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She's lovely...she didn't let him make a mess, she kept him inside her mouth the entire time he came and probably swallowed it. Sooo fucking lovely.
My wife and her lover stop when they want to have sex in car
She was simply stunning. She performed deep throat and swallowed with total ease. Oh, that was spectacular.
she was hot, and gives great head
warning don't try this @ your car
I wonder if he would still post the video if he ran into the car in front of him and she bit his dick off.
my girlfriend although suck my dick while i drove last night... this is very very nice :D
Ouhhh yeah that's really good !
now that's a blow job. got me hard to bad she not with me.
While driving my wife's sister to college when I was working outta town I was on my cell phone to my wife when her sister undid my zipper and starting sucking my cock as I tried to get my wife off the phone as her sister was deepthroating me I pulled in to a rest area as I hung up the phone just in time to grab the back of her head as I absolutely exploded in her hot mouth until she swallowed every drop of my sperm.
She did a Great Job and I would like to know if she is interested in receiveing more hot loads.
She's not stunning, but sucks a decent dick for sure
It is difficult to drive when your women is sucking your cock and then shooting your load in her mouth.
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and toofast you should be embarressed that u can't see an obvious edit making it shorter than in real life
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I think I'm in love
I cannot believe she even asked if it was ok to give him head I have never heard of anyone refusing a blob job and she definatley did give a good one too.
The best orgasm I ever had was with my girlfriend sucking my cock while I was driving. I was moaning even more extreme than this guy.
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I went out with this girl and everytime she got drunk she would do that! She would take me all the way down all the way when I was going to cum as well!
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Sam is a Morse code trainer. It is a bash script that runs in a terminal. It beeps and boops out the command-line arguments in Morse code. If there are no command-line arguments, then it beeps and boops the Usage message. Simple, no? But the gimmick is that it prints out the text to the terminal, and the cursor below the text keeps track of which letter is being sounded.
A SCXML to C++ compiler.
A survey tool.

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CARSON, Calif. – When Mike Magee joined the LA Galaxy via a trade with the New York Red Bulls in 2009; he was just a young kid of 24. Four years later, Magee has blossomed grown up before all our very eyes.
In his four seasons with LA, Magee has helped lead the Galaxy to back-to-back MLS Cup titles and three MLS Cup appearances in four years while playing a key role for head coach Bruce Arena's squad.
Heading into his fifth season with the club, Magee is seeking to build on yet another phenomenal season that saw him tally nine goals –three in the postseason—and five assists in all competitions. During LA's first preseason match of the year last Friday, Magee was quick to return to his scoring ways tallying the first goal in LA's 5-0 rout of the U.S. Under-17 national team.
While Magee's clutch goals have provided plenty of lift for the Galaxy in recent years, he's hoping to play a large role in the locker room this preseason particularly after the departure of midfielder David Beckham.
"You got to get your mind right. As I get older, you start to remember all the times that you didn't want to train and you look at a guy, a veteran like David who has been there in the past. He's always set the tone and you see the professionalism that he gives day in and day out and the competitiveness," said Magee. "When he's not here, then you need to make up for that. Obviously, I'm not claiming to step into his shoes, but myself and a couple of other guys, we can collectively try to bring that and show the young guys what we were shown when we got here."
And there is no shortage of players who will need Magee's guidance.
Over the offseason, Arena acquired several young attackers -- particularly first round draft pick Charlie Rugg and Homegrown signing Gyasi Zardes— who fit Magee's versatile mold as combination wingers and forwards. With Beckham gone and captain Landon Donovan still away from the club, Magee is seeking to provide whatever guidance that he can to LA's young talent.
"I try to drop lines to all the young guys because since I got here, that's what guys have done to me. So whenever I have the chance then I'm going to do it," said Magee. "Bruce and the coaching staff have done a good job getting some young kids who are good athletes and good players so when you look around; you see a lot of bright futures."
Magee may be one of LA's veterans now and ready for the responsibilities that come with the title, but he admits that he's not ready to be called a veteran just yet.
"I'm still not completely there yet," he said with a laugh. "It's still kind of new because guys like David did so obviously I haven't completely transitioned into that role, but it's easy to realize that someone has to pick up some of that slack and I think I can help with that."


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at least until a fix is released...
er, so how many flash upgradable TVs are there? Mine isn't. I suspect that a TV firewall is a LONG way in the future.
Internet-connected HDTVs could be used by hackers to infiltrate home networks, according to a firm that markets device security software for smartphones, VoIP devices and TVs. Mocana's not-exactly-disinterested warning follows tests by the firm on a range of inter-connected TVs, during which a security flaw was discovered in …
er, so how many flash upgradable TVs are there? Mine isn't. I suspect that a TV firewall is a LONG way in the future.
Well probably loads. I've just bought a new TV, FreeSat receiver and BluRay player (Samsung, Humax & Sony). Each one can have its firmware upgraded from a USB flash drive plus Ethernet, DVD-R and over the air. In fact, all were delivered with out of date firmware.
Most new large TVs are flash upgradeable. My 32" LG, for example, has a USB port and runs Linux - throw in a stick with the new firmware on and it'll upgrade the set for you. Amusingly, someone leaked the engineer backdoor sequence to get into the service menu for an older firmware release (it was blocked after the leak though) and the menu lets you enable features in more expensive models - whoops! So a quick downgrade, enable features and upgrade again got my set playing movies, music and photos from the USB port, which it couldn't previously do.
My LG TV updates over the air automatically and it wasn't an expensive model so I'm guessing that a lot of TVs will have this functionality.
...since models go 'obsolete' quite quickly these days, when the new models come out, don't expect any updates to them.
"I suspect that a TV firewall is a LONG way in the future."
Maybe so, but there's nothing to stop you putting a router (with its own user locked down firewall) between the TV and the internet.
I've only had the TV 2 months and have already had 1 OTA update so far so there is at least some support. I'm guessing internet connected TVs will be able to update over the internet rather than via the TV signal like my TV.
Sending out their own updates to these TVs?
Reading the PDF, it's a Skype capable TV with the manufacturer redacted to Xxxxxxx. So that'll be Samsung then.
It's definitely Panasonic Vieracast, not Samsung. The URLs in the linked-to article make this a certainty.
Beer, coz it's now Friday evening.
Internet connected TV = SONY/MPAA/BPI lawyers sitting in your living room and controlling what you can/cannot watch on it. If not now, then soon enough.
If you connect your TV to the Internet you deserve to be hacked, if you just buy an "internet-enabled" TV you are half way there...
Anyway it's time for your medication now...
Check your own prescription first, mate, before you touch the keyboard.
But I suspect it's Panasonic Viera's, and the website that is mentioned (albeit redacted) is http://www.vieracast.tv
Document mentions .eu and .tv domains and accessing home-screen.js
Google home-screen.js and you get http://customvieracast.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive.html
Read that document and you see "Looking at the code in home-screen.js I can see that it downloads from vieracast.eu (EU market) vieracast.tv (US market) depending on where you are."
all home connected games consoles are just the same dummies on unprotected/registered ports, your DVD players, etc.
El Reg you do fail badly you mutants -- who on earth will do a SW upgrade to their tele?
I know the Sony Bravia range needed a software update when they used to refuse to come out of standby mode (apparently an overflow problem in a counter)
My Samsung certainly has the option for a software update and if I used the built in Freeview tuner I would probably carry out the update just to try and get something more usable (but I don't so I wont)
So there's at least one, and it was a lot easier than upgrading Windows.
"I know the Sony Bravia range needed a software update when they used to refuse to come out of standby mode"
That only means too things:
a) The manufacturer got lazy - "I'll have a beer rather than debug that firmware properly, after all the luser can always be forced to update it later..." and
c) The TVs have got more "features" than they need to have
What it DOESN'T mean:
a) The Internet connectivity for TVs is a necessary or a good thing.
