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Churchill's description of Hitler's autobiography Mein Kampf, written in his World War II memoirs in 1948, includes a comparison with contemporary significance:
All was there—the programme of German resurrection, the technique of party propaganda; the plan for combatting Marxism; the concept of the National-Socialist State; the rightful position of Germany at the summit of the world. Here was the new Koran of faith and war: turgid, verbose, shapeless, but pregnant with its message.
New Koran. . . Looks like the old one has yet to be dealt with like the new one Churchill helped kill off.


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Following the team's last training session of 2013, Colorado Rapids head coach Oscar Pareja conducted his final media session, addressing a number of topics. We've transcribed the entire interview and broken it down into three parts.
Part I: Reviewing the season - what went right & wrong
Part II: Addressing the Dallas rumors
Part III: Individual players evaluations and the offseason
Have you started thinking of how you reach your goal? Will there be player moves?
"This team needs to keep bringing players who can make us better, that's for sure. As much as the boys have been doing a good job this year, this team needs some incorporations that can help the team continue moving forward.
"I think all of the positions – I don't want to skip away from the question – but I think we need a couple of defenders, I think we need a couple of midfielders, and we need a couple of forwards. That's what I see. Players who can cope with the level of MLS and players who can come and desire and challenge the positions that are occupied at the moment. I don't see any other way to make teams better, (than) to try to get people who are better. That's what it is, in all the areas."
Now that the season is over, who is handling the conversations with the players about the future: You, Paul Bravo?
"Paul and I. We're in charge of analyzing where the soccer operations project is going and how do we want to move. And obviously we have other people who make other decisions, in terms of salaries and things like that. But it's the responsibility of the coaching staff and technical director to do it."
Have you had the opportunity to evaluate – and what's the process now to make the decisions and inform players?
"We're going to start meeting with the players today and give them our feedback and put in place the plan that we have for them, or how the club sees them next year, so the players can plan as well."
What was the reason of signing Nathan Sturgis this early?
"With Nathan it was timing. We didn't have any doubt about it. It was an easy decision, for Nathan who wants to be here, and the club wants him. Everything was in place to do it. We didn't want to wait. Nathan has done a great job for us."
Do you expect Matt Pickens back next year?
"Matt Pickens is under contract here, and at the moment he is a Colorado player. Saying that, I expect Matt Pickens to continue with his contract. In the long run, what I want the most is what is the best for Matt."
Jaime Castrillon – what is his future?
"Jaime is another player who is under contract. We have to decide if we want to pick up his option. In order to make that decision, we have to factor some stuff – see his salary, what's on his mind, and what is the need of the team. We are in that process and it's very early to find an answer if he's going to stay here or not. Every player is in that situation – evaluating. I can tell you that I may like to find a position that is better, or maybe somebody comes with an offer for him that is a good chance for the player and the team."
Martin Rivero – do you think he'll be back next season?
"I think Martin's year has been very difficult. We all know that. Martin's year has not been the year we all wanted, and I don't think Martin even thought about having a year like this. But Martin is young, has a lot of talent, and is a very well-liked kid here on the team. If financially he has an opportunity, and financially the club and the terms are agreeable, I think there is a good chance for Martin to stay."
Last year there were a number of players that departed. Do you think you have more of your players in place now or is there a chance for similar player movement?
"I think this year is different. I think this year this team shouldn't change as many as last year. Instead, probably just reinforce the squad with a few players and continue with the model that we have. So I don't see this being comparable with last year's moves."
Do you think you have players here that maybe didn't get many chances that could figure next year?
"Yes. I think some players. I would have loved to have given them more time. One of them is Dillon Serna, and the other is Tony Cascio. These are players that I believe in, players that I know can play. Tony showed it last year. This was not a good year for him, but I still think he has a great future. And Dillon Serna, with the response that he's had in the last two months, I think he's going to challenge a position next year."
What about Vicente Sanchez?
"Vicente – I think it's a good situation for him and the club, but as I've said, we all have to account on the club budget, and everything. But we know that Vicente helped. The best part is that the club wants him if there is a possibility and he loves it here. So everything seems like it's good."
Have you spoken with Brian Mullan – if he's going to retire or come back?
"We're going to have that meeting with him. Brian has been such a professional that he hasn't taken that time to approach, because for him the preference is the team. And I guess that Brian didn't want to put everybody under pressure to make this decision. At this point he's waiting for us to meet and see what's in the future. That's what we're going to resolve in the next week."
Are you going to scout in Europe again?
"Yes. We're going to have the opportunity to go scout players in Europe and South America as well as Africa."
What about sending players to train with Derby or elsewhere?
"I don't think Derby, but we're looking for another club. Not for anything special, we still have connections there, but the coach has been moved, so we're looking for other options. But we do really want these players to have an overseas experience."
Do you think this two month gap is too long?
"Yes. Two weeks rest, that's it."
And the college scouting?
"One of the good things that we've done is that we spent a lot of time scouting college last year, and put in a lot of thoughts and information. That's a credit to the coaching staff who are always keeping track of the college game. It's a great source for us and it has worked. We want to do the same."
So the coaches last year identified players to follow this year?
"That's one of the sources of players for us, and it's very important, so we take it very seriously. And it has been good for us, bringing in these guys from college that we were sure they would impact the league, and we want to continue that."


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Started all 18 games he appeared in ... Posted a 13-4-1 record with seven shutouts, while owning a save percentage of .803 (61 of 76) ... Led the Ivy League in clean sheets and ranked second with a 0.80 goals-against average ... Stopped six shots in 4-1 win over Stony Brook in season opener (Sept. 4) ... Named to College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Sept. 14) after posting two shutouts and going 3-0 with wins over Boston College, Boston University and Army ... Recorded a shutout at Boston College (Sept. 7), making two saves ... Made three saves in 1-0 win against No. 14 Boston University (Sept. 11) ... Turned aside six shots in victory over Army (Sept. 13) ... Tabbed Ivy League Player of the Week Sept. 14 ... Had one save in 1-0 win at Fairfield (Sept. 19) ... Made three stops in 1-0 shutout at New Hampshire (Sept. 23) ... Recorded one save at No. 3 Wake Forest (Sept. 26) .. Named Ivy League Player of the Week for second time Sept. 28 ... Earned his fourth shutout of the season at Yale (Oct. 3) ... Stopped three shots in tie at Cornell (Oct. 11) ... Turned aside five shots at Connecticut (Oct. 14) ... Made five saves for fifth shutout of season against Brown (Oct. 17) ... Stopped two shots in win at Providence (Oct. 20) ... Made a season-high seven saves against Princeton (Oct. 24) ... Turned away four shots in 2-1 win over Dartmouth (Oct. 31) ... Recorded three saves in overtime win at Columbia (Nov. 7) ... Made two saves for sixth shutout of the season against Penn, helping Harvard win the Ivy League title (Nov. 15) ... Turned aside two shots in 3-0 win over Monmouth in the second round of the NCAA tournament (Nov. 22) ... Stopped six shots in NCAA third-round contest against Maryland (No. 29).
