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In 2005, the United States Supreme Court declared in Roper v. Simmons that death by execution is unconstitutional for juveniles. Before the ruling, 365 children had been legally executed in the United States, including 22 since 1985.
The Court's ban on juvenile executions allowed EJI to focus on the plight of nearly 3000 children age 17 or younger who had been sentenced to imprisonment until death through life-without-parole sentences imposed with very little scrutiny or review. Children as young as 13 were among the thousands condemned to die in prison.
Most of the sentences imposed on these children were mandatory: the court could not give any consideration to the child's age or life history. Some of the children were charged with crimes that do not involve homicide or even injury; many were convicted for offenses where older teens or adults were primarily responsible for the crime; 70 percent of condemned kids 14 or younger are children of color.
EJI believes that such a harsh sentence imposed on children is cruel and unusual in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. In 2006, we launched a litigation campaign to challenge death-in-prison sentences imposed on children.
In November 2009, EJI attorneys went to the United States Supreme Court and argued for a constitutional ban on imposing death-in-prison sentences on children. On May 17, 2010, the Court issued a groundbreaking ruling in Graham v. Florida declaring that life-without-parole sentences could no longer be imposed on juveniles convicted of nonhomicide offenses. The Court's decision in Graham recognized that children are different from adults in several ways that directly impact the appropriate punishment for juvenile offenses. Since 2010, EJI has provided legal representation to nearly 100 people in the United States who are entitled to new sentences under Graham.
In March 2012, EJI lawyers argued at the Supreme Court that sentencing kids to life in prison without parole for any offense is cruel and unusual punishment that violates the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution, relying on the Court's recognition in Roper and Graham that children's unique immaturity, impulsiveness, vulnerability, and capacity for redemption and rehabilitation are not crime-specific.
On June 25, 2012, the Supreme Court issued a historic ruling in Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs holding that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for all children 17 or younger convicted of homicide are unconstitutional. The ruling has affected hundreds of individuals whose sentencers did not take their age or other mitigating factors into account. The Court did not ban all juvenile life-without-parole sentences, but wrote that requiring sentencers to consider "children's diminished culpability, and heightened capacity for change" should make such sentences "uncommon."
A small minority of states refused to apply Miller to older cases, instead asserting the decision applied only prospectively. On January 25, 2016, the Supreme Court rejected that view, holding in Montgomery v. Louisiana that Miller applies retroactively and requires new sentencing hearings for everyone serving a mandatory life-without-parole sentence for an offense when they were under 18. Montgomery reaffirmed that life-without-parole sentences are unconstitutional for all but the rare juvenile for whom rehabilitation is impossible.
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Even 20 years into their career, Acoustic Syndicate still feels like there is work to be done in carving out their legacy.
Their new album, �Rooftop Garden,� proves it.
Acoustic Syndicate is far from resting on its laurels with this release � especially upping the ante in production. Grammy- winning producer Stewart Lerman took control of the album from �square one� in his New York City studio, according to Bryon McMurry, who wrote half of the album�s songs with the other half, of course, by his cousin, Steve McMurry.
�We decided going into this record that we were going to get somebody totally disassociated with acoustic rock and Americana music (to produce),� Bryon McMurry said. �Stewart, in his own way, made it come together. I feel like this is the single-most important record to us since we�ve been doing this stuff.�
From start to finish, the 10-track release - their first album since 2004's "Long Way Round" - is a fine-tuned blend of bluegrass, blues and ballads and features more of a rock sound than previous Acoustic recordings. It also consistently exudes the virtues of farming, a staple of the McMurry family in Upper Cleveland County for generations.
Steve�s introspective ballad, �Song for Me� was labeled �about the prettiest and best song Steve�s ever written,� by Bryon to the crowd before the encore at the recent Clear Mountain Music Festival in Lawndale on Saturday night. Steve�s �Memphis Girls,� which will be the next video release, is up-beat, southern and fun.
Bryon�s own �Heroes,� already with a video release, highlights the love of farming and family. The title tack, �Rooftop Garden,� also Bryon�s, is edgier.
�These songs represent where we were in our lives. The songs sort of found me. I�ve never had words come so easily, and all of the melodies were dancing around,� Bryon McMurry said.
�For me, a lot of it was about working with farmers and working with the families. You see how fragile things really are � from the food we eat, to how we view the world. I�ve never seen things so polarized in my life. You want to keep a connection to what�s real and what I grew up knowing. Every single song is something personal to me.�
There�s a balance to �Rooftop Garden� and its songs in the live setting. On solos, especially, Billy Cardine�s dobro blends with Steve�s acoustic guitar and Bryon�s mix of banjo and six-string electric guitar. Jay Sanders� bass guitar and Fitz McMurry�s drums remain as solid and driving backbones. Fitz�s harmonies with Steve and Bryon are as true as ever.
Acoustic played most of these songs live for a few years as they continued to polish them in the studio. Now, with an even deeper catalog, the five-piece will take to the road.
So far, there are 12 shows booked through the end of 2013 � including stops in Charleston, S.C. (Sept. 13), Mount Holly (Sept. 28), Wilmington (Oct. 25), Winston-Salem (Oct. 26) and their staple near-Christmas show at Charlotte�s Visulite Theater (Dec. 20).
And 2014 could be even bigger.
�I think we�re going for it all in 2014. We�ll see what happens, but it�s sort of our �Hail Mary,� Bryon McMurry said. �We have these songs and fresh material, now it�s time to get out and play.�
How to get Rooftop Garden: Visit acousticsyndicate.com to pre-order the new album, which is set to be released and available on Tuesday (CD, iTunes and Amazon download). CD will also be available at concert venues.
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The Recreational Vehicle Aftermarket Association (RVAA) presented Cequent Performance Products Inc. with the 2012 Product of the Year Runner-up award for their new Reese Goose Box RV coupler.
The Reese Goose Box is a solution for fifth-wheel RV users who prefer to use gooseneck hitches. The airbag technology used in the Goose Box reduces the stress to the RV frame. The combination of the airbag, dual shocks and rubber bumpers provides multi-directional shock absorption for a smoother driving experience.
"The proper installation of a Goose Box is acceptable under most RV frame warranties," said Gail Matheus, GM-NA Automotive Products, "whereas other gooseneck solutions can void the RV frame warranty."
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As might be expected, sales of recreational vehicles have plummeted in the past year as the recession deepened, credit dried up and consumers concentrated on saving money.
