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Dressing Room Shots: H&M Faux Fur
Tell editorial fashion peeps you're in the market for faux, and you'll likely be directed to Joie's $318 Glimmer Faux Fur Vest, Juicy Couture's $328 Faux Fur Cropped Easy Coat or What Comes Around Goes Around's $495 St. Morritz Faux Fur Jacket. Lucky for you, I'm not that big of an asshole.
(Oh, and I've been to What Comes Around Goes Around. I don't know what pissed me off more – the ludicrous mark-up on high-end vintage, or the whiff of pretension pervading the entire store. But I digress.)
H&M's white, pseudo-mink number reminds me of something my BFF Lucy bought at a flea market last year: We call it the Russian Prostitute coat. (Offensive, yes, but I mean that in the most complimentary sense possible). It's the kind of coat you see on someone and you can't tell if they're edgy, homeless, crazy or all three. I obvs borrow it whenever I can.
H&M's Russian Prostitute Redux is as well-cut and warm as the Fraggle Rock, and bears the same $129 tag. I thought the price was a bit high until I recalled what my mother used to spend on my winter coats, which is astronomical in comparison. Quality, stylish outerwear at anything under $200 is hard to come by, and while I can't speak to the staying power of H&M's options, I can affirm that they're hot as hell (figuratively and literally). Based on all that, $129 ain't so bad.
Onto the cropped vest: It's a funky addition to any outfit, fo sho. I'm just not that into spending $49 on a fur-esque excessory. If you're more into accents than outerwear, Uniqlo's Faux Fur Scarf is, at $10.50, a much wiser choice.
Now, for the fuzzy rock star of the bunch: A fluffy-necked peacoat/dress fusion that also comes in black and gray. I flipped when I saw it on the hanger; I double-flipped upon trying it on.
It's thinner than both the Fraggle and the Russian Prostitute Redux and, as such, not as toasty.
It's also tagged at $99, so kudos to H&M for pricing according to amounts of material used. That this beauteous marriage of trendy and classy can be had for less than $100 is the icing on the cake.
Or the fur on the collar, as it were.


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In Word for Mac 2011 Essential Training, author Maria Langer shows how to create, format, and print a wide variety of documents in Microsoft Word 2011. The course covers building outlines, formatting text and pages, working with headers and footers, using themes and styles, adding multimedia, and more. It also shows how to customize and automate Word 2011, including how to record macros. Exercise files accompany the course.
Another handy formatting tool is the Format Painter. This tool is basically a copy and paste button for formatting. It's a great way to copy formatting in one part of your document to another part. So we'll give this a try with a very basic document. I want to format the word here at the end of the first paragraph exactly the same as the word this in this part of the paragraph. So I'll start by selecting any character or group of characters within the formatted word. Then I'll click the Format Painter button, which is up here on the standard toolbar, and notice that my mouse pointer when it's in the document turns into an I-beam pointer with a plus sign.
I can double-click the word I want to change and it automatically gets formatted like the original text. The mouse pointer, when it's done, turns back into normal. Now if I wanted to do this for multiple parts of text, for example, maybe I want to format these words here, what I can do is I can select the source word, double -click on the Format Painter. Now it's got that pointer again and then I can click on the words I want to change. So maybe I'll change this word, this word and this word. Each time I click, it changes the word and my mouse pointer remains with that little plus sign next to the I-beam.
I got to remember to press the Escape key on the keyboard to return that pointer back to normal. Otherwise, I'll keep doing this throughout my document. How is that for a quick and dirty way to consistently format text? Now if you use other Microsoft Office applications, I think you'll be pleased to know that the Format Painter can be found in Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook too.
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"I have an important project that need to edit video, but only WMV videos in hand. So which software does best work in converting WMV to MOV? I mean, which program convert video at least the same quality."
If you are an Apple fan, you may always come across problems like Tom who asked the question online.MOV, as file extension of QuickTime-wrapped files, is high recommended to Apple users because it's almost supported by all Apple products. So, if you want to enjoy WMV files on your iPhone, edit WMV in iMovie or other reason, the best solution is convert WMV to MOV.
Numerous video tools can be found online, but my suggestion is Video Converter for Mac. Not like other converters, you can convert WMV without quality loss. Even you can convert WMV to HD video. Sometimes, this Video Converter for Mac also can play a role of video editor. For example, you can trim any part you need, crop screen, add watermark and so on.
This is a step-by-step tutorial for Mac users. If you want to convert on Windows OS, you can go to the Video Converter guide for more details.
Download and run the program directly, then you can copy app to your library. Launch the converter and you will see the main interface as below:
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Get previous episodes of Masala Zindabad!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Masala Zindabad
As a test run, we chose Gaddar (1973) - a movie recommended by our friend Memsaab. It was every bit as enjoyable as promised, from Pran riding around in his American boat of a car in an early montage to the post-climax shot of Vinod Khanna kicking an iron chest full of cursed money in deep frustration.
In the coming weeks, we plan to discuss everything from the latest movies to B-films you may have never heard of with (hopefully) some of your favorite bloggers. We hope you enjoy it.
The latest podcast is displayed above and all episodes should be visible in your reader if you subscribe, but you can download here if you prefer. Caveat: we know the quality of the audio in this first episode is bad, and we're working as fast as we can to learn how to make it better. Please forgive our ignorance!
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Love your work ladies! I'm always up for a Ranjeet wardrobe moment, especially when combined with general bad-assery :) Amrita you have a wicked laugh which is exactly what I expected.ReplyDelete
Yay Temple! So happy you're our first commentor! We're still figuring things out but it ought to get better. (more ranjeet! we note)ReplyDelete
Hey, great start and congratulations! I loved how your enthusiasm for the movie comes through. Also loved the lack of snark - even the sarcasm was done in good humor (as an aside, I stopped listening to the Salon podcast for just that reason - too much snark).ReplyDelete
A couple of suggestions on the sound: you could consider use a sound leveling software to normalize the sound. Beth's voice was consistently high and yours too low, so I ended up moving the volume up and down.
Also, the "Amrita on left speaker, Beth on right" thingy is no good if you are listening with only one earpiece (I sometimes listen that way to podcasts on my phone) - so you may want to make the sound stereo all the way through. I am sure listeners can figure out who is who. :p
As you both know, podcasts require a big time commitment - wish you both the best of luck in keeping this going!
I am constantly looking for new podcasts to add to my list, so I will definitely be adding this one to the list. Thanks.
Good to see podcasting finally taking off in the filmisphere -- looking forward to future episodes.ReplyDelete
I second the recommendation of not having each voice hard left and hard right -- you can, however, mix it so one is a little left and the other a little right and it'll still sound like a conversation, but it'll be a little easier to follow.
Wish I could have been there too :) Am finally sounding less like an old man with emphysema and more like a human. Can't wait to hear this ;)ReplyDelete
Here's what I would have said if I'd been there (WARNING: more *spoilers* here!):ReplyDelete
LOL@Rekha Lite! so true! I liked that there was no romance in the film, it wasn't necessary and would have interrupted the flow. Also, I think that Pran burned the money not because he didn't want anyone else to have it (although that may have been part of it) but because he needed the heat to help clear his breathing---earlier he is next to a fire and begins coughing and does the same thing with a stick he pulls out of it.
