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WASHINGTON (AP) - Mixing modest curbs on spending with tax increases reviled by Republicans, President Barack Obama proposed a $3.8 trillion budget on Wednesday that would raise taxes on smokers and wealthy Americans and trim Social Security benefits for millions.
Obama's 2014 blueprint combines a $242 billion infusion of new spending for road and rail projects, early education and jobs initiatives - all favored by Democrats - with longer-term savings from programs including Medicare and the military. It promises at least a start in cutting huge annual federal deficits.
The president pitched his plan as a good-faith offer to his GOP rivals since it incorporates a proposal he made to Republicans in December that wasn't radically different from a GOP plan drafted by House Speaker John Boehner. But it follows January's bitterly fought 10-year, $600 billion-plus tax increase that has stiffened GOP resolve against further tax hikes.
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Copies of President Barack Obama's budget plan for fiscal year 2014 are distributed to Senate staff on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
"I have already met Republicans more than halfway, so in the coming days and weeks I hope that Republicans will come forward and demonstrate that they're really as serious about the deficit and debt as they claim to be," Obama said.
He was having a dozen Senate Republicans to the White House for dinner Wednesday evening in hopes of building a dialogue on the budget and other topics.
After four years of trillion-dollar-plus deficits in his first term, Obama's plan projects a $973 billion deficit for the current budget year and red ink of $744 billion for the 2014 fiscal year starting in October. By 2016, the deficit is seen as dropping below 3 percent of the size of the economy, a level that many economists say is manageable.
Obama cast his budget as a compromise offer that would bridge differences between Republicans and their desire for reducing government spending and Democrats who want more revenue from taxpayers. But it's difficult to overstate the gulf between Obama and the conservatives who are in the GOP driver's seat in Congress.
While the budget proposal will not prompt any immediate congressional action, it will probably surface this summer when Republicans are expected to demand additional reductions in the deficit in exchange for increasing the nation's borrowing authority.
Obama claims $1.8 trillion in deficit savings over the coming decade, but the budget tables show the savings are actually $1.4 trillion. And $1.2 trillion of that is devoted to reversing automatic, across-the-board spending cuts required because of Washington's inability to follow up a 2011 budget pact with further deficit action.
"This is worse than a status quo budget," said House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis. He said it has about $1 trillion in new taxes, $1 trillion in new spending with deficit reduction of only $119 billion over 10 years under GOP math that sorts through questionable interpretations employed by the White House.
For instance, Obama claims $167 billion in lower war costs - money the administration never intended to spend - and uses that "savings" for road projects and other undertakings it bills as jobs initiatives.
The real cuts include $400 billion scrubbed from health care programs like Medicare over the coming decade, including cuts in payments to drug companies and higher Medicare premiums for people who are better off.
The administration would modestly cut the annual budgets for both the Pentagon and domestic agencies while reprising ideas like higher Transportation Security Administration fees on airline tickets, the end of Saturday mail delivery and higher pension contributions for federal workers.
"He does deserve some credit for some incremental entitlement reforms," said Boehner, R-Ohio. "But I would hope that he would not hold hostage these modest reforms for his demand for bigger tax hikes. Listen, why don't we do what we can agree to do?"
That's not the way it works, countered Gene Sperling, the director of Obama's National Economic Council. "The offer that is there for Speaker Boehner is not an a la carte menu."
And Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said he had reservations about the White House making concessions without getting anything in return. He said, "The president will have to remain firm in his insistence that this is a package deal."
The White House budget claims $580 billion in tax increases on the wealthy over 10 years, including a 28 percent cap on itemized deductions that's never gotten anywhere on Capitol Hill.
The total climbs closer to $1 trillion in tax increases after adding in ideas like a 94 cents-per-pack increase in taxes on cigarettes, changes for corporate foreign earnings, slower inflation adjustments to income tax brackets, elimination of oil and gas production subsidies, an increase in the estate tax, a new "financial crisis responsibility" fee on banks and new taxes on trading of exotic financial instruments known as derivatives.
Republicans predictably slammed Obama's plan for its tax increases, while his Democratic allies generally held their tongues over cuts to Social Security benefits.
"It's not the budget I would write on my own, and it includes several policies that I don't think are the best ways to tackle the deficit and debt," said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray, D-Wash.
Reacting more strongly, the senior citizens advocacy group AARP said it was "deeply dismayed that President Obama would propose cutting the benefits of current and future Social Security recipients, including children, widows, veterans and people with disabilities, to reduce the deficit." And AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, whose organization spent tens of millions of dollars helping re-elect Obama, called the cuts "wrong and indefensible."
The Social Security cuts would come from a slightly stingier inflation adjustment known as "chained CPI" that would reduce annual cost-of-living increases for a variety of programs by about 0.3 percentage points a year. It would reduce federal spending on government programs over 10 years by $130 billion and promises to save far more in subsequent decades.
Once the change was fully phased in, Social Security benefits for a typical middle-income 65-year-old would be about $136 less a year, according to an analysis of Social Security data. At age 75, annual benefits under the new index would be $560 less. But after age 75, Social Security recipients would receive larger-than-scheduled benefit increases by 0.5 percentage points a year through age 85.

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This field is near where I live, finally a thing worth shooting in my backyard. Normally I have to travel to get good shots :-) for over one week I waited for this. I went there various times just to be dissapointed by either a blank sky or by too much wind to capture the flowers crisp. Then finally all was right.
