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Sr. Fellow William F. Shughart II appeared on The Gary Nolan radio show to discuss the Export-Import bank. In a recent syndicated Op-Ed, Shughart wrote that the Export-Import bank distorts prices and it interferes with the free flow of international commerce.
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Recorded: Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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Senior Fellow William F. Shughart discusses financial developments at General Motors and Chrysler, the real issues at stake in the TARP debate, and how Obamas bailouts are negatively affecting the limping economy.
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At this Policy Forum, Independent Institute Senior Fellow Alvaro Vargas Llosa, former Bolivian President Jorge Quiroga, economist William Easterly, and a group of policy experts discuss the findings of the book, Lessons from the Poor. The speakers examine real-world examples of entrepreneurship and why instead of redistributing existing wealth, governments should free people so that they can create it.
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As the popularity of digital photography cut into its sales, CPI revealed last month in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing it had received a fourth forbearance agreement from its lenders and that it had until Saturday to meet its loan obligations. CPI said in mid-March that it owed $98.5 million, including unpaid principal of $76.1 million.
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The outgoing Speaker of the National Assembly and Urambo-East MP, Samuel Sitta yesterday backed the election of Anne Makinda, as Speaker, saying MPs had made the right choice.
Makinda, who is MP for Njombe South becomes the first woman in the country's history to assume such a high post.
"I believe she is the right choice…MPs have made the right choice," Sitta told reporters at the Parliament grounds shortly after the election.
Speaking to journalists, the Urambo-East MP said: "I congratulate her (Makinda) for the victory…I believe, MPs have made the right choice…it shows that they have confidence on her."
He described Makinda as a strong and hard working woman, who he believed would follow his footsteps in managing the House. He explained that the house has many new faces, young blood and professionals, elements which require Parliament to be adaptive and set standards for effective management of the proceedings.
The important thing, according to Sitta, was for the leader of august house not to favour some people or groups of people, but manage proceedings and related Parliament activities to meet the expectations of the majority of Tanzanians.
He said he believed that discussions in the house would be handled and concluded properly, considering increased number of new faces.
For his part, the Maswa-West MP, John Shibuda congratulated all who vied for the position of Speaker of the House, saying they all had the ambition of serving Tanzanians through the Parliament.
He said that the newly-elected speaker Anne Makinda has an outstanding leadership record which has won her respect and recognition at national and international levels.
"What is needed is for all MPs to recognise her as the Speaker of the House and not a speaker of certain groups of people who want to push some of their personal agendas in the House," said Shibuda.
"We need the speaker to be given positive ideas which can be translated to benefit the nation," said Shibuda.
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Bariadi East MP for UDP, John Cheyo said they were not electing a speaker of a certain party, but of all Tanzanians.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — One word to describe Cam Newton on Sunday in the Broncos' 36-14 obliteration of the Carolina Panthers?
Not scary good. Scary as in: "Cam is lucky he got out of that game without getting hurt."
The Panthers' horrendously overmatched offensive line allowed Newton to get sacked seven times and to get hit maybe a dozen more.
Newton spent the game with Denver linebacker Von Miller surgically attached.
But it wasn't scary only in that way. It was also scary as in: "Is that really all Newton has?"
For Newton was something on Sunday that he is rarely described as: average.
Yes, he had very little time. But even when he had time, too often No. 1 missed his No. 1 receiver. Steve Smith was targeted seven times and caught one pass, and that's not because Smith was dropping them. That's because Newton was throwing them 6 feet over Smith's head.
The only people doing the "Superman" thing on the Panthers' home field Sunday were Broncos openly mocking Newton. Miller did "Superman" it right after his first sack. Denver cornerback Tony Carter did it after he returned an interception 40 yards for a touchdown.
On the interception, Newton had Miller attached to him once again. But Newton was trying to make a very dangerous sideline throw while falling down, and that wasn't smart. Newton said he should have slung the ball out of bounds.
"I've got to be more mature, knowing that it's better to be second-and-10 instead of a pick six," Newton said.
On another play, Newton was sacked for a rare safety when he held onto the ball too long — not helped by the fact that an unnamed Panther he planned to use as his checkdown stayed in blocking and never got out on the route.
Still, another poor decision not to throw the ball away.
