the gas in. When this is done, get on the toilet quickly, and you should be able to expel a prodigious gas blast. You may have to repeat this procedure several times, but when all the gas is out of the colon you should be able to expel the water quickly.
The above procedure sounds like a real ordeal, and is only necessary when there is a large amount of gas in the colon. But if you can't get that gas out, the whole enema experience will be very uncomfortable and crampy, instead of an incredible turn-on.
Don't sit on the toilet for more that a few minutes if there is no water coming out. Sitting too long and straining are the chief causes of hemorrhoids. Those will certainly ruin your enema pleasure. If nothing is coming out, lie down either face down or up, or lie on your left side, or get into the knee-chest position. These will help the water move, and soon you can go back to the pot.
If you have used soapy water, take one more enema with plain water with one teaspoon of salt per quart to flush out the irritating soap. If you have given enough time to expel each enema, your bowel should be almost completely clean. The first enemas may take a half hour to expel, but the later ones may only take ten minutes or so. When the bowel is completely empty of water and gas, as can readily be felt with the hands, you are ready to find out what your capacity is.
Prepare a full enema bag and a 2 quart juice pitcher both with water salted as above and at a temperature of 110 degrees F (44 C). Again, the water will have cooled about 5 degrees when it enters you, so it will be warm, but not hot. An excellent position for obtaining the best filling is standing up, but it requires you or someone to hold the tube in. Hang the bag so it is about shoulder height (Elf will have a fit) and start the flow. Stop the flow whenever the pressure is uncomfortable. When the bag is nearly empty, stop the flow to avoid drawing air into the tube, and refill the bag from the juice pitcher. Start again, and see how much you can take. I took my first full 4 quarts at the age of twelve, and I was a scrawny kid! If the soap causes any strong cramps, You will probably do best without any soap when trying to find your maximum capacity.
With 3 or 4 quarts in the bowel (to the point of being *very* full but not quite painful), your sexual organs should be tingling, and the slightest stimulation will cause an earthshaking orgasm that leaves you completely drained sexually. I'm usually interested in sex again 24 hours after an orgasm, but after an enema orgasm it is 2 to 3 days. Obviously, it is much more stimulating (for me) with an enema. I don't say that enemas are for everyone, but some experts have suggested that 10% of the population can be turned on by them.
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Jim... one of our members, Bark, who has considerable medical expertise, created this chart of solutions a couple of years ago. We both thought we'd lost it and were lamenting that fact, but i ran across it on my office computer and now can't find Bark's address to send it to him. Soooo... i thought you might like to use it in the newsletter for the E-SIG which should both get it to Bark and get it to anyone else who might like it. :) (Note 2 qts is roughly equal to 2000ml) (105F is 40.5C) Solution Amount Comments ------------------------------------------------------------------- Tap water 2 qts Mild cleansing. Not isotonic meaning it does not match body electrolytes, depleting salts. Saline Isotonic. Recommended temp is table salt 4tsp 105F but is easier to hold water 2 qts cooler. Best enema for frequent use. Soda Useful in relieving diarrhea. sodium bicarbonate 1/4 cup Retain 5 min. or longer water 2 qts Soapsuds Commonly referred to as "SSE" castille soap 2tbs Cleansing, irritating. Follow water 2 qt with tap water or saline enema Saline and Soda table salt 4tsp sodium bicarbonate 1/4cup water 2qts Soda and Soapsuds Less irritating to expel with castille soap 2tbs the addition of soda. Follow sodium bicarbonate 1/4cup with tap water or saline enema water 2qts Peroxide Gas expelling. Insert a rectal hydrogen peroxide 2tbs tube after 10 min. water 1 qt Epson Salt epson salt 1/4cup water 2qt Glycerin and Water Sometimes called "G&W" enema glycerin 1/2cup water 1 qt or glycerin 2tbs Small gas moving enema water 1/3 cup Milk and Molasses Warm milk to 110F, add molasses. milk 1 cup Administer rapidly. Very strong molasses(blackstrap) 1 cup cleansing action with brutal cramps. Follow with tw or saline Turpentine Stir well. turpentine 1tsp Turpentine is irritating to castile soap 1 tbs mucous membranes. water 1 pt Follow with tw or saline or turpentine 2tbs castile soap 1tbs mineral,cottonseed 1/4cup or olive oil water 1pt Coffee Precede with a tw enema for coffee (ground) 2/3 cup initial cleansing. Briskly boil water 2 qt water,add coffee and stir well. Continue to boil for 5 min. then remove from heat and steep 5 min Strain, add sufficent water to make 2 qts. Cool to 105F. Retain 10 to 20 min. Useful in relieving cold symptoms or a toxic headache.When introduced through the colon coffee does not act on the nervous system. Herbal Precede with a tw enema. Add catnip 1/4 cup catnip to boiling water, cover water 2 qt and steep 15 min. Strain, add to make 2qts,cool to 105F.Retain 10 to 20 min. This is a soothing calming enema. Very nice. Honey Precede with tw enema. Disolve honey 1tbs honey in water and add lemon. lemon juice(strain) 1tbs Retain 10 to 20 min. water 2 qts Wine Heat to 105F and slow wine (white recomm.) Use administration are the keys. water Equal Retain indefintely or until Qty's totally absorbed. NOTE: See cautions on amount of wine. Cold water Useful as fever reduction salt 2 Tbs therapy. Solution should be 50 water 3 qts to 60F. The enema MUST be given slowly and retained for enough time to permit heat absorbsion. The saline version is useful in treating heat exhaustion or heatstroke.
