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Gig review: Hyelim Kim, Byron Wallen + notes inégales
by Philip Gowman posted 2 Dec 2013 7 Dec 2017 updated 7 Dec 2017
in Events | Music. 4 minute read
I'm sure most of you have been in the scenario of trying to get a drink in a busy bar, with an overstretched barman (or maid) not having a clue who's next in the unspoken queue. He looks around, and whoever shouts loudest gets served. You wonder if you will ever get your thirst quenched. And maybe you give up in despair and frustration.
That was the case with me in the strangely comforting bar and performance space called Club Inégales underneath a law firm in Euston. I gave up. And as for the very enticing food prepared by a jovial Afro-Caribbean lady called Comfort – well, you could get a generous plateful of it, but there was nowhere to sit or even perch to eat it. To get a space to stand to view the band was pretty tough too. In fact, I'm sure that if the Solicitors Regulatory Authority had paid a visit they would have closed the place down for there being too many people having fun.
Personally, all the conditions were set for me to walk out of the club before the gig even started. I stood by the exit, grumping. But something about the place made me stay, despite the late start. I somehow felt that we might be in for some interesting music, and the lack of beer and space might be worth putting up with.
Part of notes inégales including Peter Wiegold (keyboard)
Serendipitously, a seat became available in the front row at the last minute. Everyone thought that someone else had reserved it, but no-one turned up to claim it so the lady on the door suggested I grab it. I sat there uneasily for the first track, gradually relaxing as the house band improvised around a rhythm and an idea provided by a random member of the audience. The band, notes inégales, of two percussionists, a bass, lead guitar, two keyboardists (of whom one was the musical director) and a serious Swedish trumpeter, were clearly used to playing together, listening to each other and playing off each other just like a good jazz ensemble should. The fact that the number was improvised made the achievement even more impressive. The director, Peter Wiegold, gave cryptic signals as to who would have the next solo, how many bars remained before the next section, and other signs which the musicians understood but the audience could not fathom. It all added to the mystery.
The second number wasn't so spontaneous: a track from their recently recorded CD in a tribute to Miles Davis. Here the band's trumpeter, Torbjörn Hultmark, was allowed to shine, but not to the detriment of the other members. It was probably during the third number, another improvised number on a theme provided by an audience member, that I wondered what on earth I was DOING in a jazz gig without a pint of beer in my hand. And still thoroughly enjoying it.
We were soon at the first interval. There were now two barmen on duty, and people seemed to be getting their beers, but I stayed seated. I didn't want to lose my prime position for the second set.
Hyelim Kim duetting with Byron Wallen
First up was Hyelim Kim, introducing her two bamboo flutes – the larger one for literati music, the slightly smaller one for folk music. And she then played them solo, one after the other, in an improvisation based on the two different genres. In the past I have struggled with both in their original form, but with the additional freedom of improvisation permitted in a jazz forum they suddenly made more sense. Kim was then joined in a duet with Byron Wallen, and the two instruments, so dissimilar, managed to balance perfectly thanks to the PA system, and the resulting improvisation – from which Kim retired half way through – was remarkably satisfying. Wallen was left on stage for a virtuoso solo featuring circular breathing and other impressive techniques.
It was the third set, though, that was the most magical. The house band returned to the stage with both guest soloists, and we were treated to some playing which, as music director Peter Wiegold had promised, had never happened before and was unlikely to happen again. More improvisation on ideas provided by the audience (one piece featured Nigerian rhythms), and more numbers from the band's recent CD (printed that very evening to enable members of the audience to take away a souvenir). In each case the regular band was joined in the ensemble and solos by the two guests. To hear soprano trombone, daegeum and trumpet playing chord clusters together is not something you are going to hear every day of the week.
Hyelim Kim performing solo on her larger daegeum
Both Kim and Wallen fitted into the band (and followed Peter Wiegold's discrete hand signals) as if they were regular members. And the atmosphere was such that you just wanted to grab an instrument and go up on stage and join them. This was definitely music making not to be missed.
Hyelim Kim, Byron Wallen and Peter Wiegold's notes inégales performed at Club Inégales in North Gower Street on 21 November as part of the London Jazz Festival.