It was impossible not to compare the two quarterbacks on the field. Newton suffers in a comparison to Peyton Manning, as just about anyone would. Manning — with more time, more experience and more touch — threw for 301 yards even though the Panthers got decent pressure against him.
Newton, on the other hand, went 0-for-12 on third-down conversions. He threw for 241 yards and two touchdowns, but he also had two interceptions and little luck finding anyone downfield except tight end Greg Olsen. Newton also couldn't get loose on a single scramble (four runs, 7 yards).
Newton and Smith had a long, quiet talk in the locker room after the game, sitting side by side with Smith doing most of the talking.
Smith wouldn't comment after the game about anything, and Newton characterized their conversation this way: "Me and Steve always talk. We're a team. We're just going through a tough time. We've got to just keep fighting."
Newton called his inability to connect with Smith "frustrating."
"We've got to get him the football," Newton said. "Whether it's my fault, whether it's the plays, the reads ... it has to be a conscientious thought on each and every drive."
Newton tried hard not to blame his troubles on anyone other than himself Sunday. He said of his offensive line: "I'm not thrashing them. I don't expect anyone to thrash them."
He quoted his head coach, saying: "Coach Rivera always asks, 'Are you a person that looks through a window and points a finger at someone or are you a person that looks in the mirror?' I look in the mirror."
What does Newton see in that mirror right now? A player who simply isn't as effective as he was in his rookie year.
Now a lot of that is because of an offensive line that wasn't that great to begin with and got far worse when Pro Bowl center Ryan Kalil was lost for the year (my first choice for the Panthers' high pick in the 2013 draft would be an offensive lineman).
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In a decade marred by tumult, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr had emerged as the charismatic voice of the civil rights movement, advancing the cause with a resonant message of nonviolence and peaceful civil disobedience. He was the loudspeaker for thousands crying out, the channel through which the civil rights movement found unity. With King's assassination on April 4, 1968, the world lost among its most fearless leaders.
News of King's assassination sent shockwaves across the country and people took to the streets in frustration. As day broke in Boston on Friday, April 5, government officials nervously anticipated another night of unrest, yet an unlikely keeper of the peace came forward and helped unite a community: James Brown.
Variously dubbed "the Godfather of Soul," "the Hardest Working Man in Show Business" and "Mr. Dynamite" among other monikers, Brown had been scheduled to perform in the city's center, at the Boston Garden. Amid great civil strife, Mayor Kevin White faced a quandary: aggravate a tense situation by canceling the event for overtly racial fears or dismiss concerns expressed by law enforcement. His decision came at the suggestion of young black councilman Tom Atkins, who recommended broadcasting the concert, bringing James Brown's stage show into homes across Boston. They hoped the entertainment would keep people glued to their TVs, not roaming the streets. Public TV station WGBH broadcast the concert after the city negotiated contractual terms with Brown, who had a non-compete agreement for a forthcoming television performance. "All of us are here tonight to listen to a great talent: James Brown," mayor White announced from the stage before the concert. "But we're also here to pay tribute to one of the greateast Americans: Dr. Martin Luther King."
That night, Brown took the stage as planned, delivering a charged set of R&B, reflecting his explosive and singular transformation of gospel fervor. That intensity, the precision choreography and dynamic showmanship did more that captivate those in attendance and watching across WGBH's broadcast area. Browns presence on the stage transcended the role of musician and entertainer.
"He knew that he was taking that anger and that fury, and channeling it into a show business performance," says Rev. Al Sharpton in the documentary The Night James Brown Saved Boston, which will screen on January 20, 2014, as part of the Museum's Martin Luther King Day celebrations. "But he also made the choice that that was the only thing he could do to show respect to Dr. King and to save people's lives that night.
"So even though their were those that criticized him for trivializing this to a show, he understood that it may be a trivial way of saving lives and preserving Dr. King's legacy," says Sharpton. "But however he did it, he did it."
Months later, in August 1968, Brown released "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud," a sentiment as revolutionary as the horn bleats, guitar riffs and rumbling bass and drums that supported Brown and his vocal chorus on this exhortation to self-reliance. James Brown was inducted with the first-ever class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees in 1986, and is featured in the Museum's soul collection.
