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Throughout the history Haifa bay served as a safe Port for ships in the Mediterranean sea. Benjamin Zeev Herzel recognized the potential and importance of the Port and city of Haifa in the new state, and the British Port was officially opened on October 31st, 1933.
On October 29, 1956 Britain, France and Israel launched a military operation against Egypt. In a swift, sweeping operation of 100 hours, under the leadership of then Chief of the General Staff, Moshe Dayan, the entire Sinai peninsula fell into Israeli hands, at a cost of 231 soldiers killed. This operation was held in response to the closing of the Suez Canal by the Egyptians and terrorist attacks on Israel that violated the armistice agreement between the two countries.
On October 26, 1994 Jordan and Israel signed a peace treaty at Wadi Araba, only the second such agreement, after the Israel-Egypt treaty of 1978, between Israel and its Arab neighbors. The treaty, followed by more than one dozen subsequent sectoral agreements, established a solid framework for bilateral cooperation in the political, economic, and cultural fields.
Sir Ellis Kadoorie, a Jewish philanthropist, died in the year 1922 and according to his will, two agricultural schools were founded in the land of Israel. One of them is the well-known Kadoorie Agricultural High School for the Jews in the Lower Galilee. IsraCast brings you a sequence of photos which were recently discovered, of the second agricultural school which was founded for the Arabs of Eretz Israel, in the city of Tulkarm.
Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military warrior who became a crusader for peace. He was skilled in both battle and diplomacy, and played a key role in four wars, but also helped negotiate the historic Israeli-Egyptian peace treaty.
What is the most volatile crisis on the world agenda today? Obviously, it is the ongoing clash between the US and North Korea that has raised the specter of a nuclear war. President Trump's concern about 'the very bad deal' with Iran takes second place. But the American leader has now exploited the opportunity of not certifying the nuclear accord, finalized two years, to accuse the Iranians of violating the spirit of the agreement and imposing new sanctions. It appears that Trump is taking a very tough stand on Iran, against the advice of his European partners, in order to send a tough signal to North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-un, as if to warn: 'If you continue to mess with me, I will take action no matter what everyone else thinks!' No doubt Trump is also peeved that his foreign allies are content to sit back and do nothing regarding North Korea while they cash in on lucrative trade deals with Tehran.
Ron Arad was captured after answering a call for reserve duty as a navigator in the Israeli air force. He was forced to bail out of his plane over the city of Sidon in Lebanon and was captured by members of the Iranian backed Shiite Amal organization. Since then, Ron has been held captive by several groups, all of them extremist Shiite groups, backed by Iran.
Tourism Minister Rechavam Ze'evy was assassinated by two shots to the head outside his room at the Jerusalem Hyatt Hotel on October 17, 2001. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine claimed responsibility for the attack.
An early-stage Israeli ophthalmic medical devices startup has developed a revolutionary artificial cornea implant that holds out hope to millions of blind and visually impaired people suffering from diseases of the cornea. The nanotech-based solution by CorNeat Vision of Ra'anana is a synthetic cornea that uses advanced cell technology to integrate artificial optics within ocular tissue.
Sarah Livni, the mother of Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni was a member of the Irgun, a pre-state paramilitary organization, and was arrested by the British and imprisoned in Bethlehem.
Watch former Israeli president "look" for work after presidency
One of Israel's longest serving and most memorable statesmen, Shimon Peres, has finished his term as President of Israel, bringing his 70-year (he is now 91) career of public service to an end, for now at least. Watch this humorous satire that his granddaughter, screen writer Mika Almog, created in honor of the occasion, inspired by her grandfather's "Letter to a Younger Generation."
Sukkot is a Biblical pilgrimage festival that occurs on the 15th day of the month of Tishri. It is one of the three major holidays when historically the Jewish populace traveled to the Temple in Jerusalem.
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On The holiest day of the Jewish year, a surprise joint attack by Egypt and Syria crossing the cease-fire lines in the Sinai and Golan Heights threatened the very existence of the Jewish state. 2,586 Israeli soldiers were killed and thousands more wounded.
US President Barack Obama delivered an impressive speech at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday. He knows how to talk. Military power alone will not solve the problem in Syria, he said, and presented a vision of peace and comradeship. He asked Iran nicely not to shout "Death to America," because it won't bring them jobs, and expressed his hope that those who hope for its extinction will maintain the nuclear agreement and turn the world into a safer place. Just like that. There is no doubt that he is a believer.
President Donald Trump could not have been any clearer- the US is ready, willing and able to totally destroy North Korea, if it continues with its nuclear weapons program. Trump's verbal escalation in the UN General Assembly should have left little to the imagination – even for a lunatic like Kim Jong un. On the other hand, Trump's declaration should not come as a surprise. Remember Barbara Tuchman's memorable phrase about a 'lantern on the stern' when it comes to charting a course for America's ship-of-state. Not just the mercurial Trump, but probably all US presidents would have issued the same severe warning – are they not duty-bound by their presidential oath to 'protect and defend' the constitution, the embodiment of the USA? And is North Korea now bent on building ballistic missiles that can reach America's West Coast?
The constantly intensifying battle against viruses and antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" isn't only about finding stronger drugs against infection. The focus is moving to preventing infections in the first place. That's why large companies such as Carrefour, Victoria's Secret and a Far East luxury hotel chain are looking at unique germ-vanquishing textiles invented by Jerusalem's Argaman Technologies and manufactured inside its custom-built factory.
Haim Hefer (29 October 1925 – 18 September 2012) was an Israeli songwriter, poet and writer. A founder of the Palmach's Chizbatron and its chief songwriter, Haim Hefer's lyrics helped forge a national identity in contemporary Hebrew and embodied the spirit of the generation that fought for their nation's independence.
Rosh Hashanah is celebrated as the Jewish New Year. However, the term "Rosh Hashanah" does not actually appear in the Torah, but rather is referred to as the Feast of Trumpets, known as "Zikhron Teru'ah" in Leviticus 23:24 - "a memorial with the blowing of horns". It is also referred to in the same part of Leviticus as a penultimate Sabbath or meditative rest day, and a "holy day to God". It is the first of the High Holy Days ("Days of Awe") which usually occur in the early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere and consist of Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), and Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles). The trumpets are meant to serve as a wakeup call, to bring the people to prayer and repentance in preparation for the coming Day of Atonement.
On a house-to-house mission in the Florida Keys, search-and-rescue volunteers from Israel discovered an ailing American military veteran who'd spent four days without water, electricity or telephone reception in his home as Hurricane Irma wreaked havoc outside.