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Musicians: Kim Hyelim
Organisations and venues: Club Inégales
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April 18, 2019 / Black Widow
Chicago native, Jon Pierce is a singer, songwriter and actor with an amazing baritone voice. At just the impressionable age of 11, he realized his deep love and sheer passion for music. Having been exposed early on to such musical giants as Stevie Wonder, Fela Kuti and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly. At age 12, Jon remembers his mother giving him a Walkman along with a Luther Vandross cassette tape that he would study for hours, getting lost in the melodies of the rifts and vocalizing the intricate harmonies. It is the soulfulness of these and many other influences that helped shape Jon Pierce's personal full-energy sound, which is filled with a hint of jazz, hypnotic house rhythms and his natural fit, R&B. A professional singer since age 15, Jon Pierce has been a consistent performer with both stage and vocal projects ever since. Fueled by his drive to, "take a set of songs and turn them into memorable moments for the audience," Jon engages his unique style and creativity to deliver lasting impressions that have not only made him a permanent fixture in Chicago's diverse house, soul and theatre scenes, but they have catapulted him globally with tours and performances throughout Germany, Japan and the UK.
He's worked withTerry Hunter, Louie Vega, Sean Ali, and Ralf Gum just to name a few. His single "Never" is a fan favorite and his artistry is heard on dance floors all across the world. With a new single from T's Box Records debuting soon, I had a chance to speak with Jon Pierce about his journey, his latest project and his vision for his future.
Black Widow: What have you been working on?
Jon Pierce: I've been working on new music and new sounds. I'm just trying to find that voice. Over the years, I've been looking for my space in the house community. I think I'm coming into my own and my sound. I know the feelings, words and stories that I want to share with people.
Black Widow: A lot has happened since you started doing house music. I think its all part of the growth and evolution of any artist. How would you describe your sound right now? What creative space are you in right now?
Jon Pierce: I'm just looking for organic and new sounds. Sounds that haven't been done already. Sometimes we get lost in one way of doing things. We can get trapped in saying how a house song with vocals should sound like as if it's a formula. I am doing my best to break away from that. I'm just in a moment where I'm being my best self. I'm pushing myself to places I've never gone; vocally, sound wise, musically...just new places.
Black Widow: Breaking out of those boxes…
Jon Pierce: Yes, breaking out of that. The genre of house can box you in and I just want to break free of that. I'm grateful for the work I've done. This is just part of my evolution. I've been working on music with different producers and I've been doing a lot of new music by myself. I'm really proud of these ideas right now.
Black Widow: Do you find that as you embrace this idea of breaking out of boxes that there is more freedom in being creative?. You can really go wherever you want to go…
Jon Pierce: Yeah!!! That's exactly why I'm doing it. I want the freedom of creating and the freedom of expressing myself in front of people. The more I'm my authentic self, the more I'm real and honest with myself, the more I'm just Jon, the more I'm a representation of the beauty I see and feel…I can give so much more. I can put into every song and performance what is my truth. The truth that comes from my heart and my experience. I don't want to ever represent anything false.
Black Widow: You're not just a vocalist, you know? You are performer, actor…an artist and it comes through in your music. The totality of who you are not just one small piece…
Jon Pierce: I want that to come across in every song and every show. I want people to see that range. You get me! [Laughter]
Black Widow: [laughter] I do. It's so funny because I've been seeing this in artists I love both in the house genre and outside this scene. Lately they have been pushing the envelope visually, musically, performance wise. I feel like it's a collective consciousness around certain artists, where people are in this great space where genres don't matter. It's just about doing the music they like and not getting caught up in those labels.
Jon Pierce: Right…and that's how I feel right now. I'm grateful I get to perform the music I like. I love dance music but I want to grab onto different rhythms in it; Slowing it down or speeding it up. It's such an array of rhythms that come with dance music and I'm so happy to be exploring that within myself and my sounds. My prayer is that people feel the intention in the music I create and the performances they see. The only way to do that is to be honest in the process.
Black Widow: Has your creative process changed at all?
Jon Pierce: It's totally changed. Some things stay the same, like how ideas come to me, but now I go in and go crazy, creating the foundation of whatever I feel and I try to create a sound from that. 10 years ago I would never do that. I was afraid of that. Now I can put together stuff that I didn't think I could. That was a powerful revelation to me because I realized the music is inside of me. I don't have to question it.
