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Read enough health and nutrition headlines, and you get the impression that Americans can't do anything right. Two-thirds of us are overweight, experts are quick to point out. We eat too much of the wrong foods, far too often. To hear some people tell it, we're hopeless.
But is it fair to place all this blame on ourselves? Just consider the confusing and downright dubious food advice we've heard over the years: Avoid carbs at all costs. Stop eating by 7:00 p.m. sharp. Have one meal a day. Have zero meals a day and drink smoothies instead. No wonder so many of us are struggling. Even if you forgo the fads and aim for a moderate diet filled with fruits, veggies, lean protein, and whole grains, life can get in the way. Maybe you venture to a restaurant and eat more than you planned. Maybe your family balks at the healthy meals you prepare at home. Maybe in your weekly sprint through the supermarket you find yourself making less-than-perfect choices. Clearly, we Americans need a get-real game plan that addresses the dietary challenges we face in all these domains.
So Better Homes & Gardens called together a panel of nationally recognized experts in cooking, nutrition, health, and human behavior to create the ultimate guide to eating right. Go ahead and dig in -- it's surprisingly easy to stomach.
"As a doctor, I believe that more and more Americans are becoming interested in eating nutritionally, in the power of food as medicine. The idea that healthful food can prevent disease isn't just something health nuts are talking about anymore. These days we all want to make better choices. And for many of us, these choices begin when we plan our weekly menus and make out a shopping list. Now we go to the store and we want to know, How will this food affect my family's health?"
-- Melina B. Jampolis, M.D., author of The No Time to Lose Diet (Thomas Nelson, 2007) and health and nutrition adviser to Better Homes & Gardens
"Most people assume they make about 15 food-related decisions a day. In reality, that number is more like 227. It's not just a matter of choosing the soup or the salad; it's, Do I add croutons? Do I finish the whole bowl? Do I go back for seconds? Since we're not always conscious of these decisions, we're easily swayed by cues in the environment -- and the environment almost always nudges us to eat more than we really need to. The good news is that once we become aware of these environmental cues, we can nudge them to work for us rather than against us."
-- Brian Wansink, Ph.D., author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think (Bantam, 2006), and director of the Food & Brand Lab at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
"To me, the message is so incredibly simple: The more unprocessed foods you eat -- especially plant-based foods -- the healthier you're going to be. That's it. It doesn't really matter what the plants are, what order you eat them in, or what proportions you eat them in. If you start eating more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds -- and less of everything else -- you've radically improved your diet. One of the best ways to do this is to cook at home. I'm living proof that cooking doesn't have to be complicated or difficult, and the investment pays off a billion times."
-- Mark Bittman, author of the cookbooks Food Matters (Simon & Schuster, 2009) and How to Cook Everything (Wiley, 2008). He also is a contributor to The New York Times.
"By now Americans know that there's overwhelmingly strong evidence of a link between diet and health. But at the same time they seem to be asking themselves, Why do I feel so powerless to control what I eat? The fact is, when food is highly processed and loaded and layered with sugar, salt, and fat, it becomes so stimulating that it hijacks the brain -- and our behavior. People are starting to say, 'Enough!' They're ready for a return to authenticity and moderation."
-- David Kessler, M.D., author of The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite (Rodale, 2009) and a former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
"We believe that adults and kids alike are naturally designed to eat whole foods in reasonable amounts, according to individual cues for hunger and satiety that change as people grow and develop. Today, one of the biggest challenges for us as parents is to meet these needs by preparing tasty, healthy, real food for our families in the small amounts of time we have available to us each day."
-- Tracee Yablon-Brenner, R.D., and Jeannette Bessinger, certified holistic health counselors, coauthors of Simple Food for Busy Families (Celestial Arts, 2009) and Great Expectations: Best Food for Your Baby & Toddler (Sterling, 2010), and cofounders of realfoodmoms.com
"Healthy eating isn't an all-or-nothing deal," assures BHG health and nutrition adviser Dr. Melina Jampolis. "It's OK to mix frozen or precooked food with fresh items if it helps you get tasty, nutritious meals on the table faster. Just try to make smart choices while shopping, and do the best you can at cooking." Avoiding these pitfalls can help you make it happen.
By now you've probably heard it's best to start your shopping here. That's good advice, but don't settle for mushy strawberries or wilted spinach -- they'll just spoil uneaten in your fridge. "Check out the plain frozen produce instead," Dr. Jampolis suggests. "It's just as good for you -- if not better -- because it's flash frozen to retain nutrients."
You might grab a can of pinto beans or peach slices and assume that's all you're getting. Not so fast, says Dr. Jampolis. Many brands contain added salt and sweeteners, which isn't exactly advertised on most labels. Take a look at the can's nutrition facts and, whenever possible, opt for salt-free or low-sodium versions with no added sweeteners. Not in stock? Rinse before eating to lower those levels.
When shopping for bread and other baked goods, beware of the vague phrase "made with whole grains." "That product might contain 45 grams of refined grains and just 3 grams of nutritious whole grains," Dr. Jampolis says. The phrase to look for instead: "100 percent whole grains." This means the product contains no refined grains.
You already know to avoid snack foods that contain trans fat and sky-high sodium and sugar. "But don't be fooled by junk food that has vitamins and minerals added to it," Dr. Jampolis cautions. "It's still junk food with mainly empty calories." If you want a treat, keep it to one or two and choose wisely: "Seek out snacks that contain some truly beneficial component, like nuts, dried fruits, or whole grains."
Don't toss low-fat yogurt or smoothies in your cart without checking the sugar content, too. Some brands contain 30 grams or more of the sweet stuff -- the same amount found in many candy bars. (Just note that yogurt naturally contains some sugar in the form of lactose.) The healthy fix: Grab plain low-fat Greek yogurt and top with whole berries.
When it comes to ground beef and poultry, the term "lean" can be misleading. "A product labeled '90% lean' can still contain up to 10 grams of fat -- including 4.5 grams of artery-clogging saturated fat -- per serving," Dr. Jampolis says. Opt for ground meat in the 95-99 percent lean range instead. For whole cuts of beef, which often lack percentages, look for these words on labels: "Select" is the leanest, followed by "choice." "Prime" cuts are highest in fat.
Granted, overeating can happen anywhere, but dining out comes with special hazards. Read on as Cornell University food psychologist Brian Wansink serves up surprising insights from his research.
Between the wine list, appetizers, entrees, side dishes, and desserts, a restaurant menu offers endless variety. Rein it in with Wansink's rule of two: Once you've picked your entree, limit yourself to two extras, such as an appetizer and a cocktail or a roll and a dessert. Otherwise, you might find yourself saying yes to something in every category.
