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The opposition – and above all the moderate Islamist Muslim Brotherhood- is hoping to win a substantially larger proportion of the vote in the upcoming parliamentary elections.
The last elections in Egypt took place not two months ago. In September, the population was called on to select a new president. Although for the first time they had the choice of several candidates, their mandate went overwhelmingly to the incumbent, President Hosni Mubarak, with a landslide 88 percent of the vote. Despite tremendous campaign efforts, the nine remaining candidates didn't stand a chance.
Fusion of opposition parties
Of course, the fragmentation of the opposition could have been the key factor helping Mubarak to prevail. Personal animosities and old, entrenched political conflicts prevented the formation of a viable opposition and undermined the credibility of the participating parties.
This, at least, has now changed significantly on the eve of the present parliamentary elections. Leading politicians in the opposition attach far more importance to these elections than to the presidential vote, which – not only in Egypt – was widely regarded as rigged.
Do you think the Muslim Brotherhood should be integrated into Egypt's party politics? email@example.com reaction, the majority of the oppositional groups have now merged into a coalition called the 'United Front For Change.' The hope is that, with this step, they can finally form a political counterweight to the ruling NDP party.
At present, the opposition accounts for only 40 of the 444 seats in the Egyptian parliament and therefore has at most a token status as political strikeforce. Although the various groups are not joining the race as a common party, they have agreed to nominate only one candidate per constituency, who will in each case go up against a rival from the NDP.
No one knows for sure whether or not this strategy will ultimately prove successful following the third ballot on December 7th – if only because of the heterogeneity of the groups involved.
After all, the coalition encompasses not only the prominent liberal-conservative Wafd Party, but also the Kifaya protest movement and the left-wing Tagammu Party. To what extent the coalition's supporters will be able to put pragmatism and a common oppositional will before their respective political convictions remains to be seen.
Muslim Brotherhood on the rise?
Speculation that real politics will still take place outside the coalition is being fed by the role of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood.
This organization refused from the first to join the coalition and decided instead to put up its own independent candidates. Although the Muslim Brotherhood is officially forbidden to form a party due to its radical past, the government nonetheless allowed the group unexpected freedoms during the campaign, even releasing the Brotherhood's imprisoned leaders.
With its slogan 'Islam is the answer,' the group hopes to increase its parliamentary seats from the current 17 to at least 50. This hope seems not wholly unfounded, since parliamentary elections are often won on local problems.
As a charity organization, the Muslim Brotherhood has become deeply integrated into Egyptian society in past decades and will thus have an easy time conveying its ideas to the public.
For the first time, the Brotherhood is now sharing in the benefits brought by the slight political liberalization that Hosni Mubarak initiated at the beginning of the year with an amendment to the constitution. While prohibited from taking part in the presidential elections, the group has now begun to openly propagate its political agenda and has organized a series of campaign appearances for its candidates.
Disapproval from America
This new development is likely to meet with little acceptance outside the country. The USA in particular has repeatedly supported President Mubarak in the past few years in his efforts to isolate the Muslim Brotherhood politically.
But a comprehensive democratization of Egypt hardly seems possible without taking into account the moderate Islamist group. Its illegal status and the government's repressive measures have never stopped the Muslim Brotherhood from playing an active role in political life.
The group's official participation in the political process now offers an opportunity to ascertain the group's true social relevance.
Furthermore, this could be the starting signal for integrating an Islamic party into the political system, one that plays by the rules of the law and the constitution – without endangering democracy. Turkey and Morocco have shown that this undertaking is not necessarily doomed to fail.
The parliamentary elections thus at least open up the chance for a stronger opposition. This is the only way that pressure on the regime can be increased and Mubarak's monopoly on power begin to be curtailed.
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Constitutional Change in Egypt
Reform Fever Induced by External Powers?
The Lebanese journalist Ghassan Moukahal analyses the motives behind President Mubarak's surprise opening up of presidential elections and the constitutional debate in Egypt
Political Elites in Egypt
Between the Moderate Islamists and the Liberals
In his detailed analysis, Gamal Abdelnasser takes a look at possible future developments of Egypt's political elites and explains why Amr Mussa is likely to step up as Mubarak's successor
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"One Must Develop the Capacity to Think Critically"
What role can Egyptian society play in fighting violent Islamist extremism? Dina Shahata, a member of the association "Nahdet El Mahrousa," cites people's general lack of interest in standing up to extremism and Islamism

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So, Is Utah a Developing Nation?
Not an idle question. The latest McKinsey Quarterly links to one of their old papers on the "informal" economy, i.e. business that's run under the table. They note that the proliferation of an informal economy can be detrimental to the economy as a whole for a variety of reasons, lost tax revenues, disrespect for laws, irregular wage payments, avoidance of licensing and regulatory compliance, illegal employment practices, worker safety, product defects, and undercutting legitimate businesses being among them.
They also note a number of indications of an "informal" business: underreporting of employment, avoidance of taxes, ignoring product quality and safety regulations, IP infringement, failing to register as a legal entity, etc. How many of these are an every-day occurrence here? All of them. How many people do I get in my office who are "behind on their taxes" because their bosses list them as "1099 employees?" There's no such thing. Either you're actually an independent contractor, or your boss is a cheap sleaze who's shifting his tax burdens to you. And then there are the businesses that send me brochures, and when I ask them where they got the photos and text, they tell me they just pulled them off the Internet. Oh yes, that's a plan, commercially using other peoples' property without their permission. And when I ask for a license, they hand me something in some other business's name. So what's your relationship to this business? "Oh, he just lets me use his license." Uh, wrong answer, and it's a crime. Not surprising, though, given that they typically haven't met any of the requirements for doing business, right down to registering the DBA they're operating under.
Every time I take the bench in small claims court, I end up having to admonish at least one small business owner that he/she is in fact in business and needs to get the paperwork straight, including licenses and contracts. Happened again last night. Folks, if you're in business, you're self-employed, and being self-employed is fundamentally different from being employed. It means you're ultimately responsible for the paperwork, and if you don't keep it straight, sooner or later you'll wake up wondering what fell on you. And when that happens, and you come to me to straighten it all out, don't start whining about how unfair everything is. My kids know better than that.
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Koki and I enjoyed our walk this morning. She is really a great little dog, but more than being a great dog, she teaches me to enjoy each day to its fullest.
If she sees me reach for the leash, she is so excited and ready to go. When she lost her hearing, I could tell that an immediate depression set upon her. She must have known that her world had changed, but she wasn't equipped to understand it.
However, she adjusted quicker than I think I would have adjusted in the same situation. It is as though she knew that life is to be enjoyed and not to be spent regretting something that has been lost. There is not a moment goes by but what she is doing her best to provide happiness to others.
Now why can't humans be more like that? She will come up when I am watching TV and lay her head on my lap and look up at me with her beautiful eyes. It is though she is saying, "I am here and I love you".
Her love is not conditional love. It is freely given and all she wants is a kind word, even though she can no longer hear that kind word. A pat on the head assures her that I love her too.
But beyond that, she senses if I am down or feeling sick. In those times, she will never leave my side. It is as if she wants me to know she is watching and if she needs to get someone to help, she will.
Giving. I think that is the word that comes to mind for Koki. Always giving and never taking.
Next week is the day of Thanksgiving in the U.S. It is one of those special days when family gets together, pictures are taken, new memories are made and old memories are remembered.