"You are the first people to come down here and offer aid," the grateful man told Tamar Citron, a member of the team from the Israel Rescue Coalition and United Hatzalah.
A journey to the past, acompanied by a sequence of rear photos taken from the height of the "Church of the Redeemer" in Jerusalem on its opening day.
At this point the IDF and Israeli leaders refuse to confirm or deny this Syrian statement on Sept. 6th stating:
'At 2:42 AM the Israeli Air Force launched several missiles from Lebanese air space at Syrian military positions near Masyaf. This resulted in the deaths of two Syrian soldiers as well as property damage. Syria will respond at a time and place of its choosing. There will be serious repercussions to such acts of aggression on the security and stability of the region. This desperate attack illustrates Israel's direct support for Da'esh and the other terror organizations opposed to the Syrian government'.
What was not included is the fact that the site is a research and production site of CERS, the Syrian weapons development known to have played a key role in President Assad's production of chemical weapons and missiles. Iranian chemical weapons experts reportedly participated in the project but it is not known if any were present at the time of the air attack.
In 1940 and 1941 there were a number of air-raids on Haifa and Tel-Aviv by the Italian air-force. On September, 1940, a residential neighborhood in Tel Aviv was targeted by the Italian planes, resulting in the deaths of over a hundred people.
Israel Tal (September 13, 1924 – September 8, 2010), also known as Talik, was an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) general known for his knowledge of tank warfare and for leading the development of Israel's Merkava tank.
The Munich massacre occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually murdered by Black September, a group with ties to Yasser Arafat's Fatah organization.
UNIFIL Sees No Signs of Hezbollah Military Build-up in Southern Lebanon
Israel Shows UN Secretary General Guterres Hamas Attack Tunnels Being Built Under Israeli Border From Gaza
In Iran, the international inspectors have come and gone after giving the Iranians a clean bill of health – they are abiding by the nuclear accord worked out with the Great Powers over two years ago. Only one glaring problem: the Iranians refuse categorically to allow the nuclear watch-dogs to enter their military installations! And where else would the Iranians carry out clandestine nuclear weapons research if not inside bases they have declared to be off limits? In fact, in the past, Israel disclosed that it had intelligence showing that the Iranians had conducted secret research on detonators for A-bombs at the Parchin base. The Iranians denied it, but later the IAEA confirmed the Israeli charges. So who is to say this is not happening again at other Iranian military installations?
Moreover, Yukiya Amano, the IAEA's own director has just declared that his inspectors need access to all 'relevant locations', that is Iranian military bases. Amano told AP:
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After a frustrating day at work, I was persuaded by a fellow port lover to drop by his office on the way home. Against my will he forced me to accompany him to Gow's, a branch of Ball's Brothers close to Liverpool Street station. We worked our way through the very depleted ports available by the glass, previous drinkers having already cleared the bar of vintage ports.
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When I read the title of this thead I wondered how many glasses you must have had to cause such a drastic corruption of your pronunciation
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Steve Tisch Hosts Super Bowl Dinner at Carbone
Dinners in New York don't get much kookier—or more fun, really—than the one Steve Tisch threw on Wednesday to get everyone psyched up for Sunday's Super Bowl.
First of all, dinner was at Carbone, which, frankly, is a hard proposition to pass up. Anyone who's ever tasted the spicy rigatoni vodka there would know that.
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Most of us know Corey Stoll as Peter Russo on "House of Cards," and some may even remember his short portrayal of Ernest Hemingway in "Midnight in Paris." However, Stoll is soon to become a household name with starring roles on both the big and small screens.
Besides appearing in three films coming out this year -- as well as next year's "Ant-Man" -- and starring in FX's new horror series "The Strain," Stoll also made time to play a former boxer in "Glass Chin," which just premiered at Tribeca Film Festival. Stoll's Bud "The Saint" Gordon is a forgotten boxing champ whose career and fame plummeted after throwing a fight years before. He begins training an up-and-coming boxing star, Kid Sunshine, but getting back in the gym isn't enough. Desperate to restore his name, Bud goes into business with crooked entrepreneur JJ (Billy Crudup), only to end up being framed for murder.
HuffPost Entertainment caught up with Stoll during Tribeca to chat about "Glass Chin" and find out what it was like to star in a boxing movie with so little boxing.
What would you say is Bud's driving force in the film?
He's trying to get back to his high-status place, where he was before he took the dive. He's very status obsessed. When you see him at the beginning of the movie he's very bitter and very petty. Everything he does he's trying to sort of leap-frog over the hard work of building himself back up.
There's a clear difference between Bud and Kid Sunshine. Kid wants to win fights for something bigger than himself, but that's not what Bud's goal used to be, was it?
For Bud, it was always in a very small, ego-driven way. It was his way of being a man, being the man. I think it's sort of revelatory to see the Kid who does it for the honor of doing something incredibly well -- that the sweet science of boxing, it as an institution, is worthy of putting all of your sacrificing, all of your blood, sweat, and tears into it in order to create, if not art, then something sort of transcendent.
Do you think that's what draws Bud to Kid and why he enjoys training him?
Yeah. He saw that Kid had a purer set of motives than he did. I think Bud sort of, while he was boxing, assumed everyone was doing it for the same reasons he did. It sort of shocks Bud to see somebody doing this without so much ego.
What is Bud's weakness that makes him susceptible to JJ and leads to the trouble he gets tangled in?
I think he is really susceptible to flattery because he has this sort of grandiose sense of what he's supposed to be. When he was younger he got a taste of being the champ, or being close to being the champ. That people are supposed to treat you a certain way, you're supposed to get the best tables, people are supposed to bow down to you. Billy Crudup's character JJ plays into that and really makes him feel like the man that he was when nobody else does. His girlfriend doesn't do it, people on the street don't do it. He's really been forgotten. The people who do remember, remember him for his downfall. That's really his legacy.
In the film, Bud doesn't have many of his own interests. He listens to his girlfriend's music and sees the movie she picks out. Why is that?
I think for all sorts of athletes, when you're younger and developing your tastes in movies and music, he was just in the gym. JJ calls him a monk [in the film] and there is a sort of a monkish quality to boxer. It just takes so much time and they're so exhausted all the time. It's so all-consuming that I think Bud never really developed certain parts of himself.
There are a few parallels made between boxing and monks in the film, and there's this idea of boxing having a holy quality to it. Do you think Bud ever sees boxing this way?
He didn't, but I think he felt that. There's no way you can work as hard as you have to work in order to become a successful boxer without really feeling that meditation that you get in the gym. But I think Bud from such a young age was just so status obsessed that he didn't give that its due credit.
