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ST. PAUL - Minnesota House Democrats propose increasing taxes on rich Minnesotans, smokers, drinkers, businesses that recently moved to Minnesota and youths downloading Internet music.
House Tax Chairwoman Ann Lenczewski, DFL-Bloomington, said the bill is the biggest tax-reform measure in 20 years. She said it eliminates tax laws the state no longer can afford, items not fair and what is not working.
Republicans, however, said the bill introduced Monday is little more than a tax increase for most Minnesotans.
The House measure, written by Democrats who control the chamber, raises $1.5 billion for the next two-year state budget.
A bill to be unveiled today by Senate Democrats would raise taxes $2 billion. It is not expected to include alcohol or tobacco tax increases, like the House plan, but may affect lower income Minnesotans than the House.
Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty says he will not consider a state tax increase, but he would borrow $1 billion to help run the state.
Minnesota faces a $4.6 billion deficit in a budget that likely will spend more than $33 billion for the two years beginning July 1.
House Minority Leader Marty Seifert, R-Marshall, said the Democratic tax plan would hurt businesses and hinder job creation.
Rep. Laura Brod, R-New Prague, said that the bill removes some of the Job Opportunity Building Zones tax breaks, meaning businesses that moved to Minnesota to get the tax breaks would discover those breaks are no longer available. That is breaking a state promise, she said.
Overall, Brod said, the bill adds taxes on many Minnesotans. "It's hitting everyone from age 9 on up."
Lenczewski said the bill features "bold reform" that is acceptable because of the big budget problem. "Let's not waste the deficit."
The tax leader said among those reforms are eliminations of several tax breaks that mostly wealthy Minnesotans receive.
Lenczewski's bill would raise $468 million in the next two years by raising income taxes on Minnesota couples who earn at least $300,000 a year. Lenczewski said the richest Minnesotans now pay the lowest tax rate.
The proposal would increase taxes on many alcoholic drinks by 3 cents to 5 cents per drink, raising $42 million.
Tobacco taxes also would go up; cigarettes, for instance, would be taxed 54 cents per pack of 20 cigarettes more than under current law. Total state taxes would be $1.77 per pack, with federal taxes also going up.
Higher tobacco taxes would bring the state $187 million.
Lenczewski said the higher tobacco and liquor taxes are designed to help the state pay for health-care costs associated with smoking and drinking that "cost all Minnesotans."
Also, the House bill would eliminate a limit on how much property tax levies could rise in cities and counties. Counties could increase sales taxes by a half percent instead of raising property taxes.
Local governments, which would have fewer state mandates under the bill, would receive slightly less state aid, but Rep. Paul Marquart, DFL-Dilworth, said city aids would return to 2009 levels in two years.
Rep. Morrie Lanning, R-Moorhead, wrote provisions that would eliminate the now-mandated truth in taxation hearings local governments must hold to give the public a chance to comment on proposed taxes. However, under the new bill governments would be required to let taxpayers know about other meetings when they can provide input.
Pawlenty's JOBZ program takes a hit in the House bill. The program is designed to eliminate most taxes on businesses locating in many rural areas. The bill eliminates the breaks given for income and corporate franchise taxes.
The bill would tax downloads such as music from the Internet.


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Bought this camera as a deal with the 50mm and 75-300mm lenses and havent looked back since. Having prviously owned a 35mm film Canon AE1. I was unsure about SLR digital cameras however stuck with what I knew which is Sony. It came with very easy to use instructions and after charging I was able to run through all the menus on the large LCD screen on the rear of the camera. You look through the viewfinder on the top as with a SLR camera however the picture you get sits slightly outside of this area.
This is OK as you never just miss anything and with the ability to crop pictures then there is no real issue with having too much. Like an ordinary SLR film camera you also have the ability to change your settings on the top left of the camera body or leave it in automatic mode and the camera focuses on its own and chooses to use the flash or not dependent on conditions. The flash pops up from the top of the camera body and is robust and easy to push back down after use. It also has a non flash mode for those times that you just know your going to get red eye.
The battery in contained underneath the body in an easy to access pop open flap and it can only go back in one way which makes it easy to put back. I have used the camera for several days and not run out of juice - there is an indicator on the screen giving you the percentage left in the battery and this is very acurrate. The camera only comes with one battery and a charger but I invested in another just in case. However it dosnt take long to get 50% charge into the unit so that you can use it.
The memory card is sony's own and as you would expect can come with a heafty price tag. But shopping around gives competitive prices and some good deals a 2 GB can take about 300 pictures on a high setting so no need to buy too many cards. The strap for the camera is very good and sits the camera in the right place if you have it hung around your neck. I have taken this camera to France and dragged it around every World War Two bunker on the Normandy coast and also to the top of Ben Nevis and I dont believe there is a scratch on it. The caps for the front of the lense can be awkward but not a major issue and the caps supplied for the other end of the lense is better and screws on to save any damage.
As with most cameras like this you need a bag to carry it around and the Sony alpha bag is not up to the job, I tried one and it didnt last and went for a small rucksack version by a differnet maker.
Ultimately the pictures that the camera takes are second to none. You can also review as you go and delete the ones that "didnt quite make it" The quality as you enlarge on the screen stays with you and allows you to print to A4 size without any issues at all. I have had excellent feedback from people I have taken pictures for at do's etc and of course you can just send them a disc with them all on.
Great DSLR for beginners! I was a complete novice when I purchased this camera and found it easy to use with easy to understand menus. The price was excellent I would recommend it to any budding photographer. Be warned though the lenses are a little steep compared to Nikon or Canon. I liked the fact that you can use the 'Duo' type memory sticks as well as the Compact Flash variety so if you have other Sony equipment this will save you some pennies.
The body of the camera feels well built and solid, doesn't feel plasticky like others I tried. I found the picture quality very good for a budget range camera even on fairly large blow ups.
The only real annoying thing is not being able to get a live view on the LCD screen before you take the shot but I suppose you have to compromise on certain things!
This is my first DSLR camera, i have had it for about a year now. the quality is really good and some of the photos i have taken are amazing, it is really easy to navigate around all the buttons and use its features. It isnt too heavy or too bulky and was rather cheap (i got it for £227), it came with one lense, a lense cap, charger and USB cable and a carry strap (which is good quality).
It has been the perfect camera to start a hobby in photography. The down side to it is that i am bored with it and want a camera with better quality and takes photos to more of a proffesional standard, it also takes quite a long time to focus on objects especially in low lit areas, and when it is dark it will very rarely take pictures and the flash seems to be REALLY bright making some pictures look to intense and leaving people blinking for a while afterwards!
Though all in all i would reccomend this camera as it is the perfect first DSLR camera!
