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Cleanup and Restoration
Cleanup and Restoration: PG&E's cleanup plan (called a Corrective Measures Plan and Design) for the Shell Pond property was approved by the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) in June 2011. In January 2012, unanticipated off-site odors occurred as a result of this work. PG&E has since suspended cleanup until we can implement a new engineering design to more effectively manage the odors. PG&E will clean up the former wastewater pond in order to return the site to natural wetlands. Following is an overview of the cleanup plan:
Phase 1 – Construction of Access Road: September - October 2011
Field crews constructed a temporary access road to the PG&E property from McAvoy Harbor to the south end of Shell Pond. This will allow project traffic to enter and exit the Shell Pond property from McAvoy Road.
Phase 2 – Dredging and Excavation: Date to be determined
Field crews will remove approximately 240,000 cubic yard of impacted material from the bottom of Shell Pond using backhoes, excavators, barges, and work boats. Covered trucks will transport impacted material for disposal at an approved off-site location.
Phase 3 – Wetland Restoration: Date to be determined
The levee surrounding Shell Pond will be breeched to allow water exchange between the pond and the adjacent Bay slough. The bottom of the pond will be graded to help support different types of wetland habitats and areas for plants and animals to live.
Impacted Material on-site: The material in Shell Pond is not classified as hazardous waste. This means it is not flammable, corrosive, reactive or highly toxic. The material is mostly carbon mixed in with peat. It has a petroleum-like smell and looks and feels like wet, ground up charcoal.
Addressing impacted material at the site will involve the removal of approximately 240,000 cubic yards of the material from the pond through hydraulic and mechanical excavation using water and land based equipment.
Adjacent to the Pond is an area of material known as the Carbon Black Area (CBA). The CBA will be enhanced as part of the project. Areas of CBA that have no plants currently growing will be covered with up to one foot of clean soil and native plants and grasses will be planted. All waste material removed from the site will be transported to and disposed of at an approved off-site location.
Water on-site: The water in Shell Pond is brackish and previous tests have shown it is not hazardous. During cleanup activities, the water will be reused on-site to aide in cleanup operations and, once the sediment removal is finished, will be tested to ensure it is clean enough to discharge into the bay. Breeching the pond levee will allow a water exchange between the Shell Pond and surrounding delta.
Benefits of a wetland: A wetland is an open space that provides a transition between water and land. Wetlands are also referred to as marshes or swamps. The restoration of this wetland offers many benefits to the Bay Point Community including:
- Filters and cleans water runoff from the surrounding area;
- Absorbs water and limits flooding of nearby areas;
- Improves air quality in the community;
- It is a home to animals, plants, and fish; and
- Provides an opportunity for recreation and education – the access road built as part of the project is proposed to become the first section of the Great California Delta Trail, operated by the East Bay Regional Park District.
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I'm Christian and I believe strongly in God, though I do mess up like anyone.
My mission is to travel before I settle down into a conventional life.
I'm Christian and I believe in living according to God's way... peacefully, with love towards others, doing things the right way, not in any way, etc.
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Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer - XB - Review
In the opening movie, Kelly Slater--the Tony Hawk and Mat Hoffman of extreme surfing--says that surfing is not just a sport but a way of life. And watching Slater ride monstrous waves, the look of complete concentration and pure love for the sport, I can see that this way of life can be both satisfying and challenging. The same can be said about Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer, this is a game that can is both enjoyable and challenging so wax that surf board and let's hit the beach.
There are three playing modes in this title--FreeSurf, Career and Multiplayer mode. Free Surf comes with Infinite Time (you're free to surf without worrying about scores or a timer) and Handicap (adjusting the Handicap meter to make things a bit harder). Then there's High Score (a timed run where gamers try to score big) and Icon Challenge (each icon represents a trick and you must perform it).
Career mode has you choosing any of the nine surfing pros--all of them real-life pros such as Rob Machado or Lisa Anderson--and take them through various beaches that offer many challenges. The first step is a tutorial that, once mastered, is all you really need to be comfortable with the smooth controls. Each beach has enough challenges that range from earning big points by performing air tricks to spraying windsurfers. The more challenges you complete, the more beaches and secrets you unlock.
Multiplayer mode has three games that are fun for two-players (seen in split-screen fashion). The first, Push mode, has gamers competing against each another until the player with the most points "pushes" the other player's screen away. Head-To-Head has gamers trying to earn as many points as possible to win and Time Attack is an individual timed run.
This is also one of the most beautiful looking games with the most remarkable wave and weather effects seen in a surfing title so far. Since the waves are completely unpredictable, gamers will notice the differences in their shape and mass. Watching the bounce of the coming wave is just so authentic that you won't help but be impressed. The model of the surfers are also quite striking and they are a treat to watch when they are in action. And to add to the eye-candy is an assortment of interactive obstacles that get in your way.
The soundtrack and sound effects are also something to adore since both are excellent. A collection of eclectic tunes from artists ranging from Pearl Jam to great underground artist like Christophe Goze is strangely fitting for a surf title. The sound effects also work wonderfully with the action, with the crashing waves and foam practically immersing the gamer into this exotic world.
Surf's up, sports gamers, Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer is the most enjoyable surfing title to grace any console. While not as polished as Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3, this game is still the top of its genre with enough to see and do. My only complaint is that there could have been more challenges, but what is there is good enough.
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Gameplay: 8.8
With the smoothest controls this side of Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3, Kelly Slater's controls couldn't be more exceptional. The trick-based moves are joys to execute and while the more difficult tricks sound way too hard to perform when the game asks for said trick. Yet there's nothing a little practice won't rectify and the tutorial is very detailed when it comes to giving gamers the basic idea of how the more elaborate tricks, such as Two Hand Foot Drag or Kick flips--can be performed.
Also, there's something of a strategy in choosing the nine surfers. Each surfer has his or her own attributes and utilizing the right one is just a question of reading their stats. A surfer like Tom Carroll, for instance, tackles a particular wave more differently then a power surfer like Donavon Frankenreiter.
Graphics: 8.7
Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer is also one of the most gorgeous looking surfing titles available with somewhat crisper graphics for the Xbox version. The surfer models, for instance, look even sharper and better looking not only in the replay but also during the action. Their movements are authentic and realistic that if you narrow your eyes you'll believe you're watching an ESPN presentation.
