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Did easyJet flight from Manchester get the best view of eclipse? Passengers witness this extraordinary sight from their seats
- Were you on board the easyJet flight and took photographs? Send them to firstname.lastname@example.com
- Passengers on flights departing this morning took above the clouds to get best view of the spectacle
- Millions watched the skies darken as the moon covered most of the sun at around 9.30am today
- In the Hebrides the sun was practically invisible as the Isle of Lewis experienced a 98 per cent eclipse
- But a blanket of cloud sitting across much of the UK meant millions of others were left disappointed
- It is first solar eclipse in the UK this century and it will not happen for at least another decade
- Extraordinary total eclipses were seen in the Faroe Islands and also on Svalbard in Norway
- Economy hit to the tune of £500million as people abandoned homes and offices to watch the solar eclipse
Lucky passengers aboard easyJet flights to Iceland today were given perhaps the best view of the eclipse as pilots took detours to allow them to capture the extraordinary event.
And there was no need to worry about clouds blocking the view as the planes appeared to linger around the archipelago between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean as the first solar eclipse of the century took place.
Meanwhile millions of people who turned out to catch a glimpse of the spectacle on the ground were left gazing at the sky in frustration after grey skies and a shortage of glasses left many disappointed.
The view from the flight deck of easyJet flight EZY1805 from Manchester to Reykjavik on Friday
A squiggly line marks the flight path of EasyJet's flight 6747 from Belfast to Reykjavik as it circled to get a view of the total eclipse
Drama: The total solar eclipse at Svalbard in Norway as a 100-mile-wide 'totality' shadow path crossed the North Atlantic in a once-in-a-generation event
Since the eclipse, which began at around 8.24am when the moon began to move between us and the Sun, stunning photographs have emerged, including one taken from the seat of easyJet flight EZY1805 from Manchester to Reykjavik.
The flight path taken by the pilot of easyJet's flight 6747 from Belfast shows how it looped round several times as it approached the Faroe Islands, one of just two places on Earth along with Norway's Svalbard archipelago where a total eclipse could be observed.
For those who missed out, there will be another chance to see the rare phenomenon - but you'll have to wait 19 years and there will not be another solar eclipse like today's until 2026 when the moon next covers most of the sun in view of Britain.
In the Hebrides the sun was practically invisible as the Isle of Lewis experienced a 98 per cent eclipse, while the Faroe Islands and Svalbard in Norway saw a total eclipse.
But Met Office satellite maps show that there was cloud coverage over more than half of the country this morning, which meant that millions across Britain were unable to see anything at all of the eclipse.
Many people were left disappointed as persistent cloud cover meant they were robbed of a view of the partial eclipse.
Satellite images from the Met Office showed thick cloud covering an area of England south and east of a line from southern Devon to the Wash in East Anglia at 9.17am.
An image taken an hour later showed it had moved slightly eastwards, allowing more people to get a glimpse of the phenomenon.
But many, including in London and the Home Counties, were left unable to get a view
The last solar eclipse of such significance occurred on August 11 1999, and was 'total' - with 100 per cent of the sun covered when seen from Cornwall.
Today's eclipse produced a 100-mile-wide 'totality' shadow path that crossed the North Atlantic and covers only two land masses, the Faroe Islands between Scotland and Iceland and the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.
Away from this path the sun was partly obscured. A partial eclipse was visible across a large part of the northern hemisphere, including the whole of Europe, Greenland, Newfoundland, northern Africa and western Asia.
A sequence of the eclipse is shown from a viewpoint in Gloucestershire this morning. The next eclipse of the same kind will not occur in Britain until 2026
Watching: Children from St Ursula's School in Greenwich looking at the eclipse from the Greenwich Observatory
Lining up: Spectators at the Eden Project watch the eclipse with their special glasses but still have to shield their eyes because of the sharp sunlight
View from space: The European Space Agency's sun-watching mini satellite captured how the moon covered the sun this morning
Blanket: This Met Office satellite map taken at the climax of the eclipse, which is why is is also very dark, show that there was cloud coverage over more than half of the country this morning, which meant that millions across Britain were unable to see anything at all
In Eastbourne, East Sussex, dozens of people, including schoolchildren allowed to take time off to watch the spectacle, were left disappointed by complete cloud cover.
Mother of two Stacey White, 32, said: 'It's been a real let down. The kids had been looking forward to seeing it but in the end we were just left staring at cloudy sky.
'It went a little bit dark but not enough to really make it seem like a real occasion.
'It's a shame because the one in 1999 was amazing. This one has left us a bit disappointed.'
Temperatures plunged by 3c as the eclipse reached its peak, only to return to normal an hour later, according to researchers at Reading University.
Scientists are looking at why, in some parts of Central England, the clouds mysteriously parted just as the eclipse peaked.
Demand on the National Grid surged during the eclipse as cloudy skies forced people to watch it on TV. The surge of 2,000 megawatts is equivalent to 800,000 kettles being boiled.
Dubbed the 'cup of tea effect', it beats the 1,610 spike when Andy Murray won Wimbledon.
However, it is put in the shade by the 3,000 megawatt surge that followed the 1999 eclipse.
Bonnie Tyler's song Total Eclipse Of The Heart was the surprise hit of the day. Online demand for the 1983 number one more than trebled. A less impressed comedian David Baddiel tweeted: 'Bonnie Tyler set to release a song called Bit Gloomier Than Usual But You'd Hardly Really Notice Morning of The Heart.'
If you didn't see yesterday's eclipse, don't worry because there is a far more impressive one on the way. The total eclipse of August 21, 2017, will streak across the U.S. and is predicted to be the biggest tourist event in history.
A group standing by the Clifton Observatory in Bristol took turns to look through their giant pinhole camera and a piece of welding glass.
Robin Neville, 25, said it had taken around an hour to make the contraption.
'We cobbled it together out of boxes,' Mr Neville said. 'The view up here is great and we are next to a working camera obscura too. You can see most of Bristol from here.'
If you were lucky enough to have a cloudless sky, you may still not have been able to see the eclipse.
A shortage of viewing glasses, fitted with filters to protect the eyes, left thousands unable to enjoy the celestial show.
With no supermarket stocking the £2 cardboard glasses and websites sold out, pairs were being sold online for as much as £500. Robin Scagell, of the Society for Popular Astronomy, said: 'This is the great eclipse rip-off! These are outrageous prices to charge for items that cost only a few pence to make.'
Even pairs of eclipse glasses given away with Sky At Night magazine were in short supply.
Its editor Chris Bramley told the Mail: 'We were stunned by the level of interest in the event.'
One lucky dog in Regent's Park, London (above), was given a pair to protect its eyes — but there was little to see in the capital.
In Eastbourne, East Sussex, complete cloud cover was spoiling the eclipse for dozens of people who gathered on the Western Lawns.
Some schoolchildren were given time off lessons to observe the eclipse but they were left disappointed.
Astronomer Harry Ford, retired from Greenwich Observatory, said: 'I was able to demonstrate the last eclipse in 1999 in the courtyard by the Greenwich Observatory but right now it looks like it's going to be a disappointment.
'Thick cloud doesn't look like it's lifting at all. Fortunately we have plenty of people to explain what they should be seeing. It seems that people in the West Country, like Devon and Cornwall, are having better weather than we are'.
Beautiful: Svalbard was one of the few places on the planet to see a total eclipse, while in the UK there was a 98 per cent eclipse in Scotland
View: The eclipse as seen from the Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides, where people were able to see 98 per cent of the sun covered by the moon
Sequence: The progress of the eclipse as seen from Penzance is shown in these photographs taken at five-minute intervals
Greatest show on earth: This is the moment there was a total eclipse in the Faroe Islands this morning, where eclipse-hunters paid thousands to be this morning
Start: The Moon begins to cross the sun above Leicester this morning as the eclipse began at around 8.24am this morning as millions watched the sky
Spiritual home: The most famous prehistoric monument in the world and a pagan shrine saw one of the best views of the eclipse
Drama: This is the moment the Moon almost covered the sun in St Austell, Cornwall, this morning as millions watched the skies for the first eclipse of the century
Spot the difference: This is the scene overlooking Torshavn, the capital of the Faeroe Islands, during their total eclipse, left, and then afterwards, right
The skies darken over Arbroath, Anugus this morning as the eclipse peaked at around 9.30am this morning
Gloom: As the eclipse reached its peak at Stonehenge and over Worcester Cathedral, both were plunged into darkness and the temperature fell
Seascape: The skies darken over a single boat in the sea at Arbroath, Anugus, this morning during the eclipse
Delight: A young pupil at St Vincent's Catholic Primary School in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, cannot hide his joy at seeing the eclipse
Young fans: A schoolgirl equipped with solar filter glasses watches the eclipse from outside the museum in Cardiff
Gadget: A pinhole camera is deployed by eclipse enthusiasts who gathered in Cardiff this morning
Safety first: One pet owner put eclipse glasses on her dog so the animals could watch safely from Regent's Park in London
Homemade: Primary school pupils using their own eclipse viewers to watch the phenomenon in Greenwich
Wonder: Pupils at Handcross Park School in Sussex gathered to watch the eclipse
Lens: A woman in Budapest using a special glass lens to watch the eclipse
More than 100 people flocked to the 5000-year-old Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis to witness the solar eclipse.
