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The Explainer: Legalize it?
July 28, 2012 by Charles Pelkey
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Hello Charles,
I hope all is well with you and yours.
I know that you are immersed in the Live Updates and your practice at this time of the year but the latest charges against "The one who will not be named" started me thinking about one of the most quoted arguments I hear against continuing this investigation. On any story about this I hear people say, "Well everyone was doing it so it just leveled the playing field."
On the surface, this sounds like a logical assumption, but like many logical assumptions, it may not stand up to daily reality. I have been trying to come up with a name of any athlete that was busted for PEDs, who returned, without PEDs, and was back at the top of their sport? In cycling, only David Millar and Ivan Basso continue to contribute to their team, but I don't think anyone can argue that they are anywhere near the same competitive level in the peloton as before the ban.
So if that is the case, does that mean that the peloton is still doped, or was the peloton not as fully doped in the 1990-2007 era as some are stating? Looking at average speeds and some passport info that has been available, I would tend to believe the peloton is cleaner now, but reformed dopers are not back on top. So would it be reasonable to assume if the peloton were cleaner then, the podiums would have looked different, and the only reason for the people winning was the PEDs? In other words if no one was on PEDs then Riis, Ullrich and Armstrong would not have been winning tours.
Without the "Everyone's doing it" argument, the "Sporting fraud" argument really stands out, hence the need for this trial.
Does any of this make sense?
Trying to stay classy,
– John in Milwaukee
Dear John,
You do raise one of the most common arguments used to justify doping. Los Angeles Times columnist, Joel Stein embraced the argument in a July 2006 column – "Level the playing field with cheating, doping, lying" – which, it should be noted, came out before news of Floyd Landis' positive.
I don't think it's the cheating, or the medical danger, that makes people hate doping so much. They only hate it because it seems deeply unfair.
That's why, to level the playing field, we need to legalize doping.
Gee, makes sense, right?
Well, it's worth looking at just how level that playing field would be.
While the debate focuses on legalizing all performance-enhancing drugs, let's just focus on what we must assume to have been the most commonly used pharmaceutical booster used during that "Golden Age of Doping," synthetic erythropoietin – what we all have come to know and love as "EPO."
Cycling's Mo' Better Blues
Now back in the cruder days of doping, before the UCI even bothered to manage hematocrit levels, the bravest riders in the peloton simply took a "more-is-better" approach to the question. In other words, if a little EPO would boost your performance, then a lot of EPO would really ramp things up for you. There was a reason Bjarne Riis' nickname in the peloton was "Mr. Sixty Percent" and it had little to do with his score on that biology test he obviously flunked in high school.
In that environment, the playing field would be leveled only if riders would be willing to ignore the obvious risk factors of blood clots, thrombosis and cardiac arrest. With 60+ percent of your blood volume made up of red blood cells, your oxygen-carrying capacity would be phenomenal, but the viscosity of your blood would be akin to that of Jell-O™. Obviously, there would be something of a transient advantage for those riders willing to assume more risk … at least until they got to the point at which they died.
In his 2007 book, "The Death of Marco Pantani," Matt Rendell quotes an unnamed cyclist who recounted the practice of riders sleeping with heart monitors set to trigger an alarm if that rider's pulse rate were to drop below a given rate. Riders would then wake up – or be woken up – and ride rollers for a few minutes to get their pulse rates back to a point where the heart could comfortably pump that sludge through their circulatory systems.
"During the day we live to ride, and at night, we ride to stay alive," the rider is quoted as saying.
Sometimes, it didn't work. As you might recall, there was a spate of deaths of young, seemingly healthy, cyclists back in the late 1980s and early 1990s. More than a dozen cyclists died in their sleep, a horrible statistic that then UCI president Hein Verbruggen told me was an unfortunate coincidence of deaths that could be attributed to pre-existing heart conditions and not on illicit drug use. Of course, those deaths were also coincident with the commercial availability of EPO.
All of that changed for the better in 1996 when the UCI took the first significant step in addressing the problem of EPO use (and both autologous and homologous blood doping) by setting an upper limit on riders' hematocrit levels. Based on data from a fairly large population sample, the UCI concluded that the mean hematocrit level was 45% in a healthy adult male. By taking the mean, plus two times the standard statistical deviation – or 50% – that standard should cover 95 percent of the population. Two-and-a-half percent would deviate below that range, so they would not present an enforcement problem. The other two-and-a-half percent would naturally exceed 50%, so those riders would have to provide medical records to justify their claim that they fell within that group.
Indeed, at the 1999 Tour de France, there was a ripple of excitement in the newsroom on the day of the prologue, after reporters learned that three riders had exceeded the 50% limit on their pre-Tour medical exams. The UCI soon followed-up saying that the three were able to prove that they had naturally higher rates than that and that three riders out of a population of 189 riders fit within a predicted statistical profile.
So, did that level the playing field?
While the 50% limit did address the immediate safety concerns, critics were justified in saying that it also just established a "license to cheat," but with an upper limit attached.
If you look at hematocrit data over the years after the imposition of the 50% limit, you will notice that there was a discernible increase in mean hematocrit levels among cyclists. In other words, the data used to establish that limit showed the mean to be 45%. Among cyclists after the limit was imposed, it inched upwards to around 47.3.