Equally impressive are the wave effects that just happen to be so realistic and beautiful at the same time. Gamers will marvel at the details of the wave as it rises in a wall of water and foam. All around you there are schools of fish that swim by and you'll occasionally come across other surfers trying to catch the same wave.
Sound: 8.6
Another wonderful achievement is the game's soundtrack and sound effects that work so effectively in getting gamers in the right mood. The eclectic soundtrack is composed of New Age world tunes to songs from Ben Harper to Perry Farrell. With the Playlist Settings option, you can change any of the twenty-four songs available. There's also a Surround sound option worth selecting if you have a good sound system hooked up.
The sound effects aren't bad either considering the fact that most surfing titles just add roaring wave effects. Here, though, the effects are more than just crashing waves. You are surrounded by sounds of other surfers in the area, seagulls, the sound of your board breaking through the tube and the frustrated cry of your surfer when you land wrong. Kelly Slater also lends his voice throughout the game to offer tips and to give gamers his insight on the beach itself.
Difficulty: Medium
It isn't easy completing all of the challenges in Career mode but it is highly entertaining attempting them all, especially the last challenges that have gamers performing tricks for the cameras or jumping over obstacles. Each beach, as Kelly Slater will tell you, has it's own charms and challenges. Some beaches have waves that are more difficult to manage than others. Gamers should be able to know what board will be helpful in each particular beach.
Concept: 8.7
Not since Transworld Surf has a surfing title been so complete with various goodies and extras. There are enough beaches and challenges to keep gamers very busy and the game's only visible fault is that there are not enough unique challenges such as jumping over obstacles or interacting with other surfers. More is definitely better in this case.
There are also interesting extras included in the game such as a thirty minute video titled Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer Pipeline Sessions worth watching and videos of Slater talk about the other surfers in the game. But one of the game's best features is the Scrapbook filled with stills of a gamers' best moves.
Multiplayer: 8.5
The game also offers a two-player multiplayer mode that has three different but recognizable playing modes. There's Push Mode, which has been seen before in Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 and is a real treat here since the wave is big enough for two surfers out there. There's also Head-To-Head mode that gives gamers a certain time limit--the player with the most points at the end of the run wins. And Time Attack is a wait-your-turn type of game where the higher a player scores, the less time the other player gets for his or her turn.
Overall: 8.6
Action sports gamers and surfing enthusiasts that have been waiting for a true surfing title should rejoice--Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer is quite possibly the best title available for this particular genre. With smooth controls, stellar graphics, a killer soundtrack and enough extreme challenges to make Tony Hawk jealous, this is a title sport gamers will love. You won't be sorry for buying it, believe me.


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Time to take a break from long school holidays
As Alice Cooper's popular song from 1972 goes 'School's out for summer'.
Today — for the majority of primary and secondary school pupils in Northern Ireland — is the last day of the 08/09 school year.
Ahead lies eight weeks of glorious freedom for our future generation of entrepreneurs, scientists, inventors, doctors, architects etc after two months of arduous end-of-term tests, GCSEs, AS exams and A-Levels.
That is, of course, mixed in with the anticipation of their long-awaited results, which are due out in August.
However, in Northern Ireland pupils get notoriously long summer holidays compared to their counterparts in England and many countries in Europe.
It is a long time for young, developing minds to be idle.
Surely four weeks would be ample?
School holidays also provide a logistical nightmare for many employed parents who have to organise childcare during the summer months.
Many will turn to families for support but for others the only option is the financial burden of paid for childcare.
In the current climate when we are trying to equip the next generation with vital skills and when unemployment is at a record high, surely those summer months could be better utilised to suit all in society.
It would be a key period to focus on sports. Summer schools/|camps/academies which raise awareness of the health benefits of sport and increase interest in competitive sports, could only be a positive. #Particularly with the 2012 Olympics being held in London.
What about using four weeks for holidays and four weeks to develop our children's language skills and teach them about other countries and culture? Or run school trips during the summer.
There is of course the question of who funds all this?
Perhaps the Government could review teachers' contracts — what other profession gets so many holidays per annum?
Maybe student teachers could be utilised? Could parents be asked to contribute depending on their income?
However, in the meantime those who commute to economic hubs like Belfast and Londonderry will enjoy the current summer holidays which mean eight stress free weeks of less traffic on our otherwise gridlocked roads at peak times.
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The Blades were knocked out of the Capital One Cup by Burton Albion back in August but, since then, Danny Wilson's side are unbeaten in 15 matches in all competitions and can be backed at 4/5 (1.80) with Bet365 to take all three points against Portsmouth on Monday.
Pompey's league form has been indifferent so far this term and Michael Appleton's side languish 10 points behind the hosts coming into this game.
The visitors are chalked up at 100/30 (4.33) with Bet365 to take victory at Bramall Lane while the same firm go 13/5 (3.60) that the match ends in a draw.
Despite making a solid start to the season, the Blades have stuttered at home in recent weeks and it should be noted that four of the last five games played at Bramall Lane have ended in a draw while all five matches have featured fewer than three goals.
By contrast, goals have been a prominent feature in Portsmouth's fixtures this season with just one of Pompey's last 12 matches featuring fewer than three goals.
The Blades come into this match on the back of successive 1-0 victories over Preston North End and Walsall respectively and they can be backed at a chunky 13/2 (7.50) with Bet365 to make it a hat-trick on Monday while the same firm go 14/1 (15.0) that the visitors enjoy a 2-1 victory.
Nick Blackman has been in fine form for Danny Wilson's side this season, the 22-year-old striker has netted six times in 14 appearances and the former Blackburn Rovers striker is chalked up at 4/1 (5.0) with Bet365 to score first.
Dave Kitson, who is expected to shake off a virus to face his former side, represents good value at 5/1 (6.0) with Bet365 to score the opening goal.
For Pompey, Izale McLeod has scored six goals in six games and he is available at 7/1 (8.0) with Bet365 to net first with the same firm offering a tempting 2/1 (3.0) on McLeod to score at any time.
