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The third annual "Bike For Beck" combined with "BeckFest" was bigger and better than ever this past Sunday with more riders, more sponsors, more booths and more guests than ever before.
Riders began gathering as early as 7:00 a.m. for their choice of 12, 25, 60 or 80 mile routes through the scenic Cleveland Metroparks Valley Parkway Trail system. The 80 mile route was added this year in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the center.
Over the course of the day, the festivities (that concluded at 3:00 p.m.) also had guests invited to celebrate BeckFest which featured all kinds of family activities including:
• "Hear and Touch the Music" children's play area
• Dave Brewer Drum Circle
• Performances by "Something Dada", Beck Center's own Improv Group
• Sidewalk Chalk Art
• Pottery Art Demonstrations
• "Adopt a Pot" benefit sale
• Unicycle demonstrations
• A bicycle obstacle course put together by Ray's Indoor Mountain Bike Park
• Bike Cleveland's "Bike Blender" concocting free smoothies
• Chris Hodgson's Hodge Podge Food Truck
• Elsie's Crepes
• The Sweet Shop
• Face Painting
• Appearance by the Lakewood Police bicycle corp
• A kid friendly art table
• Live music by Chris Burge Trio, Fireside, and The Madison Crawl
• Free massages by Massage Heights
• Beat Cycles helping with free minor repairs and adjustments
In short it was a wonderful celebration of the arts with perfect weather in which to enjoy as an added bonus. Lovers of the arts were invited to browse the various areas at their own pace with their families.
The highlight of the event was the unveiling and opening of an 80th anniversary popcorn ball cake made entirely of popcorn ball material with delicious chocolate decorations and filled with 400 wrapped popcorn balls which were distributed to the eager crowd. The four foot wide and four foot tall cake was a special treat from the Campbell Sweet Factory and weighed nearly 250 pounds.
The 2014 Bike for Beck was sponsored by Krylon, Lakewood Hospital and Turner Construction with additional support from AT & F, Dimit Architects, LLC, Discount Drug Mart, Drs. Harter Family Dentistry, First Federal of Lakewood, Hyland Software, Joy Machines, Lakewood Association of Firefighters Local 382, Nature's Bin, Ride and Workout, The Root Café and Vosh. SAG support provided by Great Lakes React.
Plans are underway for next year's Bike for Beck and Beck Fest. Keep tuned to http://www.beckcenter.org/ for details.


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Tony Gaffney and Stephane Lasme will workout today and tomorrow with the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder was the team hosts a Free Agent Workout.
Another NBA blog, Ridiculous Upside, has a break down of each player:
The three players left to talk about -- Gaffney, Kurz and Lasme -- have NBA talent, just not NBA contracts. Lasme and Gaffney have both made NBA rosters in the past (Gaffney with the Boston Celtics, Lasme with theGolden State Warriors and Miami Heat) with their stingy defense and lengthy wingspans while Kurz earned a spot on the Warriors his rookie season as a sweet-shooting stretch-four and then was called up to end the season with the Chicago Bulls in 2009-10 (for more on Kurz, who spent a season in the D-League and then Germany following the Warriors, click here.
The blog Welcome To Loud City currently has a photo of Lasme on its website with this story on the mini camp.
One of the invitees, Stephane Lasme, has seen time with two NBA teams and played on the pre-season roster of two others. He is known as an excellent defender and shot-blocker, although he is a bit undersized.

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One who has pissed himself repeatedly leaving rings like a tree and has no home.
The Fire Dept. has gone on the same piss bum six times today.
by Chankla Keating November 13, 2008
piss bum is what happens when u go camping and you need to piss in the bush and u laugh and get it all over your pants instead.
it is also emma's nickname.
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The Ballroom Dance Club invites the general public to come celebrate its "Dance Around The Maypole" Dance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, with live music provided by Tony Union DJ. Hors d'oeuvres and beverages will be provided for this dress to impress, non-smoking, non-alcolholic event. The cost to attend for members is $8 and for nonmembers is $11. For directions, more information or tickets, call Jeanette Morgan at 667-9522.
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Read your newsfeeds, manage them in folders, tag them, and much more - all in sync with your Google Reader account.
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College Hockey:Colorado College Scores Seven to Sweep UMass-Amherst
Tigers Net Four Power-Play Goals
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. — Colorado College improved to .500 with a 7-1 win over visiting UMass-Amherst Saturday night at the Colorado Springs World Arena.
The Tigers jumped out early, scoring twice in the first period, giving freshman goalie Curtis McElhinney all the support he needed to pick up his first career win.
"I was really pleased with tonight's game," said Colorado College head coach Scott Owens. "Actually I was happy with all 120 minutes this weekend. We played two entirely different games and handled them well. Yesterday, they trapped and frustrated us. Today, they came out flying and played a much more physical game. I was happy to see how we responded to each game."
Just as in Friday's game, Tiger forward Alex Kim opened up the scoring. On an early power play, he beat UMass goalie Tim Warner with a shot from just outside the crease. The play developed as Mark Cullen threw the puck on net from the point. Warner made the initial save and Tiger Chris Hartsburg picked up the rebound and fired another shot on goal. Warner saved it and Kim collected the rebound and put it in for his second goal of the season.
Just over 12 minutes later, again on the power play, Kim found the back of the net again, sending off a quick wrister through the legs of Warner from the top of the right circle.
The Tiger power play came alive as they went 4-for-9 after failing to convert an opportunity in the previous three games.
"It was nice to see the PP finally come together," said Owens. "We had been working at it and tonight it finally clicked."
CC extended the lead three minutes into second period when Colin Stuart picked up his first goal of the season. The Tigers would add three more as they went on to a 7-1 victory.
In the end, three Tigers had four-point games: Tom Preissing and Peter Sejna each scored once and added three assists, while Mark Cullen collected four assists.
"I was happy with the play of Mark Cullen, Sejna, Kim and Preissing," said Owens. "They are our leaders and we need to get production from them. They did a great job."
Unlike Friday's game, the Minutemen came out firing and had several strong scoring opportunities, but had trouble beating McElhinney. Their only goal came from Matt Walsh who scored on a breakaway midway through the second period.
"I'm really happy to get a win under my belt," said McElhinney. "Last night they did not have a lot of opportunities so I didn't know what to expect today. They actually came out and came after us. They got some good opportunities and I did my best to stop what I could."
CC has next weekend off before a home-and-home series with Denver Nov. 1-2. UMass-Amherst plays at Providence next Sunday, Oct. 28, at 4:00 p.m.