There were some notable examples of that. In the 2004 case involving Tyler Hamilton, USADA submitted blood profiles dating back months before he was cited for homologous blood doping at the Vuelta a España. Back at the Tour of Romandie, he purportedly had a hematocrit of 49.2%. That would vary over the months, but USADA also pointed out that medical records showed that Hamilton's natural hematocrit level was closer to 41 or 42%. He was not the only one whose levels fluctuated.
Now in his "Level the playing field" article, Stein seems to suggest that it would be fair to let everyone ride at – or just below – 50%. It would, theoretically, be a quite level playing field, no?
No, it would not and here's why.
First, there are qualitative as well as quantitative changes that occur in the blood profiles of riders using EPO.
In a 2001 study conducted by the Australian Institute of Sport – "Detection of recombinant human erythropoietin abuse in athletes utilizing markers of altered erythropoiesis" – researchers found that different test subjects react differently to identical levels of erythropoietin and even to identical hematocrit levels. My 50% hematocrit might provide more or less oxygen transporting capacity than your 50% hematocrit level.
We are, after all, men and not machines. Taking the approach that might work in establishing standards for bikes or Formula 1 racing cars and trying to apply that same standard to human beings doesn't always work.
And those individual variations may best answer your question about returning dopers.
What doping appears to have accomplished is to select a new population of highly trained, talented and strategically savvy athletes who may have been genetically pre-disposed to derive the maximum benefits from the added boost of performance-enhancing drugs. That doesn't necessarily mean that those same athletes would necessarily rise to the top in a world of clean riders.
Now let assume for the sake of argument only – I am, after all, doing my best to remain "classy" – that the top 20 finishers of the Tours de France, between Riis' win in 1996 and Landis' win ten years later, were all juiced to the gills. Stein's playing field would be level, right? Wrong.
Were that hypothetical scenario true, it would merely show that the athletes who derived the greatest benefits from doping emerged at the top of the heap in those years. Were the reverse true – that no one had doped – we might see an entirely different set of riders at the top of the results list. We will never know.
So when a rider suspended for doping returns to the peloton, assumedly now clean, and begins to ride not as top GC rider, but as a strong lieutenant, that doesn't necessarily mean that the riders currently at the top of the results are continuing to dope.
We see slower Tours these days. Times up climbs like l'Alpe d'Huez have actually declined since the record-setting days of the late 1990s and early 2000s. When taken in their entirety, the numbers seem to suggest that cycling is cleaner these days.
Risks both known and unknown
Finally, the level-the-playing field crew fails to take into account the unknown risks of pharmaceutical use, even if it's seemingly benign at the time.
We all remember Dr. Michele Ferrari's now-infamous statement that "EPO is not dangerous, it's the abuse that is. It's also dangerous to drink 10 liters of orange juice."
As offended as people were at the time, Ferrari's assessment was actually pretty reasonable. Anything used in excess presents a danger. He was merely suggesting that medically monitored use of certain drugs, like EPO, might not pose a danger to riders.
Well, on the surface, that actually makes sense. Careful medical monitoring would probably help riders avoid those late-night cardiac deaths. However, that monitoring is conducted with the best medical information available at the time. The long-term consequences of that use may not be part of the picture.
There were, for example, concerns raised about the effect recombinant erythropoietin might have on the body's ability to produce its own after long-term use.
And we may learn of other consequences only when sufficient data has been collected. For example, in past years, one common recommendation for cancer patients suffering from chemo-induced anemia was to inject something known as "ProCrit," an EPO variant that would help boost declining red counts. Indeed, I even asked my doctor about that when my own hematocrit levels dropped below 30 last year while I was on chemo.
Nope. The doc said that the Food and Drug Administration had issued a "black label" warning against that use, because the rate of cancer recurrence was actually higher among those patients than those who did not get the injections. Carefully medically monitored does not mean that the law of unintended consequences doesn't apply.
So, this "level playing field" argument would simply mean that anyone hoping to compete at the top tier of the sport would have to assume – or ignore – the potential risks of taking drugs, simply to participate in the sport we love.
Call me crazy, but I'd much rather see the halting – and hopefully improving – efforts of WADA, USADA and the rest of the pee-in-the-cup crew than I would a laissez-faire approach that would relegate clean riders to fighting it out for lanterne rouge "honors" at the world's greatest bicycle races.
– Charles
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Summer 2002, Vol. 14, No. 3
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Windows to the Brain
Predicting Treatment Response in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Robin A. Hurley, M.D.; Sanjaya Saxena, M.D.; Scott L. Rauch, M.D.; Rudolf Hoehn-Saric, M.D.; Katherine H. Taber, Ph.D.
Special Article
Memory Mechanisms in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Barry Layton, Ph.D.; Robert Krikorian, Ph.D.
Regular Article
Subcortical Hyperintensities in Alzheimer's Disease
Associated Clinical and Metabolic Findings
David L. Sultzer, M.D.; Stephen T. Chen, M.D.; Charles V. Brown, M.D.; Michael E. Mahler, M.D.; Jeffrey L. Cummings, M.D.; Charles H. Hinkin, Ph.D.; Mark A. Mandelkern, M.D., Ph.D.
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Treatment of Comorbid Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Major Depression
Paul B. Rosenberg, M.D.; Ritula B. Mehndiratta, M.D.; Yash P. Mehndiratta, M.D.; Angela Wamer, M.D.; Richard B. Rosse, M.D.; Marshall Balish, M.D., Ph.D.
