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I bought one of each.
I posted a thread on "what should I buy" re a Beretta 92FS stainless or a Sig P226 on several forums. There were so many responses concerning each handgun that I just went ahead and bought one of each.
I'll be loading up some rounds and heading to the range in the AM. One nice thing about the Sig was that I already had a FBI Comptac holster for it. It fit a Sig 220ST I used to have, but sold. Anyway, thanx for the responses.
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July 10, 2013, 05:43 PM | #2 |
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A big 'Atta Boy to you.
Can't figure out which one to buy? Get 'em all, sort it out later. Way to go.
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You'll be glad you did. I consider both to be essential for a complete collection. Both are staple full-size 9mms.
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July 12, 2013, 11:25 AM | #4 |
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and THAT is how you do it kids!
I like your style Foghorn. Very nice. Which one shoots best for ya? (I wonder)
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Good for you - not a bad one in the bunch
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Re: I bought one of each.
Now that's what I'm talkin about!
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I wish, the more I see them, that I had ponied up a few extra bucks for a stainless beretta. I love my black one.. But, still lol
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But I really like them both. I've had a bunch of Sigs, including a 226, so I knew what to expect. But they're both very good shooters. I even loaded both mags to capacity (15 rounds) and did a two gun see-how-fast-I-can-empty-the-mag style. No jams or malfunctions. (That's not a real accurate way to shoot, I discovered.) Again, thanx for all the suggestions.
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You are truly a wise man. Good for you!
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I say, I say, I say, Boy, thems some Fine Lookin pistols. Iffin you find yo-self in need of the complete lineup, fetch one of them thar 5906's. No one, I say no one will challenge your Status as the Woilds #1 pistol Expoirt.
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Dr. Miles' Candy Book
The front cover illustrates a young boy and girl pulling taffy. A green frame surrounds them. The back has a portrait of D. W. Hilton of Louisville, Ky., who endorses Dr. Miles' Nervine.
Donor: Sliker, Shirley Brocker
Brand Name: Miles Medical
Publisher: Miles Medical Co. (Elkhard, Ind.)
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12.1 x 15.9 cm
Language: English
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Copyright: This item is in the public domain.
Citation: Dr. Miles' Candy Book. The Alan and Shirley Brocker Sliker Collection, MSS 314, Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries. Available at http://www.lib.msu.edu/exhibits/sliker/detail.jsp?id=1180

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As the wildfires in Virginia wind down for now they are causing lots of pain and sorry in Texas and Oklahoma. Below are links to several stories. The first few links are a series of stories from reporter Sarah Robarge with TV 3 in Winchester. After these are links to stories from TX and OK.
Stunned Texans survey homes destroyed by wildfires
Fire consumed houses in Mitchell County
At least 13 houses destroyedby flames near Colorado City
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Hao-chan sends his regards
This is the night before my latest U.S. trip.
What is this "we" that Obama uses all the time? I was just watching him on the most recent Meet the Press where he was using sentences like, "Look, we are running for president of the United States" and "People have the right to know what we will do as president."
It drives me crazy to listen to. Not only is it grammatically awkward, it is just weird.
Why can't he say "I" instead of "we"?
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Ok so no running post...as promised I will post full re-caps soon. I somehow got talked into running 27ish miles on Tuesday...which was NOT the plan originally. So after I bang out a 50k run tomorrow, and 10 on Monday morning Faye and I are running Westridge to Temescal and back on Tuesday. Being that I am continually surrounded by crazies many have offered to help in this nonsense~Jimmy you are such an instigator!! Oh well I love it, and am game for whatever my looped out ultra running friends drag me into! I made her pinky swear we would do 50% of it hiking as I have a very important 50k next saturday that i want to rip to shreds!!
So on with my post! I LOVE to cook~I mean LOVE!! I am an absolute self proclaimed health nut!!! Nothing processed(diet foods oh god don't get me started), nothing artificial, and nothing fake goes in my body 98% of the time. I truly enjoy making sauces and dishes form scratch, and after a long day of trail running I love nothing more than coming home and making yummy food!
I got home from taking Paul to the airport just a bit ago(he is leaving for 4 weeks to go god knows where for work..Colorado, Seatlle,blah,blah..), and decided I wanted to make a foodie feast! I walked the dogs, fed them, did some laundry, dropped Tyler off at the movies, took 15 recover-eas(hope I don't die!?!), and cooked to my heart's content! I love "good" for you grains like Quinoa, Amaranth, Millet, and Teff. I use all of these in my cooking, and mostly make tons of different stir-fry's, ect. I make all of my sauces from scratch, and tonight I made an amazing pine nut pesto! Everything I use(herbs) I get from my garden, and all my veggies I by at my local organic farm. I decided to stir-fry up some bell peppers, mushrooms, kale, and asparagus. I then added my homemade pesto, some fresh chopped garlic, a little of my homemade spaghetti sauce(i keep it jarred), and then some Quinoa. I stirred it all together, and then added some black beluga lentils(total superfood), and I had a few meals for the next few days!! It turned out sooooo yummy!! I love cooking like this because I break it up into 3-4 meals, and it's just super easy to have on hand, and delicious.
I have to admit I am totally obsessed with Ultra Running, eating healthy, and just being an athlete. I love everything about this lifestyle, and I will never live any other way! Now if I could just find someone as crazy as me to enjoy this lifestyle with, and all would end well! hehe..
Have a happy Sunday all! I will be out enjoying the trails all day tomorrow! My friend Andrew keeps texting me telling me all about Chris' win at Kona! He smoked the marathon in 244, and that was coming off a 25mph bike ride! That guy is not human!! I am like, "I know I have been following!" Love amazing athletes! Andrew keeps swaring he is getting me on this new bike he bought me, and I am gonna do an ironman~oh lord why can't I just have normal friends!?! LOVE IT!!!!
Today is/was such a great day in all thats been going on. I truly have moved to a way better place then where I was at just a few days ago, and everything my friend Eric has been telling me about life, and moving on is so true! Time is such a healer, and sometimes we all just need a little time to get to all the right places in life. The last two weeks of my life have been a test, but with time comes healing, and today I am on that path no doubt~sieze the day my friends as we are only here on this planet once!


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- Brakefield, T, Mednick SC, Christakis NA, Fowler JH, Sexual
orientation does not spread through adolescent social networks.
Archives of Sexuality (in press).
- Kaestner E., Wixted J., Mednick SC., Pharmacologically Increasing Sleep Spindles Enhances Recognition for Negative and High-Arousal Memories. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience (in press).
- Mednick SC, Cai DJ, Shuman T, Anagnostaras S, Wixted JT. An opportunistic theory of cellular and systems consolidation. Trends Neurosci. 2011 Jul 8.
EM, Gorman MR, Mednick SC. The effect of narrowband 500 nm light on
daytime sleep in humans. Physiol Behav. 2011 May 3;103(2):197-202.
- Kanady JC, Drummond SP, Mednick SC. Actigraphic assessment of a polysomnographic-recorded nap: a validation study. J Sleep Res. 2011 Mar;20(1 Pt 2):214-22.
- Rieth CA, Cai DJ, McDevitt EA, Mednick SC, The role of sleep and practice in implicit and explicit motor learning Behavioural Brain Research 2010 (in press).
- Sara C. Mednick and William A. Alaynick, Comparing models of sleep-dependent memory consolidation, Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine 2010 (in press).
- Mednick SC, Christakis NA, Fowler JH The Spread of Sleep Loss Influences Drug Use in Adolescent Social Networks. PLoS ONE 5: e9775 March 2010.
- Denise J. Cai, Sarnoff A. Mednick, Elizabeth M. Harrison, Jennifer Kanady, and Sara C. Mednick, REM, not incubation, improves creativity by priming associative networks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2009, June 8.