With regards to Padma's character, what I loved about her is that you discover at the end that she isn't dead, and was "acting" through being beaten, knowing that Vinod's character was a CID officer. So she was actually a pretty tough cookie to put up with being hit, and risked her life too---if the others hadn't trusted Vinod's character to "kill" her it could have been a bad outcome for her. And I didn't mind only 3 songs either, there wasn't room for more and I love the restraint of not pandering to tradition :)
LOL too at "it didn't look like they were snowed in"---I thought that too! The roads were so well plowed! But the snow did add such a claustrophobic intimacy to the situation, what a great observation :)
And finally, yes Apradh, and yes, Oscar---and I disagree that he was a spurious slave to choose! I think he is SO totally HOT! Along with Ranjeet :D And a huge YES to a female version of this! Make it happen, universe.
Hope you don't mind this endless comment...but listening I felt so SAD that I wasn't there! Although I would have just been coughing like Pran :)
- AnonymousNovember 13, 2010 at 7:06 PM
It would be much easier to follow, if you don't talk or giggle both at the same time.ReplyDelete
Lovely idea and great movie to pick as a start for this blog.ReplyDelete
Liked it a lot - already knew about the enthusiasm you guys have for masala Bollywood movies but it comes out even more strongly on this podcast. Pity memsaab couldn't make it for this one but am sure we will see (or rather, hear) more of her in future episodes.
I saw Gaddar ages ago as a young boy. Agree that diluting it with romance would have spoilt the script. And yes, a female version - with the likes of Aruna Irani and other character artistes of the 70s - would have been a great idea.
Thanks for this episode. Looking forward to the next one.
Is this podcast going to be made available via iTunes (it's not in the UK iTunes store)?ReplyDelete
@Bhel - Thank you! And those are great suggestions. Although you give my non existent sound engineering skills too much credit in supposing I *meant* to have stereo sound like that.ReplyDelete
Actually, we had no idea what we were getting into with the time investment. I honestly thought it was going to be easier because I is le dumb like that. I have been schooled!
@Katherine - thank you! We're going mono from the next podcast. I couldn't figure out how to convert stereo to a single channel so this was just the easier option for now.
@Memsaab - really? Oscar floats your boat? LOL! I'm so sad you weren't able to make it but there's always next week!
@Anonymous - the giggling is unfortunately beyond control, but we will try not to talk over each other.
@Raja - thank you! And yes, there will be Memsaab -full episodes in the future. The very near future as a matter of fact.
@Pennywhistler - ooh, that's something I meant to look into. Yes, starting the next epi, the official launch shall we say?, it will be available on iTunes. The main one anyway. I assume that means it will show up on the Brit site as well. Thanks for the reminder and for listening!
Fantastic! I loved your discussion.ReplyDelete
And yet another film to add to my (ever increasing) pile.
This looks great - plenty of excellent actors finally being given free rein to show their many talents and all subject to the whims of the wardrobe department - must find a copy!
I'm a little late here...fashionably late, I hope. Nice work, and Gaddar sounds like a blast, although I resent being put in the position of having to go find something I heretofore never knew existed.ReplyDelete
Please feel free to giggle away, and don't feel self conscious about talking at the same occasionally. It sounds perfectly conversational.
The tech part will be easy to master, and I personally had no problem understanding every syllable. It was perfectly listenable.
I'm looking forward to the next episode.
red42 - That's it exactly! I think you'll love it and I hope you won't miss the lack of whacktacular songs.ReplyDelete
Steve - Okay first, are you a Steve that I already know but masquerading sans last name, or do I have the pleasure of making a delightful new acquaintance?
I feel your pain about the film - that was my reaction as well. Fortunately it's an easy pain to cure. Do not suffer a moment longer under dard-e-Gaddaar! We appreciate your approval of giggling - I think our basic philosophy is that if we cannot giggle about a topic at least occasionally, it's really missing something. And I'm happy to report that we've been getting some great advice from people about recording, so fingers crossed the next release is better.
Hope we see you again!


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Bonnies Run Win Streak to Five, Fordham Handles Yale in #A10WBB Action
BRONX, N.Y. -- Fordham (3-2) climbed back above the .500 mark behind the stellar efforts of two senior captains, Erin Rooney and Abigail Corning.
Rooney scored 23 points, a career-high, for the third consecutive game on Friday. The Christchurch, New Zealand, native also grabbed a season-high 11 boards, notching her third double-double of the season in just five tries. Perhaps her most impressive stat of the night, she did this all in just 27 minutes on the floor.
Corning had the most complete game of her career against the Bulldogs, tallying 16 points, 12 rebounds, and nine assists, falling just one helper short of the program's second ever triple-double. Kelly Roche has the only triple-double in Rams' history, registering 17 points, 17 rebounds, and 10 blocks on February 1st, 1992 against Navy.
With Rooney and Corning each nabbing a double-double, the win marked the first time since January 9, 2005 that two Rams accomplished the feat in the same game. On that day nearly a decade ago, Joy Johnson had 19 points and 10 boards, while Jada Jefferson registered 13 points and 10 rebounds during a loss to Temple.
While the upperclassmen grabbed their fair share of attention on Friday night, freshman Hannah Missry had the best game of her young Fordham career. The Jackson, N.J., native tallied 18 points on 5-7 shooting, including an unconscious 4-6 effort from beyond the arc.
Junior Emily Tapio nearly became the third Ram of the game to notch a double-double, pouring in seven points and eight boards on the night.
Fordham got on the board first in the early going, as Corning threw a nice pass inside to a wide-open Samantha Clark who banked it in for her first points of the night. After Yale (3-2) tied the game a few possessions later, the Rams would uncork a 9-0 run, moving ahead 11-2 on a Corning layup at the 16:14 mark of the half.
The Rams offense kept its foot on the gas over the next few minutes as five baskets from five separate players helped Fordham stave off a Yale push. At the 10:42 mark of the opening half, the Rams led 21-10 and were shooting over 56 percent from the floor.
Fordham continued to pour it on, as Rooney scored five points on a 9-4 run, giving the Rams a 30-14 advantage with just over six minutes left until the break.
After Yale scored a bucket to bring them back within 14, Tapio converted on an and-one and the Bulldogs' bench received a technical foul on the play. After Missry and Tapio combined to make the three free throws, it marked a five point swing that moved the Rams ahead 35-16 with 5:47 left on the clock.
Yale narrowed the gap with a huge run to end the half. After the Rams went up 19, the Bulldogs outscored Fordham 19-5 over the next five minutes before Missry hit a three to end the half.
At the break, Fordham led Yale by only eight, 43-35.
It's unknown exactly what Coach Gaitley said in the locker room at halftime to motivate her team, but it sure worked. The Rams opened the half on a 12-2 tear, led by two treys from Missry. After the run, the Rams led 55-37 just five minutes into the half.
Fordham kept its intensity in full gear over the next few minutes, kicking off a huge run that would put the game well out of reach for Yale. Rooney scored seven points on a 15-0 streak that spanned almost seven minutes, putting Fordham ahead 70-39 just inside the eight minute mark of the second half.
In all, Fordham outscored the Bulldogs 27-4 in the first 12:07 of the second half.
STORRS, Conn. – The St. Bonaventure women's basketball team rolled to its fifth consecutive victory on Friday night with a win over Monmouth, 61-55, in the first game of the Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Challenge. The Bonnies were led by Gabrielle Richmond, who had 15 points and nine rebounds. Hannah Little recorded a career high 11 rebounds for the Brown and White.The victory was the Bonnies' fifth straight, improving coach Jim Crowley's team to 5-1. Chelsea Bowker added 13 points and Nyla Rueter added 10 points of her own to help lead the Bonnies to the win over the Monmouth Hawks, which was played at Gampel Pavilion on the campus of the University of Connecticut.
