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Okay,so prom is coming up and I need help! my dress is a midnight blue and has a strapless bodice and it flares out slightly at the waist. my hair is a dirty-blond color and its long &curly and I need some help on how to style it to complement the dress, and also what should my makeup look like? (my eyes are a very light blue and I'm pretty pale and I'm a size 0-1 please give me your advice, I'm the only female in my house)
I need some help on how to style my hair to complement the dress?
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Hello, you should post a picture to show us your dress (just a suggestion)
Anywho, I think that if you already have long and curly hair, just get someone to re-curl your hair so it looks nice and smooth and then pin it all to the side like a curly side pony. Your make-up should be very simple if it is for grad/prom. You don't want to put too much on and over-power your look.
Use a vanilla color as your base and hilite. You can add some ivory into it to make a light pinkish purple tone. Then use eyeliner. If you have light blue eyes and you're pale, go for the dark eyeliner. So black liner and throw some fake lashes on to your eyes to make it look fuller and darker. Then finish it with mascara and blush. Keep it light.
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Yes that helped alot! I will post a pic up shortlylol
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More than sex... hmmm
I mean a really good meal i guess, i have had a really good meal that literally i swear it was giving my whole body pleasure so... maybe some meals like out of this world great ones, and those rare sleeps that literally feel delicious and you just dont want it to end.
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So I have a really bad problem shaking and twitching. My hands almost never stop moving unless I grab onto them or something. I twitch a lot. Sometimes I can sort of feel it coming on like a sneeze and like a sneeze if I hold it in it gets really uncomfortable. I used to only twitch in my face so it was easy to hide it but then my whole body would twitch from time to time and now it happens a lot. I try really hard not to do it in public but sometimes it just comes and when people ask what happens it's really embarrassing and I don't know what to say. Why does this happen? And how can I make it stop? I am a very anxious and easily stressed person tbh but I don't have an anxiety disorder or anything.
Why do I keep shaking and twitching?
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The shaking and twitching can be signs of something serious. You definitely need to see a doctor about this. My friend shakes and twitches on occasion. She said it's a sign of pending seizures. There are many other medical issues with those two symptoms. Shaking and twitching is from a loss of the brain's control over the central nervous system. Some medical illnesses with these symptoms include Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Huntington's Disease, Tourette's Syndrome, Crest Syndrome, etc. You should not ignore your symptoms or try to guess why they are happening. Seek medical advice.00|00|0
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You answered it yourself. It is due to anxiety. You should find ways to relax.00|00|0
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Sad Zuko was sitting with Azula in her room. It was planned specially for her so she couldn't hurt herself. There was everything, that young princess could want. They weren't alone – there were always Azula's protectors, taking care about her. Azula was dangerous. She was mad. No one really saw, when her madness began. Azula always wanted to be in charge of everything. Earlier she had two friends – Ty Lee, who now was the Kyoshi warrior, and Mai, Zuko's past girlfriend. It was hard to call it even a friendship – Azula was using them to reach her own aims. She was behaving strange also earlier, but since Mai and Ty Lee attacked her in the Boiling Rock prison, Azula was left alone with her ambitions. When Ozai went to fight on the war, he made Azula the new Fire Lord. Azula dismissed then all her servants, thinking that she could take care of everything alone. When Zuko and Katara came to the Fire Nation' s palace, she was very mad. Zuko won with her without any problems in Agni Kai duel and put her into prison. Happily he saw soon her madness. He wanted to help her. Avatar used his power, even Katara wanted to heal her… Zuko still remember that day. My power can't heal mental deficits, said Katara. They decided to close mad princess in palace with special protectors caring about her all the time.
Zuko was sometimes visiting her, but he knew, that she doesn't understand anything. He was doing that, when he had a problem and he doesn't have anyone to talk about it. He was yearning after his uncle Iroh. What he would give to have him here! But uncle wanted to open a tea-shop in Ba Sing Se called The Jasmine Dragon and now he was the best tea-maker in the town…
-I really yearn after him- Zuko said to his sister. She was looking for something under the table. Perhaps for something, that had never exist.- Do you remember uncle Iroh?
Azula winkled. She started to laugh. Zuko didn't like it- very high laugh of a mad person.
-Our old, fat uncle!- Azula was still laughing. She came from under the table, took a cushion, put it under her shirt. She said with fat voice:
-Would you like to drink jasmine tea? Tea will always help!
Zuko took no notice of her.
-Whole Southern Water Tribe hates me! How could I now that giving a necklace is a such bad thing? Stupid peasants!
-Peasants!- hauled Azula.- Bad brother, bad Zuzu!
-How can you still call me like that?- Zuko got angry. But only a little. He was still thinking about Katara. Her tribe turn back from her. And it was his fault.
Katara and Toph were sitting on the market-place. Blind girl was using her power to throw little stones into people standing near her.
-Yes! Another time I've hit!- She said, when next person groaned.
Katara didn't say anything. Toph decided to stop her Game.
-Don't worry, Katara- she said.- We'll find him.
-Don't worry? Don't worry?!- said Katara, standing up.- It's easy for you to say! Whole tribe took offence at me! My dad and Sokka didn't say any word to me since my birthday! I'm worried about Aang. You said, that when he disappeared?
- When you said to Zuko that you'll take his gift.- said Toph with bored voice.- In that moment he took his glider and flew away.
Suddenly a little white animal jumped on Katara's knees.
-Momo!- she smiled. Katara stroked Aang's flying lemur.- You didn't turned back from me…
Suddenly she saw someone's shadow behind her.
-Aang!- shouted Katara. She troughed Momo from her knees, stood up and hugged the Avatar.
-We have to talk -he said.- Toph, could you live us alone?
-Don't disturb yourself – said Toph, sad because of Aang's decision. – Momo, come with me. We'll throw stones to people.
First Katara was happy that Aang returned, but now she felt anxiety. Aang wasn't smiling, he was looking angry.
-Lets go for a walk- he said.
They went to a big forest near the sea.
-It's a good place for a conversation- said Katara, when they stopped walking.
Aang sighed.
-Say me one thing. Why you took that necklace?
Katara was surprised. She didn't expect that question.
-Please, Aang! You also? Everyone is thinking that I've done something bad. I know, what the tradition says, but times are changing. We can't do everything, that tradition says! Besides, how Zuko could know about that? He only wanted to be kind, and it seems that he came to my birthday party to stir up the tribe!
Young Avatar listened to her carefully, looking at her gesticulations. When Katara was getting angry, she was very dangerous. And convincing.
He became happy and started to laugh.
-It's okay, Katara- he said, putting hand on her arm.- I've behaved stupid. But understand me, Katara… There, when I heard all this people… When Zuko was putting on you that necklace… I've believed in that, what they were saying. That you will be with him for ever.
Katara listened to him with astonishment. She got redden.
-Why you thought like that? Did I ever gave you any reason to be jealous?
Aang turned back. He gave her answer after a while, very quiet.
-It started long time ago. First was the cage after Ba sing Se. When Iroh and I found you, your hand was on his face, you were looking like…
-Aang!- she stopped him- I told you about it many times. I wanted to heal his scar.
-And later, when Zuko joined to us? How could I know, what happened, when you went together to retaliate on that guy who killed your mother? When you returned, you were so strange! So kind…
-Because I've forgiven him- Katara got angry.- I had bad feelings to whole Fire Nation, to him also. Earlier I couldn't forgive him his betrayal in Ba Sing Se. It's so hard for you to understand this?!
-And say me- Aang continued, taking no notice of Katara.- Why, when the last battle started, when the Sozin's Comet gave to the fire benders such big power, and I almost died in the duel with Ozai, why you wasn't with me? You were with Zuko, like he could have no chance with his mad sister!
