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Allah (English pronunciation: /ˈælə/ or /ˈɑːlə/; Arabic: الله Allāh, IPA: [ʔalˤˈlˤɑːh] ( )) is the Arabic word for God (literally 'the God', as the initial "Al-" is the definite article).123 It is used mainly by Muslims to refer to God in Islam,4 Arab Christians, and often, albeit not exclusively, by Bahá'ís, Arabic-speakers, Indonesian and Maltese Christians, and Mizrahi Jews.567 Christians and Sikhs in Malaysia also use and have used the word to refer to God. This has caused political and legal controversies in Peninsular Malaysia.8910
The term Allāh is derived from a contraction of the Arabic definite article al- "the" and ilāh "deity, god" to al-lāh meaning "the [sole] deity, God" (ὁ θεὸς μόνος, ho theos monos).11 Cognates of the name "Allāh" exist in other Semitic languages, including Hebrew and Aramaic.12 The corresponding Aramaic form is 'Ĕlāhā ܐܠܗܐ in Biblical Aramaic and 'Alâhâ ܐܲܠܵܗܵܐ in Syriac as used by the Assyrian Church, both meaning simply 'God'.13 Biblical Hebrew mostly uses the plural form (but functional singular) Elohim. In the Sikh scriptures, Guru Granth Sahib, the term Allah (Punjabi: ਅਲਹੁ) is used 37 times.14
The name was previously used by pagan Meccans as a reference to a creator deity, possibly the supreme deity in pre-Islamic Arabia.1516 The concepts associated with the term Allah (as a deity) differ among religious traditions. In pre-Islamic Arabia amongst pagan Arabs, Allah was not considered the sole divinity, having associates and companions, sons and daughters–a concept that was deleted under the process of Islamization. In Islam, the name Allah is the supreme and all-comprehensive divine name, and all other divine names are believed to refer back to Allah.17 Allah is unique, the only Deity, creator of the universe and omnipotent.56 Arab Christians today use terms such as Allāh al-Ab (الله الأب, 'God the Father') to distinguish their usage from Muslim usage.18 There are both similarities and differences between the concept of God as portrayed in the Quran and the Hebrew Bible.19 It has also been applied to certain living human beings as personifications of the term and concept.2021
There is a Unicode character for the word Allāh, ﷲ = U+FDF2.22 Many Arabic type fonts feature special ligatures for Allah.23
Many inscriptions containing the name Allah have been discovered in Northern and Southern Arabia as early as the 5th century B.C., including Lihyanitic, Thamudic and South Arabian inscriptions.24252627
The name Allah or Alla was found in the Epic of Atrahasis engraved on several tablets dating back to around 1700 BC in Babylon, which showed that he was being worshipped as a high deity among other gods who were considered to be his brothers but taking orders from him.28
Dumuzid the Shepherd, a king of the 1st Dynasty of Uruk named on the Sumerian King List, was later over-venerated so that people started associating him with "Alla" and the Babylonian god Tammuz.29
The name Allah was used by Nabataeans in compound names, such as "Abd Allah" (The Servant/Slave of Allah), "Aush Allah" (The Faith of Allah), "Amat Allah" (The She-Servant of Allah), "Hab Allah" (Beloved of Allah), "Han Allah" (Allah is gracious), "Shalm Allah" (Peace of Allah), while the name "Wahab Allah" (The Gift of Allah) was found throughout the entire region of the Nabataean kingdom.3031
From Nabataean inscriptions, Allah seems to have been regarded as a "High and Main God", while other deities were considered to be mediators before Allah and of a second status, which was the same case of the worshipers at the Kaaba temple at Mecca.32
According to Islamic belief, Allah is the proper name of God,33 and humble submission to his will, divine ordinances and commandments is the pivot of the Muslim faith.5 "He is the only God, creator of the universe, and the judge of humankind."56 "He is unique (wāḥid) and inherently one (aḥad), all-merciful and omnipotent."5 The Qur'an declares "the reality of Allah, His inaccessible mystery, His various names, and His actions on behalf of His creatures."5
In Islamic tradition, there are 99 Names of God (al-asmā' al-ḥusná lit. meaning: 'the best names' or 'the most beautiful names'), each of which evoke a distinct characteristic of Allah.634 All these names refer to Allah, the supreme and all-comprehensive divine name.17 Among the 99 names of God, the most famous and most frequent of these names are "the Merciful" (al-Raḥmān) and "the Compassionate" (al-Raḥīm).634
Most Muslims use the untranslated Arabic phrase in shā' Allāh (meaning 'if God wills') after references to future events.35 Muslim discursive piety encourages beginning things with the invocation of bismillāh (meaning 'in the name of God').36
There are certain phrases in praise of God that are favored by Muslims, including "Subḥān Allāh" (Holiness be to God), "al-ḥamdu lillāh" (Praise be to God), "lā ilāha illā Allāh" (There is no deity but God) and "Allāhu akbar" (God is great) as a devotional exercise of remembering God (dhikr).37 In a Sufi practice known as dhikr Allah (lit. remembrance of God), the Sufi repeats and contemplates on the name Allah or other divine names while controlling his or her breath.38
Some scholarswho? have suggested that Muḥammad used the term Allah in addressing both pagan Arabs and Jews or Christians in order to establish a common ground for the understanding of the name for God, a claim Gerhard Böwering says is doubtful.33 According to Böwering, in contrast with pre-Islamic Arabian polytheism, God in Islam does not have associates and companions, nor is there any kinship between God and jinn.33 Pre-Islamic pagan Arabs believed in a blind, powerful, inexorable and insensible fate over which man had no control. This was replaced with the Islamic notion of a powerful but provident and merciful God.39
According to Francis Edwards Peters, "The Qur'ān insists, Muslims believe, and historians affirm that Muhammad and his followers worship the same God as the Jews (29:46). The Qur'an's Allah is the same Creator God who covenanted with Abraham". Peters states that the Qur'an portrays Allah as both more powerful and more remote than Yahweh, and as a universal deity, unlike Yahweh who closely follows Israelites.19
The Aramaic word for "God" in the language of Assyrian Christians is 'Ĕlāhā, or Alaha. Arabic-speakers of all Abrahamic faiths, including Christians and Jews, use the word "Allah" to mean "God".7 The Christian Arabs of today have no other word for "God" than "Allah".18 (Even the Arabic-descended Maltese language of Malta, whose population is almost entirely Roman Catholic, uses Alla for "God".) Arab Christians for example use terms Allāh al-ab (الله الأب) meaning God the Father, Allāh al-ibn (الله الابن) mean God the Son, and Allāh al-rūḥ al-quds (الله الروح القدس) meaning God the Holy Spirit. (See God in Christianity for the Christian concept of God.)
