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The thesis of this article is that the US and several other countries made enormous financial mistakes and now the fallout
of these errors is disruption of the credit markets across the
globe. It is implied that we now live in a global communal
society and we are all brothers.
The solution offered by the Editors is: Share the blame
and share the pain. We are all in this together and we must
work together for a new happy ending.
How cute! A sixth grader couldn't have written a more
tearful story.
There is no mention of who will receive the fruits of our
collective endeavors. Possibly wealthy corporations and their
wealthy owners?
There is no mention of why we have come to live in a global
communal society. Perhaps to make giant corporations larger
and wealthier?
Perhaps a more effective solution to that proffered by the
Editors is not to share the blame and pain and work together--
but rather, to feel the pain, ignore the blame and work independently,
as we once did, to find a new economic structure that is
not global and not dominated by the big powers but simply
a manifestation of our unique national qualities.
What do we have to lose? Only our debts.
when did the economist turn socialist, i thought the markets had the answer for everything?
The most frustrating aspect of this article, and perhaps of the entire episode so far of this 'condition' that we are just starting to see the breadth of - is the lack of a true accounting of what people at all levels of this fiasco were thinking. I hate to point blame before possible solutions are implemented, especially when the blame is almost entirely based on a dysfunctional attitude in every person from ex-homeowner who may or may not have understood what they were getting themselves into (real estate lawyer anyone?) to the people who crafted these deviously complex financial instruments to the utterly misguided and quite frankly, negligent, bankers who took on these instruments. But, can all of these portions of society be so simultaneously ignorant and negligent to the scenarios they were undertaking. As an engineer, I am fully aware of the complexities, risks, and outcomes of things that I undertake. I have to take oaths and undertake ethical/legal examinations - society, the users of my buildings, and my industry are all counting on me to be reliable, professional, and diligent in my duties. I can't help but see ridiculous risk, miscomprehension, and just an incomprehensible laissez-faire to all aspects of this situation. I think we are not just talking about a vigorous regulation of all aspects of investment and loan-granting, but a serious examination of all persons who are in the position-of-trust to offer these instruments to the public and investment community at large. I am talking about a level of licensing, internship, and examination at all levels that many may think as an impediment into getting into the financial sector. We test our engineers, doctors, and lawyers this way - why not those who uphold our financial future in their hands. Let this be the last time that lending decisions are made at the desk of any local 'mortgage specialist' or 'investor institution' without true and substantial certification of the individuals who are given this responsibility.
"Financial markets need governments to set rules for them; and when markets fail, governments are often best placed to get them going again. That's pragmatism, not socialism."
Why is this not socialism?
This crisis has its origins in socialism, the Community Reinvestment Act was modified to require US banks to lend money for homes to people who did not have assets or an income to repay these loans. These loans are in part, the "toxic securities" we are now discussing. Socialists took control of the key US Congressional committees in 2006 and installed socialist policies.
The solution is to keep socialism away from capital markets, it is a form of contagion that has wreaked havoc, as it always has.
You are absolutely right. Unfortunately few politicians, if any at all, have time to read the Economist. They must worry about getting elected and reelected. After all this their profession!
moreoveragain wrote: "The mere fact that Germany had to help out a bank with a shortfall doesn't mean that Steinbr�ck wasn't right about the source of the problem. It's America which is drowning in debt, not the world, let alone Germany."
Actually American debt on a debt/GDP basis is lower than many European debts, and is a third of that in Japan. US debt peaked in 1959 and the US survived 1960 with greatly more debt than today.
This is not a black and white issue. Virtually everyone who voted elected someone who helped the debacle along. Most Americans benefited-at least temporarily-from the bubble. Now we have to pay for our lack of realism; Running the country on slogans about free market capitalism, the virtues of radical deregulation and unrealistic visions of a Louis Vuitton in every pot (it all started with "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous").
When a third world country gets into a financial crisis, America always tell that country to under go IMF's structural adjustment program. There terms are raise interest rates, cut government spending on health care and education, privatize public infrastructure and strategic sectors (resource related), and open up newly privatized domestic economy to international market (western companies).Now that American has fallen into the same predicament, I suggest America undergo the famous structural adjustment program. Nothing shows leadership better than taking the same medicine that you subscribed.
we keep hearing from the Economist here how we 'have to support this to avoid disaster.' but maybe we deserve a disaster? sucks to say it, but hey that's karma. clearly there was a lot of bad practice at work in the last few decades, esp in the last 8 years IMHO. i'd rather than everyone from main street to wall street suffered equally than merely have the taxpayers suffer [more]. blame is shared. consequences should be as well.extinction, like death, is a fact of life. i still don't see how giving more money to a broken system is going to magically fix aforementioned broken system.