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President Barack Obama mentioned Thursday afternoon military support from the U.S.will continue. That is just what political science professors at East Carolina University expected. While Libya is a country known for its oil, it may not have a big impact on the prices at the pumps just yet. Professors say, European companies usually buy the oil from Libya and then sell it to the U.S. so it could take time before it trickles down to you at the gas station.
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The First Spawning story (continued)!!
This story is from the human's POV(point of view)!
The pair
Chapter 1
It was an amazing day that had started when i finally woke up from sleeping like a baby. As i opened my eyes, the first thing i could think of was today is the day to convince mom to buy the amazing looking snowy CT pair i have been eying for ever (since last night).
I Jumped out of bed and felt the FREEZING floor as i put on my ducky slippers. I ran out of my room and down the stairs as fast as i could and half way down,i slipped on one of the duck bills on the slippers and rolled the rest of the way down. OUCH! I cried as i got up from my hurting fall. I guess they dont call them "SLIPPERS" for nothing.
Mom was in the kitchen with dad eating breakfast. "Hey sweety, good morning." My mom said as she took a bite out of her bagel. "Morning mom". I said in a hurting tone. I limped to the table as she and dad laughed at me. "So why are you limping." Dad said giggling. "Because i was excited." I replied. "To do what, get hurt." He said with a smirk. "Anyway, besides my trip down the steps, can we talk about something else?" I said seriously. "I wanted to talk to you guys about something!" "Well we will talk after you eat breakfast." Mom said.
"I'm done with breakfast, can i tell you NOW?" I asked. "Yes shoot." Dad told me. "Well i was going to ask you....if...i...can...get...a...breeding...pair?" I asked reluctantly. Dad said "What and why in the world do you want to breed these so called bettas?" "They are just so interesting and cool and colorful" I explained. "Well it depends have you any time to do this? Do you have enough room in your bedroom? Do you know what and how to deal with this type of fish?" Mom questioned. "Yes ive done TONS of research" I replied. "Well its okay with me." Mom said. "Where are you supposed to be getting them?" Dad asked. "On a website called Aquabid.com, they have tons and beautiful fish there for sale." "So Jamie How much is this "Breeding pair" going to cost us?" Dad said suspiciously. "Just $50." I said with a huge grin. "WHAT!" Dad asked surprised. "$50 For two fish!?" "Yes, its for a pair so i guess its more than for a single fish." I said. "Well im sure your father and i will be able to do it!" Mom told me."Yes! I finally get to get them!" I screamed!
So later that day, i finally ordered that pair and my mom dealt with the shipping and handling stuff. So they should be here in two days! I was so excited i couldnt do anything but think of them and set up my breeding tank and get all the supplies.
First i got the Heater and live plants and a good sized cave for the female or the male, because i read in many articles that the female can be aggressive too and also be tougher than the male. So i guess the cave is for the female and male to go and hide away. After buying the Heater and plants and cave, i got the corner sponge filter, the BBS eggs and hatchery, then i ordered up some micro-worms with some vinegar eels and already had my infusorians ready. By the time the pair gets here the fry food i ordered would be here as well. So I set up the tank. I put the cave and sponge filter in first, then i stuck the heater to the bottom of the tank and made sure it was a bare bottom tank, added 6 inches of water and put the plants in, then added in the conditioner with Indian almond leaf extract and surrounded the air part of the tank with plastic wrap and everything else i was supposed to.
"Yes! Everything is ready for my amazing pair!!" I said after doing all that hard but fun work.
Chapter 2
The Arrival!
As the sun slowly peeked through the thick trees behind my house i awoke very softly but still excited to know my pair was finally coming today!
I yawned and stretched. Today i knew was such a good day! I put on my warm fuzzy duck slippers once more and very carefully walked down the stairs without slipping. Mom woke me up with a big and loud voice even though i was already up, and told me to quickly get dressed as i rubbed my eyes in sleepiness. It was now 7:30am and i was walking around downstairs when i was supposed to be upstairs getting ready for school.
I slowly got dressed and headed for school. "Goodbye mom." I called out. See you later." "Okay have a good day." She told me as i walked out. "Oh and watch for the pair, the guy told me they should be her around 11:00am." "I will now get your butt down to school before your late!" She said in a serious tone.