I like to take lots of photos when I go away on holiday and do like to take pictures that look professional. This camera is very versatile with the various different modes so you can get the perfect shot for any occasion. I found the macro mode on this camera is very sharp but I would say that it takes a long time to focus on what you actually want especially if the background is very busy. It gets a little confused. The display screen is very ingenius by the way that it has the variety to move. It helps if the sun is behind you and you get glare on the screen, it also helps if you are taking photos of things that are on the ground. For example if you are an older person you won't really have to bend down so far to take that lower picture as the screen can move to face up so you can view what you are photographing. I think for the money, this camera is a bargain as you can use it as a very professional camera or you can literally point and click as it is very light and very easy to use.
I wouldn't say I'm a pro photographer at all, so forgive me if in this review I do not discuss 'aperture' or the likes of, but look instead to the quality and user-friendliness of this starter DSLR.
Until now, I've had crap cameras. Always wanted a good one but baulked at the thought of spending hundreds on one. Finally that time came last month. As we were sick of having no decent photographs of ourselves and our pets, me and the other half bit the bullet.
We were worried. A good DSLR will set you back quite a few hundred. Then we found the Sony Alpha 200, at £259 from Argos (reduced from £299). When you are used to questionable quality photographs, the images you get from the Sony Alpha just take your breath away. Such depth, clarity and quality, we could see each and every hair in fine definition on our kitten's head.
The camera itself is so easy to use. As I say, I'm a real amateur, but because the camera has auto-settings, I have been taking some amazing photographs. You can hardly tell I'm not a pro!
The camera is 10mp, with 3 frames per second in fast shoot mode. It has an anti-shake feature (for caffeine addicts amongst us!). You expect, for a 'cheap' camera, that the body will be made of cheap plastic. Not at all with this camera. It is sturdy, well built and all the mouldings are in the right place for a comfortable fit in the hand.
The only downside we have thus far experienced (and not sure if it is us or the camera!) is that we sometimes get a dark 'arc' on the bottom of some of the pictures. We can't figure out why this is happening and only seems to be when we use the flash in some circumstances. If anyone can clarify if this is the camera or us, that would be most appreciated.
This DSLR is my first 'proper' camera after not doing much photography since secondary school a few years ago. I have been using it now for several months and I am very pleased with the results. In the standard 'auto' mode you can use it just like any other point and click digital camera and still get fantastic quality photos. Along side this there several pre-set shot conditions such as sport, night and landscape mode, these add a bit more to any picture you are taking.
The full manual mode offers numerous options with complete control over all the camera's functions. Even better for a first time 'DSLRer' is the ease of which you can easily pick up the controls and functions of the camera leading you to be able to get to grips with taking great photos very quickly.
The camera's only slight downside is it does not have live view on the otherwise excellent display screen. The camera is comfortable to hold and so far I have found the battery life to be absolutely fantastic.
Would recommend for the amateur & casual photographer.
This is my first digital SLR and the first SLR I've picked up since my arty days at school 11 years ago...
I ordered the camera from Amazon for £253, the price seemed to fluctuate throughout the week I was planning my purchase going up to £290 at one point. I used www.camerapricebuster.co.uk to check prices across various retailers, but this site doesn't always have the latest deals.
In the box is......
1 x Camera body + cover
1 x lens + covers
1 x usb cable
1 x video cable
1 x strap
1 x view finder cover
1x software cd
1 x manual
1 x battery
1 x battery charger
Note no small capacity memory card is included like most standard digital cameras.
I also purchased a crumpler pretty boy XL bag to carry all the bits and bobs. I purchased this from Jessops for £27, which was a bargain considering it's usually around £50.
Setting up the camera was so easy; the manual has a pullout quick start guide which advised how long to initially charge the battery. It's rare to find the first words in a manual telling you the first bits you need to know....how long to charge the battery, it's usually how to dispose of a battery, then some safety information about not eating it as well.... Once the battery was charged, I fitted the memory card (8gb Sandisk extreme 3 £40 from Amazon), lens and strap. I set the mode to auto, turned it on and started snapping... The zoom is easy to use as are all the features in general.
After 40 or so photos using the auto mode, I switched to Manual where I started to discover the accessibility of all the settings. Setting the exposure, aperture and ISO is very easy, all options are within one button press as you'd expect. Manual focus is an easy to find switch which gives you that quick control when required.
The pictures to me are superb, it may not match a £1000 camera, but for a quarter of the price I believe the performance is amazing. Having read a large number of reviews before making my purchase it seems my opinion isn't on its own...
If you're looking for a starter camera which will give you a large amount of room to develop before upgrading, this is the best option around at the moment. I've only had it two weeks and I'm already looking for a second lens.
On the down side I was disappointed with the lack of being able to view the shot on the LCD screen when taking a photo... Someone, please correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm sure it just can't do it. The second down side is the lack of a black and white option when using the macro setting.
This camera is amazing and I love the results I see in my pictures. It has easy point and shoot available, plus more advanced settings for those who know what they are doing. A turn of the dial and I can switch from taking fun pictures with my friends to professional looking photos of scenery. The best part is being able to connect the camera to your computer to load your pictures for viewing and editing.
The camera is compatible with Tamaron and Minolta lenses, which are just as great as Sony lenses, but not nearly as expensive. The digital screen is also a great plus for reviewing your pictures both during the photo shoot and for deciding which ones to keep and which ones to get rid of. The down side to this is that you cannot use it to take the actual picture. You have to physically look through the view finder, which is the case with most of these types of cameras.
This is a great camera for someone trying SLR for the first time or for those SLR pros looking to go digital. I would also recommend getting a 70-300 lens to add to the versatility of this camera.

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Victoria playwright hopes to inspire hope in community
June 26, 2013 at 1:26 a.m.
Updated June 27, 2013 at 1:27 a.m.
A Bloomington man has a shocking secret that may tear his family apart, and it's all coming out Saturday at the Johnson Symposium Center.
"Extra Baggage," an inspirational stage play by Victoria native Robert King Jr., tells the tale of a father who made a mistake early on in his marriage and now has to tell his children about it.
This is a play that King said he had to write.
"It's blunt," he said. "It deals with the issues families normally sweep under the rug."
King said he wanted to write this play because he normally focuses on broken homes and wanted to show that problems also happen in two-parent households.
"I want the audience to say, 'That's my family right there,'" he said.
The play focuses on a father who was recently diagnosed with colon cancer and has a secret wearing down on his heart - while married he cheated on his wife and fathered a child with the other woman.
While King did not want to share who exactly inspired the story, he said he used a lot of people in his personal life as motivation.
"Robert is a creative mind that has been through some hard times," Aaron Spivey-Sorrells said. "Robert wants to get across the emotion of those hard times.
