#african children choir

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Universal Child by Annie Lennox from the album A Christmas Cornucopia

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Music for Life

African Children’s Choir (more…)

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IV: The Delightful Tale of Sector Z and the Last Soopreme Leader, Numbuh Three

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many, many, years ago

In space, no one can hear you scream.

Unless you were on Kids Next Door Moonbase.

There? People could hear you screaming out the wazoo.

Why, there was so much screaming going on there; it was practically white noise for Global Command. If there ever was a moment when there wasn't the lively chatter of a buhmillion kids from all walks of life communing on the base to end all bases, then it was either winter holiday break or something was terribly, horribly wrong.

At the moment, it was barely Thanksgiving. And given how quiet the Moonbase currently was, it was safe to say the silence was due to the latter scenario.

I.e. something bad was going down.

In docking bay eleventeen, a gaggle of operatives stiffly patrolled the area. Their movements were almost robotic, and their once bright eyes were now dull and listless as they meandered about, attending to some command with nary a fuss.

"Come on, guys! Snap out of it!" came a muffled shout from a holding cell. A fist pounded against the metal door, frantic eyes glaring out the tiny peephole. "You gotta fight it!"

The guard of the door, a random cafeteria working armed with a SCAMP rifle, narrowed her eyes at the door. "Be…quiet…"

Her tone lacked agency. Devoid of any emotion.

The prisoner redoubled their efforts, the door trembling under their futile efforts. "I got injured operatives and scared cadets in here, you jerk!" His voice was littered with panicked urgency. "One of them needs an inhaler! ASA-NOW!"

The cafeteria guard ignored him, focusing on her single-minded directive.

Suddenly, the docking bay lit up as a single SCAMPER hovered up to the loading terminal. Nearby, an out of place DOH-DOH Squad officer jerkily directed a gaggle science nerds to form up around the galley plank.

All children present crowded around the ship, the sights of their rifles steady against the hull's structural weak points.

The door to the SCAMPER hissed open, weapons humming madly in response.

"Don't…move," the kid in charge demanded of the unknown pilot. He glared. "State…your…business."

From the bowels of the ship, an accented voice cried, "Pizza delivery!"

"We did not order a…" the guard blinked, everyone looking down confused as a pizza box was chucked in the middle of their group. "…pizza?"

The cardboard lid slowly opened on its own, an angel choir sounding off as they all bore witness to the golden glory of the fabled Ninety-Nine Cheese New York Style Pizza.

Even in their mind-addled stated state, all operatives present couldn't stop their mouths from salivating.

Steam rose from the pie's crust as the cheese atop it began to boil and bubble.

SPLOOOOOOOSH!

The uncut, medium-sized pie exploded in a gooey burst of Parmesan, Asiago, and mozzarella. The force blew back all caught unaware, their bodies glued and trapped to nearby surfaces by hot, sticky cheese.

The way clear, a small figure cockily ambled out of the scamper. An African-American boy strutted onto the Moonbase proper, dressed in a worn, orange jumpsuit, the torso folded down to reveal the stretchy white jersey baggy against his chest. He kicked the toes of his Nike sneakers against the deck, pumping up his kicks for the inevitable butt-whooping he was about to dish out.

Jerome Kingsly used the nozzle of his blaster to adjust his shades, combing through his messy fro whilst his lips curled into a self-assured smirk. "Down in Brooklyn, we call that the Nine-Nine Special."

"Numbuh Nine-Nine! Over here!"

WARNING. This a long chapter. Please give yourself breaks :3

[msneedful-ispleaseful]

A True Monarch

CW: Manipulation, religious corruption, religious sexualization (?), blasphemies,

A/N: This is my first time writing for Asa Emory, this will be written in 3rd POV and always, send in a ask<3

The church bells chimed in a beautiful synchronization, and every young girl ran around the aisles of 2-foot-long mahogany wood benches, tripping and scraping their ankles with carpet burn due to the white dresses with a big bow tied in the back.

Every teen girl wore their hair in braids with flower pins, and knee-length dark blue dresses, the fabric appearing silk, each one looking after a smaller child.

On the other hand, the young adult women wore mid-thigh thick black dresses with a big bow on the front, they were in a variety of styles, and the church was essentially, bustling with many groups of busy females.

They were told to make the sanctuary cathedral into utter perfection, why? well, the pastor's one and only son would be in attendance today. Many older women rumored it would be the prodigal son's first return since he was 15, well the age varied, but one thing was sure, he had been gone for a long time due to his refusal of the church in which his father so passionately believed, it was unknown as to why his return was now and so sudden, but you simply thought, who needs an excuse to come home?