.. it's Samsung!
There are lots of clues in the doc, but one simple test is who makes Skype enabled TVs.
There is only Panasonic and Samsung. Further on it mentions domain names, in the .tv ccTLD, with specific JavaScript files. Guess what happens when you try those URLs with Samsung instead of the redacted X placeholders!!
If you are going to redact, do it properly!!
Looking at their list of afflicted applications, it matches with what I have on my Panasonic.
Sony have their own walled-gardens of course, as do other manufacturers.
The article confirms that the TV in question contains no actively listening services (quite rightly, why would it). Their whole premise appears to be based on the fact that they have redirected the TV (through local DNS redirection) to retrieve manufacturer-supplied scripts that have been doctored.
Rightly, as no authentication is performed on the source of these scripts, they are able to rewrite them as they like and do what they will with them. The TV in question accepts them as authentic and then the fun begins. So of course they can change things in these circumstances.
Frankly, if my home network has been compromised to that degree, then not getting youtube on my telly is the least of my worries.
That said, interesting article. I think it's of more use as an educational jumping-off point, give some people some ideas on how to customise or open-up the walled gardens the manufacturers have locked them into. Nice bit of fun in other words :-)
..but a quick google of "home-screen.js" shows that these things have been pointed out before on user forums.
No real interest in the PDF, but it's a slow day so I thought I would take a butcher's. What's with excessive hyphenation ? Surely someone as technically-aware as this bunch could work that out ?
I've updated the software on my TV a few times since July. Part and parcel. Not a problem, nothing to see here, move along etc.
One would hope the base OS itself is actually verified before installation. Understandable that content isn't, of course. Still don't regard this as an issue to get me worried
Most appliances, even "unsophisticated" ones, are just computers with specialised peripherals. Alas, those who provide network interfaces don't often "realize" what they're doing; leaving the computer wide open to being "owned".
What is probably closer to the truth is that they don't have the resources to build in the necessary protection for the "feature" that the marketing department has dreamed up and advertised 16 hours before product launch?
And TV is, by definition, networked. How about malware payloads carried by digital TV signals, injected to attack particular TV engines? Right past the firewall of a domestic network.
Want to attack other networked computers pretending to be appliances made by competitors?
...self damaging.
My blue light special movie player frequently offers firmware upgrades, the last of which disabled playing NETFLIX. The Blu-Ray spec intimates movie playing can be likewise crippled.
HDNA gives your player/TV hooks into the rest of your network, especially mass storage.
Where things will get scarey is when a camera and mic become* a "feature" of a TV.
Makes buying a TV for your girlfriend a great christmas present. Of course skype would be on it. Trivial** to turn on the cam remotely and invisibly. A friend keeps a piece of tape over the lens on his lappy for just that reason.
These guys have identified a genuine need. But then so have the makers of duct tape.
*Technology predicted for 1984
**For some people.
Not really. It's more like putting on a blindfold and trying to walk down the road using dead-reckoning. One step too many/few, and you're in front of a car.
I don't know of any site called www.vieracast.tv, I get a not-found when I key it in on my PC.
IPTV is an interesting alternative to Cable-TV. It is not rare for people to be paying $165/mo for Cable/Phone/Internet. For a lot of people, there is some hope that IPTV is part of a way to do that stuff cheaper.
You really don't know a lot about DNS and the web and stuff do you?
Just because an A record doesn't exist for www doesn't mean that the domain doesn't exist...
There are lots of other sub-domains on that domain.
How many people ever turn off their TVs? You switch off your PC, and many people switch off games consoles, but how often do you actually physically remove power from your telly?
You don't. You point a box at it and press a red button. So you're relying on software to switch it off. And if the software is hacked, then it can keep DDoSing websites, cracking captchas or whatever it is that the cool botnets are doing this year.
Every night almost all gadgets get powered off and unplugged. Even the router. The only thing that gets left n stand-by is one PC, and it's job is to record TV, so it often wakes up, does it's thing and then goes back to sleep.
If I am ever daft enough to connect a TV to a network (and why would I? The DRM-crippled usage wouldn't be worth it), then I'll have to make sure I am running a router and a firewall that can pick-up crap like this on the network. One simply cannot rely on the OEM to do it correctly.
This probably means my fridge *doesn't* need resupplying with P3niz P1llZ, and I've just wasted 50 quid.
If only this warning had arrived yesterday.
*When* will The Register begin to deliver timely warnings to its subscribers?
Suit yourself, don't get 'em then. Just don't come crying to us when your fridge collapses into a post-tumescent heap on the floor.......
My Panasonic TC-P50V10 listens on a port open while it's turned on. Panasonic won't say what it does and it doesn't respond to random codes sent to it.
How can this work with a normal Broadband + Router + firewall setup?
User has Browser on TV goes to web site with evil stuff that does???
Anonymous releases new embedded version of LOIC, it's the Low Orbit (42") Plasma Cannon ;-)
Unless of course you are refering to the screen technology in play...
One might almost think they wanted people to get hacked.
Surely not.
Hackers could make your TV home on Britain's Got Talent broadcasts and prevent you switching away or turning down the volume! RUN FOR THE HILLS - IT'S THE PIERSMORGAGEDDON!
I have never, nor ever will, connect my refrigerator to the Internet.
Then the government will just have to inspect the contents of your fridge the old fashioned way. By kicking in your front door and beating you to death.
Surely this is just the natural conclusion of steps begun many years ago by the venerated Noel "Neddy" Edmonds on his House Party programme, where they jumped live to some unsuspecting fat bloke in his living room on a Saturday evening on the awesomely funny NTV slot. Probably.
"but how often do you actually physically remove power from your telly?
You don't. "
Speak for yourself. We always switch ours off at the plug mainly because we don't use it much and it saves a little bit of electricity. Not everyone is so lazy that they can't make it over to the wall socket.
So you only get hacked whilst you're watching the telly?!? Wow. Big deal.
"So you only get hacked whilst you're watching the telly?!? Wow. Big deal."
One is a 10 year old CRT analogue set and the other doesn't have networking. Hacking them would be pretty impressive. Wanna try?
...who controls the boxes. For example I have a networked "satellite receiver" which is essentially a Linux PC. I can record and store everything I want for as long as I want to. I can get both Freesat and normal FTA satellite reception. All recordings are normal files I can easily re-encode to just about anything I want. I could build an ITV to Youtube gateway, if I really wanted.
How often do you run AV on your HDTV? Root Kit Scanner? Hijack This?.
Once a Botnet gets into those HDTV's, it will never get cleaned out.
And it won't be interfering with your TV watching pleasure -- it will be silently disrupting everyone else.
...do not connect the TV to the local network. Why are people obsessed with doing this anyway? The experience is usually marred by DRM and proprietary interfaces with are a total pain in the balls. Use the TV as a dumb-monitor, nothing else. Drive it from some kind of media centre front-end (i.e. a PC). That can be easily upgraded/reconfigured/firewalled/etc and you neatly insulate yourself from the TV manufacturer deciding that your 2 year-old TV is now "obsolete".
It's just a shame that when you get a big TV, you end up paying from USB, Ethernet, DLNA and other crap that you simply do not need.


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I heard Capello's name already mentioned. 10 bucks says Mourinho will rear his ugly head as well.
As a Pool supporter this is very disappointing but always on the cards after Tweedledum and Tweedledee took over. This is currently the lead story on bbc sport:
Uneasy Benitez drops England hint
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has said he may be interested in the England job after an apparent disagreement with the club's owners over transfer targets.
Benitez described his week as "not the best" after arriving late for a news conference following a conversation with George Gillett and Tom Hicks.
"Maybe I could be Steve McClaren's replacement if I improve my English," said the 47-year-old Spaniard.
