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"Performing at Greenbuild is like being on the international stage of the green movement, celebrating with you the progress we're making on this important issue," Crow said. A graduate of the University of Missouri, Crow has been on the leading edge in urging the adoption of efficient technologies like CFLs and biofuels and has y harnessed the media, Fortune 500 companies, and government to build support for environmental protection. Before finding success as a musician, Crow was an elementary school teacher; she recently worked alongside First Lady Michelle Obama in an effort to encourage public school students to achieve.
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Hometown: North Huntingdon, Pa. Degree earned: Bachelor of Arts in Cinema Production with a concentration in producingMinor: Business ManagementGraduated: May 2012, a year ahead of his class
I chose Point Park University because I grew up near Pittsburgh and wanted to go to a school close to home. I absolutely love the fact that Point Park's campus is located in Downtown Pittsburgh and I really like the feel of living in a city. You don't necessarily need a car, you can walk to just about anywhere, you can take a bus or the T to just about anywhere else. I also heard a lot of great things about the cinema and digital arts program and received scholarships.
Take classes outside of your major. Whether you're in the Conservatory of Performing Arts or any other program, its good to expand upon your knowledge of all subjects, as you never know where your career may lead you. Though I was a cinema major, I minored in business management and am now realizing just how relevant those classes are to my career.
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Harlan and Levy developed the idea for Bond while they were working together at Merryvale Vineyards in the 1980s. It was there that they first got a look at fruit from some of the best Cabernet vineyards in Napa, and realized the great potential for single-vineyard bottlings. Though similar wines existed at the time — think Phelps' "Eisele," and Heitz's "Martha's Vineyard," — it was an era when "Reserve," "Cask," and "Special" selections were seen as just as, or even more important than single-site bottlings. Generally speaking, Napa Cabernet was painted with one broad brush, with the individual identity of terroir very much a sub-plot.
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Over the years, Bond has been routinely mistaken for a Harlan second label. I can recall hosting a Bond wine dinner for some top clients, where most of the guests — pretty savvy collectors — were under this misconception. In reality, they are two different projects with completely different visions. Where Harlan is very much a single-vineyard wine, the vineyard itself has a multitude of exposures and aspects, altitudes ranging from 150 to 1,200 feet, and is planted to four different grape varieties over a total of 40 acres. Cory Empting, who is winemaker at both Harlan and Bond, says that making the Harlan wines, "is like conducting a symphony," — his task, to bring the best of its various, magnificent elements into perfect harmony. The Bond wines, in contrast, are much more "naked," says Cory (more Bach cello suite than symphony). It is one estate, with multiple Grand Crus, each made from a single tiny vineyard, with one exposure, one dominant soil, and one single grape variety.
The number of "Grand Crus" in the Bond portfolio has increased to five as of 2006 with the additions of St. Eden (2001), Pluribus (2003), and then Quella. At any given time, there are up to 12 vineyards in consideration for "Grand Cru" status. On average, Harlan and Levy work with a site for eight to nine years before selecting it, which gives them enough time to decide whether quality is consistently high enough, and whether or not the vineyard possesses a truly unique signature.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Farewell, my little one
It's with deep sorrow and profound grief that I sadly announce the passing of my dear Apra. She has been struggling with her health issues for almost two years until she simply couldn't fight anymore. She died quietly, peacefully and apparently without pain. I held her and she purred till her last breath. I guess she knew her time had come.
Apra was a tiny cat with the big heart. She was one of the most courageous and persistent kitties I've ever seen, with a strong desire to live. She fought valiantly for such a long time, to no avail. Her exhausted little body just couldn't take it anymore. She didn't want to fight anymore.
Her age doesn't matter now. Her problems don't matter. All that matters is that she is gone. Her death has left a huge hole in my heart and I don't think I'll ever stop grieving. After all, grief is the final expression of love, the last gift I have to offer.
She was one in a million.
May she rest in peace.
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So sorry for your loss. RIP little one. <3
- March 1, 2012 at 3:16 PM
- Jan's Funny Farm said...
Very sorry about the loss of your Apra.
I see you have comment moderation on. Please consider turning it off so readers can comment. many, many of us can not read this new form. Some bloggers are not aware they even have wv on. I will try to leave this for the sake of Apra.
- March 1, 2012 at 5:17 PM
I am so sorry to hear of Apra's passing. She knew much love with you, thank you.
- March 1, 2012 at 10:23 PM
- Elfling said...
Awww...many, many hugs from us.
- March 2, 2012 at 2:24 PM
- Felix shelter said...
Sorry to have to enable comment moderation but I have already had to delete some nasty comments on my blog (about cat soup, for instance). I'd also like to stem the tide of irrelevant and poorly written commercial solicitations. I guess we all want to prevent spamming and trolling.
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Rockies top Tigers 12-4 with 8 runs in 10th inning
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DETROIT (AP) — Just when the Detroit Tigers looked like they might be ready for a turnaround, a slumping team humbled one that started the season with high expectations.
Wilin Rosario hit a go-ahead, two-run single in the 10th and the Colorado Rockies went on to score a franchise-record eight runs in an extra inning, beating the Tigers 12-4 on Friday night to snap a season-high, eight-game losing streak.
Jose Valverde (3-2) gave up a leadoff single to Michael Cuddyer in the 10th and allowed him to get to third on a throwing error to first base after Eric Young laid down a sacrifice bunt. His miscue triggered a barrage of runs for the Rockies.
"Everyone talks about home runs and doubles, but it was a little bunt that caused us all kind of chaos," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said.
Valverde got Jordan Pacheco to ground out to shortstop Jhonny Peralta, whose throw home got Cuddyer out. Rosario broke the tie and Luis Marte later gave up back-to-back homers to Carlos Gonzalez and Cuddyer.
The last time any team scored at least that many runs in an extra inning was Aug. 16, 2009, when the Angels scored nine runs in the 13th inning at Baltimore.
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Matt Belisle (3-2) earned the win with two scoreless innings after Adam Ottavino and Rex Brothers combined for 1 2-3 innings of scoreless relief.
Colorado became the last team this season to win an interleague game after going 0-9 against the American League.
"It's great to get that stigma off our back," Rockies manager Jim Tracy said. "This is really good for our club."
The Tigers had won five of seven during their best stretch since starting the season 9-3.
Before Valverde got roughed up, Tigers relievers Duane Below, Brayan Villarreal, Phil Coke and Joaquin Benoit combined to pitch 5 1-3 scoreless innings.
Detroit wasted opportunities to win the game before it was extended, leaving 11 on base.
"I'm a little disappointed," Leyland said. "We could've and should've scored more, but we didn't."
After two scoreless innings with one hit for each team, both starters — Detroit rookie Casey Crosby and Rockies veteran Jeff Francis — struggled in the next inning, giving up five runs and seven hits combined.
Crosby gave up a single, RBI triple and RBI double to the first three Rockies he faced in the third then walked two straight to load the bases. Detroit's defense got Crosby out of the jam, getting two straight forceouts at home, including an inning-ending double play.
The Tigers went ahead 3-2 in the third on RBI-doubles by Austin Jackson and Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder's go-ahead single.
Crosby didn't let the home team and sold-out crowd enjoy the lead long.