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Pastors…on the Journey
I had lunch with a pastor last week who was hurting…I mean really hurting. Seeing this guy up front, you would never know it. He is dynamic, right on target, humorous – one of my absolute favorites. We talked about the expectation of having to be "on" every weekend (he says that Sundays come around every three days…) even when you are dying inside.
While I love to prepare for and deliver sermons, I think these are the two hardest things:
- The amazing regularity of the weekend services. It does feel like they come around every three days. The traveling speaker has his five sermons that he can memorize and hone and find the absolute best illustrations. The rest of us labor weekend after weekend, doing our best to be clear and fresh. While many of us have great staffs that do much of the pastoral work, we still have to make the time to prepare. Most of the time we don't have the time to study, write, edit, practice, and re-edit a sermon like we would want. A fresh, clear, meaningful sermon week after week takes work; often I walk to my car on Sunday at 1:00 p.m. after preaching four times and wish I could have communicated an important point with more clarity, or driven the message home with an appropriate ending. But then, in three days, it's the weekend again.
- Being "on" when you don't feel like standing up. Being placed on a pedestal is unfair and unenviable. I know my heart, my wayward thoughts, my areas of temptation; and yet still I go back to the pulpit. People forget that preachers struggle with sin, doubts, fears, hurts, and disappointments just like everybody else. Add in a "two funerals and a wedding" week and the emotional tank can be nearly empty as we head up to deliver the expected passionate, impactful, powerful sermon. Some say, well, that's your problem. You need to be vulnerable and share all your feelings. For sure, part of being real is being vulnerable and open. But let's face it, the pulpit is not a counselor's couch where I can sit and share all my feelings. And I don't preach to a room full of counselors. Sitting in front of me are people going through the same stuff I'm going through. They want to be fed.
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The U.S. Postal Service is in very serious financial trouble. It lost almost $2 billion and there is more pain ahead reported 24/7 Wall Street on May 9, 2014. Another in a series of large quarterly loses for the U.S. Postal Service has a lot of people wondering if it will ever completely recover.
The recent net quarterly loss of $1.9 billion for the struggling U.S. Postal Service is the 20th of the past 22 quarters which has had a loss. Friday's earnings report showed that first-class mail volume has declined by another 4.1 percent. There was a bright spot in the midst of the gloom with about an 8 percent growth in shipping and package services which sent revenues higher by $379 million. Still, on the balance sheet the liabilities of approximately $64 billion for the U.S. Postal Service exceeded its assets by an enormous $42 billion.
As the U.S. Postal Service reported a $1.9 billion loss for the first three months of this year the entity pleaded for reforms for its very troubled financial system reports USA Today. The recent large loss was seen in spite of a 2.3 percent increase in its operating revenue and continued efforts to cut costs. Postal officials have been saying they need new comprehensive legislation that includes more control over its personnel and benefit costs along with more flexibility in pricing and products.
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe has said in a statement that the postal service has been working diligently to improve its finances by streamlining its network and improving efficiency, reducing operating costs and increasing revenue. However, Patrick has pointed out the post office will still incur annual inflationary cost increases as first-class mail volume continues to decline. Although the U.S. Postal Service is an independent agency which receives no tax dollars for its daily operations, it is nevertheless subject to congressional control. It appears likely if the financial troubles continue for the postal service more and more mailing services will be handled by independent companies across the United States.


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JWC TO HELEN WELSH; 29 September 1846; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18460929-JWC-HW-01; CL 21:62-64.
Tuesday [29 September 1846]
Dearest Helen
Two letters for one is a windfall that never came to me out of Maryland Street before—and claiming double thanks—for the novelty of the thing as well as for its generosity.— I would have written sooner if I had had anything pleasant to say: but to tell you that I was down at Zero again, seemed a thing there was no haste about communicating— C came home wearied and gloomy—with no work to fall to—nothing to do but ray out darkness on all my human attempts at occupation or amusement—and these alas! are never so energetic now-a-days that they should make any long stand against that sort of thing. C should have had "a strong-minded woman" for wife, with a perfectly sound liver, plenty of solid fat, and mirth and good humour world without end—men do best with their opposites. I am too like himself in some things—especially as to the state of our livers. and so we aggravate one anothers tendencies to despair! But there is no altering of all that now—nothing to be done but make the best of it—which I candidly confess I am far from doing—I do try however to the best of my humble ability—and having found small profit hitherto in mending and tinkering at my soul, I am for the moment modestly directing my faculties to the repairing of my body—trusting that the soul may be ultimately reached thro' that outwork. Every morning I take the shower-bath—quite cold—and three pailfuls of it! The shock is indiscribable! and whether it strengthens or shatters me I have not yet made up my mind! but at all events when I have taken it; I feel to have accomplished a very decided act of volition—and that makes my moral blood circulate a little; however it may be with the physical! Then I eat all that ever I can and drink bottled porter—not so good as yours by any means—but tolerable—and I walk as if the Devil were in me—and so, I fancy he is—six and seven miles in the day on an average! I also try to be 'neither solitary nor idle'—which old Burton recommends as the grand cure of 'melancholy'1— Still I must not put too much reliance on these laudable efforts.— Whenever one gets into the self-complacent idea of being able to put down Destiny by one's own Deserving—then, if ever, is one sure of being "made to eat dirt"—more of it than one has the power of digesting.
I was wondering one day what effect a great practical misfortune would have on me—for instance being burnt out of house and home and reduced to work for my bread and twenty four hours after Providence kindly gave promise of gratifying my curiosity—in a small way—prepared as pretty a little practical misfortune for me as one could have imagined!
Helen came with tears in her eyes and smiles on her lips to tell me she was going away! Never could such news have found me less prepared for it—or less disposed— Her conduct has been so exemplary of late that, I saw no more danger of needing to put her away, and her attachment to me seeming greater than ever, and her matrimonial chances none to speak of, I had no apprehension of her going of her own accord. But Helen also, insignificant as she looks has a Destiny!—is liable to great Events!—and what is most extraordinary of all is going to be an exceptional instance of virtue really getting its own reward! At least one hopes so!— A Brother in Dublin—a pushing sort of fellow—has got into trade on his own basis—manufactures coach-fringe for which there is immense consumption at present on the Railways, and so well has he prospered (by his own showing) that he has now three hundred girls in his employment—a genteel house and plenty to keep it with! Himself however (for I saw him the other night) remaining a particularly ungenteel man. He never did anything for Helen hitherto beyond calling on her for a quarter of an hour when his business brought him to London—never gave her to the value of a farthing in his life—tho sometimes asking her if she would like that he brought her a poplin gown!! "Dont you wish you may get it!"
