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Article 1 protects religious freedom
Local | July 8, 2008
Steven Grant
A recent article in the faith section of the Tribune attempted to support the so-called wall of separation between church and state. The writer used his free speech rights granted by Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution to defend this view.
However, before Article 1 granted freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right of the people to assemble peaceably, it granted the most preeminent right to Americans. It states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Freedom of worship and free exercise of religion was guaranteed protection from an abusive and controlling government.
Our Founding Fathers came from different branches of Christianity, and had experienced the difficulties of state-run religion. However, they were united in a common faith, and wanted to nurture Christian faith at a national level. This law and Thomas Jefferson's subsequent letter to the Danbury Baptist Association which mentioned the "wall of separation" supported this fact.
During this era the Continental Congress ordered and paid for 20,000 Bibles for the American people. Thomas Jefferson chaired the District of Columbia school board (which used the Bible and the Isaac Watts Hymnal as curriculum). He also chaired the American Bible Society. Dr. Benjamin Rush, signer of the Declaration of Independence, organized America's first public schools and used the Bible as their curriculum. Benjamin Franklin who has been characterized as notoriously agnostic and liberal proposed the use of Moses and the Israelites crossing the Red Sea on the great seal of the United States as our emblem of God's guidance upon our nation. From Patrick Henry to George Washington, their letters, speeches and Bibles tell the story of their Christian faith which they put into practice in government.
Although the United States never had a national church, we have had a national faith. This faith in Almighty God and Jesus Christ is well-documented in the writings of history. The Smithsonian states that the U.S. was more than 90 percent protestant Christian from it's founding through the Civil War era. Benjamin Franklin stated that atheists and infidels (those of non-Christian religions) were rare. The nation's best seminaries at Princeton, Yale and Harvard sent their brightest and best leaders (some were ministers) to become governmental leaders, judges, governors and civil servants.
Today the socially liberal tell us that religion and church have their place. However, they tell us that place is not in the realms of government or the public arena. They attempt to push Christianity into the church and the home alone. Yet, Article 1 of the Constitution still stands. The free exercise of religion is both guaranteed and needed for government to thrive. It's time for the Christians to stand up and serve God and country by bringing their faith to the courthouse, the capitol, the school board, the city office, and the ballot box. Faith and state do mix, and we have more than 300 years of history which prove it.


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Lahaina Restoration Foundation's Hawaiian Music Series welcomes Kaleo Phillips
By Staff | Jun 28, 2018
Kaleo Phillips will perform a Hawaiian Music Series concert on Thursday, June 28, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on the front lawn of the Baldwin Home Museum on the corner of Dickenson and Front streets.
LAHAINA – Lahaina Restoration Foundation is pleased to present Kaleo Phillips for this month's Hawaiian Music Series concert on Thursday, June 28, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on the front lawn of the Baldwin Home Museum on the corner of Dickenson and Front streets.
Born and raised in Lahaina, Jason Kaleonalani Phillips, affectionately known as Kaleo, has been a figure in the Maui music scene for over 30 years.
Coming from a musical family background, Phillips has been blessed to flourish in music, playing professionally with a variety of Hawaiian music artists and touring with bands across the globe.
In 2004, Phillips, along with Josh Kahula and Pi'ilani Arias, formed the trio Pono and released a debut album, "Home of Mine," which was received with rave reviews.
Limited seating is provided; blankets, mats and low beach chairs are welcome.
Call the Lahaina Restoration Foundation office at 661-3262, see LahainaRestoration.org/events or visit Facebook.com/LahainaRestoration.
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Kingwell to sign official Lahaina Posters
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The other would be Paul Bunyan, who had a blue ox named Babe.
I got stuck on Mommy's little Monster also. It is a song by Social Distortion. There is a line about her eyes are blue, she likes her hair that color too.
Never really got into naming cars. We did call our show truck the "silver bullet"... on occasion and I drove an old powder blue van a church owned when I was a youth pastor. It had a hard time going up hills so we called it the "Big Blue Burp".


This weather got me like…. time to stay indoors and read while the snow melts! The snow tried to keep me away from this months box, but finally they have arrived!
Pachinko – Min Jin Lee – this was my number one choice for sure. Based on the struggles of a family of Koreans living in Japan. The first excerpt I read about it reminded me of one of my favourite books so it was an easy choice.
The Animators – Kayla Rae Whitaker – a book about women going for what they want, and oh, Animators.
Perfect Little World – Kevin Wilson – based on a social experiment by a child Psychologist, this story is about striving for perfection.
The Possessions – Sara Flannery Murphy – a bit of a horror story I would say, allowing you to grieve your loved ones by another body possessed like a ghost, by taking a pill. Crazy!
Behind Her Eyes – Sarah Pinborough – a thriller and nail biter till the end, will you consider the clues and figure out the ending before it's over? Or end up re-reading this one to find out where you went wrong?


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Q: C#, Is it possible to recast an object and access methods and properties without creating new object variable C#, Is it possible to recast an object and access methods and properties without creating new object variable?
For example:
foreach (object o in collection)
{
    if (o is MyType)
        {
            (MyType)o.MyProperty = x
        }
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Currently, I have to re-cast o to another variable of MyType [ex: MyType m = (MyType)o ] in order to access methods or properties of MyType.  It seems wasteful, so I'm wondering if I'm missing some mechanic that will allow me to skip the declaration of a new object variable.