Every Nun stood out front, the chimes of the bells increasing rapidly letting you know the guest was now arriving, everyone settled onto a bench until each one was filled, and then you, the First Lady of the cloth, and Pastor Emory walked outside to greet the Pastors son..

"What did you say his name was again?" you ask the pastor as you two stroll down the cobblestone pathway, your hands shake and your palms feel sweaty with nerves, you feel the pressure to impress since after all you were the standard of a perfect lady here.

Knowing every bible passage by age 10, being a choir member, a volunteer for the children, being baptized at 15, sworn to celibacy at 17, and joining the ladies of the cloth at just 20 was a huge achievement along with ranking your way to the top of the pyramid, you succeeded every expectation of a female cloth member, now the first woman to be the First lady of the cloth at only 22.

You were prized by the entire Christian community. "His name is Asa, don't fear his unusual views on our way of life" The pastor warns you in a smooth tone with a hand on the point between your shoulders.

"Yes, father, I have been made aware that your son does not belive in our one and true god." You are mature enough to still accept such a sinful man into this sanctuary though, when finally approaching the gates, you see him.

You never understood what people meant by calling a non-African-American person Tall, dark, and handsome. But, now you did, it was his presence as a whole that made your knees quiver and when his eye, seemingly black, glimmering holes stared you up and down you felt a shiver go through your core. As a lady of faith, you knew nothing of this physical reaction. Taking a deep breath you compose yourself bow and speak; "Welcome home, Young Master Asa" he chuckles at you and lifts you by your chin to stop your bow.

"Please, just call me Mr. Emory…" His voice had a crazed and sexy tone to it, even his soft laugh, but it didn't seem real. "May I lead you to where you must be appointed?" I ask and before he could peak Father Emory interrupts. "Please, allow me and my son to catch up first" You nod at his words and walk off feeling Asa's eyes on you to the church doors.

[judeisunsure]

white women choir directors and their obsession with making white children sing african dialects incorrectly... goodness

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Julius Edward McCullough was (born May 31, 1943) composer, clarinetist, conductor, political activist, and educator who was born in Norfolk to Julius Arthur McCullough and Bettye Frances Farmer McCullough. They had two children.

He graduated from Norfolk Division of Virginia State College with a BS. He studied Instrumental Musthe ic Education as his principal instruments were clarinet and piano. He was a Charter Member of Epsilon Zeta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. He took a series of teaching positions in North Carolina and Virginia. He studied Music Supervision in the Temple University Graduate Program.

He was Band Director at Hine Junior High School and was a Union Representative to the Washington Teacher’s Union. He resumed graduate studies in Music Education at Virginia State College.

He married Laureese Shepherd Ebron. She died in 2011. There were no children.

He toured with the Duke Ellington Orchestra as a singer in the performance of his Sacred Concerts while serving as a Band Director with the Philadelphia School District. He became the first African American theater manager of a major American professional theater, The Valley Forge Music Fair, the sister theater to the Westbury Music Fair.

He was a Resident Composer and Artistic Consultant for Bushfire Theater Company, Charisma One Modeling Studio, and the Freedom Theatre in Philadelphia. He conducted the Pit Stop Orchestra, Center City Nightlife Orchestra, The Family Orchestra, and The Philadelphia Story Band. He was the Music Director in the Performing Arts Department of the Franklin Learning Center High School for Creative and Performing Arts. He retired from the Philadelphia School District He was a professor of music at St. Paul’s Episcopal College. He became the Artistic Director/Conductor of the Boys Choir of Hampton Roads. His compositions focus on religious music. They include “The Lord’s Prayer”, “The Lord is My Shepherd”, and “My Lord, What A Morning.”

He is a member of Life Member of the NAACP and serves on the Executive Board of the Norfolk Branch. He is president of the Tidewater Branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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Back to the “impenetrable forest”

3rd March 2023

The morning drummer at Kisiizi

After the wake-up drum at 6.30 am, morning prayers at Kisiizi are well attended. A choir of nursing students sings in typical African harmony, accompanied by classic African drumming, and people in the congregation of staff and visitors are often blown away if they haven’t heard this music before. A short homily is followed by the orders for the day, visitors are welcome (and are expected to make a sort of speech!)  and the staff disperse to the day’s work. 

