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Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2016 8:29 pm
Post subject: Solar Edge Power Optimiser - sounds too good to be true?!
I've just had a call from a company called Solar Plants who sell Solar Edge Power Optimisers for solar panels and also Solar Edge Invertors.
One thing that the sales person said that surprised me was that the technology can change the panels from being in series to being in parallel - just by fitting something to each panel. Even more surprising was the fact that he said that if there is shade on one panel then other panels will produce less electricity. I got a bit annoyed by this statement and said that this couldn't possibly be the case. He replied by saying that it was like a set of old-style Christmas tree lights - if one doesn't work then none of the others work. I then said that this wasn't the same as saying that leaves or shading on one panel would cause other panels to produce less electricity. He reiterated that one panel producing less electricity would mean that other panels in the series would also produce less electricity - note that he was saying that each panel would produce less electricity rather than the total produced across the series would be less because of the poor-performing panel.
Surely this can't be right? I ended up getting his boss on the phone and he said exactly the same thing. The quote is, "If one is shaded then all other panels in the series will be affected and will produce less electricity." When I asked him to confirm this and made it obvious that I was writing this down he qualified to say that other factors like leaves could also cause the same effect - again saying that one panel producing less would make others produce less. (Sorry, I know I'm flogging that a bit but want to highlight the fact that he said that each individual panel other than the shaded panel would also produce less elctricity.) My understanding of the panels was that they were more like batteries and so one producing a lower voltage wouldn't mean that others would produce less?
Also the quote about series/parallel sounded dodgy, "[It changes the panels] from being wired in series to being in parallel." This is the Power Optimiser that is fitted to each panel - ever heard of this magical device? If so, how does it do this?
Many thanks - I carried on listening as I reasoned that it was a long time ago that I did my Physics A-Level so some of the fundamental laws of the universe may well have been upgraded. Someone is coming round to explain the magic tomorrow but I'd be really interested to hear thoughts about any of the above before then.
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Sounds like they are talking about microinverters:
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Thanks very much for the link - I was looking at a few pages online but couldn't really get my head around the concepts!
Reading from the link and thinking about what they said on the phone, it looks like it's the power optimisers rather than the microinverters that they're talking about which are also covered in the link you provided.
From that reading and the reading I've done already it looks like I need to eat some humble pie! It seems counter-intuitive to me that shading on one panel would mean that the other panels will be limited in what they can put onto the system but, if I understand what I've read correctly, that is exactly how it works.
I will have to get the rep tomorrow to explain it all to me.
Do you happen to know if power optimisers have proven worthwhile when considering the cost of installation versus increased/improved output? (I realise that's a very general question but am really looking to understand if some have benefitted or if it's more a gimic).
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I've heard the thing about the shading, from the guys who installed the system here at Chateau Renewable. The shaded panels (iirc) don't conduct current through, so block power from the others.
As a result, our system has 2 'blocks', so that when part of one is in shade, the whole of the other still works.
My guess is that reconfiguring your system would only be worth the cost if you have any overshadowing.
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We have two parallel sets of 8 series panels. The invertor takes two feeds and shows power produce by each. Our neighbour made a comment about shading as some of the fence posts do cast shadows on some of the panels at certain times of the day. They are mounted at ground level. So as an experiment I monitored the outputs from the two sets with one set having one panel with some shading. It made very little difference as far as I could tell to power output of that set. So I doubt any saving by creating more parallel sets will exceed the cost of converting. It should be noted though, there is an optimum electrical loading for each panel to extract maximum power (i.e. a curve of power out versus load applied by invertor). So the more in series the less likely the optimum loading for all panels is possible.I can see it being a problem if one of the panels was duff or mismatched in some way.
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Don't most modern panels have internal wiring which bypasses duff or shaded cells to give at least some output from a shaded or damaged panel?
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CHICAGO, Dec. 23, 2013 — Tribune Company today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Sony Corporation of America to purchase Gracenote, the global leader in music technology and metadata. Gracenote is the largest source of music data in the world, featuring metadata for more than 180 million tracks, which helps power more than a billion smart phones and tablets, as well as the world's most popular streaming music services.
Tribune Company will combine Gracenote with Tribune Media Services (TMS), the premier provider of television and movie metadata, creating one of the largest entertainment metadata companies in the world.
"This transaction extends and complements TMS' best-in-class core competency in the metadata business, while also deepening Tribune's slate of subscription services," said Peter Liguori, Tribune Company President and Chief Executive Officer.
TMS has been the gold standard for collecting and syndicating entertainment data for years and currently reaches hundreds of millions of viewers through electronic streams of information on TV, online and in print.
Gracenote is the industry standard for music recognition technology and its database gets 550 million look-ups each day and more than 16 billion every month, making it the most trafficked music data source on the planet. Gracenote technology is featured in thousands of mobile apps and 50 million cars have been equipped with Gracenote. The company also provides data and information for one million movies and TV shows to 30 countries and holds over 90 U.S. and foreign patents.
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Earlier (i.e. when I was a teenager), the most common or important reasons to write were:
- Academic: Exams, notes, reports
- Official: applications, memos, forms, files etc.
- Personal letters, letters to newspapers
- Creative and professional writing (fiction and non-fiction)
- SMS texts
- Social media posts and comments (blogs, tweets, comments etc.)
- Online forums
If my thesis is right, then it may explain why so many people publicly use "modern" spellings (i.e. sms-ese) even on channels that don't call for it. So you have people going "u hv ppl gng" even on Facebook when you might expect only a tweet or an sms to undergo that treatment. Two factors seem to be at play here:
1. A common observation in computational linguistics is Zipf's Law which says that if you order words by their frequency (in any reasonably sized collection of documents), and plot a graph of its rank against its frequencey, you'll see a graph like the one on the right (taken from here). The first few words (the top seeds) have the most frequencies, and this rapidly dies out to give a long tailed distribution.
Many words in language (let's exclude "function words" like "the", "of" etc.) are "homonyms" i.e. they are used to represent more than one concept (e.g. "fan", which could be an instrument providing artificial breeze, or a supporter). There are words like "set" and "run" whose different meanings are estimated to run into the hundreds.
The explanation for Zipf's law is (I don't know if this has been scientifically proven) that since speakers want to conserve energy, they want to use smaller words and want to reuse words (listeners would prefer the opposite: they'd want to hear unambiguous words).