- Mednick SC, "Sleep and Dreams", Encyclopedia of Perception; Editor-in-chief, Bruce Goldstein, 2009, SAGE Publications, Inc


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With its IPO hitting markets, GM has released limited preliminary results that show the firm earned $1.9b to $2.1b in the third quarter of this year. That performance outstripped Ford's $1.73b Q3 profit, and GM's $36b in revenue also beat Ford's $29b figure for the same quarter. GM also announced that it expects to generate positive EBIT in the fourth quarter, although it warned that its Q4 results would not be as strong as the previous three quarters in which GM claims to have earned $4b to $4.2b in net income attributable to shareholders. The projection of weaker Q4 results proves that political considerations weren't the only factor pushing for an immediate post-election IPO. One note of warning, however: GM has not released complete data on its results, meaning we haven't seen the impact of GM's recent debt-cutting moves on cashflow. On the other hand, with a $5b revolving line of credit secured and profits rolling in, GM isn't likely to be facing liquidity problems in the immediate short term. We'll wait for full results before we pass final judgment, however.
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Pushing the Limits Push-up challenge!
I have a love/hate relationship with push ups! I love them because I know they tone the core, arms, chest, and back. I know push-ups are very effective and make you super strong. I hate them because they have always been so hard for me. They're very uncomfortable. Even more of a reason I need to do them. When it comes to working out...
Hard=good. Hard=results
I'm always up for a good challenge. Anything that motivates me. So when RunningBetty challenged me to to 100 push-ups by the end of July, I was scared and eager! Yeah! So fun. This is how it works:
Run DMT and RunningBetty have teamed up to present their readers with the ultimate challenge. During the month of July, they're Pushing the Limits with their Push-up Challenge! With the help of hundredpushups.com, this goal will be achieved.
Are you up for the challenge? Sign up here. Help spread the word. Grab the push up challenge button. And get involved! This is going to be fun!
*I just did the initial test. I did 30 girl push ups. Rank 4. Hmmm??? Does that count? should I be doing the standard "boy" push ups? I'll check into that :)
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Thanks for joining up!!
If you start with 30 girl pushups or "knee pushups", you should progress to 100 knee pushups. If you want to progress to 100 standard pushups, you should do your test with standard pushups and build upon that. Remember, the program is really for 6 weeks, and July is shorter than that, so you may find once you can do 100 knee pushups you can easily do 15 standard.Um, *about to pass out* I just had to see how many I could do. *gasping for air*
Verdict: 15 regular ones.
My arms aren't as buff as I thought from carrying Parker around! ;)
Now I'm pumped and gonna go do some more. I already worked out this morning - I'm gonna be feeling it tomorrow! Actually *feels arms* maybe by this afternoon.
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I discovered the Aussie band Myriad from this very site. The sound file on here is very good and left me wanting more. Fat chance ! I have tried to find anything on the web relating to them without success. I suspect that they are now defunct and that would explain no homepage. One of my regular CD suppliers, Greg Walker of Syn-Phonic, has tried to track down the album and even written to them - again with no success.
Does anyone know what has happened to them and more important, can the CD "Floating On Ascending Plains" be obtained anywhere?
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I have Myriad(Aus) cd buyed from Record Heaven(www.recordheaven.net) and it's still in stock in prog various section |
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Thanks for the tip GG - I have ordered - time will tell if it arrives!
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Hey - thanks for the pointer to obtain the Myriad album - it's just turned up.
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text: Any time I misuse an option or use invalid command syntax, a tool like lvcreate gives a diagnostic saying what went wrong, and follows it with almost 50 lines of usage information. That's almost enough to make the important, one-line diagnostic, scroll beyond the top of my terminal emulator window. I propose to change this so that upon error, users do still see the relevant one-line diagnostic (of course), but rather than the voluminous and obscuring --help output, the tool would simply output one more line: Try `lvcreate --help' for more information. Also, for all tools, --help output currently goes to stderr. I will be happy to submit another patch to make the LVM tools work more like most of the other unix/gnu tools that take --help as an option: they print --help output to standard output. That makes it easier for novices to grep through the help output or to send it through a pager or other pipe. Besides, when there is no "error", why write to stderr? FWIW, I've just run into this while writing tests for lvcreate. I wanted to compare expected error output with actual, but embedding all 47 "expected" lines in the test script seems excessive. Also, when I looked at the actual output, at first I didn't even see the real diagnostic I'd been expecting, buried amid all the --help output. So, if *I*, who was expecting a particular diagnostic, nearly miss it, the average user may not look as hard, and end up having to figure out the hard way what they did wrong. So, actually there are two proposals: - Print "Try `$cmd --help' for more information." instead of all --help output upon bogus command line usage. (still to stderr, of course) - Print --help output to stdout, not stderr.


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Yes, It Truly Is Magic.
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I am making cupcakes this weekend for an event, and rather than just offer chocolate with buttercream or butter cake with chocolate ganache, I think I'll throw a selection of these in, too. Or maybe I'll save them all for myself! :)
I found you on TasteSpotting and am writing to say that if you have any photos that aren't accepted there, I'd love to publish them. Visit my new site (below), it's a lot of fun! I hope you will consider it.
www.tastestopping.wordpress.comthe cake is AWESOME isn't it?
and it stays so moist too. doesn't get dry. mmmm!
i must must try the peanut butter buttercream. for some reason i've always felt a bit reluctant to use peanut butter for buttercream.. just cuz i feel like it'd be so heavy and too thick. but you've convinced me!! i must try it soon!
adorable photos, by the way! love it :D- AnonymousApril 9, 2011 at 4:15 PM
The chocolate cupcake s are amazing!!! Rich and delicious chocolate flavor, I like my cupcake super moist, so I added 1/4 cup of chocolate pudding mix and they turned out wonderful!!! I've made it 3x already!


