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A Better Poverty Fighter Than Raising the Minimum Wage
As Published in the Wall Street Journal 8-12-2014
Expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit for childless adults would put money in pockets without hurting jobs.
Aug. 11, 2014 7:35 p.m. ET
When Rep. Paul Ryan in July announced new proposals to fight poverty, he may have also found a way to settle the debate about raising the minimum wage. His plan to expand the Earned Income Tax Credit for childless adults would boost take-home pay and fix a hole in the social safety net without hurting jobs. That's a compromise that Democrats and Republicans can support.
President Obama wants to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 from $7.25. But the Congressional Budget Office released a report in February estimating that this higher wage would eliminate 500,000 jobs. For the past five months, proponents of the president's proposal have been working to rally public opinion. The labor union-backed group Americans United for Change launched a nationwide bus tour this spring to promote the wage hike. Last month, a coalition of more than 60 advocacy organizations kicked off a public challenge to live on the federal minimum wage for a week.
Many Democrats plan to make the minimum wage an issue to boost voter turnout in the midterm election and have no interest in negotiating the $10.10 figure. Others seem more inclined to compromise: West Virginia Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin, for instance, told MSNBC in May that he's "willing to sit down and talk about anything that'll raise" the minimum wage above $7.25.
But even a modest wage increase would have immodest consequences. Increasing the minimum wage to $9 an hour would cost roughly 100,000 jobs, according to CBO estimates.
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan Associated Press
Enter Mr. Ryan's proposal. The EITC, a refundable tax credit for low-income households that phases out as income rises, helps the working poor without imposing a harmful mandate on employers. But the EITC has one major weakness: Under current law, the size of the credit is dramatically smaller for individuals and families without children.
For instance, a single mother with two children who works part time for the federal minimum wage receives nearly $4,500 in additional income from the EITC. That's a 40% increase in take-home pay, bumping her hourly wage to $10.15 an hour from $7.25. But a single woman without children who works the same hours for the same wage takes home $265 in EITC benefits annually—a 2% increase in take-home pay.
Mr. Ryan's plan would close that gap. His proposal, as described in a House Budget Committee draft, would double the credit that childless adults receive as a percentage of their eligible income—to 15.3% from 7.65%. It would also lower the age of eligibility to 21 from the current 25, and raise the income threshold for receiving the maximum credit to $11,500 from $8,220. The results are significant: A childless adult who now receives $265 annually would take home $1,005 a year under Mr. Ryan's plan. That's roughly the equivalent of raising their minimum wage to $8 an hour.
It's not just good politics; it's good policy. Mr. Ryan's proposal would reach childless adults in poverty whose hourly wage nevertheless exceeds $10.10. (A 2010 study in the Southern Economic Journal, sponsored by the Employment Policies Institute and conducted by economists Joseph Sabia and Richard Burkhauser, found that 25% of hourly employees in poverty earn $12 an hour or more.) It also circumvents another problem with using an increase in the minimum to reduce poverty: Only 18% of the benefits from Mr. Obama's wage proposal would go to minimum-wage earners living in poor families, as David Neumark explained in these pages last month.
A direct payment from the IRS, on the other hand, goes straight to its intended beneficiaries.
The EITC program has its share of flaws. A 2014 report by the Treasury inspector general for tax administration estimated that up to 26% of the program's payments in fiscal 2013 were made in error. Mr. Ryan's proposal also acknowledges the problem (not unique to the EITC) of marginal tax rates, where the loss of benefits from safety-net programs creates perverse incentives for low-wage earners.
Coping with these challenges means improved enforcement strategies for the IRS and perhaps a slower phaseout rate for the EITC. But an imperfect partial subsidy that rewards work is still preferable to the jobs lost as a consequence of a higher minimum wage.
Mr. Ryan's plan is a better solution and a win for both sides of the aisle. Democrats can point to a progressive tax policy that provides substantial gains for low-income workers, and Republicans can boast of raising wages without burdening employers.
Mr. Saltsman is research director at the Employment Policies Institute, which receives support from restaurants, foundations and individuals.
POST OFFICE REFORM IS REAL and IT'S FROM DARRELL ISSA
Darrell Issa has been waging an under-the-radar campaign to save the Postal Service for years now. The most recent iteration of his plan, the Postal Reform Act, would save $17 billion over the next ten years for the USPS. The major changes would be giving the USPS the ability to eliminate Saturday delivery and encouraging curbside rather than doorstep drop-offs.
Additionally, it would eliminate what the postal workers' union has claimed is the major deficit on the USPS budget: a requirement that the USPS pre-fund retirement benefits to the tune of over $6 billion per year.