Koki helps me to understand that everyday is a great day to create a new memory. You don't have to wait for one day a year to give thanks. Don't wait till next Thursday. Start today. Call those you love and tell them they are in your thoughts.
Life is too short to waste a minute. Make this a Koki Day and pass out smiles to everyone you meet.


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There's Something Wrong Here, There Can Be No Denying (Songs 'n' The Hoods Part 6)
My memory has a tendency to bully me around. I have many good memories of places, people and things, it's just that the crappy ones come through in HD detail, often highlighting the one tense moment that made an otherwise pleasant experience, a bane of my existence or fodder for amateur analysts. I've shared those memories with the friends and family who had supporting roles, and most of the time they have no recollection whatsoever, like the time our band Black Dog was rehearsing in Mike's basement.
We had decided to cover Roxy Music's "Out Of The Blue" from their fourth album "Country Life." Both Mike and Al were trying to piece together the lyrics from memory, specifically the chorus where Bryan Ferry explains to the listener what comes out of where.
"Out Of The Blue, love came rushing in. Out of the..."
Mike asked, "Sky, is it? What came out of the sky?" Al replied, "Sun. Out of the sky came the sun. Out of left field came..." I replied, "A lucky day." They both replied, "SHUT UP!"
If they're reading, I'm sure they'll deny this. They already had once before when I told the story over pasta and wine the last time we got together about 10 years ago. Mike seemed embarrassed by the memory, but neither he nor Al owned up to it. That moment in Mike's basement, trifling as it seems, wasn't an isolated incident. They were, and still are 4 years older, and things like this happened often in the late seventies when we were teenagers. When your 15 years old and 19 years old, the 4 years in between might as well be 24 years.
I wasn't an angel. One of my best friends was a Denver Broncos fan and at the time, I was a Dallas Cowboys fan. The year they met in the Superbowl, a modest little candy store/stationery store on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village started carrying little tile plaques that stood like picture frames, each sporting a full color replica of a single football helmet of every N.F.L. team. The Monday morning after the Broncos lost to the Cowboys in Super Bowl XII, I stopped by the candy store, purchased the Denver plaque for $2.00, and the minute my friend showed up for school, I spiked it into the concrete of Leroy Street, right at his feet, shattering multi-colored shards all over his Buster Browns. Sammy was a big kid. His biceps were bigger than his thighs. He could have easily crushed me with one blow. (My biceps were a little bigger than my toothbrush.) But, he just shook his head. He wasn't even angry. We walked home from school that day, went back to his place and listened to some Elton John. I'd like to have that day back.
And then there was Lesley. She lived on East 19th Street in Sheepshead Bay, and as I boast about my memory for detail, I can't recall if she lived at the very last house on 19th, or the very first apartment building across the alley. This is significant because, though the distance between the last house before the alley and the first after the alley was no more than 25 feet, if you lived on the other side, you somehow didn't belong. Lesley was riding the cusp regardless, simply because she did things that most on 19th Street couldn't ever imagine, like...listen to The Clash and The Buzzcocks, hang out at the Mudd Club, or go into Manhattan alone to see a movie.
One afternoon, she stopped by Al's basement where we had been listening to "Cat Scratch Fever" and savoring a Schmidt's. She unveiled a new record she had just bought at Zig Zag on Avenue U and East 23rd Street, a record store that doubled as my third, fourth and last class of sophomore year. It was by a band called The Pretenders. That was the first time I had ever heard "Stop Your Sobbing" and "Kid." Such amazing music, and yet I'm sure our reaction was pointlessly offputting. That was our specialty.
I had already been listening to The Clash and The Buzzcocks, not to mention Elvis Costello and XTC, thanks to Michael and Manny and Joe, three of the best record store guys in the Village, so my interest in what Lesley was carrying in her brown album bags was not unfounded. These were bands that were a laugh riot to the diehard Sabbath & Rush fans of Brooklyn, so any attempt she and I had made at casual conversation would quickly morph into panic once the bomber jackets came into focus.
She'd show me her new punk singles and tell me about some band she was going to see at CBGBs, like a ticket scalper or drug dealer, trying to complete the transaction before the heat took notice. Then, as the front doors opened and the starring cast emerged onto the stoops of East 19th Street, Lesley and I would scatter with that phony non-chalance, pretending as if one had just asked the other for the time. "Ok then stranger. Have a good day now. That's right, it's 4:30."
Another afternoon, Lesley asked if I wanted to go into the city to see "The Kids Are Alright," The Who movie which had just opened at the long gone Plaza Theatre, near the Plaza Hotel. Boy, did I. I said yes, and she was thrilled. We put our tokens into the turnstiles at the Sheepshead Bay Road station, and headed into Manhattan. Lesley seemed unfazed by the activity, while I felt like Papillon, catching that perfect wave off of the rock. We had a blast in a half-empty theatre, and talked rock and roll for the entire D-train ride back to Sheepshead Bay. Once we hit the block and noticed the peering eyeballs from the various stoops and windows, she started walking a bit faster, and I a bit slower, and that was that.
A few weeks later, Lesley invited me somewhere else. This time, it was to see a concert at the old Academy Of Music on East 14th Street, which by then had turned into the Palladium. It was a triple bill of XTC, The Buzzocks, & The Fall. (On certain days, I remember it being The Buzzcocks, X-Ray Spex & The Fall. Other days, it's The Buzzocks, Gang Of Four & The Fall.) I said yes immediately, but as the evening got closer, I started to panic.
It was a combination of fear---what would I be missing if I didn't hang on the block for one Friday night--- and fear---what are all my friends going to say if I cross the tracks and hang with Lesley...again? I didn't go, which could explain why I can't recall the exact lineup. Even worse, I broke the news to her as she walked up to my cousin's house to pick me up. No warning, no real excuse, and not a bit of sensitivity for this person's feelings. I just said, "I'm not going." I remember her looking at me, but not for very long. She just started walking away. I don't ever recall her talking to me again. (There's that damn memory again.) I'd like to have that night back.
That night, while The Buzzcocks surely kicked some ass at the Palladium, I sat on a stoop and most likely listened to "Cat Scratch Fever," while someone most likely teased me about something.
14 comments:
- steve simels said...
Sal --
Another beautiful piece, and god, do I envy you being a kid when all that stuff was happening. I was already old and jaded, although I have a similar story about hearing the first Pretenders single.
- August 30, 2010 at 6:26 AM
- Sal Nunziato said...
Thanks Steve, and feel free to share the Pretenders story, either here or over at www.powerpop.blogspot.com
- August 30, 2010 at 6:28 AM
- Dusty Wright said...
Great piece, Sal.
As you know, XTC only toured the US once. I saw them open for The Police at the Cleveland Agora. I remember that they played art movie clips behind them on a portable screen. And I remember leaving about half way thru Der Stingel and his trio. I hailed XTC, and thought they blew away the peroxided blonds that followed them.
- August 30, 2010 at 6:31 AM
- Sal Nunziato said...
Thanks Dusty. I know XTC weren't around often, but I think it may have been both 79 and 80. I wish I knew the exact line up that night.