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Gross Appropriation |
Appropriation Breakdown |
Council for |
$22,840,600[34] |
$1,105,900 from Federal Funds; |
Arts and Cultural Affairs |
$21,734,700 from GF/GP |
Program Description:
The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs awards grants to organizations to fund a variety of projects. During the past fiscal year, art and cultural grants were awarded to:
Young Audiences of Michigan |
Arab Community Center |
Dearborn Community Arts Council |
Broadside Press |
Creative Arts Collective |
United Black Artists |
Milan Theatre Company |
African American Studio Theatre |
The Storytellers |
Pewabic Society |
Arts Foundation of Michigan |
Center for Creative Studies |
Detroit Artists Market |
Detroit Focus |
Detroit Public Schools |
Harmony House Playhouse |
Michigan Veterans Foundation |
Clinton County Arts Council |
Northville Public Schools |
Arts Forum of Western Michigan |
Council of Performing Arts |
Grand Rapids Art Museum |
Grand Rapids Civic Theatre |
Junior League of Grand Rapids |
Kent County Juvenile Court |
Grand Rapids Opera |
St. Cecilia Music Society |
Community Circle Theatre |
Public Museum of Grand Rapids |
Muskegon Civic Theatre |
Muskegon Museum of Art |
Manistee Civic Players |
Michigan Youth Arts Festival |
Beaver Island Community Schools |
Old Town Playhouse |
Traverse City Area Public Schools |
Arts Midwest |
Sault Are Arts Council |
Peninsula Arts Appreciation Council |
Calumet Theatre |
Ironwood Theatre |
Jesse Besser Museum |
Downriver Council for the Arts |
Arts League of Michigan |
Braezeal Dennard Chorale |
Confined Audiences Production |
Detroit Metropolitan Orchestra |
James Tatum Trio |
Mason Elementary School |
Rackham Symphony Choir |
Grosse Pointe Public Schools |
Accounting Aid Society |
Attic Theatre |
Concerned Citizens for the Arts |
Detroit Theatre Association |
Detroit Jazz Orchestra |
Graystone Jazz Museum |
Michigan Opera Theatre |
Clinton County School District |
Lowell Area Arts Council |
Arts Council of Grand Rapids |
Boys Choir of Grand Rapids |
David Wolcott Kendall School |
Grand Rapids Ballet |
Grand Rapids Symphony Society |
Kent County Co-op |
Michigan Assoc. of Community Arts |
Robeson Players |
Chamber Choir of Grand Rapids |
Michigan Alliance for Arts Education |
Holland Community Chorale |
Muskegon County Foundation |
West Shore Symphony |
Art Reach of Mid Michigan |
Midland Center for the Arts |
Northwestern Michigan College |
Traverse Area Arts Council |
Traverse Symphony Orchestra |
Center for New Television |
City of Marquette |
William Bonifas Fine Arts Center |
Ironwood Area Schools |
Crooked Tree Arts Council |
Thunder Bay Arts Council |
Thunder Bay Theatre |
Rebirth Incorporated |
Studio of African Dance |
Casa de Unidad |
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall |
Gray and Gray Productions |
New Detroit Incorporated |
Southwest Detroit Business Association |
Utica Public Schools |
Dearborn Public Schools |
Michigan Bach Festival |
Inter-Arts Associates |
John Glenn High School |
Lenawee Symphony Orchestra |
Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra |
Kalamazoo Arts Council |
Irvine Gilmore Keyboard Festival |
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts |
Mad Hatters |
Kalamazoo ISD |
Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra |
Art Center of Battle Creek |
Jackson Symphony Orchestra |
Livingston Educational Service Agency |
Ann Arbor Art Association |
Ann Arbor Summer Festival |
Art-Train |
Dance Gallery Foundation |
Kerrytown Concert House |
Papagena Opera Company |
University Musical Society |
Washtenaw Council for the Arts |
Macomb Arts Council |
St. Clair Arts Council |
Village Bach Festival |
Port Huron Museum of Arts and History |
Flint Institute of Arts |
Flint School District |
Greater Flint Arts Council |
Saginaw Art Museum |
Saginaw Symphony |
Young People's Theatre |
Arts Council of Lansing |
Community Circle Players |
Lansing Lyric Opera |
Michigan Public Broadcasting |
Christo Rey Community Center |
Michigan State University |
Creative Arts Center of Oakland County |
Pontiac Schools District |
Rochester Symphony Orchestra |
Troy School District |
Jazz Development Workshop |
Madrigal Chorale |
Music Hall Center |
Southeast Michigan Arts Forum |
Wayne State University |
Detroit Center for Performing Arts |
Grand Circus Park Development |
Michigan Avenue Art Group |
Alternative Creative Education |
Abbott Middle School |
Dearborn Orchestral Society |
Friends of Opera |
Allen Park Symphony |
Plymouth Community Arts Council |
Croswell Fine Arts Association |
Tibbits Opera Foundation |
St. Joseph Art Association |
Fontana Concert Society |
Kalamazoo Civic Playhouse |
Kalamazoo Junior Symphony Society |
Whole Art Theatre Company |
Battle Creek Boys Choir |
Battle Creek Youth Orchestra |
Ella Sharpe Museum |
Brighton Area Schools |
Chinese American Cultural Center |
Ann Arbor Theatre |
Ann Arbor Symphony |
Comic Opera Guild |
Great Lakes Performing Artists Assoc. |
Michigan Theatre Foundation |
Performance Network |
U-M Flint |
Wild Swan Theatre |
New Haven Community Schools |
City of St. Clair |
International Symphony Orchestra |
Buckham Fine Arts Project |
Flint Institute of Music |
City of Flint |
Ballet Cultural Azteca |
Saginaw Choral Society |
Cheboygan Area Arts Council |
Holland Area Arts Council |
Boarshead Theatre |
Lansing Art Gallery |
Lansing Symphony |
Michigan Orchestra Association |
The Michigan Festival |
The Pashami Dancers |
Oakland County Cultural Council |
Meadow Brook Performing Arts |
Troy Chamber of Commerce |
Business Consortium for the Arts |
Lyric Chamber Ensemble |
City of Southfield Parks and Rec. |
Cantata Academy |
Detroit Area Film and TV |
Detroit Dance Collective |
Oakland Community College |
Interlochen |
Grand Rapids Symphony |
Ferndale Public Schools |
Detroit Chamber Winds |
Judson Center |
Royal Oak School District |
Blue Lakes Fine Arts Camp |
Recommended Action:
After his inauguration in January, 1991, Governor Engler indicated his intention to eliminate the Arts and Cultural grant program. Although he has not followed through, he should. There are several reasons why this will benefit Michigan citizens and Michigan culture.[35]
First, this $23 million subsidy diminishes the ability of Michigan taxpayers to choose for themselves what types of arts and cultural projects they will support, and places such decisions in the hands of state bureaucrats and their designees. It is elitist to assume that the "unwashed masses" require government oversight on these very personal matters of value and taste.
Government funding of the arts also has the perverse effect of forcing the poor to subsidize the rich. Since art museums, operas, and symphonies are frequented predominantly by people of high socio-economic status and education, the cultural grants provide for a fundamentally unfair transfer of wealth from lower income families to higher. Indeed, Robert J. Samuelson, columnist for Newsweek and The Washington Post, has called funding for the arts "highbrow pork barrel."
Secondly, subsidies are not a necessary precondition to people creating and enjoying artistic works. The arts and humanities in this country flourished prior to governmental funding and there is no reason to believe that support would cease if the government were to return to its neutral position regarding the arts. Indeed, some of the finest art ever produced in our country was created without governmental funding. Great art is a product of individual genius and individual ambition, not governmental involvement.
Some have argued that government subsidies are needed to give the poor access to the arts. It is interesting to note, however, that with stereo equipment that can be purchased with the earning from a day or two of minimum wage work, a person can hear a variety and quality of music unavailable to kings and queens a century ago. Music, photographs, prints, televised recorded performances, and even musical instruments and arts and crafts materials, are more available and less expensive than at any time in history. Public libraries often rent, free-of-charge, compact disks, video classics, and even prints of paintings. And it is difficult to find a local arts or cultural organization that refuses to make some allowance for low income individuals to attend programs and performances.
A third reason to eliminate political funding is that government subsidies to the arts inevitably lead to the politicization of culture and stifle the creativity and innovation of artists. No matter how large the art and cultural grant program grows, not every aspiring artist can be the beneficiary of a state grant; hence, there must be some selection process for the grants, and, as a result, artists applying for grants will inevitably pursue work that will be palatable to the potential donor: the state. What results is the corruption of the artist and his work. It is unlikely that great works such as Thoreau's Civil Disobedience or Tolstoy's War and Peace, both of which were highly critical of the then-current regime, would have been pursued if the authors had been aspiring for governmental funding. As painter Laura Main has said, "Relying on the government to sponsor art work . . . is to me no more than subjecting yourself to the fate of a governmental lackey."[36]
Sensing the mood of the times, savvy proponents of arts and cultural subsidies have attempted to portray such programs as economic development tools, presenting economic analyses based on dubious "multiplier effects" to show, for example, that $1,000 of art spending generates $11,000 worth of economic benefit. What such one-sided analyses neglect to discuss is the effect on the Michigan economy if Michigan citizens were allowed to keep and spend this money themselves. There is absolutely no evidence that state government spending generates any more economic activity than private spending.
