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In re Bifani, 2013 WL 3490350 (Bk.M.D.Fla., July 12, 2013). http://goo.gl/Vrxk9g
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida, Tampa Division
In re: Ronald Bifani, Debtor.
Shari Streit Jansen, as Chapter 7 Trustee, Plaintiff,
Arlene M. LaMarca, Defendant.
Case No. 8:12–bk–00562–MGWAdv. No. 8:12–ap–00288–MGW
July 12, 2013.
Attorneys and Law Firms
Benjamin G. Martin, Law Offices of Benjamin Martin, Sarasota, FL, for Defendant.
Lori V. Vaughan, Trenam Kemker, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff.
Chapter 7
Michael G. Williamson, United States Bankruptcy Judge
*1 THIS PROCEEDING came before the Court on January 28, 2013, at 10:30 a.m., on the Chapter 7 Trustee's Motion for Summary Judgment.1 According to the Trustee's summary judgment motion, the undisputed facts show that she is entitled to summary judgment as a matter of law on her claims to (i) avoid and recover the fraudulent transfer of two parcels of real property located in Colorado (Counts I–VI); and (ii) impose an equitable lien on real property in Sarasota, Florida, that was purchased using the proceeds from the sale of one of the Colorado properties (Count VII). The Court agrees. For the reasons discussed below, the Court will grant summary judgment in part in favor of the Trustee on her fraudulent transfer and equitable lien claims.2
Undisputed Facts
The Debtor was a builder and developer of single-family homes in Breckenridge, Colorado. He met the Defendant, Arlene LaMarca, sometime in 2000. About two years after they met, the Debtor and LaMarca began living together in a house the Debtor owned at 207 North Ridge Street, Breckenridge, Colorado. The Debtor eventually quitclaimed that property to LaMarca in August 2006.3
At the time the Debtor transferred the Breckenridge property to LaMarca, it was encumbered by a $450,000 mortgage securing a line of credit the Debtor had taken out with Wells Fargo Bank. The Debtor apparently used the line of credit to finance the construction of various houses he built. The Debtor and LaMarca continued to live together in the Breckenridge property until February 2009.
In February 2009, LaMarca sold the Breckenridge property for $955,000.4 At the closing, LaMarca was required to pay off the $450,000 mortgage held by Wells Fargo.5 The closing costs were also deducted from the gross sales proceeds. In the end, LaMarca received $341,297.57 in net sales proceeds.6 LaMarca split the $341,297.57 net sales proceeds evenly with the Debtor. So the Debtor and LaMarca each received approximately $171,000 from the sale of the Breckenridge property.7
Four months later, the Debtor transferred two more properties to LaMarca. One property was located at 1400 Golden Eagle Road, Silverthorne, Colorado; the other was located at 988 Bald Eagle Road, Silverthorne, Colorado. Those properties were encumbered by a $242,700 mortgage. On the same day he transferred the Silverthorne properties to LaMarca, the Debtor also executed an amended promissory note in the amount of $126,867.93 in favor of LaMarca that purportedly memorialized the Debtor's obligation to repay amounts LaMarca had previously advanced him in March 2008.8
*2 LaMarca sold the Golden Eagle Road property three months later for $970,000.9 LaMarca was required to pay off the $242,700 mortgage on the Golden Eagle Road property at closing.10 After paying off that mortgage (and paying closing costs), LaMarca received $669,233.29 in net sales proceeds. LaMarca then used the nearly $670,000 in net sales proceeds from the Golden Eagle Road property to buy a house located at 101 Garden Lane, Sarasota, Florida, for $650,000 in September 2009.
While all of these transfers were taking place, the Debtor was a defendant in a pending state-court lawsuit in Colorado filed by Richard Davis (the Debtor's former business partner). That lawsuit, which was originally filed in May 2001, sought damages for breach of a mediated settlement agreement. The state court initially dismissed Davis' complaint, but that decision was reversed on appeal and remanded to the state court on November 11, 2008. The state court docket reflects that on June 12, 2009—one week before the Debtor transferred the Silverthorne properties to LaMarca—the state court entered an order scheduling a telephonic status conference (in light of the remand). The state court ultimately entered a $166,750.15 final judgment against the Debtor on December 12, 2011.
One month after the judgment was entered, the Debtor filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy. In his schedules, the Debtor listed a total of $286,158.93 in claims (secured and unsecured) and $35,437 in assets. A total of nine proofs of claim—totaling $448,374.56—have since been filed in this case. One of those claims was filed by Davis. Another three claims were filed by LaMarca. One of those claims—in the amount of $126,868—was on the promissory note.11 The Trustee filed this adversary proceeding on April 11, 2012, to avoid and recover the transfer of the Silverthorne properties and impose an equitable lien on the house LaMarca purchased in Sarasota with the proceeds from the sale of the Golden Eagle Road property.
The Trustee now claims that she entitled to judgment as a matter of law on her fraudulent transfer and equitable lien claims.12 According to the Trustee, it is undisputed that the Debtor transferred the Silverthorne properties with the actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud his creditors and that LaMarca used the proceeds from that fraudulent transfer to purchase her Sarasota home. LaMarca says summary judgment is inappropriate because the Debtor was not insolvent at the time of the transfers.13
Conclusions of Law14
The Trustee need not show that the Debtor was insolvent if she can prove that the Debtor had the actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud his creditors.15 To prevail on her fraudulent transfer claim under section 726.105(1)(a), the Trustee need only prove that (i) the Debtor transferred property within four years of filing his bankruptcy case; and (ii) the transfer was made with the actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor.16 There is no dispute that the Debtor transferred property within four years of this bankruptcy case. So that leaves the "actual intent" element.
*3 As this Court recognized in In re McCarn's Allstate Finance, Inc., actual fraud "is seldom proven by direct evidence."17 Instead, it is often proven through circumstantial evidence. To determine whether circumstantial evidence supports a finding of actual intent, courts looked to the badges of "fraud" adopted by the Eleventh Circuit.18 Those "badges of fraud" are codified in Florida's fraudulent transfer statute.19 While the presence of the one of the badges of fraud—by itself—may only amount to a suspicion of actual intent, the presence of multiple badges of fraud justifies a finding of actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud.
Here, several of the badges of fraud are present. For starters, the Debtor transferred the Silverthorne properties to the functional equivalent of an insider. The Debtor had lived with LaMarca for close to seven years at the time of the transfer (and still lives with her). Moreover, the Debtor has—at least in some respects—maintained control of the property after it was transferred. After all, LaMarca purchased the Sarasota home with the proceeds from the Golden Eagle Road property, and it is undisputed the Debtor has been living with LaMarca at that house ever since. At the time the Debtor transferred the Silverthorne properties to LaMarca, there was a lawsuit pending against him. In fact, just one week before the transfers, the state court scheduled a status conference to discuss the status of the case in light of an appellate ruling against the Debtor. Finally, the Debtor did not receive reasonably equivalent value for the transfers.