- August 30, 2010 at 6:34 AM
Great piece again. You captured the politics perfectly! Even though Fran was my best friend on 19th Street, I lived on Sheepshead Bay Road. Geography and Music were the great divides. I always felt like a "visitor" on 19th Street and I only lived a few blocks away. I loved the Who...but it was the late '70s, NY was gritty and I heading into a nihilistic phase. I had discovered the Sex Pistols, who Fran though "dirty" and suddenly the Who seemed old to me. I too straddled the great divide of those I loved and grew up with and the excitement of hearing people my age singing how I felt and once again changing the face of music. I'll never forget not having money to afford the albums I wanted desperately to hear and sitting in Leslie's bedroom hearing Echo & the Bunnymen for the first time. Unfortunately, Leslie and I ended in a similar way as Sal and she did, but thanks Leslie for letting me hear the music I read about but couldn't afford. I went on to have a fun friendship with Echo and have some of the best times of my life at CBGB's.
- August 30, 2010 at 9:06 AM
- steve simels said...
Sal -- I would love to share that story about hearing the first Pretenders single, but it involves a still living woman with access to lawyers.
- August 30, 2010 at 10:25 AM
Another wonderful story, written with such feeling and intelligence and humor. Here's hoping Leslie has forgiven you. We all have a story of regret similar to yours--a momentary lapse of reason. We wish we could go back and change just that one decision we made, but we can't.
Lisa--As you know, my punk rock days didn't last very long, but I do remember spending Christmas night at CBGB's--a very angry, hurt teenager I was in December of 1977! That music did help me through some very tough times. So did you guys and thanks for that. :-)
- August 30, 2010 at 11:49 AM
- mesposit said...
Dear Sal,
I believe there are some factual inaccuracies in the "Out of the Blue" story...Al and I did not say "Shut up". We said "Surfs up!" If you remember correctly, the waves that day in Manhattan Beach were fantastically high and we were passing the time in the my basement waiting to go surfing. I know Al also remembers it differently. In my conversations with him regarding this incident-- and I have researched this extensively for my upcoming memoir "Eat, Pray, Eat: The true story about angiosarcoma"--he remembers us shouting "Soups on!". My mother had just finished heating up some leftover tortellini for us to enjoy. Anyways, I hope this has cleared this up for you-- With much affection, Mike.
- August 30, 2010 at 4:50 PM
Another nice story of old days through the eyes of an adult-child.
I only knew just one girl who could share rock music with me - Yoko(not that one) who gave me "Burnt Weeny Sandwich", I hope she is still the same girl she used to be.
The Pretenders' first album - yeah, that's the first record got me into new wave/punk music.
- August 30, 2010 at 6:24 PM
Another great piece but.....your interpretation of Leslie is a bit unfair...Having grown up on the same block as her(the infamous E.19th St.), I recall Leslie as a maverick whose internal drumbeat was vastly different than most of the rest of us...uber intelligent, quite interesting and a welcome change from the usual fare...sure she might have had her own clique but I'm guessing it was far more interesting than mine was...as I recall, the period of time this installment covers was Leslie's "hot punk" period..I dare say the only peering eyes(mine anyway) you encountered from the "other side of the tracks" were jealous ones...I had the good fortune of sharing the experience of seeing The Who at MSG with her...an hilarious evening for reasons I think you know already...my point is, portraying her in semi-weirdo insinuation is untrue and unfair...the gist of this installment, I understand, is about the mistakes YOU made, and I give you much credit for that...I just felt the need to try to illuminate the Leslie I knew...really smart, really funny, really different, really sweet...I hope whatever she's up to these days, she is truly happy...amen
- August 30, 2010 at 8:25 PM
- Sal Nunziato said...
Thanks for the comments, Anon. But I don't think I portrayed her as semi-weird at all. The actions of the others, myself included, are questionable.
Saying "odd girl out" is a fact not an insult.
I think you are saying exactly what I'm saying, so not sure what it is you disagree with.
Still, I am happy you enjoyed the memory.
- August 31, 2010 at 4:29 AM
Great piece (as per usual, Sal)!! Leslie definitely was depicted and known as strange/different than most others, mainly influenced and put "on her way" by us....but Lisa, Chris and I were reacted to in the same way by a lot of 19th St. people and most of our high school....it's just that we dared to delve and explore new and exciting things/bands/clothes, etc. and we were just way ahead of our time! (FYI, I believe she first lived in the apt. bldg. next to the alley way and then moved to the last house, the 2nd to last house was Kathleen Dalton and family!)
- August 31, 2010 at 10:57 AM
- JAYESSEMM said...
I love this collection of your Songs 'n the Hood.
I'm reading a fun book you might enjoy. "Cigar Box Banjo: Notes on Music and Life" by Paul Quarrington. Paul was a well regarded Canadian author -- 10 novels and 5 non-fiction books, screenplays, ... -- who always dabbled in what might be called "semi-pro music."
I say "was" because Paul was diagnosed with terminal cancer and wrote this book about dying, living, music and why it has such power over us.
For a 50 something living in Toronto the book is fabulous and so evocative of the local music scene but I don't think Cigar Box Banjo is too parochial. Anyone who can evoke the power of Songs 'n the Hood might dig this book even if he doesn't know Don Mills from Dominic Triano.
I see from Mister Amazon that the US edition isn't published 'til October. Put it on your list and check it out this fall if you get the chance.
Can't wait for part 7!
- August 31, 2010 at 12:59 PM
That was another really great, bittersweet story. As soon as I realized there was a new "chapter" up, I closed my other browser windows and turned up the font size so my aging eyes could read it properly. (Back in the day i would turn up the volume, now I turn up the font size (sigh).)
As someone who lived on the opposite coast, in a completely different life, I have to tell you that these stories are great beyond the boundaries of Sheepshead Bay Road and 19th Street. Thanks for sharing them!
- September 2, 2010 at 1:05 AM


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Although we are a 20-man guild, we usually run an extra group in order to get more people to experience the joys of raiding, help new raiders learn the Knot's way to down bosses and gearing up. Usually, these runs happen on Thursdays. Also, every Friday and sometimes Saturdays too, we're on RBGs killing alliance scums!
Saturdays are generally left for those RBGs or older content runs for fun and drinking!
Our current guild progress is 3/8 in The Eternal Palace mythic, and we're focusing on getting further Mythic progress. Our aim is to always progress as much as possible but also to have a relaxed and fun atmosphere at the same time!
If you're interested in joining Gordian Knot, please fill in our application form, located at https://gordian-knot.eu/apply/, alternatively please whisper one of our officers:
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PS. We're always open to group applications or guild merging discussions.
We are also open and welcome social applications.
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<Banana Hammock> is a social raiding guild. We are a group of players that raid with a more relaxed atmosphere. We are not a Cutting Edge guild, but we are open for players who want to push beyond AOTC and see how far we get! While we will ask for the standard logs/experience info, we value our members and we will check any new recruit to see if they make a good fit to make raiding enjoyable. Come be another Banana for our Hammock! 🙂
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English Teacher
I've read about the differences between coordinating conjunctions and subordinating conjunctions and also between independent and dependent clauses. However, I'm still not 100% clear about the differences between them.
For example, I read that "for" is a coordinating conjunction while "because" is a subordinating conjunction. Both are used to "give reasons". I'm confused because it seems that both words can be interchangeably used for most of the occasions I can think of. The only difference is that you can put "because" in the front of a sentence, but you can't put "for" in the beginning of the sentence.
Is that one reason why one is a CC while the other is a SC?


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No. 94,599
A defendant may not receive jail time credit for time spent in an Adult Daily Reporting Center program as a condition of probation. The program, which requires participants to be at its facility only during the day if they do not have a job or are not participating in some other authorized activity, does not come within the "residential facility" language of K.S.A. 21-4614a(a).
Appeal from Sedgwick District Court; GREGORY L. WALLER, judge. Opinion filed September 15, 2006. Affirmed.