Spivey-Sorrells, an Austin actor, takes on the roll of Roy Freeman, the father in the play, a roll he said that wasn't always easy to perform.
An intense scene where he slaps his daughter was particularly hard for him.
"We have to set that feeling of anger," he said. "We want it to come across as real."
Half the battle, he said, is making sure that King also feels the impact of every word.
"When we play those roles and say those lines, we need to make Robert feel those emotions again," Spivey-Sorrells said.
While the play does touch on serious issues such as death, cheating and mental illness, King said it's really about healing.
"It shows you that no one is perfect," he said. "Everyone has issues."
King said he wants the audience to realize that they don't have to be defined by their issues and they can find peace in life.
Hazel Stallion, who plays one of the daughters, said when she got the script she was surprised at how much she related to the character.
Stallion is a Victoria native who lives in Austin.
Her character is dealing with heartache after her husband's death and is bitter.
"I don't know how Robert does it, but he saw the character in me," she said. "He saw my struggles and gave me a character that is me."
For King, he said writing plays is just something that comes naturally to him, calling it an outlet for ministry.
"Sometimes in life you can feel like you're down for the count," he said. "This play tells you that you can persevere and bounce back with life."


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Hanigan, Reds provide plenty for stellar Bailey
MILWAUKEE -- Reds starter Homer Bailey is used to seeing crooked numbers on the scoreboard when he faces the Brewers.
The right-hander entered Sunday with a 1-7 career mark and a 6.03 ERA in 13 starts against Cincinnati's National League Central rival, including two meetings this year in which he coughed up 10 earned runs on 18 hits in 12 2/3 innings.Full Game Coverage
MILWAUKEE -- Reds starter Homer Bailey is used to seeing crooked numbers on the scoreboard when he faces the Brewers.
The right-hander entered Sunday with a 1-7 career mark and a 6.03 ERA in 13 starts against Cincinnati's National League Central rival, including two meetings this year in which he coughed up 10 earned runs on 18 hits in 12 2/3 innings.Full Game Coverage
On Sunday, though, it was two big innings for the Reds that helped Bailey put an end to his bad luck against the Brewers, resulting in a 9-1 Cincinnati win and a four-game split at Miller Park.
"For some reason, this team's usually done pretty well against me," Bailey said. "Since we see these guys so many times, I'm starting to get a better feel for it."
Bailey was comfortable on Sunday, cruising through eight innings with his only mistake coming on Khris Davis' fifth-inning home run. He retired 12 of the first 13 batters he faced, and he finished with just that one run on three hits, while walking one and striking out eight.
The win helped the 27-year-old right-hander wash the bad taste out of his mouth from two subpar outings to start August. Despite taking a win and a no-decision against the A's and Cubs, Bailey allowed nine earned runs on 15 hits in 11 2/3 innings his last two times out.
On Sunday, he was back to the pitcher who ended July with three consecutive quality starts.
"He had a very good slider, fastball is always good and he was strong..." Reds manager Dusty Baker said. "It was great to get [Bailey's record] to 8-10, and hopefully we can get him to 10-10 soon."
Cincinnati upped its own record to 70-54 and pulled to within 2 1/2 games of NL Central-leading Pirates, who fell in 16 innings to Arizona on Sunday.
Baker noted the importance of securing a series split against the Brewers and leaving Milwaukee with a 5-2 record on the road trip, compared to a possible 4-3.
"It's a big, big difference," Baker said. "Especially when we won the first one here, and then you're thinking three out of four, thinking sweep. As it is, we're happy with what we got, especially if that's the position you're put in."
The offense that was ever so quiet in the Reds' 2-0 loss on Saturday opened up in a big way Sunday with two huge innings to back Bailey. Cincinnati posted a five-run second inning and a four-run fifth inning on Brewers starter Wily Peralta and reliever Tyler Thornburg, sending 10 batters to the plate in each frame.
The nine runs are the most scored by the Reds since July 23, when they beat the Giants, 9-3, in the first game of a doubleheader.
Ryan Hanigan started at catcher for Cincinnati for the first time in the series and fourth time since coming off the disabled list on Aug. 9. He had two hits and three RBIs, and seven of the nine Cincinnati starters registered a hit, while five had one RBI or more.
The Reds roughed up Peralta for five of their 10 hits in the second inning to jump ahead, 5-0. Four straight singles to left field started the frame, ending with Hanigan's grounder between short and third that plated two runs. Peralta was able to get two outs, but a Martin Maldonado passed ball brought in a run, followed by another two-run single from Brandon Phillips.
"That's the key, is getting hits and getting consecutive hits and getting two-out hits," Baker said. "We got all of those. You don't have to hit the ball out of the ballpark necessarily to win the game. I like to see us get consecutive hits more than anything."
The Reds padded their lead in the fifth inning with four more runs. Peralta walked Phillips and gave up an RBI single to Heisey before giving way to Thornburg with one out. The young right-hander surrendered another RBI single to Hanigan and walked in two runs, part of four walks in the inning. All 10 of Cincinnati's hits were singles, but that did not matter to Hanigan.
"Just a bunch of hits from a bunch of good at-bats," Hanigan said. "If we can keep having at-bats like that, I think the offense will get going. I don't think we've really clicked, top to bottom of the order, offensively, and it was nice today to put up the big number there offensively."
Peralta's day was finished after 4 1/3 innings. The 24-year-old right-hander coughed up seven earned runs on eight hits, while walking four and striking out four. He threw 93 pitches, 53 for strikes. On July 9, Peralta threw the first Brewers complete game of the year -- and first in 407 regular season games -- against the Reds. He was not nearly as effective on Sunday, and luck was not on his side, either, as several Reds hits found their way through the infield.
"I think, if I had better command with the fastball today, something else would have happened," said Peralta, who shrugged off the Reds' seeing-eye singles. "It's something I went through early [in the season]. That's what I'm trying to do, just keep the ball on the ground, and if they hit it right at people, we can get a double play and get out of the inning. These kind of days are going to happen -- they're going to find a hole for a base hit."
Kevin Massoth is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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DOVER -- Professional Snowboarder Kelly Clark is up for another Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award, or ESPY, in the Best Female Action Sports Athlete category.
"It's great to be nominated," said Clark. "It's always an honor. It's cool to see action sports highlighted in the mainstream sports world at events like the ESPYS."
This is Clark's fifth time being nominated for one of the categories in the ESPYS. In 2002 she won an ESPY for Best Action Sports Athlete. Back then, it wasn't split into a male or female category.
In 2011, she was nominated for Female Athlete of the Year and Best Female Action Sports Athlete, after winning the gold medal for halfpipe at the X-Games.
Voting for the 2013 ESPYS can be done at ESPN.go.com/espys/2013. The award ceremony will be broadcast on ESPN on July 17 at 9 p.m. with actor Jon Hamm hosting it. Voting ends when the show begins.