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It definitely payed off to wait for the right moment,- it's an excellent shot.
Persistence pays off magnificently. Great job, Michael.
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Superb capture, wonderful colour too
Beautiful image, Michael! The exposure is spot on! Excellent use of light, colour and composition!
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Buy money is self explanatory. This is the money used to purchase something. The only time that I've ever heard buy money was in Scarface. Buy money described the money being used to purchase the cocaine, in heavy quantity. Buy money is usually used to describe the money used in purchasing narcotics.
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Terrie grew up in Mount Vernon, NY, with her parents and her younger sister.
"Growing up, mental health was simply not discussed," Terrie says. "I don't think it was discussed in many families, especially African-American families in the 1950s.
My ancestors have a legacy of pain and secrets, lies and trauma. They survived by internalizing everything. In the days of slavery, they had to wear a mask and act like everything was fine. If they didn't, the slave master would punish them. But internalizing pain doesn't make it go away. It just manifests in other ways."With a master's in social work from Columbia, Terrie began her career as a clinical social worker. But it hurt to listen to people's problems all day. She was like a sponge, absorbing their pain. She couldn't do it.
With no experience, Terrie decided to launch her own public relations firm. In 1988, the Terrie Williams Agency began offering communications and coaching services to clients. If she could get one big-name client, she knew could make a name for herself.
"When I asked God to bless me with my first client, I didn't actually expect Him to send me Eddie Murphy," she says. "My second client was Miles Davis! From the beginning, though, the pressure was enormous."
At night, Terrie crawled home, utterly wiped out. When she wasn't working, she was sleeping, trying desperately to recharge.
"As my agency grew, I became so overwhelmed by the length of my to-do list that I could barely get out of bed. Even with my training as a social worker, I didn't recognize what was going on with me. I had begun a downward spiral that would end in a nearly paralyzing depression. Some mornings, I'd be on the floor in tears and an hour later, I'd be at work."
Then in 2004, Terrie sunk to the depths of despair. In public, she remained the professional. But inside, she was dying.
"I would just lie in my bed, curled in a fetal position with the blankets over my head. I wouldn't answer the phone. I had hit bottom and was unable to function. My close friends got me to a therapist who finally gave my problem a name: Clinical Depression. I felt such relief to know that something was actually wrong with me, that it wasn't all in my head. There was a name for it and it could be fixed. For the first time in a long time, I had hope."
"I wasn't totally committed with my first therapist, so I would cancel my appointments at the last minute," Terrie says. "I was prescribed a few different antidepressants, which I took sporadically. I was still running from myself and self-medicating with work and food. Then, I began seeing a new therapist. One day, in frustration, she just called me out. "Is work really more important to you than being whole and healthy?' she asked. For some reason, her words really hit home for me.
"Even though it took time to find a therapist I felt comfortable with, I tell people it's like shopping for a pair of shoes. You don't always find the perfect pair right away. Now, I am very committed to therapy. I also found a medication that works for me. I'm exercising with a personal trainer. I'm working on improving my eating habits. Sometimes, I'll still eat cookies and sabotage myself instead of trying to figure out what's going on inside. But I pay attention to how I'm feeling now. I try not to lie to myself and let things fester. I'm learning to recognize anger and disappointment and other triggers that could send me into a depression. Lack of sleep is a big one. But having too many things on my plate can be a trigger, too. None of this is easy, but it's necessary for me to stay well."
Terrie believes that the African-American experience with depression is unique.
"We'd rather admit we have a relative in jail or on drugs than admit that we have depression, Terrie says. "We also tend to be a faith-based people. So, if we're depressed, you know, we must lack faith or else it's the devil."
"Many black folks have a general distrust of the medical establishment," Terrie adds, citing the infamous Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Black Man. "Even today, there are so many disparities in healthcare," Terrie adds. "So, I think many of us are resistant to the medical establishment in general and inclined to shun medical treatment, even if we're hurting."
More recently, Terrie wrote Black Pain: It Just Looks Like We're Not Hurting (Scribner 2008), which takes an in-depth look at mental health issues, depression in particular.
"By writing this book, I am sounding an alarm for the black community. We desperately need a safe space to speak about our feelings and emotions. When I speak to audiences about my experience, it's as if the floodgates have opened. I've had women share their stories of rape and sexual abuse. I've received countless letters from men in prison. They're spending their lives behind bars for violent acts that could have been avoided had their depression been recognized and treated. When we open up and share our stories, we never know which little detail might resonate with someone else and save their life."
Terrie launched the Stay Strong Foundation, a national movement to support, educate, and inspire African-American youth, and the Healing Starts with Us, a grassroots online campaign to encourage dialogue for those with emotional distress.
"This disease has been passed on from generation to generation," Terrie says. "The black community is in crisis. The healing has to start somewhere. When we open up about our lives, we find that we're not standing on that ledge alone. We're surrounded by hundreds of others. That ledge is so crowded, the concrete is cracking! But there is help and there is hope. We've got to talk about it."
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Music plus art equals a magical experience with this critically acclaimed chamber concert series featuring world-renowned artistic director Edward Arron and intimately set in the Museum's gorgeous DuBose Poston Reception Hall.