Hospitals have received calls from dozens of Britons who fear they have damaged their eyes by looking directly at the sun.
Manchester Royal Eye Hospital received at least 20 calls from people concerned about their sight, and two people were treated in A&E at hospitals in Nottingham.
The final figures could rise. Sun damage to eyes, which can be permanent, is painless when it occurs — and it can be several hours before the effects on vision are noticeable.
During the last solar eclipse, in 1999, 70 people damaged their eyes and half of those took more than two days to seek help.
Many had looked directly at the sun. Others had worn sunglasses, not realising that these trick the eyes into letting in more light and so can do more harm than good.
Worryingly, 40 per cent of those who reported eye injury claimed they had looked at the eclipse for less than a minute.
'Anyone having problems should visit their optometrist immediately,' says Malcolm McPherson of the College of Optometrists.
And they were rewarded most of the time by a break in the clouds - almost to the point of near totality.
Lewis had been billed as the prime place in Britain to see the solar phenomenon.
As millions abandoned their homes and offices this morning to watch the solar eclipse, most welcomed the brief break.
But with most of the country taking time out from around 9am, millions of pounds that would normally be spent sat idle.
In 1999, the last solar eclipse, the spectacle cost Britain £500million.
Sixteen years on and the damage is likely to have been the same if not more with shoppers spending in the droves online.
But with millions tuning in to watch the eclipse this morning on live streams from computers and tablets, experts said the surge in traffic could have been good news for some online retailers.
'With the rise of mobile digital technology and widespread connectivity,' Nick Jones of Experian said.
'As a result an event like the Solar Eclipse, which millions will have watched online, may well have more significance for retailers today than it would have had 16 years ago, when online retail was still relatively new.'
Caroline Pritchard, 58, and her partner Laurence McCallum, 50, travelled 905 miles in a 21 hour car and ferry journey - together with their three dogs - to see the event.
'This is the end of the age of Aquarius and we wanted to get here to see the eclipse,' said Mr McCallum, who works in a fine food business.
'I took the week off work unpaid and it has been worth it. It was fantastic. We arrived on Tuesday and unfortunately missed the other great astronomical event here this week - the Northern Lights. But the eclipse more than made up for it.'
Ms Pritchard agreed: 'I am a spiritual person and I was drawn here to see the eclipse. I believe in powers greater than ourselves.'
Islander Linda Vaughan, 62, from Crossbost, rang a Tibetan bowl to herald the eclipse as it created dusk - with temperatures noticeably plunging with the sun's infra red blocked out.
'The sound resonates with the stones. This is a spiritual and sacred place.. It is about creating the right harmony,' she said.
Four intrepid shadow seekers even boarded a special boat trip with Kilda Cruises from Leverburgh on the Isle of Harris at 5am to witness the eclipse at remote St Kilda.
The archipelago, 41 miles west of the main Outer Hebrides, was forecast to be cloud free at the time of the event.
Donny Mackay, president of the Stornoway Astronomical Society, said it received over 500 inquiries by email - as well as 100 phone calls - fromall over the UK as well as far away as Germany.
'I was a bit worried when I saw the cloud early this morning but it turned out as good as we could have hoped for. It was reallty memorable,' he said.
Elly Welsh and her children Tam, 10, and Dusty, 8, even made their own viewer while pupils for Stornoway Primary were allowed to witness the event.
The expected influx of tourists did not reach the scale that was hoped for.
The main tourist office for the isles said it had had 'very few' inquries - and had received more about seeing the Northern Lights, which lit up the Hebridean sky on Tuesday night.
Aird Uig, on the western tip of Lewis, experienced the deepest part of the eclipse in the UK with 98 percent totality.
Pupils at the local Uig primary school made eclipse viewers.
A total solar eclipse can be seen here over the mountains of Svalbard, Longyearbyen, Norway, bringing darkness to the beautiful island
Landscape: The partial eclipse as seen from Stonehenge, where the spring equinox was also being celebrated
View: The eclipse over Edinburgh Castle, Scotland's capital, as it neared its peak around 9.30am
Space odyssey: This is the moment the sun disappeared seen from above the atmosphere in space
As it happened: Pictures from Falmouth show the partial eclipse from start to finish
Still: Sharp spring sunshine was dulled by the eclipse over Swansea Marina in South Wales today
Sliver: The eclipse as it was close to its maximum extent in Edinburgh, left, and Oldham, right
An eclipse of the sun over one of the the Liver Birds on the Royal Liver building in Liverpool, as a near-total eclipse of the sun happened
South-west: The eclipse in Plymouth, Devon, left, and Newquay in Cornwall this morning, with the south-west being one of the best places to watch
View: The sun as seen from Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire, with an ornate weather vane in front of it
Glee: These sky watchers in Glasgow clearly enjoyed the eclipse as did Veronica Faluyi from Saint Ursula's Covent Secondary School in Greenwich
Obscured: In some areas cloud cover was expected to affect the view of the eclipse; pictured is the view from Bridgwater in Somerset
Fog on the Tyne: There was thick cloud over Newcastle as the eclipse progressed
Progress: The sun above Edinburgh this morning as the moon passed across the sky, left; a dove gets in the way of the view in Munich, right
Daybreak: The sun above the Eden Project in Cornwall as the eclipse began at around 8.30am this morning
North: The start of the partial solar eclipse in Northumberland, shown in this photo taken with a solar filter
Covered: The eclipse pictured this morning from Northampton, left, and Coventry, right
In sunny Edinburgh, around 200 people gathered outside the Scottish Parliament to watch the eclipse, while in Bristol sky-watchers standing by the Clifton Observatory took turns to look through a giant pinhole camera.
Standing stones added to the atmosphere at Stonehenge and on the Isle of Lewis, with clouds parting at both locations to allow people to witness the event.
A short break in the clouds brought gasps of excitement from hundreds of primary school children gathered at Glasgow Science Centre who managed to catch a glimpse of the eclipse.
But others were left nursing disappointment.
Around 600 people gathered in London's Regent's Park for an event organised jointly by the Royal Astronomical Society and Baker Street Irregular Astronomers, only to be thwarted by the clouds.
Eclipse- watchers cost Britain around £108 million. Every 20 minutes of lost work cost your employer £3.60 on average
Simon Bennett, who co-founded the Baker Street group, said: 'We've been unlucky, but that is what astronomy is - you can't guarantee anything.'
He added: 'The level of interest in the night sky and the daytime sky is quite remarkable.'
In Eastbourne, East Sussex, complete cloud cover spoiled the eclipse for dozens of people gathered on the Western Lawns, including a number of children who had been given time off school.
The National Grid said the impact of the eclipse would be offset by large numbers of people leaving their homes to witness the event.
As a result, it was expecting a net 200 megawatt drop in demand at 9.30am, equivalent to the typical electricity usage of Glasgow.
Jeremy Caplin, forecasting manager at National Grid, said: 'This loss of solar is entirely manageable and will be largely offset by demand suppression. We started planning for this in May last year and have a range of tools in place to manage any effects of the eclipse and balance the network, including demand side services and extra generation.'
The effect on solar power is likely to be greater in other parts of Europe which depend more than we do on the sun for electricity generation.
Solar panels feed large amounts of electricity into the power grids of Germany, Italy and France. In the summer, up to 40% of Germany's energy comes from its solar farms.
The last European eclipse occurred before the proliferation of solar power, so experts are somewhat in the dark over what will actually happen.
Beauty spot: Gloom descends over the River Severn and Worcester Cathedral this morning as the sun became covered by the moon
The once-in-a-decade solar eclipse earlier today over Linlithgow Palace in West Lothian, Scotland
People watch in darkness during the totality of a solar eclipse on as seen from a hill beside a hotel on the edge of the city overlooking Torshavn, the capital city of the Faeroe Islands
A partial solar eclipse of the sun is visible next to the statues of Milan's cathedral in northern Italy today
Framed: The partial solar eclipse seen above a mosque in Oxford topped with the Islamic crescent symbol
Spectacle: Observers gathered in Cardiff using specially adapted equipment to watch the progress of the eclipse
Enthusiasts: Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, left, watched the eclipse in Glasgow; fisherman Paul Barker, right, looked up from the dock in Ilfracombe, Devon
Royals: The Dutch king and queen, Willem-Alexander and Maxima, with their eclipse glasses on in Hamburg
Crowd: People watching the Solar Eclipse on Primrose Hill took extra precautions to protect themselves but were left disappointed by dense cloud cover
View: The public was warned not to look directly at the sun and to use solar glasses with thick filters
Inventive: One viewer used beer boxes and Pringles tubes to make an impromptu eclipse viewer
Handout: A police officer giving away solar glasses to the crowds at Regent's Park
Disappointment: Many Londoners were unable to see the eclipse because of the clouds above the city, pictured
Waiting game: A photographer prepares for the solar eclipse in Nottinghamshire, which enjoyed clear skies
New dawn: The Sun rises over the Eden Project near St Austell in Cornwall, ahead of a near-total eclipse of the sun
One of the best vantage points was in South Gloucestershire, where amateur astronomer Ralph Wilkins described the 'eerie' feeling as a chilly gloom descended and shadows sharpened.
