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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
BUSH SLAMS HISTORICAL REVISIONISTS ON THE WAR: About time. Jeff Goldstein has more. — And read earlier posts on this subject here and here. Also here. — [And if you're coming in on a link from elsewhere, be sure to read this later post]. — The White House needs to go on the offensive …
Mike / Cold Fury: More, please
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters: Bush Goes Back To Offense On Veterans Day
Lawhawk / A Blog For All: Revising the Revisionist History
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom: Bush breaks his silence and fires …
White House:
President Commemorates Veterans Day, Discusses War on Terror — Fact Sheet: Honoring America's Veterans — THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Thank you all for coming, please be seated. Thanks for the warm welcome. I'm glad to be back in Pennsylvania and I'm proud to be the first sitting President to visit Monroe County.
Discussion: Suitably Flip, Patrick Ruffini '05, Think Progress, Wonkette, Left I on the News, INDC Journal, Wizbang, WILLisms.com, The Heretik and uggabugga
Flip / Suitably Flip: The Tobyhanna Catharsis
Patrick Ruffini / Patrick Ruffini '05: An Honor Most Deserved
Kevin Aylward / Wizbang: GEORGE BUSH - BORN AGAIN HARD?
Will Franklin / WILLisms.com: Bush Calls Out His Revisionist War Critics.
Maria Newman / New York Times:
Bush Forcefully Attacks Critics of His Strategy in Iraq — President Bush lashed out today at critics of his Iraq policy, accusing them of trying to rewrite history about the decision to go to war, and saying their criticism is undercutting American forces in battle.
Scott Ott / ScrappleFace: Democrats Deny Having Pre-War Intelligence
Atrios / Eschaton: Rewriting History
Publius / Legal Fiction: OBJECTION . . . IRRELEVANT
Dave Johnson / Seeing the Forest: Bush Said Stand With Me, Now Blames Those Who Did
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report: With Bush, it's deja vu all over again
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
WELL, THE HATEMAIL HAS POURED IN after my earlier post on Bush's speech. For the record, though, I didn't say (and don't think) that anyone who opposes the war is unpatriotic. (In fact, only antiwar people seem to keep raising this strawman). But the Democratic politicans who are pushing the …
Discussion: Legal Fiction, One Hand Clapping and The Common Room
Publius / Legal Fiction: GLENN REYNOLDS' SLOPPY LOGIC
Donald Sensing / One Hand Clapping: A good day - bit I missed all the action
Don Surber:
Bush's Gettysburg — Welcome Instapundit readers. — From a small town in Pennsylvania, the president came to finally answer critics of an increasingly unpopular war, a war that Democrats hoped would sweep them into office in the next election. … Much attention is being given …
Chad Evans / In the Bullpen: President Strikes Back? I Didn't Think So.
Amy Proctor / California Conservative: Happy Veterans Day (Historical Quotes)
Pasco Conservative / Stuck On Stupid: Veteran's Day Blogfest!
Deborah / Choose Life: Open Post - Thank a Veteran
Cao / Cao's Blog: Friday Trackback Party
Jim Lynch / bRight & Early: President Bush Speaks About the GWOT
Richard Bennett / The Original Blog: Bush on the attack
Bullwinkle / Random Numbers: A Challenge to the Anti-War Left.
Washington Post:
Asterisks Dot White House's Iraq Argument — President Bush and his national security adviser have answered critics of the Iraq war in recent days with a two-pronged argument: that Congress saw the same intelligence the administration did before the war, and that independent commissions …
Discussion: Power Line, NewsHog and Oliver Willis
Sadly, No!:
2 Dates, 1 Speech — Why are we not surprised? — Speech at the National Endowment for Democracy, Oct. 6, 2005Veterans' Day Speech, November 11, 2005 — Some call this evil Islamic radicalism; others, militant Jihadism; still others, Islamo-fascism. Whatever it's called …
Discussion: The Mahablog and Dohiyi Mir
Maha / The Mahablog: Losing the War on Terror
National Review:
War & Responsibility — EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the text of a Veterans Day speech President George W. Bush delivered at Tobyhanna Army Depot, in Pennsylvania, as released by the White House. — Thank you all very much. Thank you all for coming, please be seated. Thanks for the warm welcome.
Kevin Drum / The Washington Monthly:
THE LAST REFUGE....Glenn Reynolds on Democrats who claim that George Bush misled us into war: … Glad we got that out in open. — UPDATE: This is peculiar. Glenn thinks I quoted him unfairly because I left out his preliminary throat clearing that "this is all about Democratic politicans pandering to the antiwar base."
Discussion: Power Line, Lawyers, Guns and Money, Daily Kos and The Stakeholder
Hindrocket / Power Line: BUSH RESPONDS, FINALLY
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns and Money: Oh, If Only Bush Were A Scoundrel More Often...
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Bush Comes Out Swinging — George Bush defended his strategy in Iraq, giving us lots to talk about. — Here is transcript and the Times lead: … This may be a house-to-house battle, because I am stalled at the third word - did Bush "lash out"? Or did he, for example, "respond forcefully"?