-How dare you, Aang!- shouted Katara. You're the Avatar, and you wasn't alone! You had Sokka, Suki, and Toph! Did you want to live Zuko alone? You know, that he almost died! Or maybe that would be better for you? In that case you could be the Fire Lord, and I would be with you?
Then Katara realized, that she said too much. She knew that looking on Aang, who seemed very bad surprised.
-I would never think like that, Katara. Never. How could you even say that?
She wanted to say something, but she couldn't find good word for it. She genuflect.
-I don't know, Aang. I'm sorry. I'm sorry about everything.
Aang couldn't be longer angry on her. He sat near her.
-I'm also sorry. I love you, and because of that I'm so jealous.
They hugged for a while and Aang stood up. He gave her hand, but Katara shock with her head.
-Go. I'll turn back alone. I have to think.
-But It's everything okay with us?
Katara smiled.
-Yes. go.
There are some days, when everything is against you. You have enough of live and you want to run away and never come back.
Zuko didn't think, that ruling the Fire Nation will be easy. But he thought, that it will be easier. He was sitting on a branch of a big tree and listening to birds. The forest was full of live and so loud! He was coming here, when he felt bad, coming to this small forest near the sea. The voice of waves was calming him.
He looked on the beach. It should be empty, because it was late. But it wasn't.
There was sitting a girl with long hair. Waves were going far into the beach, but they were passing her far away. The girl was only making circles with right hand.
Zuko leaned out. There was only one waterbender on his lands.
First he wanted to go off the tree and go to Katara, but he recalled her behavior yesterday. She must to hate me, he thought. Then he sat more comfortable on the branch and started to watch her.
In few minutes the sunset started and ended. It was very dark. Zuko knew, that he should go, because nights in this forest were dangerous. But Katara was still there. Happily in few minutes she stood up and went to the forest, strait on his tree.
He moved, trying to be quiet. Katara was now on a path going under his tree. He went lower to see her better. Unfortunately, he chose too thin brunch. He heard a loud crash and the Fire Lord fell strait on Katara. She shouted. Katara immediately took some water from plants around her and looked on her enemy, ready to attack.
He stood up and tried to look astonished.
-Katara! What are you doing here?
-It's a quite strange question for someone, who fell on you from a tree -she said. – Are you tracing me?
-No -said Zuko.- I was sitting on this tree. It's my… place to meditation. I saw you when you was sitting on the beach.
Katara looked at him sternly.
-I come here always, when I feel bad – he said quietly.
Katara's face got benign.
Zuko smiled carefully. He came near Katara.
-Don't worry. I'll convince your tribe that I didn't try to steal their waterbender.
Suddenly they heard growl from a bush.
-Zuko! What was that?- Katara was scared.
-Stay behind me- he said.
Katara touched him with her back ready to attack. They were walking carefully, looking for their enemy.
-There is probably more than one – said Zuko, when the growling became louder.- I knew that sitting in forest at the evening is a bad idea!
-No one ordered you to wait for me – said Katara.
-Oh yes, I could go away and leave you this monsters' dinner. Sorry. Next time I'll do it…
A big, heavy beast jumped on him from the darkness.
-Magnaks! Hide somewhere!- shouted Zuko, covering her.
Katara shouted. She attacked the beast with a water whip. It only made the magnak more angry and he call other monsters.
-Don't attack them with water!- shouted Zuko, trying to avoid other beast's teeth.-They're scared of fire! It makes them blind, so they attack only at night.
Katara listened to him. She inclined behind Zuko, when he was attacking magnaks by fireballs. It looked like a dance – dangerous moves between monsters, avoiding their teeth and attacking their eyes with fire.
Fire Lord was fighting like that by a moment. Some of magnaks run away, but on their place came other beasts.
-Hide behind a tree- Zuko shouted to Katara.
-But…- she protested.
-Do, what I said!
Katara listened to him. When she went deeper in the forest, Zuko took a bigger breath and threw his arms out. His hands released flames, making a big ring of fire, who hurt all magnaks. When he finished, no beast left.
-Zuko!- shouted Katara. She run to him.- Everything is all right?
-No. But we have to go. There's dangerous… And I have lots of work in the palace.
-Letters, documents, pacts. I hate it. Usually I leave it for evenings, but I'm starting to think that it isn't a good idea.
Katara decided in one moment.
-I'll help you.
Zuko looked at her surprised.
-You aren't going home?
-Home?- asked Katara.-In my home no one said even one word to me, even looked at me since my birthday.
-I now, what you're talking about- sighed Zuko. He smiled. With Katara this work shouldn't be so bad.
Zuko made some place for Katara at the table covered with red material. He showed her a pile of letters.
-These need only my signature- he said, signing under one of them. -Could you copy it?
-With power of water?- Katara smiled, transferring drops of ink from one letter to another.
-I think that I'll employ you- said Zuko, laughing.
He took from a silver tray rolled letter with big stamp. He became worried.
-Another letter from King of Omashu.
-From King Bumi?- Katara was astonished.- It's Aang's friend!
Zuko looked at her surprised.
-But he has about hundred years!
-And Aang one hundred and fourteen years. They were friends before the Avatar disappeared in the iceberg for hundred years.
Fire Lord opened the letter.
-Something bad has happen?- asked Katara.
-During the war my sister turned Omashu in New Ozai. It's ruler was some governor…
-Mai's father?
'My past girlfriend's father', thought Zuko. It was stupid thought, so he threw it away.
-Yes. They settled there, and with them many other people from the Fire Nation. They built their houses there and they didn't want to go back to Fire Nation lands. People from Earth Kingdom still don't tolerate them… There is getting worse. I don't know, what I could do.
-Hmm… maybe you could convince them to you? People from Omashu have never seen you. It's possible that if they will see that you're different than Azula, they'll accept the Fire Nation and believe that everything has changed.
-It's not such bad idea, Katara. But think… I… Would my visit change something?
-Not official. Show other people, that you are good ruler, and you could see, what is the real problem.
-What I would done without you- laughed Zuko.- Maybe I'll really employ you us my adviser?
Katara became sad.
-You could, if I wouldn't go back to the South Pole.
-You don't want to return?
-No. I'll be there far away from everything: big cities, other people… Even from my brother. Sokka want to leave South Pole and live with Suki on Kyoshi Island.
-And… what about Aang?- asked Zuko cautiously.
-Aang wants to go with me- said Katara. She was astonished. She should be happy! She will finally go home, were was standing now a beautiful palace. And she will be with Aang. For ever…
Zuko returned to reading scrolls. He didn't know, what to say. He didn't want to be urgent or inquisitive, but he perceived that Katara's destiny isn't living on the South Pole. Even with Aang.
He was thinking about it for some time, browsing a pile with scrolls. After a while he looked at Katara. She was leaning on her chair. From her hand were falling drops of ink. She was sleeping. Zuko stood up us quiet us he could. He took Katara on his hands. He was still afraid that she will wake up. He took her to his bed and covered her carefully with coverlet. He looked at her and went to sleep on a big armchair in the next room.


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West Seattle, Washington
(WSB photos from Saturday morning. Above, EC Hughes hub)
Hundreds of volunteers all around the city spent their Saturday morning being sure they're ready for something we all hope never happens – a disaster that takes out regular means of communications and forces Emergency Communication Hubs to set up and spring into action.
(Above, West Seattle Junction hub)
The scenario citywide was: Sixth day after a big earthquake. Three of West Seattle's hubs were part of it. For the Sunrise Heights hub at EC Hughes Playground and the Junction hub behind Hope Lutheran Church, it was their first drill. We visited both. "If we can't communicate, we can't allocate," observed Junction hub captain Delores Kannas. "Our big goal is to match resources with needs. … Different people will show up, and it will evolve."
