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NAPLES - The first day at a new school can be exciting.
It can also be a little terrifying.
In the Golden Gate Elementary School media center, the principal and other administrators were very excited about the prospect of new students.
Some of the parents were in tears.
Golden Gate Elementary School extended an olive branch to parents of Logan Woods students, who could be rezoned to the school next year. The Friday morning get together allowed administrators to answer questions and gave the five parents who accepted the invitation an opportunity to see the school.
Principal Marilou Andrews said she hoped the meeting dispelled a lot of fears, although she admitted it was hard to see some of the parents in tears when they thought about their children coming to Golden Gate Elementary.
"We wanted to explain what was going on now. I think they understand it is different than the perception of what they thought it was," she said. "We need people to know this is a nice place and there are a lot of good things that are happening here."
Some of the parents walked away with that perception.
Others will try to find a way for their children to stay at their current schools.
The Collier County School District has seen its out-of-zone requests increase this year by 450 students to 1,768.
Students must have their requests approved by the district in order to go to a different school than the one they are zoned for.
The district attributes the increase to the rezoning proposal.
The district plans to rezone nearly 1,800 high school and elementary school students to comply with the class size amendment, which voters passed in 2002 and which must be implemented by the beginning of the 2010-11 school year.
Of the out-of-zone requests, 86 are from rising juniors and seniors, who will be allowed to stay at their current school, according to district figures.
Students fill out an out-of-zone request if they have a reason to go to another school, such as a day care issue or if a high school students wants to attend an academy at a high school.
The district has seen its school choice requests decrease by 202. Students who don't have a reason but want to go to another school fill out a choice requests.
How many of the remaining requests will be filled is not clear.
District Spokeswoman Leanne Zinser wrote in an e-mail that additional information on the process will be released after the Collier County School Board decides how to rezone schools at its Feb. 18 meeting.
After the meeting, a determination on seat availability will be made and out-of-zone applications will be reviewed.
Kevin Stockman, who oversees the district's choice and out-of-zone program, said the priority period for choice and out-of-zone requests closed Jan. 30.
Out-of-zone requests will be addressed first, Stockman said. After the placement of the approved out-of-zone requests, if seats are still available, a lottery will be held for all new choice applicants who have submitted applications during the priority period, Stockman said.
"After the lottery, if there are still seats available, students from the pool (who submitted applications after Jan. 30) will be placed in the order their applications were received until all seats are filled. Applications will continue to be accepted until June 30," Stockman wrote in an e-mail.
Stockman said the district does not anticipate any changes to the process.
Some of the out-of-zone and choice requests may be withdrawn if the School Board decides not to rezone elementary schools.
Collier Superintendent Dennis Thompson plans to ask the School Board to delay any elementary school rezoning until April.
Thompson came to the decision, he said, after receiving information from School Board lobbyist Vern Crawford and Florida Association of School Administrators Executive Director Jim Warford that a proposed bill to change the class size amendment was gaining traction in Tallahassee.
"They feel strongly that there is a move to get something out of the Legislature onto the ballot," he said. "I think we can give it two months to see if they can make it come to fruition."
Even with the bill, the district plans to rezone its high schools, Thompson has said.
Parent Sarah Mentillo said after Friday's meeting at Golden Gate Elementary that it wouldn't be so bad if her son was rezoned.
"My son could really like it here. I think it is great that the fifth-graders all have laptops," Mentillo said, referring to a school program that allows each fifth-grade student to have his or her own laptop. "And it is nice to know they focus work in the arts."
The board will vote on the proposed changes to the district's zones at 5 p.m. Thursday in the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Administrative Center, 5775 Osceola Trail.


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Exciting news last week as I was picked as the final member of the Fusion Taste Team – a group of fellow bloggers and social media users, trying out recipe challenges set by World Foods using their products. This tantalising hamper of goodies arrived last week, containing everything needed to get started on the challenges. In no time at all I had donned the World Foods Fusion of Flavours apron and was happily (or crazily?) brandishing that lethal looking cleaver and making "Hi-Yaaah" sounds. As I am the last in the team, I am playing catch-up with the...Read More
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'The Walking Dead' Season 3 Preview Weekend: AMC Airs Promo
AMC will be airing a The Walking Dead season 3 preview weekend in July, which will feature every episode so far, behind-the-scenes interviews, a special Talking Dead, and the pilot in black and white.
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On July 7 and 8, Walking Dead will be taking over AMC as a way for fans, both old and new, to get caught up, rewatch, and even tune in for the first time, in preparation for the new season airing in October. AMC's other series, Mad Men and The Killing, will have wrapped up their seasons, and Breaking Bad doesn't return until the following week, so what better way to spend your night (and with this being the week before Comic-Con, what better time for AMC to show this) on the 8th than looking forward to the new season?
The promo for The Walking Dead season 3 preview weekend (below) shows some memorable moments from the series so far, along with clips of the cast on location. They're getting ready for season 3, and part of this marathon will include the cast talking about what's coming up. Of course, it includes another look at that prison shot and Michonne with her walkers from the season 2 finale, both which everyone has been looking forward to seeing more of in the third season.
The Talking Dead that will air on the 8th at 9PM will feature a first look at season 3, and how can you not be excited about that? Finally, there's the premiere of the pilot in black and white. It's slated to be a fun weekend for fans of the television series and the comics.
Will you be tuning in for The Walking Dead season 3 preview weekend?
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The sculpture collection continues into the 20th century, with stone and bronze works by Henri Matisse, Auguste Rodin and César, and with works by important sculptors of the British School, such as Frank Dobson, Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Antony Caro and Philip King.
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I don't know what has been up with me lately. It's just, nothing makes sense to me anymore. I'm growing more nihilistic by the hour. I'm trying to understand God and "trusting in Him" and all of those other strange existential things, but none of it makes sense to me, I just don't understand it or understand how I can "trust" or "know" someone/something that I can't see or logically understand from an empiricist standpoint. There just seems to be so much of an emphasis on emotions and feelings in religion that it all seems so foreign and strange to me, probably because I always ignore my emotions until they drive me to say or do something really stupid. I'm trying to understand, but I don't feel I am having any luck. No matter how faithful I may become at one point, I always still have that nihilistic streak inside of me, dormant, and that Scholastic worldview as my primary mode of thinking and understanding. Sometimes I think that I would have been a better Papist than Orthodox Christian. Pray for me.