But over the past couple of months, some RV dealers in California have begun to experience something unexpected – an uptick in the number of savvy buyers drawn to their sales lots by discounts. Like businesses looking to lure customers, dealers are cutting prices to move their products. Industry experts say that makes this the best time in 30 years to buy an RV, according to the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
"This is the time. It's a golden opportunity," said Jim Eberhardt, sales anager at McMahon's RV Santa Cruz, located in Scotts Valley. "This is a buyers' market, and the dealers realize we have to take less of a profit."
Eberhardt said foot traffic has increased in the past few months, and that sales have started to creep up, as well. Recently he's sold RVs at 10% to 15% below the sticker price, although in-the-know consumers come in asking for much more of a discount.
"People want to buy motorhomes for less than we pay for them," he said, "but the dealer has to make a living."
Michael Jacque, president of Morgan Hill-based Alpine RV, has had similar experiences, with people coming in saying "make me a deal I can't refuse," he said.
"If you have the means, without a doubt this is the best time to buy an RV," Jacque said.
Sales of RVs, from lower-priced towables to luxurious land yachts, dropped almost 41% in California between November 2008 and the previous year, according to Statistical Surveys Inc., which tracks RV retail sales. Nationally, sales were down 28% during that same time period.
Slashed prices and fiscal incentives, including the recently signed $789 billion federal economic stimulus package that includes tax breaks for people buying RVs, are combining to create one of the best buyer's markets in decades, RV dealers say.
Jacque, who's been in the business for 30 years, said this recession is the worst hit he's seen the industry take. However, with sales and traffic on the rise, hope and optimism are starting to creep back in. He expects business to get better in the following months and possibly peak in May – something Mike Nohr, director of the 21st Annual Manufacturers' RV and Boat Show, is banking on.
Nohr originally had his Pleasanton-based show planned for early January but changed the dates to the last two weeks in May in the hopes of catching an upsurge in business.
"It's an oxymoron in a way," Nohr said. "The industry is hurting, yet we're hearing more and more of our vendors saying people are interested in getting into an RV because they realize this is the time to get a deal."


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Can This High-Yielding MLP Continue to Deliver?
Over the past decade or so, master limited partnerships, or MLPs, have proved to be some of the best investments you could have made, having outperformed the S&P500 in 11 out of the past 12 years. But with the benchmark MLP index lagging the S&P500 by more than 10% so far this year, and with many MLPs recently nearing 52-week highs, some investors are questioning whether this highly desirable sector can continue to match its historical returns.
The advantages of MLPs
The benefits of midstream MLPs, which are those that process and transport commodities like oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids, and refined product, are well known. The asset class benefits from a tax-advantaged corporate structure, as well as the rising demand for domestic oil and gas infrastructure. In recent years, MLPs, which offer an average yield of around 6%, have attracted a tremendous amount of investor attention and capital inflows into the sector have soared.
One of the most important criteria for evaluating an MLP's strength is the sustainability of its distribution. One name I especially like is Enterprise Products Partners (NYS: EPD) . While its yield, currently at 4.6%, is below the sector average, its prospects for growth are strong. The company has increased its distribution for 32 straight quarters and boasts a solid distribution coverage ratio (an indicator of the sustainability of its payouts) of around 1.4 times as of the end of June.
With that said, let's take a look at what's in store for Enterprise.
Can this monster MLP continue to deliver monster growth?
Enterprise Products Partners is a behemoth in the MLP space. It's the largest publicly traded energy partnership in the U.S. with an enterprise value of around $62 billion. The company boasts 50,700 miles of pipeline to transport natural gas, crude oil, natural gas liquids, as well as refined products and petrochemicals. It also has 190 million barrels of storage capacity for crude oil, natural gas, and refined products, as well as 14 billions of cubic feet of natural gas storage capacity.
Over the past 15 years, Enterprise has been a tremendous performer, having returned over 500%, as compared to the S&P500's measly 30%. Given the company's aggressive plans for growth, this sort of performance should continue for the foreseeable future.
Currently, Enterprise has a whopping $7.5 billion of growth projects under construction, which include new infrastructure to transport natural gas, natural gas liquids, and crude oil to support the development of key plays like the Eagle Ford, the Permian Basin, and the Marcellus and Utica shales of Pennsylvania.
Many of these projects, such as the Texas Express NGL Pipeline and the Front Range NGL Pipeline, are joint ventures with other companies that have already secured 10-year, ship-or-pay agreements. The benefits of such projects will accrue over many years and should continue to support increases in the company's distribution, which rose 5% year over year for the most recent quarter.
Financial flexibility
Over the past few years, Enterprise has adopted a better and more simplified organizational structure. Back in November of 2010, it merged with Enterprise GP Holdings LP, and in September of last year with Duncan Energy Partners LP. Both mergers helped the company reduce capital costs by eliminating incentive distribution rights, which are -- as the name suggests -- rights that incent the general partner to increase cash distributions over time by enabling it to receive rising percentages of available cash flow.
As such, Enterprise enjoys one of the lowest costs of equity capital in its peer group, along with Genesis Energy (NYS: GEL) , Western Gas Partners, Magellan Midstream Partners, and Sunoco Logistics Partners -- a crucial advantage in an industry that relies so heavily on the capital markets for financing. Speaking of financing, Enterprise has funded its growth strategy primarily through debt and equity issuance, retained distributable cash flow, and proceeds from the sale of $2.2 billion in low-return, non-core assets.
One of the best business models around
Financial strength and a diversified asset base are both important advantages. But perhaps the thing I like most about Enterprise, and midstream MLPs in general, is their "toll-road" type of business model. Because they get to charge fees based on volume, for which they have very long-term contracts in place, midstream MLPs tend to have very consistent revenues and are relatively resilient to fluctuations in commodity prices.
For instance, companies like Enterprise, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (NYS: KMP) , Plains All American (NYS: PAA) , and Oneok Partners (NYS: OKS) all derive the bulk of their revenues from fee-based contracted assets. In the case of Enterprise, more than 70% of the company's revenues are derived from fee-based contracts, with that share expected to rise over the next few years. Last year, 73% of the company's revenues were derived from fee-based assets. This year, that percentage is projected to come in at 77%, and next year, 80%.
With a large, high-quality, and diversified portfolio of assets, as well as the tremendous cash flow stability afforded by its high and rising percentage of fee-based contracted assets, Enterprise's future looks very bright. As the company continues to bring new projects online and expand its already massive asset base, earnings and distributions should continue to rise as they have in the past.
As you can see, MLPs play a necessary role in our booming domestic energy market. But they're not the only game in town. Energy services and equipment companies are a crucial part of the picture, as well. In fact, one oil and gas equipment provider is the top pick this year among our analysts here at the Fool. You can read more about this company and why it's ready to soar in The Motley Fool's special free report: "The Only Energy Stock You'll Ever Need." Don't miss out on this limited-time opportunity to discover the name of this company. Click here to access your report -- it's totally free.