The mere fact that Germany had to help out a bank with a shortfall doesn't mean that Steinbrück wasn't right about the source of the problem. It's America which is drowning in debt, not the world, let alone Germany.From an international perspective, tackling the problem means dismantling Wall Steet's role as hub of the world financial system to prevent it from choking the free flow of finance. As far as the Ameicans are concerned, they will have to spend less, and pay more taxes.
Just wait for the fun to start when Spain and Italy starting talking about pulling out of the Euro so they can revalue when they want. No reason to send a thank you to the US I am looking for a new summer house in France after the fall.
Yes, this started as US problem with the Clinton Administration's relaxed rules for Fannie/Freddie back in the 90's. European banks were also a bit hungry for some of the action so they jummped in as well. Now here comes Uncle Sam with a check he cannot afford to write and the poor strapped US taxpayer gets to pickup the tab. We need to let free markets do what they do best, pick the winners and losers.
In hindsight does the decision to let Lehman fail look like a mistake, since it set off wholesale panic in the banking system?
john pedler:This is a result of the huge housing bubble, which in terms of severity dwarves the Iraq war by orders of magnitude.
Certainly work together is the wish, but...
who is going to profit from it? Where is the responsability of the taxpayer? Why the common citizen is going to pay the errors of the bankers? The "naivette" of all, believing markets can grow for ever, happened again. "Human being is the only animal which trip over more than once with thesame stone"
There are two crises simultaneously: the U.S. financial/security/military crisis - largely resulting from the the Iraq war: the fact that it is costing overall some $700bn and rising to the trillion means it's part of the financial meltdown. And the fact that with two wars at the same time stretching the US militarily and financially, there is a potential for not one but two "Vietnams" (Iraq and Afghanistan)- situations where there is a dilemma: "leave or not leave".Then there's the existential crisis for humanity: global warming; energy, water, food shortages; epidemics; over-population, genocide etc. Both the U.S. crisis and the parallel world crisis require "change" from the last eight years of confrontation to a new era of co-operation made possible by the end of the Cold War. (for more on this see www.dipconsult.eu)
Amidst the ruins of the zumbo-sized banks of U.S.A. which have collapsed or are about to collapse, long sermons are being delivered by the 'experts', post-mortems are being performed by the newly-christened nay-sayers and many other Mr. 'I had said it so'. But no one one is saying the plain and simple thing that foremost reason for the abject failure of the these gigantic finacial institutions is greed. Greed on the past of the top executives of the banks to lend more and more and more to the hapless home-owners without giving a damn about the artificial bubble in the prices of homes, greed on the part of a very large number of house purchasers who went in for bigger and costlier new houses with loans at usurious rates of interest not because they desperately needed a roof on their head but because they wanted to make a fast buck in the artificial escalation of home prices.
But with highly paid financial analysts on their rolls, sophisticated economic think-tank well in place in their systems, high executives of the banks are the major culprits and fully deserve to be taken to task for their failure to call the bluff when the prices of homes were going through the roof. They convenintly forgot the lesson of the nursery-class story "Greedy Dog" where the dog with one loaf of bread in his mouth sees his reflection in the water of a well and in his greed for snatching the second piece from the 'other dog' in the well barks at him and ends up losing the one bread it actually had.
Yes, we've seen how it works; and it's not even a baby to be laid at Bush's door. By the way, is Gordon Brown an Anglo-Saxon capitalist or an EU socialist?
Anglo-Saxon capitalism works despite the Bush era shenanigans; EU socialism does not work despite Sarkozy!
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I didn't realize it, but I was part of a class action lawsuit against eBay. Got a check for 14 cents a few days ago. ^_^I do like the new 360 dashboard from a gamer standpoint. The Games Library speed has been significantly increased -- what used to take 5 minutes to load now takes about 20 seconds.
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By Bita
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I bought this almost six mount ago and I am so happy I did
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By mty2k777
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We got this unit with a new home on September 2014 and so far have no complaintes.