Arab Christians have used two forms of invocations that were affixed to the beginning of their written works. They adopted the Muslim bismillāh, and also created their own Trinitized bismillāh as early as the 8th century CE.40 The Muslim bismillāh reads: "In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful." The Trinitized bismillāh reads: "In the name of Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, One God." The Syriac, Latin and Greek invocations do not have the words "One God" at the end. This addition was made to emphasize the monotheistic aspect of Trinitian belief and also to make it more palatable to Muslims.40
According to Marshall Hodgson, it seems that in the pre-Islamic times, some Arab Christians made pilgrimage to the Ka'bah, a pagan temple at that time, honoring Allah there as God the Creator.41
Some archaeological excavation quests have led to the discovery of ancient Pre-Islamic inscriptions and tombs made by Arabic-speaking Christians in the ruins of a church at Umm el-Jimal in Northern Jordan, which contained references to Allah as the proper name of God, and some of the graves contained names such as "Abd Allah" which means "the servant/slave of Allah".424344
The name Allah can be found countless times in the reports and the lists of names of Christian martyrs in South Arabia, as reported by antique Syriac documents of the names of those martyrs from the era of the Himyarite & Aksumite kingdoms.4546
A Christian leader named Abd Allah ibn Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad was martyred in Najran in 523 AD, and he had worn a ring that said "Allah is my lord".4647
In an inscription of Christian martyrion dated back to 512 AD, references to Allah can be found in both Arabic and Aramaic, which called him "Allah" and "Alaha", and the inscription starts with the statement "By the Help of Allah".464849
In Pre-Islamic Gospels, the name used for God was "Allah", as evidenced by some discovered Arabic versions of the New Testament written by Arab Christians during the Pre-Islamic era in Northern and Southern Arabia.465051
Pre-Islamic Arab Christians have been reported to have raised the battle cry "Ya La Ibad Allah" (O slaves of Allah) to invoke each other into battle.52
"Allah" was also mentioned in pre-Islamic Christian poems by some Ghassanid and Tanukhid poets in Syria and Northern Arabia.535455
As Hebrew and Arabic are closely related Semitic languages, it is commonly accepted that Allah (root, ilāh) and the Biblical Elohim are cognate derivations of same origin, as is Eloah, a Hebrew word which is used (e.g. in the Book of Job) to mean '(the) God' and also 'god or gods' as is the case of Elohim. Elohim and Eloah ultimately derive from the root El, 'strong', possibly genericized from El (deity), as in the Ugaritic 'lhm (consonants only), meaning "children of El" (the ancient Near Eastern creator god in pre-Abrahamic tradition).
In Jewish scripture Elohim is used as a descriptive title for the God of the scriptures whose name is YHWH, as well as for pagan gods.
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The history of the name Allāh in English was probably influenced by the study of comparative religion in the 19th century; for example, Thomas Carlyle (1840) sometimes used the term Allah but without any implication that Allah was anything different from God. However, in his biography of Muḥammad (1934), Tor Andræ always used the term Allah, though he allows that this "conception of God" seems to imply that it is different from that of the Jewish and Christian theologies.56
Languages which may not commonly use the term Allah to denote God may still contain popular expressions which use the word. For example, because of the centuries long Muslim presence in the Iberian Peninsula, the word ojalá in the Spanish language and oxalá in the Portuguese language exist today, borrowed from Arabic (Arabic: إن شاء الله). This phrase literally means 'if God wills' (in the sense of "I hope so").57 The German poet Mahlmann used the form "Allah" as the title of a poem about the ultimate deity, though it is unclear how much Islamic thought he intended to convey.
Some Muslims leave the name "Allāh" untranslated in English.58
Malaysian and Indonesian language
Christians in Malaysia and Indonesia use Allah to refer to God in the Malaysian and Indonesian languages (both of which are standardized forms of the Malay language.) Mainstream Bible translations in the language use Allah as the translation of Hebrew Elohim (translated in English Bibles as "God").59 This goes back to early translation work by Francis Xavier in the 16th century.6061 The first dictionary of Dutch-Malay by A.C. Ruyl, Justus Heurnius, and Caspar Wiltens in 1650 (revised edition from 1623 edition and 1631 Latin-edition) recorded "Allah" as the translation of the Dutch word "Godt".62 Ruyl also translated Matthew in 1612 to Malay language (first Bible translation to non-European language, only a year after King James Version was published6364), which was printed in the Netherlands in 1629. Then he translated Mark which was published in 1638.6566
The government of Malaysia in 2007 outlawed usage of the term Allah in any other but Muslim contexts, but the High Court in 2009 revoked the law, ruling that it was unconstitutional. While Allah had been used for the Christian God in Malay for more than four centuries, the contemporary controversy was triggered by usage of Allah by the Roman Catholic newspaper The Herald. The government appealed the court ruling, and the High Court suspended implementation of its verdict until the appeal was heard. In October 2013, the court ruled in favor of the government's ban.67 However, the use of Allah does not prohibited in the two Malaysian state of Sabah and Sarawak in Borneo as they have already use it since a long time ago.6869
In early 2014, the Malaysian government confiscated more than 300 bibles for using the word to refer to the Christian God.70
In other scripts and languages
Allāh in other languages that use Arabic script is spelled in the same way. This includes Urdu, Persian/Dari, Uyghur among others.