Cerebral Blood Flow Changes Associated With Schneiderian First-Rank Symptoms in Schizophrenia
Nicolas Franck, M.D.; Daniel S. O'Leary, Ph.D.; Michael Flaum, M.D.; Richard D. Hichwa, Ph.D.; Nancy C. Andreasen, M.D., Ph.D.
Limbic System Function and Dream Content in University Students
Nichol D.J. Peterson, B.A. (Hon.Psych.); Peter G. Henke, Ph.D.; Zoe Hayes, Ph.D.
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Crossover Study of Methylphenidate and Lithium in Adults With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Preliminary Findings
María Flavia Dorrego, Ph.D.; Lilia Canevaro, M.D.; Gabriela Kuzis, Ph.D.; Liliana Sabe, Ph.D.; Sergio E. Starkstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Behavioral Problems as Predictors of Functional Abilities of Vascular Dementia Patients
Tricia M. Zawacki, Ph.D.; Janet Grace, Ph.D.; Robert Paul, Ph.D.; David J. Moser, Ph.D.; Brian R. Ott, M.D.; Norman Gordon, M.D.; Ronald A. Cohen, Ph.D.
Investigating Emergent Symptomatology as an Outcome Measure in a Behavioral Study of Alzheimer's Disease
Rochelle E. Tractenberg, Ph.D., M.P.H.; Anthony Gamst, Ph.D.; Ronald G. Thomas, Ph.D.; Marian Patterson, Ph.D.; Lon S. Schneider, M.D.; Leon J. Thal, M.D.
Errors Produced on the Mini-Mental State Examination and Neuropsychological Test Performance in Alzheimer's Disease, Ischemic Vascular Dementia, and Parkinson's Disease
Angela L. Jefferson, M.S.; Stephanie A. Cosentino, M.S.; Susan K. Ball, M.D.; Bruce Bogdanoff, M.D.; Norman Leopold, D.O.; Edith Kaplan, Ph.D.; David J. Libon, Ph.D.
Neurological Basis of Deficits in Affective Prosody Comprehension Among Alcoholics and Fetal Alcohol–Exposed Adults
Marilee Monnot, Ph.D.; William R. Lovallo, Ph.D.; Sara Jo Nixon, Ph.D.; Elliott Ross, M.D.
Disease-Specific Properties of the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression in Patients With Stroke, Alzheimer's Dementia, and Parkinson's Disease
Paul Naarding, M.D.; Albert F. G. Leentjens, M.D.; Fop van Kooten, M.D.; Frans R.J. Verhey, M.D., Ph.D.
Psychiatric Features and Disturbance of Circadian Rhythm of Temperature, Pulse, and Blood Pressure in Wilson's Disease
Eneida B. Matarazzo, M.D., Ph.D.
Clinical and Research Reports
SPECT Scans in Identical Twins With Trichotillomania
Bavanisha Vythilingum, M.B.; James Warwick, M.B.; Jeanine van Kradenburg, R.N.; Charmaine Hugo, B.A.; Ben van Heerden, M.B.; Dan J. Stein, M.B.
Neuropsychiatric Practice and Opinion
Geriatric Treatment Center
A Contemporary Model for Collaboration Between Psychiatry and Neurology
Christopher M. Filley, M.D.; David B. Arciniegas, M.D.; G. Vernon Wood, Ph.D.; C. Alan Anderson, M.D.; Elisabeth Cheney, M.D.; Charles R. Dygert, M.D.; Lanier Summerall, M.D.; Robert B. Goos, M.D.
Book Reviews
Neuroanatomy Through Clinical Cases
José G. Merino, M.D., M.Phil.; Andrés Martin, M.D., M.P.H.
Cognitive Rehabilitation: An Integrative Neuropsychological Approach
Michelle Kornbleuth, Ph.D.
Educating Patients About Symptoms of Anxiety in the Wake of Neurological Illness
Frank M. Dattilio, Ph.D.
Marked Improvement of Meige's Syndrome With Olanzapine in a Schizophrenic Patient
Hiroki Fukui, M.D.; Toshiya Murai, M.D.
Prominent Echolalia From Isolation of the Speech Area
Mario F. Mendez, M.D., Ph.D.
Rapid Worsening of Depressive Symptoms in a Patient With Depression After Switching From a TCA to an SSRI
Kazuhiro Sato, M.D.; Keizo Yoshida, M.D.; Hisashi Higuchi, M.D.; Tetsuo Shimizu, M.D.
Fahr's Disease and Schizophrenia in a Patient With Secondary Hypoparathyroidism
Boro Ilievski, M.D.; Krste Rodzevski, M.D.; Miriam Gibbon, M.S.; Andrew J. Dwork, M.D.
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Measure M a union bargaining chip?