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By schmitzindallas
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I purchased this as part of a kitchen remodel. I really love the dual-ring burner that lets me select the pot size. It brings liquids to a boil very quickly, and has a low simmer, both important to me. I do wish that there were one slightly larger size element on the back so I could use a stewpot and a large skillet simultaneously. It is also very easy to keep clean.
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This was installed in a redo of our kitchen this fall. The cooking surface is great!
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traded a white unit for this black one to go with all out S/S
Fantastic cooktop
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This is our 2nd GE cooktop, both are fantastic products!!!
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Like the looks and functions of this cooktop and it fit in my existing countertop
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I want to set up a little bit of extra lighting for my plants. I know some are not getting what they need. My questions are:
I have a clip on desk lamp, would it be okay to use that? If so, any bulb suggestions?
It doesn't have to be perfect, I just want to supplement the light they're getting.
Also, I need to keep the electric bill down and I'm working with a budget of about $10.
Hi Jen,
Well, I think the reason you havenâÂÂt gotten any responses to your post is that without more information, any kind of an answer would be nothing more than a wild guess :-) Guessing can sometimes do more harm than good.
What kind of plants are you talking about and how many of them?
What kind of lighting (and how much of it) do you already have? âÂÂSupplementâ to what?
A clip-on desk lamp? Gee, there must be hundreds of different types and sizes.
More detailed information would be helpful.
Art, poppies, didn't think about that. Was suffering from brain fry after reading so much about different lights, etc.
I have 2 Sans (with cuttings ready to plant), 3 spider plants, a wandering Jew, an aloe Vera, and 2 pathos.
Currently, the only light they get is thru a patio door, they're about 6-7 feet from that. Patio door is in the east. It's just been a really grey yucky winter here, I know they're not getting enough light. Heck, I'm not, lol.
Desk lamp is about 8" tall and 6" across. My plants are on a wire shelving unit, and I already keep the light clipped to it so it's out of the way (I use it for crafts), so I know the light will clip to the shelves. I was considering buying a grow light bulb for it, but there's so many different ideas/opinions about lighting that the more I read, the less I have any clue what way to go.
The current bulb in the lamp is a 26w CFL that is bright white.
Sorry for leaving out the specifics. Any more questions, just ask.
Art really makes a good point. There are many knowledgeable, experienced, & talented members on this site that are willing to help out, but don't know how to respond because of a lack of information. Most also realize that giving an opinion, especially in regards to questions of: "will this work" or "is product A better than product B"?, know their responses are just that, opinions ~ because they truly know that what works for them may not necessarily work for you (too many unknown variables).
I realize that not everyone has the luxury of owning a camera (and/or do not know how to post a picture), but oftentimes a picture can really help in regards to securing answers to questions.
You mentioned a 26w 'bright white' CFL in an 8" tall by 6" across fixture. Is the bulb a screw-in CFL (the spiral type) or a linear CFL (pins) CFL bulb? If it is a screw-in spiral CFL bulb, is the bulb positioned vertically or horizontally in your fixture? I guess the addition of any added supplemental light would be of help in your situation, but the question of 'how much extra light' definitely comes into play.
Hi again Jen,
Yeah, that information should help you get some responses to your post. I see o2tiller is here already to help. Personally, I donâÂÂt grow any of those plants, so I canâÂÂt give you specifics on how much light is actually required for each of them. I can tell you that poppies are long-day plants; which means that giving them 14 hours or more of light will encourage flowering. I know that Pathos are not real particular about light; medium light should be fine for them.
As you suspect, the light from the patio doors is probably not near enough. IâÂÂm not sure one clamp-on desk lamp (although helpful) will be enough either. Your 26 watt CFL bulb (probably about 1700 lumens) is a good one. However if your desk lamp does not have a good reflector, much of the light will be wasted. I have several clamp-on type shop lights that have very good shiny reflectors. My light meter indicates that I get 85% of the rated lumens from those lights. You can get such lights at most big box stores for less than ten buck. The bulbs I like are the ones called âÂÂfull spectrumâÂÂ, usually 6500k bulbs.
Art33, see this is where things begin getting jumbled.
The link is the exact bulb I have, I confirmed thru packaging and part number. It says the bulb is 1600 lumen and 6500k.
Think using this bulb and current lamp will work for 3 weeks until I get paid? I just don't want to do something that will be causing any harm.