In both eliminating the pre-funding requirement and giving the USPS the ability to be more flexible with their mandates, Darrell Issa's reform should hit all the right buttons. And the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget wrote up the CBO score for Issa's bill favorably:
The bulk of the savings would come from two changes in mail delivery. The first would authorize the Postal Service to eliminate Saturday mail delivery, which CBO expects it would do, saving $11 billion over ten years. The second would require the USPS to increase the use of curbside and centralized delivery, rather than delivering directly to people's doors. This change would save $8 billion. In addition, the bill would save smaller amounts from eliminating annual appropriations to reimburse USPS for free and reduced-rate mail ($800 million) and from increasing rates on bypass mail delivered to Alaska ($170 million).
The Postal Reform Act represents a responsible approach to fixing the Postal Service's finances. Congress should not hesitate to act, especially given the trouble the USPS is having in meeting its contribution obligations for future health benefits.
I've written more about the Post Office and the prospects for reform here.
Rubio: There's No 'Responsible Way' to Smoke Pot
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said asking whether a politician has ever tried marijuana is a "worthless question" in American politics.
Rubio, a potential 2016 candidate for president, has consistently dodged the question about if he experimented with the drug as a younger man. In an interview that aired Monday from ABC News-Yahoo News, Rubio reiterated that answering the question honestly is a lose-lose.
"Here is the problem with that question in American politics," he said. "If you say that you did, suddenly there are people out there saying it is not a big deal, look at all these successful people who did it. And I don't want my kids to smoke marijuana. And I don't want other people's kids to smoke marijuana. I don't think there is a responsible way to recreationally use marijuana. On the other side of it, if you tell people that you didn't, they won't believe you. So it is just a worthless question."
He added: "I understand it is a question today that people think they need to ask, but the bottom line is, I don't think people should smoke marijuana."
The Florida senator said he decided against answering the question after a conversation he had following the publication of his book, An American Son, in which he wrote about his mediocre grades in high school.
"Someone came up to me and said, 'You know, I enjoyed your book, but I want you to know, my son came up to me and said he doesn't have to get good grades in high school, because look at Marco Rubio, he didn't do well in high school and look how successful he's been,' " he said.
Rubio, an opponent of legalization, made similar comments earlier this year.
The drug has been decriminalized in a number of states and legalized in Colorado and Washington. Rubio said federal law drug laws should be enforced there.
"And the bottom line is, I believe that adding yet another mind-altering substance to something that's legal is not good for the country," he said. "I understand there are people that have different views on it, but I feel strongly about that."
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/206479-rubio-pot-question-worthless-in-politics#ixzz32Yqp61x1
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Rubio Successfully Blocks Nomination Of Gay Black Judge
Senator Marco Rubio (R) has successfully blocked the appointment of what would have been the first openly gay black man to wear a federal judge's robe.
The White House confirmed that President Obama would not be reintroducing Judge William Thomas' nomination to the U.S. Senate, because the initial nomination was "returned by the Senate and Senator Rubio"
Back in July 2013, the Shark Tank reported that the reasons why Rubio was blocking a judge he first recommended to the President, was because of his "past record on the bench."
Here is what we wrote:
Rubio's office is quiet about the nomination, but a source very close to the nomination pointed to the Shark Tank via text mail, the probably reasons why Rubio is holding up Thomas' nomination. The text points to the judge's past record on the bench, a DUI case, as well as a link to a high profile murder case, as being the reasons why Rubio is most likely holding up the nomination.
The Tampa Bay times reported that Rubio was concerned about "his involvement in a controversial case in which a man was given a sentence of just 364 days in jail for the hit-and-run death of a cyclist." Thomas light sentence came down because he was concerned about the driver's blood disorder that would put the offender at risk of further suffering and possibly death, were he to be jailed any longer.
The murder case in question is about the 2006 murder of a 18-year-old girl that was kidnapped, raped, and executed by 5 thugs, who confessed to the crime, but whose confessions were thrown out by Judge Thomas.-Shark Tank
Senator Marco Rubio (R) has successfully blocked the appointment of what would have been the first openly gay black man to wear a federal judge's robe.
The White House confirmed that President Obama would not be reintroducing Judge William Thomas' nomination to the U.S. Senate, because the initial nomination was "returned by the Senate and Senator Rubio"
Back in July 2013, the Shark Tank reported that the reasons why Rubio was blocking a judge he first recommended to the President, was because of his "past record on the bench."
Here is what we wrote:
Rubio's office is quiet about the nomination, but a source very close to the nomination pointed to the Shark Tank via text mail, the probably reasons why Rubio is holding up Thomas' nomination. The text points to the judge's past record on the bench, a DUI case, as well as a link to a high profile murder case, as being the reasons why Rubio is most likely holding up the nomination.
The Tampa Bay times reported that Rubio was concerned about "his involvement in a controversial case in which a man was given a sentence of just 364 days in jail for the hit-and-run death of a cyclist." Thomas light sentence came down because he was concerned about the driver's blood disorder that would put the offender at risk of further suffering and possibly death, were he to be jailed any longer.