The low scoring affair in the first half saw both teams finish shooting below 30%, with the Bonnies going 6-21 and the Hawks shooting 7-28. SBU converted on 9-14 from the free throw line in the opening half, while Monmouth made 7-10. Richmond paced the Brown and White with nine first half points and four rebounds. St. Bonaventure trailed 23-22 at halftime but slowly pulled away from Monmouth in the second half. The second half saw the score tied four times along with three different lead changes, but the Brown and White strung together points in crucial moments. Monmouth's last lead of the game was with a little over eight minutes remaining.
A Kelcie Rombach jump shot off a nice dish from Oney Harrison knotted the score at 43 apiece. Back-to-back three-pointers by Rueter and Bowker with just under seven minutes left put the Bonnies up for good, as they never relinquished the lead from that point on. After almost three minutes of scoreless play from the 6:30 min mark to the 3:46 mark, the momentum swing picked back up again for the Bonnies. Bowker converted on a steal in which she capped-off with a strong finish in the lane, putting the Bonnies in the lead by eight points. Monmouth would come to within five points in the final two minutes, but the Bonnies defense tightened up and forced the Hawks into some poor shooting opportunitie


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We were all immigrants
Christmas was observed only with prayer and penance in a somber early America. It was a regular workday and for children a regular school day. All else was outlawed. But immigrants brought with them the celebratory customs like Christmas trees, Santa Claus, gift-giving and feasting. Ministers warned their congregations about these immoral pagan customs but all were gradually adopted to become the joyous Christmas we now know.
Likewise our present day, much maligned immigrants also come with gifts to enrich our melting pot country. And we are reminded that we were all once immigrants.
Maxine Dexter
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Hello from Arizona
Hello everyone!
I just found this site a few days ago, and have been busy reading all the forums. Thought I'd go ahead and jump in and introduce myself. My name is Erin, I'm 33 years old and currently live in Mesa, AZ. I had horses most of my teenage years, but after I hit about 20 I got out of horses for a while and just got another horse about 2 weeks ago. She's a 6 year old thoroughbred cross mare. She needs to put a bit of weight on (I'm working on it) but so far she has turned out to be a very nice horse for me. Right now I'm boarding her at a stable about a mile from my house, but in two weeks we are moving to a new house with horse property and will be able to have her at my house with me. I'm so excited!
Anyway, I'm glad I found this forum and I look forward to learning alot from all of you!
Hey! Welcome to the HF! It's great. Have fun!
welcome to the forum :D
Welcome Erin, congratulations on the new horse and house :D
Welcome to the HF! :D
Welcome to the Horse Forum! :)
Have fun posting.
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Two D.C. pedicab operators arrested on the National Mall
- (Photo: Courtesy of Daniel Blackwell)
"Did he get tased?" asks pedicab operator Daniel Blackwell standing alongside the road in front of the Natural History Museum on Sunday afternoon, March 25, as a crowd gathers to stare at one of his fallen colleagues. "Did anyone see if he got tased? Did they slam him on the ground? Was he resisting arrest or anything?"
Two Park Police officers bend down to look at another groaning black-haired pedicab operator, his face against the grass and lying on his stomach on the National Mall. They talk into their radio. On the street is a little green pedicab, abandoned. One officer fastens handcuffs on the young man, a manager at National Pedicabs.
This pedicab operator calls himself Oskar Mosco and is the same one who was arrested last fall and formed the D.C. Pedicab Operators' Association to advocate for operators amid the evolving regulations and allegations of harassment that have come up in the last year. He was last arrested in November but the case was dismissed earlier this year. The National Park Service controls the pedicab territory of the National Mall, and Park Police enforce the rules. Yet the NPS is still developing its formal pedicab regulations, which will apparently mirror those the District Department of Transportation released last year. The Park Police note that D.C. traffic regulations apply, however, and regularly write tickets to the region's pedicabbers.
"You all right, man?" a Park Police officer asks Mosco. After moments of semi-conscious writhing, the operator has begun to sit up. "It was very clear. You disobeyed every order I gave you and then you resisted arrest."
Mosco attempts to ask what orders he disobeyed.
"We are no longer discussing this," the Park Police officer tells him. "You are under arrest."
The two officers pull Mosco to his feet and escort him to a police car, in which a second pedicab operator sits, as Mosco shouts that he was arrested for videotaping the police. "You should not get arrested for videotaping a police officer!" Mosco yelled to onlookers in front of the Natural History Museum. "This is a free country, not a police state!"
- (Photo: Courtesy of Daniel Blackwell)
He received some laughs as well as looks of sympathy. One person remarked it was a shame. Another questioned the forced used against the operator. Blackwell, the pedicab operator videotaping this arrest (who asked not to reveal the clip but showed it to me), said that Mosco "hasn't done anything wrong" as he watches the arrest happen. "We're all here just trying to make a living. We are a green mode of transportation."
But what was the crime in question that put two pedicab operators in the back of a Park Police vehicle with handcuffs restraining them on a sunny Sunday afternoon at the end of March? Mosco recalled the wonderful weather when describing the afternoon to me. "Every pedicabber was making money," he remarked about the day later. Mosco initially wasn't even involved in the scuffle with Park Police. He received a call about trouble with one of his colleagues. He arrived and pretended to videotape the proceedings with a new video camera, which he couldn't, in truth, even operate yet. Later on Facebook he recounted this exchange, not captured in his colleague's video clip:
"Put your camera away."
"I don't have to put my camera away."
"Put your hands behind your back."
He was placed behind bars for the night, where he was known as Number 47. Painkillers helped him sleep for a few hours, he said, in the cell bunk bed. The charge was, he tells me, simply "resisting arrest," although court records show the same charge that he received and dropped before: "Assault on a Police Officer (Misdemeanor)." The fellow arrested pedicabber was Tom Folkes, a veteran operator of three years. Folkes was told to move and disobeyed but, Mosco says, there was "no chance for him to actually move." According to Park Police spokesman Sergeant David Schlosser, many pedicabbers in the area were told to move and received "no standing" tickets. Folkes didn't move even after a ticket, apparently, according to Park Police, and asked about what would happen if he didn't and continued to debate the situation. His arrest, Schlosser told me, was for failure to obey a lawful order but he was released shortly after and not kept in jail overnight.
Mosco approached and initially placed his hands on the handlebars of Folkes' pediacb to move it but was told Park Police would take the vehicle, according to Schlosser. Park Police asked him to move to another spot twice, Mosco says, which he did, but then the officer said he would write a ticket. Then he was asked to show his ID, which he also did. Then he realized that maybe he should videotape this — or at least pretend to. "It was more in principle," he told me.
What happened next remains unclear.
Schlosser recounts that Mosco held his cell phone camera in the officers' faces — "like 6 to 12 inches from the officer's face" — and refused to step out of the bus loading zone. Another eyewitness, however, was the pedicabber Shamir Spencer, who first called Mosco to the scene and was "no more than 50 feet away" when Mosco was thrown to the ground. He denies that Mosco ever held the camera in the face of officers except for when officers entered Mosco's personal space. Mosco was, Schlosser said, "argumentative." Mosco describes officers apprehending him and a situation where he ducked a bit. Spencer said that Mosco may have flinched when officers apprehended him but hardly attacked or sought to physically confront any officer, despite the assault charges. A Park Police officer then allegedly used his leg to bring Mosco to the ground, which resulted in the groaning unconsciousness depicted in the video his coworker shot. An NPS spokeswoman describing the incident mentioned one of the officers later visited the hospital, but both officers shown in the video walked around in seemingly fine health in stark contrast to the blacked-out pedicabber down on the dirt. Schlosser alluded to "scrapes, abrasions, and contusions" on one of the officer's knees. Park Police initially called for an ambulance for Mosco, Schlosser noted, but the pedicab operator allegedly refused. Yet Schlosser denies there's "any specific friction" between Park Police and pedicabbers and chalks the various citations and arrests up to traffic management.