Clark grew up in Dover, where she started skiing at Mount Snow. She began snowboarding at the age of seven. During high school, she attended the Mount Snow Academy.
In July, Clark began training at Mount Hood, Ore., where many other snowboarders and skiers go to find snow in the summer. Her focus is on preparing for the Olympics, which is only seven months away.
Clark said she's coming off a good season this year.
"I didn't win all the events," she added. "But I won all the right events."
Clark received a gold medal at the X-Games in Aspen, Colo., as well as in Tignes, France. She took first place at the Dew Tour in Breckenridge, Colo. and the U.S Grand Prix at Copper, Colo.
As she prepares for the Olympics, Clark is spending a lot of time out on the snow, putting in lots of hours training.
"I feel ready," said Clark. "For me, it's kind of steering the ship straight. With it being so close right now, it's basically kind of tunnel vision right now."
She told the Reformer that she has been thinking about the Olympics for the past three and a half years. She anticipates a big year.
The qualifying events that lead to the Olympics tend to be more stressful for Clark. She mentioned the depth of talent from the United States alone.
When it comes to her goals, Clark is looking to make her fourth Olympic team and get back on the podium.
"If I've learned one thing, it's if you don't have it by the time of the event, you won't have it," she said. "I try to make sure my training is done before. All the tricks, I've done before. My experience goes a long way but if I'm not physically prepared, I won't be ready."
In 2010, Clark began her own scholarship program, the Kelly Clark Foundation. Since then, she has given out about $50,000 to kids all over the United States for scholarships that will assist with bringing their dreams of becoming professional snowboarders closer to reality.
Clark said it's nice to know that she's putting her efforts into something that is bigger than her and will outlast her current efforts.
"Basically, I got to a point in my career that I looked around, I had been very successful and I had no doubt that I was going to leave really great contest results, but I wanted to make sure I'd leave something more," she said. "I looked at my experience and the need in our sport. It's no secret that snow sports are very expensive and not always accessible. I wanted to make boarding more accessible."
A new round of scholarships is available for interested students. It is called Your Scholarship Program and it aims to assist students who want to attend mountain schools. The deadline is July 30.
For more information on the Kelly Clark Foundation or to apply for a scholarship, visit kellyclarkfoundation.org.
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Vegetarian Restaurant in Lucca many healthy delights in an elegant Hotel for Weddings in Tuscany
The culinary corner at Tenuta San Pietro is also an excellent vegetarian restaurant in Lucca, a point of reference for all those who follow alternative diets, healthy but certainly no less tasty.
Once again, the strong experience, imagination and skill in the kitchen led by Chef Guido can create delicious recipes, able to make the Mediterranean and Tuscan traditions meet originating new ideas and funny combinations. The result is an increasingly rich proposal, supplemented by vegetables and spices grown in our own garden, such as tomatoes, peppers, zucchini, and eggplant.
Vegetarian Restaurant in Lucca, the discovery of taste in a cosy Hotel for Weddings in Tuscany. To further enrich our proposals, typical Garfagnana products intervene, such as spelt, cheese and beans, in addition to the eight rows corn flour and that of chestnuts. One of the most important points our hotel for weddings in Tuscany boasts about is that of making specialties for the celiac upon request. A special corner with gluten-free items, from pasta to bread to desserts, offers at any time the possibility of creating healthy dishes.Vegetarian Menu


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I wanna fuck you in every hole Jessica
she NEVER showed whole body
Fuck my dick like that babe
q rico
The end of this just makes me badly want to suck his cock and balls
Perfect marriage of cock and pussy. This is my favorite couple.
Bel video manca soltanto la sborrata finale
very sexy vids - you always seem like you're trying to keep it so quiet. do you have kids? are you at your parents' house? LOL
girl say that you are going to ride my cock like that some day would you?
Dise Szene ist echt geil! Der Ritt im Minirock erinnert mich an meine kleine süße Daniela, die rutschte auch gerne so auf meiner Beule in der Hose ungeniert herum, sogar wenn andere dabei waren!!
Jessica always a sexual treat seeing your perfectly rounded bottom especialy when Dave's great looking cock is shafting your juicy cunt. As you know from the many comments all red blooded males would love to change places with Dave. Keep doing what you do we all love you.
great booty
Siempre que no puedo terminar,, recurro a esta mujer
Me encanta como mueve ese lindo culo, y el ruido que hace !
A great video but didn't see a cream pie at the end as advertised. I'm sure he came, but needed a bigger cum shot for a nicer creampie.
Luv the pussy fart at the end. Someone needs to ream that bunghole. That someone is me.
jessica love bumbum more.
Look how beautiful sex is. Especially shy girls should become acquainted wit the view of fucking.
i just cum in my pants...Jessica is amazing hot....got to fuck her all time again and again
How could u just not want to fuck her over and over again I'd cum in her until my nuts were drained lol
Jessica I like all the red blooded males that watch your clips think your body is gorgeous, but won't you show your equally lovely face just a little now and then?
Hello Jessica, what a beautiful vision you offer to your fans: it reminds me of a famous painting entitled "The origin of the world." Remember you promised me to dress the role of a maid with Dave, will be a great vid and different, definitely fun and exciting ... You're beautiful and unique! Thanks and see you soon xx
One of the best I've ever seen
One would expect this video to have all sorts of comments considering the quality
I love her body
Nice wet pussy, I'd love to fill her up
Yeah, you just keep fucking her in those tiny little skirts and I'll keep watching (and cumming)
Is the guy alive? In all of their video he doesn't do ANYTHING!
moar anal!! PLOX!!
no creampieeee???
jessica got ONE NICE ASS
Die Ist voll Geil
i would love to get fucked like that. Such an sexy ass too.
amazing, jessy you really got me
This vid is worthy of you. Finally you have taken your high quality standards. Delicious close-up of the small little hole in the ass Jessica. Today, however, nothing to see her perfect puffy tits. Dave has always tough with the auction ... Congratulations. In the next episode. Still read your comments and suggestions of the "loyal fans." Hello, my friends.
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Trailblazing menswear label Nasty Pig might sound frivolous, but the clothing company is serious about helping homeless LGBT youth. Today, Nasty Pig launched Shred of Hope, an auction of one-of-a-kind "Shredder" T-shirts designed by celebrities, with 100% of the proceeds from the weeklong online auction going to New York City's Ali Forney Center for homeless and runaway LGBT youth. Custom shirts were designed by A-listers like Adam Lambert, Oscar-winning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, actor Alan Cumming, Bravo TV host Andy Cohen, R.E.M. front man Michael Stipe, author and activist Dan Savage and husband Terry Miller, actor Ally Sheedy, her daughter Rebecca Lansbury, New York-based rapper Njena Redd Foxxx, author and activist Keith Boykin, and many more.