Now however he is seized with a sudden fit of brotherly love and invites her "to come and be his housekeeper and MISTRESS" and she has of course accepted at the first word— I wish it may end well for her—the man looks to me a flustery incredible sort of man—and very selfish with the two black eyes set close together in his head!— His conduct hitherto has been so unbrotherly!—that I cannot help fancying he merely wants a good servant in Helen on his own terms— Then he may marry shortly—and turn her adrift—"tho he does promise in that case to "settle a handsome provision on her." but will he?— On the whole I wish for her own sake that Helen had taken a little time to investigate and reflect. It is not I however, who having a manifest interest in retaining her can urge prudence with any effect—so go she must and take her chance. "Poor thing, says C, perhaps she may get married to some decent man in Dublin and become Mother 'of a mighty nation'2—the last part of the possibility I should think in the highest degree improbable! Meanwhile I have written in the first rush of the business to Mrs Russel to see if there be any chance now of getting Margaret Hiddlestone—also to Betty in Edinr3 to ask if she knows anyone to suit me—and also to Susan Hunter (Mrs Stirling) in Dundee who once offered should I be in need to look out for me in that region— Somebody I shall get— It will be a while any how before another can suit me as well as this one who has been with me ten or eleven years—but as John Carlyle says "there is no use in rebelling against Providence." You may believe I am rather unsettled for the moment— Nor do I know more of our own plans than when I left you— Lady Harriet is not returned and nothing has been said about Alverstoke— But all will arrange itself by and by better or worse—and sometime either in winter or spring you will come and help to cheer me up.
I had a letter from Jeanie on Saturday—relating a horrid story of a boiling showerbath— Certainly Maggie must in some previous state of existence have given serious offence to the Spirit of Fire! I never heard of any one so constantly getting scalded.
My great love to my Uncle— Will you get him the Memoirs of Lady Hester Stanhope to read4— I have just finished the book (in three volumes) and am sure it would amuse him—a kiss to Mary ever your / affectionate Cousin
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Porsche at Le Mans: The Early Years
The build-up continues to Porsche's 2014 return to Le Mans in LMP1.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV
This is how you meet your heros.
Monday, November 28, 2011
2011 ALMS LMP Salute
A salute to the 2011 American Le Mans Series LMP class.
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Is there a Wordpress plugin out there, that redirects only Blackberry visitors to a very simple basic something of the site?
Currently I have a responsive website, a long vertical one with
smoothscroll.js (Similar to the Nike one). It responds in iOS, Android, and iPad - and while it displays alright in BB (curve 2009), its very hard to read text. I have to support curve 2009 + BB.
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I am on Ubuntu 12.04.
I was running the Ubuntu customization kit but it disappeared with the following message: "The application zenity closed unexpectedly". When I further ran it, it just closed after selecting the language option. It was running well on previous Ubuntu versions and I made many remix of Ubuntu with the application.
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The IET Young Professionals' event took place on 28th January 2016 at the newly refurbished IET London: Savoy Place.
A fascinating lecture was delivered by Patrick Thévoz, Co-founder & CEO at Flyability and delegates enjoyed a live demonstration of how a collision-proof drone can indeed get very close to people.
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2014 - PV Derby
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Race #4 in The Series. Held outside the quaint village of Elbert on the Peaceful Valley Scout Ranch, this venue harkens back to a time of windmills and cowboys. Intimate camping at the venue offers a, well – peaceful – setting in which to relax with fam and friends. The 22 mile loop winds through low hills of Black Forest and Ponderosa Pine, which is sure to put a big ring grin on competitors faces as this private course is a real delight. The views of Pikes Peak and rolling prairie are memorable.
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I got to speak to the Ventura County Writers Club Tuesday night and the members were beyond gracious. That is, they laughed a lot, and I'm assuming it wasn't all at me, but at what I said. Some of them even chuckled at my tacky pilcrow tattoo joke: "Why is that 'p' on your leg?"
Yes. Your suspicions are confirmed. I am a 12-year-old boy inside a… not-12-year-old woman's body.
I know I've told the pilcrow joke in a previous post. Proving again that I am 12. I really should be outside right now, poking bugs with sticks.
I did manage to get some real information into my talk, which mostly consisted of how sucky* it is to be a professional freelance writer.
*I use the word "sucky" a lot. It must be Word-approved, since it doesn't have a red, squiggly line under it. Funny, though, "pilcrow" does.
Anyway, in my speech to these published and unpublished writers, I suggested a number of websites to go to in order to check out the job market. While most people join local writers' groups because they write fiction or memoirs or fictionalized memoirs, my area of expertise is nonfiction, so I thought I'd share some resources.
Here are the ones I use.
National Association of Professional Women
And now for the disclaimer.
Not all of these sites will work for you. Why? Because you're gonna have to work the hell out of them.
I'm on Ebyline regularly because my newspaper uses it to send me assignments. Ebyline also emails notifications of projects posted by other publications and businesses, and I've responded to a few, but so far no bites.
Elance, iFreelance and Mediabistro post writing jobs. I pay a small monthly fee to use iFreelance in order to get placed a little higher on the list of freelancers, and to receive priority email alerts when freelance writing jobs appear. I'm thinking of canceling soon, since I haven't been awarded any projects.
Why? Because that advertorial Wendy will write for you for $75, some grad student will write for $20. She may not do as good a job as Wendy, but, hey, you're saving $55.
That's why.
As for the National Association of Professional Women, I'm still not sure. Belonging to a networking group requires a lot of, well, networking, and even though I am social when I am in social situations, I am not a good salesperson in person. I love the cover of social media. No makeup or heels required. Sales pitches can be edited, and I don't have to go to evening meetings, when I'd rather be in bed, eating snacks, watching terrible TV and scouring eBay auctions for vintage purses on my laptop. My NAPW membership is for the year, so we'll see if I make any business contacts.
LinkedIn is OK. I recently got a small job through it. I think people mostly use it to see what college/headshot/exaggerations their old high school classmates/former coworkers/people they only know peripherally are putting on their LinkedIn profiles.
Wendy's default profile pic. Taken a wrinkle-free fifteen years ago.
Then there are the LinkedIn connection requests from people I haven't met, either in person or online. I always wonder why someone I don't know, with whom I have no contacts in common, and who are in an entirely different business than I would want to connect with me on LinkedIn.
Dude, if I were able to help you enhance your career, don't you think I would've done it with mine by now?
Help Wendy enhance her career. Visit her websites: Wendy Dager, www.wendydager.com, Advertorial75, www.advertorial75.com, The Write Cave, www.writecave.com, The Vintage Purse Gallery, www.vintagepursegallery.com, Vintage Purse a Day, www.vintagepurse.blogspot.com and A Discouraging Word, www.discouragingwordbook.com. She's also on Facebook and Twitter. Why? She has no idea.