On that last point, LaMarca contends she did provide reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the Silverthorne properties. Specifically, LaMarca claims the property was transferred to her as payment for over $900,000 in loans she made to the Debtor. Those purported loans consist of: (i) the $450,000 mortgage on the Breckenridge property that she paid off at the closing of the sale of that property; (ii) the $171,000 she gave him from the proceeds from the sale of the Breckenridge property; (iii) the $242,700 mortgage on the Silverthorne properties that she paid off when she sold the Golden Eagle Road property; and (iv) the $131,000 she loaned the Debtor in March 2008.
There is no credible argument—nor is there any record evidence to suggest—that the $450,000 mortgage payoff, the $171,000 distribution from the sale proceeds, or the $242,700 mortgage payoff were loans. Those were simply encumbrances on property that the Debtor transferred to her for no consideration. The record does, however, reflect that the $131,000 was, in fact, a loan. But the Silverthorne properties were not transferred in consideration of that loan since LaMarca never credited the Debtor for those transfers. In fact, she filed a claim in his bankruptcy case for nearly the entire amount of the $131,000 loan. And in any case, LaMarca realized nearly $670,000 from the sale of the Golden Eagle Road property (plus, she now holds the Bald Eagle Road property free and clear). So there is no genuine issue of material fact that the Debtor did not receive reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the properties.
Because there is no issue of fact that the Debtor transferred property to an insider at the time a lawsuit was pending against him, did not receive reasonably equivalent value in exchange for the transfers, and retained (at least some) control of the property after it was transferred, the Trustee is entitled to summary judgment as a matter of law on her claims under section 726.105(1)(a), Florida Statutes (Counts I and IV). As a consequence, the Court need not decide whether the Debtor was solvent at the time he made the transfers. That leaves for consideration the Trustee's equitable lien claim (Count VII).
*4 Under Florida law, the court may impose an equitable lien if the general considerations of right and justice dictate that one party has a special right to a particular property and there is an absence of an available lien or no adequate remedy at law.20 For instance, courts have imposed equitable liens where property—including homestead property—was obtained through ill-gotten proceeds.21 Here, LaMarca's Sarasota house was acquired with ill-gotten proceeds.
LaMarca used the nearly $670,000 from the sale of the Golden Eagle Road property to purchase her Sarasota house. It would be inequitable and unjust to allow the Debtor to fraudulently transfer property to LaMarca to keep it from his creditors. And now the Debtor is reaping the benefits of that fraudulent transfer by living in the house that LaMarca purchased with the proceeds from the Debtor's fraudulent transfer. The Trustee, therefore, is entitled to summary judgment on her equitable lien claim.
The undisputed facts of this case fit the classic pattern of most fraudulent transfer cases. The Debtor was engaged in litigation with his former business partner for nearly a decade, and just when that lawsuit appears to be heading toward a judgment against him, the Debtor transfers nearly all of his property to a close friend he had been living with for years. His friend then sells some of the property the Debtor transferred to her and invests it in homestead property in Florida. On those undisputed facts, the Trustee is entitled to partial summary judgment as a matter of law on her fraudulent transfer and equitable lien claims. Accordingly, it is
1. The Trustee's Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED in part.
2. The Trustee is entitled to final judgment as a matter of law on Counts I, IV, and VII of her complaint.
3. The Trustee's Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED AS MOOT as to Counts II, III, V & VI of her complaint.
4. The Court will enter a separate final judgment.
DONE and ORDERED.
Adv. Doc. No. 39. The Court tentatively ruled at the conclusion of the January 28 summary judgment hearing. The Court, however, gave the parties an opportunity to mediate this proceeding before the Court formally issued its ruling. The parties were unable to resolve the dispute between them at mediation. As a consequence, it is now appropriate for the Court to rule on the Trustee's summary judgment motion.
At the conclusion of the January 28 summary judgment hearing, the Court gave the parties an opportunity to brief an evidentiary issue relating to the admissibility of the Debtor's Rule 2004 exam testimony on summary judgment. The Court, however, concludes that testimony is unnecessary to its ruling at summary judgment. So the Court declines to rule on that evidentiary issue.
Adv. Doc. No. 36–2 at 1.
Adv. Doc. No. 36–2 at 2–4.
Id. at 4.
Id. at 6.
On March 18, 2008, LaMarca loaned the Debtor $101,867.93. Ten days later, she loaned him another $30,122.
Adv. Doc. No. 36–2 at 22.
Id. at 23. That mortgage also encumbered the Bald Eagle Road property. So after the sale of the Golden Eagle Road property, LaMarca owned the Bald Eagle Road property free and clear.
She also filed two other claims in the amount of $36,489.50 each.
Adv. Doc. No. 39.
Adv. Doc. No. 56.
The Court has jurisdiction over this contested matter under 28 U.S.C. sec. 1334. This is a core proceeding under 28 U.S.C. sec. 157(b)(2)(H). The parties have consented to the Court's entry of a final judgment in this proceeding for purposes of 28 U.S.C. sec. 157(c)(2).
sec. 726.105(1)(a), Fla. Stat.
In re McCarn's Allstate Finance, Inc., 326 B.R. 843, 849 (Bankr.M.D.Fla.2005) (quoting In re Toy King Distrib., 256 B.R. 1, 126 (Bankr.M.D.Fla.2000)).
Id. (citing In re Levine, 134 F.3d 1046, 1053 (11th Cir.1998)).
sec. 726.105(2), Fla. Stat.
Maurer v. Maurer (In re Maurer), 267 B.R. 639, 652 (Bankr.M.D.Fla.2001).
Id. (citing Havoco of Am., Ltd. v. Hill, 790 So.2d 1018, 1026–28 (Fla.2001); Palm Beach Sav. & Loan Ass'n v. Fishbein, 619 So.2d 267, 269 (Fla.1993)).
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The effort already appears to be paying off. The meeting with Boeing head Dennis Muilenburg elicited a personal promise that the company would deliver a new Air Force One presidential aircraft for less than $4 billion – the figure that led Trump to slam the program for "out of control" costs in a now-infamous tweet.
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WASHINGTON — As he traversed the world on taxpayer-funded flights, Tom Price made it a habit to write home, repeatedly sending celebratory letters back to staff members at the Department of Health and Human Services detailing his time on the road, and complimenting agency employees who "ensure the good stewardship of taxpayer dollars."
In May, Mr. Price celebrated his 15th week on the job by detailing his trip to Geneva, snapping a photo of the lush grounds of the United Nations compound, and a mountain range in the distance, as he attended the World Health Assembly.
Weeks later, opening with the words "another fantastic week," Mr. Price described a June trip to Nashville, Tenn., where he owns a condominium, leaving out the fact that he had flown on a chartered plane and, according to Politico, stopped to have lunch with his son.