The shirts, which play on the retro-inspired theme of artistically torn but high-style frocks, will be available for auction online from today through June 27. Keep reading to find a sampling of the goods available for auction — and place your bid at ShredOfHope.com.
"I participated in Shred of Hope because I had always wanted to work with the Ali Forney Center and Nasty Pig gave me the perfect opportunity to do so."
Michael Stipe is an artist, producer, and singer-songwriter. He fronted the band R.E.M. for 31 years, selling more than 100 million records and touring the world. As a film producer since 1987, he has made more than 25 feature films, including Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich and Todd Haynes's Velvet Goldmine. In the past seven years, Stipe has focused on sculpture and cross-medium work, recently including bronze, plastic, cardboard, and digital imagery. His book Fear of the Empty will be released in spring 2014 by Rizzoli. He lives in New York City.
"I wanted to participate in the Shred of Hope project for the Ali Forney Center to help raise awareness about the needs of LGBT homeless youth in New York City. I remember when I first moved to New York in 2001 and I used to see hundreds of LGBT youth on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village, and then over time they mostly disappeared. Many of those young people didn't have homes or supportive families and communities to help them, and so I'm glad the Ali Forney Center exists to provide services for them. As a writer, my last book, For Colored Boys Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Still Not Enough, deals with the crises facing LGBT youth of color. Supporting Ali Forney seemed like a great way to continue the outreach of the book and help raise money for a worthy cause."
Keith Boykin is a CNBC contributor, MSNBC commentator, BET columnist, and New York Times best-selling author. Each of Boykin's four books has been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award, including his most recent book, For Colored Boys..., which also won the American Library Association Stonewall Award for Nonfiction this year.
Educated at Dartmouth and Harvard, Boykin attended law school with President Barack Obama and served in the White House as a special assistant to President Bill Clinton, being at one time the highest-ranking openly gay person in the Clinton White House. He also helped organize and participated in the nation's first meeting between a sitting president and LGBT leaders.
Boykin has been actively involved in progressive causes since he worked on his first congressional campaign while still a student in high school. He is a veteran of six political campaigns, including two presidential campaigns, and he was named one of the top instructors when he taught political science at American University in Washington.
Boykin has traveled extensively across four continents, and in 1997 President Clinton appointed him, along with Coretta Scott King and the Reverend Jesse Jackson, to the U.S. presidential trade delegation to Zimbabwe.
After starring on the 2004 Showtime television series American Candidate, Boykin has since appeared on numerous national media programs, including Anderson Cooper 360, The O'Reilly Factor, The Tyra Banks Show, The Montel Williams Show, Judge Hatchett, and The Tom Joyner Morning Show.
A founder and first board president of the National Black Justice Coalition, Boykin has spoken to audiences large and small all across the world. He delivered a landmark speech to 200,000 people at the Millennium March on Washington, and he gave a stirring speech about the AIDS epidemic in front of 40,000 people in Chicago's Soldier Field in July 2006.
Boykin was an associate producer of the 2007 feature film Dirty Laundry and has recently taped a television appearance in an upcoming BET drama series.
His third book, Beyond the Down Low: Sex, Lies and Denial in Black America, spent four weeks on the New York Times best seller list. Boykin won the Lambda Literary Award for his second book, Respecting the Soul, and his first book, One More River to Cross, is taught in colleges and universities throughout the country.
Born and raised in St. Louis, Boykin now lives in New York City and Miami.
"I wanted my shirt to celebrate Ali Forney with a little Hedwig thrown in, cuz if she was real she would've been welcome there."
John Cameron Mitchell directed, wrote, and starred in the film Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), for which he was honored as best director at the Sundance Film Festival and nominated for a Golden Globe as best actor. He was executive producer of Jonathan Caouette's documentary Tarnation (2004). His sexually frank improv-based film Shortbus was released in 2006. He directed Rabbit Hole (2011), adapted from the Pulitzer Prize-winning play and starring Nicole Kidman in an Oscar-nominated performance.
He's presently working on a stage sequel to Hedwig as well as appearing on HBO's Girls.
"LGBT youth need us now more than ever. The more visibility we have in the world, the more LGBT youth are going to come out and be in possible vulnerable situations. As adults, we must not forget those that are coming after us; we must take care of our own."
Jake Shears is a singer and songwriter for Scissor Sisters. He has written, performed, and recorded with artists including Mark Ronson, Cher, Paul Williams, and Kylie Minogue. He can currently be heard singing on the new Queens of the Stone Age album ...Like Clockwork. He lives in Los Angeles with his husband and dog Toby and occasionally DJ's under the name Krystal Pepsi.
"Every day I work hard to fulfill the promise I made to the young people in all 50 states — that they will soon enjoy full federal equality. But I know that until we reach that bright tomorrow, we must support programs like Ali Forney, to catch the young people who are suffering from intolerance, bullying and discrimination today. As Harvey Milk said, 'We gotta give 'em 'Hope.'"
Dustin Lance Black is a screenwriter, producer, director, and social activist, who won an Academy Award and two WGA Awards for best original screenplay for Milk, the biopic of the late civil rights activist Harvey Milk, starring Sean Penn. He is also a founding member of the board of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which is leading the federal case against California's Proposition 8 with lawyers David Boies and Ted Olson.
In 2012, Black merged his passions with 8, a new play based on the federal Prop. 8 trial. Black's L.A. cast included George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Martin Sheen, Kevin Bacon, and John C. Reilly. The play was broadcast live and continues to break viewership records online. Hundreds of original productions are now scheduled across the United States.
"I totally support the work Ali Forney has done and continues to do to support young LGBT people, giving them the means to stand up for themselves and on their own two feet." — Terry Miller
"When I learned that 40% of all homeless youth are LGBTQ, I was shocked. These kids are among the most vulnerable members of our community and they need our help. I am glad to have the opportunity to help spread awareness of this ongoing tragedy and raise money for Ali Forney Center, who are doing such good work to get these kids back on their feet."


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No doubt this request is posted elsewhere, but I couldn't find it on a quick search. Three things:
1) This must be one of the few forums that log you out when you have finished and close the browser. Why? The only other site that does that, for me, is my online banking and so it should. The NI community site is not a my bank and the overzealous login requirements is not needed.
2) According to Chrome auto fill is disabled. Again, why? Even my online banking keeps my login name.
3) When I receive a notification that a message, or update has been posted to Community site I am subscribed to, I click on the link and am taken to the page. Even though the site shows me as logged in, I am not. When I click the Edit document link, for example, I am prompted to login (which is not too bad). After logging in I am taken to the community home page. I have to then either navigate back to the original page (because the back button does not work), or go back to the e-mail and click on the link. This is a lot of hoops to jump through to simply read a comment, that may not be of much interest.