A: Your code doesn't work because . has higher precedence than the cast. So you need to add parentheses:
foreach (object o in collection)
{
    if (o is MyType)
        {
            ((MyType)o).MyProperty = x;
        }
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A: You can use Linq:
foreach(MyType t in collection.OfType<MyType>()) {}

You can also use direct casting:
foreach(object o in collection)
{
    if(o is MyType)
    {
        ((MyType)o).MyProperty = x;
    }
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Alternatively if you you know or want to make sure (keep in mind an InvalidCastException would be possible if the collection is mixed types), you can use the Cast Linq method:
// If your collection is all of the same type
foreach(MyType t in collection.Cast<MyType>()) {}

A: You need two pairs of parentheses.
((MyType)o).MyProperty = x;

Otherwise the casting is applied to the whole expression.

y = (MyType)o.MyMethod(x);

is the same as
y = (MyType)(o.MyMethod(x));

which is not what you want (it casts the result of MyMethod). Instead write
y = ((MyType)o).MyMethod(x);

A: Yes you can cast
foreach(var t in collection.Cast<YourType>())
{
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}

Nota : but you must know that boxing or unboxing operation are expensive operation in your memory, when you pass from reference type to value type , or  value type to reference type.
In this case you don't have this constraints.

A: implement an Interface
interface MyInterface
{
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}

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{
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if (MyInterface!= null)