The murder case in question is about the 2006 murder of a 18-year-old girl that was kidnapped, raped, and executed by 5 thugs, who confessed to the crime, but whose confessions were thrown out by Judge Thomas.-Shark Tank
Rubio's office, ala Brooke Sammon, stuck to script and pointed to Rubio's past comments as to why he was hell-bent on blocking Thomas.
"The nomination of Judge Thomas has also been thoroughly reviewed, and Senator Rubio has determined that Thomas's record on the state court raises serious concerns about his fitness for a lifetime federal appointment. Those concerns include questions about his judicial temperament and his willingness to impose appropriate criminal sentences, particularly in the two high-profile cases of Michele Traverso and Joel Lebron last year. After reviewing Thomas's record, Senator Rubio cannot support moving forward with the nomination," Sammon said. -HuffPo
And then there is the affirmative action we-need-more-black-jurists-in-the-courts outcry, which you knew was coming.
"Judge Thomas is a well-qualified jurist," Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.) told HuffPost in the fall. "There is a serious underrepresentation of minorities on the bench and partisan obstructionism isn't making it any better."
Hastings is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, which has railed against Rubio for blocking black judicial nominees at a time when the group says black judges make up about 8.3 percent of the federal judicial bench. In addition to Thomas, Rubio had been withholding his blue slip for another black judicial nominee, Brian Davis. But Rubio ultimately agreed to move forward with Davis, who has since been confirmed.
"I am upset and concerned. Senator Marco Rubio himself said that Judge Thomas had passed all the tests, and then all of sudden for Senator Rubio to say Judge Thomas is not suitable is just not right," Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) said Tuesday. "I don't know what more I can do to make Senator Rubio understand that what he is doing is wrong."
I wouldn't be surprised if groups like GLAAD, or even the New Black Panther Party, Jesse Jackson, or even Sharpton, put in their two cents worth of racially divisive rhetoric to oppose Rubio.
Senator Mike Lee Critiques the War on Poverty
by Streiff
If you haven't read Utah Senator Mike Lee's remarks [Bring Them In] at the Heritage Foundation's Anti-Poverty Forum you really owe it to yourself to do so. It is probably the most succinct conservative critique of modern government anti-poverty programs in recent decades.
When President Lyndon Johnson declared an "unconditional war on poverty" in his 1964 State of the Union address it represented, arguably, the high water mark for the acceptance on liberal ideology in America. The essence of the speech was a singleminded devotion to the "the perfectability of man": the notion that perfection can be achieved on Earth through the efforts of man, or in the case, the federal government. Never mind that some famous guy, his name escapes me at the moment, warned us all that the poor will always be with us.
As is so often the case, federal intervention becomes a self-licking ice cream cone where the resources earmarked for the eradication of poverty do little more than sustain the bureaucracy dedicated to eradicating poverty. And for good reason, if poverty ends so do the jobs associated with its eradication.
The outcomes have been dramatic and had they not been visited upon those at the margins of society would have resulted in long prison sentences for all involved. Instead of declaring a war on poverty, by Johnson's actions he actually began the institutionalization of poverty and hopelessness as a lifestyle.
In his speech he contrasts how Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon Johnson addressed the problem of poverty:
In 1861, Abraham Lincoln told Congress that the "leading object" of American government was:
"to elevate the condition of men – to lift artificial weights from all shoulders, to clear the paths of laudable pursuit for all, to afford all an unfettered start and a fair chance, in the race of life."
In a single sentence, Lincoln explains precisely what poverty is, and what government ought to do about it. As Lincoln knew first hand, true poverty was not for most people an absence of money, but an absence of opportunity – a lack of access to those social and economic networks where human opportunities are created. Then, as now, people were not isolated because they were poor – they were poor mostly because they were isolated.
And so, in America's original war on poverty, government did not give the poor other people's money. It gave them access to other people.
In Lincoln's era – even during a cataclysmic war that was itself a struggle for human freedom and opportunity – that meant dredging rivers, building canals and cutting roads. It meant the Homestead Act and land-grant universities. These public goods weren't designed to make poverty more tolerable – but to make it more temporary. They reduced the time it took to get products to market, increased access to banks and land, and increased the speed at which knowledge could be developed and shared.
Programs designed to provide cash subsistence and housing for the poor have created a series of perverse incentives that encourages poor mothers to not marry and to have children. The neighborhoods with high densities of subsidized housing are known by the technical term of "slum."
Patients participating in Medicaid, the medical program for the poor, are 93% more likely to die of an ailment than patients with private insurance. Uninsured people are only 74% more likely to die.
Headstart is nothing more than a jobs program for mothers, mostly unwed, of the children participating. It has been studied for decades and is known to be, under a best case scenario, a null set. Any of the meager academic benefits of the program vanish within a year or two.
The casualty list goes on and on:
Today, many of those obstructions are themselves government policies. These policies unintentionally discourage almost every positive step underprivileged families can take toward social mobility and economic security.
