One more competition that figure skating fan won't miss is Quebec Summer Championships. Starts on August 6.
Here you can find a time schedule.
I like Canadian competitions for the possibility to watch them. The stream is promised here →.
The competitions of pairs and ice dancers seem to me the most interesting.
I'm excited to see young Canadian pair Julianne Seguin and Charlie Bilodeau. I would say that is the team to bet for the future. They young, they promising, they strong technically, they are consistent that is so important. Of course they have a lot of work, especially in second mark. I liked their programmes last season and hope they found something interesting for this season too. And my main hope that Julianne and Charlie will be in Canadian National senior team. They need to gain an experience of participation in big international events.
And small remark from me: while some girls were discussing Julianne's weight in instagram, she was landing her triples and got the opportunity to go to Worlds. What can not be said about this girls.
It's also interesting for me how Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro are doing. Are there any progress from last season? I was upset by Moore-Towers and Moscovitch split up I thought they had good chances at almost all competitions. And if it was Kristen's decision I still don't get it. In my opinion with Michael Marinaro they don't look like a pair. more like a two singles who just started to learn pairs elements. Their lifts looked scary. But who knows, maybe they had a huge progress during the offseason. Will see.
Another one new pair will take part in this tournament. Marissa Castelli and Mervin Tran both have a solid experience in pair skating. I like this new partnership, they look good together and had a lot of potential. Marissa can add the fire and Mervin is a reliable partner. Never forget that he is a Worlds bronze medalist. I think they will show themselves.
The competitions of ice dancer promise to be even more exciting. The group of Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon will show their dances. Unfortunately for us, Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron, Sara Hurtado and Adria Diaz won't show up. But it will be whom to watch. Why I'm so intrigued? Because after Papadakis and Cizeron's victory the group of Dubreuil and Lauzon become extremely popular among skaters. A lot of new teams joined this group. So, whether it will change something for them? Whether Dubreuil and Lauzon have enough imagination and creativity for all their pairs? They become trendsetters in ice dances, so it's a lot of expectations.
Elisabeth Paradis and Francois-Xavier Ouellette amazed me last season with their light and sophisticated free dance. I was wondering where were they hiding all this time. It's a pity that they hadn't a chance to show themselves at least on Four Continents. Hope they will have it this year and will have two solid and beautiful dances.
I think one day Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen will become a serious threat at the European level. And something tells me that this day will come soon. Their short dance from last season was gorgeous. It was stylish, passionate enough but not a drama-drama and the most important it was solid technically. I was impressed. Unfortunately their free dance wasn't so good, it was nice but not memorable. I think they understand it too, and this year will have two great danes. At least their music choice sounds encouraging.
But the main intrigue for me is new dances of Madison Hubbell – Zachary Donohue and Alexandra Paul – Mitchell Islam. Both duos were number three in their national teams, both trained in the group of Anjelika Krylova and Pasquale Camerlengo. Both have a threat to be replaced by younger dancers. Both left the group and both joined to Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon.
Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue were almost kicked off from the national team by another American duo who also trains in group of Krylova and Camerlengo. Also their free dance was a mess. They talented and expressive skaters, they need more attention and to be in priority for their coach.
I think Alexandra Paul and Mitchell Islam stuck in one style. All their dances seem the same. Their first free dance from last season could be called "Playing in Tessa and Scott". They have nice lines and beautiful lifts, but they need to find their face. And their previous coaches seem can do nothing to refresh them and to add some spice to their dances. Perhaps, new coaching team can do that.
But was it a smart decision to change one crowded group to another no less crowded group? Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon already have their number one team. So, will they able to make so many different, interesting and stylish dances for all their duos? This season will show it. I'm not so optimistic about that and think that someone will left the group by the end of the season. What do you think?
The Juniors Grand-prix also starts soon. See my preview for the first event in Bratislava for junior men and preview for ladies and ice dance.