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When stressful situations arise, we tend to get locked into a single (often disempowering) view. By repeatedly asking yourself (or your partner), "What else could this mean?" you start to see other possibilities. The bigger your view, the smaller your suffering.
What I like about this story is it so clearly describes how we create our own heaven and our own hell by how we see and interpret the events in our life. The arrogant man in the story first created a moment of pure hell for himself by how he initially interpreted the guru's comments. Had he asked himself, "What else could this mean?" he may have realized the guru was teaching him a valuable lesson (which indeed he was). Or maybe he would have concluded this guru is really just a mean person. Whatever his new interpretation, it probably would have been more empowering than his thought, "I'm being abused for no good reason." Indeed, when he finally didreinterpret the guru's words, it led to a deep feeling of gratitude.
So how can you use this wisdom to improve your life and your relationship? I thought you'd never ask. To begin with, you can ask yourself, "What else could this mean?" whenever you're upset with something in life or something your partner says or does. Frequently, we interpret what happens in our lives in the worst possible way. This often leads to us getting more upset than is called for. By asking the question, "What else could this mean?" we can be led to look for other—more positive—interpretat ions of the events in our lives.
Another use of the, "What else could this mean?" question is to ask it of your partner when they're getting upset at you. If your partner gets upset at you for misinterpreting something you said, you can always simply tell them that they're wrong. Yet, that will rarely soothe their soul. However, by asking them the question, "What else could this mean?" it challenges them to see things in a different way. If you and your partner agree to come up with at least two answers to that question whenever it is asked, it can save you a lot of trouble.
At first, Kara wouldn't answer the question, but they had an iron clad agreement that they'd always come up with at least two answers if asked. Finally she said, "It could mean someone sent a text to the wrong phone number." Just this thought calmed her down quite a bit. Don then asked again, "And what else could it mean?" His wife answered, "It could mean you have a relative named Chris who is asking how you are doing." After that answer, Kara calmed down even more. By now, Don could explain that Chris was a male friend at work with an irreverent sense of humor. In fact, Kara had met Chris at their wedding, but hadn't put it together. Had it not been for Kara's agreement to answer, "What else could this mean?," she probably would have walked out on her own honeymoon.
When we're very upset, it's usually because we've come up with a number of negative interpretations for what's happening. The question, "What else could this mean?" will allow you a little space for new truths to be revealed. When you commit to using this question on yourself, you're laying the foundation for a quick way to overcome em otional upheaval. When you commit to using it with a friend or partner, you are forging an agreement to help each other overcome difficulties much more quickly than in the past. This question helps lay the foundation for a Happy New You.
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Delta's ultimate upgrade: private jets
A cozy, plush interior of one of Delta's private jets- but is it too close for comfort? (Image: Delta)
Delta, the commercial airline, has always operated separately from Delta Private Jets, the company's exclusive subsidiary for business jet travel. But now the two are planning to mix things up, according to Bloomberg Business News.
Delta is reportedly planning to start offering its top customers the chance to upgrade from a commercial flight to a private jet flight for a flat charge of $300 to $800, depending on the route, Bloomberg says.
SkyMiles elite members at all Medallion levels will be invited to buy the upgrades, but they'll be available only on a limited number of routes from Atlanta, New York and Cincinnati (where Delta Private Jets is based). An official told Bloomberg the program could be expanded in the future, although it is likely to remain a "niche offering" because of the limited size of the Delta Private Jets fleet — 66 aircraft.
SkyMiles elites will reportedly be offered the private jet upgrades from 24 to 48 hours before their scheduled flights. The program is said to be ready to go, and the invitations could start this week, Bloomberg said.
Related: Getting easier to fly private Part 1 | Getting easier to fly private Part 2
The offering is seen as a way to fill up otherwise empty seats on the small planes and achieve greater utilization of the fleet, and at the same time to let traveling executives sample the private jet experience at a reasonable price.
The private jet upgrades will be available only four days a week (Tuesday-Friday), Bloomberg said, and they will not be offered for international travel.
The program represents a significant perk for Medallions that Delta's competitors will be hard-pressed to match, since none of them have their own private jet subsidiaries.
But I wonder… how many readers would prefer to be stuck in close quarters with strangers on a private jet instead of the more familiar and anonymous atmosphere of a first class cabin? Hmmm. Please leave your thoughts below.
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What If Aadhaar, Passport, Driving Licence, Voter Card Could All Be One? Amit Shah Floats Idea
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday proposed the idea of a multipurpose identity card for citizens. The card could be an all in one resource for utilities like passport, Aadhaar, driving licence and bank accounts.
"We can have just one card for all utilities like Aadhaar, passport, bank account, driving licence, voter card. This is a potential," Minister Shah said at an event organized to lay the stepping stone of the Janganana Bhawan, the office of the census authority, Delhi.
Centre took the move to strengthen the Digital India initiative further as Home Minister Amit Shah broached on getting the Census 2021 digital, with a mobile app to gather data.
"A mobile app will be used in Census 2021. It will be a transformation from paper census to digital census," Shah added
Census 2021 is the sixteenth census in the country and eighth since Independence. Shah suggested bringing forth a system wherein if someone dies, the information is updated in the population data automatically.
According to Shah, the digital census has many benefits. If a child takes birth and does not die up to the age of 18, he or she would be able to vote automatically without applying for a voter id card.
Shah said that the National Population Register (NPR) is being prepared for the first time in the 2021 census and NPR will prove to be a game-changer in the country as it will help in solving several issues like law and order, gender equality.
Shah suggested that the Census team has already started developing an app that will act as a repository of the data collected from the citizens of the country.
The Centre is going to spend Rs 12,000 crores on the country's first digital census, Amit Shah said.
The digital data collection will happen for the first time in 140 years. This will be done through an app which will be installed in the cell-phones of the representatives who go door-to-door to collect data
"A total of 33 lakh enumerators, the persons who conduct door-to-door counting, would be mobilised for data collection. The exercise is being done in 16 languages to facilitate people in filling their details properly," Shah added.
Also Read: "National Register Of Citizens, Not National Register of Assam": Amit Shah Reiterates No Illegal Immigrant Will Be Spared In India
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Trulia's 'Heat Map' Is A Fascinating Look Into Urban America's Real Estate Market
Scott Beyer Contributor
Reinventing America
(A home in East Hampton, N.Y. / AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
There's a very precise formula for how major U.S. metro areas can make their housing markets "hot"; simply commit to jobs and population growth, then artificially restrain the housing supply. This has been the price inflation calculus in New York and San Francisco. But even within these and other desirable metros, the price variation across the geographic landscape is so disperse as to seem random--and counters the stereotypes about where consumers actually want to locate.
This is evident when looking at the "Heat Maps" on Trulia.com. These maps allow prospective homebuyers to see color-coded overviews of the price ranges across their desired metros. Areas shaded in red are ones where average listing prices exceed $1 million; orange areas are between $500-999k; yellow areas are between $350-499k; and green areas are $349k or less. Along with average listing prices, Trulia's Heat Maps can be altered to show average sale prices, sale prices/sqft, valuations and rental prices.