It's so interesting that you star in the boxing movie where you don't even get to box or fight. Were you ever wishing you'd get to have a fight scene?
Yeah, totally! We spent a few weeks at Gleason's Gym where we shot the gym scenes with Malcolm [Xavier] who plays Kid Sunshine. I was just there training alongside him just to get a sense of the gym and these guys, and to sort of develop my rapport with Malcolm. But yeah, there is something sort of funny about that. The guys in the gym would be like, "Oh you're making a boxing movie." "Aw yeah … sorta." [Laughs] Boxing is the setting, but it's not really a boxing movie.
You have a lot of films coming out this year, but you're still doing TV with the new FX show "The Strain." Is there a difference at all for you between your film roles and your TV ones?
I think sometimes in film there's a little bit more of a need to bring more of your whole self to every scene. Within a movie, this is your only chance to show this particular side of the character. Where in TV sometimes I think you can take your foot off the gas a little bit and every scene doesn't hold the certain responsibility of defining this part of the character. In "House of Cards," I knew I had 11 hours, and in other shows where the character is on-going you have a seemingly infinite amount of time. Even though you're working at this relentless pace in TV, in some ways you can even let the character unfold in its own time and you don't necessarily have to know entirely who he is. That being said, in the day-to-day working of it, they're sort of the same thing. You're trying to fulfill the writers intent and figure out why does this scene exist. That's the same.
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A review of Carly Phillips' Perfect Fit
Okay, in the interest of full disclosure, I love Carly Phillips. Her novels never cease to make me smile and I really get into her characters. All that to say, I went into Perfect Fit wanting to love the novel and I was so not disappointed. Oh, and there will be spoilers here, just in case.
Mike Marsden as the smokin' hot Chief of Police in Serenity, NY is the perfect alpha. He's quiet, conflicted about his place in the world, and not real sure about how the idea of stability fits into his overall view of the world. What he does know is that he wants Officer Cara Hartley. He wants her more than he wants his next breath.
Cara is not without her own conflicts. I love this about her, because it's very real. Her overall motivations are very relatable and make sense in the way the scars of her childhood bleed over into her adulthood. She's smart, funny, caring, everything a read wants in a heroine.
Together, they are definitely a couple you want to root for. Mike comes from a loving family, but feels like a man apart because his bio dad and his actual dad aren't the same guy. His family doesn't see him that way, but how others see us sometimes bears very little relation to how we see ourselves. This is definitely the case. Cara is there for him, supportive, but not a doormat, standing up to him when he needs a swift kick in the ass. Fortunately for both, that's not often.
The honesty of the characters got to me. They're both very honest in their lives, even though they both have complicated pasts, and they are honest and up front with each other. There's no hidden agenda, no insta-angst, just add water. The angst is well-founded and completely in line with the characters themselves. He never stays in one place too long and doesn't know if he ever wants to settle down, she is settled down and wants a man to stand by her as they make their way in the world together, and both of them are helplessly, heedlessly attracted to one another.
As the story progresses, the mystery of the old alleged brothel on the outskirts of town and the family angst caused by the return of Mike's bio-dad flow seamlessly with the rest of the story, weaving though the hot love story to leave it tied up in a big glittery purple bow. (sorry, I love purple and glitter, just how I roll)
If you're looking for a great read, something to keep you warm during the cold winter months, Carly Phillips' new book will be the Perfect Fit.


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Jo Dee Messina's generous fans have helped the country star fund her next album by donating $111,045 (GBP71,641) to the cause.
The singer appealed to fans on crowdsourcing website Kickstarter.com for help in covering the costs of her latest project, My Time Our Music, and in less than 30 days the 42 year old smashed her goal of reaching $100,000 (GBP65,000).
As WENN went to press, 833 backers had contributed to the campaign and the star admits she couldn't be more grateful for all their support.
In a post on Facebook.com, she writes, "I have to start by thanking every single one of you that believed in my crazy idea. To those who TOOK THE TIME to read what it was about. Give your input on song selection. Those who cared enough to join the team and be a part of something unique and exciting. I am truly grateful. This is YOUR record...
"I believe when people join together they can do amazing things. You guys proved that. You are a part of this. For that, I am truly grateful."
Messina isn't the only celebrity to use Kickstarter.com to fund projects - filmmakers Zack Braff and Rob Thomas turned to the website to seek help donations for new films and movie star Samuel L. Jackson recently launched a new charity initiative on the site by offering up a day out with him as a prize to one lucky donor.


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I'll never forget the Christmas of 2001 when our first son was finally old enough to participate in holiday traditions. On Christmas morning he jumped up and down anticipating the thrill of opening the packages peeking out from the top of his stocking. He tore into the first gift and held the prize high above his head, shouting with glee: "BIG BOY UNDERWEAR!!" Our ploy to make potty training alluring seemed to be working. He ran to his bedroom and returned moments later to model them proudly.
Underwear, again, appeared among his gifts again the next Christmas. His reaction was not quite as exuberant. Every year since then, both of our boys have continued to receive this "gift," more for the sake of tradition than anything else. With each phase of development, their reactions have been age appropriate. They've gone from glee to embarrassment to annoyance to resignation to amusement. As long as stockings are hung on the mantel, underwear will be one of the gifts inside them.
Until a few years ago, I used to view spiritual gifts in a similar light to my boys' perspective on receiving underwear. I thought my spiritual gifts were practical and useful, but not especially exciting. The problem wasn't with the Giver however, but with me. I had confused spiritual gifts with my natural abilities.
I am good at organizing people and events. This isn't meant to sound proud—I say it in the same way I would tell you I have brown hair and hazel eyes. It is just a fact about me. Because of this, I served different church ministries in a variety of administrative roles such as organizing logistics for committees, events, Bible studies, students and children. I didn't particularly derive joy from my service, however I valued the impact each of these ministries had. I knew I could add to their effectiveness by helping them run smoothly. Since administration was a spiritual gift, I assumed I had it.
The problem was, I was serving Jesus without Jesus. My organizational skills were part of my makeup, but not something that made my heart beat faster or caused me to lean into God for strength, wisdom and guidance. I was using my natural abilities for kingdom purposes, but it wasn't exhilarating for me because my true spiritual gifts hadn't been activated. Since learning more, I've seen people who have the gift of administration and I can recognize the difference. They get as excited about organizing and overseeing things as I do about teaching and encouraging others.