School was torturing me with time. It felt like they knew i had plans at home and tried to drag the day. -Even though the schedule period times were the same.- As i rushed from class to class i would get even more frustrated and try my best to just stay calm and keep my excitement level down! When the clock struck 11:00, i thought to myself: "just 4 more hours! as i walked to lunch" Mom was probably getting the box and opening to see how they have arrived and such.
Finally 3:00 came and i was so excited. Usually i walked home with my two friends Kate and John, but not today!
As i finally got to my doorsteps and walked into the house i walked as quick as i could to see my new pair! (=D).
"Whoa!" I said. I just stood their stunned like a crash dummy in a car! Well lets just say for one that they weren't completely "snowy looking" but they were better!
How amazed i looked with my mouth wide enough open for planes to land! "This Pair Is Awesome!" I yelled! "Keep it down in there." Mom yelled back. I quickly put them in their own two gallon tanks and immediately i started conditioning them.
Day by day the pair were more and more brighter and vibrant every time i looked at them. Hopefully these two weeks will be fast and i will have them super ready for my big day!
Chapter 3
The Big Day!
Well today is the big day! It was friday and it was the day to put the amazing pair in the tank so they can see each other. As school dragged though the whole day, all i could think about was getting home and finally seeing them together but not together without a boundary. It was only 11:30 and i was still waiting counting down the hours. I have to say that i got in trouble a couple of times by teachers because i kept drawing bettas in my math, science and english notebooks. It finally hit 12:00pm and it only 3 more hours to go, even though it felt like 3 years. I watches the clock as i counted the hours from noon. 12...1...1:30...2...2:30...After this the bell ringed when i wasnt paying attention and it ready 3:00pm! I was overjoyed and ran all the way to my locker, took all my things and ran straight home! I came home to see that the pair was still in their 2 gallon tanks and while i was at school the male had built a bubblenest and the female was full of eggs. I first accustomed them to the water in the spawning tank and had her in the hurricane glass and him to roam free. the plants were all over the tank and i had a half a Styrofoam cup. I sat there staring at them to see other signs and if he had built his bubblenest, but still no bubblenest and it has already been 5 hours since they been together. He would just stay there flaring at her and she would flare back. So i left them in their position for the rest of the day and went to go and find something else to do. I then realized it was 2:00am and i was wondering why i was falling asleep watching some movies. I went up to my room and quickly fell asleep.
The next morning i woke up to see that there was a HUGE bubblenest that could almost fill the entire tank. "It's time to release the female!" I thought to myself.
When i released the female, i noticed she wasnt such a tough girl after all. She was getting picked on by the male. She first flared a couple of times but the first time the male nipped at her he didnt catch her but he did manage to scare her into a clamped fins mode. This repeatedly happened.
It was day 2 and still no spawn!
I wasnt very excited or happy anymore. I began to be get very impatient, but knew i had to stay away and let the process continue.
Day 3, still no spawn. I was thinking about stopping and starting over, but i told myself just 1 more day because i worked too hard.
Later that day i came in from eating and noticed that she was under the nest with him and they kept circling each other. My eyes widened and i pulled out the cam-recorder. A huge smile grew on my face and i began to get excited all over again!
Thats the end of Chapter 3 and there is more to come. Sorry everyone for not finishing this story and leaving everyone (that read it) hanging.
I will be doing a chapter a day or a chapter every other day.
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Will they finally spawn? V.S. Will it fail?
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Recently General McChrystal was quoted as saying that Marjah in Helmand Province is a bleeding ulcer. McChrystal is under pressure from every side to produce better, faster, and more effective results. We have more troops in Afghanistan than we have ever had, and yet the security situation continues to deteriorate. Many don't know what the mission is and wonder how they will know when the mission is "accomplished."
As much as outsiders have tried to create the country in their own image, Afghanistan has been able to absorb the blows of superpowers and remain essentially the same. The interesting thing is that the people trying to change it often change more than the country does even after Herculean efforts of well-meaning governments, NGO's, and coalitions.
Over the years, I have been back dozens of times on assignment for National Geographic, Time Magazine, ABC News, and other news outlets. I have spent time in Afghanistan during invasions, retreats, truces, and relative peace. Almost every time I returned, the power centers had shifted.