Washington Post:
President Bush Delivers Remarks on the War on Terrorism
President Bush Delivers Remarks on the War on Terrorism
Discussion: The Mahablog, The Claremont Institute and Peaktalk
Pieter Dorsman / Peaktalk: VETERANS DAY, REMEMBRANCE DAY
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Bush Attacks Iraq War Critics
Bush Attacks Iraq War Critics
Discussion: democracy guy and The Huffington Post
Tim Russo / democracy guy: GOP Reform In Ohio? …
John Cole / Balloon Juice:
An Unwillingness or Inability to Be Honest
An Unwillingness or Inability to Be Honest
Discussion: protein wisdom
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom: Bad faith arguments
Lorie Byrd / PoliPundit.com:
Why Now — Michelle Malkin asked this in response to Bush's decision …
Why Now — Michelle Malkin asked this in response to Bush's decision …
Discussion: Daily Pundit
Bill Quick / Daily Pundit: HE'S THE GREATEST POLITICAL WINNER …
President George W. Bush / Jewish World Review:
President's Veterans Day Speech
President's Veterans Day Speech
Discussion: PoliPundit.com and Israel news and commentary …
Lorie Byrd / PoliPundit.com: Finally - Fighting Back — Stephen J. Hadley, national security advisor:
New York Times:
His Image Tarnished, Bush Seeks to Restore Credibility
His Image Tarnished, Bush Seeks to Restore Credibility
Discussion: The Huffington Post, TalkLeft, scoopstories, Wonkette and The Talent Show
Robert Schlesinger / The Huffington Post: Bus**t — President Bush today kicked off his drive …
Eric Pfeiffer / Wonkette: Stop Asking Me, "What's Wrong?"
Waltisfrozen / The Talent Show: McCain's Insane Plan
Bush: Critics try to rewrite Iraq war history
Bush: Critics try to rewrite Iraq war history
Discussion: RuminateThis, The RCP Blog and Oliver Willis
Mark Noonan / Blogs for Bush:
The President Strikes Back — For the longest time we on the right …
The President Strikes Back — For the longest time we on the right …
Discussion: Iowa Voice, RightFaith and AMERICAN FUTURE
Marc Schulman / AMERICAN FUTURE: The President Strikes Back . . .
Michelle Malkin:
BUSH BATTLES BACK — President Bush takes on the Cindy Sheehan Left:
BUSH BATTLES BACK — President Bush takes on the Cindy Sheehan Left:
Mark Noonan / Blogs for Bush: Who is Lying About Iraq? Part II
Carol Platt Liebau / The Huffington Post: Who Is Lying About Iraq? — As this piece by Norman Podhoretz points …
Waltisfrozen / The Talent Show:
Heh Indeedy's Historical Revisionism
Heh Indeedy's Historical Revisionism
Discussion: Eschaton and Left I on the News
Bill Nienhuis / PunditGuy:
Burning Bush — 9:29 AM PST - George W. Bush is on fire.
Burning Bush — 9:29 AM PST - George W. Bush is on fire.
Discussion: Myopic Zeal and T. Longren
Steve Soto / The Left Coaster:
Bush Continues The "Lying Bastards" Campaign On Veteran's Day
Bush Continues The "Lying Bastards" Campaign On Veteran's Day
Discussion: Associated Press, The Heretik and The Peking Duck
Will Lester / Associated Press: Poll: Most Americans Say Bush Not Honest
Richard TPD / The Peking Duck: Cutting and pasting we lay waste our powers
Jay / Stop The ACLU:
Bush's Speech, Calls Democrats On Rewriting History
Bush's Speech, Calls Democrats On Rewriting History
Discussion: baldilocks and The Truth Laid Bear
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Bush Attacks Iraq War Critics As Undercutting War Effort
Bush Attacks Iraq War Critics As Undercutting War Effort
Discussion: THE BRAD BLOG
Caren Bohan / Reuters:
Bush says war critics rewrite history
Bush says war critics rewrite history
Discussion: Donklephant, Oliver Willis and Shakespeare's Sister
Aaron / aaron:
Deck O' Bloggers 2005 - Hearts Voting OPEN!!! — On Veterans Day, I'm initiating the voting for Hearts, those that nurtured and/or inspired (and continue to inspire!) our soldier boys. — If my beloved father-in-law, rest his soul, and my mother-in-law blogged, I'd have just awarded them the King and Queen of Hearts.
Discussion: PoliPundit.com, The Anchoress, Cao's Blog, phin's blog, Soldiers' Angel and Alarming News
Lorie Byrd / PoliPundit.com: Hearts Voting Open
Cao / Cao's Blog: VOTE FOR ME! — Vote for me in Aaron's blogger deck of cards as-something of hearts!
Holly Aho / Soldiers' Angel: I Never Win Anything....Queen for a Day?
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Rise of the Center — Voters Are Choosing Performance Over Rhetoric — With Tuesday's elections, you could sense a small shift in the polarities that have been tugging Republicans and Democrats toward their bases. All of a sudden the center doesn't look quite so lonely or inhospitable.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Power Line, Daily Kos, The Reaction and Donklephant
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: Is America's Political Center Rebounding?
Michael J.W. Stickings / The Reaction: Liberalism and centrism in American politics
Murray Waas / nationaljournal.com:
Libby Testimony Is Key To Rove Inquiry — Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald delayed a decision on whether to seek criminal charges against Karl Rove in large part because he wants to determine whether Lewis (Scooter) Libby, the former chief of staff to Vice President Cheney …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars, firedoglake, The Carpetbagger Report, Seeing the Forest and The Peking Duck
John Amato / Crooks and Liars: Rove still in jeopardy
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake: Rover Goes Long
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report: The cloud that continues to hang over Rove
Dave Johnson / Seeing the Forest: Libby Expecting a Pardon?