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Ranked 11th in the nation with a 0.55 goals-against average and boasted a .844 save percentage ... Was first and second in the Ivy League, respectively, in same categories ... Made one save in collegiate debut at Duke (Sept. 5) during Duke/Nike Classic ... Earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors after stopping two shots against Yale (Oct. 4) for first career win and shutout ... Recorded his second straight shutout in 2-0 victory over Cornell (Oct. 11); had six saves ... Named Ivy League Rookie of the Week for second time after making five saves in 4-1 victory at Brown (Oct. 18) ... Had shutout at Holy Cross (Oct. 21), making one save ... Earned fifth win in a row with one save at Princeton (Oct. 25) ... Picked up sixth straight win against Providence (Oct. 28) ... Had three stops at Dartmouth (Nov. 1) ... Made three saves for his fifth shutout at Maine (Nov. 5) ... Stopped one shot for win in regular-season finale against Columbia (Nov. 8) ... Recorded four saves at Penn (Nov. 16) ... Made one save for his sixth shutout at UMass in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 22) ... Had three stops at South Florida in NCAA second round (Nov. 25).
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Goalkeeper on U-18 San Diego Surf U.S. Soccer Federation Development Academy team ... Team won 2007 Cal South nationals and Far West Regional League ... Squad was ranked third in nation, first in Region IV and first in California ... Was 2007 Real So Cal Copa Real Invitational champion ... 2007 National Cup quarterfinalist ... National Honor Society ... California Scholarship Federation.


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TORONTO, March 21, 2014 - RBC Global Asset Management Inc. (RBC GAM) today announced that the RBC Target 2014 Corporate Bond Index ETF (TSX: RQB) will mature on Friday, November 21, 2014. This will be the second RBC Target Maturity Corporate Bond ETF to mature since the suite of fixed income ETFs was introduced in 2011.
"The RBC Target Maturity Corporate Bond ETFs seek to provide investors with a high quality and flexible fixed income solution that functions similar to a bond," said Mark Neill, head of RBC ETFs. "By providing the maturity date in advance, our goal is to help investors make informed decisions on whether to hold their investment through to maturity or move their existing holdings to an alternative RBC ETF that matures at a later date."
The RBC GAM family of fixed income ETFs includes eight Target Maturity Corporate Bond ETFs with maturities ranging from 2014 to 2021, along with the RBC 1-5 Year Laddered Corporate Bond ETF (TSX: RBO) that was launched earlier this year.
Unlike traditional ETFs, which have a perpetual life, target maturity ETFs have a specified maturity date that is established when the ETF is launched. When the ETF reaches the maturity date, the ETF's final net asset value (NAV) is returned to the current unitholders.
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How do you check?...
I don't have the time to calculate the anime I've watched on here, is there an app for that?
Only when my fav buddy is online, I don't even watch anime in here.
well umm..
Usually just spend two hours on the forum when I can. I haven't really been watching anime any lately. Kind of burned out and just needing a break from it. Still love it though.
Well the whole day until some clown keeps banning me for no reason
I don't know, a lot less than before since I don't really watch new animes...but I have the forum opened in a tab window and I check it during load times :p
When you really want something, the whole universe conspires to make it happen.
About 6 to 8 hours a day
eating popcorn
i haven't really kept track of this, but I've probably spent a good 12 or so hours watching anime and talking to friends without breaks.
I'm hardly active.
One day, I may spend 12 hours. The next, I spend only 2.
I guess it depends on how I'm feeling, what I have to do, etc.
I'll spend about an hour or two a day, depends on my schedule
Living life in the Far Far West
Well, until April 2 I have an All-Access Guest Pass, but I was only interested in the Hakuoki and Amnesia episodes, which I've already finished... When I was watching those, I think that I got up to 6 hrs a day, so I went through those episodes within five days. Not counting when I had to wait for the final episode of Amnesia.Three years ago, before I abruptly dropped Crunchyroll for three years, I did the same when watching anime was free (Or free for new members. I don't remember.) and when Crunchyroll had an avatar-themed game. When I have nothing to do but visit forums, I'll spend about an hour tops, maybe a little more if I find myself preoccupied with good threads. When I'm responding to comments, I can spend roughly 2 hours, because I'm very picky with my written and typed vocabulary. I can spend over 45 minutes on a single comment before I'm satisfied with it, but that's rare. The time spent during my visits are usually fairly or very brief, but the number of said visits per day can be about fifteen.
Moonlight Sonata
Alot of hours x3
I'm not crazy! My reality is just different than yours!
I guess it depends if I'm marathoning an anime before they take it off or something. Then like 8 hours. If nothing in particular and just roaming the forums, Like an hour on and then I'll go do whatever I feel like, and come back
I wish for the day that Hikaru no Go is added to CR.
I keep the site open i my browser most of the time, so i guess whenever im on my computer, these days not so much tbh, i check maybe 3-4times a day.
But my best guess would be like 10hrs-ish
fish go m00
I'm still fairly new to anime so I guess I am watching a lot, usually doing 6-12 hour marathons if I have nothing to do that day. But I predict pretty soon I am going to start running out of anime to watch that I enjoy. So I probably will narrow it down to like... 2-4 hours every day or couple of days, rewatch old stuff, etc etc.
The Closet became boring.
its pretty hard to gauge this on the weekend, but on the weekdays, about 2 1/2 hours, except Wednesday when a ton of my simulcasts got updated...most of them finale'd already, but usually i spent about 4-5 hours on those days. On the weekend, i check back to see new news stuff extremely frequently yet very randomly and do this the entire weekend. if i get interested in a catalog title and start marathoning, i watch for about 6 hours at a time, with 10-20 min breaks every now and then
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But for an occasional drain line I've almost never done anything but brazing so I'm looking for advice on unsoldering and replacing a 15 ton Sporlan valve may have to change out.
About an inch and a half past the soft soldered outlet where I'd be making the repair and right at or into the case wall is the distributer head which is also soft soldered -that I do not want to get in to.
I'm concerned about possible problems getting a good connection over the old solder (let alone protecting the second joint). And also advice about flux, and keeping that out of the system?
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TENNESSEE HAS DECLARED WAR ON SHELBY COUNTY. We now have renamed three parks. Forrest Park to Health Sciences Park. Confederate Park to Memphis Park. Jefferson Davis Park to Mississippi River Park. The new names are uninspired and uninteresting – they might as well be Boring Park, Bland Park and Whatever Park – but what inspired them is what makes them interesting.
They are the latest defense against yet another volley fired at Shelby County from Nashville.
In what could have been an honest debate about how to deal with all of our history for all of our citizens instead of dividing them into opposing camps – about understanding the difference between recognition and honor, reality and romance, truth and myth – the City Council was forced instead to take hasty cover from incoming legislative fire.
Two Republicans from Lexington and Murfreesboro have proposed legislation to prohibit the renaming of anything noting military events or people anywhere in Tennessee by any city they don't like … wait, that's too limiting … by any city period. This latest attack on our right to make our own civic decisions just happens to coincide with our debate about the names of our parks that mark our history. Not the history of Lexington or Murfreesboro, but our history.
Again, the army running the state Legislature has taken dead aim at us in order to correct our wayward behavior and snap us into formation. The party that stands for less government has spent more time here than anywhere else in the state, to the exclusion of virtually everywhere else in the state, to meddle in our affairs and dictate our destiny.
This isn't about monuments and parks commemorating the War Between The States, this is the latest battle in the War Within The State. Nashville is attempting to occupy Shelby County, and whether you're black or white, Republican or Democrat, red or blue, you should be seeing bright red right now.
Pickler's charge to change state law to allow multiple school districts led to the surrender of the city school charter and started the sabers rattling in the east. Our own General Norris and aide-de-camp Todd mounted an overnight legislative campaign to pass laws applicable in Shelby County only, and the ensuing battle continues in federal court and continues to divide us. Gadfly Stacey Campfield proposes legislation that would tie whether or not a family on welfare can feed their children to the grades of their children, and there are more families that would take that cold bullet in Shelby County than any other county by far.