The mission of the hubs is to facilitate neighborhood resiliency, recognizing that after a massive disaster, official rescuers will be overwhelmed, and neighbors will have to figure out how to help each other, while also prioritizing any huge needs that might be able to draw outside help.
Besides tracking incoming requests, in ways as simple as notes on a fence, hub volunteers also communicate by radio, with each other and with city emergency officials, so volunteer amateur-radio operators are always a big part of drills.
An important part of your emergency preparedness is to know your nearest hub – here's the updated map:
Click on the one that looks to be closest. You can also find the 13 hubs' locations listed here (below that same map), on the West Seattle Be Prepared website, where you'll find lots of other information to help you be ready, just in case.
You've heard it many times – The Big One is a matter of when, not if. So, are you ready in case of a major earthquake? Part of the preparedness is knowing where your nearest Emergency Communication Hub is:
The hubs are gathering places where you'll be able to get and share information if the regular means of communication become inoperable/inaccessible in the wake of a quake (or other major disaster). The Hubs are run by volunteers, and they welcome your help during a drill this Saturday (July 29th) that will include the activation of hubs around the city, including three in West Seattle. Here's the official announcement, which explains the scenario:
The exercise imagines that a catastrophic earthquake hit the Puget Sound area mid-day on Monday, July 24th, causing major damage to infrastructure and widespread casualties. For the Hubs and Spokes drill, it is now the morning of July 29th — day 6 of the disaster. Despite several aftershocks, many of the major infrastructural problems have received initial treatment from City departments, so attention is now being directed to neighborhood needs.
In this type of disaster, the neighborhood Hubs would mobilize immediately to assist with the immediate needs of residents, especially those not reached by regular emergency services. However, as the days after the event go by, as simulated in this exercise, resources may run low and volunteer availability and energy will flag.
The three hubs participating in West Seattle on Saturday are:
Alaska Junction – Hope Lutheran Church: 4456 42nd Ave SW
High Point – Neighborhood House: 6400 Sylvan Way SW
E.C. Hughes Playground – 29th Ave SW & SW Holden
You are welcome to show up (starting at 8 am) to be part of the drill as a "citizen actor" – you'll be assigned a role to play. You're also welcome to stop by at any point during the 8 am-1 pm exercise to observe, and to learn.
It's more than a hobby … amateur radio is vital to emergency preparedness in our area and many others, too. So – both to practice their skills and to offer a public view into how amateur radio works – International Field Day is under way right now, with local operators gathered in the south field on the South Seattle College (6000 16th SW; WSB sponsor) campus on Puget Ridge through about 11 am Sunday.
You are invited to stop by any time before then (kids welcome too!) to see and hear how it works. While we were there, solar-power demonstrations were under way:
Just look for the antennas rigged in the field, and the tents nearby:
Thanks to Eric Baer for pointing out that a recent series of earthquakes just across Puget Sound in the Bremerton area continued with another one at 12:35 am today, and some "felt it here" reports came in from West Seattle.
UPDATE: Mag:3.6 3.4 km ENE from Bremerton, WA Depth:26km 2017/05/11 07:35:UTC V3 https://t.co/AHTNBTpg6m pic.twitter.com/cvi9LCuybX
— PNSN (@PNSN1) May 11, 2017
It wasn't a major quake – but magnitude 3.6 isn't a microquake, either. If you felt it, geologists would like to hear from you – here's the link. One day earlier, a magnitude-3.4 quake hit the same area at 1:14 am; you can see the recent series of quakes by zooming in on this map.
P.S. This is just another reminder that we're in earthquake country, so we're reminding you about Neighborhood Emergency Communication Hubs – volunteer-organized gathering spots that would be activated if a major quake or other emergency interfered with regular channels of communication. This map shows you the 13 hubs in our area – click the one nearest you to see where it is, and make sure your families and neighbors know about it.
With an earthquake drill this morning, and what you might consider a "storm drill" last weekend, preparedness may well be on your mind. Today, we have news about West Seattle's Emergency Communication Hubs:
The newest Hub, in The Junction, will be set up for an "opening" event this Sunday, noon-3 pm, so you can visit and get familiar with the concept. It's in the Hope Lutheran Church parking lot, off SW Oregon just east of 42nd SW [map]. Even if that's not the one closest to you, if you don't know about the Hubs, now's as good a time as ever. From the explanation on westseattlebeprepared.org (an awesome overall preparedness resource):
The Emergency Communication Hubs are locations around West Seattle which have been designated by neighborhood leaders and volunteers as community gathering sites if a major disaster makes it impossible to get information and help in the usual ways. These are locations that are easy to find and familiar to most people in each of these neighborhoods.
We've chosen outdoor locations because many buildings may be unsafe following an earthquake or similar type of disaster. After buildings have been checked for damage and deemed safe/usable, they will very likely be used as shelters. The Emergency Communication Hubs will be the initial gathering locations, since they can be predetermined for each neighborhood.
If you don't see one close to you on the map – it's because nobody has stepped up to get one going! Here's information on how to get started.
P.S. The new Junction Hub had a preview event back in June, during a quake-scenario drill for which hubs were "activated" around the city.
Here's hoping you are already ready for the stormy weather that's on the way. But storm trouble is just one of the challenges you need to be prepared for. And you're invited to find out about being ready for almost anything, via a free class that longtime WSB sponsor John Moore @ Northwest Insurance Group is presenting later this month:
6-8 pm Monday, October 24th @ The Kenney (7125 Fauntleroy Way SW):
Northwest Insurance Group is sponsoring a Disaster Preparedness Presentation and will have a guest speaker from the American Red Cross. Lucia Scordamaglia will bring sample supplies/kits and provide plenty of information and handouts addressing how to best prepare for winter storms, earthquakes, house fires, flooding, landslides, and other disasters that disrupt our day-to-day lives.
RSVP to John Moore – firstname.lastname@example.com
Get your RSVP in ASAP to be sure there'll be room.
It's the last week of Preparedness Month and we have two related notes today:
RED CROSS LESSONS: That trailer is parked by Hope Lutheran Church right now because of what's happening inside: With the help of the West Seattle Emergency Communication Hubs, local churches that participate in the Westside Interfaith Network are learning from the Red Cross about "how a faith-based organization would set up a temporary shelter for local people while the bigger, official response to a big disaster gets organized." While the Red Cross's mission is to help, it's a supporting role, and in case of disaster, churches and other community organizations will be on the front lines first.
DISASTER RELIEF BIKE TRIALS: When Seattle Summer Parkways gets going on Alki tomorrow at 11 am, that also will mark the start of the Disaster Relief Bicycle Trials. If an earthquake (among other things) strikes, roads might be impassable to larger vehicles, but bicycle riders can go where cars can't, and so the Seattle DRT is geared toward giving riders some practice for the possibility of having to help someday. Four West Seattle Emergency Communication Hubs will be "activated" for the occasion, and the ride also will include activities such as "Zombie Apocalypse Survival." (Who can resist that?) Ride if you can; cheer them on if you can't, 11 am at the main stage area of SSP near 61st SW/Alki.
September is Preparedness Month. This year brings more than the standard – and important! – reminders about disaster kits – it also brings the 2016 Seattle Disaster Relief Trials, starting from Alki Beach during the Seattle Summer Parkways event three weeks from today. Here's the official announcement about what organizers describe as "a disaster drill in the form of a cargo-bike ride, simulating a Day 3 supply run":
Seattle's Disaster Relief Trials (DRT) will take place Sunday, September 25th, 2016 and will run from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM, starting from 61st Ave SW and Alki Ave SW in West Seattle. This year, the Seattle DRT will be held in partnership with Seattle Summer Parkways, Seattle Emergency Hubs, and the Seattle Auxiliary Communication Service (ACS).