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Explained the way that Pastor Chris Oyakhilome gathered thousands of people to attend the International Pastors' Conference and Partners' Conference
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome invited thousands Nigerian ministers for inspiration during the year ahead.
Explanated. How Pastor Chris Oyakhilome brought thousands to the International Pastors' and Partners' Conference
About 20,000 people from around the world gathered in Lagos, Nigeria, from November 16th to the 22nd of November. 2020. Pastor Chris Oyakhilome began his annual International Pastors' and partners conference (IPPC).
The famous and well-known pastor is the founder and president the ministry Christ Embassy. He also established LoveWorld Incorporated in 1987.
Since the time the time of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome's followers have grown to 13,000,000 people all over the world.
He encourages them every day to raise their faith to new levels. was his turn as a minister and partner during International Pastors' and Partners Conference.
They traveled to Nigeria to learn the Word of God and gain inspiration for the next year. The LoveWorld Ministry and Pastor Chris Oyakhilome offered workshops and lessons.
https://site-8065188-8015-3776.mystrikingly.com/blog/chris-oyakhilome-biography-philanthropy-and-net-worth-of-the-president-of The conference took place at LoveWorld Crusade Grounds in Lagos, Nigeria where Pastor Chris Oyakhilome ministered round the clock.
In one of his seminars He spoke about righteousness.
"Righteousness can be defined as the expression of God's will or the nature of God. Pastor Chris Oyakhilome It reflects God's desires. If God is seated on His throne, says nothing and does nothing is there any evidence about righteousness.
"But when He is actuated and does what He does, and after His actions have been taken to be in harmony with His nature and will. In the Bible, all His actions are done through righteousness ,". Chris Oyakhilome explains.
Ministers and partners could sample the many African and International cuisines offered at the conference's various food courts.
The LoveWorld Ministry also provided buses for transporting the attendees from their hotels to LoveWorld Crusade Grounds.
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome Events – Week of Fun
Similar to previous years Pastor Chris Oyakhilome also organized several other large Christ Embassy events during that week.
Users of social media were also invited at the International media connectors' gathering. This highlighted the importance to pray and share the Gospel via social media networks.
Chris Oyakhilome Family The participants, for example were given lectures and workshops about media strategy and digital communications, social media networks and the best way to create an effective virtual workplace.
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome invited youth leaders to attend the International Teens Leaders' and Pastors Conference. They were able to go on a spiritual adventure with him to discover their calling.
Through the decades, the conference fostered a love of Jesus Christ in the younger generation of Christ Embassy members through coaching sessions from veteran pastors.
The Teens Leaders' International & Pastors' Conference allowed young pastors to expand their knowledge of God, and also gave the opportunity to think.
It is believed that the LoveWorld Ministry and Pastor Chris Oyakhilome can help prepare young people for leadership roles in the ministry as well as for life in general.
This week included the LoveWorld Exhibition and the IPPC Presidential Awards, as along with the LIMA Music Awards were all featured on the program.
The LoveWorld Exhibition showcased the global impact of various ministries. The IPPC Presidential Awards recognized the top department and partners at Christ Embassy, the IPPC Presidential Awards was the celebration of that.
The LIMA Music Awards honored singers in the ministry's music industry for their successes in the last year.
Invited through social networks
Invitations to many events of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome were sent via KingsChat..
The pastor is a huge fan of technology. He has spoken at numerous times regarding the potential of the internet and the 5G network.
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome developed his own social media site on which users can post comments and like, share, and even make phone calls.
KingsChat also played an important role in the earlier LoveWorld, being one of the organizers of KingsChat CeFlix Social Media Week.
Chris Oyakhilome KingsChat and CeFlix CeFlix, the church's video platform, held an online week of social media in July of 2020. Christ Embassy enabled attendees to use technology tools for wealth, economic growth and career path interest and personal development in particular areas.
Social Media Week saw the introduction of 70 seminars and 42 workshops.
The lectures included Privacy Violations The Dark Side of Social Media.' The Politics and Business of Data.' The Control and Silencing of the Church and Conservatives. Connect to engage and grow Your Brand.
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is satisfied with the project, calling it "very engaging and informative" as well as "empowering."
KingsChat joined forces with CeFlix (the ministry's streaming video and service provider) to provide the opportunity.
https://txt.fyi/-/22222/fc4891c5/ You can watch Christian news, prayer services and concerts , as well as music videos. You can live stream LoveWorld events or can purchase them at any time.
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome sells arenas worldwide
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the man who is the reason for all this is his name. He lives in Nigeria and founded the church Christ Embassy33 years ago.
Over the years, pastor Chris Oyakhilome has gotten millions of followers around the world, and his ministry has now over 100 branches around the world.
The pastor is one of the most influential and well-known spiritual leaders of Nigeria. http://b3.zcubes.com/v.aspx?mid=8618296 Pastor Chris Oyakhilome He is never unable to sell large arenas so that people can hear him preach.
Away, he's an extremely popular person. He has been a speaker at sold-out O2 Arenas in London, Accra Black Star Square in Accra, Ghana, and Johannesburg's FNB Stadium.
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome is a well-known pastor who started his YouTube channel in 2000 to enable viewers from all over the globe to listen and view his sermons.
This year the account of his YouTube account is more active than in previous years due to various Global Days of Prayer and prayer weeks that he's hosted.
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On Loving Things Beyond Their Prime.
The thing with a lot of beloved shows–and I'm not talking about those critical darlings that get canceled after a season or two, I'm talking about the shows you live with, that settle into the warm wet caverns of your heart–is that they tend to outstay their welcome. Every show is going to come up empty someday, it'll run out of story or its universe will expand past a manageable point or the comedy that once danced across the screen en pointe will broaden until it's thudding about in combat boots. But because they're beloved, they often keep going past the point where they should be let go.
Over my life of watching really quite a lot of television, I've seen this happen to a lot of shows. Gilmore Girls, The OC, Scrubs, Friends, and The West Wing, to name a few, and more recently The Office. It's not always a drastic decline (the later seasons of Friends are still good, still funny, but they aren't memorable the way those early seasons are. There's no "The One With the Embryos," no "The One Where Everybody Finds Out"), nor is it always permanent. The eighth season of Scrubs is actually kind of delightful (and I'll come down in favor of season 9, too, though only when I think of it as a loopier spin-off), and The West Wing eventually figured out how to be a version of itself without Aaron Sorkin at the helm. The fourth season of The OC may actually be better than the first, though that might just be my feelings for Taylor Townsend talking.
One of the perks of being a completist such as myself (look, I'm the girl that watched all nine seasons of One Tree Hill. I still watch Glee.) is that, while you do see the descents into mediocrity, you're also around for the final inning turn-around (is this a thing? Like a sports metaphor thing?). There's something about a show with the finish line in sight that can bring about a creative resurgence. Maybe it has to do with the potential for rest once everything's finished–I suspect that's what's brought about Tina Fey's general aura of calm on 30 Rock this season–or maybe it's having a goal to work toward, but time and again I've seen shows that are officially on their way out stick their landing, even after stumbling mid-routine. (Seriously, what's with the sports metaphors?)
And though I'm hesitant to say it, for fear of a jinx or at least that I'll be proved wrong, I think that may well be happening with The Office.
You know what I said above, about shows you live with? Well, The Office is a show I live with. I came in in the spring of 2006, during a spring break spent huddled beneath my comforter with my laptop and the painful love story of Jim and Pam. I'm the girl that gets defensive when you say The Office isn't as good as it used to be. Even when I know you're right. (And I've got nothing on my roommate, the die hard. When I say The Office is like a religion in our apartment, and that's something I say a lot, I'm not kidding.)
But okay, The Office isn't as good as it used to be. The cast has grown unwieldy, introducing new characters without saying goodbye to many old ones, and trying to service each of them in equal measure, with mixed results. Andy's character seems to vary depending on what's needed that week, and I hold by my opinion that Darryl should have taken over as Dunder Mifflin Scranton's regional manager when Michael departed, though I do feel that he's one of the few secondary characters that has been well-serviced in these later years, used sparingly enough to still have comedic impact, and maintaining the hopeful sadness that made The Office so good in the first place. The feeling that pervaded those first few seasons, that these were people stuck together trying to make it through each day on whatever joy they could find, that hasn't really been a part of the show in awhile.
While there are specific things about these last few seasons that I flat-out love (Pam's developing confidence manifesting as out-and-out dorkiness, the season-to-season evolution of Ryan Howard, the love story of Jim and Dwight, every single damn thing about Erin, also Gabe), I do miss the way The Office used to make me ache. The romanticized disappointment, the way everything from Jim's pranks to the central conflict of any given episode seemed to exist on a smaller, more personal scale. There's an episode in season 2 where everyone tries to cheer Kevin up while he waits for biopsy results, another episode where we get to see how each character responds to Take Your Daughter to Work Day. Back then everyone had bad hair, they talked about their weekend plans, they loved the receptionist from the other side of her desk. These were the people you might pass in the grocery store, and they happened to be followed around by a camera crew.
Especially so late in the show's run, I think it's easy to forget the importance of the documentary format to The Office. In the early seasons, the show took its format very seriously, and adhered to strict rules when it came to the way they filmed. These days those rules have relaxed a bit, and we're also more used to the format, with shows like Parks and Recreation and Modern Family embracing mockumentary story-telling, and Community and Leverage mocking it fondly. The filmmakers on The Office are characters, too. We may not hear them speak, but they're behind the story. When Jim flashes a look at the camera, or Pam asks for help with a spy mission, they are interacting with a person. Unless the camera is actively hidden from its subject(s), and there have been some notable occasions over the years when this was the case, any time a character is on screen, they have an awareness that the camera is there. Its presence helps to prescribe their actions. And any time any character sits down for a talking head interview, there's another unseen character controlling the narrative–asking the questions and choosing how the answers are portrayed. I could probably count on one hand the number of times The Office has acknowledged those characters, though.