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Women's Varsity 8 Wins at Governor's Cup
SALEM, ORE. -- The Willamette University women's varsity 8+ won the prestige event in the women's division of the 2007 Governor's Cup Regatta on Saturday, April 7, as the Bearcats finished 15.3 seconds in front of Seatle Pacific University and more than one-half minute ahead of Lewis & Clark College, in competition on the Willamette River in downtown Salem, Ore. Willamette's WV8+ time of 6:29.90 easily placed the 'Cats at the top of the list. Seattle Pacific clocked in at 6:45.2 and Lewis & Clark was timed at 7:01.1 over the 2,000-meter course.
"The WV8 crew was really please with their performance," Head Coach Susan Parkman said. "They were able to lock it into a solid rate ... and had a quality sprint."
Willamette's victorious women's varsity 8+ team included coxswain Becca Ralston (Sr.), stroke Lauren Schwartz (Jr.), seven seat Laura Jones (Jr.), six seat Julie Vernarsky (Fr.), five seat Kimber Grady (Sr.), four
seat Hilary Andrus (Fr.), three seat Adrienne Hall (Sr.), two seat Ashley San Blise (Sr.), and bow Emily Mitchell (Fr.).
The top performance by the Willamette men's rowing team came from the junior varsity 4+, which took second place just 0.8 seconds behind Lewis & Clark. The Pioneers claimed the razor-thin victory in 7:07.1, while WU reached the finish line in 7:07.9. Seattle Pacific was third at 7:13.6.
WU's talented women's novice 8+ took second behind Seattle Pacific. SPU, which competes in NCAA Division II, finished in 7:16.6. The Bearcats, who compete in NCAA Division III, were timed at 7:44.4.
In the women's varsity 4+, Willamette was second at 8:06.7, behind Seattle Pacific's time of 7:55.0. Lewis & Clark was third at 8:35.7.
The day's races, which were visible from Riverfront Park in Salem, began with a headwind and some rain, but finished with good weather for the final four races. The best weather was present for the men's and women's varsity eight races.
Willamette competes again next weekend, on Saturday, April 14, at the Covered Bridge Regatta in Eugene, Ore. Races are slated to get underway at 7 a.m. (PDT).
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GAME NOTES: Both the Indiana State Sycamores and Loyola-Chicago Ramblers are looking to rebound from conference losses as they clash in Missouri Valley Conference action at the Gentile Center.
Indiana State had a seven-game win streak going before No. 5-ranked Wichita State defeated the Sycamores, 68-48, in Kansas. It was Indiana State's first conference loss this season, which now sets the team a game behind Wichita State in the conference rankings.
Loyola-Chicago has lost three of its past four games, including the most recent outing versus Evansville, 53-48. At 2-4 in the Missouri Valley this season, the Ramblers sit four games back of Wichita State in the conference standings.
Indiana State holds a slim all-time series lead between the two programs, 9-7. This is the second time this season the Ramblers and Sycamores have met on the court, with Indiana State taking a 70-58 decision at the Hulman Center on New Year's Day.
At No. 5 in the country, Wichita State was the highest ranked opponent Indiana State has faced since 1979. The Sycamores proved to be no match in front of the sellout crowd at Koch Arena, falling hard on the road. Dawon Cummings was the only Sycamores player to record a double-digit point total, posting 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting from the floor. The Sycamores shot just 31.4 percent from the field in the contest, including 25 percent from 3-point range.
Jake Odum, who scored seven points in the loss to Wichita State, still leads the Sycamores in scoring this season with 12.2 ppg on 41.8 percent shooting. Odum also tops the team with 91 assists this season and a second-best 28 steals. Manny Arop isn't far behind Odum's average at 12 ppg on 48.2 percent shooting. The Sycamores as a unit average 75.1 ppg on 47.8 percent shooting from the floor.
Neither team was able to get much going in the first half of Loyola-Chicago's loss to Evansville Saturday, as the Ramblers held the Purple Aces scoreless for a 6:15 stretch in the first half. That allowed the Ramblers to take a lead, but it ultimately didn't last. Christian Thomas led Loyola-Chicago with 19 points and eight rebounds, while Milton Doyle scored 10 in the losing effort. Loyola-Chicago turned the ball over 17 times in the game, and shot 40.9 percent from the floor.
Doyle and Thomas have separated themselves from the rest of the Ramblers in terms of scoring averages. Doyle paces the team with 15.1 ppg, while Thomas is less than one point behind by average at 14.2 ppg. Thomas is shooting an impressive 56.9 percent from the field in 18 contests, and leads the team with a 6.7 rpg average. Doyle leads the squad with 58 assists this season, with Jeff White right behind at 57 assists. The Ramblers have scored 66.7 ppg in their 18 contests played.
Loyola-Chicago hasn't had much success this season since conference play got underway, while the opposite is true for Indiana State. The Sycamores have too much depth and talent, and should defeat the Ramblers for the second time this season.
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FACTS & STATS: Site: Joseph J. Gentile Center (4,486) -- Chicago, Illinois.
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Daulaire, 64, grew up in central Vermont and had always intended to stay there, as a family physician. He had just finished his training at Harvard Medical School when a trip to Bangladesh changed his life. Seeing how small interventions could mean tremendous improvements in the health of the world's poorest populations made him drop his parochial ambitions and commit to a career in global health. He now holds the Obama administration's top job in that field, one that enables him to run programs to reduce preventable illness overseas, even as he closely monitors faraway health threats that could migrate to the United States. (He's got his eye on the H7N9 bird flu in China.) Daulaire, who speaks seven languages, spent much of his career abroad, including a long tour in Nepal, where his two children grew up. Since returning to the States, he has held several high-profile jobs in worldwide health advocacy, including 10 years at the Global Health Council, where he developed relationships on Capitol Hill that helped build support for such programs, notably President George W. Bush's groundbreaking PEPFAR, which has spent billions of dollars on global AIDS eradication. Daulaire still travels. His wife holds a top job in Seattle at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. And there's Vermont. "When I can, I get back to my family's farm in Vermont, where I had planned to be a country doctor," he said. "And I guess I am a country doctor, but my concept of countries has changed."
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NEW YORK (AP) - Whitney Houston's mother will perform a tribute to her late daughter alongside other female singers at the upcoming BET Awards.
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plzzz any drivers required?
Wich game you want to play? if you want to play something like Nexuiz, just install it (be sure that your user is part of the needed groups - games i think so, not sure in mandriva).
if you want to play WoW - first install Wine and then install The WoW but before that read the howto in the wine site.
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plzzz any drivers required?
Depends on what games you want to play?
Web games? Flash comes installed already depending on which version of Mandriva you've installed. Open JDK is also installed by default, however I'd recommend installing Sun's Java package.
Windows games? Install WINE, as the other poster mentioned.
Your user doesn't have to be a part of any kind of special group.B)
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On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here's all the feminist news on our radar this morning.