The state wants final say on charter schools, and more here than anywhere else. The state wants vouchers, and is carefully defining terms that will affect more of our children than anywhere else. The state wants everybody to carry state ID, and there are more people here than anywhere else that are not just inconvenienced but disenfranchised by that.
This is a state of war. And we're losing control.
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Sturgeon fishing is the best option, particularly in Montezuma Slough or at Light 33 or Light 5 outside of Pittsburg Marina, where Barry Canevaro of Fish Hookers Sport Fishing of Isleton is catching 40- to 60-inchers on shad, of all baits. The outgoing tide seems to spark the best bite.
Striped bass are few and far between, though Montezuma Slough is yielding fish to 8 pounds on various offerings, shad included.
February is spawning time for catfish, so bank anglers are starting to load up on the tasty critters using clams, cut sardines and mackerel and chicken liver. Fishing from levees is particularly good for catfish, but the trick is to stick-and-move until you find a tightly bunched school.
Small-sized striped bass and largemouth bass are available on jigs, spoons and flies inside flooded islands such as Mildred, Frank's Tract and Liberty. Inherent conflicts between duck hunters and anglers will cease Sunday, the final day of waterfowl season.
In the main San Joaquin River there is too much hyacinth and vegetation to either drift bait or jig. Trolling is out until the debris clears.
Ocean - Big swells outside and waves that attract Maverick surfers on the inside make for rough fishing. Crab pot pulling is impossible, leaving partyboats to offer combination trips for sand dabs, mackerel and giant Humboldt squid. Boats run intermittently, so call ahead.
San Pablo Bay - Herring spawn in San Francisco Bay is attracting sturgeon from everywhere, leaving this region void of fish. The spawn has been going for nearly three weeks and when it's over sturgeon will move back into San Pablo Bay. Strong minus tides this week might help. Water is muddy. No problem with bait devouring crabs and king fish.
American - Keith Kaneko of Sacramento's Angling on the Fly continues to tout the winter steelhead fishery thanks to a push of freshwater runoff from major December storms. Steelies are big, 5 to 14 pounds and the run should be excellent into February.
Klamath - Good run of 3- to 5-pound steelhead between Seiad Valley and Iron Gate with the focal point at Happy Camp. Side drifting with nightcrawlers or plugs, such as Hot Shot and Wee Warts, is a good ploy. So is back drifting with flies, such as brindle bug.
Sacramento - Excellent angling with bait, lures and flies for wild rainbow trout from Redding to Red Bluff. Rainbows run 13 inches to 4 pounds. Occasional steelhead to 8 pounds are in the mix. Check regulations for gear and daily bag limit. Flows are low because of the lack of need from agriculture.
Amador - A 12.5-pound trout was pulled onto the dam this week, turning heads. Although fishing wasn't fast, the Donaldson hybrid trout that were caught weighed greater than 3 pounds. Daily plants are released in the middle of the lake Monday through Friday.
Camanche - Topline trolling at least 150 feet behind the boat, or with the use of a side planer, entices trout to 18 inches. Plan on covering plenty of water. Stable weather allows bank anglers to toss inflated nightcrawlers or garlic-scented Power Bait with fair chances of hooking rainbows. The South Shore Pond is stocked weekly.
Los Vaqueros - Trout are being planted this week and shoreline anglers are responding in Peninsula and South coves. Trolling requires running close to the bank. Striped bass are scarce.
New Melones - The best trout bite is for bank anglers and boats on the anchor, who use Power Bait or Kastmaster lures. Rainbows to 2 pounds are in the take, but most measure 13 to 14 inches. Trolling requires plenty of hunting with long lines and lures such as Ex-Cel, Needlefish, Speed Trap and Rat-L Trap. A recent Sonora Bass Anglers team derby was won by Justin Rose and Josh Paris, who weighed in five bass that totaled 17.68 pounds. Their winning weight was anchored by a 10.2-pound largemouth that grabbed a jig.
Oroville - A Pacific team - Garrett Brown and Siddhartha Ng - finished eighth in the College Fishing Western Conference bass tournament on Saturday, posting a five-fish limit that weighed 7.10 pounds. They were 2 pounds short of the winning team from Eastern Washington. The best baits were jigs, grubs and drop shot Senkos.
Pardee - Set to reopen Feb. 15 following its annual winter closure.


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At some time you may face a heating emergency — when your home heating system is inoperative for hours or days. At that critical time you must decide how to meet the emergency, either with an alternative source of heat or by seeking shelter elsewhere.
Safety is of prime importance in choosing an alternate form of heat. Consider all potential hazards and eliminate as many as possible, keeping in mind that your degree of protection is lower during a community emergency. Normal community services such as police and fire protection, doctors, hospitals and highway maintenance may be in great demand and unable to respond to your emergency immediately. Under emergency conditions, you may have to do certain things you wouldn't normally consider. Use extreme caution.
The first step in making a plan is to determine the conditions your family might face if the heating system fails. Take your climate into consideration — how cold can it get? Because all members of the family would be affected, each should help with the planning. Discuss what you might do if the heating system went off for several days.
If your home is heated electrically, failure would obviously be caused by lack of power. But don't forget that most other systems depend on electricity, too. Oil burners usually have electrical fuel injectors and ignition. Hot-air systems rely on a fan for air circulation; hot-water systems with zone valves and circulator pumps; coal furnaces with motorized stokers also need electricity. Most thermostats require electricity.
Imagine that your area is experiencing an intense storm. It is cold and telephone service is disrupted. Then, with a pencil and pad handy, discuss how you would cope with the crisis. The family would have to determine what could be done to provide home heat, or at least how to keep warm. Discuss sources of alternate fuels available, how to get them and how to use them, what protective measures would be necessary such as keeping pipes from freezing and supplying water if the pump is not operating. As part of the discussion you probably will want to draw up a list of additional obstacles that might be encountered, the responsibilities of each family member and supplies available.
First, consider the resources you now have in your home for meeting emergencies. Because no two homes are the same, homeowners should assess their own situation and prepare accordingly.
If your heating device and fuel can be matched, would they provide enough heat to warm at least one room in your home? Is there enough fuel for several days? Do you have a secondary source of emergency heat?
If your regular heating system cannot be modified for an emergency, consider buying, building or adapting a device or system that will. The choice might be a space heater, cast iron or sheet-metal stove or a catalytic heater. A small generator may be able to keep your furnace in operation. Your supplier or your local MU Extension center can help you decide what capacity generator you need. Try to avoid depending on the same fuel for emergency heat as you have in your normal heating system.
Now that you have decided how to heat your home during an emergency, it is time to get busy making preparations. Good planning now will give your family confidence when an emergency arises.
You will probably have to make some changes in your home or in your heating system to accommodate another heating device. If you can't make them, call in someone who can. Any device that burns fuel must be vented outside the house — both to eliminate smoke and gas and to provide oxygen for combustion.
Minor alterations to regular heating systems might be considered:
Electrically operated valves in many steam or hot air systems can often be operated manually. Hot air systems, depending on installation, are capable of providing limited heat without a blower.
A coal-burning furnace can be fired the old fashioned way — with a shovel. Most small electrical generators supply only very limited power and are inadequate for heating a home.
Chimney flues are designed to accommodate a single heating device at a time. Using more than one heating device at the same time on the same flue may result in smoke damage and improper burning of the fuel. If your auxiliary heating unit is to remain attached to the flue being used by the furnace, fireplace, or other burner, it should be fitted with a damper which will close off the device. Gas flues, which are usually smaller and lighter, cannot safely accommodate oil, coal or wood burners. Gas devices, however, can be hooked to oil, coal or wood flues.