Today we have many more soldiers, contractors, and NGO'S than we did five years ago, yet it is far more dangerous today than it was then. We are getting fewer results with more boots on the ground. That tells me that we do not understand the country, the people, the history, the terrain, the language, the religion, the culture.
Everyone wants Afghans to live in a peaceful country where families and communities can thrive, but our strategy to achieve that goal is often built on misunderstandings, faulty assumptions, and a stunning ignorance of the lessons of history.
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The issue is the imminent demise of the U.S. Postal Service. It will be destroyed if the public does not rise up now and push back against the political and economic interests that will benefit from ending the mail as we know it.
The major political party the bullies control is the Republican party. This is not an accusation that "all Republicans want to destroy the Postal Service." However, if you're a Republican and you fail to put pressure on Republican representatives to preserve a Postal Service that serves every home and business in the United States, and that is responsible to the people of the United States (not to a bunch of private shareholders), then you are carrying water for the bullies. The same holds true for Democrats who fail to hold their representatives' feet to the fire on this issue.
The bullies have a great deal of money and a great deal of power, and that's not likely to change. They cannot function, however, without the "water" that you are carrying for them. Now is the time, this is the issue, for which rank-and-file Republicans need to tell their representatives, "No more water. The leaders have gone too far. America needs the Postal Service." And when the politicians say, "We're not trying to destroy the Postal Service," ask them to sign a pledge that they won't. Then ask them why they refuse to sign it. And then you'll know. Destroying the Postal Service is the plan, and only you can thwart it.
It's difficult for Republican office-holders. They know that if they don't follow the leaders, punishment will be swift and certain. Sadly, they need to be placed between a rock and a hard place. Their voters need to tell them that if they do follow the leaders, punishment will be swift and certain. They need to realize that they have nothing to lose by breaking with the leadership...they'll lose their job either way. But if enough of them break with the leadership, the leadership will lose its ability to punish them. As long as elections are run fairly (a real concern and a subject for another national issue/local issue editorial), the voters will never lose their ability to punish office holders, and the office holders will eventually do what the voters demand. That's good for people of any political stripe.
Some background: In late 2006, a lame duck Republican Congress passed, and President George W. Bush signed, a measure requiring the Postal Service to fund 75 years worth of retiree health care benefits over the following 10 years. That has translated into about $5.5 billion per year that the Postal Service has to spend that doesn't do anything to move the mail. And, surprise surprise, the Postal Service is in severe financial distress. It's not a surprise. It was planned. Rank and file Republicans need to understand that this is what their party leadership is doing. They need to find the courage to stand up and say, "Enough."
If the Postal Service folds, its function will be taken over by private concerns. Private concerns will, of necessity, do only the postal-related work that is profitable. Delivering mail to rural areas is not profitable. It will end. Delivering mail to lower-income neighborhoods is not profitable. It will end. Maintaining enforceable service standards is not profitable. It will end. On an industry-self-serving note, delivering newspapers is not profitable, and thousands of small-town newspapers will likely be put out of business.
Private postal services can also be the ultimate editors. If they don't like the contents of a certain mailing, they can simply not deliver it.
The Postal Service is one of the few "great equalizers" in American society. An unemployed person living in a rooming house gets exactly the same mail service, and can hold the Postal Service to exactly the same level of accountability, as the CEO of the Bank of America.
The calamities that would befall lower and middle class people with the demise of the Postal Service will not harm the richest of the rich. They can afford to pay what it costs to get things where they want to get them. They have no need to reach, or hear from, the lower or middle class, and unfettered communication among the lower and middle classes is one of the few phenomena that continually constrains wealthy persons' wealth building. The demise of the Postal Service would be a win-win for the richest of the rich and for the politicians most eager to please them. It would be a disaster, however, for the rest of us.
Congress can quickly and easily fix the situation by relaxing the 2006 requirement, but with Republicans in the majority in the House of Representatives, it's not likely to happen unless rank-and-file Republicans turn up the heat and, in convincing numbers, tell their representatives that dismantling the Postal Service will hurt Republicans as well as Democrats, and they should quit trying to do that.
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Spokesperson Doug Rafferty said warden service divers recovered the body of 38-year-old Corey Farley of Seal Cove Saturday afternoon shortly before 1 p.m.