- Assamese, Bengali: আল্লাহ Allah
- Bosnian: Allah
- Chinese: 阿拉 Ālā, 安拉 Ānlā; 真主 Zhēnzhǔ (semantic translation as "the true master"), 胡大 Huda (Khoda, from Persian language)
- Czech, Slovak: Allách
- Greek: Αλλάχ Allách
- Hebrew: אללה Allah
- Hindi: अल्लाह Allāh
- Malayalam: അള്ളാഹ് Aḷḷāh
- Japanese: アラー Arā, アッラー Arrā, アッラーフ Arrāfu
- Maltese: Alla
- Korean: 알라 Alla
- Polish: Allah, also archaic Allach or Ałłach
- Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian: Алла́х Allakh
- Serbian, Belarusian, Macedonian: Алах Alah
- Spanish, Portuguese: Alá
- Thai: อัลลอฮ์ Anláw
- Punjabi (Gurmukhi): ਅੱਲਾਹ Allāh, archaic ਅਲਹੁ Alahu (in Sikh scriptures)
The word Allāh is always written without an alif to spell the ā vowel. This is because the spelling was settled before Arabic spelling started habitually using alif to spell ā. However, in vocalized spelling, a small diacritic alif is added on top of the shaddah to indicate the pronunciation.
One exception may be in the pre-Islamic Zabad inscription,71 where it ends with an ambiguous sign that may be a lone-standing h with a lengthened start, or may be a non-standard conjoined l-h:-
- الاه : This reading would be Allāh spelled phonetically with alif for the ā.
- الإله : This reading would be al-Ilāh = 'the god' (an older form, without contraction), by older spelling practice without alif for ā.
Unicode has a codepoint reserved for Allāh, ﷲ = U+FDF2, in the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, which exists solely for "compatibility with some older, legacy character sets that encoded presentation forms directly",72 which is dicouraged for new text. Instead, the word Allāh should be represented by its individual Arabic letters, while modern font technologies will render the desired ligature.
The calligraphic variant of the word used as the Coat of arms of Iran is encoded in Unicode, in the Miscellaneous Symbols range, at codepoint U+262B (☫).
See also
- Islamic eschatology
- Abdullah (name)
- Ilāh
- Names of God
- Tawḥīd
- Dhikr
- Termagant
- Five Pillars of Islam
- Ka'bah
- Prophets of Islam
- El (deity)
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With three Super Bowl titles in the last twelve years, you can guarantee that there are plenty of New England Patriots fans outside of Boston. Today, we'll be taking a look at the best and oldest Patriots watch party locations at sports bars across the nation. Notably, these bars also double as a great place to watch the Red Sox. If your city is not mentioned on this list, you can still locate where to watch the Patriots with other fans in your area by using the search feature on WhereToWatch.com. Here are five of our favorite Patriots watch party locations across the country:
5. B.D. Riley's Irish Pub & Restaurant – Austin, Texas
B.D. Riley's in Austin is self described as a "home away from home" for Patriots fans in Texas. Pats fans have been meeting here for twelve years, and they often have more than twenty-five New England fans for each game. Not only does B.D. Riley's guarantee that each and every Patriots game will be televised, they also have drink specials and often hold gameday give-aways. There's no doubt that these guys are serious about their Pats, they even have a newsletter and an entire page of their website dedicated to the Austin Patriots Fan Club!
4. Sonny McLean's Irish Pub – Santa Monica, California
Are we in Foxborough? Nope, Sonny McLean's is an Irish pub located in Santa Monica, California and owned by Jim and Fran Conners, two transplanted Bostonians. Sonny Mc's is always packed with Patriots fans and they serve clam chowder and lobster rolls during the games. For the 1:00 PM (Eastern) games, you can find fans there as early as 9:30 (Central) in the morning! So if the Pats have an early game, don't worry about breakfast, just grab a pint and watch the game with a bunch of displaced New England fans.
3. Toso's Sports Bar & Grill – Phoenix, Arizona
The Patriots Fan Club of Arizona has been getting together for over 15 years and they do it at Toso's in North Phoenix. The Pats fans that gather here are loud, proud, and most importantly organized. With a group that boasts over 700 members, they have weekly raffles and Pats gear giveaways for members. According to their website, Patriots owner Robert Kraft and his wife have even made it to one of their gatherings. Talk about some true Patriots klout!
2. Professor Thom's Bar & Restaurant – New York, NY
Professor Thom's is a great Patriots bar in New York city. It has a 41-foot bar, a large selection of draft beers, a second floor lounge with a private screening room, 17 flat-screen televisions, and a High-Definition Projector that only shows the Patriots during the games. Professor Thom's Boston affiliation is well known throughout New York and when the Pats are playing, this place packs out. Just check out this video filmed at Thom's about rooting for a team in enemy territory. Classic. As you can see, Professor Thom's is also a great place in New York to watch Red Sox and Celtics games (as well as University of Michigan football).
1. Murphy's Pub Alexandria – Alexandria, Virginia
Since the early 90′s, Patriots fans around the Washington D.C. area have been heading to Murphy's to watch the Patriots play. They describe the Patriots fans that frequent the bar as the "most die hard, energetic crew of fans that a football team could ever ask for."
Patriots watch parties are generally held on Murphy's second floor, which features a large projector screen that everyone can see, even when it's packed with Pats fans. And you can guarantee that they'll always have the sound of the game, even when the Redskins are playing. They also have numerous food and drink specials for Pats fans while the games are on. The good people at Murphy's said to show up early on game day because Pats fans pack this place out quickly. No matter what time the Patriots play, Murphy's will be open one to two hours before game time to allow for a little "indoor tailgating."