• Actress Maria Bello wrote a beautiful and moving Modern Love column about coming out to her 12-year-old son as queer. "Mom," he told her, "love is love, whatever you are." [New York Times]
• How about we stop calling Michelle Obama a "bad feminist"? [Salon]
• The Motion Picture Association of America wants to slap Evan Rachel Wood's new film, Charlie Countryman, with an NC-17 rating for a scene in which a woman gets oral sex from a man. The actress called out the MPAA's biased rating system via Twitter. [Autostraddle]
• In disturbing news, a woman is trying to get her child back from British social services after the baby was removed from her womb via C-Section without her consent while she was in a psychiatric facility. [The Frisky]
• Check out Egyptian rapper Mayam Mahmoud, whose songs tackle issues like street harassment and victim-blaming. [Guardian]
• Britney Spears is coming out with a personal, intimate album—which might make it really boring. [The Atlantic]
• The award for the worst sex writing of the year comes out this week. Amanda Hess runs through some horrible nominees, including this line from Woody Guthrie's long-lost novel, "Inside the door of her womb she felt her inner organs and tissues, all her muscles and glands, felt them roll, squeeze, squeeze, and roll." [Slate]
• The Advocate put together a list of stores to avoid for holiday shopping that have a history of treating their LGBT employees badly or have executives who donate substantially to anti-gay causes. [The Advocate]
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stores to avoid for holiday shopping
I hope I am reading the list of stores to avoid incorrectly because it seems to reccomend Abercrobie & Fitch as a great place to shop. Really?!?! They've been sued for discrimination several times by employees and their CEO openly makes hostile statements about people who are "overweight". I can't pay attention to anything on this list now. They have lost my trust.
Agreed!!!! I was very turned
Agreed!!!! I was very turned off by that one!! And it WAS a pretty big deal, in my opinion.
Pretty disappointed about that pink-washing list
That list is so one dimensional and lacking of intersectionality. For example, they recommend Amazon. How nice that they don't treat their LGBT-employees worse than the rest of the staff who are strongly discouraged from forming trade unions. At least that's what happens in Germany but I guess it won't be much better in the US. Not to speak of most of the other companies (including oil companies!) who profit from sweat shops or wrecking the environment.
Where Not To Shop
My brother-in-law and my sister-in-law both own chains mentioned in the not to shop category. I don't know about my brother-in-law who lives far away and isn't someone I know well, but I know my sister-in-law couldn't be a more liberal, loving, less judgmental, more pro-LGBT person. It's hard on the people lower down on the chain-in-command when their boss is an asshole. Our corporate structure makes everything so convoluted and confusing; I don't know if penalizing the little guys is the answer. Is there some other way to get at the CEOs?
However, that said, Abercrombie and Fitch does suck. I agree with the other commenter, too. In addition to my other worries, I think this list is a bit skewed.
Marissa Alexander released from prison (on bail)
Unfortunately, the State of Florida is continuing to press charges against her. (Obviously, the state of their economy is such that they don't need that million dollars that a new prosecution would cost for any other needs like, say, jobs or social services.)
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In March, David Suzuki, a world reknowned supporter of environmental issues, scientist, and face of The Nature of Things, turned 75. In celebration, the CBC ran a documentary movie of his life, his influence and what he called his "last lecture".
Although the whole video doesn't currently seem to be available online, you can watch the trailer and 6 clips of it on The National Film Board website.
Interesting to watch also, is the 50 years of The Nature of Things – the show that he has hosted for a long time. This episode showcases the changes and similarities of the show over the course of its airing.
There are several other things that David Suzuki is a part of, include The Test Tube, The Legacy Project, and his Foundation. He's a well-published author and a very Great Canadian.


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Updated: 02/18/2013 6:19 AM KSTP.com By: Michael Brannen
Wednesday marks the 10th anniversary of a deadly hit and run. Rebecca Nelson died in the crash on February 20, 2003, ad the Maple Grove Community Center. Despite numerous leads, the case is unsolved. Maple Grove Police hope the community can help. If anyone has information about this incident, please call:
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Lottie Coates, 89 of Park City passed away Wednesday, January 9, 2013 in Glasgow. The Barren County native was a member of Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church.
She is survived by four sons: James Coates and wife Edith, Ronald Coates, Donald Coates and wife Kathy and John Robert Coates and wife Bobby all of Park City; five daughters: Francis Ashley of Horse Cave, Helen Nestor and husband Dave of Park City, Mary Cutliff and husband Bobby of Shelbyville, Tennessee, Linda Draper and husband Jackie of Huntsville, Alabama, Patricia Tomes and husband Steve of Park City; one brother: Junior Nash and wife Sharon of Mitchell, Indiana; two sisters: Linda Sowders and Betty Nash both of Round hill; several grandchildren also survive.
Funeral service for Ellis E. Hogan will be at 10AM Saturday, January 12, 2013 at Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church with burial in the South Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2PM to 8PM Friday, January 11, 2013 at the Patton Funeral Home, Park City Chapel and after 9AM Saturday at the church.
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Note: All characters in this story are of 18 years or older. These stories deal primarily with full body transformation and growth, often incorporating aspects of the supernatural.
Sarah heard the front door click shut. She hopped off her bed and rushed into the living room. "Where have you been?"
Tiffany dropped her keys on the counter and smiled at her roommate. "Out. I met a really cute guy. Well, sort of."
"Jesus, Tiffany, you've been out till three in the morning every night this week and now you're coming in the next morning."
"Sarah, I know you're worried about me, but I'm fine, really! Oh, you haven't touched the brownies I made." She looked mournfully at the platter of brownies sitting on the kitchen table.
"What? Oh, no, I haven't touched your apology brownies, you know I'm on a diet." Self consciously, Sarah pulled at her ill fitted top and hunched herself forward to hide her figure. "And that's not the point. You haven't been to class in days and look at the way you're dressed. Oh my god is that a tattoo?!"
"Oh, yeah, I'm in such better shape, I thought I'd reward myself." Tiffany was dressed in tight leggings with knee-high striped socks. She had a low cut, bright pink top on which barely covered her mid-drift. Just above the waist band was a very blurry tattoo of her name, Tiff. "I think I'm going to take a quick shower. Look, I'm sorry I've been neglecting you. How about we stay in tonight? A real girl's night, sad movies, ice cream, we can do each other's nails!" She gave Sarah a quick hug and then slipped off to her bedroom.