Today's government-centric system penalizes marriage, which a mountain of evidence now shows is the single most empowering social and economic opportunity there is. It also penalizes low-income workers for making more money by drastically reducing benefits at arbitrary points along the income-scale. Because of these poverty traps, single mothers near the poverty line, for instance, can face effective marginal tax rates of 80 or even 90 percent.
Thus, in poor communities, government dependence often atrophies community interdependence, fraying the bonds between moms and dads and neighbors and friends and pastors and teachers, old and young, native and immigrant.
Meanwhile, education policies leave low-income parents and children trapped in failing schools. Policies ranging from welfare to health care to criminal justice are only exacerbating the explosion of fatherlessness plaguing lower-income communities.
His critique of the direction the government has taken under Barack Obama is, if anything, understated:
Now, progressive ideologues reject all this. They do not trust individuals to join together voluntarily and organically to improve each other's lives and meet common challenges. As President Obama said in his second inaugural:
"No single person can train all the math and science teachers we'll need to equip our children for the future, or build the roads and networks and research labs that will bring new jobs and businesses to our shores. Now, more than ever, we must do these things together, as one nation and one people."
But by "together," of course, he meant only "government."
This discredited mindset – which insists collective action can only mean state action – is itself a kind of poverty. It rejects social solidarity in favor of political coercion, and voluntary communities for professional community organizers. It distrusts and denies the bonds of cooperation and service that represent the highest expression of our dignity.
Look at any thriving marriage, friendship, church, charity, Little League, historical society, theater company, PTA, neighborhood or business. What makes America exceptional – and life worth living – is not simply individual freedom, but the heroic, empowering communities that free individuals form.
Free enterprise and civil society operate in the natural human space – between the isolated individual and the impersonal state – where we live, and love, and flourish… where everyone can earn a good living and build a good life… where the strong and the vulnerable alike can pursue their happiness, and find it… together.
There is a valid conservative critique to be made of social spending. It is demonstrated that it keeps the poor impoverished, it deters hard work, it encourages irresponsibility, and it passes poverty on from generation to generation. It is a condition that cannot be remedied by throwing ever increasing sums of money at a bureaucracy that relies upon poverty for its continued existence. It is not held to measurable and observable performance objectives because its chief product is making the liberal elite feel good about their beneficence… using your money.
We should not be afraid to address the shortcomings of the welfare state but we must acknowledge that those caught in this system aren't the enemy, they are, as that famous guy said, the least of our brothers.


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Born: Established: 21 Nov 1844 St Germans, Norfolk,
Ada Cambridge was born at St Germans, Norfolk, England, in 1844. She was educated by a series of governesses and also read widely. In 1865 she published two small works: Hymns on the Litany and Two Surplices. A Tale. She married the young curate George Cross in 1870, and that same year the couple arrived in Victoria. Between 1870 and 1909, George Cross conducted pastoral work at Wangaratta, Yackandandah, Ballan, Coleraine, Bendigo, Beechworth and Williamstown. In 1873 Cambridge began writing to supplement her husband's meagre income. Many of her works (she published twenty-one novels) were serialised in periodicals like the Australasian and a number were also published in book form. Novels such as A Marked Man (1890) and The Three Miss Kings (1891) brought her wide recognition in Australia and England with their tales of the Anglo-Australian aristocracy. She also published three volumes of poetry: The Manor House and other Poems (1875), Unspoken Thoughts (1887) and The Hand in the Dark (1913). After George Cross resigned from Williamstown in 1909 they returned to England. But after her husband died in 1917, Cambridge returned to Victoria. She died at Elsternwick in 1926.
Ada Cambridge's reputation suffered after her death because critics, looking for evidence of 1890s nationalism, found nothing of interest in her works. However, feminist studies in the 1970s and 1980s demonstrated the radical explorations of Victorian society in Cambridge's poetry and fiction, particularly in her studies of marital love. In response to these findings, new editions of her poetry and fiction have appeared, making her work more accessible to general readers.


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Bridget Regan (Drama, 2004) returns to "Beauty and the Beast" on CW as the ex-fiancee of Vincent, the male lead.
Matt Lauria (Drama, 2007) and Tim Guinee (Drama, 1985) reprise their roles in new seasons of NBC's "Parenthood" and "Revolution," respectively.
Lauria had been part of a story arc that was meant to end last season, but he impressed the show's producers and is coming back.
Guinee also appears in the AMC Western "Hell on Wheels," which also has Jennifer Ferrin (Drama, 2003) in a prominent role.
Anna Camp (Drama, 2004) has a guest spot and potential recurring role in the new season of NBC's "How I Met Your Mother."
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And alumni and interns are involved behind the scenes on AMC's "The Walking Dead," which returns in October, with two crew members – Brittni Moore (Film, 2012), on cameras, and Emma Van Halsema (Film, 2012), in the props department – and seven interns working on everything from costumes to sound.