In light of this, Beth Moore's comments make perfect sense to me:
"Your ministry is the ever-accruing collection of your life works for the glory of God…You won't be satisfied until you are living it out because God wired you with a compulsion to do it…The more we ignore His will for our works, the more discontented and out of sorts we'll be." (Children of the Day, p. 142)
Scripture tells us that each person who accepts Christ receives the Holy Spirit. When this happens, we receive spiritual gifts. There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit…All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he gives them to each one, just as he determines. (1 Corinthians 12:4 & 11, NIV) The gifts God gives us are to be used to glorify Him and to build up our fellow believers. Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God's grace in its various forms. (1 Peter 4:10, NIV)
Discovering I had the spiritual gifts of encouragement and teaching guided me in recognizing when to say "yes" and when to say "no" to different ministry opportunities. It was freeing when I realized declining to serve somewhere opened an opportunity for a person with gifts that were better suited for it. Instead of focusing on pleasing people, I considered how I could best please God. I stopped trying to fill open slots where needs were greatest and started praying for God to lead me to the places He wanted to use the gifts He'd given me.
The main difference between using my natural abilities and spiritual gifts is that when I'm serving in an area where I'm gifted, it doesn't feel like work. I don't dread preparing a Bible study lesson or have to "gear up" to spend time encouraging someone I'm mentoring. It can be time consuming and challenging, but it also energizes me. I've also learned that my gifts only serve others well when I rely on God's strength and wisdom instead of my own.
I think this is what Paul, Timothy and Silas meant when they wrote:
With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling, and that by his power he may bring to fruition your every desire for goodness and your every deed prompted by faith. We pray this so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thessalonians 1:11-12, NIV)
There can be a temptation, however, to opt out of certain things because they don't involve the use of our specific gifts. Sometimes God has unplanned ministries in which He's calling us to serve. It could be a neighbor in distress or that emotionally needy person who is drawn to you. God has a way of dropping opportunities in front of us and inviting us to respond. In those times, we need to rely on Him for an extra measure of grace. God regularly uses challenging situations to stretch our faith and our dependence upon Him. In fact, the Bible tells us He has prepared them for us:
For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. (Ephesians 2:10, NIV)
Other opportunities to give and serve are just part of being obedient to God's word and have nothing to do with our spiritual gifts. We don't get to take a pass on things like helping the needy or giving financially by saying we don't have the gifts of compassion or generosity.
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save them? Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, "Go in peace; keep warm and well fed," but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it? In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. (James 2:14-17, NIV)
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. (2 Corinthians 9:6-7, NIV)
Some acts of obedience are difficult and costly while others bring joy and delight. In either case, the choice to obey honors God and brings Him glory.
If you're like I was and you're just guessing at what spiritual gifts you have, can I encourage you to find out? Take Beth Moore's words to heart: "Your spiritual gifts are means by which you have been distinctively and divinely equipped to manifest God's presence and power." (Children of the Day, p. 143). Start by reading Romans 12:4-8,1 Corinthians 12 and 1 Peter 4:8-11, then get resources to help you understand spiritual gifts and talk with a pastor to determine what yours might be.
If you attend church at CPC, take the S.H.A.P.E. assessment online and find out how God has uniquely designed you. If you don't attend CPC, pick up a copy of the book S.H.A.P.E Finding and Fulfilling Your Unique Purpose for Life by Eric Rees. You'll discover more about who God has made you to be so that you can activate your gifts and discover the joy of using them to further God's kingdom.
Whether it's natural abilities, spiritual gifts, unplanned ministries or acts of obedience, every good thing starts at the same source: God. Click on the link for a great reminder of this with the song "Every Good Thing" by The Afters.
Moore, Beth; Children of the Day; 2014; Lifeway Press; http://www.lifeway.com
Rees, Erik; S.H.A.P.E. Finding and Fulfilling Your Unique Purpose for Life; 2006; Saddleback Resources; http://www.saddlebackresources.com


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UPDATE: Enrolment Management Process
** The below information affects K-9 students, not students in 10, 11 and 12 for 2018/2019 **
Dear Families,
Thank you for your patience as we work through the enrolment management process. While it is the district's responsibility is to ensure space for our 20,000 students across Abbotsford schools, we can appreciate the very personal effect this has on your child and family.
After carefully examining enrolment across the district and Non-Catchment requests, we are able to make preliminary decisions for some children currently attending a non-catchment school. If you have submitted a Non-Catchment Request, you can expect to be receiving an update this week from your child's school.
Please be advised that schools have been grouped into three categories based on enrolment pressure in the school.
A) Mild Enrolment Pressure:
The majority of Non-Catchment Requests for 2018/2019 school year have been approved. (Aberdeen, Bradner, Upper Sumas, Barrowtown, Dave Kandal, Jackson, Dr. T.A. Swift, Dr. Roberta Bondar, Matsqui, Mt. Lehman, Prince Charles, Terry Fox, Ten-Broeck, Eugene Reimer, Colleen and Gordie Howe, Rick Hansen)
B) Moderate Enrolment Pressure:
The majority of Non-Catchment Requests for 2018/2019 school year, for students attending the school for 4 or more years, have been approved. For students attending for less than 4 years, many decisions have been deferred for further examination. (Alexander, Blue Jay, Centennial, Clearbrook, Dormick Park, Godson, Harry Sayers, John Maclure, Ross, and Robert Bateman)
C) High Enrolment Pressure:
The vast majority of Non-Catchment Requests have been deferred and we expect we will be unable to accommodate those requests. Final decisions will be made after June 15 or September 7. (Margaret Stenersen, McMillian, Mountain, Sandy Hill, W.A. Fraser, Clayburn, Abbotsford Middle, Chief Dan George, Yale, Abbotsford Senior, W. J. Mouat)
We appreciate your understanding as we go through the process of ensuring all students have appropriate space in our schools. If you have questions, please contact your school principal.
Carla Danielsson, Angus MacKay & Gino Bondi
Assistant Superintendents
Current until: Friday, August 31st, 2018
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(2:11) -
You look at me and think we're the same kind
'Cos you don't know what I got and,
I'm gonna get more than I'm asking for,
But I just don't want to waste my time.
You know that I'll be the other girl,
Just like there's nothing in this world.
I know that I'm gonna get me some
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Dreams are as dreams are. Therefore, they're dreams - but don't say such lonesome things!
Seeing a dream is free, and granting them is also free, right? Let's daydream in bed together.
"May tomorrow be a better day"
I wonder if there are people who have never gotten wet in the rain in their whole lives?
Someday somehow, if you get wet, let's get soaked and shampoo.
"May tomorrow be a better day"
If there are sad times, please give me half of the pain.
If you're happy, just that smile will do, so it's like let's be in love as if we are each other's asperin.*
"May you be happy"
I, too, really wish I could be with you, sleeping like this
But there is a place I gotta go, so I will go a step ahead of you.