Farley was found in less than 30 feet of water not far from where the boat he was originally in capsized.
Wardens found the body of Farley's companion, 67-year-old Richard Weimer from Charlton, Mass., in the water Thursday afternoon.
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Residents and officials are planning to begin debating what to do with Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., the site of the second-deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, in which 20 first graders and six school staff members died.
Town officials will host two "community conversations," the first on Sunday afternoon and another on Jan. 18, to seek "ideas for the future of the Sandy Hook school facility." First Selectman Patricia Llodra said in a statement on Wednesday. They also expect to update residents on the role the state and federal governments will play in the process.
The school remains closed to everyone but police investigating the Dec. 14 attack. Its students — more than 400 children in kindergarten through fourth grade — have been relocated to a school in the neighboring town of Monroe.
"This approach will require a great deal (of) cooperation and compromise," the town's statement said. "We will hear passions expressed for every possibility and will have to remember, always, that every person in the conversation wishes to do the right and best thing for our larger community, for Sandy Hook, for our school, our students, and our families."
In the days after the shooting, a number of residents said they could not imagine having children ever return to Sandy Hook for classes in the building where the six- and seven-year-olds and six adults, including the school principal, were gunned down with a semi-automatic assault weapon.
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Authorities have still not disclosed a motive behind Adam Lanza's attack, which plunged Newtown, a rural New England town of 27,000 residents and located about 70 miles northeast of New York City, into grief, along with the rest of the nation.
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It doesn't come easy, even if your brother is George Harrison and his band was The Beatles.
The 80-year-old mother, grandmother and housewife said, "For the most part, back in 1963, a woman going around talking about business, they were looking at me like, 'Who let you out of the kitchen?'"
And maybe she did seem kind of an unlikely advance agent for some pop band out of Liverpool, but Harrison thought they sounded pretty good to her -- and in 1963, on the eve of the British Invasion, she wasn't the only one.
A fact, Harrison, with her armload of 45s, tried to point out to every DJ she met that year.
"Hey, they're number one in England," she told them. "You should be playing them here."
Harrison is still trying to get Beatles music played. Only, now it's a lot easier, and she also has her own version of the band: the Grammy nominated Legends of Liverpool tribute band, which she handpicked.
"I wanted to put together a band that would do a good, respectful and joyful tribute to The Beatles," she said. "It is really good music. To most people, they look a lot like the people they represent, and they're kind, decent guys my brother would have hung out with."
The tribute band kicks off the new Community Music Association season in the series' new venue, the University of Charleston's Riggleman Hall.
Harrison said Beatlemania and the British Invasion were an incredibly exciting time, but not exactly unexpected. Her father had raised them all to not expect too little.
"We were raised by our parents to have great respect for our abilities," she said. "We were taught that if we were endowed with any particular talents, we had to use them wisely and use them for the benefit of ourselves and others."
These endowments, Harrison explained, were gifts for all.
"That was the kind of integrity we were raised with. You do the best with what you have, but you didn't expect them to not go anywhere."
Still, hard work and persistence were required to make the talent shine, but her brother George and his friends were wildly talented.
That kind of success seemed very possible.
"I didn't see why not." She said.
But luck played a part. There were innumerable little things that helped The Beatles succeed. They met the right people at the right time. They played at the right places. Even Louise Harrison being in the United States was kind of serendipitous.
Harrison was 11 1/2 years older than her brother.
She said she was there when he said his first words and took his first steps, but she was long gone from their parents' home by the time he picked up his first guitar.
Harrison married an engineer, whose work took him all over the world. It was just a little more good fortune for The Beatles that they happened to have someone already in America months before they arrived.
"My mother was sending the records to me," she said, then added, "And I'm a bit of a ham myself so I thought, let me see what I can do to help my kid brother get somewhere."
Harrison remembers her brother fondly and said they were a lot alike.
"We had the same type of personality," she said. "We were both adventurous, wanted to see the world and climb Mount Kilimanjaro."
And definitely not quiet, Harrison added.
In the early days of Beatlemania in America, her brother was labeled as "the quiet Beatle," which Harrison said wasn't precisely true. The week the Beatles arrived to do "The Ed Sullivan Show," she said her brother had strep throat, a fever of 104 and could barely speak.