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Official team rate thread :d
1.Please folow the formant insted of a "lugia,darkrai how about that team? is it good?" NO
2.The format for posting a team is as follows:
A short introduction of the team. This includes mentioning:
what kind of battling environment the team will be used in (WiFi, Shoddy Battle, PBR, Battle Tower, etc) so that the raters know what limits you have, like accessibility to FRLG/Emerald/Platinum move tutors, Hidden Power types, and the works. If the team is for Shoddy or some other pokemon simulator, you do not have to mention these things; otherwise tell what other games you have access to and how willing you are to breed for Hidden Power, etc. Only post teams that are meant to be competitive - if you cant defeat Cynthia for whatever reason, train your in-game team more.
What tier you wish to use this team in - Overused, Underused, Ubers, or no tier at all.
How well this team has performed for you in the past - we don't want to rate a team that hasn't been used before - try it out and see what problems you run into, if any. Heck, if the team does well enough for you that it doesn't need to be rated, that's fine by us. Be sure to mention any specific pokemon you have problems with, the more detail the better.
Pokemon {pokemon} (please do not mention nicknames, its really kinda annoying) @ Item
Nature - EV Spread
- Move
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A short description of the pokemon - I would suggest aiming for about 5 sentences, but anything from about 3-10 is fine (1-2 sentence descriptions are unacceptable). Here, describe the purpose of the pokemon - why did you choose this specific pokemon, with this specific moveset, over the other 492 pokemon there are? Mention what the Pokemon's role in your team is - for instance, is your pokemon a Lead, designed to set up entry hazards like Stealth Rock or Spikes? Is it an Attacker, intended to hit the opponent hard with attacks to weaken them? Is it a Baton Passer, giving the key stat boosts to another pokemon on your team that it needs in order to sweep the foe? Is it a Tank, or a Supporter, or a Spinner, or any of the other various roles a pokemon can have? Mention if your pokemon is intended to counter any specific pokemon (for instance, say how Magnezone is your number one Skarmory counter), or if there are any specific pokemon that counter yours (like how your Skarmory's number one fear is Magnezone).
<Repeat for each pokemon in the team>
examples for noobs
scyther@ Choice Scarf / Scouter Lead & Physical Sweeper
Jolly / Technician
112 HP / 252 Atk / 144 Spd
Aerial Ace
Quick Attack
Sure, Scyther does have a quadruple weakness to Stealth Rock, which limits its ability to switch in. It may not be as powerful as its evolved form, Scizor, but in the UU environment, Scyther may as well take the title of the most fearsome Bug pokémon around. With its blinding speed, decent defenses, and respectable attack power, it makes a great lead. Hitting 465 speed with a choice scarf and 144 speed EVs, it can outrun just about anything (even Ninjask, but only on the first turn) that isnt scarfed. STABed U-Turn can definitely hurt a ton, especially with so many Dark and Psychic types around. Ive noticed that U-Turn is Scythers primary source of offense, as it permits Scyther to inflict massive damage without even taking a hit. Before evolving into Scizor, Scyther had Flying-type characteristics, so it would make sense to have a flying-type move on the set. With Scythers ability Technician, and the STAB boost, Aerial Aces base power reaches 135 (thats pretty powerful for an attack that never misses). Brick Break is there fore coverage reasons, as it hits Rock, Steel, Normal, and Ice. However, it is unlikely that Scyther will even be staying in when up against Rock, Steel, and Ice-type opponents, because it fears a Stone Edge or Ice Beam/Ice Punch. I was thinking of replacing it with Quick Attack, which has a base power of 60 with Scythers Technician boost. It may not be Scizors Bullet Punch, and it may not have the coverage, but it is Scythers only priority move, and can be used to finish off weakened opponents. Pursuit is used in the circumstance where a Psychic type fears an X-Scissor or U-Turn and switches out.
Gallade@ Life Orb / Physical Sweeper
Adamant / Steadfast
64 HP / 252 Atk / 192 Spd
Close Combat
Night Slash
Ice Punch
Swords Dance / Shadow Sneak
Okay, so its in the Limbo Tier. At least its not OU. It may not have the speed of the majority of OU physical sweepers, but its awesome movepool and coverage, along with its ability to take special hits makes up for this. It has access to Fighting, Dark, Bug, Rock, Ice and Grass-type moves; it can even learn Earthquake (not that anyone actually uses it). Add that to its beastly attack stat and you get one dangerous and unpredictable foe to face. While it has a weakness on the physical side as its defense stat is only 65, it will have plenty of opportunities to set up at least one Swords Dance because of its bulky base 115 special defense. It can pretty much switch into any special attack that isn't Shadow Ball or Air Slash. Being part Fighting, Gallade also gains a very important neutrality to Dark-type attacks. Plus, many pokémon fear it in the first place because of its versatility. Close Combat's power and STAB boost obviously earns its spot on Gallade's moveset; not a lot of things will enjoy taking a Close Combat from something as beast as Gallade. I was debating between X-Scissor and Night Slash; X-Scissor hits Dark and Psychic types, while Night Slash hits Psychic and Ghost types. Psycho Cut is also an option on Gallade, as it provides a secondary STAB move. However, it doesn't have very good coverage, and Night Slash also OHKOs Gengar and can hit other would-be Ghost-type counters. Ice Punch gives Gallade even better coverage, as it hits Ground, Grass, Flying, and Dragon-types. It completely owns Gliscor as well, which is a common switch-in to Gallade. Wheras Swords Dance Gallade is extremely fearsome, giving it so much power is kind of excessive. Gallade is without a doubt slow for a sweeper, so it may need a priority move to surmount this weakness. Shadow Sneak, although not STABed, is enough to finish off any damaged Gengars, Mismaigiuses, and Alakazams who think they'll get the first strike.