Chris Nelson, whose RBI triple scored the game's first run, hit a two-run homer in the fourth that bounced on top of the wall in right to put Colorado ahead 4-3.
The Tigers tied the game in the sixth on Brennan Boesch's groundout and failed to take advantage of a chance to go ahead when Delmon Young struck out with the bases loaded after Cabrera and Fielder walked.
"It happens," Young said. "Sometimes you're the bug, sometimes you're a window. I was a bug."
Crosby gave up four runs, six hits and four walks over 3 2-3 innings in his third career start.
"He didn't have his best stuff, but he kept us in the game,' Tigers catcher Bryan Holaday said.
Crosby and outfielder Matt Young were sent to Triple-A Toledo after the game, clearing the way for right-hander Doug Fister to return from the disabled list and start Saturday and to put Thad Weber in the bullpen.
Francis allowed four runs, eight hits and three walks over 5 1-3 innings in his second start of the season with the Rockies and 151st with the franchise.
The left-hander didn't have his best night, but he pitched much better than others in the rotation have lately.
"This was huge for me and for our team," Francis said. "It's a step in the right direction for me, but it is more important that we got a win. It's been a tough stretch and we needed this."
NOTES: Detroit C Alex Avila, out with a strained right hamstring, hit before the game for the first time since going on the DL on June 6. "It's a lot better than sitting on the couch," he said. "My target is to be back next weekend." … Rockies SS Troy Tulowitzki was eligible to come off the DL on Friday, but aggravated his strained left groin and is scheduled to see a specialist Monday for a second opinion. .. Leyland said OF Andy Dirks is, "not doing too good," with right Achilles tendinitis that put him on the DL last month and he is scheduled to see a foot and ankle specialist. .. Colorado LHP Jorge De La Rosa, on the DL recovering from elbow surgery, is scheduled to see a specialist Wednesday.
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As you might imagine, the request was a mistake and Google was nice enough to ignore the request. Although we could imagine the sort of mischief the Mountain View company could have caused to the boys in Redmond if they went along with it.
Google receives over 100 million requests each year and the idea that the company reads and reviews each and everyone is an impressive feat alone.
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We are aware that you are preparing to endorse a candidate for President of the United States in the coming weeks. This will undoubtedly be an important decision considering you have the ear of many Christians throughout our state of Iowa. Our group believes that we must select leaders who not only espouse our values, but who live them each and every day.
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ATX needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 70 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
We are creating a Social Sports club that will be targeted towards students and young professionals. Sports leagues to include kickball, dodgeball, beer pong, softball, soccer, basketball, and others. Examples- http://www.chicagosportandsocialclub.com/
It needs to be professional and not highlight alcohol and partying but those are disguised and understood. This is Coed.
Super Social Sports, llc.
Examples- http://www.chicagosportandsocialclub.com/ The company is Super Social Sports, LLC. and I would like a logo to incorporate SSSports. Not really sure on the color scheme but I like Red, Black, Green, and Blue in whatever are the most eye pleasing combination.
- Item 1...SSSports
- Fun, Coed, Beer, Students and Young Professionals
- Item 1...something that is cheezy and childish
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So I'm not in Los Angeles or New Mexico right now; I'm in the Bay Area.
The Bay Area's a great place to live. I've lived here before - about six or seven years total, mostly in my twenties, when my life was all about music (and a mistaken idea that building Web sites would change the world).
But I'm not partying now. I'm working for a big big company, maintaining code somebody else wrote.
Maintaining somebody else's code base often involves cleaning it up.
Of course there's always the adorable little bugs to fix.
And then there's always the bug that turns out to be a little fiercer than you'd expected.
In my case the underestimated bug wasn't really a bug at all; it was an architectural issue with the application's deployment. An RMagick-intensive application storing all its image data on the server's hard drive hit the limit of its storage capacity and fried the entire filesystem. We had to send the hard drive to a retrieval facility to recover the data. Worse yet, I'm the sole programmer on the project, and the issue never happened before, so, to a lot of people, the whole thing looked like my fault.
Of course it really isn't about fault. The original developer knew the architectural issues were there; he just didn't anticipate how big the site would get, or how fast. It was a victim of its own success.
And there's a flipside to this, and it's pretty cool.
In fact it's awesome. Like a high level of awesome. Japanese lowrider awesome.
Whether I avoid scapegoating or not, it's definite that people in this Big Big Company have realized they have a very compelling interest in bringing their Rails infrastructure in house. Big Big Company really is a big big company - so big that if I told you who it was, I'd be overstepping my rank in the corporate militia (as it were). If/when BigBigCo brings its Rails infrastructure in house, the fact that BigBigCo has in-house Rails infrastructure will itself become newsworthy for the Rails community. (Not Capistrano 2 newsworthy, but more newsworthy than some things you hear about.)
So, I've been working crazy hard and it's not over yet. I know some of my readers seriously dig this blog, and I'm hella flattered by that, but the blog's still going to be slow for a bit. Stay tuned, though. Maybe, just maybe, things will get very cool. Like Daim on a truck cool.
(PS: Although my blog's slowed down, my tumblelog's speeding up.)
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- Sep 2:
- Libyan refugee Iman al-Obeidi sentenced to six years in prison
- Jan 21:
- Libyan refugee arrested after failing to appear in court on Boulder case
- Dec 17:
- Libyan refugee Iman al-Obeidi sentenced to work release for violating probation
- Dec 1:
- Libyan refugee arrested for second time on suspicion of violating bond conditions by drinking
- Nov 19:
- Libyan refugee arrested in Boulder again on suspicion of violating bond, probation
- Oct 17:
- Libyan refugee's Boulder assault trial pushed back to February
- Sep 2:
- Boulder judge: Libyan refugee's prior cases not allowed at assault trial unless self-defense claimed
In 2011, Iman al-Obeidi became the international face of defiance against Moammar Gadhafi's regime in Libya after she claimed she'd been brutally raped by more than a dozen of the dictator's men.
Three years later, as a political refugee living in Boulder, al-Obeidi is "destitute," according to her attorneys, and has been arrested three times. On probation already in an assault on a police officer, she faces trial this fall in a second assault case — which could jeopardize her ability to stay in the U.S.
Al-Obeidi, now 32, became the center of a media frenzy after she stormed into a hotel room in Tripoli and told the international press there that she was raped after being detained at a security checkpoint. In turn, the Libyan government claimed al-Obeidi was an alcoholic and mentally ill.
After a failed attempt to seek refuge in Qatar, al-Obeidi was granted asylum in the U.S. in June of 2011 and, with the help of then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, she settled in Denver as a political refugee.
But things have not gone smoothly in Colorado for al-Obeidi, who is now going by the name Eman Ali and lives off a $1,800-per-month stipend from the Libyan Embassy.
She had enrolled in Ecumenical Refugee and Immigration Services, a refugee placement agency in Denver, to try to get help adapting to her new life.
"The adjustment, it's hard for all the refugees," said Ferdi Mevlani, executive director of the agency. "Some adjust very quick, some very slow. It just depends."
Mevlani said his agency tried to provide resources for Ali, who had told media outlets she wanted to learn English so she could earn a degree. But Mevlani said that when Ali left Denver, she dropped out of contact.
If he'd known how much she apparently was struggling, Mevlani said he would have tried to get her more help sooner.