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I don't really actively seek out death metal, but I do enjoy slow stuff, and anyone who likes their metal will quickly realise that the combination of crushing death metal riffs and slow tempos is probably one of the best things out there. It's a shame the whole "slow death metal" thing remains so obscure; the releases along these lines in the early 90's were of an incredible quality. Divine Eve may not have gravity blasts, but I'd take this over crap like FleshGod Apocalypse anyday.
The music played on this release is simple enough; dirty swedeath type riffs of the Entombed and Unleashed type and d-beat drumming of the hard hitting variety mixes with some truly slow and crushing doom sections. Bolt Thrower also seem to be quite the influence; there's certainly some of BT style melody in here (especially when things get a bit faster). Is it death/doom? Perhaps, but whereas most d/d generally goes for the epic structures and perhaps keeps things a bit more melodic, Divine Eve approach their music in a shorter and far more concise direction. The usage of slow, pounding riffs throughout (like in the excellent middle section of 'Harlequin of Perpetual Destiny') are less there for the purpose of making the songs more dynamic or grandiose, and more so your head can get crushed that little bit more; very much like the way Asphyx went about things on their "The Rack" album.
Not a great deal more needs to be said- it's a short EP, it's not very complex. When you get down to it, this is great slow death metal (or perhaps death metal with slow parts, as there's plenty of speedy moments). All the right things within this genre are done right; there's some brilliantly executed tempo changes, competent and passionate musicianship, and one hell of a production job that matches rawness, thickness (the guitar tones!) and clarity with disturbing ease. A really excellent release and it's a shame Divine Eve never really followed this up.
On one hand you could view this Texas band's output as being as useful as the sonic output of a meeting of the USCFAS (United States Celtic Frost Appreciation Society). But I choose to focus on the band's weighty, willfully sloppy and skilled execution of elder death metal influences. Plus, the band generally avoid falling into the trap of playing really fast just for the sake of it (known generally as the Suffocation wannabe syndrome) and instead, pound out some truly massive mid-tempo riffing. This is heard to best effect on the sordid "A Somber Blossoming (Soulsflight)." I defy you to not head-bang, at least modestly, to this one. Anyone who relishes the old school of morbidity (Asphyx, Massacre, and Pentacle among many unshaven others…) will lap this brief but bottom-heavy mini-LP up. And for you nerdy completists out there (of which I am one), the band appeared in fine form on Dwell records In Memory Of Celtic Frost tribute album, and some recklessly strewn compilation cuts are also out there (Death Is Just The Beginning 3, I believe).


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Intimate partner violence (IPV) has been recognised as a significant problem amongst forcibly displaced communities, and great progress has been made by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in responding to IPV and other forms of sexual and gender based violence. However, they have not always effectively engaged refugee communities in these activities, with potentially negative consequences for the health and protection of women. This study was conducted in Kakuma refugee camp, north-west Kenya. Eighteen focus group discussions were conducted with 157 refugees from various nationalities, including Sudanese, Somali, Ethiopian, and Congolese. They focused on the nature and consequences of IPV in Kakuma. The aim of this paper is to explore how refugees in Kakuma talk about the ways that IPV is dealt with, focusing particularly on the ways that community responses are said to interact with formal response systems established by UNHCR and its implementing partners. Refugees talked about using a 'hierarchy of responses' to IPV, with only particularly serious or intransigent cases reaching UNHCR or its implementing agencies. Some male refugees described being mistrustful of agency responses, because agencies were believed to favour women and to prioritise protecting the woman at all costs, even if that means separating her from the family. Whilst community responses to IPV might often be appropriate and helpful, the findings of the current study suggest that in Kakuma they do not necessarily result in the protection of women. Yet women in Kakuma are reported to be reluctant to report their cases to UNHCR and its implementing agencies. A more effective protection response from UNHCR might involve closer co-operation with individuals and structures within the refugee communities to develop a co-ordinated response to IPV.
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"Golf is like an 18-year-old girl with big boobs. You know it's wrong, but you can't keep away from her."
Of all the golfing quotes, this one from Val Doonican (of all people) resonates most when considering Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11.
Despite the name, you can't cheat in this game
If you think that's a cheap shot at Tiger you'd be half right. PGA Tou may have graced fewer consoles than Tiger's graced hourly motels, but in returning to purchase this year's version, you won't feel anywhere near as sleazy.
You see, although EA has rightly earned an invidious reputation for perennial tinkering for the sake of tinkering, it also occasionally gets an update right. PGA Tour 11 represents just such an occasion, offering the current generation's finest golfing experience to date.
The first improvement you notice is to golfer progression. Gone are PGA 10's coach drills and stat modifiers, which always felt punitive, as they chipped away at your perfect 12.0 attributes with each poor round.
In their place is a more holistic, system of XP, a currency earned through challenges, tournaments, and even Fairways and Greens in Regulation, with which you can upgrade skill attributes or purchase Pro Shop equipment. By rewarding, albeit modestly, even poor placings in tournaments, the system also ensures an incentive to finish even the most abject rounds.
But the XP system doesn't single-handedly justify PGA 11's purchase. Two other major new features, Focus and True Aim, complete the most positive overhaul to the series in recent times.
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Focus and control..
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Focus is an exhaustible gauge that curtails the use of Power Boost, Spin Control and Putting Line Preview. You begin each tournament with Focus at 100%, but it's depleted with each use of these features, forcing you to ration those extra touches of control.
As in previous entries, Tour Pro mode turns off all three features, greatly increasing the game's difficulty. But outside of Tour Pro, Focus remains a compulsory mechanic, challenging more casual players with its additional, but welcome, layer of tactical play.
True Aim, while not compulsory, is the more radical new feature. When selected, it changes the entire viewpoint to better approximate the true golfing experience. The aiming reticule is removed, and in its place markers indicate distance and elevation. Without so much as a dot to indicate ball placement, you'll have to judge the centre of the view to determine direction, and pay careful attention to your club's carry distance.
If that's not enough, the camera remains steadfastly behind your golfer after you've played the shot. And although the ball's flight is clearly marked by a trail, the limited view severely hampers any spin control adjustments.
It's a good thing, then, that True Aim is optional. The aiming reticule and adjustments have been a feature of the series for so long now, that I imagine for many players, like me, they've become something of a Linus blanket. But for those disillusioned by previous annual updates, the mode promises to freshen the experience considerably.