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Since her brother's death in 2001, she doesn't often hear from the two remaining Beatles.
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Comments On Apr 01, 2014:This tire is terrible off road. It sinks in the sand. It spins helplessly climbing rock. It washes out on dirt corners. And it's smooth and pleasant on asphalt. If you're ride is pink or light blue- this is the tire for you!
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Comments On Dec 21, 2012:I put these on my Honda XR650R. I made a long trip recently, about 80% street, and these are great on the street. I ran them at 25 lbs and left out the rim locks. On the road, they handle very well in the corners and wet condiions. Most important, they last a long time and maintain predictable performance throughout tread lfe. All together, i put about 1,200 miles on them. In the dirt, they, as you would expect, are a compromise. For good traction, they need to be down to no more than 16 lbs. However, even at 25 lbs, they did a good job. With the shallow tread pattern, soft loam and sand are a challenge, especially with such a large and powerful bike. Overall, if you are running 80% street and 20% dirt, these are a great choice. On fast fire roads, they really excel. Since they are light weight compared to a dirt tire, higher speed handling is vastly improved, over a heavy knobby tread. For dual sport riding, i think these are a great choice.
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ANAHEIM – There's no way the Detroit Red Wings could escape to their desired spot in the Eastern Conference without one more potential classic playoff battle with the Ducks.
As it often has in their two-decade franchise history, the Ducks will have go through Detroit to make a run at the Stanley Cup after the Red Wings clinched the seventh seed with a 3-0 win at Dallas on Saturday night.
The Ducks? They wrapped up the 48-game lockout-marred sprint with a 5-3 loss to the Phoenix Coyotes in a meaningless game with Radim Vrbata getting a hat trick and Jason LaBarbera standing on his head in a 43-save performance.
Now it is on to much bigger things.
"We definitely wanted to put our best foot forward, but we stayed battling and that's what we needed to show," Ducks captain Ryan Getzlaf said. "We were going to work hard no matter what.
"We could have tied the game or done better, but we'll reset and get ready for Tuesday."
Dates and times won't be set until Sunday night. but the second-seeded Ducks figure to play host to Games 1 and 2 on Tuesday and Thursday. It will be the sixth time the Ducks and Wings collide in the postseason and the first since 2009.
The Ducks (30-12-6) couldn't get past them in the second round but did win series in 2003 and 2007 on the way to the two Stanley Cup Final appearances. "So maybe that's a good sign," winger Teemu Selanne said.
In what could be his final regular season, Selanne scored his 12th goal and 675th of his career of a nice spin-around feed from Patrick Maroon. The 42-year-old sniper was eagerly looking toward another playoff tilt with the Wings.
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I had given up on FT Pro, but this helps greatly.
The original post title and location is a little hard to find so here is the link
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I had given up on FT Pro, but this helps greatly.
There is only one problem.. I am unable to select the prescale tools in the latest versions.. They are disabled all the time.. What is wrong??
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Not sure. What version are running? I was using it last night and had no issues.
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Found it. I forgot to turn on the "Allow Prescale Offset Editing" option in world settings :S
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Can anyone help me make a Icosahedral Projection for Fractal Terrains Pro? Lest you think I have any idea what I am doing, I only know "Icosahedral" since its in the export options. However, I would like to save my FT PRO work to CC2, since icosahedral projections work so well with hexes.
In FT Pro, use File>>Export World>>Cosmographer Template to get a CC2 file with the data in an icosahedral projection and an image to go in the background. There is currently a bug in most recent version of FT that's preventing the automatic linking of the bitmap to the CC2 file so you'll need to do that by hand, unfortunately.
Maybe it's just me, but as I read through that tutorial, there was a part that called for Tools>>Actions>>Incise Flow. I'm using FT Pro Version 2.2 and I'm not seeing that tool anywhere. Is there a newer version that I don't have?
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So when will "My Dinner With Andre" be converted to 3-D?
At this rate, you might not have to wait long.
Los Angeles Times has a good story about concerns among Hollywood folks about the effect of turning everything into 3-D:
"You build sequences differently when you know things have to pop out and jump at you," says Kieran Mulroney, who with his wife, Michele, is writing the "Sherlock Holmes" sequel, which has been the subject of a number of 3-D conversations at studio Warner Bros. "I fear that if every movie becomes spectacle for the sake of spectacle, where does that leave the intimate conversation across the dinner table?"