Honorable Mention: Connecticut Yankee - San Francisco, California
Who would've ever thought that a bar named the "Yankee" would be a Patriots and Red Sox bar? That's exactly what we have in this divey-type bar located in San Francisco. They even have menu items named after famous (or infamous) Sox, Celtics, and Patriots players, such as the Bill Buckner (roasted turkey) or the Bill Russell (a twist on the classic "hero" sandwich). I see what you did there.
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By Sarah Haan and Stepfanie Romine, for BabyFit
Think about what is offered on a typical children's menu at a sit-down restaurant: burgers, fries, spaghetti, macaroni and cheese, and chicken nuggets. When did these menu standards become "kid food," and why are we still conforming to the norm when we know it's unhealthy to constantly eat these dishes? Manufactured, artificial, added-sugar and packaged are just a few words that describe most of the foods our culture associates with children.
As a parent, it's your job to ensure your children receive adequate nutrition and develop healthy eating habits. This, however, can be tough when battling constant advertising, the media and common requests from the majority of our kids. Exposing your children to healthful meals is one of the most important things you can do to help them develop a healthy lifestyle. As adults, they'll be more likely to consume a variety of foods if new foods are routinely introduced at a young age. Research has shown that it can take 10 tries to get kids to eat a new food, so don't get discouraged. These meals are kids' menu favorites with a nutritious twist. The options are healthier--most have less fat and/or sugar--while packing more vitamins and minerals for your growing munchkins. These ideas should make the cut for both parents and kids. After all, who wants to make two meals every night?
Everyday chicken noodle soup can be transformed into a powerhouse of vitamins by adding a serving or two of vegetables. You're thinking you can already hear the complaints about the soup being "chunky," right? Well, your secret weapon to battle veggie woes is the blender. This handy appliance will be your new best friend when it comes to loading your favorite recipe with nutrients. To give your chicken soup a makeover, saute or steam chopped onions, carrots and celery, then give them a whirl in the blender with a bit of broth before adding it to the pot of chicken, broth and noodles. (You also can use this tactic with canned or boxed chicken soup.) Serve with whole-grain crackers in fun shapes.
The blender method can be used with many other dishes and vegetables. Try cooking cauliflower and broccoli and mixing them into the egg and low fat cottage or ricotta cheese mixture you use in lasagna. Zucchini can be grated, steamed and pureed into a mixture to add to a chicken and broccoli casserole.
In your next batch of macaroni and cheese , add cooked fresh or frozen pureed winter squash--think butternut or acorn squash. The texture and color resemble that of the cheesy dish while adding a serving of veggies. The possibilities are endless!
Aside from adding winter squash--or even cooked carrots--to macaroni, there are plenty of other ways to amp up this dish and make it more nutritious. To begin, making it from scratch with your children is a better alternative to the boxed variety. When cooking at home instead of getting takeout, you can use whole wheat pasta and control the amount of cheese and sodium added. After cooking the noodles and adding your choice of cheese, top the dish with your child's favorite lean meat. Grilled sliced chicken or ground turkey make great combinations. Experiment with finely chopped spinach, stewed tomatoes or chopped broccoli. If your little one is reluctant to try the new variation, make it into a game! It's amazing what a child will eat when it's the last food available on a deserted tropical island and resources are running out. The imagination can be a wonderful tool!
Instead of minced, processed chicken nuggets , patties and tenders, cut skinless chicken breasts into chunks then dip them in flour, egg whites and breadcrumbs. Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes, until chicken is cooked through. Flavor your breadcrumbs to suit your mood. Add oregano, thyme, paprika, cumin or rosemary depending on your mood. Introducing herbs to children helps them expand their palates early on.
French fries are a commonly requested food among young people. Slicing and baking your own potatoes is a very good alternative to the deep-fried option. Experiment with different spices and potatoes. Russet, redskin, and sweet potatoes will all produce a different taste. Drizzle olive or canola oil over your potato slices once they're spread over a baking sheet and top with any combination of garlic, oregano, dill, rosemary, and pepper. For added vitamins and variety, choose sweet potatoes, butternut squash, even parsnips, turnips and other root vegetables. Roasting adds a sweetness that will make almost any vegetable appealing to kids. Offer ketchup for the kids to dip, and mix in some sweet chili paste or curry powder for some uniquely grown-up ketchup.
Hamburgers to go with the oven baked fries are a must for kids! Make your burgers at home using extra lean ground sirloin, turkey or chicken. These types of ground meat are going to be much lower in saturated fat than hamburger, ground chuck and ground round. If your kids are really adventurous, whip out your food processor and make some quick and easy homemade black bean burgers. It's a Mexican twist on the traditional hamburger and is fun to serve with baked fries or chips and salsa. This patty can be served on a bun, but your kids will enjoy it cut up with salsa, shredded cheese and a dollop of sour cream, too. Mix one 14.5-ounce can of black beans with an egg and a 1/2 cup of breadcrumbs. Add 1/4 cup chopped onion, a teaspoon of garlic powder and 1 1/2 teaspoons of cumin. Pulse in the food processor, then add form into four patties. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes (flipping halfway through) or saute in a skillet over medium-high heat until crispy on the outside.
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Immigration from the Indian subcontinent to Canada began during the late 1800s. The majority was Sikhs from the Punjab region and most settled in British Columbia. They were often erroneously referred to by government authorities as Hindus. Some were discharged British soldiers; others were labourers who found work in the lumber, railway and mining industries.
In 1891, an increase in the Chinese Head Tax caused a decline in Chinese immigration to Canada, so booking agents began encouraging immigration from India to sell tickets on trans-Pacific ships sailing between Hong Kong and British Columbia. Between 1904 and 1908, over 5,000 Indian men arrived in B.C., with approximately 3,000 of them continuing to the United States.