It is time for the Michigan Legislature to depoliticize Michigan cultural affairs and leave private citizens and private organizations to develop the diverse, creative, and inspiring works that have always characterized civil society.
Program |
Gross Appropriation |
Appropriation Breakdown |
Public Service Commission: |
$18,325,700[37] |
$2,130,300 from Federal Funds; |
Administration, Planning, |
$16,195,400 from Special |
and Regulation |
Revenue Funds |
Program Description:
Regulating Michigan's non-municipal utility companies, gas and oil pipelines, telecommunications, and commercial motor transportation industry is the main responsibility of the Public Service Commission. The Commission is best known for setting the rates that utilities may charge their customers. Other functions performed by the Commission include: setting standards of service that each company must meet; approving and monitoring the construction of all gas and pipeline operations; enforcing rules; and approving the issuance of securities by regulated companies.
Recommended Action:
The Public Service Commission should be eliminated. It currently provides an outdated and unnecessary function: the regulation and effective price-fixing of utilities. Utilities can be provided to customers by the market; they do not need to be provided, effectively, through state government. If the state were to loosen its control on the utilities industry, one would see a more efficient, cost-effective, and consumer friendly system, with a myriad of suppliers willing to provide service to Michigan's homes and businesses. Indeed, the Public Service Commission itself has begun to recognize this fact.
On April 11, 1994, the Public Service Commission announced that Michigan would be the first state to experiment with a program allowing major customers of Detroit Edison and Consumers Power to bypass those utilities and shop for electric power from dozens of independent competitors. Known as "retail wheeling," the five year experiment will allow those customers essentially to rent the two utilities' wires and purchase electricity from other sources. Thus far the program has been successful, with many companies choosing to contract electrical services from providers other than the two major utilities. As Frank Corley, a Ford executive, recently said, "We want to see the same kinds of opportunities in electric utilities that we have seen in the natural gas industry. Companies need more opportunities to save money." Moreover, Ford and other large companies have been able to force competition in other ways, as well. They are cutting special rate deals with the utility providers, helping communities set up their own municipal power companies, and building their own power plants. Although it is preferable to have utilities owned privately rather than by municipal governments, both private and municipal efforts are affecting the dynamics of the market. Indeed, Big Three automakers recently negotiated a $30 million annual rate cut with Detroit Edison, and city officials in Alma are trying to become the first city in Michigan in 50 years to set up a municipal utility. As a result, Mick Hiser, director of the Commission's Competitive Utilities and Energy Resources Division, has said, "This industry is moving swiftly to competition. This is not pie-in-the-sky stuff."
The state legislature should recognize the effectiveness of such market-oriented solutions and act appropriately; they should eliminate the Public Service Commission and allow the market to work as it should, unhampered. What would result is greater consumer choice, lower prices, and more successful small providers entering the market.[38]
Program |
Gross Appropriation |
Appropriation Breakdown |
Grant to Department of |
$555,800[39] |
All from Federal Funds |
Public Health |
Program Description:
The Grant to the Michigan Department of Public Health (MDPH) will provide $555,800, via the U.S. Department of Energy, to the MDPH for nuclear emergency planning and response.
Recommended Action:
The Department of Commerce should refuse the money provided by the U.S. Department of Energy for this grant, and in so doing eliminate its subsequent grant to the Michigan Department of Public Health. Other industries, such as chemical producers, work in conjunction with community leaders to provide emergency planning and response programs, and the nuclear power industry should be no different. Nuclear emergency planning should be the responsibility of communities and the industry, and not funded by state or federal government.
Program |
Gross Appropriation |
Appropriation Breakdown |
Michigan State Fair |
$4,388,400[40] |
All from Special Revenue Funds |
Program Description:
The Michigan State Fair is a once a year self-financing event held every summer on the state fairgrounds in Detroit.
Recommended Action:
While it is true that the Michigan State Fair is an enjoyable event for many people each summer, sponsoring fairs is not a proper function of government in a civil society. Every year, thousands come from across the country to enjoy Michigan's natural wonders. And millions enjoy such entertainment opportunities as attending professional sporting events and privately run fairs and festivals. The Michigan State Fair is no different; there is no reason to believe that we need the state to run the Michigan State Fair in order for there to be one. If there is sufficient demand for a fair of this type--and clearly there is--then private organizations will respond to that demand and conduct one.[41] This program should be eliminated.
Program |
Gross Appropriation |
Appropriation Breakdown |
Liquor Merchandising |
$25,549,400[42] |
All from Special Revenue Funds |
and Warehousing |
Program Description:
The Liquor Merchandising and Warehousing Program operates three liquor warehouses and 76 state stores selling spirits to retail licensees. The operation is divided into three geographic districts throughout the state, and each district has its own warehouse and groups of wholesale and retail stores.
Recommended Action:
The Liquor Merchandising and Warehouse office is a program that has been cited for elimination by various organizations, analysts, and legislators for many years. It is time for these recommendations to be heeded; the state legislature should act immediately to eliminate this office. Like other goods--even those like tobacco, which many view with disdain--the distribution of spirits can be handled by the private sector directly. There simply is no need for a middleman--in this case, state government--to handle the distribution between the alcohol manufacturing companies and the licensed distributors of alcohol throughout the state. If the bars, stores, and other distributors of alcohol are licensed, then the state should take action against these licensees at the point of sale, if they believe that they are selling alcohol which violates the regulations of their license. There is no need to take the preventive measure of having the Liquor Control Commission sell the alcohol directly to them.
There is one additional point that needs to be raised regarding the termination of this program. If the legislature acted to end the merchandising and warehousing program, more than the $25 million budgeted for operating this program would be effectively saved. In addition to the initial $25 million, the state would also be able to sell the warehouses currently used by this program, and in so doing, be able to, as the Department of Management and Budget (DMB) has written, "reap a short term cash windfall."[43]
In conclusion, the Liquor Merchandising and Warehousing program of the Liquor Control Commission is a prime example of Lansing overstepping its bounds and delving into an area that can be handled more efficiently by the private sector. The legislature should take this opportunity to streamline government and do as DMB has suggested: terminate the Merchandising and Warehousing program.
Program |
Gross Appropriation |
Appropriation Breakdown |
Liquor Control |
$408,100[44] |
All from Special Revenue Funds |
Commission Grant |
Program Description:
The Liquor Control Commission will appropriate a $408,100 grant to the Department of Agriculture's Wine Industry Council, for use in advancing and promoting Michigan's wine industry.
Recommended Action:
As suggested in this study's analysis of the Department of Agriculture, the Wine Industry Council should be eliminated, since it performs a service that can and should be handled by the private sector--the promotion of private industry. This form of corporate welfare should be ended immediately by eliminating the Liquor Control Commission Grant.
Program |
Gross Appropriation |
Appropriation Breakdown |
Mobile Home Commission; |
$1,759,000[45] |
All from Special Revenue Funds |
Mobile Home and Land |
Resources Program; Local Mobile |
Home Park Inspections |
Program Description:
These programs license the manufacturers of mobile and manufactured homes, as well the proprietors of mobile home parks. They also conduct inspections of mobile home parks to verify that state regulations are being followed.
Recommended Action:
There is no need for the state to intervene between the consumers and producers of mobile homes, or for it to intervene between the would-be inhabitants of a mobile home park and the proprietor of that mobile home park. In both instances the consumer is capable of determining whether or not he will engage in a transaction with the provider of the good. If, after purchasing the good, he believes he has been defrauded, then he can take legal action against the seller of that good, whether it be the mobile home manufacturer or the mobile home park proprietor. With respect to mobile home parks, local construction and health codes and land use planning measures are adequate to provide guidelines for development. Preventive action by the state in the form of regulation of these activities is unnecessary and harmful. These programs should be eliminated.