The Salt Water enema (Saline Enema) is just warm water with one tablespoon of salt to the quart. The salt is to prevent absorption of the water by the colon. It does this by bringing the salts content of the solution closely in balance with that of the body fluids. Thus, transfer of fluids through the colon walls is virtually halted.
The baking soda enema (which can also have salt added as above) has one or 2 tablespoons of baking soda dissolved in each quart of water.
WaterLuv's favortite recipie is one teaspoon of salt and one tablespoon of soda per quart of water.
Soaps: Ivory Bar soap works well. Hold the bar above the top of the bag while the water fills it. For a stronger soapy solution, use a container and swish the water around to dissolve more soap.
Ivory Liquid dish-washing detergent should be used in very small amounts, such as one teaspoon per quart. It can be fairly irritating.
Castile Enema soap in premeasured packets. Standard packet is 2/3 Oz of soap. Instructions on packet usually say something like : Dilute contents of packet with 1 or 2 quarts of lukewarm water. This is too strong for me, I use it about half that strength.
Castile Liquid soap (Dr. Bronner's is one brand). Use about 1 teaspoon for each quart of water. Dr. Bronner's soap is available in plain (green label), with Peppermint (blue label) and with Eucalyptus Oil (brown label). Never use the Eucalyptus oil in the bowels, it will cause a very bad reaction. The peppermint oil is a cooling additive, but I prefer the plain Castile soap. If you use any Castile soap, you may want to finish with a plain water enema to prevent any soap from remaining in the bowel to cause irritation.
Kirk's Hardwater Castile Soap is a very fast dissolving bar soap. If you hold it in the running water filling the bag, take the soap away when the bag is about half filled, or the solution will be too soapy.
Hair Shampoos can be used like soap for enemas. Look at the label, don't use any with formaldehyde. Use a small amount, perhaps a teaspoon per quart or less.
Non-soap: Plain tap water can be used, but be warned that your colon will absorb quite a bit of the water, which will dilute the blood electrolytes. Then the various tissues of the body absorb the excess water and swell. Your brain swells, too, and there isn't any place for it to expand into. This is called cerebral edema. A few 2 quart plain water enemas won't do any harm, but if you take large or many enemas, use salt.
The Oil Retention enema is an injection of about 4-8 fl. Oz. of mineral oil, vegetable oil or olive oil. It is held in the colon for 1 hour or more before a soapy water enema is given. The soapy water enema can be very strong because the oil will protect the colon from irritation. The oil coats the lining of the colon, and also softens the bowel contents, making for a spectacularly powerful evacuation. When the oil is in the colon, do not be fooled by what feels like the urge to expel gas. If you do so, you will expel a blast of dirty oil with it, and it will be a mess. If you absolutely must pass the gas, get into the knee-chest position for one minute, and then hold a piece of toilet paper over the anus, to prevent the release of the oil. Do not expel the oil before taking the soapy water enema. You will need to take at least three soapy enemas to remove all trace of the oil, or dirty oil will leak out of the anus for about 12 hours.
Coffee enemas have been used in the past for cleansing. The theory is that the coffee assists the large intestine and liver in getting rid of the toxic substances that have accumulated there. It does seem to work. They are still popular among certain US naturopaths, and are widely available outside the US in specialized clinics.