The point of discussing this is that people are inherently energy conscious (read lazy) and would want to reduce the amount of work that they have to put in to create something. So writers would prefer smaller codes (i.e. shorter spellings) and let the reader figure out what they meant to say 1. You may have encountered the meme about how you could leave out (usually vowels) or jumble a lot of characters in a word or sentence and people would still figure out what you meant (works for "rspnsblty"; also see this post). So in many cases, a energy-conservant writer would be able to use this to his advntg (notice that I can't leave out "a" in that word).
With time, trial and error, and some form of community editing would leave us with a new set of acceptable lexemes (i.e. word forms) which seem to also have the desirable property of annoying older sections of literate society.
I believe spellings are arbitrary conventions, and there's nothing particularly sacrosanct about one specific code set. But that doesn't mean that "as u lyk it" wouldn't irritate the hell out of me, just as I'm sure Geoffrey Chaucer would find it hard to navigate the English spellings I take to be correct.
2. So far, I've conjectured that casual, off-hand writing has increased and that writers inherently prefer to expend as little energy in accomplishing their task as possible. There is one more factor at play: the permissiveness of the readers.
We are taught (correct) writing at school and we were expected to keep that up when we wrote for official or public purposes. We would get a clip in the ear for writing "Delhi wz da capital of India" (indeed, it would not even occur to us to write that way), and people would snigger if office memos or personal letters went that way. They probably still would. However, the modern increase in casual writing, where correspondents want to primarily exchange information without regards to form, it is incredibly easy to write shorthand and get away with it. Older fogeys may insist that anything you write to them be less insulting, but most people who cared about their spellings would just gnash their teeth in private and think of you as a whippersnapper of no merit.
This lack of censorship freely allows these forms of spelling to spread in the community unhindered. Soon, this spills over to other, more formal mediums as well.
In fact, I'm convinced that lexicographically, we are in the middle of a great and visible shift (I don't know if it qualifies to be a "Great Shift"). Usually, such changes happen over a large period of time, and aren't readily apparent. In this case, it is exploding under our noses.
What is worrying though is that in addition to a (somewhat) logical compression of a word ("you" -> "u", "people" -> "ppl"), young writers indiscriminately drop characters. I see "awsome". I see "wats need of raincoat,enjoy d rain". And I see "rememeber u ask me to to bring the...". There isn't enough 'sic'-ness in the world to cover this ailment. Is there an excuse for lack of attention to your writing?2
We as readers now encounter more text than we did before, which means some of us spend a lot more energy in comprehension than we used to. Do we now appreciate good writing more than ever? Should we be grateful that perhaps a Zipfian Law of appreciation has now kicked in?
1. I realise this argument fails if you ask why do writers ramble on, instead of choosing to write smaller texts? I'd argue that here ((just like in not paying attention to your spellings), the energy saved is in not having to edit. It takes effort to be succinct and so the rambling approach suits a "stream of consciousness" approach. Result: the reader is left to navigate endless verbal meanderings. I'll take the hint and stop here.
2. A related post from the past: What's your excuse for writing badly?


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BROOKLYN, N.Y. – When is a game more than a game? For VCU, it's usually when the game is in New York.
On Saturday, another opportunity for the game within the game presented itself. VCU beat back ACC foe Boston College 69-50 at Barclays Center with an outstanding defensive performance. That's an effort worthy of its own discussion, but that's not what's being discussed here. What was significant about VCU's appearance at the Brooklyn Winter Hoops Festival is how the Rams, and the program as a whole, benefit from even playing that game to begin with.
If you're a casual fan, or just someone that wants to focus on the happenings on the court, there was plenty to enjoy in VCU's win. But if you're interested in all facets of the program, then it's a worthwhile venture to consider the value of events like this one.
Let's deal with the obvious first. Saturday's game was a chance for VCU to play a neutral site game against an ACC opponent. The Rams have experienced difficulty scheduling home-and-home series with schools from conferences like the ACC, Big Ten, SEC and the like. Rather than accept an inequitable 2-for-1 split – or worse – the next best thing has been to play teams on neutral floors. This is fast becoming a staple of the Rams' non-conference schedule.
Rams' Coach Shaka Smart said VCU learned of the Brooklyn Winter Hoops Festival through organizer Chris Spencer of Basketball Tournaments, Inc., who is one of the men behind the Las Vegas Invitational and other similar college basketball events. Assistant Coach Mike Morrell is in charge of scheduling for VCU, and looks for opportunities just like this one to give the Rams both balance and NCAA-resume building opportunities.
But there's more to consider; everything from recruiting to media exposure to the Atlantic 10 Championship in March.


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Gary Bernard, 44, author of the children's book, "Ollie and Tugg," that was published last month (Odyssey Books, $15.95), is a very worldly person, but the impetus and motivation for Gary's book came from a child's simple question.
"Can T-Rex dinosaurs swim?" is the question that his 4-year-old son, Goran, asked of his father.
It was then that Gary did some research and discovered that, according to experts in the field, the T-Rex most likely could swim (although he probably did not win any Olympic medals). This information gave Bernard the idea for a children's book he both wrote and illustrated that emphasizes the moral of believing in oneself in order to contribute to society in a positive way. (We're really not sure if the T-Rex believed in himself or contributed much to dinosaur society, but that's another story.)
"I wanted to consolidate all that and make it into a book that would have a message for not only my son, whom I was writing it for at the time, but also to children everywhere; you know? Being able to cross boundaries, there's no racial issues, there's nothing; it's more like a story of human interaction, rather than the story of a dinosaur," said Gary, who added that he would love for parents and children to read the story to each other.
"Ollie and Tugg" focuses on the relationship between Ollie, a dinosaur who can't figure out how to swim, and Tugg, a pelican who meets Ollie through controversial circumstances. They develop a friendship out of adversity, and allow for each other to have a shot at redemption, another message that Gary aimed at his young audience.
"Everybody has that ability to at least try and correct their wrongs," he said.
Ollie and Tugg's notion of unity, companionship and openness is not only an extension of a message that Gary wants children to learn; it also represents what he has learned throughout his life thus far.
Gary has had the opportunity to travel to places such as Japan, France, Sweden, Yugoslavia and more. This exposure has allowed him to see other cultures and attitudes, which has directly and indirectly helped with his storytelling.
"In retrospect, I'm looking at it thinking people are people, regardless of what their culture and languages are. Most people I've come across in my travels, apart from cultural differences, have been pretty much the same," said Gary.