The article Can This High-Yielding MLP Continue to Deliver? originally appeared on Fool.com.Fool contributor Arjun Sreekumar does not own shares of any companies listed above. Motley Fool newsletter services have recommended buying shares of Oneok Partners and Enterprise Products Partners. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days.
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I sent at least 3 emails to PocoSystems in the last month, none of which have been acknowledged...not even a canned auto-reply...much less resolved.
This isn't the first time support questions have been poorly acknowledged and not resolved.
I would much prefer the bugs in the existing version be resolved before adding new features.
The deteriorating support for this product is disturbing and after several years of using this program, I am seriously considering alternate programs.


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This mid-price speaker set from Saitek, just misses out on the 'quality' sector.
Despite having a fairly impressive sub-woofer the satellite speakers of the Saitek 3D 380 are a bit of a disappointment. They aren't particularly stable sat up on their end and get in the way when laid down on their bellies.
Compared to the solid feel of the sub they feel very much the budget speaker - quite plasticky and a little flimsy.
Punchy sound
Still, sound-wise they do cut it; giving a beefy punch of bass when needed with clear mid-range and top audio to boot.
Having the bass controller on the satellite speakers, rather than actually on the sub itself is also a plus; so when the missus is in bed, she won't be woken by the thrum of gunfire reverberating through the floor...
The Saitek 3D 380 2.1 speakers are by no means the best or cheapest 2.1 speaker set out there, and while they are evidently capable it's still worth shopping around.


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Photographer Randall Schieber's view of Columbus, Ohio is clearly of a bustling metropolis of lights and open spaces where the visual and performing arts flourish. Each of his images of the city s skyline includes a creative point of interest against skies of blue or illuminated nights. From the gardens of Columbus Park of Roses, Inniswood Metro Gardens and the topiary interpretations of a Seurat painting, to architectural elements like the Union Station Arch, and the Veteran s Memorial, or the unique sculptures, Navstar in Franklin Park and the Field of Corn in Dublin, Schieber's photos of Columbus public parks portray the integral part of the arts in their lush and people-friendly grounds. Multi-cultural festivals captured on film reflect the ancestry that is evident throughout the city. A city of sporting events, historic architecture, museums, theatres, and concert halls, this book shares every element.


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Happy Thanksgiving from The Puritans
In my previous blog post I shared a sentiment that there's nothing inherently bad about Black Friday. And I stand by my conclusions for families that bond over shopping experiences, and are financially responsible in finding the best deals for which they can use to bless their loved ones with holiday gifts. However, for those of us who are grateful we don't have to leave the comfort of our homes on Thanksgiving and bargain hunt until tomorrow, it's the Puritans to which we should be thankful.
Maine is one of just 3 states that have preserved Thanksgiving Day from the onslaught of Black Friday consumerism. It's no coincidence that the other 2 states, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, are both also New England states. "Why", you ask? Because the reason major retail and grocery stores remain closed on Thanksgiving is a remnant from the New England-based Puritan-inspired "Blue Laws".


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For nine years, Arturo Santos found steady work as a carpenter. He had union benefits and a good salary. When the housing market crashed in 2008, he was quickly laid off.
"I looked for a job every day," said Mr. Santos, who traveled the Northeast for weeks at a time in search of construction work. "They just didn't need anybody."
As the jobless months dragged on, it grew harder to support his family, even with a $400 weekly unemployment check. Then, in June, his job search came to an abrupt end. Santos was offered a $26 per hour, full-time, carpentry job just days after completing an online application.
How did he snag a job after nearly two years of unemployment? Help from taxpayers. The private contractor who hired Santos wasn't paying his wages, the federal stimulus was, part of a subsidized jobs program that provided some 240,000 Americans in 37 states with employment.
But the $5 billion program, known as the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Emergency Fund, ended Sept. 30 when Republicans blocked Democratic attempts to extend it through the end of the year for an additional $500 million. With September's unemployment rate stuck at 9.6 percent, should Congress fund another jobs program?
As economists point out, government-subsidized jobs don't generally promote long-term economic growth. But as stimulus, targeted at a particularly vulnerable population, the subsidies represented a way to get unemployed people back to work and provided a quick way to boost the economy.
The chain of events that got Santos hired began in April, when independent contractor Bryan Menge won a contract to replace siding and windows for several housing units in Bristol, R.I. The contract was a lifeline in a moribund market. But he was reluctant to hire new people, having been forced to let all his workers go in the previous two years.
"I might have hired one worker. Maybe," he said. "Definitely not three."
In June, Mr. Menge found out that JobsNow, Rhode Island's job-subsidy program funded by the federal stimulus, had approved his application and would pay for three additional workers. According to the rules, which vary by state, the Rhode Island workers he could hire had to be unemployed or underemployed, have dependent children, and earn no more than 225 percent of the poverty level. JobsNow put Menge in touch with Santos and one other worker in similar straits. The third hire was a worker Menge knew and recommended to the program.
"[The additional workers] definitely allowed me to move fast," he said. "Now, I can present this job to other bidders."
Menge hopes his crew's quick work this summer will help him land two commercial contracts he's bid on. Menge says he'd like to keep his three new hires through January to complete the work, even if the subsidy was cut.
Helping small businesses overcome their skittishness about the economy has been an unexpected benefit of the program since most of the hires are in the private sector, say advocates.
"The focus has been on encouraging small businesses to take risks and hire people," said LaDonna Pavetti, a poverty and welfare expert at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington economic-policy think tank. "We hope those positions will lead to permanent jobs."
But government subsidized job programs don't have a particularly good track record for boosting long-term employment. For one thing, they're too small: Even the massive New Deal employment programs couldn't pull the United States out of the Depression. For another, they're not as effective as training and job-search programs in keeping people employed, according to a study by David Card, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley, and German economists Jochen Kluve and Andrea Weber.
"What causes a business to hire is when they can take advantage of a business opportunity," said James Sherk, senior policy analyst in labor economics for the American Heritage Institute, a Washington think tank. "A temporary subsidy is not enough to create expansion."
Even though the jobs programs do not significantly reduce unemployment, they do inject stimulus into communities.
"People who are unemployed or on [welfare] generally spend what they earn, and they spend it quickly," said Trent Rhorer, director of San Francisco's Department of Human Services.
Some $55 million in wages have been paid out to the 3,650 workers in San Francisco who've participated in the city's subsidized jobs program over the past 18 months. But the program, which Mr. Rhorer said has helped about 20 percent of its welfare caseload leave aid, stopped taking applications at the end of July, anticipating that funding could end in September.