God speed.
May you not lose your way. May you not shrink in fear. May you not avert your eyes.
May there be no doubts. May there be no saddness. May you not stop and stand there.
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383 Batteries
Mary talks about an interesting place she keeps her batteries.
Adrienne: So, Mary, my battery has almost ran out. I'm so glad you had some but they're cold.
Mary: Well, I keep them in my frigerator along with several other sizes of batteries just so I have them on hand. It's a little quirky habit of mine but I always like to have backup whenever I need it so I've got into the habit of stock piling batteries and keeping them in the fridge.
Adrienne: Well, it's very practical but why do you keep them in the frigerator?
Mary: I read somewhere a long time ago that that's how you extend the life of batteries by keeping them cool, that and film too so I also have several canisters of film in there, too, no room for the butter but.
Adrienne: Do you have any food in your frigerator?
Mary: Some but it's mostly batteries and film.
Adrienne: What kind of food do you keep in your frigerator?
Mary: Right now because it's winter time, I have some oranges and actually some grapes and things so those are kind of coveted at this time of year, otherwise just the standard things. I have yogurt, milk, and some bread and I think six brusselsprouts.
Adrienne: Just six.
Mary: Just six.
Adrienne: Why do you have brusselsprouts?
Mary: Just got in the habit of eating them. They're really very good, so I thought well I'll keep on, just handfuls so they don't spoil.
Adrienne: How so you prepare your brusselsprouts?
Mary: Um, I steam them for about 10 minutes or so and eat them just perfectly plain, a little salt and a little pepper, that's about it.
Adrienne: Really, I find them a little bitter.
Mary: I find them a little bitter too, but the longer you steam them the bitterness kind of goes away and of course there's ways you can dissipate the bitterness with a little bit of butter or salt or seasonings too, so they're not so bad.
Adrienne: Well, I'll have to try that.
It's a little quirky habit of mine.
When something is quirky it means that it is a little out of the ordinary. A 'quirky habit' is one that not many people have.
Notice the following:
- I like quirky clothes and jewellery.
- She is a little quirky.
I've got into the habit of stockpiling batteries and keeping them in the fridge.
When you 'stockpile' something it means that you collect it to make sure that you have plenty and do not run out.
Notice the following:
- I stockpile tins of food for the winter
- It is a really good idea to stockpile wood for the open fire so that you have always got a good supply of fuel.
extend the life
I read somewhere a long time ago that that's how you extend the life of batteries by keeping them cool.
When you 'extend the life' of something it means that you keep it going for longer than normal by performing a special action.
Notice the following:
- You extend your life by making sure you have lots of exercise and eat healthily.
- I plan on extending the life of my car by keeping it in mint condition.
I steam them for about 10 minutes or so and eat them just perfectly plain, a little salt and a little pepper, that's about it.
When something is 'plain' it means that it has had nothing added to it and is in its simplest form.
Notice the following:
- I like my food plain and without any spices added to it.
- The curtains are plain and very simple.
There's ways you can dissipate the bitterness with a little bit of butter or salt.
When something 'dissipates' it means that it disperses and reduces as it does so. We use dissipate to describe something that spreads out and then slowly fades away.
Notice the following:
- The smoke dissipated as it went into the air.
- The crowds dissipate quickly after the concert finishes.


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To Understand Gasoline Prices, Watch the Workings of Refineries
TEXAS CITY, Texas -- As gasoline prices hover near all-time highs, workers in forklifts and cranes are rushing to expand production here at the Valero Energy Corp. refinery. But Gene Cotten, the plant's no-nonsense manager, feels cautious.
After 16 years in the refining business, Mr. Cotten knows such sunny moments are fleeting. "The refining industry has a long history of being a difficult place to make money," he says. "You have to be able to take advantage of the good times."
Memorial Day motorists may well feel like refiners are price-gouging. The average price of regular gasoline has climbed 11 cents in the last three weeks to a record $1.53 a gallon, 30% higher than a year ago and well above the 1981 summer-season record of $1.35, according to the Energy Information Administration.
But to really understand the seesawing prices at the pump, watch the inner workings of refineries like Texas City. What happens here will have more impact on whether gasoline prices soar -- and whether there is enough fuel -- in coming weeks than anything the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries may do to fiddle with crude-oil supply. While oil producers tend to benefit quickly from higher crude prices, refiners are tied to lumbering plants and slow-moving pipelines that make them vulnerable to price swings both in crude and at the pump. With gasoline inventories slim and demand growing, refinery operating profits on gasoline are about 24 cents a gallon right now, the highest level in at least three years.
Still, Texas City can't ramp up production fast enough, or make enough of a new reformulated gasoline, to capitalize fully on the surge in demand. And by the time it does catch up, the lingering effects of last year's price dive, volatile market moves -- not to mention patent disputes over the reformulated gasoline coming to market next week -- could reverse the boom altogether.
Mr. Cotten, 40 years old, has already had a tough two years. In 1998, Valero, a refining company based in San Antonio, Texas, had to write down $171 million in inventory when oil prices took a dive. Last year, it squeezed out a profit of just $14.3 million on revenue of nearly $8 billion.
As oil prices climbed, short-term prices were higher than long-term, discouraging inventory build-up. After those experiences, Valero decided to cut inventories to two days of crude from about five, one factor that helped set the stage for the current gasoline spike.
Facing thinner margins, Texas City also cut back production last October, to only 68% of capacity. Spending was cut in half and workers looked for any possible way to get more out of the 92-year-old refinery. Mr. Cotten was able to shave 30 cents a barrel off production costs of about $2.38 a barrel of gasoline. "You're searching for every kernel, looking for every acorn under the leaves, trying to uncover anything that makes you a little bit of money," he says.
The warm winter particularly hurt Texas City, which relies on distillates like heating oil for about half its production. In response, many refineries scheduled spring maintenance in December, taking a million barrels a day of refining capacity off the market nationwide -- an unusually high number, says Marianne Kah, chief economist for Conoco Inc.
When a cold snap hit the Northeast in late January, heating-oil prices soared. Texas City and other refineries scrambled to exploit the windfall at a time when they normally would gear up for the summer-driving season.
At the same time, crude-oil prices were climbing, headed to more than $34 a barrel in March. Mr. Cotten saw profit margins sink to pennies again as operating costs and raw-materials prices rose. Giants Exxon Mobil Corp. , Texaco Inc. and Chevron all said their U.S. refining units made less money than last year, though the parent companies' overall profits rose sharply.
Only when oil prices began to stabilize in late February did refinery profits start to grow and capacity climb back above 90%. Now, Mr. Cotten finds himself trying to boost gasoline capacity further and turn up production to meet new demand.