Which is maybe why it was so exciting to finally hear from one of the cameramen in this year's premiere, to step back from a talking head to hear Pam and Jim interact with a man they see almost every day. And to get an answer as to why exactly the cameras are still there 9 years later. Of course Jim and Pam have always been the heart of the series, though they've been shifted off to the side since the whole wedding/baby thing (check out the deleted scenes from seasons 7 and 8. There are entire plot-lines of Jim/Pam stuff that got dropped along the way), but having someone behind the narrative announce that their story is what's keeping the cameras around–that's given The Office a center to cling to as it winds down this year.
We talk a lot about how reality tv is only loosely related to the actual real world, how it's scripted and edited to heighten drama at the expense of actual events. I think you have to view The Office similarly. As someone who has spent probably too many hours pondering whether the whole Jim/Pam love story might have been crafted out of skilled editing–you know, before they became an actual couple, back when it was all longing looks and careful smiles (there's a really charming web series called Dorm Life that did precisely that with it's will-they-or-won't-they romance)–I'm intrigued by this angle. Like any reality show, The Office's story is told in the editor's booth.
So now that the filmmakers have essentially announced that they're handing the narrative over to Jim and Pam, this season has a center that season 8, as it scrambled to make up for the loss of Michael Scott, never managed. With an end in sight, they can finally write Jim and Pam toward a long-overdue departure from Dunder Mifflin without having to worry about losing their actors, and they can give them a meaty story with actual stakes for the characters, both separately and together. And they can also use Jim and Pam as the foundation to tell stories about the rest of the office.
Over the last few seasons, The Office has tried really hard to make new couples work as the next Jim and Pam. They tried with Michael and Holly and they tried with Andy and Erin, and while both pairings had their charms, they never quite captured the combination of quiet angst and chemistry that made Jim and Pam so captivating, especially in those early seasons.
This season, though, as they bring the overall narrative full circle, they've introduced the idea that Andy may not be Erin's Jim so much as her Roy. Erin's become an increasingly nuanced character over the last few seasons, as they've fleshed out her backstory as a foster kid and pulled her past the dumb, earnest cliché to show how she's growing up, how her emotional intelligence may be more developed than her book smarts, and how many of her decisions are motivated by a desire for love and family. Especially since the Florida arc last season, she's grown into an actual person, rather than just another character around the office.
I said that The Office has suffered from its constantly expanding cast, but in introducing Pete and Clark this season, they've figured out how to reflect mirror images back at Jim and Dwight. Clark's resemblance to Dwight is more physical than philosophical, but Pete–or Plop–doesn't just look like Jim. From his work-related apathy to his sartorial style to his developing crush on the receptionist, Pete is a glimpse at the guy Jim used to be, back before he got the girl.
Thursday night's episode, "The Boat," was one of the best the show has turned out in awhile. The prank on Dwight was on the larger scale of these later seasons, but it was a nice show-case for Catherine Tate's talents, used Darryl perfectly, and was ultimately not as mean-spirited as it could have been. The resolution of Dwight's phone-call, with the entire office applauding him for saving the day, brought to mind the end of "Office Olympics," in season 2, and Michael's gold medal in condo-closing.
The Oscar-Kevin-Angela plot actively used the documentary format, played with the dynamics that have always existed in Dunder Mifflin's accounting department, employed just the right amount of Toby's sad-sack comedy, and ended in a fantastic talking head from Kevin. His sobbing laughter as he realized that Angela's entire life was a sham was as dark as The Office has ever been.
But it was the episode's tag that really got me. The conversation between Erin and Pete at the reception desk could have literally been a lost Jim/Pam scene from the early seasons, in fact it closely resembles a conversation that they had in the pilot where Jim invited Pam out to happy hour. And this idea that history is repeating itself kind of nails what The Office used to be about–the monotonous daily grind, the way life keeps pushing forward, and the way you find the small things that make you happy so you can make it through the day.
I don't know what The Office will do with these final 16 episodes, but I do know that I'm excited by the show for the first time in awhile. I'm excited to see how the developing conflict between Jim and Pam plays out, to see what Oscar's affair does to his relationship with Angela, to see if the writers can figure out what they're doing with Andy, and to see what happens with Erin and Pete. I've been invested in this story since 2006, I want to see how it ends, and if it keeps going the way it's been going, I have some pretty high hopes.
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Kirra Pinkerton
By Rebecca Parsons
Kirra Pinkerton is the type of person who knows what she wants and goes after it. Pinkerton grew up in San Clemente, California and started surfing with her dad when she was just two years old. They travelled back and forth between California and Hawai'i, surfing and competing in local kid's contests. By the time she was nine, Pinkerton knew she wanted to be a professional surfer.
When Pinkerton was sixteen, she competed in the WSL's Junior Championships. She went into the event with low expectations, but ultimately ended up winning. The win was eye-opening for the young surfer and was the validation she needed to know she had what it took to compete at the professional level.
"I remember at the end of the event I cried to my dad, 'I just want to keep doing this,'" says Pinkerton. "It was the best feeling that I had ever felt."
In 2019, Pinkerton was in top form, but when COVID-19 hit, competitions were put on hold and she started losing her competitive drive. When contests started back up, Pinkerton wasn't planning on competing, but already having the points, she decided to keep going.
"I used to be super competitive and would love to go and make a bunch of heats and win everything," says Pinkerton. "Lately, I've just really loved travelling and doing competitions. I've made good friends with people on tour and it's like a big family—we all just push each other to get better at surfing."
For the past six months, Pinkerton has been putting in a lot of time and work. Instead of focusing on what others do to prepare for competitions, she's been focused on what she needs to do in order to be her best self in heats as well as in her free surfing.
When she's home in San Clemente, Pinkerton is a regular at Lowers. She surfs the iconic wave nearly every morning and drives north three times a week to work with her trainer and surf in Huntington Beach. She does yoga every day to keep her body loose and tries to cook regularly although admittedly, she isn't the best.
At the 2022 ISAs in Huntington Beach, California, her rigorous training paid off. Pinkerton wasn't supposed to be in the contest, but she got a last minute call and she answered it. The U.S. team included a lot of surfers from San Clemente and according to Pinkerton, the level of support and camaraderie was exceptional. In the final, Pinkerton faced off against Sally Fitzgibbons, ultimately coming away victorious. Not only didn't Pinkerton win gold, but she helped team USA land the gold and earned an extra spot for the U.S. in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
"It felt like a miracle," says Pinkerton. "It somehow worked out to be exactly the amount of points we needed to get the win and that made it that much better."
Pinkerton has some serious goals she hopes to add to her already impressive resume. She plans on qualifying for the Championship Tour in the next year or two. Once she qualifies, she wants to win a world title and become the first person to win every event on tour. She knows it's a lofty goal, but she's willing to put in the work required to achieve it. Additionally, Pinkerton hopes to qualify for the U.S. Olympic team and use that extra spot she helped earn.
On top of contest goals, Pinkerton would like to get into big wave surfing. She's already ridden some pretty sizable waves at Waimea and in Indonesia, but she's got her sights set on Jaws, Teahupo'o, Cloudbreak, and Mavericks if she can handle the cold water.
"I've always had a passion for surfing big waves," says Pinkerton. "When I was a little kid, I would throw myself into closeouts and had no fear paddling into waves."
Always an overachiever, Pinkerton has been homeschooled since sixth grade and graduated high school by the time she was 16. She's toyed with the idea of college but has been bouncing between ideas for what she wants to study. Initially, she considered architecture or culinary school, but has decided she's more interested in holistic and natural healing. Perhaps she'll attend a university or maybe she'll study it on the road between contests. But right now, the nineteen-year-old is focused on surfing and for now, that is enough.
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This instrument amends the Customs (International Obligations) Regulation 2015 to make complementary amendments in relation to record keeping obligations and extend existing record keeping obligations, which apply to goods covered by Division 1B of Part VIII of the Customs Act 1901, to goods covered by new Division 1BA of that Part. Additionally, this instrument enables a refund of duties paid on Singaporean originating goods, or on goods that would have been Singaporean originating goods, in specified circumstances.
This instrument is the Customs (International Obligations) Amendment (Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement Amendment Implementation) Regulations 2017.
At the same time as Schedule 1 to the Customs Amendment (Singapore‑Australia Free Trade Agreement Amendment Implementation) Act 2017 commences.
At the same time as Schedule 2 to the Customs Amendment (Singapore‑Australia Free Trade Agreement Amendment Implementation) Act 2017 commences.
SAFTA means the Singapore‑Australia Free Trade Agreement done at Singapore on 17 February 2003, as amended from time to time.
Note: The Agreement is in Australian Treaty Series 2003 No. 16 ( ATS 16) and could in 2017 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
Singaporean originating goods has the meaning given by subsection 153XD(1) of the Act.
(b) are claimed to be the produce or manufacture of Australia for the purpose of obtaining a preferential tariff in Singapore.
Omit "For section 126AB of the Act, the producer or manufacturer (whether or not the producer or manufacturer is the exporter) of goods mentioned in that section", substitute "For the purposes of section 126AB of the Act, the producer or manufacturer (whether or not the producer or manufacturer is the exporter) of the goods".
(b) are claimed to be Australian originating goods for the purpose of obtaining a preferential tariff in Singapore.
(2) For the purposes of section 126AB of the Act, the producer (whether or not the producer is the exporter) of the goods must keep the records set out in the following table.
(3) The producer must keep the records for at least 5 years starting on the day the certification of origin (within the meaning of section 153XD of the Act) for the goods is issued.
(4) The producer may keep a record under this section at any place (whether or not in Australia).
Omit "For section 126AB of the Act, an exporter of goods mentioned in that section", substitute "For the purposes of section 126AB of the Act, the exporter of the goods".
(c) a copy of the certification of origin (within the meaning of section 153XD of the Act) in relation to the goods.
(3) The exporter must keep the records for at least 5 years starting on the day the certification of origin (within the meaning of section 153XD of the Act) for the goods is issued.
(4) The exporter may keep a record under this section at any place (whether or not in Australia).
After "Australia,", insert "or are Australian originating goods,".
Duty has been paid on the goods.
(b) the importer holds a certification of origin (within the meaning of section 153XD of the Act) for the goods, or a copy of one, at the time of making the application for the refund.
Omit "the produce or manufacture of Australia, or are".


