I normally use IE browser to access my NBK Online bank account (even though it asks so many questions, before showing up my account details).

Today I used Firefox (ver 3.5.6 – latest) and apparently NBK Online does not work on Firefox and it showed me the following errors. It is not compatible with some browsers, shouldn’t there be a notification or declaration? Secondly, Firefox is one of the most prominent browsers and NBK should correct this issue. Thirdly, if that is the case, it seems like NBK is adding to the monoploy of Microsoft.

1. This Connection is Untrusted.

(we trust the service of NBK; so that this “Untrust”?)

2. Legitimate banks, stores will not ask you to do this.

3.Cannot verify the certificate for unknown reasons.

Merry Christmas. If you have not yet planned your Christmas, how about visit the home of Jesus.

Yes, the house where Jesus lived, has been found in Nazareth.

Israeli archaeologists on Monday unveiled what they said were the remains of the first dwelling in Nazareth that could date back to the time of Jesus. The finding could shed new light on what the hamlet was like during the period the New Testament says Jesus lived there as a boy.

The dwelling and older discoveries of nearby tombs in burial caves suggest that Nazareth was an out-of-theway hamlet of around 50 houses on a four-acre land. It was evidently populated by Jews of modest means who kept camouflaged grottos to hide from Roman invaders, said archaeologist Yardena Alexandre, excavations chief at the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Based on the clay and chalk shards found at the site, the dwelling appeared to house a simple Jewish family , Alexandre added, as workers carefully chipped away at mud with pickaxes to reveal stone walls.

Nazareth is the town where, Christian tradition says, Jesus grew up and where an angel told Mary she would bear the child of God. This may well have been a place that Jesus and his contemporaries were familiar with, Alexandre said. A young Jesus may have played around the house with his cousins and friends. Its a logical suggestion.

The discovery so close to Christmas has pleased local Christians. They say if the people do not speak, the stones will, said Rev Jack Karam of the Basilica of the Annunciation, the site where Christian tradition says Mary received the angels word.

The team found the remains of a wall, a hideout, a courtyard and a water system that appeared to collect water from the roof and supply it to the home. Archaeologists have also found clay and chalk vessels which may have been used by Galilean Jews of the time. The scientists concluded that a Jewish family lived there because of the chalk, which was used by Jews at the time to ensure the purity of the food and water kept in the vessels.

The discovery at this time, this period, is very interesting, especially as a Christian , Karam said. For me, it is a great gift.

(as reported in the press)

MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY TODAY.

It played like a scene from a holiday movie — a mystery couple, who didn’t leave their names or numbers, walked into a restaurant, finished their meal and then set-off a chain reaction of generosity that lasted for hours.

That’s just what employees at the Aramingo Diner in Port Richmond said a man and a woman did during their breakfast shift last Saturday morning.

“It was magical. I had tears in my eyes because it never happened before. I’ve been here for 10 years and I’ve never seen anything like that,” said Lynn Willard, a waitress.

Willard and other waitresses told NBC Philadelphia that the couple started the chain reaction by paying double: for their own meal and for the tab of another table of diners at the restaurant. There’s no evidence that one group of diners knew the others.

“I could not believe it … and it continued and continued, it was very nice,” said Willard. “They asked us not to say anything until they left, but we said ‘Merry Christmas, that person picked up your tab.’”

For the next five hours, dozens of patrons got into that same holiday spirit and paid the favor forward.

The diner’s manager said not one person was concerned about price of the check — which averaged between $12-$30.

“It was a surprise to all of us, the girls were even taken aback,” said Linda. “Those who took the check also tipped the waitress. So nobody had to do anything other than pass it on and that’s what they did. They just passed it forward.”

It’s a true holiday story that proves how a small gesture of kindness can create some magic. Source

We can start emulating the gesture by paying the check for the coffee for the ‘stranger friends’ on the next table. Let’s start the wave in Kuwait.

SO GO AHEAD AND SPREAD THE SPIRIT & THE GOOD MOOD.