Imagine the impact a nearby 8.5 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami would have on Seattle. Buildings collapsed, roads in shambles, people displaced, services disconnected. Without roads that are passable to vehicles, how do we provide essential services to injured and scared residents?
The DRT is a fun emergency-preparedness event that mobilizes bicyclists to carry cargo representing emergency supplies to and from six checkpoints, Community and Communication Hubs and other significant community gathering locations throughout West Seattle and White Center.
Each of the six hubs will include a cargo activity for the Responder class, and an emergency response mini-workshop for the Resilient, Family, and Citizen classes, as well as for the public. The emergency response activities will be provided by partnering organizations.
The goal is to provide a realistic practice of how bicyclists can be a vital link in providing supplies to citizens, in cases where the roads are impassable to larger vehicles, within the context of educating the public and having a great time!
Tickets are now available. We are offering different ticket types indicating your level of participation (Responder, Resilient, Family, Citizen, etc.). Tickets range from $0 – $20. Most tickets include a free stylish 2016 DRT shirt you can wear year round!
Want to help out with the event? We are seeking volunteers to help with registration, setup, running checkpoints, and teardown. Volunteers will receive free snacks and water and a stylish 2016 DRT shirt, and will have the opportunity to learn valuable preparedness skills!
If you would like more information about this topic, please email us at email@example.com. If you'd like to volunteer to help with this event, please email us at email@example.com.
No helicopters at this earthquake drill – it was all about the people. Neighborhood Emergency Communication Hubs around the city "activated" today, including the one behind Neighborhood House's High Point Center.
We previewed this one earlier in the week – "citizen actors" were sought to help, and organizers tell us more than 70 volunteers showed up. But it wasn't the stereotypical drill where volunteers were splayed out on the grass hamming it up, pretending to be hurt – in this case, they were asked to show up with a specific request for information or help, and work their way through the hub setup. In some cases, they were assessed for the skills they could offer:
That's Lynda, who has first-aid skills and multiple language skills – both of which would be useful in case of catastrophe. And of course, there was a radio tent too:
The High Point hub was in communication with other hubs around the city, as would happen in a real disaster. The hubs are meant to be places where neighbors can help neighbors, knowing that if something major happened, the official rescuers would be stretched too thin to come to the rescue immediately, if ever.
So be sure to know where your nearest hub is (see the map above) – just in case. And if there's not one near you, consider volunteering to organize one – West Seattle's newest hub, by Hope Lutheran in The Junction, had an info-table today just to start raising awareness:
If you went to the overlook at Jack Block Park expecting to see nonstop activity during today's aerial-rescue drill, you would have been disappointed. But every so often, helicopters did take off – during the span of about half an hour, we saw the military chopper above, as well as the Airlift Northwest medevac helicopter below:
On the otherwise mostly empty expanse of T-5 – popular with drills since it's closed as a cargo terminal while the port prepares to expand its facilities and capabilities – land-based emergency vehicles were in view, including a Seattle Police Mobile Precinct larger than the van-style one based at the Southwest Precinct.
Seattle Fire led today's drill and tweeted a photo of the big show (which came after we had already left to check out the Myers/Olson car flip) – rescuers hoisted on a platform:
Air platform used to transport rescuers including search dogs during regional drill at Terminal 5. pic.twitter.com/yzNwq0wjfC
— Seattle Fire Dept (@SeattleFire) June 11, 2016
(You might also have seen some of the aerial activity in southeast West Seattle – while covering the aforementioned crash, we spotted the same military helicopter over SFD's Joint Training Facility.) This was part of Cascadia Rising, the weeklong regional drill – years in the planning – practicing scenarios based on the 9.0 megaquake that scientists think will hit someday.
This morning we also stopped by the grass-roots Emergency Communication Hubs drill that happened citywide, including a West Seattle location, and that report's coming up.
(WSB photo from November 2015, helicopters at Terminal 5 during drill)
Just got more information about tomorrow's drill at Terminal 5, which noted here last night after we found out about it from a Port rep. The lead agency is Seattle Fire, which just sent this:
Imagine a 9.0 earthquake so devastating that it impacts the entire Northwest Region. That is the basis for the Cascadia Rising earthquake exercise being held this week in multiple states. When a disaster of this magnitude strikes, a regional air response is necessary to face the challenges of saving lives over a large geographical area.
The Northwest Regional Aviation team will come together at the Port of Seattle Terminal 5 for a daylong series of helicopter drills that will utilize lifesaving skills necessary to meet the challenges of a regional disaster. In coordination with the Washington State Department of Emergency Management, a unified response with aviation resources from 10 different city, county and state jurisdictions including 6 aircraft will demonstrate the technical aspects of search and rescue, moving resources and transporting injured patients.
Observe landing and take-off procedures as multiple helicopters hoist and transport equipment and personnel in and out of the heliport base at Terminal 5. The community is invited to watch the helicopter rescue activities from the view platform located at Jack Block Park.
Agencies participating in the training:
Airlift Northwest
Bainbridge Island Fire Department
King County Sheriff's Office
Port of Seattle
Seattle Fire Department
Seattle Police Department
Snohomish County Sheriff's Office
Tacoma Fire Department
Washington National Guard
The drill is scheduled to start around 10 am and continue until about 2, according to SFD's media advisory.
Also happening tomorrow in West Seattle as part of Cascadia Rising – two Emergency Communication Hubs events – details are in our preview.
Just found out tonight that Terminal 5 will host yet another drill with helicopters on Saturday – this time, as part of the Cascadia Rising megaquake drill that's been happening at a variety of locations around the region. Susan Stoltzfus with the Port of Seattle told us about it at tonight's T-5 Draft Environmental Impact Report public hearing (report to come). She says multiple agencies are participating with simulations including a collapsed building, and it's scheduled between 10 am and 3 pm. If you're interested in taking a look, she says you'll be able to view it from the Jack Block Park overlook. In the meantime, if you notice the helicopters and/or other unusual activity at T-5 on Saturday, don't fret, it's only a drill.
P.S. As we've already reported, a much-more low-key – but no less vital – drill will be happening in High Point, and your direct participation is welcome – here's where, when, and how.
You might have heard about the big regional earthquake-preparedness drill that's under way in a variety of places all week. Here's how you can help: Join your West Seattle Emergency Communication Hubs volunteers this Saturday! Above is the map of all "hubs" – explained here – in West Seattle, but just one needs volunteer help – read on!
Come see what your community is doing to be prepared in the event of a major disaster. Join us in a simulated earthquake neighborhood response drill of the Seattle Emergency Communications Hubs.
We would love for you to stop by as a "put me to work" volunteer or as a Citizen Actor (to give us tasks to perform, you will draw a short script from our bowl of misfortunes). This will help test how we accomplish our mission and to help you learn how you can be ready to help in the event of a disaster!
Participating Hub drill location in West Seattle:
Neighborhood House High Point Center
6400 Sylvan Way SW
9:30 am – 11:30 am
Also on Saturday, separate from the simulation, but ready to meet neighbors and talk preparedness:
New Hub location holding an open-house booth:
Hope Lutheran Church
4456 42nd Ave SW
9:00 am – noon
New Hub! Info table only
For more information about how to be prepared and what the hubs do, visit us at West Seattle Be Prepared.
15 years ago this morning, at 10:54 am on February 28, 2001, the 6.8-magnitude Nisqually Earthquake hit. Here's some of what it did in West Seattle.