"I'm a little fried mentally," Mosco told me little over a week after the incident. His body was still in pain, and he had seen a chiropractor the day before. "I'm a little scared to go out there, honestly."
Fellow pedicabber Spencer, who witnessed much of the scuffle, describes the encounter as "personal." Why was Mosco singled out for his faux-videotaping while Blackwell was able to videotape freely? Spencer received his first ticket from Park Police this week and describes a Park Police who want money out of its pedicabbers. He usually waits to venture to the Mall until after 2 p.m. because Park Police, by their conventional wisdom, ticket heavily between 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
"Oskar chose to stand up for his liberties," Spencer said. "Most of us chickened out."
24 hours after the incident, Mosco pled not guilty to officer assault at his arraignment. He had already begun filing a lawsuit over his earlier arrest and confirms that he and his attorney will also be objecting quite strongly to this arrest, too. He's back in the National Pedicab offices this week but plans to see a chiropractor again. He's not sure how to digest the incident but has talked about it with plenty of his colleagues. Was this last arrest retaliation? Some worry he took a "provocative" stance, he tells me, but to Mosco, the Park Police reaction was "completely unnecessary." His initial status hearing is set for Tuesday, April 17 at 9:30 a.m.
- (Photo: Courtesy of Daniel Blackwell)
Update, 2:38 p.m., April 10: I've been reviewing Oskar Mosco's March 26 charging documents, which contain the account from Park Police Officer Michael Blake, the man who arrested him and brought him to the ground. Blake affirms much of what Schlosser as well as Mosco explained to me about the incident. Here's how he describes the altercation after he asked Mosco to show his ID card:
[Mosco] complied but then began to argue when I informed him that he would be receiving a citation. [He] pulled out his cell phone and held it approximately 12" from my face. I told [him] to put his phone down. [He] began yelling that he did not have to, then yelled you can't stop stop me from taping the police, these are my rights. I told [Mosco] to turn around and put his hands behind his back because he is under arrest. [The pedicab operator] did not comply and continued yelling. Ofc. Hiott and I forced his hands behind his back and I attached one cuff to his left wrist. [He] violently resisted and pulled his right hand free. Ofc. Hiott warned [him] that he would get pepper sprayed. [He] continued to struggle and yell. I performed an arm bar take down and took [him] to the ground, then was able to complete the handcuffing. During the take down, [he] became injured and had bleeding around his mouth. I sustained an injury with bleeding to my left knee.
It's no surprise to me that Mosco's mouth was bleeding. The officers had sent him straight into the ground face first, from what I saw in the video of the aftermath.


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1/4 cup
onion, chopped
1/4 cup
all-purpose flour
1 (10.5 ounce) can
chicken broth
2 cups
1 1/2 cups
grated Gouda cheese
2 cups
chopped broccoli
1 pinch
ground nutmeg
salt and pepper to taste
This soup is excellent! I had some Gouda I needed to use and this popped up. I used a package of "steam in the bag" broccoli florets, cooked according to package directions, and added it at the end. I finished the soup and then it was about an hour or so before we ate. Unfortunately, it had curdled somewhat by the time we ate which made for a funky texture. Next time I will know to serve immediately. I did use fresh grated nutmeg!
It was alright. I really like gouda so I thought I was going to be crazy about this recipe, but it tasted just kind of like... melted gouda. I followed the recipe to a T but it just wasn't for us. It was alright (as I said, I love gouda!) but it was just really melted gouda.
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Yum! Added a little more cheese (used the smoked gouda!) and more broccoli. Also added cooked chicken sausage, as the soup was the main course. Will definitely make again, and try with the nutmeg next time!
Very good soup! Rich and yummy, certainly NOT bland! I did use freshly grated nutmeg-it makes a big difference. My only problem was I wish I had doubled the broccoli as I felt it needed more.
It is a bit bland. I had to season it quite a bit, but it ended up tasting good. I didn't use nutmeg, but used garlic powder, garlic salt, and seasoning salt to add flavor (in addition to salt and pepper). I also added spinach to mine. Served with some bread, and we're happy campers over here.
I found this soup to be quite bland. I loved the idea of a gouda broccoli soup, but this one dissapointed me. I think maybe with some other veggies (yams?) pureed into the broth would add a bit of richness which is lacking. As much as I wanted to love it I will be going back to my regular broccoli soup recipe.
Very good recipe. I didn't put in any nutmeg (I forgot!) and I probably used too much broth (I don't use canned broth). I also didn't have enough milk so had to substitute about 1/4 of the milk for heavy cream. I wasn't sure if Gouda would taste good in this, but I had some I had to use. This recipe also didn't have reviews, so I couldn't see what others thought. But I can say that if you like Gouda, and you don't mess something up, you will like this recipe. It's fantastic! :)
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Gouda and Broccoli Soup
Serving Size: 1/4 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 396
Calories from Fat: 242
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The first time I was bullied, I was in second grade, maybe 7 or 8 years old. In that moment, I didn't even know I was being bullied. Kids on the bus – behind me, in front of me, to the side of me, started heckling me. "Hey, look at that ching chong, sitting by that white boy. Where is her hand? I bet she is trying to grope the boy she's sitting next too! A ching chong is groping someone! A ching chong is groping someone!"
The fact of the matter was, the seat was crowded – three children to one seat – and my hand was in my pocket. This didn't change the taunting, even when I pulled my hand from my pocket. All the kids around me started chanting, "A ching chong is groping the boy next to her!" One of the kids even ran up to the bus driver to tell the driver that, well, "A ching chong is groping the boy next to her!" I thought the driver would end the cacophony. Instead, the driver chuckled in response.
I felt a wave of heat overcome me.
Instances like this plagued my childhood. I would be sitting, not bothering anyone when someone would single me out and make me the butt of their joke. Even in a high school, during a pre-IB class, a guy made up a survey, in which he deemed me the ugliest girl in class, based on my looks, body, and whatever categories he made up. Looking back, I see that he was projecting his own insecurities (trust me, he was no Brad Pitt). I didn't know, however, why he chose to take his insecurities out on me. I had never known him prior to the class or done anything negative toward him during the class.
These encounters made me very insecure growing up. I didn't know what it was about me that made people decide that I would be the perfect "victim." To this day, I'm not quite sure, except perhaps that I was a minority in the south. Perhaps my looks weren't quite orthodox for the small southern community in which I grew up.
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Fortinet shares are losing ground Tuesday after Wunderlich Securities analyst Brian Freed this morning cut his rating on the security software company's shares to Hold from Buy, while reducing his target price on the stock to $22, from $28. The call comes ahead of the company's December quarter financial results, due after the close Wednesday.
Freed offered three reasons for the more cautious stance:
- Difficult forward consensus estimates.
- A change in channel "tone" to mixed from positive.
- His view that the company will need to spend more on sales and marketing to beat back threats from other "unified threat management" software providers.
"Historically the subject of overwhelmingly positive feedback, recent checks returned a more mixed tone with a greater number of participants citing increased competitive threats from smaller UTM vendors Palo Alto Networks and Sourcefire and from a seemingly re-emergent Cisco," he writes. "Though the company continues to receive praise in terms of both price/performance and product breadth, we believe it has a slight messaging problem with greater sales and marketing investment likely being the necessary remedy." He contends that compared to rivals, Fortinet has under-invested in sales and marketing.