Bernard's journey to Philadelphia and "Ollie and Tugg" began after he graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration. He traveled to California, where he met his wife, Sophie. Long story short, the North Ridge Earthquake occurred, impacting Sophie's decision to move back to France, where she was born and raised.
"She said, 'I'm leaving with or without you.' She just said, 'Do you want to come?' Up until that time I'd never been abroad…" said Gary. For Bernard it was the perfect opportunity to leave, so he quit his job and moved to France with Sophie for three years, where the couple got married. French law made it difficult for Gary to find regular work, so they moved back to the U.S. by way of South Jersey, where Gary had relatives. They moved back during the internet boom of the mid-to-late '90s. The first job Gary got when moving back happened to be here in Philadelphia.
"We've been here since," said Gary, who along with Sophie were site managers for the historic Grumblethorpe house in Germantown. They found solace in Mt. Airy, which Gary refers to as "quiet but not too quiet and a great place to live."
"Ollie and Tugg" holds a special place among Gary's other projects. "It has a lot of meaning to me because I was writing it to my son. It wasn't until my daughter, who wasn't born at the time, became 5 or 6 years old, and the publisher started to ask me to re-write certain parts that I felt as though I was speaking to my daughter as well as my son. I am sending a clear-cut message to my children and others: never quit."
Gary's influences include artist Frank Rozetta and classic children books such as "The Five Chinese Brothers," "The Giving Tree" and "Where The Wild Things Are." Examples of his works can be viewed at gbernard.com. A trailer for "Ollie and Tugg" can be seen on YouTube, which is also linked on his website. It can be purchased on Amazon.com. Gary, a fan of Jeff Buckley, was inspired to create a book of poems and oil paintings based on the late singer. His efforts were featured in the documentary film, "Jeff Buckley: Amazing Grace." In addition to being an author and illustrator, Gary works as a freelance graphic designer.
Gary is actively looking for a publisher for his first children's story, "The Moth and Sun," written and illustrated 12 years ago. He is currently working on another book that will be influenced by his travels abroad. Gary illustrated "Pemba Sherpa," which won the Junior Library Guild selection award for 2009, but "Ollie and Tugg" is Gary's first published work as an author.
Gary and Sophie Bernard are parents to Goran, 12, and Nolwen, 7, both of whom speak fluent French. Bernard can be reached at email@example.com. More information about "Ollie and Tugg" can be found at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Noah had been running to rally support for the 30 million Americans affected by rare diseases. There are over 7,000 known rare diseases – affecting 1 out of every 10 Americans. Noah's inspiration to run comes from his personal connection to two childhood friends battling a rare brain disease called Batten Disease. Noah's efforts demonstrated that just one person can truly make a difference. During his "Run4Rare" he was interviewed by many media outlets, met with lawmakers, engaged patients and families, and rallied support for the scientists and researchers attempting to find cures for rare diseases.
Throughout his journey Noah dedicated his daily miles to a different child or adult battling a different rare disease. On May 29, 2016 he dedicated his run to Marc Yale and the entire pemphigus and pemphigoid community. He ran an average of 25 miles per day battling adverse weather conditions and physical exhaustion. Noah ran solo while pushing an 80 pound jogging stroller of supplies. Above his stroller waved a large American flag given to him by the United States Air Force. The American flag Noah ran with every day was officially retired in a moving ceremony at Ocean Beach, CA when he arrived on Independence Day.
Noah's unwavering dedication to be the voice for the rare disease community by running across the U.S. three times was inspiring to many advocates. One patient stated at a reception, sponsored by the National Organization of Rare Disorders (NORD), following the transcontinental run, "that he created a bridge for all rare disease groups to work together." The impact that Noah delivered during his "Run4Rare" was to show that every person matters. Noah's message of hope for patients with rare diseases has reached the halls of congress and every community he passed through on his journey. His passion and tenacity as an advocate should remind us all that we need to advocate for ourselves as well as the entire rare disease community.


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Monday, 30 January 2012
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Thursday, 26 January 2012
One for the Boys
It's Lili's Little Fairies Challenge today and this week our challenge is to make a card for a boy (or in my case man lol). I have made a valentines card and although there are the usual flowers on it does it for me.
I have used Bubble Bath from Lili of the Valley, as well as the Grunge Corners and Love Sentiments.
The paper is Prima Alla Prima pad, the ribbon is Light Scallop Blue Trim and both are from Dies to Die For.
The gorgeous turquoise flowers are all from Wild Orchid Crafts, I spritzed them with chalk white glimmer spray then inked them with Walnut Stain.
Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Love Grows
My card today is a totally new colour scheme for me. It's not often I colour with the E93 – E99 family but I love this Prima Romantique paper so it had to be done. The pretty lace is Grand Lace Trim but I am being frugal and cut it in half, so twice the lace for 1/2 the price lol
The stamp is Love Grows from Lili of the Valley. I have also used the new Love Sentiments and Grunge Corners on the card. These stamps are just totally fab and having them clear is such a bonus.
The seam binding and flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I used 4mm rose buds, 15mm roses, 20mm roses and 25mm hybrid tea rose
A close up of the heart from the Love Sentiments which I stamped onto Kraft in Walnut Stain then stamped the Cherish sentiment in black ink.
The inside showing the Grunge Corners in use, love them (think I already said that lol)
A close up of the image, I coloured the sky with the ink and brush technique (video tutorial on my Video Tutorials page.
And that's it from me today, must dash
Sunday, 22 January 2012
New candy up and a winner
Saturday, 21 January 2012
New Lili of the Valley stamps out now!!!
Lili of the Valley have launched their new Love Sentiments and Grunge Corners. I have been using them for the past few days and they are going to be the stamps that never get put away I love the grunge corners, at last a grungy look with clear stamps so no more guess work!!
As well as these two new A5 clear sheets which are great value at £12.50, they also have some fantastic Spring offers on 20 stamps on a new Special Offers Page.
For those of you waiting for new cute images, don't worry, the LOTV girls are working some amazing new designs which will be out in the next couple of months.