Beer (usually warm) or wine can be used. It is pretty irritating. Obviously, you will get drunk. A word of caution. Use any form of alcohol sparingly. It is absorbed in the intestines much more rapidly than in the stomach, and once it's in the bloodstream, you can't readily get rid of it. Also, whenever alcohol and sex are mixed, there is increased risk of doing foolish things that compromise safer sexual practices. Play should be fun, so do play safely.
Lemon Juice is said to help dissolve fecal masses. Use 1/3 cup real-lemon per quart, similar to a lemonade recipe. It is also said to dramatically enhance cramping; so consider lemon-juice enemas if cramping is your bag.
Epsom Salts (2 tablespoons per quart) can be soothing to the colon.
AIR can be pumped into the colon. An easy way to do this is to disconnect the hose from the enema bag and insert the nozzle into the anus. Take the other end of the hose into your mouth and blow. Don't mix air and water. If you have taken enemas, make sure you get all the water out before you put the air in. A mixture of water and air in the colon causes terrible cramps. If this ever happens to you, you may have to expel in the bathtub, where the flat position makes it easier for the colon to push the water out without the large air bubbles defeating the peristalsis.
Barium Sulfate is injected into the colon for diagnostic purposes. It absorbs X-rays, leaving a picture of the shape of the hollow inside of the colon. Sometimes some of the barium is released and then air (or CO2) is injected. This double contrast enema leaves barium coating the colon wall, and gives a clear but ghostly image of the lining of the colon.
Urine is sometimes used by the "Golden Showers" crowd. While you might catch something from the urine of an unhealthy donor, your own won't hurt you. You certainly won't contract any disease from it that you don't already have. In fact, yogis drink their own; and claim great restorative powers for the practice. No question that the practice would at least let you exercise your control over your gag reflex.
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Transmitted: Tue Sep 26 00:37:30 1995
This is the description of the way I normally take an enema. I do this at least once a week, and will do it about twice a week if I get a chance.
I use a 4 quart bag made from a Faultless brand ice bag. It has a 6 foot hose with a #28 Fr. colon tube, and a hanging hook added to the bag. I sprinkle some salt into the bag, and then fill it with warm water while holding a bar of Ivory soap in the stream. When the bag has a little over 2 quarts in it, I screw on the cap and shake it a few times to mix up the salt and soap. I then hang it from the doorknob on the bathroom door. I let the water run from the tube until it is warm, and all the air is out. I lie down on my back, with my head propped up against the wall. I take the greased colon tube and push it into my rectum, and then with a little twist I work it up through the second sphincter into the sigmoid colon. This puts the end of the colon tube about 8 - 10 inches into me. I then open the clamp. With the bag at this height, the flow is slow, and with a few stops it takes about 3 to 4 minutes to get 2 quarts of water in. When it is all in, I get up and go to the bed. I lie on my stomach, with a pillow under my chest, to take the pressure off my belly. I try to lie there for at least 5 minutes. When that time is up, I go to the toilet and let it all out. I usually don't get a lot of material out the first time, but whatever was in the sigmoid or lower colon comes out quickly. When I have expelled as much as will come out, I start over again with three quarts or a little more in the bag, prepared the same way. I now hang the bag from the towel hook on the back of the door, to get a little faster flow. I lie down on my back again, and put the tube in. This time the water flows more easily, and I can often take the three quarts without stopping. When I am full, and I don't always take the full bag, I go to bed, and again try to hold it for 5 to 10 minutes. When The pressure gets to me I go to the toilet and expel. This time a great amount of fecal matter comes out, and if I am lucky, the "mud" from the cecum comes out on this second enema. This diarrhea-like material is difficult and unpleasant to expel, but I know that I have gotten pretty clean if it comes out on the second. Anyway, when I feel that I have expelled everything, I prepare the third enema. I need to decide if three will be enough, or I want to go for four. The time available and how clean I already am enter into this decision. If I am going for four, the third enema is the same as the second. But for the last enema, I use water that is a little warmer, 42-43 C, and usually only use a little soap. I fill the bag up to the full 4 quarts, and hang it on the towel hook. I lie on the floor and try to take the fill without stopping. I massage my belly as the water expands my colon. Whenever I feel really full, I stop. This is almost always at least 3 and a half quarts, especially if this is the fourth enema. When I get up, I always look in the mirror to see how large my belly has gotten. I am usually swollen from my sternum (breastbone) to my pubic bone, and from one hip bone to the other. The bulging belly is a big turn-on. I go to the bed, and lay on the pillow, laying on it completely down to my groin. I put my penis under the pillow, and it is much like missionary position sex. I then lift up my upper body on my elbows, and squeeze my breasts. Not much there, but my breasts are about as sensitive as my wife's. It usually only takes about one minute to have an enormous orgasm that leaves me panting and sweating.