"We figured two months of work was worthwhile for the company and employee," Rhorer said. "One month probably wasn't."
Back in Rhode Island, Arturo Santos is happy to be working, even if his job outlook is uncertain. "It just feels good to be out doing something again," he said.


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Adapting the PSP to Incorporate Verified Design by Contract
March 2014 • Podcast
William Nichols Interviewer Suzanne Miller
In this podcast, Bill Nichols discusses a proposal for integrating the Verified Design by Contract method into PSP to reduce the number of defects present at the unit-esting phase, while preserving or improving productivity.
"One of the powers of design is that you don't just do a specific instance. You aren't just thinking about a specific test case. You can start to expand the test case into ranges of behavior."
Software Engineering Institute
The Personal Software Process promotes the use of careful procedures during all stages of development with the aim of increasing an individual's productivity and producing high quality final products. Formal methods use the same methodological strategy as the PSP: emphasizing care in development procedures as opposed to relying on testing and debugging. They also establish the radical requirement of proving mathematically that the programs produced satisfy their specifications. Design by Contract is a technique for designing components of a software system by establishing their conditions of use and behavioral requirements in a formal language. When appropriate techniques and tools are incorporated to prove that the components satisfy the established requirements, the method is called Verified Design by Contract (VDbC). In this podcast, Bill Nichols discusses a proposal for integrating VDbC into PSP to reduce the number of defects present at the unit-esting phase, while preserving or improving productivity. The resulting adaptation of the PSP, called PSPVDC, incorporates new phases, modifies others, and adds new scripts and checklists to the infrastructure. Specifically, the phases of formal specification, formal specification review, formal specification compile, test case construct, pseudo code, pseudo code review, and proof are added.
About the Speaker
William "Bill" Nichols joined the SEI in 2006 as a senior member of the technical staff and serves as a PSP instructor and TSP coach with the Team Software Process team. Prior to joining the SEI, Nichols led a software development team at the Bettis Laboratory near Pittsburgh, where he had been developing and maintaining nuclear engineering and scientific software for 14 years. His publication topics include the interaction patterns on software development teams, design and performance of a physics data acquisition system, analysis and results from a particle physics experiment, and algorithm development for use in neutron diffusion programs. He has a doctorate in physics from Carnegie Mellon University.
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Sartin's West
Sit and pick a while or chow down and be on your way. Sartin's West, the name synonymous in Southeast Texas with fresh quality seafood, offers all-you-can-eat specials for lunch (11 a.m. – 2 p.m.), as well as dinner with a wide selection of individual meals.
Located at 1990 Interstate 10 S., this locally owned restaurant is where they stack 'em high – crabs, that is.
Barbeque crabs are piled end over end and brought to your table for as long as you can eat 'em along with fried shrimp, fried fish, crab balls and stuffed jalapeno peppers. No one leaves hungry from Sartin's West. That's the finger-lickin' truth.
Grab a table equipped with a roll of paper towels, roll up your sleeves and belly up for Gulf Coast delicacies in this family owned establishment where homemade is the tradition.
All fried seafood is hand-battered in homemade seasonings. Platter service comes with homemade cole slaw, a sweet, crunchy and refreshing complement to seafood. Dip and dive your shrimp, fish and oysters, hushpuppies and french fries in Sartin-family recipes for tasty tartar sauce and savory cocktail sauce. All meals come with hushpuppies and fries.
If you don't get the platter service, don't worry, Sartin's offers a large selection of lunch and dinner options. At lunch, served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., grab a shrimp or oyster po'boy or, if you can't decide, get a combo of the two. Lunch plates, served with a vegetable medley, fries or baked potato and salad or slaw, are also available. Choose between fried shrimp, fish or oysters or a combination of all three. Or getcha some crab balls.
Crab balls are a Sartin's West specialty. Every day, Sartin's makes a homemade crab dressing just full of lump crab meat, rolls balls and fries 'em up. Just pop one in and let it melt in your mouth. The crab balls are delicious, just a little crispy on the outside and the perfect consistency of soft crabmeat and seasoned dressing on the inside.The Sartin family also makes fresh stuffed jalapeno peppers using the same crabmeat stuffing in the crab balls. If you love the crab balls but enjoy a little spice on your tongue, the peppers are for you. Crab balls, jalapeno peppers and boudain balls are all appetizers available by the half-dozen or dozen, but there's an appetizer, the 2-Way/3-Way that lets you combine them all. This sampler is recommended.
Dinner is divine with limitless options for combinations of favorite sea fare. Order a crab ball, a boudain ball, fried or boiled shrimp, fried or boiled oyster, or fried or boiled fish dinner with all the sides. If you can't decide, which is the norm for seafoodies, check out the combos – small, large, fried or boiled. Sartin's mixes and makes it just the way you like it and even throws in some of those stuffed peppers. You don't have to miss one tasty treat.
Sartin's West caters to non-seafoodies, also. Find chicken and steak on the menu. The ribeye finger is Sartin's special. This piece of meat is hand-cut and hand-battered, fried and soon-to-be famous.
For starters, don't miss a Sartin's salad. The family makes their own ranch dressing. It's a creamy delight on mixed greens.
The large dining area accommodating about 220 people with full bar, plays country music and has a few big screens to entertain while you pick and eat your lump crabmeat or enjoy any one of the many dinners.
Sartin's caters to your venue and hosts parties at its location on Sundays and Mondays.
Sartin's West is open Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.; and Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. – 10 p.m.; and Sunday 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Call (409) 861-FISH (3474).


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GNU Xnee
Xnee is a suite of programs that can record, replay and distribute user actions under the X11 environment. Think of it as a robot that can imitate the job you just did. Xnee can be used to:
|Automate tests
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|Demonstrate programs
|e.g record and replay a user interaction with your system
|Distribute actions
|e.g teacher's actions can be sent to all student's desktops
|Record and replay 'macro'
|e.g Tie a key modifier combination (e.g using xrebind) to replay a recorded session. The macro is WM- and program independent.
|Retype a file
|e.g When testing an editor, Xnee can type in the content of a file. This can be compared with the original.
Main source for information about GNU Xnee is: http://www.sandklef.com/xnee/
Downloading Xnee
GNU Xnee can be found on the main GNU ftp server:
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(via FTP). It can also be found
on the GNU mirrors;
a mirror if possible.
You can also find packages for most GNU/Linux distributions (and others) through www.sandklef.com/xnee/?q=node&q=download
Documentation for GNU Xnee is available online, as is documentation for most GNU software. You may also find more information about GNU Xnee by running info xnee or man xnee, or man cnee, or by looking at /usr/doc/xnee/, /usr/local/doc/xnee/, or similar directories on your system. A brief summary is available by running cnee --help.