"While the strength of one's products is most important in a controlled environment, in the real world, tech companies with superior S&M organizations but technically inferior products tend to outperform those with inferior S&M organizations but technically superior products," Freed writes. "We believe under-investment in sales and marketing and its resultant loss of channel mindshare presents the company with significant short-term challenges, particularly within the context of a new CFO and difficult forward estimates. In addition, we take discomfort in the fact the company experienced problems in APAC last quarter which is otherwise the fastest growing geographical segment of the UTM market, according to industry research firms."
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The bulldog said to the poodle...
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"Today you ain't so lucky",
"I'm the king on this street!"
"Looks like you lost your way",
"Now ain't you clean and pretty!"
"You're 'bout to be a mangled mess",
"My oh my, what a pity!"
The little pooch shook with fear,
He found not the courage to talk;
The bulldog was suddenly whisked away,
As the poodle stood alone on the walk!
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"Judging by the tags on your collar",
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Saints will head to the Britannia Stadium in fifth place in the Premier League table and firmly in contention for a Champions League spot, but Pochettino is not looking too far ahead at this stage.
He said: "It makes me happy for the fans and for the players as well.
"It's always nice to get some recognition from the media, it makes me happy for the chairman as well as it's all part of this club, but at the same time, my focus is on the staff and trying to improve on every single game and I'm 100 per cent focused on doing the best for this team and this club.
"We always aim to maintain the same focus in training and training with the same intensity, so we just want to keep on training hard.
"It's clear that when you win you get a good atmosphere within the team and the club which is a very good thing, but we need to stay grounded and keep on training hard and looking ahead to the next game."
Southampton are unbeaten in six games and Stoke have not won since August 31, but Pochettino is not reading anything into that.
He said: "We expect a very tough and physical game. It's going to be very difficult and tough.
"On average they have the tallest team in the league, so I think they still have some aspects from when Tony Pulis was manager, but there some new aspects that Mark Hughes has introduced to the team and I think that it's a team which over 90 minutes is able to do two different styles.
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Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals: Prior Bad Acts and Rule 404(b) – The trial court better limit how the jury considers the defendant's past.
Towles v. State, CR-09-0396 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013)
"Past bad acts don't always establish motive for present ones. Trial courts must limit how juries consider Rule 404(b) evidence."
What happened?
Towles was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death because the victim was under the age of 14. §13A-5-40(a)(15), Ala. Code 1975.
Towles allegedly killed Geontae Glass, the son of Towles' girlfriend, by beating him and inflicting massive internal injuries, which ultimately led to his death. The prosecution theorized that Towles beat Glass because Glass had received poor conduct grades at school. In order to bolster its case, the State offered evidence that Towles had beaten one of his sons, Shaquille Cameron, with a metal box fan after Towles found drinking cups underneath Cameron's bed.
Towles complained to the trial court that Shaquille's testimony was inadmissible under Rule 404(b), Ala. R. Evid., because the testimony merely presented the jury with allegations of other bad acts. The trial court instructed the jury that it could only use Cameron's testimony as evidence of "identity" or "motive," which are exceptions to Rule 404(b).
What did the Court say?
The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals determined that Cameron's testimony did nothing to establish the identity of Glass's killer, nor did it somehow show Towles had a motive for killing Glass. Because Cameron's testimony couldn't help the jury identify the Glass's killer and because Cameron's testimony couldn't help the jury see a motive of Towles for killing Glass, the Court of Criminal Appeals had to reverse Towles's conviction and death sentence.
What are some finer points of this opinion?
1. A trial court must carefully instruct a jury on how evidence of prior bad acts maybe used.
The Court of Criminal Appeals reaffirmed this principle more fully fleshed-out in Ex parte Billups, 86 So. 3d 1079 (Ala. 2010). Simply stated, a jury cannot be instructed that it can consider evidence of a collateral bad act for a purpose that isn't at issue in the case.
2. All cases involving "motive" are not equal.
On appeal the State asked the Court of Criminal Appeals to reply upon a string of cases involving prosecutions for the sexual abuse of a child and evidence of collateral acts of prior sexual child abuse. In those cases, the Court of Criminal Appeals gave trial courts more leeway to allow prosecutors to introduce evidence of prior acts of the sexual abuse of a child when the prosecutors were trying to establish the defendant's motive to commit yet another sexual abuse of a child. Here, the Court of Criminal Appeals refused to broaden the scope of what can be considered evidence of motive in cases outside of those involving sexual abuse of children.
3. The plain or harmless error rule still applies.
Although the Court of Criminal Appeals reiterated that it's error for a trial court to instruct a jury that it can consider evidence of a collateral bad act for a purpose not at issue at trial, the error is still subject to plain or harmless error review. The Court of Criminal Appeals concluded that Cameron's testimony was plain error "[g]iven the highly prejudicial nature of collateral acts involving child abuse." Towles, CR-09-0396, at *20.


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Valerie Protnic's 3 mile run finished up about 400 yds from the large brick house she called home. She liked to walk those last yards to cool down. The fact that she shared this home with a man 25 yrs older than her was just a small price to pay for her happiness and comfort. Afterall he did provide for her. This statement being a gross understatement. The 8000 sq ft mansion that came with 5 acres was proof enough.
What Valerie loved most about this lifestyle was the freedom. Her husband travelled extensively and as she became accustomed to the schedule she was able to do what she wanted almost whenever she wanted. Briefly translated this meant she got to sleep with who she wanted, when she wanted. This was all quite easy for her since at the ripe old age of 38 she still looked like the professional basketball cheerleader she was 13 years ago. This was when her husband had met her and taken her as a trophy wife. At 5'-3" about 115lbs she was in incredible shape. She had natural almost platinum blonde hair that ran to just above her shoulders. It was extremely fine and gave an Aryan appearance to her lovely tanned face.
As Valerie approached her home she daydreamed about her most recent lover, Pas. A black man from the West Indies, Pas possessed the three things that she required, incredible good looks, a big dick and staying power. She smiled as she thought about how nice it was to have him sliding that big black cock of his in and out of her. She thought about the irony of all those years as a cheerleader and not dating one black man. Why hadnt she fallen for the mystique that all the white cheerleaders ultimately succumbed too, while now over the past 4 years she had slept with over a dozen black men. The answer was actually pretty simple, Valerie always kept sight of her goal to marry rich and white men had the money.
As Valerie ambled up the steps to the house her trance was broken by the loud barking of a huge dog. Sasha was the gardener, Trina's pet. A massive Greeat Dane that came up to her chest, Valerie hated this dog as much as he apparently hated her.Valerie could be an unholy bitch when she wanted. It was kind of an on demand sort of thing that would unnerve just about anyone. Yet she liked Trina and would spare her, but she knew the dog had to finally go. Trina called the dog and he retreated to her side aobut 100 feet away. Valerie left a note for the pretty young Jamaican woman to see her when she was done with the rose garden.
Valerie emerged from the shower and put on her robe. She always felt so good after her runs, but today that fucking dog had scared her shitless and now she was trying to control her emotions so as not to unleash her fury on Trina. Trina was waiting in the large family room that connected to one of the four porches attached to the house. When Valerie entered Trina could feel her anger and instinctively bowed her head slightly.
"Good afternoon Trina" Valerie said curtly.
"Good afternoon, Miss Protnic" Trina replied shuffling her feet a little.
"I must say I am a little more than purturbed about your dog, Sasha"
The two talked in their distinct accents. Although Valerie's lilting English accent was a hoax. She had developed a quasi accent and told people she developed it when she was at boarding school in Europe. Many of her husband's friends were at society's extreme upper crust. Valerie did her best to keep pace. Unfortunately despite her beauty and pretty voice the discerning eyes of the elite saw through her vain attempts.
"Mrs Protnic I'm so sorry it wont happen again" The pretty black woman replied.
"No it wont because I dont want to see that dog again" Valerie said in a continually rising voice.