"I was being serious. You never know what can happen in the future."
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During his news conference, Benitez used the answer "I am focused on training and coaching my team" a number of times in response to a series of questions on various issues.
Despite a huge transfer outlay in the summer on players like Fernando Torres and Ryan Babel, Liverpool are fifth in the Premier League and in danger of failing to get beyond the group stage of the Champions League.
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Everyone's interested in that job.
I heard Capello's name already mentioned. 10 bucks says Mourinho will rear his ugly head as well.
that being said, i think mourinho is the most logical choice, which means he probably wont take/get the job...
I dissagree with you there. They have the talent: their midfield is crazy, Rooney is one of the best, terry is excellent...I think what they lack is discipline. That's why they're in a Catch 22 IMO. English fans don't want a team that plays not to lose (which unfortunately is how you win the big ones). They want guys playing their hearts out, attacking at all times.
Put Capello in there, and they'll be a Top 5 team, but I don't think English fans would like it.
Massive show of support will be displayed by Liverpool supporters towards Rafa Benitez before and during tonight's game.
It's only logical for him to move on. He's done only good things in Liverpool, he deserves a shot with a good national team. This being said, I'm not a big fan of foreigners taking over national teams. He's Spanish, he should only go for the Spanish national team.
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Yep, the Glazers own Manure.
There were two bids put in for Liverpool FC; the Americans and the Sheik Mahktoum from Dubai. I would have much preferred to have gone wit the Sheik, which is no reflection on Americans. It's just that Hicks and Gillet aren't rich enough for a club like Liverpool.
By the way, is he problem really the owners not spending properly during transfer windows? They gave him plenty off that champions league final run. Torres for 22 million, Babel(who he doesn't use properly), and they would willing to spend in January if they get that second round money from the Champions League.
Torres has been sensational. Great pick up even at that price. Babel is young - were were hoping he would be a good player to use on the left. Thankfully Harry Kewell is now back, fit and firing. He set up Torres with a wonderful run and pass for our second yesterday.
Nice pics BD. Were you at the game??
I'm a member of the biggest unofficial Liverpool website, Redandwhitekop; get all pictures/downloads/information from there. I've followed Liverpool since I was young. The Liverpool community are truly outstanding when they get behind an issue; they will support Rafa to the hilt. I certainly couldn't see the same thing happening in American Football because the culture is totally different.
Liverpool is the exception though, not the rule. It's musical chairs across the board. Occasionally a guy will stick like Benitez or Wenger, but the vast majority don't last longer than 3-4 years.
Pittsburgh has the reputation of being faithful and patient with their coaches. If only we could do the same...
Yeah, on the Continent there doesn't seem as much loyalty to managers; in England, however, the managers are revered for the most part. Wenger at the Arse and Whiskey Nose at Manure are good examples. Liverpool have had a tradition of standing by their managers; Shankly and Paisley were great managers who brought many titles and a lot of pride to the city. In Spain and Italy there are always clubs who go through a couple of coaches a season; the attitude to managers there is different.
It would be great if the Jets would stick by Mangini for 5 years or so regardless of results, but the nature of New York isn't like that. There seems to be a win now mentality that works against building long-term success. Remember the pressue there was to try and trade up in the 06 draft and pick up Reggie Bush, a player who now looks decidedly average in the NFL. Seems to me there are a lot of fans who don't pay enough attention to the intricacies of the game; you can't 'win now' without spending years putting in the building blocks first. I would say that is why a franchise like the Steelers is relatively successful year in and year out.
I'm ready to stick by Mangini through a 2-14 season followed by a 6-10 if that's what it takes for a 5-7 year window where we would be legitimate contenders for the AFC crown and a shot at the SB. With our constant knee jerk reactions, we'll never amount to anything.


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I have 2 250's and 1 600. I guess I would have to get the Irritrol 700 1" to match up with what I have. But I really think that I have the 3/4" from looking at online pics. the Irritrol 3/4" does 750 in about 10min. The Irritrol 1" with a rule 3800 does 750 in about 8min. So I would think the Irritrol 1" with a rule 2000 should do 750 in about 9 min.2005 Moomba XLV, Polk db651 cabin speakers, 12" Kicker Comp, Bullet 6.5" hollow points in Arial Double cans, fosgate amps.
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What pump is this system using at 2,000 GPH, make and model, is this a two pump in and out system for multiple bags? Is the pump self priming? Aslo What type of thru-hull should be installed size, and maybe a model and what location of boat?
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http://www.boatersland.com/att665533.html is that the correct thru-hull? Also found the pump I think : http://www.rivermarinesupply.com/xca...e_1600GPH.html
How is th epump connected if it is not self priming?
This is my new 1" next to the old 3/4"
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So if I run a 6" tube to the pump mounted on floor, I assume it is below water line. This would all be in the back by engine compartment? Which pump you recommend? I am looking to do one bow bag at 1,500 pounds and three bags for back at another 1,500. I was going to run the pump line from stern to top of bow bag then run te lower bow bag to the lower inputs of the back and mount the exit pump in bottom of rear most bag. Would this work?
Ok I just did some timings for the jabsco pumps right offthe. Bag fill line. It took 30 seconds to fill a 5 gallon "imperial" or 22.5 litre pail. I then put in my new 1100 lb bag and it took about 10-11 mins to fill it and it was pretty full. THe boat was listing so much that th bag was higher than tHe. Vent hole and it drained for a while. I have pics and video to come.09 21v LAUNCH
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If you want to do vented loops or check valves instead of sprinkler valves then you want to get mushroom head thru hull fittings. You'll want to get the combination thread that is NPT on the end so that it will properly mate up to a ball valve.Dan
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Thank you DOCDRS!!! I have updated the sheet on the fist page with the timings that you posted and sorted the sheet by GPH.
DOCDRS, I hope you do not mind, but I used your figures to give an estimate of what it would take to fill a system at 1350 lbs using three 450 lbs bags. I was not sure what the stock ballast is now, but I wanted to keep the weights the same so they could be compared with the older setups.
If I were to fill a 750 lbs. bag with my 3800 and 1 valve versus his one Jabsco to fill a single 750 lbs bag mys setup would fill quicker at 7.78 minutes versus the Jabsco 8.06 minutes, the diference isn't even enough to OPEN and get a quick sip of your beer. HOWEVER, if I were to fill my entire 1350 punds with my system it would take 9.3 mins where as DOCDRS jabsco setup would fill the entire 1350 in just 4.84 minutes a difference of 5 minutes!!! (Assuming all bags are the same size example: 3 450lbs bags filling at the same time from three dedicated pumps).
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Students returning to school for the first time since last week's shooting will be greeted by extra police officers
By Scott Sonner and Martin Griffith
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SPARKS, Nev. — Students returning to classes at a Nevada middle school on Monday for the first time since a fatal schoolyard shooting a week ago will be greeted by extra police officers but few other changes, with one big exception:
Michael Landsberry, the beloved math teacher and athletic coach they say combined the toughness of an ex-Marine with the compassion of a caring educator, won't be there.
"It's going to be weird not seeing him yelling at students and telling them to tuck in their shirts," said Micah Crooks, 13, an eighth-grader at Sparks Middle School in a working class neighborhood about 5 miles northeast of downtown Reno.
Landsberry was fatally shot in the chest last Monday by Jose Reyes, a 12-year-old seventh-grader who also wounded two classmates before taking his own life with a semi-automatic handgun on the asphalt basketball court outside the school with about 600 students.
Police say Reyes got the gun from his home, which could subject his parents to prosecution. But investigators say they haven't determined a motive yet, and don't know whether Reyes was shooting randomly or targeting victims when the rampage began about 7:15 a.m.
The parents of two 12-year-olds recovering successfully from gunshot wounds said they don't believe their children were targeted in the attack 15 minutes before the morning bell.