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When it comes to pardoning powers, Governor Ernie Fletcher and his Democratic opponent in the November 6 election are split.
Governor Fletcher feels the governor's pardoning power should stay as they are.
Steve Beshear, a former lieutenant governor, feels there should be new limits.
Fletcher pardoned his entire administration to head off an investigation into his administration's hiring practices.
He said Kentucky's chief executive must maintain that power to protect people from prosecutorial misconduct.
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The Des Moines Metro Opera will be holding their annual Wine and Food Showcase fundraising event to help fund the organization's nationally recognized productions and award-winning education and outreach programs on February 21. The 2014 Wine and Food Showcase will take place in the Des Moines Marriott from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. and will showcase expert and up-and-coming chefs, restaurateurs, vintners, caterers, brewers and distributors. Tickets for the event are $40 in advance and $50 at the door. VIP tickets, which include a special 4:30 p.m. flight party, are $100. Tickets may be purchased through the DMMO's website by clicking here.
Here is a list of the vendors participating in the 2014 Des Moines Metro Opera's Wine and Food Showcase:
Allspice Culinarium
Iowa Beverage Systems
Berkwood Farms
Jasper Winery
Baru 66
Johnson Brothers of Iowa
Bravo! Cucina Italiana
Jon Anderson White Riverboat
Carefree Patisserie
Le Jardin
Chocolaterie Stam
Louie's Wine Dive
Confluence Brewing
Madhouse Brewery
Crème Cupcake + Desserts
Marriott Downtown
Cyd's Catering
Olde Main River Brewing Company
Des Moines Embassy Club
Palmer's Deli & Market
Dimitri Wine & Spirits
Prairie Moon Winery and Vineyards
El Patio\Becky Smith Catering
Gateway Market
Splash Seafood Bar & Grill
Glazer's Distributors
Tassel Ridge Winery
Global Wines
Waterfront Seafood Market
HoQ Restaurant
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The VIP Lounge will feature exclusive tastings from Baru 66, Whole Foods Market Specialty Department, and the Des Moines Marriott, as well as some exclusive wines. The VIP Lounge will also feature live music from Metropolitan Opera performer John Moore.
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"Determination of the Melt Mass-Flow Rate (MFR) and Melt Volume-Flow Rate (MVR)
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be found in Table 3 of ASTM D1238.
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Extrudate cutting technique can be a factor in Procedure A tests. A spatula
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the die. It is important to cut accurately to obtain desired results. Procedure
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A raised bed is garden soil that's been raised six to eight inches. Corn does best in soil with good drainage, so raised beds can provide quite a boost for corn in less-than-ideal soil conditions. For instance, a patch of land that takes forever to dry in the spring or one that stays wet after each rain are the last places you want to grow corn. Raised beds with loose soil, however, can counteract those problems. In raised beds, the soil dries faster after rain and is ready to plant earlier in the spring.
You can make raised beds any time the soil is workable. For earlier corn planting in the spring, make them the preceding fall. If you make them in the early spring, the crop will still be able to take advantage of the added soil warmth. Raised beds keep the soil 5° F to 10° F warmer.
To make a raised bed, work the soil well. Stake the first row the length and width you want. Then, use a hoe or rake to pull 3 to 4 inches of loose soil from the far walkway. Don't walk on the walkway until after you've drawn soil from it. If you do, the earth will pack down, making it more difficult. You're actually lowering the walkways at the same time you're raising the bed. If you take 3 to 4 inches of soil from the walkway and add it to the bed, the difference will be a 6- to 8-inch-high raised bed. Rake the tops of the beds to smooth them out, then plant as usual. Don't walk on the raised beds.
To use raised beds wisely, plant corn in double rows on beds that are about 16 inches wide. By placing two raised beds of double-row corn close together, you have the four rows needed for good pollination.
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10-20713 Howley (Doc. # 39) - Document Text
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- Category: Judge Somers
- Published: 29 October 2010
- Written by Judge Somers
SIGNED this 26 day of October, 2010.
Dale L. Somers
Designated for print publication and on-line use.
In re:
ALEN RAY HOWLEY and CASE NO. 10-20713
The matter before the Court is the Chapter 7 Trustee's objection to Debtor Jeannie
Marie Howley's claim of exemption of her interest in per capita payments from the
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians. The Trustee, Carl R. Clark, appears by Carl R.
Clark and Shane McCall of Lentz Clark Deines PA. The Debtors, Alen and Jeannie
Howley, appear by Mark W. Neis of Neis & Michaux, P.A. There are no other
appearances. The Court has jurisdiction.1 Having considered the joint stipulation of
1 This Court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 157(a) and §§ 1334(a) and (b) and the
Standing Order of the United States District Court for the District of Kansas that exercised authority
Case 10-20713 Doc# 39 Filed 10/26/10 Page 1 of 15
facts, the briefs, and the arguments of counsel made at oral argument, the Court is now
ready to rule. For the reasons stated below, the Court sustains the Trustee's objection to
the claimed exemption.
Based upon the parties' joint stipulation, the Court finds the following facts.
Debtors Alen and Jeannie Howley filed for relief under Chapter 7 on March 14, 2010. On
Schedule C of Debtors' voluntary petition, they claimed household goods, clothing,
jewelry, and one vehicle valued at $4,000 as exempt under Kansas law.2 In addition,
Debtor Jeannie Howley (hereafter "Debtor") claimed as exempt her per capita income
accruing from gaming revenues of the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians (hereafter
"Prairie Band") in the amount of approximately $400 per month (hereafter "Per Capita
Payments") under § 4-10-16(H) of the Potawatomi Law and Order Code (hereafter
"Tribal Code"). Since 2007, Debtor has resided in Lecompton, Kansas, and from 2002 to
2007 resided in Topeka, Kansas. She has never resided on the Prairie Band reservation,
which is located near Mayetta, Kansas.
The Trustee objected to the claimed exemption of the Per Capita Payments. He
asserts that the right to receive such payments is not exempt under the Bankruptcy Code
conferred by § 157(a) to refer to the District's Bankruptcy judges all matters under the Bankruptcy Code
and all proceedings arising under the Code or arising in or related to a case under the Code, effective July
10, 1984. Objections to exemptions are core proceedings which this Court may hear and determine as
provided in 28 U.S.C. § 157(b)(2)(B). There is no objection to venue or jurisdiction over the parties.
Case 10-20713 Doc# 39 Filed 10/26/10 Page 2 of 15
or any other applicable law. Debtor responds that the Tribal Code on which she relies for
the exemption is "local law" within the meaning of 11 U.S.C. § 522(b)(3)(A), and
therefore her claimed exemption should be allowed
Debtor claims that her Per Capita Payments are exempt pursuant to 11 U.S.C.