"Oh please Mrs. Protnic. You see you just have to get to know him better" And with that Trina opened the door to the porch letting the bog dog come bounding in. Sasha seemed to know his perdicament as he simply whimpered and sat in the corner with his big brown eyes searching for sympathy.
"How dare you bring that beast in here!! When I told you to get rid of it!!" Valerie screeched, now completely enraged.
"Oh please" Trina said in a pleaful voice "You'll get to know him at least as well as my husband." She was standing in front of Valerie. Now it was Trina's face that registered an increasing rage.
"What are you" was all Valerie could get out of her mouth before Trina moved. Valerie was completely shocked at what she had heard. She had no idea she was sleeping with any married men. It wasnt her style. There were plenty of single men to fuck. She was so perplexed that even as she felt her robe lift off her buttocks and slide over her head she simply stood there. Consequently for Trina it was surprisingly easy for her to bring the pretty white woman down to her hands and knees. The robe was now wrapped around her arms and Trina held them tight in her own. This made Valerie a very captive audience as the two women faced each other on all fours.
"My God Trina. How dare you!!" Valerie managed before being cut off.
"You like em black now do you Mrs. Protnic?"
"I havent slept with your ...."
Well I wouldnt exactly call it sleeping but you and my Pas have been working up quite a sweat together doing the nasty!!"
Now Valerie stared in disbelief. That sleazy fucking asshole had told her she was the only one he was screwing. Why else would she let someone like him ride her with out a condom. Valerie snapped back from her thought s just in time to hear.
"So you like to dance with the big black Jamaican donkey dick do you!?! Well I have something better right here you white slut!! Sasha!! Mount!!
Valerie looked back and to her horror saw the dog leap up. She screamed violently as she felt the close crpped fur of the dog slide up her back. She struggled desperately against Trina but her arms were tied up with the robe and the black woman was stronger and in even better shape than Valerie. She had just thought of something to say that might get her out of this mess when she felt something hard press against her vagina. It was a familiar feeling yet she knew it was so much different than anything she had ever experienced before now.
Valerie let out a panicked howl as the first 4" of the dog's cock slid inside her. Now she strained her body every which way to try and escape but it had become much harder with the 150lbs dog now completely on top of her. As she wriggled underneath she felt something large and blunt ram against her vagina. She stopped and looked up at Trina.
"Relax Mrs. Protnic. Its just the knot. It takes a bit to get it inside you." Valerie now struggled fiercely, she had no idea what a knot was but she certainly didnt want it inside her. Yet the dog had an urgency as well and it was bigger and stronger. On about the fourth or fifth thrust, Valerie's eyes and mouth opened wide as the thick lump of flesh, about the size of a baseball, squeezed through her opening. The dog then easily pressed the rest of the large prong dangling between his legs into the woman underneath him.
Trina unwrapped the robe from Valerie's arms and stood up. Her work was done. She knew no matter how hard she tried to get away, this slut would never disengage herself from that big knot buried inside her. Meanwhile Valerie thought that Trina had tired of holding her, yet everytime she tried to stand up the dog's cock got caught somehow and the pain was excrutiating. Besides Sasha was right on top of her. She could feel his panting in her ear.
The next thing Valerie felt was the dog starting to mate with her. She sobbed as the beast began with quick powerful thrusts. She had been under many men that were much bigger than Sasha, but this dog was so much stronger. She still couldnt figure out why she coultn't get away and what this knot holding her in place was exactly. Designed to keep the female dog in place and attached to her male mate, it was now doing its job magnificently. Although she didnt realize it yet, Valerie was exhausted and she began to struggle less and less against the dog.
Trina sat back and enjoyed the show. Valerie was the third white woman she had caught Pas with and the third to be mounted by Sasha. She was especially enjoying Valerie as the other two, while very sexy, were just white trash. Both sluts had actually ended up submitting and having orgasms. She doubted Mrs. Protnic would surrender so easily.
They had been fucking for about 5 minutes. Valerie found that it simply just too much to struggle. She had actually spread her thighs a bit to give the pistoning cock more room to probe her insides and ultimately cause her less pain. She could feel the large knot. It was devastatingly large, bigger than anything she had ever experienced. The dog's thrusts were much shorter than a man's, despite having what would turn out to be an 11" member. Sasha was also brutally relentless. There was no slowing of his rythym, the dog only knew that he wanted to breed with this woman and had to get his seed inside her.
As the two writhed against each other, Trina began to notice how beautifully sexy Mrs. Protnic was. Her skin glistened as the two had begun to lather rather heavily. Valerie's well tanned skin showed a light golden brown which seemed to glow as the sweat poured out of her as she now readily accepted the dog's ruthless lunges. Trina marvelled at the definition in the impaled woman's well toned body, especially her muscular legs. For a relatively small woman she seemed to be taking the dog's huge prong with little discomfort now. That was not particularly true of the first two sluts, both of whom had bled during the ordeal. obviously the high society woman had fucked her share of donkey dicked black men. Her pelvis, in fact, had started to rotate back into each of Sasha's raid fire thrusts. Trina knew that this was just the woman's natural reaction to having an 11" prick buried inside her. She knew that this bitch was far too up tight to actually orgasm from this sort of fucking.
Meanwhile Valerie finally felt accustomed to the unusually shaped dog cock. Her vagina was accomadating it nicely. She had also accepted her fate. Not that she was enjoying herself but there was nothing she could do about being screwed by the big dog. All at once the dog let out a whimper and his huge dick grew even bigger inside her. Valerie knew what this meant and tears reformed and streamed down her face as she bellowed "Oh God, Oh Gawd no!!! he's cumming!!! Dont let him cum inside me!! Oh please no!! Trina smiled as her dog's semen splashed inside Valerie's womb. The dog seemed to cum longer than even her best lovers, but it was finally ending. Valerie's love hole was so soaked with the dog's cum and her lubricant that the shrinking knot eased out with a grotesque plopping noise.
Valerie lay there in a sweaty heap, totally exhausted as the dog climbed off of her and strode off with a triumphant gate. "I'm going to get you for this" Valerie seethed through her clenched teeth as she glared up at Trina. "Why? you seemed to be enjoying yourself in the end." Trina replied with a calm confidence. Then she added a coup de grace "You realize that you are truly a bitch now" Valerie could only gasp "FUCK YOU!!! I am going to the police" " Have it your way" and with that Trina got up and left with Sasha.
The words Trina had said stayed with Valerie all night. She had been traumatized and abused by that cunt and her dog. Yet the phrase "you are truly a bitch now", was paralyzing her from any action. If she went to the police this would get out and she would be known as a dog's "bitch". Even though she knew was used many times to describe her, it was never used so literally.
By the time she had arrived home from the ladies auxillary lunch the next day, Valerie had decided she couldnt go to the police. She would simply get Trina fired from as many gardening jobs as possible. Oh yes, she would also continue to screw that lovely black stud husband of hers. Afterall she was beautiful and rich and it certainly showed today. A $1,500 designed cocktail dress, $75 sheer black stockings and $300 black pumps. Yes she would make Pas hers and watch Trina suffer. She was thinking of how easy it could have been for Trina to simply confront her and tell her who she was fucking. It wasnt like she was in love with the man, there were plenty of other black studs out there to choose from.
It was at this point that Valerie was walking through her front door and nearly walked right into Sasha. The dog backed up a bit and snarled at her. Valerie was so shocked she only thought that it was strange to see him, since Trina wasnt scheduled to work today. It almost didnt register that the day before this very dog had mounted her, that is until he began to bark loudly at her in the foyer. Valerie rushed by Sasha into the living room and the dog followed.