In a few weeks I'll be getting a light meter from my sister's mother in law. That will make things a bit easier.
I've become the person friends/family are now giving unwanted plants to, lol. So I want to give these guys as much help as I can. In a few weeks I also have someone bringing me 5 succulents, not sure what they are, I haven't seen them and the person giving has no idea. She just refers to them as "looks like a cactus, but isn't".
The aloe vera I got, the woman who gave it to me, thought it was one of those plants that doesn't need light and just water once a week. Poor thing was just a few droopy leaves and mushy roots. It didn't make it, but I kept some cuttings.
Sorry for rambling, just trying to give you an idea of what I'm up to. In the end I'm going to have plants that need the full spectrum of light amounts, lol.
Here is a link that might be useful: Bulb I have.
No disrespect intended... hoping Art does not mind me jumping in. Your bulb should work fine for growing plants. But, as Art mentioned, you may need more light than what your current fixture can supply. Spiral CFL's seem to perform better vertically, and your fixture has a vertical mount.
Budgets can make things tough sometimes. Many of the Big Box stores carry inexpensive aluminum dome clamp-on fixtures for under $10 along with the 6500k spiral CFL bulbs (again, way under the $10 mark), usually in their 'work light' sections/aisles. You could probably add a few more of the clamp-on fixtures (w/26w bulbs) if needed, although it would be more than the original budget you are working with. Sounds like you have a nice collection of plants!
I think the bulb you have is fine, I use several almost like that (but Westinghouse 1500 lumens) myself. I bought a package of four, for about 13 bucks, at my local hardware store. I canâÂÂt tell, from your photo, much about the reflector (except I donâÂÂt see any vent holes). The clamp-on work lights I have all have vent holes in back of the socket. ThatâÂÂs important because CFLâÂÂs have build-in ballast that can otherwise get too warm.
The fixture (because of the reflector) makes a world of difference in how much light the plants actually get. IâÂÂve tested the bulbs I have with and without the reflector. Using a good reflector, the meter shows almost five times as much light as with no reflector at all. So, when you purchase lights for your plants, pay as much or more attention to that reflector. If thereâÂÂs a choice, get the largest one.
Not being there, itâÂÂs impossible to judge your lighting situation with any accuracy. But IâÂÂm sure you need more light than that one fixture is able to supply. Is there a way you can surround the plants with some kind of reflective material, without completely blocking the air circulation? If you could do that, even one more light (the kind o2tiller mentioned) would be so helpful.
PS - To o2tiller ⦠Oh my, I will never mind you âÂÂjumping inâÂÂ. You always have good sound advice and I appreciate your willingness to help folks out, so jump in anytime :-)


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Our stay at Christian's flat was really nice - I would recommend it for a relaxing weekend, as the flat it located in a quiet neighborhood. The train to the center is in app. 10min walking distance and takes you to the city in 11min. There are plenty of options for eating around. The next (organic) supermarket is appr. 10min by foot; unfortunately the veggie & fruit shop in the very same street closed down. Make sure you visit Ottensen: It's a lovely neighborhood close by.
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We didn't actually meet Christian but he was very responsive and helpful in email.
We began going into the city on the S-bahn but quickly discovered that the bus is much closer, costs the same and is just as fast. Your stop is Schützenstrasse Mitte. (The stops are announced.) For everyday shopping (vegetables, groceries, bread, ...), Altona village is an 8-minute walk away. It's a great place just to enjoy everyday Hamburg life - without tourists.