The whole thing was surreal to Sarah. Since her roommate had returned from her debate trip, things had been wildly different. First of all was the alarming physical change that occurred over the week. Tiffany claimed it was her new diet finally kicking in, clearing out water weight, and her new exercise regime. Sarah had been on a diet with Tiffany for years, always fighting off those pesky extra pounds, and neither of them had enjoyed much success. The frightening thing was the other changes. At first Sarah suspected her friend of sneaking off to some fly by night plastic surgeon. Lipo and a boob job, at least. But she'd seen her naked since then. No scars and not even any stretch marks. Sarah had found herself inspecting her friend a little more closely than proper, and she hadn't seen anything other than a skinnier, perkier version of her old friend.
For that matter, Sarah had seen strange things happening around town all week. The temperature kept rising and a dreary haze had settled over everything. The morning after Tiffany returned home had been the worst. Half the town had acted like they'd just gotten off a four hour spin on the tilt-a-whirl. The feeling passed though and everyone, including Sarah wrote it off to the heat wave.
Sarah heard Tiffany singing to herself in the shower. The words were drowned out by the roaring water. Glancing at the clock, she saw the time, half past ten. Grumbling to herself, she headed over to the kitchen table to gather her books. The smell of the brownies wafted through the air, intoxicating her. Her mouth watered and her stomach longed for the gooey treat. She imagined sinking her teeth into the soft chocolate and letting the flavor spread over her taste buds. Before she realized it, she had a brownie halfway to her mouth. She snapped out of it and dropped the brownie back onto the platter. Tiffany had stopped singing for a moment, but as Sarah gathered her books, the song started up again.
She stuck her head into Tiffany's bathroom. "Hey, I'm heading out to class, so I'll see you later. That night in actually did sound kind of fun though." In the mirror, she saw the outline of her friend behind the shower curtain. She giggled, "Wow, the steam made it look like you were holding a dildo there for a second."
"Hah! Ok sweetie, I'll see you tonight!"
"Don't forget you have a 1:15 history class." Sarah took one last look in the mirror, something nagged at her to clean the steam off the window for a better look, but the chime of the quarter hour made her hurry out the door.
The heat had a few redeeming qualities. For one, parking on campus didn't seem so bad lately. Sarah easily found a spot only one building down from her class. A hot wind blasted her as she got out of her car. She rummaged in her purse, somewhat saddened by the lack of secreted away brownies, and pulled out some lip balm. As she applied the slightly sparkling balm in the mirror, she thought she saw a huge dog walk past the rear of her car. It startled her enough to turn and look, but it was only a pair of skinny guys making their way to class. She smacked her lips together with a loud SMMOOCK and climbed out of her car.
As she walked over to her classroom, her mind dwelt on the changes in her friend. She wanted to believe she wasn't jealous, but the idea kept creeping into her mind. The only logical explanation for all the changes she had seen was clear: Tiffany had a new boyfriend. She was out late every night, clearly sleeping over somewhere, and she was just plain happier all the time. Tiffany had made brownies! The girl had never cooked a day in her life, and yet she had twirled around the kitchen humming and baking.
Her class seemed rowdier than usual. The heat probably had everyone stir crazy. She took her normal seat on the third row, smiling at the boy two chairs down from her. He looked even better than usual today. "Hey Kevin," she said with a blush.
"How's it going, Sarah? Hey, um...did I see your roommate last night?"
"Um, I dunno, where were you? I know she was out late, but I didn't catch just where she was."
"Just at a bar on the Plaza. I ran into this chick who was, well, let's just say she was the life of the party. I know you live with a Tiffany and this girl said she knew Sarah. I dunno, the bar was pretty intense. The Tiff girl was buying everyone shots. Terrible shots, but still, shots."
"Oh, yeah?" Sarah blushed. Jealousy reared its head. She'd spent hours with Tiffany daydreaming about the cute boy in her history class. She'd never forgive her friend if she'd been his one night stand.
"Yeah, some god awful thing that tasted like it was made with heavy cream. Anyway, I thought she might be your Tiffany. Does she go by Tiff?"
"No." Sarah lied and started to shuffle in her backpack for her notebooks. She was thankful for someone taking the seat beside her, even if he did smell like an old gym. Workout Guy, she always called him, and she usually hated him for being the needlessly sweaty barrier keeping her from her one true love.
"We're going back tonight. The place is fucking amazing. You have to come man." A guy behind Sarah was loudly talking on his phone. "Apparently it's been there for years, but some kind of zoning thing made it illegal for them to be open to the public....Yeah, it used to be invite only. Probably just old fat guys......Dude, I think they appreciate dancing for someone whose dick still works....Private rooms.....Marty is still there as far as I know, you should have seen his fucking face when that girl grabbed his crotch and took him back.....yeah.....in class.....probably 8:00....fuck yeah man.....later."
Sarah was relieved when the instructor appeared. He looked just as haggard as a few of the other guys around the room, but her soldiered on through the lecture. Sarah found it difficult to concentrate. She'd been worried sick over Tiffany for a week and now she was working herself into a fury about a secret and lengthy affair between her best friend and her unrequited love. She could just imagine them, her hands running through his thick brown hair, his gripping Tiffany's hips roughly as she twisted in his grip. The image burned in her mind.
Class ended and Sarah made a quick exit, having expended her good will toward Workout Guy. Halfway to her car, she heard footsteps running up behind her. Kevin grabbed her wrist and spun her around. He was out of breath and visibly shaken. "Sarah, I'm sorry....*gasp*...I uh, I need to talk to your roommate. She won't answer her phone."
Sarah's anger surged within her. "Look, Kevin, it's not my problem my slutty roommate won't call you back. At this point, she probably has another cock on her plate, so you're going to have to wait in line." Her words poured out before she could stop them. Horror gripped her, what was she saying? Tiffany was her best friend and she had never uttered an ill syllable about her.
Kevin was still panting for breath, he looked frail. "What? Jesus, Sarah, no, it's not like that. I just need...I need to know what was in that drink last night. I can't remember what happened for like six hours. I didn't even wake up hung over. You don't think....you don't think, no. Maybe the bartender did it, but that doesn't make sense either. Look, I've felt weird ever since last night. Not sick, not really even...bad...I guess, just wrong. Something's wrong, like I'm high, but I don't know on what. Just have her call me if she knows something, ok?" His voice cracked, he blushed. "Man, I haven't done that since I was a teenager."
Sarah barely heard his explanation. Relief had deafened her. Tiffany hadn't slept with Kevin! Sure she might have drugged him and dozens of other people, but who cares about that. The carnal image in her head changed, Tiffany disappeared and Sarah took her place. She ran her own hands down over Kevin's rock hard abs. He grabs her hair and pulls her head back while running his other hand along her throat. She flushed, she felt her panties getting wet. "Right...sorry," she said. "I'll talk with her. We're supposed to be hanging out tonight. Look, I need to go, I have another class across campus."