There is considerable heat in well water, which is usually at least 50 degrees Fahrenheit, in the northern states. Depending on the water depth, this may be an efficient source of heat. The heat pump removes heat from the water and transfers it to the home. In warmer areas heat can be removed from outside air. Your local heating or air conditioning contractor can help you decide if a heat pump is practical for your situation.
An electric generator could power furnace blowers, oil burners and some other appliances in time of emergency. Just how many appliances you could operate depends on the output of the generator. Before buying a generator, the homeowner should add up the wattage required. Motor requirements should be figured at their starting rate (much higher than the running rate) to arrive at the total number of watts required at peak use. Generators are rated according to their kilowatt output (a kilowatt equals 1,000 watts).
Additional costs would be necessary to rewire the home service entrance, to install a transfer switch or to add an alarm device or other accessories as desired, and for regular maintenance of the standby system. Home generators are usually driven either by an attached gasoline or gas-powered engine or a portable power source such as a tractor. The best information on a generating system for your home can be obtained from a local supplier, your utility company, or your local Extension Center or civil preparedness representative.
Remember, if all else fails (and you can't get to other shelter), bed is the warmest place to be with other family members and lots of covers.
How much of your house should you heat? When the heat goes off and you are going to have to rough it, the smaller the space you heat, the easier the job will be. What you do will be dictated by the amount of emergency heat you have available, the floor plan of your house, and the severity of the cold outside. If you will be utilizing your fireplace or a stove requiring a chimney flue, the choice of rooms has been made for you. If, however, you will be able to obtain some heat from your furnace, select an area near it to cut down on heat loss that occurs in long pipe or duct runs. If you plan to use a portable heating device or have a choice among several heating zones, select an area on the "warm" side of the house away from prevailing cold winds. This area should have good insulation, as few windows as possible to minimize heat loss and should be capable of being isolated from other unheated areas either by closing doors or blocking openings to prevent drafts and heat loss. You may want to hang blankets or heavy drapes over windows to further reduce heat loss.
If you will be using your furnace in an emergency, know in advance how to prevent it from sending heat to unnecessary areas. In addition to shutting off the thermostat, this may involve blocking hot air ducts or shutting off certain steam or hot water lines.
Obtain fuel for your alternate heating system and store enough to last several days. Store it in a safe, convenient place such as a garage, carport, or shed away from the house. Do not use your emergency fuel for any other purpose, and check the supply regularly.
What resources are available for emergency assistance in your community? There may be town, school or county plans for coping with emergencies. Your local Red Cross or civil preparedness authorities may have contingency plans and supplies. Find out.
Mobile home owners should consider installing a prefabricated sheet metal chimney assembly through a wall or the roof. Mobile homes are particularly well-adapted for use of prefabricated chimneys. Owners might also wish to consider purchasing a prefabricated fireplace which is highly efficient in operation, light in weight, easily installed, attractive and lower in cost than masonry units. If a prefabricated chimney or fireplace is purchased, be sure it is Underwriters' Laboratories (UL) approved.
Now would be a particularly appropriate time to think of emergency heating. Consider this feature in shopping for older houses and include it in construction or renovation plans. The extra cost of including a "second system" will be more than made up for in peace of mind later.
Keeping your family warm obviously won't be the only problem you will face if an energy failure strikes your home. Consider the following:
Without heat for at least several hours and the temperature well below freezing, you will have to protect exposed plumbing. Drain all pipes, including hot water heating pipes, in rooms that will not receive emergency heat. Familiarize yourself with your home plumbing and heating layout in advance so you can do the job quickly and thoroughly to avoid repairs later.
It may be necessary to install additional valves to enable you to drain only portions of your system. Don't forget the sink, tub and shower traps; toilet tanks and bowls; your hot water heater; dish and clothes washers; water pumps; and your furnace boiler, if you have one.
If you rely on electricity to run your water pump, a power outage could restrict your water use. Save as much water as possible while draining your system and store it in closed or covered containers, preferably where it will not freeze. In addition to water in pipes, a sizable amount can be collected from your hot water heater and toilet storage tanks. Water from the heating system may be unfit for drinking or other household use.
Have a good supply of candles, matches and at least one kerosene or gas lantern with ample fuel. You should have a dependable flashlight with spare bulbs and batteries. If any of these materials are used when there is no emergency, they should be immediately replenished.
If your water supply is shut off, sanitation will become a problem. Disconnect the chain or lever attached to the toilet handle to prevent accidental flushes and instruct users to put toilet paper in covered containers. Flush only often enough to prevent clogging. An alternative might be to purchase a portable camper's toilet.
During an emergency, providing hot meals for your family may be a problem. A camp stove can be used or, if necessary, cooking can be done in a fireplace. Keep a supply of meal-in-a-can foods such as stews, soups, canned meats, beans, or spaghetti to supplement dry stores like cereal, bread, dried meats and cheeses. Freeze-dried meals for campers and backpackers are often excellent foods that can be prepared with a minimum of heat.
Also, if you don't already have them, a good fire extinguisher and first aid kit are necessities. Review all your plans and preparations to ensure the safety of your family. Emergency actions are of little value if they lead to a new or bigger emergency.
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RADNOR, Pa., Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- VWR Funding, Inc., the parent company of VWR International, LLC, a leading global laboratory supply and distribution company, will hold a conference call on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2012 financial results.
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VWR Funding's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, will be filed on or before Tuesday, March 5, 2013, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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For more information on VWR, call 1-800-932-5000, visit www.vwr.com, or write, VWR, Radnor Corporate Center, Building One, Suite 200, 100 Matsonford Road, Radnor, PA 19087.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Orange-and-black clad hordes flooded the streets of San Francisco on Wednesday for a Halloween Day ticker-tape parade celebrating the 2012 World Series champion Giants.
More than an hour before the start of the parade, thousands of people decked out in Giants gear or Halloween costumes stood 20 deep behind barriers along Market Street.
Kevin Yarbrough stood in a giant white panda costume in tribute to Giants slugger Pablo Sandoval, whose nickname is the "Panda."
The Richmond resident had gotten up early to put in some time at work before getting to the parade route around 7:30 a.m.
"You've got to come out and celebrate like this. You meet a whole new family, make new friends, and it really lets the community celebrate in a positive way," he said.
Fans also gathered at City Hall, where the team will address the crowd after the parade.
Vendors got an early start as well, hawking everything from pennants to lawn chairs from makeshift sidewalk stands amid the crush of the morning commute.
Numerous commuter trains were delayed as revelers crammed onboard, and some travelers were turned away from ferry service from Marin County.
With the victory parade coinciding with the spooky holiday, costumed masses were expected to bring an even more festive feel to what city officials stressed will be a family friendly, alcohol-free event.
"This was such a team effort to win the World Series, so we decided we'd get our city team together to make sure we have a great celebration," Mayor Ed Lee said Tuesday as he stood with police, fire, transportation and other officials at City Hall.
After the Giants won the Series in 2010, hundreds of thousands of revelers _ from school-age children to longtime fans who had waited decades for a championship _ crammed into downtown to cheer on their heroes.
This year's parade route is different than it was in 2010, when a vehicle carrying the "Say Hey Kid" Willie Mays led players and coaches in open-air buses designed to look like cable cars down the same route that Mays' Giants took in 1958 after relocating from New York.
That route started at Montgomery Street in the Financial District and turned onto Market Street. The 2012 edition will begin at the foot of Market near San Francisco Bay and cover about 1 1/2 miles to City Hall.
Each player will have an open-top vehicle, so fans will get a view from all sides.