§ 522(b), which provides in part as follows:
(b)(1) Notwithstanding section 541 of this title, an individual
debtor may exempt from property of the estate the
property listed in either paragraph (2) or, in the
alternative, paragraph (3) of this subsection. . . .
Property listed in this paragraph is property that is
specified under subsection (d), unless the State law that
is applicable to the debtor under paragraph (3)(A)
specifically does not so authorize.
Property listed in this paragraph is —
subject to subsections (o) and (p), any property
that is exempt under Federal law, other than
subsection (d) of this section, or State or local
law that is applicable on the date of the filing of
the petition at the place in which the debtor's
domicile has been located for the 730 days
immediately preceding the date of the filing of
the petition. (Emphasis supplied).
She argues that because Kansas is an opt-out state pursuant to § 522(b)(2),3 her
exemptions are governed by § 522(b)(3)(A). As to the "State or local law" that was
applicable on the date of filing of the petition at the place where she was domiciled for
3 See K.S.A. 60-2312.
Case 10-20713 Doc# 39 Filed 10/26/10 Page 3 of 15
730 days prepetition, she relies on Kansas law for all exemptions except the Per Capita
Payments, which she claims are exempt under § 4-10-16(H) of the Tribal Code.
The Prairie Band's Per Capita Ordinance formalizes the tribe's plan for allocation
of gaming revenues and Per Capita Payments. It provides for allocation of 30% of the net
gaming revenues for per capita distribution to all eligible enrolled tribal members.
Distributions are made quarterly, within 30 days after the close of the quarter, by tribal
check made payable to the eligible tribal member, except in the case of incompetents and
minors.4 Debtor is eligible to receive such payments.5
Section 4-10-16 of the Tribal Code establishes exemptions. The introductory
phrase provides:
Section 4-10-16. Exempt Property.
The following property shall be exempt, from
garnishment, attachment, execution, sale, and other process
for the payment of principal and interest, costs, and attorney
fees upon any judgment of the Tribal Court.
The section then enumerates the exempt property as follows: A portion of wages earned;
one automobile not exceeding $1,000 in value; tools of the trade; restricted title lands
held by the United States; a dwelling including up to five acres of land; household goods,
4 Additional information regarding the Prairie Band and the gaming revenue distributions are
included in the decisions of Bankruptcy Judge Karlin in In re McDonald, 353 B.R. 287 (Bankr. D. Kan.
2006) and In re Hutchinson, 354 B.R. 523 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2006).
5 Although the stipulation does not include the fact that Debtor is an enrolled member of the
Prairie Band, the Court so finds, based upon the agreement of the parties that she is entitled to the Per
Capita Payments.
Case 10-20713 Doc# 39 Filed 10/26/10 Page 4 of 15
wearing apparel, and personal effects; ceremonial or religious items; and gaming revenue
per capita payments.6 The exempt per capita payments are described in § 4-10-16(H) as
(H) Gaming revenue per capita payments to Prairie
Band Potawatomi Nation tribal members, provided that this
exemption shall not apply to Potawatomi Nation Tribal Court
actions to enforce or satisfy child support obligations of a
tribal member of the Nation.
The Trustee objects7 to Debtor's exemption based upon McDonald,8 a decision of
Judge Karlin of this Court, holding that Prairie Band per capita distributions are not
exempt.9 Debtor responds that McDonald erred when holding the exemption is not
available to a tribe member domiciled outside the reservation's physical boundaries. She
argues that to not allow the exemption would subvert the intent of the tribal exemption,10
that "local law" should be construed to mean all "all exempt property law other than
Federal bankruptcy exemptions that applies to Joint Debtor,"11 or that the "jurisdiction of
the Tribal Law And Order Code to exempt per capita payments is based on the
6 Potawatomi Law and Order Code § 4-10-16(A)-(H).
7 As the objecting party, the Trustee has the burden of proving that the exemption is not properly
claimed. Fed. R. Bankr. P. 4003(c).
8 In re McDonald, 353 B.R. at 287.
9 At oral argument, but not in his brief, the Trustee also cited In re Enfield, 133 B.R. 515 (Bankr.
W.D. Mo 1991), which holds that a charter ordinance of the City of Kansas City, Missouri exempting
pensions of city employees is a local law for purposes of § 522(b)(3)(A). This case is discussed below.
10 Doc. 30, pp.1, 7.
11 Id. at 7.
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geographical location of the gaming revenues and is thus 'applicable law,' as provided in
§ 522(b)(3)."12 Debtor cites no case law as supporting her positions. The Trustee argues
that Debtor cannot claim her Per Capita Payments exempt under § 4-10-16 of the Tribal
Code since that code is not applicable law under § 522(b)(3).13
The facts in McDonald are indistinguishable from this case. Debtor McDonald
was an enrolled member of the Prairie Band who did not reside on the reservation. She
had received, and was likely to continue to receive, per capita distributions. The Chapter
7 trustee sought turnover of the payments, contending that they were property of the
estate and not exempt. Debtors raised the defense that the payments were exempt and
relied in part upon § 522(b)(3)(B) and Tribal Code § 4-10-16.14 The court found that
debtors were not entitled to rely upon the tribal exemption of per capita distributions.
Judge Karlin stated:
The Court finds Debtors are not entitled to rely upon
the exemptions contained in the Potawatomi Tribal Code.
First, § 522(b) allows individual debtors to choose between
exemptions found in § 522(d) or those exemptions available
in the state in which the debtor is domiciled for the 730 days
prior to the filing of the bankruptcy petition, unless, as is the
12 Id. at 4.
13 The first argument made by the Trustee is that the Per Capita Payments are property of the
estate and not subject to the 11 U.S.C. § 541(c)(2) exclusion for beneficial interests of the debtor held in a
trust. Doc. 28, pp. 3-5. He cites numerous cases, including In re McDonald, 353 B.R. 287, 293-94
(Bankr. D. Kan. 2006), from this district. Debtor does not refute this position. Doc. 30. Indeed, by
taking the position that the payments are exempt, Debtor is conceding that they are property of the estate,
since it is only property of the estate which can be exempted from the estate.
14 Debtors did not deny that the payments were property of the estate, and the court found that this
was "clearly" correct. In re McDonald, 353 B.R. at 291.
Case 10-20713 Doc# 39 Filed 10/26/10 Page 6 of 15
case in Kansas, the state in which the debtor has been
domiciled prohibits the election of the federal exemptions.