Mailing lists
GNU Xnee has three mailing lists: <firstname.lastname@example.com>, <firstname.lastname@example.com>, and <firstname.lastname@example.com>.
The main discussion list is <firstname.lastname@example.com>, and is used to discuss most aspects of GNU Xnee, including development and enhancement requests, as well as bug reports.
Announcements about GNU Xnee and most other GNU software are made on <firstname.lastname@example.com>.
To subscribe to these or any GNU mailing lists, please send an empty mail with a Subject: header of just subscribe to the relevant -request list. For example, to subscribe yourself to the GNU announcement list, you would send mail to <firstname.lastname@example.com>. Or you can use the mailing list web interface.
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Development of GNU Xnee, and GNU in general, is a volunteer effort, and you can contribute. For information, please read How to help GNU. If you'd like to get involved, it's a good idea to join the discussion mailing list (see above).
- Test releases
- Trying the latest test release (when available) is always appreciated. Test releases of GNU Xnee can be found at http://alpha.gnu.org/xnee/ (via HTTP) and ftp://alpha.gnu.org/xnee/ (via FTP). Daily builds can be found at http://itupw056.itu.chalmers.se/xnee/nightly-tar-ball/
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- Maintainer
- GNU Xnee is currently being maintained by Henrik Sandklef (hesa). Please use the mailing lists for contact.
GNU Xnee is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.


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To make quick delivery possible, please make sure that you mention your order number as a reference when you make the transfer. The goods that you have ordered will be reserved for you (for a maximum of 9 days) until we receive your payment.
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We are highly convinced of the quality of our products. As a result, we offer a 10-year warranty on the durability of the fused seams of the Silvano water mattress. In case of leaks resulting from material or manufacture faults, you are covered by a 100% warranty for the first five years. During the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th years, the warranty percentage amounts to 50%, 40%, 30%, 20% and 10% respectively.
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Cleveland Launcher HB Driverview other products
This Cleveland driver has been designed to maximise distance and forgiveness without the fuss of adjustable options for those of you only interested in gripping it and ripping it!
Among its many features, this driver debuts a new HiBore crown that moves the centre of gravity lower and deeper for a more powerful high-launch, low-spin trajectory.
Key features and benefits:
- Lighter HiBore Crown helps move saved weight to enhance forgiveness
- Convex crown creates a stiffer structure for improved sound and feel
- Ultra-lightweight hosel saves 15g to further improve overall forgiveness
- Flex-Fin channels on the sole spring for distance across the face
- Launcher Cup Face creates Cleveland's largest sweetspot
- Stock shaft has high balance point for faster swings with the same effort
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The spike in reports of sexual assaults in the military has the Pentagon scrambling, as it should.
"We have a long way to go in solving this problem," said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel last week. He is a master of understatement.
But the president and Congress passed up the real opportunity to solve it. They should have taken sexual assault reporting out of the military order of command.
The report on the past year's incidents shows a 50 percent increase in claims overall, with wide variations among branches of the service. The Marines' spiked 86 percent, for example, with the Navy's increasing 33 percent — still nothing to brag about. There were 5,061 reports in all, up from around 3,374 the year before.
The lipstick being applied to this pig of a report is that victims are reporting more incidents because they are less fearful that their careers will be destroyed. But the numbers show a much more pervasive problem than the brass had acknowledged. And they surely reflect a fraction of the total incidents, since sexual assaults are underreported even in civilian life.
A volunteer, sophisticated military has to attract men and women regardless of sexual orientation. Getting the best people is a national security interest. This image of the military as sexual harassment central has to be erased. If Hagel's team can't get it under control, Congress should step in.


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Scotland's remote outpost splits on independence vote
LERWICK, Scotland — On a map, it's the United Kingdom's northernmost outpost.
Yet if residents in the pastoral Shetland Islands join Scotland's 5.2 million other inhabitants a month from now and vote to abandon three centuries of union with England, an emotional link, as well as a remote physical one, will have to be redrawn after Sept. 18.
Like the rest of Scotland, where polls show a close split on the independence referendum, the issue divides folks here in the Shetlands' capital. "Most of the boys that I work with are against it," says Fraser Leask, 53, an oil worker and fisherman in Little Voe, a tiny village some 30 miles from Lerwick. "Some of the younger folk are probably more for it, but I think that's the case with most new things anyway. A lot of the older folk here are of the opinion that 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it.'"
STORY: Scotland's independence fever is contagious
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Neil Riddel, 31, a Shetland-based journalist and music promoter in Lerwick, counters: "If we vote 'no,' we may regret it. This may be our best opportunity to become a more progressive and compassionate society."
A lot more is at stake, however, than Scotland's ability to set domestic priorities without interference from London. If Scotland exits the United Kingdom, it will untether itself from the world's sixth-largest economy. It would have to establish a new relationship with the European Union, determine whether it could continue using the British pound and weigh how separation would affect some of the world's top financial institutions based in Scotland, such as the Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds. And there is the question of how to divvy up control of the North Sea oil, which produces a gusher of revenue for the U.K.
In foreign affairs, independence would end Scotland's direct connection to one of the most influential players on the world stage. For starters, an independent Scotland, home to military installations, would need to renegotiate its relationship with NATO.
It is not clear what role the British monarchy would play in an independent Scotland, although it is likely to be a diminished one. The queen would nonetheless remain head of state in Scotland.
Scotland, which had been independent until it united with England in 1707, already enjoys the status of a semi-nation, with autonomy on some matters and its own parliament. It shares institutions such as the Bank of England and the British Armed Forces with the rest of the U.K. but has a degree of control over education, health and other domestic issues. It answers to the British Parliament on foreign affairs and economic and immigration policy.
No guards patrol Scotland's border with England because a British passport is issued to all citizens of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Scotland's flag, the Saltire — a white diagonal cross on a blue background — is displayed with pride everywhere.
Leaving the established comforts of hearth and home is never a straightforward calculation. However, it's in places like the Shetlands, a hardscrabble archipelago off Scotland's northeast coast in the North Sea, that the dynamics of the choice facing Scotland may be most keenly felt and amplified.
There are no trees in the Shetlands, little in the way of natural shelter from the blustery winds, and the summer fog can force the airport to close for days on end. Lerwick is farther from Edinburgh on the Scottish mainland than Edinburgh is from London.
"We're geographically closer to Scandinavia," says Peter McKay, 39, a local government worker and independence supporter. "That's where we should be looking for inspiration. Not looking at what London wants."