Tyler Waldman, 13, said he noticed Landsberry standing near the school that sunny, crisp autumn morning when everyone started running away and a friend told him "a student has a gun."
"I heard a pop and saw him fall down," said Waldman, who was in Landsberry's seventh-grade math class last year.
Some students speculated that bullying may have played a role in the shooting, but police said they have no evidence of that and have refused to comment about anything that might have provoked the attack.
Heather Waldman, Tyler's mother, said she thinks Reyes didn't get the attention he needed.
"It must have been a parenting problem," she said. "Why didn't they listen to him? He must have been so lost. If a child brings a gun to school, he's not being listened to at home."
Washoe County School District Police Chief Mike Mieras wouldn't specify numbers but said to expect an increased police presence when students return to classes Monday morning.
"We are going to have some additional officers, some additional staff, additional counseling," he said.
Angel Veja, a 13-year-old eighth-grader, said he expects a subdued mood at the school on Monday.
"I think it is going to be a little quiet," Veja said. "It was like a bad dream. You never think it's going to happen at your school."
Kevin Valdez, a fifth-grader at neighboring Agnes Risley Elementary, said the shooting shook students' sense of security.
"School is supposed to be a safe place," Valdez said. "What more evidence is needed to show that we need to stop guns from being in public areas? More lives are going to be lost if we don't do something about guns."
Mieras said school staff will be working with the district's emergency manager to re-evaluate whether any changes are needed in response. Some students said they were locked outside the school when an automatic lockdown went into effect upon reports of a gunman firing shots outside the school.
Mieras said that would be part of the review but declined further comment, other than to say there had been no talk about placing metal detectors at the school entrances.
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Discussion in 'Pros' Racquets and Gear' started by Nikae, Aug 8, 2012.
Its very light racket, 314g strung. Anyone knows if, and where, she uses lead tape?
In this pic it looks like she has at least some lead in the head. But Kerber seems to be using it without any lead in the head.
At Eastbourne this year I added some lead at 10/2 position on her coaches request. She test 1 frame, and then I did the same to another 6 rqts. I think the weight was about 2 x 4g for each rqt. Her mum, who dropped off the rqts, said that they'd been matched in New York and were all the same. There wasn't any lead showing other than what I put on.
That would be really head heavy, with 8 grams at 10/2.
With 2 grams at the butt + leather grip + og + dampener, mine is already at 336 grams & 6.5 HL
It would still only get it to around 330 swingweight, or the same as the new extreme mp, and confirms again the data presented by Travlerjam that pros have much less head light racquets.
Thanks for the info. Do you remember her grip size?
Sorry, no. I dont tend to check gripsizes of the rqts I strung although some are a little more noticeable as its stamp on the buttcap.
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Discussion in 'Doctor Who' started by Candlelight, Nov 30, 2012.
Oh dear.
Sylvester McCoy being a buffoon? I actually like the sound of that.
I didn't like McCoy as the Doctor, but the guy can play a buffoon!
So he's the new Gimli?
So he's saying that Radaghast is a racist and horribly politically incorrect portrayal of a mentally handicapped black guy that everyone, including the characters in-universe and even his own people, loathed with a seething passion?
Yeah, no. At worst he's going to be a bit too comic reliefy, but he's very much just an old, eccentric wizard who might have a little trouble socializing with people. It won't even be remotely comparable.
Wait...JarJar Binks was a black stereotype? Where does this come from?
^^^ His accent mainly IIRC.
Oh... OK, the only folks I've ever heard use that accent are pasty white Cajuns. Sounds like someone seeing what they want to see to me, since I know for a fact pasty White folks also have that accent.
Some very white people like fried chicken and watermelons, too. (Myself included). That doesn't make the racist stereotype less racist.
Never understood where that stereotype came from. I've lived in a few predominantly black neighborhoods and never noticed a higher presence of Chicken and Watermelon eating amongst blacks.
Yeah, that's just a weird one. It's not even as if there's anything wrong with eating those things, so I don't see how it qualifies as derogatory, but for some reason, racists seem to think it is.
From what I understand from this post, it's a Southern US thing.
Believe it or not, it's been a common complaint since 1999.
Err, what? If someone says something racist, and other people are offended, it's not just the person saying the racist things that are racist, but the people who are offended by it, too? The hell?
Course, a lot of people (such as the ones in this thread) confuse racism with stereotyping. There is a difference. One is fueled by hatred or at the very least misunderstanding, the other is simply noticing common traits and associating them with the people possessing those traits. This is one of those things that is closer to the latter than the former. Much the same way that all white people apparently love mayonaise and Homeland, black guys are all hung like horses, and Asians are all mathematical geniuses. Most stereotypes are far from being racist, no matter how much overly sensitive or apologetic some people feel they need to be about anything even close to actual racism.
That isn't even remotely what I'm saying. It isn't even on the same continent as what I'm saying. Of course it's valid to be offended, because what's offensive is the attitude of the racists. The particulars they use in their attacks are just the excuses they make up to justify that attitude. I'm just saying it's odd to me that they'd choose those particulars. But then, racism in general is hard for me to understand, I'm proud to say.
Maybe, but I have seen/heard those stereotypes used in racist rhetoric. For instance, during the election I came upon an article about racist "tweets" or something directed against President Obama, and I was bewildered by how many of them mentioned fried chicken and watermelon. It just seemed so bizarre.
I guess it just reflects the narrow, rigid minds of the prejudiced. They have a single, simplistic, caricatured image in their minds of what a black person is, and when they see something that profoundly contradicts that stereotype, such as an intelligent, dignified African-American becoming President of the United States, they can't expand their minds enough to encompass or understand it. So they just fall back on their lazy, repetitive stereotypes like a parrot reciting a memorized phrase. It's easier to restate the catchphrases and buzzwords they've been trained to use because it saves them from actually having to think.
The fried chicken shops near me often have more black people in than would be representative of population. I've never in my life seen a black person eat watermelon though. I've always assumed it was to do with savage ancestry stereotyping like "spear-chucker" as a watermelon is an exotic fruit.
Imagine McCoy as Jar Jar though. "Nowwwww Hace, the drrrrrroid army..." or whatever.
To add to that, there was a large exodus of black Americans to the north who brought their food with them. In the north, these traditionally southern foods were not anywhere near as popular, so they became associated with the newcomers (i.e., African Americans).
Oddly, the *actual* review that Stuff links to - http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/new-hobbit-film-eye-popping-article-1.1209539 - has no such reference to Sylv or Jar Jar - Stuff's reporter seems to have, well, made shit up.
Though I can definitely believe that he'll be crap in it
Why change the habit of a lifetime, eh. Though if they wanted Jar Jar Binks, they should have got Matt Smith in.
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Where is doug's repair trailer located? Thats one of the best takes of the rally. Also what will expected highs and #@$##@% humidiy factor be?
Where is doug's repair trailer located? Thats one of the best takes of the rally. Also what will expected highs and #@$##@% humidiy factor be?
All vendors will be located at the Civic Center, with the exception of the Flea Market which will be at the quiet and family camping area, Magic Island.
The vast majority of vendors will be located inside the Civic Center. Some of the vendors who install or fix things on running bikes will be located outside.
Who knows what the temp and humidity will be. That's why it is so nice to know that the entire Civic Center is AIR CONDITIONED!!!!!
Ride fast safely
Air conditioning, air conditioning, air conditioning..........If I want air conditioning, I'll come to this curious rally in my Maxima.
So tell me, rally organizers, what makes a better story: "I went to the Dells rally, and ate brats in the pouring rain. My tent nearly floated away," or "I went to Charleston and stayed in a Comfort Inn. They had HBO."
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Terry, leave the Maxima home.