You may have noticed that our blog has been uncharacteristically quiet these past few weeks….we aren't, sadly, lounging on a beach in Bora Bora, but are knee-deep in the post-May 2-4 long weekend real estate market.
Like years past, the unofficial Canadian start of summer marks the time of year when Sellers finally decide to sell. After many months of dismal inventory, there are houses to sell, properties to see and new lives in new homes to be created.
More than one house for sale in your target neighbourhood! Houses that stay on the market for – gasp – more than one week! Only 3 people in that bidding war instead of 32 (and even sometimes – NOBODY – at that bidding war).
Be the first to know when new properties hit the market by signing up for email alerts (you can sign up for updates every 2 hours or email us for daily listings). Some of the best houses we've sold were purchased within hours of hitting the market.
Choose your real estate agent wisely – while there may be more houses to choose from, you'll still need to act quickly. Having someone who knows the market and Toronto's neighbourhoods will go a long way to ensuring you don't buy a lemon.
Be ready to act, but do your due diligence. Be pre-approved for a mortgage (consider the IG 2.25% interest rate mortgage), have a home inspector on stand-by and make sure you have 5% of your budget in readily available cash for a deposit.
This is the time of year when many Sellers get greedy. The prime time to sell was February-April, so you may need to adjust your expectations.
Twice in the past week I've had Buyers be the sole contenders on 'bidding war night', submit full-price offers, only to have the Sellers refuse to accept anything less than 10% over-asking. I'm sorry Mr. Seller: No one showed up to your bidding war except us – if you wanted 10 people to bid on your house you should have listed it 2 months ago when there weren't 10 similar houses up for sale in your neighbourhood.
Don't underprice your house by $100,000 because you think you'll get a bidding war. That's a dangerous game to play at this time of year.
Watch your competition – they are the enemy and will impact how much you get for your house.
Listen to the market – Buyers decide what your house is worth. Prices are up thanks to the early spring market's low inventory, and you'll be setting your asking price based on these new higher comparables. Don't be disappointed if you don't get a bidding war – you're already getting the benefit of your neighbour's March bidding war. Prices haven't gone down – but the built-up frenzy for houses has slowed considerably.
Choose your realtor wisely – there's a lot more to selling your house than putting it on the MLS.
This is the time of year when the kids who sell 6 houses a year get separated from the pros who sell 60. Post Victoria-Day pricing strategies need to be different, marketing strategies need to be creative and agents actually need negotiation skills to represent Buyers.
This is the time of year when a realtor's social life comes to a halt and 16-hour days, 7 days a week are the norm. It's the ultimate test of our systems, processes and technology. It's the time of year when a well-managed team runs like a well-oiled machine and every client gets the full BREL experience.
The ugliest months of Toronto's 2014 real estate market are behind us. Balance? Sanity? Please enter on the right.
Great tips for both buyers and sellers. It's no wonder your team is one of the tops in Toronto. Have a great summer.
Great advice as always! Looking forward to reconnecting with you guys in the fall as we finally make the great leap to buying our first home in the city!


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Home / Key Information / School Admissions
Etherley Lane Primary School has an admissions limit of 49 pupils per class from Early Years to Year 6. Details about admissions can also be found in the school prospectus.
We are committed to meeting the needs of all children including those with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. We would ask parents to discuss the identified needs with the school prior to starting so that appropriate intervention and support can be planned and implemented. Advice from the LA or other agencies may be requested to ensure the school can meet any needs appropriately.
Children will usually attend the nearest appropriate school for their home address. However, some parents may wish their children to attend a different school. County Durham try to comply with parental requests wherever space is available in the requested school.
In summary, the Admissions Criteria is:
Children who are in Local Authority Care
Children who are no longer in care as a result of adoption
Medical Reasons: Pupils with very exceptional factors directly related to school placement. Applications under this criterion should be supported by written evidence from a doctor
Sibling Links: Pupils who have a sibling already attending the preferred school
Distance: Pupils who live nearest the preferred school, measured by the shortest walking distance
If Etherley Lane Primary School is full, parents may ask the Admissions Department at County Hall, Durham to add their child's name to the waiting list. Names can be added to the waiting list at any time. When pupil numbers fall below the admission limit, children will be admitted from the list according to the priority order set out in the published criteria and not the length of time on the waiting list. Vacancies may arise at short notice and families on the waiting list should be prepared to take up a place as soon as it arises.
If it has not been possible for Etherley Lane Primary School to offer a family a place for their child, parents have the right to appeal against the decision of the Authority
Full details of the admission arrangements can be found in the Primary and Secondary Admissions brochure produced by Durham County Council and further information can be found in the school Admissions Policy and the Special Educational Needs (SEN) Policy and Equality Policy that can be found in the School Policies section of our website.
Visit the Durham County Council website for information regarding the school admission process and primary school admissions. To appeal against an admission decision visit: School admissions-appeals.
Applying for a school place if your child has an Education, Health and Care Plan or a Statement of SEN
Children and young people with an Education, Health and Care Plan (or Statement of Special Education Needs) follow a different admission and transfer process for a new school. Please continue to complete Durham County Council's parental preference form, as part of the admission process to a new school. You continue to have a right to request a particular school and this will be considered alongside the information that we have about your child's special educational needs. The information would have been provided as part of the Education, Health and Care assessment or following the review meeting.
Etherley Lane Primary School prides itself in being very inclusive and will endeavour to support every child.
If you have any questions about the DCC SEND Local Offer or the School's SEND Information Report please contact the school and we will try our best to help you.