"So, you'll talk to her, great!" Kevin sounded relieved. "Thank you so, so much. Look, could you just text me as soon as you can? Sorry if I'm frantic, I just...well, you know."
Sarah could only smile at him. His broad smile sent more tingles throughout her body. She could smell him lingering in the air around her. The smell wasn't something she had noticed before, deep and rich, but sweet. She could imagine his cum tasting the same, swirling over her tongue while she teased the tip of his cock. She slammed her car door and hastily cranked the car. Kevin had deep brown eyes, she could see them staring down at her while she bobbed happily on his cock. The car rumbled to a stop on the gravel shoulder. Sarah unbuttoned her pants and slid her hand under the waistband of her panties. She barely noticed how wet they were as she easily slipped her fingers in. Closing her eyes, she imagined Kevin standing over her. Her legs pressed down onto her breasts by his bulk as he thrust into her. She let out a small moan and felt a gush of fluid as her mind burst with pleasure.
A blaring horn whizzed by her as another car rocketed down the highway. She realized what she had done. Thoroughly embarrassed, she buttoned up her pants. Without thinking, she licked her fingers clean, enjoying the sweet taste. Halfway through, she stopped and found some napkins to dry herself. God, what had come over her. She hadn't masturbated in months. She had just fingerfucked herself in her car on the side of the road. Wait till she told Tiffany about that.
When Sarah arrived home, the house smelled amazing. Apparently, Tiffany had spent the day baking. The counter was covered with brownies, cupcakes, and various other pastries. Everything looked delicious and the aroma was almost overpowering. "Hey gurl!" Tiffany said as she popped out of her bedroom. Sarah couldn't help but notice how amazing she looked wearing tight pink briefs barely covered by an oversized grey t-shirt. She also wondered where her friend acquired the men's tee.
"Looks like you've been busy," she said, throwing her bags into a chair. "You're not going to believe what happened to me today. Were you out on the Plaza last night?"
"Oh, I want to hear all about it, but first taste this," she presented a bowl filled with pink icing. She took a large dollop on her finger and presented it to Sarah.
Sarah began to lean forward and playfully lick the heavenly smelling frosting from her friends finger, but stopped halfway. "No way, you're not going to sabotage my diet. So, the Plaza?"
"Um, yeah," Tiffany said. She pouted as she cleaned off her own finger. Walking to the refrigerator, she swished her hips back and forth causing the loose shirt to cling to her curvy figure. "There was a shot party at one of the bars last night. I 'volunteered' as a shot girl. It was fun, we should totally both go next week, you'd love it. Guys paw you all night!"
"Why would I like that?" Sarah said unconvincingly. Her thighs flushed with heat. She plopped down on the sofa.
"You can't lie to me, Sarah," Tiffany brought around a pitcher of pink milk. She poured two large glasses and put one on a coaster in front of her roommate. With a sly smile, she set down a platter of cookies topped in red frosting. Sarah glared at her. "Just if you feel like it. I mean, milk can't be all that bad for you can it?" She took a large gulp from her own glass, leaving a mustache on her lip. Sarah was seized by the urge to pin her friend to the couch clean her mouth with a long kiss. "So, what happened? Why are you suddenly interested in where I was last night?"
"Oh, I have that class with Kevin today. He was asking me about you. He was freaking out about being drugged or something. He wasn't accusing you or anything, just wondering if you noticed the bartender being funny. Said he'd tried calling you a bunch of times."
Tiffany finished a cookie with a devilish smile. "You know, I haven't checked my phone all day. It was dead when I got in, I should go see if it's charged. Help yourself, sweetie. I know you want it."
Tiffany left to get her phone from her bedroom after leaving a cookie on Sarah's knee. Sarah quickly returned it to the platter. Her mouth was watering though. Condensation trickled down the glass of strawberry milk. She shrugged, can't hurt that much, she rationalized. The glass was halfway to her lips when she heard a bang come from the hallway. Concerned, she put down the glass and went to the hall. Tiffany was sitting on her bed reading her phone. Another bang. "Tiff, what's that noise, is there something in the closet?"
"I dunno, open it up and check. Wait, did you have anything to drink yet? I'm sure you're thirsty."
Sarah ignored her. The closet door shook with another bang. It should have frightened her. She turned the knob and pulled, ready to flee squealing from whatever creature wriggled out. A man collapsed into her, pushing them both down into the hallway. "Oh my god! Kevin! What the fuck are you -- FUCK!" She crawled back away from the figure.
"Please...she said there'd be more....I can't finish without more...it's so full......help!" Kevin staggered to his feet. He was stark naked, but nothing like Sarah had imagined. He could barely stand, he chest heaved and his abs went concave under the stress of breathing. Between his legs, an enormous cock stood out, rigid. Sarah could not believe her eyes. His testicles forced his legs apart, the size of coconuts. His cock surged and pulsed as he tried to walk towards her. A thick vein running the length was the size of Sarah's arm. The cockhead was almost as big as Sarah's own head, the helmet was slick and wet, oozing huge gobs of precum in a trail behind the man who she so often fantasized about. "I need to cum," he begged. "It's so big because she won't let me cum, unnngghhhhhhh."
Sarah got to her feet and spun around to see Tiff standing between her and the door. "What the fuck have you done to him?"
"Oh, I just wanted to see how far I could go. Just imagine how much he could cum. Why you could actually take a bath in it. Poor thing couldn't fuck very well though, why he'd just split a normal girl right in half. You know, you and I could oil ourselves up, put that monster dick between us, and spend a while rubbing our tit up and down the length, ride the ridges along our pussies, till we had him squirting like a roman candle."
Kevin shuddered, more cum dripping from his tip.
"My god, you did drug him didn't you!" Sarah realized. Her eyes scanned the room behind Tiff, all the baked goods and the milk. "And you were trying to do the same thing to me! I'm calling the police."
Sarah stopped. Her mind raced through everything she had eaten or drank for the past few days. She'd stayed close to her diet, only water and veggies. "I haven't eaten a thing you've touched, you psycho bitch. How the fuck did this happen to you? We were friends!"
"Oh, honey, we still are friends!" Tiff said with a sweet smile. "Why do you think I let you borrow my lip gloss?"
Sarah ran her tongue over her lips. "No....what have you done to me?"
"Just try not to fight it," Tiff said. "See what happens when you try to fight it? You wind up like poor Kevin here. Last night he was all too happy to suck on my tits. Then he wanted to go back to his boring old human life. So I made his cock grow and grow and grow, but never cum. Not yet at least, I saved that for you! Just look what you can become!"