I have a professional (and personal) interest in visiting the community boards, but this poorly implemented login process has been around for way too long, wasting time and patience. The above is my version of a flame/vent. Anyone have this on their 'todo list' for fixing, and if so when?
There's a general problem with logins between the forums and the Community. NI tried to fix it this past weekend and failed miserably (that's just my opinion).
Right now (and for quite some time!) the community pages are a real PITA. Trying to link the two did not bring the nice behavior of the Forums to the Community, but rather brought that stench over here!
Flame on. I find the community useless.
Click on link, or revisit old address from browser.
Hey nice, I am logged in.
Click on another link.
Darn, now I am logged out.
Log In.
Now I am at the Community Home page, where the heck was I?
Actually not mad, just indifferent. I figure in a few months I'll hear that it was fixed and maybe I'll go back there.
smercurio_fc wrote:
There's a general problem with logins between the forums and the Community. NI tried to fix it this past weekend and failed miserably (that's just my opinion).
Not just your oppinion... something went horribly wrong! I belive it will be fixed soon and the OP will be happy
Darin.K wrote:
Flame on. I find the community useless.
Thanks Darin.
You have been saving me a lot of typing lately.
02-20-2012 10:40 AM - edited 02-20-2012 10:47 AM
It seems I can post without logging in. Cool. Sorry I couldn't delete.
Update: I lied. Tried to access another forum and needed to login.
It seems to be working for me today. I followed an old link from the browser history, arrived logged in, was able to navigate and post a reply all without logging in. Hopefully something was fixed, if nothing was fixed then I expect it to break again just when I get my hopes up.
Darin.K wrote:
Update: remind me again why I bothered.
Forever the optimist?
(Also the name of a song by Patrick O'Hearn.)
Darin.K wrote:
Update: remind me again why I bothered. Back to old behavior, although now it seems much less consistent. Sympathy for those losing spaces in their forum aliases just to link with that train wreck.
But, I look good with a thong


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Donald Fagen, one half of Steely Dan alongside Walter Becker, has announced his fourth solo record, titled Sunken Condos. The album will be released October 16th via Reprise. It's Fagen's first since 2006's Morph the Cat.
Included on the album are eight new original tracks and Fagen's cover of Isaac Hayes' "Out of the Ghetto," all produced by Fagen with Michael Leonhart (who's worked with Steely Dan since 1996).
In an interview with the Cleveland Plain-Dealer several years ago, Fagen described the record as "lighter," and not a continuation of his Nightfly trilogy as his three existing solo albums have been. The trilogy started in 1982 with the release of Fagen's first solo album, The Nightfly.
On Sunken Condos, Fagen reunites with past players including the Steely Dan Horns, Jon Herington and Freddie Washington.
Additionally, Fagen recently hit the road with Dukes of September, which includes Boz Scaggs and (former Dan Michael McDonald.
But fear not, Dan fans: Fagen and Becker's work together isn't over. Their last album, Everything Must Go, was released in 2003, but there have been rumblings for years that they're working on new music. They hit the road for a lengthy tour both stateside and abroad in 2011.
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A Kaufman County judge said the connection between this weekend's double-murder of the county's district attorney and his wife with the slaying of his top prosecutor earlier this year is "obvious."
The bodies of District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife Cynthia were found Saturday afternoon. The couple had been shot in their Forney home nearly two months to the day after Kaufman County Assistant District Attorney Mark Hasse was gunned down while walking toward the county courthouse.
Sheriff's deputies have not definitively linked the gruesome killings, but county judge Bruce Wood said, "This was not just a random act, it seems to me there has to be some connection."
Wood said investigators so far have not found physical evidence directly linking the murders and officials have not named any suspects.
As dozens of Kaufman County employees went to work Monday morning, they had heavy hearts -- but they also had an armed escort. Police officers and sheriff's deputies walked with staffers right up to the front door.
"They're concerned, definitely. We're all definitely concerned," said Jim Donaldson, an investigator with the district attorney's office.
The courthouse is open for business, but the district attorney's office is closed to the public. There's also heightened security inside and outside the courthouse, with police cruisers stationed at every corner Monday morning.
There are 14 prosecutors in the county and a staff of about 30 people in the district attorney's office. Many employees said they considered taking the day off.
"I could have, yes, but it's my responsibility to be at work," said clerk's office employee Imelda Saldana. "It's confusing. It's scary."
Wood admits his safety, and his family's safety, is first on his mind today with a killer still on the loose.
"To say that we're not concerned would not be truthful," Wood said.
Following Hasse's murder, McLelland had a direct message for the killer: "We are going to find you, we are going to pull you out of whatever hole you are in, we're going to bring you back and we're going to let the people of Kaufman County prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law," McLelland said in January.
Wood was asked if that bold statement cost McLelland his life.
"To go back and say this was retribution for something he said or didn't say, I mean, the district attorney's office deals with a lot of bad issues," Wood said. "For me to think that something he said, or some action he took, caused this, I just don't know."
Meanwhile, all of the Kaufman County judges are meeting Monday to discuss how to move forward with criminal cases now that the district attorney and his top assistant are gone. They will speak with the Gov. Rick Perry's office Monday about getting a new district attorney in place as soon as possible.


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And they love their work, whether they're removing a child from an abusive home or wrestling a bank robber to the ground. Being a police officer is the greatest career choice they could have made, several female officers have said.
They attribute that rosy perspective to a department that has spent more than three decades developing a culture that views women as equals and offers them on-par opportunities, the officers said.
Palo Alto's police department has one of the highest percentage of female officers in the state. Fourteen officers — 15.5 percent of the force — are female, compared to an average for most departments in California of 6 to 10 percent, retired Lt. Sandra Brown said. At one point, nearly 25 percent of the force was comprised of women.
Palo Alto started integrating its force in the 1970s and 80s under former Chief Jim Zurcher, with a goal of achieving 50 percent minorities and women.
"He did a lot to shift the culture. The number of women in Palo Alto is rare," said Menlo Park police Commander Lacey Burt, a former Palo Alto officer who joined that department in 1983.
Zurcher's plan was "visionary," current Chief Dennis Burns said.
"For 30 years women have always been part of the organization's fabric. I look at them as absolute equals in every regard. They contribute completely. They might bring a different perspective to a situation. We would be a different organization without women. They enrich it," he said.
Women in the department said their longtime presence has removed attitudes that caused early female colleagues much grief.
"Most men are accustomed to being outranked by women," Brown said. "Any fight was fought by women before me."
Male colleagues don't see women on the force as "girls" or "women cops," Brown said. In uniform, they are just officers.