Mozart: String Quintet in D Major, K.593
Chen Yi: Sound of the Five for String Quintet (1998)
Tchaikovsky: String Sextet in d minor, Opus 70, "Souvenir de Florence"
Musicians:Jennifer Frautschi, violin
Amy Schwartz-Moretti, violin
Che-Hung Chen, viola
Max Mandel, viola
Peter Stumpf, cello
Edward Arron, cello
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Mrs. Flinger: A work in progress
Fixing Mrs. Flinger Feb 20, 2015
I'm currently working on this website. I want to add back the links to blogs I love, some ways to find content easier, and put in archive, at last, some of the ancient articles. Come back to see updates.
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Seattle is the abusive boyfriend I just can't quit. Most of the time he's a complete dick. He's moody, reclusive, a complete downer. My inner "solar powered unicorn" dies a bit every day I wake up and look outside. "Um, rain and clouds again, Dick?" Then, just when I'm starting to get the courage to really leave him for good, he pulls out his best charm. The mountains are visible. The sun peaks in the window at 6AM gently nudging me awake. He tells me I'm lovely and he woos me again. Everything is shiny and bubbly. He brings me flowers. He kisses me on the cheek with warmth. I remember a real estate lady telling my friend V when she was looking at moving up from California, "It's not lovely a lot of the time but when it... Read moreBased On A True Story. Or Not. Apr 27, 2012
I'm sure you've read this story. Like a lot of the trends in the world I tend to be one of the last to catch up. So when I saw the picture of the black lab sleeping on a sofa with a heart felt story attached, I read it. I'm a sucker like that. I read the entire post*. I teared up at the end. It was a lovely story, I had to share this. I clicked "Share" when I realized I should check my facts first. One google search and I found out this wasn't a true story at all. At first I was mad. Mad at Deb Green, whoever the hell that is, for posting a picture that probably wasn't even the dog in question. I was furious at the 460 other people who shared this on Facebook without even looking to see if it was real. Then I asked myself, "Does it... Read morePerception is NOT reality Apr 26, 2012
My young son, mentioned previously, reminded me last night of another story I keep forgetting to tell you. He reminded me, as I lay him down in his twin bed, tucked him in, sang him a song, and promised to come back after reading to his sister, about this time I did not come back to check on him. In fact, he reminded me, I left him alone in the house for a very long time; a very long time while I was at the bus top. Did I remember that? he asked. Yes, I replied, I did. My daughter was in first grade, last year, and I had my tiny three year old son at home with me. He fell asleep in my bed during nap time, one of my favorite memories of our times at home in the afternoons. He slept so well I did not want to wake him at 3:15pm when the bus normally comes around the turn to drop off my... Read morePerception is Reality Apr 17, 2012
"I'm mad at Miss Teacher. She always makes me come in from the rain last." I look at my young son. He turns five in a month. F-I-V-E. He is timeless like my sister, always thousands of years younger than reality. He has ideas now. He has opinions. He is wrong a lot. "I don't think that sounds right, Buddy." I look at him in the rear view mirror. "No! It is! I was upset because my best friend gets to come in and shut the door and I have to stand out in the rain. Miss Teacher said that I have to be last and I have to stand in the rain before I come in." Obviously I know this is not right. It can't be. This same teacher he is speaking of is the one who soothes my young son when I don't meet his unrealistic expectations of picking... Read moreWhat a difference a day makes Apr 05, 2012
Rule #1: Don't blog about work. Rule #2: It's totally normal to delete a post and replace it with beer and sausages. Rule #3: LOOK! SAUSAGES!!! Read moreHow I got here in the first place Mar 30, 2012
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Kids, I'm going to tell you a story*. This is a story about how I ended up sitting in an office outside of Nuremberg in a tiny town called Erlangen, Germany, which happens to be less than an hour's drive from where I was made. It's a true story. I get this question a lot lately, "What do you DO now, exactly," and I can not answer in full. I work on demos for automotive software companies. I create websites, mostly front-end now, for larger companies that know more than I do. I help organize strategies for content management, marketing communications, branding and messaging. I travel to a lot of amazing places and I meet a lot of amazing people. My job does not suck. I can tell you that. This particular story happens in Las Vegas, Nevada, where I was working... Read more


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Pelicans are so gangster! They will get at you with witnesses around!
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Pelicans are so gangster! They will get at you with witnesses around!
i used to hate the pelican name, but now i love it! Im now officially on the pelican bandwagon!
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After watching all these Pelicans videos, "I'm in". In the beginning i thought PELICANS was lame, but I can't get enough of these Pelicans trying to eat everything. I love it.
Watch your balls!!!!!!
pelicans design good someone should do a new orleans cajun design
Officially on the Pelican Bandwagon! Check out the avatar!
Pretty sure we can all agree that the team will be called the Pelicans... only thing left to dispute, at this point, is the colors...
I once had some of the worst grits and drippings in the Queen City
if we had an awesome logo I'd be okay with this.
looking for team to bandwagon, pls help
With purple and pinstripes from days gone by, I trumpet Hugo's name to the NOLA sky. When rebranders and posers abuse their might, beware my power, TEAL LANTERN'S LIGHT!
Forever hating the nickname, the logos, and the colors. Still backing the team I've loved since 1994.
Stolen name. Stolen colors. Stolen identity. Still the same old worthless Slobcats. Suck sludge, Charlotte.
Ha Ha......"I'll be fine." Sounded like Griffin when J-Smoove wiped him out.
In all seriousness though, I like the name, and I like the color scheme. I thought it was going to be the Krewe from the beginning, but I like this. My initial concern with the Pelicans (as much as I liked the name the whole time), was that you have to be careful with the colors and unis so you don't look like Jackie Moon plays on the team.