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I really like the very soft shadow.
I think dungeon maps are really hard to do really well. DevinNight really raised the bar on that one.
Here is my first attempt at mapping a dungeon using the computer.
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I really like the very soft shadow.
I think dungeon maps are really hard to do really well. DevinNight really raised the bar on that one.
Thats nice. Looks like a useful map to have handy when your a DM and you didnt have time to write the next bit of the adventure so you whip this out and say that you fall through a hole and land in here somewhere. Nice generic little dungeon.
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Very nice, simple dungeon - well done.
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Count me in as another "very nice" vote.
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I like it.
If you are realistic, the vast majority of 'caverns' would be tiny. There should be far more 'dungeons' that aren't thirty level subterranean cities with open doorways to other planes and monster populations the size of a small city.
This is a very useful size map.
Have some rep.
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Yeah, I like that one. It looks cool and it would be easy to use. Well done.


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Fiona Brand has been a bookaholic ever since she was old enough to turn pages, but she didn't begin writing until after the birth of her second child. She gave herself two years to get published. Five years and several rejections later, she finally sold her first book, Cullen's Bride, to Silhouette Intimate Moments.
Other than writing romance, Fiona considers her life to be "Joe Average" ordinary. Before the writing career, she spent eight years working for the New Zealand Forest Service, where she learned the true meaning of powerholding the keys to the stationery cupboard and controlling the petty cash.
When the power rush ended, she tried the other end of the spectrumabsolute slaveryand took up having children. When her youngest son turned three, she set about teaching herself the business of writing. She figured that after spending eight years as a clerk, she could spend at least that much time trying to get a novel published.
Fiona's always lived in the country, and presently resides in the Bay of Islands, a subtropical fishing and diving paradise, with her two sons. As for pets
so far there are two goldfish and a budgie, but with a change of location looming in the near future, at least two cats and a dog are planned as welcome additions to the family.
Because of the sheer isolation of New Zealand travel is always on the itinerary, especially with most of her family residing in other countries, but Fiona has found New Zealand hard to beat. She says it has all the extremes a writer could wish for, from rugged cowboy country and snow-covered alps to rainforest and white sandy beaches
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After months of public meetings - and a lot of controversy - the Lewiston School Committee last night voted down a proposal to redistrict the city's elementary schools. The plan was introduced last fall in order to fill 10 new classrooms and balance diversity. While school administrators said the changes would enhance student experience and learning, many parents disagreed. Patty Wight reports.
The redistricting plan sparked opposition right away. Parents from affected schools complained they weren't included in the planning and that there was no evidence that balancing diversity would boost overall student grades. Some said that drawing new boundary lines would divide and diminish existing neighborhoods.
The school committee heard those complaints loud and clear, and voted down the plan 5 to 3 on Monday night. School committee member Linda Scott says the plan had shifted too far from its original intent. "In my personal opinion, we went from needing to fill classes, to trying to diversify the whole city," she says.
Scott says 80 students are needed to fill the new classrooms, but the plan was going to affect nearly three times as many students. "Do we really need to shift around 230 students to fill these slots," she says, "or can we do it in an easier way that would make everybody in the community happier?"
Scott says she supports diversity, but points out that the plan didn't even touch the school with the largest number of English Language Learners and reduced lunch recipients.
Lewiston School Supernintendent Bill Webster says the rejection of the plan doesn't change the overall goal of balancing school diversity to accurately reflect the city's demographics. "So I still look upon an ideal diversity number being in the 20 to 25 percent in my elementary school grades," he says. "And again, absent any direction from the school committee, I will use school choice to get us closer to that goal."
Webster says he gets about 500 requests a year to allow certain kids to attend schools out of their districts due to various family issues, such as day care. He says he can typically accommodate about 80 percent of those requests, but now he may have to be more selective in order to fill the new classrooms at McMahon Elementary.
Still, this doesn't mean the idea of redrawing boundary lines will be permanently laid to rest. School Committee member Linda Scott says Lewiston is due to get a new elementary school within the next five to seven years, and that will prompt a need to redistrict.


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3Ware Sidecar review
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