This early immigration to Canada was met with much hostility in British Columbia. As a result of this, East Indian immigration to Canada decreased dramatically until the 1940s. Only after the First World War did Canada change its position on East Indian immigration and allowed the admission of women and children. However, other restrictions were applied over the years, such as the "continuous voyage" regulation of 1908.
Under pressure from a newly-created independent Indian government, Canada began to change its discriminatory immigration policies after the end of the Second World War. The initial quota for Indian immigrants was 150, but was subsequently raised to 300 a few years later. Gujarati immigration began in the 1950s and was characterized by two main groups: those who came directly from the Indian subcontinent, and often from Gujarat; and those who migrated from East Africa and Britain. Between 1961 and 1971 approximately 2,500 Gujarati immigrants settled in Canada. Most of these early migrants were various skilled professionals. Furthermore, between 1961 and 1982, approximately 32,000 people of East Indian descent arrived in Canada from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda.
During the 1970s and 1980s large numbers of people of East Indian descent migrated to Canada from the British Caribbean, most notably Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, as a result of economic difficulties existing in those countries. Approximately 90,000 East Indians migrated from the Caribbean between 1962 and 1992. There was, however, earlier migration of students studying and then residing in Canada from Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia, and Jamaica but their numbers were quite small. Most of these migrants settled in the province of Ontario with the vast majority settling in the Toronto region. There have also been smaller numbers of people of East Indian descent who immigrated to Canada from Fiji.
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Research in Published Sources
Assam & North-East India: Christian Cemeteries and Memorials, 1783-2003 by Eileen Hewson.
History of East Indians in America: The First Half-century Experience of Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims by Harold S. Jacoby.
Kacheri Cemetery Kanpur: A Complete List of Inscriptions With Notes on Those Buried There by Zoë Yalland.
Passage from India: Asian Indian immigrants in North America by Joan M. Jensen.
The East Indians in Canada, by Hugh Johnson
The Genealogies and Genealogists of Mithila: A Study of the Panji and Panjikars by Ugra Nath Jha.
The ongoing journey: Indian migration to Canada by Kavita A. Sharma.
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We are about to make an offer and would like to include this language in the contract if possible.
A: I am a firm believer that if you plan to buy a house (or a condo or house in a community association), your sales contract should contain three important contingencies. A contingency means that if the matter is not resolved to your satisfaction, you have the absolute right to terminate the sales contract and get your earnest money deposit returned to you immediately.
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(1) contingent on the property being appraised at a minimum for the contract price. Why is this important? Let's say your contract price is $300,000, and you plan to get an 80 percent loan in the amount of $240,000. You plan to put down your own money in the amount of $60,000. But if the appraisal comes in low (as it is now happening around the country), say at $275,000, your lender will lend you only $220,000; this means that you will need $20,000 more to close the deal.
(2) contingent on financing: This is obvious. If you cannot get a mortgage loan, you want to have the contract declared null and void and get your deposit back; and
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I can't really provide you with forms, since I do not provide specific legal advice in this column. However, I am sure that a local real estate agent or your attorney can craft the appropriate language for your specific situation. And although I have not looked, you might actually find sample language somewhere on the Internet.
Q: If I leave my house to my youngest son and it still has a mortgage on it, will he have to pay capital gains tax?
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There will be a four-year struggle to rein in President Barack Obama's "crazy spending," tax advocate Grover Norquist told CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" on Monday.
Two major battle are coming in the next few months, the president of Americans for Tax Reform said, the sequester on March 2 and the debt ceiling which the government will hit near the middle of March.
With the debt ceiling "the Republicans have said because the president is busting the budget with all his spending, he's going to have to cut spending by the same dollar amount as his debt ceiling," Norquist said. "If he tries to weasel out of his agreement we had 2 years on this subject it's not going to work. That's where the Republicans and the American people stand together against Obama's overspending."
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While some have suggested a debt ceiling fight would lead to a government shutdown, Norquist doesn't expect one.
Hitting the debt ceiling only means the government can't borrow anymore, Norquist said. If you get a 10 percent cut in salary, you still pay your mortgage, you reduce other spending first, he added.
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Valparaiso wrapped up its eight-match road trip on Tuesday afternoon, dropping a 7-0 Horizon League match to Cleveland State in at River Oaks Racquet Club in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Vikings opened the match winning all three doubles contests. Melissa Holzinger and Jackie Tabb opened with an 8-0 victory over Camill Burden (Richmond, Ind./Richmond H.S.) and Jackie O'Reilly (DePere, Wis./DePere H.S.) at the third spot in the order. Sanda Bjelan and Myra Pepino added an 8-2 win over Kim Sajevic (Woodbury, Minn./Woodbury H.S.) and Katie Bilyeu (Terre Haute, Ind./South Vigo H.S.) at number two doubles while Catrine Bjerrehus and Charlotte Gibbons added an 8-3 triumph over Molly Keifer (Richmond, Ind./Richmond H.S.) and Jenny Schwartz (Aurora, Ill./West Aurora H.S.).
In singles play, Cleveland State (12-8, 2-1 Horizon League) posted straight sets victories in each match. Bjerrehus was a 6-1, 6-1 winner over Sajevic at the top of the order while Gibbon defeated Keifer 6-0, 6-3 at number two singles. Holzinger added a 6-1, 6-3 victory against Schwartz at the third spot while Tabb notched a 6-1, 6-0 win against Bilyeu at the fourth spot. Bjelan downed Stephanie York (Elkhart, Ind./Jimtown H.S.) 6-0, 6-1 at fifth singles while Pepino topped Christine Antrobus (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead H.S.) 6-0, 6-0 at the sixth spot.