Blastoise@ Leftovers / Rapid Spinner & Physical Wall
Bold / Torrent
252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SAtk
Ice Beam
Rapid Spin
Let's all admit it; Blastoise is a tank. I mean, come on. What other pokémon have cannons on their back? Well, there is Magmortar of course, who has cannons as arms. Anyways, Blastoise serves as a Rapid Spinner because of its high defenses, and overall bulkiness. It's my answer to all of the fearsome Dragon-types out there, like Salamence, Flygon, Dragonite, and Garchomp. Lanturn packs Ice Beam as well, but unlike Blastoise, it's not designed to take physical hits. With Earthquake being such a popular choice on Dragon-types, Lanturn really can't stay in to unleash an Ice Beam. Surf serves as a STAB move that can be used to handle Infernape, Tyranitar, Hippowdon, and can wear down Metagross pretty fast. Toxic has 85% accuracy, which isn't that bad for a status-inducing move that takes away your opponent's life. Although it doesn't have the anti-sweeping capabilities as Thunder Wave does, the damage from poison can really start to accumulate if the other team doesn't have an Aromatherapist. Finally, being a Water type, Blastoise is weak to Electric and Grass-type attacks. It serves as perfect bait to allow Lanturn to restore HP from Electric attacks. Grass Knot is probably the most common Grass-type attack; it seems like all special sweepers carry it, and it really doesn't do too much damage to Lanturn anyways.
3. Do not post incomplete teams. If you chose 5 pokemon by yourself, you don't need us to find you a 6th. Same goes for items, nature, EVs, moves - if you can't think of a fourth move to put in, pick one out that looks decent. If on the other hand you cannot decide between two moves, feel free to mention both in your moveset listing.
4.Do not complain if your team is not rated after only a short time. The raters have lives that consist of things that don't involve rating your team.
If your team appears to have been skipped (if teams posted after yours have been rated even though yours has not been), then you may make a post pointing this out to the raters, who will either get to it ASAP or explain why it was skipped (if it did not follow an important rule). Otherwise, there shall be no "When will my team be rated?" posts.
5.Do not post more than one team per month. I don't care if they're different. Posting multiple teams just causes more backlog, which is exactly what we want to avoid with making a new center.
good luck to all
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Re: Official team rate thread :d
Nice effort here... but it's to no avail.
In the Strategies and Movesets board, people just make their own RMT thread for their team.
With one thread for ALL of them, it would get confusing, especially in debates in RMTs, which frequently happen. People would post one RMT after another, and people would be talkin about one RMT when another one was posted right before. As you can see, confusing.
Sorry, but a mod needs to lock this.
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Re: Official team rate thread :d
well atleast i tried
oh well mod go ahead and lock it
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Lol... say what you want but Jones is better QB than Croyle in his sleep.
eh, i watched Croyle a lot of Bama. i was never high on him as a NFL guy.
but Jones is about the same as him as a prospect. the question is will a team develop him properly.
he needs to sit for 2-3 years and develop behind a really good QB. he also is going to be one of those types who needs the team around him to be really good.
some guys can carry a team and elevate them as a franchise QB, other guys need everything around them to be good as a franchise QB.
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Hot news out of the Twin Cities is that the Vikings are fielding offers for their first round selections in order to gain ammunition for the Jadeveon Clowney sweepstakes in next years draft. Makes sense with Allen's age and the use of another dynamic end opposite of him.
if i'm Minny or any team wanting him. i hope and pray to whatever i believe in that next years QB class is hella sick at the top of the draft, i make moves to acquire a ton of picks and moveable assets and then i do the same thing Atlanta did to get Julio Jones.
traded whatever isn't needed...
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Bmore Manning
There surely was no balance.. He struck out on pick after pick, after pick.. Really it was Peyton that carried his sorry ass and that weak team..the team had the vulnerability up the middle every year, and he just never addressed it. He also was horrible with contracts..I crossed my fingers KC wanted him as GM, before Andy Reid became HC.
i have never seen a QB affect offense,defense,special teams,coaching & the draft like Manning did when he went down.
it's just so crazy to think that at one point he carried that team to 2 consecutive super bowls. how the **** did he accomplish this?