There is nothing in the Bankruptcy Code that allows a debtor
to claim the exemptions of another governmental entity, such
as when the debtor is not domiciled within the boundaries of
that entity's territory. Secondly, the parties' stipulations
clearly show that Debtors are not domiciled within the
Potawatomi Reservation, but instead live in Topeka, Kansas.
Therefore, pursuant to § 522(b) and K.S.A. 60-2312, their
exemptions are limited to those allowed under Kansas law.
Because Kansas law does not allow Debtors to claim the
exemption found in the Potawatomi Tribal Code, Debtors
cannot rely on that provision to exempt the per capita
McDonald fully supports the Trustee's objection to Debtor's claim of exemption of the
Per Capita Payments in this case. Although it is likely the Prairie Band did not agree with
the outcome of McDonald, which was decided in 2006, there is nothing in the record
indicating that the Prairie Band in the intervening four years after McDonald was decided
and before Debtor filed for relief made any amendments to its Per Capita Ordinance or
the Tribal Code exemptions.
Debtor agrees that there is no relevant factual distinction between McDonald and
this case. Both Ms. McDonald and Debtor had Kansas domiciles, but not on the Prairie
Band reservation. As found by Judge Karlin, pursuant to § 522 and the Kansas opt-out
statute, K.S.A. 60-2312, Debtor is entitled to the exemptions permitted by Kansas law,
which include § 522(d)(10) of the Bankruptcy Code, but not to the tribal exemptions.
15 Id. at 292 (footnotes omitted). A substantial part of the opinion on McDonald addresses and
rejects debtors' contention that the per capita payments were removed from the estate under § 541(c)(2),
the trust exception to property of the estate. That defense is not raised in this case.
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The Kansas opt-out statute states:
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no person, as
an individual debtor under the federal bankruptcy reform act
of 1978 (11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.), may elect exemptions
pursuant to subsection (b)(1) of section 522 of such federal
(b) An individual debtor under the federal bankruptcy
reform act of 1978 may exempt, in addition to any other
exemptions allowed under state law, any property listed in
subsection (d)(10) of section 522 of such federal act. The
provisions of this subsection shall apply to any bankruptcy
action which: (1) Is filed on or after July 1, 1986; or (2) was
filed on or after April 26, 1980, and is pending or on appeal
on July 1, 1986.
Thus, the Kansas legislature, as authorized by Congress in § 522(b)(2), has provided that
the exemptions of § 522(b)(1) are not available, and that the "exemptions allowed under
state law" and § 522(d)(10) are available. Although it could clearly do so, the Kansas
legislature has not incorporated the tribal exemptions into state law.16
Whether a tribal exemption code is a "local law" within the meaning of
§ 522(b)(3)(A) is a difficult question. The parties have provided no direct authority, and
this Court's own research has found none. There is only one case in the annotations to
§ 522 construing the phrase "local law" as used in § 522(b)(3)(A). The case is Enfield,17
from the Western District of Missouri. In that case, the Chapter 7 trustee objected to a
16 See K.S.A. 2009 Supp. 8-135(c)(16) which incorporates tribal law as to perfection of security
interests in motor vehicles. It provides:
(16) A security interest in a vehicle registered by a federally recognized Indian
tribe shall be deemed valid under Kansas law if validly perfected under the applicable
tribal law and the lien is noted on the face of the tribal certificate of title.
17 In re Enfield, 133 B.R. at 515.
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debtor's claimed exemption of his interests arising from the Kansas City, Missouri
employees' retirement plan. Missouri, like Kansas, is an opt-out state, so exemptions
were determined by the "State or local law that is applicable at the place in which the
debtor's domicile" had been located for the requisite period of time before filing. The
Kansas City, Missouri charter ordinance which created the retirement plan provided:
[t]he right of any person to a benefit accruing under the
provisions of this division and to the moneys in the various
funds created under this division shall not be subject to
execution, garnishment, attachment, or to any other process
whatsoever, and the same shall be unassignable except as in
this division specifically provided.18
The court found the pension plan interest to be exempt under the charter ordinance, which
was identified, without discussion, to be the "local law [which] was in effect on the date
of filing of the petition.19 For the reasons discussed below, the Court finds Enfield
insufficient to sustain Debtor's claimed exemption.
"Local law" is a phrase which has traditionally been used to refer to the laws of
territories of the United States.20 Territories, generally comprised of "lands acquired by
the United States by treaty or purchase that have not become an integral part of the United
States,"21 are "inchoate states and temporary sovereign governments, organized under the
18 Id. at 521.
19 Id.
20 See, e.g., 48 U.S.C. § 1392 (as to the Virgin Islands, certain laws regulating elections and the
electoral franchise "and the other local laws" in effect on January 17, 1917, shall remain in effect).
21 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories, and Dependencies § 122 (2010).
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laws of Congress."22 Territorial governments, like states, generally have three branches
of government, an executive, legislative, and judicial.23 As to unincorporated territories,
such as pre-Commonwealth Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam, the legislative
power is directed to "subjects of 'local application,' or not 'locally inapplicable.'"24 They
therefore have authority to enact exemption laws. For example, a debtor domiciled in the
Virgin Islands may claim exemptions stated in the Virgin Islands Code.25 If
§ 522(b)(3)(A) did not provide for exemptions under local law, residents of territories
would be required to use federal exemptions, since no state exemption laws apply to
Native American tribes are not considered territories of the United States. They
are subordinate and dependent nations.27 Indian tribes are "distinct political entities" and
"have the right to make all laws and regulations for the government and protection of
their persons and property, consistent with the Federal Constitution and laws of the
22 Id. at § 123.
23 Id.
24 Granville-Smith v. Granville-Smith, 349 U.S. 1, 6 (1955) (citing 48 U.S.C. §§ 821, 1574, and
25 In re Prosser, 2008 WL 2677863 (D. Virgin Islands 2008).
26 The definition of "state" in 11 U.S.C. § 101(52) includes the District of Columbia, so the
operation of the right to elect local law in the district is not similar to that for those domiciled in
27 41 Am. Jur. 2d, Indians; Native Americans § 8 (2010).
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United States."28 As illustrated by this case, tribes enact exemption laws. However,
unlike territories, tribes exist within states that have enacted exemption laws. All debtors
residing in a state may elect between federal and state exemptions, if the state has not
opted out, or utilize state exemptions, if the state has opted out. Consideration of tribal
law as local law is therefore not necessary to give such debtors an alternative to the
federal exemptions. Nevertheless, the Court observes, without deciding, that by analogy
with the law applicable to territories, it is possible that for purposes of exemptions under
§ 522(b)(3(A), tribal law could be considered "local law."