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Transport Phenomena and Fluid Mechanics
Numerical and experimental study on spout elevation in spout-fluidized beds
Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011
DOI: 10.1002/aic.12765
Copyright © 2011 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
AIChE Journal
Volume 58, Issue 8, pages 2524–2535, August 2012
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van Buijtenen, M.S., Buist, K., Deen, N.G., Kuipers, J.A.M., Leadbeater, T. and Parker, D.J. (2012), Numerical and experimental study on spout elevation in spout-fluidized beds. AIChE J., 58: 2524–2535. doi: 10.1002/aic.12765
Publication History
- Issue published online: 5 JUL 2012
- Article first published online: 21 SEP 2011
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- spout-fluidized beds;
- granulation;
- elevated spout;
- spout (nozzle);
- height;
- particle image velocimetry;
- discrete particle model
The effect of elevating the spout on the dynamics of a spout-fluidized bed, both numerically and experimentally is studied. The experiments were conducted in a pseudo-two-dimensional (2-D) and a cylindrical three dimensional (3-D) spout-fluidized bed, where positron emission particle tracking (PEPT) and particle image velocimetry (PIV) were applied to the pseudo-2-D bed, and PEPT and electrical capacitance tomography (ECT) to the cylindrical 3-D bed. A discrete particle model (DPM) was used to perform full 3-D simulations of the bed dynamics. Several cases were studied, that is, beds with spout heights of 0, 2, and 4 cm. In the pseudo-2-D bed, the spout-fluidization and jet-in-fluidized-bed regime, were considered first, and it was shown that in the spout–fluidization regime, the expected dead zones appear in the annulus near the bottom of the bed as the spout is elevated. However, in the jet-in-fluidized-bed regime, the circulation pattern of the particles is affected, without the development of stagnant zones. The jet-in-fluidized-bed regime was further investigated, and additionally the experimental results obtained with PIV and PEPT were compared with the DPM simulation results. The experimental results obtained with PIV and PEPT agreed mutually very well, and in addition agreed well wtih the DPM results, although the velocities in the annulus region were slightly over predicted. The latter is probably due to the particle-wall effects that are more dominant in pseudo-2-D systems compared with 3-D systems. In the jet-in-fluidized-bed regime, the background gas velocity is relatively high, producing bubbles in the annulus that interact with the spout channel. In the case of a non elevated spout, this interaction occurs near the bottom of the bed. As the spout is elevated, this interaction is shifted upwards in the bed, which allows the bubbles to remain undisturbed providing the motion of the particles in the annulus near the bottom of the bed. As a result, no dead zones are created and additionally, circulation patterns are vertically stretched. These findings were also obtained for the cylindrical 3-D bed; although, the effects were less pronounced. In the cylindrical 3-D bed the PEPT results show that the effect on the bed dynamics starts at hspout =1 4 cm, which is confirmed by the ECT results. Additionally, ECT measurements were conducted for hspout =1 6 cm to verify if indeed the effect happens at larger spout heights. The root mean square of the particle volume fraction slightly increased at hspout =1 2 cm, whereas a larger increase is found at hspout = 4 and 6 cm, showing that indeed more bubbles are formed. The presented results have not been reported so far and form valuable input information for improving industrial granulators. © 2011 American Institute of Chemical Engineers AIChE J, 58: 2524–2535, 2012


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Whispering into your ear, my grandest wish
Let us both hope people do not get the wrong idea here
I am at my wits end Dear Santa
All I want for Christmas
Is for her to call me
So that I may here her voice
Like a musical saga
A symphony of Celtic dreams
The honey that flows deep into my heart
The sweetness that grows in my soul
Am I demanding too much?
Of this earthly world
That I, demand heavenly wishes
That I dream in colors unreal
That I cry for things that seem the impossible
The North Pole and all its promise
Oh but I must dream, dream or die
No more dreams
Is death for sure
Let me not be murdered
By a phone that rings not
Dear Santa
I am disappointed, no poetry memberships, no phone calls in the night from lovers
No mistletoe even in me dreams, Gaelic winds blow cold over me heart
Id ask for a train set, but the way things are going you'd give me a train wreck
Bloody hell on you Santa, you must be busy helping nice people, cheers anyways
Old man Carter lived all alone, quietly nestled in his quaint little home.
Arthritis kept him crippled, writhing in excruciating pain, his wife long
since departed, leaving him nothing more to gain. His children made
arrangements, to place him in a nursing home. They lacked the
compassion to inform him face to face, knowing he would surely die in
this unfamiliar place. He lost his will to live, life had tragically passed
him by, without his long lost Eleanor, his only hopes were to die. There
he sat in his recliner, a rigid shell of an old man, quietly he uttered to the
Lord,..."Father, forgive me", as he clasped a revolver in his frail, arthritic
hand. Suddenly, an image appeared before him, it was clad in solid white.
Old man Carter could hardly open his eyes, for the radiance was unbearably
bright. Soon, the light diminished, the image's skin was fair. The old man's
eyes began to focus as he observed a figure with long, coarse
hair. The image's eyes were gentle, bearing scars above the brow. Open
wounds the width of nails pierced both its delicate hands. Then, in a soft-
spoken voice it said,..."No more shall ye suffer, old man". "Set aside thy
weapon", the image went on to say,..."You're going home to Eleanor,
upon this Christmas Day". The old man passed on to heaven, he was
discovered the very next day. "Such a tormented soul was he!" That's what
the neighbors would say. It was there on a table beside him, a scribbled
poem which sadly read,...