Richard TPD / The Peking Duck: Karl Rove absoutely not out of the woods
Key fugitive Saddam aide 'dead' — One of Saddam Hussein's closest aides, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, has died, Iraq's former ruling Baath party says. — "The leader of the resistance... died on 11 November, at 0220 [Thursday 2320 GMT]," the statement said. There is no independent confirmation.
Discussion: In the Bullpen and Balloon Juice
Mac Powell / In the Bullpen: Saddam Hussein's former #2 dies
John Cole / Balloon Juice: The Human Bilge Pump Speaks


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Alienware is a well-known brand in the gaming laptop market, and with each new CPU or GPU update, the company outfits its laptops accordingly. Today, we're taking apart the Alienware 15 R3, which features the new Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1070 with 8GB GDDR5, 16GB of RAM, 256GB of SSD and an FHD display.
For the freshest produce, find us on Facebook for the latest teardown news.
1. Removing the bottom cover
Alienware 15 did put a lot of efforts on heat radiation. It's using an all-metal body to ensure excellent heat dissipation. The backplane also distributed a lot of air vent.
Remove all screws securing the bottom cover to the laptop.
Pry up the bottom cover with a crowbar. Be careful, do not remove the light bar.
Under the bottom cover, you can get access to the RAM, SSD and hard drive. We also find two spare M.2 2242 SSD slots on the left of the laptop.
Before touching any hardware, the good idea is to disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard.
2. Removing the RAM
Separate the clips and the RAM will pop up.
The Alienware 15 R3 comes with two Samsung 8GB DDR4 2667MHz RAMs. The model is M471AK43BB1-CTD.
3. Removing the M.2 SSD
Remove one screw and take the SSD out of its slot.
Toshiba 256GB NVMe SSD, Dell P/N: 08D5HT.
4. Removing the hard drive
Remove three screws and disconnect the SATA cable from the motherboard. You can remove the hard drive module.
The laptop comes with an HGST 1TB 7200RPM hard drive, Dell P/N: 0J30643.
5. Removing the wireless Wi-Fi card
Remove one screw securing the wireless card.
Disconnect two antenna cables. You can remove the wireless card.
Killer 1535 802.11ac 2×2 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.1
6. SSD upgrade option
Here're two 2242 M.2 slots, which you can add extra M.2 SSD.
7. Removing the back baffle
Remove the screw securing the back baffle.
To remove the back baffle, you need to release four buckles close to the cooling fan module.
8. Removing the middle frame
Remove all screws securing the middle frame.
Pry up it with a pick and remove it.
7. Removing the battery
Remove all screws securing the battery and take it out of its bay.
The Alienware 15 R3 comes with an 11.4V, 99Wh Li-ion battery, Dell P/N: 9NJM1.
Under the battery, you can get access to the touchpad.
9. Removing the motherboard
Remove all screws securing the motherboard and disconnect all cables connected to the motherboard.
You can remove the motherboard from the chassis.
10. Removing the heat sink and cooling fan module
The cooling fan comes from Taiwan SUNON.
Red: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card with 8G GDDR5 video memory
Yellow: Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ (Quad-Core, 6MB Cache, up to 3.5GHz w/ Turbo Boost)
Green: South Bridge
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card and Micron 8GB GDDR5 video memory, the model of video memory is 6GA47 D91CB.
Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ (Quad-Core, 6MB Cache, up to 3.5GHz w/ Turbo Boost)
Source: pconline

subset: commoncrawl


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The following extract is from a longer story written by Chris Woodland whose father, also a Chris Woodland, was a timber inspector for the NSW Government Railways stationed at Taree during the 1940s.
"Only my parents would have a greater influence on my early life than Guy Prior. We lived in Taree at 120a Victoria Street and Guy and Dot Prior rented a house only a couple of blocks away. At the time (1942) Guy was working at the Peter's milk factory at Chatham.
Guy Uriel Prior was born in 1906 at Albion Park on the south coast of New South Wales.1 His family moved to the Hunter Valley where he became a well-known roughrider, winning at least one blue ribbon for his buckjumping ability.2 It could have been his horsemanship and accompanying no-nonsense manner that attracted a beautiful redheaded lady who was to become his beloved 'little Dottie'. Guy and Margaret Dorothy Horadam were married in West Maitland in 1937.3
The Priors moved to Taree and after an incident at the milk factory, Guy decided to leave to become a share-farmer at Wherrol Flat and later at Cundle Plains.4 Life for a share farmer was a hard and poor paying one. In the early 1950s, the Priors eventually moved to the Hunter Valley where they bought their own dairy farm near Vacy5…"
To read more of this interesting story including events on the farms at Wherrol Flat and Cundle Plains, the sad personal life of Guy and Dot, and the influence Guy Prior had on Chris' life click here.
Author: Chris Woodland
1 NSW BDM, Birth Index for Guy U Prior, 1906, No. 10482/1906.
2 Newcastle Sun, 18 September 1925, 8.
3 NSW BDM, Marriage Index for Guy Urial Prior and Margaret Dorothy Horadam, 1937, No. 5376/1937.
4 Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of NSW, 14 Dec 1949, 2.