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Chip and in
Unfortunately, little has been done to freshen up the game's graphics. Always adequate, the series has never troubled current hardware, and this iteration is no different.
That said, it's nice to finally see clouds moving and the odd breeze stir up some ripples through your golfer's trousers. But apart from these, a change in menu design, and minor improvements to Game Face, graphics remain unchanged.
As you'd expect, all of the traditional modes are present in both online and offline. But this year they've been joined by the Ryder Cup, which offers 12 vs 12 competitions in all the Cup's formats. It's unlikely you'll be playing it much offline in single-player, where you have to rely on a CPU player for partnered events, but it should prove extremely popular online, where a good old bit of Europe vs U.S.A is bound to get the abuse flowing.
Not to start any conspiracy theories, but on that point, it's surprising to see EA released the game in the States some weeks ago. I'd hate to suggest its early release was based on anything other than marketing budgets, but with the actual Ryder Cup only three months away, European players of PGA 11 will be at a significant disadvantage when first playing online against American opposition.
Swing like Tiger
Unlike Fifa 2010 World Cup South Africa, EA's latest PGA Tour offers enough new features to warrant recommendation. The new XP and Focus systems should please just about everyone. And while True Aim probably won't, the fact that it's optional prevents it being divisive.
In fact, so good is PGA Tour 11 that, even though I know it's wrong, I'm off to play around with an 18-year old. Sorry, I mean I'm off to play a round of 18 holes.
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Co-founder of Themes Investment Management Ken Courtis joins The Business to discuss the OECD's biennial report on the US's financial recovery efforts.
TICKY FULLERTON, PRESENTER: This week the OECD published its biannual report on the United States finding that recovery might be gaining momentum but that there were concerns about stagnant wages growth and inequality which has led in turn to controversial calls for the for higher taxes on the rich.
The US remained vulnerable to Europe's fate but the advice given by the OECD's Deputy Secretary General was worry about Europe but fix American's problems.
Joining me live from London is Ken Courtis, financial adviser and co-founder of Thames Investment Management.
Ken welcome to the program.
KEN COURTIS, GLOBAL ECONOMIST: Thank you Ticky.
TICKY FULLERTON: There was a lot in the OECD report which it had said two years ago, was there much difference?
KEN COURTIS: It's almost as if the report this year was written by the Obama administration. It sort of said the US is on the right course, the economy is moving ahead, it's fragile but moving ahead. The US has the right fiscal policy, that is from here to slowly reduce the deficit. It has aggressive monetary policy and it should keep that and then it moved into a number of structural issues. Complicated politically but on the whole, which are the way they are posed in the report in favour of the what the Obama administration has been proposing in the election campaign.
TICKY FULLERTON: One thing they flagged of course which is coming closer and closer is this fiscal cliff, the idea of the end of the Bush tax cuts and then new spending cuts. How do you think... you describe it as America on a collision course with reality.
KEN COURTIS: I think before we have that collision, Ticky, someone somewhere in the US political system will blink. We're likely to have a split Congress, split administration after these elections. My sense is that they will compromise, the tax cuts, the Bush tax cuts will stay in place for everyone except the very top echelons of the income ladder. And other parts of the cuts that are currently mandated I think there will be compromises.
At the moment if you put all the cuts together it's a grand canyon that the US would be falling into. It's like going bungee jumping and the rope breaks. So big are the cuts, they will be 4.2 per cent of GDP which will drive the US into a massive, massive recession and pull the rest of the world into it. But I think into that recession, but I think you will see that there will be a compromise and we'll have something like 1.5, 1.6 per cent of GDP cut rather than 4.2, 4.3 per cent.
TICKY FULLERTON: You mentioned there the top echelons, it's something that the OECD has focused on as well. It says, and I quote, income equality and relative poverty are among the highest in the OECD and worse than even Europe?
KEN COURTIS: That's right. In fact if you look at the what's called the genie coefficient, the measure of inequality between rich and poor, the US is somewhere between China, that is more inequality than China and a little bit less than Brazil so it's really in a bad position and that, of course, that inequality has intensified over the last 30 years, say, since 1980.
The OECD proposes a series of very complicated, at least politically complicated tax reforms. The US has a tax system in a sense the OECD says it's upside down. It has, in effect, a low tax rate on people who earn a lot of money from income, from investment income and a high tax rate relatively on people who earn salaries. So the OECD is, in effect, suggesting to turn that around so that you have a more balanced and equal tax system. But between now and then I think there's a lot of politics and we're going to have to be very patient before we get there.
TICKY FULLERTON: We've heard from Warren Buffet through his investments he can actually pay less tax than his secretary. But how in this political environment with an election on the way and a congress which just seems not to be able to do anything, how can there be any change at all?
KEN COURTIS: Well, I think the change will be really marginal until the US faces a big crisis. I think the US economy, because it's growing some, because in nominal terms it's growing a little bit faster at the moment than the debt it has overhanging the economy, so the overall debt load is very slowly starting to contract, so that buys the US time and I think if anything that political system will buy all the time it can before it has to make decisions very much like the case in Europe where kicking the can down the road seems to be the modus operandi.
TICKY FULLERTON: Is there anything as far as the Fed is concerned? Does Ben Bernanke have anything left in his tool box?
KEN COURTIS: He does. The OECD is more optimistic on the US economy than the Fed Reserve, at least as they announced their position last week. The Fed can be more aggressive, it can go much further in terms of quantitative easing.
We can have a new round of quantitative easing. We can have the Fed diversify the assets it buys. It could eventually buy corporate bonds, it could eventually buy equities, which happened in Japan when they got to the peak of their crisis in 1990s. There's more the Fed can do. But basically the US like many of the developed economies face really deep structural issues and the monetary policy allows you to buy time but the politicians have to deal with the underlying structural issues and frankly in the US and Europe they aren't really dealing with these issues yet.
TICKY FULLERTON: It's a real watching brief on both sides of the Atlantic. Thank you so much Ken Courtis for joining us.
KEN COURTIS: Thank you.