Ernest L. Tousley, of O'Hara, O'Hara & Tousley, of Wichita, for appellant.
Kristi L. Barton, assistant district attorney, Nola Tedesco Foulston, district attorney, and Phill Kline, attorney general, for appellee.
Before HILL, P.J., ELLIOTT and GREEN, JJ.
GREEN, J.: Dexter Black pled guilty to possession of cocaine. The district court sentenced Black to 12 months' probation with an underlying prison term of 32 months. The district court modified Black's conditions of probation. It required him to successfully complete an Adult Daily Reporting Center (ADRC) program instead of the residential community correction program, which the court had earlier ordered. Black reported to the ADRC for approximately 90 days.
Later, the district court revoked Black's probation and ordered him to serve a modified sentence of 20 months in prison followed by a 12-month postrelease supervision term. The district court credited Black with 360 days for time already served. Black moved for jail time credit for the time he spent at the ADRC. The district court denied the motion. This appeal centers on whether the district court erred when it failed to grant jail time credit for Black's time spent at the ADRC. We affirm.
The State asserts that Black's appeal is moot because he has served his prison sentence and is now currently only on postrelease supervision. Thus, the State argues that Black's appeal should be dismissed.
"'The general rule is that an appellate court does not decide moot questions or render advisory opinions. The mootness doctrine is one of court policy which recognizes that it is the function of a judicial tribunal to determine real controversies relative to the legal rights of persons and properties which are actually involved in the particular case properly brought before it and to adjudicate those rights in such manner that the determination will be operative, final, and conclusive.'
"'An appellate court may sometimes elect to entertain issues which, although moot, are subjects of real controversy and include issues of statewide interest and importance. When a particular issue, although moot, is capable of repetition and one of public importance, an appellate court may consider the appeal and render an opinion.' [Citation omitted.]" Smith v. Martens, 279 Kan. 242, 244-45, 106 P.3d 28 (2005).
Here, Black finished serving his prison sentence on September 19, 2005; however, he is subject to 12 months' postrelease supervision. A violation during Black's postrelease supervision would subject him to serve the remaining time of the supervision term in prison.
An appeal will not be dismissed for mootness unless it is clearly and convincingly shown that the actual controversy has ended and the only judgment that could be entered would be ineffectual for any purpose and an idle act insofar as rights involved in the case are concerned. In re M.R., 272 Kan. 1335, 1339, 38 P.3d 694 (2002).
We will address the merits of Black's argument. Black argues that K.S.A. 21-4614a requires the district court to grant jail time credit for time served in the ADRC. "Interpretation of a statute is a question of law over which an appellate court may exercise unlimited review." State v. Parks, 27 Kan. App. 2d 544, 545, 6 P.3d 444 (2000).
K.S.A. 21-4614a provides in pertinent part:
"In any criminal action in which probation, . . . is revoked and the defendant is sentenced to confinement, for the purpose of computing the defendant's sentence and parole eligibility and conditional release dates, the defendant's sentence is to be computed from a date, hereinafter to be specifically designated in the sentencing order of the journal entry of judgment or the judgment form delivered with the defendant to the correctional institution. Such date shall be established to reflect and shall be computed as an allowance for the time which the defendant has spent in a residential facility while on probation . . . ."
First, we must determine whether Black's participation in the ADRC program was a condition of probation. See State v. Taylor, 27 Kan. App. 2d 539, 541-42, 6 P.3d 441 (2000). "Presumably, as long as time in a 'residential facility' is a condition of probation ordered by the sentencing judge, there is at least some minimal assurance that the program of the facility will be consistent with the goals of the probation itself." Taylor, 27 Kan. App. 2d at 542. The record shows that Black's conditions of probation were modified to require him to successfully complete the ADRC.
The critical issue in determining the availability of jail time credit is whether the ADRC constitutes a "residential facility." See Taylor, 27 Kan. App. 2d at 541.
Black correctly argues that "residential facility" is not limited to community corrections residential facility. See State v. Theis, 262 Kan. 4, 9-10, 936 P.2d 710 (1997) (holding defendant's time at private inpatient drug treatment facilities qualified as time spent in "residential facility while on probation").
Theis, however, is distinguishable because it involved an inpatient facility in which the defendant was unable to leave. In fact, previous appellate decisions granting jail time credit for time spent in "residential facilities while on probation" under K.S.A. 21-4614a have involved inpatient facilities. See Taylor, 27 Kan. App. 2d at 541-43 (concluding the inpatient reintegration program qualified as a "residential facility" and, therefore, granting jail time credit and concluding jail time credit must be granted for time spent in a halfway house if the halfway house qualified as a residential facility and the defendant's placement there was a condition of violation); see also State v. Williams, 18 Kan. App. 2d 424, 431, 856 P.2d 158 (1993) (concluding the defendant was not entitled to jail time credit for time spent under house arrest).
Here, the ADRC required participants in the program to report to the center from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., unless at work or other authorized activity. Participants, however, were allowed to sleep at home. In addition, the ADRC required participants to wear electronic monitoring devices and to perform 50 hours of community service.
Clearly, the ADRC was not an inpatient residential facility. Participants were allowed to go home to sleep at night and required to be at the ADRC only during the day if they did not have a job or were not participating in some other authorized activity. In fact, if a participant had a job or participated in some other authorized activity, he would have spent minimal time at the center. Under the rationale of Taylor and Williams, Black was not entitled to jail time credit for his time spent in ADRC. Accordingly, the trial court properly denied Black's motion for jail time credit.


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- 2 large eggs plus 1 large egg yolk
- 6 tablespoons plus 1 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 tablespoon finely grated orange peel
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided
- 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
- Vegetable oil (for deep-frying)
Recipe Preparation
Whisk eggs, egg yolk, 6 tablespoons sugar, orange juice, orange peel, vanilla, and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon in large bowl. Let stand 5 minutes, then stir in flour. Mix 1 cup sugar and 2 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon in medium bowl.
Pour enough oil into heavy large saucepan to reach depth of 1 inch. Attach deep-fry thermometer to side of pan and heat oil to 355°F to 360°F over medium-high heat. Spoon batter into pastry bag fitted with 3/8-inch (medium) star tip. Working in batches, pipe several 3- to 4-inch-long ribbons of batter into hot oil. Fry until golden brown, turning occasionally and adjusting heat to maintain temperature, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Transfer to paper towels to drain.
Working in batches, add warm churros to bowl of cinnamon sugar and toss to coat.


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No. 87,389
SUBWAY RESTAURANTS, INC., et al.,
NANCY KESSLER and DANE BANKS, Defendants,
and DAVID M. DUREE,
Non-party Appellant.
1. The doctrine of res judicata is discussed and applied to claims resolved in Subway Restaurants, Inc. v. Kessler, 266 Kan. 433, 970 P.2d 526 (1998), cert. denied 526 U.S. 1112 (1999).
2. A ruling on a K.S.A. 60-260(b) motion to vacate and set aside a judgment rests largely within the district court's discretion. Without a showing of abuse of discretion an appellate court will not reverse the district court's order.
3. In a case arising from the filing of two K.S.A. 60-260(b) motions for relief from final judgment seeking to vacate two judgments for sanctions imposed in 1995 and in 1996, against an out-of-state attorney admitted pro hac vice in Kansas, the record is examined and it is held: (1) The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the K.S.A. 60-260(b) motions, and (2) the appellee's Rule 7.07(c) (2001 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 52) motion for costs and attorney fees based on the claim that the attorney-appellant filed a frivolous appeal is denied.