Feel free to stand outside the Civic Center and, if it is 90 degrees and 90 percent humidity, sweat your brains out in glorious rightousness while the rest of the attendees comment on what a great thing air conditioning really is in July.
You can stay at a Comfort Inn with HBO at any Rally. Only the Almost Heaven Rally will have total air conditioning for the vendors and seminars and lots of other things, including the closing ceremonies.
If it makes you feel better, skip the Aerostitch and wear a hair shirt.
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My brother Pedro loves anything spicy especially mango with chile, and he's not alone. It has become one of the most common combinations in sweets in Mexico. In fact, when you eat fresh mango, powdered chile of some kind is always on the table. I wanted to do something in this book just for him, but I am sure he won't mind sharing. (That's the kind of guy he is.)
The chile powder you use in these ice pops is a matter of taste. It isn't just about the heat; it's about the flavor. I particularly like the piquin chile from Oaxaca, but feel free to substitute it for ground guajillo, chipotle, or your personal favorite.–Fany Gerson
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LC Manhandling Mangos Note: There are essentially three ways to acquire mango purée. You can buy it at the store, packaged in shelf-stable aseptically packaged boxes like the ones used for soy milk. You can purchase it online from purveyors who typically cater to chefs and bartenders and the like, including Gerson's favorites, L'Epicerie and The Perfect Puree of Napa Valley. Or you can make your own, simply by peeling and pitting really ripe mangoes—you know, those mangoes that have maybe sat on your counter a day or two too long and ooze sweet, sweet juice the moment you slice into them—and dumping both the chopped fruit and any juice into a food processor or blender.
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- 1 to 2 medium ripe mangoes, diced
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup piquín chile powder or other chile powder (you can vary the amount as well as the type of chile depending on how spicy you want the pops)
- 1. Bring the sugar, water, and arbol chile pieces to a simmer over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and let cool.
- 2. Strain the arbol chile mixture through a fine-mesh sieve into a bowl. Stir in the lime juice and mango purée. Taste and adjust the amount of lime accordingly.
- 3. If you prefer to dust just the outside of the ice pops with the piquín chile powder, hold on a second with the spicy chile powder and proceed to step 4. If you prefer to infuse the pops with chile flavor, toss the mango pieces with the piquín chile powder.
- 4. Divide the mango chunks among ice pop molds or paper cups then add the mango purée. Freeze until it's just beginning to set, about 3 hours. Insert the sticks into the molds or cups. Let the ice pops freeze for at least 3 more hours, then unmold as directed or peel off the paper cups.
- 5. If it's a spicy mango flavor desired, dust the outside of the pops with piquín chile powder by first allowing the pops to thaw slightly so the powder will stick. Dump the piquín chile powder on a plate or in a shallow bowl and dip the ice pops, 1 at a time, to coat.
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Lend Lease sued over collapse of New York craneChris Dolmetsch and Oshrat Carmiel
Published: November 12 2012 - 3:00AM
LEND Lease is being sued in a federal court in New York over the collapse of a construction crane at a partially completed 90-storey luxury apartment building while superstorm Sandy pounded the city two weeks ago.
Two New York dentists accuse the Australian property company of negligence for ''failing to safely prepare, maintain, operate and secure'' the crane, which they say cost them ''substantial income'' due to the closing of their businesses as well as ''loss of goodwill and reputation''.
''Businesses and individuals within the evacuation zone were deprived of the use and enjoyment of their offices and homes, respectively, despite still having to pay expenses including but not limited to rent, payroll and operating expenses,'' the plaintiffs said in the complaint.
Lend Lease is the construction manager for the luxury One57 apartment building where the crane partially collapsed on October 29 as wind gusts from Sandy buffeted Manhattan.
Buildings near the site, including Le Parker Meridien Hotel and the Salisbury Hotel, were evacuated and nearby streets were closed.
Workers secured the buckled section of the crane on November 4, allowing police to reopen closed streets.
Over the next three or four weeks, workers will build another crane alongside the damaged one and use it to remove the parts that are broken.
One57, being built by Extell Development, is poised to be New York's tallest residential building.
The tower set a price record for a single Manhattan residence in May, when a 1000-square-metre unit, spanning the top two floors, sold for about $US90 million ($A87 million).
The building, located between Sixth and Seventh avenues, is scheduled to open in mid-2013.
The lawsuit - which also names Extell as a defendant - is seeking more than $US5 million in damages, although the amount would likely be more, given the scope of the evacuation and the number of residents who were affected, Scott Bursor, an attorney for the plaintiffs, said.
Lend Lease has declined to comment.
This story was found at: http://www.theage.com.au/business/lend-lease-sued-over-collapse-of-new-york-crane-20121111-296bk.html


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HAYWARD — Off the Grid gourmet food truck market is adding a big-screen TV for football viewing at its Monday gathering here.
The TV will be at the mobile market on a trial basis this coming Monday and Oct. 22, said Sean Brooks, Hayward economic development manager.
Off the Grid trucks set up from 5 to 9 p.m. Mondays in the triangle lot at Mission Boulevard and D Street. Free parking is available on nearby streets and in the city garage on Mission between B and C streets, about a block away.


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Hello folks!
I'm something of a novice with the forums, but I thought I would give this a go in the hopes that you could help me! I've recently introduced a friend of mine to the wonderful, wonderful world that is fanfiction, and she's asked for some recommendations. I've given her some of my favourites, but I know she likes fics a little different than my usual route. So I hoped you all could give me some recs to pass on to her! (And I wouldn't mind reading them, either!)
She ships crazy noncanon ships (something else we disagree on!) but she loves Ron/Hermione. She can't stand cheese, however, and can really only take fluff in small doses. Do you all have any good Ron/Hermione recs that don't have much fluff but are still funny? I know there's lots of good Ron/Hermione angst out there, but surely there's sweeter, funnier fics, too, right? And, regardless of all those specifics I gave, if you have any simply good Ron/Hermione fics to share, please do!
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Spectrumagic sitepoint web designers road map...book Spectrumagic url? I read it but i do not remember the url...
Click the sitepoint logo and then the bookstore link and you will see all the Sitepoint books.
exist sample site spectrumagic on the web ? not the book sitepoint page but the project spectrumagic url if exist?
Do you mean this: http://www.sitepoint.com/books/process1/
spectrumagic.com like this? exist?
Hi lse123,
The url exists, but AFAIK it is nothing at all to do with SitePoint.
With reference to The Web Designer's Roadmap, Spectrumagic is an ongoing project throughout the book used to illustrate the creative and design process.Unfortunately, I don't think it is to be found live online anywhere.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
coding files anywhere offline exist...?
I'm not sure, sorry.Maybe @HAWK ; knows?
Sorry, I've never heard of spectrumagic - as far as I know it has nothing to do with us.
Hi Hawk,
I meant maybe you can advise the OP if it is possible to download the code for The Web Designer's Roadmap from somewhere.I had a look at the book's page, but could't see anything.
I looked through the book a bit and it's "website" i.e. the "process1" link.
Many if not most SitePoint books do have Code Artchives, and some have a "live site" you can go to. But it seems this particular book has neither.It mentions "Video Interviews" and "Updates and Errata" but no code sample files nor a live site.
@lse123; If you're having questions or problems, why not start a thread in an appropriate forum?


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White Sox agree to deal with top pick Hawkins
By Scott Merkin / MLB.com
The 18-year-old from Carroll High School in Corpus Christi, Texas, reportedly will sign for the recommended slot bonus of $2.475 million, pending a physical to take place Monday in Chicago. The White Sox made a high school player their top pick for the first time since 2001, when right-handed pitcher Kris Honel was taken out of Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox, Ill.