What's surprising about the maps is just how spiky and variegated they are, by neighborhood and by municipality. This would refute certain commentary that has been made about cities in recent decades. Thanks to the continued growth of major metros, center city areas are anecdotally thought to be places of high demand and pricing. Suburban sprawl, meanwhile, is viewed as the less desirable second option; the one that people settle for because they can't afford the expensive and over-regulated city centers. This "forced exile" narrative was, for example, one of the main ones in Richard Florida's new book about class segregation.
But these two sentiments are only somewhat true. While there are a lot of cheap suburbs, there are also many suburbs that are pricier on average than central cities, making them destinations unto themselves; and while much of central-city America is famously expensive, certain neighborhoods within even these hot markets remain surprisingly cheap.
The perennially "hot" New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area is one case study. On its heat map, most of the blocks south of 110th street in Manhattan have average listing prices above $1 million (no surprise there). But then, the Long Island townships of Kings Point, Old Westbury and the Hamptons also have at or above this price range, as do parts of southern Connecticut.
Meanwhile Brooklyn, for all the talk of whitewashing and gentrification, is really not much different than the rest of the metro. Some parts of the borough, especially close to Manhattan, average above $1 million. Other parts, especially those further from Manhattan, average around the metro area median of $411,000. But a majority of the borough contains the orange designation of between $500-999k. This isn't cheap, but it doesn't cause Brooklyn to stick out from other parts of the region; much of suburban Long Island, Connecticut and New Jersey is also orange. Meanwhile, various portions of New York City proper--namely The Bronx--have average listing prices below the metro area median.
A similar calculus applies to the Bay Area. A majority of San Francisco is of course shaded red. But so too is pretty much all of Silicon Valley (besides San Jose); the entire northern peninsula leading to San Rafael; and even some of the uber-suburban territory far east of Oakland. Meanwhile, various neighborhoods in San Francisco city proper have cheaper listing prices on average than the metro area median of $843,000, and this goes for almost all of the East Bay, including Oakland and Berkeley.
In other notably pricey metros, the most expensive areas sit outside the city proper altogether. This is the case in San Diego (La Jolla and Coronado); Washington, DC (Bethesda and Potomac); Los Angeles (Malibu, Santa Monica and Beverly Hills, although the Hollywood Hills, which are in the city proper, are also pricey); Seattle (Bellevue and Mercer Island); Denver (Boulder); and Boston (western suburbs). It is also the case in metros with cooler housing markets, such as Phoenix, Oklahoma City and Chicago.
So to break it down: there are many city center areas that people could locate into for less money--if being centrally-located were that important to them. But they don't, thanks to various factors that have nothing to do with price. Maybe those neighborhoods have crime, failing schools, or high poverty (although that isn't the case for many of San Francisco's cheapest areas). Or maybe such people just prefer the suburbs.
There are numerous suburban areas, moreover, that people will pay more to live in than they would for city living-- even city living in a nice neighborhood. The factors could range from the slightly better job growth in the suburbs, to the fact that, as former Trulia chief economist Jed Kolko has written, suburban and rural areas score higher on consumer choice surveys.
The point of noting this is not to diminish the problems caused by high housing prices in cities. Such prices have been broadly felt by society, driving our poorest into homelessness, preventing our richest from forming reliable workforces, and hurting all other groups in between. The point, rather, is to note the complexity of consumer demand in urban America, and how it should inform the affordable housing debate. Center city areas with high demand should be deregulated so that more housing is allowed; by now this is an obvious, bipartisan solution. But suburban areas that are in high demand--and that suffer from their own bouts of Nimbyism--should also see such deregulation. Because if average home prices are any indication, people want to live just as much, if not more so, in these suburban areas as they do in the city.
Scott Beyer
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Name declaration "married name"
The name of a German national does not automatically change by marriage alone. In Germany, the spouses can opt for one of their last names to become a so-called "married name" (Ehename) when they get married (or later) at the register office in Germany. The spouse whose name does not become the married name can add his or her previous name with a hyphen in front of or behind the married name.
If you got married in Germany and the married name is stated on your German marriage certificate, a further name declaration is not necessary. You can directly apply for a passport with the new Name.
If you got married outside of Germany and have made a name declaration at the time of your wedding and your marriage certificate shows evidence of this, please contact the Consulate General in Sydney in order to find out whether this name change is recognised by German law.
If no name declaration has been made (as is the case with all marriages in Australia) the name has not changed and each spouse still bears the same name as before the marriage – even if one spouse has already been using the other spouse's name in everyday life. Please also note that a name change by deed poll is not valid for a German citizen. To officially declare a married name according to German law you will have to formally submit a name declaration.
You need to book an appointment to submit the name declaration. Both spouses/civil partners must be present in person as both their signatures have to be certified on the name declaration form.
You can also lodge your name declaration at one of our Honorary Consuls in Australia.
It is highly recommended to lodge the name declaration as part of an application for a German marriage certificate.
At the appointment, the following documents are required as originals and two photocopies each:
Completed name declaration form (please write in capital letters and do not sign the form)
Name declaration form
Valid passports for both spouses (or German identity card/ Personalausweis)
Birth certificates of both spouses
Marriage certificate (in Australia, the marriage certificate has to be issued by the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages . The certificate issued by a "marriage celebreants"is not sufficient!)
if one spouse is divorced: divorce order/ certificate
Naturalisation certificate for naturalised German nationals with "Beibehaltungsurkunde or "Staatsangehörigkeitsausweis" (if applicable)
current "VEVO"(Visa Entitlement Verification Online)
Proof of residence in Australia (e.g Australian driver's licence)
German deregistration certificate (Abmeldebescheinigung) from your last German place of residence or current registration certificate (Meldebescheinigung) from your most recent address in Germany
Translations of foreign documents (usually not required for English or "international" documents, for example international birth certificates)
birth certificate of children, if applicable
Depending on the case more documents can become necessary or may subsequently be requested by the competent registry office (Standesamt) in Germany. It is recommended to contact the competent registrar beforehand in order to find out more about the local requirements.
Two different fees incur;
1) Fees to be paid at your appointment at the (Honorary) Consulate for certifying your signature on the application form (25 EUR) and certifying the copies to be sent to the Registry Office in Germany (10 EUR per document). All fees to be in paid in AUD according to current exchange rate.
2) Fees charged by the Registry Office in Germany for processing your application and issueing a name certificate. These fees are to be paid directly to the Registry Office per bank Transfer, they cannot be paid to the Consulates in Australia. Once your application is processed in Germany, you will receive an email with payment details.
The explanations above also apply for same-sex civil partnerships. For questions regarding the recognition of same-sex partnerships registered abroad, please contact the Consulate General in Sydney.
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American Journal of Primatology es una revista científica mensual y publicación oficial de la American Society of Primatologists. Fue lanzada en 1981 y cubre todas las áreas de la primatología, incluyendo la ecología del comportamiento, biología de la conservación, biología evolutiva, historia natural, demografía, paleontología, fisiología, endocrinología, genética, genética molecular, y psicobiología de los primates diferentes a los humanos. Aparte de las publicaciones periódicas, la revista publica un suplemento anual que detalla el cronograma anual de reuniones de la sociedad. El redactor jefe es Paul Garber (Universidad de Illinois en Urbana-Champaign). El tipo de artículos publicados son: artículos de investigación originales, revisiones de artículos, revisiones de libros, comentarios y conferencias.