text:
'use strict';

const assert = require('assert');
const mockRequire = require('mock-require');
const mockBindings = require('./mocks/bindings');
const mockLinux = require('./mocks/linux');
const mockI2c = require('./mocks/i2c.node');
const sinon = require('sinon');

mockRequire('bindings', mockBindings);
const i2c = require('../i2c-bus');

describe('writeByte', () => {
  let i2c1;

  beforeEach(() => {
    mockLinux.mockI2c1();

    i2c1 = i2c.openSync(1);

    sinon.stub(mockI2c, 'setAddrAsync').callsFake(
      (device, addr, forceAccess, cb) => {
        setImmediate(cb, null);
      }
    );

    sinon.stub(mockI2c, 'writeByteAsync').callsFake(
      (device, cmd, byte, cb) => {
        setImmediate(cb, null);
      }
    );
  });

  it('writes byte to register', (done) => {
    const addr = 0x1;
    const cmd = 0x2;
    const byte = 0x3;

    i2c1.writeByte(addr, cmd, byte, (err, byte) => {
      assert(mockI2c.setAddrAsync.calledOnce);
      assert.strictEqual(mockI2c.setAddrAsync.firstCall.args.length, 4);
      const actualAddr = mockI2c.setAddrAsync.firstCall.args[1];
      assert.strictEqual(addr, actualAddr);

      assert(mockI2c.writeByteAsync.calledOnce);
      assert.strictEqual(mockI2c.writeByteAsync.firstCall.args.length, 4);
      const actualCmd = mockI2c.writeByteAsync.firstCall.args[1];
      assert.strictEqual(cmd, actualCmd);
      const actualByte = mockI2c.writeByteAsync.firstCall.args[2];
      assert.strictEqual(actualByte, actualByte);

      done();
    });
  });

  it('fails if /dev/i2c-<busNumber> not found', (done) => {
    const addr = 0x1;
    const cmd = 0x2;
    const byte = 0x3;

    const busNumber = i2c1._busNumber;
    i2c1._busNumber = 1e6;

    i2c1.writeByte(addr, cmd, byte, (err) => {
      i2c1._busNumber = busNumber;

      assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ENOENT');

      done();
    });
  });

  it('fails if no addr specified', () => {
    const cmd = 0x2;
    const byte = 0x3;

    const expectedErrorMessage = 'Invalid I2C address undefined';
    let actualErrorMessage;

    try {
      i2c1.writeByte(undefined, cmd, byte, () => {});
    } catch (err) {
      actualErrorMessage = err.message;
    }

    assert.strictEqual(expectedErrorMessage, actualErrorMessage);
  });

  it('fails if no cmd specified', () => {
    const addr = 0x1;
    const byte = 0x3;

    const expectedErrorMessage = 'Invalid I2C command undefined';
    let actualErrorMessage;

    try {
      i2c1.writeByte(addr, undefined, byte, () => {});
    } catch (err) {
      actualErrorMessage = err.message;
    }

    assert.strictEqual(expectedErrorMessage, actualErrorMessage);
  });

  it('fails if no byte specified', () => {
    const addr = 0x1;
    const cmd = 0x2;

    const expectedErrorMessage = 'Invalid byte undefined';
    let actualErrorMessage;

    try {
      i2c1.writeByte(addr, cmd, undefined);
    } catch (err) {
      actualErrorMessage = err.message;
    }

    assert.strictEqual(expectedErrorMessage, actualErrorMessage);
  });

  it('fails if no callback specified', () => {
    const addr = 0x1;
    const cmd = 0x2;
    const byte = 0x3;

    const expectedErrorMessage = 'Invalid callback undefined';
    let actualErrorMessage;

    try {
      i2c1.writeByte(addr, cmd, byte);
    } catch (err) {
      actualErrorMessage = err.message;
    }

    assert.strictEqual(expectedErrorMessage, actualErrorMessage);
  });

  afterEach(() => {
    mockI2c.setAddrAsync.restore();
    mockI2c.writeByteAsync.restore();

    i2c1.closeSync();

    mockLinux.restore();
  });
});

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The content lifecycle explains how content is conceptualized, planned, created, and maintained.
Your content team decides how content in your department or school can be used to meet its goals that work toward enhancing SFU's vision.
You and your team review ideas, assess required resources, and determine a plan for production, maintenance, and evaluation of your content.
The designated members of your content team design and develop content according to your plan.
You and your team follow up to determine the effectiveness of your content. The maintenance stage ensures that your content remains relevant, accurate and up-to-date.


Sue Searing of Minneapolis won the title of Great American Storyteller at the conclusion of Saturday night's storytelling contest at Calvary Lutheran Church.
Searing received a check for $1,000.
The audience chose the winner after an initial round of storytelling by the WonderWeavers duo of Tina Rohde from Eden Prairie and Colleen Shaskin of Minnetonka, Paulette Friday of Alexandria and Rose van der Berg of Bloomington. The WonderWeavers won second place and were awarded $500. Friday and Van der Berg each received $250.
In addition to the two rounds of storytelling, Richard Rousseau, St. Paul, also engaged the audience as ballots were being counted. Rousseau is Minnesota liaison for the National Storytelling Network. Mike Carroll served as emcee and presented the awards.
The Park Rapids Lakes Area Arts Council sponsored the event with grants from the Northlands Storytelling Network, Itasca-Mantrap Roundup Funds and a a grant from the Region 2 Arts Council funded by an appropriation from the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the State's general fund.
For more information on the Great American Story, go to thegreatamericanstory.org.


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/*
 * ----------------------------------------
 *          Jenkins Test Tracker
 * ----------------------------------------
 *          Produced by Dan Grew
 *                 2016
 * ----------------------------------------
 */
package uk.dangrew.jtt.desktop.buildwall.panel;

import javafx.util.Pair;
import uk.dangrew.jtt.model.jobs.BuildResultStatus;
import uk.dangrew.jtt.model.jobs.BuildState;
import uk.dangrew.jtt.model.jobs.JenkinsJob;

/**
 * The {@link JobBuildSimulator} is a utility class that changes a particular {@link JenkinsJob}
 * to simulate change in state from an {@link ExternalApi}.
 */
public class JobBuildSimulator {

   /**
    * Method to simulate the building of the associated {@link JenkinsJob} on the current {@link Thread}.
    * @param job the {@link JenkinsJob} to simulate for.
    * @param intialStatus the {@link BuildResultStatus} to simulate for.
    * @param resultingStatus the {@link BuildResultStatus} after when built.
    * @param number the build number.
    * @param expected the expected length of the build.
    * @param interval the time between each progress update.
    * @throws InterruptedException if the {@link Thread} is interrupted.
    */
   public static void simulateBuilding(
            JenkinsJob job,
            BuildResultStatus intialStatus,
            BuildResultStatus resultingStatus,
            int number,
            long expected,
            int interval
   ) throws InterruptedException{
      job.buildStateProperty().set( BuildState.Building );
      job.buildProperty().set( new Pair<>( number, intialStatus ) );
      job.currentBuildTimeProperty().set( 0 );
      job.expectedBuildTimeProperty().set( expected );

      long currentTime = 0;
      while ( currentTime < expected ) {
         Thread.sleep( interval );
         currentTime += interval;
         job.currentBuildTimeProperty().set( currentTime );
      }
      Thread.sleep( 1000 );
      job.buildProperty().set( new Pair<>( number, resultingStatus ) );
      job.buildStateProperty().set( BuildState.Building );
   }//End Method

   /**
    * Method to simulate the building of the associated {@link JenkinsJob} on another {@link Thread}.
    * @param job the {@link JenkinsJob} to simulate for.
    * @param initialStatus the {@link BuildResultStatus} to simulate for.
    * @param resultingStatus the {@link BuildResultStatus} after when built.
    * @param number the build number.
    * @param expected the expected length of the build.
    * @param interval the time between each progress update.
    * @throws InterruptedException if the {@link Thread} is interrupted.
    */
   public static void simulateConcurrentBuilding(
            JenkinsJob job,
            BuildResultStatus initialStatus,
            BuildResultStatus resultingStatus,
            int number,
            long expected,
            int interval
   ) throws InterruptedException{
      new Thread( () -> {
         try {
            simulateBuilding( job, initialStatus, resultingStatus, number, expected, interval );
         } catch ( Exception e ) {
            e.printStackTrace();
         }
      } ).start();
   }//End Method
}//End Class