In dimly lit restaurants, diners tend to linger, upping the odds they'll order an unplanned dessert or an extra glass of wine. Meanwhile, people in brightly lit eateries tend to gobble their food quickly, going overboard before they realize they're full. Wansink's advice: No matter what type of restaurant you're in, take a full 20 minutes to enjoy your meal -- that's how long the body needs to register fullness. Then assess whether you're really hungry for more.
Dining with one other person can increase your calorie intake by 35 percent versus eating alone, says Wansink, citing research conducted by former Georgia State University psychologist John De Castro. Dine with a group of three, and that number jumps to 75 percent. Wansink partly attributes this to etiquette: We don't want to push away our plates before others at the table are finished. To avoid overeating, try to be the last person to dig in, and reserve a few bites on your plate in case you finish first and want to sustain a polite nibble.
People consistently rate food as tasting better when it's presented on nice china versus a humble paper plate or napkin. So try not to get swept away by that "amazing" brownie at dessert. And bear in mind that people tend to eat at least 90 percent of what they have in front of them -- no matter how big the plate may be. Consider sharing an entree, ordering a half portion, or asking the server to pack up half to go.
In one study Wansink conducted, volunteers helped themselves to chicken wings at an all-you-can-eat buffet. As people ate, they discarded bones in empty bowls placed upon their tables. Here's the twist: Waiters were instructed to bus only some tables, while allowing bones to pile up on the others. In the end, volunteers whose tables were bussed ate 28 percent more because they lacked a visual reminder of what they had eaten. As your dishes are cleared between courses, do a quick mental tally so you don't lose track.
"I'd estimate that Americans cook less than 20 percent of their meals at home," Mark Bittman laments. "There's a myth that ordering fast food is cheaper and more convenient. In fact, home cooking can be easier, cheaper, and faster. Plus, it's ten times healthier than any other alternative, and it gives you ultimate control over your diet." On a busy day, you don't even need to follow a recipe, says Bittman. Here, four lessons that gave him the confidence to improvise
"One time about 10 years ago, I forgot I was hosting a group for dinner until one of them called that afternoon and asked, 'What time should we come over?' I completely panicked because I had no menu planned and no food in the house. So I ran to the supermarket and grabbed some stuff to make a salad, a roast chicken, potatoes gratin, and chocolate mousse. It was nothing spectacular, but everyone -- including me -- was happy with what I had made. That night did a lot for my confidence. I learned that when people sit down at your table, they're not expecting you to be a five-star chef. They're looking for love and great conversation and a simple, decent meal."
"I sometimes joke that there are only nine recipes in the world. But there's a lot of truth to that. At some point I realized that the same patterns crop up over and over again. If you cook a piece of chicken with ginger, garlic, and scallions, you get a Chinese flavor. Use lime and cilantro, you have Mexican. Parmesan and oregano? Italian. You can apply these flavor patterns to almost anything -- fish, broccoli, tofu, whatever. Healthy cooking is often just a matter of riffing on well-worn little flavor combos. It's like multiplication: not hard at all once you learn it."
"Probably 75 percent of my New York Times recipe columns are the result of me screwing around with ingredients I bought on impulse. There's a certain freedom in this approach. For example, let's say you decide, Tonight I'm going to make monkfish with white turnips. But then you go to the store and the monkfish looks terrible or they don't have white turnips. At that point you're in trouble because your shopping list is calling for those ingredients. On the other hand, if you go to the market with no prefixed notions, buy whatever fresh ingredients look best, then figure out how to cook them, you're actually going to end up with less stress -- and a much better meal."
"On my last book tour, I got stuck eating a lot of 'road food.' When I returned home, I was ready for some real food, but we didn't have many ingredients on hand -- my wife had been too busy at work to do any shopping. So I dug around and found some celery, a few carrots, an onion, and a tomato. I cut them up, simmered them for a few minutes in olive oil, then tossed everything with pasta. So quick, and really, really delicious. I live in New York City -- the world capital of takeout -- and I'd rather eat this stuff any day."
The secret to winning over a finicky family? Baby steps, according to nutrition counselors Jeannette Bessinger and Tracee Yablon-Brenner, both moms themselves. "Don't suddenly announce that you have seen the light and will be throwing out all the sugar in the house," Bessinger advises. "Otherwise your family might run away screaming." These seven tricks will keep them at the table.
"Moms might be tempted to bribe or threaten picky eaters into consuming different foods, but this tends to backfire," Bessinger says. "So there's no sense in playing food police. You can be in charge of what you offer your family, but let them choose what and how much to eat. This will help them cultivate a positive relationship with food."
"It's always easier to try something novel than say good-bye to an old favorite," Bessinger explains. So at first, try serving nutritious items (such as edamame) along with not-so-great standbys (like boxed mashed potatoes). Once you find healthy foods your family likes, they won't object when less nutritious fare is eliminated.
Healthful ingredients are harder to refuse when they're integrated with the main dish. One-dish recipes also make it easy to amp up nutrients without arousing suspicion (say, by swapping some ground beef for black beans). "I use tons of veggies in my lasagna and even finicky eaters love it," Bessinger attests. Other good vehicles include chili, soups, stews, and stir-fries.
When kids are allowed to garnish, sprinkle, and dip, they gain a sense of control that makes them more likely to eat (and enjoy) the food, Yablon-Brenner says. So if your 8-year-old balks at broccoli, serve it with a small bowl of low-fat ranch dressing or hummus and let him go to town.
Family members might be more receptive to healthy dishes that resemble foods they already love, such as burgers, tacos, or milk shakes. For example, instead of trying to force your spouse to choke down a tossed garden salad, try serving whole wheat pizza layered with chopped veggies and skim mozzarella. The right delivery method can make all the difference.
High-fiber whole grain versions of rice, pasta, and bread make easy replacements for their refined counterparts. But if your family has trouble adjusting to the taste, try going halfsies -- for example, by mixing brown rice with white in a pilaf -- and gradually phase out the refined stuff.
In a perfect world, our loved ones would appreciate healthful foods for what they are. But stubborn cases call for stealth. To that end, try grating or pureeing vegetables such as zucchini, sweet potatoes, and carrots and hiding them in meatballs, muffins, casseroles, and sauces. Your family will be none the wiser.
Ever had a night like this? You swing by the store for a gallon of milk. As you wait in the checkout line, a bag of chips catches your eye. You know those chips aren't good for you, but you buy them anyway and scarf them in the car. By the time you pull into your driveway, regret is kicking in.