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I found this quite fascinating. This word is the final remnant in Modern English of the wan- prefix, once prevalent in Old English, barely making it into Middle English, other than Scotland and the North, and leaving this sole example in the present. First the etymology of wanton, then the info on the prefix, all taken from OED.
wanton, adj. and n.
Middle English wantowen , < wan- prefix + towen < Old English togen past participle of téon tee v.1 to discipline, train. The word thus literally means 'undisciplined'; compare untowe(n adj., and the equivalent German ungezogen; also Middle English welitowen well-brought-up. Middle English wantowen , < wan- prefix + towen < Old English togen past participle of téon tee v.1 to discipline, train. The word thus literally means 'undisciplined'; compare untowe(n adj., and the equivalent German ungezogen; also Middle English welitowen well-brought-up.
wan-, prefix
Pronunciation: /wɒn/
a prefix expressing privation or negation (approximately equivalent to un- prefix1 or mis- prefix1), repr. Old English wan-, wǫn-, corresponding to Old Frisian. wan-, won-, Old Saxon wan- (only in wanskefti misfortune = Old English wansceaft), Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wan- (modern Dutch in many new formations, esp. in the sense 'wrong', 'mis-', as in wanbestuur misgovernment, wanluid discordant sound), Old High German wan-, wana (only in wanwâfan unarmed, wanaheil unhealthy, infirm, wanawizzi lacking wit, insane), Middle High German wan- (only in wanwitze inherited from Old High German), modern German wahn- (in wahnwitz, wahnsinn insanity, commonly apprehended as compounds of wahn n., delusion; also in some dialect words, chiefly adopted from Low German); ON., Swedish, Danish van- (in many old formations, to which modern Swedish and Danish have added many more, chiefly adopted from Low German). The prefix is in origin identical with wane adj.
In Old English the number of words formed with the prefix is considerable, but none of them has survived into modern English, and only one (wanspéd, ill-success) into Middle English Of the many new formations that arose in Middle English, only wantoȝen, undisciplined, wanton adj. and n., still survives in use (with no consciousness of its etymological meaning); wanhope and wantrust may have been suggested by the equivalent Middle Dutch forms. It was in the north that the prefix was most prolific, and it probably continued to be productive far into the modern period. The following words, peculiar to the Scottish and northern dialects, are recorded in the Eng. Dial. Dict., mostly with examples (or references to glossaries etc.) from the 18th c., but few if any of them are now in current use:— wancanny adj., wanchancy adj., wancheer grief, sadness, wancouth adj. = uncouth, wandeidy adj., mischievous, wandought n. and adj., wanearthly adj., wanease n., wanfortune n., wanfortunate, adj. wanhap n., wanliesum adj., wanlit adj., wanluck, wanown't adj. = unowned, wanreck 'mischance, ruin', wanrest n., wan-thriven adj., wanuse misuse, waste, wanweird n., wanworth adj. and n.
Dave, I see the un- prefix for negation also existed in Old English. Is there any indication that the two prefixes are connected. I can't see anything in OED to suggest this but they are so similar in sound (if I'm reading that phonetic symbol correctly) that one could be forgiven for thinking them cognates.


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Valentine Factory
Tomorrow is Valentine's Day! Last Friday kids came to the library to get a jump-start on the holiday at our Valentine Factory. At both the Main Library and Indian Creek Branch Library kids made valentines for their special someones. Hallmark has got nothing on these creative young folks.
We want to wish everyone a Happy Valentine's Day! ♥
Claudia Mills
Children's author Claudia Mills visited both Olathe libraries a couple of weekends ago. The turnout was overwhelming! On Saturday 119 people came to the Indian Creek Branch Library to hear Ms. Mills speak and sign books. The following day 270 people came to the Main Library to meet the author and get their books signed. The children of Olathe obviously enjoy reading books by Claudia Mills and were excited for the opportunity to meet her in person. These events were a great partnership with the Olathe Public Library, the Olathe Public Schools Foundation, and the Olathe School District's F.R.E.D. Program. Thanks to everyone who attended and helped make Ms.Mills' visit such a wonderful success.
Meet the Author: Claudia Mills
Acclaimed author Claudia Mills will be visiting both Olathe libraries this weekend! Ms. Mills is the author of many books for young people, including the Gus and Grandpa and Mason Dixon series. Her book Pet Disasters is the current selected title in the Olathe School District's F.R.E.D. program.
Here are the full details on Claudia Mills' visits at the Olathe Public Library:
Saturday, January 26
The author will be talk about her writing, answer questions about her books, and autograph books afterwards. This program is for 3rd - 8th graders and parents. Refreshments will be served. No registration required, but space is limited.
Sunday, January 27
Drop in to meet Ms. Mills, ask her about writing, have your books autographed, and enjoy refreshments.
These events are in partnership with the Olathe School District's Families Read Every Day program and the Olathe Public Schools Foundation.
Instrument Petting Zoo
School is out on Monday, January 21. Are you looking for something fun to do on your day off? The Kansas City Symphony Instrument Petting Zoo will be visiting the Indian Creek Branch Library that afternoon. Kids will have the opportunity to see and hear different instruments of the orchestra as well as try the instruments themselves. This program is for kids in 1st - 5th grade, but parents and sbilings will be allowed to attend if space permits. Registration is required. Register online, in person at either Olathe library, or by calling (913) 971-6874. Program will last about an hour.
Here's the info:
Instrument Petting Zoo
Monday, January 21
1:30 p.m.
Indian Creek Branch Library (12990 S. Black Bob Road, Olathe, KS 66062)
Máirtín de Cógáin
The Olathe Public Library is thrilled to once again be hosting a visit by Irish musician and storyteller Máirtín de Cógáin. Máirtín will be doing a special program for elementary aged kids while he is here. He will present an hour of stories and music for kids in K - 5th grade plus parents. We're sorry, but no children younger than kindergarten for this program. Here's the info:
Music and Stories from Ireland with Máirtín de Cógáin
Thursday, January 17
4:30 p.m.
Main Library (201 E. Park, Olathe, KS 66061)
Registratioin is required. You may register online, at either Olathe library, or by calling (913) 971-6874.