Tiff shimmered slightly. Her loose t-shirt grew taut. Dark spots appeared around the swollen nipples. With a quick movement she pulled it over her head, letting enormous breasts spill into view. Sarah was mesmerized by their size and excited at the drops of crimson milk dripping from her friend's tits. Her friend's ass was growing as well, but that didn't hold her attention long. The skin tight briefs were showing Tiff's new appendage clearly. She giggled as she pulled down the waist band, her cock popping forth to bob in front of her. The briefs shimmied down her perfect legs giving Sarah a perfect view of the girl-cock. Sarah couldn't restrain herself, she went to her knees in front of her friend. She placed her finger on the head of the cock and slowly trailed down along the bottom ridge, finally running into a smooth and sopping wet slit which she plunged her finger in.
"That'a girl," Tiff said with a grunt. "Now suck it." She nudged her friend's bewildered face with her cock. Without a thought, Sarah took the warm girth into her mouth. She felt the cock slide over her tongue and ram into the back of her throat. Tiff began to withdraw. Sarah put another finger in her pussy and pulled her forward, shoving the cockhead down her throat. She moaned around the swollen dick, trying to stuff as much into her mouth as possible. "Oh, you're going to make me cum! I'm going to spurt rope after rope of my jizz into your belly! What'll you think that'll do to you? Ahhh....ahh.....uhhhhnnnngggggg!" The cock erupted hot cum into Sarah's mouth, she slurped it down as fast as possible. She coughed slightly as the softened dick slipped out of her mouth.
A hunger had woken up inside of her and it started to battle with her fleeting sense of self.
"Oh Sarah, who knew you could suck dick so well. And look at that, your change is coming along just nicely. Looks like you're going to have bright pink hair, that's fun!"
Sarah managed to get to her feet. She felt sick and happy at the same time. Kevin continued to groan for relief behind them. Her hair dropped into her eyes and she could see what Tiff was talking about. Her normal brown hair had been replaced by a shock of neon pink. "Tell me what's about to happen to me. I at least want to know." She tried to remain calm, but an overwhelming urge to fuck everything in sight was slowly taking hold of her.
"I should have known you couldn't just accept this. Well, let's speed things along then. First, no more unsightly tummy."
No sooner than Tiff had spoken, Sarah felt her waist tighten, as if it were being turned in a blender. She pulled up her shirt and discovered a smooth, tan waist. Feeling it natural, she removed her top.


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If you want to contribute to our project and are in Gal�pagos, you can do so by keeping your eyes open for sea lions with coloured flipper tags. If you see one, please note the place and date where you saw it, the colour of the tag and the number printed on it. You can send the information either to email@example.com, or just to any of our project's team members. If you could provide a picture of the tag would be best.
Every small bit of information is usefull and can help us understand the distribution and the movements between different colonies of the sea lions.
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Land Bank plays role in improving city housing
HUNTINGTON -- While the Huntington Urban Renewal Authority's Land Bank Program has become an effective tool for eradicating vacant, abandoned housing quicker and returning the property to productive use, it should not be viewed as a comprehensive solution for all of Huntington's housing woes, a national expert on land bank programs says.
Questions about the HURA Land Bank's role in the future have surfaced recently as a community-driven group of people who work in some aspect of the local housing industry has begun looking at ways to improve the quality of housing for the middle-class in the city. The effort, spearheaded by Create Huntington, has targeted homes in the $100,000 to $200,000 range.
The working group met for the first time in October and plans to meet once a month beginning in January with the goal of releasing a comprehensive plan in late spring 2014.
The HURA Land Bank was set up in 2009 because city officials identified the annual Cabell County tax auction as a major contributor to substandard housing in Huntington. Properties in the auction often get tangled in years of bureaucratic red tape, only to fall back into the hands of people who already have abandoned them or a land speculator who is looking for a quick profit rather than a home to redevelop.
HURA's goal is to pre-empt this process by purchasing as many tax liens within the city as possible. If the original property owner chooses not to redeem the property after 18 months, HURA takes ownership and solicits redevelopment proposals from potential buyers. Any interest money that the program collects from properties that are redeemed is used to either pay down a $1.5 million line of credit that it obtained to kickstart the program or board up and demolish properties that are beyond repair.
There are approximately 150 land banks across the country, and Frank Alexander has been involved in creating many of them during the past 20 years. A law professor at Emory University in Atlanta where he serves as director of the Project on Affordable Housing and Community Development, Alexander has helped draft statewide land bank legislation in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Nebraska, Georgia and Missouri. He also co-founded and serves as a senior advisor for the Center for Community Progress, a nationwide, nonprofit organization that focuses on creating vibrant communities through the reuse of vacant, abandoned properties.
While the structure of and powers granted to land banks across the country vary, they all have a common goal of acquiring at little to no cost rundown properties that have been abandoned or are stuck in legal limbo, Alexander said. Some can be surgical in their approach and others can focus on wide swaths of a community that has suffered decades of population loss.
"It sounds like Huntington's land bank has been very successful in that regard and I'm encouraged by their work, but I get really nervous when a land bank is expected to do other functions," he said. "If there is no market demand for a certain range of housing in Huntington, a land bank can't create one. It was designed as a tool to fix one component of the housing market in a community, and that's the properties that pose the greatest liabilities on communities -- those that are abandoned or tax-delinquent."
Nationally, land banks do not have the power of eminent domain, Alexander said. That's a power that should be reserved instead for a redevelopment agency that is focused on assembling city blocks or neighborhoods. It also doesn't make any sense for a land bank to acquire property at the open-market rate, "because it would be a loser for a land bank, just as if it would be for a private buyer."
"Generally speaking, a land bank can be a player in the stabilization or renovation of middle-income housing to the extent that it has inventory or can acquire tax-delinquent properties in a targeted neighborhood at zero cost," Alexander said. "It's role then is to make that property available at zero cost to the private developer on the condition that they invest X amount of dollars and sell for a price range of Y."
Alexander's sentiments are echoed by Nate Randolph, HURA's chairman. Randolph also acquires the liens on tax-delinquent properties at the annual county auction. There are a few key obstacles that would make it difficult for the HURA Land Bank to become the lead entity on large redevelopment projects for middle-income housing market, he said.
For starters, there still are hundreds of rundown properties that need to be torn down or rehabilitated, he said.
"We're trying to get rid of a housing stock that once supported 85,000 people and now has 50,000 people," Randolph said. "We need to cull some more stock and trim down the total number of units to make the housing assets that we do have more attractive."