Friday, 20 January 2012
All our dreams
Hi there, a quick post to share the card I made for Lili's Little Fairies challenge – Lavender and Lace. I sneaked some buttery yellow in to warm the lavender …. I'm not fussed on purples, lavenders and lilacs much. Give me pink any day
I have used All our dreams from Lili of the Valley and only had a scrap of the dotty paper which fitted the tag card that I had been fiddling with so job's a good'un – card done
The 25mm hybrid tea rose, 15mm roses, 10mm roses, 6mm rose buds and lace is from Wild Orchid Crafts.
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Lazy Afternoon
Wednesday, 18 January 2012
Some Fabulous New Stamps – Coming Soon!
Here's a sneak peek of our new clear stamps which will be available on the website from midnight on Saturday
There are 2 A5 sheets, one with some useful grunge corners and the other is a selection of 'love' sentiments
There are also going to be some great Spring offers coming up so make sure you don't miss them!
A New Baby Girl
Hi dear Lili of the Valley friends,
today I want to share with you another card of me ... this time I`ve made a baby card using the cute image *Baby Girl* and I selected also a matching sentiment of the For You Circular Sentiment Set, both from Lili of the Valley.
I thought the beautiful papers of Magnolia are just perfect for this cute image and I finally managed to make some Spiral Roses :O)
Tuesday, 17 January 2012
New weekly candy up
Monday, 16 January 2012
Mega candy prize winner
Wow, 876 entries for our mega candy! We'll have to do this more often
The winner of the candy is
#824 Marie
Congratulations Marie, please email me to claim your prize
Exciting News!
Morning! It's a lovely sunny and frosty day here in Leeds.
If you wondered what we have been doing here at Lili of the Valley recently, we have been beavering away getting ready new ideas & designs, and we've also got some other exciting news too!
We have new premises in Farsley in Leeds where we are creating a lovely shop for you to visit.
As well as being able to buy all our LOTV stamps and die cuts designs, there will be lots of card samples & inspiration for you to look at and even space for workshops, colouring classes and open days too!
It will be great to be able to welcome you to Lili of the Valley, so watch this space for more details and our official opening which will be in the next month!
Quick Flicks
Woohoo! I have at last managed to complete the series of videos colouring Under the Mistletoe. Sorry it has taken so long, but Christmas got in the way!
Apologies for the mess with the green, I should have checked the markers were all full before starting the video!
Have a great week
Sunday, 15 January 2012
Goodbye Jacqui
Super Duper Mega Candy
We have some super duper mega candy to welcome in the New Year for you from those lovely girlies at Lili of the Valley.
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Never too old for Cupcake
Hi there,
A quick post from me to share the card I have made for this week's Lili's Little Fairies challenge. I have used Never too old for cupcake from Lili of the Valley Stamp.
I started off with a Craftwork Cards scalloped base card, added some old Papermania papers then lace, pearls and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts with a couple of punched butterflies and job done
Monday, 9 January 2012
The Chocolate Factory
I love these little mice, they are perfect for all sorts of cards and they are a doddle to colour too. The one I have used today is The Chocolate Factory. The sentiment is from the For You Sentiments set also from LOTV.
The paper is K&Co Sweet Nectar from Dies to Die For, the gorge guipure lace and flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I used sweetheart blossoms and 30mm wild rose
Sunday, 8 January 2012
Pottering Around
Happy Sunday Lili of the Valley followers, thought I would just pop on here and post a card to cheer up your day, I defy anyone not to smile at these gorgeous Mice are Nice stamps from the Autumn Release.
This is called The Potting Shed and is a fantastic stamp for spring birthdays, I made this card for a pull out and keep article in this months Papercraft Essentials. The papers used on this little rocker card are from Nitwits Collections Butterfly Kisses, I also cut the Doo Hickey Die flowers from the same paper.
I used Copics and Polychromos Pencils to colour the images the colours used are:
E53, E51, E50 R20 for the mice,
B04, B00, B0000, R83, R81RV000, RV000, BV01, BV00, BV000, YR21, YG67, YG63, E71, E70, E40 Flowers, Plant Pots and Fence.
have a good day
Jacqui xxx
Saturday, 7 January 2012
Little Sleepy Head
Happy Saturday! I thought I would share the card I made for the first Lili's Little Fairies challenge, which is the new home for all things "Lili of the Valley" challenges
The image is Little Sleepy Head with matching sentiment from Lili of the Valley, the papers are from a My Minds Eye pad - Honey Cake, and of course the gorgeous flowers are all from Wild Orchid Crafts as is the lace and Divine Twine.
The image was coloured with Copics and Prismacolor pencils and the colours used are
Bear E35, E31, E30 and light umber pencil
Bed: E43, E41, E40 and warm grey 50% pencil
Aqua: BG11, G10, BG70
Gold: YR21, Y11
Friday, 6 January 2012
Take Care Of Yourself
The image was colored only with Copic Markers – the Paper is by Maja Design and the cute image is by Lili of the Valley "Milly Cuddle Time"– Sentiment is Stampin up.
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Happy New Year
Good morning and a happy New Year to all our lovely followers. Hope you had a fantastic Christmas, we have really enjoyed our break and are now ready to go again. The Website is now open and taking orders.
This is a very exciting and busy time for us and we will have some awesome news to share with you next week. We also have some exciting plans for this blog, with lots more inspiration and projects, designed by our brilliant Design Team, to share with you, we are really excited about all these new plans and cannot wait to share them with you.
Just a quick reminder that the first Lilis Little Fairies Challenge started today the theme this week is "New beginnings" , so do hope you can pop over and join us, here is a card by one of our new Challenge Designers Elise just click Here to see the rest of the DT cards and find out more about the challenge.
We will be back with more cards and inspiration soon


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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Revelations About Sosa Show That MLB Must Fumigate the Record Book
The baseball record book has been hijacked by the PED crowd. Four of the top 10 home run hitters of all-time--Bonds (1), Sosa (6), McGwire (8) and Palmeiro (10)--are dirty players who have shoved aside true legends of the game like Reggie Jackson (11), Mike Schmidt (14) and Mickey Mantle (15), not to mention McGwire stealing Roger Maris' single season home run mark. Five of the six players who hit the most home runs between 1994-2006--Sosa (518), Bonds (512), Ramirez (468), Rodriguez (464) and Palmeiro (437)--have been linked to illegal use of PEDs. Jim Thome, who is fifth on that list (462), has yet to be linked to PED use but consider this: in his first seven full MLB seasons he hit 40 home runs once (40 in 1997) before reeling off 49, 52, 47 and 42 from 2001-04. He was injured for most of 2005 but hit 42 home runs in 2006 at the age of 35. You be the judge if those numbers seem like a normal career development pattern; keep in mind that it used to be rare to hit 50 home runs in a season: after Willie Mays hit 52 in 1965 no one reached the half century mark until George Foster cracked 52 in 1977 and then no one hit 50 again until Cecil Fielder had 51 in 1990. Then, from 1995-2002 at least one player hit 50 home runs every season. Let me be clear that I am not accusing Thome of using PEDs, nor do I support taking action against a player merely because his numbers may look odd. At this point, though, the only big time sluggers from the "Steroids Era" who I would be surprised to find out used PEDs are Ken Griffey and Frank Thomas; Griffey never had an unusual power spike, nor did his physique change unnaturally, and the same can also be said of Thomas, who was robbed of an MVP by Giambi (Thomas probably should have won the 2000 MVP anyway and he definitely deserved it more than a player who cheated).