The "Week in Review" travelogues from Mr. Price, who resigned under fire on Friday, were sent to the department's approximately 80,000 employees. At times they included links to a Flickr account, where agency staff members posted more than 1,800 photographs of Mr. Price's globe-trotting and other agency work, including a recent dinner in Liberia.
The dispatches outraged many members of the department staff, given that the travel took place at a time when the agency is facing hundreds of billions of dollars in proposed budget cuts, as well as certain budget-related restrictions on work-related travel for employees.
Tom Price's Travels Around the Globe
Here are several of the "Week in Review" updates that Tom Price, the secretary of health and human services, sent out to staff at the agency, prior to his resignation. The updates frequently detailed his trips around the United States and the world.
"I can't comprehend that someone wants to throw people out of nursing homes, take millions off Medicaid and deny children and the disabled health care, but is riding around in private chartered jets, at times taking his wife," said J. David Cox, the president of the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest federal workers' union, who spoke shortly before Mr. Price's resignation. "This is like an episode of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.''
Mr. Price did not begin the practice of the "Week in Review" dispatches, which were also sent by Sylvia M. Burwell, Mr. Price's predecessor in the Obama administration. In September 2016, Ms. Burwell discussed a trip she took to Rio de Janeiro to attend the Paralympic Games, as well as trips to Ohio, Iowa and Florida in July 2016 — all three of them swing states — to see how the Obama administration's health care effort had brought "important new tools to help people live healthier lives."
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Mr. Price's travels included a trip last summer to the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado, where he flexed his muscles in a group photo. And in an Aug. 18 letter titled "Hello From Alaska!", Mr. Price updated staff members on plans to revamp the agency "to put people at the center of our work to be responsive and innovative."
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Tesia D. Williams, a spokeswoman for the inspector general's office, said Friday that her office started looking into Mr. Price's travel on Sept. 18, following the first of a series of Politico stories that have so far reported that the secretary has run up more than $1 million in noncommercial flights. Those trips include the flight to Nashville and another trip to Georgia, where Mr. Price spoke at a medical conference near a resort island where he owns property.
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In a recent G20 speech, Obama used the word 'we' when talking about the Muslim community reigniting the idea that he's a Muslim.
Captured on video, Obama says "I think, on one hand, non-Muslims cannot stereotype, but I also think the Muslim community has to think about how we make sure that children are not being affected with this twisted notion that somehow they can kill innocent people."
This isn't the first time Obama has made reference to his Islamic faith. In a 2008 interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos Obama made a remark about "my Muslim faith". Stephanopoulos interrupted him mid-sentence about his "Muslim faith". Obama quickly 'corrected' himself, "my Christian faith" he said before continuing.
In addition, during a 2012 speech, Obama said "that future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam" in reference to a anti-Muhammad YouTube video he had blamed for the terrorist attack in Benghazi.
According to Truth Revolt, Hillary Clinton told the father of one of the murdered Americans [In Benghazi] that she would achieve the arrest of the YouTube filmmaker. The Obama administration asked YouTube to pull the video altogether.
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Jrade, Ahmad (2000) A conceptual cost estimating computer system for building projects. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
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This research presents a methodology to develop a computer system "CSC-Estimate", Computer System for Construction Estimates, that stresses on the early and preliminary stages of estimating the construction costs of any commercial building that also can be used for residential buildings if a reduction factor of 20 to 30 percent is considered. The methodology utilizes tools available between hands, Access 97 the database member of Microsoft Office 97 family and Visual Basic for Application, the child of the Object Oriented Programming Language Visual Basic (6.0). The methodology introduces a new tool to be used for the construction industry in general and for the Canadian industry in particular. "CSC-Estimate" is designed to generate parametric and preliminary estimates to be used by the owner for feasibility purposes, by the architects and engineers for conceptual estimates or when considering alternatives, as well by the contractor for bidding purposes. Two cases consist of actual projects are presented in order to illustrate the effectiveness and performance of the proposed model.
|Concordia University > Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science > Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering
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|Jrade, Ahmad
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|Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Hi all,
does anybody know what is the current status of Openchange relating to Akonadi?
From what I read, it seems Openchange could solve all problems of connecting to a corporate MS Exchange server, without all the hacks one tipically needs to get the job done (e.g. using Davmail).
It seems there has been a fairly good amount of work on Openchange and Akondai around 2009, but I do not find anything recent and I don't find a related resource in current Akonadi. Do not confuse Openchange with OpenXchange which is a completely different beast (and it does have an Akonadi resource: akonadi_openxchange_resource).
I have read a few articles saying that it would have landed by KDE 4.3 (e.g. this one), but instead it seems to have completely vanished from the radar. The Openchange home page however reports of a fairly recent release (in mid-2015).
Does anybody have more infos?
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Jessica Howley is partway through a DPhil at Magdalen College, University of Oxford.
In his EJIL article, Martins Paparinskis outlines how the rules of State responsibility, developed in the interstate context, apply in claims between individuals and States in the field of investment law (p 619). He proposes three alternative views one might take of the nature of the 'rights' accorded to investors under investment treaties: that they are 'direct rights', similar to those found in the regime of human rights (p 622-623); 'third party rights', akin to those accorded by treaty parties to third states under Article 36 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (p 624); or 'delegated rights', where the individual is an agent exercising rights that belong to their home State (p 625).
Paparinskis details the implications of each approach to investors' rights for various aspects of State responsibility, including for the purposes of reparation, the application of circumstances precluding wrongfulness and the implementation of responsibility (p 619-620), elucidating the practical effects that flow from adopting a particular perspective on investors' rights. He expressly does not seek to reach a definite conclusion on which of these is the correct approach to take (p 626). He does, however, offer some thoughts on the appropriateness of relying on the human rights paradigm in the investment context.
While noting the functional similarity between many of the rights in the investment and human rights fields, Paparinskis argues (and affirms in this EJIL: Talk! post and a forthcoming chapter available here) that human rights and investment law differ in the key respect that investors choose to become investors, with investment law protections designed to entice an investor to invest in a particular State (p 623). Conversely, one falls under the protection of a given human rights regime not as a matter of choice but simply by virtue of being human. This leads the author to suggest that rights in investment law might be 'better captured' by viewing them through the lens of third party rights, rather than from a human rights perspective (p 624).
The purpose of this post is to query the extent to which the choice of the investor provides a useful way of thinking about which of the three models of investors' rights is most appropriate. Although Paparinskis' argument makes intuitive sense, it is interesting to delve a bit further into the models that he proposes, including some of their implications for State responsibility issues, in order to elucidate the relevance of this choice distinction.