"I'm proud of the way we played today," head coach Traci Young said. "We gave a lot of heart. Jenny played a great match at third singles."
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Helen Hughes lives about 100 yards away from where police say a woman's body was found in the middle of this very quiet residential street.
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When I was a young child, I remember my father mentioning "Pap," but I didn't know who he was - except that he was someone I'd never met. As a young adult, I learned that Pap was my father's grandfather, William Doyle. I sensed that Dad held Pap in very high regard, but Dad didn't say much about him.
A number of years ago, after my father's death, I began corresponding with my father's half-sister, Tressa. I learned that she also held Pap in very high regard.
She said that Pap was "an extremely kind person and loved children." He was "short and just a little on the stocky side." My mother remembers hearing him make this comment to someone, maybe her: "You might be good for something if you weren't so tall." I don't know if the comment was made in jest or not. Aunt Tressa wasn't sure whether Pap held a bias against tall people, but said that Pap was "outspoken and definite in his opinions."
I asked Aunt Tressa how her grandparents came to be called Maw and Pap, she said they "didn't want to be called Grandma and Grandpa -- they thought it sounded 'too old.'" The grandchildren called him Pap, but the neighbors, his friends, and possibly adult relatives, called him Billy.
Pap was the oldest child in his family. In 1869, his father, Andrew Doyle, came to America from Northumberland, England. Then in October, 1870, at the age of 7, Pap came to America with his mother, Elizabeth Jane (Laws) Doyle, and 3 siblings. They lived in several different towns in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, until they eventually settled in Stoneboro.
He married Tressa Rose Froman on March 17, 1885. If you're interested, come back on the 17th and learn a little more about them as a couple and family.
Pap farmed, mined coal, and grew strawberries for a cash crop. After his widowed son, Gust, remarried, Pap and his wife built a home in Stoneboro and moved into town. Every day Pap travelled the 2 miles from town to the farm to help on the farm: he drove the car in the summer, walked in the winter.
This photo is of Pap standing outside the home of his closest and next youngest sibling, Elizabeth Jane or, as she was usually called, Liz Jane. A closeness developed on the ship from England that remained throughout their lives.
Pap was born on this day in 1863. Happy Birthday, Pap! It hope it's a grand one. I look forward to meeting you.
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Pap, Because "Grandpa" Sounded Too Old
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Great story - "Pap" has such a kind face, no wonder his grandchildren regarded him so highly. I have many photos of ancestors who posed in front of their homes - I wish more of my "recent" ancestors had done that. Somewhere along the line it must have fallen out of custom. I love to see the old homes along with the ancestors.ReplyDeleteReplies
It seems like it was so much more common decades ago for people to stand in front of homes for photographs. I wish it happened more often with my parents and grandparents, too. Thanks for visiting and commenting, Karen.Delete
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Some news on how CBC is preparing for the next two Games:
I was never concerned about online content, so whatever. We will see whether a TSN/Sportsnet/CBC lovefest can actually work. At the very least, I'm glad the CBC (and the media) are aware that some people actually want to see the sports in their entirety.Kirstine Stewart, the CBCs executive vice-president of English services, said the public broadcaster will seek partnerships with traditional and digital programmers, including Rogers Media and Bell Media, which made up the Canadian broadcast consortium for the last two Games. She also said the broadcaster has been talking to Yahoo and Google, and would likely speak with Netflix, Facebook and Apple Inc. about potential content partnerships.
The Olympics return to CBC represents a challenge for the broadcaster, which by 2014 will have just one English-language and one French-language channel on which to broadcast the Games. (It expects to sell its Bold cable channel before then.) When it aired the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it licensed content to TSN. But with thousands of hours of content available, CBC will need to find more platforms to justify what it paid for the Games.
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And as for CBC's commentators who are just so brilliant and special that only showing only a skater or two will suffice for Canadians:The CBC will likely resurrect several old affiliations - they teamed with TSN in 2008 to provide coverage in Beijing and with sports cable network The Score in their ill-fated bid for the 2010 and 2012 Games - to make sure they cover as many bases as they can but it will take more than just a few partnerships to even come close to replicating the amount of access Canadians have enjoyed over the past two Olympic Games.
They'll also face the difficulty of having to match the talent level in broadcasters that the Bell-Rogers group had at their disposal to cover the wide range of events, especially in light of the announcement they made back in April that they planned significant personnel cuts as a response to a slash in government funding.
Just a small update, after an extensive search and some digging around, I've got some small editing to do, but I've got the race in it's entirety plus the medal ceremonies and all interviews which means I'm done! No more searching, no more begging lol. I've got what I need and I'm good to go.
As for CBC, you're still not going to convince me that this move is a bad thing. Sure, the Torino coverage wasn't the greatest either but at least there was a focus on Canadian athletes and they still showed all Canadians who won medals live. I didn't have any issues with the CTV coverage in 2010 because it was at home, but this year, I stand by my statement that despite all the mediums, the coverage was atrocious. It got better towards the end, but the first two thirds of the games, I didn't know whether I was watching a Canadian network or NBC 2.0, the amount of over Michael Phelps and most American athletes was nauseating, if I wanted that, I would have watched the NBC coverage. There was a real neglect of Canadian athletes for far more prominent ones. I also won't miss Brian Williams and his pompous blowhole on my TV screen.
CBC before the latest round of ideological cuts was the leader of amateur sports coverage in Canada. They're the ones who brought our athletes to the forefront in the media in Canada. They did a fine job with their Beijing coverage, and I'm sure they'll be able to work up some kind parternership with RSN or TSN. They usually do. I'm not too particularly worried about it. I wish they could coax Terry Leibel out of retirement. She'd be great as a leader on CBC coverage. CTV proved this year that they may have quantity, but the quality was severely lacking.