Máirtín will also be doing an after hours program for adults and teens at the Main Library on Friday, January 18 at 6:30 p.m. This program is entitled "Books and Bodhrans." Click here for more information. Registration is also required for the Friday evening program.
If you missed Máirtín's performance when he was here in Olathe last year, you won't want to miss him this time! And if you did catch him last time, you know you're in for a treat.
All Aboard!
Model railroads are headed once again to the Olathe Public Library. This weekend we will feature a display of working model trains in our Storytime Room at the Main Library. Here is the schedule the display will open:
Thursday, November 29
6:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 1
12:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 2
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
So if you are a fan of model railroads or know someone who is, head on down to the Main Library and see this wonderful display. Experts will be on hand to answer any questions about the display or about model railroading. And a big thank you goes out to Louis Seibel who always generously shares his wonderful collection of trains with the library. Come check them out!
What Pet to Get?
Do you love animals? Have you ever asked your parents for a pet or are you hoping to get one this holiday season? Come explore the world of pets at the Indian Creek Branch on Monday, November 5 at 7:00 p.m. Join our guest presenter from PetWorld in Lawrence, Kansas, for a chance to see, touch, and learn about a variety of slimy, scaly, furry, and feathered animals. Find out what kind of pet might be a great fit for your family.
This program is for kids in K through 5th grade. Parents and older siblings may also attend. Sorry, but children younger than kindergarten will not be allowed into this program. Program will last about an hour. Registration is required. Click here to register, or call (913) 971-6874.
Monday Is for Mummies
This week children attended the "Monday Is for Mummies" programs at the Indian Creek Branch and Main Library. They heard some (not too) scary stories and then created their own mummy candleholders to take home, just in time for Halloween.
Kansas WIldLifer Challenge
On September 15 families came to the Indian Creek Branch to learn about the Kansas WildLifer Challenge. Kids and adults got to have some outdoor fun doing things like pitching tents, catching bugs, and making birdfeeders. All these activities got kids started on the Kansas WildLifer Challenge and on their way to earning a cool outdoor prize pack. Visit the Kansas WildLifer Challenge website to learn more about this cool program.
READ to a Dog for September 15 - CANCELLED
We have just learned that our the dogs for our READ to a Dog program will not be able to come on Saturday. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Our next scheduled READ to a Dog program will be on Saturday, October 6 at the Indian Creek Branch from1:30 - 2:30 p.m. You might want to call ahead to confirm we have dogs that day.


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I hope I remember this idea by the next holiday season or maybe I should recreate in celebration of nothing in the dark, cold days of winter to come.
A most creative tree. I will try that in a bedroom next year.


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Santa Ana school trustees Tuesday delayed voting whether to do away with the annual rite of parent camp-outs to enroll children in the district's six magnet schools and replace it with a lottery.
Board members said they postponed action because board President Nadia Davis was absent. A vote on the change is now set for Oct. 9.
The issue arose after some officials expressed concern that having hundreds of parents sleep for days in tents outside school grounds might violate state laws requiring random admission to the district's magnet schools.
The campuses offer a back-to-basics curriculum and strict discipline.
In Santa Ana Unified, those schools generally have higher standardized test scores.
Some officials, parents and students say that camp-outs make it next to impossible for parents who cannot afford to take a week off from work to get their children in.


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Dodgers done in by season-high five errors
Dodgers done in by season-high five errors
One day after closer Kenley Jansen allowed a pair of runs on a play without a pitch thrown, the Dodgers committed their most errors in a game since they bungled seven in 1995.
"We're a better defensive club than this," manager Don Mattingly said. "Yesterday's game had nothing to do with this."
Jerry Hairston, filling in for third baseman Juan Uribe, made two difficult fielding plays, only to throw the ball away twice, resulting in three of six unearned runs. Uribe, filling in for shortstop Dee Gordon, who is on the disabled list, made a throwing error. So did second baseman Mark Ellis, his first this season. Reliever Jamey Wright dropped a bunt that led to two more unearned runs.
The day for the Dodgers began with news that scheduled starting pitcher Chad Billingsley was scratched with what he called a strained elbow flexor tendon, although he will undergo further tests Monday before the club reveals details and a prognosis.
Chris Capuano (9-5) stepped in and went 6 2/3 innings and allowed four unearned runs, drawing a loss that dropped the Dodgers 1 1/2 games out of first place.
Not only did the Dodgers not have Billingsley, they were resting regulars Matt Kemp, Juan Rivera, A.J. Ellis and Luis Cruz. That forced moving Bobby Abreu from leadoff the night before to cleanup, and their closer situation was up in the air with Jansen and Ronald Belisario having pitched the previous two nights and Javy Guerra on bereavement leave (he's expected to return Monday and be active Tuesday).
No wonder Mattingly, club president Stan Kasten and general manager Ned Colletti huddled after the game. The July 31 Trade Deadline won't come soon enough for the Dodgers, who need reinforcements even after the return of Kemp and Andre Ethier from the disabled list.
The Dodgers actually led this game 1-0 and 2-1 going into the top of the seventh. Capuano got the first two outs when, as Mattingly said, the floodgates opened.
Hairston, who had two hits and an RBI in a busy day, made a nice backhand play on Cameron Maybin's grounder but bounced his throw to first for his first error. Capuano got ahead of Everth Cabrera, 0-2, but ultimately lost him on a single to left. No 8 hitter John Baker walked to load the bases and Hairston made another nice backhand on pinch-hitter Yasmani Grandal's bouncer but overthrew first and the ball bounced into the stands as two runs scored.
"You'd like to get a better grip on the ball, but with him running down the line, sometimes you don't have that luxury," said Hairston, who hadn't committed an error at third base this season. "You just have to let it go. Really all day it was tough to get a grip for whatever reason.
"Third base is not easy. It's probably the hardest position on the field. I just had a tough inning. You hate to see it compounded and cost your team a game, but it did and it happened."
Josh Lindblom took over and got pinch-hitter Alexi Amarista to bounce to, of course, third base. Hairston made another clean grab and this time an accurate throw, but the speedy Amarista was safe on a head-first dive and another run scored.
"We did take advantage of a few things, but I think we had some good at-bats once we got deeper in the game," San Diego manager Bud Black said. "A couple big hits got us started and we capitalized on a few mistakes and kept adding on."