San Francisco police Chief Greg Suhr said the parade will last about two hours. He warned people not to try to drive into the area during the day.
The city spent Monday cleaning up after a rowdy celebration Sunday night turned violent in some neighborhoods and police arrested three dozen people. Bonfires of trash were lit in several intersections, and a $700,000 public transit bus was torched.
The World Series victory parade in 2010 occurred with little incident, and officials said they expect a peaceful encore Wednesday.
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The news of 10 and 15 years ago is from the Jamestown Press. The news of 100 years ago came from the collection of the Newport Historical Society.
100 years ago From the Newport Journal, October 22. 1910
The long-looked for rain arrived Thursday morning and stopped nearly all outdoor work. About one more day will complete the state road from the east to the west ferry and the surveyors are expected to arrive in a few days to stub out the other two miles, leading to Conanicut Park.
Mr. S. A. Pierce has rented his farm near the west ferry to Mr. Aaron R. Richardson, Jr., for one year.
Mr. John Sherman and Mr. Jared Woodmansee of the west ferry take the lead in catching large fish, with three weighing 32 pounds, an average of 11 pounds each.
75 years ago From the Newport Daily News, October 21, 1935
Dr. P. J. Lyman, who has been practicing in Jamestown for the past two years, left this morning by motor for New York and Los Angeles, and will sail from the latter city for China, for an extended stay.
A large number of fishermen from Rhode Island and Massachusetts crossed the ferries Saturday and Sunday, and found the fishing good at the Dumplings and Beavertail.
From the Newport Daily News, October 24, 1935
(At the school committee meeting it was reported that) the cement walk at the Carr School had been completed and cement steps had been made at the kindergarten and the girls' door. A see-saw was being set up on the girls' side replacing the wooden frames. … (It was also reported) that the belfry roof was in need of immediate repairs. It was placed in the hands of the repair committee for action, with the cost limited. A plan for ringing the bell from the lower floor was outlined.
50 years ago From the Newport Daily News, October 18, 1960
The Jamestown Bridge Commission voted 4-1 last night to spend $3,000 of its funds for advertisements in opposition to the proposed Newport Bay Bridge. … Voters in Rhode Island will be asked on Nov. 8 to approve or reject a referendum item, which would place the state's credit, to the extent of $20,000,000, behind the sale of investment bonds to build the bridge.
From the Newport Daily News, October 20, 1960
The Jamestown Bridge Commission was restrained by court order today from spending any of its money in an advertising campaign against the Newport Bay Bridge referendum coming before voters Nov. 8.
25 years ago From the Newport Daily News, October 22, 1985
The Town Council Monday night asked the town engineer to review plans for a 17-house subdivision off Arnold Road.
Prospective developers of the Bay Voyage Inn informally requested a water line loop Monday night to increase water volume to the Conanicus Avenue hotel.
From the Newport Daily News, October 23, 1985
A group opposed to the construction of the Quonset Point trash-to-energy incinerator is scheduled to hold a "public information" meeting tonight at the Jamestown School.
15 years ago From the Jamestown Press, October 19, 1995
Several residents have voiced concerns over plans to drill a municipal well near South Pond reservoir to Town Council members Monday as they sat as the Board of Wa- ter and Sewer Commissioners. Following the recommendations of the council appointed a Water Study Committee, town officials hope to increase the municipal water supply by drilling a total of six wells deep into geological faults in the island's bedrock.
The Jamestown Philomenian Library is now open two additional hours on Mondays to provide better access to patrons who work off the island. (Monday hours for the library became 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.)
10 years ago From the Jamestown Press, October 19, 2000
Sitting as the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners Monday night, the Town Council received an inch-thick report on the municipal water supply and how to improve it. Costing some $10,000, the report was drafted by Fay, Spofford & Thorndike Inc, a company of engineers, planners, and scientists located in Burlington, Mass., that the council hired for the task last spring.
Islander Bert Parker has deeded 48 acres, most of the former Vieira Farm, to the Conanicut Island Land Trust, which will protect it as open space forever.
The Highway Barn Committee spent less than two hours with the Town Council in a work session last week that concluded with no surprise: the proposed new barn for the Highway Department still does not have a site.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Colorado's governor announced a sweeping review of the state's prison and parole operations Thursday as more evidence piled up showing how a white supremacist gang member slipped through the cracks in the criminal justice system to become a suspect in the killing of the state's prisons chief.
Evan Ebel was released from prison four years early due to a clerical error and violated his parole terms five days before the death of Department of Corrections Director Tom Clements.
Officials said the state will now audit inmates' legal cases to ensure they are serving the correct amount of time. They also will ask the National Institute of Corrections to review the state's parole system, which is struggling under large caseloads.
The announcement came as authorities said they were looking for two other members of Evan Ebel's white supremacist prison gang in connection with Clements' death — the first official word that the 211 Crew might be involved. Authorities said the two men were not suspects but "persons of interest" in the killing.
Investigators are trying to determine whether Clements' slaying was an isolated attack or done at the direction of top members of the 211 Crew.
Amid that backdrop, state officials announced the audit at a news conference here, just south of the forested neighborhood where Clements was shot to death when he answered the front door of his house the night of March 19.
Five days earlier, parole records show, Ebel slipped his ankle bracelet, then stopped his required daily reports into the state parole system. Police believe Ebel also had been involved with the killing of a pizza delivery man two days before. The state did not issue a warrant for his arrest on parole violations until March 20. Ebel died after a March 21 shootout with Texas authorities.
At the news conference, the head of Colorado's parole system, Tim Hand, said his officers struggle to keep up with their caseloads.
"We're releasing approximately 800 parolees out of our prison system every month. Every month," Hand said. "So if we had the resources to have more contact and interactions with the populations, I think we would have better results."
Ebel was sentenced to a combined eight years in prison for a series of assault and menacing convictions in 2005. He was convicted of assaulting a prison guard in 2008, but a clerical error led his new four-year term to be recorded as running simultaneously to his other sentences, rather than starting when they finished. As a result, he was released Jan. 28 — four years earlier than prosecutors intended.
"The Department of Corrections will prioritize the review of cases with the greatest level of risk, going back 10 years, and reviewing the required consecutive sentencing," Gov. John Hickenlooper said in a statement. "The Department of Corrections will work with the attorney general's office on any issues that may need further action."
When asked about the error, Clements' wife told CNN she is choosing not to focus on it.
"For the rest of my days I could be angry that someone made a mistake and didn't capture what a judge conveyed verbally, but it won't bring Tom back and it's — and then my life is lost in that and my ability to be a good mother to my children, so, so I choose not to make it a focus," Lisa Clements said Thursday.
Meanwhile, authorities launched a multistate manhunt for the two other 211 gang members.
El Paso County sheriff's Lt. Jeff Kramer said the names of James Lohr, 47, and Thomas Guolee, 31, surfaced during the investigation into Clements' slaying. He wouldn't elaborate.
Authorities say the two Colorado Springs men have been associated with Ebel in the past. Both are wanted on warrants unrelated to Clements' death, and authorities believe they are armed and dangerous.
Ebel is the only suspect investigators have named in Clements' killing, but no motive has been given. Investigators have said they're looking into his connection to the gang he joined while in prison, and whether that was linked to the attack.
"Investigators are looking at a lot of different possibilities," Kramer said Wednesday. "We are not stepping out and saying it's a hit or it's not a hit. We're looking at all possible motives."
Investigators have said the gun Ebel used in the Texas shootout also was used to kill Clements.