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Interurban trolley was the height of local rail travel
The Interurban operated from 1910 to 1939, when highways and automobiles made it seem obsolete. The trolley cars were unceremoniously dumped, and the rails were mostly torn up.
Now you can travel the Interurban Trail by bicycle, and you can see a restored Interurban trolley car at Heritage Park in Alderwood Manor. But a convenient rail system from Everett to Seattle? That's decades in the future -- and decades in the past.
Read about the Interurban's history in this 2010 Herald story about its 100th anniversary, and check out a gallery of Interurban photos here.
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Recently, I had a woman come to one of our workshops who said to me, "I'm sure you can't tell me anything I don't already know about couponing." That was a pretty bold statement, in my opinion, and not true at all. Why? There's always more to learn about everything. I learn things about couponing all the time and I do this for a living.
After that comment though, I thought it would be fun to put together a post about some of the things you may not know about grocery savings. Enjoy!
5 Grocery Saving Secrets Your Mama Didn't Tell You
(By the way, you have no idea how long it took me to figure out how to spell "mama." Geez.)
1. Loss Leaders: What the what? Yep, Loss Leaders. Basically, those are the items you see featured in the weekly circular from your local grocery store. The store is willing to take a "loss" on those items in order to attract you to the store.
For example, you might see .50 BBQ Sauce featured in the sales flyer, that's an AMAZING deal so instead of shopping at the local super center, you head to that grocery store for .50 BBQ Sauce. However, while you're there, you realize that BBQ Sauce is only good on steaks and if you buy steaks then you'll have to buy potatoes, potato salad, chips, pop and a million other things to go with it. By the time you check out, your .50 BBQ Sauce cost you $200. That, my friends, is why stores love Loss Leaders.
It's our job however, to shop smart and plan our entire menu around those loss leaders rather than letting them simply draw us into a shopping spree.
2. Watch the Sell-By Dates: These are NOT expiration dates. If you look closely at meat in your local Walmart or Sam's Club, you'll notice Sell-By dates. That means, they have more meat coming in and need to get that meat off the shelf. You'll also notice, the day before that Sell-By date, Walmart and/or Sam's will discount the meat 30-50% with those bright yellow stickers.
Other chains do the same thing, they just don't use stickers. Target, for example, will start clearancing meat by placing coupons or "peelies" on the products. That's great because Target sells name brand meat and you can usually find coupons for those products on manufacturer websites. Just keep an eye out for those dates and return a day before the Sell-By date to look for the discount.
3. Outsmart the Marketing: Grocery stores know your every move, they know a bakery by the front door makes you hungry and flowers strategically located will make you happy to shop. They know (and so do parents) that kid-friendly cereals at the eye level of our children will make us purchase more sugar coated flakes. They know it. We know it. Now, it's time to outsmart the marketing strategies and save yourself some money.
Menu Planning is KEY to saving money. I realize I have mentioned this 1,000 times or more but I cannot stress it enough. Plan your weekly menu around sales (Loss Leaders), coupons and your stockpile, then you will notice savings of 50-80% on your grocery bill. It is not hard at all. Plus, if you have a list and weekly menu ready to go, you are less likely to be drawn in by marketing hype and impulse buys and you won't be going back to the grocery store 5x's in one week because you forgot something. Simply plan your menu and you'll outsmart them all.
4. Buy in Bulk...with a Calculator: Everyone thinks buying in bulk is cheaper however, many times it is not. Again, companies are very aware of how we think so, things "appear" to be a great buy, if you don't do the math, you'll never know the truth. Also, don't assume bulk stores are great deals either. Using coupons and sales to purchase those same items individually will likely land you a much better deal. I'm not opposed to bulk buys, just make sure you're not buying bulk marketing.
5. Back-Door Deals: What's the secret behind stores like Dollar Tree or Big Lots? Well, even I was surprised to find out this bit of information from MSN Money, the example they offer up is about a store that purchases a ton of charcoal. They sit the charcoal outside but it doesn't sell, the bags fade and no one wants to buy it. The store then calls a reclamation service that re-bags the charcoal, re-brands it generic then sells it at a store like Dollar Tree or Big Lots.
They go on to say that the charcoal could be on sale at the original store for $16 a bag but the reclamation service pays only $1 a bag, then they sell it for $8 at a store like Big Lots. They mention that is why you'll see those way off brand cleaners and such, they're name brand products that have gone through the reclamation process. Now that's a secret!
Grocery savings can certainly be a game but it's a fun one and it is very easy to win. Don't be fooled by marketing, be a strategic shopper and you'll always come out ahead.


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Hong Kong is a vibrant place offering a mixture of different Asian and Western cultures, attractions and historical landmarks to its visitors. We at Expedia.com feel that visitors planning to book flights to Hong Kong should be well-informed about Hong Kong hotels located throughout the city.
If you plan to stay in Hong Kong for a long layover, sleeping in the airport will be an uncomfortable experience. Short term visitors should take the airport shuttle or rental car to a nearby affordable airport hotel.
If you plan to stay for a long-term vacation in Hong Kong and are looking for rates that are easy on the wallet, the Tsim Sha Tsui district offers a variety of Hong Kong hotel deals. Tsim Sha Tsui is famous for their variety of budget restaurants, boutique hotels, cheap shopping and local flavor. You will find more locals than tourists when walking around this district.
If luxury hotels are in the cards for you, Expedia.com suggests staying in the Mongkok or Causeway Bay districts. Staying in these areas puts you in the middle of the hustle and bustle of a variety of public markets and nightlife while offering you a chance to escape it all when returning to your hotel suite.