Elsewhere there were reports of birds 'going crazy' and flocking to trees, confused by the fading light.
For much of the UK, the eclipse revealed itself as an abnormal level of darkness at 9.30am in the morning while the sun remained hidden behind a blanket of cloud.
In Europe, eye damage wasn't the only hazard. In Switzerland, a man broke his leg falling off a ramp as he watched
But there were pockets of clear skies over Wales, parts of the West Country and the Midlands, and eastern Scotland around Edinburgh.
Around the UK, the proportion of the sun covered by the moon increased towards the north, ranging from 84% in London to 89% in Manchester, 93% in Edinburgh and 97% in Lerwick in the Shetland Isles.
Times also varied. In overcast London, the eclipse began at 8.24am, and reached its maximum extent at 9.31am. For observers in Edinburgh, it started at 8.30am and peaked at 9.35 am.
The last solar eclipse of such significance occurred on August 11 1999, and was 'total' - with 100% of the Sun covered - when seen from Cornwall.
Another 'deep' partial eclipse visible in the UK will not occur until August 12, 2026, and the next total eclipse not until September 2090.
Ralph Wilkins, from the London-based Baker Street Irregular Astronomers, who joined a group of sky-watchers outside a school in Hambrook, South Gloucestershire, to witness the eclipse, said: 'The sky started clearing just after first contact and we were able to watch the moon glide in front of the sun.
'It was a unique experience - eerie is the right word for it. The shadows started to sharpen and everything began to develop this yellowish hue.
Pupils at a primary school were banned from watching the eclipse because of 'religious and cultural reasons', it has emerged.
Parents of children at North Primary School in Southall, London, were 'outraged' by the decision and claimed it showed a triumph of 'religious superstition' over scientific education.
Phil Belman, whose seven-year-old daughter goes to the school, met head-teacher Ivor Johnstone, who said he was unable to elaborate on the decision because of 'confidentiality'.
'Is it going to be Darwin next?' said Mr Belman. 'I asked the headteacher to elaborate which religions and which cultures? But he said it had to be confidential.'
Fellow parent Khairoe Islam said: 'I'm a Muslim and in my religion it doesn't say we can't watch an eclipse'.
Ealing Council confirmed the pupils were not allowed out of their classrooms but said they could see the eclipse on TV screens. A spokesman said the council had asked for clarification about why children were prevented from watching the eclipse.
Meanwhile, the family of a young astronomy fan who died aged ten gave 28,000 pairs of protective eclipse glasses to schoolchildren in his memory.
George Higginson, from Overton, Lancs, was killed in a road crash in 2009. His memorial fund paid for the glasses to be sent to 80 schools in the Lancaster area.
His father, Jonathan, said George was a 'fanatic over science and astronomy'.
'Whenever there's a solar eclipse in the UK you tend to get cloud, so to be treated to clear skies was really wonderful. It really was beautiful. We were all thrilled.'
Brian Stokes, chairman of the Swansea Astronomical Society, joined eclipse watchers on a bright sunny morning at the city's National Waterfront Museum.
He said: 'It was open to everyone and people were being handed solar eclipse glasses. We were there with our telescopes.
'I saw about 80% of the sun covered, with a clear crescent at the bottom. Looking through a telescope, it was magnificent.
'The Swansea promenade was packed with people; they were lined all the way along. I thought that was wonderful but trusted that they were using the right equipment.'
He said he had spoken to about 1,000 children and adults about the dangers of looking directly at the sun.
'I've been in two minds about the eclipse,' said Mr Stokes. 'On the one hand I was excited and couldn't wait, but another part of me wanted it to be cloudy. Then I'd I be assured that all the primary school children were safe.'
Protection: An eclipse watcher looks on a in Worcestershire while a man views the solar eclipse outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh
Victoria, from Birmingham, looks up to the sun wearing protective goggles as she sits on the beach with her dog during a partial solar eclipse in Barcelona
Spectators observe the partial solar eclipse in Belgrade, Serbia, as the Partial Solar Eclipse was seen in Europe, northern and eastern Asia and northern and western Africa
Picture postcard: An Egyptian uses special glasses to view a partial solar eclipse as people gather near the Sphinx at the Giza Pyramids
Breathtaking: The Wetterstein mountains darken during the partial solar eclipse in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Football stars: Former England manager Fabio Capello watches near the Kremlin in central Moscow, where he now manages Russia, while Bayern Munich players Franck Ribery and Medhi Benatia stare from behind glasses
A celestial spectacular ruined by the British weather: Cloud wrecks chance of seeing the eclipse for millions across the UK
Millions of Britons were left disappointed by the first solar eclipse this century after heavy cloud coverage obscured the view across the country.
But many reacted with typical British humour and took to social media to ask 'what eclipse?' and post hilarious memes as the celestial show peaked at around 9.30am amid grey skies.
Jack Fraser posted a picture of grey clouds with a caption: 'What a view of the eclipse. Where are my sunglasses?'
Jackie Stradling said: So glad I didn't go to the trouble of getting special eclipse goggles. Can't see a thing! #whateclipse?
Sarah Rees said: 'It had to be cloudy today didn't it #eclipse2015 #whateclipse'
Martha Edwards said: 'Well that was a disappointment. Pretty nonexistent eclipse. Felt like just another dull day to me.'
Millions of Britons were left disappointed by the first solar eclipse this century after heavy cloud coverage obscured the view, pictured in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham
Maggie Towner said: 'Belinda have I overslept and missed it? Nothing happening here #eclipse #whateclipse?'
Harry Broster said: 'Eclipse conspiracy. I want my money back.'
Laura Stewart said: 'Felt more like a day in January to me.'
Enthusiasts gathered at places such as Stonehenge and the Isle of Lewis to catch a glimpse of the eclipse but were disappointed by the cloud cover obstructing the view.
Software engineer Amarjeet Rai, from London, said: 'Solar eclipse this morning. Shame it's cloudy.'
RG Goldie from Jersey tweeted: 'So cloudy I can't even tell where the sun is right now.'
The moon started moving at 8.24am and peak at around 9.30am. It is expected to finish at around 10.30.
Lincolnshire and the Midlands through to southern parts of Wales were treated to the best view as the moon moved in front of the sun covering up to 97 per cent of its surface.
Around 40 million people in Scotland were unable to see the eclipse due to cloud coverage and heavy rain. The moon started moving at 8.24am and areas such as Plymouth and Swansea saw the full solar eclipse first.
Met Office forecaster Kate Brown said said: 'The south-east corner is currently overcast and is going to stay that way into the time of the eclipse. But even if people don't see it happening they will still be able to sense it getting darker during that time.'
A Met Office spokeswoman said: 'Forecasting exactly where cloud will break and re-form is really not scientifically possible. But it's not as thick in the south as further north, so you're more likely to see breaks in the cloud the further south you are.'
Hundreds took to social media hto complain about the heavy cloud cover obscuring their view.
Sophia Swain said: 'Most of the Shard obscured by heavy cloud. No eclipse spotting here then... #eclipse2015 #London #annoying #LoveALunarEvent'
Brian Ramsbottom said: 'Too much cloud in Dublin to see #eclipse, we must make a sacrifice quickly to appease the cloud gods, I nominate Ryan Tubridy #makeitso'
Leisha said: 'Got no chance of seeing the eclipse when all I can see is thick white cloud!'
Despite the cloud, the event is expected to have a significant impact on the National Grid with a predicted loss of 850 megawatts of solar power from the electricity supply network.
The last solar eclipse of such significance occurred on August 11 1999, and was 'total' - with 100 per cent of the sun covered when seen from Cornwall.
Another 'deep' partial eclipse visible in the UK will not occur until August 12 2026, and the next total eclipse not until September 2090.
Where were all the glasses? Thousands unable to enjoy the eclipse after shops fail to stock enough special eyewear
As the country prepared for the solar eclipse, advice on how to safely watch it was rife.