This isn't just a case of weak willpower, says former FDA commissioner Dr. David Kessler. The real problem is that certain commercially made foods -- the ones with tons of added sugar, salt, and fat -- are so tasty and so stimulating that they actually overwhelm the brain's circuitry. When we eat them, the brain cranks out dopamine, a neurochemical associated with a reward that drives us to eat that food again...and again...and again. Eventually, just looking at the food can trigger a dopamine release. "We get stuck in a cycle," Dr. Kessler says. "We're constantly chasing that satisfaction." These steps can help you break free.
Temptation can strike suddenly -- like when you walk through a food court and catch a whiff of freshly baked cinnamon rolls. Perhaps you try to reason with yourself by thinking, I shouldn't eat that or That food is bad for me. You'll have far more success if you go a step further and visualize a better outcome, says Dr. Kessler. Try, I have a healthy lunch waiting for me back home, and cinnamon rolls aren't in my plan.
Resisting the call of the fast-food drive-through might seem futile in the moment, but consider this: Studies show that addictive cravings tend to fizzle as soon as the object in question becomes unattainable. In other words, drive a few miles past the burger joint, and you'll likely discover that you didn't really need those extra-large cheese fries after all.
When you're being lured by a super-stimulating food, the brain's reward center is keyed into one thing and one thing only: the immediate sensory pleasure of eating that food. Gain control by extending your thoughts to the consequences. For example, Nachos might taste great now, but tomorrow I'll feel awful about myself, or Ice cream sundaes always give me indigestion. Explains Dr. Kessler, "This undercuts the reward value of the food."
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Malvin Katz Fried
Born: 1893
Buj, Hungary
Malvin and her eight brothers and sisters were born to religious Jewish parents in the small town of Buj in northeastern Hungary. The family later moved to the village of Zalkod, where Malvin's father ran a general store. The Katz family lived in a sprawling farmhouse with a large garden and fruit orchards. Malvin married Sandor Fried, the brother of her sister Sadie's husband, Hermon.
1933-39: My oldest sister, Sadie, who immigrated to the United States many years ago, has come home for a visit. Her two children, Lillian and Arthur, love playing in the gypsy camp near my parents' farm and helping my mother gather fruit in the orchards. On their trip over, Sadie stopped in Hamburg and says she saw Nazis marching in the streets. She's afraid, but we've told her not to worry: It all seems so far away.
1940-44: Four weeks ago, on March 19, 1944, German forces occupied Hungary. Here in Nyirbator where I moved after my marriage to Sandor Fried, all of us Jewish citizens have been forced to abandon our homes and most of our belongings. We've spent the last few days crowded into the local synagogue. The rough Hungarian gendarmes have searched us and stolen our remaining money and jewelry. Now they've told us that we're to be moved to a ghetto in the county seat, the town of Nyiregyhaza. Then what will happen to us?
Malvin and her husband, Sandor, were among 435,000 Hungarian Jews deported in the early summer of 1944 to Auschwitz. Malvin and her husband perished there.

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Who's stronger Anime Characters, DC Characters or Marvel Characters?
xyukihirokunx wrote:
I like where this thread is going. I just wish there were more people who were into both western comics and manga/anime to make more in depth analysis/arguments. I definitely don't have enough western comic knowledge to hold a decent debate. What a shame.
Total agreement here.
Maybe I should rant on CR more...
EVERYONE WHO SAYS ANYONE FROM HARUHI IS RENDERED INVALID AND SHOULD PROMPTLY STOP WANKING. No she is not even close to omnipotent stop wanking. Omnipotent implies she can do whatever the fuck she wants and nothing can stop her. No she can't so she's not even close.
This is how it's going to go down. TTGL, TMOHS, Death Note, DBZ are all utterly and complete trash. Stop talking about them. Now what you need to look at is Kami Tenchi for Anime, The One Above All for Marvel and The Presence/Great Evil for DC. These are your true omnipotents, the ones you don't fuck with and can do anything they want because you can't do shit to stop them.
Marvel probably wins because only The One Above All was shown to be truly omnipotent and the top of the chan. Nothing is above him and he can do anything he wants to anything. Kami Tenchi is also an omnipotent though it is never truly shown off, while The Presence is tied with The Great Evil and even then there are stated to be things above him.
Even then DC and Marvel have far more multi and universal threats and would literally curbstomp the living daylights out of Anime characters.
For DC you have Mister Mxyzptlk like mentioned above who destroyed the DC multiverse and then brought it back for the god damned lulz. Then you have Lucifer Morningstar who's above him in OPness. Along with Micheal.
For Marvel you have The Beyonder, The Living Tribunal, Galactus, Mad Jim Jaspers (Nigh-Omnipotent here) and others.
Yeah Anime is totally and utterly fucked. Except for maybe Tenchi Muyo seeing as that's where Kami Tenchi comes from and has a shit load of OPed characters as well.
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If we disregard all omnipotent characters and just focus on say, Superman and Goku, then the debate wouldn't be so one-sided. I've never paid attention to DC/Marvel comics and probably never will but judging from the posts, the overpowered characters will utterly rape and destroy anime.
Why not just focus on the "normal" superheroes and the "normal" anime characters? Batman Vs. ... Idk, Shizuo (Durarara)?
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Batman wins. All the way. Firstly he'd beat the ever living shit out of Shizuo, and he's also got a billion dollar company behind him and he's also far better at planning. He also fights alongside the likes of Superman and the Martian Manhunter. And he has a counter for them.
Superman also trashes Goku's ass back and forth seeing as Goku can't breathe in space.
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Well, those were just random ass examples, I'm not thinking too much consider it's nearly 2 A.M. where I'm at and I have a lack of sleep. Hopefully some people can put up better examples than I can because I surely don't pay too much attention to DC/Marvel heroes besides the basic ones. Even then, I don't know too much about them.
Who knows, this conversation might get more interesting if we can think of better match ups between characters in anime and western comics.
Thought a little more, and considering all of the shounen anime I've seen, I'm going to side with the DC/Marvel side. The strength between Anime and DC/Marvel characters are incomparable because... Well, the DC/Marvel characters just have a higher "power level" than Anime characters.
As mentioned before, Light has limitations to how he can kill the DC/Marvel characters. I don't even want to mention the Big 3 because Naruto would be raped instantly. All in all, I don't think the strength of Anime characters match up to DC/Marvel characters. This makes me realize just how overpowered the regular superheroes may be. Of course, there are some that aren't ridiculously overpowered.
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@ TheAncientOne:
I had to look him up but yeah he's another one that can completely change reality and operates at levels beyond our universe so he certainly fits the bill.
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SkylarkAnime wrote:
Nagato Yuki - "Tis but a scratch." after having her body destroyed, then deleting whatever marvel or DC hero is opposing her.