Appeal from Johnson district court. JANICE D. RUSSELL and LAWRENCE E. SHEPPARD, judges. Opinion filed May 31, 2002. Affirmed.
David M. Duree, appellant, of O'Fallon, Illinois, argued the cause, and was on the briefs pro se.
Mark R. Kravitz, of Wiggin & Dana, of New Haven, Connecticut, argued the cause, and Stanley N. Wilkins, of Slagle, Bernard & Gorman, P.C., of Kansas City, Missouri, was with him on the brief for appellees.
The opinion of the court was delivered by
SIX, J.: This case focuses on issues of timeliness and res judicata. The timely filing issue concerns K.S.A. 60-2103(a) (notice of appeal) and K.S.A. 60-260(b) (motions for relief from final judgment). Our resolution of the current contentions of David M. Duree, a nonparty appellant, adds a postscript to Subway Restaurants, Inc. v. Kessler, 266 Kan. 433, 970 P.2d 526 (1998), cert. denied 526 U.S. 1112 (1999) (Subway I).
In the course of previous civil litigation in which Duree, a Missouri attorney, acted as counsel in Kansas pro hac vice, a sanction for misconduct in the amount of $5,250 was entered against Duree and cocounsel by District Judge Janice Russell. Judge Russell found that Duree and cocounsel had asserted a fifth amended counterclaim against Doctor's Associates, Inc., (DAI) without any good faith basis in fact or law. Duree, his clients, and cocounsel previously had been sanctioned $1,000 for discovery abuse. Subway I, 266 Kan. at 435. Judge Russell imposed $408,445.25 as a third sanction against Duree only. Duree's pro hac vice admission was revoked. At the center of the controversy resulting in the third sanction was a manufactured 1989 tax return used by Duree in the case. Duree appealed the $408,445.25 sanction in Subway I. We affirmed.
In November 2000, Duree filed two K.S.A. 60-260(b) motions to vacate the second and third sanction judgments. District Judge Lawrence E. Sheppard denied the motions. Duree now appeals.
Our jurisdiction is under K.S.A. 20-3018(c) (transfer on our own motion).
The controlling issue is whether the district court erred by refusing to vacate the sanctions. Finding no error, we affirm.
With reference to the third sanction of $408,445.25, Duree contends that the Kansas courts lacked subject matter jurisdiction. His contention is not persuasive and fails for two reasons: the doctrine of res judicata and the district court's correct ruling on Duree's K.S.A. 60-260(b) motion.
DAI, contending that Duree's appeal is frivolous, filed a Rule 7.07(c) (2001 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 52) motion for attorney fees and costs on appeal. Although the motion presents us with a close question, the motion is denied.
The underlying facts are found in Subway I, 266 Kan. at 434-437. A brief background review is included here to assist in attempting to explain this appeal. DAI, a national franchiser of Subway sandwich shops, began litigation in 1990 against two of its franchise owners, Nancy Kessler and Dane Banks, for eviction, replevin, and to recover unpaid franchise royalties and arrearages on real estate and equipment leases. (Two cases were filed and later consolidated.) Duree was admitted pro hac vice by District Judge Janice Russell as counsel for Kessler and Banks. Duree assumed the role of lead counsel. He filed a series of counterclaims against DAI for its alleged fraudulent inducement of Kessler and Banks to purchase their Subway franchise. Judge Russell sustained DAI's motion for summary judgment on Kessler and Bank's fifth amended counterclaim. She found the counterclaim totally without merit. The Court of Appeals affirmed her decision in an unpublished opinion, No. 75,053, filed February 21, 1997, citing her "thorough and careful examination" of a voluminous record and characterizing her analysis of the uncontroverted facts as "disciplined." Subway I, 266 Kan. at 437.
Duree retained the services of Robert Seiffert, a CPA, to prepare an amended 1989 tax return for the Kessler-Banks Subway shop. Judge Russell found that Duree deliberately caused the preparation of a false 1989 partnership tax return to support his clients' fraud counterclaims. In May 1996, Duree's admission to practice in Kansas was revoked, and he was ordered to pay additional sanctions of $408,445.25. District Judge Lawrence E. Sheppard, after Judge Russell recused herself, later denied Duree's K.S.A. 60-259(f) motion to alter or amend and refused to set aside Judge Russell's May 1996 order. We affirmed in Subway I.
Duree has unsuccessfully attempted collateral attacks on the Subway I judgment in Connecticut, Illinois, and Missouri. See, e.g., Doctor's Associates, Inc. v. Duree, 2000 WL 872469 (Conn. Super. 2000); Doctor's Associates, Inc. v. Duree, 319 Ill. App. 3d 1032, 745 N.E. 2d 1270, appeal denied 195 Ill. 2d 577, 755 N.E. 2d 476 (2001); Doctor's Associates, Inc. v. Duree, 30 S.W.3d 884 (Mo. App. 2000) (application for transfer denied December 5, 2000).
On January 28, 1999, the Missouri Board of Accountancy (Board) filed a complaint against Robert Seiffert, Mahlon Rubin, and the accounting firm of Rubin, Brown & Gornstein. The complaint charged that they subordinated their professional judgment to Duree and prepared false income tax returns. Duree was not a party to the Missouri administrative proceeding. The Board later dismissed the complaint without prejudice. An investigation was conducted under the terms of a letter agreement that permitted the Board to reopen the case if the investigation supported the charges.
The Board found no violations of the applicable statutes or its rules and regulations in the preparation of the amended tax return. On September 7, 1999, the executive director of the Board issued a letter in which he said the Board was closing its file on the matter.
The next year, Duree returned to Kansas to litigate again. On November 20, 2000, he filed the two K.S.A. 60-260(b) motions at issue here. With respect to the 1995 sanction, Duree argued below that the $5,250 was included in the 1996 sanction of $408,455.25. He also asserted that he had not signed or prepared the summary judgment opposition papers upon which the 1995 sanction was based. With respect to the 1996 sanction, Duree raised the same arguments that had failed in Missouri, Illinois, and Connecticut courts: i.e., (1) Kansas did not have subject matter jurisdiction to sanction him, (2) the $408,445.25 sanction was invalid because it was allegedly awarded after costs were taxed, and (3) DAI released him from the sanction judgments as part of a "global settlement" with his Illinois clients in 1997.
Duree specifically argues on appeal that (1) the 1996 sanction of $408,445.25 was void due to a lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and (2) the 1995 sanction of $5,250 was void because he did not sign the pleadings. Duree also contends that his K.S.A. 60- 260(b) motions were filed in a timely manner.
According to the district court, Duree did not timely file his K.S.A. 60-260(b) motions. On appeal, Duree focuses on K.S.A. 60-260(b)(4) (void judgment). Subsections (1), (2), and (3) of K.S.A. 60-260(b) require that such motions be made no more than 1 year after the judgment was entered. Duree filed his motions under subsections (4), (5), and (6). Proceeding under subsections (4), (5), and (6) of K.S.A. 60-260(b), the motion must be filed within a "reasonable time." K.S.A. 60-260(b) says, in pertinent part:
"On motion and upon such terms as are just, the court may relieve a party or said party's legal representative from a final judgment, order, or proceeding for the following reasons: . . . (4) the judgment is void; (5) the judgment has been satisfied, released, or discharged, or a prior judgment upon which it is based has been reversed or otherwise vacated, or it is no longer equitable that the judgment should have prospective application; or (6) any other reason justifying relief from the operation of the judgment."