Morning prayers at Bwindi

Prayers at Bwindi in the sunshine today were accompanied by a keyboard (that’s a change) but as always,  by singing in harmony, in the local language of Rukigwa; familiar tunes, but often I find it very tricky to fit the all syllables into the music. 

The hills around the hospital are beautiful, swallows swooping through the trees, and we were pleased to see some new buildings since we were last here. 

New medical ward with dining room above.

It was fun to discover that Scott Kellerman was at Bwindi when we arrived – the hospital was his creation and he remains a significant influence. Lovely to see him, and a host of young students and doctors, some having their first experience of tropical medicine. This lunchtime an American second year student was hugely excited at having helped with a Caesarean delivery on his very first morning. Mother and baby doing well.

We first came to Bwindi in 2013, when Kuule, who leads both the MH service and community development (great combination) had been recently appointed, and the dynamic young executive director was beginning to “create a healthy community”. They have made wonderful progress in developing and improving mental health services as part of that, and it’s been exciting to see.

First part of the day’s work is signing the Visitors’ Book - always!

The morning was taken up with Kuule’s report, much of it very encouraging. Kuule has taken seriously Ewan’s encouragement to turn data into information. As a result their figures are much more meaningful and they can begin to see how well they are doing in keeping patients well and preventing relapses. 

There is great improvement in services at the level of community health centres. Hurrah – one of the strategies which makes the most difference to patient care. If the service is close to home, they are much more likely to attend, become known by the team, and encouraged to stay on the necessary treatment. 

In some cases health centre staff are providing psychosocial interventions. Readmissions are down, new patient referrals are up – more hurrahs from me! All of this means that gradually the quality and coverage of mental health care is improving at Bwindi and the surrounding district. It’s unique in Uganda with this level of development. Wow. 

Kuule also presented a series of challenges. Finance (not enough money anywhere), staff recruitment and retention (government has recently increased their salaries to nearly double the private-not-for profit-hospitals – ouch). Frequent turnover of staff means Kuule is constantly needing to monitor and mentor newly qualified or otherwise inexperienced colleagues. The increasingly successful patient follow-up attendances and lots of new patients is great, but does result in more work.  

Ewan had a useful catch up meeting with the head accountant. Helpfully they are spending a bit less than budgeted.

We met the acting Executive Director with Kuule and discussed the challenges. Not a lot we can do about the government paying their staff so much!

We are enjoying the new guest accommodation at Bwindi. The hospital is very close to the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, where the gorillas live. Occasionally they come down to local gardens. None have come down to where we are, not so far, anyway.

We went for a walk after the rain shower and saw lots of children heading home from school including this family.

who then all got on the motorcycle taxi!

We walked as far as the local football field where some schools were playing.

Local footie and the Premier League gets everywhere.

[coochiequeens]

Happy International Women’s Day to women who prioritize women, especially today.

This site gives the deeper dive about the Trans Identified Male who transitioned after his career in the military was over instead of a woman in medicine or a woman in science on International Women’s Day off all days? Fuck that.

Selma Fraiberg (March 8, 1918–1981) was an American child psychoanalyst, author and social worker. She studied infants with congenital blindness in the 1970s. She found that blind babies had three problems to overcome: learning to recognize parents from sound alone, learning about permanence of objects, acquiring a typical or healthy self-image. She also found that vision acts as a way of pulling other sensory modalities together and without sight babies are delayed. In addition to her work with blind babies, she also was one of the founders of the field of infant mental health and developed mental health treatment approaches for infants, toddlers and their families. Her work on intergenerational transmission of trauma such as described in her landmark paper entitled "Ghosts in the Nursery"[1] has had an important influence on the work of living psychoanalysts and clinical researchers such as Alicia Lieberman and Daniel Schechter Her seminal contribution to childhood development, "The Magic Years", is still in use by students of childhood development and early childhood education throughout the United States. The Magic Years, which deals with early childhood and has been translated into 11 languages, was written when she was teaching at the Tulane Medical School in New Orleans.

At the time of her death, Selma Fraiberg was a professor of child psychoanalysis at the University of California, San Francisco and a clinician who devoted her career to helping troubled children. She was also professor emeritus of child psychoanalysis at the University of Michigan Medical School, where she had taught from 1963 to 1979, and had also been director of the Child Developmental Project in Washtenaw County, Mich., for children with emotional problems.