On a recent Saturday, the refinery took in a load of 562,000 barrels from Colombia purchased from BP Amoco PLC to replenish low inventories. After emptying the ship, the stored crude was piped to a processing unit that distills the oil to remove the heaviest particles. Crude destined to be gasoline is sent to other units that use heat and chemical processes to "crack" the oil's longer molecules into shorter ones.
Gasoline is really a soup made from several different ingredients, but like soup, it doesn't come out the same every time. Depending on the crude used, up to seven components are mixed together in an enormous blender. During mixing, sample batches are sent to the blending laboratory, where a half-dozen technicians try to ensure the gasoline meets specifications.
In one room, gasoline is run through two "knockmeters," 1950s-era machines that simulate car engine "knock." Before Valero bought Texas City in 1997, the refinery regularly made gasoline that exceeded the required level of octane, giving away millions of dollars in potential sales.
"We used to have to be close, just ballpark," says Billy Logan, 55, a technician who started with the refinery in 1969. "Now, with the economics of gasoline, we have to be right on the money."
After the gasoline is blended, it moves into more storage containers and then on to one of several pipelines that connect the Gulf with most of the rest of the country. Texas City ships much of its gasoline and other products along the Colonial Pipeline, a 5,349-mile tube running from Houston to Linden, N.J. House-sized pumps push the gasoline along at three to five miles per hour, sending the fuel to New York Harbor after about 19 days.
From there, it moves to terminals, or "tank farms," where companies like Exxon Mobil and Texaco stir in proprietary additives -- what the industry calls "pixie dust." Then the mix is either pumped to local areas, put on a barge or trucked directly to gas stations -- roughly 25 days after the crude hit the Gulf Coast.
Given the slow movement, low storage inventories and high demand, analysts estimate the refiners need to be producing at up to 97% capacity this summer to avoid shortages or more severe price spikes.
On top of that, new reformulated gas must be delivered by June 1 to about a third of the country. Exporters, which usually contribute about 5% of U.S. gasoline during the summer, are having trouble making the new blend. Meanwhile, Unocal Corp. is pursuing patent claims for the gas, leading some producers to scale back production of reformulated blends.
To produce the reformulated gas, Texas City has had to reconfigure some parts of its plants, which will cut its total gasoline output by 7% a day, reducing its potential profit.
That's why Mr. Cotten is focused on Texas City's $80 million capital budget, aimed mainly at expanding the plant's crude-oil output by 23%. His goal is to be more like Valero's Corpus Christi refinery, which generated $124 million in profit last year compared with $2.3 million for Texas City. About $1 billion in upgrades have allowed Corpus to convert almost any petroleum product -- from light, sweet crude to heavy, tar-like sludge -- into gasoline. Its flexibility enables the plant to use raw materials offering the best margins on a given day.
Mr. Cotten, who soon will be moving to a corporate job overseeing several refineries, sees such improvements as the only way to temper Texas City's feast-or-famine cycles. "We can only do so much here," he says. "For us it is beginning to be like being a farmer. We just pray for cold weather."
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Singer, rapper and producer, EZ LYFE debuts spanking new single titled 'Wamilele'.
According to him:�"'Wamilele' is a Swahili word meaning eternal. This song is testimony about my life and how I want to use my life and my gift to glorify God forever. Please enjoy!"
Yesu ni wangu wa unzima oooo
Yesu ni wangu wa unzima wa milele (2x)
Yesu unzima �wamilele wamilele(2)
Yesu ni wangu wa unzima oooo
His affinity for music and playing drums began at the age of 8. Being a pastor�s kid has had its challenges but through an encounter at a church he visited, he made up his mind to dedicate his life to Christ completely. Since then, his life has changed tremendously and he has gained a better understanding of what it means to be a steward for the Kingdom of God.
His willingness to sacrifice his time for God has motivated him to dedicate more time to the drums. Since his love for the drums has been renewed, EZlyfe has begun learning other instruments as well as branching into music production. He believes that nothing can be done without the Holy Spirit in addition to dedication, consistency, and passion.


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Aims and Ethos
Teesside High School is an intentionally small community with traditional values. Alongside our excellent reputation and record of high achievement, these are the main reasons parents choose to join our School. We provide a caring, friendly and dynamic environment in which each individual is valued and nurtured. Whilst the School has a Christian ethos, our community contains pupils from a range of religious and non-religious backgrounds. Our whole-School assemblies reflect on moral and spiritual issues relevant to all young people as we seek to share values of tolerance and understanding of the world around us. The culture of the School reflects these differences, whilst celebrating our similarities.
Everything that we do is shaped by our aims:
- To provide an environment in which students achieve their full academic and personal potential in all areas of development, and become a caring, confident, self-disciplined and well-balanced adult.
- To nurture a sense of intellectual curiosity and to value creativity in all aspects of school life.
- To help each individual to develop a firmly rooted sense of justice and morality.
- To encourage each individual to develop self esteem and to respect the rights, opinions and property of others irrespective of age, sex or religion.


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You may be aware that the Liwolo Clinic was closed earlier in the year due to the situation of the time and that continues. Thankfully, all equipment and medicines were safely removed and put into storage.
The good news is that a new clinic is being opened in Majale which is on the border between Uganda and South Sudan – but in Uganda. Progress has been slow but permission to operate has now been granted and it's hoped will be open soon.
Healthcare was not originally part of our work, however, on every visit the reality of the appalling lack of healthcare provision was unavoidable.
- Currently only 44% of the population have reasonable access to a health facility, within a day's walk
- There is one doctor per 100,000 people with 83% of all primary healthcare delivered by NGOs (Non Government Organisation)
- One in seven women die because of a child birth related issue
- Healthcare has to be privately funded, there is no state provision and on average it costs the equivalent of two weeks wages to see a doctor and receive a course of antibiotics. As you can imagine most people just can't afford this!
When Joseph, the Head of CRESS in South Sudan, came to us and asked us if we could help fund a small clinic in Liwolo, he made such an emotional appeal that we decided that we could no longer ignore this need. At first, we helped with the funding of medicines and expenses operating from a small hut and offering very basic care. People began travelling huge distances to access this medical care; some walking for three days.
The service we were offering was simply not enough and on the 22 September 2015 a new purpose built clinic was opened with much singing, dancing and celebration. The new clinic has consulting rooms, two small wards and delivery room (childbirth is still a significant risk to life in Sudan). In addition, we installed solar panels providing electricity so that lab work can be carried out on site, speeding up diagnosis and treatment. A bore hole is planned to provide a dedicated water supply, absolutely vital to the running of the clinic.