Other women in the department noted Palo Alto has many women of high rank, from agents to sergeants to lieutenants, and many have gone on to other police departments to become captains and commanders. Former Palo Alto Chief Lynne Johnson was one of the first women to work in Palo Alto's force, they noted. (Johnson retired in December 2008 following a controversial statement in which she said she had instructed officers to make "consensual contact" with black men who matched the description of a purse-snatcher. Her comment was interpreted as condoning illegal racial profiling.)
But the officers also acknowledged that a few challenges remain for female officers. In some police agencies and specialized teams, women still have a difficult time getting into the old-boy club, they said.
Lt. April Wagner, a former hospital charge nurse and a Palo Alto officer for 13 years, said only one woman, former officer Corey Preheim, has served on the SWAT team. Currently no women are on the team, she said.
Sgt. Kara Apple said there's a higher expectation of women that comes out of an assumption that women can't physically do the same things as men, which implies that women have to prove themselves to get onto specialized teams.
"But not all men are beefy, brawny guys," she said.
Brown agreed there are biases.
"They don't see women in tactical positions because they've never seen it," Brown said. "Women also don't see ourselves in that position. We don't have the upper body strength of a man. Some tests preclude you from passing the test."
Wearing a 75-pound pack is going to be different for a man who weighs 220 pounds and a woman who weighs 140, she said. If those measurements were adjusted to a percentage of body weight, the playing field for testing would be more level, she said.
Burt said achieving high rank also does not mean the road gets any easier.
"Women have to prove themselves all over again," Burt said. "I used to think when I got a rank commission, I would get respect, but it really didn't work out like that. You continually have to prove that you are operationally sound. I think you have to be very credible, very unemotional with male subordinates who interact with you. Otherwise, you come off as an 'emotional female,'" she said.
Burt said police agencies have come a long way, and they still have a way to go.
"Now departments train against sexual harassment. But ... women are still in minority numbers in this profession," she said. She estimated that in 2012 women hold 5 percent of law enforcement positions in the U.S.
But current hurdles pale by comparison to the more overt acts of prejudice women in law enforcement once faced in Palo Alto and elsewhere, according to the officers.
Burt said when she came on board in 1983, male officers would not cover her when she called for backup. And someone created "PMS kits" for male officers who had female partners and put them in the men's mailboxes. When Brown first joined Palo Alto in 1988, a former male colleague patted her bottom, she said.
But Villaescusa, an officer for 10 years, said the most uncomfortable thing she has dealt with was when her male partner opened the door for her. She didn't want people to think there was a need to be treated differently, she said.
"I'm glad to say that we have evolved as a profession and as a department since the 1980s. Today our employees are judged on their character, ability and productivity, not their gender. We have some very clear policies that forbid such behavior, and violating these policies can have career-ending consequences," he said.
Ironically, the pressure women officers feel today comes from holding themselves to higher standards, she said.
"We always think we have to prove ourselves. That's one thing about Palo Alto. Our males don't expect us to prove ourselves," she said.
When women strap on their weighty guns and belts, don their bulletproof vests and roll out in their squad cars, they do the same job any officer does and they face the same dangers, Villaescusa said.
"This is one of the few jobs where we have a death list. We have to name who gets notified if you die and (who) carries your casket. You fill out your funeral arrangements," she said.
Villaescusa said she has been in the hospital five times from five different incidents. She sustained a concussion after a Ford F150 broadsided her squad car.
"This is one profession where I'm not going to wear my joke underpants," she said, smiling wryly.
Early in her career, while answering a call for help, she was confronted by a large woman who immediately tried to grab her gun.
"She said, 'I'm going to take your gun and kill you,'" Villaescusa recalled.
That's the moment "when all of your training kicks in. I was down there fighting for my life," she said.
Brown said officers are trained to never give up in a fight. If she could just hang on for three minutes, backup would arrive, she said. While strength and size can be an asset, the range of new technologies has helped make the job less dangerous for all police than it was in the era of the 1950s-1970s, she said. Officers today have communications systems that help organize backup quickly. Weapons such as stun guns and pepper spray help the police subdue unruly suspects, avoiding the need for hand-to-hand combat.
If anyone thinks female cops are pushovers because of their smaller size or gender, Brown and others said they should think again.
"I've been on my back with a guy on top of me fighting. Never did I say I would give up. You know it's going to hurt, but you just jump in," she said.
But as much as they don't hesitate to battle if necessary, women also have a gift for talking that Chief Burns calls an asset.
Brown recalled encountering an enraged man at Cubberley Community Center who wasn't backing down.
"He was spitting anger," she said.
She called for backup, but for several minutes she would have to tangle alone with the 6-foot-4-inch man, she said. And a lot can happen in that time.
So she took a different approach — saying something no male colleague would, she recalled.
"Two things are going to happen today," she said she told the man. "You are going to jail today, I will guarantee that. And I'm going to go home and make love to my husband. I don't know in what order that is going to happen, but I do know those two things are going to happen today," she said.
The man looked stunned. "What did you say?" he asked. So she repeated the statement.
"That's cool. I'm not going to keep a man from that," he said, according to Brown.
By the time a male officer came on the scene, bristling and hollering for the man to get down on the ground, Brown had the situation under control.
"We talked all the way to the jail," she said.
Brown's approach — to use humor, compassion or verbal shock and awe to diffuse a critical situation — is emblematic of the different approach female police officers take, they said.
Many male officers come out of the military and bring their skills and approach from that experience, Brown said. Little boys are trained early on in tactics and combat through toy soldiers and G.I. Joe, but not so little girls.
"I have to start setting up, to get a mindset. It's a little extra step because it doesn't come naturally," she said.
Women's ability as peacemakers can help resolve situations before they get violent, Apple said. That quality helps forward the aim of every police officer: to help their communities and make a valuable contribution.
Villaescusa has made herself well-known in south Palo Alto, in neighborhoods where Latino families live. Residents became accustomed to her driving down the street outside the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, rousing schoolchildren in the morning by yelling, "Hey — it's time to get up," she said.
She has left gift cards and socks and other items anonymously on the doorsteps of families she was trying to help. She was recently invited to the wedding of two people she had arrested, she said.
Ironically, the most prejudice Palo Alto's officers face today comes from the public, they said.
"Palo Alto was the first place I ever felt discriminated against," Villaescusa said. "I've never felt so much prejudice. There would be calls (to dispatch) where people didn't want a female to respond. One time they called and said, 'I don't want this Mexican coming to my house,'" she said.
Brown, who prior to her law-enforcement career was a marketer in the high-tech field, also encountered racism more frequently than sexism, although that hasn't happened in the last 10 years, she said. She has been called a second-class citizen and the "N" word. And once while she stood in full uniform on the corner of Bryant Street and University Avenue, a woman told her the only reason she was on the force was because of affirmative action, she said.