Fraiberg's work is said to have paralleled that of Anna Freud, a pioneer in child psychoanalysis. Both were keenly interested in young blind people. For 15 years Professor Fraiberg studied the development of children who were blind from birth, and this led to her writing Insights From the Blind: Comparative Studies of Blind and Sighted Infants, published in 1977. In the same year, she wrote Every Child's Birthright: In Defense of Mothering, a study of the early mother-child relationship in which she argued that all subsequent development is based on the quality of the child's first attachments.

Lilia Ann Abron (born March 8, 1945[1]) is an entrepreneur and chemical engineer. In 1972, Abron became the first African American woman to earn a PhD in chemical engineering.

Abron was born in Memphis, Tennessee,was the second of four daughters.[5]She was born prematurely, at home, and had to be rushed to the hospital by her aunt in a cab, as ambulances were not available for African Americans at the time.[5]

Her parents were both educators who had attended LeMoyne College (now LeMoyne-Owen College). Her father, Ernest Buford Abron, had sustained an injury playing football in college, and was thus unable to serve during World War II. He worked as a Pullman porter and later was a teacher. Abron's mother, Bernice Wise Abron, was a typist from Arkansas. She typed briefs for Wiley Branton, the Little Rock Nine's defense attorney.

Abron's parents were Baptists and she was baptized at the age of 9. She participated in Girl Scouts and in the junior choir at her church.

Abron attended a public school and was placed in the school's math and science track. After graduating from Memphis High School, she decided to study medicine.

Abron was assistant professor of civil engineering at Tennessee State University from 1971. She was also an assistant professor of environmental engineering Vanderbilt University from 1973. In 1975, she moved Howard University as assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, simultaneously working at Washington Technical Institute (now part of the University of the District of Columbia).[8][5]

Dr. Abron is a registered professional engineer, and a member of the Water Environmental Federation, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Water Works Association, the Society of Sigma Xi, and the American Association of University Women.[5][9] She also serves on the Engineering Advisory Board for the National Sciences Foundation.[5]

In 2004, she was elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[10] She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2020, for "leadership in providing technology-driven sustainable housing and environmental engineering solutions in the United States and South Africa".[11] She was inducted into Tau Beta Pi, DC Alpha Chapter as an Eminent Engineer, and she is a History Maker®.

She has been bestowed the highest honor - Distinguished Member, Class of 2021 - of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). As of January 2021, she became President of The American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES).  

PEER Consultants, P.C.[edit]

In 1978, Abron founded and became President and CEO of PEER Consultants, P.C. [3][5][12][13] She was the first African-American to start an engineering consulting firm focused on environmental issues and concerns relating to the physical and human environments. [14] PEER offers engineering and construction management services, environmental management and sustainability services, and advisory/consulting services.[15] With headquarters in Washington, DC and additional offices in Baltimore, MD, Burlington, MA, and Clearwater, FL, PEER is strategically located to serve its clients throughout the U.S. Since 1978, the firm is focused on providing transformative, appropriate, and sustainable solutions for its clients’ challenging environmental problems.

With this consulting firm, Abron succeeded in proving that by enacting sustainable practices in poverty-stricken parts of the world, living conditions there can drastically improve.[16] In 1995, Abron co-founded PEER Africa Pty. (Ltd.), with the mission of building energy-efficient homes in post-apartheid South Africa.[8] Abron was presented with a United Nations award for her work in developing low-cost energy-efficient housing.[5] The company carried out projects all over Africa, including in Mali, Uganda and Nigeria.

Personal life

Abron is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.[9] She gives talks and presentations related to energy and the environment.[17][18] She is particularly active in promoting science education, and through her company, offers financial support to science fair participants. PEER staff are encouraged to work with students in their neighborhood schools, and Abron herself mentors students.[5]

She cites the book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson as an inspiration for entering the environmental movement.[2]

Abron is a Christian who began her three-year term serving as deacon at The First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C. on June 17, 2018.[6] She previously served as president of the Washington D.C. chapter of Jack and Jill for America.[5] She also plays the hand bells in the Angelus church choir.[

Honors

William W. Grimes Award for Excellence in Chemical Engineering from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1993[5]

Admission to the Engineering Distinguished Alumni Academy at the University of Iowa, 1996[5]

Hancher-Finkbine Alumni Medallion from the Finkbine Society of the University of Iowa, awarded for learning, leadership and loyalty to the university, 1999[5][8]

Induction into the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame, 1999[5]

Magic Hands Award by LeMoyne-Owen College, May 2001[8]

Alumni Achievement Award, Washington University School of Engineering and Applied Science, 2001[5]

American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2004[8][19]

Superior Achievement from American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists, 2012[20]

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Lullay Lullay (Coventry Carol) as performed by Annie Lennox on A Christmas Cornucopia

[thelenazavaroniarchive]

14th September 2024.