LMAO. No just no.
Before we start don't even think about "DeATh NOte, lulz!" because this certain western comic-book character comes from the fifth-dimension and all the things he's able to do in our third-dimension universe is too advanced for our limited third-dimensional views.
I bet most of you have never heard/seen this character before
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His name Mister Mxyzptlk and he's one of DC's most stupidly over-powered characters. He can perform any feat imaginable, which means he can reshape the fabric of reality at will, travel to parallel worlds, or even manipulate space-time continuum.
This makes him stronger than some of DC's most powerful cosmic beings (even Gods) and to make matters worse there's currently no known limit to his powers, so in a sense he's practically invincible. Oh and there's this character called Bat-Mite, who's also lives in the fifth-dimension and is just as powerful as Mister Mxyzptk.
TL:DR, Mister Mxyzptlk abilities allows him to do anything he wants in our third-dimensional universe.
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I think that was retconned at some point and now he leaves at his own will but still funny imo. If we're ignoring the reality shapers and near omnipotent characters like AsuraCryin suggested, I'll put up Watchmen's Ozymandias as a contender for strongest. He's similar to Batman with the huge money reserves, billion dollar company, and being at peak physical condition and is also a master strategist. I'm not sure how well he could think on his feet and fight against something unexpected but he seemed to account for everything beforehand.
Lastly, a question about the Madoka ending (I haven't watched any of it) in the spoiler
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if she becomes God in the Christian sense doesn't that create a sort of loop or paradox since she would then have always been God, and depending on how you define omniscient, would have been aware of it too?
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Lastly, a question about the Madoka ending (I haven't watched any of it) in the spoiler
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if she becomes God in the Christian sense doesn't that create a sort of loop or paradox since she would then have always been God, and depending on how you define omniscient, would have been aware of it too?
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No she doesn't become god. She gains godlike abilities but only within a very certain and specified subject. Which is magical girls and witches. She has no power to influence anything else in the universe. Zilch. Nada. Zip. So while she may be essentially god when dealing with magical girls and related things like soul gems, outside of that she is essentially useless. And she's not even technically a physical being anymore. Rather she's much like a concept, an idea, or a set of rules that are built into the universe regarding magical girls and witches.
So with that all being said, the moment she gains god hood she essentially becomes a multiversal powerful character capable of creating new universes. Nothing DC and Marvel verse can't handle. But immediatly after she gains god hood and finishes her crap, she turns into what I described above.
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I like both Anime/Manga and western comics as well. One thing I can say for sure... I've never seen Superman or Green Lantern slapped down by a girl and called a pervert because her skirt flew up while the hero was saving her. Even the strongest of Anime characters get beat up constantly by the female supporting characters which has often cause me to wonder why the girls don't become the heroes themselves.
Also, Marvel and DC characters tend to be a lot smarter than their Japanese counterparts. Most shonen Manga and Anime male characters are so dumb that it's hard to watch or read the series. Personally, I just like a good story weather it's Anime, Manga, or American Comics. As far as American comics go, there are better titles than what marvel and DC has to offer. Like Shonen Manga, DC and Marvel suffers from the same problem, too much of the same thing, the wash, rinse, and repeat thing. If you've never read any western comics, then I would have to suggest to try The Walking Dead, Witchblade, Freak Angels, DMZ, and girls.
AsuraCryin wrote:
If we disregard all omnipotent characters and just focus on say, Superman and Goku, then the debate wouldn't be so one-sided. I've never paid attention to DC/Marvel comics and probably never will but judging from the posts, the overpowered characters will utterly rape and destroy anime.
Goku vs (modern mainstream) Superman could be one hell of an interesting fight, but Superman has some major terrain advantages over Goku, seeing as Supes has invulnerability to almost any physical damage, toxin, diseases and even radiation to an certain extent. For example, if our boy scout can bear hug Goku and fly into water/space to suffocate Goku, or simply fling Goku inside magma, the victory will go to Supes...
Superman breaks the rules: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5tuIyqFCfc
I don't know, these days Superman's invulnerability has been shown to just be Really resistant to Damage. They have pulled Sups away from his Golden Age boringman self a long time ago. Stories about a guy who is perfect and can never be hurt outside of the Kryptonite loophole apparently doesn't make for a top selling comic. Hit him hard enough and he bleeds like anyone else. It's just that the definition of "Hard Enough" is way waaaay high up on the scale.
That said Goku tends to hit hard enough, plus he teleports so that is kind of a "get out of bad environment free" card.
I always thought Batman vs. Kira would be an interesting Fanfic story. At it's heart Death Note is a detective story and Batman is a Detective. Batman's tactics in pursuing Kira would have been very different from L's since Batman doesn't work with the police, he works solo. While that would make it harder for him to track Kira, it also gives him a greater level of protection. and if I remember the explanation of the Shinigami eyes it's also possible that the mask is enough to keep his name hidden.
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I actually just recalled a few things about Superman, which may have changed, but I think we should post basic information about characters if we're pitting them up against each other in a match.
Not sure how true this is about Superman, but I believe he is able to fly on Earth because the gravity doesn't limit him as much as his home planet. That said, the environment does affect Superman. Wouldn't there be advantages other anime characters, Goku for this case since we pit them up against each other, have over Superman? Goku's ability to fly is base on his ki, I believe, so gravity doesn't affect his ability to fly but his movements.
I'd like to see what occurs if we match some of the Fantastic 4 members against some anime characters with similar powers.
Batman Vs. Light is another interesting idea. Sure, Light may lose in the physical sense but intellectually, the psychological battle may prove to be a good cat and mouse game.
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Death note > all
Or use geass eye
Tons of powerful things in anime
AsuraCryin wrote:
Not sure how true this is about Superman, but I believe he is able to fly on Earth because the gravity doesn't limit him as much as his home planet. That said, the environment does affect Superman. Wouldn't there be advantages other anime characters, Goku for this case since we pit them up against each other, have over Superman? Goku's ability to fly is base on his ki, I believe, so gravity doesn't affect his ability to fly but his movements.
Superman's ability to fly has had little to nothing to do with Earth's weaker gravity (vs. Krypton) for as long as I can remember (and keep in mind I was reading comics in the 1960's). It definitely doesn't in the modern incarnation. When Superman was originally introduced, he didn't fly; he jumped (which is where the "leap tall buildings in a single bound" came from). The flying came later, after Fawcett Comics introduced Captain Marvel, who could fly.
LelouchKyonConan wrote:
Death note > all
Or use geass eye
Tons of powerful things in anime
As pointed out earlier, the Death Note is totally useless if the target isn't human. To give an anime example, Yuki Nagato would be completely unaffected by the Death Note
Light's worst nightmare would have been if L had been an alien.