With primary schools refusing pupils permission to view it and the rest of the public urged to buy appropriate eyewear, many were left desperately searching for the elusive eclipse glasses.
But with just one day to go before the spectacle swept the UK, thousands of people were left at a loss yesterday when nowhere seemed to be selling them.
Eclipseglasses.co.uk was forced to stop taking orders last week after becoming inundated with requests with so few other retailers selling the eyewear
Disgruntled shoppers took to Twitter to express their frustration after being unable to find the glasses
None of the country's main supermarket chains were stocking the glasses and dedicated websites had long sold out.
Eclipseglasses.co.uk shut up shop last week after being snowed under with orders while other online prices soared.
Sky at Night, the BBC's science magazine, was offering a free pair with every copy of its March issue that costs £7.99, but shoppers were otherwise left no choice but to scour the web for sets.
Amazon and eBay were selling the glasses individually and in bulk, with prices ranging from £20 a pair to £50 for ten.
Many complained about the shortage, claiming more were available at the last eclipse.
In 1999, around 70 people reported a loss of vision after staring directly at the sun as it eclipsed the moon.
Around 35 reported problems within two days, Public Health England said.
John O'Hagan, head of the optical radiation group at PHE, urged caution when preparing to watch it.
He said: 'An eclipse is an amazing spectacle and one which we expect people all over the UK to enjoy.
'But it's important to remember that this amazing sight, if viewed incorrectly, could pose a risk to your eyesight.
'Even if it's cloudy there's a risk of eye damage. Sunglasses won't give enough protection. Although they may reduce the sun's glare, they allow you to look for longer, allowing more sunlight into the eye.'
'In an eclipse, strong sunlight penetrates into our eyes and the retina can be damaged, without the feeling of pain.'
Furious parents spoke out earlier in the week after being told their children would not be allowed to watch the eclipse over health and safety fears.
In Cheshire parents were asked to sign permission slips if they wanted their child to be involved while parents in Aberdeenshire resorted to keeping their children off school so that they could witness the eclipse.
Some schools were selling glasses to pupils for £1 while others invited children to bring colanders to watch from the playground.
How YOU saw the eclipse: MailOnline readers share their pictures of the once-in-a-generation celestial spectacular
Hundreds of MailOnline readers from across the country have shared their stunning pictures of this morning's solar eclipse despite heavy cloud coverage obscuring the view.
The celestial spectacular, which will not be seen again until 2026, plunged Britain into darkness this morning, turning the air cold and drawing the gazes of thousands of people towards the sky.
Breaks in the cloud provided the perfect view for some and these readers were able to make the most of the conditions to take these shots.
The last solar eclipse of such significance occurred on August 11 1999, and was 'total' - with 100 per cent of the sun covered when seen from Cornwall.
Send your own eclipse pictures and videos to: email@example.com
Hundreds of MailOnline readers from across the country have shared their photographs of this morning's solar eclipse, pictured is a stunning shot from David Racz
The celestial spectacular, which will not be seen again until 2026, plunged Britain into darkness this morning, pictured is a photograph taken on an iPad in Manchester
Breaks in the cloud provided the perfect view for some, pictured (left) is a view from an industrial park and (right) is a submission from Marti Haldane
MailOnline readers were able to make the most of the cloudy conditions in the UK, pictured is a dramatic submission from Jules
The last solar eclipse of such significance occurred on August 11 1999, pictured is a stunning submission from Hayley Towns
Some used unusual equipment to take their pictures of the celestial event, including Alan Ketton who used a pinhole camera
The celestial spectacular will not be seen again until 2026, pictured are submissions from Sharon (left) and Rebecca Demaine (right)
Sharon sent in this picture of the heavy cloud obscuring the eclipse near the Angel of the North in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
This stunning shot showing the solar eclipse over Preston, Lancashire, at around 9.15 this morning was sent in by Ben Robinson
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Most people have never heard of an Okapi. They are strange animals that have a slight resemblance to the giraffe. They are part of the giraffe family. Scientists once thought the Okapi was extinct, but they were proven wrong in the 20th century when a few Okapi were found. The only Okapis in the world are located either in the northeastern part of the Congo or in zoos. Worldwide, there are 154 Okapis in 42 zoos, the majority in North America and Europe. There are an estimated 10,000-20,000 Okapis in the world today.
The Okapi is a very strange looking animal. They resemble a cross between a giraffe, a horse and a zebra. They stand around 5 to 6 feet tall, are about 6 to 8 feet long, and weigh 440 to 600 pounds. Their body shape is very similar to that of a giraffes, except they do not have long necks. Males have short horns on top of their heads, much like the horns found on a giraffe's head. Their fur is a reddish-brown color everywhere except their legs, which have the same white and black pattern seen on zebras. Scientists believe the fur is used as camouflage against predators, and it is also waterproof to help keep them warm when the torrential rains come in.
Okapis are herbivores; they eat fruits, plants, nuts, grass, leaves, and fungi. They are prey to a few predators, crocodiles, leopards, and humans. The native tribes of the Congo hunt the Okapi for food; they also pay tribute to them by painting themselves like them when hunting and during war times. Okapis are usually solitary, only coming together to breed and mothers with their young.
The Okapi is considered a threatened species. Poaching has had a serious affect on their numbers, but more so has loss of habitat. Lumber and farming industry in the Congo has had devastating affect on the Okapis habitat and their food supply. The constant conflicts in the Congo have also added too the Okapis decline.
The Okapi was first thought to be a myth from delirious explorers from Africa, and then they were believed to be an extinct animal. Today, we can see these interesting and unique animals in zoos throughout the world, and a few very lucky people will get to see them in their natural environment. Hopefully, these strangely wonderful creatures will continue to grow in numbers, so they do not become the extinct animals they were once believed to be.
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Tuesday, September 4, 2007
La Festa Italiano
Clearly, I'm not Italian - as I probably didn't even spell that correctly. All the same, this past weekend we had our annual trip to the Italian Fest in Scranton. We walked around the same block 5 times, got something new to eat with each round, and said our "hello's" to the miscellaneous BBC people we would see. There was something oddly comfortable about this year. Maybe it's because it was my 7th festival. :) I can't believe I've been here for almost 8 years now...I never would have guessed this. It's truly amazing to look back and remember - not only what God has done, but to remember the fun memories, experiences and associated events. This festival in particular gives me warm memories of piling into cars and coming down with my girlfriends from the dorm. We would have a fabulous time "people watching", we would just laugh and laugh, and laugh more as we watched the "Frank Sinatra" double perform for the masses, never as good as the original - but trying so hard, and so loudly. It also makes me think of all the different phases of people we go through - the true friends, the acquantences, the "obligated to go with" group, etc. It's amazing how life changes, almost cyclic - and I'm sure it's supposed to be like that. This year we went with some cousins, Becki and Adam. I was so thankful to be with family - it's just natural, care free, fun. And even though I don't know them super well (brad's side of fam), just knowing it's family makes it better.
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Soon I've picked every berry in the garden! So far we've made black currant cordial, red currant jelly with mint, red berry syrup and red gooseberry marmalade. The husband has made "No mango sauce", a hot sweet fruity chili sauce with lots of canned fruit but no mango(hence the name), and the traditional thai garlic chili jam Nam Prik Phao. It's like Santas workshop in the kitchen. I've also been baking loads of cakes. Every weekend during summer we keep the gallery open and soon it's time for the yearly "Art wave". The busiest weekend for us of the whole year. We're planning on selling plenty of cakes, garden goodness and hopefully some of my photographs as well. I've invited another artist to sell her glass artwork in the gallery. She thought it would be fun to combine our products so we did a little photo shoot of her glass vases and some of the little chicks. What is it they say? Never work with kids or animals…well we had a lot of fun but it sure wasn't easy! I made some quick prints in the darkroom before the weekend, now they say it's gonna rain for a week so I'll have lots of time to make more without feeling guilty about missing out on the sunshine. The youngest chicks got rained on for the first time today, they weren't happy at all! They all let me catch them without trouble to go under the heating lamp in the basement. Growing fast I'm pretty sure they can stay out in the henhouse with the rest soon but I'll pamper them just a little bit longer…
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Preparations have been going on for weeks baking and making pictures to sell. Last weekend we had a xmas market in the gallery and this Saturday it's time to do it all over again. I baked loads of cakes, biscotti and meringues. My husband made Daal and surprisingly it was a best seller! We had potato and leek for the less adventurous visitors but most people still chose the spicy Indian Daal. For this weekend I've baked mini meringues (chocolate, vanilla and liquorice) and some more cake. We will do the Daal and also a tomato soup with focaccia. I'll be making wet plates of visitors that they can buy if they are happy with the result. This morning I took a break from all preparations and helped out for some charity. Sometimes when you have so much to do your head is spinning it's nice to just take some time off and do something else, the world will seize to exist. So for two hours I sat counting how many sacks, boxes etc that the second hand shop in the harbour Hönö Klova Second Hand have collected for Rumania. They do this 2-3 times a year but before xmas it's a bit special. They send off boxes of food that the generous islanders have given, this year 63 food boxes. On top of that sacks of clothes, furniture, beds etc. Everything is named with either the names of the families who will receive it or villages. It's all very organised and I think it's good to know that all the help will actually reach the goal. I did feel a bit sorry for everyone carrying everything(while I sat counting), my guess is the average age is above 60 for all of them(hope I don't offend anyone!). In spite of bad backs, shoulders etc they had after two hours packed a huge trailer with 200 sacks, 120 boxes, 14 beds, a freezer, 3 hospital beds, a wheel chair and a lot more. Very impressive I think!