Sheriff's investigators said they don't know the whereabouts of Lohr and Guolee or if they are together, but it's possible one or both of them could be headed to Nevada or Texas, Kramer said.
The 211 gang is one of the most vicious white supremacist groups operating in U.S. prisons, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks extremist groups. The gang was founded in 1995 to protect white prisoners from attacks and operates only in Colorado, according to the center.
Guolee is a parolee who served time for intimidating a witness and giving a pawnbroker false information, among other charges, court records show. State corrections records show he served time for offenses in El Paso County before being paroled in southeastern Colorado.
His father, Phil Guolee of Wisconsin, told The Denver Post his son had been in prison since he was 18, is bipolar and wasn't able to have his medication in prison.
"He couldn't get any help, he couldn't get a good lawyer, couldn't get anything for him in Colorado," he said.
Lohr was being sought on warrants out of Las Animas County for bail and protection-order violations, according to court records.
He was arrested Dec. 1 in Trinidad while hanging out with friends at a tattoo shop because police said he was drinking in violation of the protection order. The name of the person being protected by the order was redacted from the documents. The court issued a warrant for Lohr's arrest after he failed to appear in that case Feb. 20.
Ebel was a model parolee for his first six weeks out of prison, according to corrections documents. But records show the vendor operating the electronic monitoring bracelet that Ebel wore noted a "tamper alert" March 14. Corrections officials left a message for Ebel telling him to report in two days and have the bracelet repaired, documents show.
The next day, for the first time since his release, Ebel did not call in for his daily phone check-in.
On March 16, he missed his appointment to repair the bracelet. Only on the following day do the records show that a note was made in the corrections system that he failed to show up.
By then, Nathan Leon, a father of three, was shot and killed after heading out to deliver a pizza to a Denver truck stop.
On March 18, parole officers contacted Ebel's father, who said he was concerned his son had left and gave them permission to search Ebel's apartment. The next afternoon, two parole officers concluded he had fled.
Hours later, Clements answered his doorbell and was fatally shot.
The next morning, still unaware of a connection with the most recent slaying, the state issued a warrant for Ebel's arrest on parole violations.
A sheriff's deputy in rural Texas pulled over Ebel on March 21, but he fled. Ebel was killed in a shootout that followed.
Clements, born in St. Louis, worked for 31 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections, both in prison and as a parole officer, before he joined the Colorado Department of Corrections in 2011.
His widow has asked that donations from state workers go to Leon's family, corrections officials said.
Associated Press writers P. Solomon Banda, Nicholas Riccardi and Alexandra Tilsley in Denver contributed to this report.


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Also, when he says 'good', you don't have to wonder what he means by 'good', because what Catholics call 'good' might not be the same as what many atheists may define good and does this mean they'll still have a mission in mind to bring the world to Catholic morality? Or are we talking about a more 'vague' good, where people live life without hurting others and doing the best they can to be positive in the manner in which they behave but are naturally subject to flaws?
"I'm doing science and I'm still alive."--J.C.
He means:1. The object, the intention, and the circumstances make up the "sources," or constitutive elements, of the morality of human acts. 2. Moral conscience, present at the heart of the person, enjoins him at the appropriate moment to do good and to avoid evil[. . .]In all he says and does, man is obliged to follow faithfully what he knows to be just and right. It is by the judgment of his conscience that man perceives and recognizes the prescriptions of the divine law. 3. The moral law is the work of divine Wisdom[. . .]It prescribes for man the ways, the rules of conduct that lead to the promised beatitude; it proscribes the ways of evil which turn him away from God and his love. Basically, he's talking about a universal objective morality that is intuitively knowable to individual humans via conscience, and is expanded upon via God's revelation (particularly through Jesus).
Translation: I'll do some bullshitting for the Pope so we can get out of this mess. If I type enough fluff and stuff it will sound like he didn't mean what he said. Three or four paragraphs of bullshit and religious mumbo-jumbo ought to be enough
Seriously, you guys are the meanest people I have ever met. I hope you are happy and feel really good about yourself.
Basically, he's talking about a universal objective morality that is intuitively knowable to individual humans via conscience, and is expanded upon via God's revelation (particularly through Jesus).
I have always been baffled by the fact that TRUE believers don't celebrate when their loved ones die.
Man am I good or what?
Or is there more to it? Perhaps something I've missed?
Hi. I'm brand-new to the forum. Do I understand correctly that I have to post three replies like this one before I submit my profile?
"Good" is not the word I have in mind.
When you discover the reply was not to you, and that I didn't mention the Pope at all... nah, you'll probably still manage to work it into your delusions I mentioned earlier.
In other words, God makes morality knowable to all of us via conscience,
but to achieve that knowledge one must cultivate and educate that conscience.
A well-formed conscience will allow a person to recognize the moral law written onto our hearts,
while a poorly formed one will lead us to confuse or disregard that message.
Not accepted - provide evidence please.
I did. Immediately above it. Learn to read a post.
I don't see any evidence that's verifiable or testable or repeatable.
Goalpost shift.
Let x = "the thing my post was addressing"If you follow the links I provided, and spend some time looking around, you can verify quite easily that it is evidence of x. By emailing the Vatican or talking to a local priest, you can test x. By clicking on the links repeatedly, or by flipping through a Catechism at your local book store, you can repeat x.If you're not sure what x is, then I suggest you "learn to read a post" as I suggested above.
Sorry, HAL, that is not x. I reiterate my suggestion.
What will an atheist do in heaven?... for eternity!
For anyone reading this, I'm simply showing the tactics of Mr. Mooby to the uninitiated. He's even been banned from this forum before for essentially doing the same thing, although it takes somewhat of a trained eye to spot at first. He was banned for lawyering rules which means he will just keep looking at finer and finer or more obscure meanings of words until he thinks he's got to the point where they don't mean anything at all, or has manipulated them to suit his goals, in essence no different than what he's doing right now.


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No. 93,572
1. When two criminal offenses have identical elements but are classified differently for purposes of imposing a penalty, a defendant convicted of either crime may be sentenced only under the lesser penalty provision.
2. When a defendant is convicted pursuant to K.S.A. 65-4159 of an attempt to manufacture methamphetamine, K.S.A. 21-3301(d), which provides for a 6-month sentence reduction upon conviction of an attempt to commit a drug felony, applies, notwithstanding the fact that subsection (c) of K.S.A. 65-4159 provides that K.S.A. 21-3301(d) does not apply to a defendant convicted under this statute of attempting to manufacture a controlled substance. This is because even though the defendant was convicted under K.S.A. 65-4159 for attempting to manufacture methamphetamine, the defendant must be sentenced under the lesser penalty provision of K.S.A. 65-4161, and the penalty provisions of K.S.A. 65-4161 do not bar application of the 6-month sentence reduction provision of K.S.A. 21-3301(d).
3. Although the defendant in this case was charged with a violation of K.S.A. 65-4159, the district court still had jurisdiction to sentence the defendant under K.S.A. 21-3301 since (1) the defendant was also charged with an attempt in violation of K.S.A. 21-3301, the statute which provides for the 6-month reduction in sentence; and (2) the issue is one of sentencing, and under the circumstances the statute with the lesser penalties controls.
Appeal from Reno District Court; MICHAEL A. BARBARA, judge. Opinion filed December 16, 2005. Affirmed.
Thomas R. Stanton, deputy district attorney, Keith E. Schroeder, district attorney, and Phill Kline, attorney general, for appellant.
Sam S. Kepfield, of Hutchinson, for appellee.
Before McANANY, P.J., GREEN and MARQUARDT, JJ.