The pro-independence Scottish National Party leader, Alex Salmond, says Scotland has a unique opportunity authorized by the British Parliament. Taking such a historic step will allow Scotland to achieve its full potential as a caring society with a social safety net — in contrast to the austerity policies adopted by the conservative government in London.
Yet the 22,201 inhabitants of the Shetlands are hardly suffering. The islands' unemployment rate is below 1%. Its roads appear new. The sheep who produce world-famous Shetland wool look well-fed. There are at least eight sports complexes, and the legacy of an oil boom that started in the 1970s is still booming.
Riddel, the local journalist, says that for many people here and in the rest of Scotland, a decision on independence does not rest just on the big economic and political questions. Rather, people are frustrated, he says, by what they see as more generous Scottish social welfare impulses that have been held back by politicians' spending cutbacks down south.
"A 'yes' vote is not going to be some kind of wonderful panacea for all of Scotland's problems, but I do think it's the best hope we have for making society a little fairer," he says.
Whether an independent Scotland would actually be better off economically remains in dispute. For every pro-independence economist who says Scots would see greater female participation in the workforce, higher state pensions and a more direct say on EU and foreign policy, there is a pro-Union economist to shoot down those claims. Non-partisan analysts equivocate, saying it all depends.
Among those keenly interested in the outcome of the Sept. 18 vote is British Prime Minister David Cameron. "I think there has been a very strong message from the rest of the United Kingdom that we want (Scotland) to stay (in the Union)," Cameron told USA TODAY during a late July visit here.
His trip marked the first time a prime minister had visited the Shetlands in more than 30 years, and it was not just to pet the cute ponies for which the Shetlands are famous. "I wanted to come to this, the most far-flung part of our United Kingdom, to listen to people, to hear their concerns and to give the message that I hope we stay together," Cameron said.
As the polls have tightened in recent months — though still in favor of remaining in the U.K. — Cameron has vowed to cede greater authority to Edinburgh.
His appearance here and pitch to stay united didn't convince everyone. "The last prime minister who came to see us was Margaret Thatcher, and she came up mostly to rape and pillage Scotland's oil," government worker McKay said as he watched the prime minister take part in a publicity event with local fishermen.
"Now, all of a sudden, Cameron's here because of this independence thing," he added, kicking the ground lightly and swearing under his breath. "Why shouldn't we leave? Why shouldn't we be in control of our own destiny?"
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First we had (former University of Colorado professor) Ward Churchill telling Americans that the first genocide was by Columbus.
Then we had all the evolutionists and Darwinists telling us about the Mayan calender.
We have (University of Texas) professor Robert Jensen teaching students that all whites are oppressors.
That other ethnic groups will never have a chance in American society.
That Thanksgiving is a celebration of a Nazi-type genocide by white people.
What is being taught in our halls of higher learning?
What is being passed off as free speech and American history today by this type who blame America for every ill deed?
Professor Jensen - I was not alive to commit these offenses, and those you defend were not alive to be offended.
Why should I be discriminated against or oppressed by you when I was not alive to be an oppressor?
What is going on in education today?
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Jawbone unveils Mini Jambox: Big sound, small package
In 2010, the folks at Jawbone unveiled the Jambox, a small, brick-shaped 12-ounce wireless Bluetooth stereo speaker that delivered surprisingly big sound. It cost $199 and doubled as a speakerphone.
Just over a year ago, Jawbone brought out a larger brick with even bigger sound, but also a bigger $299 price, the aptly named Big Jambox.
Now, Jawbone is at it again, and this time the company is going small again. On Wednesday, Jawbone announced the 9-ounce Mini Jambox, which comes in about half the size of the Jambox and retails for $179.99, same as the regular Jambox. The latest model is actually louder and clearer then the original despite its size, and like its sibling promises 10 hours of battery life. The original Jambox remains in the Jawbone lineup for now.
While that original brick is small and light enough to throw into a backpack and take to the road, Jawbone is positioning the Mini as an even more portable speaker. You can stash it in your pocket and pull it out when you want to bolster the sound of the music, game or movie emerging from your smartphone or tablet so that you can share it with your companions. The pitch is that this is the speaker you can always have with you, just as the camera in your phone is always there when you need it.
Mini Jambox comes in nine different colors and five designs, carrying the kind of names marketers love to drum up (Aqua Scales, Purple Snowflake, etc.). It's housed in a rigid aluminum unibody casing. On the inside, Jawbone says, are two neodymium drivers and a passive bass radiator.
Killspencer.com will be producing an elegant splash- and water-resistant handcrafted leather case that will allow music to play through. Pricing for the case wasn't announced in advance.
I paired the new speaker with an iPhone and iPad to watch YouTube, movie clips and to listen to an eclectic mix of music. I listened indoors and out and was quite impressed with the clear sound that came through — whether I pumped up the volume or kept levels soft. As you might imagine, though, the Mini doesn't have quite the oomph of its Big Jambox sibling for providing the soundtrack at a large backyard barbecue.
While watching a scene from Iron Man, Jawbone demonstrated an immersive Live Audio feature that adds an extra dimension of sound as you as watch a movie or play a game. I've tried the feature on Big Jambox but wasn't able to test it in advance on the Mini.
Nor could I test a free companion iOS app that launches with the new speaker on Wednesday. You can control the speaker from the app — the app's background color will match the color of the Jambox that you are using. You can name your device through the app. The app also brings together playlists from Spotify, Rdio, Deezer and iTunes, but not other services for the moment. An Android version of the app is coming.
Via Bluetooth, you can pair up to eight devices with the Mini in all, and manage two connections simultaneously. Of course, you can play volume from only one at a time. Like its larger siblings, Mini Jambox, too, functions as a speakerphone, and features voice prompts for pairing and other functions.
Jawbone is taking orders at its website. Retail availability comes later, at Apple Stores, AT&T, Best Buy, Target and Verizon stores.
The field for compact Bluetooth speakers is quite crowded. But Jawbone with the Mini Jambox has produced another standout.
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Don Cheadle can be such an under-appreciated actor. He's wowed in films like 'Hotel Rwanda' and rocks it every week on the Showtime series 'House of Lies' alongside fellow cutie patootie Ben Schwartz. But this weekend Cheadle gets into superhero mode as Rhodes, aka Iron Patriot, in 'Iron Man 3.'
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In Which We Lie At A High Level of Awareness
An Artistic Party
by TAO LIN
Woodcutters by Thomas Bernhard has maybe the most shit-talking (percentage-wise) out of the books I have read or movies I have seen. The level of shit-talking in Woodcutters is perhaps equal to some Gmail chats or online message boards, I believe, but the sentences are longer and the shit-talking is done by a man in his 50's (I think) and also it is sustained for around 200 pages within a concrete situation.