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on Nov 8, 2012 at 2:19 pm
Now that we have taken the ability of the elected board of the hospital out of the business of negotiating salary for the executives of the hospital we should now be empowered to reduce the excessive union negotiated wage and benefit package by the ballot
on Nov 8, 2012 at 2:26 pm
Unions have not only outlived their usefulness, they are actively destroying free commerce. They will destroy the very organizations that employ them and many honest working people.
on Nov 8, 2012 at 2:34 pm
California voters are dupes & suckers. It is laughable how easily they are manipulated. Measure M & Prop 30 are classic examples.
on Nov 8, 2012 at 2:40 pm
It's that 47% that just take and don't contribute with talent and hard work.
on Nov 8, 2012 at 5:04 pm
The top level adminsitrators are greedy and they are using the so called free market, market condition,blah blah to steal more. None of these adminsitrators are really worth what they are paid now and they are not worth even if they make 50% less. They need to be put behind prison for screwing us for so long. They are overcharging us the clients (the patients) and keep more of it for themselves before the average worker gets a dime. I have no problem in the average worker making decent money but the adminsitrators are rotten thieves. They will simply go somewhere else and steal since they can never be put in prison.
on Nov 8, 2012 at 6:13 pm
Isn't there a judge that can overturn this right away?
on Nov 8, 2012 at 6:28 pm
As a divorced-single parent, with an AA, I work hard daily to provide for my children. My executive -ex made great money, but spent it and then some on himself. He lost his job, and now we get bare minimum in child support. We at the bottom struggle to make ends meet, while administraters shift the cost of unaffordable health care to our shoulders. The rich make unthinkable riches so they can afford multiple homes, they 'steal from us at the bottom' with no shame or guilt..
on Nov 9, 2012 at 9:28 am
Passing measure M was a great step for fairness and control of the costs at the Hospital. We also need a measure to force the board to sell the out of district Hospital in Los Gates that was recently added to the tax payers costs in this district. As for unions if it wasn't for them the rich would pay us all $8 an hour, we need to support unions for the good of all, but the rich of course.
Never cross picket lines
on Nov 10, 2012 at 4:50 pm
Ronin is 100% correct. Unions are destroying free enterprise and perverting market forces. The National Right to Work Legal Defense group should get notified about this result. NRTWLDF has a great track record of fighting union abuses.
on Nov 11, 2012 at 2:21 pm
While the union may have seen this as a bargaining chip, many of us who voted for it did so to stop the out-of-control "compensation" packages that typify modern-day board decisions.
on Nov 12, 2012 at 2:49 pm
OR, maybe it is just that you have no inside information about either the Hospital administration or School district funding from the State.
It certainly could be that!
on Nov 12, 2012 at 2:52 pm
Hopefully, I am wrong. But, unfortunately, I believe, our fair city has just created a system where the Hospital will be unable to get great administrators. So, we will have mediocre or worse, and the costs will go up, the service will go down.
And, I will start driving to Stanford.
on Nov 13, 2012 at 12:18 pm
I don't hold with pay caps, if you want good talent that is proven you pay more, if you don't and just want someone who will work without proven talent. This is what you are going to get with pay caps. I love how people go on about the free market, it sounds fine. But if you get out of school you are going to look at who offers the best, who pays the bests, you aren't going to waste your time with a low paying job. 347,000 dollars for a CEO in a area that seems to want the best, best care, the best that someone can offer, and yet keep up standards instead of spending time looking another high paying job.
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Don't Tell My Brother
Fiction, Blackmail, Consensual Sex, Male / Female Teens, Oral Sex
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Gender: Female Age: 21 Location: N/A
Posted: 2011-08-22
Jake catches his friend's younger sister in the basement
Jake and Chris had been best friends since their freshman year of high school. The two boys met during lacrosse tryouts in the fall, both making the team as offensive players. Football was big at their high school, but lacrosse seemed to attract more of the girls. Girls often fawned over Jake's tall figure; standing at six foot two, and his tousled, raven locks. Jake ended up losing his virginity to a rather loose girl in the boy's locker room after their big win. Chris decided to take things slow, never going past a few kisses at the parties they'd attend. Even though the two friends were on very different pages when it came to sex, they still were inseparable.
After their junior year up at school, Jake accompanied Chris back to his house for the beginning of summer. It was Chris' idea to head into town to check out the bar scene, since they were now of legal age to drink. Jake was a little discouraged to be spending the night at Chris' afterwards, only because he wanted to find a girl to take back home. Chris already had a girlfriend back at school, so he wasn't even thinking about hooking up with a stranger. Jake figured he'd have all summer to hook up and bring girls back to his house, so he'd enjoy this time with his buddy.
Before heading out to leave, Jake was standing in the upstairs bathroom with the door open. He ran his fingers through his hair, checking out himself, when Chris' younger sister walked to the door. Lauren had startled him, especially since it's been a year since he's seen her last. "Hope you two have fun tonight!" she giggled, nonchalantly pushing past Jake's body to grab her hairbrush sitting on the counter.
Jake almost couldn't speak. He stared down at her small, but proportionate figure. Her long, blond hair flowed over her shoulders, stopping right on top of her perky tits.
My has she grown
, Jake thought to himself. She had to have been at least a C cup already. Jake's eyes continued down Lauren's body, her legs seeming to go on forever in those denim shorts. "Yeah, thanks," Jake muttered softly, trying his best to not stare at her chest. She grinned, eyeing up her brother's friend, as well.
Lauren turned on her heels, then, to head back to her room. Jake stood, watching her tight ass wiggle back down the hall.
When did she grow up into such a sexy woman
? Jake turned off the light of the bathroom to go find Chris, hoping the door to Lauren's room was open as he walked past; it wasn't.
"Did you see Lauren?" Chris wondered, stepping out from his bedroom door. Jake nodded his head in the direction of Lauren's room, which was right across from Chris'. Without knocking, Chris opened up her door.
Lauren stood in front of her closet, which was opposite of her door, standing in only her underwear. Jake's mouth began to water as he quickly took in the sight before him. Her back was turned to the door, but this gave Jake more than enough dirty thoughts to last the rest of the evening.