"Maybe I would have paid a little more attention, had a conversation with her, seen if she needed more resources on our part," Mevlani said. "It's pretty sad."
'That is not OK in my country'
Ali has been arrested three times in Boulder County since 2013, and all of the cases started at downtown Boulder bars.
In January 2013, Ali was arrested on suspicion of unlawful conduct on public property stemming from an incident in which an apparently intoxicated Ali was reported to be "causing a disturbance" at Tahona Tequila Bistro on Pearl Street, according to police reports. That case was later dismissed.
Last August, officers were on patrol in the 1000 block of Walnut Street when they were flagged down by witnesses who pointed out a "stumbling" and "intoxicated" Ali, according to court documents.
Officers tried to take her to the Boulder County Addiction Recovery Center, but while she was getting in the squad car, Ali allegedly spit in one officer's face and chest, and then began kicking the officers, according to court records.
Ali was charged with felony second-degree assault on a police officer and misdemeanor counts of third-degree assault, obstructing a police officer and resisting arrest.
In September, she pleaded guilty to attempted third-degree assault and was sentenced to one year of probation and ordered not to consume alcohol.
But while still on probation in that case, Ali was arrested again in February on suspicion of assault.
According to an arrest affidavit, while at the Bohemian Biergarten in downtown Boulder, a woman accidentally "brushed up" against Ali while in the bar. The woman told police that Ali said, "That is not OK in my country," and then poured a beer on her.
About half an hour later, the woman's friend said Ali came back and threw a glass at her head, giving her a one-inch gash on her forehead that required four staples to close, according to court records.
She was arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault, third-degree assault and obstructing a police officer. She has pleaded not guilty, and is scheduled for trial Oct. 20, and also has a hearing in September regarding a possible revocation of her 2013 probation.
Free on $5,000 bond, Ali had to forfeit her passport after a judge granted the request by prosecutors, who cited the "aggravated nature of the allegations, the seriousness of the potential penalties facing the defendant, and her continued and increased international flight risk."
Court records also show that one of Ali's Boulder neighbors is suing the Libyan refugee for allegedly totaling her car.
When reached by phone last week, Ali insisted her criminal case had been dismissed and declined to comment further.
"I am nobody important," Ali said. "I am a regular person."
But prosecutors said they have not dropped the assault case.
Harold Flowers, listed in court records as Ali's attorney, did not return calls for comment last week.
'They are not very forgiving at all'
Boulder County District Attorney Stan Garnett said his office will not be involved in any issues regarding Ali's immigration status, and added that her status as a political refugee has no bearing on how she's prosecuted.
"I'm confident it will be fairly resolved at trial," Garnett said. "We try to deal with everybody consistently. The consequences of other things will fall where they may."
Mevlani, of Denver's Ecumenical Refugee and Immigration Services, said it's possible that, if convicted at trial this fall, Ali could face deportation.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman declined to discuss Ali's case, but confirmed that immigrants can be deported for criminal convictions. ICE handles each person on a case-by-case basis, he said.
"I know she has a green card, but it just depends on the outcome and the severity of the crime," Mevlani said. "It's up to immigration services."
Violeta Chapin, a law professor at the University of Colorado who works at the school's criminal defense clinic, said there are many factors that go into whether immigrants are deported, including their criminal history, how long they've been in the country and their ties to the community.
"They are not very forgiving at all, especially if you begin to rack up criminal convictions," Chapin said of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Chapin said many immigrants face hardships in moving to the U.S.
"It's very difficult and stressful for people to leave their home country and support networks behind and come to a foreign country out of necessity," Chapin said. "I can't imagine how horrible and stressful that can be. Sometimes they can turn to alcohol to manage that, and that can be unfortunate."
'People move on with their lives'
According to court records, Ali has had trouble finding a job and making ends meet.
In fact, her attorneys filed a motion asking a judge to lift her court-mandated drug and alcohol testing because "the defendant is a political refugee, is destitute and the continued testing constitutes a financial hardship as her sole income is $1,800 per month from the Libyan Embassy, although she has unsuccessfully attempted to obtain gainful employment."
Mevlani said that, for most immigrants, finding a job is the first step to getting as close to a normal life as possible.
"People move on with their lives, and get a job and go to school and buy houses," Mevlani said. "We tell the clients, we try to make them as self-sufficient as possible."
Mevlani said the agency offers job training and other resources to help its clients accomplish that, but he said Ali's move out of Denver made that more difficult.
"We do have the resources and education, but unfortunately she moved to Boulder, and we were limited as far as working closely," Mevlani said. "At that time, basically we kind of lost contact."
Mevlani said he had heard about Ali's arrests, but that she herself had not reached out to his agency.
"I'm very surprised she has not," Mevlani said. "I was hoping she would."
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No. 91,609
In the Matter of the Marriage of
Non-Party Appellant.
1. In a divorce case, pursuant to K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-1610(b)(4), the trial court has the authority to award costs and attorney fees to either party as justice and equity require. Further, the trial court may order that the amount be paid directly to an attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's name in the same case.
2. Before a trial court exercises its inherent power to sanction an attorney, it must provide fair notice, give that attorney an opportunity for a hearing on the record, and make a specific finding that the attorney acted in bad faith.
Appeal from Johnson District Court; ROBERT F. ROWE, JR., judge pro tem. Opinion filed August 6, 2004. Reversed.
Justin Palmer, of Scott Wasserman & Associates, LLC, of Shawnee Mission, and Kathryn S. Barker, of the same firm, of Lenexa, for non-party appellant Scott Wasserman.
Marilyn K. Slezak, of Olathe, for appellee.
Before MARQUARDT, P.J., MALONE, J., and ERIC S. ROSEN, District Judge, assigned.
MARQUARDT, J.: Scott Wasserman, former counsel for Derib Adugna, appeals the trial court's order that he pay $500 of the fees owed to Marilyn Slezak, Israel A. Adugna's attorney. We reverse.
Wasserman represented Derib in a divorce action. At the close of the trial on May 20, 2003, the trial court ordered Wasserman to prepare the decree.
During the following 2 weeks, Slezak made several calls to Wasserman attempting to obtain the decree. Israel needed the signed decree to obtain a loan to refinance her home. On June 6, 2003, Wasserman told Slezak that he would have the decree for her by June 9. However, on June 9 Slezak had not received the decree.
On June 12, 2003, Slezak delivered a draft of the decree to Wasserman's office and asked Wasserman to sign it. Wasserman told Slezak that he would not sign the decree until Derib approved it. Wasserman faxed the decree to Derib for approval. The next day, after obtaining Derib's approval, Wasserman provided Slezak with the signed decree. The decree was filed on June 13, 2003.
Slezak filed a motion for sanctions requesting the trial court to award her attorney fees against Wasserman for the additional work she incurred in the preparation and filing of the decree. At the hearing on Slezak's motion, Wasserman disputed the factual allegations contained in the motion and requested an evidentiary hearing. Wasserman's request for a hearing was denied and he was ordered to pay Slezak $500.
Wasserman moved the court to reconsider its order and grant an evidentiary hearing, which was denied. Attorney Justin Palmer appeared on Wasserman's behalf and argued for a stay of the judgment pending the appeal. Slezak orally moved for additional attorney fees. All of these motions were denied by the trial court.