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒. Lena was mentioned three times in Billboard, once in the South African charts, once for becoming an international star, and finally to mention that she would be included on a compilation LP to be issued in November.

Also mentioned was the fact that John McCready had Joined Phonogram, the owners of Phillips Records. He was to have great difficulty getting Philip Solomon to deliver Lena’s records on time.

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒. A German TV listings magazine “Hear and See” had an article about Lena.

𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒. Dutch newspaper Limburg Dagblad mentioned Lena in an article.

“Limburg dagblad Saturday 14th September 1974.

MüNCHEN-HAMBURG — Lovers of German TV shows would like to draw attention to two major entertainment productions that the first network of German television brings to the screen this weekend., This afternoon (14th Sep) at 3.15 p.m. at the Bayerische Rundfunk an anniversary program on the occasion of "25 years at your request”. Collaborators are: Heino, Katja Ebstein, Mary Roos, the Love Generation, Lolita, Bruce Low, Fred Bertelmann, René Kollo, Kurt Böhme, Erika Köth and the Montana choir.

On Sunday evening, (15th Sep) the Norddeutsche Rundfunk will present a major entertainment show via the first (ARD) network in support of the opening program of the TV lottery 1974 “A place under the sun for young and old”. Collaborators are: Olivia Molina, Lena Zavaroni, René Kollo, Milo Pavlovic, the pop group Windrose, youth choir Albertshofen, youth music corps Bad Kissingen, Zellinger Zwiebeltreter, Eugen Cicero, the dance orchestra Franz Thon and many others"

𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟕. The Eastbourne Gazette ran an article about Lena visiting a group of children who were being taken on a day trip by a local taxi firm, they also reviewed Startime '77.

𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟖. The Daily Record wrote about Lena in an article titled "Freckle-face to superstar"

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟗. In America, weekly TV supplements listed a repeat of The Carol Burnett Show un Sunday night, with Lena as a guest.

𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟒. The Irvine Herald reported that with Lena re emerging into public life, so was talk of anorexia.

𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟔. The People reported that Victor Zavaroni had applied for a quickie divorce.

𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟗𝟑. In the Birmingham Evening Mail, Lena offered to help the Kendall twins, who were anorexia sufferers. Like Lena, Samantha Kendall also spent time at The Montreux Clinic in Canada. She also featured in an article inside the newspaper about her depression.

[iwantjobs]

5/30/2024: For those white people saying they curse people who hate God's chosen (the Jews), well answer this question for me, Trang, before I get cursed:

1. If you rely on your Bible 100% (religious history book no 100% evidence) stating that "Jews are God's chosen people" so we humans should succumb to them as our leaders and give them whatever they want (land that belongs to them 3,000 years ago even if we have to steal properties, farms, land, kick out all the Palestinians and even kill them, their women and babies who have been living there for the last 400 years), then what do we do with the same Jew people that nailed God's son Jesus as according to the Bible?

Trang's thinking at 51.16 years old.

Oh white people, you might fooled the 99.99999% of the human idiots in this war against terror of yours by sending American and the West bombs to help Israel saying it's war against terror but only Jesus' father (God) know your true intention: control of Jesus' brithland even though it truly belongs to dark-skinned people because it's right next to the mouth of Africa where there's no people with red and blonde hair, white white skin, blue-eyed like some Jews with European blood that was placed in Nazi's gas camps. Taking the Satan's path to Jesus (killing and stealing) will win you the battle in Gaza now so satisfy your old farts' egos; however, Satan's path (stealing and killing) is always a temporary solution for South Africa was returned to the Africans with a few white rich Africans crying at night, colonized land will be renamed as the indigenous land with some white living in there with today's movement to removed the ugly names and statues that followed Satan's path in colonization and slavery. It won't happen in our time, but you see how nearly 200 years, Kelseyville in CA with the help of descendants of the Pomo (?) Indian survivor working with your white DNA children to remove the ugly images of Satan 's path (like removing Kelseyville school name because he was a pedophile) and working to change the name of the town to another name. Sorry white folks, if you think stealing and killing is a permanent solution in humanity then you are too gullible by Satan's words for God is supposed to be the good part of life: paying back debt, saving lives instead of killing, etc. We humans are still animals in this jungle of life so we still have animal urges, but saying sorry and paying back debts for our sins is what humans do, and try to reduce the evil urges by at least 90% is what I do.