However, even assuming that tribal exemption laws could be considered "local
law" under § 522(b)(3)(A), which the Court expressly does not decide, the Court finds
that the Tribal Code exemption of gaming per capita distributions would not apply in this
case. Section 522(b)(3)(A) expressly requires use of state or local law "applicable . . . at
the place in which the debtor's domicile has been located" for a specified period.
Therefore, under the Bankruptcy Code, the fact that Debtor is domiciled in Kansas, not
the fact that she is a member of the Prairie Band, determines the applicable law.
Assuming that the Tribal Code is local law, the tribal exemptions would apply to Debtor
only if she were domiciled where that local law is applicable. Applying the exemption in
this case would require the Tribal Code exemption to have extraterritorial effect, since
Debtor does not reside on the Prairie Band reservation.
28 Id. at § 11.
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"Generally the law of the forum is controlling as to the exemption of property from
execution. This rule is often based on the reasoning that exemption laws have no
extraterritorial effect and pertain only to the remedy."29 The Kansas Supreme Court in
1884 held that the laws of the state, including its exemption laws, have no extraterritorial
effect.30 Much more recently, the Missouri bankruptcy court has held the Kansas
personal property exemptions are available only to residents, based upon the statute
which reads, "every person residing in this state shall have exempt . . . the following
articles of personal property."31 The majority view of bankruptcy courts is that
homestead exemptions have no extraterritorial effect, even if this result is not dictated by
the language of the exemption.32 This rule has been followed in Kansas where neither the
Kansas constitutional nor statutory homestead exemptions explicitly limit their
applicability to Kansas homesteads.33
Debtor provides no authority in support of her argument for the extraterritorial
effect of the exemption of Per Capita Payments. The Court knows of no reason why the
general rule that exemptions have no extraterritorial effect should not control. There is
29 31 Am. Jur. 2d, Exemptions § 22 (2010).
30 Burlington & M.R.R. v. Thompson, 31 Kan. 180, 1 P. 622 (1884).
31 In re Nickerson, 375 B.R. 869, 871 (Bankr. D. Mo. 2007) (quoting K.S.A. 60- 2304 (emphasis
added)). Nickerson was cited with approval by this Court in In re Fabert, 2008 WL 104104 (Bankr. D.
Kan. 2008).
32 See William Houston Brown, The Extraterritorial Effect of Homestead Exemption Statutes: An
Emerging Issue, 2006 No. 1 Norton Bankr. L. Adviser 2 (2006).
33 In re Ginter, 282 B.R.16 (Bankr. D. Kan. 2002).
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nothing in the Tribal Code exemption for the Per Capita Payments suggesting
extraterritorial effect. Rather, the tribal exemptions are expressly applicable only to the
satisfaction of judgments of the tribal court,34 which imposes a geographic limitation.
The Court therefore rejects Debtor's contention that "local law" should be construed to
mean "all exempt property law other than Federal bankruptcy exemptions that applies to
Joint Debtor." Further, the Bankruptcy Code clearly provides that the applicable
exemption law is determined by the domicile of the debtor, not by "the geographical
location of the gaming revenues and is thus 'applicable law,' as provided in
§ 522(b)(3),"35 as claimed by Debtor.
There is an additional reason why, even if the Court were to hold that the Tribal
Code exemptions are local law for purposes of § 522(b)(3)(A), the exemption would not
apply to the estate's interest in Debtor's Per Capita Payments. Under the Tribal Code, the
Per Capita Payments are exempt from "garnishment, execution, sale and other process for
the payment of principal and interest, costs, and attorney fees upon any judgment of the
Tribal Court." This is a very limited exemption which is not applicable here. The
Trustee is not seeking to recover the funds in satisfaction of a judgment of the tribal court.
The Trustee is contending that the payments, after receipt by the Debtor, are nonexempt
property of the estate. Judge Karlin in McDonald, noting the limited scope of the
34 The Potawatomi Law and Order Code § 4-10-16 provides the Per Capita Payments are exempt
from "garnishment, execution, sale and other process for the payment of principal and interest, costs, and
attorney fees upon any judgment of the Tribal Court."
35 Doc. 30, p. 4.
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exemption, held that even if the debtors were entitled to rely upon the tribal exemption,
"it would be inapplicable under the facts of this case."36 As noted above, those facts are
indistinguishable from the facts in this case.
The Court recognizes that the foregoing analysis appears in some respects to be
contrary to the Enfield37 case, discussed above. Although Debtor does not rely upon
Enfield, the Court finds that an explanation is appropriate. One reason for the
discrepancies is the difference in the "local law" at issue in Enfield and this case. In
Enfield, the issue was whether a debtor's interest in a municipal pension plan was exempt
under a charter ordinance of the City of Kansas City, Missouri. In Missouri, an
incorporated city may adopt a charter for its own government.38 "If consistent with and
subject to the constitution and law of [Missouri], charter provisions have the force and
effect of enactments of the state legislature."39 Therefore, in effect, the Kansas City
charter ordinance was a state exemption which supplemented those adopted by the state
legislature. This Court suggests that because of this aspect of Missouri law, there is a
question whether the charter ordinance should be characterized as a "local law" or an
aspect of state law for purposes of § 522(b)(3)(A). In this case, the purported local law is
a tribal law, which has not been adopted by the State of Kansas. It is a statute of a Native
36 In re McDonald, 353 B.R. at 292.
37 In re Enfield, 133 B.R. at 515.
38 Mo. Const. Art. 6, § 19.
39 State ex rel. Childress v. Anderson, 865 S.W.2d 384, 387 (Mo. App. 1993).
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American tribe, which in some respects is a sovereign nation. There is no basis for
considering the Tribal Code to be an aspect of state law. In addition, apparently because
of the nature of the charter ordinance, the issue of extraterritorial effect, which is
important in this case, did not arise in Enfield. Further, the tribal exemption relied on by
Debtor applies only in the tribal court, whereas the charter ordinance applied in Enfield
had no such limitation.
For the foregoing reasons,40 the Court sustains the Trustee's objection to Debtor's
claimed exemption of her interest in the Prairie Band Per Capita Payments pursuant to the
Tribal Code. Judgment is hereby granted sustaining the Trustee's objection to Debtor's
claim that her interest in the Per Capita Payments from the Prairie Band of Potawatomi
Indians is exempt under the Potawatomi Tribal Code.
# # #
40 The foregoing constitutes Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law under Rules 7052 and
9014(c) of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure which make Rule 52(a) of the Federal Rules of
Civil Procedure applicable to this matter.