The mistakes weren't on Capuano, the Dodgers' All-Star snub.
"Cap was good. We didn't make any plays for him," said Mattingly.
Capuano said he was well rested, having last pitched five innings seven days earlier. He tried to be philosophical after a wasted solid effort.
"You really just have to judge yourself by how you execute your pitches," he said. "The wins and losses, there's a lot of other stuff that has to happen for you to get a win or a loss so I try to stay disciplined and how many pitches did I execute and that's it.
"You just keep making pitches no matter what. There's times out there when maybe you don't execute and get a win and there are times when you execute and don't get a win. That's it. Focus on making one pitch at a time."
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Scholars from all over the world gather to present their research at the three-day 2010 British Scholar Annual Conference on March 25-27 at the Harry Ransom Center. The conference will feature a keynote speech by Professor Tom Devine of the University of Edinburgh on Friday, Mar. 26, at 3 p.m. His talk is entitled "Did Slavery Make Scotland Great?"
$25 at the door for the general public. The event is sponsored by British Studies and the Department of History.


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Eight months after holding a roundtable discussion on its Rule 12b-1, the SEC is planning a "complete overhaul" of the rule, according to SEC Chairman Christopher Cox. Yes, "complete overhaul" are the words Cox used in a speech on February 8 at the SEC Speaks conference in Washington. Cox said that Buddy Donohue, head of the SEC's Division of Investment Management, is preparing to issue a formal rule proposal sometime this spring.
While the SEC has divulged few details about the changes that are in store, industry officials doubt that any rule would get passed this year since the SEC is down two commissioners and the length of Cox's stay at the Commission is questionable. But these officials are providing educated guesses about what modifications may be likely.
First, let's recap how we got to this point in the debate. The SEC began re-examining its 12b-1 rule because critics have argued that it's gone well beyond its original intended use as a marketing and distribution fee. Instead, 12b-1 fees are used to pay for a wide array of services--mainly compensating brokers, these critics say. When I attended the 12b-1 roundtable at SEC headquarters last June, complaints that were aired included the obscurity of the 12b-1 term itself and its lack of clarity. "The [12b-1] name alone is one that only a '40 Act attorney could relate to," Don Phillips, president and CEO or Morningstar, said in a recent interview. "No investor says, 'Yes, I know exactly where my dollars are going with a 12b-1 fee.'" It's hard to tell if the 12b-1 fee is "going for operational costs, distribution costs, sales costs?" Phillips continues. So better disclosure of 12b-1 fees may be one area the SEC is focusing on, Phillips says.
"Certainly there is ample room for better disclosure of 12b-1 fees."
Having said that, however, when told the 12b-1 fee is going to their advisor, or that it pays for services from their mutual fund supermarket or 401(k) recordkeeper, most investors are fine with paying the fee. After getting this type of explanation, investors would likely say, "I get a lot of value from meeting with my advisor and I know I don't have to write a check out to that person, they're getting paid through my security, so that's a good thing," Phillips says. So outright repeal of 12b-1 fees, he says, seems unlikely. "12b-1 pays for a lot of services that people like and perceive to get value from."
In his speech Cox said "most retail investors don't know" that 12b-1 fees permit mutual funds to pay out nearly $12 billion a year in investors' assets for purposes such as reimbursing brokers for their expenses of marketing the funds to other investors, and for various administrative services. During the roundtable last year, Cox said the Commission "would be conducting a major reevaluation of how [the 12b-1 rule] is or isn't serving investors."
A Solution to a Non-Problem?
Dale Brown, president and CEO of the Financial Services Institute (FSI), says he's not "aware of the major problem [the SEC] is trying to fix" with12b-1 fees. There's no indication "that there's been a huge outcry from investors about 12b-1 fees," Brown says, arguing furthermore that the fees are "hugely important to investors, particularly small investors," because the fees make it possible for them to "invest and continue to have access to ongoing help and service." Plus, he says, the 12b-1 fee not only gives an advisor incentive to work with smaller accounts, "12b-1 fees are a very important stream of income that gives independent advisors the capacity to have staff in place and invest in systems and other things to provide the ongoing service [to small investors] and not be dependent on generating more transactions."
Commission-based brokers receive a significant stream of income from 12b-1 fees, but the SEC may decide to do away with the long-held practice of letting brokers receive continuous 12b-1 trails long after they've sold a client a mutual fund, opines Roberta Ufford, a principal at Groom Law Group in Washington. The SEC may decide that "broker payments might not forever trail the way they do now," she says. "Why should a broker continue to get a percentage of your investment years after you put your money in the mutual fund? In many cases the broker doesn't have a relationship with the investor anymore and doesn't provide any services."
The Fees and Recordkeepers
In the 401(k) plan recordkeeping world, however, notes Ufford, "those [12b-1] trails or fees that come out of mutual funds get used to provide current recordkeeping services. So if you were to change the [12b-1 fee] structure so that the fees don't come out of the fund and get shared with the recordkeeper or other shared service providers, there has to be another way to pay for plan services," and says "it's not clear what the best way would be." The fee could be deducted from participant accounts, she says, but if it was that easy, plans would have already done that.
David Goldstein, partner at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan in Washington, says he and his colleagues and other industry professionals are pretty certain that the "SEC will update or modernize the things that independent directors of mutual funds need to do to approve 12b-1 fees."
A list of "risk factors" that a mutual fund board should consider were listed in the release that accompanied the original 12b-1 rule, he explains, but those risk factors are outdated and "hard to apply in the modern age." For instance, the risk list "really didn't contemplate that 12b-1 fees would be used in lieu of front-end loads," he says. "So the orientation of these factors is not relevant anymore and in some respects they put unrealistic burdens on fund directors. In particular, if you read them literally, they expected mutual fund directors to look at how the money is spent in the sense of not just who it was paid for, but how did those people who got it spend it?" he continues. "But in the modern age where a fund group might have agreements with hundreds of different brokers to sell their shares, there's no way they can collect and distill information to give to the board about what each broker did with the money."