This procedure leaves me in a sexually tingling mood for an hour or more, and it is usually two days before I have much interest in sex again. I love the clean feeling after the enemas are over, and I don't have to think about BM's for about 4 or 5 days. I think I sleep better for 2 to 3 days after my enemas because the fecal matter and gas is not constantly moving around in my bowels while I try to sleep. Maybe it's just cerebral edema that makes me sleep better, I don't know. Or maybe its just being totally sexually drained. Any comments about sleeping better after enemas? I have seen others report this.
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Transmitted: Tue Sep 26 00:37:30 1995
Some years ago I ran across a length of smooth, large-diameter rubber hose in a laboratory. It was 5/8" (16 mm) in diameter, with a ¼" (6 mm) inside diameter, with a wall thickness of 3/16" (4.5 mm). Being a complete enema nut, I immediately thought of some interesting uses for such a fine piece of tubing, and "borrowed" it.
I made a gigantic colon tube with it by rounding off one end of the tube. This was not such an easy task, but with scissors, fresh razor blades and such, I got it fairly well smoothed off.
I attached the other end of the hose to the bathtub faucet, and set the faucet for a slow flow of warm water. I lubricated the hose with vaseline, and laying on my back in the tub, I started to insert the hose into my rectum. To my surprise, it slid in easily, and further than I had ever gotten a tube in before. After letting the hose fill me for a while, I evacuated my bowels on the toilet.
When I felt empty, I got back into the tub, and repeated the process. This time I decided to try to slide the hose as far up into my colon as I possibly could. I relaxed on my back, and eased the hose back in. I let the water fill me for a moment, and then I started to twist and push the hose inward.
When the end of the tube reached the top of the sigmoid, I felt some resistance, and just gently pushed and pulled back on the tube while twisting it constantly. After a moment it slipped in farther. I could really feel the tube moving around inside me, and it was great. I kept gently pushing, and the tube moved farther until the tip was at the bend between the sigmoid and the descending colon, far down on the left side. I had a bit of difficulty getting past this point, but I pressed in with my fingers at that point on my abdomen, and worked my fingertips around in a circular motion, and the tube eventually moved up into my descending colon. Ahhh. I could feel even more sensation now.
I kept pushing gently, and worked the tube all the way up to the top of the descending fairly quickly, and then wiggled it through the splenic flexure (behind the stomach). Now the tube was passing across the transverse colon, and I was starting to get filled up. The sensation was incredibly stimulating, and I could feel the tube's progress across my belly with my fingertips. The tube made a firm lump whenever I felt the appropriate part of my colon. It was getting hard to make the tube progress farther, and when the tip reached the hepatic flexure, I pushed on the part extending from my anus until the loops inside me hurt.
I realized that I wasn't going to get it any farther up me than this, so I let the water fill me until I couldn't take any more. I then pulled the end of the tube from the faucet and let the water start to drain out. I had a marvelous orgasm at this point as the water gently ran out from the tube. When I could feel the end of the tube sucking at the interior of my bowels, I started to pull it out, slowly. I finished my evacuation on the toilet.
I worried that this might not be a safe procedure to perform, because it was at least uncomfortable, and at times fairly painful. I now know that when people are examined with a fiber optic colonoscope they are sedated, but that instrument hadn't been invented when I did this.
This same tube is now the hose on my high volume (1 ¾ Gallon) (6 Liter) enema setup. No, I have never taken (or even tried to take) the whole can. I really only did this whole procedure once, so you could say it was a once in a lifetime thing, but it was quite an experience. If I'd left the tube in, I could have gotten a high colonic irrigation, but I really hadn't even heard of colon irrigation before. I got somewhat in excess of 4 feet (about 130 cm) of tubing inside me, and because of the thickness of the tube and my ability to feel it through the abdomen I know it wasn't curled up inside me.