First, one of the key consequences of adopting a human rights perspective to State responsibility is, according to Paparinskis, that the consent of the individual is relevant as a circumstance precluding wrongfulness only to the extent that the primary rules allow (p 630). In this respect, he notes case law suggesting that an individual can consent to the violation of some human rights, but not others (p 630), and that, in respect of waiver, any settlement of claims must be based 'on respect for human rights' (p 644 (fn 151), citing Broniowski v Poland). On the other hand, Paparinskis suggests that if one adopts the third party rights perspective, the individual is free to consent to acts that would otherwise amount to violations of the rights accorded (p 630, 646) and may cease to benefit from the rights it has been granted if it so chooses (p 644). The outcome is therefore that individuals have a lesser capacity to consent to or waive violations of obligations under a 'direct' human rights model than on a 'third party rights' approach. One question to be asked is whether this reduced capacity to consent under human rights regimes is a result of such rights not being chosen in the first place by the individual.
An alternative explanation for the difference in approach to consent under the two regimes is based in a distinction that Paparinskis mentions more broadly, namely that human rights regimes have a different teleology to investment law (p 623, also p 644). More particularly, there may be a 'public interest' underlying the scheme of human rights that limits the role of individuals' consent in respect of violations of at least certain rights (see, eg, J. G. Merrills, The Development of International Law by the European Court of Human Rights (Manchester University Press 1988), 161). This 'public interest' rationale may be a more convincing explanation for limitations on the ability of individuals to consent to certain human rights violations than an explanation based on the individuals' lack of choice of those rights. Indeed, as Paparinskis notes in the chapter mentioned above, a foreign investor may, as a matter of fact, choose to rely on human rights protections available in a country in deciding whether to invest there (p 9 (fn 31)). Assuming that any public interest considerations limiting the role of consent apply equally to investors as to other individuals, this suggests that the distinction between human rights and investment law may be less about the question of choice and more about the nature of the regimes at issue.
Second, Paparinskis argues that under the 'direct' human rights model, a State would not be able to waive the rights of its investors, because a person cannot waive rights belonging to another (p 645). Conversely, he suggests that the 'third party rights' model, drawing on the rules relating to rights conferred on third States contained in the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, would probably lead to the conclusion that there is a presumption, albeit rebuttable, that the investor's rights could be modified without its consent (p 645). Paparinskis' focus on the 'conscious choice' of investors 'to become holders of particularly formulated rights' (p 625) suggests a concern with ensuring investors have a degree of control over those rights. The premise seems to be that the inducement of investors to rely on investment protections, and their subsequent choice to do so, should lead to greater constraints on the power of treaty parties to modify their rights (see Anthea Roberts (2013) 107 AJIL 45, 60, in the context of reinterpretation of treaty obligations). The situation may be different in respect of modification of rights jointly by the treaty parties (see in this respect Paparinskis' chapter, noted above, p 26-28). However, concerning waiver by one treaty party, it is not entirely clear why the investor's choice to rely on particular rights should lead one to adopt the third party rights model when, as has been noted, that model might give the State more control over the rights of its investors than the direct human rights model.
Finally, one might suggest that the customary international law rules on the protection of aliens, enforced by way of diplomatic protection, also play a role in encouraging investment (see, for example, Marc Jacob, 'Investments, Bilateral Treaties' (2011) in MPEPIL (online), particularly para 3; cf Paparinskis' views in the chapter, noted above, p 9 (fn 31)). Importantly, these customary rules are also engaged as a result of the 'choice' of a given alien to enter a foreign State. The institution of diplomatic protection forms the background to the third approach that Paparinskis suggests might be taken to investors' rights, namely of considering them 'delegated rights', in which the individual enforces rights which belong to the State (p 625). It follows that on the one hand, the fact of an investor's choice to invest in a given State is said to lead to the view that the rights of the individual are akin to third party rights. On the other hand, the choice of the individual also seems relevant within the framework of diplomatic protection, and by extension to the 'delegated rights' model, in which the individual is only enforcing the State's rights. It is not entirely clear, therefore, exactly what role the choice of the individual ought to play in distinguishing between the alternative approaches that Paparinskis suggests.
None of this is to say that the 'third party rights' model is not a useful framework for elucidating the nature of investors' rights. There may well be reasons why the 'direct' human rights and 'delegated rights' models are inappropriate. It merely queries the extent to which choice provides a way to distinguish between the models of investors' rights that the author very helpfully develops.


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Cynthia Kerr born 2/15/1828
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Date: 2/9/2009 at 21:42:16
Kerr: At the family residence, Bonaparte, on Friday Feb 27th, Cynthia, wife of W. B. Kerr.
Mrs. Kerr was the daughter of James and Isabelle Robb, and was born in Jefferson Co. Indiana, Feb 15, 1828. She was one of a family of 10 children of whom but two survive. With her parents she came to Iowa in June, 1838. She was married to W. B. Kerr in May, 1853, and was the mother of four children three of whom survive her.
Mrs. Kerr was an affectionate and loving wife and mother, and kind acommodating neighbor, and will be sadly missed by those whom she has left.
The funeral took place Sunday and was largely attended.
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I have to confess that right about late September a strange obsession strikes me: Pumpkins. It has little to do with Halloween, actually. I simply love all the crazy colors and shapes and varieties of this vegetable. I also love the flavor.
Each year, like a crazed squirrel hording nuts for the long winter, I buy over two hundred pounds of fantastic and even bizarre winter squash plus sweet potatoes. What may sound crazier is that I really do plan on cooking them. All of them.
I probably don't have to tell you what happened that first year when my toddler was able to express her taste preferences beyond spitting things back out at me. It's the same scene all of us parents have seen at our dinner tables. I set the first of many planned orange vegetable recipes down in front of her and …
Up to this point, she had only used this word to describe bugs, bad smells, and anything related to the diaper pail contents. Sweet potatoes had been her favorite baby food. What was this new behavior?
"Why don't you like it? Mommy worked so hard!" I asked. I can't say I expected an answer. The kiddo only had a grasp of about 20 words at the time.
It was, very simply, the first food fight I had ever experienced as a parent. Over the next three years, we waged an epic campaign, my child and I, a conflict that I began to refer to as The Battle of Orange Food. I suffered some wounds and burns from slicing and cooking squash after squash. I attempted nearly fifty different orange food recipes, and prepared many of those several times each.
The biggest casualty of the battle was my own ego and attachment to the hard work and effort I put into each recipe. It's not an easy thing to let go of your expectations. As Sun Tzu says in The Art of War, "If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle."
Thus, the greatest win was my own understanding of my child's food behaviors in these early years and learning more about my own behaviors, too. The learning experience that can be summed up in a few topics – each the subject of my next four posts:


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So here's just a few of the letters running through my mind today...
Dear girl at work in that cute striped shirt, that's a dress not a shirt. I swear I did not wear a shirt as a dress to my BFF's reception after party...