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High Spirits and Halloween
Published on October 26, 2021 October 26, 2021 by Isabella Alden2 Comments
Today we think of Halloween as a children's holiday, but in Isabella's lifetime, celebrations of All Hallow's Eve focused primarily on teens and adults.
Hay rides, parties, and church socials gave single men and women a chance to mix and mingle and, perhaps, meet the special someone they would eventually marry.
Under the watchful eye of trusted chaperones guests played traditional games that centered around romance and love, fate and fortune.
That was exactly the kind of party Sarah Thompson wanted to attend in By Way of the Wilderness.
As a young school teacher Sarah dedicated her life to educating the children in her small town. Although she very much wanted to attend the Halloween party, she found herself forgotten by her neighbors:
They grew to admiring Sarah, being proud of her, boasting of her among themselves, and letting her alone. The first time they seemed actually to forget to invite her to a Halloween frolic, she cried a little. She had not been to any of the neighborhood gatherings for months, she had been so busy; but to be forgotten!
Why was the party so important to Sarah? Perhaps it was because she had fallen in love with Wayne Pierson, the story's protagonist. The games that were played at Halloween parties in 1900 (when the book was published) might have helped her figure out if Wayne felt the same way about her.
One of the games that might have been played was a variation of bobbing for apples, where the names of the party-goers were scratched into apples before they were placed in separate tubs of water (boys' names in one tub; girls' in the other). The apple each guest caught—without using their hands, of course—would name his or her true love.
Sometimes they hung an apple from the ceiling or door frame, and balanced it with a lighted candle. The first person to catch the apple in their mouth (without getting singed by the flame!) would be the first to marry.
In another traditional game a young woman who wanted to know her future husband's name had to be handy with a knife.
If she could peel an apple or orange in a single, long, winding strip and toss it over her shoulder, the peel would land on the floor in the form of the initial of the man she was to marry.
Players also used walnuts to guess the names of their spouse to be. After writing the names of the guests on walnuts, each person took turns throwing two walnuts into the fire. The walnut shell that cracked first from the heat signified the name of the person they'd marry.
When it came time to serve refreshments, party guests gathered to slice the Halloween cake, which was baked with charms in it. A guest who got a slice of cake with a coin in it could expect a life of wealth; a key meant travel; and a doll meant children. Of course, a ring found in a slice of cake always meant marriage.
Another game was "Bowls of Fate," where three bowls were filled with colored water: red for good fortune, blue for a trip across the water, and clear for an upcoming honor. Blindfolded guests took turns dipping a hand in one of the bowls (which were rearranged after each person) to learn what their future held.
In other games, mirrors and candles served as props. One variation was for women with strong wills; they walked down the cellar steps backward, with a mouthful of salt, a candle in one hand, and a mirror in the other. If she performed the ritual correctly, the young woman should see the image of her future husband over her shoulder in the glass.
In a variation, at the stroke of midnight a young woman or man had to go to their bedroom with a candle and mirror. If they held both objects correctly and at the right angle, they would see the face of the person they'd marry.
With so many traditional games to play on Halloween, it was no wonder Sarah Thompson was disappointed to realize she would not be attending any Halloween parties.
If you'd like to know if Wayne Pierson ever returned Sarah's love, you can read By Way of the Wilderness by clicking here. No candles or mirrors required!
Have you ever bobbed for apples or played a variation of any of these Halloween games?
Categories Holiday Greetings, Isabella's Books•Tags Apple, By Way of the Wilderness, Cake, Candle, Halloween, Love, Marriage, Mirror, Orange, Party, Sarah Thompson, Walnut, Wayne Pierson
iPhones and Isabella
Published on September 20, 2017 September 20, 2017 by Isabella Alden7 Comments
Last week Apple unveiled its new iPhone with the latest innovations in communication technology. Its release came 130 years after Isabella Alden first mentioned the telephone in the plot of one of her novels.
As convenient and indispensable as phones have become in our modern age, the same could be said of telephones in Isabella's time. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, telephones changed the way Americans lived.
Isabella was 35 years old when Alexander Graham Bell patented his version of the telephone in 1876; but that first model had very limited capabilities.
Inventor Alexander Graham Bell
Although the early Bell telephones certainly transmitted sound, they only worked between two locations that were hard-wired to each other.
An illustration of Bell demonstrating his invention in 1877
Then, in 1878, a man named George Coy invented the telephone exchange and immediately turned the telephone into a much more practical invention.
Instead of telephone lines being strung between two locations as Bell had envisioned, Coy's exchanges linked any number of telephones to a single point: a switchboard.
An 1890 illustration of women working a switchboard at a telephone exchange.
At the exchange, legions of trained switchboard operators used a series of cords and sliding keys to connect and reroute incoming calls to other telephones linked to the exchange.
An early telephone exchange, about 1898
Thanks to those exchanges, telephone line construction exploded with growth over the next few years. By 1880, there were 47,900 telephones across America. By 1881, telephone service between Boston and Providence was established. By 1892, a telephone line had been constructed between New York and Chicago; and two years later New York and Boston were connected.
Switchboard operators at the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company near Washington, D.C.
Another benefit of those exchanges: jobs. As telephone service expanded, more and more trained switchboard operators were needed to connect calls; and the majority of the operators hired were women.
A 1911 photograph of a switchboard telephone operator.
When Isabella published her novel Eighty-Seven, she included a character who worked as a switchboard operator. Her name was Fanny Porter, and she worked in the Dunbar Street Telephone Office. Another character in the story described Fanny as …
… a bright, pretty girl, young, and quite alone here. She lives in a dreary boarding-house, and used to have some of the most desolate evenings which could be imagined.
Switchboard operators in 1914
Fortunately, not all switchboard operators lived and worked under such conditions. While the majority of switchboard jobs required working for a Bell Telephone Company, there were other positions available. For example, some large businesses that required multiple telephone extensions were equipped with their own exchanges and hired operators to run them.
Switchboard operators in an office, about 1910.
In fact, businesses were the foremost users of the telephone in the late 1890s. That's because, in general, phones were too expensive for individual homeowners to install and maintain; but Mr. Mackenzie, the wealthy businessman in Isabella's novel Wanted, could afford to have a telephone in his home.
In fact, the telephone plays a small but pivotal role in the story. When Rebecca Meredith, the novel's heroine, first meets Mr. Mackenzie, she thinks he's hateful and selfish, until she mentions one evening that his young daughter is a little hoarse. To her surprise, Mr. Mackenzie immediately telephones the doctor and …
… administered with his own hand the medicine ordered. Even after the doctor had made light of fears and gone his way, the father sat with his finger on Lilian's small wrist and counted the beats skillfully and anxiously.
After witnessing his tenderness for his daughter, Rebecca begins to change her opinion about Mr. Mackenzie.
In her 1892 book, John Remington, Martyr, Aleck Palmer was also a young man of great fortune; he, too, had a telephone in his home and business, which caused Mrs. Remington some concern. You see, she was intent on playing matchmaker between Aleck Palmer and her friend Elsie Chilton and invited the unsuspecting couple to dinner without letting either know the other had been invited. As Mrs. Remington explained to her husband:
Elsie is getting to be such a simpleton that I am afraid she would run home if I should let her know he was coming; and as for him, he is developing such idiotic qualities in connection with her, that I feel by no means certain he would not get up a telephone message or something of the sort to call him immediately to the office, if he should know before the dinner bell rang that Elsie was in the house.
But by the time the 20th Century dawned, the demographics and cost of telephone usage changed dramatically. Telephone companies had connected most major cities and strung sufficient telephone lines across the country to bring costs down, and phone company executives began to set their sights on a new goal: providing service to residential customers.
At first, advertising to consumers stressed the obvious: keep in touch with friends and family.
Blowing kisses over the phone, 1908.
Then, in 1910 the Bell Telephone Companies developed several strong marketing campaigns that offered different reasons why every home should have a telephone. One campaign was directed specifically at the lady of the house.
The ads had strong visual cues, like this one illustrating how a phone in the home meant a family could summon a doctor quickly:
The series of ads was printed in magazines and on postcards, showing how a Bell telephone …
… keeps travelers in touch with home …
… guards the home by night as well as by day …
… summons help during household emergencies …
… relieves anxieties over a loved one …
… and quickly helps arrange replacements when servants fail you.
The ad campaigns were extremely successful. People began to think of telephones as an essential tool for the home, instead of a mere convenience. Soon, telephone companies across the country were installing residential telephones at an astonishing pace.
This Bell Companies business card for the Philadelphia area cites the number of installations locally and nationally. The blank space was filled in by an installation or service subcontractor with his own contact information.
And after each new installation was complete, telephone residential customers notified friends and family of their new phone number by sending out cards like these:
Soon telephones became not only an essential device for the home, but a convenient tool for the lady of the house. In Ester Ried's Namesake, published in 1906, Ester Randall worked as a cook in the home of the Victor family. And being a stylish family, the Victors, of course, had a telephone, which Mrs. Victor used regularly, as in this scene where she explained to Ester her plans for dinner:
We'll make the dinner light and easy to manage; just a steak and some baked potatoes and canned corn. Did you say there was no corn? Oh, I remember, you told me yesterday, didn't you? Well, just phone for it. Call up Streator's, they are always prompt; tell them they must be. And we'll just have sliced tomatoes with lettuce for salad; all easy things to manage, you see. As for dessert, make it cake and fruit—strawberries, or peaches, it doesn't matter which. Why, dear me, that dinner will almost get itself, won't it?
It's amazing to think that Isabella Alden saw the development of one of the greatest inventions of the Twentieth Century. In her time the telephone was innovative and exciting. It opened new avenues of jobs for women and changed the way people interacted with each other; and Isabella reflected those changes in her novels and stories that we still read and appreciate today.
You can read more about Isabella's novels mentioned in this post by clicking on the book covers below:
Categories About Isabella, Isabella's Books•Tags Alexander Graham Bell, Apple, Bell Telephone, Boston, Eighty-Seven, Ester Ried's Namesake, Exchange, George Coy, iPhone, John Remington Martyr, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Switchboard, Telephone, Wanted