You Jesus People don't t think Jesus died as a martyr for his Jesus' people 's sins so his people can go around waging war, stealing land and resources to build expensive and beautiful Jesus houses in churches and his Jesus people get to enslavve and rape women and little boys (closet gay priests) while going to Jesus' house every Sunday to say sorry and repeat Satan's acts again? You people should be praying in Satan's houses because that's Sara's way of doing business, not Jesus' house.

If you white people worship Satan and doing this killing and stealing work then I am OK with it. However, don't do this killing and stealing work under Jesus' name for Jesus already suffered being nailed for his people's sins so don't drag Jesus' name into Satan's work. There are Satan churches in western countries because freedom allows its citizens to have all kind of thinking. Also, I am sure Satan allows priests to rape choir boys for centuries, too. Same goes for Buddhist monasteries if adult monks are found raping little monk boys.

Also don't do this stealing and killing work while promoting yourselves and your country as democracy of equality and freedom because there's nothing about freedom for the Palestinians to suffer in the last 76 years of their 400 year old land got taken back, games got stolen, 700,000 people got kicked out, and thousands got killed, and not thr remnant lives in Gaza and the West Bank cannot see their grandparents while under Israel's Zionism with American democracy support. Change the name of your country and government to Christians and Judaism autocracy because that is not democracy--perhaos democracy to only white and Jews but not us colored people. Changes it to drmocr for only white Christians and Jew people.

However, your Founding Fathers's the separation of church and state defense in the first Amendment, the religious symbol of Judaism of the Star of David on the Israeli flag, and my Palestinian lawsuit as the female Buddha or Jesus' father living as a female named Trang Nguyen knows your greedy Jesus' food asses out out to use Israeli as your soldiers (just like Iran is using the Hamas as their soldiers) to fight to control Jesus' birth land as your prize as Christians. However, you didn't know this fight was going to be such a hard fight for a tiny strip of dark-people's land like the easy fight in South Africa. This land is also where Iran and the Hamas said their Muhammed died and went to heaven to defend their martyrdoms.

[musicarenagh]

Getting Real with Mafalda Minnozzi: A Chat About Music and Life Mafalda Minnozzi, is a singer recognized all around the world. She just put out her newest music collection, "Natural Impression," with Paul Ricci. He is a guitarist and producer. The album blends various types of music such as jazz, Bossa nova and French songs among others. Mafalda doesn't just take songs; she adds her own style to them. She wants to get back the feelings she had when she first heard these songs. It's like making old favorites feel new again. In our conversation, Mafalda tells how music helped her get away from a difficult childhood when she worked at the family restaurant with mom and dad. She found freedom in singing. Even though music wasn't popular in her family, winning children singing competitions in Italy showed she had skill. That's what made her start with music. Mafalda's songs are a blend of jazz, R&B, Samba and African rhythms. She wants to amaze her audience and make every song special. Mafalda's new music album and our talk are asking fans not to just take normal songs. She wants people to truly feel the songs they hear. Listen to Natural Impression below https://open.spotify.com/album/2XVEI00PLuQoBfo2QV8PWP Follow Mafalda Minnozzi on Facebook Twitter Spotify Soundcloud Bandcamp Youtube Instagram Songkick Tiktok What is your stage name It’s my birth name, Mafalda Minnozzi Where do you find inspiration? In nature, in sound around me and how it touches my emotions, regardless of culture or style. What was the role of music in the early years of your life? It was my escape from an oppressive childhood where I was forced to work in my parent’s restaurant from the age of 9. I wasn’t able to have a normal social life or childhood. Music was my freedom. Are you from a musical or artistic family? No Who inspired you to be a part of the music industry? The fact that I entered youth song contests in Italy and won them all, made it clear to me that I was chosen to do this. That was my inspiration. How did you learn to sing/write/to play? I am self taught with no musical schooling aside from a church choir when I was young. I did study vocal coaching for years for physical control of my instrument. I also studied other idioms so I could perform in English, French, Portuguese and Spanish as well as my native Italian. [caption id="attachment_53429" align="alignnone" width="2000"] I am self taught with no musical schooling[/caption] How could you describe your music? It’s derived from jazz interpretations of classics but the style that I go for requires the listener to pay attention. There are R&B tinges, Samba, Bossa, African elements and French Chanson. I love these songs so much that I want to recreate the emotion of hearing them for the first time. They can’t be carbon copy or it would be better to listen to the original. My music has an arranging style that is designed to surprise and please. I like to think I can give back something to the composer as gratitude for the gift of a certain song. Maybe they would say, “ Wow, nice! I never thought of that” Describe your creative process. Instinctive. When a new song or project is approached, I leave my musical director arranger to his own imagination. He knows my voice and personality like nobody else. Sometimes I will give him an idea and he will record it and fit an arrangement around it. Sometimes he surprises me with something of his creation. I will then digest it and make suggestions or changes, sometime subtle, sometimes drastic. This is why we co-sign all of the arrangements. Without his theoretical understanding, I wouldn’t be able to get the song on to paper. What is your main inspiration? The tingle I get when I song cuts through to my heart Did your style evolve since the beginning of your career? Oh yes! In the beginning I was like a wild horse with a large vocal range and vocal power. It took me years to tone it down and find the beauty in the soft vocal colors in my voice.