Duree told us at oral argument, "I'm not arguing to this court that the decision of the Missouri Board of Accountancy is binding on this court, but that it has some persuasive value and is what prompted the current motions before this court." (Emphasis added.)
The 1996 Sanction of $408,445.25
Here, Duree asserts that the 1996 sanction should be vacated because Kansas courts "lacked subject matter jurisdiction to determine that the amended 1989 tax return was a 'false tax return.'" He reasons that the 1996 judgment was void because the district court erroneously determined a question of federal tax law. According to Duree, Judge Russell lacked jurisdiction to determine that the amended 1989 federal tax return was a false return. As a preliminary matter, Duree asserts that the evidence did not support the district court's original finding that he presented a "false tax return." This issue was previously decided in Subway I. See 266 Kan. 433. Duree was represented by counsel in Subway I. He failed to file a motion for rehearing or modification of Subway I under Rule 7.06 (2001 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 51). Here, 2 years after the mandate in Subway I has issued, he attempted under K.S.A. 60-260(b) to question the conclusions of DAI's tax expert Ned Allen Ford, Distinguished Professor of Accountancy at Kansas University. DAI had submitted Professor Ford's affidavit. Ford supported DAI's claim that Duree had asserted the Kessler-Banks fraud claims in bad faith. (DAI also submitted the affidavit of Geoffrey C. Hazard, Jr., Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania). See Subway I, 266 Kan. at 438.
DAI argues that if Duree believed that Professor Ford's conclusions concerning the accuracy of the amended tax return were flawed, he was required to counter that opinion by introducing expert testimony during the 1996 sanction hearing. We agree. The district judge reasoned:
"The complaint is, as best I understand your argument, Mr. Duree, that the Kansas court was not competent to make judgment with respect to whether or not the tax return that Judge Russell found to have been fraudulently prepared, was in fact a fraudulent document. And that particular argument was made and presented both to Judge Russell, I assume, and certainly the opportunity was there to present it to the Kansas Supreme court. If that was not done, certainly the opportunity was available."
Duree also argues that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to decide whether the 1989 amended tax return was a "false tax return."
Judge Sheppard disposed of this assertion by ruling:
"The court does not find the underlying sanction that was entered and affirmed by the Kansas Supreme Court to be in any way tainted by the argument that the court did not have jurisdiction to determine an issue involving the United States Internal Revenue Code. It [the sanction] was a matter of discipline. And subsequently, the judgment is not void as a matter of law, that is, the sanctions that were imposed."
Duree's attempt to revisit the $408,445.25 sanction is barred by the doctrine of res judicata. The doctrine prevents litigation where there is (1) identity in the things sued for; (2) identity of the cause of action; (3) identity of the persons and parties to the action; and (4) identity in the quality of the persons for or against whom the claim is made. Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Beshears, 271 Kan. 596, 610, 24 P.3d 113 (2001); see also In re Estate of Reed, 236 Kan. 514, 519, 693 P.2d 1156 (1985) (res judicata applies to "every question which might have been presented and decided"). We have said the doctrine as applied "is inexorable in making a judgment binding so as to shut off further inquiry no matter how clear the mistake of fact or how obvious the misunderstanding of law." Goetz v. Board of Trustees, 203 Kan. 340, 349, 454 P.2d 481 (1969).
Judge Sheppard commented:
"You [Duree] are rearguing the same matters that have previously been presented . . . .
". . . [Y]ou have had every opportunity to have presented these arguments, and did in fact present them and they were ruled upon as part of the earlier proceedings in this case that have been finalized by way of the Kansas Supreme Court's affirming the sanctions imposed by Judge Russell and which were reviewed in an evidentiary hearing that I conducted in December of '99 . . . ."
We agree with Judge Sheppard. Duree is barred from making claims here that the evidence did not support the findings supporting Judge Russell's sanction and that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction.
As the Illinois appellate court observed in Doctor's Associates, Inc. v. Duree, refusing to vacate our Subway I judgment domesticated in Illinois:
"Judge Russell did not proceed under any federal tax law, or regulation nor professional rule in making her decision but, rather, acted under K.S.A. 60-2007 and 60-211, the statutes upon which DAI's motion was predicated. The findings of the Kansas court cited by Duree represent simply factual determinations made by the judge in considering whether the Kessler/Banks counterclaim lacked a good-faith filing, and, thus, was sanctionable. The record fails to show, as advocated by Duree, that the Kansas court was without the proper jurisdiction to render its decision." 319 Ill. App. 3d at 1042.
The 1995 Sanction of $5,250
As an initial counter point, DAI argues that Duree's motion to vacate the 1995 sanction was untimely. DAI asserts that Duree gave no reason for waiting 5 years after the 1995 sanction was awarded to move to vacate the judgment. There is no dispute that Duree did not challenge his $5,250 sanction in Subway I, 266 Kan. 433. Duree argues that the $5,250 sanction award did not become final until all other claims in the consolidated cases were resolved on June 12, 2001, before the district court.
A clarification of the time line of events is helpful here. The district court consolidated Subway's initial case, an eviction action also claiming unpaid rent (Case No. 91-C-2679, filed February 1990), with DAI's separately filed breach of contract, tortious interference of contract, and replevin action (Case No. 90-C-12370, also filed in 1990). In September 1995, the district court awarded a sanction of $5,250 against Duree and his cocounsel. (In the case caption the journal entry included No. 91-C-2679, Court No. 7: Chapter 60; Formerly No. 90-C2344, Court No. 1, Chapter 61; Cause No. 90-C- 12370, Court No. 7, Chapter 60.) Duree filed a notice of appeal. However, DAI moved for additional sanctions. DAI requested that the Court of Appeals decline to review the 1995 sanction judgment until after the district court decided DAI's other sanctions motion. Duree's appeal was dismissed. On November 27, 2000, the district court entered a journal entry of judgment saying, "All other matters in this case are hereby dismissed without prejudice." The caption on the order only listed Case No. 91-C-2679, DAI's eviction case.
On December 29, 2000, Duree moved for clarification and, in the alternative, additional time to appeal the September 1995 sanction award. Duree argued that it was not clear whether the district court's November 27, 2000, order applied to the consolidated cases or just the replevin case. He also argued that the 1995 journal entry designating a sanction of $5,250 was not appealable until all consolidated cases were determined. Duree contended that it was unclear whether the district court intended to dismiss the 1995 judgment.
On June 12, 2001, the district court denied Duree's motion for clarification and additional time to appeal the 1995 judgment. Regarding the November 27, 2000, journal entry, Judge Sheppard said the objective was to close all remaining files, which included Case Nos. 90-C-12370 and 91-C-2679. The district court noted that the dismissal of those claims did not affect the 1995 and 1996 sanctions against Duree.
Duree contends that "[o]n its face," the November 27, 2000, judgment did not dismiss the consolidated cases. Thus, he concludes that it was not a final judgment for purposes of appealing the 1995 sanction award. Duree filed his notice of appeal here June 22, 2001. Duree obviously failed to appeal the 1995 sanction within 30 days of the November 27, 2000, judgment. See K.S.A. 60-2103(a).
The record shows that on some documents file stamped before November 27, 2000, the case caption was as follows:
"No. 91-C-2679
Court No. 7: Chapter 60
No. 90-C-2344
Court No.1;
Chapter 61
(Consolidates with
Cause No. 90-C-12370
Court No. 7;
Chapter 60)."