CRESS employs eight staff at the clinic including a qualified nurse, midwife, lab assistant and dispensing assistant. Although open and already making a huge difference to the community it still needs much basic equipment, including plumbing. The staff are well trained, motivated and professional but few in number with a community in excess of 40,000 to care for.
We would like to develop the land around the clinic into a productive kitchen garden, using the skills learnt in other CRESS projects, and then employ a cook so that the patients can be fed as part of their care. Normally the family would be responsible for feeding a patient, but given the travel times an on-site kitchen will improve outcomes.
The challenge is to continue funding this life saving facility we have created so that we might continue to provide basic high quality care at an affordable cost, wherever we are located. Believe it or not, just £20 per month will fund a salary at the clinic.
If you would like to help us provide and maintain basic health care to people in desperate need please make a donation.


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Mike LaBossiere analyzes the growing use of law enforcement for revenue by local governments.
via Talking Philosophy:
After the financial class melted down the world economy, local governments faced an obvious reduction in their revenues. As the economy recovered under a Democrat President, the Republicans held onto or gained power in many state governments, such as my own adopted state of Florida. With laudable consistency with their professed ideology, Republicans routinely cut taxes for businesses, the well off and sometimes even almost everyone. While the theory seems to be that cutting taxes will increase the revenue for state and local governments, shockingly the opposite seems to happen: state and local governments find themselves running short of funds needed to meet the expenses of actually operating a civilization.
Being resourceful, local leaders seek other revenue streams in order to pay the bills. While cities like Ferguson provide well-known examples of a common "solution", many cities and towns have embraced the practice of law-enforcement as revenue stream. While the general practice of getting revenue from law enforcement is nothing new, the extent to which some local governments rely on it is rather shocking. How the system works is also often shocking—it often amounts to a shakedown system one would expect to see in a corrupt country unfamiliar with the rule of law or the rights of citizens.
Since Ferguson, where Michael Brown was shot on August 9, 2014, has been the subject of extensive study, I will use the statistics from that town. Unfortunately, Ferguson does not appear to be unique or even unusual.
In 2013, Ferguson's court dealt with 12,108 cases and 24,532 warrants. This works out to an average of 1.5 cases and 3 warrants per household in Ferguson. The fines and court fees that year totaled $2,635,400—making the municipal court the second largest revenue stream.
It would certainly be one thing if these numbers were the result of the legitimate workings of the machinery of justice. That is, if the cases and warrants were proportional to the actual crimes being committed and that justice was being dispensed fairly. That is, the justice was just.
One point of concern that has been widely addressed in the national media is that the legal system seems to disproportionally target blacks. In Ferguson, as in many places, the majority of the cases handled by the court arise from car stops. Ferguson is 29% white, but whites make up only 12.7% of those stopped. When a person is stopped, a black citizen will be searched 12.1% of the time, while a white citizen will be searched 6.9% of the time. In terms of arrest, a black citizen was arrested 10.4% of the time and a white citizen was arrested 5.2% of the time.
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The Pentagon says U.S. and Chinese military officials have opened three days of maritime safety talks in Shanghai.
A Pentagon spokesman says the talks that got under way Wednesday are focused on both sea and air safety issues affecting military ships and planes.
The spokesman gives no details. But the discussions in Shanghai are being held under provisions of a 1998 Military Maritime Consultative Agreement. Its goal is to help both sides avoid incidents like last year's collision between a Chinese fighter and a U.S. EP-3 surveillance plane on a reconnaissance mission in international airspace off the Chinese coast.
The Chinese fighter crashed and its pilot was killed. The badly-damaged U.S. plane made an emergency landing on China's Hainan Island, where the crew was temporarily detained.
The American plane itself was eventually dismantled and the parts shipped off the island.
The incident was discussed at a special meeting held last September in Guam under provisions of the Military Maritime Consultative Agreement between the two countries.
The incident led to tensions in relations between the United States and China, which this week lashed out anew at the Bush administration over U.S. military support for Taiwan.
Defense officials have disclosed a Pentagon team will head to Taiwan perhaps as early as next month to discuss options for the island's purchase of diesel-electric submarines.
The United States promised last year to sell Taiwan submarines as part of an arms package designed to bolster the island's defenses.


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If they work for Made, artisans in Kenya really do have it made.
The African based, British brand is dedicated to reducing poverty in Kenya via various initiatives, including buying fair trade materials and paying their artisans fair wages.
But Made is also dedicated to preserving Kenyan culture: each piece is inspired and shaped by the vibrant and rich culture of Kenya, which includes the famous Masai people, amongst several others, whose style and designs tell a story of the country's heritage.
In addition to helping people through fairly waged work, Made are dedicated to using the most environmentally sound materials possible. Their distinctive style comes from an extensive use of reclaimed brass in the production their jewellery.
The reasons for using this material are two-fold: Firstly, by sourcing materials locally, the brand is further supporting the community within the vicinity of the workshop, including Kibera, one of the world's largest slums. Made buys their raw materials from local individuals at a fair price, thereby helping to both strengthen the local economy and empower small businesses.
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My problem was just that I never felt that his life was truly in danger or saw his impending death really taking a toll on him. I think they should've included some more serious scenes dealing with that in addition to him acting like a jackass in public. Like something that has been suggested before with him thinking he's found a replacement element, only to see that it wont work and he breaks down. For that matter, I would've prefered that serving as the catalyst for him getting drunk instead of the whole party scene.
Plus, I really think they should've left out the temporary cure that SHIELD gave him.
I think most people have this set view how people should deal with death and sadness. The problem is that this Tony Stark character that Robert Downey Jr. created is different than say, Batman or Spiderman. Instead of pouting ontop of the Chrysler Building or sulking in a penthouse, he seculdes himself in a giant donut. The scenes of him deciding to drive the Formula 1 car, throwing an outrageous party, being a drunk fool, looking like he was going to die when talking to Rhodey in his basement, his reaction to Vanko mentioning the palladium, tearing up his house, handing his company over, and lamenting to Pepper were enough proof that he was concerned about death. The whole Stark Expo and the themes of his family legacy also played into this. Perhaps I am reading too deep into a summer blockbuster movie, but the proof is there. Many people didn't care for the comedy regarding all this, but this is one of the things that set this franchise apart from others. There was no melodrama and I personally liked that. Then again, there were some scenes like this in the first movie which everybody loved.