I'm all for covering Canadians, but it shouldn't come at the expense of the top athletes either. It just happens that the US swim team was especially dominant these Olympics, but they deserve attention and their medal ceremonies played as much as anyone. (CTV probably should have laid off on the Missy Franklin Canadian connection though.)
In any case, hopefully CBC doesn't disappoint come Sochi - especially since BBC is unlikely to be as good for an away Winter Games. Fingers crossed!
Don't fret about that, Japanfan. That was all the CBC showed live, anyway. You didn't miss anyone else.I couldn't figure out the schedule and ended up turning on the TV to see Buttle get his bronze medal before I'd seen the competition.
But the commentary of Jeffrey Buttle's LP was FANTASTIC!!!
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On Monday, Brennan began his second year as mayor. His preference for working behind the scenes rather than dominating headlines has won over some who opposed the creation of the full-time position. At the same time, some hope he will become more visible in the coming year.
The battle over the old Williston-West Church is seen as a good example. The zone change needed for the development was eventually approved, with limits set on the office use. While businesses are pleased, residents are appealing the decision in court.
"I personally did want to see him jump out more" on the issue, said Michael Bourque, president of the Portland Community Chamber.
Anne Pringle, president of the Western Promenade Neighborhood Association, agreed.
"There were a lot of legitimate big policy issues that I personally thought did not get enough debate, versus, 'We have to save the building,'" said Pringle, who opposed the plan.
Brennan, 59, is widely praised as a consensus-builder who puts a premium on process and the expertise of the professional staff.
In some ways, building consensus is the only true power of the office. Under the city charter that created Brennan's position, the city manager is responsible for day-to-day operations, and five votes are needed to pass any significant policies through the City Council.
Brennan, who earns $66,000 a year and has a four-year term, has the power to set council meeting agendas, appoint members to committees, form task forces and veto the budget.
Brennan has been cautious in dealing with the eight councilors, whose experience ranges from three to 27 years in office. He holds dozens of meetings weekly with residents, businesses, elected officials and city staffers to collect feedback.
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That cautious, collaborative leadership style has largely comforted those who didn't want the city to have an elected mayor – which voters approved by a 12,963 to 11,825 vote in 2010.
Several initial skeptics and opponents, who feared the prospect of a bombastic mayor who would meddle in city operations, have been encouraged by the early performance of the man and the position.
"He's made me much more comfortable than I was a year ago," said Thomas Valleau, who opposed the switch to a mayor elected by residents, rather than city councilors. "It's working better than I imagined, thanks to Mike's approach."
For a mayor with limited power, one of the most tangible tools is the bully pulpit -- going public to set a direction for policy discussions or build support for an initiative.
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I began wondering recently what the demographic of "personality types" exist within the Atheist community...again, I haven't been Atheist very long and I do not have any friends who are Atheist except on this forum.
There was some discussion within the Female and Atheist discussion surrounding the "geeky type" and this got me to wondering...are we geeks? I wouldn't classify myself as that type. I'm a cross between a home girl and a hippie....I'm sure there are many other kinds of "personalities" represented here. So I am curious. What is your personality profile?
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What profile am I if I don't believe in profiles. I have a general dislike for binary thinking - left or right brain; front or back brain. etc. The Briggs-Meyer test reads, to me, JUST like an astrology chart - where almost every trait applies, to some extent, to anyone.
Humans are NOT binary. How we might react to any given stimulus might be found in a huge mass of intertwined continua (see a plate of spaghetti).
People seem to like to take these binary tests (normal human impulse to categorize everything we encounter), but, in my opinion, they are more likely to influence one's personality than to reflect it.
I agree, we're all a mixture of many things.
I would tell you your profile type, MikeLong, but unfortunately at the moment, Mercury is in retrograde...
I'm an Aries, if that helps. :-)
(Of course you would already have guessed that.)
I agree, no person fits completely into one type. But humans have a need to box things, and box themselves sometimes to be able to say "This is who I am" with confidence. Even for interest sake if you don't believe in it.
It helps with businesses that are looking for a specific type of person to fit into a position. It helps narrow down the field and classify people into something that can be analysed and worked with tangibly. It's like a general consensus, it's not 100% accurate but it's something that can be useful in certain situations.
I would be considered a rather strong 'geek or 'nerd', but I also attempted, with some success, to maintain a 'worldly' connection. Sadly, as of late, it is very clear that my 'worldly-ness' needs a little work.
Many of us, IMHO, as atheists, would claim some allegence to the geek/nerd persona. As in all classifications, self serving or not, there are outlyers. We, as atheists, as in theism, can come from different origins, but arrive at similar destinations. I expect that some of path ways, need not pass through rationalism, the horror or civility, education and socialization, surely can inform the result.
As my personal path, I passed through both, by attempts at rationalism, and horrors of socialization. It is unclear how effective was the path through rationalism. I hope that it is the greater part, but cognition is affected by a great deal, including biochemistry.
I suggest that we be open to all of life, but be careful of over-training. As experiments in AI have suggested to me, that over-training can generate very bad fits to 'reality'. With mental and behavioral effects. Assuming that the human mind is an analog to computers, but that we are much more than a 'machine', choose wisely what you 'learn'.
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Frontier Financial celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, which Rodela attributes to a credit union's "cooperative spirit."
"We (the credit unions) are the best kept secret," said Rodela, who's worked with a variety of unions for more than 30 years. "And we're trying to get the word out."
Frontier Financial was chartered in 1958 by Washoe County and primarily serves the county government and Renown Health, Rodela said, because Frontier has "grown up" with both entities understanding how both operate.
The credit union currently has about 8,600 members and has about $81 million in assets. It is owned by its members, as opposed to banks being owned by stockholders, and a member-elected board offers its services voluntarily in the oversight of the union's financial status, Rodela said.