The judge pro tem stated:
"I'm not finding Mr. Wasserman in contempt on Ms. Slezak's motion. I know I said motion for sanctions. I don't even know that what I've done has risen to a sanction, if you will. As that term is sometimes used in law. I'm not finding Mr. Wasserman--I'm not imposing a penalty on Mr. Wasserman. Rather, I'm reallocating this initial cost that was imposed on Mr. Wasserman, back to Mr. Wasserman."
Wasserman timely appeals.
Wasserman argues that the trial court had no jurisdiction to allocate costs of litigation to him when he was not a party to the divorce action. Whether jurisdiction exists is a question of law over which this court's scope of review is unlimited. State v. Stough, 273 Kan. 113, 116, 41 P.3d 281 (2002).
According to 60-1610(b)(4), the trial court has the authority to award costs and attorney fees to either party as justice and equity require. Further, the trial court may order that the amount be paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's name in the same case. Wasserman contends that if Slezak wanted a judgment against him, she would have to bring an action naming herself as plaintiff and Wasserman as defendant. He argues that the legislature has provided no other means for a judgment against him, absent a finding of contempt or a sanction.
K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-1610(b)(4) makes no mention of the trial court's power to order a nonparty attorney to pay attorney fees or costs. It is well established that when legislative intent is in question, we can presume that when the legislature expressly includes specific terms, it intends to exclude any items not expressly included in the specific list. State Dept. of Administration v. Public Employees Relations Bd., 257 Kan. 275, 291, 894 P.2d 777 (1995).
Slezak argues that the trial court has the inherent power to award fees against an attorney of record who fails or refuses to comply with the trial court's orders. In support of this argument, she cites In re Daugherty, 277 Kan. 257, 83 P.3d 789 (2004), and Subway Restaurants, Inc. v. Kessler, 266 Kan. 433, 970 P.2d 526 (1998), cert. denied 526 U.S. 1112 (1999). However, the facts of these two cases are factually distinguishable from the instant case.
In re Daugherty is an attorney discipline case wherein the trial court ordered Daugherty to pay the costs of his own disciplinary hearing. 277 Kan. at 264.
In Kessler, the trial court sanctioned an attorney for bringing a frivolous counterclaim in an action on behalf of his client. 266 Kan. at 433. However, there is nothing in Kessler indicating that the trial court has any authority to award attorney fees against an attorney who is not a party to the litigation beyond what is authorized under K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-211. Kessler does not support the proposition that the trial court had jurisdiction to award fees against Wasserman.
Even though the trial court's order might be classified as a sanction, it failed to make the required finding of bad faith. Before a court exercises its inherent power to sanction an attorney, it must provide fair notice, give that attorney an opportunity for a hearing on the record, and make a specific finding that the attorney acted in bad faith. Knutson Mortgage Corp. v. Coleman, 24 Kan. App. 2d 650, 654, 951 P.2d 548 (1997). In addition to stating that the award against Wasserman was not a sanction, the trial court specifically stated it was not certain that Wasserman's conduct rose to the level of a sanction.
Wasserman argues that if this court were to consider the trial court's order a sanction, the trial court erred by not giving him the required notice. He claims that the notice of hearing for the motion for sanctions did not provide him with notice of the trial court's intention to invoke its inherent power and sanction him. However, Wasserman provides no legal authority to support this claim. Consequently, this court need not consider this additional argument. See Campbell v. City of Leavenworth, 28 Kan. App. 2d 120, 126, 13 P.3d 917 (2000), rev. denied 270 Kan. 897 (2001).
Wasserman notes that if this court were to view the actions of the lower court as contempt, it could only be indirect contempt and would be subject to the procedural requirements of K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 20-1204a. Such requirements include a motion requesting an order for Wasserman to appear and show cause and specifically set out the facts of the alleged contempt. Here, no such motion was filed.
There is no language in K.S.A. 2003 Supp. 60-1610 that allows the trial court to order a nonparty attorney to pay the attorney fees of a party in a divorce proceeding. Without a sanction, the trial court did not have the authority to order Wasserman to pay Slezak's attorney fees.
Wasserman also argues that he was denied his due process rights because he was denied an evidentiary hearing on the record. Because we are reversing on other grounds, we will not address this issue.
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OR… How to stop myself from tearing my hair out
I have spent the majority of today on a steep leaning curve. Though I purchased FTM for Mac v.2, about 12 months ago, today was my first attempt at uploading the changes made on FTM to my online ancestry tree.
Before doing this, I spent many hours cleaning up the FTM database; deleting unrelated people who were added by son no. 2, last year when he first started showing an interest in his family history – he added anyone with his surname that he could find. I guess I should have emphasized the need to ensure they were actually related, but I was too thrilled with his interest to interfere too much.
I also spent an extra couple of hours resolving place names, and deleting place names that had no person attached.
I used this file to experiment with, as it was relatively small with 1152 people. I reduced this today to 832. However, once synched I have noticed an anomaly. The FTM file shows the correct 832 people, while the online tree still shows the original 1152! I notice when synching that it seems to go both ways, even if the only changes were made in FTM.
What am I doing wrong? How do I get rid of those unrelated Ottery family members without doing the same process on my Ancestry Member Tree? It is easy, though time consuming, to do in FTM but almost impossible online. One of the reasons I purchased this software was so that I did not have to repeat my research or corrections in two different places. So should I delete the online tree and upload the new and cleaner tree (I still have a bit of work to do deleting multiple facts, such as "Residence" for the same 1851 English census, which appears two or three times on various individuals)
And that is besides the irritation of the original 303 media files not downloading when I first started this process 12 months ago, and which caused my original despondency and lack of confidence in continuing with this process until now. Or do I put it away for another 12 months while my hair grows back?


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US budget hopes boost Asia stocks
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stocks rose Tuesday as investors gained confidence that President Barack Obama and the U.S. Congress will reach a budget deal to avert a package of tax hikes and spending cuts that could throw the world's No. 1 economy into recession.
News of a possible budget deal before the end of the year enabled markets to shake off a credit downgrade that was slapped on France late Monday. France's prized AAA rating was yanked, Moody's Investors Service said, over its weaker growth prospects and its exposure to Europe's financial crisis.
Investors were further cheered by U.S. housing data, which showed sales of previously occupied homes rose in October, helped by a stronger job market and record-low mortgage rates. The pace of sales is roughly 11 percent higher than a year ago.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index edged up 0.1 percent at 9,163.35. Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.9 percent to 21,444.85 and South Korea's Kospi added 0.5 percent to 1,887.77. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 advanced 0.4 percent to 4,380.50.
Analysts at Credit Agricole CIB in Hong Kong said hopes of a U.S. budget deal and the firmer U.S. housing data would underpin stocks despite the French downgrade.
Obama and congressional leaders are in talks to avoid going over a "fiscal cliff" on Jan. 1, when tax increases and government spending cuts are set to take effect. If they are allowed to take full effect, the cuts and tax increases will total about $800 billion in 2013. Economists say they could knock the U.S. economy back into recession.
Markets may be in for some volatility, because volumes will likely be light leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday in the U.S. on Thursday. Big price swings are more likely when there are fewer buyers and sellers in the market.