All of the players who have been caught by the drug testers, outed in the Mitchell Report or otherwise reliably linked to illegal PED use should either be removed from the record book completely--much like the NCAA "vacates" results by programs that cheated--or, at the very least, listed separately under a heading that indicates that their numbers are fraudulent to some degree. If the Players Association or individual players complain, then MLB should invite the aggrieved parties to file a lawsuit and then testify under oath that they are clean; that way, those players will open themselves up to criminal charges of perjury. Somehow I doubt that Bonds, McGwire, Sosa and crew will be interested in placing themselves in that kind of jeopardy.
There are two reasons why MLB must act so forcefully:
1) It is important to be fair to the players--past and present--who did not cheat.
2) The two main reasons that the cheaters cheated were to get paid and to establish a place for themselves in history (Sosa just smugly spoke about being elected to the Hall of Fame because of his great numbers); the best message that MLB can send to young baseball players is that cheaters do not prosper and that when they are caught all of their numbers are nullified.
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- madnice said...
thome is questionable. its amazing he has that many home runs but i dont think of him as an all time great player.
- Tuesday, June 23, 2009 12:49:00 PM
- David Friedman said...
I don't whether or not Thome used PEDs but if he didn't then he is the only clean slugger on the top six list for HRs from 1994-2006, which would be a pretty remarkable accomplishment.
- Tuesday, June 23, 2009 5:03:00 PM
they tried to make it like it was only bonds all those guys used and bonds was still way better than them so ped didnt matter bonds was still best player of decade and probably best all time bab ruth didnt play aginst the best talent available aaron and mays was great steriods or not he still top 3 all time meaning bonds you stll dont know how much roids help one player or not
- Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:24:00 PM
- David Friedman said...
PED use matters because PEDs have always been illegal. The players who used these drugs are criminals in addition to being cheaters. We have no way of knowing what Bonds or anyone else would have done if the sport had been cleaned up. I still say that anyone who has been credibly linked to PED use should be banned from the HoF and taken out of the record books, just like what happens to Olympic cheaters (Ben Johnson, Marion Jones to name just two).
- Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:28:00 PM
bonds was top 15 before any steriod allehge use he would of been in top 5 all time ped or not he started useing ped in 1999 david.
- Wednesday, June 24, 2009 2:06:00 PM
- David Friedman said...
When Olympic athletes cheat and get caught, their records are voided and their medals rescinded. MLB should do the same thing. What ranking you think Bonds had earned prior to 1999 is irrelevant.
- Wednesday, June 24, 2009 3:41:00 PM


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Dormition of the Righteous Anna, the Mother of the Most Holy Theotokos - Troparion & Kontakion
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April 20
The Mysterious Allure of Service
By Marsh Chapel
"He that believes in me will also do the works that I do, and greater works than these will he do" (Jn 14: 12).
Which works? Which works are your works? Which works are the shared works of the Mysterious Christ?
How shall we sense whether, and how, we are called? How do you know what you are called to be and do?
Between the basin and towel of the washing of feet, in chapter 13, and the cross and pain of the crucifixion, in chapter 19, the strange voice of Christ is raised again, here, in a well worn passage.
This morning we shall leave to one side the better known, though often misinterpreted, lyrics in this song in John 14, and hold fast to the conclusion of the reading, about works.
In faith one will do the works I do…
In the face of all our troubles, a radiant memory remains of the power in service to, service with, service for others.
This week, that is, we face squarely the overwarming of the planet, the hunger of the earth's children, the steady drumbeat of warfare, and the manifold hurts and ailments which beset every family to some degree and every person at some moment.
Yet, this week, we also hear and overhear a high note above all our troubles. We hear this high note, even when we cannot see out to its origin. We hear and overhear a long, sonorous melody that will not cease, will not let go, and will not let us go. To hear it more clearly may be why we come to church.
You heard a bit of it as you listened to your student friends and neighbors sorting out, now that graduation is near, the various claims upon their lives. What a privilege to listen in on the hardest of hard works, the decisions about vocation. Every community harbors such conversation, as does every University worth its salt. Career placement is good, but vocational discernment sings in a higher key. Marsh Chapel is focused on vocation choices. A mysterious allure there is to service…
You heard a bit of it as you listened to your Jewish friends and neighbors celebrating the Passover. So lovely and choice are the rhythms of a holy meal around a family table! Questions and answers. Songs and psalms. A memory of hardship in times of ease, and a memory of redemption in times of trial. The service includes, at its outset, this high note for which we listen. 'To know one's service before the Lord is the task of the wise'. A mysterious allure there is to service…
You heard a bit of it as you listened to your Roman Catholic friends and neighbors, watching the Bishop of Rome, making his choices and visits. You may have wondered, psalm in mind, how he ever would sing the Lord's song in a foreign land. You saw the throngs, parades, and visits. And where was the high note? Was it heard when a moment of pastoral attention, a moment of watching over one another in love, stood out? Flickeringly, the memory have served up Pope Gregory's self description, 'the servant of the servants of God'. Servant of the servants. A mysterious allure there is to service…
'He that believes will do the works that I do…'
What are these works? How shall we hear of them in this strange passage?
These words, however finally sifted, for historical information and insight, as we have done here with regularity, also deserve and require application to life as we know it. The passage and its message, and indeed its Messenger, bear to us an indirect invitation, an evocation of the allure of service in relationship to the divine. It is an odd reading. But the whole of the gospel is of this type.