"What the fuck, Lauren? Can't you keep your clothes on?" Chris cried out, snapping the door shut.
Jake tried to hide his smile as Lauren reappeared to the door, a robe wrapped around her. "Can't you ever knock? I'm starting to think you want to see me naked some day!" Lauren shot back, shooting daggers at her brother.
"Yeah, that's on the top of the list of things to see in my life," Chris rolled his eyes. "We're leaving," he spoke, motioning to himself and Jake. "Please don't do anything stupid. Mom and dad want you in the house by midnight."
"Why couldn't they just tell me themselves?" she retorted, already looking annoyed. Chris and Lauren's parents were gone for the weekend, visiting some relatives in the mountains. Chris was put in charge, to keep his eighteen-year-old sister in line. Lauren, of course, wasn't planning on listening to her brother—she never did. Chris, of course, had no idea of Lauren's promiscuous behavior, since she managed to get away with anything.
"Just, be home at midnight. We'll be home later." Chris didn't even say goodbye to his sister, he just turned on his heels and headed for the stairs. Lauren looked to Jake, sent a wink in his direction and then shut her door.
Jake and Chris didn't speak about Lauren for the rest of their night out. However, Lauren preoccupied Jake's mind all night. He couldn't stop thinking about her ass and how the fabric of her panties stretched over it perfectly. The mental pictures of her were overflowing in his head, making it almost impossible to concentrate on the girls throwing themselves in his direction at the bar.
"So, how old is your sister, now?" Jake wondered, thinking out loud while sipping on his beer. Chris was on his fourth drink, already feeling a little foggy from the alcohol.
"My sister? What the fuck, dude!" Chris shook his head, almost elbowing the woman standing behind him. "She's eighteen! But, don't get any ideas! You've known her since she was in middle school!" That was a true statement, but Jake didn't care. She was eighteen now, meaning she was fair game. Just the thought of her tight, pink pussy made Jake's cock stir in his pants.
Just when Chris had had enough at the bar, Jake made the decision to drive them home. It was around one in the morning when the two had returned home. Chris headed up the stairs to go call his girlfriend and then sleep. Jake had been given the couch to sleep on for the night.
As Jake stripped down to his boxers, he thought he heard something coming from the basement. The basement was just opposite of the living room with the couch facing the wooden door leading downstairs. Jake sat in the darkness of the living room, his eyes fully adjusted to the light. As the noise got louder, he realized that it was a female's voice: Lauren's.
Jake's cock hardened as he imagined Lauren's half naked body for the fifteenth time that night. Now, he was horny and buzzed. Sure enough, Lauren quietly opened up the basement door, telling whoever was behind her to be quiet. She wore the same shorts as before, but only sported a bra on top. Thankfully, she didn't notice Jake sitting on the couch just yet.
As the boy behind her stepped out, Jake recognized him as Phil. Phil used to play on their lacrosse team; he was actually good friends with him still. Deciding to have a little bit of fun, Jake stood up from the couch. Lauren caught sight of the movement and jumped back in surprise. "What are you doing?" she hissed, keeping her voice from rising too much.
"I should be asking you the same thing," Jake grinned, eyeing up Lauren and Phil. Jake then looked to Phil, who looked as frightened as ever. "Relax man, how are you?"
"Good…where's Chris?" Phil asked almost immediately. He didn't want to get caught by Lauren's brother. Jake and Phil knew about Chris' issues about his baby sister. Jake already heard Chris' disgust once Lauren was brought up at the bar--he knew Lauren was off limits.
"Don't worry about him, I won't tell," Jake winked. "But, I think it'd be best if you leave before Chris comes back down." It didn't take long for Phil to agree to this. He hastily said goodbye to Lauren and then booked it out of the front door. "So, what did you two do?" Jake wondered innocently, staring down at Lauren's bra-clad chest.
She crossed her arms over her chest, obviously embarrassed from getting caught; she never got caught. "We were just hanging out."
"Half naked?" Jake shot back teasingly.
"Ye—I mean, no!" she tried to cover. "We were playing truth or dare and he dared me to not wear a shirt for the rest of the night." Jake and Lauren both knew this was a terrible lie, so Jake figured he'd have some fun with her.
"Right…so, what are you going to tell Chris?" Lauren's eyes widened as she shook her head. "Oh, we're not going to tell him about you and our friend, Phil?"
"Chris would kill me! He can never find out! Please don't tell him!" Jake had her right where he had wanted her.
"Well, what are you going to do for me?" Jake questioned, feeling the fabric of his boxers stretching out; his cock hard as a rock right now. Lauren glanced down at Jake's body, taking in his erection. "Well?"
"I…I don't know," she mumbled, looking him in the eyes. "What do you want?" Jake smirked, reaching for Lauren's arms. She stepped back quickly, but Jake managed to pull her arms away from her chest. "What the fuck are you doing?" Lauren's heart began to race from the way Jake was acting towards her. She's always found him one of Chris' most attractive friends, but never in a million years did she think he'd try anything with her. Chris had already threatened her to not get with any of his friends, since he knows that she'd do anything to piss him off (that would certainly do the trick).
"You obviously had no problem showing off your body to your brother's other friend; what's the difference if I see?" Jake raised an eyebrow, his eyes taking in every piece of flesh visible on Lauren's body. "Let's go into the basement and have a little chat."