Black Widow: So let's talk about "PureFormEssence"?
Jon Pierce: April 19th is a concert, a party and a night of encouragement and inspiration. I haven't done a big show on my own in Chicago in about 3 years. I'm excited for Chicago to feel me in a different way. I feel it's the right time. This time, I want it to be an art piece. I'm bringing in so much of who I am, not just song and dance but the production. I want to bring that feeling to the stage and to the room. I've invited some of the most amazing artists in the city. I have some singers from theatre and some singers who are house artists who aren't well known yet. I want to introduce them to the community.
I'm excited to have my big brother, Terry Hunter playing. We have new music coming out on T'sBox Records that we are going to debut. We have DJ Emmaculate and a few surprises up my sleeve. The energy and performances are going to be powerful. You know my concerts and performances are high energy!
Black Widow: They sure are!
Jon Pierce: It's always a good time! It's going to be like that but elevated a bit, just to see where I've been, where I'm going and see where it takes us!
Black Widow: I have to be honest. This event is really appealing to me because I think sometimes living in Chicago we can get spoiled because we have access to so much incredible house music and it can get redundant. People crave something different, a different experience. What would you describe this experience as?
Jon Pierce: You're not just getting a party, they are getting live performances, live musicianship and incredible music but more importantly I really hope that people get inspiration for their own ideas and their own lives. The words and the way I want to convey it to the audience, when they see it all come together, they experience something really different. I want it to be energizing and uplifting.
Black Widow: So what are you working on with T's Box Records?
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Jon Pierce: My new music and my new project are called "PureFormEssence" because it comes from what I do as an artist in my performances. My performance is my essence. I wrote a couple of songs that I'm working with Emmaculate and Terry and it's sounding great. Really great tracks, great lyrics, inspirational stuff and some sexy stuff too! It's a little different for me. I have a song called, "Come here and let me show you" that I love. It's slow and sexy and funky. I want to just take it there!
Black Widow: I'm so happy for you! It sounds like you are in such a great place. I'm excited to see what's coming soon!
Jon Pierce: I am…it's some really awesome things coming soon that I can't wait to share!
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D.Sanders, a Chicago native, is a devoted mother, blogger and writer who is passionate about her family, friends, women's rights, living authentically and telling her story. She is also a spoken word recording artist under the name, Black Widow. She has been writing and blogging for over 15 years providing commentary and expressing thought on life, love and relationships. Her artistry can be heard on two house music singles, "Rough", and "Gruv Me" released by Grammy Nominated Producer and CEO of T's Box Records & T's Crates, Terry Hunter under the production of Mike Dunn and Dee Jay Alicia. . Both singles reached #1 on Traxsource's Afrohouse and charted top ten overall as well reaching the top ten in their year of release. She splits her time blogging about the Chicago Dance Music Scene on www.blkwidowmusic.com and on her book's website, www.thesumofmanythings.com. She is excited about her debut book, The Sum of Many Things, scheduled for release in June 2017. She wears many hats but refuses to be placed in a box. She believes that women are "The Sum of Many Things". Embracing all of her roles as a woman, she firmly believes in breaking free of preconceived notions of womanhood. She believes it is her mission to define her own life experience, femininity and sexuality and not have it defined by society. She openly shares her story with hopes that women understand their worth, power and place in this world.
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Business News: Gresham Smith Selected to Design Georgia Water Innovation Hub
Gresham Smith announced its firm was selected to design the Water Tower Global Innovation Hub in Gwinnett County, Georgia.
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Gresham Smith Selected to Design Georgia Water Innovation Hub
Gresham Smith announced its firm was selected to design the Water Tower Global Innovation Hub in Gwinnett County, Georgia. Named after the county's iconic water towers, the innovation campus will bring together utilities, technology providers, educational institutions and other industry partners to create a thriving ecosystem of water innovation.
The initial phase of the project includes: a 55,000-square-foot, three-story building with office and collaboration spaces; classroom and meeting spaces and a large multi-purpose space; as well as multiple laboratories for studies, experiments and tests. Gresham Smith will also design a conveyance network to bring various process streams from F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center (WRC) to support bench-scale, full-scale and pilot studies, reported the press release.