She called out to Trina but no one answered. she was getting real scared and the dog could sense it. Valerie opened a window and yelled for Trina outside. Again there was no answer. She closed the window and turned to see that Sasha seemed to be growling at her. While Valerie stood frozen in her pumps the dog moved quickly and jumped up on her.
Valerie let out a scream as she thought she was going to be torn to bits. What he wanted was completely different. He put his fore legs around her waist and had his face right in front of hers. Ironically, Valerie was thinking that maybe the dog was friendlier than she thought. She felt his body undulating against her and something hard against her thigh. When she looked down Valerie felt sick.
Sasha was humping her leg, his huge penis fully erect was swinging lewdly all over the place but mostly up against her legs. Valerie groaned and tried to escape but she was against the wall and the dog was stronger. So she just stood there and let the dog hump her. she looked down and saw how big Sasha was, especially the pulsating knot of flesh in the middle of the joint. At one point a thick rope of white liquid spewed out of him and splashed against one of her silk encased thighs. Valerie watched, disgusted as the precum ran down her stocking.
It was then that Sasha began barking ferociously as Valerie. "What do you want!?!" Valerie whimpered in utter fear of the dog. Yet to Valerie it was fairly obvious. She reached down with her hand and touched the dog's cock. Sasha relented and lay down on the floor. Valerie got down on her knees and gently took the dog's erection in her hand. If this was the only way to satisfy the dog and get him out of her house she would do it.
She began to gently jerk it. Valerie immediately noticed how big the knot was and how hard. She wondered at how it even got inside her. Valerie also noticed that the dog's skin was much more smooth than a man's and much more sensitive. She had to keep spitting on the big member to keep it lubricated. Unfortunately this wasnt good enough for Sasha and he began barking again. Valerie looked at the dog's growling face. She then bowed her head and took the big prong into her mouth. The smooth skin slipped easily between her pouting lips. The first thing she tasted was the sticky cum. It was extremely sour and she almost retched but managed to keep the cock in her mouth and continued to gently suck it. It was easy actually. While Sasha humped his dick back and forth Valerie just kept licking and sucking. Yet even this didnt satisfy Sasha and he was soon barking agian.
Valerie knew what she had to do. She stood up and took off her coctail dress and then the slip inderneath. She looked down at the cum stained stockings and decided they were ruined so she kept them on with her garter belt. She turned and got into the submissive position on her hands and knees. All at once Sasha got up and climbed on top of her. Valerie had started to rub her clitoris to get herself wet when she felt the familiar hardness pressing against her.
Since she was more relaxed, Valerie took the dog inside her much more easily than the first time. As the knot eased into Valerie's sweet pussy she let out a high pitched sigh and her eyes rolled to the back of her head. Sasha began humping immediately. Valerie arched her back to expose her pussy. She was sighing with each thrust instead of grunting in pain this time. And once again her pelvis was pusing back to meet each thrust. It didnt surprise Valerie that the first signals of pleasure began travelling up and down her spine. These signals turned into waves crashing all over her body. Especially in her sweet pussy which was becoming more ripe with her juices and more sensitive to the pleasures the dog's big cock was giving her. As the first orgasm approached, Valerie thought for a second about fighting it. Yet she knew she was alone with the dog and at this point was too far gone to stop it. Valerie's eyes went wide and the tremors in her body became a full scale earthquake. "OOOOOO AAAAAHHHH OOOOOOOOHHHH OOOOOHHH God YEEESSSSS!!!! The woman in heat squealed as she lost control of her body. The dog's knot had to work hard as Valerie's hips and legs convulsed and undulated with a frantic urgency.
Meanwhile the dog kept up his incredible pace unabated. This gave Valerie little time to recover before another orgasm spread through her body. She was completely on fire now. She was moaning, squealing and sighing as she came again and again. She was now a true bitch in heat.
Now it was the dog's turn to feel the ultimate pleasure. Valerie smiled wickedly as she felt the dog cock expand inside her and the first warmth of his cum completing the breeding process. Valerie even urged the dog on cooing "Thats is Sasha, do it to me honey!! Oh yes your such a good doggy, yes you are!!" As she felt the knot shrink Valerie let the dog pull out of her with the familiar plopping noise. She turned and saw that the dog's cock was covered in both their cum. She couldnt let him out of the house that way so once again she took the large prong in her mouth and cleaned it off. She gave the dog's balls a good licking and then sttod up. It was at this point that the video cameras stopped recording.
Valerie did not see Sasha again. She did keep her promise to get Trina fired from as many jobs as possible though and even kept up her steamy sex sessions with Pas. All this came to an end one day when Trina came to Valerie and accused her of getting her fired from her jobs.
"Why whatever do you mean Trina?" Valerie responded in her best superior bitch voice.
"What I mean is that since I have lost about 50% of my gardening jobs I have had to find another sourse of money" Trina replied as she pulled a VCR tape out of her bag.
"What's on that" Valerie shot back. More than a little worried about the ladies reaction at the country club if they got a glimpse of her riding Pas, cowgirl style.
"Why dont we see." Trina repied as she put the tape into the VCR at her home.
Valerie was shocked to see her on her knees sucking Sasha's cock. "You see it really is too late to do much about this" Trina explained above Valerie's taped moans. "You really were bankrupting Pas and I. I only had this as insurance against you going to the police. Yet when I met a pornograhy distributor from one of the few jobs you didnt get me fired from, I felt I had no choice. You should know that I did protect you quite well. The distributor only has the rights to this video in Asia so that is the only place it is being released."
Valerie fell into a chair devastated. She simply looked at Trina with a sad look on her face. "You should know that the Asian market loves you. Something about your blonde hair I guess." Trina went on to tell Valerie that this demand would mean they would need a new video soon. Valerie began to cry as Trina calmly told her that as long as they kept the Asian market happy there was no need to introduce this to America.
Consequently, Today a full year after Valerie was first introduced to beastiality she has made 6 more videos. All in the hopes that she is not discovered here in the U.S. The one she made with Pas (Trina needed her revenge on that asshole too) and the other involving a gangbang with 10 well hung black men are the only videos that are with other humans. Valerie has since been with another dog and several horses. All the while waiting for the day when her high society world comes crumbling down with the inevitable revelation from some horny stranger with a well stocked video collection.
Although the distributor promises to keep these videos sold in Asia, look hard and you may be rewarded. Valerie is a special girl with special talents and it is hard to imagine those tapes staying in the Far East forever.
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Kaden Austin with his 2nd place photograph of his dog Buffy. (Ron Campbell/Johnson City Press)
Nearly a dozen local teenagers have accomplished something this week all artists dream of — having their work on public display.
It came about through the Storefront Art Project, a program implemented by Becky Haas in her direction of a federal grant designed to reduce crime, revitalize neighborhoods and help offenders successfully navigate re-entry into the community.
The Johnson City Police Department was awarded the $800,000 federal grant — a Targeted Community Crime Reduction Project — earlier this year.
In the "pre-enforcement" aspect of the TCCRP, Haas is working to implement programs like Positive Action education in the afterschool program at Science Hill High School's Alternative Center and PATROL — Police and Teens Reaching Opportunities for Life — in the Carver and Dunbar communities.
And for neighborhood revitalization, Haas is using a photo contest and art display to brighten up business storefronts in downtown Johnson City.
That's how 10 Alternative Center students came to win the Snapshot Challenge and get their cell phone photographs displayed in the Hands On! Museum's Market Street windows. And a home-schooled student, Summer Heschong, was selected by her art teacher, LaDonna West, to help create an oil pastel painting to hang in a four-sided display window on East Main Street at the Dosser Building.