Nothing anywhere that big has shaken us since. But someday, sometime, one will. So we're talking today about being ready. This map can help:
The markers on it – 13 of them now – show you the sites of West Seattle Be Prepared's 13 Neighborhood Emergency Communication Hubs. Find the one nearest you – and make sure everyone you care about knows about it. (If there's not one near you, you can help launch one.) If a huge disaster hits, and the usual communication channels are cut off, these are places you can go to find out how to get help, how to offer help, etc., as explained here (and in even more detail here).
Our area was a pioneer in the "hubs" movement, which has expanded to other areas of our city, and is expected to continue growing. They're for everyone, whether you've been here days, weeks, years, or decades – next month, for example, a hub-training event is planned for one of our area's bigger new apartment complexes, as the hub in The Junction is finalized, and if it's successful, it will be repeated for other interested apartment communities in the area.
Being ready, ultimately, is personal – have a kit, have a plan. This isn't something someone will do "for" you. West Seattle Be Prepared is a volunteer community effort. We checked with its organizers to find out what else is new regarding local preparedness, as we mark the quake anniversary today.
This year, WSBP's Cindi Barker tells us, is about partnerships and getting connected:
*They're working with local churches about being partners in preparedness and in response in case it's needed – including how to become a Red Cross shelter
*You'll see WSBP at spring/summer community festivals as usual – starting with the West Seattle Bee Festival on May 21st and the Morgan Junction Community Festival on June 18th
*In June, WSBP will host a Business Continuity workshop for members of the West Seattle Junction Association, Barker says, "to teach our local businesses what a Business Continuity Plan is, why it's important and point them to free-ware so they can either do one with us at a follow-up brown-bag event, or so they can do it on their own."
*Also in June, some of the West Seattle hubs will be part of a major citywide drill on June 11th, "in loose conjunction with the big Cascadia Rising regional exercise" (which is happening June 7-10th, playing out the scenario of a megaquake/tsunami)
*Potential fall event related to what Barker says "is a training program being released this summer for local medical clinics and personnel, to teach them about their important role in the communities during a disaster." As she says, the bottom line remains, they'll be needed!
*Are you a ham-radio operator? Know someone who is? The Auxiliary Communication Service needs more in West Seattle to become part of the team. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com
*Part of a SNAP (Seattle Neighborhoods Actively Prepare), Block Watch or CERT group? Put yourself on the citywide map to get connected!
*Along with the West Seattle Be Prepared website, WSBP has a Facebook group.
P.S. If you didn't know – there's an online seismogram at Alki Point; you can check any time for recent quakes around the region by going here.
Even if you didn't feel it, the Vancouver Island earthquake late last night is another wakeup call reiterating the message that we all need to be ready, because someday we're going to shake in a big way. So here are two maps you need to see. First, from West Seattle Be Prepared:
KNOW YOUR NEAREST WEST SEATTLE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION HUB: Especially if you're new to WS, this might be news to you. Preparedness volunteers in our area have been regional leaders in this unique aspect of preparedness – organizing "hubs" where you can go in case of catastrophe, to get information and seek help if the regular communication channels are down/damaged/unreliable. Click a spot on the map to get information on the location where volunteers plan to set up a hub if and when disaster strikes. If you don't see one relatively close to you, that's only because no one has come forward to lead the way in your area – here's how you can help! And take some time to browse the WSBP website, which is an excellent resource packed with a variety of preparedness-related info.
Now, the second map you should see. You might have already taken a look, as this new city map was circulating in the days just BEFORE the quake:
SEATTLE NATURAL HAZARD EXPLORER: The city-produced map takes you through a variety of types of "natural hazards," including earthquake risk, as explained in Seattle Times science reporter Sandi Doughton's story earlier this week. You can see the map (really, it's more than a map) fullscreen by going here; in the condensed version above, you can use the arrows at the bottom to scroll through types of hazards. In each category, click the "i" at top right to open up a text box with information at the bottom of the map, including a tab that explains the map's legend for that section. Among other things, the earthquake-risk view shows where the Seattle Fault travels through our peninsula.
Rare chance to tell you way in advance when and why helicopters are expected in the area. The Port of Seattle just announced that multiple agencies also including Seattle Fire, King County, and Snohomish County "will be conducting a joint exercise involving multiple helicopters for emergency preparedness training" on Monday at Terminal 5. This exercise, the announcement says, "will give the participants better training for rescue situations such as those that took place after the Oso mudslide in 2014." The helicopter activity, "moving heavy loads of equipment and personnel," is expected to last from 11 am to noon on Monday (November 16th).
Even if you weren't part of Thursday's statewide earthquake drill – you can get your preparedness going ANY TIME. Here's some inspiration – at Explorer West Middle School (WSB sponsor), the drill went far beyond the actual "imagine there's a quake" moment. Out on the field, they set up a makeshift hospital. And some students portrayed people in major need of treatment.
This was all organized by teacher Timothy Owens, who explained it to us on camera:
(The call Owens took at the end of our chat, by the way, was from the school's brand-new phone-alert system, which gets messages to families in case of emergency.) The drill was based on a long-lasting quake. Students took cover under their desks, then went out on the field, for a drill running about 45 minutes, followed by a debriefing; regular classes resumed after lunch.
P.S. If your earthquake/disaster preparedness is lagging – don't feel guilty, you're not alone! – a great place to get started, with local info, is West Seattle Be Prepared – be sure to find your nearest emergency communication "hub"!
Though November might seem far away, the city's earthquake-preparedness presentations tend to fill up fast, so we're sharing word of this one in case you want to sign up:
Are you prepared for the next big earthquake and other disasters Seattle could face? Attend a presentation at one of the below library branches to hear from local emergency management experts about what you can do to get prepared. Learn about the City's new emergency alert and notification system – AlertSeattle – and bring questions to ask the City's hazard specialist during an open Q&A session.
Wed. November 4, 2015
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Southwest Library Branch
Register for a class by emailing your name and the presentation you plan to attend to email@example.com
Did you feel it? We heard from one person south of Alki Point who said they did – a 4.0-magnitude earthquake at 3:22 this afternoon, epicenter east of North Bend. Lots of info here – and if you DID feel it, tell the scientists by filling out this form. The quake gives us a reason to remind you that September is Preparedness Month – and at the very least, you need to know where your nearest Emergency Communication Hub is.
Know where your nearest Emergency Communication Hub is? Know WHAT your Emergency Communication Hub is? West Seattle has long been a citywide leader in this aspect of preparedness, via West Seattle Be Prepared. And they're sharing news of a presentation downtown tonight that might interest you. Usually we can only promote on-peninsula events, but preparedness has been a signature issue for us for a long time, and at the heart of this presentation is the reminder that community can be key in case of catastrophe:
Join the Seattle Emergency Communications Hubs and Seattle Fire Dept. Battalion Chief Tom Richardson, one of the Urban Search and Rescue Team Leaders (USAR) at the SR 530 slide, who will share his experience during the response and recovery stages and his thoughts on how communities are key in disasters.
6:30 pm – (Optional) Overview of the Seattle Emergency Hubs
7:00 pm – Program start
8:00 pm – Q & A and discussion
Location: City of Seattle Emergency Operations Center, 105 5th Ave S. (Corner of 5th Ave S and S Washington St)
Please RSVP at email@example.com, or 206-233-5076
The city has opened signups for AlertSeattle, which its announcement describes as "a new, real-time emergency alert and notification system … a way to send out messages to the public with information on what to do when emergencies like earthquakes, explosions, flooding, or other disasters happen," as well as "community notifications about severe weather, safety, health, utility-service disruptions, major traffic incidents, preparedness events and more." You can register by going to alert.seattle.gov and creating a profile. Set aside a few minutes before you start – it's a bit complicated, with numerous optional fields you can (but don't have to) fill out beyond the basic notification information; it's linked to Smart911, so you'll also be asked, for example, if you want to provide information about your household that could be displayed to emergency providers if you call 911 from the phone number you register.