The narrator's shit-talking seems "uncontrollable." The shit-talking is sometimes abstract, but I did not feel that the narrator was "insane" or something, because many concrete examples were given and also the shit-talking seemed self-aware. I felt no urge to argue with the narrator's shit-talking because I felt it was understood to the narrator that his shit-talking was uncontrollable, mood-driven, and something he should probably not let influence his actions in concrete reality.
The context of the shit-talking is ages 20-60, focusing on how people changed over time, and often from the perspective of "an entire life" or "the end of a person's life" (a funeral and a suicide are referenced many times), therefore more emotional to me than normal shit-talking about the stapler in Dave Eggers' memoir or something. I felt the shit-talking was "tragic." I was affected sometimes. About 3/4 of the way through the book I thought "Wow, the intense shit-talking is all-inclusive, ranging from intellectual to emotional to existential (to emo-like self-hatred or self-pity, even), within a context of a group of people's entire lives almost."
The shit-talking occurs only inside the narrator's head. The narrator is at a dinner party (an "artistic party," he thinks many times in a shit-talking tone) sitting in a one-seat sofa in the dark, alone, in a kind of side-room, talking endless shit in his head. Then the dinner begins and he moves to the table, continuing to talk private shit in his head, sometimes while staring openly at the person he is shit-talking (knowing that the other person is "no doubt" also shit-talking him while they look at each other). Sometimes he talks shit about himself for talking shit about people who are just like him. Sometimes he admires something someone at the table says but then shit talks himself because a moment ago he was intensely shit-talking the person's entire existence.
At one point someone at the dinner table talks shit openly about another person at the table (who the narrator had been shit-talking privately for maybe 20 pages) and the narrator feels "redeemed" or something. I often felt the narrator was experiencing confusion but that his despair and negativity were stronger than the confusion and therefore the confusion was not mentioned, but perhaps "assumed," as a "foundation" for all cognition. The shit-talking moves around to different people, I think everyone at the party is targeted at some point, including some people in their 20's who the narrator knows nothing about except that they look young. I would describe the narrator as a "good" person. Probably more self-hating than other-hating, willing to refrain from certain things to satisfy others, and probably humble and calm.
The narrator talks shit about himself maybe 20 times for going to the party he is at, citing that he just didn't want to go at all, that he knew he would feel disgusted by everyone at the party, and that he knew for sure it would be a very bad experience, according to him. The scene where he agreed to come to the party is shit-talked many times. It is also mentioned that the people who invited him most likely also did not want him to come, yet somehow still invited him, with enthusiasm even.
During the novel the narrator speaks two or three times, I think. When he speaks it isn't shit-talking, it's saying "Yeah" or "I don't know" or something, almost meaninglessly, as a kind of pointless aside, noise-like due to the concurrent endless stream of uncontrollable shit-talking inside his head that has taken up most or all of his communication resources. When the party is over, at the end of the book, he says around four sentences to the host of the party indicating that he liked the party, was glad he came, liked everyone at the party, and wants to be friends with the host again (he had previously shit-talked the host and the "premise" of the party perhaps most intensely), while concurrently privately talking shit about himself for lying at such a high level of awareness.
I liked the main character because his shit-talking seemed existential, it was not a man who seriously believed he was better than other people, that some kind of art form or life was better than some other kind, or that he was actually doing more important things than anyone else. He seemed to have endless shit-talking in his head all the time, irregardless of his situation, and he seemed to know this, and therefore be able to look at it and not believe it. He seemed just really depressed about life. Alone in bed he probably shit-talked life, death, and other existential things rather than specific people (which I believe he probably generally felt sympathy towards). I hear some people talking shit and I feel like they would actually kill the other person, if given the chance, "powered" by the force of their own abstract shit-talking. I believe the narrator would rather kill himself than kill someone else. I enjoyed Woodcutters by Thomas Bernhard.
Tao Lin is a contributor to This Recording. His blog is here.
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1. K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 22-3609 is not ambiguous and clearly requires that a notice of appeal from a municipal court is to be filed with or forwarded to the district court of the county in which the municipal court is located.
2. When a municipality's corporate limits encompass territory within different counties, the municipal court is located in the county where the municipal courthouse is situated.
3. When a notice of appeal from a municipal court is filed directly with a district court in a county other than the county which contains the municipal courthouse, that district court acquires no jurisdiction to transfer venue to the appropriate county's district court.
Appeal from Sumner District Court; R. SCOTT MCQUIN, judge. Opinion filed March 28, 2003. Affirmed.
Bruce A. Swenson, of Derby, for appellant.
Bruce L. Stewart, Mulvane City Prosecutor, for appellee.
Before RULON, C.J., JOHNSON, J., and ROGG, S.J.
JOHNSON, J.: Following conviction in municipal court for traffic-related violations of the Mulvane City Code, Jeffery T. Roberts filed a notice of appeal directly with the Sumner County District Court. The district court dismissed Roberts' appeal, finding it lacked jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a municipal court located in Sedgwick County and, without jurisdiction, it could not transfer the appeal to Sedgwick County. We disagree with Roberts' assertions that Sumner County had concurrent jurisdiction to hear the appeal, or, in the alternative, that the Sumner County Court should have transferred the appeal to Sedgwick County. Accordingly, we affirm.
The principal fact, making this case unique, is the location of the City of Mulvane astraddle the Sedgwick/Sumner Counties boundary line. Roberts' municipal court convictions arose from two separate incidents within the corporate limits of Mulvane. The first occurred at the intersection of First and Main, which is situated in Sumner County; the second was at the intersection of Second and Helbert, in Sedgwick County. The district court found, and the parties do not contest, that the Mulvane municipal courthouse is physically located in the Sedgwick County portion of the city.
After Roberts filed his notice of appeal directly with the Sumner County District Court, Mulvane moved to dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because Roberts failed to file a timely notice of appeal in Sedgwick County. Roberts asserted that Sumner County did have jurisdiction, but, if the court disagreed, he asked that the appeal be transferred to Sedgwick County, in lieu of dismissal. The district court issued a memorandum of opinion, finding that the applicable statutes required the appeal to be filed with the Sedgwick County District Court; the statutes governing the filing of a notice of appeal are jurisdictional; and the court could not transfer the appeal because it had never acquired jurisdiction.
Roberts first argues that Sumner County District Court did have jurisdiction to hear his appeal. Determination of the issue requires us to interpret two statutes dealing with municipal court appeals: K.S.A. 12-4601 and K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 22-3609. The interpretation of a statute is a question of law subject to this court's unlimited review. Hamilton v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 263 Kan. 875, 879, 953 P.2d 1027 (1998). Similarly, this court has unlimited review over the existence of jurisdiction. Cypress Media, Inc. v. City of Overland Park, 268 Kan. 407, 414, 997 P.2d 681 (2000).