Hawkins batted .437 with 11 home runs, 39 RBIs, 56 runs scored, 17 stolen bases, a .580 on-base and .874 slugging percentage in 36 games with the Tigers this season. He also posted a 5-2 record with a 0.96 ERA, 57 strikeouts over 36 1/3 innings and had a velocity ranging from 92-96 mph when he pitched Carroll to a regional championship. But Hawkins' future is in the outfield.
"It has been amazing," said Hawkins during a conference call after he was selected one week ago. "Knowing you are one of best 13 in the country -- it feels pretty good."
Earlier on Wednesday, Hawkins tweeted, "Chi town bound MONDAY awhhhhhh yea lets do this!!!!!!!!"
That tweet was followed by hashtags with "pumped up" and "excited." It's a safe bet that Hawkins won't be doing any of his patented back flips in celebration, a move quickly squelched by White Sox general manager Ken Williams after Hawkins executed one while wearing a suit on Draft night. But throwing out the first pitch before Monday or Tuesday's game against the Cubs at U.S. Cellular Field could be an opportunity to represent his move into professional baseball.
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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STAGE TUBE: Miss SMASH's 'Hell on Earth?' Watch It Here!
Last night on SMASH, The team began their pursuit of a marquee star, as Eileen (Anjelica Huston) charged Tom and Julia (Christian Borle and Debra Messing) with finding a title for the newly reinvigorated musical. Karen (Katharine McPhee) and Ivy (Megan Hilty) found themselves in competition again -- this time for an orange juice commercial. Relationship troubles were abound, as Frank (Brian d'Arcy James) made an unwelcome discovery. Miss the epiosde? Catch up below!
SMASH airs Mondays at 10pm on NBC.
The series stemmed from an idea of executive producer and multiple Emmy and Oscar winner Steven Spielberg ("ER," "Schindler's List"). The pilot was written by acclaimed playwright/screenwriter Theresa Rebeck ("Mauritius," "NYPD Blue"). David Marshall Grant ("Brothers and Sisters"), Craig Zadan and Neil Meron (Oscar-winning "Chicago," "Hairspray") and Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey ("United States of Tara," "The Borgias") also serve as executive producers. Original songs are written by Tony and Grammy Award winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman("Hairspray," "Catch Me If You Can"), who serve as executive producers as well.
SMASH is a production of Universal Television in association with DreamWorks Television and Madwoman in the Attic. The pilot was directed by Tony Award winner Michael Mayer ("Spring Awakening," "American Idiot")
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Sixteen firms have downloaded the advertisement for construction management services (CMS) of the Siesta Key public beach project, which has a Jan. 31 deadline for proposals.
Sarasota County staff will rank the firms based on their proposed approaches for the $21.5 million project, their experience and ability.
Depending on the status of the design, county staff may only contract CMS for the construction phase of the project, which is expected to take 27 months and begin after Nov. 1, according to the advertisement.
Contact Alex Mahadevan at [email protected].


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Her pussy......uuughhh i wana lick it so badly i wana suck it it uuughhhh it made me cum. This is going to turn me into a total lesbo!! I am literally fucking myself. I need a partner quick!
You suck on my clit and lick and finger you
Learnt a lot...need a pussy now :D
How about demonstrating on a girl without a pierced clit, since most women don't have that??
love it
O M G okay MEN DO U SEE? What is the rush idu? why not play all day... my husband feels like everything has to be fast, and when he is done--he is done...boring! MAYBE that is why I am looking on here rather than in bed with him :-P lol BIGGEST LESSON HERE TAKE UR TIME
Talk to your guy and tell him that you aren't satisfied but that he has all the tools. Otherwise it'll remain boring forever.
Im telling
I am after a really good Cunnilingus video where are they ??
That's a lesson!
wow. My boyfriend needs to takes notes on this.
wow.....she is a pro i need her in my life.....
Great tutorial. Could to know about just how sensitive that area is. The girl who is talking is really cute. Lovely eyes.
thanks ive had lots of sex but never really known how to give a girl good head
Can she please lick my pussy?
I can suck u to heaven my baby, its my job
No no no no! I'm not watching the whole thing! Good video though
im sorry but that is the worst pussy eating i ever seen!i need to make a video
What is most important is the thumbs up at the end.
best vid ever
every pussy I have eaten out tastes like a mixture of nasty body odor, rotten chicken and shit. idk how anyone could like the taste. I'm only talking about 3 women, supposedly it tastes better if their diet is more healthy but I'm sorta skeptical. I only do it cuz i know it drives them crazy.
Yeah diet has a lot to do with it. The more fresh fruit and vegetables, the better our juices taste, and body odor is better too. Hopefully your next girl takes care of herself better.
i like that give my wife that later
my pussy wanna get liked on this way.. now!
I'll do it
Spread em baby here I am
Just sprung my 18 yr old son watching this... LMAO, His Eye's wide jaw dropped , first words where.. I'm doing this so wrong.. Fantastic stuff :)
Great video, honestly. That video helped me get laid twice already. However, one part I don't like is that Caren (she explains, right?) giggles all the time. But she's a great teacher, cheers.
love this video
Just another day at the orifice
Wow, she cab lick my pussy anytime she likes. Makes me so wet.
eat the pussy of gtfo geez. talk too much
Love this shit!
i just jacked myself off to this
I wish my boyfriend would watch this....
i like this!!!cant wait for my gf to come home!!!
I love eating pussy more than intercourse and think that more guys might feel the same if they realized what they can do to a woman with their hands and mouth. Thank you to those who made this video. :)
i already know how to eat pussy like a champ, but watching a woman demonstrate on another woman is fucking brilliant!
dripping wet watching this..i want caren to eat me out dammit!
She knows exactly what she's doing. She's soooo gooooooooddd
I really like it, except for the freaky nails. I would be so tense they would hurt me....
Ca respire le naturel : grosses bises Caren !
it's beautiful when two people share real physical intimacy, much more rewarding than trying to pound her pussy to orgasm all night and nearly killing yourself in the process, not to mention her poor pussy lol. nice vid, one of the few sex vids i actually watched from start to finish.
For the females it's VERY IMPORTANT to WASH Their Pussy!!!!!!
this lesson is very useful for men
I'm a fan of Caren Caan! GREAT video!
she talks too damn much...honestly she asks too many questions
my wife's pussy is big now after having kids i dont like walking down stairs so much,i used to like to eat her out but, now...its different pussy looks like a gun wound
This chick is only into white folks. Ah well I guess she is usefull to them that way.
Maybe i should go fine some black pussy and bring it home to my wight wife so they can go at it like this. I would love to watch my wife get her pussy lick by a black women. I would also love to put my white cock in the black pussy as she lick my wife white pussy. I love black pussy
I want her to lick my pussy
boys please pay attention
personally i think that technique is important to some degree, however i think it is mostly psychological later on !
My problem is that my wife use to like her pussy lick out but she use cum but now she just lay there. I wish i could have someone come over and show me what i doing wrong
Actually easier than oral sex on men because all you have to do is ask?!?!?!? Pretty sure I can answer a question b*tch lol
What a sweet girl!
Bitch has got some wolverine claws. My technique is different but i make ladies squirt.
friendly sex stuff. We should have this instead of porn. That shit is the devil, they treat women like trash.
mmmm che bello....
I would love to lick that black pussy. She kinda looks like the lady i pick up one night i was in down town Portland Oregon
I what to try it on you. I always what to try it on you and let me try it on you
The dam video never came on!
Learned nothing new lmao really kinda a big ass der bitch
Hi Caren Caan! Great video! You are so sweet. I like your smile and I like the way you communicate and eat that pussy.
I wish i could learn on both them. Late my wife just lay there and i hope i doing a good enough job on her. She says i doing fine but i what to make her cum like the first time we did this
great educational video more women should watch it. Carol does a great job
No piercing next time. took away from the clip!
Great refresher thank you
very educational.... BOIOIOIOIOING!!! lol
Great, too bad the model bears ugly piercings everywhere! And why not another black beauty???