5 Ancestry.com.au, 1958 electoral roll Paterson, Gresford, Guy Uriel and Margaret Prior, Fisher's Hill, Vacy dairy farmer.


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As Khmer Rouge prison commander dies, media quiet on UK & US roles in aiding regime responsible for Cambodian genocide
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This report from rt.com written by George Galloway should not go unnoticed because upon the death of a leading commander of the Khmer Rouge responsible for the genocidal slaughter in Cambodia during the 1970s, he highlights the little known role of the UK and US governments in their support of these people.
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This Years Economic Destruction Due to the States Coronavirus Response Will Pale in Comparison to What Is Coming!
international / rights, freedoms and repression / other press Monday August 31, 2020 - 22:47 by 1 of indy
This opinion piece is republished here by Gary D. Barnett from Lew Rockwell and in a broad way outlines what is in store in the months ahead and while he is mainly referring to the US, really it is true for all the countries. We have to consider that this Covid pandemic fraud (yes the virus exists and people have died but no more than from a typical flu year) was carried out as part of a larger plan.
Because Covid lockdowns and restrictions are global and the global economy itself was intentionally wrecked, along with getting billions of people to accept basically house arrest and unheard of job destruction, one therefore has to accept the global character of the fraud and the type of power brokers behind the scenes who have the means, power and influence to carry out the widespread changes we have seen. And if anyone thinks this is just a virus scare and it will soon go away, they will be in for a rude awakening but by the time the changes will have been made and it will be too late. If you value your life and that of your children, you better wake up out of the denial because deep down you know it's true anyhow, because this is the moment in time when people need to get a backbone for once in their life.
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This story is being reposted in full because it points out that there is probably a sinister agenda being used by the US government behind the sudden and rapid rise of the Floyd protests around the world by the way they are heavily promoted and encourage in the MSN media whereas in the past they always ignore, underplay or discredit anything progressive like anti-war protests, poverty issues etc.
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what is the origin of chanukah gifts?
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December 4, 2014 4:15 am at 4:15 am #614396gobigblue329Member
isn't the whole idea gelt? I think the whole gift thing has evolved from the non jewish holidaysDecember 4, 2014 4:59 am at 4:59 am #1112568
Gifts are a tradition for every special occasion for humans (and other animals). It has been this way since the beginning of time.December 4, 2014 5:09 am at 5:09 am #1112569
It's because Jews were jealous of Christmas.
"Mommy, I want to be a Chwistian because they get pwesents."
"Oh, I know, lets give him a pwesent."
Problem solved.December 4, 2014 5:12 am at 5:12 am #1112570MRS PLONYParticipant
100%! I would much rather give each of my kids a few bucks and take them to a toy store to choose for themselves, but I've been over-ruled.December 4, 2014 10:28 am at 10:28 am #1112571TheGoqParticipant
Ummm Mrs Plony your the mom/wife you cannot be overruled.December 4, 2014 12:02 pm at 12:02 pm #1112572Chochom-ibberParticipant
Don't give presents to be like the the goyim. Give presents so the children will anticipate the beautiful holiday of Channuka. And yes, the mekor is only for actual money.December 4, 2014 12:43 pm at 12:43 pm #1112573
Yes, the minhag is gelt. So called Chanukah gifts has its origins from Christmas gifts.December 4, 2014 2:43 pm at 2:43 pm #1112574Git MeshigeParticipant
Unfortunately a lot of "minhagei Chanukah" are adopted from Christmas. There is NO mekoir anywhere in Chazal or Shulchan Aruch for Chanukah gifts. There IS a mekoir for Chanukah gelt and that where it ends. Also when one wishes Happy Chanukah that is also derived from Christmas. Do we say Happy Shavous or Happy Sukkois? There is Simcha on Yom Tov yet we don't wish one another that way. But when it comes to Chanukah we tend to try and emulate them for some reason. Oh and I forgot to mention the group of people that are busy lighting Menorahs in public places along side the X mas tree. Why does cant Chanukah be celebrated the way Chazal instituted and why do we need to steal snip bits from them?
Just a thoughtDecember 4, 2014 3:29 pm at 3:29 pm #1112575akupermaParticipant
The "custom" began when Jews started coming in contact with Christians whose minhag was to give gifts for their winter holiday (details vary among countries – the custom goes back to the Roman holiday of "Saturnalia", which is the origin of the holiday the goyim observe in December). A good argument can be made that giving presents at this time is clearly avodah zarah, since gift giving has always been part of the avodah of their holiday.
The "Hanukah gelt" custom involved giving a few coins to be deposited in a pushka.December 4, 2014 5:37 pm at 5:37 pm #1112576MRS PLONYParticipant
First of all, not all public menorahs are lit next to the public pine trees. Secondly, those public menorah lighting ceremonies serve an important kiruv purpose.
And who says that I can't be over-ruled? Husbands and wives have to make decisions together, but whoever feels more strongly on the topic is entitled to have the last word.December 4, 2014 5:47 pm at 5:47 pm #1112577
"There is Simcha on Yom Tov yet we don't wish one another that way."
Chag sameach?December 4, 2014 6:43 pm at 6:43 pm #1112578
I strongly feel that the color blue is the most important color. Does that mean nobody can wear black?December 4, 2014 8:33 pm at 8:33 pm #1112579
Minhagim always evolve. chazal don't mention chanuka Gelt, neither do any Rishonim The minhag of gelt started later and like many minhagim evolved now the minhag is changing to Gifts (among some).