It is odd that John has no record of the Last Supper, in his account of the passion. It is odd that John demotes Peter from his regular central role. It is odd that this gospel carries no remembrance of parables. It is odd that hardly anything of the standard ministry of Jesus, usual gospel fare, appears here. It is odd that the humanity of Jesus has virtually disappeared into the bright eternal light of his form in John, "God striding upon the earth". It is odd that the New Testament would include a Gospel so fully at odds with its three synoptic cousins. Cousins, not siblings. It is odd that John, by the main, has no use for the sacraments of baptism and Eucharist. Where would the church be without birth to cleanse and guilt to absolve? It is odd that the Gospel we read today is shaped around seven stunning miracles, and four impenetrable chapters of teaching. It is odd that a Gospel so wildly different from the rest of those in the Bible should have made the cut, and been included. If you think having Ecclesiastes—which rejects, contradicts and humiliates much of the rest of the Hebrew Scripture—included there is a strange thing, then multiply that odd presence by 20 or 50 and you have a sense of how different is John. Nor in church nor in academia have we yet begun to account for the radical freedom and difference of this nonconforming gospel. It is odd.
What remains, as we consider our calling, our vocation?
A testimony to the power of relationship remains. John 14 sets aside predictions, instructions, and demonstrations, found here in the other gospels. Here relationship, relationship alone, remains. The relationship of Father and Son. The relationship of departed and devoted. The relationship of doubter and disciple. The relationship of community and pastor. The relationship of faith and works. The relationship of Jesus and his own.
Things that really matter are ultimately relational, whether that relationship is with others, with self, or with God. Our friends give
us ourselves. Our instincts give us ourselves. Our sense of presence gives us ourselves. So this morning let me directly ask you to think about your close relationships, your work relationships, and your relationship to God. In these relationships you may overhear the humming, mysterious allure of service.
Close Relationships
First, think about your closest relationships, and the ways you were raised to them. Last week I asked you to draw to active awareness the name and memory of an influential teacher. Likewise, for a moment this morning, I ask you to draw up into active awareness, the close relationships that have given you yourself, along the way life, deep in the truth of life. An influential complex of relationships…
For example, here is one account, one testimony, no worse or better than any other. Through our upbringing, we were given a hint of the allure, mysterious but real, of service. I offer my own memory of close relationship, only to encourage your active awareness of your own.
We learned to love Jesus in the simple rhythms of the ordinary. We learned to love Jesus in the pause before meals, with grace in his name. We learned to love Jesus singing hymns to Him, in church, at camp, in the car. We learned to love Jesus as we read about his life in the Bible. We learned to love Jesus by celebrating his birth in snowy December, and his destiny in snow melting April. We learned to love Jesus by seeing older people love him, really love him, with their hands, and their money and their time and most especially with their choices, and within that, with their choices about things not to say, not to be, not to do. We learned to love Jesus like we learned to speak English, one lisp at a time, one dangling preposition at a time, one new word at a time. The music of Jesus played the accompaniment to all of the growth and decay of life around us. There was no wall of separation, neither artificial, nor sacramental, nor communal, between our life and his. His was our life, and our life was his.
This sounds romantic, but it is not meant to be. Conflict, envy, hurt, gossip, anger, misjudgment, unfairness, tragedy, hatred, fear, abuse, neglect, betrayal, addiction, and loneliness sat around the table too—around the kitchen table, around the picnic table, around the coffee table, around the communion table.
Still there was a closeness in the Christ who raised us—a pine needle Christ, with the dawn scent of the forest primeval, a sunlit lakeside Christ, a blue collar chapped finger Christ, a blizzard Christ, an autumn peak Christ, a high summer Christ, a Christ with mud on Easter shoes. You could say that we were more Gospel people than Letter people, more Peter than Paul, more Good Samaritan than justification by faith, more Methodist than Calvinist, more song than verse. There was no forced or feigned distance between Jesus and us, between his life and our own.
He was with us in school, at home, in the summer, as we grew, as we studied, and married and worked. In relationship, in relationships.
Look, for a moment. Look at the good relationships that have sustained you thus far.
Trust your experience. Honor your instincts. Listen to your heart.
Your relationships are crucial, crucial in the dawning of a sense of vocation.
Work Relationships
Second, think about your work relationships in light of relationships that actually work. Let us for a moment be bluntly practical.
So now you are beginning to work, to hold a job. Day by day you may think about your work. Why does the television show 'The Office' appeal to so many?
What counts in your work relationships? Can you honestly list what is meaningful and what is not about what you do? There are clues here, deeply important ones. Do not, do not ensnare yourself with something that diseases your soul.
A while ago I picked up a book about work. Richard Florida in The Rise of the Creative Class that gives me hope about the future of the culture, the church, and the ministry. He surveyed people about what they want in work—a kind of white collar Studs Turkel. Regarding work, he found, the question 'what?' is often secondary to the question, 'with whom?' People prefer the hair salon to the machine shop, for relational reasons. Hear his five part report on surveys of what people most want in work:
I. Responsibility: Being able to contribute and have impact. . .Knowing that one's work makes a difference. . .Being seriously challenged.
II. Flexibility: A flexible schedule and a flexible work environment. . .The ability to shape one's own work to some degree.
III. Stability: A stable work environment and a relatively secure job. . .Not lifetime security with mind-numbing sameness, but not a daily diet of chaos and uncertainty either.
IV. Compensation: Especially base pay and core benefits. . .Money you can count on.
V. Growth: Personal and professional development. . .The chance to learn and grow. . .To expand one's horizons.
Now hear some good news! Many forms of service, including by the way, the Christian ministry, get A+ in four of these five, in responsibility, flexibility, stability and growth. There is no greater challenge or responsibility than shepherding souls, or otherwise attending to human need. Those invested in service often have some flexibility in determining use of time. A pastor has a pulpit—somewhere. Reading a book a day, or the equivalent, is a guarantee of personal growth. Responsibility! Flexibility! Stability! Growth! (And compensation? I will leave compensation for another day).
Says Robert Fogel:
Growing segmen
ts of the population work for challenge, enjoyment, to do good, to make a contribution, and to learn. Such motivations will eventually eclipse compensation as the most important motives for work … People on their death beds never wish they had spent more time in the office.
The mysterious allure of service challenges us to measure our relationship with work by our relationships that work. The mysterious allure of service challenges us to measure our relationship with work by our relationships that work.
A Relationship with God
Third, think about your relationship with God.