In general, Italian singers tend to show off their instruments (maybe due to our operatic roots) and the result is not always so musical. My 25+ years living, recording and touring in Brazil has taught that the whisper can speak louder than the full-out belting style. Who do you see as your main competitor? Myself!!! What are your interests outside of music? Cooking, reading, traveling, museums, cinema and of course meeting people. I love to communicate and interact with people even if it is not through music. If it wasn't a music career, what would you be doing? I would have possibly the best restaurant in Italy or Brazil or New York. Of course it’s only a dream but since I have been doing it since I was 9 years old, I am seriously good at it. What is the biggest problem you have encountered in the journey of music? People taking the profession seriously and thinking that music is there to serve them instead of vice versa. If you could change one thing in the music industry, what would it be? Streaming platforms that effectively steal from us. https://open.spotify.com/artist/0DbMFUpxPRWwFfHhMDNHhG Why did you choose this as the title of this project? I have over 20 albums under my belt. Two of the last three have been predominantly in Portuguese with Brazilian and American musicians. After so many years in Brazil and collaborations with Leny Andrade, Milton Nascimento, Roberto Menescal and others, I got up the courage to express my own impressions of the beautiful music from Brazil. It would have to come from a natural place inside of me. The result is my Natural Impression. What are your plans for the coming months? I’m already back on the road. Early January shows in NY, mid January I go to Brazil for shows and the second recording session for my next release. February back to NY through April. April is Germany and Italy ….then when I catch my breath I ask my husband/manager what’s next! Do you have any artistic collaboration plans Well the new album I am speaking of is a kind of a meeting of the generations in Rio. The leading surviving composer of Bossa Nova and the leading bassist DJ producer of the younger generation and my faithful Paul Ricci on guitar,,,,,have formed a kind of a garage band. We got together in a room and messed around with ideas and recorded. It’s what Paul Ricci calls an “anti-production” and everyone is really digging it. What message would you like to give to your fans? Don’t give up on really listening to the music, whatever it is. Don’t accept mediocrity or AI will be the only source for music in the future

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"Beyoncé: A Musical Odyssey in One Minute

"Hello everyone, I'm Beyoncé. Allow me to share a part of my life story, a journey intertwined with music, ups and downs, but above all, self-discovery throughout the years.

Early Days: I was born on September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas. Music has always been a part of my life, and I took my first steps in the church choir. Over time, I discovered my passion for singing and performing.

Path to Stardom: My journey to fame began very early. At the age of 9, I joined the group Destiny's Child, and the world started to notice my talent. The group became a hit, and my solo path was inevitable.

Solo Career: Through ups and downs, I launched my solo career. Albums like "Dangerously In Love" (2003) brought me my first accolades and confirmed my iconic status.

"Formation" and Activism: My engagement in activism, especially in the fight for African American rights, became a significant part of my identity. Songs like "Formation" became an expression of my struggle for equality.

Motherhood and Family Life: Family life and motherhood enriched me in unprecedented ways. My children and husband Jay-Z are my support and inspiration.

"Black is King" and Artistic Expression: Projects like "Black is King" (2020) represent my artistic expression and love for African culture. I aim to inspire and connect people through art.

Continuation of the Journey: Today, I continue the journey, creating music that reflects different aspects of my life. Every note, every word has a special meaning, and you, my audience, make this journey worthwhile.