His nightmare from the bowels of hell would be having to go up against Prince Baka (Level E).
Daredevil from the Marvel universe would be immune to Lelouch's geass for the same reason Nunnally was until she opened her eyes. There are other examples, but basically, if Lelouch can't make eye contact, his geass can't function.
Yes, that's my real age
Anime with out a doubt. Mainly because DC and Marvel avoid god like characters for the most part unless used as villains. The only protagonist thats a god I can think of is Thor and he's sort of weak for a god. Also, the nature of comics in the DC and Marvel universes require that they continue for forever, so making a character with god like ablilties kills the comic sometimes. Anime and manga end when the end of the story is reached.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Locked in a tight contest throughout the first half and early second, Tennessee Tech rallied midway in the second period to gain a 16-point lead, and the Golden Eagles held on to claim a 78-64 Ohio Valley Conference victory Saturday night over Jacksonville State in Eblen Center.
Senior Jud
Dillard went 14-for-14 at the free throw line and scored 18
points while nabbing 10 rebounds for his ninth double-double of the
season. Junior Dennis Ogbe also
notched 18 points along with grabbing six boards as the Golden
Eagles owned a 36-19 advantage on the glass.
Junior point guard Jeremiah Samarrippas added 15 points and four steals, and Javon McKay also reached double figures with 10 points, his highest output since the season opener.
Junior Brian Williams led the Gamecocks with 22 points and four assists, while senior Tarvin Gaines added 15, senior Ronnie Boggs scored nine and grabbed six rebounds, and senior Rinaldo Mafra added eight.
Tech's homecourt win avenged a 21-point loss at Jacksonville in December. The Golden Eagles improved to 9-14 overall and 3-8 within the OVC as they fight for a playoff spot in the March 6-9 Tournament field.
Jacksonville State's record slipped to 15-8 overall and 7-5 in the league.
The largest lead of the first half was a five-point Golden Eagle
advantage, 7-2 very early on the contest. Tech was able to go up by
four on two other occasions, but for much of the period the two
teams were within a single basket. At the break, Tech was up by
one, 25-24.
In the second half, Tech's 16-point margin was trimmed to 10 points with six minutes to play when JSU head coach James Green was charged with two technical fouls and ejected while arguing a call on an aggressive foul under the Tech basket. JSU players were charged with a personal and a technical on the play that led to Green's ejection.
The Golden Eagles made seven of eight free throws from the incident and rebuilt their lead to 17.
A dunk by McKay made it a 19-point bulge, Tech's largest lead of the contest, with 5:36 to play before the Gamecocks tried to mount a comeback. They pulled within eight, 66-58, with 1:44 to play on a 3-pointer by Williams but Tech was able to answer down the stretch by hitting 12-for-14 at the charity line.
The real difference in the game came midway in the second half when Tech went from a 33-30 lead to a 45-30 advantage with a 12-0 run. Six different players contributed points in the run, capped by a layup from Jud Dillard with 11:04 to play.
Next up for the Golden Eagles is the team's annual trip to "Death Valley" with games at Eastern Kentucky Thursday and Morehead State Saturday.


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New week so let me tell you the newsy tidbit first:
The Dolphins are hosting a visit from West Virginia inside linebacker J.T. Thomas, according to the National Football Post. Count him among the half-dozen or so inside linebackers the team has shown considerable interest in since the interview and workout process began.
That suggest, well, the Dolphins are feeling a need to add help at inside linebacker. Now, I don't know about you, but with Karlos Dansby, Channing Crowder, Tim Dobbins, A.J. Edds, and Austin Spitler on the team, you might think the team is good at inside linebacker.
You would think wrong.
The club obviously wants to upgrade special teams, obviously wants depth because Crowder will be in the final year of his deal in 2011, and because Spitler is alright but not really great so far.
My suggestion?
Consider moving Koa Misi inside. He can play the position and the Dolphins could use a pick to add a superior pass-rusher, which is also a need. It will not happen, in all likelihood. But why not think outside the box?
I don't see Misi as a 15-sack player. I see him as a solid seven-sack player when he gets completely comfortable with the OLB job. Why not improve two positions at the same time and try to land a big playmaking pass rusher?
Just saying.
Anyway, today is live blog chat day here. We'll get it started at 1 p.m. I will hang here with you until your questions or comments are done. If you cannot be here then, leave your question or comment now and I'll answer those first.
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I agree that there must be some legal reason to bring them back...don't get me wrong..I really enjoyed both of them last year...but survivor can not be hard up for contestants...and man, I wish they would go back to john q. public in the contestants...I don't need to be watching pretty boy and big boobs playing to make it a great show for me...I like watching the guy next door ...it gives me a nice feeling of if he can do it...so can anyone else...
RudyRules, what I really don't understand is why set the precedent when you could have just slapped Steph and Bobby Jon together as a team and put them on Amazing Race. While I'm not a big fan of this either, I wouldn't have complained at all. After a season of Amazing Race, you're not that far from Survivor 16 "The All Stars Part Deux". It would have made perfect sense.
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Subject: The easy way to keep up on hate radio
Dear BuzzFlash:
If you're like me, you want to keep up with the other side and their latest ravings, but the nausea factor usually stops you. Like anybody can tell you who works or socializes around a right wing lunatic, most of whom also double as evangelical wackos, too, these Limbaugh lemmings are just like African gray parrots. They can speak English just great, but have no comprehension of what they're saying and rely solely on verbal cues to tell them what to say and how to think, if that's what they do. Here's a sample of crap unloaded by the lemmings I work with lately.
1) Only liberals (Democrats and anybody to the left of Dick Cheney) break laws. This astute comment was offered after a petty theft at my workplace, the culprit still unidentified.
2) Only welfare cheats and people who don't want to work will benefit from a government health plan.
3) If you're broke or poor, you are to blame, regardless of circumstances. Same if you're unemployed, even if you've been outsourced or fired.
4) The homosexual community lurks on street corners, especially San Francisco, just waiting to violate anybody foolish enough to stop at a red light.
5) You can cure homosexuals by forcing Christianity upon them.
6) God is American and Republican, but we already knew that.
7) Rush is right, all the time and anybody who disagrees is a Leninist Socialist. Big Business and Wall Street are our friends and we must support their rights to obscene profits and bonuses from bailouts at all costs.
8) Everybody in the world wants secretly to be an American.
What a sick joke. Needless to say, there's no possible way to have a polite discussion with these people. Any contrary opinion will make them mad, spew Rushisms at you and call you a commie. And these people breed.