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Volcanic Rock & The Visual Language of Bob Landström
Bob Landström, 5075 kHz, 48 x 48. Courtesy of the artist
By NOAH SONNENBURG, December 2020
Artist Bob Landström isn't interested in meaning. When his work is displayed on gallery walls, he's curious when people approach them with great intent, looking for something to decipher.
"They try to read the paintings," Landström says with a chuckle. "They see these portions of words, phrases or mathematical formulas. They sit there and try to piece it together like they're going to discover something specific that's never in the painting."
Replete with a sporadic array of words, glyphs, signs and the occasional sardonic animal subject, the Atlanta-based artist's work is understandably engaging and equally puzzling. At first glance, they demand investigation, only to offer no concrete solutions
Take, for instance, Spicy Melodrama, a 36"x48" piece of Landström's. In the upper, right-hand quadrant of the image, a kingfisher peers over its left shoulder, perched on a small fragment of a circuit diagram. Fashioned like a cybernetic Ohara Koson print, this small vignette of the piece lays on top of a warm orange glow,slowly dissipating over the expanse of the canvas.
As the eye travels to the further reaches of this luminescence, glyphs and phonemes make themselves appear in shades of gray and black. Finally, reaching the bottom left of the image, a circle appears, dripping with green ooze, giving off a carnal aura. A wound or a portal to somewhere beyond our world?
To those unfamiliar with Landström's approach, a painting may seem layered with exhaustively considered symbolism. Maybe the kingfisher is a cyber-philosophical statement. Does Bob want me to consider anarcho-primitivism? To Landström, however, that's absurd. In his view, his work is a quick glimpse into his mind on a given day.
"With everything that I paint," Landström notes. "Each painting is kind of like a snapshot, a moment in time of what I was thinking about or hearing or saying at that moment."
Regarding the symbolism of the glyphs and lettering of his work, Landström develops each with a distinct philosophy. It's all about universality and shared perception.
"I've got this working theory that any symbol has the same meaning to us, regardless of our culture, our sex, our religion, or nationality, or even the period of time when we lived," Landström says. "If I make a plus sign, it's going to trigger the same neurons in whoever looks at it. In that sense, I'm using these things not really to write a script, but more for the graphical qualities of that symbol."
Interestingly enough however, the shapes in Landström's work aren't the start and end of his oeuvre's mercurial imagery. Viewers will immediately see that each image has an overwhelming graininess to it—almost three dimensional in its texture. Some may say it even appears sandy. Those viewers would be correct.
Landström paints with volcanic rock.
Bob Landström, Detail from 13363 kHz, 72 x 48. Courtesy of the artist
When Landström was a young artist, he jumped between media. In different phases he would settle into the use of one medium or another, viewing it as an absolute of artistic philosophy—an aesthetic positivist's perspective of sorts.
"There was a long period of time where I was trying to identify whether I was a 'drawer' or a 'painter' or a 'sculptor,'" Landström recalls. "I had this personal philosophy at the time that everything is drawing, whether it's in any, any kind of medium. Then I thought, 'Well, no. Everything is painting.' But in terms of the medium I was actually working in, it kind of ebbed and flowed."
For a while it was painting, then it was drawing and then it was steel sculpture. Landström truly hit his material stride after a period spent researching metaphysics and ancient spirituality. After immersing himself in that world, he began thinking that an artist's medium shouldn't be an absolute. Rather, it should closely align with the subject matter at hand; some things demand being painted and others should be drawn and so on.
Delving deeper into this ideological exploration, and after having traveled to the American Southwest to study petroglyphs, Landström recognized his connection to Earth both in a spiritual sense and for his fascination with its "alchemical properties" as he puts it. With this connection motivating, he began to explore how he could affix crushed volcanic rock to a flat surface.
"I just started trying it," Landström explains. "For a long time, I was taking rock in different degrees of granularity and just mixing it with paint,using oil paint as the binder for it. It would go on the canvas as wet, sticky gravel."
As Landström continued to explore his newfound medium, he did away with the notion of using pre-pigmented oil paints to simply bind the rock. He developed a way to have the rock accept raw pigment and later bind it together with an acrylic polymer emulsion.
"It still goes on as a sticky gravel," Landström says. "But there's no blending of colors because there's no liquid paint in the emulsion. So it goes on like that but I can't use a brush for that sort of thing. So it goes on with trowels and spatulas and nails and sticks."
Bob Landström, She Gently Blew Up, 48 x 48. Courtesy of the artist
Years on, Landström has continued to practice his innovative techniques. As someone motivated by and obsessed with visual language, every waking hour is filled with art and the perfection of his method—sometimes at great personal cost.
"Art is the reason I get up and it's running through my head the entire day," Landström says. "There's a high price to pay for being that kind of an individual. I've lost relationships over art, you know, I'm sure I've lost friends over art, because it consumes so much of your emotional energy. Art is a beast that demands to be fed. It's my beast and I live to feed it."
Today, Landström's large body of work has been collected and displayed internationally as his mesmerizing creations capture the imaginations of buyers and patrons in galleries worldwide. And with a recent reinvigoration of his artistic sensibilities, Landström sees a bright future ahead.
"I'm optimistic because, for quite a long time, I had just occasional or minimal interest in my work," Landström says. "But over the past few years, that's completely turned around. I want to step on the gas pedal. What I'm really hoping is that my audience grows and I can have conversations like we're having today and make the most honest work I can create."
Bob Landström will have work featured at The Sagamore Hotel for Miami Art Week this December.
For more, please visit his website: https://artofboblandstrom.com/. WM
Noah Sonnenburg
Noah Sonnenburg is a freelance writer based in Pasadena, CA. His work covers automobiles, film, fine art and entertainment.


text:
Q: What is the function of const specifier in enum types? enum foo : const unsigned int
{
    F,
    S,
    T
};

void func()
{
    foo p;
    p = F;
}

The above compiles so the underlying type is not a const type?

A: The const qualifier is ignored in the specification of enum-base; which just expects an integral type to be used as the underlying type of the enumeration type, specifying const (or volatile) doesn't make much sense.
(emphasis mine)

colon (:), followed by a type-specifier-seq that names an integral type (if it is cv-qualified, qualifications are ignored) that will serve as the fixed underlying type for this enumeration type

From the standard, [dcl.enum]/2:
(emphasis mine)

The type-specifier-seq of an enum-base shall name an integral type; any cv-qualification is ignored.

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text:
Eid al-Adha (, , ) este una dintre cele mai importante sărbători musulmane, alături de Sărbătoarea Ruperii Postului (în limba arabă: Eid al-Fitr). Sărbătoarea are loc anual în luna Dhu'l-Hijjah, ultima lună a calendarului islamic și durează patru zile. Ea reprezintă punctul culminant al festivităților legate de Hajj, marele pelerinaj anual organizat la Mecca, Arabia Saudită.

Termenul de Kurban își are originea din limba arabă, de la rădăcina cuvântului Kurb, ce se traduce prin "apropiere", cuvânt utilizat și pentru animalul ce urmează a fi sacrificat. Un alt nume al sărbătorii este Eid al-Kabir (Sărbătoarea Mare), aflat în opoziție cu Eid al-Fitr numit și Eid al-Saghir (Sărbătoarea mică).

Perioada sărbătorii
Pentru stabilirea evenimentelor importante și a sărbătorilor religioase, musulmanii utilizează calendarul islamic, calculat după fazele lunii (calendar lunar) și este cu 10-12 zile mai scurt decât anul din calendarul gregorian. Conform calendarului gregorian, cel islamic începe în anul 622 d.Hr, an denumit Hegira, în care a avut loc emigrarea profetului Muhammad de la Mecca la Medina. De asemenea, referința pentru începutul următoarei zile este chemarea la rugăciunea rituală de seară și nu miezul nopții cum suntem obișnuiți.

Kurban Bayramî se sărbătorește anual, în a douăsprezecea lună islamică (în limba turcă: Zul-Hijjah sau Dhu'l-Hijjah), ziua a zecea și durează patru zile. În anul 2016 d.Hr., ce corespunde cu anul islamic 1437, Kurban Bayramî s-a sărbătorit în data de 12 septembrie.

Originile sărbătorii
Originile acestei sărbători sunt foarte vechi și comemorează supunerea Profetului Ibrahim (Avraam) în fața lui Allah (Dumnezeu). Conform tradiției islamice, credința lui Avraam a fost pusă la încercare, iar Allah i-a ordonat să-și sacrifice unicul său fiu. De dragul lui Allah, Avraam a fost de acord să-și omoare fiul, dar în momentul în care a vrut să-l înjunghie pe altar, Allah l-a oprit și le-a trimis celor doi un berbec ce a fost sacrificat în locul său. Avraam și-a dovedit astfel credința, supunerea și iubirea față Allah. Acest eveniment este recunoscut și de tradiția iudeo-creștină și este relatat în Biblie, în Geneză capitolul 22, dar și în Coran. Diferența principală constă în faptul că spre deosebire de Biblie unde se spune că Isaac este fiul ce urma să fie sacrificat, în Coran nu se specifică numele fiului lui Avraam. Majoritatea teologilor și învățaților musulmani cred însă că este vorba despre Ismael, fratele mai mare al lui Isaac.

Tradiții și practici
În prima zi de sărbătoare congregația, formată din bărbați, se adună în moschee pentru a îndeplini împreună prima rugăciune de dimineață, după care urmează rugăciunea specială de Bayram. După finalizarea rugăciunilor aceștia se felicită în moschee și apoi se îndreaptă spre casele lor, moment din care începe oficial sărbătoarea. Toată lumea, îmbrăcată în haine noi își vizitează rudele, în special cele vârstnice. Este un prilej de bucurie, apropiere, iertare și împăcare.
În același timp, după rugăciunea de Bayram, până la apusul celei de-a treia zi de sărbătoare, cei care își permit, sacrifică un animal (Kurban) pe care îl împart cu cei nevoiași, cu rude și vecini.