Investors will also be monitoring this week's developments in Greece's bailout saga, amid hopes that the country's euro partners and the International Monetary Fund will finally sign off on the release of €31.5 billion, which is money the country needs to avoid bankruptcy.
Finance ministers from nations that use the euro will meet Tuesday. Later in the week, leaders will convene to discuss the European Union's budget for the next few years.
Benchmark oil for December delivery was down 33 cents to $88.96 in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose $2.36, or 2.3 percent, to finish at $89.28 in New York on Monday.
In currencies, the euro fell to $1.2785 from $1.2807 late Monday in New York. The dollar fell to 81.26 yen from 81.33 yen.


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India has slipped to 60th position in terms of its competitiveness globally, while Switzerland has retained its top rank.
This is India's lowest ever rank and also 31 places below its peer emerging market China.
Releasing the annual Global Competitiveness Report 2013-2014, Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) today said highly innovative countries with strong institutions continue to top the rankings.
While Switzerland is on top for fifth year in a row, United States has reversed its four-year downward trend to occupy 5th position and Japan has risen to ninth place.
Singapore and Finland remain in second and third positions respectively, while Germany moves up two places (4th).
Two other Asian economies, Hong Kong SAR (7th) and Japan (9th), also feature in the top ten of the rankings of 148 economies.
On India, the report said the country continues to be "penalised" for its very disappointing performance in the basic drivers underpinning competitiveness, the very ones that matter the most.
"The country's supply of transport, Information and Communications Technology (ICTs), and energy infrastructure remains largely insufficient and ill-adapted to the needs of the economy," it said.
The WEF report further noted that "notwithstanding improvements across the board over the past few years, very poor public health and education levels remain a prime cause of India's low productivity".
Meanwhile, among Asia's developing nations, Malaysia is the most competitive (24th). At 29th, China remains by far the best of the four largest emerging market economies, ahead of South Africa (53rd), Brazil (56th), India (60th) and Russia (64th).
The gap between China and India has widened from just eight places in 2006 to 31 today. Indonesia jumps 12 places to 38th, making it the most improved G20 economy since 2006.
Asia is also home to some of the world's least competitive economies, including Bangladesh (110th), Nepal (117th) and Pakistan (133rd), which drops for the third year in a row.
Bhutan (109th), Lao PDR (81st) and Myanmar (139th) join the index for the first time.
Among European economies, Sweden (6th), the Netherlands (8th) and the United Kingdom (10th) have fallen.
"Innovation becomes even more critical in terms of an economy's ability to foster future prosperity," World Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab said.
Schwab further noted "the traditional distinction between countries being 'developed' or 'less developed' will gradually disappear and we will instead refer to them much more in terms of being 'innovation rich' vs 'innovation poor' countries."
It is therefore vital that leaders from business, government and civil society work together to create education systems and enable environments which foster innovation, it added.
"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."
"Envy comes from wanting something that isn't yours. But grief comes from losing something you've already had."


text: This hit domestic comedy-drama concerned the fortunes of an extended African-American family recalled through the eyes of young narrator Ahmad (Brandon Hammond). Ahmad's world revolves around his grandmother, Big Mama Joseph (Irma P. Hall) and her three daughters: workaholic attorney Teri (Vanessa Williams), newlywed salon owner Bird (Nia Long), and Ahmad's housewife mom, Maxine (Vivica A. Fox). Each sister is in turmoil. Teri has lost patience for her husband Miles (Michael Beach), who wants to quit the law and take up music. Bird doesn't realize that her husband Lem (Mekhi Phifer) is about to be humiliated by her ex-boyfriend (Mel Jackson). And while Maxine's relationship with her husband Kenny (Jeffrey D. Sams) is going well, her relationship with her jealous sister Teri needs fixing. These conflicts boil over at Big Mama's traditional Sunday dinners, where the matriarch plays peacemaker. The ritual faces extinction, however, when Big Mama suffers a stroke -- but Ahmad is waiting in the wings to take her place. Soul Food launched the directing career of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, native George Tillman, Jr., who based the script on his own family experiences. In the summer of 2000, Soul Food was spun off into a cable TV series. Karl Williams, Rovi


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Wild Try To Right The Ship Thursday Against New York Rangers
The Minnesota Wild are back in action tonight when they host the New York Rangers at Xcel Energy Center (7 PM, AM 1390 The Fan). The Wild have lost their last three games and currently sit at 34-22-9 on the season.
The Wild are in the seventh spot in the Western Conference, three points ahead of Dallas for eighth place and only four points ahead of Phoenix for ninth. The Stars have won three straight and the Coyotes have won back-to-back games as well.
The Rangers are 35-27-4, putting them in sixth place in the Eastern Conference. New York trails Pittsburgh by 18 points for the top spot in the Metropolitan Division.


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Rosales, A's edge Royals
Oakland, CA – Adam Rosales scorched a leadoff homer in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift the Oakland Athletics to a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the opener of a three-game set at the Coliseum.
Kansas City starter James Shields stifled the A's for much of the night, but served up a leadoff blast to Josh Donaldson in the seventh that tied the game.
After Sean Doolittle (3-0) blanked the Royals in the top of the eighth, Rosales ripped Shields' third offering of the home half over the left-field wall for the go-ahead run.
Grant Balfour spun a perfect ninth to nail down his seventh save of the season for the A's, who had dropped two straight.
Shields (2-4) went the distance in defeat, striking out nine and giving up just six hits and a walk over eight efficient frames.
"Today is just a case of me not doing my job," Shields said. "That's it. Bottom line. I don't care what the score of the game is. I didn't get the job done there at the end. It's a tough loss. A real tough loss."
David Lough, who was recalled from Triple-A Omaha before the game, collected two of Kansas City's five hits and knocked in the lone run for the Royals, who have lost five of their last seven games.
Lough gave the visitors an early advantage in the third when he dropped a two- out double into center field to score Salvador Perez, who smacked a two-bagger of his own earlier in the frame.
Lough's run-scoring double was the lone blemish of Jarrod Parker's outing, as the Oakland starter allowed just four hits and two walks while striking out five over seven solid frames.
"It seemed like there was a calm to him today," A's manager Bob Melvin said of Parker. "It seemed like he was more confident. We've seen him pitch that type of game quite a few times. He was really good today."
Parker did not factor in the decision however, as the A's were unable to break through against Shields until the eighth.
Game Notes
Lough was recalled after the team placed outfielder Jarrod Dyson on the 15-day disabled list with a right ankle sprain ... Shields has posted a quality start in each of his four losses, with the Royals losing each one by just one run ... Oakland went 0-for-2 with runners in scoring position and left four on base.


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60 Facts About Bruce Springsteen
I've said before that I love Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band the same way a dog loves its master: unconditionally, and with the sort of enthusiasm that makes gratuitous slobbering forgivable, and today, Mr. Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen, "The Boss", the patron saint of the working man, the protector of all that is holy and righteous on E Street turns 60. To celebrate Bruce's big day, here are 60 things you need to know about/reasons to love Bruce and the rest of the E Street Band.
1. Bruce has fans in high places. Barack Obama has said that there are "a handful of people who enter into your lives through their music and tell the American people's story. Bruce Springsteen is one of those people." He's also said that he ran for President because he couldn't be Bruce Springsteen.