SHHS student Sabrina Anderson said the photo contest was designed to encourage students to use their cell phone cameras in positive ways.
"The snapshot project was a project to actually spread the word about Positive Action and get everyone interested in doing it," Anderson said. "It was a really good choice, but going through this it's spread positive action into our school and people have more positive things to do with their time."
Anderson said the goal is to re-direct negative things into positive things.
"It was a way to get people away from negative things in life and toward more positive things (and) show their artistic side. Instead of doing graffiti in the city, let them have snapshots that can be displayed," she said.
Sheri Cooper, a career coach at the Alternative Center, said she's seen changes in students with programs such as Positive Action and activities like the Snapshot Challenge.
"I've been at the Alternative Center for 10 years. Anytime we have a program such as Positive Action or Leadership Resiliency Program or even the after school LEAP (Lottery Education Afterschool Program) leadership program, those types of things tend to motivate students to make better choices because it becomes cool because you earn things," Cooper said.
"You're teaching a life skill by (them) earning something at the same time, they're not being made to make a choice. They're given options to think about what they're doing. They're still allowed to make their own choices and their own mistakes. But instead of hammer down, this was wrong and you're punished, we talk about it and think about different ways you can think about something and different actions you can have after the fact," Cooper said.
The Snapshot Challenge winners are: Andre Spillman, first; Kaden Austin, second and fifth; Herbert Valdez, third and eighth; Carlos Dorado, fourth; Brad Brown, sixth; Sabrina Anderson, seventh; Destiny Lee, ninth; and Jessica Frazier, 10th.


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Curt Morgan on Doug Torbert: Forget technique; just have fun!
Curt Morgan writes: It's every masters athlete's wet dream! You snag a bit of javelin training, you show up at nationals, you skip the long run-up and just shuffle through three short steps. Next thing you know you're adding another M60 national championship to your trophy shelf. That was the scenario for Quenton "Doug" Torbert last month in Winston-Salem. "Technique Nonesense! Throwing the javelin is just like throwing a football!" asserts Doug. "Or throwing out a guy at home plate! Same difference!" The champ added: "Since I was young, I always liked to throw things. Oranges, rocks, you name it. It just comes naturally I guess."
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Doug picked up his pointers from fellow thrower Ed Hearn in the weeks preceding the outdoor nationals in North Carolina.
"Before my throw, I was thinking, 'Technique, technique, technique.' Then when I got up to throw and, screwed up all the technique I ever knew. Anyway, it's similar to the shot. Isn't it?"
If it is, it's a good thing. Two days earlier, Doug broke his own American M60 shot record, with a Paul Bunyanesque pitch of 16.69 (54-9), a full meter beyond Joe Meyers' runner-up throw.
Doug's motto may be "I'll have fun!" but it took a mighty throw of 44.73 (146-9) beat out no fewer than 13 other spearchuckers. If the javelin is that easy, why aren't YOU throwing it?
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Barry Warmerdam - August 10, 2014
The javelin isn't that easy! Doug Torbert is just a uniquely gifted individual. Congratulations on winning a national title!
By the way, does anyone know what has happened to Mike Brown, who used to dominate javelin competitions? He would be in this age group now (M60)but he hasn't thrown for a couple of years…
Tom S - August 10, 2014
I heard that Mike Brown had an adverse outcome on a shoulder surgery.
Gary Dixon - August 10, 2014
I emailed Mike several months ago and he told me he underwent a supposedly simple shoulder procedure. He said the doctor severed a nerve during the procedure. He simply stated, no more throwing. We all have missed him at our monthly Throws Coach Florida meets in Clermont this past season. He is a great personality in masters track and more importantly a good friend to all throwers. We hope there is a possibility for correcting this and we see him back on the runway soon.
Christel Donley - August 10, 2014
Here are my 15 cents… after all the years of coaching and throwing myself, the "once in a while"
motto was: JUST THROW THE DARN THING. IT DID HELP!!
al cestero - August 10, 2014
a few years back i attended the shore conference (nj) championships. when i arrived somewhat late, i was greeted by a young friend who i competed "against ' in the nj international t&f meet for a few years in a row… i watched him turn into a competitive long jumper as well a sprinter during his 4 years in hs. jay was thrilled when i arrived after he completed the 200..he was on fire and told me "i got 2nd at 21.4′ i said great.."how's the long jump..?" he said "i made the finals ..i'm in 6th " these finals were stacked with all 6jumpers with pr's well over 22′ and a couple over 23′. i watched quietly as jay took his first couple of jumps in the finals..he was frowning, and not smooth..his coach would say something then jay would run and jump but didn"t improve…he lost his mojo…i tried to keep quiet, but on jay's last jump i had to whistle to him while he was "on hold ". he walked over to me and i said "what's up..?' he said "coach told me to adjust this and that etc" i said "forget your coach, look at me…you know about me..you've jumped against me since you started jumping…you know why i still do it right..??" "because it's FUN..i have FUN when i compete…you've got 1 jump left..you'll either hit it and be shore conference champion or not..but if you have FUN ..either way you'll win…relax and have some fun with it..show me those pearly whites." his last jump was relaxed..smooth and far….farther then the rest of the field…5 jumpers later didn't better his last jump…jay won… over a great field…after,.. he came over to me, his mom and dad and coach, and they all asked me what i told him at the end of the runway before his last attempt..i said "i told him to relax and have some fun "
Mark Cleary - August 11, 2014
Congrats Quenton you had a great Outdoor National meet!
Christel Donley - August 11, 2014
al, please tell me, we "kind of agree" just different words…
I had to learn what the word "relax" really means. I thought it meant: sit down! smile
al cestero - August 13, 2014
right on christel…for whatever reasons, tension seems to be the enemy and wastes much needed energy/explosiveness…that's not to say adrenaline doesn't factor in too…! my best efforts were when i was sick..had a temperature of over 100..bad head cold..i wasn't going to miss whatever meet i had planned on, but as under the weather i was, when the gun went off, or when i was up on the runway…my reason for being there was FUN..and FUN i would have.even if it killed me…!!
Quenton Torbert - August 31, 2014
Just to clarify some points in the above article –
First of all I would never be dismissive of 'technique' and all of the time, effort and commitment to practice it takes to throw any implement – especially the javelin where the flight is so affected by the release technique and other external factors once it leaves the hand. Of the seven throws I tried – two practice, five during the competition, only one went straight. The javelin on the other throws turned sideways, stalled out, turned down too quickly etc. It definitely is not like throwing a ball!
Secondly, I did focus on the technical aspects I thought I might be able to execute on the day of competition. The Tuesday before the competition I got a 90 minute crash course on throwing the javelin from one of the world's best Masters javelin throwers, Ed Hearn. It was, frankly, overwhelming how many technical aspects are involved – the grip, the approach, the footwork, the pull, the release…Ed pointed out that a common mistake of many throwers was to slow down at the end of their approach instead of accelerating. I decided to skip the approach and focus on the grip, the throwing position, and pick a target out in the sky to throw at. His final tip was to just throw as hard as you can!
Lastly, the javelin is not like throwing a shot put for all the reasons described above except in its shared basic mechanics of throwing – left side block, right side acceleration. I have a good sense of what that feels like in the shot and it felt similar when I threw the javelin. Also, the weight training, plyometrics, etc. that I did for the shot put would have been similar for the javelin.
In the end it was a 'lucky' throw (5 meters better than my next best throw) that just happened to go straight. I was happy but as surprised as anyone. It's worth noting that I also tried the discus with no practice with predictably poor results finishing well out of contention. To be consistent and give yourself the best chance of doing well, you must be technically proficient and that only comes with training and practice.
Quenton (Doug) Torbert


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