This tube was of a type made for vacuum use, it is very soft and flexible, but its wall thickness makes it resistant to kinking and folding up inside. I have several other large diameter colon tubes, but their stiffness makes it too hard to pass them around the many bends of the colon. The metric conversions are for those readers abroad who don't want to think in the old "English" units.
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I would like to describe a new (for me) enema which I just tried, and I thought went rather well. I saw it described in Waterworks Vol. 3 No. 2 from at least 10 years ago (they never put a date in those things). I used to take a mineral oil enema about an hour before I took a soapy water enema, and the evacuations were wonderful, but holding 6 Ozs. of oil for an hour was not the most pleasant way to do it. The writer described a method of pouring the oil into a colon tube, and then connecting the colon tube to the bag of soapy water. I improvised with the equipment I had available in the following manner.
First I slid a standard enema bag-type steel clamp onto the colon tube. I attached a small funnel to the end of the colon tube. Holding the colon tube at both ends, and with the clamp open, I slowly poured vegetable oil into the funnel, slowing down when I guessed that the oil was about to reach the end you insert into the rectum. When the oil did reach that end, I closed the metal clamp. The few drops of oil that made it out of the tip of the tube were smeared all over the end of the tube, and I inserted it into my anus, while lying on my back. I slid it up as far as it was easy to insert. I then filled the funnel with oil and raised it, and then opened the clamp. As the oil level dropped, I refilled the funnel twice. This was a very small funnel, so I probably got about 4 ounces of oil into me. When the funnel was empty, I clamped the tube, removed the funnel and attached the tube from an already filled enema bag to the colon tube. I then opened the clamp and the soapy water rushing in pushed the oil farther up into my bowel, as I pushed the colon tube farther in. The sensation was great, and I held the soapy water and oil in for ten full minutes. As before, holding the oil for an hour and then getting the soapy water enema, I had a terrific evacuation that seemed to leave me cleaned out much better than just a standard soapy water enema. But this method didn't require the holding of the oil for an hour to get the same great result. After using the oil, I always take 3 soapy water enemas to get all of the oil out. If I don't take three soapy enemas I tend to leak oil from the rectum for several hours, which makes a bit of a mess. I wait till the third enema to come, it's a little hard to wait that long, but the results are worth it! I try to take as much water as possible for the enema I plan to have my orgasm on, and make it a little hotter than the ones that went before. This enema technique also seems to cause less irritation of the anus, which I sometimes have trouble with, especially when I have to strain to get it all out. This enema comes out with a gush and no straining. Let me know what you think of my discovery!
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Horse dies after being hit by car near Durham
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Durham, N.C. — A horse died Monday morning when it was hit by a car north of Durham, authorities said Tuesday.
Two Durham County deputies responded to a report of a horse in the road near the intersection of Guess Road and St. Albans Court at about 1:45 a.m. As they approached the horse, it bolted and ran north on Guess Road and into some woods near Cardens Creek Drive, authorities said.
The Durham County Sheriff's Office received another call of a horse in the road near Milton Road and Madden Avenue at about 3:30 a.m., but deputies were unable to locate the animal, authorities said. About a half-hour later, deputies were sent to Milton Road and Ridgeview Road after receiving a report that a vehicle had collided with a black horse.
The driver of the vehicle was taken to Durham Regional Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, and the Lebanon Fire Department was called to remove the horse's carcass from the road, authorities said.
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On Feb 15th, 2009 your photo requests for Dorothy, Mary, Lehi Muhlestein headstone photo requests were completed by me and others.
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A BOLTON businessman 'flipped' on a holiday flight to Portugal and had to be restrained by aircrew after he began punching his pregnant wife.
Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard how Sajid Rafiq had set off from Manchester Airport on a Monarch flight bound for Faro with his wife and two children on May 29 2014.
Alexander Langhorn, prosecuting, told how the aircraft was carrying 214 passengers plus crew for the two and a half hour flight, which was uneventful to begin with.
But he said trouble started an hour into the flight after Rafiq went to use the toilet at the back of the aircraft. Flight attendants were trying to serve passengers as Rafiq walked back down the aisle.
"He became aggressive at that point, barging past the crew," said Mr Langhorn.
Witnesses described him as 'raging' and had 'anger in his face.' He was ordered to his seat in row 19, but then he proceeded to grab his wife, who was sitting across the aisle from him, in a headlock and started punching her.
Crew members stopped the assault and escorted him away from his family towards the front of the plane, where they gave him a cup of water and tried to calm him down.