"We are so excited to partner with Gresham Smith on the design of the Water Tower Innovation Center," said Melissa Meeker, CEO of The Water Tower. "Their team has both a strong architectural expertise and a clear understanding of the water industry, making them uniquely qualified to guide us to a solid design, while helping control costs and expedite the schedule."
Grundfos' Cloud-based Service App Reduces Downtime for Thailand
Grundfos announced the launch of its new cloud-based service app, SmArt Serv in Thailand to reduce downtime for key infrastructure in the country.
The growth of consumer-centric apps reflects the country's ambition for 'Thailand 4.0,' incorporating digitalization in key processes. 61% of the Thai economy is projected to be digitised by 2022, reported the press release.
"With water playing such a crucial role in many aspects of Thailand's public and private sectors, any downtime on critical infrastructure not only has a negative impact on business continuity and revenue, it also has far-reaching consequences when it comes to disruption in water supply," said Nicolai Thrane, regional service director of Grundfos Asia Pacific Region. "In line with Thailand's new growth direction to become a high-income economy through technology and innovation, the SmArt Serv app is one of Grundfos' many efforts to incorporate digitalisation with our service, ensuring a fast response rate and minimise any downtime for our customers as much as possible."
Seeq Expands Series B Funding with $24 Million
Seeq Corporation announced that it has secured a $24 million expansion of its Series B funding. The expansion round is led by Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures (SAEV). The funding will accelerate Seeq's expansion of development, sales, and marketing resources, and also increase its presence in international markets, according to the press release.
"Seeq is providing an important improvement in software for customers in process industries to accelerate insights, action, and impact on their production and business outcomes," said James Sledzik, venture executive at SAEV. "We are pleased to be leading the effort enabling Seeq's continued growth."
Ceres Imaging Wins 2020 Zayed Sustainability Prize
Ceres Imaging won the Zayed Sustainability Prize in the Water Category, becoming the 10th U.S.-based winner of the award, at its 12th annual awards ceremony. The ceremony was held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Ceres Imaging received the award in the Water Category for its proprietary spectral imaging sensors and A.I.-based analytics to optimize water use in agriculture. According to the press release, Ceres Imaging's data-driven technologies have enabled more efficient irrigation practices and provision of water, serving approximately 1 million acres of land in the U.S. and Australia.
"The importance of organisations in driving forward positive changes and implementing innovative sustainability practices and solutions will be vital to the world's social and economic development, in the years and decades to come," said Dr. Lamya Fawwaz, director of the Zayed Sustainability Prize.
Oldcastle Infrastructure Announces Storm Drainage Project in Tampa, Florida
Oldcastle Infrastructure announced the construction kick off of its storm drainage project in downtown Tampa, Florida. The storm drainage project is expected to span over two years.
"The goal of this project remains consistent with all of the work that we do: to provide the infrastructure that keeps communities connected and protected," said Bob Simone, precast sales executive of West/Central, Florida for Oldcastle Infrastructure. "We're looking forward to seeing how these structures better serve the residents of Tampa in the long term."
A new 36-inch water transmission main will be constructed in order to better direct the underground transportation of water, reported the press release. Residents can anticipate reduced flooding in both residential and commercial areas of W. Cass Street, N. Rome Avenue, W. Gray Street as well as surrounding areas.
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The Americanism that came from 9/11
AMVETS National Commander Rege Riley writes on the aftermath of 9/11 and the values and principles of Americanism.
By: Rege Riley September 11, 2018 Articles, Guest Contributors0
by Rege Riley
Today marks the 17th anniversary of an attack on American soil that brought life to a war that is still being fought. At 8:46 am on September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda terrorists crash a hijacked Boeing 767 holding 92 passengers into floors 93-99 of the North Tower of the World Trade Center (WTC). At 9:03 am, hijackers crash United Airlines Flight 175 into floors 75-85 of the WTC's South Tower, and at 9:37 am terrorists aboard Flight 77 crash the plane into the western façade of the Pentagon; 2,937 people were killed from the initial attack.