...hmm maybe that's why I only have pictures from the waist up. Anywhoo
Dear clouds in the sky, you officially have a no fly zone in this area until Monday. That means no rain! I will be working outside at a fundraiser ALL day Saturday and I need Sunday to be pretty so I can make it out to Germantown Fest. This is not a request; this is a firm order!
Dear new cowboy boots, I plan to wear you tonight. You should plan to be nice to my feet.
Dear mouth, you are in so much trouble for having that
super yummy blueberry donut this morning. And you know the rule, if you get in trouble the whole family does. That means trips to the gym, workout DVDs and some serious walking while I shop.
Dear sand and ocean, I will see you in less than 30 days! I know you can hardly wait. Feeling's mutual babe!
Dear Jess, you brought me into the 100 club today! Finally. I never in a million years thought I would reach that point. And I get to guest post for you while you get married and honeymoon! How exciting!!
Dear 5 o'clock, yep, you guessed it....hurry please!! Pretty please with cherries on top!
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You guys. The holidays. They're here. Tis the season for fun and laughter and memory-making and thankfulness and present sharing and snow and families snuggled up tight together and caroling and turkeys and shopping and cocoa. Except it is also a season for sadness for so many people. I have had my share of sadness around holidays past – loved … Read More
When Fears are Stilled
Have you ever been stuck to something? Haunted seems so dark and too troubled, but have you ever felt like the weight of something is following you? If you boil it all down, I bet your bottom dollar the culprit would be: fear. Fear is a shady lady isn't she? Sometimes she saunters in so carelessly without any hurry … Read More
Silent Night
As much as I wish that I could say that my Christmas season centers around peace and thanksgiving, the truth is, those are the things I have to fight for! It's that time of year when schedules seem packed, the to-do-list seems longer, and most evenings seem anything but calm and bright. In my heart I know it's the most … Read More


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Kim Kardashian West recounted the night she was robbed at gunpoint in her Paris apartment during last year's Paris Fashion Week on Sunday's Keeping Up With the Kardashians. The episode focused on before and after the incident, including footage of Kanye West abruptly ending his Governors Ball performance after hearing the news.
In a clip from the episode, Kardashian said that she was resting in her Paris hotel room when she heard loud footsteps approaching. Peeking out her door, she saw two men dressed as police officers grab the hotel's concierge, who was holding a key to Kardashian's room.
"What I've heard from talking to him afterward is, they said, you know, 'Where's the rapper's wife? Let us up to her room!' in French," Kardashian said.
"I was like, 'I have a split second in my mind to make this quick decision,'" she said, explaining the situation. "Am I going to run down the stairs and either be shot in the back? It makes me so upset to think about it. Either they're going to shoot me in the back, or if I make it and they don't, if the elevator does not open in time, or the stairs are locked, then like I'm fucked. There's no way out."
The robbers, using the concierge as an interpreter, then demanded Kardashian hand over her $4 million wedding ring from Kanye West; Kardashian would later tell police that $10 million in jewelry was stolen during the heist.
When the thieves threw Kardashian on the bed and began to duct-tape her, she told her family that she "mentally prepped myself" for the intruders to rape her, but that didn't occur. Instead, she was picked up and placed in the bathtub while the thieves completed their robbery.
In January, sixteen suspects were detained in connection to the armed robbery, including Kardashian's driver.
In a series of tweets Sunday, Kardashian explained why she opted to tell her side of the story on Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
"Tonight's episode is going to be very tough for me," she explained. "However, I thought it was important to share this story through my eyes and not in an interview where my own words could be twisted. I have always shared so much & I'm not going to hold back when this was probably one of the most life changing experiences for me."
Kardashian continued, "I took a tragic, horrific experience and did not let it diminish me, rather grew and evolved and allowed the experience to teach me."


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By Muncie
Last night, 8/29/15, we saw a view of the full moon through the smoke on our way home to Fort Benton from Missoula. We glimpsed it when we left Missoula. It was very faint because the smoke there was heavier in that area. It never really cleared but became less as we traveled toward home. The moon was huge, full, red, and later an orange color. It was gorgeous.
September is my favorite month. Full Corn Moon or Full Harvest Moon is its names. All of the names of the moons are from Native Americans and the Full Corn Moon was the time when the corn was to be harvested. The Full Harvest Moon is actually the full September moon closest to the equinox. It usually occurs two years out of three when it may occur in October. The Almanac has the interesting story about how during Harvest Moon time, it rises 20 to 30 minutes earlier each night as compared with the normal 50 minutes. You can keep track, if this interests you, by checking the Fort Benton weather site for times of the moon risings. The farmers can work late into the night by the light of the moon.
Next week, Friday the 11th of September, there will be a Bake Sale and PIE DAY at the Golden Age Senior Center at 12:30 p.m.) Note: the time has changed again.) There has not been good support for this fund raiser. For the "faithful pie eaters," it is a long time tradition. Please do not let it go by the wayside as the many other events that needed support. I think that the members of the Senior Center work too hard at all that baking. The women that I talked with about their hard work said that they love to do it. (Note: They use their own money to buy the ingredients.)
Keep in mind that if you want a whole pie to call the Center at 622-3601 and order it the Monday before. Please do not come in early on Friday and take a whole pie. It doesn't leave much choice for those who only want one piece of pie and coffee.
The Fort Benton Golden Age Senior Center is one of a kind. It is the only Senior Center in a far reaching area that serves meals and delivers Meals on Wheels 7 days a week. It is open to the public and it is a dinner for which you would have to pay twice as much for a sandwich. It is served buffet style so you can have seconds. The Sunday dinners are served at 1:00 p.m. instead of noon. They are special because the tables are set with your tableware, napkins, tablecloths/place mats, condiments, water, and coffee.
It is a social get-together. For those who go every day for dinner, it is like family. There is always a puzzle being worked on, card playing, blood pressure testing, bake sales, and of course the awesome PIE DAY. FRIDAY IS PIE DAY is my motto once a month. Again, please do not let it be gone with the wind. There won't be another day tomorrow. Once events are gone or are said to be postponed until another time, it never happens.
Cooler weather will be upon us soon. It is so nice to take a break once a month to enjoy homemade pie and a coffee cup that is bottomless. Nowhere around can you get the combination for such a reasonable price.
Who knew? You can drop into the Center any morning and have a cup of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate, for a donation, about 9:30 a.m. and the coffee will be ready. (There is also exercise class at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Come a little later if you do not have an inclination to exercise. (That is my joke for this week.)
I hear a lot of talk about walking but as yet I have not seen anyone at the high school or the Ag Center. I walked the high school Monday through Thursday and the Ag Friday through Sunday this summer. However, the high school closed two weeks before school began to polish and wax the floors.