Freezing winter exhibition
The gallery was open at the weekend. 3 photographers and me had pictures on show and also selling cakes and postcards. I had put Christmas lights up on the outside and framed the windows with green branches. Thought to buy Christmas tree branches from the flowershop but realised that I had everything I needed in my garden. It looked so nice, cosy and Christmassy! Bloody freezing though. The temperature dropped to a few minus degrees(celsius) and there is no heat in the barn whatsoever. In the evening I walked around indoors wearing 2 pairs of stockings, a pair of trousers, slippers, hat, woolly scarf and 3 jumpers to warm up… Saturday we had lots of visitors but Sunday not many people braved the biting icy wind. The hens don't seem to mind the cold. At one time they all came up to the barn, to peoples amusement. All in all a great weekend though! We sold my husbands sourdough bread and lots of jars with Nam prik pho and rest of the blackberry jam I made in autumn. I couldn't help myself buying one of the other photographers photos so now I have a small collection on my wall(well two) and not only my pictures. I sold a few handmade necklaces as well as photos. A few weeks ago I started making them. The first ones looked fantastic and I was overjoyed for a few days, until a couple of days later when they had gone green. Panic! After lots of Googling I found out that loads of people have had the same problem. Now I've swapped glue and clean the glass, same as I do with the wet plates and it seems to do the trick! it's so much fun making them and they look great. I don't have to buy Christmas presents this year.
Finally!! April the 23:d 2013 I started the adventure Starting on the barn turning the dump of a barn into a gallery. Leading up to the premiere I've been so stressed fixing the last things, painting signs, advertising etc etc that I've hardly eaten or slept for weeks. It was worth it though. I opened Friday and there were more people than expected and Saturday people absolutely flooded the place from opening and carried on until after closing. The photographer that I had chosen for the opening is called Karin Berglund. Karin has been working as a journalist for thirty years and she's written and photographed a number of garden books. Every year she goes on numerous garden trips around the world for inspiration, to write stories and photograph. I was flattered and surprised that she said yes when I asked her. Karin's pictures, gum bichromates and photo gravures, brought the walls to life and I think the other way around as well. I wished to sell at least one picture to make it feel even more worthwhile for her but ended up selling three! I had so much positive respons and praise during the two days that I'm overwhelmed. While talking to one guest and explaining how much work the whole transformation has taken I surprised myself by almost crying. Silly I know but it's been such a journey with real blood sweat and tears. Now it's done and I am very much looking forward to future happenings in there. A friend of mine who's a photographer, her name is Eva Brandin, sent me some pictures she took so I'll post them here because I think she really managed to catch the beauty of the new gallery. Now I'm going to bed very happy but very very tired.
The end is nigh
Counting the minutes until the opening I worked in the barn/gallery all day today until dark. I chalked one of the walls, it took 3 layers of chalky water but looks really good now when dry. Then sandpapered and painted the workbench, twice. I found some nice pieces of wood for signs. One of them was the right length but looked too new so I tea stained it, see my old blog post for more on how it's done. I printed out large letter at the library the other day and cut them out. Placed them on the wood and after a lot of measuring and taping I filled the letters with white paint. Because I used too much paint at some places it spilled under the templates a bit but I think it adds to the charm. There was an old window that had been sealed up at the back of the barn and I opened it up. By a whim I placed some old bottles there that I found under the old floor when I dug it out. The light that fell through later in the evening when I cleared the window frame was absolutely magic.
My old neighbour popped his head in during the day. Always great to have someone to give you advice and it most times it turns into stories from the old days. He went silent for a while just watching me work and then turned his head up and said -Well if the economy turns bad you have great beams. I must admit I was a bit puzzled. I gathered that he he was talking about selling the wood or something? Then he told me the story of a man born on the island. This man had an old cow and an old horse with a wagon that he sold things from. When he became old people told him that he had to get rid of his cow. Then they told him he had to get rid of his horse. The day after they found him hanging from one of the beams in his barn. So sad. We both agreed on that it would have been better that he'd gotten to keep them until the end of his days and reassured my neighbour that I would have no plans of using my beams for that ever. I'm planning to beat my neighbours age and he's 96 and still going strong.
It's a Yes
I've been waiting all summer for an official go-ahead with the barn, because I am changing the use of it from storage to gallery. Now I've had a Yes! Wohoo! I've set the opening date to October the 9th so I have about a month to do the last preparations. Plenty of time to procrastinate, as my husband would say. So instead of finishing the last details with lights etc I did some wet plates. It's great to be able to use the barn as a studio now when the weather is changing so rapidly. I wanted to do a shot that I'd been thinking about for a while. I have this big world map globe from my grandfather(which can also be used as a lamp) and thought it would look nice on a plate. Realised pretty quickly that I'd forgotten about the wet plate colour map! The collodion doesn't treat colours the normal way so when I lit up the globe it became mainly orange and green which with the collodion turned black. Looks kinda cool though and turned out great when I made one on glass(Ambrotype). I had asked my cousins daughter to come around to model. She did an amazing job. How can anyone stand still, not blink and smile in a natural way for 25 seconds? When the first plate was perfect I couldn't help thinking it would go bad somehow but the last plate ended up being my favourite.
Let there be light!
Woke up five this morning thinking about the lights in the barn. I just started doubting everything the last couple of days. Did I buy the wrong lights? Are they strong enough? Is it going to look rubbish? etc etc. This always happens when a large exhibition is coming up, I double think everything and leave it until the last minute when I get into the flow. At 7am I decided that I would have to work with what I'd bought and soon enough I got some of them up and working. What a relief! It looks great when they are on and I don't think the track lights are the first thing people will see when there are pictures on the walls. I drilled holes in a piece of wood and attached the imported lamps that I bought(you can see them here) in the ceiling. I love the light they add, very warm and cosy. For more inspiration the whole family went to an exhibition down the harbour. We actually went to the opening last night but there were so many people that you could hardly see the art! There are these couple of artists, who are also building their own gallery who don't live on the island but seem to spend most of their time here. They make the most amazing paintings and sculptures, truly unique. When I get rich and famous I will order a copy of our house and barn. The exhibition took place in a carpenters studio, a guy who specialises in boatbuilding and woodwork. A very talented musician showed his talents in drawing funny characters and entertained on the guitar (find him on slide guitar on youtube)with his daughter on vocals. Another daughter sold self designed and handmade jewellery(a very talented family!). So much inspiration, I think I'm over the self doubting part now, time to move on and get stuff done!


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Conveniently enough, he was giving a speech to the National Council of La Raza. What a coincidence! I wonder if he would give this same speech to a room full of, say, Border Patrol Agents. Just wondering.
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When communities are terrorized by ICE immigration raids, when nursing mothers are torn from their babies, when children come home from school to find their parents missing, when people are detained without access to legal counsel, when all that is happening, the system just isn't working, and we need to change it.
Hard to believe it would be possible for someone to make John McCain's immigration position look good, but there you are. Anyway, this is quite possibly the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I have a hard time gathering up much sympathy for illegal immigrants seeing as how their mere entry into this country makes them criminals. They break our laws to get here, and then we're just supposed to look the other way? Well, sorry. That isn't how it works. Breaking the law bears consequences, and perhaps these illegal immigrants should think about that before they come here illegally.
Is this really the kind of person we want as President, someone who thinks that Al Qaeda and ICE are similar organizations? It's unbelievable to me that he would smear immigration enforcement that way, especially as there's no basis in truth to anything he's saying. As Ed says,
The ICE raids workplaces when they have probable cause to suspect an employer of hiring illegal aliens. They arrest workers who have false IDs and/or cannot prove their identification. The ICE takes pains to find children who have been in school when these raids occur and no other guardian can be found, and unless I missed a news story, ICE agents do not tear babies from nursing mothers' breasts. Does Obama have a citation for that, or does he just feel like lying to people to make ICE agents sound like Nazi brownshirts?
My guess is that he's perfectly happy making ICE agents sound like Nazi brownshirts, especially given his audience. That was probably his goal going into it. Doesn't matter how honorable the men and women working for ICE may be, the Obamamessiah's got votes to win. If he'll throw his own grandmother under the bus to get the Presidency, why should anyone else be safe?