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Well placebo can also reach over to the hardcore-objective side, even if it's based on expectations of a negative outcome (bias ;)...
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Not dark, but a bit darker than my previous ipods, No experience with 5.5 though
Without rockboxing, IPC has more power. Clip+ (rockboxed) sound good and can drive earphones way louder than IPC, but also sounds more aggressive than IPC IMO. But the good thing is you can always EQ it. You can also rockbox IPC too which will make it sound identical and have the same functions as the rockboxed clip.
I am sure you heard of that IPC sounds like cold boiled water :) not much of emotions but present music as the way it is.
Unless you're volume capped, the Classic actually goes louder then the Clip by about 1 dB.
They're both directly coupled, spectrally flat low impedance amps, so my guess would be a lack of proper volume matching. Thats usually the cause when someone reports a difference in dynamics, timbre, etc in two very neutral devices. People tend to hear differences in volume like that. How did you volume match?
FWIW if you don't volume match you will likely get very wrong results. Its actually very important that you do that.
My claims are entirely hollow too, and I certainly can't be bothered unrolling loads of charts.
However, I like listening to stuff on my Clip. I can get tons of detail and volume out of it, and it sounds good to me, which is all that is important. I am sort of attached to it, and would miss it if it broke.
If I try using any sort of iPod (my wife is a fan), I just don't like the sound. Simple as that. Can't say why. It just comes across as slightly ... uneventful. Nothing terrible, but if I were American, I would certainly reach for the word "Meh."
I do get the "dark" remark, though. I suspect it was coined by a clarinet player. It is exactly the extra bit of richness you get from a Buffet RC over an R13. (Not that I use either - strictly old school Boosey & Hawkes driver, me...)
Could be they went off to do something more rewarding?
Anyway, all audiophiles take care of their hearing. Banging one's head against a brick wall has long been a thoroughly proven contraindication.


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Wed Jun 27, 2012, 05:26 PM
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New Poll: Cantor Appears Vulnerable; Women In His District Aren't Very Happy With HimIn the poll from from Harrison Hickman obtained exclusively by ThinkProgress, voters say they would support a pro-choice candidate over a candidate who is pro-life by an unexpectedly large margin, 68 percent to 23 percent. The finding comes after intense media coverage of efforts by state Republicans to mandate transvaginal ultrasounds prior to obtaining an abortion, a procedure described by critics as state-sponsored rape. The resulting backlash from women in Virginia forced Governor Bob McDonnell (R) and his allies at the statehouse to moderate their efforts. Eric Cantor has a 100% rating from the National Right To Life Committee. The poll also calls into question Republicans scorched earth policy when it comes to working with the Obama administration. Fifty nine percent of voters say they would support a candidate who works with President Obama some of the time compared to just 32 percent of respondents who say they would vote for the candidate who opposes virtually everything proposed by the White House, as Cantor and the rest of the GOP have insisted upon for much of Obamas first term. And asked about Cantor specifically, voters disapprove of his handling of government spending, health care and reigning in the budget deficit, three key issues that Cantor and House Republicans have campaigned heavily on since 2008. More plus links: http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/06/26/506456/eric-cantor-poll/ http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/new-poll-women-cantors-district-arent
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New Poll: Cantor Appears Vulnerable; Women In His District Aren't Very Happy With Him (Original post) |
kpete | Jun 2012 | OP |
WCGreen | Jun 2012 | #1 | |
DearAbby | Jun 2012 | #3 | |
ProudToBeBlueInRhody | Jun 2012 | #2 | |
hifiguy | Jun 2012 | #4 | |
Swede Atlanta | Jun 2012 | #5 | |
HopeHoops | Jun 2012 | #6 | |
ProfessionalLeftist | Jun 2012 | #7 |
Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 05:29 PM
WCGreen (45,558 posts)
1. Does he have a viable candidate running against him....
Response to WCGreen (Reply #1)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 05:31 PM
DearAbby (12,461 posts)
3. Problem, he is being hopelessly outspent.
same song...Citizen's United. He is a member of the GOP YOUNG GUNZ.
Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 05:30 PM
ProudToBeBlueInRhody (16,399 posts)
2. That's all well and good....
...but we know that voters have a tendency to vote for people who are diametrically opposed to their best interest!
Where's the actual poll showing Cantor trailing? |
Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 05:32 PM
hifiguy (33,688 posts)
4. Gee, I can't imagine why..... nt
Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 05:35 PM
Swede Atlanta (3,596 posts)
5. While I doubt his seat is really in jeopardy.....
a "rational" politician would take these signs as the pulse of his/her district and soften their stance on these issues.
I have no doubt that Cantor will feel emboldened to go where no rational person has gone before. |
Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 06:17 PM
HopeHoops (47,675 posts)
6. I can't imagine ANY woman fucking him - even if he paid for it. Much less supporting him.
Response to kpete (Original post)
Wed Jun 27, 2012, 06:33 PM
ProfessionalLeftist (4,982 posts)
7. His is one perpetual smart-ass smirk
I could stand to not see for as log as I live. I'd like to see a woman slap it right off his face.


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Well, it's been another week of "Fun with Side Effects". I won't get into them here, since you might be eating while you read, but let it be said that the treatment for Vampbaby's cancer is brutal, brutal, brutal. We have now been in the hospital for 3 weeks, and there is likely 2 more to go before going home is even an option. Of course, we are also beginning to accept the reality that Vampbaby's homecoming could be delayed until treatment ends -- a year from now.
However, this weekend has brought the final phase of the chemo cycle upon us: rebound. For the first time in three weeks, my son today sat in my arms, played with a new toy and laughed. He voice is horse from weeks worth of crying, and what can only be described as the worst sore throat EVER (Thanks, Hybermucosa!), but the sound of his giggle flew through the air like a light in the darkness. He even ate some grapes -- nothing short of a miracle.
All of this is cause to celebrate, for within these moments I have seen the fire return to my son's eyes that has always taken our breath away. It will, sadly, be short lived, as he will begin his next chemo cycle early next week and return to the murky world of illness. But for today, I am seeing Vampbaby as he was, and hopefully will be.
Saturday, August 05, 2006
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Good to know that you're seeing the signs of normalcy - however brief - and rejoicing in them. I'm so glad to hear that even for one afternoon, you had your son back. Hang onto those moments as you go through this.
Blessed Be,
heather a~* - 10:28 PM
Teaches us to appreciate the moment, yes? Here's to moments of fire and laughter when they come!
- Denver Dad said...
My thoughts and best wishes are still with you and your family, Vampdaddy. Best of luck to your son.
Each laugh today helps us learn how to laugh for a lifetime.
Offering prayers for health, smiles of love and thoughts worthy of laughter.
Uncle Wolf - 11:34 PM
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March 10, 2009—Among the many medieval plague victims recently unearthed near Venice, Italy, one reportedly had never-before-seen evidence of an unusual affliction: being "undead."
The partial body and skull of the woman showed her jaw forced open by a brick (above)—an exorcism technique used on suspected vampires.
It's the first time that archaeological remains have been interpreted as belonging to a suspected vampire, team leader Matteo Borrini, a forensic archaeologist at the University of Florence, told National Geographic News.
Borrini has been digging up mass graves on the island of Lazzaretto Nuovo, where the "vampire" was found, since 2006.
(See mass grave pictures of plague victims on another island near Venice.)
"I was lucky. I [didn't] expect to find a vampire during my excavations," he said.
Belief in vampires was rampant in the Middle Ages, mostly because the process of decomposition was not well understood.
For instance, as the human stomach decays, it releases a dark "purge fluid." This bloodlike liquid can flow freely from a corpse's nose and mouth, so it was apparently sometimes confused with traces of vampire victims' blood.