The credit union offers its consumers traditional checking and savings accounts, but also seeks to remain competitive with auto and home loans and second mortgages. It's a struggle, Rodela said, because it has felt the effects of its consumers' distress, which may be indirectly touched by events other than job losses or the tightening of their financial belts.
"There are factors of people who are divorcing, causing some people to not be able to make their obligations," he said.
It's a challenge to balance consumers' needs while minimizing the possibility of loss to the institution, Rodela said, including working out interest rate plans with clients' loans.
"We are seeing people get a little bit behind," he said.
One way to help distressed members is through term-extension agreements in which Frontier compromises on an interest-only payment feature without penalty.
But sometimes it's just not enough and doesn't end happily, Rodela said. The credit union has been involved with three recent foreclosures.
"We had to bow out of one because we were the second mortgage holder and then we've had two instances where we had to take the houses back. One was due to illness and the other was due to divorce," he said. "It's unfortunate."
The trend is trickling down into car loans as well, he said.
"We're seeing that kick in now as well. People could be having a tough time, they're being laid off and can't afford to pay their loans" as they work to keep their homes, Rodela said.
"It's a precarious time we're in," he said. "We can't just grant loans to anybody. We've got to underwrite responsibly."
Recently, Frontier Financial chose to convert from a federal to a state regulator that works more closely with about 16 of 29 other credit unions in Nevada.
In its daily business activities, David Combs, the branch manager of Frontier's Sparks location on Sparks Boulevard, said the credit unions demonstrate a "cooperative spirit" with each other and that their only true competition is the banks.
"I just joined this credit union relatively recently and, coming over here, it's really more of a cooperative sense," Combs said. "I also serve on the Nevada Credit Union League as treasurer and each month we hold meetings for any members of any of the credit unions in northern Nevada where we can get together and discuss happenings that are going on in our current economy today. It's very open for ideas and communication back and forth, which you don't see a lot of within banking."
Rodela said by using credit unions as opposed to banks, the average customer saves anywhere from $400 to $800 with smaller loan rates and fewer fees. And many times, people don't know that they have access to their credit union just about anywhere — even if there is no physical location — by going to other credit unions that are part of a cooperative network.
Ultimately, Rodela said, the consumer's lifestyle plays a major role in their acceptance into the credit union.
"We look at character and capacity (and collateral) for membership eligibility, but character probably weighs the most, how they've carried themselves.
"They need to have a positive livelihood, recreate, pay their other recurring bills and we've got to factor into that," Rodela continued, "but we've also got to look out for their financial well-being, and we're not doing them any favors by giving them a loan that's going to put them into dire straits."
According to the California-Nevada Credit Union League, there are about 8,000 credit unions nationwide.
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The video is of our work out. Enjoy =D
Halloween is a time for trick-or-treating, not for wrestling. There is no break in wrestling, but there is time to joke around. Every year the wrestling team has a Halloween work out. After a long and difficult hell week, we still have time to dress up and have a good time. But in all seriousness, we still got a good work out in too.
The practice consisted of pictures and being judged by the indoor track team. The categories we were judged in were overall best costume and best group costumes.
We then ran around campus and in all the academic buildings to show ourselves to Mount Union's faculty and staff members to brighten their day. They definitely appreciated seeing everyone in ridiculous costumes. This year's costumes consisted of Sasquatch, Wayne's World, White Chicks, The Village People, marching band leader and a sexy female nurse. I was Jacob Black from Twilight, and even our coaches were a bunny and a black cat.
After all the judging and running, we eventually would run our way to Gulling and do a circuit lift. The baseball team was ending their work out in there and they just had to put a smile on their faces. Usually people would say this is just crazy, but everyone gets a good laugh out of it.
If you would like to see more pictures, check out the Purple Raider Wrestling page on Facebook.
What's the purpose of this? Our coach likes to have a good time just like any other person, but he takes things seriously too. We are trying to be the best. How can you be the best if you can't laugh at yourself once in awhile? It's a perfect balance and it shows that we can still be the best and have a good time.
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I have a 11 week old baby and I'm a first time mom. I'm wondering how much I should be playing with her and how much time she should be spending alone to explore her hands and look around at her new environment? Sometimes I worry that shes getting bored so I tire myself out playing with her and trying to come up with new things to do with her. I don't want to overstimulate her yet I don't want to make her bored. What are some of ya'lls daily routines as far as playing with baby and maybe putting her in the swing?.
Honestly, I don't know what the right/wrong answer is because I am also a first time mom-my little girl is 8 weeks old. Since I don't work I never leave her side unless she is asleep...really, if a family member is holding her I am right there too. I don't put her in the swimg because I enjoy holding her, but my grandma will sneak her in there if I take a potty break and when I come back and she's asleep I can't find it in myself to wake her up. My grandma says I'm spoiling her, but I've read enough to where I have formed my own opinion that babies can't be spoiled. I just thought I would tell you my schedule. Oh, I usually have to rock her to sleep. She is a little demanding already-if she doesn't get her bottle made in 1.6 minutes, then she starts crying...I don't think most babies do that, but I'm not sure.
I am also a first time mom but have learned that as your baby gets older you will learn his/her routine. For example my son will wake up in the morning I will change then feed him. Once his food has settled a little I will put him in his swing, once he gets bored with those surroundings I will put him on his play mat for some tummy/play time and once he tires of that I will put him in his jumperoo. You don't have to wear yourself out keeping baby occupied or else they will not learn how to do this on their own as they get older. I am not saying not to play with them but you don't have to constantly be their entertainment. I will stay in the same room with him and when he starts to "talk" I will sit on the floor next to him and "talk" back to him to let him know he is not alone. My son is almost five months and when was the same age as yours I also constantly worried that he was bored, if that is the case just move to a different room altogether. Maybe fold laundry in your room or move to the kitchen to do dishes or the office to do some work on the computer.
You just have to give your baby some time so they can develop the routine and you are just along for the ride!
Good luck and keep us posted!
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