Many tourists prefer to book Hong Kong vacation packages when travelling to the city. If you prefer to travel this way and will have children accompanying you, Expedia.com suggests booking your room with a 5 star hotel such as a Disney Hotel. Hong Kong Disney is a great place to take your children before you and your significant other enjoy some alone time in the city. Hong Kong Disney offers daily shuttles from the theme park to hotels located within its vicinity.
With so many cheap hotel deals in Hong Kong available to tourists, the city's MTR rail system offers an affordable way to roam around the city. The MTR has stops located at all of the city's top destinations, resorts and a variety of other things to do that are off the beaten path. Your Hong Kong hotel will have information regarding the system and will be able to direct you to any destination that offers discounts to tourists.
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Hong Kong is the world's most vertical city and offers visitors a spectacular skyline with modern architecture that is contrasted with one of the world's deepest natural harbors. This city has a population of more than 7 million, which makes this metropolis densely populated, yet it has abundant natural beauty as well. As a Special Administrative Region of China, Hong Kong is known as the place where "East meets West."
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"I have not told half of what I saw."
— Marco Polo, on his travels in Asia
Whether Marco Polo made it to China or not, many have enjoyed the extraordinary stories of his travels through the once mysterious continent. Today the differences and distances between East and West are no longer daunting, but rather fascinating, as cultures shift and societies connect in our increasingly globalized world.
It's no secret that investment in Asia is a strategic decision these days — growth in the major ASEAN nations has returned to levels from before the global economic crisis, and China continues its outstanding annual increases in GDP. Our readers understand the political and economic developments that make Asia an attractive place for investment, but this Foreign Affairs World Traveler feature focuses on the continent as an even more attractive travel destination. Its rich and diverse history, natural beauty, and spectacular man-made structures make Asia a vacation spot like no other.
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Trading Latias or Latios (OR BOTH FOR A ShINY) For UT Raikou, Pm me please,
Trading Latias or Latios (OR BOTH FOR A ShINY) For UT Raikou, Pm me please,
Do you know what my favourite part of the game is? The opportunity to play.
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Hi i'm looking for a crown beast event Raikou. i am willing to trade a legendary Pokemon, another event Pokemon or anything else you want for it. if you have what im lookin for please leave me a friend code FOR POKEMON BLACK/WHITE and i will get back to you. also leave what Pokemon you would want and i will let you know if i have it or if there is anything else that i could give you.
LF Timid Raikou (Non-Event)
Have Shiny Pokemon to offer and a few event pokes
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3DS Friend Code: 3711-8931-6762
i need jirachi, i have zorua's i think i spelled it wrong lol pm me. my fc is in my sig. pkmn white preferred
heartgold fc: 0603-8833-3241
white version fc: 5243-8229-3226
my 3ds friend code: 2964-9663-7872
I have a freshly soulsilver caught raikou I can transfer to black. Nicknameable, modest likes to fight. He is caught in a masterball. And I cloned him so I could use one ingame. If these things don't bother you, (I'll not clone him twice) check my tradethread. Dunno his iv's, but can check if required.
My ingame pokemon Y name is Child and my safari is ice with Mamoswine, Sneasel, Snorunt
Shiny pokemon I've successfully chained to date: Platinum 92 Pokemon Y 3 Alpha Sapphire 1 Grand total 95 MM Pokemon 4
Mouse lady's new tradethread Video of my shiny minun poor quality Shiny furfrou video
I have a shiny Gamestop event Raikou and I'm looking to get an spring2012 zekrom with leftovers or a timid latios with leftovers. PM me if you're interested!
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Pokemon White 2 FC: 2194-5918-5343
Pokemon Y/3DS FC: 4511-0515-2578
Offering an untouched lvl 40 Naive Raikou. Looking for shinys and the items in my sig
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Looking for an UT win2011 Raikou english with a decent nature, will trade gamespot jirachi or win2011 celebi or items or anything that i have, just ask
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im looking for shiny raiku pm me for offers
Looking for a timid ut raikou with max hp ice ivs. I know it's hard to get so i'm offering three or more of whatever I got, which is a lot with some event pokes, a shiny ev trained offensive donphan, and a good amount of lvl pokes with good natures and/or egg moves. Also got a shiny stunfisk if you want it for the lolz. If you've got one or can get one please pm me and we can work something out.
looking for any raikou i can trade for a darkray, ho ho and a articuno
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My 3ds Fc: 2766-9714-2587
X Team:
X Team(2):
Looking for a WIN2011 Raikou for the Zoroark event.
I have lots of Legends to offer.
Plus DWF Pokes.
PM me offers.
My name is Rosa and I am new to the forms and to the pokemon gobal link. I was wondering if anyone would be willing to help me out. I am looking for an Entie and a Raikou. I have suicune already. I have some Zoura's up for trade and am working on breeding some other pokemon at the moment for trade.
My friend code for black is: 2495-1439-6431
and my email is; email@example.com
Since the one who gave me the distant land shiny Raikou admitted his Pokemon were hacked ,though he kept them up for trade for almost a year ,I would like to tell those who got that Flygon from me to contact me as soon as possible to arrange a trade.