But Mr Langhorn said Rafiq continued shaking and being emotional, acting in a strange manner.
Rafiq, aged 36, of Chorley New Road, Bolton, pleaded guilty to negligently acting in a manner likely to endanger an aircraft or any person therein.
Phillip Boyd, defending, said Rafiq had not been drinking but had suffered a mental breakdown during the flight, the culmination of pressure he was under from marital problems and attempting to build up work as a consultant following the sale of his business.
He has since been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and is receiving treatment.
Mr Boyd said Rafiq, who has now separated from his wife, had behaved in an extremely bizarre way on the aircraft.
"It would have caused very considerable fear among the other passengers," he said, but added that Rafiq is now remorseful and embarrassed about the incident and has taken steps to improve his mental health.
Sentencing Rafiq to a conditional discharge for three years, Judge Bernard Lever described it as a 'sad case.'
"Unlike so many of the air rage cases we hear in this court you hadn't had a single drop of drink," the judge told him.
"You completely flipped on the plane and you caused a great deal of concern to the crew and the passengers.
Rafiq wept as the judge added: "You should know the court almost always takes a very, very serious view of outlandish behaviour on planes. Mercifully nobody was hurt and I think it is inappropriate to give you an immediate custodial sentence."
However, Judge Lever banned Rafiq from flying again until he can produce a written medical report stating there is no risk of him repeating the conduct he exhibited on the Faro flight.
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The 2012 FIAT 500 is sort of the automotive equivalent of the "must have" Italian handbag of the season and without too many surly journalists seeming to have noticed that yet in the United States, in fabric top "slide open" two door Cabrio form it is nearly as handily stylish and wildly hued as the latest purses from whichever much vaunted "Haus of Fashion" is ruling the catwalks this season. So it just makes sense that one of the queens of stylish Italian handbags, the woman known to the world merely as J-Lo (or Jennifer Lopez for those still using dial-up), would be gladly be making waves in her very own saucy 45 second ad for the Fiat 500 which is referred to by song (and possibly car?0 as the "Papi Hunter."
How J-Lo got her Groove Back in the 2012 Fiat 500C
How J-Lo got her Groove Back in the 2012 Fiat 500C
Director Paul Hunter who masterminded this advertising campaign, ironically featuring one of Jennifer's best acting jobs since "Selena," is also no stranger to mixing the tried and true elements of sex appeal, frenetic editing (to make the Fiat look fast, no doubt) and a small army of back-up dancers to make the 2012 Fiat 500 Cabriolet so irresistible that it will become the absolute must have automotive impulse purchase of the year. We'll hand the Fiat that status as pretty much a given for the whole model year as it's really only clothing "movements" that can start to date after a few months. But who knows, anyone want to wager when Fiat has to put the old 500 under the knife to keep her looking fresh we are thinking will be somewhere around 3 years from now.
But J-Lo knows exactly how to rev up the hipster, "sorta-environmentally minded" urban trend setters that are already set to ensure that this Italian runabout steals most all of the MINI Cooper's thunder by year end and may personally spell the death knell for the Smart fortwo. No amount of brilliant marketing could have saved the Smart from becoming irrelevant but Fiat and J-Lo brilliantly juiced both the new car company and her troubled image of late at the same time. J-Lo made sure to use one of her patented Latin pop music confections as the soundtrack with some serious "girl power" lyrics to address the recent tabloid drama surround her crumbling marriage to man/half-lizard/half Salsa singer Marc Anthony.
In the main video advertisement, as J-Lo takes the 2012 Fiat 500 racing up on the sidewalk and drives recklessly she sings, "my rocket's shining bright/even if he ain't by my side/Now all my superladies/Now I got my baby…" So, with that unprecedented use of celebrity tabloid drama in a car ad, J-Lo also pretty much handed the 500 (at least in Cabrio form) what guys like to irresponsibly call the "chick's car" moniker. But if your girlfriend is buying a new 500 and suddenly "inspired" by Jennifer Lopez you may want to start looking for a new place. Just a warning.
But we do have to wonder if J-Lo is really so smitten with the 2012 Fiat 500 that she is going to be using one as her daily driver. Well, given her propensity to travel with a large posse of bodyguards that follow along during Rodeo Drive shopping sprees then the small-ish back seat and the 9.5 cubic foot trunk won't cut it for hauling anything more than, perhaps, jewelry?