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LinkedIn Recommendations: How Many Do You Need and How Do You Get them?
Most of us are on Linkedin; we have pimped our profiles and thrown in the buzzwords so that we can be found by whoever has a nice juicy opportunity for us. Apart from joining and getting active in groups, the best way to raise your profile is to get online testimonials from people you know professionally.
The beauty of Linkedin recommendations is that everyone can see who has endorsed you. No more of that "references provided upon request" b-s, the references are right there on your profile and you can leverage them as much as you like. Recruiters, HR and hiring managers all skim the recommendations section of your profile so it's worth investing some time in getting the right ones. Every time you do get a recommendation, it will appear on your contacts' home feeds and thus giving you an additional plug.
How many LinkedIn recommendations are normal?
Some employers claim not to consider applicants with less than ten recommendations on their profiles. Other employers couldn't care less. To play it safe, I would recommend anyone to get to at least ten recommendations and build from there. Getting them is not going to hurt and it will also allow you to pick up contact with old colleagues, clients, and partners. A good rule of thumb is to get two to three recommendations from each job you have had.
Social media networking is all about karma and the best way to get a recommendation is to write one first. Pick someone that you would love to get an endorsement from, write them an honest and useful recommendation and they are bound to reciprocate.
Another way is to ask people just after you have done them a favor; your goodwill is still fresh in their minds. This is a classic trick of the trade for recruiters and is typically applied just after you they have found you a new job. If if you have got more money and responsibility, you will be happy to write something nice for the recruiter in return. Learn from the masters and apply this to your situation. Whatever it is you do in your profession, ask for the recommendation when you most deserve it.
Everyone is busy these days, or at least they think they are. You will get people promising to write you a recommendation but they don't deliver and keep dragging their feet. Just like with your typical employment reference, you can provide them with a little text or bullet points you put together. They can then choose to publish it or make amendments. The point is that you make it easy enough for them to take action.
Who do I ask for a recommendation?
Whoever you request a recommendation from, consider how it will be perceived by the reader. Recruiters and employers are likely to rate it by who wrote it and therefore the more influential people, the better. Having a CEO endorsement on your profile could do more for your job search than ten from your colleagues.
Strive for diversity as well as quality. You will want your recommendations to be from a tasty mélange of colleagues, customers, managers, partners, suppliers and anyone else that is relevant to your professional career. Too many from one of these groups will look weird, so try to keep a nice balance.
Stay away from any recommendations written by friends and family unless you have actually worked with them. In case you are a LION (LinkedIn Open Networker), you might be requested to write a recommendation for a random connection. Although they promise to do the same for you, it's not worth it as it will completely wipe out your credibility as a networker.
Get busy with recommendations today; it will typically take a few weeks to get to ten of them. Just like with any personal branding, you want to get cracking on it now so that you are prepared for when you need it the most.
How many recommendations do you have and have they helped you at all?