Lauren was skeptical, especially since she didn't want Jake to tell her brother what he had just seen. She could swear all she wants that Phil and her didn't just have sex, but Jake knew better than to believe her. He's not that naive. "Can't you just promise you won't tell my brother?" Lauren tried again, almost pleading with Jake. If Chris found out about her and Phil, they'd both be dead.
"Nope," he shook his head with a smug grin. "Let's just say that if you don't do exactly what I want, I'll be running straight for your brother's room." Lauren's jaw dropped in horror—not believing that she was actually getting blackmailed. Jake tried again, reaching his fingers around the soft skin of Lauren's arm. "So, are you going to make this easy?"
She didn't protest when he ushered her back downstairs into the basement. Downstairs, there was another couch in front of a television. The couch still looked worn from Lauren's previous escapades down here. Jake pushed Lauren down onto the couch, sitting down next to her. He made sure that their thighs were touching, keeping their skin in contact. As much as she tried, Lauren's eyes couldn't keep from looking away from Jake's erection. "You want to help me out with that?" Jake wondered, pointing down to his cock. By now, he's already thought of everything he could make Lauren do that could benefit him. Right now, Jake was doing all he could to not jump right on top of the girl sitting next to him. He had to try and keep some calmness.
"I'm okay," Lauren answered tightly, scooting away from Jake's body slightly.
"So, Lauren, what did you really do with Phil?" Jake pressed, not buying her bullshit truth or dare story. He leaned in towards her again, resting a hand on her thigh. "Did you suck his dick?" Lauren shifted in her seat uncomfortably, not wanting to admit all that she's done. However, her behavior was enough to let Jake know that she did do what he had just asked. "I bet you liked it, didn't you?"
Lauren's cheeks turned crimson as she nodded her head. "I…I really don't want Chris to find this out," she repeated, scared that Jake would still go and tell Chris. Jake's hand began to slide up Lauren's thigh, slowly.
"I won't tell him," Jake promised, enjoying the feeling of her soft skin underneath his hand. "As long as you do everything I ask of you." Jake's hand slipped between Lauren's two thighs, spreading her legs open a bit. She inhaled sharply but didn't press her legs back together, allowing Jake's actions. "Can you do that for me?" he whispered, sliding a hand up her inner thigh.
Lauren's body was tingling, secretly enjoying how she was at Jake's mercy. She couldn't say no; he'd go and tell her brother. There was only one thing to do, and that was to obey Jake. Lauren nodded her head, answering Jake's last question. "Good girl," he smiled to himself. "So, how many guys have you fucked? I bet you're still tight as all hell, though." Jake wasted no time in slipping his hand to the crotch of Lauren's shorts.
He pressed his fingers against her center, rubbing her gently above the denim. Lauren gasped, trying to find her voice. "Maybe…ten," she answered honestly. Jake's hand pushed harder against Lauren, pleased with her answer.
"So, you're a little slut, then?" he breathed, pushing open her legs even more so that he could slip his hand into one of the legs of the shorts. As his hand slipped inside Lauren's panties, he felt how wet she had become. "I take that as a yes." Lauren whimpered softly as one of Jake's fingers slid along her folds. Sure Phil had just been over, but this was completely different. Phil and her have been meeting up late at night to just fuck—no foreplay. It was purely to get one another off, only tonight; he had failed to make her cum.
"Do…do you want me to suck your cock?" Lauren asked, her voice barely above a whisper as she joined in the game Jake started to play.
"Eager, are we?" Jake grinned, completely slipping his finger out of her shorts. Lauren nodded her head, looking down at Jake's hardness that had been sticking up for the past five minutes. "First, I'm going to need you to strip completely naked."
Lauren exhaled before standing up in front of Jake. She slowly stripped away her denim shorts, leaving her in a black lace bra with matching black panties. Jake smiled as he tugged off his boxers, allowing his cock to spring free. Lauren's jaw dropped, seeing his dick in person. Jake wrapped his fingers around his nine-inch cock, slowly stroking himself as he watched Lauren slip her panties off of her hips.
Just as Jake had imagined, Lauren had a completely bald pussy. He began to stroke himself faster, his eyes awaiting the last piece of clothing to be shed. Underneath that black lace bra, Lauren's perky breasts came into view. How Jake just wanted to take one of those perfectly shaped nipples into his mouth--to suck and lick. Jake couldn't take it anymore, he just nodded his head down to his cock. Lauren obeyed, slowly kneeling in front of Jake's legs, reaching a hand up to his cock.
Jake closed his eyes as he felt Lauren's tongue slide up his shaft, flicking against the head of his penis a few times before sliding back down again. Her little hand had wrapped around the base of his cock, a thumb lightly stroking his balls. Lauren's tongue went to the top of Jake's cock, enveloping her mouth around his thickness. Jake moaned as his cock slipped inside Lauren's mouth, her tongue swirling around as her head bobbed up and down.
"Oh God," Jake breathed, taking a hand to place behind Lauren's head. His fingers tangled into her blonde hair once her speed quickened. All of a sudden, every inch of Jake's cock disappeared into her mouth; Lauren's nose was pressed up against Jake's pelvis. Lauren would slip his cock out of her mouth and then deepthroat Jake again. "You have a lot of practice?" Jake groaned just as Lauren pressed his cock to the roof of her mouth, her tongue on the underside of his shaft.
Suddenly, Jake couldn't take the teasing anymore. He twisted Lauren's hair around his fingers and then began to buck his hips forward, fucking her mouth.