They're not quite burning the midnight oil, but close. Local emergency-preparedness volunteers will be in view at Ercolini Park west of The Junction and Hiawatha Playfield (above) in Admiral until about 10 pm tonight as part of a citywide drill. We stopped at both before sunset. The drill scenario: A BIG quake, with the Neighborhood Emergency Communication Hubs on Day 3, working to communicate information and procure help. Listen in to a snippet from Hiawatha:
We listened in for a bit at Ercolini too:
Ham-radio operators are on site at each participating hub this time for the first time, according to West Seattle Be Prepared.
Volunteers of all ages were welcome, and were assigned roles including "greeter" and "message taker" all to be ready just in case the unthinkable happens and the hubs have to be set up because other ways of communication aren't working:
That was the whiteboard at Hiawatha, which we visited a while after our stop at Ercolini:
While these were the only two hubs "activated" for tonight's drill, West Seattle has ten others – check this map to find the one closest to you:
And learn more about the hubs at westseattlebeprepared.org.
The magnitude-7.8 earthquake in Nepal is now reported to have killed almost 2,000 people. And a difficult, dangerous time is ahead for the survivors who now must figure out how to get through its aftermath and aftershocks. So tonight, a reminder about local preparedness:
You need to know where your nearest Emergency Communication Hub is – and that map will help. West Seattle volunteers have led the way in organizing hubs around the peninsula. The hubs are places you can go in the aftermath of a disaster that shuts down usual communications, places to find information and help, as explained on this page of westseattlebeprepared.org – and on a citywide level, they're explained in this video:
The video mentions the drills that hub volunteers stage every so often to make sure plans and procedures will be fresh if and when disaster strikes. Just so happens that the next drill is two weeks from today, Saturday, May 9th – an evening drill this time, 5-10 pm around the city. The drill scenario will be "a major earthquake followed by aftershocks and worsening weather conditions. The exercise will test operations, procedures and equipment, offer opportunities to learn and to get to know fellow volunteers." West Seattle Be Prepared's Cindi Barker shares this flyer showing that two WS hubs are participating, Ercolini and Hiawatha, and explaining how you can help, even if you haven't been involved with a hub before:
Hub volunteers and radio operators with the Seattle Auxiliary Communications Service will be among those participating.
In the meantime, here's one more *very important* thing you can do even if you are not involved with a hub: A new website has launched in an attempt to get various community safety and preparedness-related groups communicating and coordinating – Hubs plus SNAP, CERT, and Block Watch groups. If you're involved with any of the above, go to seattleemergencyhubs.org, find the Emergency NeighborLink Map on the home page, and get signed up so your group will show up.
P.S. If you haven't even taken the basic preparedness steps – emergency food/water supplies – don't feel overwhelmed. The Seattle Neighborhoods Actively Prepare (SNAP) website has some advice – see this page.


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The early years: 1976 to 1981
The history of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) began on 1 January 1976, when a Laser Research Group was set up at the Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP). This group, an initiative of Professor Herbert Walther, Professor Ludwig Kompa and Dr. Siegbert Witkowski, was formed under the terms of an agreement between the Federal Ministry of Research and Technology and the Max Planck Society.
The core of the research group was formed by 46 members of staff of the IPP, working on the development of high-power lasers and their application in fusion research. Their goal was to investigate laser sources with a view to possible new applications in plasma physics, chemistry, spectroscopy and related fields.
The MPQ expands: 1981 to 1993
In 1981 the research group achieved the status of a separate Max Planck Institute, comprising the divisions of Laser Physics (Prof. Herbert Walther), Laser Chemistry (Prof. Karl-Ludwig Kompa) and Laser Plasma (Dr. Siegbert Witkowski). Staff numbers had now risen to 82. In 1986 the MPQ moved into its own building on the south side of the research facilities in Garching.
In the same year, with the appointment of Professor Theodor Hänsch (then at Stanford University), a fourth division was set up at the MPQ, on Laser Spectroscopy. Like Herbert Walther, Theodor Hänsch was also given a chair at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, which further cemented the institute´s links with the university.
Since 1985 the Research Group on Gravitational Waves at the MPQ has been concerned with the development of laser interferometers to detect gravitational waves. Out of this work grew a cooperation with the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Glasgow. In 1989 the GEO600 project was launched, which involved the building of a laser interferometer system with an arm length of 600 metres at a site near Hanover.
The MPQ changes: 1993 to today
In 1993 the retirement of Dr. Siegbert Witkowski ushered in a period of generational change at the institute, also associated with a gradual reorientation in the research programme. The experiments with the Asterix high-power laser were concluded. The laser was dismantled in 1997 and at the end of 1998 transferred to Prague to the Institute of Plasma Physics at the Academy of Sciences, where it is still operational today. Other work on light-plasma interaction was now continued by a working group on Laser Plasma under the direction of Professor Klaus-Jürgen Witte and Professor Jürgen Meyer-ter-Vehn, in the period up to 2004.
In 1999 Professor Gerhard Rempe (then University of Constance) was appointed as director at the MPQ, and the Quantum Dynamics Division was set up.
In 2001 the Research Group on Gravitational Waves moved to Hanover where the first test measurements were carried out in the experiment. Since then that group has been a part of the MPI of Gravitational Physics (Potsdam) that was founded in 1995. In the same year (2001) Professor Ignacio Cirac (then University of Innsbruck) accepted a call as director at the the MPQ and set up the first Theory Division at the institute.
At the beginning of 2003 Professor Herbert Walther acquired emeritus status, but continued his research work as head of the Laser Physics Emeritus Group until his death in July 2006. His successor as director at the MPQ and professor at the LMU is Professor Ferenc Krausz (previously Technical University of Vienna). Professor Krausz has led the Attosecond Physics Division since 2003.
When Professor Karl-Ludwig Kompa became an emeritus professor in March 2006, all the founding fathers of the institute were thus now in retirement.
In a colloquium in memory of Prof. Herbert Walther that took place in July 2007 the MPQ lecture hall was named after this great person and scientist.
In a colloquium in memory of Prof. Herbert Walther that took place in July 2007 the MPQ lecture hall was named after this great person and scientist.
Research Groups at MPQ
In parallel with these retirements not only were three new divisions established but also several independent research groups founded: In 2004 the Attosecond Driver Laser Group was formed, whose leader Dr. Andrius Baltuska took up a professorship at the Technical University of Vienna in 2006. The same year also the Quantum Simulations with Trapped Ions Group was founded, led by Dr. Tobias Schätz, who accepted a call as professor at the University of Freiburg at the end of 2011. From 2005 until his call at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in 2010 Dr. Tobias Kippenberg was head of the Laboratory of Photonics at the MPQ.
In 2006 Dr. Reinhard Kienberger received funding to set up another research group, on Attosecond Dynamics. He has received a call as Professor at the Technische Universität München in 2009. In 2007 a further research group was added, on Attosecond Imaging, led by Dr. Matthias Kling. Matthias Kling was appointed as W2-Profesor at the LMU in June 2013. In January 2008 Dr. Masaki Hori started his group on Antimatter Spectroscop. He was followed by Dr. Peter Hommelhoff in April 2008 who established the Ultrafast Quantum Optics group. In September 2012 Dr. Hommelhoff accepted a call as W3-Professor at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. Since 2011 Dr. Elefterios Goulielmakis is setting up his research group on Attoelectronics, financed by a grant of the European Research Council (ERC). At the end of 2011 Dr. Randolf Pohl started his research group on Muonic Atoms, also financed by the ERC.