Wait, scratch that. Those 9.5 cubic feet actually sounds like plenty of room for J-Lo's grocery shopping! Because you know what they say, "there's always room for J-Lo." And sometimes people have said that about Jell-O in the past but we are pretty sure J-Lo made the 2012 Fiat 500 better than your Aunt Edna's Thanksgiving lime-green and marshmallow Jell-O surprise.
Yeah, the 2012 Fiat 500 is sounding pretty darn appealing right now. But is that from a fear of being forced to eat Jell-O or because J-Lo really made you into a believer? Only time and the 2012 Fiat 500's overall sales will tell how important Ms. Lopez was to the launch of this itsy-bitsy Italian hatchback.


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Gazette editorial misrepresented Senate hospital measure and Ritter's veto of labor bill
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An editorial by The Gazette of Colorado Springs made false claims about a Democratic-sponsored bill on hospital staffing, asserting that the measure would require hospitals to determine and maintain current nurse-to-patient ratios "no matter the circumstances." The editorial also misleadingly suggested that Gov. Bill Ritter (D) vetoed a labor bill over economic concerns.
In a February 13 editorial about Senate Bill 10, The Gazette of Colorado Springs misrepresented the bill to falsely assert that it would require hospitals to "report their current nurse-to-patient staffing ratios to the state and then maintain those ratios, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, no matter the circumstances." In fact, the bill would require that hospitals annually establish staffing plans for nursing services in each patient care unit and specifically provides that "[t]he hospital may deviate from a staffing plan in cases of emergency, as determined by the hospital." The Gazette also misleadingly suggested that Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter vetoed a labor bill, House Bill 1072, because he disagreed with the substance of the bill. But as Ritter made clear in his veto message, it was the "bitter, divisive and partisan battle" over the measure that prompted his veto.
The Gazette's criticism of SB 10 apparently stems from the Service Employees International Union's (SEIU) support of the bill. In addition to the falsehood that the bill would require hospitals to maintain "current nurse-to-patient staffing ratios" every hour of the week "no matter the circumstances," The Gazette misleadingly stated that "many of SB-10's provisions won't necessarily apply" to non-unionized hospitals.
From the editorial "Bad medicine: Senators should nix hospital staffing bill," published in the February 13 edition of The Gazette of Colorado Springs:
The Senate Health and Human Services Committee on Wednesday is expected to vote on a measure, SB-10, that we think is bad medicine for hospitals and health care consumers in Colorado. The bill, which is backed by the Service Employees International Union, would require that Memorial, Penrose and every other Colorado hospital report their current nurse-to-patient staffing ratios to the state and then maintain those ratios, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, no matter the circumstances. Falling short of those ratios could bring potential fines of $5,000 per day for each violation and lead to a hospital's license being revoked.
The bill seems designed to drive a wedge between hospital staff and management, which might help advance the SEIU's ultimate goal, of unionizing all 50,000 nurses in the state, but will do little to improve health care in Colorado or solve the nursing shortage. The union got a similar, though somewhat beefed-up version of SB-10 through the California Statehouse a few years ago, with unfortunate consequences. Ten hospitals in the Golden State have had to close because they couldn't meet the staffing mandates, according to the DELTA Healthcare Consulting Group of Salt Lake City.
Although SB-10 isn't as extreme as California's law, this is obviously the union's way of getting its nose under the tent. In a year or two, it and its legislative lackeys will be back, demanding higher staffing thresholds and inviting more state meddling in personnel matters that are best left to hospitals. Neither Memorial nor Penrose are unionized, for now, so many of SB-10's provisions won't necessarily apply to them. But the bill's paperwork and reporting burdens are onerous enough to cause hospital administrators serious concern.
Two area senators, John Morse and Dave Schulthies, sit on the committee that will vote on the bill Wednesday. We have confidence that Schulthies will vote correctly, because as a conservative he recognizes there are limits to state power. We're less sure about Morse, however, a Democrat who's already shown a tendency to march in lockstep with liberal colleagues. This will be a test of whether Morse cares more about what's good for the hospitals and health care consumers in the Pikes Peak region, or about currying favor with unions.
On Friday, Gov. Bill Ritter vetoed a pro-union bill, SB-1072, due to concerns about its impact on the state's business climate. Don't Colorado's hospitals deserve similar protection if the pro-union SB-10 threatens to diminish their competitiveness and drive up health care costs? We think so. That's something Ritter and the Democrats backing this measure should think carefully about.