Condiții de sacrificare
Animalul sacrificat poate fi doar: oaie, vacă, bivol, capră sau cămilă, depinde de specificul zonei sau a situației financiare a celui care oferă sacrificiul. Vârsta minimă a Kurbanului trebuie să fie precum urmează: oaia și capra peste un an, vaca și bivolul peste doi ani, iar cămila peste cinci ani. Animalul legat la ochi se așază pe partea stângă, cu capul îndreptat spre Kabaa și se sacrifică rapid, printr-o singură lovitură, fără a-l face să sufere. Ritualul este precedat de rostirea unor rugăciuni specifice, dintre care cea mai importantă este: "Bismillah Allahü ekber" (În numele lui Allah, Allah este Mare).

Kurbanul se împarte în trei părți din care una rămâne familiei, una se oferă rudelor și cealaltă parte nevoiașilor.

Calendarul
 10 mai 1995 (1415)
 28 aprilie 1996 (1416)
 18 aprilie 1997 (1417)
 7 aprilie 1998 (1418)
 28 martie 1999 (1419)
 16 martie 2000 (1420)
 5 martie 2001 (1421)
 23 februarie 2002 (1422)
 12 februarie 2003 (1423)
 1 februarie 2004 (1424)
 21 ianuarie 2005 (1425)
 10 ianuarie 2006 (1426)
 31 decembrie 2006 (1427)
 20 decembrie 2007 (1428)
 8 decembrie 2008 (1429)
 27 noiembrie 2009 (1430)
 16 noiembrie 2010 (1431)
 6 noiembrie 2011 (1432)
 26 octombrie 2012 (1433)
 15 octombrie 2013 (1434)
 5 octombrie 2014 (1435)
 24 septembrie 2015 (1436)
 12 septembrie 2016 (1437)
 1 septembrie 2017 (1438)
 22 august 2018 (1439)
 11 august 2019 (1440)
 31 iulie 2020 (1441)
 20 iulie 2021 (1442)
 9 iulie 2022 (1443)
 28 iunie 2023 (1444)
 17 iunie 2024 (1445)

Note

Bibliografie
 Mohammed Rashed: Das Opferfest (cid-aladha) im heutigen Ägypten. Klaus Schwarz Verlag, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-87997-267-2.

Legături externe

 http://turkmenelinews.com.tr, Eid ul-Adha, Kurban Bayramı, accesat în data de 01.07.2016
 http://www.oxfordreference.com/, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. Ed. John Bowker. Oxford University Press, 2000. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Accesat în data de 10.09.2016.
 http://takvim.ihya.org, Calendarul musulman 2016, accesat în data de 10.09.2016

Islam
Musulmani
Sărbători musulmane
Sacrificii
Ramadan
Cuvinte și expresii în limba arabă

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text:
Events from the year 1524 in Sweden

Incumbents
 Monarch – Gustav I

Events

 - The Protestant reformer Olaus Petri begins his sermons in Stockholm.
 - The first of the Dalecarlian Rebellions, staged by the deposed bishops Peder Sunnanväder and Knut Mikaelsson and supported by Christina Gyllenstierna and Berent von Mehlen.
 11 September - Treaty of Malmö.

Births

Deaths

 24 March - Ingrid Persdotter, nun famed for her love letters

References

Years of the 16th century in Sweden
Sweden


text:
Edith Kahbang Walla, conocida como Kah Walla, (Ibadán (Nigéria), 28 de febrero de 1965) es una empresaria y política camerunense. Desde abril de 2011 es presidenta del Cameroon People's Party. Activista en favor de la participación política ciudadana, especialmente de mujeres y jóvenes, en 2008 fundó el movimiento de sociedad civil Camerún Ô Bosso. En 2011 fue la única mujer candidata a las elecciones presidenciales y quedó en el 6 puesto de 23 candidatos.

Está al frente de una asesoría en liderazgo y dirección y gestión de empresas denominada Strategies! que creó en 1995. En 2007 cuando militaba en el Frente Socialdemócrata de Camerún (SDF), partido político líder de la oposición, fue elegida en el consejo municipal del ayuntamiento de Douala1er. Abandonó el SDF en 2010 y pasó a liderar en 2011 el Cameroon People's Party (CPP) con quien se presentó a las elecciones presidenciales.

Kah Walla fue reconocida en 2007 como la una de las siete mujeres emprendedoras influentes de África por el Banco mundial. En 2011 formó parte de la lista de 150 mujeres que hacen mover el mundo elaborada por el semanal americano Newsweek.

Biografía
 Kah Walla es originaria de la región del Noroeste de Camerún, concretamente de Bali-Nyonga por su padre y de Pinyin por su madre.

Su padre John Salomon Walla fue director de gabinete de John Ngu Foncha y de Salomon Tandeng Muna, después inspector general, director de la marina mercante en Duala y finalmente representante de Camerún en la conferencia ministerial de África del oeste y de África central sobre los asuntos marítimos en Abiyán. Su madre, Grace Ebako Walla tenía formación en salud pública, dirigió la ONG Camnafaw (Cameroon National Association for Family Welfare).

Edith Kahbang Walla nació el 28 de febrero de 1965 en Ibadán, Nigéria. Su madre había estudiado en Nigeria -tenía dos doctorados en salud pública y educación para la salud- y quiso dar a luz en el hospital donde estudió. Una semana después sus padres regresaron a Yaundé donde vivían y donde realizó sus estudios primarios en la escuela estadounidense.

Continuó secundaria en el liceo de Bouaké en Costa de Marfil donde su familia se trasladado por motivos de trabajo de su padre. Tras la selectividad fue admitida en la Universidad Howard en Washington, en Estados Unidos, donde obtuvo una licenciatura en zoología en 1986, antes de realizar un Máster Of Business Administración en 1990 también en la Howard University.

Trayectoria profesional
Tras terminar sus estudios regresa a  Camerún donde trabaja durante cuatro años para la empresa Bikanda Conseil, antes de crear su propia empresa, Strategies!, en abril de 1995. En la actualidad se mantiene al frente de esta empresa especializada en liderazgo y dirección y gestión de empresas.

Trayectoria política
Sus padres eran activistas africanistas y su relación con el activismo y la política empezó pronto. Es al seno del SDF, al principio de los años 1990, Edith Kahbang Walla debutó en su carrera política en Camerún como observadora. Adquiere de experiencia con el paso de los años; con el apoyo de uno de sus colegas redactan el último discurso del líder del SDF, Ni John Fru Ndi, pronunciado durante su campaña en 1992.

Frente Socialdemócrata
En 2007, se afilió al SDF y fue elegida concejala de Duala, en la circunscripción de Duala 1.º

El 23 de octubre de 2010 abandonó el partido tras una acusación de malversación financiera y fue elegida presidenta del Cameroon People's Party en abril de 2011 sucediendo a Samuel Fon Tita quién había creado este partido en 1991.

Candidatura a las elecciones presidenciales de 2011
En 2010, Kah Walla anuncia a la prensa su intención de presentarse a las elecciones presidenciales de 2011. Primero se da de baja del SDF y poco después íntegra el CPP y resulta elegida presidenta en abril de 2011. Explicará en lo sucesivo que el partido para el cual ha militado desde su creación ya no compartía las mismas ideas que ella, sobre todo en lo que implicaba la visión para las elecciones presidenciales.

Entre 2010 y 2011, Kah Walla multiplica sus intervenciones en los medios de comunicación con el fin de dar a conocer su partido, el CPP, desconocido aunque creado desde 1991. A través del eslogan « The people first » (Primero el pueblo), el partido encuentra eco entre los jóvenes, que son su objetivo principal.

Para atraer el máximo de jóvenes posibles, Kah Walla anima las inscripciones en las listas electorales en todo el país. La campaña de sensibilización le permitió dirigirse a más de 500 000 camerunenses en muy poco tiempo.

Kah Walla, compite en las presidenciales con otros 22 candidatos entre ellos Paul Biya, se lanza activamente en la campaña y plantea propuestas que implican a la juventud y a la gran mayoría de la población. Entre revisión del mandato presidencial y limitación de los mandatos, bajo el eslogan "Kah Walla 2011 – The Time is Now !", sus propuestas tienen como objetivo afirmar su candidatura.

En las votaciones queda en el puesto 6 entre las 23 candidaturas, con el 0,72 % de los sufragios expresados. En las elecciones triunfa el presidente saliente Paul Biya.

Elecciones presidenciales 2018
El partido que lidera Kah Walla anunció que no presentaría candidatura a las elecciones presidenciales de octubre de 2018 señalando que el partido quiere centrarse en preparar una transición democrática propuesta por el movimiento Stand Up For Cameroon.

Activista por la participación de mujeres y jóvenes en la política
Kah Walla fue fundadora en 2008 del movimiento Camerún Ô Bosso, una organización ciudadana en defensa de los derechos civiles que apoya especialmente la incorporación de mujeres y jóvenes en los procesos políticos para el avance de la democracia.

En 2013 a pesar de que el 52 % de la población de Camerún son mujeres éstas apenas ocupan el 14 % de los escaños del parlamento y solo el 6 % de las alcaldías. Women's Democracy Network WDN y Cameroon O'Bosso (CÔB), con la participación de Kah Walla organizaron un encuentro para analizar las posibilidades de trabajo en vista a incrementar la presencia de mujeres en las elecciones legislativas municipales.

En 2018 Kah Walla apoyó la campaña liderada por Alice Nkom y su asociación Women Voters and Sons para animar a la población joven y a las mujeres a inscribirse en las listas electorales ante las elecciones presidenciales de octubre de 2018.