The fluid sometimes moistened the burial shroud near the corpse's mouth enough that it sagged into the jaw, creating tears in the cloth.
Since tombs were often reopened during plagues so other victims could be added, Italian gravediggers saw these decomposing bodies with partially "eaten" shrouds, Borrini said.
Vampires were thought by some to be causes of plagues, so the superstition took root that shroud-chewing was the "magical way" that vampires spread pestilence, he said. Inserting objects—such as bricks and stones—into the mouths of alleged vampires was thought to halt the disease.
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The Capistrano Valley Cougars baseball team lost Monday's home non-conference game against Aliso Niguel by a score of 12-10.
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Spectators at Monday's non-league battle between the Aliso Niguel Wolverines (Aliso Viejo, CA) and the host Capistrano Valley Cougars (Mission Viejo, CA), saw Aliso Niguel's baseball squad knock off Capistrano Valley by a count of 12-10.
Coming up next, the Wolverines play the Yorba Linda Mustangs (Yorba Linda, CA) in a non-league battle, on Wednesday, April 27. Aliso Niguel will attempt to move on its 15-9 season record. The Mustangs enter the battle with a 2-19 record after their 6-0 league loss to Tustin (Tustin, CA).
The Cougars now possess a 16-9 record. They take the field next when they travel to Dana Hills for a South Coast battle on Wednesday, May 4.
The Aliso Niguel Wolverines baseball team lost Monday's neutral non-conference game against Capistrano Valley by a score of 11-3.
The Aliso Niguel Wolverines baseball team won Monday's neutral non-conference game against Capistrano Valley by a score of 12-10.


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In order to understand whether US training of military forces from the South has resulted in the use of repression or improvements in human rights, we need to situate the training within the broader context of US foreign policy objectives and strategies. The main aims of US foreign policy are to maintain its dominant global position and to ensure control of resources and markets in the South. These objectives are being pursued through an emerging, US-led transnational state, using the instruments of legitimation at least as much as repression. This contrasts with the Cold War, during which US foreign policy strategy towards the South emphasised repression. US training of military forces from the South during the Cold War played a key role in a US-led network, through which many states in the South were connected to the US and each other by cooperation between their militaries, police and intelligence services. The training was dominated by a particular form of counterinsurgency instruction which advocated repression of groups that might potentially threaten US control of Southern economies and assets. This contributed to widespread human rights violations, particularly in Latin America. Following the end of the Cold War, reliance on coercion diminished, and it was subsumed within the emergent transnational state. In line with this shift in US foreign policy strategy in the South, some aspects of the training began to be characterised by the promotion of legitimation. In the wake of 9/11, the US has intensified both its legitimation efforts and its use of repression, and the training continues to play a significant role in the service of US foreign policy objectives.
Item Type: | Thesis (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)) |
Subjects: | J Political Science > JZ International relations |
Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Politics and International Relations |
Depositing User: | Ruth Blakeley |
Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2008 11:34 UTC |
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EPILOGUE to AMAYA: Too Beau Coup
Keaton Albertson
True Story, Erotica, Exhibitionism, Female / Girl, Female solo, Girls / Female, Voyeurism
Author's infos
Gender: male Age: N/A Location: N/A
Posted Tue 3rd of August 2010
... The Aftermath
Shortly after Amaya had sent me packing for wielding a domineering dong, I decided to initiate a moratorium on sex and resolved to focus more upon my college studies. I implemented a monotonous study schedule at the fraternity house and avoided many of the social events that took place over a period of several weeks, effectively becoming a hermit. In attempts to reinvigorate me, Camel stopped by my bedroom one night while I was digesting a required reading article for one of my courses.
"Why you studying all the time, Keaton?" my alcoholic friend asked me as he intruded into my room.
"I don't know," I replied, looking up from my reading material. "Call me crazy but there's something about paying thirty thousand dollars a year in tuition that keeps me motivated to earn credits. You know, getting a degree and all that shit. I figured that I should get something in return for my money instead of just a hangover."
"Fuck that, man," Camel said, closing my bedroom door behind him. "This is the time in your life when you're supposed to be having fun."
I gave Camel a probing look. "Yeah?" I asked. "Why can't you have fun later? Like, after you graduate and get a job?"
"Everyone's gonna get a job, man," Camel said. He wandered over to my desk, sat down on the spare chair, and propped up his feet on the tabletop. "You worried about not getting a job or something?"
"I just don't like school, dude," I replied. "I want to get this shit over with as soon as possible."
Camel pulled his hands behind his head and leaned back in the chair. "I wish I was more like you," he stated. "I just don't care that much about anything."
"Yeah, I noticed," I commented. I gave Camel a laugh and then demonstrated some nonverbal communication that I was more interested in returning to my required reading than socializing with him at that particular moment.
"So why you gotta bullshit me?" Camel suddenly accused.
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"You don't give a fuck about school no more than I do," Camel asserted. "You're just bummed out because that slant box girl dumped you."
I sighed and reflected upon my memories of eating out Amaya's delectable cooter. "She was the finest piece of ass that I ever had," I stated in disappointment. "I don't think I'll get poontang as choice as her snatch ever again. Muff like that just doesn't come along that often."
"Fuck that, dude. How many times did you see her—like twice? I wouldn't really count that as a girlfriend. That was pretty cold of her to diss you for having a big dick, though. You should have shot her yellow ass with my pellet gun when you had the chance."
I contemplated over Camel's words while nodding my head in agreement.
Camel stood up and stepped away from the table. "Well, hey, man, I'm gonna head out to the bars. I need to get drunk. Wanna come?"
"Dude, I need to get this shit read by tomorrow!"
"Come on, man, you'll have plenty of time to read that garbage when we get back."
"It's already eight o'clock," I pointed out.
"Come on," he continued. "I can't get drunk unless I have my designated driver with me."
"Can't you find another DD this time?"
"I'll make it up to you," Camel cajoled. "I know where this nice strip club is. There's hot bitches in there—not the usual crack head hos. These chicks are college girls. I'll buy you a lap dance or something and make you forget all about that Amaya bitch."
"You know just how to cheer a brother up, don't you?" I said, as I closed the binder that I was reading from and stood up from my study carrel. "I think I might be able to find some time to chauffeur your ass across town for the evening in exchange for some free titties. I'll do anything for titties, you know. You don't have to twist my arm."
"Good," Camel said. "I'm have to meet one of my old drinking buddies at the bar. His name is Killer. He owes me some money for some dank that I sold him awhile back. I think you'll like him."
Several minutes later, I was behind the wheel of Camel's car, driving him to the local Arby's for some quick dinner so that he wouldn't end up drinking on an empty stomach. I pulled into the Arby's drive-thru and was greeted by a lanky, pimple-faced teenager at the window. "What can I get for you, sir?" the youth asked.
Camel leaned over me from the passenger seat and said, "Yeah, give me one of your, uh, Grilled Chicken Bacon and Swiss Sandwiches."
"Would you like a combo meal?"
Camel shook his head. "Nah, just give me the sandwich."
"It will be right out."
The adolescent employee closed the sliding window and disappeared inside the restaurant. While we were waiting for the sandwich, Camel shared with me some of the wisdom that he had acquired from being an undergraduate for six years. "You know, I think you're better off without that Amaya hooker. Girls are nothing but a waste of time, man."
"I don't find anything wasteful about squirting my load inside some pussy," I countered. "Unless some of my man mayonnaise dribbles out from a cream pie or something."
"I'm not talking about sex, dude. I'm talking about all that relationship shit that you have to put up with in order to get laid on a regular basis. Having a girlfriend in college is like taking an extra twelve credits a semester. It's just not worth it."