Holy shit she's got more ornaments than my Christmas tree.
Wow she did eat that pussy up
This is so helpful
carpet munch
I loved it.It was so hot .It got me wet and turned me on.
love play in this mode with my friend monica..
Don't complain if this turned you off because of the laugh, this is meant for educational purpose, I liked their sense of humor to be honest! :)
nice job...hope let me practice on you!!
cant wait to try this on my gf :)
I learned a lot and hope my friend will like it, when I'll lick her pussy 'cause it'll be the first time.
I watched this and tried this on me wife of two years the other day. She LOVED IT!
Note to self: Pray that when you get marriage you get marriged to: 1.A Smoking Hot Guy 2.A Giy Slightly Older Than You 3.A Guy You Can Actually Stand To Be Around 4.A Guy That Knows How To Have Sex With A Virgin 5.A Guy That's Good At Sex Anyway P.S. Hopefully oral sex isn't a sin in my religion because this looks kinda good.
to much talking get to the pussy eating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great video , very helpful!
The only problem I had was the constant laughing. Really a turn-off toward a very worthy subject. The info was good but wasn't presented in a way that I could take seriously. There was too much 'tee hee hee' giggling. Honestly, presentation is a strong key to learning. If this were an older woman with more experience I think I would have gotten more out of the lesson.
Oh Yeah...that was perfect lesson
Best tutorial I've ever seen. Just fyi though, some girls like to be fingered more while you're licking. Just throwing it out there.
now I know more and im better in bed
This bitch :) her first meal wasa eating pussy i bet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
is it really ideal to have those long nails inside of you? doesnt look safe.
i just want that someone eats my pussy and i want a double FUCK.....i want to be a real slut
id do this in the name of science.. . . what? . . dont judge me. . . its purely educational. . *lick lick lick*
Nice video. I hope to see more of your work!
I have 2 pet peeves: lack of patience when eating pussy & dudes that jab their tongues in, so this video is a BLESSING. This woman's racial preference is irrelevant. If that's something that matters to you as the viewer then you didn't learn a thing from this video and I feel bad for the person fucking you.
what a really nice video, i just couldnt stop to touch my clit seeing this. will love that girl suck my pussy like that. and fuck my pussy with her mouth like that, just yummy!
almost everything she says is common sense... "nippling is erotic, bitting is painful" -.- wow, great news! and i think you shouldn't always ask her if it's okay if you do it exactly like this or like that. just try and watch and feel her reaction. asking can be wrong as many girls could be disturbed by this and lose their lust. however, if you really have no clue, go ahead and ask, of course.
man, i'm wet after watching that. i wish she'd come and sort me out....
Wow.... her pussy is beautiful.
man she's fucking wet. And damn those fingernails, scary.
vegan pussy tastes so good.
Nom nom nom! ugh, this was just torture watching and not having someone here to eat me out.
Oh my god, I have to find this woman so she can do this to me! I don't even know what to say, I'm showing this to any future boyfriend or girlfriend of mine!
can u come and suck mine.
I'm a guy and I appreciate this video. I usually start out near the ekneee and slowly work my way to her clit. Most like the finger bang too. Great video thx
I'd love for someone to eat me like this. :)
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(AP) The U.S. government raised the stakes Monday for an Internet poker company founder, boosting charges against him and saying he could face decades in prison for operating a Ponzi scheme that has cost poker players hundreds of millions of dollars.
Raymond Bitar, 40, was arrested as he arrived at Kennedy Airport. The founder and chief executive officer of Full Tilt Poker said in a statement issued by his lawyers that he voluntarily returned from Ireland.
"I know that a lot of people are very angry at me," said Bitar, of Glendora, Calif., in suburban Los Angeles. "I understand why. Full Tilt should never have gotten into a position where it could not repay player funds."
Bitar, who pleaded not guilty in a courtroom that included several family members and friends among spectators, was ordered held until he can meet the conditions of a $2.5 million bond, an amount set by U.S. Magistrate Judge Debra Freeman over the objections of a prosecutor who asked that he be held without bail as a flight risk.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Arlo Devlin-Brown said Bitar falsely claimed to Internet poker customers that their money would be safe and would not be mixed with company funds.
He said authorities had determined that more than $430 million had been paid to Bitar and other owners while only $60 million to $70 million remained in company accounts to reimburse players who thought they had accounts totaling $350 million, half of it belonging to Americans.3 online poker houses face fraud charges in NYC
Devlin-Brown accused Bitar of paying himself at least $40 million, most of which remains abroad. He said charges filed against Bitar on April 15, 2011, when the three largest online poker companies operating in the U.S. were shut down, would have resulted in only a few years in prison.
The new indictment, he said, could result in a sentence that would be "measured in decades."
The charges included conspiracy to violate gambling laws, operation of an illegal gambling business, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy. They carry a potential maximum prison sentence of 145 years upon conviction.
Devlin-Brown said Bitar continued accepting money from new customers outside the United States even after last year's charges were filed in Manhattan.
"By then this company was little more than a Ponzi scheme, and his presence was needed to keep it from unraveling," he said.
Bitar, in his statement, said he had "worked hard" for the last 15 months to find solutions to get players repaid.
"Returning today is part of that process," he said. "I believe we are near the end of a very long road, and I will continue to do whatever is required to get the players repaid, and I hope that it will happen soon."
Roberto Finzi, one of Bitar's lawyers, said his client had worked around the clock trying to pay back customers, including considering the sale of company assets.
"He was not running around Mallorca having fun," Finzi said, referencing the vacation-friendly island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Devlin-Brown rejected claims Bitar was working for the greater good of the customers, saying it "strains all credibility." He said Bitar was "simply keeping a Ponzi scheme from being detected."
The prosecutor said the U.S. had been working with Irish authorities and was prepared to extradite Bitar if he did not return voluntarily.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said in a statement that the indictment shows "how Bitar bluffed his player-customers and fixed the game against them as part of an international Ponzi scheme that left players empty-handed."
Janice K. Fedarcyk, head of the New York FBI office, agreed.
"The online casino became an Internet Ponzi scheme," she said.


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Will city's investment in film festival pay off?
April 3, 2013 at 8 p.m.
Updated April 3, 2013 at 11:04 p.m.
The Victoria TX Independent Film Festival has won a thumbs-up from most of its critics, but in its second year, the event is still trying to prove its worth.
Bringing almost 60 films, music, filmmakers and aficionados to Victoria comes at a cost. This year, half of the festival's planned expenses are covered by the city's hotel occupancy tax fund, which leaves some calling the festival a good investment and others worrying that it will flop.
Festival Executive Director Anthony Pedone said every dollar invested in the four-day event comes back to Victoria.
"It's all going for things in the community: hotel rooms, rent housing, rental cars, buying food, catering, alcohol," Pedone said. "All that money is injected back into the community."
The city allocated $68,900 in hotel tax dollars for the event. The rest of the event's $126,584 budget comes from ticket sales, sponsors and advertisements. Last year, the festival was allocated $43,150 in hotel tax funding but was reimbursed for $38,164.
Sponsorships totaled $31,000 that year. Totals were not available for this year's event.
The festival received the largest hotel tax allotment of the total $455,000 given out.
Pedone said the only thing that does not directly go back to Victoria is the $20,000 allotted for plane fare but added, "There's $20,000 in receipts dangling around somewhere."
Beyond the monetary return, he said, the festival opens up cultural opportunities for the city, attendees and the presenting filmmakers.
Other cities across Texas are also using their hotel occupancy tax dollars to invest in film festivals.
The Rockport Rotary Club Film Fest has received $5,500 in three years.
Fredericksburg's Hill Country Film Festival received $6,500 in hotel tax funding this year and $10,000 last year.