"Christmas is the day I wed,
The true love of my life;
Christmas is the day I've chosen,
To join my beloved wife
Jesus arrived to take me,
The hour's a quarter past four;
Suicide's never an option,
I'm with Jesus and my sweet Eleanor"...
Fallen snow will remind of me/ it is snowing ...
Slowly as in the dream/
Boy word-beads/ with signs on his spine/
He kisses fine/
Your eyelids /
And it snows ... It snows /so slow/
It does/ and you're thinking of me/
'Coz it's warm/ it's better to stay in warmth/
Waiting for summer dim/
It is snowing/ slowly like in the dream/
Flakes/ go round/ playing the music theme/
You've been looking for rescue/
You searched in wine/
But it's in me/
all the rescues are mine/
It is snowing/ the snow is fluffy and white/
If you see darkness/ I'm deaf and blind/
there's the cast of time/ on the arm/
But I discern the light/
Dreams/ upon your eyelids tips/
Prepare you for winter drowse/
And it snows/
Fallen snow/ will remind of spring /
it will crumble and crackle in vain/
It will snow / fluffy /white/ and slow/
And you'll become whole/
If you chance to see
a wandering snowman
on your way home tonight
Let me know.
The poinsettias have started to wilt, turning dull
The Christmas lights have flickered low into the night
The food has lost its savor
Gifts have been opened
Blurry are my windows now
As snow continues to hide
My precious snowman from plain site.
If you chance to meet
My wandering snowman
On your way home tonight
Stop for a moment and play with him.
Share a candy. Make him smile
Make him a paper airplane. Make him beam and laugh.
Hug and kiss him for me. Warm his heart.
It's all a lost mother would ask
For Christmas.
If you chance to experience
My wandering snowman
On your way home tonight
Please send him home
to a warm Christmas with me.
It's all that I ask.
Christmas was always about God for me,
It was memories, inner fullness…Begotten-Boy.
Because God was the point, God's Son died bravely.
Christmas was about giving pure heart's bouquet.
Finding dreams, wishes, and bringing home joy,
Christmas was always about God for me.
Father's gift held the secret of wisdom set free
Of hoping and caring and loving enjoyed.
It is about God, Calvary, and forgiveness, you see.
When December wonder is past, does Christ flee?
Flee from the soul, leaving one on self to rely, lost envoy -
Truth. Christmas was always about God for me.
Once a year Christmas marks God's gift sent for me.
By faithfully gluing my lost self to Jesus, I found joy.
Because God sacrificed His Son, I am set free.
I know that in heaven there was great jubilee.
When this hollowed out husk of me, by sin destroyed
Found Christmas to be about God and me.
I know it is so; my faith sets me free.
© July 29, 2010
Dane Smith-Johnsen
Written for the "Critcise ME, Take mY Verse & Turn it inside out Make YOUR own! Contest" Sponsored by:
Deborah Guzzi POEM SELECTED: "Christmas Blues", which she posted on July 19, 2010
When their very young dad went to jail,
they surely lived in a realistic Hell...
I would hear the youngest one cry over an article she read.
Who had taken her daddy away was too cruel;
nothing they said would make her understand,
why didn't the harsh judge break some rule?
The judge's sentence was based on actual fact,
no pleads from the children softened her hard heart as she read the sentence,
" He committed this crime to feed his family so ashamed of his act,
and even dragged his younger brother along to help him steal by cutting fences. "
Then she made an eye-opening statement, " I must abide by the Law,
I am a judge of justice and fairness...not much I can do in this case;
let him behave and his sentence will be reduced in ten years. "
Everyone in the courtroom started to sob...tears began to flow.
I visited them often, and they seemed different people who couldn't admit
what he did was wrong, assuming he was innocent;
their smiles became cheerless, their words loveless:
a part of them was taken away, lost to hopelessness...
the younger daughter locked herself into her room,
refused to talk to anyone and building that wall deepened her gloom.
Even this year they will not celebrate Christmas with the old thrill,
shopping for presents in crowded malls has lost that excited will,
not even the merriest Santa can make them smile with a jingle bell;
and he must think that they are strange kids who don't love the Holidays,
perhaps reading them the Nativity Story will change their moody ways...
and to bring this family together will take patience and lots of prayers.