2. Another fan was the late Joe Strummer. The Clash frontman was asked about the Boss for a TV documentary in mid-'90s and he responded with a fax that said, among other things, "Bruce is great"¦if you don't agree with that, you're a pretentious Martian from Venus" and "The DJ puts on "˜Racing in the Streets' and life seems worth living again."
3. Dr. Ruth Westheimer once visited Bruce backstage at a show. She told him she liked what he said in his songs about love and sex, but she wished he'd mention contraception once in a while.
4. The late Warren Zevon was also Bruce's friend, fan and collaborator. When Zevon was diagnosed with mesothelioma, he refused any treatment he thought would incapacitate him and headed to the studio—with plenty of friends in tow—to record his final album, The Wind. Springsteen provided background vocals and electric guitar for two songs, one of which won the Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocal. Springsteen later appeared on a tribute album to Zevon, performing his song "My Ride's Here."
5. Bruce had a bit of a hard time in school. When he was in third grade, a nun stuffed him into a garbage can under her desk, claiming that's "where he belonged." Years later, at Ocean County College, legend has it that his fellow students petitioned the administration to have him expelled.
6. Of course, he had his fans, too. Some of the girls in his high school approached the administration with a petition demanding that Bruce's band at the time, the Castiles, be given more attention and respect.
7. When the Springsteens were living in Freehold, New Jersey, their house was near a Nestle's factory. When the wind was just right, Bruce has said, he could smell chocolate all day long.
8. The first song a young Bruce learned play on the guitar was the Beatles' "Twist and Shout."
9. There really is an E Street. It runs northeast through the New Jersey shore town of Belmar. According to Springsteen lore, the band took its name from the street because original keyboard player David Sancious' mother lived there and allowed the band to rehearse in her house.
10. The titular avenue of "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" is also in Belmar.
11. "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" was guitarist Steven Van Zandt's debut with the E Street Band. He came up with the idea for the horn intro and became the de facto arranger when he sang the line for the horn section.
12. The working title of Darkness on the Edge of Town was American Madness, also the title of a 1932 Frank Capra movie. Early copies of the album were mistakenly released inside covers for Barbra Streisand's Songbird.
13. In 1979, Bruce saw the Ramones play at the Fast Lane in Asbury Park, New Jersey. He met the band and Joey Ramone asked Bruce to write a song for them. Springsteen wrote "Hungry Heart" and considered giving it to them, but hung on to it at the urging of his manager.
14. The first place Springsteen saw his first-wife-to-be, Julianne Phillips? One of .38 Special's music videos.
15. This exchange from Bill Simmons' column on ESPN.com is simply brilliant:
Q: My favorite YouTube clip is the Boss' greatest TV performance: his surprise duet with the Wallflowers at the 1997 MTV Video Music Awards. Keep in mind, the VMAs had grown tiresome by the mid-'90s and Bruce had sort of slipped into irrelevancy with passable acoustic albums like Tom Joad. The situation was ripe for "sad former rock star shows up and creeps everyone out" potential (which did happen a few years later with Axl Rose.)
But Bruce comes out looking leaner and meaner than he had in years, complete with bad-ass goatee and leather jacket, and snatches "One Headlight" right out of Jakob Dylan's feeble hands. He nails a great guitar solo, makes tons of great Bruce faces and even turns in the classic sharing-vocals-at-the-same-mic-stand move. You're literally watching Bruce rediscover his ability to rock as the song goes on. It's like Elvis' 1968 comeback special. Watching this live with my college buddies at the time, I predicted a Bruce creative surge, which actually happened in the late-'90s, peaking with his reunion with The E Street Band and what is still the only artistically valid musical statement about 9/11: The Rising.
So, it begs the question: what would be the sports equivalent? You'd need a superstar, returning after a notable absence, who makes a comeback and rediscovers his "love of the game," and in the process, mortally wounds or breaks the spirit of an up-and-coming star with a great pedigree, right?
--M. Drury, Hoboken, N.J.
A: "¦I actually remember watching that live, seeing Bruce and saying, "I'm not getting my hopes up, but he looks pretty damned good," then watching in disbelief as he completely blew Dylan off the stage....Before we get to the answer, I wanted to point out a couple of things before you dive into the video:
1. The Wallflowers were flying pretty high at the time (looking back, you could even make the case that they were the most underrated mainstream band from the latter half of the '90s), and it's quite possible that Bruce completely derailed young Jakob, who already had enough of an uphill battle as Bob Dylan's son before another music legend hijacked his signature song as he was standing right there. I always thought the Wallflowers should have been bigger than they were. What would have happened if Bruce didn't agree to play the '97 VMAs? We may never know.
2. There's nothing funnier than Bruce creeping over to someone else's microphone, then overpowering the other guy as spit flies everywhere. (I'm convinced this is why Little Stevie initially left the E Street Band, he just couldn't take it anymore.) I always thought this would be a good SNL skit -- just Bruce walking around and randomly hijacking somebody else's microphone in various places (a street performer in a subway station, Michael Buffer doing "Let's get ready to rummmmble," a stewardess giving the pre-flight instructions, and so on).
3. "One Headlight" couldn't have been more in Bruce's wheelhouse. One of the best examples of a song that would have been twice as good if the band had just given it to the Boss from Day 1 and said, "Look, this could be a hit for us, but it's a potential Hall of Fame song for you, you have it." Some other examples: "See a Little Light" by Bob Mould; "Taillights Fade" by Buffalo Tom (and just for the record, I absolutely love those guys, but that would have been a top-five Bruce song); "Way Down Now" by World Party; "Rain King" by Counting Crows; "Expresso Love" by Dire Straits; the theme to "Beautiful Girls"; "Turn the Page" by Bob Seger; and my personal favorites, "Santa Monica" and "You Make Me Feel Like A Whore" by Everclear. Bruce also would have done much better with "I Am Mine" than Pearl Jam did because Eddie Vedder mailed in that entire album during his "I don't want to be famous anymore" stage. But this should be Bruce's next album: "Songs I Should Have Sung."
4. So what's the sports equivalent of Bruce blowing Dylan off the stage? I was leaning toward MJ and the Bulls sweeping the Magic in the '96 playoffs, with the post-baseball MJ as Bruce and Nick Anderson (already reeling after blowing those four freebies in the '95 Finals) as Jakob Dylan. But I like this example better: Jack Nicklaus roaring from behind to win the '86 Masters, with Greg Norman and Seve Ballesteros (both of whom choked down the stretch) combining for the Dylan role. Remember, Norman was considered Nicklaus' heir apparent at the time, and everyone thought Seve was going to become the dominant golfer of that decade; they ended winning three more majors combined and that's it. Plus, the Nicklaus/Springsteen parallels are almost perfect, right down to their popularity, their respective résumés and the similar points of their careers at the time of the events. That seems like the logical choice to me.
16. With the sole exception of 1995's The Ghost of Tom Joad, all of Bruce's albums since 1975's Born to Run have been in the Top 5 of the U.S. Album Chart.
17. Springsteen lore has it that Bruce was once spotted in a movie theater watching Woody Allen's Stardust Memories (which comments on artist/fan relations). The fan who saw him challenged Bruce to prove he didn't regard his own fans with the contempt as the Allen stand-in in the movie by coming to meet his mom and have dinner. Bruce did so and supposedly still visits the fan's mother every time he's in St Louis.