That being said, they could have handled some scenes better. People want to rag on Marvel, but was it Kevin Feige that told Favreau to play The Clash as backround music when Jarvis is telling Tony that he is going to die? Or have a Another One Bites the Dust/It Takes Two/Daft Punk remix while Tony is fighting his best friend? I had no problem with them at all, but it's things like that which undermine serious scenes. Just imagine if they changed the backround music there to a more serious Debney piece.....how much of a change it would have on the scene.
The temporary cure thing didn't bother me really. The only thing about it was it practically healed the scars instantly and that was a bit silly. That scene should have been redone without Black Widow though.
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Code named "Goliath", Corsair's upcoming Obsidian 900D will be massive and filled with unique features for enthusiasts. Could this be the perfect case?
Corsair isn't holding anything back this time around. Their original Obsidian 800D set the bar for high end case design and introduced the market to features which competitors have been copying ever since. Now Corsair is coming out with a brand new chassis called the 900D. But don't mistake this mammoth case as the 800D's successor because it isn't. The 900D is an all new design which incorporates feedback Corsair has gathered throughout the Obsidian series' lifetime.
"Understated Overkill" is how Corsair describes the 900D and it's nearly impossible to argue with that point. This will be one of the largest cases on the market but its actual visual footprint certainly doesn't scream "look at me!" from the rooftops. The front panel is devoid of tacky lights, a brittle door or other pointless adornment. Rather, it uses a straightforward slab-like approach which is surrounded with an air intake strip for the fan mounts.
Speaking of fan mounts, get prepared for an abundance of options. The 900D may come with three front mounted AF120L intake fans and a single 140mm AF140L rear exhaust fan, there's actually a total of 15 fan mount locations. These are backed up by five removable dust filters. If this isn't enough cooling potential for you, Corsair offers enough space to mount up to five (!!) water cooling radiators. Understated overkill indeed…..
The 900D's interior offers loads of space with mounting points for ten expansion cards, dual power supplies, four 5.25″ optical drives and nine hard drives or SSDs within the modular hard drive cages. Three hot swap connectors are also included. For anyone needing even more storage capacity, additional drive cages can be bought separately, allowing for a total of 15 drives to be installed within this case.
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"When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency."
Samuel Johnson
"As citizens we have to be more thoughtful and more educated and more informed. I turn on the TV and I see these grown people screaming at each other, and I think, well, if we don't get our civility back we're in trouble."
Emmylou Harris
"Civility means a great deal more than just being nice to one another. It is complex and encompasses learning how to connect successfully and live well with others, developing thoughtfulness, and fostering effective self-expression and communication. Civility includes courtesy, politeness, mutual respect, fairness, good manners..."
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I recall having cautioned you all that we have entered a period of hysteria several times. I saw this phase coming years ago. And here we are.
1.Exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement.
2.A psychological disorder whose symptoms include conversion of psychological stress into physical symptoms, selective amnesia, susceptibility to autosuggestion.
At other times I have referred to what follows from hysteria as 'the madness.' That is when hysteria is driven into action, sometimes by those who would seek to use that madness for their own ends. And as you recall I often say, 'the madness serves none but itself.'
I have read some things today on the web from fellow bloggers that were utterly 'over the top.' I am not talking about those sites that seek to whip up hysteria in order to provide them a following and 'clicks' for pay because that is to foolishly expect the unexpected, that is, civility from sites that serve their own ends, often political but always commercial.
There are professional people who make a living doing this on television. Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh come to mind. Most of the others are legitimate shock comedians and their humour is dark, but sometimes rather funny. But these others are just vile people pandering to what is most ugly in the human condition.
The bloggers I follow are people from whom I would expect better, because I can tell from their writing that they are informed, most often sincere and intelligent. And I am disappointed.
I think that saying to one of the mothers of a child that was killed at Newtown that they are an "incompetent and defective sack of meat -- your son is dead because you are unfit to be parents" because they have spoken out in favor of gun control laws to be completely over the top and inexcusable, even by today's remarkably low standards.
And although it ought not to matter, I happen to be a long time gun owner, and have participated in regional matches, albeit in my younger years. And my son carries on in this. I don't speak of this much because it is not relevant to what I do intend to talk about. And I am in favor of background checks and licenses for things that can pose a danger to other people in their use, like airplanes, automobiles, and firearms.
And although I know that markets are made up of differences of opinion, remarking on the fairly heavy handed bear raid on the precious metals sector by saying "Where the fuck is your Gold Messiah now?" is a bit much. I mean, really. This is analysis?
I can look at the record and see how and where the selling came from as well as these others. And the rest of what follows is about as insubstantial and based on mere opinion rather than anything approaching analysis. I found the sneering takedown of those who are following a long term strategy to be particularly obtuse. Are we all not supposed to be day traders now?
I think the system as we knew it is changing. And the lack of reform in the financial markets is going to break the confidence of the public. And those who make their living off the markets may give some mind to speaking out for reform, or learn a useful trade doing something else. Not everyone remembers what the 1970s were like for trading, but some do.
I won't even respond further, because I only do so with public figures speaking out in favor of policy. And sometimes I do use humour and satire. That is what I do. That is what it is called when the weaker party like myself takes on the more powerful. When the more powerful figure takes on the weak the same way, it is just bad manners and bullying. This is why I get so incensed sometimes at the way in which powerful figures beat up the little guys, even while they are taking advantage of them.
I am even breaking a long standing tradition by commenting directly on what other bloggers say. Things are tough enough without those who are operating outside the mainstream fighting amonst themselves, and I probably won't do it again. That is how formidable I think things are going to be.
I know that people who speak out for and against some thing get abused sometimes by those who hold the other side of the opinion. I get it. And since I happen to be a center progressive I get it a lot, and sometimes from both sides at the same time! For me that is why spam filters exist, and why I do not take the time to monitor comments on my site, preferring to take them privately instead and use what is factual and ignore what is not. Lashing out at those who attack you with ridicule and viciousness merely takes you down to their level where they will beat you with the energy of excessiveness.
I think there is a lot of fear and uncertainty out there. And it is going to get worse. And in such a time it is even more important to stick to the facts, maintain your composure, keep a cap on the rhetorical flourishes and excesses, and remember that if you do not know what will happen, that the other guy might be right as well. Age has taught me that those who see things in pure black and white are often just color blind and nearsighted.
It is those who can proceed calmly and with serenity who will pass through this period relatively well, and even if they do suffer some unavoidable misfortune, they can do so without regret.
"So let us begin anew, remembering on both sides that civility is not a sign of weakness, and sincerity is always subject to proof."
John F. Kennedy
And if you wish you can aspire to something even higher, probably not fully achievable as a goal based on my own experience, but worthy of an attempt as a way of life.
"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."
Mother Teresa


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