And AJ Strata points out that he might just be channeling his good friend Bill Ayers:
Is anyone being beaten or bombed? Is anyone being oppressed because they broke the law? Hell no. And to insult those who are doing what they can to stem the tide of illegals by equating them with al-Qaeda, the Taliban, Hamas and others who really do 'terrorize' people just shows what a panderer Obama is. I cannot also help but note how much these comments echo those of the Weather Underground from the 60's, who decided to use violence against America. Obama is clearly having a "Bill Ayers moment" here.
And if this really bothers the Obamamessiah so, then why hasn't he done anything during his stint as a U.S. Senator to change that? Is it possibly because he was pandering to his audience just a little bit? Could it be he's taken no action against what is apparently the reincarnation of the Gestapo because he knows it would be a politically disastrous move? Or was he actually speaking candidly to the La Raza crowd? Which is it?
In any case, all McCain needs is for the Obamamessiah to keep saying things like this, although I only give the Obamamessiah less than two days before he's issuing a retraction or a clarification or whatever he thinks he needs to do for damage control.
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bkenney2 wrote:Sorry if this has been asked, but some of the information earlier in this thread may be outdated. Does anyone know about entering JAG early. What branches have programs that take 1Ls or 2Ls? Or is it mostly direct appointment post bar? I am most interested in Army, but open to other branches. If anyone knows or has links (that would be awesome) let me know. Thanks.
It took me less than 2 minutes on Google to find this information for USA, USN, and USAF JAG. Each service branch has their own JAG recruiting page and you'll find all the accession programs w/ application requirements. Use the force.


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Mistress Emily was asked to try shit fetish in exchange for a certain amount of money. She was broke and she needed the money so she agreed to that deal. She looked for a loser and she had a great time experimenting with shit. She did not know it was that interesting. Besides the smell, she enjoyed it and it was one of the easiest money she has ever made.
Mistress Nikole is an adventurous mistress. She felt like shitting but she did not want to shit in the toilet. After pondering what to do, she remembered her slave and she decided to turn him into her human toilet. She went to his room and without any warning, she made him lie on the ground and she shit on his face and into his mouth. She used her hands to shove the shit into his mouth.
Mistress Lisa and her friend are new to scat fetish. But they are determined mistresses and wanted to make sure that they were among the best scat queens there were. They got a slave and had fun making him eat their shit and drink their pee. They humiliated him till they were tired and satisfied that it was enough practice for the day. They then let him go away and they feasted.
When you mess with this mistress, you never know what you got yourself into. She likes to make sure that she punishes anyone who crosses her path so badly he or she will never think of doing it again. This guy crossed her path and forced him to drink her pee and eat her shit. It was disgusting for him and fun for her. The guy lived to regret ever crossing paths with her.
Mistress Kaidence wanted to make an instructional video for her slaves. She has many fans and many of them have even offered to pay to watch her show them how to do the scat fetish right. For those who have subscribed to her website, she made a hot video showing how she was shitting in various positions. It was a hot video and helped her gain many paying members to her site.
This loser toilet slave is laying on the bathroom floor on his back with his face covered with a black stocking except for his mouth. She forces her loser slave to open his mouth wide and she squats down over his face with her ass just inches above his mouth as she pushes out her firm creamy log right into his mouth. She forces him to eat every bite of her shit and then makes him lick her feet clean.
This sexy nurse is ready to please you in every way that you would like. She is wearing a very stunning nurses outfit with no panties under it and she sits down on the wood floor facing you so you can see everything as she spreads her legs apart and starts masturbating right in front of you. She then has you slide your dick right under her ass on the floor and then she shits all over it and covers your dick with her warm creamy shit.
Alexa is a hot and sexy mistress. But she loves unorthodox things. Like she loves to shit on herself and then play with that shit
These sexy teenage scat girls are outside taking a nature hike in the woods and once they are out by themselves and they start to have some fun. The lift up their sexy dresses and move their panties to the side and squat down and start shitting outside in the wild. These sexy babes love to get in front of the camera and shit for you to enjoy as they put their creamy shit all over the ground.
This sexy mistress is in the middle of a long and busy day and she finds herself in town hall and she has to take a massive shit. She heads to the public restroom in the town hall and then she finds an open stall and goes into it and takes off her pants. She then squats down over the toilet using the stall walls for balance as she pushes out her creamy shit log into the toilet.
These two sexy mistresses have a loser slave who is their new human toilet and they are ready to teach him how to be a proper human toilet. These sexy mistresses waste no time as they fill the mouth of the slave with their hot piss and they then make him swallow it. Then they squat down over his mouth and fill it with their shit and whip his balls while they make him eat all of their stinky shit.
Hot Jenicha has to take a shit while wearing her sexy red high heels so she squats down on the hard wood floors and spreads her legs apart. She then takes and pushes out a firm log that lands on the floor between her heels. After she is done shitting she takes her sharp heels and uses them to play in her shit stomping it down until it is smeared all over the place!
Hot Jenicha has to take a shit and she wants to be creative while out at a shopping center. She goes into the bathroom and squats down on the floor and pushes out her creamy log onto the floor of the bathroom instead of the toilet. She then wipes her ass with paper and puts the paper on top of the shit on the floor and heads back out to shopping!
Hot Jenicha knows that you have always wanted to see her taking a shit with the perfect view of the shit coming out of her ass and today she has that ready just for you. She squats down on a glass table and lets you lay underneath of it so you can watch her puckering asshole as she pushes out the creamy pile of shit! Then she drops the shit right onto the glass and gets down and licks it up!
Hot Jenicha is a sexy mistress and she knows that you are really hungry and she has an extra special treat just for you! She lets you get up nice and close and watch as she pushes out her large thick log! She wants you to get closer and eat the shit right as it comes out of her asshole and then she wants you to lick her asshole clean with your tongue!
Hot Jenicha is a sexy mistress and she is letting you have a nice close up of her asshole as she pushes out a creamy shit into the toilet. She is standing up backwards over the toilet with her ass facing you and she lets you get nice and close as she pushes out her creamy log. She knows you like to watch it as it comes out of her ass and lands into the water below.
Hot Jenicha is a sexy mistress and she has to take a shit so she decides to be a nice neighbor and fertilize her neighbors garden to help his plants grow. She heads over to his garden and then takes off her pants and panties. She squats down over his row of plants and starts shitting right on top of them. She drops a creamy load right into his garden to help his plants out! Hopefully he will like her thoughtfulness.
Hot Jenicha is a sexy mistress who takes a plastic container and puts it on the floor and squats down over it and starts to shit. She manages to push out several creamy shit nuggets and they call into the container under of her sexy ass. She then fills the container with her nuggets and then starts to eat a few of them. She knows that you want to try one of her sexy nuggets and she might share them with you if you are lucky!
Hi I'm a hot little blonde who loves to spread my shit all over for you. I love when my slave lays under my ass and watches my log slowly slides out of my ass on to his face. I also like to play with my crap let it go through my fingers it makes my pussy tingle to the point it gets all wet. I hope you like to watch me play with my shit.
Kinky brunette mistress Hot Jenicha has to take a massive shit in the morning and she wants you to see the fat sausage as it comes out of her tight asshole. She sits on the edge of the bathtub and has her ass hanging into the tub so as she starts to push the piece of shit hangs on her tight asshole and then falls into the bathtub below so you can see every detail of the action.
Super sexy Hot Jenicha needs to take a shit but she wants you to be able to watch her shit up close. She takes off her pants and panties and squats down over the laminate floor with her naked ass completely exposed. She then lets you get up nice and close so you can watch her puckering asshole as she starts to push out her creamy log on to the floor beneath of her!
Hot Jenicha is a super sexy scat queen that loves to get creative with her warm creamy shit. Today she is making her own ashtray and she knows that you want to share it with her. She takes an empty plastic container and puts it on the floor and squats above it. Then she pushes out several thin creamy logs and they fill up the container. Finally she lights her cigarette and smokes using the shit container as an ashtray.
Mistress perches herself on the edge of the bathtub to humiliate you personally. She takes off her shorts and even her panties, giving you a good look at her shaved panties. But you're only good to get down under ass and eat up al her precious shit.
Toilet slave is extremly humiliated, but these girls force him to do it any way. They blindfold him and force him on the ground to take turns licking their anuses. This is part of a series, and now it's Brittany's turn.
This particular thing is not even worthy of being called a slave. But it tries to serve Mistress in any way it can. It makes a good show of it, licking feet, bowing, crawling. But finally Mistress puts it in it's place by pulling aside her panties to shit directly in it's mouth
Sonya has been talking about her male human toilet to her friends. They like the idea, and decide to come over to her house to humilite him by tying him under a chair so he can't escape and shitting directly on his face.