"So that's why you don't get any play, eh?"
Camel shook his head. "No. I just can't get any because I'm a loser."
Looking away from Camel, I noticed that the fast food employee had returned, carrying with him a small paper sack. "That will be two fifty-nine," the teenager's voice came from the opened drive-thru window.
Camel pulled out a folded coupon from his wallet and extended it over to me. I, in turn, handed the coupon to the worker. The young employee examined the coupon while wrinkling his face in confusion. "Um, this expired, like, three months ago," he said.
"So?" Camel asked over the top of me.
"This coupon is no good, sir. I can't accept it." The worker handed the coupon back to me and I inadvertently placed it inside my shirt pocket.
Frustrated, Camel looked into his near empty wallet once more. "Motherfuck. How much did you say the sandwich was again?"
"Two fifty-nine."
Camel withdrew two, single dollar bills from his wallet. "You got any cash on you, Keaton?" he asked me.
I shrugged my shoulders and replied, "I don't got a damn dime."
"Alright, I'll give you two bucks for the sandwich," Camel bartered, extending his money to the young man.
"It's two fifty-nine, sir."
"You won't take two bucks for it?"
The worker slowly shook his head.
"Well, what you gonna do, throw it away?"
"I... I don't.... I don't know...." the teenager stammered.
"Man, this is some bullshit!" Camel exclaimed. "Come on, Keaton. Let's go!"
I offered the Arby's worker an apologetic glance and then sped away down the street without the sandwich. Camel was determined to get drunk that night whether he ate dinner or not.
Succeeding a few minutes of Camel's navigational directions, we made our way to a row of bars that were located along a single road in the center of a nearby town. We parked his car and proceeded to the front entrance of one of the louder saloons. After Camel's baby face was carded at the door, we entered the bar and quickly found Killer. Moments later, Killer paid off his drug debt to Camel and they both began to drink quite heavily.
Despite the namesake of Camel's friend, Killer appeared quite docile. He laughed a great deal and seemed devoid of any negative attitude. Camel seemed comfortable around him and the two of them consumed alcohol at length. As they did so, I sipped on a cup of free Coke and cruised the barflies for telephone numbers. About an hour or so into the bar excursion, Camel found me amongst the crowded barroom and helped himself to a seat at my table where I was sitting with a female prospect. Killer soon joined us as well, being entirely inebriated.
"Hey, what's your name?" Killer slurred over to the barfly who was sitting beside me.
"Shelly, what's yours?" the girl replied.
Killer stretched his neck out across the table toward my companion. "You wanna fuck?" he blatantly inquired.
"Eeew, no!" she said.
As my two compatriots were enjoying themselves with sneering laughter, my prospect immediately got up from our table and briskly walked away.
"You're a real charmer, aren't ya buddy?" I sarcastically said to Killer.
"Damn, Keaton!" Camel gasped, watching the girl as she strutted away. "That bitch was hotter than cum! She had great cans. Man, she had big blow job lips and everything."
I sighed and took a healthy swig of my cola. "Yeah, I know. Thanks, assholes."
"Man, I'd be all up in her, nuts deep, if I had the chance."
I glared at Camel in contempt.
"Just think, Keaton," Camel continued. "She's probably got someone at home right now who's tired of having sex with her. It's a damn shame." Camel stopped gawking at the female once she blended into the barroom crowd. He then slapped Killer in the shoulder and chastised him. "Dude, you just fucked up Keaton's game. That girl was so hot, I'd let her take a wet shit on my back!"
"That's pretty hot, dude," Killer replied with a drunken chuckle.
"Speaking of taking a shit," Camel said, "I really gotta go."
I glanced back toward the restroom area of the bar and noticed a lengthy line of patrons who were waiting to use the bathroom facilities. "Good luck with that one," I stated to Camel. "Maybe if you get in line right now you might be able to take a dump before midnight."
"Fuck that," Camel said, standing up from our table. I watched him as he marched straight into the women's restroom with stoic gumption. Meanwhile, Killer stood and wandered back over to the bar. Seconds later, I witnessed a girl come running out of the women's bathroom. She was clearly disturbed. I stayed put and finished sipping on my cup of soda while I waited for Camel to return.
"You have some serious nuts, man," I said to Camel, once he resumed sitting in front of me. "I can't believe you just strolled into the girls' bathroom to pinch a loaf. I saw some chick come running out of there like you had assaulted her or something. What happened?"
Camel took a tug on his beer bottle and nonchalantly stated, "I just told her that I was going to take a shit whether she was in there or not. She left."
While talking to Camel, I noticed a dark-colored puddle of fluid come creeping across the wood-planked floor. The pool grew in volume beneath the feet of the myriad barroom guests who were walking about. I followed the source of the fluids upstream and noticed Killer standing at the bar with his crotch pressed up against the side paneling. He was seen with one hand on the bar clutching a beer bottle and his other hand on his penis, urinating behind the barstools while concealing himself. "Holy shit!" I said to Camel, calling his attention to his associate. "Your fuckin buddy is taking a piss on the bar!"
Hurriedly slamming down his bottle, Camel said, "He does this shit. Come on, it's time to go!" Camel rushed up behind his friend and started talking into his ear while pushing him to leave the saloon. With moderate resistance, Killer managed to put his unit away, zip up his pants, and stagger out of the bar.
"What the hell are you doing, man?" Camel asked his friend once we relocated outside on the sidewalk. "You can't be doing that shit in there. You'll get us permanently kicked out. We won't be able to go back!"
"What's the big deal?" Killer slurred, waving his arms around as if he were trying to fly. "I had to... go to the... bathroom."
"Yeah, man, but you can't piss on the bar!" I informed him.
"Okay... then I'll just go... over here," Killer said, traipsing across the street to a nearby law firm office. He immediately pulled down his pants and began urinating on the front door to the building, chanting, "Piss on lawyers, man!"
While watching the public purging take place, I turned to Camel and said, "You're friend is out of control. We need to get him out of here."
"Yeah, I know, Camel replied, running across the street after his associate.
We grappled Killer's arms and managed to get him into the backseat of Camel's car, destroying three, large, ornamental flower pots that were placed along the sidewalk during the ensuing struggle. Once secured in the backseat, I followed Camel's verbal directions to take his intoxicated friend home.
"Hey, Camel," Killer slurred from the backseat after we began driving. "I know this gr-eat bar... across town. They have all sorts of... hot bitches there, man. Is that... where we're going?"
"No, Killer," Camel replied in a highly annoyed tone. "We're taking you the fuck home."
"Well... I hope we get there... soon. Because... I gotta take a piss!"
I jerked my thumb back toward Killer and said to Camel, "What's with this guy and pissing? Does he have some sort of prostate problem or what?"
"I don't know, man," Camel responded. "He gets this way pretty much every time we go out." An unzipping sound was heard from the back seat. Camel quickly turned around and looked back at Killer. "Dude, what the fuck are you doing? Stop the car!"
Pulling the vehicle to the shoulder, I observed Camel jump out of his car and then quickly remove Killer from the backseat. Killer had his tallywacker exposed and was in mid-stream of clear amber fluid when Camel started yanking his body away from the car. "What the fuck you think you're doing? You can't piss in my car, god damn it! Fuck!"
"What's... the big deal?" Killer stammered, struggling to stand.
"Put your shit away!" Camel commanded, pointing at Killer's crotch. "Nobody wants to see that!" He walked back over to his car and popped his head inside. "Ah shit," he stated, quickly withdrawing his head again. "You pissed all over my fuckin seat! God damn it!"
Killer staggered forward, attempting to hug Camel. His flaccid penis was still exposed. "Sorry... dude. I had to go."