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i can deal with a guy who was a starter and then it clicked late, but guys who were back ups and then burst on the scene worry me.
he's very talented though and seized the opportunity.
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Her dress is classic--either Ralph Lauren or Calvin or maybe Donna Karan--and it has a jacket that parts just the right distance from her breasts. She always wears black pumps.
But if you notice anything, you'll notice her fingernails. They're a little too long for her age. Her hands give her away. She's 40.
Okay. I've seen this woman over and over and over again. Every time there's a picture of some savings-and-loan executive entering a courtroom, or some defrocked minister entering a courtroom, or some bond trader entering a courtroom, or some Congressman entering a courtroom--any time some powerful guy is going in to argue why he shouldn't be going to jail, this woman is with him.
It's the same woman. Always the same woman. Do they rent out this woman?
Do they trade her back and forth? Who is she? She doesn't say anything, but when her eyes flash you can see that she says a lot in private. She has an iron grip on her man's hand at all times. She looks powerful--much more powerful than the guy we think is powerful. Is she a wife? She doesn't really look like a wife.
But then she doesn't look exactly like a mistress either. A mistress would be more affectionate and playful. This woman looks like she's ready to lead the French Foreign Legion into the Sahara.
What is this woman doing, and why do these men need her? Am I missing out on something? Do I need to get me one of these women?
Where do you find them? She doesn't look too country-clubby, although she spends a lot of money on her clothing. She doesn't look too country-western clubby, although she has the big hair required for admission.
She's not a singles-bar Lipstick Lizard, although she does enjoy caking on that makeup.
In fact, if you look closely at her, and you imagine her being, say, 20 years older, you might think she was the guy's mother instead of his wife.
She has that no-nonsense Mother Thing going. That Iron Maiden "Bring Me My Purse" Thing.
I wanna know if anybody else has noticed this. It's spooky. Where does she come from? Where is she going? Who is she?
And, judging by the look on her face, does she have a weapon?
Speaking of scary makeup jobs, this week's flick, Abducted II: The Reunion, is the story of what would happen if three old girlfriends from Swiss boarding school decided to spend the week camping in Canadian wild-sheep country.
They just might be kidnapped by a cockeyed mountain man wearing a goat head and carted off to his cave, where he'll decide later which one will become his "wife," if you know what I mean and I think you do.
Fortunately, two of the girls get away through masterful striptease dancing, kickboxing, spear-chucking, and loud screaming, and the third girl decides she kinda likes the weirdo. She, like, understands his pain.
And the stage is set for veteran B-movie actors Dan Haggerty and Jan-Michael Vincent to helicopter in for the big crossbow-wielding endangered-species-defending finale involving a subplot about the geek's long-lost father.
It's one of those deals that starts out decent and finishes big, but boy is it slooooooooooooooooow in the middle.
This is the old city-women-in-the-woods story first popularized by the immortal I Spit on Your Grave. But it doesn't have the real grit it needs to be the true female Deliverance they were trying for.
Nice shot, though.
Four dead bodies. One dead moose. One dead sheep. Six breasts. Stomach-gouging. One motor vehicle chase. Spear through the shoulder.
Deadly knife-flinging. Crossbow to the chest. Cliff-plunging. Gratuitous aardvarking in flashback. Five Kung Fu scenes, two with sharp sticks. Rifle-butt Fu.
Drive-In Academy Award nominations for...
Lawrence King as the pelt-wearing wildman who dances around screaming "You've got nice things! I like nice things!" and telling his three hostages, "Choosing a wife is a big thing in a man's life."
Dan Haggerty as the gruff big-game guide who says, "I'm already dead, son--I died when you died."
Three stars.
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"Joe Bob, honey, I once saw a tiny clip from a B movie in the early days of cable. It was some sort of vampire movie in which people were bitten on the wrist--a gay vampire flick?--and part of the theme music was Disco Beavers from Outer Space. Please, Joe Bob, please. I want to see this movie again. What's its name?"
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"One lady went into her bedroom and sat down at her dresser to get ready to go to bed. She does all the things she would normally do before going to bed and then lays down on the bed. The second she laid on the bed, she looked up and saw this guy looking down at her from a lamp over the bed.
"I screamed! I wasn't prepared for that kind of shock at four years old. He jumped down on her and cut off her head! They showed it. I saw it, even though I had my eyes covered. "
We received 15 correct answers, so our winner was chosen by drawing. And he is...Brian Yelverton of Salem, Mass.:
"Another fairly easy one. The film Sally is looking for is Horrors of the Black Museum, a 1959 release, I believe. It was produced by Herman Cohen, who also did the giant ape film Konga.
"It's a nasty little story about an author of true crime books who decides to provide his own subject matter, doing some imaginative murders with the aid of a deformed assistant. The spike-ejecting binoculars were the highlight, but he also used ice tongs, acid and a booby-trapped bed. I read that it was advertised as being in Hypnovision."