20307 Events ,and Continuing
Offering a Raikou, would like a Celebi or Victini of any kind
Pokemon White Friend Code: 5372 7090 9406
Pokemon Black 2 Friend Code: 2967 6551 1317
Offering a natural Raikou to trade. PM me any offer
Black2/Heart Gold/X Trainer Card:
- Name- Dale Hudson
- Status- Walking around the city after Prof. Sycamore said I should leave the lab for a while
- Idols- Tucker Satoshi, Red, Cynthia, Alder, Lance
- Hometown- Aspertia City, Unova, USA
- Graduated from- Aspertia Academy
Have a Raikou for trade looking for good offers
Friend Code: ask
Can offer:
Rare Candies
PP Max
Shiny: Weedle, Kakuna, Rattata, Spearow, Ekans, Nidoran (M&F), Vulpix, Clefairy, Zubat, Meowth, Abra, Tentacool, Tentacruel, Geodue, Magnemite, Drowzee, Gyardos, Porygon, Ledyba, Togepi, Hoppip, Sunkern, Snubbel, Gible, Azlef, Cresselia & Haxorus.
Legendary (not shiny): Articuno x4, Zapdos x4, Mewtwo x2, Raikou x3, Enteix2, Suicine x2, Lugia, Ho-Oh x2, Regirock x2, Regice, Registeel, Latios x3, Groudon, Doexys, Uxie x4, Mesprit x3, Azlef x2, Heatran x3, Regigigas, Cresselia x2, Darkrai x2, Arceus, Cobalion x2, Terrakion x2, Virizion x2, Zekrom & Keldeo.
have event keldeo
fc: 1893-8682-7626
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Looking for a timid raikou w/ full power hp ice. Willing to go very far for this poke so if you or someone you know has/can get one please pm me.
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Will go to great lengths for:
Timid Raikou with max hp ice
Other cool stuff for competitive battling
White FC: 0733 4743 9269
White 2 FC: 4599 7275 5838
Hi have an Extra Raikou both normal and Shiny looking for a Keldeo. thanks and good luck!!
Looking for an untrained Timid Raikou with Hidden Power Ice; please pm me if you have one and I can let you know what I can offer in return.
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"For God so loveth the world, that he hath given his only son, that none that believe in him, should perish: but should have everlasting life." (John 3:16)
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Need a Raikou simply for dex entry.
Would consider trading for a good Raikou, but can only offer well-bred pokemon, not legendaries
I'm also looking for a Timid Raikou with hidden power ice. I can offer a Virizion or Cobalion with good IVs/hidden power themselves but if they aren't what you're looking for, please PM me and we'll discuss different terms.
looking for raikou. offering most legendary pokemon, except legendary birds and beasts
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Italian Stuffed Artichokes
Gina's Weight Watcher Recipes
Servings: 2 • Serving Size: 1 artichoke • Points: 7 pts • Points+: 9 pts
Calories: 357.9 • Fat: 10.7 g • Protein: 17.6 g • Carb: 46.2 g • Fiber: 8.5 g
- 2 medium artichokes
- 4 cups water
- 1/2 lemon
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 3/4 cup seasoned breadcrumbs
- 1/4 cup grated pecorino romano or a good parmesan cheese
- 1 egg white, whisked
- 1 cup fat free chicken broth (vegetable broth can be used instead)
- 2 oz white wine
- olive oil spray
Cut the stems and the tops off the artichokes. Using a scissor cut off the tips of the leaves and squeeze lemon all over to prevent browning.
In a large pot, fill with 4 cups water and place artichokes upside down in pot. Boil 12-14 minutes. Remove from water and set aside to cool. When artichokes have cooled, remove the center leaves and scoop out the choke with a teaspoon.
In a small sauté pan, heat oil and sauté garlic until golden (about 2 minutes). Remove from heat. Add breadcrumbs, grated cheese, and egg white and mix well.
Place artichokes in a baking dish and stuff the centers and leaves all around with the stuffing. Spray lightly with olive oil. Fill the bottom of the baking dish with broth and wine and cover with aluminum foil. Bake for 40 minutes at 350° removing the foil the last 10 minutes of baking.


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NLDS starts anew with clash of rookies in Los Angeles
Ryu looks to retain Dodgers' home-field edge; Teheran goes for Braves
LOS ANGELES -- The National League Division Series between the Braves and Dodgers has headed west to California for a fresh start, like so many transplanted easterners before it.
Applaud Atlanta if you wanted a drama. Because in Game 2, the Braves won a must-win game by riding Mike Minor, turning double plays, getting timely hits and watching Craig Kimbrel unleash his late-game magic.
And so now the series shifts to the beautiful backdrop of Dodger Stadium and the equally beautiful thought that this clash of NL titans is just getting off the ground.
"Everybody's excited to be here," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. "Any bumps and bruises and aches, they seem to go away at game time. It's just a different emotion with the playoffs."
Game 3 on Sunday night (8 p.m. ET, TBS) will usher in a different dynamic, in terms of the starting pitching situation, because now we're delving into the lesser-known and undoubtedly unpredictable elements of these two robust rotations.
For those somewhat unaccustomed to either of these two clubs, the national stage provided by Game 3 will be a good chance for "getting to know you."
Or getting to know Ryu, rather.