SB 10, introduced by state Sen. Lois Tochtrop (D-Adams County) and state Rep. K. Jerry Frangas (D-Denver), would not mandate that hospitals maintain "current" nurse-to-patient staffing ratios -- either at any given time or "24 hours a day, seven days a week." Rather, the bill would require hospitals to appoint a staffing committee, in collaboration with which each hospital would have to design and implement a staffing plan annually:
By August 15, 2007, each hospital in the state shall develop and implement a staffing plan for nursing services. The hospital shall collaborate with its staffing committee in the development and implementation of the staffing plan. The hospital shall file the staffing plan with the department, shall post the staffing plan for each patient care unit in the appropriate patient care unit in the hospital, and shall provide a copy of the applicable staffing plan to a current or prospective patient of a patient care unit upon request. The hospital, in collaboration with its staffing committee, shall review and update its staffing plan annually and file any updated staffing plan with the department. The department shall include each hospital's current staffing plan on the hospital report card developed and made available pursuant to section 25-3-703.
In direct contradiction to The Gazette's assertion that the bill would require staffing levels to be held constant "no matter the circumstances," the measure explicitly would allow a hospital to deviate from a staffing plan during emergencies:
A hospital shall staff each patient care unit in accordance with its staffing plan. The hospital may deviate from a staffing plan in cases of emergency, as determined by the hospital. The hospital shall make a record of any deviation from a staffing plan and report the deviation to the department in a manner determined by the department.
Contrary to The Gazette's misleading statement that the bill contains "many" provisions that are applicable only to unionized hospitals, there are, in fact, only two such provisions. One of these specifies that in a unionized hospital -- one with "a collective bargaining representative" -- it would be the responsibility of the collective bargaining representative to appoint registered nurses to the staffing committee:
Each hospital in the state shall appoint a staffing committee to assist in the development and implementation of a staffing plan for the hospital. At least one-half of the members of the staffing committee shall be registered nurses currently providing direct patient care in the hospital. If the registered nurses employed by the hospital have elected a collective bargaining representative, the registered nurse representatives on the staffing committee shall be selected by the collective bargaining representative. Participation in the staffing committee shall be considered part of the employee's regularly scheduled work week.
The other provision relevant to unionized hospitals merely states that "[a] hospital staffing plan shall ... comply with and not diminish existing standards in any applicable collective bargaining agreement."
Additionally, in arguing that the bill might diminish the competitiveness of hospitals in Colorado, The Gazette misleadingly stated that Ritter "vetoed a pro-union bill, SB-1072 (sic), due to concerns about its impact on the state's business climate." However, as Colorado Media Matters has noted, Ritter stated in his February 9 veto message that it was the failure of the bill's proponents and opponents to engage in "civil" dialogue -- not the substance of the bill -- that convinced him that immediate enactment of the bill was not in the state's best interest:
During the campaign, two labor organizations asked me in written questionnaires if I would support an amendment to the Colorado Labor Peace Act that eliminates the second organizing election ratifying an all-union agreement. I indicated that I would, believing that requiring a second super-majority election seems, on its face, undemocratic. It also injects government into what should be a private negotiating process between employer and employee.
I recognize how deeply disappointed my friends in organized labor will be with this decision. I know that members of my own party in the legislature stood firm in the face of outrageous, unprecedented and shameful partisan rhetoric done only for political sport.
But I strongly believe that the way we do the people's business is as important as what we do. And I am obligated to judge legislation by its consequences, intended and unintended.
Over the last several days, I have listened intently to people I respect who worried deeply about the impact this change would have on our ability to attract new business to Colorado, to create new economic opportunity for all. I am persuaded by their argument that changing long-time Colorado law relating to business and labor negotiations in this manner, in the atmosphere with which it was debated, is not now in the best interests of our state.
From the beginning, this was a bitter, divisive and partisan battle. Opposite sides dug in, refusing to consider reasonable compromises. It demonstrated precisely why so many people have grown so cynical about American politics. The bill's proponents made no effort to open a dialogue with the opponents. At times, the opponents were neither respectful nor civil. It was over-heated politics at its worst.
How we govern is important to me as governor and to the people of Colorado. The spirit of cooperation and collaboration embodied in the passage of FasTracks, Referendum C and other initiatives offers a perfect example of how we as a state can join forces, forge coalitions and move Colorado forward together.
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