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Last night's episode of Smash moved forward with plans for the Marilyn Monroe musical with director's pet Ivy at the helm. Every leading lady needs a leading man (or three) yet the search for the perfect Joe DiMaggio rested on way too many borrowed Sex and the City moments, heavy foreshadowing and not nearly enough performances for our liking. Today, Samantha "Without a Z" Martin, Popdust's resident social media guru, joins our attempts to make sense of it all. Read on for our thoughts.
Emily: Despite our feelings last week, Karen has somehow resisted the urge to sabotage Ivy, Showgirls-style—a stronger woman than you or I. For now, she'll settle for a $200/week spot in the chorus of this long-gestating Marilyn musical (now just a "workshop"). I'm sorry, ensemble. You've been on a few stages before, Sam. Does the former really have a negative connotation?
Samantha: We should ask a Broadway ensemble member and a sanitation engineer. It would be great if we could poll someone who is both, and who has to "miss a lot of shifts." But it should be noted that Ivy's ensemble role in Heaven on Earth has not prevented her from getting dressing room sex.
Emily: The bigger plot this week was the search for one of Marilyn's men, Joe DiMaggio. The inner circle's first choice was the reputable star Michael Swift, currently a lead in that hip, downtown "Bruno Mars musical" at La Mama, which is also the first sort of descriptor that sounds like a rejected Michael Patrick King line.
Samantha: Huge plug for Bruno post-Grammy performance, but La Mama would never do a Bruno Mars musical. Also, this is essentially Rent, and from what I could gauge, the Marilyn musical is Damn Yankees.
Emily: But with sparkly uniforms! At least Swift has chops and a pretty respectable pedigree. When they initially proposed getting "Michael Swift" for the role, I thought it was some sort of insider jab at those Taylor Swift-Les Mis movie rumors. (Sorry, Tay.)
Samantha: Hey, now!
Emily: Julia was questioning including the three leading men in Marilyn's life—DiMaggio, Arthur Miller and JFK—entirely, but most shows need a romantic element, and Smash sure as hell does. Enter yet another adoption-killing revelation: Julia and Swifty had an affair five years ago!
Samantha: Yes, after some Grey's Anatomy-style elevator tension the truth comes out: Julia is turned on by talent and pink hand-holding.
Emily: Is it bad to say I'm surprised?
Samantha: I'm not. Michael's wife has way too much of a DiMaggio fetish/obsession. It's understandable he'd look for someone who doesn't make him wear baseball pants every time they fool around.
Emily: As a result, rehearsals for the "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" number between Joe and Marilyn finds Julia in stewing in her own guilt.
Samantha: Which is why she should take advantage of having a gay BFF (Tom) who thinks everything you do has no consequence, and just run with things, instead of being unreasonable following those elevator blue balls.
Emily: The staging, however, mimics Karen rather snoozy trip back home to Iowa, in which she basically grew up in a slightly larger version of the production's set. Pass the freshly brewed iced tea! White picket fences do exist.
Samantha: This song is a boring "Somewhere That's Green," but this song has a key change.
Emily: "We'll make our own little league baseball team" is a line and analogy I could do without. ICK.
Samantha: This song reminds me of the movie of the same title except the main couple doesn't try to kill people and doesn't lack chemistry.
Emily: Finally, a time to be thankful for Brad, Angie and their United Nations fleet of children.
Samantha: I want to see Ivy and Karen's relationship develop more than any of this other hoo-ha.
Emily: Meeeee too!
Samantha: Where were they this episode? Bring on the All About Eve-type stuff, although Ivy isn't established enough to be a "role model" for Karen so it'll be a straight competition. Even better! I can't wait for the backstage sabotage.
Emily: But we keep waiting.
Samantha: Surely the production is losing money with all this nonsense.
Emily: I like how they promoted the show as the veteran vs. the newbie—or at least that's how I interpreted those commercials, when I wasn't looking up what "The Monday after the Super Bowl" meant—but then old Broadway curmudgeons like to remind Eileen that the production lacks any real "stars." Guess 10 years in the ensemble doesn't mean much.
Samantha: Oh no, Eileen is getting a drink as we type—gentlemen grab your napkins. Oh, and there's the joke.
Emily: You think these restaurants would serve her Manhattans in a sippy cup by now.
Samantha: I feel like this divorce story line needs to play out fast, because it's redundant and self-indulgent. These scenes are very campy and riding on the fact that Anjelica Huston is so commanding.
Emily: I actually thought she'd be more of a presence.
Samantha: I agree! It seems sacrilegious to say so, but they're giving her NOTHING to work with. "I bought those earrings for myself" is her most dramatic line thus far. Nothing on this show matches any word she said in 50/50. I just feel bad that she's basically an angry old hag with no layers. And Jessie J's haircut.
Emily: So predictions? No couple is safe (the sequel to Safe House, coming to theaters in 2013).
Samantha: I think the Heaven on Earth actor should get together with Tom's assistant, Ellis. HOW IS HE NOT GAY????!?
Emily: Biggest shock of the night. But maybe that pantsless lass is just a roommate?
Samantha: Who likes to play spy/secret agent.
Emily: Exactly.
Samantha: Even though she's accepted her part and is taking time off to go to a baby shower—sure, sure—Karen should not be tiring out her voice with karaoke.
Emily: "No guys, I never do this. I can't, I can't—OK, here's the full choreography."
Samantha: Considering her dad was at karaoke, thank goodness she didn't sing "Wait (The Whisper Song)" like she was planning to.
Emily: Dads love that song! The lack of shoes, however…
Samantha: Karen's boyfriend would never approve. His posture is too good.
Emily: Perfect posture, a fat bank account, a tendency to come to her aid…geeze, can't he just let her breathe?
Samantha: What's next, he cooks her favorite meal? GAG.
Emily: Ugh, men. So reliable.
Samantha: I'm kind of fascinated by Karen and Dev, though. She hates her perfect boyfriend and he loves the most boring woman in the world.
Emily: Single ladies take note: if he doesn't like you it's actually a compliment. You're interesting! I'm still surprised that people auditioning for shows would have that much direct communication with directors, composers and producers. I mean we know Ivy is getting extra attention, but…
Samantha: Ha! No I don't think that Bernadette and Sondheim ever pillow talked. [Editor's note: That would make for a great fictional series.] Which also makes me think: What are Derek's motives? Like, he clearly hates life and hates directing but when he's directing, he can get away with inviting girls over to his house after one audition to seduce him in a white collared shirt!
Emily: We've said before that it seems working in the theater is the only arena that will get him laid; he can easily have at all the aspiring performers working out their daddy issues on stage. But with that accent it also seems like he could just haunt the Red Lobster in Times Square and pick up insecure Midwesterners that way. Less of a headache and a cheaper Kleenex bill.
Is Michael the right fit for the Marilyn crew? Are you feeling Smash thus far? the Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.