For the strange, even odd, mystery of this passage, its acclamation of the mysterious allure of service, takes us farther still. 'He who believes in me will also do the works that I do.'
A longing deeper than the relationships of belonging, in family, and the relationships of meaning, in work, lies within our passage this morning. Here is a deeper longing, a longing for a relationship with God.
St. Augustine of Hippo at long last found himself, his soul, and his true vocation, by finding a personal relationship to God. Yes, Augustine entered the ministry. He became priest and bishop in North Africa about 400ad. He wrote 500 letters, 200 sermons, 2 great books. In an age, like yours, of intercultural conflict, Augustine made sense of faith's highest vision…the city of God. In a culture, like yours, that wore the nametag of Christianity without fully understanding its meaning, Augustine celebrated…the grace of God. In a political climate, like ours, that honored highly individualized freedom and the power to choose, Augustine praised God's freedom to choose, and acclaimed…the freedom of God. In a highly sexualized age, like ours, Augustine colorfully confessed his own wandering, his own mistakes, which, he attested, did test but did not exhaust the …patience of God. In a religious climate, like ours, which buffeted a truly biblical belief, Augustine praised his maker, and so reminded the church of the proper…praise of God. His Confessions—perhaps part of your summer reading—his great autobiography, is a prayer—for the city of God, by the grace of God, in the freedom of God, to the patience of God, as the praise of God. Augustine found a relationship with God and was ordained. And vice versa.
That is…
It may be that the only way God has to relate to some of us, to get our attention, to mute our pride, to kindle our affection, is to get us into the ministry. Baptism and confirmation suffice for most. But for the real hard cases—the guy who wrote the book on pride, the gal whose picture is alongside the dictionary definition of sloth, the one who embodies real falsehood—like us, like Augustine….like you?…God keeps ordination in reserve.
There are many, many ways of keeping faith. There are many paths into the future. In light of today's gospel, we affirm the mysterious allure of service. Close relationships, work relationships, relationships in faith give us clues.
There is a mysterious allure to a life of service. Frederick Beuchner well named its location: Where your deep gladness meets the world's deep hunger. There is a mysterious allure to a life of service.


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A love of Mumbai!
India's foreign secretary took the first tentative steps today towards normalizing ties with Pakistan. It is an important step and a necessary one. In the news analysis of this event, Pakistan media has been repeating its standard accusation that India has framed all bilateral dialogue with terrorism and the Mumbai attacks of 26/11 as its focus and that Pakistan itself has been a target of terrorism. While I sympathize with Pakistani civilians on the Peshawar incident, I have found the Indian explanation of focus on terrorism to be inarticulate and impersonal. So here is mine ..
|Maximum City
Quite simply put, Pakistan can forget any meaningful progress on all fronts until the trial for Mumbai attackers isn't brought to its rightful conclusion. Thats exaggerating things a bit, but its more or less true. A lot of people in Pakistan and certainly a lot of people from its intellectual class find this stance rigid and unreasonable. So here is why we wont budge without 26/11 resolved. Trial or not - judgments or not - the attacks of 26/11 will never fade and heres why -
We love Mumbai. To the Mumbai born, Mumbai is our introduction to India. It is the first sound of our conscious voice. It is a DNA inherited love for rains, chai and music. It is a collection of experiences inseparable from our own identities. Experiences rich and vibrant, exhilarating and exhausting, as varied in its shades as the colors of the city itself.
It is the smell of popcorn at Eros where we watched the first movie after a lecture bunk. It is the hypnotizing sound of track changes as a fast local to CST takes speed. It is the sheer joy of changing sky colors as we chat endlessly upon Marine Drive. It is the smell of yellowing train passes we preserve. It is our ability to tell local stations from looking at the crowd. It is the weight of shopping bags from fashion street. It is the sensation of wet sand in our toes from countless walks on Juhu. It is the flavor of insanely delicious paani puris on the beach and a love of strong winds from midnight drives on the sea link. It is the half priced pirated books at Fort and the scent of kerosene on xeroxed study notes. It is the sound of Radio Mirchi with 3am burji pav. It is an irrational addiction for a female voice that makes our train announcements. It is the endorphin high of a Tendulkar straight drive and a love of all things Madhuri Dixit. It is the thrill of scoring a window seat and the sound of Shaan in our earphones.
These places and streets are not landmarks - they aren't our tourist spots - they are our childhood friends - as alive and as articulate in their personalities as our flesh and blood friends. The attack of 26/11 is not so much a distant over analyzed tragedy as it is a scar on our right palm, you only have to write, or type or wave or move to feel its presence. It is not to say we dwell in the past, as much as it is to own our past. Mumbai has been the constant and steady witness to our life events. It is where we grew up into adulthood, where we learnt about the world and where we fell in love. It is this generation that will soon come to power in the halls of politics. You can rest assured, that they all have a scar on their right hand.


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This Saturday Lets Watch it together at 10pm Eastern Time
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We will discuss What could have Change the match. If the new old federer is better than the old young federer. If Sampras quit too early. and more!!!!!!!!!!!
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That's my favorite match! I'll be there.
This is cool! I might be able to make it too - Saturday night - I hate to admit I will just be chilling at home... in the Chat Room.
Interesting story. My parents went to Wimbledon one time, they saw one big match - this was it! They were all decked out in USA flag t-shirts and hats (totally cheezy) and they had to sit there and watch.... no spoilers.
i think im gonna make this one. i plan on having nothing in the evening.
The new Federer (older) is way better than this young Federer!
Sampras quit early? Just had a bad break there at the end. He missed two makeable volleys and you can see his brow darken at 15-40.
at what time reference.
The very last game, Sampras serving down 5-6 in the 5th set.
OH my GOSH its 2001, what were the lotto numbers again
3min in and you head a beeper! this is old!
3 all in 16 minutes
at 29 minutes in Sampras misses a easy backhand. this is the end of the match.
Way too early. Even though he nearly hit the net post with that backhand return. lol
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Just a quick note here…..Jon comes home from school today and tells me that in his advisory class (home room in the "old" days), his teacher has Celiac and is gluten-free, as is another girl in the class!! OMG! Talk about a small world! Both he and I wonder if they put the 2 kids in the same class on purpose or if it is just a coincidence?? I did know that there were several other kids in his middle school that had Celiac, but never thought that he would find out who. The school is pretty big.