Tale of the Tape: Game 3
2013 regular season | |
Overall: 30 GS, 14-8, 3.00 ERA, 49 BB, 154 K | Overall: 30 GS, 14-8, 3.20 ERA, 45 BB, 170 K |
Key stat: Opponents hitting .067 with bases loaded | Key stat: 2.97 ERA in the second half |
At Dodger Stadium | |
2013: 15 GS, 7-4, 2.32 ERA Career: 15 GS, 7-4, 2.32 ERA |
2013: Did not pitch Career: Did not pitch |
Against this opponent | |
2013: 2 GS, 0-0, 2.13 ERA Career: 2 GS, 0-0, 2.13 ERA |
2013: Did not pitch Career: Did not pitch |
Loves to face: Jason Heyward, 1-for-7, 3 K Hates to face: Freddie Freeman, 3-for-4 |
Loves to face: Michael Young 0-for-3, 1 K Hates to face: Only faced two Dodgers |
Game breakdown | |
Why he'll win: Rises to the occasion on big stage | Why he'll win: Has a lively fastball with good command |
Pitcher beware: Has not pitched in postseason | Pitcher beware: Inexperienced in October |
Bottom line: Change speeds and attack the strike zone | Bottom line: Build on strong second half, don't get rattled on the road |
In the Dodgers' Hyun-Jin Ryu and the Braves' Julio Teheran, we'll be witnessing two of the game's more promising -- and somewhat unheralded -- rookies from the 2013 season. Their accomplishments might get lost in the shuffle, given what Jose Fernandez did in Teheran's division or what Yasiel Puig has done on Ryu's own team, but both of these men are more polished than you'd expect given Teheran's age (22) and Ryu's previous inexperience with stateside ball.
The Dodgers took a risk with the lefty Ryu, signing him to a six-year, $36 million deal, but it's paid off handsomely. His 14-6 record and 3.00 ERA is one thing, but his quick adaptation to the Majors was extremely helpful given the rotation instability the Dodgers endured early in the year.
"He's such a smart, intuitive guy who has a great feel for the game of baseball," catcher A.J. Ellis said. "We've really grown together, him and I working together. He's grown with a lot of guys on the team."
Concerns about Ryu have grown in recent days, as he threw a bullpen session in Atlanta Friday under the watch of team surgeon Neal ElAttrache, medical director Stan Conte and Mattingly, and he's been seen wearing a compression wrap around his elbow. But Ryu and Mattingly both made it clear there is no question about his preparedness to start this game.
"We have no concerns about him," Mattingly said.
Perhaps of utmost concern is the gameplan against Teheran, who is known to the Dodgers only through the wonders of technology and advanced scouting. This was the season Teheran, who has been lauded as a top prospect for what feels like forever, made good on all the laudatory things that have been said and written about him and became a legit Major League weapon with ace-type potential. He racks up strikeouts, he limits walks, he has a live and athletic arm. He has shaken off the struggles that defined his early opportunities at the big league level in 2011 and 2012.
"He's a young kid," manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "We've seen him for 162 games. He just keeps getting better and maturing with experience, and I think we've just seen the tip of the iceberg with him."
Likewise, we've only seen the bare bones of this series. It's headed to Hollywood, the land of rewrites. And its script will start anew.
Braves: Bullpen still a strength
The Braves have the undisputed best bullpen in baseball, and they've needed it thus far in this series. Luis Ayala, Jordan Walden, Alex Wood, David Carpenter and Luis Avilan combined for five innings of work in relief of Kris Medlen in Game 1, and Gonzalez turned to the 'pen again with one out in the seventh inning of Game 2, even though Minor was dealing, in order to play with the matchups.
The bullpen came through each time, but it wasn't easy in Game 2. Carpenter, who allowed just 0.69 homers per nine innings this season, served up a two-run blast to Hanley Ramirez in the eighth, before Kimbrel came out for a four-out save. By and large, though, the 'pen has come as advertised.
"We're very confident in those guys down there," Braves catcher Brian McCann said. "You get late into the game, we like our chances. Hand the ball to Kimbrel, we like our chances. They've been steady."
Dodgers: Hanley hurting but still helping
Ramirez's bum lower back doesn't seem to be bothering him. He's 4-for-9 with three doubles and a homer in this series. The Dodgers were careful not to play Ramirez on back-to-back days the last couple of weeks of the season, so there was concern about how he'd handle the rigors of the postseason.
So far, so good.
Gonzalez had his issues with Ramirez when the two were with the Marlins at the same time, but Gonzalez has great respect for the player Ramirez was and is.
"When I had him in Florida, he won a batting title," Gonzalez said. "And on any given day, he might have been the best player on the field, and I think he's still that same way. He's scary when he comes to the plate, because he can split a gap or he can run you out of the ballpark. He can steal you a base. He's a very talented player."
Worth noting
• Ryu was a once-a-week pitcher in his native South Korea, so maybe this schedule suits him. Then again, maybe not. Ryu last pitched Sept. 29, so he'll be making this start on six days' rest. On regular (four days') rest this season, Ryu was 5-4 with a 3.26 ERA. On five days' rest, he was 7-1 with a 2.12 ERA. But on six days' rest, he was 2-3 with a 3.65 ERA.
• Ramirez is merely the second Dodgers shortstop since the team moved to Los Angeles in 1958 to log two doubles in a postseason game. The other? Maury Wills, who went 4-for-5 with two doubles in Game 5 of the 1965 World Series against the Twins.
• Kimbrel's four-out save in Game 2 was the first multi-inning save by a Braves pitcher in the postseason since John Smoltz went two innings to finish the job in Game 1 of the 2001 NLDS against the Astros.
• The Braves went 40-41 on the road this season. They were the only division champion to finish with a losing road record.
Anthony Castrovince is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and follow him on Twitter at @Castrovince. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The passive version of the PSW108.