Premios y distinciones
Kah Walla ha recibido varios premios y distinciones como empresaria y como militante :
 En 2007 fue reconocida por el Banco mundial, en su informe Doing Business: Women in Africa, como lo una de las siete mujeres contratistas que trabajan a mejorar el medio ambiente de los asuntos a Camerún.

 En 2010 fue citado por las revistas estadounidenses Newsweek y Daily Beast como una de las 150 mujeres que hacen mover el mundo.
 En 2011 recibe el Vital Voices Global Liderazgo Award in público Life

 En 2014 recibió el DVF Award (puesto por Diane Von Furstenberg).

 En 2015 fue reconocida con el Vital Voices Vanguard Award 2015.

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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Slave Narrative)
The book-length narrative, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (1861), chronicles the experiences of Harriet Jacobs who was born a slave in Edenton, North Carolina, in 1813. Harriet was unaware of her slave status until at age six, her mother died and she was sent to live in the house of her mistress. Margaret Horniblow taught Harriet how to read and write in the years before she died and bequeathed the 11-year-old Harriet to her 3-year-old niece, Mary Matilda Norcom. Residing in the Norcom household throughout her adolescence, Harriet endured unremitting sexual harassment from Mary's father, Dr. James Norcom, and became the object of abuse by his jealous wife. Harriet used pseudonyms throughout her narrative as in chapters 5 and 6 in which she described the abuse commonly endured by adolescent girls in the slave south.
In addition to recounting her own experiences as a girl, Jacobs also describes those of numerous other children—black and white, free and unfree, male and female, children and adolescents—including her own. In an attempt to resist her master, Harriet had two children with Samuel Tredwell Sawyer, a young white lawyer.
Why might Jacobs have emphasized her identity as a "slave girl" and not as a "child" or "woman?" In what ways did Jacobs' description of her lived reality challenge dominant ideals of girlhood in antebellum culture? What purposes might girlhood have served in the formation of broader notions about race, nation, gender, sexuality, and American identity? How did Jacobs' description of herself compare with the depiction of black girls as "pickaninnies" like the devilish Topsy in Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)? By staking a claim to her innocence did Jacobs appropriate feminine purity from white girls like Stowe's idealized Little Eva, a central figure in the anti-slavery novel that evoked readers' sympathy far and wide? In what ways might Jacob's figure of the slave girl have been useful to the cause of Abolition ardently championed by her editor, Lydia Maria Child, a women's right's supporter, and the author of The Girl's Own Book (1833)? In what ways might these varied constructions of girlhood have reflected and influenced broader historical changes?
Jacobs, Harriet Ann. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself.A full-text version is available at Project Gutenberg, http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/11030 (accessed August 12, 2010). Annotated by Miriam Forman-Brunell.
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The Trials Of Girlhood (ch 5)
During the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress. Though this seemed to me no more than right, I was grateful for it, and tried to merit the kindness by the faithful discharge of my duties. But I now entered on my fifteenth year--a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import. I tried to treat them with indifference or contempt. The master's age, my extreme youth, and the fear that his conduct would be reported to my grandmother, made him bear this treatment for many months. He was a crafty man, and resorted to many means to accomplish his purposes. Sometimes he had stormy, terrific ways, that made his victims tremble; sometimes he assumed a gentleness that he thought must surely subdue. Of the two, I preferred his stormy moods, although they left me trembling. He tried his utmost to corrupt the pure principles my grandmother had instilled. He peopled my young mind with unclean images, such as only a vile monster could think of. I turned from him with disgust and hatred. But he was my master. I was compelled to live under the same roof with him--where I saw a man forty years my senior daily violating the most sacred commandments of nature. He told me I was his property; that I must be subject to his will in all things. My soul revolted against the mean tyranny. But where could I turn for protection? No matter whether the slave girl be as black as ebony or as fair as her mistress. In either case, there is no shadow of law to protect her from insult, from violence, or even from death; all these are inflicted by fiends who bear the shape of men. The mistress, who ought to protect the helpless victim, has no other feelings towards her but those of jealousy and rage. The degradation, the wrongs, the vices, that grow out of slavery, are more than I can describe. They are greater than you would willingly believe. Surely, if you credited one half the truths that are told you concerning the helpless millions suffering in this cruel bondage, you at the north would not help to tighten the yoke. You surely would refuse to do for the master, on your own soil, the mean and cruel work which trained bloodhounds and the lowest class of whites do for him at the south.
Every where the years bring to all enough of sin and sorrow; but in slavery the very dawn of life is darkened by these shadows. Even the little child, who is accustomed to wait on her mistress and her children, will learn, before she is twelve years old, why it is that her mistress hates such and such a one among the slaves. Perhaps the child's own mother is among those hated ones. She listens to violent outbreaks of jealous passion, and cannot help understanding what is the cause. She will become prematurely knowing in evil things. Soon she will learn to tremble when she hears her master's footfall. She will be compelled to realize that she is no longer a child. If God has bestowed beauty upon her, it will prove her greatest curse. That which commands admiration in the white woman only hastens the degradation of the female slave. I know that some are too much brutalized by slavery to feel the humiliation of their position; but many slaves feel it most acutely, and shrink from the memory of it. I cannot tell how much I suffered in the presence of these wrongs, nor how I am still pained by the retrospect. My master met me at every turn, reminding me that I belonged to him, and swearing by heaven and earth that he would compel me to submit to him. If I went out for a breath of fresh air, after a day of unwearied toil, his footsteps dogged me. If I knelt by my mother's grave, his dark shadow fell on me even there. The light heart which nature had given me became heavy with sad forebodings. The other slaves in my master's house noticed the change. Many of them pitied me; but none dared to ask the cause. They had no need to inquire. They knew too well the guilty practices under that roof; and they were aware that to speak of them was an offence that never went unpunished.
I longed for some one to confide in. I would have given the world to have laid my head on my grandmother's faithful bosom, and told her all my troubles. But Dr. Flint swore he would kill me, if I was not as silent as the grave. Then, although my grandmother was all in all to me, I feared her as well as loved her. I had been accustomed to look up to her with a respect bordering upon awe. I was very young, and felt shamefaced about telling her such impure things, especially as I knew her to be very strict on such subjects. Moreover, she was a woman of a high spirit. She was usually very quiet in her demeanor; but if her indignation was once roused, it was not very easily quelled. I had been told that she once chased a white gentleman with a loaded pistol, because he insulted one of her daughters. I dreaded the consequences of a violent outbreak; and both pride and fear kept me silent. But though I did not confide in my grandmother, and even evaded her vigilant watchfulness and inquiry, her presence in the neighborhood was some protection to me. Though she had been a slave, Dr. Flint was afraid of her. He dreaded her scorching rebukes. Moreover, she was known and patronized by many people; and he did not wish to have his villany made public. It was lucky for me that I did not live on a distant plantation, but in a town not so large that the inhabitants were ignorant of each other's affairs. Bad as are the laws and customs in a slaveholding community, the doctor, as a professional man, deemed it prudent to keep up some outward show of decency.
O, what days and nights of fear and sorrow that man caused me! Reader, it is not to awaken sympathy for myself that I am telling you truthfully what I suffered in slavery. I do it to kindle a flame of compassion in your hearts for my sisters who are still in bondage, suffering as I once suffered.
I once saw two beautiful children playing together. One was a fair white child; the other was her slave, and also her sister. When I saw them embracing each other, and heard their joyous laughter, I turned sadly away from the lovely sight. I foresaw the inevitable blight that would fall on the little slave's heart. I knew how soon her laughter would be changed to sighs. The fair child grew up to be a still fairer woman. From childhood to womanhood her pathway was blooming with flowers, and overarched by a sunny sky. Scarcely one day of her life had been clouded when the sun rose on her happy bridal morning.
How had those years dealt with her slave sister, the little playmate of her childhood? She, also, was very beautiful; but the flowers and sunshine of love were not for her. She drank the cup of sin, and shame, and misery, whereof her persecuted race are compelled to drink.
In view of these things, why are ye silent, ye free men and women of the north? Why do your tongues falter in maintenance of the right? Would that I had more ability! But my heart is so full, and my pen is so weak! There are noble men and women who plead for us, striving to help those who cannot help themselves. God bless them! God give them strength and courage to go on! God bless those, every where, who are laboring to advance the cause of humanity!
The Jealous Mistress (ch 6)
I would ten thousand times rather that my children should be the half-starved paupers of Ireland than to be the most pampered among the slaves of America. I would rather drudge out my life on a cotton plantation, till the grave opened to give me rest, than to live with an unprincipled master and a jealous mistress. The felon's home in a penitentiary is preferable. He may repent, and turn from the error of his ways, and so find peace; but it is not so with a favorite slave. She is not allowed to have any pride of character. It is deemed a crime in her to wish to be virtuous.
Mrs. Flint possessed the key to her husband's character before I was born. She might have used this knowledge to counsel and to screen the young and the innocent among her slaves; but for them she had no sympathy. They were the objects of her constant suspicion and malevolence. She watched her husband with unceasing vigilance; but he was well practised in means to evade it. What he could not find opportunity to say in words he manifested in signs. He invented more than were ever thought of in a deaf and dumb asylum. I let them pass, as if I did not understand what he meant; and many were the curses and threats bestowed on me for my stupidity. One day he caught me teaching myself to write. He frowned, as if he was not well pleased; but I suppose he came to the conclusion that such an accomplishment might help to advance his favorite scheme. Before long, notes were often slipped into my hand. I would return them, saying, "I can't read them, sir." "Can't you?" he replied; "then I must read them to you." He always finished the reading by asking, "Do you understand?" Sometimes he would complain of the heat of the tea room, and order his supper to be placed on a small table in the piazza. He would seat himself there with a well-satisfied smile, and tell me to stand by and brush away the flies. He would eat very slowly, pausing between the mouthfuls. These intervals were employed in describing the happiness I was so foolishly throwing away, and in threatening me with the penalty that finally awaited my stubborn disobedience. He boasted much of the forbearance he had exercised towards me, and reminded me that there was a limit to his patience. When I succeeded in avoiding opportunities for him to talk to me at home, I was ordered to come to his office, to do some errand. When there, I was obliged to stand and listen to such language as he saw fit to address to me. Sometimes I so openly expressed my contempt for him that he would become violently enraged, and I wondered why he did not strike me.
Circumstanced as he was, he probably thought it was better policy to be forebearing. But the state of things grew worse and worse daily. In desperation I told him that I must and would apply to my grandmother for protection. He threatened me with death, and worse than death, if I made any complaint to her. Strange to say, I did not despair. I was naturally of a buoyant disposition, and always I had a hope of somehow getting out of his clutches. Like many a poor, simple slave before me, I trusted that some threads of joy would yet be woven into my dark destiny.
I had entered my sixteenth year, and every day it became more apparent that my presence was intolerable to Mrs. Flint. Angry words frequently passed between her and her husband. He had never punished me himself, and he would not allow any body else to punish me. In that respect, she was never satisfied; but, in her angry moods, no terms were too vile for her to bestow upon me. Yet I, whom she detested so bitterly, had far more pity for her than he had, whose duty it was to make her life happy. I never wronged her, or wished to wrong her, and one word of kindness from her would have brought me to her feet.
After repeated quarrels between the doctor and his wife, he announced his intention to take his youngest daughter, then four years old, to sleep in his apartment. It was necessary that a servant should sleep in the same room, to be on hand if the child stirred. I was selected for that office, and informed for what purpose that arrangement had been made. By managing to keep within sight of people, as much as possible, during the day time, I had hitherto succeeded in eluding my master, though a razor was often held to my throat to force me to change this line of policy. At night I slept by the side of my great aunt, where I felt safe. He was too prudent to come into her room. She was an old woman, and had been in the family many years. Moreover, as a married man, and a professional man, he deemed it necessary to save appearances in some degree. But he resolved to remove the obstacle in the way of his scheme; and he thought he had planned it so that he should evade suspicion. He was well aware how much I prized my refuge by the side of my old aunt, and he determined to dispossess me of it. The first night the doctor had the little child in his room alone. The next morning, I was ordered to take my station as nurse the following night. A kind Providence interposed in my favor. During the day Mrs. Flint heard of this new arrangement, and a storm followed. I rejoiced to hear it rage.
After a while my mistress sent for me to come to her room. Her first question was, "Did you know you were to sleep in the doctor's room?"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Who told you?"
"My master."
"Will you answer truly all the questions I ask?"
"Tell me, then, as you hope to be forgiven, are you innocent of what I have accused you?"
"I am."
She handed me a Bible, and said, "Lay your hand on your heart, kiss this holy book, and swear before God that you tell me the truth."
I took the oath she required, and I did it with a clear conscience.
"You have taken God's holy word to testify your innocence," said she. "If you have deceived me, beware! Now take this stool, sit down, look me directly in the face, and tell me all that has passed between your master and you."
I did as she ordered. As I went on with my account her color changed frequently, she wept, and sometimes groaned. She spoke in tones so sad, that I was touched by her grief. The tears came to my eyes; but I was soon convinced that her emotions arose from anger and wounded pride. She felt that her marriage vows were desecrated, her dignity insulted; but she had no compassion for the poor victim of her husband's perfidy. She pitied herself as a martyr; but she was incapable of feeling for the condition of shame and misery in which her unfortunate, helpless slave was placed. Yet perhaps she had some touch of feeling for me; for when the conference was ended, she spoke kindly, and promised to protect me. I should have been much comforted by this assurance if I could have had confidence in it; but my experiences in slavery had filled me with distrust. She was not a very refined woman, and had not much control over her passions. I was an object of her jealousy, and, consequently, of her hatred; and I knew I could not expect kindness or confidence from her under the circumstances in which I was placed. I could not blame her. Slaveholders' wives feel as other women would under similar circumstances. The fire of her temper kindled from small-sparks, and now the flame became so intense that the doctor was obliged to give up his intended arrangement.
I knew I had ignited the torch, and I expected to suffer for it afterwards; but I felt too thankful to my mistress for the timely aid she rendered me to care much about that. She now took me to sleep in a room adjoining her own. There I was an object of her especial care, though not to her especial comfort, for she spent many a sleepless night to watch over me. Sometimes I woke up, and found her bending over me. At other times she whispered in my ear, as though it was her husband who was speaking to me, and listened to hear what I would answer. If she startled me, on such occasions, she would glide stealthily away; and the next morning she would tell me I had been talking in my sleep, and ask who I was talking to. At last, I began to be fearful for my life. It had been often threatened; and you can imagine, better than I can describe, what an unpleasant sensation it must produce to wake up in the dead of night and find a jealous woman bending over you. Terrible as this experience was, I had fears that it would give place to one more terrible.
My mistress grew weary of her vigils; they did not prove satisfactory. She changed her tactics. She now tried the trick of accusing my master of crime, in my presence, and gave my name as the author of the accusation. To my utter astonishment, he replied, "I don't believe it; but if she did acknowledge it, you tortured her into exposing me." Tortured into exposing him! Truly, Satan had no difficulty in distinguishing the color of his soul! I understood his object in making this false representation. It was to show me that I gained nothing by seeking the protection of my mistress; that the power was still all in his own hands. I pitied Mrs. Flint. She was a second wife, many years the junior of her husband; and the hoary-headed miscreant was enough to try the patience of a wiser and better woman. She was completely foiled, and knew not how to proceed. She would gladly have had me flogged for my supposed false oath; but, as I have already stated, the doctor never allowed any one to whip me. The old sinner was politic. The application of the lash might have led to remarks that would have exposed him in the eyes of his children and grandchildren. How often did I rejoice that I lived in a town where all the inhabitants knew each other! If I had been on a remote plantation, or lost among the multitude of a crowded city, I should not be a living woman at this day.
The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition. My master was, to my knowledge, the father of eleven slaves. But did the mothers dare to tell who was the father of their children? Did the other slaves dare to allude to it, except in whispers among themselves? No, indeed! They knew too well the terrible consequences.
My grandmother could not avoid seeing things which excited her suspicions. She was uneasy about me, and tried various ways to buy me; but the never-changing answer was always repeated: "Linda does not belong to _me_. She is my daughter's property, and I have no legal right to sell her." The conscientious man! He was too scrupulous to _sell_ me; but he had no scruples whatever about committing a much greater wrong against the helpless young girl placed under his guardianship, as his daughter's property. Sometimes my persecutor would ask me whether I would like to be sold. I told him I would rather be sold to any body than to lead such a life as I did. On such occasions he would assume the air of a very injured individual, and reproach me for my ingratitude. "Did I not take you into the house, and make you the companion of my own children?" he would say. "Have _I_ ever treated you like a negro? I have never allowed you to be punished, not even to please your mistress. And this is the recompense I get, you ungrateful girl!" I answered that he had reasons of his own for screening me from punishment, and that the course he pursued made my mistress hate me and persecute me. If I wept, he would say, "Poor child! Don't cry! don't cry! I will make peace for you with your mistress. Only let me arrange matters in my own way. Poor, foolish girl! you don't know what is for your own good. I would cherish you. I would make a lady of you. Now go, and think of all I have promised you."
I did think of it.
Reader, I draw no imaginary pictures of southern homes. I am telling you the plain truth. Yet when victims make their escape from the wild beast of Slavery, northerners consent to act the part of bloodhounds, and hunt the poor fugitive back into his den, "full of dead men's bones, and all uncleanness." Nay, more, they are not only willing, but proud, to give their daughters in marriage to slaveholders. The poor girls have romantic notions of a sunny clime, and of the flowering vines that all the year round shade a happy home. To what disappointments are they destined! The young wife soon learns that the husband in whose hands she has placed her happiness pays no regard to his marriage vows. Children of every shade of complexion play with her own fair babies, and too well she knows that they are born unto him of his own household. Jealousy and hatred enter the flowery home, and it is ravaged of its loveliness.
Southern women often marry a man knowing that he is the father of many little slaves. They do not trouble themselves about it. They regard such children as property, as marketable as the pigs on the plantation; and it is seldom that they do not make them aware of this by passing them into the slave-trader's hands as soon as possible, and thus getting them out of their sight. I am glad to say there are some honorable exceptions.
I have myself known two southern wives who exhorted their husbands to free those slaves towards whom they stood in a "parental relation;" and their request was granted. These husbands blushed before the superior nobleness of their wives' natures. Though they had only counselled them to do that which it was their duty to do, it commanded their respect, and rendered their conduct more exemplary. Concealment was at an end, and confidence took the place of distrust.
Though this bad institution deadens the moral sense, even in white women, to a fearful extent, it is not altogether extinct. I have heard southern ladies say of Mr. Such a one, "He not only thinks it no disgrace to be the father of those little niggers, but he is not ashamed to call himself their master. I declare, such things ought not to be tolerated in any decent society!"
"Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Slave Narrative)," in Children and Youth in History, Item #473, http://chnm.gmu.edu/cyh/items/show/473 (accessed July 17, 2019).
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