McANANY, J.: The State of Kansas appeals the trial court's decision to grant Michael Herbison a 6-month reduction in his sentence for attempted manufacture of methamphetamine pursuant to K.S.A. 21-3301(d). Having found that the 6-month reduction in Herbison's sentence is mandated by the decision of our Supreme Court in State v. McAdam, 277 Kan. 136, 83 P.3d 161 (2004), we affirm.
Herbison was convicted of attempted manufacture of methamphetamine in violation of K.S.A. 65-4159 and K.S.A. 21-3301. He was also convicted of possession of drug paraphernalia with the intent to manufacture a controlled substance and possession of methamphetamine. He received concurrent sentences of 11 months on these latter two convictions. Because of the application of our Supreme Court's decision in McAdam to Herbison's conviction for attempted manufacture of methamphetamine, he received a sentence of 15 months pursuant to a statute identical to K.S.A. 65-4159 which provides a lesser penalty, K.S.A. 65-4161.
Herbison later filed a motion to correct his 15-month sentence, which he claimed was illegal. He argued he was entitled to a 6-month reduction in this sentence pursuant to K.S.A. 21-3301(d). The court sustained the motion and reduced Herbison's sentence by 6 months. The State now appeals.
Since this appeal involves questions of statutory interpretation, our review is de novo. State v. Maas, 275 Kan. 328, 330, 64 P.3d 382 (2003). Highly summarized, the contentions of the parties are as follows. The State argues that the trial court erred by ignoring subsection (c) of K.S.A. 65-4159, which prohibits application of the 6-month sentence reduction provided for in K.S.A. 21-3301(d). Herbison, on the other hand, argues that McAdam required the trial court to sentence him under K.S.A. 65-4161(a) and not K.S.A. 65-4159(b) and (c) because K.S.A. 65-4159 and K.S.A. 65-4161 prohibit the same conduct and the statute with the lesser penalty provision controls. Since K.S.A. 65-4161, the statute with the lesser penalty, does not prohibit the application of K.S.A. 21-3301(d), he is entitled to the 6-month reduction in his sentence.
We are duty bound to follow Kansas Supreme Court precedent, absent some indication the court is departing from its previous position. State v. Beck, 32 Kan. App. 2d 784, 788, 88 P.3d 1233, rev. denied 278 Kan. 847 (2004). The McAdam decision clearly controls. Where two criminal offenses have identical elements but are classified differently for purposes of imposing a penalty, a defendant convicted of either crime may be sentenced only under the lesser penalty provision. McAdam, 277 Kan. at 146 (quoting State v. Nunn, 244 Kan. 207, 229, 768 P.2d 268 [1989]). We apply McAdam to Herbison's conviction as follows:
(1) Herbison was convicted of an attempt to manufacture methamphetamine under K.S.A. 65-4159.
(2) Pursuant to K.S.A. 21-3301(d), a defendant who is convicted of an attempt to commit a drug felony is entitled to a 6-month reduction in the sentence imposed.
(3) However, the statute under which Herbison was convicted, K.S.A. 65-4159, provides in subsection (c) that K.S.A. 21-3301(d) does not apply to a defendant convicted under this statute of attempting to manufacture a controlled substance.
(4) Although Herbison was convicted under K.S.A. 65-4159 for attempting to manufacture methamphetamine, McAdam requires that he be sentenced under the lesser penalty provision of K.S.A. 65-4161.
(5) The penalty provisions of K.S.A. 65-4161 do not bar application of the 6-month sentence-reduction provision of K.S.A. 21-3301(d).
(6) Since the issue under McAdam is one of sentencing, Herbison, who falls within the McAdam paradigm, must be sentenced under the lesser penalty provisions of K.S.A. 65-4161, under which he is entitled to the 6-month reduction in his sentence provided for in K.S.A. 21-3301(d).
(7) Thus, the district court did not err in sustaining his motion and reducing his sentence by 6 months.
The State makes various arguments in favor of a contrary holding. First, the State argues that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to sentence Herbison under any statute other than K.S.A. 65-4159 because that was the crime that was charged in the complaint. First, it is apparent that McAdam disposes of this argument since the issue is one of sentencing which McAdam controls. Second, the trial court correctly noted that Herbison was specifically charged in the complaint with violating K.S.A. 21-3301, the statute which provides for the 6-month reduction in sentence. Thus, the trial court had jurisdiction to grant relief to Herbison on his motion.
Next, the State argues that Herbison's position is that McAdam effectively invalidated K.S.A. 65-4159, notwithstanding the clear provisions of K.S.A. 65-4140. The State argues, based upon K.S.A. 65-4140, that the determination that the defendant in McAdam must be sentenced to the lesser penalty "does not make the other provisions of the statute invalid." It is unclear how the State would have us apply K.S.A. 65-4140, which declares:
"If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this act are severable."
McAdam teaches us that the statute with the lesser penalty controls. The State fails to suggest any way to prevent the application of the 6-month sentence reduction provisions of K.S.A. 21-3301 without doing violence to McAdam.
Finally, the State argues that the district court's interpretation of the statues in question violated the clear intent of the legislature. It argues that K.S.A. 65-4159 is a more specific crime than K.S.A. 65-4161 and the terms of the more specific statute control. This argument, while persuasive before this court in the initial appeal of McAdam, 31 Kan. App. 2d at 446-47, was rejected on review by our Supreme Court. McAdam is settled law, and we are bound by it.


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Back at the beginning of the summer, when the prognosticators were saying it was going to be a very dry summer and people started sharing recollections of the Dolores River drying up to a trickle in years past, I asked everyone to "pray boldly" for rain. Being a pastor, I believe in the power of prayer.
Well, obviously we didn't get all the rain that we needed for farming and ranching and recreation, but we can thank God, we got enough to keep the forests somewhat green and minimize the threat of forest fires in the area, and McPhee Reservoir didn't become as depleted as it could have been. Always the optimist, I have to believe that even the little showers we've been getting will be helpful for next year.
Did you know we have what's called a "monsoon season" in this high desert plains area? I've lived in Dolores for only a little over two years, but I had never heard that until recently. And some of the recent thunderstorms did their best to "flood" us with moisture! I know, half an inch or three-quarters of an inch at a time isn't much, but while it was falling, it seemed like a lot.
I was sitting on the back porch of Jerry and Christine Chadwick's home during one downpour. It was wonderful, and as we felt the moisture spraying off of the big pine trees, they reminisced about years past when the river would flood, and people had to boil their water for a few weeks until the river receded. Jerry said there were instances when people would turn on their taps in Dolores and minnows would come out! And Christine remarked about the different shades of brown that we see in the river after a rainstorm or two today. Indeed, Mother Nature in always amazing, in monsoon seasons and in dry spells. When we take time to look around us, we easily see how majestic God's creation really is.
One of my personal great days this summer was tubing down the Dolores with my 11-year old grandson, Jack. It was the end of June, and the water was low, but I had promised him this would be one of the things we would do while he was visiting us this summer. Well, the ride from behind Karla's Kitchen down to the "beach" was really a beautiful, fun ride. Only once did I have to get out of the tube and walk 10 yards. I'm not real sure why; it was either because the water was too low or I was too heavy! (How does that work?)
Truly, we had a wonderful time, saw some beautiful country right in the middle of our community, and we met a lot of nice people along the way. One group at a wedding reception at the community center, when they saw us floating by, offered us "a plate to go!" Jack had so much fun that we did it a second time.
Yes, although the Dolores River looks muddy some days after a rainstorm, it's not the mighty Mississippi. But it's our river, it's beautiful, and it's not a trickle. It keeps on flowing, and we should keep praying.