Well, at least now if they have parties involving food, things will be a little easier. Maybe I can get with the teacher and this other childs Mom to set stuff up.
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Nicholasville, Kentucky (CNN) – Sen. Mitch McConnell knew how surprising it was going to sound to room full of Kentucky voters that he backs President Barack Obama on something.
"I think the President now, at this point - this will shock you when I say it - at this point, is doing the right thing," he said Wednesday in a speech to the Chamber of Commerce here.
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The GOP Senate leader was talking about the President's increasingly robust approach towards ISIS, the Islamist extremist group sweeping Syria and Iraq.
McConnell predicted Obama will likely ask lawmakers for support when Congress returns from its August recess, and told CNN in an exclusive interview after his speech why he would likely say yes.
"I think it would make sense for him to get our support. It's pretty clear ISIS is a serious threat. They have the potential to hit us here at home. He's the President of the United States and, if he's prepared to try to prevent that, I'm sure he will have a lot of congressional support," McConnell told CNN.
Whether McConnell's prediction about a lot of support from Congress will bear out remains to be seen. There is considerable reluctance, especially among some Democrats.
But the fact that the GOP leader, who spends most of his days railing against the President's policies in his neck-and-neck re-election campaign, temporarily put politics aside is noteworthy, and perhaps telling.
The politics of voting to support any military action are dicey for candidates facing voters who are weary after prolonged wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In fact, McConnell all but acknowledged that in his speech on Wednesday.
"I know both wars were long," he said. "The longer they go on the more unpopular they get."
When asked if he has any trepidation about potentially taking a tough vote before election day, McConnell told CNN "the security of the nation comes first."
"I believe and others believe that ISIS could hit us here at home and that trumps all other considerations, and I'm anxious to hear what the President has in mind and I think he's likely to get support" McConnell said.
Whether his constituents back him or not, it looks like it's one position he won't get much push back on by his Democratic opponent, Alison Lundergan Grimes.
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She also told CNN she believes the President should come to Congress for further action.
"When there is extended military action congressional approval is appropriate," she said.
McConnell should be careful, he is starting to sound like somebody that would compromise with Obama on something. I think you get kicked out of the GOP/TP for that. Even if it is for the good of the USA.
The Chinless Chump surprises me a little more every times opens his mouth.
There was a comment stating things like this are why Republicans resent Obama so much since he took the stance he did on Iraq.
But REALLY NOW!!!! Who can compare IRAQ to ISIS??????? C;mon!
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"Yet another similarity between the violent TP and terrorists"
Care to give an example where the TEA Party condoned any type of terrorism or violence?
Those two tea baggers killed that cop in the mall and left the tea bagger flag draped over his body before they shot themsleves like the cowards they are in the shortest revolution on record.
And they are continually hinting and agitating "2nd amendment solutions" and we will see more crazy ranchers with guns and cops and politicians targetted. AND have you googled for like 10 seconds to see the violent signs at TP rallies?
"Second Amendment remedies and saying my goodness what can we do to turn this country around? I'll tell you the first thing we need to do is take Harry Reid out." –Nevada GOP Senate nominee and Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle, floating the possibility of armed insurrection, interview with right-wing talk radio host Lars Larson in Portland, OR, January 2010
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Just because you bought into the left's politicization talking points doesn't make it true. Keep trying buddy.
TM, what collective mind? (snark)
I fear ISIS and think the US gov ought to continue to take steps to protect the nation's people, though at the very same time I fear and detest war. I would not want to be the one(s) who will make those incredibly difficult decisions. May God bless them.
Sorry Mitch, Obama is not doing the right thing on anything. He abuses his powers by passing congress and you look the other way, but now you cuddle up to him on one issue. If nothing else, trade him on Republican issues and get something in return. We know that Obama does not make a good president, but I would vote for him as a King.
Of course the GOP is for spending on the defense companies. That's who bought their elections. Sickening.
Just what we need...another war supported by the GOP and their profiteering allies. I'll consider their position when all of them have their kids and grandkids sign up to fight. Until then, sending other's in harm's way just doesn't cut it.
Big_D: Hah; as if Obama or Reid have EVER compromised on anything. Talk about intransigent non-statesmen. How much longer to the end of the leg-tingling Messiah's reign? Even if it were a day, that would be too much...


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The rise of the female fighter will be addressed at no fewer than three other female-dominated panels at this year's Comic-Con (Thursday's "Divas and Golden Lassoes: The LGBT Obsession with Super Heroines" and Friday's "Girls Gone Genre: Movies, TV, Comics, Web" and "Women Who Kick Ass: A New Generation of Heroines," which features Fringe's Anna Torv and V's Elizabeth Mitchell.) Here's a look at 26 sexy-fierce female ass-kickers who've relied on biceps and brains to periodically kick-start geek culture.Starbuck Katee Sackhoff gender-switched the Battlestar Galactica character played by Dirk Benedict for the original TV series. When BSG rebooted in 2003, Sackhoff quickly overcame skeptics with her tomboy take on Kara "Starbuck" Thrace. 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#1 Guys, I gotta say- I am truly depressed right now.06-24-2011, 08:49 PM
I was depressed too...till I read this...:p
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Original message Guys, I gotta say- I am truly depressed right now.
While I love DU and have depended on you guys for nearly a decade now,
as far as some voices of sanity in the wilderness- some of what I have been
reading just makes me so sad. And hopeless.
I no longer entertain the notion that we can salvage this country-
I think it is clear to some that the global elite have won, often with
the complacency of some our citizens, who simply are ignorant, not necessarily stupid,
that continue to vote against our best interest.
It is appalling to me that people like Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann
can even be considered as viable candidates for the Presidency of the United States of America.
I mean, why not just elect Kim Kardashian and get it over with?
The rich have neared completion of completely separating and isolating themselves
from the rest of us. The middle class is a sick and dying bird, pushed out of its shabby
nest by those who will not miss its song in the morning.
As a matter of fact- they can't wait to cut down the tree where the nest was built
for their personal gain.
Sorry to be so dark, but I don't see any of it getting better in our
And I am truly depressed.
LOL!!! I can always count on DU to make me feel better since these losers are just looking for an excuse to be negative!!! :D:DMay the FORCE be with you!
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I agree. Your world is hopeless and you are doomed to suffer the hardships of being an American citizen at the hands of the ebul Corporate elite and money grubbers.
Killing yourself now is your only solution.
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