Is the mekor from Goyim? Probably (Though I'm willing to bet that Gelt came from Goyim too but no source at the moment)
does that make it assur? Well we have halachos for that go through Y.D. 178. It is quite hard to argue that it is assur.December 4, 2014 9:29 pm at 9:29 pm #1112580
The so-called "minhag" evolving to giving gifts directly stems from the Christian religious holiday in the same season. Yes, that origin would make it assur. Giving gelt is a Jewish minhag that does not stem from another religion.December 5, 2014 12:03 am at 12:03 am #1112581
Um Lior not quite. don't guess halacha. the Rema says (source provided above) If an act has a rational toeles it is allowed. Giving gifts has a rational toeles. Of course others (Gr"a have stricter interpretations as to the prameters of Chukas akum, but you cant fault others for following basic Rema,)
BTw Religous Christians are opposed to gifts as it is a "commercialization" of their religious-holiday.December 5, 2014 12:29 am at 12:29 am #1112582tzviki16Member
in my house they don't give chanuka gelt or presents (not because we're poor). we eat foods from oil and cheese like latkes and cheesecake, and nobody feels like we're missing anything.December 5, 2014 12:48 am at 12:48 am #1112583
Gifts are given for all special occasions.December 5, 2014 12:33 pm at 12:33 pm #1112584
The funniest part to me is that if we were having this discussion a century from now (or if our Grandchildren would), once the minhag has completley evolved to gifts, EEK and Lior will be defending the ancient heilege minhag of giving davka gifts on chanuka. Pointing out all sorts of hidden kabbalastic interpretations, If you take the first to letters of "matana" in mispr kattan it equas 8 keneged the days of chanukah, while the mispar kattan of the last to letters is 10 keneged the seva sephiros and the three avos etc…
While I (or Grandchildren) will point out actually, minhag of gifts are fairly new and a century ago people argued it was actually goyish.December 5, 2014 1:28 pm at 1:28 pm #1112585
It will never become ingrained, even over the next century, since it's chukas akum and thus rejected (now and over the next decades) by the vast majority of ehrilche yidden.December 5, 2014 1:49 pm at 1:49 pm #1112586
Ok so its a machlokes between the Rema and lior.
Be careful who you write of since by far most frum jews do in fact give presents. A simple glance through advertisements in yated confurms this. Who do you think they are advertising to? (hint it isnt pope francis)December 5, 2014 2:42 pm at 2:42 pm #1112587
"once the minhag has completley evolved to gifts, EEK and Lior will be defending the ancient heilege minhag of giving davka gifts on chanuka."
No, I won't be defeding altz the fact that's heilige, because it isn't, I'll say "what's the problem? Its a nice thing". Just like I am doing now.December 5, 2014 2:50 pm at 2:50 pm #1112588MachaaMakerMember
Giving gifts is not done to be like the goyim. It's the same idea as giving felt just instead of giving them gelt so they can buy toys you speed up the process by just giving them the toysDecember 5, 2014 3:06 pm at 3:06 pm #1112589Sam2Participant
Lior: Meh. This isn't Chukas Akum because there is no religious reason behind the Christians giving gifts. They just do it because it's a way to get kids excited about the holiday. Which is actually a Mitzvah D'oraisa of V'samachta B'chagecha. So, if anything, the Christians giving gifts came from us (or, more likely, because of the fact that it's a very logical concept).December 5, 2014 3:59 pm at 3:59 pm #1112590
Mods, apparently, someone has hacked into Sam2's account.December 5, 2014 5:55 pm at 5:55 pm #1112591
How can this tradition be chukas akum when it's not even exclusively human?December 5, 2014 8:38 pm at 8:38 pm #1112592Sam2Participant
DY: 🙂December 6, 2014 4:02 pm at 4:02 pm #1112593
ubi: The Rema doesn't support you at all. You fardreit the Rema into the results you want in this case.December 6, 2014 11:16 pm at 11:16 pm #1112594cholentmitkugelParticipant
A china plate with latkes on it wrapped in a box, given even before the first night is a festive way to serve the latkes. It is not goyish at all…December 7, 2014 1:44 am at 1:44 am #1112595
Lior, Not quite the rema says a minhag thta has a rational explanation his example is special outfit for doctors) isnt assur.
Are you saying gift giving isnt rational?
Did you read the Rema?December 7, 2014 1:53 am at 1:53 am #1112596
Ubiquitin, I don't think the point is whether giving gifts is rational, I think the point is whether specifically giving on Chanukah is rational.December 7, 2014 4:03 am at 4:03 am #1112597
DY even if so, Gift giving on Chanukah is certainly rational, especially when you consider that Lior agrees that money is ok or even commendable as a minhag in its own right. Giving gifts in place of money can hardly be considered irrational.
Even without that gift giving is a fairly common, and more to the point: rational, way of celebratingDecember 7, 2014 4:26 am at 4:26 am #1112598oomisParticipant
Giving Chanukah gelt is a nod to the Chashmonaim who first minted coins. As it is not always practical to give little children money (and not even safewhen they are VERY little children), gift giving has become the practice in many if not most families. I doubt we can unring this particular bell.December 7, 2014 4:29 am at 4:29 am #1112599December 7, 2014 12:33 pm at 12:33 pm #1112601
Thanks DY great source.