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Founding of the Quantum Many-Body Systems Division in 2008
On 1 August 2008 a fifth division Quantum Many Body Systems was established by Prof. Immanuel Bloch. Prof. Bloch is successor of Prof. Theodor W. Hänsch, who would have normally retired in 2009, as director at MPQ. Due to special agreements Prof. Hänsch will remain professor at the LMU and director at the MPQ at least until 2016. One research focus of Prof. Bloch is the investigation of ultracold quantum gases in optical lattices. These systems may help to model solid states and to get a better understanding of special properties like e.g. high temperature superconductivity.


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- Polarizer 1/2 In (2x)
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- Mixed Audio Out (2x: 1-6/1-7)
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- Shifted Audio In (2x: 1-6/1-7)
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Module A-101-3 is a 12 stage phase shifter with vactrols as phase shifting elements. Vactrols are known for their smooth sound behaviour. For more general details about vactrols please look at the Vactrol Basics page.
In contrast to other phaser designs the A-101-3 is much more flexible and offering a lot of new features not available from other phasers on the market (as far as we know, please tell us if we are wrong). The main difference is that our design offers access to each of the 12 input and output stages leading to a lot of new filters that cannot be obtained in other ways. Especially the free patchable feedback loops (yes, not only one feedback loop is possible) between each of the 12 stages, the separate phase shift control for the stages 1-6 and 7-12, and the 2 polarizers intended to control the feedback loops lead to completely new filter types (a polarizer is a circuit that is able to generate positive and negative amplifications in the range -1...0...+1 with -1 = inversion, 0 = full attenuation, +1 = unchanged signal, for details concerning the polarizer function please look at the A-133 VC Polarizer or A-138c Polarizing Mixer module).
The module sketch and the frequency response curves below will help to explain the outstanding functions of the module:
Internally the module is made of 2 independent 6 stage phase shifters (1-6 reps. 7-12) with separate audio inputs (with attenuators), audio outputs (with mix control), and phase shift control units. The phase shift control units feature both manual and voltage controlled phase shifting (e.g. from a LFO, ADSR, Random Voltage, Theremin CV, Foot Controller CV ...). For each sub-module a phase shift display (LED) is available. The LED shows the illumination state of the 6 vactrols of the sub-module in question as it is connected in series with the internal vactrol LEDs.
Each of the 12 phase shift states is equipped with an audio output socket and feedback input socket to obtain full flexibility to create a multitude of different filters. The audio input signal and the output signals of stage 6 resp. stage 12 are mixed with 2 manual controls to obtain effects at two audio outputs (for normal phase shifting effect this is 50% input signal and 50% phase shifted signal). The two submodules are internally connected via normalized sockets so that two 6 stage phase shifters can be obtained without external patches. Audio output of stage 6 is normalized to audio input of stage 7 and CV input 1-6 is normalized to CV input 7-12. But due to the open structure of the module even other stages than stage 6 and stage 12 can be used as outputs to generate different sounds (simply patch the desired stage output to the normalized mix input socket).
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In my senior year of high school I became curious about gay sex after my first jerk off session with another male.
My best friend, Josh, and I had gone camping and on our first night there Josh got his backpack and pulled out several porn magazines he had swiped from his older brother.
We were dressed only in shorts as the weather was warm. Even though it was past six, with daylight savings time, there was still a lot of daylight left.
We were sitting by the lake on a blanket when Josh tossed me one of the magazines saying, "Take a look at this shit."
I began to thumb through the magazine and asked, "Where the fuck did you get these?"
"I swiped them from Curt's room and if he finds out before I can put them back, he might kill me."
Looking at one picture he said, "Look at this bitch. She gt this guys cock all the way up her. he must have nine or ten inches."
I glanced from my magazine to his and he was right. The guy was huge and she was taking it all.
After a few minutes, Josh looked at me and said, "This shit has me so fucking hard and horny, man, I got to do something about it."
Without and hesitation or shyness, he lay back, raised his hips and pushed his shorts down his legs then kicked them off. His rock hard cock was fully visible. he returned to the magazine as he started stroking his cock and said, "Mark buddy, fell free to join me."
I was facinated watching him jerk off and a moment later I slipped off my shorts and joined him. It seemed strange, yet exciting, to be jerking off with him and have him watching me.
We did it several times over the few days we were there. And after seeing the girls sucking the guys, I began to wonder what it would be like to have a cock in my mouth. The women seemed to be enjoying it.
That camping trip began my curiosity about sex with another male. Although I became more and more curious, I never acted on it.
I graduated high school and began my first year at the state university, majoring in civil engineering.
During spring break of my freshman year, I mentioned to dad that I wanted to get a job during the summer and save most of the money to help him with my expenses.
"Mark, you keep getting the grades you've gotten so far and I'll gladly pay for your schooling."
"I know you will, Dad, but I'd like to contribute some."
"We'll see," he said. "If you'd like me to, I'll talk to Bob Green and see if he can use you this summer on some of his jobs. You might learn something about construction that will help you in school."
"That would be great. Thanks."
I returned to the campus and finished out my freshman year.
When I got home, I took a week off to relax. Dad knew I wanted some 'down time' so he had it worked out with Mr. Green that I would start work the following Monday.
The day after I arrived home, Josh called and asked if I wanted to go camping again. I said sure but only for a couple of days. I wanted to spend some time with dad. He agreed and said he'd pick me up the next morning.
As we drove to the campsite, Josh told me that Curt had moved into his own apartment with his girlfriend and that when he left he told Curt he had been into his magazines. He said Curt laughed and said he knew he had been because they weren't in the same order as he had put them.
"I asked him if he was taking them and he said no because his girlfriend didn't want them in their apartment. He told me I could have them if I wanted them."
"Did you take them?" I asked.
"Hell yea! Every fucking one of them. I brought them all."
After setting up camp, Josh pulled out a large stack of magazines. We sat and began looking through them, both of us getting boned.
The third one I picked up was a magazine where two guys were with one woman. as i turned the page I saw something I wasn't expecting.
One of the guys was fucking the woman at the same time he was sucking the cock of the other guy. There were several pages of the bisexual action. I was facinated seeing one guy suck another and my curiosity became even stronger.
About that time, Josh said. "Fuck it! I can't hole out any longer."
Standing, he quickly removed his shorts, releasing his hard cock. Laying back on the blanket we had spread out, Josh began stroking his hard cock. I quickly stripped also and began stroking my own cock, stealing glances at him. I made sure I was watching when he shot his load out onto his stomach. I quickly shot mine.
We stayed two nights and returned to town where I spent the rest of the week with dad.
Then, on Monday, I went to the offices of Green's construction and met with Mr. Green.
After being shown into his office I said, "Mr. Green, I want to thank you for putting me to work this summer."
"Mark, first off, you're a grown young man. Please, call me Bob. Secondly, do a good job and you'll have a job every summer."
"Thanks, Bob. You won' be sorry hiring me."
He wrote down an address and handed to me.
"This is the address of the job I'm assigning you to. When you get there, ask for Rocky Caldwell. he's the supervisor. He'll be your boss. I'll call him and let him know to be expecting you."
"I'm on my way, and thanks again."
"My pleasure," he replied.
I left and went to the job site and met Rocky. He was about twenty nine, six-three, hairy chested and very muscular with large pecs, biceps, and abs, showing through his tight fitting sleeveless tee shirt.
He put me to work cleaning up to start, telling me to watch and observe what was going on since I was majoring in engineering.
"Ask questions if you want to. All the guys know what your major is. Bob said to let them know and to help you out. They'll be glad to answer your questions."
After a couple of weeks, I was put helping one of the framers. He was very willing to explain what he was doing and why.
I learned a lot from him and told him so. his name was Clay and he was also in his late twenties, and like Rocky, he was also well built.