Lauren kept her mouth open, allowing Jake's cock to force itself to the back of her throat as Jake pumped in and out of her. She ran her hands up his thighs, tickling him with her nails. "Fuck, Lauren!" Jake groaned, feeling his balls tightening. He knew he was almost ready to blow his load, but he didn't want to—not just yet. Lauren was yanked away from Jake's lap, his cock popping out of her mouth.
Jake pulled Lauren onto the couch, shoving her onto her back. He jumped on top of her body, his hands instantly reaching for her chest. Lauren arched her back, pressing her breasts closer to Jake's face as his lips began to kiss around her right nipple. Jake took her hard nipple into his mouth, his tongue flicking wildly. Jake's opposite hand reached for Lauren's left breast, groping and tugging roughly. Lauren flinched as Jake's thumb and pointer finger pinched around her nipple tightly. She whimpered again as Jake repeated the same action on her opposite nipple; gently nibbling on the previous.
He could feel his cock hard against her thigh. He glanced down at her chest, pinching her nipple once more. Jake sat up and then reached for the back of her head. Lauren's head was yanked so that she was forced to look up at Jake. "I want you to beg for my cum," Jake breathed, stroking himself lightly.
"I want to taste your warm cum," Lauren tried. Jake just gripped her hair tighter, demanding a better response, not buying her efforts. "Please! I want to suck your cock until you explode in my mouth!" she cried out.
"Will you swallow it all?" Lauren nodded eagerly. Jake finally pushed her back down to his cock, lining himself up with her mouth. Jake bucked his hips, pushing his cock all the way into her mouth once again. Lauren didn't fight—she just continued to suck on Jake's dick, awaiting his warm cum.
Lauren could tell when Jake was about to orgasm; his body ran stiff as he moaned and grabbed the back of her head, keeping her in place. His cock was pressed against the roof of her mouth, ready to shoot his cum straight down her throat. "That's it!" Jake breathed, feeling Lauren continuing to suck him dry. "Swallow it all…"
She did just as he asked: swallowed every last drop of his salty cum. Lauren replaced her tongue with her hand as she slowly stroked Jake's cock. He hungrily looked down at her, already eager to taste and fuck her tight pussy. "Get back down on the couch," Jake ordered. Lauren nodded and wordlessly lay back down.
Jake separated her legs, looking down at that bald teen pussy. He grinned before diving down, kissing up and down her moist slit. He's never tasted such sweetness before. Lauren let a moan escape her lips as she felt Jake's tongue slip inside of her, fucking her little hole. One of his hands sneaked up the inside of her thigh to the top of her pussy, separating the folds to find her clit. Lauren gasped as Jake began to vigorously rub her clit, abandoning his soft pace.
After tongue fucking Lauren, Jake replaced his mouth with his fingers, placing one at her entrance. He grinned up at her, watching as she sat helplessly. Jake slid in one and then two fingers, pumping in and out of her. Lauren had already grasped one of her tits in her hand, squeezing one of her nipples for added pleasure. This only made Jake hornier and unable to control himself. He began to finger fuck her even harder, sliding a third finger inside her warm hole. "Do you like this, Lauren?" Jake questioned, looking up at her beautiful face.
She nodded her head quickly. "I need you to tell me." Jake's voice was stern, but he kept his pace going with his fingers.
"Y-yes!" she breathed, wishing that Jake would replace his fingers with his thick cock. She wanted to feel him inside of her, pumping in and out just as he had with her mouth.
"Want do you want me to do next?" Jake questioned, feeling his cock stiffen once again.
"I want you to fuck me," Lauren answered breathlessly. "Please! I need your cock inside of me!" Jake smiled, lowering his lips to her clit. He continued to pump his fingers inside, but began to suck on the little bud. "Oh, God! Jake! Please!" Lauren couldn't take it anymore.
Hearing Lauren begging for his cock, her hips bucking against his fingers, made Jake stop completely. Before Lauren could process what was happening, Jake had thrust his cock straight into her wet entrance. Lauren was tight; the walls of her pussy clenching around the thick cock stuck inside of her.
Jake held Lauren's legs in the air, pumping himself in and out of her. From the motion of Jake's fucking, Lauren's tits began to bounce. Jake let go of one leg to grasp a hand around her boob, his fingers digging into the skin. Lauren didn't mind the pain of Jake's fingers bruising her chest—she was focused solely on the giant cock ripping her open.
Jake's cock was the thickest she's ever taken before. It wasn't so much painful as it was pleasurable; the feeling of her pussy being full of Jake's cock. Jake's pace was fast and animalistic at certain points, filling up his best friend's younger sister.
With one last thrust inside of Lauren, Jake pulled his cock out and situated himself on the couch—cock sticking straight up. "Ride me." Lauren didn't need any more direction; she sat up from the couch and straddled his lap. She positioned Jake's cock at her entrance before lowering herself down some. As soon as the tip of Jake's penis entered Lauren, she began to move up and down. Jake rested his hands on her hips, his touch hot on Lauren's skin.
He began to move her body for her, quickening her pace as she rode his cock. Lauren's moans increased once Jake started to buck his hips against hers. Their moans harmonized with each other as Jake moved them onto the floor so he could continue to fuck her. Jake turned Lauren around hastily, getting her on all fours. He slapped her ass a few times for good measure before slamming his cock back inside.