Lior in case you have trouble, he lumps together both gift giving/money using them interchangebly and wonders whether BOTH are chukas akum, ofc ourse cites the Rema that since has a rational reason both are allowed.
(As an aside oomis the chashmanoim were far far from the first to mint coins)December 7, 2014 3:45 pm at 3:45 pm #1112602–Participant
It seems that gifts and money should be viewed alike. Eastern cultures celebrate various events with money where Western cultures use gifts.December 7, 2014 6:04 pm at 6:04 pm #1112603mosheyosefblondMember
usually common minhagim amongst many Jews have a source or sources that are legit. Rav Simcha Londinski in his sukas chaim on Chanukah chalik bas pages 361-362, he quotes emes leYakov in siman 670 see footnote 583 where Rav Yakov Kamenisky says parents used to give there children money to give to the Rebbayim or teachers, this is where giving money to the children came from, and this isn't chukas goim, if anything the goyim took the minhag of giving gifts from us like many other areas. ( it seams like the parents used to pay or give extra money to the Rebbayim used the children as shaluchim before the chagim time aka Chanukah). another reason based on the Magen avraham in siman 670 is since there is a minhag for aniyim to collect money on Chanukah therefore we give money or 'gelt' to everyone in order not to embarrass someone that doesn't have money. Another source is see siphsay chaim on the moadim chalek bas page 134 when the Greeks forban the Jews to learn even after the decree ended there was unfortunately a lot of bital Torah. Therefore they had to bribe the children to learn by giving them money. In order to remember this we also give money to the children now a days. See also orchos rabanu chalek gimal pages 1-2 os gimal, The stipler would all ways give out money on the fifth night of Chanukah. The reason for this is b/c the fifth night of Chanukah never falls out on Shabbos. Another reason for giving money see the sefer Or haganuz in the section penine ha moadim page 127 is since even a poor person has to light the menorah therefore we want to make sure that everyone is given money in order not to embarrass someone that doesn't have money similar to above answer. So we clearly see from all of the above that there are reasons and sources contrary to what it seams like from the above posts common opinion. And they are Jewish reasons and we did not 'copy the goyim' if any thing they copied us. Also we see that many gedolim including the stipler gave out money on Chanukah. Enjoy the gifts and kol tuv and have a good Chanukah.December 12, 2014 1:46 pm at 1:46 pm #1112604
Lior the minhag of gifts is spreading faster than I thought. Kupas Ha'ir raising money to "Give Them Strength! This Chanukah, send a toy to a needy child and bring light and joy to their life! Kupat Ha'ir will donate one wrapped toy to a child in need this Chanukah, thanks to your generous donation."
I know, maybe they aren't "ehrilche yidden" as you put itDecember 13, 2014 11:26 pm at 11:26 pm #1112605
These campaigns are put together by American baalei batim and not by any of the rabbonim in Eretz Yisroel. Don't blame them for what overseas marketing professionals do as they don't review every brochure and advertisement. And this would not be the first problematic promotion by American advertising guys for a good EY tzedaka.December 14, 2014 12:37 am at 12:37 am #1112606
Let me quote Rav Moshe Isserlis on Chukas Hagoy:
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Lior you have the Rema in front of you. Show us your reading of it.December 14, 2014 1:37 am at 1:37 am #1112607
ubi brought chukas akum into the discussion. This isn't chukas akum but it certainly is in the "spirit" of it. So whilst it may not be technically assur, I wouldn't do everything that is technically muttar.December 14, 2014 2:47 am at 2:47 am #1112608
ummmm lior: "ubi: The Rema doesn't support you at all. You fardreit the Rema into the results you want in this case."
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DY responded to you explaining that point.December 14, 2014 3:17 am at 3:17 am #1112610
What? DY and I are in agreement, (baruch shechiyanu…)
Also here is where your point really falls apart. You (now) say there isn't anything technically wrong with it, which of course make it mutar. But it isnt "in the spirit"
Now most people giving gifts, arent giving it to be like goyim, they are either giving it because that is the present day minhag (or "minhag" if you prefer, i.e what is done lemaseh) So you are saying that they should think they are doing it to be like goyim, making it not in the spirit and therefore avoid it. Being "in the spirit" of something, by definition requires people to think about the connotation you ascribe to the actDecember 14, 2014 3:25 am at 3:25 am #1112611
DY responded to you explaining that point.
No, I didn't.
Ubiquitin did not fardrei the Rema, but the issue is whether Chanukah gifts are rational, to apply the Rema to it.
I merely pointed out that the determining factor isn't whether gifts in general are rational, but rather, whether Chanukah gifts in particular are. They very well might be, though, and then I in fact found that the Avnei Yoshfeh in fact holds that way. So, as per the Rema, which is completely relevant, it would be muttar.December 14, 2014 3:42 am at 3:42 am #1112612
In case my last point wasnt clear. What I mean is that claiming something "isnt in the spirit" is subjective. If I dont view it as copying goyim, but as a celebration of chanukah, then it is in the spirit for me.December 14, 2014 3:47 am at 3:47 am #1112613
And according to Rav Shimon Schwab zt"l who said it is (metaphorically) "treif" but nevertheless that since it is technically muttar, if it will cause angst by not giving it, then you shouldn't fight it.December 14, 2014 8:06 pm at 8:06 pm #1112614
Maybe Rav Shimon Schwab tz"l would concur that when it is being used to gladden sick children it is good.December 22, 2014 2:22 pm at 2:22 pm #1112615
There is actually a reason to think Chanukah presents are actually ???? ???"?.