K.S.A. 12-4601 provides:
"An appeal may be taken to the district court in the county in which said municipal court is located:
"(a) By the accused person in all cases; and
"(b) By the city upon questions of law.
"The appeal shall stay all further proceedings upon the judgment appealed from." (Emphasis added.)
K.S.A. 12-4602 directs the aggrieved party to the procedure in K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 22-3609, which states:
"(1) The defendant shall have the right to appeal to the district court of the county from any judgment of a municipal court which adjudges the defendant guilty of a violation of the ordinances of any municipality of Kansas. The appeal shall be assigned by the chief judge to a district judge. The appeal shall stay all further proceedings upon the judgment appealed from.
"(2) An appeal to the district court shall be taken by filing, in the district court of the county in which the municipal court is located, a notice of appeal and any appearance bond required by the municipal court. Municipal court clerks are hereby authorized to accept notices of appeal and appearance bonds under this subsection and shall forward such notices and bonds to the district court. No appeal shall be taken more than 10 days after the date of the judgment appealed from." (Emphasis added.)
Roberts argues the reference in K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 22-3609(1) to the "district court of the county" is ambiguous, especially in light of the aberrant fact that Mulvane is geographically located in both Sumner and Sedgwick Counties. He then urges us to resolve the ambiguity in favor of the accused by determining the referenced "county" can be either Sumner or Sedgwick.
While criminal statutes should be strictly construed in favor of the accused, statutory interpretation must be reasonable and sensible to legislative design and intent. State v. McGill, 271 Kan. 150, 154, 22 P.3d 597 (2001). The provisions of an act should be considered in pari materia, rather than as isolated parts, to reconcile different provisions so as to make them consistent and harmonious. State v. Hymer, 271 Kan. 716, 723, 26 P.3d 63 (2001). Likewise, "[g]eneral and special statutes should be read together and harmonized whenever possible, but to the extent a conflict between them exists, the special statute will prevail unless it appears the legislature intended to make the general statute controlling. [Citation omitted.]" In re Estate of Antonopoulos, 268 Kan. 178, 189, 993 P.2d 637 (1999). K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 22-3609(1) addresses the right to appeal, and subsection (2) addresses the specific procedure for filing an appeal. The latter subsection clearly requires the notice of appeal from a municipal court conviction to be filed in the county where the municipal court is located. Reading all of K.S.A. 2002 Supp. 22-3609 in conjunction with K.S.A. 12-4601 creates no ambiguity.
Roberts' better argument is that the "county in which the municipal court is located" refers to the county in which the municipal court exercises its jurisdiction, rather than the county that contains the physical courthouse. The jurisdiction of the Mulvane Municipal Court extends into both Sumner and Sedgwick Counties; arguably, then, the municipal court is located in both counties. Intuitively, a municipal code violator whose offense occurred in Sumner County would naturally expect to appeal to the Sumner County District Court. On the other hand, Roberts was required to enter Sedgwick County to answer the municipal charges which were being handled through the courthouse situated in that county.
Nothing before us suggests the legislature contemplated how to define the location of the municipal court of a city which encompasses portions of two counties. The issue is one of first impression in this State. State v. Fawcett, 91 Ohio St. 3d 1, 740 N.E.2d 654 (2000), provides us with some insight. There, the defendant appealed from his conviction in the Municipal Court of Fostoria, Ohio. The Third Appellate District dismissed the defendant's appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the crime took place in that portion of Fostoria located in Wood County, which was part of the Sixth Appellate District. Later, the Sixth Appellate District dismissed the defendant's motion to amend his appeal because Fostoria's municipal court building was located in Seneca County, which was in the Third Appellate District. Due to this conflict, the Ohio Supreme Court granted review. 91 Ohio St. 3d 1.
The court reviewed the controlling constitutional and statutory phrases that stated: "'[T]he court [of appeals] shall have jurisdiction . . . to review . . . judgments or final orders of courts of record inferior to the court of appeals within the district.'" 91 Ohio St. 3d at 2. The court held that the location of the municipal court, and not the location of the offense, dictated the proper district for an appeal. 91 Ohio St. 3d at 2-3. The court implicitly considered the location of the courthouse as the location of the municipal court. The concurring opinion noted that the common understanding of venue, i.e. that it is associated with the situs of the crime, did not apply to appellate jurisdiction. 91 Ohio St. 3d at 3.
One would naturally refer to the courthouse, which contains the judge's chambers, court records, and courtroom in which the defendant appears to answer the charges against him or her, as the location of the municipal court. We find the Mulvane Municipal Court was located in Sedgwick County and an appeal from that city court must be filed in Sedgwick County District Court.
Roberts claims that if he did file his notice of appeal in the wrong district court, Sumner County should have transferred his appeal to the Sedgwick County District Court, rather than dismiss. In support, Roberts cites to Russell v. Lamoreaux Homes, Inc., 198 Kan. 447, 424 P.2d 561 (1967), which involved an employer's appeal of a workers compensation award. That case is distinguishable because there the appeal was correctly filed with the director, even though the appellant designated the incorrect district court to which the director forwarded the appeal. Therefore, the remedy was for the incorrect court to remand to the director for filing with the correct district court. Russell would be more analogous to Roberts' situation if he had filed his notice of appeal with the municipal court clerk, who then sent it to Sumner County District Court. However, Roberts not only designated the wrong district court, but he also filed it directly with Sumner County. The district judge did not have the option to return the notice of appeal to the municipal clerk. We do not reach the question of whether an incorrectly captioned notice of appeal filed with the municipal court requires dismissal.
As the district court correctly noted, the right to appeal is entirely statutory. Neither the federal Constitution nor the Kansas Constitution requires appellate review. Unless provided by statute, an appellate court has no jurisdiction to entertain an appeal by a defendant in a criminal case. City of Wichita v. Patterson, 22 Kan. App. 2d 557, 557-58, 919 P.2d 1047, rev. denied 260 Kan. 992 (1996). The failure to comply with the statutory procedure for municipal appeals is a jurisdictional defect which deprives the district court of jurisdiction to proceed with the appeal. City of Overland Park v. Barron, 234 Kan. 522, 526, 672 P.2d 1100 (1983).
The district court correctly found that it had no jurisdiction, ab initio, and was without authority to transfer the case to Sedgwick County. The court's only option was to dismiss the appeal, leaving Roberts to seek an untimely appeal with the Sedgwick County District Court. Cf. State v. Ortiz, 230 Kan. 733, 640 P.2d 1255 (1982).