About half way through the summer, one Friday at lunch, Rocky told us all that we were ahead of schedule and to take the rest of the day off as well as Saturday. We were all thrilled.
Everyone darted for their cars or trucks and headed home or to a bar. I went to my car and headed home.
About half way home, I realized that I had left my cell phone charging in the construction office. I turned around and headed back to the site. We all had a key to the gate, so I knew I could get in. However, when I arrived I noticed the gate still open and Rocky and Clay's trucks still at the site.
I parked and headed for the office. As I approached the steps, I heard Rocky and Clay's voices. They were slightly raised and i figured they were in an argument about something. I stopped and listened.
I eased over to the window and squatted down. About that time, I heard Clay say, "Fuck yea. You know how much I love your cock up my ass."
Rocky replied saying, "Yea, just as much as I love yours up mine."
I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I slowly raised up enough to see into the room.
There they both were totally naked. Clay was laying on the desk, his ass hanging over the edge.
Rocky stood between Clay's raised legs, pistoning his cock in and out of Clay's ass wildly as he leaned forward and tongue kissed Clay.
After the kiss, Clay said, "You know where I want you to shoot that load."
"Yea, the same place I want you to shoot yours."
I watch, shocked at finding these two masculine hunks were into men. Rocky pulled out and pulled Clay up and off the desk. Clay quickly knelt down and began sucking Rocky's long thick cock. After a moment, he pulled off and as he began stroking Rocky's cock, he opened his mouth wide. Suddenly Rocky's cock exploded, sending most of his load into Clay's open mouth and some onto his face.
I watched as Clay swallowed and stood up. Rocky took his place on the desk and soon Clay was fucking Rocky.
My phone was on a small table by the window, charging. Suddenly it rang and when it started both guys turned their heads toward me, seeing me looking in.
"Get your ass in here Mark!" Rocky screamed out.
I knew I had no choice but to go inside. I went to the door, opened it and stepped in. Both were still naked, looking at me.
"What the fuck are you doing here?" Rocky demanded.
"I, uh, forgot my cell phone and came back to get it," I said, scared shit-less.
"How much did you see?" Clay asked.
"From right after you said you liked his cock your ass."
"Well, you saw plenty," Rocky said, "and it looks like it got you turned on."
"Yea, it did."
"Well, it seems we have a couple of problems here. One is whether or not you're going to say anything to anyone about what you saw."
"I promise not to say a word to anyone," I replied.
Well, the other problem is what to do about that boner in your jeans. You ever done anything with another guy?" Rocky asked.
"Just jerked off with a buddy of mine."
"You ever consider doing more?"
"Yes, I have," I confessed. "I've been curious but never really had the chance to do anything."
"You do now. You want to satisfy that curiosity?"
"Uh, sure," I replied.
"Okay, first, strip. Get totally naked like us and let's see what you look like," Rocky ordered.
I began stripping and as I did, my cock got even harder at the expectation of what might happen.
Once I was totally naked, they looked at me and my hard cock.
"Damn nice," Clay said.
"Fucking A," Rocky replied. "Come over here."
I did and stood right up next to them. Rocky began rubbing my chest and playing with my nipples. As he did, he leaned down slightly and began kissing me, offering his tongue. I responded and offered mine, finding that the kissing turned me on and was hot. As we kissed, Clay began slowly stroking my cock.
Without thinking, I grasped their hard cocks, one in each hand and began stroking them. Rocky ended the kiss and Clay took over kissing me.
After a moment Clay pulled back as Rocky asked, "So, you've never been sucked?"
"No. A girlfriend I had tried it for just a second and said it was gross and stopped."
"Well, I want Clay to finish what he started, and while he does, your going to get your first blow job."
Rocky lay back on the desk and Clay slid his cock back into Rocky's ass. As he returned to fucking him, Rocky pulled me closer and quickly swallowed my cock. I gasped them moaned loudly.
Soon, I climaxed into Rocky's mouth as Clay neared his own climax. Rocky pulled Clay to him and kissed him sharing my load. Then suddenly, Clay pulled out of Rocky's ass and began jerking his own cock, aiming it at Rocky's open mouth.
This time, I had a close up look and the cum exploding from a cock and into a guys mouth. Rocky's tongue was coated with cum and he quickly swallowed it all. Pulling me closer, he kissed me and I could taste clay's cum in Rocky's mouth and it was awesome.
Rocky looked at me ad asked, "What did you think of your first blow job?"
"Awesome, and I can't wait for the second one," I said looking at Clay. He smiled and said, "Just let me know when you're ready."
We talked, and I told them about how my curiosity began and got stronger when I saw one guy sucking another.
Before long we were all three hard again. Rocky looked at me and asked, "You want to try sucking? You don't have to if you don't want to."
"I want to," I said, and walked over to Rocky.
He was leaning on the desk and after walking up and facing him I kissed him then knelt down and took his hard cock into my mouth. The feeling was unbelievably fantastic.
I began pistoning my head on his cock. As I did, Rocky said, "Oh fuck! He's a natural."
Before long, Rocky warned me that he was about to cum. I kept sucking and soon his cock exploded into my mouth. I loved the feeling. I collected the load, savored the taste, then swallowed.
"Damn, man," Clay said, "his first time and he swallowed it."
Clay was standing close and when Rocky asked what I thought about sucking another guys cock, I simply turned to Clay and swallowed his.
As I did, Rocky said, "Well, I guess he liked it."
Soon, Clay climaxed and I swallowed his load also. After I pulled off Clay said, "Rocky has had you, now it's my turn."
With that, he knelt down and sucked me off while Rocky and I kissed. I son fed him my load as he moaned.
After he swallowed and Rocky and i ended the kiss, rocky said, "We really need to get out of here."
"Yea, we do," Clay added.
Rocky spoke up suggesting Clay and I meet him at his place about eleven Saturday morning for burgers then an afternoon of sex. We both agreed.
"I'll tell dad that since we had the day off, the crew is getting together at your place to watch the baseball game on TV."
"Perfect," Rocky said, then looked at me and asked, "Mike, does your dad have any idea at all that you've been curious?"
"Fuck no! I just don't know how he could handle the idea of me possibly being gay."
They both just nodded.
The next day, we met at Rocky's, stripped naked, and after eating lunch, we began kissing and sucking and fucking. I had my first man ass. It was Rocky's and later I fucked Clay.
After fucking Clay, I told them that I wanted to get fucked. They agreed, and since Clay was smaller than Rocky, it was decided that he would fuck me first. Together, they got me ready, warning me of the initial pain.
I survived it and by the time Clay climaxed I was loving it. I told him I wanted to see what it was like o feel the cum shoot up my ass so he didn't pull out.
The feeling was magnificent and after he pulled out I told Rocky to fuck me.
"You sure?"
"Yea, I want it."
"Damn, I'm not believing this," Rocky said.
But he honored my wish and soon was fucking my ass, and filing me with his cum.
When he pulled out I told them how much i loved it.
"Can we get together often?" I asked.
"Sure, I'll work something out and let you know," Rocky said.
We began staying after work a couple of days a week and on Sunday I'd make an excuse to get out of the house and meet either Clay or Rocky for a one on one and sometimes both for a three way.
All too soon the summer ended, but not my sex. I found a few guys in town that were into man sex and would get with them. None were students. They worked in town where the university was and had their own place. Two were married and would get a motel room for our meetings.
Each summer, I'd work for Bob and rocky would insist that I be put with his crew. Sex between Clay, Rocky and I was frequent during each summer.
Then, at the end of my junior year, I finished my finals earlier than expected. I decided that when i got to town I'd go by Rocky's and see if I could spend a couple of days there with him.
However, when I pulled into his parking lot, I found something I wasn't expecting.


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