Fayetteville, AR
Subject: No more flying for me
I flew for the first time when I was 20. I enjoyed the experience quite a bit. It was nice not to have to drive the 20 or so hours it would take to make the trip, and having a meal inflight was nice. Never did get to be on a flight with a movie though.
In the past 15 years, I flew quite a bit, going to conventions. Sometimes it was rough, making schedules and occasionally the service wasn't that good. But overall I considered it a good buy for the saving of time and trouble.
Then things started to change -- even before 9/11. It wasn't such a good buy after all, if we have to ship our merchandise separately, instead of on the plane. We had to cut back on what we brought to conventions. The meals became snacks, the preflight became a modern dance with twists, turns, and losing your shoes, and had to be done hours before the flight itself. When you factor in that we live over an hour from an airport, a cross country trip becomes an all day event.
We're old and we're tired and we're not going to put up with it anymore.
I understand security regulations -- when they serve a purpose. At the moment, it seems to me that the powers that be want all air flight to cease. Unless of course, you can fly first class.
Airports you can keep your full body scanners, your crackers and soda, your delays and stopovers and cramped spaces and theft of time.
I'll either drive (and leave when I want, eat what I want, and not have to fight to go to the bathroom) or take Amtrak.
More and more the train is looking good to me. I took a trip two years ago on Amtrak. There were numerous delays, stopovers, bus rides etc.
But you know what I remember? The space to stretch out, enough that I didn't have muscle cramps afterwards. And a wonderful thing that happened in the dining car.
Since there's limited space in the dining car, you have to take numbers and sit with several other people you may or may not know. I am 56, white, looking a bit younger than my age. I was wearing a Superman T shirt as I was taking some of my collection to help at a gathering in Woolstock Iowa, birthplace of George Reeves. Seated with me was a black woman, probably around my age, who was traveling to play tuba at an event. She was dressed very professionally. With us was a younger white businessman type.
Without any discussion or hit as to what was going to happen, I turned to the woman and said, "Well, Mom, what have you been up to?" She responded immediately in character and then turned to the businessman and asked "Son, how have you been doing lately?" He entered immediately into the spirit of the thing and told about his wife and kids. Throughout the meal, we called each other Mom and Son and brother affectionately.
For the course of the meal, we were a family, we updated each other on our lives and accomplishments and did so with love in our hearts, expressed through terms of affection.
At the end of the meal, all three of us were a bit sad. We said our goodbyes and told each other that we loved them.
I have no idea of my "mom" or "brother's" real names.
I lost my mother 15 years ago, my brother and I don't have anything to do with each other. But it's one of my favorite memories how I found my "family" again over a train meal.
And that is something you can never offer me, airlines.
Mike Curtis
Greenbrier, AR
Subject: Why We Elected Obama
A year ago, if we had read in the paper that employers were hiring again, that health care legislation was proceeding without a bump, that Afghanistan suddenly became a nice place to take your kids, we would've known we were being lied to. Back then, we recognized that the problems Obama inherited as President wouldn't go away overnight.
During his campaign, Obama clearly said that an economy that took eight years to break couldn't be fixed in a year, that Afghanistan was a graveyard of empires, and would not be an easy venture for us. Candidate Obama didn't feed us happy-talk, which is why we elected him. He never said America could solve our health care, economic and security problems without raising the deficit. Instead, he talked of hard choices, of government taking painful and contentious first steps towards fixing problems that can't be left for another day.
Right after Obama's election, we seemed to grasp this. We understood that companies would be happy to squeeze more work out of frightened employees, and would be slow to hire more. We understood that the banks that had extorted us out of billions of dollars, were lying when they said they would share their recovery. We understood that a national consensus on health care would not come easily. Candidate Obama never claimed that his proposed solutions would work flawlessly right out of the box, and we respected him for that.
But today, the President is being attacked as if he were a salesman who promised us that our problems would wash off in the morning. He never made such a promise. It's time for Americans to realize that governing is hard work, and that a President can't just wave a magic wand and fix everything.
Ellie Light
Subject: Peter King is A Nut - First Class
Peter King (R-NY): Saying the Word "Terrorism" More Often Will Keep Us Safe
If that's the case, why didn't King tell us to do this right after 9/11?
We could have saved so much money and precious lives of soldiers by simply saying "Terror", "Terrorism" and "Terrorists" everyday in DC, without sending one single soldier overseas.
Plus we would all be able to go through any airport without getting our bodies scanned.
Yup King, just saying the words "Terror", "Terrorism" and/or "Terrorists" will solve all our problems.
Please wake me up when this clown gets a brain!!!!
Tom Wieliczka
Windsor Locks, CT
Subject: Sample Invitation* To A Community Get Together For The Purpose Of Joining The Mass Uprising
Dear neighbor,
A peaceful mass popular uprising is not only overdue, it's a must, what with time running out on account of perpetual war + global warming + economic meltdown = lights out for each and every one of us. Furthermore, unless we do something to prevent this, it could be someone in our community's who'll end up having to answer that dreaded call "Will the last one out please turn off the lights." Why not look to our government? Because it's known about this for umpty-ump years now and the only thing it's done is ignore the problem &/or make it worse. Which means it's up to us, which is why the call for this get together. The gathering is open to everyone in our community, with nothing on the agenda yet except what can we the people do to head off this seemingly inevitable.
Date of get together __________
Place ________
Conveners ____Each and every one of us
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We recently received our first shipment of 110 mm-long Grand Bois stems. The fillet-brazed stems are available in 10 mm increments from 60 to 110 mm. Now riders of all sizes can use these beautifully crafted, super-strong stems and decaleurs.
Some people may wonder about the shorter stems: Few modern bike makers specify stems shorter than 80 mm. However, for a small bike, it makes sense to shorten the stem, especially if you plan to use a handlebar bag.
In the drawings above, you can see how a 7 cm stem on a 49 cm frame places the handlebars in the same position as a 10 cm stem on a 58 cm frame, relative to the fork crown and front wheel. Therefore, a handlebar bag will sit on the rack in the same position.
No matter how tall your frame, your front rack always sits in the same place ahead of the fork crown. On the small frame, a long stem would push the bag too far forward, which would compromise the bike's handling.
Beyond handlebar bags, there are other reasons to vary stem length over a greater range. Using a long stem on a small bike shifts the rider's weight forward. To avoid toe overlap, many small frames have steep seat tube angles, which further reduces the weight on the rear wheel. This means that many small bike have much more weight on the front wheel than larger bikes typically do, and that probably affects the bike's handling. A better way to avoid toe overlap is to shorten the stem and lengthen the top tube. The seat tube angle can remain almost the same as on a taller frame.