18. There's a fantastic bootleg community within the larger world of Bruce fans. The most notable sources for such bootlegs probably being Jungleland and The Bruce Springsteen mp3 Bootleg Index. Amid the studio outtakes and concert boots, there's also some really neat fan-made compilations at the Bootleg Index. Want a collection of great performances of "Thunder Road" spanning 25 years? Praise the superfans, it's there.
19. When Bruce tells us that "they blew up the Chicken Man in Philly last night" in "Atlantic City," he's referring to Phil Testa, the underboss of the Philadelphia crime family under Angelo Bruno. Bruno was killed in 1980, and Testa, who got his nickname from his involvement in a poultry business, succeeded him as don of the family. His nine-month reign ended when conspirators in the family placed a nail bomb under his porch and detonated it when he walked out the front door.
20. After a 1976 concert in Memphis, a most certainly inebriated Springsteen went to Graceland at three in the morning, jumped the wall, and ran to the front door. Security grabbed him before he could make it to the door and sent him packing. Knocking wouldn't have done much good, anyway. Elvis was in Lake Tahoe at the time.
21. According to Frank Stefanko, a photographer and friend of Bruce, Springsteen is a pretty good photographer and enjoys taking pictures of "weird Jersey billboards [and] funny signs on the sides of diners."
22. When Bruce decided to dissolve the E Street Band in 1989, he gave each member $2 million in severance pay.
23. In December 1999, the crew of the Space Shuttle Discovery was woken up with Bruce's song "Rendezvous" on the day they were scheduled to rendezvous with the Hubble Space Telescope.
24. In May 1977, Bruce and Steve Van Zandt went to an Elvis Presley concert in Philadelphia. A few days later Bruce wrote "Fire," and allegedly sent a demo of the song to Presley that summer, hoping he might cover it. Whether the tape got sent or not, Presley died that August and Bruce wound up giving "Fire" to Robert Gordon. Gordon's version of the song was covered by the The Pointer Sisters who made it a hit in 1979.
25. The Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts in Philadelphia, where Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack and Frederick Douglass' diaries have been preserved, recently prepared some Springsteen-abilia—including dozens of notebooks containing everything from lyrics to tour information and a to-do list that lists "extra garage door openers"—for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum exhibit "From Asbury Park to the Promised Land: The Life and Music of Bruce Springsteen." Best item: an orange composition book with lines on the cover for the owner to fill in a name, address, and subject. The spaces read: "Bossinheimer Jones / Cool Street / Your Mama."
26. There's more Springsteen ephemera at the Asbury Park Public Library, which houses the Bruce Springsteen Special Collection, possibly the world's largest collection devoted to the Boss and his bands. The collection—which is open by appointment to the public—includes some 10,000 books, magazines, fanzines, web articles, newspaper articles, academic journals and papers, comic books, song books, tourbooks, etc., with items from 42 different countries dating as far back as 1964.
27. When then-CBS President Clive Davis heard the ten tracks slated for Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., he didn't think the album had a hit single on it. Springsteen went back to work and composed two more songs with more commercial potential, "Blinded by the Light" and "Spirit in the Night." Problems arose when keyboard player David Sancious and bassist Gary Tallent weren't able to return to the studio to record the new songs. On top of that, Bruce wanted to incorporate saxophone into both songs, but didn't have a sax player. He got in touch with Clarence Clemons, who came to the studio for a session. The two songs were recorded with the one-off lineup of Clemons on sax, Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez on drums and Springsteen on everything else (except the piano on "Blinded," which was played by Harold Wheeler).
28. The title for "Kitty's Back," from The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle was inspired by a neon sign Springsteen saw promoting the return of popular stripper a Jersey Shore club.
29. The song "Thundercrack," which appears on Tracks, was regularly performed live from 1972 until drummer Vini Lopez left the band amid controversy in "˜74. When Springsteen was finishing the overdubbing and mixing for Tracks in 1998, he brought Lopez to record in order to keep the song's gang vocals true to the song's original intention.
30. According to local legend, a fan bought the screen door of the house at 68 South St. (left side of this duplex) in Freehold, NJ—a house Springsteen had once lived in—from the homeowner in the early '80, thinking it was the screen door mentioned in "Thunder Road."
31. Bruce's then-wife Julianne Phillips and then-wife-to-be Patti Scialfa both appear in the music video "Glory Days." Awkward.
32. In November 1996, Bruce played a benefit concert in the gymnasium of his former grade school, the St. Rose of Lima School in Freehold, NJ. Only Freehold residents were allowed to purchase tickets.
33. In September 2005, "Glory Days: A Bruce Springsteen Symposium" drew a crowd of 330 educators, journalists, historians, musicologists, and fans to hear over 100 presentations on Springsteen scholarship. This weekend, another symposium will take place at Monmouth University and include a tribute to Danny Federici and presentations like "Springsteen: The Road to Resilience in Hard Times," "Born (Again) in the USA: The Age of Springsteen," "Springsteen and Social Consciousness Panel," "Songwriters By The Sea" and "Ten Years Burning Down the Road: Bruce Springsteen in the 21st Century."
34. Thanks to the Boss, the Stone Pony is one of the most famous nightclubs in the world. It's so closely associated with Bruce that you might think he got his start at there, but the club only opened in 1974, when Springsteen already had two albums out.
35. Springsteen has taken the stage at the Stone Pony some 90 times, but except for private charity shows in the last few years, these appearances are rarely billed as his gig and most are just guest appearances at other artists' shows.
36. He has a comet named after him.
37. Madam Marie, the fortune-teller in "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)," is as real as E Street. Marie Castello told fortunes on the Asbury Park boardwalk from 1932 until her death in 2008 at age 93. The fortune-telling booth is still there and is run by Madam Marie's family.
38. In one wonderful bit of video satire, Adolf Hitler is excited about traveling to Jersey to see his first Springsteen show. And then everything goes wrong.
39. One of my favorite things to do while listening to Bruce is overemphasizing the quirks of his speech: the "meehgic in the night" in "Thunder Road", the "hoo ha heh huh" in "Born to Run", the incomprehensible countups and countdowns in various songs. Ben Stiller apparently enjoys this, too.
40. As you might know, we here at the _floss are huge fans of the music on Sesame Street, from Stevie Wonder's brilliant performances, to "Mahna Mahna." Sesame Street has done two Bruce covers that I know of (if I missed any let me know): "Born to Add," a mashup of "Born to Run" and "Jungleland" sung by a character called Bruce Stringbean...
...and "Barn in the USA," which features Stringbean backed by the S Street Band.
41. Here's Weird Al having a bit of fun with the Boss, interrupting (improving?) the video for "Brilliant Disguise."
42. Bud Light's "Real Men of Genius" ads somehow never get around to paying tribute to Mr. Over-the-Top Springsteen Fan. Luckily, this parody fills in the gap.
43. Finally, here's one of my favorite Bruce performances: Thundercrack at the Convention Hall in Asbury Park, featuring the Max Weinberg 7.
44. In 1972, Springsteen saw the "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J." image in a boardwalk souvenir store. He bought it, brought it to Columbia Records and told them that was the title and image he wanted on his first album.