Pinknwet could not be any more fun when she grabs a hold of her pale ass cheeks and pushes out a nice shit. Her poop is always nice and firm, which tells a lot about her diet. She is a healthy mistress, so her poop will be a direct reflection about her. Her slave also get to eat her shit on a regular basis, but not today.
Messalina can be a very evil bride on her wedding day, but that doesn't mean that her slave can slack off. Her slave must clean her ass no matter what is on her ass. Even if Messalina takes a giant shit, her slave much get down on the ground and stick out his tongue and clean every bit of shit from her perfect asshole. She must have a clean ass.
Miss Missa X is a very exciting lady, because she loves to show off her skills for a friend. Her special friend that is turning out to be her slave is going to get a terrific view of her taking a huge shit. Her friend is going to be front row to watch her push out a nice long log of poo directly from her perfect asshole.
Princess Nikki is so hot and sexy. She has great legs and very awesome smooth tan skin, so when this hot babe decides that it is time to take a giant shit, she is ready. She gets her pathetic slave to hold a plate, so she can stand over the plate and push out a nice warm shit. The slave is also going to get some pee too.
Even amateur ladies can learn how to shit. All the amateur has to do is eat a really good meal with lots of fiber. From there she will be able to pull her butt cheeks apart, so that she is able to really push out a huge shit. Once she gets the hang of shitting, she can then invite a slave over and show him just who is boss.
Domina Victoria has the perfect round ass. Her ass is so perfect that anything that falls out of her ass is going to be sexy. You can pass up an opportunity to see Domina Victoria take a huge shit right on top of her weak pathetic slave. Her slave is trained quite well, and will be very happy to eat all of Domina Victoria's warm shit.
Juicy Jade is known for a good shit, but in some cases she can take it to the extreme. Juicy Jade ate a really greasy meat pizza, so naturally her stomach is a bit upset. An upset tummy means she is going to take a huge nasty shit that is going to smell really bad, and look as though her pizza had cleaned out her asshole really well.
Scatty girl is a sexy blonde mistress that tries out scat play for the first time and is amazed with the intense orgasm that she had. She starts out standing in the bathtub because the toilet is out of order and she drops several creamy logs in the tub. She then takes the creamy shit and uses it like lotion covering her sexy body with her warm stinky shit until she cums!
This sexy mistress is full of shit today and she really has to work to get it all out. She starts out on the counter and tries to push but she pisses all over instead. She then moves to the floor as she squats down over the wrapper for the toilet paper and is able to push out a large log. She is not done yet as she moves to the toilet and slightly squats so you can see her push out the rest.
Mistress Jenicha is a stunning brunette mistress that has taken a fresh shit into a contain and is now taking that shit and using it to make herself a light snack. She takes the shit and presses it into a tomato making a healthy snack that she can use to give her slave a special surprise or she can add it to his sandwich and he might not even know it is there.
Miss Missa X is a stunning blonde mistress with massive tits and a shaved pussy that has an extra special surprise for you! She stands above you looking down so that you can see her pussy, her tits and her smile and then she starts pissing. She gives you a golden shower covering you with her hot piss and soaking your face and mouth with her golden nectar leaving you covered in her hot piss.
Mistress Jenicha is a sexy mistress with dark hair that loves to make her slave the best meals possible. She takes a plastic container and then puts it under her ass and shits into the container. She fills the container with her fresh shit and then brings it to the table and offers it to you. She wants to watch you eat her shit while she smokes her cigarette.
Mistress Nica is a sexy mistress that sits down on her portable toilet and takes a shit while her slave lays under the toilet and the crap lands on his face and covers him with it. She is also busy smoking a cigarette while she shits on her slave and she drops the ash all over him. Finally her friend Mistress Nicole sits down and pisses on his face to go with the shit as well.
This sexy Ebony mistress submits to her slaves request and makes him lay down as she lines her ass up over his face. She smothers her with her round black ass pressing her weight down on him and making him submit to her complete control. She then lines her anus up with his mouth and he opens it up and she starts pushing out her shit right into her human toilets mouth.
Helena loves to take shits all over her slaves t shirts and this times she takes a nice hot shit over his red, white and blue striped shirt. Pretty soon the slave is not going to have any more t shirts to wear. Helena looks sexy smoking her cigarette and squatting down on the toilet to take a nice shit over the pathetic slaves shirt which she leaves a pile on.


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Long-time fans of the IWS know that it is our shows at the Medley where we stake our claim to being the best hardcore wrestling promotion in Canada and one of the best in the world. The Medley is where our blood beats faster, where we jump higher, where we dare more. It is the canvas where we dare to dream.
On January 26th, we do it again, when we return to the Medley for *Praise the Violence*. We first started this tradition back in 2001 with a show named, curiously enough, *Praise the Violence*.
This show saw PCP Crazy F'N Manny forced to fight twice in one night in order to achieve his dream of becoming the IWS Champion. (Beating then champion Nixon Stratus - IWS trivia fans.)
Seven years later and history repeats itself, only this time it is PCP Crazy F'N Manny who is champion, and it is he who is forcing his challengers to fight and destroy each other before getting a shot at his belt.
Four men will face off hoping to win the privilege of fighting a rested and prepared Manny in his specialty – an IWS Hardcore match. These four men, each with his own reasons for wanting to become the next IWS champion, are: IWS Canadian Champion Max Boyer, former IWS champion Franky the Mobster, former IWS champion Kevin Steen and former WWE tag team champion Sylvain Grenier.
Our preview show *Bloodstream* can be seen here: http://www.syndicatewrestling.com/bloodstream/0801.wmv
Praise the Violence Card
Quick and Dirty
Saturday, January 26th, 2008
Le Medley
1170 St-Denis
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Doors @ 7:30 pm, Show @ 8:30 pm
*O Brother Where Art Thou?*:
Beef Wellington vs. Kenny the Bastard
*Little Big Man*:
Twiggy and Vanessa Kraven vs. 2.0 (Jagged and Shane Matthews)
*The Break-Up*:
Sexxxy Eddy vs. Lufisto
*3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain*
IWS Tag Team Title Match:
IWS Champions The Super Smash Brothers (Player Uno and Stupefied)
vs. Up in Smoke (Cheech and Cloudy)
vs. The Untouchables (Jimmy Stone and Dan Paysan)
*The Gauntlet*
Ten Man Gauntlet includes: Samson, EXesS, Fred la Merveille, Shayne Hawke, Kid Kamikaze, Jimmy K, the Green Phantom. Winner of the match earns a shot at the IWS Title at a future show.
*The Good, the Bad and the Ugly*
Sylvain Grenier vs. Franky the Mobster vs. Kevin Steen vs. IWS Canadian Champion Max Boyer. Winner Gets an Immediate Title Shot.
*There Will Be Blood*
IWS Hardcore Title Match: IWS Champion PCP Crazy F'N Manny vs. the winner of the 4-Way match.
Detailed Preview:
It is said that the root of all evil is the love of gold. In the IWS, the root of all evil, the source of all the bad blood is caused by the love of IWS Gold. Consider the grievances of Beef Wellington, Lufisto and Twiggy - each rooted in their quest for the ultimate IWS prize.
At *Breakout 2006*, Beef Wellington intervened on Viking's behalf forcing IWS Owner PCP Crazy F'N Manny to restart the match between Viking and then champion EXesS after trying to swindle Viking with a crooked quick count. Once Viking was champion, Beef figured that he would get a courtesy title shot from the new champion, but that courtesy never came. After nearly a year and a half, Beef snapped during *Blood, Sweat and Beers 2007* and interfered in an IWS title match again, this time costing Viking the belt and making PCP Crazy F'N Manny the IWS Champion.
Having driven Viking out of the IWS, Beef comes to *Praise the Violence* with his thirst for revenge against Viking unquenched. And with no Viking around, Beef has decided to target Viking's family, namely his brother Kenny the Bastard. But if Beef thinks that Kenny will be a pushover, he may be in for quite a surprise. Toughness runs in Kenny's family and frankly so does an odd Quebec form of insanity. Kenny may be the smaller brother, but he is just as tough and twice as crazy as Viking - which Beef may find out to his cost.
Twiggy was poised to become the IWS Champion when 2.0 rushed to save their "Uncle Manny" just in the nick of time. The normally happy-go-lucky Air Guitar Hero of the IWS has nursed a grievance ever since. At *Praise the Violence*, Twiggy looks to make a statement at the expense of Jagged and Shane Matthews with the help from the ultimate fashion statement when you are looking to kick some ass: the woman the Japanese call "The Mountain" Vanessa Kraven.
They were the Royal Couple of Canadian Wrestling: Sexxxy Eddy and Lufisto, the Missionaries of Violence. They were dynamite in bed; they were dynamite in the ring. But before they could win their first title as a team, something came between them: the other woman, Sexxxy Eddy's sexxxy valet and co-star Hottie Hollie.