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How come after being told to pick up visa visa within two weeks, it still says administrative processing? Is there a problem?
There is no answer to exactly what they keep. Every case goes through some form of administrative processing, but no one can accurately predict how long it will take. It could be days, weeks, or months. The fact that they kept your passport is a very good indicator.....good luck.
Keep them for your records.
All that is not needed by them you submitted at NVC. Put in a file somewhere. Everything for immigration for the POE will be in the Visa brown envelope.
If it says AP means they still working on it and it's not released yet to the visa center. Doesn't mean anything is wrong. Ghana is very slow.
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Kids dress up as Muslim heroes for #WorldBookDay
Posted by: Hamza Saleem in News, News Europe, News UK, News Views 07/03/2019 3 Comments
Today is World Book Day, a day which gives school children and young pupils the opportunity to express themselves through "a book of their own". The charity started in 1995 and has grown to be the biggest celebration of books and reading, having been given the status by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and is now practiced in over 100 countries in the world. [1]
Part of the initiative includes sending millions of book tokens to children for them to use in their local booksellers to pick up one of ten exclusive and free books. One of the goals of this worldwide phenomenon is to encourage reading among young people, but perhaps the biggest memory we all have of our World Book Day is not necessarily the books, but the costumes; dressing up as a chosen character from our favourite book, year after year during our early primary school days.
I myself, recall that embarrassing year where I was strategically planning how I could be the talk of the playground one World Book Day. Having gauged that most of my friends would be going a superheroes, I decided to think outside the box and dressed up as 'Willy Wonka' from Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. Though rather embarrassingly, I wasn't too popular amongst my classmates when I turned up without any chocolates for them.
The point is this day gave children like me a chance to express ourselves that a normal 'own clothes day' wouldn't. It was a free-for-all zone with no judgement passed, because every book and every character appealed to different children in different ways, and so they respect you for it, especially when you are given the platform to speak about why you dressed as who you did, and the impact they have on you.
Only a couple of years ago, characters such as Spiderman, Robin Hood and Horrid Henry would be flooding the entrance gates on this day, but it seems 2019 is the year which has invited a new hero.
Ertuğrul has very quickly become a household name, a Turkish television series centring around the life and challenges of Ertuğrul Gazi, the son of Sulayman Shah, who was the father of the founder of the Ottoman Caliphate, Osman I. [2] He is often referred to as a heroic champion for Islam, and the show, loosely based on historical facts, helps to channel and showcase his admirable qualities and fighting prowess that has captured the hearts of Muslims around the globe and has resurrected pride in Islam and its past figures in many people's hearts.
Grown men and women have publicly stated their addiction to this series and its characters, but what is more amazing is the impact it's having on children. On one side of the fence, people may state "it's not even a book" or "it's a show promoting violence" but think about what it actually means, seeing a child dress up as the main character himself, Ertuğrul. The love of these people is not being forced down the throats of Muslim children, rather, they are voluntarily choosing to do so because they are proud to dress up as these Islamic icons.
The generations before missed out on these openings because we didn't have many of these Muslim heroes being positively and accurately represented in the mainstream media. We had comic books and early morning TV shows to rely on for inspiration. Worse still, we largely abandoned our history by not proactively learning and taking an interest in the lives of the plethora of Muslim heroes that shaped the world today, and thus failing to emulate them in any way, shape or form. Whether it was in their speech and actions, or their appearance and dress code.
Children as young as 5 years old are idolising this character and dressing up as him today, and even young girls are taking people like Halime, the wife of Ertuğrul, as their role model.
It's an optimistic shift that children want to emulate and dress up as Muslim role models for a change, building on the notion that "not all heroes wear capes", separating themselves from their peers and not being afraid to stand out from the crowd.
While superheroes such as Batman and Superman are storming and will continue to storm the school playground, it may not be too long until more and more children, Muslim and Non-Muslim alike, are imitating and bringing to life real, impactful figures found in our rich Islamic heritage, not just those on the pages of comic books.
There is a quote that reads:
"Children are great imitators, so give them something great to imitate."
It seems that Ertuğrul has done just that…
[1] https://www.worldbookday.com/about/
[2] https://www.definitions.net/definition/ERTUĞRUL
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Had a look on YouTube and found the series but I wish they had English subs because the show looks amazing.
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It's on Netflix with subtitles English.
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"Don't Say" () is a song recorded by Taiwanese Mandopop singer-songwriter William Wei. The song was written by Wei as the opening theme song for the television series To the Dearest Intruder. It was released as a single by Linfair Records on September 1, 2015.