However, the stem length also affects the bike's steering. A shorter stem changes the arc through which the handlebars swing. The effect is most pronounced "on the tops" near the stem, where your reach is determined solely by the stem length. "On the hoods" and "in the drops," your hands are further from the steering axis, and the impact of stem length is less pronounced.
As everything in bicycle design, stem length is determined by a number of considerations. Different builders and riders weigh these factors differently, and thus design their bikes differently. Grand Bois now offers stem lengths that should suit most cyclists.


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OMAHA, Neb. – Billionaire Warren Buffett is optimistic about America's economic future because the nation has begun to unleash the potential of women.
Buffett's views on the role of women appeared online Thursday in an editorial he wrote for Fortune magazine.
He says that most of America's prosperity was created using only about 50 percent of its talent – the men. So he's confident the country will prosper as more women excel in the workforce.
"For most of our history, women – whatever their abilities – have been relegated to the sidelines," Buffett writes. "Only in recent years have we begun to correct that problem."
Buffett says his two sisters were encouraged to set their sights on "marrying well" as a career goal even though they are just as bright as the billionaire investor.
Buffett says he saw his friend, Katharine Graham, continue to doubt herself as she led the Washington Post Co. She'd been told throughout her life that men were better at business.
Buffett is getting ready to face more than 30,000 Berkshire Hathaway shareholders this weekend. He is Berkshire's chairman and CEO.
Berkshire owns roughly 80 subsidiaries that include railroad, clothing, furniture and jewelry firms. Its insurance and utility businesses typically account for more than half of the company's net income. The Omaha, Neb., company also has major investments in companies such as Coca-Cola Co., Wells Fargo & Co., and International Business Machines Corp., better known as IBM.


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Swim Coach Brent Noble Likes the Wabash College Fitby Scott Morrison '14 • February 12, 2014 Share:
DePauw, Texas, East Carolina, Sacred Heart, and now Wabash are certainly different institutions at varying NCAA divisions. A list like that is quite the résumé, but during his young coaching career, Head Swimming Coach Brent Noble has not been able to plant any roots with one program. That is, until he found the right fit at Wabash College.
"I talk about finding the fit when I talk to recruits," Noble said. "So I think I should practice what I preach and this is the right fit for me."
Three-and-a-half months into his first year as head coach, Noble and his team are posting top performances and gelling as a unit. The young coach will lead his Little Giants Feb. 13-15 into the NCAC Swim Championships.
Noble arrived at Wabash for his first day on the job on October 14. That date came three days after the first meet of the season at his former school, Sacred Heart, and two days after Wabash's season opening dual at Denison. Former Head Coach Steve Barnes had stepped down a month earlier and Assistant Coach Logan Simpson had taken the role of interim head coach.
In a matter of days, Noble packed up a U-Haul and travelled across country to Wabash. It was not an ideal situation for Noble or the Wabash College swim team.
Despite the adversity, the team stood true to the motto "Wabash Always Fights," and began the season in stride. "I think that pretty much characterizes a Wabash guy," Noble said.
For freshmen who had been recruited by Barnes, the change was especially poignant. "Coach Barnes had this way about him that I felt drawn to come and swim for him," Joshua McCabe '17 said. "We started preseason, and I saw that he was a very good coach. I enjoyed the way he carried out his job, and I don't think anybody saw it coming. The transition was very difficult. I hadn't known him long, but I felt like I had lost somebody that was really important."
The loss was real, but it was also coupled with excitement as Noble got to campus. "They understood; of course they were disappointed they were losing their coach, but they understood that it is what he needed to do for himself and it's what he wanted to do," Noble said. "There was a lot of excitement coming into a new regime. They were excited to have a fresh face, new ideas, and new things going on. So we were kind of able to ride that wave a little bit."
That wave is nothing new for Noble who has never been at one coaching stop for more than a year. "I have done a lot of bouncing around trying to find that perfect fit in coaching," Noble said. "I think I have. I am here for the long haul finally. I have been in new places every year so I have never coached without that new excitement. It's something I have developed a knack for, and so it's really easy and nice to ride that wave of the fresh, new excitement. The guys certainly had that, and it's been a lot of fun up through the last three and a half months now."
The constant transitions have meant a lot for Noble. He has never coached his own recruits for more than a month. He has never been able to build long term bonds with players and other coaches, and he has never been able to see success grow. Ben Briggs '17, despite being a freshman, has been able to see a lot of Noble's growth as a coach more than any other swimmer.
"He actually coached at my high school as an assistant coach my freshman year, and it's no real stretch to say he's the most accomplished coach of his age anywhere in the country," Briggs said. "His career progression over the past several years has been exceptional."
Noble can now call Wabash a more permanent stop on his hectic coaching career. "Obviously there are a lot of similarities between Wabash and DePauw," Noble said. "But I came up here for swim meets supposed to hate everything that happened here and I loved it; I thought it was pretty cool. I liked the quirks, the traditions, and the things that were different at Wabash. I knew that Wabash was a place I could see myself."
DePauw had given Noble a taste of Division III and the liberal arts, and despite the initial draw he felt to Wabash, he didn't initially apply when the job became available. "I wanted to stay in Connecticut and keep building," Noble said. "I wanted that to be the job that I was going to stick with for a while. But I knew I would regret not at least trying, so I applied. As I went through [the process] it was a perfect fit."
That fit is something he shares with current players and something he can communicate to his first crop of Wabash recruits. "I believe in what Wabash stands for," Noble said. "I believe that Wabash is the perfect place for a lot of people who wouldn't give it the chance like me when I was 18. That really means a lot to the recruiting process. It already is making recruiting a lot easier for me both from an internal perspective but also in terms of just finding recruits and convincing them to come here because I think they can feel that sincerity."
Noble and his team have navigated the tricky waters of his first season. Swimmers have recorded some of their career best times, and the team is looking to make a splash at conference. Noble has brought an excitement and energy to the team that might help carry it to the next level.
"I would say that Coach Noble is more energetic and outgoing," McCabe said. "We'll be standing on the pool deck, and he will be yelling at us to get going and get pumped up. At the meets he is even a lot more energetic and he feels like a friend. We have that friendship bond that we can talk to each other about anything."
The NCAC championships are February 13-15, and despite the fact that they mark the close of the season for most swimmers, Noble and the swim team are just beginning to do big things.
"When I applied for this job I was very clear that I want to win a national championship here," Noble said. "It's not going to happen next year or this year, but we want to get closer and closer every year, and that is something that I say not just blowing smoke or trying to impress people. We want to be moving and growing every year and that fits the kind of guys that I am coaching. Guys who come and swim at Wabash aren't guys who want to get fourth every single year at the NCAC meet."