That's an active subwoofer. It has a built in amp.
per the description
Single 10-inch subwoofer in black with built-in high-current amplifier for big bass
Equipped with one 10-inch polymer-composite dynamic-balance cone driver
Laser-based Klippel measurement technology for improved linearity and deep, precise sound
Non-resonant all-MDF enclosure construction with 0.75-inch-thick baffles and internal bracing
Measures 14 by 14.38 by 16.12 inches (WxHxD)
A nice entry level sub.
Note that the cherry version is twenty bucks more, for reasons unknown. I've been casually following this sub on Amazon for the last couple of years (already own one), and this is absolutely as cheap as I've seen it. For what you're paying, I agree with Ironbadge - this is hard to beat. (presuming that you're not looking for a sub that will rock you to your core)
day2z, don't get this for your m0m, as I already rocked her to her core.
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MONTPELIER Earlier this month, a team of seven deputy U.S. marshals, state police troopers and other officers surrounded a mobile home in Hardwick after learning a man charged with murder in the killing of a Florida teenager might be living there.
When officers knocked on the front door, the rear door opened and a barefoot and barely clothed suspect ran out the back, where he stumbled trying to flee, said Deputy U.S. Marshal John Curtis.
Typically people love to run, said Curtis, who was waiting out back and quickly took Philip Barr into custody. Fortunately for the marshals service were just taught well. For these people, they run and theyre caught.
Barr is now in a Vermont prison before his return to Florida. His capture was a high-profile apprehension for the new Vermont Violent Offender Task Force, which began operations Oct. 1. The unit is made up of about 10 deputy U.S. marshals working out of Rutland and Burlington, a full-time state police trooper and, when the University of Vermont isnt in session, an officer from the UVM police force.
U.S. marshals in Vermont previously were focused on federal fugitives, said Marshal David Demag. Weve retooled. Now were dealing with the Vermont Violent Offender Task Force, which also focuses on habitual sex offenders.
The Vermont State Police commander, Col. Tom LEsperance, said task force members share the common goal of the apprehension of violent offenders and sex offenders.
The Vermont State Police benefit from access to the dedicated resources offered by the U.S. Marshals Service, which allows us to get these offenders off the street while still providing day-to-day law enforcement services to Vermont communities, he said.
Since Oct. 1, the task force has apprehended about 30 fugitives, said Curtis.
We are looking for the worst of the worst, said Curtis. Were looking for the cases that have violence, drugs and felonies. We want dangerous felons thats who were looking for, and those are the people were getting.
Besides Barrs apprehension, the task force on Nov. 1 nabbed Robert William Mulkern, a 48-year-old from Hagerstown, Md., facing a variety of sex offenses, including 149 counts of child pornography.
Curtis said Barrs arrest came after his office received a tip from Florida investigators that he might be in the state. The Vermont investigators had a years-old lead from someone now living in another state.
They used a variety of investigative sources, including social media, to narrow the search, Curtis said. But when they went to Hardwick on Nov. 14, they still didnt know if theyd be able to find him.
It was such a shot in the dark, Curtis said. The information we had was vague and so old.
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How can they port it when UT3 is still not out?
I guess it will be soon.. :/
Phoronix: America's Army Returning To Linux?
Do you remember the days when we had America's Army for Linux? The first-person shooter game sponsored by the US government and uses Epic's Unreal Engine while being distributed freely? Well, it could come back to Linux! There were Linux server and client versions of America's Army up through v2.5 Direct Action. At that point, however, Ryan Gordon had abandoned his AA client porting work to Linux and Mac OS X...
How can they port it when UT3 is still not out?
I guess it will be soon.. :/
I've gone over those AA forum threads several times, and there doesn't seem to be any indication that they're seriously considering doing a Linux port. Where is that information from?
For some reason while the game developers friendly, there are a few trolls who think they represent the Army when they post(ie [MIA]KCToker), but for some reason the forum moderators seem to not care.
The only person with a ability represent the views of the Army is [Dev]Pye. The rest are just trolls and Windows Fan Boys.
Did Lucifer ice-skate to work this morning? I didn't think they'd revisit the thing any time in the reasonable future from when they axed the support back ages ago.
It IS interesting that there's rumblings about this and that they're working at using the new UT engine for it. Food for thought, I'd say.
Eventhough it's nice to have another game natively running with linux, America's army is not exactly the game I like to play as I see some US government propaganda in this game.
After all, this is game is only made for US teens that could then change their mind upon enroling in US army and then going in Iraq or somewhere else to fight "against the bad axe".
I don't say it's good or bad to enrole in US army, I just say that I don't want that video games become a way of political propaganda.
Just for that, I don't want to play AA and rather play terrorist in CSS !
I don't have a problem with America's Army being propaganda of sorts. It never pretends to be anything else, and nothing about it is blatantly false or misleading. I would like to see a new port for Linux. It sounds like that will only happen if one of the devs spends his spare time doing that, though, and it will depend on the next version being OpenGL-based.
With Fixxer_Linux here. It's propaganda material of the worst. I would never touch it no matter what platform it's for. I've done my military service myself ( obligatory in my country ) so I do not need such propaganda ( maybe some understand now why I like Deus-Ex for providing me with means to "not kill" and still win )
I agree, stupid military propaganda tool, rather pathetic that the us army has to resort to these kind of gimmicks to get naive fools to enlist. I thought the usa said patriotism was in an all time high!