This notation shows that the parties had notice that documents referencing Case No. 91-C-2679 included the consolidated Case No. 90-C-12370. Other documents only listed Case No. 90-C-12370 in the case caption. At the January 26, 2001, hearing on the motion for clarification of the order dismissing all matters, the district court noted that counsel for both DAI and Duree participated in telephone conferences regarding "finalizing the form of the journal entry to be filed." Thus, the parties understood that the matters continued to be consolidated.
Duree's appeal of the 1995 sanction was not timely; thus, we need not reach his contention that the 1995 sanction judgment was void under K.S.A. 60-211 because he did not sign the pleadings upon which the sanction was based.
The K.S.A. 60-260(b) Motions
Finally, Duree argues that the district court erred in finding that his K.S.A. 60- 260(b) motions challenging the 1995 and 1996 sanctions were not timely filed. One 60- 260(b) motion was directed at the $5,250 sanction entered September 12, 1995. The K.S.A. 60-260(b) motion directed at the 1996 sanction was filed just over 14 months after the Board's September 7, 1999, decision to close the file on the Seiffert, Rubin, and the firm of Rubin, Brown & Gornstein tax return investigation.
A ruling on a motion to vacate and set aside a judgment rests largely within the district court's discretion. Without a showing of abuse of discretion this court on appellate review will not reverse the district court's order. Lee v. Brown, 210 Kan. 168, 170, 499 P.2d 1076 (1972). We find no abuse of discretion in Judge Sheppard's denial of Duree's K.S.A. 60-260(b) motion on the 1995 sanction.
One of Duree's problems here, concerning the 1996 sanction, is that he fails to explain why his "new evidence" could not have been presented before. The district court found:
"[W]ith respect to newly discovered evidence . . ., the opportunity was available as part of the earlier proceedings to have presented such evidence and if this court were to consider the release, to have done so."
K.S.A. 60-260(b)(2) allows the court to relieve a party or the party's legal representative from a final judgment order where there was "newly discovered evidence which by due diligence could not have been discovered in time to move for a new trial under K.S.A. 60-259." Apparently Duree attempted to side-step the K.S.A. 60- 260(b)(2) 1-year statutory time limit by deciding to file his motions under subsection (4).
Duree could have presented additional evidence concerning the validity of the amended 1989 tax return in the earlier proceedings. Duree has failed to show that the district court abused its discretion in finding that his 60-260(b) motion challenging the 1996 sanction was untimely.
In his appellate brief, Duree mentions in passing that he is entitled to relief under K.S.A. 60-260(b)(4) or (6). Subsection (6) allows relief where there is "any other reason justifying relief from the operation of the judgment." The general rule is that the first five grounds of K.S.A. 60-260(b), that are specific, and the sixth, that is the general catch-all, are mutually exclusive. K.S.A. 60-260(b)(6) is not available if the asserted grounds for relief are within the coverage of another provision of K.S.A. 60-260(b). State ex rel. Secretary of SRS v. Keck, 266 Kan. 305, Syl. ¶ 1, 969 P.2d 841 (1998). Since Duree's asserted grounds for relief are covered within 60-260(b)(4) (void judgment), there is no need to reach the 60-260(b)(6) contention.
Frivolous Appeal
DAI has requested that we rule that Duree's appeal is frivolous under Supreme Court Rule 7.07(c) and assess Duree the cost of reproduction of DAI's brief and reasonable attorney fees. See Supreme Court Rules 7.07(b) and (c) (2001 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 52) and 5.01 (2001 Kan. Ct. R. Annot. 31). We decline to do so.
DAI says in its brief:
"As Judge Russell commented early in the case, 'I don't think that any judge likes to award sanctions.' Apparently adhering to that sentiment, in the proceedings below, Judge Sheppard thought that DAI's motion to sanction Mr. Duree was a 'close call,' but declined to grant it, because of Mr. Duree's emotional involvement in advancing his position. Though DAI disagrees with Judge Sheppard's ruling, DAI has not appealed it because DAI recognizes . . . that awarding sanctions is a matter that lies within the sound discretion of the trial court. However, the District Court's decision not to sanction Mr. Duree's filing of the motion to vacate does not prelude this Court from concluding that Mr. Duree should be sanctioned for filing a frivolous appeal."
In his response, Duree argues that the 1995 sanction was not originally declared a final judgment. See K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 60-254. A search of the record shows that in 1995, Duree attempted to appeal the $5,250 sanction. Duree argued that the order for sanctions was appealable, but DAI countered that the 1995 sanction was not appealable until all pending matters were resolved. The Court of Appeals agreed with DAI, and the appeal was dismissed.
Although one would logically presume that Duree could have appealed the 1995 sanction at the same time he appealed the 1996 sanction in Subway I, the issue is not so easily resolved. In the journal entry awarding the 1996 sanction, the district court said: "There is no just reason for delay from this final judgment, and an immediate appeal may materially advance the ultimate termination of the litigation." This language suggests finality to the actions upon which the 1996 sanction was based.
The 1995 sanction was based upon the same underlying misconduct. However, the journal entry awarding the 1995 sanction did not contain the specific language indicating finality. In paragraph one, it said: "This matter shall be stayed and no trial date set on plaintiff's Petition pending resolution of any appeal of the Court's order and final judgment, as set forth in the August 7, 1995 Journal Entry, granting DAI's motion for summary judgment."
Based on the circumstances surrounding the 1995 sanction and its finality, one could argue that Duree could not have appealed the 1995 sanction until all pending matters were resolved. The district court did not dismiss all remaining claims until November 27, 2000.
We also observe that the 1996 sanction of $408,445.25 affirmed in Subway I included attorney fees in the amount of $272,263.51, for Wiggin & Dana, and $74,077.03, for Turner and Boisseau, Kansas counsel. 266 Kan. at 448.


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Dell's Vostro 1015, the rare business laptop that brings a halfway elegant design to the boardroom table, is now available. The base model of the 15.6" laptop costs $429 but only comes with a 2.2GHz Celeron 900 processor, so you will likely want to make the jump to the $629 model which sports a 2.1GHz Core 2 Duo T6670. You know, to ensure that Excel performs snappily. Or at least for making sure you can snappily Alt-Tab back to Excel when the boss strolls by. The $629 price tag also gets you 3GB of RAM, a 320 GB HD and Windows 7 Professional. To check out more details on the Dell Vostro 1015, head over to Dell.
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The Cinemin Swivel Pico Projector by WowWee, a $300 pocket-size projector designed for use with other pocket-size devices, is now yours for the having. The Cinemin swivels on a 90-degree hinge for versatile projection without a tripod, which is sweet like cinnamon but only offers 480 x 320 resolution, which is like the minimum of cinema, thus Cinemin. That might not be what they had in mind with the name but I'm sticking to it. You can get your hands on the little guy over at Amazon.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 92 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
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Our web site http://www.realestatetalk.com.au is promoted on Australia's leading real-estate portals and our radio show is broadcast every week. As part of a new service, we are inviting home sellers, home buyers or anyone interested in house prices to complete a short form and get free property data access.
Our web site is about to be renamed to http://www.diyhomevalue.com.
Whilst in the data system they can accurately price their own home (or any home). It's quick, it's simple and it's free. Please visit the site and see what we have done to-date. As part of a large launch campaign planned in August, we want a professionally designed logo that we can use on web sites such as http://www.domain.com.au and realestate.com.au.