Assuming that it is a copy of the goyish "minhag" of giving gifts on their ???, which is not an unreasonable assumption, then there would certainly be at least a "??? ????? ??????" and would be assur.
It is unlike the case which the Rema is mattir, the doctors' uniform, in which the reason that non-Jews do it is completely free of ?????? and ????? ???.December 22, 2014 2:57 pm at 2:57 pm #1112616
Daas Yochid- How can it be ???? ???"??
First of all the qoute from Rav Shimon Schwab tz"l by Lior says that they are not halachikly assur, just not in the spirit of the Torah.
Also, when the Rema writes "??? ????? ??????" he is talking about things that have no logical reason so we are scared that they have a smell of Avodah Zarah from their ancestors. Gifts are not avodah zarah in it of itself like a christmas tree. They are used to make the holiday more enjoyable. You understand yourself that giving a gift is a nice thing to do on a special occasion. A christmas tree doesn't make any sense and it is a pagan symbol.December 22, 2014 3:29 pm at 3:29 pm #1112619
Are you referring to the fact that they say that Santa Claus brings the gifts? Everyone knows it's a myth besides young kids and that the parents bring it out. It is used to enhance the holiday. It is not a religious item. In fact, very religious Christians will not use gifts because it commercializes the holiday.
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Study Notes On Human Eye for RRB NTPC, SSC and Other Exams
The Human Eyes
The Human Eyes situated in the sockets of the skull called orbits. The eye ball is mainly spherical in structure.
Cornea :-
It is the transparent spherical membrane covering in the front of the eyes. Light enters in the eyes through this membrane. Most of the refraction of light rays entering the eye occurs at the outer surface of the cornea.
Lense :-
It is the central part of the eye that facilitates the image formation.
Irish :-
It is dark muscular diaphragm between the Cornea and the lens. It controls the size of the pupil. It is the colour of the iris that we call colour of the eyes.
Pupil :-
It is a small hole between the iris through which light enters the eyes. In dim light, it opens up completely due to contraction of iris muscles, but in the bright light it becomes very small due to relaxation of irish muscles.
Ciliary Muscles :-
They hold the lense in position and help in modifying the curvature of the lens.
Retina :-
It is the light sensitive surface of eye on which the image is formed. It contains light sensitive cells rodes and cones. Rod cells respond to the intensity of light and cones respond to the illumination. There number is around 125 million. Number of rod cells is greater than number of cone cells. These cells generate signals which are transmitted to the brain through optical nerves.
Optical Nerves :-
It transmits visual information from the retina to the brain.
Sclera :-
It is an opaque, fibrous, protective, outer layer of an eye containing Collagen and elastic fibre. It is also known as white of the eye.
Blins Spot :-
It is the point at which the optic nerves leave the eyes. It contains no rods and cones, so an image formed at this point is not sent to the brain.
Aqueous Humour :-
Behind the cornea, we have a space filled with white transparent liquid called the aqueous humour and behind this there is a crystalline lense, which helps to refract light to be focused on retina and maintain intraocular pressure.
Vitreous Humour :-
The space between eye lense and retina is filled with another liquid called viterous humour.
- Least Distance of distinct vision of human eyes is 25 cm.
- Iris regulates the amount of light entering through the eyes by adjusting the size of the pupil.
- The pupil apears black, because no light is reflected from it.
Defects of Human Eyes
Myopia :- Also called short sightedness, in this problem eye can see only nearer objects. Distant objects are not seen clearly. This defect can be removed by using concave lense of suitable focal length.
Hypermetropia :- Long sightedness, in this problem eye can see distant objects clearly but nearer objects are not clearly visible. This defect can be removed by using a covex lense.
Presbyopia :– In this defect both near and far objects are not clearly visible. It can be removed by using bi-focal lense.
Astigmatism :- In this defects eye cannot see horizontal and vertical lines clearly. This defect can be removed by using suitable cylindrical lenses.


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It's Jaymie's 24th.
The first time I met Jaymie was during Rxandy's pictorial for his first exhibit RxAW. Di pa kami close that time. Kahit hi-hello, wala. But after the successful exhibit of her cousin, we were given a chance to ahng out a couple of times and talk and bond.
Jaymie is a great friend - a great listener and a good adviser. I remember us, both crying in Ate Nissa's room. From then, we shared countless drinks and secrets. She is smart, hardworking and a certified cam whore. You will never see her without a digicam in her hands.
Jayms, thanks for everything we shared. Here's to you and to all the drinking sessions and coffees that we will be sharing.
Labyou! Mwah!!
PS: Jaymie, nakayellow ka rin pala last birthday celebration mo. Tita Cory, is that you? Hehehe


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When: Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 7 p.m.
Where: Online
Who: Constitution & Canons Committee and anyone in The Diocese of West Missouri
Anyone with an interest or comment on the resolution to be presented and voted on at the Special Convention to be held at Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral on October 3 is invited to join this online meeting of the diocesan Constitutions and Canons Committee.
The full text of the resolution can be read below.Draft-Special-Rules-for-Virtual-Convention
- Many, many apologies. The dates and times are now correct. Tuesday September 29, 2020.
While the date stated, 9-28-2020, was correct, the day of the week originally stated, Tuesday was incorrect. This event takes place on Monday September 28, 2020 at 7 p.m.