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This affordable Pesto Green Bean Salad is the perfect, no-fuss side dish to bring to a cookout or serve at a party.
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Through increased and targeted outreach to member restaurants, the National Restaurant Association intends to increase restaurant participation in the Dine Out For No Kid Hungry campaign, of which the Association has been a longtime supporter. Every September, thousands of restaurants across the U.S. employ creative fundraising techniques to engage their employees and customers in the No Kid Hungry campaign. The program raised $2.4 million in 2011 and the NRA aims to help grow the program's proceeds to $5 million by the end of 2013.
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|I have a high end home in a generally low end neighborhood (yeah, I know. Won't do that again). Houses within a mile of mine are thankfully selling for what I'm hopnig to get for my home.
I have a realtor from town that knows my area very well but deals more with lower end homes. I didn't exactly mesh with her. She's a little bit used-car salesy. Really pushing me to sign the agreement and list quickly.
The other realtor is from a much better location 20 min away. He is familiar with selling houses in that price point but doesn't really know my neighborhood.
Am I better off going with the person I think will do a better job marketing or the person who is local who I think will stop by my house more often and make sure everything looks OK (we have to sell vacant due to a relo).
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- Posted by Geoffrey_B (My Page) on Thu, Dec 19, 13 at 13:09
|A person who knows the area, may already have a list of potential buyers who want to move there. This is what happend to us - the gal sold our home in less than a week! However that was long before the 2008 housing bubble.
|Am I better off going with the person I think will do a better job marketing or the person who is local who I think will stop by my house more often and make sure everything looks OK (we have to sell vacant due to a relo).
Your realtors job is to market and sell the house, not stop by your house to make sure everything is ok. Go with the person who will do the best marketing to get the house sold! 20 minutes is nothing in a realtors world. Generally, realtors work in counties, not neighborhoods. If its that crucial that you have someone check the house frequently, ask a neighbor or ask the realtor that you prefer if he will do it weekly. (sometimes there is a fee for this) I would NOT list with someone that you dont mesh with just because they are local and can check on the house. She sells lower end homes, she probably won't have higher end buyers anyway. You are most likely MLS, she will bring her buyers if she has any. The important part is listing with someone who you can work with and who you already like. Why would you want to get into a contract with someone you have already determined you dont care for?
- Posted by scarlett2001 (My Page) on Thu, Dec 19, 13 at 16:54
|Why choose the lesser of two evils? Interview more agents until you feel comfortable with the person's skills, knowledge and personality style that fits with your needs. Selling your home is a very big deal, you must work as a team.
|I agree with scarlett. When I look at our local private newspapers, the agencies are always showing off what they sold and who is the most successful agent.
There are many choices out there and you have to be comfortable with the agent that you choose.
| Generally, realtors work in counties, not neighborhoods.
Never heard this one. Every realtor I've worked with worked the local area, not county. My county is way too big for any agent to know well. This said, I agree, keep looking.
- Posted by scarlett2001 (My Page) on Mon, Dec 23, 13 at 0:57
|We actually interviewed about 8 before selecting one that we really liked. Seems to me that if the agent is not familiar with the neighborhood, how can they give accurate comps?
|"Seems to me that if the agent is not familiar with the neighborhood, how can they give accurate comps?"
I would assume that most MLS's operate in a similar fashion. Sold properties are included in the database. In order to comp a house, even if one is familiar with the neighborhood, an agent is likely going to the MLS database for more accurate information. Choosing accurate comps and doing a market analysis is part science and part art I think. It is objective in the sense that one uses a factual bit of info, like square feet, to compare. It's subjective in understanding how a community feels about a particular school or neighborhood and making decisions about which houses to use as a comparison.
The area an agent works in will vary from market to market. In a big city agents might specialize in particular neighborhoods. In smaller towns and cities, agents might work in an entire county or larger area. I worked primarily in one county, but certainly listed and sold houses in 4 other counties that are nearby. Mostly it was near the county borders. In some instances it was easier to get to the neighboring county rather than other parts of my home county.
|Go to both agents websites and view their listings. Some agents market a home better than others. A neighbor down the street has his house for sale and his pictures the agent took look horrible. He said she took them with her cell phone and he was very unhappy.
I would never use an agent that does not have professional pictures of my house on the website.
|CMarlin, the operative word was "generally". It depends on where you are. Guess you have "heard it now".
That said, many realtors in my area, work 3 or 4 COUNTIES.
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Toss everything into your mixing bowl and mix away in no particular order. Makes two 10" cakes or three 8" or one 12". I bake at 350 until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Fill with sweetened cream cheese, or Jello Instant Pumpkin Spice pudding mix (made with heavy cream and whole milk) or apple compote (pre-cooked apple pie filling). It's out of this world and I even have photographers at wedding shows hunting me down for a sample before the room fills with brides.


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