Thank you for being a part of my world, for supporting my music, and for sharing the journey together. I always look forward to new things I can share with you."

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On November 12, 1994 - as part of her 3 South Africa shows - Whitney performed at the legendary Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa. These shows were a dream come true for Whitney and she played to over 70,000 people that night in the stadium, with the show being broadcast live via Satellite on HBO.

The set list included songs such as “Love’s In Need of Love Today”, “Amazing Grace”, “Master Blaster”, “I Will Always Love You”, “Home”, “Greatest Love of All” and “Touch The World” performed with Cissy and a local choir.

The proceeds were donated by Whitney and her foundation to South African Children’s charities, including the Kagiso Foundation and several orphanages.

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A large choir sings as the Rev. Otis Moss III, senior pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ, leads the service, January 15, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois.

(RNS) At Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, members and neighbors buy fruits and vegetables from a black farmers market and work in an organic garden named after botanist George Washington Carver.

They recycle their church bulletins, plan to renovate their building with a “green” roof and have purchased 27 acres for a community project that will include an urban farm.

“By any greens necessary,” the Rev. Otis Moss III, the church’s pastor, likes to say.

When it comes to African-American churches and a focus on the environment, Moss and his congregation are the exception rather than the rule.

Moss said many of his black clergy colleagues are less interested in conservation and tell him: “That’s your thing.”

Black congregations have tended to focus on their members’ basic needs — getting jobs, rearing children, pursuing higher education.

Environmental matters have been a lower priority, said the Rev. Dianne Glave, author of “Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage.”

But although often reluctant to get on board, African-American churches are being encouraged to be advocates for conservation and environmental policy. And some have already answered the call. At a White House event this week (Feb. 25), three black clergy spoke at panel discussions on environmental justice and climate action.

The Rev. Lennox Yearwood, CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, which works to engage young minorities on policy issues, takes part in marches on the birthday of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. that challenge the fossil fuel industry. As churches were once urged to stop divesting in businesses supporting apartheid in South Africa, he encourages congregations to divest from oil, gas and coal industries and invest in clean energy instead. In early March, he’s the speaker at a Washington church event linking climate change and civil rights.

“There’s always many African-American leaders who are vocal,” he said. “I think the question is how we get the base of the congregations as vocal.”

He and other experts — many who are in the younger generation that has followed civil rights veterans — say they are working to bridge a gap between environmentalists and African-American churchgoers. They counter notions about lack of money and time to deal with seemingly esoteric issues by emphasizing how attention to the environment can reduce energy costs and lead to healthier eating habits in neighborhoods with no grocery stores.

The Rev. Ambrose Carroll introduced a 10-minute video on black churches and environmental issues at his Berkeley, Calif., church in early February. It linked climate change to adverse affects on the black community, such as children with asthma. A fellow of Green For All, which fosters diverse networks to support green industries, Carroll hopes the video will be a tool to reach out to denominational leaders and seminarians.

He also plans to connect with environmental groups that have more successfully brought white churches on board with their efforts.

“They haven’t really been able to translate that message to why it’s important to people of color,” said Carroll.

That’s why GreenFaith, a national organization that builds environmental leadership through congregations, drafted Yearwood to lead a Black History Month webinar to discuss “eco-leadership and divestment” with African-American churches.

“We have found that the best ways to engage African-American congregations on these issues is through the lens of financial stewardship and health,” said the Rev. Fletch Harper, executive director of GreenFaith. His organization recently enlisted an African Methodist Episcopal congregation in New Jersey that it expects will be the first black church to complete its certification process, which includes making the buildings, worship and programs more environmentally friendly.

Since 2008, the Rev. Michael McClain, a National Baptist Convention, USA, minister, has worked in five Southeastern states, building black congregations’ awareness of climate change and its adverse effects on poor people and people of color. As the regional field coordinator of Creation Justice Ministries, a spinoff from the National Council of Churches, he’s organized trips to Capitol Hill so clergy can lobby for cleaner air and a reduction in carbon pollution.

At local, regional and national gatherings of black churches, he has sounded this warning: “An unhealthy congregation would soon be no congregation.”

Moss, the pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ, said some are beginning to listen when he talks about the economic payoffs from connecting with farmers and reducing the costs of operating a church building.

Last year, the megachurch cut down on thousands of bulletins it prints for Sunday services by getting congregants to start using a mobile app instead.

“We’re trying to make all the connections,” Moss said. “Green is an act of social justice.”