Lauren began to feel her orgasm building up as soon as Jake dipped a hand underneath her, rubbing her clit. "Are you going to cum?" Lauren whimpered in response, clenching her eyes shut. Jake continued to drive his cock deep inside her pussy, knowing he was ready to cum at any second. "Cum!" he commanded, his finger ferociously working at her clit.
Her orgasm ripped through her body on command, sending shivers down Lauren's spine as her juices covered Jake's cock. He continued to fuck Lauren as hard as he could, working up his very own orgasm. Just as Jake was about to cum again, he pulled himself out of Lauren and yanked her head back. Lauren was ready, mouth wide open for Jake's cock. Jake wrapped his fingers around his cock, pumping himself until the warm liquid shot out and onto Lauren's face.
The cum dripped from her cheeks and upper lip, draining to her mouth. Lauren looked up at Jake, breathing hard. He smiled down at the little cum slut she had proved to be tonight. "Think you can do this for me tomorrow night?" Jake questioned, reaching down to pinch one of Lauren's nipples. She nodded obediently. "Good. If you continue to do this for me…I won't tell your brother how much of a little whore is baby sister is."
Lauren smiled at Jake, actually happy for her fate. If she had to do
whenever Jake wished—she had no room to complain. No one has ever caused such an orgasm to rush through her body like that before.
Jake left Lauren in the basement, her face still covered in sticky cum. He picked up his boxers and replaced them to go back to his spot on the couch. He was pleased to watch Lauren sneak back up the basement door wearing absolutely nothing. She sent him a wink before heading back upstairs to clean up.
Well, this could be the start of a beautiful summer
, Jake thought to himself before closing his eyes to dream of Chris' sister.
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- 1 pound fresh crabmeat, drained well, picked over
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
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- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
- 1 large egg, beaten to blend
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 12 cups mixed baby greens
- Lemon Vinaigrette
- Additional chopped fresh chives
Line baking sheet with waxed paper. Place 1/2 cup breadcrumbs in shallow dish. Mix crabmeat, mayonnaise, 3 tablespoons chives, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, hot pepper sauce and remaining 1/4 cup breadcrumbs in medium bowl to blend. Season with salt and pepper. Mix in egg. Using 2 tablespoons for each, form crab mixture into twenty 1 1/2-inch-diameter cakes. Coat crab cakes with breadcrumbs in dish, pressing breadcrumbs to adhere. Transfer crab cakes to prepared baking sheet. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour and up to 6 hours.
Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Working in batches, add crab cakes to skillet and cook until golden brown and heated through, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer crab cakes to paper towel-lined plate.
Place mixed greens in large bowl. Toss with enough Lemon Vinaigrette to coat. Divide greens among 10 plates. Place 2 crab cakes alongside greens on each plate. Drizzle 1 teaspoon vinaigrette over each crab cake. Sprinkle with additional chives and serve.
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- Calories175
- Carbohydrates8 g (3%)
- Fat11 g (17%)
- Protein11 g (21%)
- Saturated Fat1 g (4%)
- Sodium325 mg (14%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber1 g (4%)
- Monounsaturated Fat4 g
- Cholesterol65 mg (22%)
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Benedetto and the former Tania L. Craft were married July 30, 1984, at Camp Beauregard Army Base Chapel in Pineville, La.
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A. Wire….My eyes are rolling - everyone worries about it. Fear of getting insufficient quality drives dramatic concern. After all, it is the highway on which your signal travels to your speakers. You could ruin the quality of the music. Logical concern: great amp + excellent speakers + bad cable= lousy sound. This is true, but you can really go overboard. Many people have been taken advantage of by "measurable" differences. Here are a few basic guidelines to keep it simple.
Get the biggest wire possible? First, quick wire education. The lower the gauge, the larger the wire - 10 being the lowest reasonable size and 22 gauge being the smallest. So go with 10 right? Rarely.
There is definitely a point of diminishing returns. If wire is too small you will lose some of the frequencies and therefore fidelity. But, average 16 gauge wire will handle an 8 ohm full range speaker up to 48 feet with no discernible change. And since most speakers are easily within 25 feet of your amplifier, don't spend the extra money. THX is very particular and they rate 14 gauge at 40 feet and 80 feet for satellite speakers. For distributed audio to ceiling speakers, 14 to 16 gauge is typically fine. Since most in-ceiling speakers can not reproduce music with high end subtlety, any frequencies lost would have likely not even been produced anyway.
Oxygen free? This wire has less impurities (iron etc.) and technically conducts better, but not a discernable amount. The reason it is worth buying is because it is less prone to corrosion and therefore performance will not degrade.
The Jacket: Often a cable is made to look better by having a large transparent jacket that enlarges the look of the copper much similar to an object under water. Basically, it's marketing but it often has the adverse effect of stiffening the cable and making it less manageable. In-wall rated cables have more flexible yet stronger jackets and can be "plenum" rated to meet fire codes. And, for outdoor speakers we use cable that has a direct burial rated jacket.
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Television journalist and talk show host Geraldo Rivera was born on July 4, 1943, in Brooklyn, New York. Often associated with tabloid television, Rivera was actually a lawyer before becoming a controversial TV personality. He earned a law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1969. The next year Rivera joined the news team of New York's WABC-TV. His hard-hitting report on the abuse of mentally retarded patients at the Willowbrook School earned accolades and high ratings. He started contributing to national ABC news programs, such as Good Morning, America, and joined the staff of 20/20, the primetime news magazine, in 1978.
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