The Ag Museum opens at 10:30 a.m. and that fit my schedule very well as I had been doing that all summer. Once school began, I have to walk at 4:00 p.m. The Ag Museum will only be open until the end of September so I will continue to walk there and then switch to the high school. I haven't figured out yet where to walk on Saturday and Sunday. I hope the weather holds cool for the next few months and I can say, "Walking Trail…here I come.
When I found I could not get to the football game in Chester last Friday, I decided to go to the Volleyball game. It was so exciting and I wanna play volleyball. I would have loved it and what little I knew about the game. It was my very first game. Who knew what orange lines were, who a line judge was, and why the clock wasn't running? I had to ask those fans who sat around me what was going on. What I liked so much about the game is that all the 6 players played. It was a real team effort. The Junior Varsity won the 3 games out of 5 and it was awesome. Unfortunately I had to leave before the Varsity Team played as it was a tad too warm for me in the building.
At this point I would like to say thank you to all the individual sponsors and business sponsors for supporting the Football insert in the River Press and the programs at all the sports games. I cannot say thank you to all of you individually and so I hope that you are reading the View. When sports fans are attending games or checking out the insert, make a mental note of the sponsors. When you frequent their businesses, remember to say thank you. They provide a great service to our community.
"How about that" as expressed by the Coach on TV sports news? I just have to comment on the game. I deny saying before the game started, after seeing the size of the North Dakota team that I doubted U. of M. could ever win.
The company I was with said that they were witnesses but they really have no proof. I know that the elation over the win and the thrill of the last few seconds has made them forget my doom and gloom forecast. "Go Griz!" That game has become #1 in my memory over the winning games of the Longhorns State Championship and a couple of games played by the Saints of Carroll College. Saturday's game will be talked about forever and every play will never be forgotten. It was a thrill of a lifetime in football history.
50's HOME SCHOOLED
My mother taught me about HIPOCRICY. "If I told you once, I have told you a million times, don't exaggerate."
Someone asked me the other day that they had heard I was moving to Great Falls. NO, NO, No! I never want to leave Fort Benton. Perhaps the rumor was started because they want me to leave. Who started that rumor? Let's go one on one.
I know I am repeating myself but I want to tell you readers that I was concerned when I moved here that the community would think that, "here she comes from another state and wants to change things." In my home state, (how I wish it had been Montana,) I did a lot of volunteering. I was employed by a Non-Profit Organization. I had people volunteering for me. It was always a part of my life. I saw some projects that could be improved here, not changed. It was exciting and fun to be a part of. You all accepted me as friends and family. Fort Benton is my heart and I do not want to move to Great Falls. I would pick Great Falls as a second city to live in but it is way too populated. There is also too much traffic and I would have to drive to a walking trail, the Senior Center, and shopping. No, I want to stay in Fort Benton.
GOD BLESS AMERICA, MONTANA, FORT BENTON, OUR TROOPS, OUR POLICE FORCES, and WEAR RED ON FRIDAYS.


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Okay, so you've sat through my posts about Versailles, Paris at night, and Paris "off the beaten path" -- and now it's time for the best part. Buckle your seatbelts, ladies and gentlemen: here come two days full of all of the absolute best/most famous parts of Paris!
You've already seen Versailles and the beautiful places we visited on Friday and Saturday night, so I'll stick with our Saturday and Sunday daytime wanderings! First stop, les berges de la Seine. The banks of the Seine, where they surround Île de la Cité (the island on which Notre Dame stands), are the absolute heart of Paris and definitely my favorite part of the city. It's along this part of the banks of the river that you find the Palais du Louvre as well as dozens of other famous buildings (including the Assemblée Nationale and the Musée d'Orsay.) Everything is imposing and beautiful and just ... wow. C'est parfait.
|Hello, Louvre! It's been a while.
|La vie parisienne est dure, n'est-ce pas? (The Parisian life is hard, isn't it?)
|I see London, I see France, I see ... oh ... Notre Dame.
Next up ... le Jardin des Tuileries. Formerly the gardens of the now-destroyed Palais des Tuileries, the gardens were opened to the public after the French Revolution. Now, a walk from Place de la Concorde to the courtyard of the Louvre will take you right through them! And boy, are they lovely.
Possibly even more impressive than the Tuileries Garden is le Jardin de Luxembourg. Tucked away behind the Palais du Luxembourg (which now houses the French senate), the gardens are enormous, suprisingly peaceful, and absolutely beautiful.
We loved seeing the changing autumn leaves right next to the bright summery flowers!
Woah, right?! As if that wasn't magical enough, I recently found out that it's the Jardin du Luxembourg in which Marius and Cosette fall in love in Les Miserables. The book spends chapter after chapter detailing exactly how the two characters spend day after day, watching each other discreetly in the gardens, and the lighthearted passage is one of my favorite parts! Ahhh so magical.
But perhaps not QUITE as magical as eating pastries on a Sunday morning in front of La cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris. That's right, folks.
Our next stop that morning? Le Pont des Arts, a tiny footbridge that crosses the Seine in front of Notre Dame. It's one of two Parisian bridges that have become famous because of the tradition of lovers attaching locks to the railings. It's pretty incredible to see the thousands and thousands of locks that have been left here and to know that each and every lock represents what was probably the most romantic moment of two peoples' lives.
On Sunday afternoon, we headed up to Montmartre, whose quirkier sidestreets and attractions you can find in this post. We didn't climb to the top of la Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, but we did stop outside to marvel at the views. The basilica is located at the highest point of Paris and from its steps, you can see everything! (Side note: if you're not familiar with the history of Sacré-Cœur, you can read about it here, but in summary -- the cathedral was built to pacify the population after France's loss in the Franco-Prussian War and the disastrous Paris Commune of 1871 that followed.)
After Sacré-Cœur, we descended from moral and literal highground all the way to the base of Montmartre to the Moulin Rouge cabaret. I don't want to say it was underwhelming ... but yeah, it wasn't the most exciting. The building is iconic, but it's squeezed into a busy street packed with sex shops and who-knows-what-else, and there was construction next door. But still, it's the Moulin Rouge!
After Montmartre, it was time for a final whirlwind tour of some of Paris' most famous monuments... we popped by the Hotel des Invalides to snap a photo or two, returned to the opposite side of the Eiffel Tower for some cheesy tourist shots, and even returned to the Champs-Elysees for a daytime picture of everyone's favorite triumphal arch.
Too soon, it was time to head back to the Gare de Lyon (above) and get on our southbound train. Although I was sad to leave Paris so soon after arriving, a part of me was glad to escape the hustle and bustle and get back to the (comparatively) quiet life in Montpellier. Still, I know I'll be back in Paris before long ... I just don't think I could stay away!
A bientot, Paris! Je suis sûre que je vais retourner!


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This week we take a look at Square and their leap from fintech to banking and the enormous data leak from Equifax.