At *Season's Beatings 2007*, after repeatedly making sure that there will never, ever be a PCP Crazy F'N Manny Jr., Lufisto was poised to win the IWS Title when Sexxxy Eddy's music hit and Hottie Hollie came out distracting the ref long enough to help Manny win the match. Hell has no fury like a Lufisto scorned – as Eddy and Hollie are about to find out!
I am now contractually obligated to point out that you can see Hottie Hollie in action at her web-site http://www.hottiehollie.com. I should also probably say that that site is incredibly NSFW, but I would have thought that was obvious. In case you were wondering: contractually obligated = Eddy will kick my ass if I don't.
No match may be harder to call than the three-way Tag Team Title match. Cheech and Cloudy earned their shot by beating the former champions 2.0 and have had memorable and competitive battles with the Champions, the Super Smash Brothers, in the past. Jimmy Stone and Dan Paysan earned their title shot by beating (but not pinning) Player Uno and Stupefied. Dan Paysan has a history of success against both Player Uno and Stupefied as a singles competitor. Will he able to translate that history of success into IWS Tag Team gold?
Put ten IWS superstars into a Gauntlet match and you will see something memorable. But promise the winner a future shot at the IWS Title, stock that match with former champions like EXesS and the Green Phantom, IWS veterans longing for a shot like Kid Kamikaze and Fred la Merveille and hungry rookies like the arrogant Samson and the gothic daredevil Jimmy K, throw in a little mystery and sprinkle with… ok who's the joker that put Shit Hawke in this match? The last thing we need is that annoying wind-bag maudit roux winning the IWS Title.
Sylvain Grenier, Maxime Boyer, Kevin Steen and Franky the Mobster. Four very different wrestlers who claim to have four very different motivations. Sylvain Grenier wants to prove that he is the King of Quebec Wrestling. Maxime Boyer wants to prove that he is the best technical wrestler in Canada. Franky the Mobster wants to be taken seriously. And Kevin Steen, Steen wants to kill Manny and if the only way that he gets to do that is to win the IWS Title, well that's a bonus.
Steen may wear his emotions on his sleeve, but the truth is the fire in his eyes is no different than in those of Grenier or of Boyer. Even Franky the Mobster, when no one is looking, backstage when he allows his Joker façade to drop, when he looks at Manny's IWS belt, I promise you in his eyes, there is fire, there is desire, there is a love of Gold. Kevin Steen may be Franky's best friend, but if I were Kevin, I would no more turn my back on Franky than I would on Sylvain, than I would on Boyer. The one thing that these four men have in common is that there is nothing that they would not do to earn a shot at the IWS Title.
And no one knows that better than the man who has arranged for them to play demolition derby with their own bodies, the better to give him a chance to keep his precious title. His name is PCP Crazy F'N Manny, and for better or worse, he is our IWS Champion.
In the IWS, the root of all evil holds the Gold.
The IWS proudly presents: *Praise the Violence*, Saturday, January 26th, 2008 featuring Sylvain Grenier at the beautiful downtown Medley, 1170 St-Denis, near the Berri-UQAM Metro. Montreal, Quebec, CANADA.
Doors open at 7:30 PM, show starts at 9 PM.
VIP tickets are $30, Regular tickets are $25. VIP ticket holders admitted first. VIP tickets are almost sold out so order them today. No reserved seating. Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.ticketpro.ca or in person at the Medley box office. 18+. Card and times subject to change.
For more information go to www.syndicatewrestling.com or e-mail email@example.com.
The IWS presents: *Violent Valentine*, Saturday, February 16th, 2008 at Bogey's World Bar & Billiard, 3250 Cremazie Est (corner of Cremazie and St-Michel near the St-Michel metro), Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Doors open at 7:30 pm, show starts at 9:00 pm, tickets are $20 for VIP, $15 for Regular. 18+, card and times subject to change. For more information go to www.syndicatewrestling.com or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
The IWS presents: *Know Your Enemies*, Saturday, March 22nd, 2008 at Bogey's World Bar & Billiard, 3250 Cremazie Est (corner of Cremazie and St-Michel near the St-Michel metro), Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Doors open at 7:30 pm, show starts at 9:00 pm, tickets are $20 for VIP, $15 for Regular. 18+, card and times subject to change. For more information go to www.syndicatewrestling.com or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
The IWS presents: *Scarred For Life*, Saturday, April 26th, 2008 at Bogey's World Bar & Billiard, 3250 Cremazie Est (corner of Cremazie and St-Michel near the St-Michel metro), Montreal, Quebec, CANADA. Doors open at 7:30 pm, show starts at 9:00 pm, tickets are $20 for VIP, $15 for Regular. 18+, card and times subject to change. For more information go to www.syndicatewrestling.com or e-mail email@example.com.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
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Jeremiah 17:5-8 – "Thus says the LORD:
"Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart departs from the LORD. 6 For he shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when good comes, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land which is not inhabited.
7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, and whose hope is the LORD. 8 For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters, which spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes; but its leaf will be green, and will not be anxious in the year of drought, nor will cease from yielding fruit." NKJV
At the risk of being identified as one who focuses on the negative, I feel that I must address the Curse first. I believe that the Curst pronounced by God can be seen in the Church of 2016. What am I talking about? TRUSTING FLESH. Flesh, here, is not the physical body it is the nature in us, received by inheritance from our father Adam through the fall in the Garden of Eden. If you will remember that Adam did not produce offspring until after he had transgressed God's command.
Let me state emphatically that the essential motivation of Adam's transgression was not the desire to do evil, but the desire to be independent of God. That desire is found in all of Adam's descendants. It is THE FLESH – doing what we want, when we ant and how we want. In Religion it "performs" and seeks approval by doing "righteous acts" without depending on the Supernatural Power of the Holy Spirit and Grace of God. No matter how good the intentions, the final product will always be an Ishmael, not an Isaac. It will be FLESH, not FAITH.
The Flesh of Man is corrupt! Hebrews 6:1 identifies it as "dead works." Back to our text and topic, this person in Jeremiah 17:5 is not a stranger to the grace of God. It calls him one "whose heart departs from the LORD." You can't depart from what you have never known! So, the one who has experienced or known God's Grace and turns back is trusting his own ability and thereby TRUSTING THE FLESH. Jeremiah 17:6 gives a picture of the outworking of the curse in this individual's life. He lives in PARCHED PLACES and in a SALT LAND. All that surrounds him is barren and dreary. Others around him may be refreshed but it always eludes him and he lives in barrenness and frustration. That is a terrible place! He is like a bush in the desert having potential but no water needed to make it flourish. He is in stony places where the soil is dry and shallow and not conducive for producing. He will not see prosperity when it comes because he is spiritually blind and fruitless. He lives in an uninhabited salt land where there is no reproduction and fruitlessness is the norm. That is a terrible condition!
THERE IS A DANGER we must note. Every move of God of any significance in Christendom began with a powerful supernatural work of the Grace and Spirit of God. God's presence gave prominence not what they did but WHAT HE DID and WHO HE IS. Over time, history reveals, they begin to rely on their natural abilities and do the best they can in their own abilities. They MADE FLESH THEIR STRENGTH. I will not charge that it was or is malicious, but in reality, the hearts departed from God. They may and many do gain religious and intellectual respectability but forfeit God's Power and Presence. What happens is the exaltation of the Carnal over the Spiritual. That is manifested in numerous ways some are:
- Theology becomes exalted over Revelation.
- Education is placed above Character.
- Psychology overshadows Spiritual Discernment.
- Program supersedes the Leading of the Spirit of God.
- Eloquence desired above the Supernatural Power.
- Reason replaces Faith.
- Laws have more prominence than Love.
The Lifeblood of any person or church is Relationship with God and the continual revelation of God's person to His people. If you shut that off, all you have is a study about God not the Living Presence of the LIVING GOD HIMSELF. All those find their root in one basic error. Putting man in a place God has reserved solely for Himself, through Christ's finished work on the Cross. In Galatians 3:1-10, Paul traces the problem from its source to its culmination and calls it WITCHCRAFT. I know that will be troubling for some but read verse 1 and you will follow what I'm saying. What has blinded the spiritual eyes and clouded the mind? What has covered the Cross so that whereas we could see God (Jeremiah 17:5) but now we cannot – – WHAT HAPPENED? If we lose sight of the Grace of God in its fullness the inevitable result is returning or turning to a System of Religious Laws where we Trust the Flesh to Perform.
I will say more on this subject but pause here and pray that God grant you a new vision of Him and enable you to see any areas in which you are trusting flesh rather than God and run to the altar and receive His Presence today.
God bless you as you enjoy this day He has made and be overflowing with rejoicing and thanksgiving!