"Don't Say" received positive reviews and was a commercial success. At the 2015 KKBOX Year-end chart, "Don't Say" was the 11th most streamed song in Taiwan.

The music video was directed by Howard Kuo and Allan Shen and was released on November 3, 2015.

Background and composition
Written by Wei, "Don't Say" is a pop ballad that talks about the end of a relationship. In a radio interview, Wei siad that the inspiration of the song came from the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, which focuses on two lovers who have each other erased from their memories when their relationship turned sour. Wei believed that one should never relinquish the memories of the other half, no matter how unbearably painful they are. Without the bad ones, we would never be able to appreciate the good ones.

Music video
The music video for "Don't Say" was directed by Howard Kuo and Allan Shen. It premiered on YouTube and QQ Music on November 4, 2015. The video begins with Wei boarding a bus. He sits at the back and starts observing a girl who appears to be upset. The girl later receives a text message from her boyfriend, asking if she loves him. Inspired by the scene he saw, Wei starts writing lyrics on his notebook. After much struggle, the girl decides to tell her boyfriend that she does not love him at all. As the bus reaches the terminal, Wei stands up and prepares to get off. Before the video ends, Wei takes one last look at the girl and decides to change a line of the lyrics that he has written.

Live performances
Wei performed "Don't Say" on a number of shows. Wei performed the song for the first time at his "Free That Girl" concert, held at Taipei Arena. Wei also performed the song at the KKBOX Music Awards and QQ Music Awards. The song was also included on Wei's set list for his 2016 New Year Countdown performances at Taipei, Janfusun Fancyworld and Fulong Beach.

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Welcome Home Elvis
Expectations for this DVD, of which 2500 copies were made by Joe Tunzi / JAT Productions, were high, but were these expectations met? Design The design for this DVD's artwork is a "copy" of the "Graceland" DVD. Put them next to each other and look for the ten differences. The cover image is great, Elvis in tuxedo singing one of hits hits. The cover is in colour, but the show on the DVD is in black and white. The information on the back is complete. The DVD menu looks nice, fully animated with fragments of various chapters. But why a big image of Elvis from the late sixties for an early sixties DVD? Content Looking at the content we find: Elvis Army interview after returning home from the Army / The Timex Frank Sinatra "Welcome Home Elvis" Show / A slideshow featuring Elvis trough the sixties / TV Guide featuring "Welcome Home Elvis" issue with a review. The Army interview is a good starter for the "Welcome Home Show". We see Elvis, just back from the army, telling about his future plans, including the Sinatra Show. The quality is a bit better than the same interview on the "Graceland" DVD from EPE. The slideshow of exclusive photos from Joe Tunzi's collection is O.K., but it's nothing more than filling, and the 'review' of the show from TV Guide contains a few fragments / paper cuttings from TV Guide on the show. Then the "Welcome Home Show" itself. This DVD contains the entire show, including the sponsor message from Timex. The quality of the picture is a bit better than expected from a kinescope print (taped by a camera from the monitor for a safety copy), but don't have too high expectations just because it's a DVD release. The sound has been improved and mixed into Dolby stereo. Looking behind that we do have an historic event on this DVD, Elvis back in the States and on the screen. In this show Elvis is introduced by Frank and Nancy Sinatra with Sammy Davis Jr. in a real staged show and joins them in a sing-a-long at the end of the introduction. And then finally, the man himself in a solo performance. He performs his new hits "Fame and Fortune" and "Stuck on You", and the well known duet "Love Me Tender/Witchcraft" with Frank Sinatra. Both the introduction and duet with Frank Sinatra are staged and fit in the TV-shows at that time. Looking at it now, it is like most of Elvis staged TV appearances, a bit artificial. The solo performance on the other hand is great and you can see Elvis is enjoying himself and the reactions he gets from the public. Conclusion Since this show was an "historic" event it is interesting for all fans. You get Elvis, not 100% at ease with Frank, but still the performer he was before he joined the army. The quality is O.K. regarding the source, but not better than video's of this show which are also available. If you want to be prepared for the digital era, get the DVD otherwise a video will do fine. But watch the price, it is double or triple the price of any other Elvis DVD release (in good quality).
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This is a typical Frank Sinatra TV show, but starring the best guest he could ever have invited. Elvis' performances are great (especially when he starts to imitate Sinatra while singing "Fame And Fortune")and Sinatra's are the same. The picture ist quite bad, but possibly the best you can get out of the material that is available from this show.


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Connection Through Life
The Lazarus Mission
At Lazarus, our mission is to build a better, safer community. We believe that starts with reanalyzing important tools through unconventional means. By reimaging the bullet, we are working to give everyone, from police officers to civilians, a safer and more effective tool to save lives and protect.
Better for police.
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At Lazarus, we believe it is our job to go beyond making a great product. We have the unique opportunity to use our product as a confirmation to citizens, medical professionals, and those who have been affected by lethal police intervention, that we are making a conscious effort to keep our citizens and police officers as safe as possible.
Right now, there no ammunition options which work to save a victim's life post-engagement. The most common form of nonlethal incapacitation is the taser, which is great for safely halting criminals at close range, but is ineffective at distance and is very expensive. Rubber and bean bag rounds can be effective deterrents, but may not be safe for officers if they are put into a more hostile situation.
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