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Cyberchase "Zeus on the Loose" (topic: Fractions) - When the kids fail to stop Hacker from stealing Pandora's box in mythological Greece, they must solve a riddle and complete challenges to satisfy Zeus and earn a second chance. In the course of their adventure, Matt, Jackie and Inez discover that a fraction is a problem in sharing. The challenge is solving increasingly difficult problems in sharing while they confront a myriad of mythological creatures. D
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Knit and Crochet Now! "Baby Dress-Up" Learn to work duplicate stitch to embellish a chunky knitted vest with Kristen Nicholas. Ellen Gormely crochets a party dress that will please any little princess. And Brett Bara crochets the Midnight Snowballs scarf using two colors of chunky yarn. D
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Best of the Joy of Painting "Quiet Mountain River" Deftly and quickly, Bob Ross paints this beautiful setting overlooking a peaceful mountain valley. D
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These full-service renewable energy systems give you all the benefits of utility innerconnection and net metering plus energy independence. With these grid-tie systems, backup AC power is made available in the even of a utility outage, providing reliable power and peace of mind. An average conversion efficiency of 89% – 91% using the California Energy Commission (CEC) test protocol provides greater savings and a shorter time period for system payback than previous designs.
Battery-backup grid-tie systems come with modules, array wiring, combiner boxes, roof mounting structures, inverters/control systems with all required over-current protection and disconnects. (Your specific installation or utility may require additional AC disconnects, which we can supply as needed). They require a 48 Volt battery bank to operate. The size of the battery determines the amount of back up power available during power failure.
1. Photovoltaic Modules (aka solar panels, solar electric panels)
The PV modules are the individual building blocks for providing power from the sun. They are typically made from silicon cells, glass, tedlar, and aluminum. PV modules can vary in type, size, shape, and color. The common nominal voltages for modules are 12V and 24V, but newer modules that are intended for grid tie systems, often now have much higher voltages to accommodate the voltage windows of grid tie inverters. Costs for PV modules are currently ranging between $4.40 and $5.40 USD per rated watt.
2. Racking/Mounting System for PV modules
The mounting system for the PV modules includes the hardware to permanently affix the array to either a roof, a pole, or the ground. These systems are typically made of aluminum and are customized to the mounting surface and the model of module used. It is important to consider distance from roof for flush-type roof mount installations. Restricting airflow under the modules results in higher module operating temperatures that reduce power output. With pole mounts wind loading must be considered and proper civil works must be done with the foundation for the pole as well as the possible addition of supplementary wind supports for the array frame. The cost of a mounting system can vary drastically based upon the number of modules and type of mount. The average cost is between $250 and $1000 USD.
3. Combiner Box
A combiner box is an electrical box where series strings of PV modules are then spliced in parallel. This is also the place where the PV series string fuses or circuit breakers are located. This allows the installer to bring the separate strings together and combine them into one positive and one negative conductor, change wire types and leave the area of the modules in conduit. They are usually outside and weather rated, so they can be right next to the array. Combiner boxes usually cost between $80 and $140 USD.
4. Charge Controller
A charge controller is a device that regulates the amount of current the PV modules feed into a battery bank. Their main function is to prevent over-charging of the batteries, but charge controllers also block reverse current from a battery bank from leaking backwards into the photovoltaic array. There are a few varieties of charge controllers, but the two main types are PWM (pulse width modulated) and MPPT (maximum power point tracking). PWM technology is older and more common on smaller solar arrays. With PWM, the controller is sized based on nominal PV voltage (which must match battery bank nominal voltage) and the total solar array output current. PWM controllers typically have two to three stages for battery charging and maintenance. MPPT controllers can typically take much higher voltages (but not lower) than the battery bank that they are charging. They "track" the performance of the solar array and can find the maximum power point from a module even when converting excess voltage to usable current. MPPT charge controllers can allow for a 10% to 25% increase in power sent to the batteries over a standard PWM controller. Charge controllers typically cost between $50 and $500 USD depending on size and type.
5. DC and AC Disconnects
The DC and AC disconnects are manual switch units that are capable of cutting off power to and from the inverter. Some inverters have disconnects integrated into the unit with switches, others can have them integrated into a power panel assembly, and some inverters leave you on your own to provide suitable disconnecting means. The disconnects are used by service personnel or authorized persons (fire/police/electric workers) to disable power from a renewable energy system (in this case PV) so that there are no live electrical parts associated with the inverter, and that no current is going to the grid that could harm utility employees in the event that they are working in your area. Homeowners or authorized personnel can use the disconnects to de-energize a system for maintenance or service. Disconnects can range in cost from $100 to $300 USD.
6. Grid Tie with Battery Backup Inverter
A grid tie with battery backup inverter takes current from batteries (DC) and turns it to alternating current (AC) to run any common loads like an off-grid inverter. Unlike an off-grid inverter, when there is an excess of current going to the batteries from solar or wind, the charge controller allows the inverter to sell the excess to the grid like a grid tie inverter instead of wasting the excess energy that the battery bank could not otherwise hold. Input voltages for these systems are usually 24V or 48V nominal. If there are no demands on the inverter (from AC loads pulling from the inverter /batteries) and the batteries are full because of this, then the inverter sells the extra energy that is made by the solar or wind system. When the power goes out, a grid tie with battery backup inverter disconnects from the grid, and supplies any loads tied to it from the existing battery bank, just like an off grid inverter. It will continue providing for those loads until it exhausts the energy stored in the battery bank. The inverter will not sell any power back until the grid returns to normal for five minutes straight under strict parameters. Grid tie with battery backup inverters typically cost between $1500 and $5000 USD.
7. Batteries
Batteries store the energy in renewable energy systems. Batteries can come in different voltages, but the most common varieties are 6 volt and 12 volt. The three types of batteries that are most common to renewable energy systems are Flooded Lead Acid, Sealed Absorbed Glass Mat (AGM), and Sealed Gel Cell. Flooded lead acid batteries are the most cost effective variety of batteries. They require maintenance that involves monitoring voltage, adding water, and equalize charging. Flooded lead acid batteries vent hydrogen under heavy charging and they must be stored in a ventilated enclosure. Sealed AGM batteries do not require maintenance. Since they are sealed, they do not require watering, nor do they typically vent gasses. AGM batteries cost slightly more and are more sensitive to overcharging. Gel Cell batteries are also sealed and therefore do not require maintenance and they do not typically vent gasses. Gel batteries are the most expensive of the three most typical types. Depending upon size, batteries can cost anywhere from $20 to $1200 USD each.
8. Cables, Connectors and Brackets
Everything you need to connect all the pieces and parts together safely and securely!