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Fire cannot kill the dragon and hackers cannot stop HBO's Game of Thrones. You're better off trying to kill Drogon with some puny bows and arrows.
Hackers once again released sensitive Game of Thrones material ahead of Sunday night's official airing on HBO in an attempt to spoil the episode and again it didn't matter in the slightest. The most recent installment of season seven, "Eastwatch," garnered 10.7 million live viewers, setting yet another new record, according to TheWrap. The previous series high was 10.2 million viewers…which was set just last week even though "The Spoils of War" was leaked online several days earlier.
Here are the live viewership numbers for Game of Thrones season seven so far courtesy of TheWrap:
Episode 61: 10.1 million
Episode 62: 9.2 million
Episode 63: 9.2 million
Episode 64: 10.2 million
Episode 65: 10.7 million
What's most impressive about these numbers is that they only include live viewership. They do not account for delayed viewings across all platforms. To put into perspective how many eyeballs come across Game of Thrones after the fact, the season seven premiere recently crossed 30 million total domestic viewers, according to EW. So not only is Thrones a massive in-the-moment hit, it also has serious staying power that elicits rewatches and speedy catch-up from audiences.
Too bad there's only eight total episodes left in the entire series.


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Wednesday, March 07, 2007
The farm and its surrounding forests are donning a fresh blanket of snow today. Right now, we just have a dusting that allows the gold of dead grasses and blush of red rosecanes shine through in the snow. We may get up to three inches, but I won't be holding my breath. ;) Don't you just love the way snow highlights every curve on those trees?
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I love it when the snow looks like powdered sugar as it does in today's pics. :-)ReplyDelete
I don't think we are going to see any more snow here this year. It's supposed to be up around 85 degrees by Sunday!
- AnonymousMarch 09, 2007 4:26 AM
Holy cow! I don't even want to THINK about 85 right now! :DReplyDelete
Lovely photos.ReplyDelete
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Throughout China's long history, its ancient architecture shines as a remarkable epitome of the country's arts and culture, characterized by different regions, ethnic groups and times with their distinctive features in single buildings, complexes, gardens, temples or towers.
They spread across the nation, mostly built on flat ground, in the soothing arms of a river, at the foot of the hill or on gentle slopes.
However, there is one exception. Xuankong Temple is hanging, seemingly impossibly, on the steep cliffside of the mighty Hengshan Mountain in Shanxi Province. It has survived landslides and earthquakes for the past 1,500 years.
Held up by hemlock wood stilts slotted into holes chiseled out of the rock, the rest of the structure that supports the temple is hidden inside the bedrock. Seen from a distance, it looks like the building is inlaid into the huge limestone formed by ancient marine deposition, with a flooding river running underneath.
The distance between the top of the temple and the river valley is about 90 meters, equivalent to 30 stories or the height of the Statue of Liberty with the pedestal.
In the year 398, the North Wei Dynasty (AD 386-534) relocated its capital city to Pingcheng (today's Datong in Shanxi Province). Under the influence of Taoism, a great number of Taoist temples were mushrooming in the city. The Taoist reformer and religious leader Kou Qianzhi (AD 365-448) wrote into his will in his last days that he wanted to build a temple in the middle of the air, which could "reach the heaven and leave the crowds below."
About 40 years after Kou died, the wish finally came true. The builders chose a perfect place for the temple — in a valley of the Hengshan Mountain, protected by the Cuiping Peak in the west and the highest Tianfeng Peak with an altitude 2,016 meters in the east, traversed by the Tangyu River, creating a "fairyland" among waters and mountains, cut off from the mortal world.
But how did the workers "hang" the temple to the cliffside 1,500 years ago? The wise ancient Chinese had the solution.
They first carved out a platform on the cliffside taking advantage of the rugged rock and then slotted hemlock wooden stilts (all soaked in wood oil for hours to become damp-proof and anti-corrosive) into holes chiseled out from the rock. Each of the stilts, inserted into the bedrock, functioned as a hanger which could carry several tons in weight to support the main body of the structure.
In order to obtain more space, the builders carved deep into the mountain for grottoes. The three-story, two-tower temple has a total of 40 rooms, including worship halls, a drum tower, a bell tower and dormitories.
The southern tower is 8 meters high and 4 meters wide with three main halls, while the northern one, 7 meters high and 4 meters wide, has three shrines. The two towers are linked with a 10-meter-long bridge.
As the hanging temple is about 90 meters high above the ground, "it took great guts to climb," traveler Xu Xiake (1587-1641) noted in his journal when he explored Hengshan Mountain in 1633.
The building is an architectural wonder that perfectly applied the principle of mechanics and the traditional Chinese wood-frame beam and column system, allowing it to survive two magnitude-6 earthquakes. The location also helped the temple stand firm and intact over the centuries.
Tucked into the natural groove of the rock, the temple is kept away from heavy rain, while its high position prevents any flooding. The two peaks on both sides are working as wind shelters, and the mountain blocks the sunlight that reduces the weathering of the wood usually used by exposure to too much sunlight.
The temple is also an example of religious harmony, where Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism coexist. In the Chunyang Hall, Taoist Lu Dongbin is worshipped; the Leiyin Hall is for Buddhism; and Shakyamuni, philosophers Confucius and Laozi are enshrined in the Sanjiao Hall.