Peace officers have to take the harsh words and can't react with force just because someone tries to incite their anger, she said.
"You have to hold your bar up here," she said gesturing above her head.
But Brown, who retired from the Palo Alto department in December, said it's gratifying that most residents just have faith in their ability to do the job, regardless of gender. She and another female officer once went to investigate a person lurking in a resident's yard. The resident, a man who was 6-foot-5, answered the door.
"He was asking us, two women, 'Is it OK to come out?' " Brown said, smiling.
Brown said she loved her 24 years in Palo Alto: "It's the best decision I ever made. It's the best career for women. It opens doors and opportunities for you."
When Brown gives motivational speeches to schoolgirls, she focuses on raising their awareness of how exciting the career can be.
Brown said she suspects the drop in Palo Alto's number of female officers is due to retirements, injuries or opportunities in other police departments. Brown thinks the drop in recruits has more to do with a negative image of police, which has been increasing in the media in the last six or seven years, she said. And although there are some bad apples, she doesn't believe it reflects all law enforcement.
"We were never the heroes," she said.
Drifting back to an all-white, all-male force isn't likely.
"That doesn't project what society is about and what the public expects. ... In the near future, in the next few years, we need to figure out how to recruit (not only) women but minorities as well," she said.
Burns said there are 15 positions to be filled in his department, and women and minorities are welcome.
In 2005 Burt and another former Palo Alto police officer, Alana Forrest (now a captain in Los Gatos), started the Women Leaders in Law Enforcement conference. The two met over coffee and realized they had been in law enforcement for 20 years, but there was still "not a lot of support. There was no place where women could feel empowered and inspired," Burt said.
Out of their own money they put on a four-hour workshop at Zibibbo restaurant in downtown Palo Alto and planned for 125 spots. Within a week, the workshop was full and they had a waiting list, she said.
"People crashed the workshop. We thought, 'Holy cow. There really is a need for this,'" she said.
In 2011, the conference attracted 1,100 people at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, including men, she said. It received support from the California Chiefs of Police Association, California Highway Patrol, California Sheriffs' Association and others.
Wagner said the conference gives women quality training and opportunities to network and meet women of rank.
The officers can also commiserate over the little things that still need changing: pants that zip up the opposite side and body armor that is not designed for breasts or the logistics of going to the restroom while wearing a belt of dangling guns, batons, flashlights and other equipment.
Burt said some law-enforcement-equipment magazines are reaching out to offer merchandise for women.
"But more times than not the models are wearing pink shirts or have pink handcuffs," she said.
"Really? Really?" she laughed. "Is that what you think we want?"
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The company remained in control of the family until 1951, when Almaden merged with Madrone Vineyards, owned by Lucky Lager. Later that year, the LeFranc Corporation, Almaden's original owner, regained full control of the winery.
In 1960 Almaden acquired Frederick Wildman & Sons, a New York importer and distributor of foreign wines and spirits. National Distributors purchased a large interest in Almaden in 1967 and continued to steadily increase its interest until in 1977 it purchased 100 percent of the company.
National Distributors decided to exit the liquor and wine business in 1987 and sold Almaden to Heublein for $128 million. Heublein then moved the packaging of all Almaden wines to its Mission Bell Winery in Madera, California.
In 1994 Canandaigua Wine Company, the second-largest wine producer in the United States, purchased Almaden from Heublein in a deal that also included several other Heublein subsidiaries such as Inglenook and some small wineries in California. The total deal was valued at between $175 million to $200 million.
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Premier League: Jose Mourinho still won't talk about Chelsea's title bid
Jose Mourinho insists that he is still not thinking about the title, despite seeing Chelsea move seven points clear.
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After Saturday night's emphatic Premier League victory over Spurs at Stamford Bridge, Mourinho would only concede that the Blues do have a top-four spot now "in their pocket" but insists that their next target was only to make sure they secure a top-three finish.
He told Sky Sports: "Clearly it is very, very difficult to not get a top-four position. They (Spurs) were the biggest threats to the top four.
"If we lose seven points now with nine matches to go... a lot can happen, but 13 points with nine matches is almost impossible for us to lose that, so from now our objective in the Premier League is in our pocket.
"Our next objective is top three, as that gives us direct qualification [to the Champions League group stages] and if at a certain point our distance to fourth is big, I will say we will think a bit more - but objective now is top three. If Man City win three games in hand, which they can - they are top."
Once Samuel Eto'o opened the scoring on 56 minutes, Chelsea never looked like taking anything less than three points. The win was sealed thanks to an Eden Hazard penalty and a late brace from Demba Ba.
"Yes, the first half was very difficult," added Mourinho, "but at half-time, we were all very calm and I told the players we should not be surprised the game would be difficult.
"As we know, we shouldn't be surprised or have less confidence or less esteem as in the first half we could not be as dominant, so we were calm.
"We made the change that changed the dynamic of the team, not because [Frank] Lampard was not playing well, but we played the second half with a clear number 10 [Oscar] and that stretched them a bit more and gave them room to play."
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Whilst Mourinho admits that Eto'o's opener did owe a lot to Jan Vertonghen's wayward back-pass, he never felt in danger.
"Yes it was a defensive mistake," he continued, "but Samuel is so clever how he reads the game, and after that at 1-0, I am not saying they gave up but I think they felt they were in trouble as in the first half, they had a lot of the ball and they were dominant in the game, but how many saves did Peter Cech have?
"I think they are a team that have great control of the ball possession, but they don't hurt people - so second-half was comfortable for us.
"They are quite dominant as they are comfortable on the ball but as an opponent, you don't feel in trouble as you don't feel the danger. Even if you are not controlling the game, you feel calm, and in the second half when we scored even with 11 v 11, I felt it would be difficult for us to concede."
Mourinho heaped praise on Eto'o, who only started the game thanks to an injury to Fernando Torres in the pre-match warm-up.
"I told him before the game, 'you are going to score for sure' because he was supposed to be on the bench," Mourinho said.
"Fernando was supposed to start the game. A couple of minutes before the game, he was not able to play and I thought 'this is your destiny'.
"Samuel is so clever in the way he reads the game. After 1-0, the game had no mystery."


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I have a rotation matrices, and I have to do a few things with it.
If the matrix represents the rotations around three axis,
1) how do you apply the rotation around 1 axis to another matrix ?
for example : I want one matrix to have only the y-rotation of the other matrix. For example, when I want a 3rd person camera.
2) how do you set the rotation around a specific axis to a value. But without touching the rotations around the other axis ?
For example, when I want a camera to look at a specific height.
Thanks in advance.