Since May 2011, when HURA took ownership of its first batch of properties, it has acquired 200 parcels. Of those, 74 have been resold for $453,901. The money has gone back into the program toward stabilization, demolition or paying down the Land Bank's line of credit, which stands at $608,000. Thirty-two vacant, dilapidated structures have been demolished at a cost of $268,000.
Secondly, HURA has discovered through its operations as a land bank that a tax-delinquent property doesn't have a spotless title even after HURA acquires it.
"As a result, banks won't loan any money against these types of deeds," Randolph said. "We could look at getting a consortium of lenders to provide loans to developers for these properties in the spirit that it's for the betterment of the community, but that's up to them."
There are ways, however, that land banks can expand their range of inventory beyond tax-delinquent properties and still serve their purpose of eradicating vacant, abandoned housing, Alexander said.
"Once they've used the tax foreclosure process as well as they can, I encourage them to partner with local governments and form aggressive code enforcement programs," Alexander said. "This allows land banks to capture the properties that may not necessarily have delinquent taxes but still have a negative impact on the surrounding community because of their appearance. We've found in many cases that the property owners are willing to give the property to a land bank instead of fight the code enforcement fines."
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Keeneland January Sale Wrap: Day 1
- By Ian Tapp
Ian Tapp recaps Day 1 of the Keeneland January sale. Consignors Craig Bandoroff and Mark Taylor discuss the auction, while Keeneland's Geoffrey Russell comments on the final numbers. watch video
Ian Tapp recaps Day 1 of the Keeneland January sale. Consignors Craig Bandoroff and Mark Taylor discuss the auction, while Keeneland's Geoffrey Russell comments on the final numbers. watch video
Ian Tapp takes us through the Fasig-Tipton November Breeding Stock Sale numbers. Listen to comments from Mark Taylor of Taylor Made Sales, Jane Lyon, Brereton Jones, and Ken Ramsey. watch video
Spielberg, a half brother to U.S. grade I winner and Central Kentucky sire Flower Alley, flew by dueling front-runners Isla Bonita and Gentildonna late and narrowly won the Tenno Sho (Autumn) (Jpn-I) Nov. 2 at Tokyo.
Red Reveur kept her perfect record intact Dec. 8 when holding back hard-charging race favorite Harp Star by a nose in a rousing finish to the Hanshin Juvenile Fillies (Jpn-I).
Foreign buyers taking a little off the top of America's best bloodlines.
Contested, a dual grade I-winning daughter of Ghostzapper, brought the highest price during the first two hours of the Nov. 5 Fasig-Tipton November sale when she fetched $2.3 million as Hip No. 41.
Former Japanese classic winner Eishin Flash halted a lengthy winless skid on Oct. 28 when he defeated favorite Fenomeno in a thrilling finish to the $3,437,000 Tenno Sho (Autumn) (Jpn-I) at Tokyo Racecourse.
Tucked away on a quiet corner of Shadai Farm on Japan's island of Hokkaido is a broodmare barn known as "Terry's Jewel Box." read blog
Strong Return came from off the pace to capture the $2.6 million Yasuda Kinen (Jpn-I), Japan's spring championship event for turf milers, in record time at Tokyo Racecourse June 3.
Last year's Japanese sprint champion Curren Chan returned to form March 25 when she captured the $2.47 million Takamatsunomiya Kinen (Jpn-I) at newly renovated Chukyo Racecourse by a neck over San Carlo.
Sarafina, who finished fourth as the 2-1 favorite in the $2,727,000 Emirates Airline Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT), has reportedly been purchased by Teruyo Yoshida's Shadai Farm.
Teruya Yoshida's Japan-based Shadai Farm paid $525,000 for multiple graded stakes winner Cozi Rosie during the second session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale Jan. 10.
Workforce, winner of last year's Investec Epsom Derby (Eng-I) and the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I), has been retired from racing and will stand in 2012 at Teruya Yoshida's Shadai Farm in Japan.
The Fasig-Tipton November select mixed sale enjoyed a tidal wave-like surge in business. The gross revenue rose 17% from a year ago even though the number of lots sold declined 11.2%. The average price increased 31.8%.
Grade I winner Funny Moon, who is foal to Indian Charlie and carrying her first offspring, shot into the price lead at the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November select mixed sale around 7 p.m. (EST) Nov. 6, bringing $2.3 million.
Gainesway Farm has purchased a significant interest in the sire Hat Trick from Walmac Farm and Hat Trick's partners.
Making her first start in a group I event, Erin Court held off a pair of strong challenges to win the $2.3 million Yushun Himba, or Japanese Oaks, at rainy Tokyo Racecourse May 22.
Marcellina used a strong closing kick to capture the $2.1 million Oka Sho (Jpn-I), the Japanese equivalent of the English One Thousand Guineas held at Hanshin Racecourse April 10.
There were tears of joy everywhere at Meydan Racecourse for earthquake ravaged Japan after Victoire Pisa scored a stunning upset over Transcend to give the nation a one-two finish in the $10 million Dubai World Cup.
Average price also increases even though the second session wasn't as strong as the first during the 2011 Keeneland January horses of all ages sale in Lexington
Grade II winner Secret Gypsy is headed to Japan after being sold for $540,000 early in the afternoon of the second session of the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale in Lexington.
Grade I winner Ave became the first horse to bring a seven-figure price at the Keeneland January horses of all age sale when she sold for $1.4 million three-quarters of the way through the first session in Lexington Jan. 10.
The inaugural day of four-day Arqana Breeding Stock sale at Deauville, France, produced a 25% increase in gross beside the jump in average price.
The robust market for top-end young mares continued during the second session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale as five horses sold for seven-figure prices.
Showa Modern produced the first grade I victory of his 39-race career when he captured the Yasuda Kinen (Jpn-I), final leg of the Asian Mile Challenge, in a race-record time at Tokyo Racecourse June 6.
Eishin Flash stormed from mid-pack to upset the field in the $3.5 million Tokyo Yushun (Jpn-I), or Japanese Derby, before a crowd of 125,746 at Tokyo Racecourse May 30.
The first dead heat in a grade I race in Japanese history took place May 23 when favored Apapane and Saint Emilion battled to a draw in the $2.2 million Yushun Himba (Japanese Oaks) at a rainy and soggy Tokyo Racecourse.
Odds-on favorite Victoire Pisa claimed the US$2.2 million Satsuki Sho (Jpn-I), Japan's equivalent of the Two Thousand Guineas, before 68,022 on a chilly spring day at Nakayama Racecourse April 18.
Queen Spumante, a 77-1 outsider, left a crowd of 58,944 at Kyoto Race Course in shock, leading from the outset to win the $2.1 million Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative Cup (Jpn-I) over a field that included champion 3-year-old filly Buena Vista and Qatar Petroleum Prix de l'Opera (Fr-I) winner Shalanaya.