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Apparently A Debate: Would Twitter Benefit If Users Had To Pay To Use It?
from the easy-answer deptAccording to Mathew Ingram at GigaOM, there is apparently a raging debate over whether or not Twitter would actually benefit as a service if users had to pay to use it. I'll admit to being a little bit surprised when I saw this, but digging into the details brought what I think is a wonderful conclusion as to why the answer is definitively "no".
This all more or less started (or at least really took off) when Dalton Caldwell, who founded Imeem, announced he wanted to create a for-pay service similar to Twitter. Caldwell states that services like Twitter don't realize their full potential in what he deems an "advertising-supported monoculture".
"All of these services are essentially in the same business: vying for the opportunity to sell you/your clickstream to advertisers. … I have no interest in completely opting out of the social Web. But please, I want a real alternative to advertising hell. I would gladly pay for a service that treats me better."It's a concept that I think many people might first agree with...but only if they don't think about it for more than thirty seconds. The first flaw in this line of thinking is that users paying for the service is somehow a firm requirement to avoid what Caldwell calls "advertising hell". I don't think they do; rather, I think that each new service that comes out can be built upon and each innovation can make each service better, including in the way users are impacted by advertisements. As an example, Caldwell could have penned something similar in the 90's, bemoaning a Myspace that had clearly become a musical and bloated hell, so obviously we need to make a social media site that is paid for by users.
Except that's not what we needed. We needed Facebook which, contrary to all the status updates you may have read, does not charge users.
The second flaw in Caldwell's statement is the assumption that advertising does now and always will make us want to bang our heads against the walls in frustration. Certainly advertisements can be annoying, but we've talked repeatedly about how advertising is simply more content, and it can be good or bad. As digital ads continue to get better and better, this "advertising hell" may become an "advertising heaven." Or at least an "advertising purgatory," where the annoyance factor is minimal. In any case, if ads were wanted, then Caldwell's service loses out.
But perhaps that most articulate reason why a service like Twitter should not charge users to join in is made by venture capitalist Fred Wilson:
"Wilson maintains that a free model is the only way to get the kind of network effects necessary for a large consumer business. He also argues that charging users is contrary to the rationale behind such services, since the content being monetized is coming from those same users:What Wilson notes about the content being created by the users is the key point to me. Twitter is a great stage, but those of us that use it are the stars (to varying degrees). To charge the people who are creating the content on your platform seems completely backwards, particularly considering the effect that will have on how your service scales.
'When scale matters, when network effects matter, when your users are creating the content and the value, free is the business model of choice. And I don't think anything has changed to make that less true today. If anything, it is more true.'"
Consider the recent story we ran about how an Irish rail operator used Twitter to reunite a person and their dog: does that happen if you have to pay for the service, reducing its user base? I don't think it does.
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You've done it – you're a published author! Now it's time to start reaping the benefits of all your long hours of work.
Who couldn't use a few ideas on how to sell more books and expand readership? In the coming weeks, we'll be sharing tips, resources and ideas designed to help you sell more books…without having to quit your day job!
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How many emails do you write on a typical day? How many in a week? A month? Your email signature is a great way to promote your book to as wide of an audience as possible…without really trying. All it takes is a few minutes to set up your email signature, include a link to your book, and you're all set. Try something subtle like "Check out my new book" with a link to your book. For a stronger approach, consider taking a 10-word excerpt from one of your reviews, then link to your book.
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Over 200 anglers participated in the inaugural Tournament in 1989. This event has established itself as the largest professionally run fishing tournament in the Florida Big Bend Gulf Coast. With an average 700 competitors in recent years the Tournament ranks among the top saltwater fishing tournaments, by participation, according to Florida Sportsman Magazine. All proceeds derived from the event are used to expand and develop a system of artificial reefs in the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico, OAR's purview of operation.
Since 1990, the Tournament has been a three-day event set on Father's Day Weekend. It is a rodeo format featuring multiple species in three divisions for competitive fishing for Juniors to Pros. The format has proven itself productive and inviting to participants and their families. The Bend Saltwater Classic is the Fishing Family's place to be on Father's Day Weekend in North Florida.
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Departure points: Tournament entrants must depart from port (or may fish from shore) along the portion of the Gulf of Mexico coastline from the Keaton Beach Canal in Taylor County to the Mexico Beach Canal in Bay County.
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Fourth-year running back Stevan Ridley's contract is up after the upcoming NFL season, but he says if he goes out and is productive the situation will take care of itself.
FOXBORO – He doesn't consider the season a dash for cash.
"I have to be honest about it," running back Stevan Ridley answered when asked about the contract year he's entering into with the Patriots. "It's there, but it's not my first concern.
"My first concern is going out there and being the best player for this team, and I think if I go out there and have a productive year and do what I need to do, that the contract will take care of itself. So I'm not really going to put too much thought into it because I think, as you guys (in the media) know, if I start thinking about that, it could easily be a distraction.
"So I can't really worry with that," said Ridley. "I am going to have the good days. I'm going to have some bad days. But I'm going to just keep working and keep my head in the dirt and keep grinding it out."
Ridley's 4.5-yard rushing average on 555 carries over his three years in the NFL makes him the Patriots' all-time leader in that department, but they've come at a price – nine career fumbles, eight in the past two seasons, six of them resulting in fumbles.
Welcome to the NFL: On the second day of practice in full pads, veteran cornerback Brandon Browner welcomed rookie running back James White to the NFL by leveling him with a hit he punctuated with a celebratory scream.
Following the rain-shortened practice, Ridley swept the fourth-round draft pick off his feet with praise.
"I say particularly, and not to single out one guy, but James has come in and he's done an awesome job," said Ridley.
Take a lap: Rookie quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (third day in a row) and rookie center Bryan Stork (second day in a row) were forced to run their daily punishment laps for a botched snap.
Linebackers Steve Beauharnais and Cameron Gordon were similarly punished during Sunday's practice after jumping offside.
Roster's full: The Patriots released wide receiver Greg Orton, who reportedly suffered a torn Achilles tendon at Friday's practice (he was carted off the field), and signed wideouts Cole Stanford (Cal Poly) and Brian Tyms (Florida A&M).
The moves put the Patriots at the league-limit 90 players.
Director of player personnel Nick Caserio said that Orton will "probably end up on injured reserve."
The attendance sheet: Cornerback Alfonzo Dennard, wide receiver Aaron Dobson, wide receiver Jeremy Gallon, and special teamer Matthew Slater continue their stints on the physically unable to perform list.
Defensive lineman Dominique Easley, offensive tackle Chris Martin, and linebacker Deontae Skinner remain on the non-football injury list.
Defensive backs Daxton Swanson and Jemea Thomas, both of whom were injured earlier in camp, remained out.
The week ahead: After taking today off, the Patriots will practice at 9:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
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The main focus of the Baumann Foundation is an initiative called Being Human. In general, Being Human organizes conversations and events to explore the nature of human experience from an evolutionary, scientific, philosophical and reflective perspective.
Being Human 2013 - The Science
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On September 28th, 2013 we held our second annual Being Human event. Four 90-minute segments featured world-class scientists and speakers presenting on such topics as the biology and psychology of human behavior, love and sex, and the evolutionary perspective on emotions.
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On March 24th 2012 we hosted -- the first annual Symposium where leading scientists and philosophers presented scientific and philosophical insights that are reshaping our understanding of human nature and our experience of daily life.
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