So it's likely, muses Goldstein, that the SEC will "eliminate the unwritten expectation today that fund directors are really doing a qualitative assessment on the quality of services that the 12b-1 fees buy for shareholders, and make it more of an analysis of whether the fees overall are bringing the benefits to the fund that the plan expects rather than 'Is the service from the intermediaries worth what's being paid for?'"
The worst part for advisors and the financial services industry as a whole now is not knowing what actions the SEC may take concerning 12b-1, but Phillips says advisors can take some comfort in the fact that "individual investors have clearly voted that they want--and are willing to pay for--the help of professionals to help them with their investments." As long as there's demand for advisor services "and a very adaptive financial services industry, there's going to be a happy match made between investors and advisors," he says. "There may be some turbulence in the interim to figure out how that's done" if 12b-1 changes are implemented, but those changes "won't make the advisor services any less in demand or any less profitable."
Washington Bureau Chief Melanie Waddell can be reached at email@example.com.


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Well I had shepherds and two danes. I would imagine its alot of intellegence but size as well. Also danes are rather short lived, but shepherds arent.Originally Posted by jenny25
I am not really into mixing breeds but some mixes do work. Don't get me wrong but I have had several mixes, I have just mostly been into showing that doesnt come up.
I had a harlequin dane I loved. But they do call them the "heart break breed' as they dont live very long.
What are you looking for as far as companionship. If you want size, elegance, beauty, long lived, but calm may I suggest a Borzoi???


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Copyright © 1972, 2000 by the Creation Research Society. All rights reserved.
Volume 8, Number 4
March, 1972
March, 1972
Is The Capitan Limestone A Fossil Reef?
The occurrence of alleged fossil "reefs" in various portions of the geologic column is recognized by many observers to be a very difficult problem to reconcile with Biblical chronology. It accumulated at approximately the same rate as modern reefs, a single fossil "reef" would take thousands of years to form, and, therefore, could negate the Genesis implication of a young earth and also seriously question the role of the Noachian Flood in earth history.
The famous Capitan Limestone in the Guadalupe Mountains of southeastern New Mexico and western Texas is alleged by many geologists to be a classic example of a fossil "barrier reef". Study of the strata cast doubt on the various depositional and ecologic environments alleged to be associated with "Capitan Reef." So-called "backreef lagoon" and "forereef talus" deposits were not contemporaneous with "reef" accumulation. Furthermore, the Capitan lacks large, in situ, organically bound frameworks and deposits of broken debris which can be shown to be derived from an organic framework.
The Capitan is composed primarily of broken fossil fragments in a fine-grained matrix of lime silt and sand which were not wave-resistant when deposited. The fossil flora and fauna of "Capitan Reef" represent a shallow water assemblage which was not especially adapted to a wave or strong current environment. Reef-forming organisms which could bind sediments and build frameworks are either altogether absent or largely inconspicuous.
The available data certainly do not require many thousands of years for the Capitan to accumulate, and, therefore, seem to present little problem for Biblical chronology. Instead the lack of large organically-bound structures, which would grow during thousands of years, suggests that the deposition was very rapid. It is proposed that the Capitan Limestone accumulated either during the last stages of the Noachian Flood or shortly thereafter.
The Glarus Overthrust
In June of 1970 it was my privilege to spend several days studying the classical Lochseite of the Glarus overthrust near Schwanden, Switzerland. Before going there I had an interview with K. J. Hsu of Zurich, who recently published a study of his interpretation of how this overthrust of Jurassic limestone on Eocene rock occurred. In this article a resume of Hsu's observations and conclusions will be given first, followed by my own observations and experiments. A discussion of how this series of stratified rocks may be interpreted in terms of flood geology will then be given. A comparison of this overthrust with the far more extensive wrong order formation known as the Lewis overthrust, and recently observed small overthrusts resulting from the earthquake in the Newhall area described by Dr. George How in this issue will also be made.
Overthrust Evidence As Observed At Faults Caused By The San Fernando Earthquake
Creation geologists have shown that where overthrust faulting has taken place, there is considerable evidence to support such action. Uniformitarian geologists assert that overthrust faulting must have taken place in order to explain vast rock sequences that are "out of order" with respect to the evolutionary geologic column. In some of these supposed instances of overthrusting, there are none of the usual physical evidences to support overthrust action.
Overthrust activity has been observed on a small scale along various fault escarpments of the San Fernando earthquake of February 9, 1971. In each case, the small overthrust manifested one or more of the expected evidences for overthrusting. This evidence supports the creation geologists in rejecting the overthrust hypothesis wherever physical evidence is lacking, despite the fact that large rock sequences are indeed out of order with the geologic column. It is asserted that the Flood view is a more natural view in that is does not demand a certain preconceived ordering of the fossils, and hence does not require postulating overthrusts where no physical evidence exists.
The Implications Of The
Two Laws Of Thermodynamics In The Origin And Destiny Of The Universe
The first two laws of thermodynamics are explained and illustrated. According to the second law of thermodynamics, the universe is destined to a slow and irreversible heat-death outside divine intervention.
The two thermodynamics laws are shown to be at odds with any naturalistic scheme of origins but in good keeping with special creationism. The only escape from some possible heat-death is seen in a transformation of the cosmos as a consequence and fulfillment of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Theistic Evolution
Evidence is amassed to demonstrate that theistic evolutionism is objectionable from the standpoints of biblical exegesis and systematic theology. In addition, the concept of "progressive creationism" is identified and discussed. It is asserted that progressive creationism is farther out of keeping with the nature of God than is theistic evolutionism.


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OK, I'm a clarinet player and decided to try to learn the soprano sax because I really like the sound. I researched brands, qualities etc and settled on the Yanagisawa S991 and bought a new one. The reason was that it has an excellent reputation for good intonation and has a tone I like. I got a good one and have had it checked out and regulated by Will Grizzle, who said it is a very good horn.
I read Paul Coats' article on intonation with the soprano and am trying to follow his instructions, but am still struggling to play in tune consistently.
My impression is that I will have a much easier time getting good tone and playing in tune with a tenor than with even an excellent soprano. Is this correct? How does the tenor play compared to the clarinet? I know that the embouchure is looser, but how hard is it to play in tune?
(The tenor is the other sax that I really like to listen to, so I figure it might be a better choice for me.)