Hill Country Film Festival Director Chad Mathews said the hotel tax dollars carry about 25 percent of the total budget.
"This is our fourth year," he said. "It's going to take some time to get to the level where the city sees a bang for the buck, but they've started seeing that in small increments."
He said 45 percent of the attendees are from metropolitan areas, and some from out of state.
The overarching goal to bring more people to the festival should eventually carry the financial obligations, it's just a matter of time, Mathews said.
"The goal is to bring in as many audience members to see these films; they eat here, stay here, so the city sees the impact," Mathews said. "With time, I think it could be a really good event for the town."
Convention and Visitors Bureau Director LaRue Roth said Victoria's festival is on the same mission.
According to the festival's application for hotel occupancy tax funding, it used 244 hotel rooms last year.
The lack of available hotel rooms may have played a factor.
Roth said the festival is a strong investment.
"Sometimes you're not going to see that dollar-for-dollar return, but when you take into consideration not just hotels, but restaurants, shops and other attractions, we'll see it," she said.
As the event grows, more festival-goers and filmmakers will talk up Victoria, Roth said.
She applauded the council for supporting the festival.
"It's just the second year and, I think Anthony (Pedone) is doing an amazing job, and he works his heart out for this festival," she said.
The festival's funding is routed through the Victoria Performing Arts Center Inc., a nonprofit.
The nonprofit's president, Robert Hewitt Jr., said the only limit on Victoria's festival is hotel availability.
"Everything has small beginnings," he said. "But when you have small beginnings, typically you need the assistance of municipal authorities."
He said each festival expense is scrutinized by the nonprofit's accountant before being qualified for hotel tax funding.
"If it passes that hurdle, then we go to the following stages to look at the expenditure and see exactly what it is, if it seems silly or not," Hewitt said. "So far, everything's worked out very well."
Hewitt said the one complication is that the city funds the event on the back end.
He said the increase in funding is a factor to this year's growth.
"Not to put last year's festival down, but this year, they're really going to have some wonderful films to exhibit," he said.
Still, some think the curtain should fall on the festival.
Councilman David Hagan voted against funding the event, saying it is not a prudent use of tax dollars.
However, he said he wishes for the event's best outcome.
"I don't think there will be a return on investment for it," he said. "If the money's going to be spent, I hope it's successful."
Councilman Tom Halepaska said when Pedone asked for support the first time, he was skeptical.
"These guys came in late and didn't have their act together," Halepaska said.
Overall, the festival is a good investment of hotel tax dollars, he said.
"They pulled a rabbit out of a hat," Halepaska said. "If they can repeat that success, then it should be great."
Related story:Crossroads has potential to build strong festival, filmmakers say


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So far, just over $36 million has been raised, but officials say another $2 million is needed before groundbreaking can begin on the Shubert.
Colin Hamilton, executive director of the Minnesota Shubert Center, said Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak will lead a rally this afternoon to generate momentum for the Shubert's capital campaign.
"And really what this is about is to remind our community how far this project has come, how very close it is to success, and hopefully generate the kind of positive activity that tips the scales, and allows us to move into construction this summer," Hamilton said.
Organizers are hoping to open the Shubert in late 2010 as Minnesota's first flagship center for dance.


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After serving as pastor for 25 years at St. Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church in Denton, the Rev. Lloyd Pullam retired last month.
Pullam, whose new title is pastor emeritus, has been declining in health since suffering a stroke three years ago.
"It paralyzed the left side of my body, and I am left-handed," Pullam said. "While not wonderful, it's a blessing that it happened the way it did. It's the right side that controls my thinking and speaking, so I am grateful [the right side wasn't affected]."
The stroke the 66-year-old suffered might have slowed him down a little, but it's not stopped his love of preaching the word of God. Preaching, Pullam said, is something he was called to do more than 40 years ago.
Originally from Corpus Christi, Pullam found his way to North Texas by way of the U.S. Air Force where he "officially accepted" his calling.
"I went to college, worked on school a little and decided I wanted to do something different. So I joined the U.S. Air Force. It was there, I worked with the chaplain service," Pullam said.
While at Carswell Air Force Base, now known as Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth/Carswell Field, he learned about the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He first earned a bachelor's of arts degree in religion from the University of Corpus Christi, which is now Texas A&M University Corpus Christi; then he enrolled in Southwestern.
After completing his master's in religion at Southwestern, he landed a job as pastor at the Second Baptist Church in Seguin.
"I was only the eighth pastor to serve there in the church's 112-year history and I was the youngest," Pullam said proudly.
From there, he went to serve at the Greater Worth Hill Missionary Baptist Church for eight years in Fort Worth.
"It was in 1988 when we moved to Denton, when I noticed they had a vacant opening," Pullam said. "I wanted to move to St. Emmanuel because I knew there were two colleges and there would be lots of impressionable youth around."
Youth is something Pullam believes is truly the heart of future and is why a church-mentoring program is something he recalls as one of his greatest memories over the past 25 years.
"I always wanted to work with youth and being here [at St. Emmanuel] allowed me really to do that."
Couples at the church "adopt" a student and the student will spend holidays and weekends with their "adopted" church family if their biological family is too far away or they can't go home to see them.
"It's a support system, and we can minister quicker here than their parents way back home," Pullam said.
He said that sometimes he's seen rewards from those efforts.
"A couple years ago, one of the kids we had a hand in with ministering came back to the church for a visit," Pullam said. "Turns out, he became a doctor in the Houston area and he wanted to give back to show his appreciation. He has been sending monthly donations to the church for the past two years for support."
People and stories like that, Pullam said, are very rewarding.
"I am always glad to know we had a hand in the development of anyone. When they have done good, it makes it that much more of a gift," Pullam said.
He hasn't stopped spreading the word just because he is retired.
"I've already signed up as my own nonprofit ministry," Pullam said.
He will use his extra time to focus more on helping younger pastors — something he believes is a much-needed resource.
With all his experience, contacts and skill, the longtime pastor said he hoped to be able to provide young pastors with the direction they are looking for.
Direction, Pullam said, is something he didn't have much of when he got out of school and was a young pastor himself.
"A true leader needs direction," he said. "What's a congregation without direction? I'll continue to provide and give, as much as God allows."
Pullam has been married to his wife, Janice, for nearly 40 years and they have three children and five grandchildren.
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Jay is survived by his two children, Courtney Anne Marie Christy and Cody Allen Michael Christy, whom he loved dearly. He is also survived by his parents, Gerald Jay Christy Sr. and Doylene Christy; his brothers, Steven Duane Foster and Clayell Allen Christy; two nieces and a nephew, Amanda Foster, Paige Christy and Josh Foster; and countless other friends and family who mourn his passing.
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EV's will help balance the electric grid
A technology developed with the University of Delaware has sold power from electric vehicles to the power grid for the first time, the power company NRG Energy Inc said on Friday (26 April).
In a joint statement, the university and NRG said that they began work on the so-called eV2g program in September 2011 to provide a two-way interface between electric vehicles and the power grid, enabling vehicle-owners to sell electricity back to the grid while they are charging their cars.
NRG said the project became an official participant in the PJM frequency regulation market on February 27. The system, which is still in development, is not yet commercially-available.
PJM operates the power grid for 60 million people in 13 US Mid-Atlantic and Midwest states and the District of Columbia.
Frequency regulation is used to balance supply and demand on the grid second-by-second.
"This demonstrates that (electric vehicles) can provide both mobility and stationary power while helping make the grid more resilient and ultimately generating revenue for electric vehicle owners," said NRG Executive Vice President Denise Wilson, who leads the company's emerging businesses.
As well as downloading electricity, electric vehicles can store energy, allowing power grid operators like PJM to balance the power provided by variable renewable resources, such as wind and solar.
Tesla Model S photo via Shutterstock.
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