"Don't touch me," Camel said, pushing Killer away from him. "That's it, we're out of here. Find your own way home, pal. And don't be calling me for any more weed either!"
"What... what do you mean?"
Camel slammed his car door shut and said to me, "Let's go, Keaton. Fuck this dude!"
I hammered the accelerator and left Killer in the red glow of the tail lights, his pathetic peter still dangling out of his fly and his clothes soiled with urine. The stench inside the car was remarkable but I remained silent, as Camel was clearly aware of the foul scent.
"Sorry about all that," Camel eventually stated, after we cleared another half a dozen miles down the highway.
"It's cool, man," I said. "I mean, he's your friend and it's your car. I'm just driving."
"Yeah, but I really fucked up your night. I drug you along for all this."
Nodding my head, I continued staring forward at the road in front of me. "You mentioned before we left the house that we were gonna swing by a strip club..."
"Oh, that's right!" Camel stated. "Okay, take the first exit off the highway here. I'll show you how to get there."
As the wreak of urea inside Camel's car intensified, he quickly fed me directions toward an isolated strip club that was located far outside the city limits. Camel floated me several dollars before we entered the skank bar and he paid for my door fee upfront. Upon entry into the shady building, a burly bouncer gave to me a red ticket at the door. Not knowing what the ticket was used for, I stuffed it into my pocket and found a seat along pervert row. Although the establishment itself was rather seedy, the strippers inside were of refined quality. I was pleased to discover that many of the dancers were not much older than twenty-one.
Camel appeared right at home inside the shabby titty bar. He drank freely and offered generous tips to the dancers, carelessly giving away the money that Killer had earlier paid him off with. He spoke privately with some of the strippers and boisterously laughed while telling jokes with others. As he did so, I remained on pervert row, calmly donating singles to the exhibitionists on stage after they ran their fingers through my curly hair while giving me titty hugs.
Toward midnight, one of the dancers sat down on the stage with her back facing me. She then suddenly leaned backward, placed her mouth on my crotch, and flipped her legs up around my head. Immediately following this fantastic maneuver, I was pulled onto the stage by two different girls. They had me lie down on my back upon the elevated platform. While the crowd jaunted and jeered, Camel handed one of the strippers a five dollar bill. The exotic dancer folded the bill lengthwise and placed it down the bridge of my nose. She then straddled my face with her legs, squatted down, and pinched the five-spot from off my nose with her labia. The crowd erupted into an uproar of hoots and hollers.
Feeling somewhat out of place, I motioned to get up but was pushed to lie back down by the two strippers. After one of them assumed a sixty-nine position over the top of my sprawled out body, the second girl inched up behind her and penetrated her vagina with a strap-on dildo. This all took place within a few millimeters from my face. Ride for Five.
With the night drawing near to a close, the strip club deejay instructed everyone to find their red tickets that we were given upon admittance into the bar. He then called out a series of numbers which, much to my surprise, identically matched my own ticket number. I happily walked over to one of the large bouncers, carrying my red ticket in front of me like a prized trophy.
"Hey, man," I said to the behemoth gentleman. "That deejay dude called out my ticket number. What did I win?"
The large man looked hard at me and said, "Give that ticket to any girl you want. She'll know what to do with it."
Grinning like I had just won the lottery, I scoured over the club for the best stripper that the place had to offer. My eyes landed upon a very pleasant-looking brunette who appeared to be fresh out of high school. I walked directly over to her and showed her my red ticket. Without saying a word, the dancer took my hand and led me away from the bar area and down a darkened hallway. She walked me into a separate room that contained nothing but a solitary chair, positioned dead center in the middle of the floor. The gorgeous hussy offered for me to sit. As soon as I had done so, the angelic girl stripped in front of me while performing hypnotizing moves with her curvaceous body. After she had become entirely naked, the young maiden straddled my lap and began to gyrate her hips into me as if she were rubbing out a stain on my pants with her tight ass.
Feeling the obvious bulge of my hefty manhood, the girl broke down to her knees and proceeded to cusp my glans with her mouth. Being unable to fit my stiff pole inside her mouth through my baggy pants, the sexy stripper proceeded to peel my chili instead. Then, without warning, she abruptly stopped and offered me a gaze that was reminiscent of the performers on stage when they had lifted their garter belts for a tip.
"I don't have any money," I bluntly told the dancer, raising up my empty palms in a helpless manner. I then searched through my pockets for any remaining singles that Camel had given to me and came across the expired Arby's coupon that he had to tried to redeem earlier. I withdrew the coupon from my shirt pocket and extended it to the stripper. "You can have this! It's worth a free Grilled Chicken Bacon and Swiss Sandwich at Arby's."
Seemingly offended by my suggestion, the stripper stood up from the floor and quickly started to get dressed. As she was hurriedly putting her clothes back on, I arose from the chair and presented her once more with the coupon. "What's wrong? This has about a three-dollar value!"
The stripper squinted her eyes and glared at me. "You are such an asshole!" she said.
"What? You don't like swine or something? I thought that everybody likes bacon!"
With an abrupt about-face, the young prostitute wheeled around and swiftly exited the isolated room. I followed behind her and strolled back out into the lobby area, finding Camel still sitting on pervert row near the stage. He was quite intoxicated at this point.
Camel and I left the seedy stripper establishment not too long after I had attempted to tip the dancer with the expired Arby's coupon. With our nightly endeavors complete, I drove Camel's drunk ass back to the fraternity house, where I resumed reading my study material for class. Henceforth, I used the winning red ticket as a bookmark for my textbook.
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Louie - Louie, Draw Me A Car
Louie, Episode 09 - Louie, Draw Me A Car
Series Synopsis
Have you ever dreamed of exploring an island or travelling to the moon? No problem! Louie is here! And with the help of his best friend Yoko, they will draw many exciting things right before your very eyes.
Episode Synopsis
Episode 09 - Louie, Draw Me A Car
Yoko & Louie are having a race: Yoko beats Louie every time. To find a faster way, Louie draws a car and wins a race. He draws another car so they can have a race and compete fairly!
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Episode 08 - Louie, Draw Me A Dolphin
At the beach, Yoko is too scared of the water to go swimming. Louie wants to help his friend to overcome his fear. Louie draws a dolphin, which helps Yoko discover the pleasures of the water!


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THE WORLD HAS BEEN INVADED BY ALIENS! It's up to a nerdy, lazy high school kid to save it!
3.82 / 5.00 7,071 ViewsLeila And The Magic Ball is a unique platformer featuring Leila and her magic ball, she can interact with the ball in many ways including using it to smash things and to fly... it can even get her into space if you climb high enough!
Please give the game a good play, there is a lot more to the game than the first 2 cutesy levels, including things like basketball courts and dark LIMBO like levels.
MOVE: Left & Right or A & D
JUMP: Up or W or Space
LOOK DOWN: Down or S
CALL / THROW the Magic Ball: X or N (more power the longer you hold)
Thanks for your reviews, Its great to get some feedback. The game is turning out to be a bit of a weird one, when people give it a chance they seem to love it. This Isn't being reflected by a high amount of plays though, i guess my choice of theme was a bad one!
Maybe if the theme was a boy with a machine gun and some hand grenades, it would have taken over the internet!
glitch or is this supposed to happen?
hoyl the x or n button to call the ball to yourself.....and then keep jumping on the ball and u can get to space and just float around.....sont noe wat the point is but u can!
Its supposed to happen, I tried to add lots of little extras for people to find, this has turned into the most talked about thing in the game!
:) :)
i enjoy the game a lot, it has a very cool gameplay
i didnt stop playing by the theme (im not a fag)
your game could be played by anyone and loved by anyone