45. A line from the song "Night" on Born to Run goes "the circuit's lined and jammed with chromed invaders." The Circuit is a nickname for the drive around Kingsley Street and Ocean Avenue in Asbury Park.
46. The live debut of the E Street Band, with Max Weinberg on drums and Roy Bittan on piano, occurred in September 1974 at the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, PA. That show marked the first time that Springsteen earned $5000 for a night's work.
47. When the band was recording, "Jungleland," the epic that closes Born to Run, it took 16 hours (with no bathroom breaks, at least according to Clemons) to work out and record Clarence Clemons' sax solo. When the Boss pointed this out to Clemons, he was surprised. He thought it had only been five.
48. According to Springsteen lore, Bruce first met Clarence "Big Man" Clemons while playing at a club in Asbury Park. It was a stormy night with strong winds and when Clemons opened the door to the club, it flew off its hinges. Springsteen likes to use the story as proof that Clemons, the E Street Band's personal Paul Bunyan, can blow the doors off any room he's in.
49. We're not the only people celebrating Bruce's birthday. If you live in Philadelphia, check out the World Café tonight for The Boss' Birthday Bash, featuring local musicians covering their favorite Bruce songs.
50. One might consider October 19, 1984, "the night Rosalita died." As far back as the song was written, almost every regular set at a Springsteen concert was closed with an extended version of "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)." But on that fateful night in Tacoma, Washington, Rosie was dropped from set list. Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh has said the song was to disrupt the expectation of ritual from the fans and remind them that the Boss was in charge.
51. Ernest "Boom" Carter doesn't have the same name recognition as some other E Streeters, but even if you're only a casual Bruce fan, you've heard his work. Carter's only performance with Springsteen was his drum track on "Born to Run." Carter's successor to the drum throne, Max Weinberg, has said that he could never reproduce Carter's drum parts in concert and eventually stopped trying.
52. Weinberg isn't a fan of Darkness on the Edge of Town because his performance on "Something in the Night" bothers him. Towards the end of the song, the band cuts out and Bruce starts singing over Max's drums. A few seconds into it, Max loses the beat and noticeably slows down the song.
53. Bruce inspires some pretty extreme acts of fandom (besides this post, I mean). Over the summer, JamsBio presented us with "No Retreat, No Surrender," a "worst-to-first countdown of every album cut in Springsteen history" plus some bonus songs. In all, they ranked and wrote about (sometimes at length) 200 songs. They ranked "Real Man" from Human Touch last and "Born to Run" first.
54. If you've ever read Stephen King's The Stand, you probably can't help but imagine Bruce as the character Larry Underwood. Well, King felt the same way, saying the in the foreword for the reissue of the novel that Springsteen, based solely on his music videos, would've been a perfect choice for the book's movie adaptation.
55. In 1984, a Houston radio station poked some fun at Springsteen's epic concerts by having early-morning deejays claim that the show Springsteen started the night before was still going on.
56. When Springsteen played near Washington, D.C., in 1988, Oliver North's secretary sent a note to Bruce backstage saying she'd like to meet him. His written reply was, allegedly, "I don't like you. I don't like your boss. I don't like what you did. Thank you."
57. Bruce and the E Street Band have toured and performed all over the world, but their strangest show might be the matinee they played Sing Sing prison in 1972, a set that featured plenty of R&B covers and Clarence Clemons singing Buddy Miles' "Them Changes."
Why We Love Bruce Springsteen
58. Rick Shea, fridaybrucefix: My friend Howard and I caught a handful of shows on the Reunion tour. One night, during the extended intro to "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out," Bruce was working the crowd into a sing along frenzy, making it clear that he would not kick the song into gear until HE decided the crowd was singing loudly enough. I turned to Howard and said "That man standing on the piano is in complete control of the building." He was.
One of the things I love about Bruce is his absolute mastery of his craft. I can't think of a better band leader and entertainer. He is entirely comfortable, at home, and happy on stage, in complete control of the building. His mastery comes out in his song selections and arrangements, in the emotional arc and pacing of his shows, and in his quarterbacking of his band. While he's a great vocalist and musician, his greatest talent may be his songwriting.
Bruce writes extraordinary songs to which we each connect in our own way. By writing so openly and honestly about his life, he encourages us to think about ours. Some songs act as mirrors through which I reflect on matters in my own life. Others are windows into issues and questions in other people's lives and in the world around me. His music and lyrics entertain and inspire me, and his songs continue to be great company on my life's journey.
Thanks Bruce, and happy 60th!
59. Peter Chianca, Blogness on the Edge of Town: "Why do you love Bruce Springsteen?" My initial response is wondering whether "love" is even the right word "" admire and respect, yes, but love? He's not my wife, or a puppy. On the other hand, I do write a whole Springsteen blog, which some would say puts me in restraining order territory. So why is it?
I suppose it could be how he annoyed snooty grammarians the world over when he wished that "these Badlands start treating us good." Or how he's never once interrupted Taylor Swift on national television. Or that he's the rare artist who still actually has something to say, be it about 9/11, George Bush or mature relationships. (No offense, Fergie.)
Also, by playing raucous concerts while pushing 60, he makes us feel like there is hope for middle age, even if just standing through one of those concerts at age 40 makes my ankles hurt for three days. He can even inspire people with small children and ankle pain to actually go to a show that doesn't feature a Muppet or a guy in a dinosaur suit.
And he can make those same people feel like we did at 16, when music mattered and rock n' roll could set us free, and maybe even save the world. For that last reason alone, just having Bruce still out there gives some of us "" OK, me "" a little more faith in humanity. And if that's not worthy of a little love, I guess I don't know what is.
60. Matt Soniak: Some of my most vivid childhood memories involve driving home on summer nights from the amusement park, a backyard barbecue, wherever, there were a lot of nights like this, my mom and my brother would be asleep in the backseat and I'd be up front next to my dad, the Springsteen fanatic. We would, more often than not, be listening to Born to Run. I don't think I really had any interest in music at that age, and I really didn't get it, but I knew I liked that album. I liked the way the band essentially became one instrument on "She's the One," I liked the sound of the harmonica on "Thunder Road" and more than anything I liked the saxophone solo on "Born to Run." That sax made the hair on my arms stand straight up every time I heard it, and it still does today.
My father died one New Year's Eve almost a decade ago, so I never got a chance to really understand him or connect with him anymore than a stubborn teenager can connect with his equally stubborn father. I've had Born to Run this whole time, though, so I've been able to grasp that a little better. And because of his attachment to it, that album (and, really, all of Springsteen's music), has been the lens through which I've come to understand him—if only just a little bit.
"Born to Run" provides the occasional encouraging shove that my dad once gave me, a reminder that, no matter what sort of hell you find yourself in, there's open road in front of you and all you need to do is go. It may not be better than wherever it is you wind up, and the journey there may be just as awful, but Bruce has a way of making even the worst, most miserable moments in life sound so downright majestic. Good or bad, if that sax solo is the soundtrack to anything you do, you're lucky to have experienced it.
Happy Birthday, Bruce.
A special thanks to Rick and Peter for taking the time to gush talk about Bruce with us, and to Erica Palan, who contributed some E Street trivia.


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