Jack Dorsey's Square Makes a Move Into Banking
Since 2014 Square has offered small-business lending and cash advances through their lending arm, Square Capital. However, now Square wants in on the banking business. Peter Rudegeair gives us the details on the stunning move for the renowned fintech group: "The San Francisco-based finance firm led by Jack Dorsey plans to submit an application on Thursday to form a wholly owned bank based in Utah, the company said. The unit, to be called Square Financial Services Inc. would offer loans and deposit accounts to small businesses and be capitalized with $56 million in cash."
Read more at the Wall Street Journal
Equifax data leak could involve 143 million consumers
Equifax made quite the announcement last week regarding a massive data leak that potentially can effect more than 100 million consumers. TechCrunch's Ron Miller reports on the staggering development: "It was a treasure trove of information for the bad guys out there and included Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver's license numbers. As though that weren't bad enough, 209,000 people had their credit card info leak and the breach also included dispute documents with personally identifying information from 182,000 consumers."
U.S. Bank Announces Amazon Alexa Integration
Customers of U.S. Bank can now use voice command technology through Alexa to perform certain functions regarding their accounts. Phillip Ryan, senior editor of Bank Innovation, writes about the latest bank-Alexa pairing: "Available features include checking account balances, paying bills, and viewing transaction history across a user's U.S. Bank accounts. [Gareth] Gaston sees an enhanced feature set in the future, but the bank wants to learn more about how customers are using the service first."
Fintech Gains Traction as Businesses Embrace Alternative Banking and Financial Solutions
The influence of fintech is growing rapidly. It not only is making an impact with financial institutions, but the alternative banking solutions provided by fintech has impacted a variety of industries. Markets Insider looks into a variety of these notable opportunities: "With improved capabilities, firms are catching on to alternative forms of banking that offer automation of various financial processes ranging from payments to billing and invoicing. It's especially useful in the modern world, where transactions are more often done electronically."
Are we safe to bank on biometrics?
Banking is taking on technology left and right, looking to become a more consumer-centric business. Biometric security is a part of this adopted technology, but as Finextra points out, it is important to reinforce this technology with additional security measures. From the article: "For financial institutions, the primary goal of digitization is making banking simpler and more intuitive for customers. With biometrics in banking rapidly gaining momentum, it is equally becoming an area of great interest for cybercriminals, meaning the security of the apps and systems that support these mechanisms is more critical than ever."
Bank Execs Are Misaligned On Technology and Analytics
It can be easy for consumers to identify whether their bank is out of touch with the latest technology, though, as Ron Shevlin points out, what we perhaps don't understand is how often banks are out of touch internally. Shevlin writes, "Overall, you've got to wonder who's running the technology show at many banks, because senior executives there don't seem to agree on it. Just 17% of CEOs think that IT leads the process (with minimal or no contribution from the lines of business), in contrast to nearly half (45%) of CIOs who think their department leads."
Read more at The Financial Brand
Are big-bank directors too distracted to govern?
With the proposed supervisory guidance by the Federal Reserve calling for bank directors in the US to spend more time with their core responsibilities, Jeremy Kress is questioning whether it can be feasibly accomplished. Kress writes, "The Fed's proposal fails to address a critical shortcoming: The directors of the United States' biggest banks are too busy to fulfill these governance responsibilities. Many directors serve on multiple boards and hold full-time executive positions. While these outside commitments provide valuable learning and networking opportunities, they also limit the time and attention that directors devote to bank governance."


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I want to share an experience I had in Colombia that I finally feel comfortable talking about now. It's one of those events where you have to wait until enough time passes for it to be totally cool and worthy of a high five instead of horrified stares.
In Cali I made friends with the taxi driver on the ride from the bus station. We got to talking and I told him that I'm here to travel, flirt with girls, check out the culture, etc. He asked me if I was interested in "an experience to remember for the rest of my life."
"Yeah, sure," I said. "What is it?"
"It's sexual."
"Prostitutes? No thanks man I don't pay for sex."
"But this is different. Every guy who has tried it has thanked me. I've had many repeat customers."
"Some type of massage with happy ending?"
"Just tell me."
"I can't tell you because it'd ruin the experience. You just have to trust me. Tomorrow afternoon we can go. It's a 30 minute drive outside of town and then the fun begins."
"What are you gonna do, kidnap me? I may be a gringo but I'm not stupid."
"Look here at my identification. Here's my business card with phone number and even my tag number. If you don't trust me leave it with someone at the front desk of your very cheap hotel."
It sounded incredibly shady, but the routine I had in Medellin made me crave something more exciting. I wanted to have a great story to tell.
"How much are we talking about for this 'sexual experience'?" I asked.
"150,000 pesos." $75 dollars.
"So you want me to pay for something that I don't know about?"
"I give you 100% money back guarantee. I swear if it doesn't blow your mind then you don't have to pay."
"Is it gay related in any way?"
"You're not going to take one of my kidneys right?"
"Very funny. Trust me you won't regret this." His smile revealed two missing front teeth. I figured if he successfully robbed gringos he'd have enough money to fix them.
Finally we arrived at my roach hotel. "Pick you up here tomorrow at noon?"
"Make it one. I like to sleep in."
The next day he picked me up and we took a ride through the beautiful countryside. I brought exact change so if he wanted to rob me he wouldn't get much. I was nervous but after spending so much time in South America I like to think I can judge men based on short interactions with them. The taxi cab driver seemed a little shady, but who isn't?
We finally pulled over on a dirt road. I looked around and saw a couple old farms with grazing animals—horses, cows, and sheep.
"Now the fun begins," he said. He pulled out an old issue of Penthouse and told me to "get excited." I looked through the pages but I'm so used to triple anal HD video clips that it wasn't doing anything for me. He told me to follow him and we took a ten minute walk onto a large field with gentle slopes.
"Do you like anything you see?" he said.
"The grass is nice."
"No silly. The sheep. Take your pick."
"To do what? Shave them? I already did that on an elementary school field trip."
"No to fuck them."
"You're going to fuck a sheep. It's the best sex you will have in your life."
"What the fuck… I'm not fucking a sheep."
The five sheep closest to us were pretty docile, slowly munching on grass. He then turned around, pulled down his pants, spit on his hand, and started jerking off.
"Oh dear god," I said, looking away.
Then he found the smallest sheep and mounted her and started fucking her from behind. I didn't want to watch for fear of catching the gay but I couldn't look away either. It was very fascinating, in the way watching elephants with six foot cocks mate on the Discovery Channel is fascinating.
"This feels so fucking good!" He was hunched over now, resting his body on the back of the sheep as if he didn't have any energy to hold himself up. His hands dug into the thick, lucious wool. "She's my favorite! She knows how to please me!" He was done after two minutes and zipped up.
"That was awesome," he said.
"I think I'm permanently damaged now," I said.
"Haha funny gringo. Did you see the pleasure on my face?"
"Unfortunately I did."