How would I ask Jesus, the new-born, who would love to see these kids at midnight?
They must show love to make this miracle happen on Christmas Eve; it has to start
with a heartfelt wish and deep faith, then the Heavens will suddenly open up...
as angels will descend to sing the hymn they sang before they desperately wept.
UNSUPPORTED CODE What If… Christmas Never Came???
What if Christmas never happened?
What if Christmas never came?
Things around here would be different!
It wouldn't be the same!
What if the baby Jesus was never born in a manger?
Mankind would be in serious trouble. We'd all be in danger!
If the baby Jesus wasn't born. There would be no nativity.
We wouldn't be able to display this during our "festivity."
It's almost like this now!
It's an "ever increasing business."
It seems like nearly everyone wants
"Christ out of Christmas!"
Why does it seem like Christmas is
losing it's true meaning?
The very words; "Merry Christmas,"
seem to be quickly disappearing!
Many say; "Happy Holiday."
They worry they may "offend."
Having a "holiday" without Christ….
Once again!
We need to put Jesus Christ back into
our CHRISTmas season!
He is what Christmas is about! HE is the very reason!
May we all take some time to rejoice in our savior's birth.
May there be shouts of JOY! From the corners of the earth!
Let's not take Christ out of our joyous celebration!
We need him so much right now!
All over this great nation!
May we bring to him a heart of love
for everything he's done.
As we bring honor to Christ. God's precious son!
May we continually offer to him a heart filled with praise!
Not only at Christmas time… But all of our days!
By Jim Pemberton
T'was the night before Christmas
And all through the house not a single noise could
be heard
For, you see, the only one up
Had practise of being quiet
even when she's screaming inside
With hand over mouth,
and tears streaming down her face
She silently sobbed the night away
The only festive colour running from her wrists
The only thing she wanted for Christmas
Was to be dead.
I wrote about the love thats in your eyes,
The love I hold for you in each smile
And then, I feel the sting of your hand,
And the cut of your words,
That slices me like a knife through paper,
A serated blade.
And for what,
Because I had to go in early,
Because I lost your e-cigerette,
Though you've lost mine six billion times,
Which is why I no longer have it.
Because I wasnt fast enough to give you your smokes.
Just so you can ruin Christmas for me,
Like you ruined my Birthday,
Like my mother ruined my life.
Oh how you would love to know,
That Ive just compared you to the one woman you hate,
You utterly despise,
You loath.
And yet you treat me the exact way she did,
With bitter words,
And a hand that hits,
And no regard for the tears I cry.
And to think,
This started off as a good morning,
With hugs and kisses,
snuggles in bed,
Five more minutes,
We were both sleepyheads,
You said Merry Christmas eve,
And I said it first,
It started as a good day,
For all it was worth.
A time for dreams, for presents and cheer
Or perhaps to reflect on the passing year
A time for each to give and share
With the ones we love, to show we care
The Christmas message is spread around
But tis sometimes lost in lights and sound
When that little boy was manger born
With no great fanfare or trumpeting horn
A boy so destined to bring great hope, belief
And to a troubled world some faint relief
But the message he spread as he grew older
Is lost in hype as our hearts grow colder
But it's time again to hear what he had to say
Because we need some hope in this modern day
A message of freedom, of life and love
A belief in eternity with God above
As you open your gifts and Christmas presents
Think of just what this day represents
Love, life, time with family and friends
He gave his life on a cross to see it never ends
So remember this during your time together
A life with Him goes on forever
And as you celebrate His birth with great cheer
Recall He is watching over you, all through the year.
Christmas seems to be lost in a commercial haze,
and hearts freeze over any retail deal.
Human kindness ebbs in greed's burning fire,
while good will toward people seems less real.
Whatever happened to the true Christmas spirit
and why has greed's spell taken hold of human hearts?
The holiday season seems less merry now,
as the gift of brotherly love is run over by millions of shopping carts.
Has the heavenly light of Christmas love
been lost to the darkness of commercial gifts?
Souls seem to latch on to these material things,
ignoring the wounds made from these man made drifts.
Has the holiday season lost the Christmas glow
that once flourished in love's golden night.
The mad rush that Christmas now brings,
tells me that human kind has lost its Christmas sight.