Buena Vista failed in her bid to become the third winner of the Japanese filly Triple Crown on Sunday when she lost by a nose to second choice Red Desire in the $2 million Shuka Sho (Jpn-I) at Kyoto Race Course.
The Japan Racing Horse Association (JRHA) foal sale suffered downturns of 33.1% in gross and 32.3% in average during its two-day run that ended July 15 at the Northern Horse Park on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. The three-day gross for the foal and yearling sales combined was down 21.4% from the previous year and the average fell 21.9%.
MAHUBAH'S CORNER, by Avalyn Hunter Daiwa Scarlet (JPN) staked out a place among racing's queens with a victory in the prestigious Arima Kinen (Jpn-I). Just the fourth female to win the race, her victims included just about every top Japanese male still in training, including 2007 Arima Kinen winner Matsurida Gogh (JPN); 2008 Japan Cup (Jpn-I) winner Screen Hero (JPN), and 2006 Japanese champion 3-year-old male Meisho Samson (JPN).
Guided to victory on the front end by jockey Katsumi Ando, favored Daiwa Scarlet became the first female winner of the Arima Kinen (Jpn-I) in 37 years before a crowd of 110,000 at Nakayama Race Course in Japan Dec. 28.
Jockey Mirco Demuro rode Screen Hero to an upset over Deep Sky in the Nov. 30, US$4,639,000 Japan Cup (Jpn-I) at Tokyo Racecourse.
Even before the Japan Racing Horse Association select sale hummed into action on July 14 with the sing-song chant of the auctioneer, a new era in the Japanese bloodstock market had officially begun.
Asian Winds, making her group I debut, drew away from the challenger Vodka in the closing strides to win the US$1,675,000 Victoria Mile for fillies and mares before 60,038 at Tokyo Race Course.
Captain Thule went to the lead and never looked back, comfortably winning the US$1,606,000 Satsuki Sho (Jpn-I), or Japanese Two Thousand Guineas, in an upset before 67,401 at Nakayama Racecourse April 20.
Favored Daiwa Major made it back-to-back victories in the US$1.85 million Mile Championship Stakes (Jpn-I) Nov. 18 with a gritty neck victory over Super Hornet on the turf at Kyoto Race Course.
Daiwa Major earned his first grade I victory in 2 1/2 years when he captured the Tenno Sho (Autumn) over 2,000 meters at Tokyo racecourse Sunday.
Japanese buyers spent more than $71 million on foals of 2005 in the Japan Racing Horse Association's two-day select sale held Monday and Tuesday at the Northern Horse Park near Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido.
When Carib Lady was purchased by Shadai Farm for $900,000 at Monday's opening session of the Keeneland November breeding stock sale, it marked a milestone of $1-billion in public auction sales for the Taylor Made Sales Agency.
Fusao Sekiguchi, who raced 2000 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Fusaichi Pegasus, paid a world-record price for a foal sold at public auction when he acquired a Dance in the Dark colt for ä490,000,000 ($4,537,037) during the first day of the Japan Racing Horse Association sale Monday.
Leading Japanese filly Dance in the Mood, a winner of four of five starts and $1,773,565, has accepted an invitation to the $750,000 American Oaks (gr. IT) at Hollywood Park on July 3.
Fusaichi Zenon, one of Sunday Silence's 94 stakes winners, will enter stud at Rich and Gaby Sulpizio's Magali Farms near Santa Ynez, Calif.
The second day of the Japanese Racing Horse Association select foal sale lacked the glitter of the first, but was still a success, helping produce a record gross for the auction.
A colt from the final crop of North American Horse of the Year and Japan's perennial leading sire Sunday Silence brought the top price of 330 million yen ($2,791,878) Monday during the first session of the Japan Racing Horse Association's foal sale.
A Danzig colt became the highest-priced horse ever sold at the Donacaster breeze-up sale in England when he brought 140,000 guineas (approximately $231,980) from Teruya Yoshida's Shadai Farm of Japan. It was the first time that a Japanese buyer had ever participated in the auction and the first time that a Danzig offspring had been offered at the sale.
A strong first breeding stock session of the Tattersalls December Sales Monday was headed by Molasses (Machiavellian), a 4-year-old in foal to Mozart offered from Maria Niarchos and family's Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard.
By Barbara Bayer -- For Japanese racing fans, the death of Sunday Silence has left a huge hole.


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A federal judge has ordered Google to release customer data to the FBI. This is interesting because the FBI has no warrant for the information, and typically warrants are required in the United States for law enforcement to access such data. The FBI made its request for data from Google via 19 "National Security Letters." CNET provides us with a shortened explanation of what the letters are:
NSLs are controversial because they allow FBI officials to send secret requests to Web and telecommunications companies requesting "name, address, length of service," and other account information about users as long as it's relevant to a national security investigation. No court approval is required, and disclosing the existence of the FBI's secret requests is not permitted.
This same federal judge ruled back in March that the gag order demand associated with NSLs is unconstitutional. This was in response to a petition from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which has almost always opposed NSLs. The government did file an appeal to this decision back on May 6th, the results of which aren't immediately known.
The evidence the FBI provided on the May 10th hearing isn't available to the public. Judge Susan Illston said it was good enough for her to rule that 17 of the 19 letters were in accordance with the law. She also said that she needed more information before she could rule on the two remaining letters. This is exactly what the FBI had been looking for in its request or to which customers' accounts it wanted access to is still unknown at this time.
The FBI has been working to ramp up its surveillance on social media networks, and up until now, Google — and other companies — went along with it. EFF's attorney, Matt Zimmerman, said that of the 300,000 NSLs the government has issued since 2000, only 4-5 companies have tried to challenge them.
Do you agree with this judge? Should the FBI be able to access Google customer data without a warrant? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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Is there any functional difference between a normally issued warrant and an NSL that has been appealed, reviewed by a judge, and upheld?
Apart from the additional time and legal cost to get the latter one through, that is.
[@cpusrvc] More clearly, if they were investigating Google, has the right to require a warrant. If they are investigating your email that you gave to Google, maybe not.
Actually, they may never have needed a warrant. Under many privacy laws, once you share your information with another you have given up your privacy rights. If you give a note to your spouse that you will / did rob a bank, your privacy is protected and they cannot provide info to the police or courts. If you tell your cousin, no such privacy exists. Same thing if you tell your lawyer you didn't pay your full taxes, he can't tell, but if you tell your accountant, he can be forced to tell.
This judge should be impeached, for lack of knowledge of the constitution! What does he not understand about the 4th amendment?


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