"This is better than a real woman. These sheep are tighter than virgins!"
"Are they Asian sheep?"
"Asian women are generally very… ah never mind."
"Look no one is going to know."
"That's not really what I'm worried about." There was an awkward silence.
"So how long have you been fucking sheep?" I asked.
"I lost my virginity on one when I was 16."
"I don't know if that counts actually."
"Counts for what?"
"Losing your virginity. Anyway I'm not doing this. Even if you paid me I wouldn't do it."
"She likes the sex. Don't be stupid."
"Are you sure? I really doubt sheep cock is as big as human cock, though from what I saw yours is probably close to what she's used to. Still, it can't possibly be pleasurable for them."
"Are you kidding? Did you see the look that she gave me? You think a male sheep can give it to her like I did?"
"I guess not. But look I wrote a book on game. If it got out there that I fucked a sheep for money then my paperback sales would slip at least 20%."
"Yeah but you'll still have your ebook sales. Fuck it man, just do it. You're in South America for adventure right? Or are you the typical gringo who comes here because you think Colombian women will throw themselves on you because you speak English? That didn't work so well for you, did it? Well this sheep is your fucking adventure, now stop being a pussy and get yourself laid. And remember my 100% moneyback guarantee. I haven't had a single gringo use it so far."
I thought of the last woman I had sex with, a student at the local university. She had creamy skin, a huge ass, and big titties. But she dumped me because I wouldn't commit. A vicious cold streak followed. It's been two months since I penetrated anything but my calloused hand.
"You know this is animal abuse, especially since I'm like a baby's arm." I took a deep breath. "Wow I don't believe I'm going to do this."
"Yeahhhh that's my boy! Okay here's some tips. Sheep have less lubrication than human women, so you have to spit a lot on your junk to get it nice and wet. Then just lift her little tail and enter heaven."
"Is she going to kick me in the balls or something?"
"No just creep up on her slowly. Be gentle initially, then give it to her like you know she wants it. All sheep are sluts, though they won't admit it."
"Right. And how about STDs? Is there sheep herpes?"
"No it's clean. I've never contracted anything. So do you want me to watch or…"
"Why would I want you to watch?"
"I don't know… some gringos get off on that."
I went up to the tallest sheep so I wouldn't have to hunch over much. I pulled down my pants all the way and trotted over to her. I vigorously stroked my penis to get it hard while spitting constantly. The lubrication was decent because I had a couple glasses of orange juice for breakfast.
I got behind her and gently stroked her surprisingly large body. It was like an oil barrel. Her wool had quite a bit of particulate matter from sleeping on the ground or whatever it is that sheep do. I lifted her tail and saw her vagina. It was pink like a human vagina, maybe even pinker. Then I mounted her, easing my big penis inside.
It was a beautiful sensation.
"That's my boy!" said the taxi cab driver.
"Dude I said don't watch. This is humiliating."
"Okay sorry. But give it to her hard! They like it rough!"
"Should I pull her hair?"
"No actually they don't like that. Her vaginal muscles will squeeze your dick right off!"
I started pumping slowly but then I just went to town. The feeling was incredible—twice as tight as a normal human vagina. I held on to her wool for balance and leverage. All her hair was comfortable to grasp, and at that moment I knew exactly how it felt like for girls to have sex with me.
"Oh boy I better slow down or else I'm gonna… never mind too late!" I doubled my thrusting action and ejaculated inside the sheep. It was the best orgasm I ever had in my life. I stumbled backwards and pulled up my pants, then sat down on the grass, confused.
"Nice, no?" he said.
"Yeah that was… incredible… but… wrong."
"It's hard on you mentally the first time but you get used to it."
"Well since I'm here, let me rest for a couple minutes so I can go again. I can tell she wants more."
"Oh sure, but that's going to cost extra."
"What do you mean?"
"Another 50,000 pesos for a second go."
"What are you, her pimp? I only brought the exact amount."
"Sorry that's the deal. The owner of these sheep and I have a business agreement and I don't mess around when it comes to business. But we can come back tomorrow."
"No but come on just one more go. I have money in the hotel."
"Sorry no can do. I think it's time to go. Do you want a minute to say goodbye to her?"
"Say goodbye?"
I didn't know what the protocol was. Should I pet her a little and say I achieved orgasm? She did seem to be giving me "ojitos," as they say in Spanish. Maybe I made her orgasm as well, for I did feel a little vibration through her toned body.
I walked up to her but had trouble maintaining eye contact. "Uhh, I have to go now. So bye." It was as awkward as any other one night stand.
It turns out that sheep fucking is in my Turkish blood. All over Turkey there are rural men who fuck sheep instead of real women, and now I know why. It's one of those things where you shouldn't bash it until you try it.
The taxi cab driver high fived me and I gave him the money. He drove me back to the hotel and said, "Tomorrow again at one?"
"Make it twelve," I said.
I stayed in Cali an extra week than I had planned.


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The 2017 upfronts have seen a plenty of new trailers for upcoming TV series, with NBC and FOX delivering their presentations at the beginning of the week. Next up is ABC, which following the announcement that long-running series Scandal would end with the upcoming season, as well as a reboot headed for Once Upon a Time, and the season 5 renewal of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the network still has a number of upcoming shows hoping to catch the eyes of viewers and the checkbooks of advertisers. This year, the Alphabet Network has, in addition to Marvel's Inhumans, a revival of American Idol and Roseanne, along with Deception and the Jason Ritter-starring The Gospel of Kevin.
As far as trailers for its new series are concerned, however, ABC delivered many of the above series, as well as The Good Doctor, starring Freddie Highmore, as well as The Mayor, Alex, Inc., The Crossing, and Ten Days in the Valley, Splitting Up Together, and For the People. Take a look below:
That is an impressive amount of new shows for ABC to be premiering in the fall. Many of what they have on hand looks like it will continue to develop a similar kind of drama and single-camera comedy slate that the network has become known for over the past few years. It's hard to say whether or not there are any true standouts here, though The Gospel of Kevin does look like it'll be a strong offering based mainly on the charisma of Jason Ritter, who is impressively adept at walking that fine line between hopeless slacker and man who has had his eyes opened by a heavenly revelation.
Alex, Inc. and The Good Doctor also have the sort of star power that might get them early viewers. Braff's return to television brings his vision entirely, as he not only stars in the series but also wrote and directed the pilot and will serve as executive producer. Meanwhile, coming off his starring role in Bates Motel is Freddie Highmore, who plays a gifted surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, which could present a unique challenge for the actor as he looks to step away from his defining role as Norman Bates.
The rest of the lineup could go either way, though, Splitting Up Together does have a potentially unique spin on the same domestic comedy/dramas of the past. Plus having Jenna Fischer on board won't hurt its chances.
What do you think? Will this new batch of shows capture everyone's attention come the fall? Which series are you most looking forward to?
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