Rick Carpenter is pastor of the Johnson Memorial United Methodist Church in Dolores, and also of the Methodist church in Dove Creek.


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(All CDs also available from Michel Cardin.)
There are now no fewer than three cycles (complete and projected) of Weiss' (1686-1750) lute music in the catalog (see the Weiss Discography for further details):
Over the next few months we shall be looking in depth at all twelve CDs in this excellent sne set and evaluating Cardin's performances.
Weiss was an exact contemporary of Bach; he was born in Breslau (Silesia) in what was then Bohemia and is now in south west Poland. After showing early promise as a performer, Weiss obtained several positions as a lute player in provincial German towns, then went to Rome to work with the Polish prince Alexander Sobiesky. There he mixed with such key Italian musicians as Scarlatti father and son and Handel. When Sobiesky died, Weiss moved to Dresden for the rest of his life and wrote an impressive (and impressively large) body of works including 650 solo lute works; at first for the 11-course (a "course" is a string pair) lute then for the 13-course instrument; the latter became more used as the century progressed.
The London Manuscript is an edition of 316 pages now housed in the British Museum in London. The score is in tablature form (which means it indicates the finger positioning, not the notes on a stave) and comprises 237 pieces by Weiss grouped in 26 suites (each has six or seven individual movements), 5 grand duos with flute, and two dozen or so miscellaneous mostly dance movements. Note that Weiss originally did not name his suites as such (he used the term suonata later) but "suite" seems the most appropriate term. Few have names and none was originally numbered. Although we do know that these works were composed between 1706 and 1730, none was published during Weiss' lifetime. So Cardin has indulged in a fair amount of pure musicological detective work in arranging this series. He also acknowledges the contribution of D.A. Smith who initiated the Complete Works Edition (Peters 1984), continued by Tim Crawford and still in progress; and also the contribution of Ruggero Chiesa and his book from published by Suvini Zerboni in 1967, 'S.L. Weiss: Intavolatura di liuto' (available here and here) in some of this contextualising and grouping.
Cardin owns that the Weiss Dresden manuscript could well have been chosen to represent the composer's output in this series of recordings. It was rejected, though, because the London one precedes the Dresden, is more complete and – despite doubts about the authenticity of (fewer than) a dozen pieces – also contains these important miscellaneous pieces like the tombeaux, etc. The booklet accompanying the first CD tabulates the contents of the London manuscript in full, although each CD only contains three suites. Indeed Cardin's notes throughout are scrupulous in informing us exactly which manuscript was "patched in" wherever London is missing a movement: so the Dresden and Warsaw folios are used where necessary. Each subsequent booklet contains something slightly new and different – in addition to full and very helpful commentaries on the works.
A picture should be emerging by now of a very special, musically and historically highly-significant and collectible set, complete in conception and execution. Especially if the playing of the young Canadian lutenist is up to the task. As will emerge, it is, by a long, long way!
Criteria for evaluating a dozen CDs (over twelve hours' worth) of solo lute music have to be pretty stringent:
It can be seen right at the start of the first disc that Cardin consistently meets all of these criteria. His playing is fresh, rigorous yet expressive of the many moods and sentiments in Weiss' music. He has a warmth and lightness of touch; yet doesn't hold back when unselfconscious bravura is required. His command of ornamentation and indeed the whole idiom of what is sometimes difficult music is very high indeed. As you listen – importantly – you immediately feel you are in good hands and can concentrate on Weiss' sometimes extraordinary, always compelling and original, musical ideas. After a few hearings, certain typical turns of phrase, whole tunes and tonalities seep into your aural memory for the day, become part of your whistleable repertoire!
CD 1 contains the "first" three suites – in F Major, D Major and G minor. Number 1 with its slow, serene "Prelude" makes an excellent introduction to the whole series but, lest the listener settle into anything too distant, soon develops with faster, crisper, more animated movements ending in an extrovert gigue. The D Major suite next takes us through a surprising variety of moods corresponding to some unconventional uses of the movements… the courante is scored for semi-quavers and makes heavy use of the right hand ring finger. The third suite has no single final movement: it ends with two minuets. Its tone is triste and lyrical throughout.
The second CD has suites in G Major, C flat and E Flat Major. The first of these shows the influence (or at least reminds one) of Bach and Vivaldi for melody and metrical construction. We know that the C flat was composed in 1706 before Weiss went to Italy and shows a strong French influence; it is full of sadness and reserve; yet it demonstrates, assuming Weiss played what he wrote, just how advanced his technique as a lutenist was even at the age of 20. Suite number 6 is as versatile and full of life as the previous one was reserved. Lyrical, expansive and ending with a chaconne rather than a gigue, this wonderful suite should convince the skeptic of just how subtle a compositional style Weiss' was.
The third CD has two suites in D minor sandwiching one in A Major. The first is rhythmically interesting and quite outgoing; the A Major is full of grace and gives more than a nod in the direction of the style galant but again with its fair share of melancholy. Cardin's liner notes assist us by continually referring to the musicologist Mattheson's description of key and key relationships. That the contemporary assumptions about A Major are evaluated and contrasted with the way this suite actually works is useful. The second D minor (suite 13) is short, comprising only five movements. There is a sixth which at times ends this piece in performance; but Cardin believes this is really part of a duet for transverse flute which he hopes to present in a future recording – see above on the contents of the London Manuscript: an enticing thought. Despite this, the suite seems self-contained and internally very consistent. Just as well since it's a very serious composition.
So here is not only music of the highest quality and interest, music with multiple appeals, many-faceted and full of self-confidence even as the instrument for which it was written was being used less and less. But offered by a performer who – after an immense amount of painstaking sifting, assembling, arranging, cross-referencing, and, one assumes, after quite a bit of traveling – brings us a persuasive, cogent, sensitive, highly-polished and sympathetic set of recordings of what will seem like a gold mine after you have come to know the works and become familiar with their intricacy, delicacy, tonal vigor and tunefulness. The recording is forward, as is needed for the instrument, with just the right amount of presence, perhaps a tiny bit on the "cold" side – very "contemporary", though never bland.
What Cardin manages so successfully to do is respond to the tone and temperament of each of the movements in each suite. If drive and haste are needed, he imbues his playing with controlled urgency; if languor or reticence, so his pace becomes contemplative. But you never get the feeling that he's mapping onto the music something which isn't there. Listen, for example to the A Major suite on CD 3: the contrasts are indicative of Weiss' melancholy yet the minuet is as satisfying, almost, as anything Bach wrote in the genre and the chaconne as studied and self-respecting as anything before or since. Cardin gets right "into" these pieces, plays them from the inside – not as an interpreter looking at them. Very compelling.
We shall look more closely at the styles of Barto and Imamura in comparison with Cardin's next time; suffice it to say at this stage that Cardin's is perhaps more even-tempered and authoritative than Barto's and less romantic (and also a touch less mellow) than Imamura's. All three artists' recordings are to be treasured and could find a place in any discerning collection. But Cardin's are probably more consistently persuasive on more fronts than what we have from Imamura so far and Barto's slightly more individualized playing.
Don't wait for the subsequent reviews in this series if you are already convinced of the probity of Michel Cardin and like the sound of slowly building up a collection of mid-Baroque lute music to which you'll want to return time and again for nourishment and pleasure. This series will not disappoint. Here in the first three CDs the tone is set. Cardin is an expert in every way. Energetic when verve is needed, pensive when the music holds back. Yet not showy. His interpretations are likely to be the benchmark for generations. Unhesitatingly recommended.
Copyright © 2007, Mark Sealey


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