Within one full recruitment year, our military saw a total of 570,490 enlisted men and women between the ages of 18-24, as well as an additional 8,276 in 2003, both a major increase from 555,786 enlisted service members in 2001. Americans experienced possibly the greatest surge to serve and defend their country since attacks on Pearl Harbor. Unfortunately, these moments of patriotism and love of our military share a disturbing correlation: They happen during some of our most sorrowful moments in history, and rarely during some of our most triumphant.
The attacks that took place on this day, 17 years ago, paved the way for further discussion on how we spark a sense of Americanism in our citizens, most considerably our youth, and keep that flame alive the remaining 364 days of the year. How do we promote an idea of selfless service while also encouraging citizens to maintain the standard of enlistment acceptance if they are ever called? How do we curb the statistic that 71% of people 18 to 24 years of age are unfit to serve?
As an organization, AMVETS aims to do so through many programs that promote selfless service, encourage an interest in learning about one's American heritage, and developing a general set of values and principles that we describe as Americanism. We are committed to doing our part in ensuring that this great nation flourishes and continues to be a country its citizens are proud to call home. This Patriot Day, we call on fellow Americans to the same.
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Rege Riley
Rege Riley currently serves as the 73rd National Commander of American Veterans, also known as AMVETS. He is a U.S. Army veteran who has served as an AMVET for 41 years.
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Is it hot? Or is it just me! Summer is off to an exciting start. In June, Liz brought in such a wonderful speaker from Homeland Security. We found out that there are many roles that women play in this world. Some are very sad. But, that is what Zonta is all about, advancing the status of women worldwide.
Our July speaker will be Odette, whom many of you have already had the pleasure to meet. She will tell the story of growing up female in the Belgium Congo, what changes took place and what their lives are like today.
Just a reminder, try your best to arrive at 5:30 pm for our general meetings and serve yourself refreshments. We want to be sure our speakers will be able to start at 6 p.m. and finish by 6:45 p.m. so our meetings will not run over. We know your time is important and we understand we must have a chance for social time as well.
Keep a lookout for information on our Annual August Ice Cream Social as to the date, place, time and what you should bring.
Our club members have been so kind to purchase items from our general meeting silent actions to raise money for our "Down Under Fund". It is so important for us to be represented in Australia next summer plus, the experience of attending International Convention is unforgettable. The items purchased in NYC are almost gone. Please consider donating something in any price range. You may find something unusual on your travels, You may want to choose something from your business. You may have received a wonderful gift that wasn't to your taste but it might be just what one of us has been looking for! Just bring the item, unwrapped, and the minimum bid price to our meetings and it will be lined it up for silent auction! Thank you.
July Meeting, Monday, July 18 at 5:30 p.m.
"Women Living in the Congo Today."
Also, find out who was chosen as our Zontian of the Year!
"I have been at war from the beginning. I've never looked back before. I've never had the time and it has always seemed so dangerous. To look back is to relax one's vigil."
First, a few updates from the Women's Lobby concerning legislative actions during 2005.
Cigarette tax increase approved by voters has revenue allocated according to HB 1262 - health clinics, more families covered by Medicaid and child health plan, thousands screened for cancer and heart disease. The revenue is estimated at $170 million per year.
HB 1143, Task Force on Trafficking in Persons, is to be set up as an interagency task force.
HB 1169, Housing Issues Victims Domestic Violence, allows victims of domestic violence out of leases, and prohibits eviction of victim for domestic violence related lease violations.
Congratulations to Leee O.! She has been selected for a GS-13 job and will be working on material development for space systems at ARSTRAT. As usual, I'm not sure just what all those acronyms mean but she can be sure that we all will ask her!! In any event, what I do know is that it is an honor to be a GS-13 and we wish Leee great success.
The weekend of June 24 - 26 in Denver was fantastic. The seminar featured many of the top officers/directors of Zonta International and their expertise and wide range of experience was most inspiring. The sad part was not seeing more of our members there, but Sharon R. and I tried to get the information we could and ask the questions we thought might be of value.
Had lunch with Ellen S. last week. She enjoyed her time with Zonta but finds her need to find full-time employment a very high priority right now. Ellen said she would consider joining Zonta again at a later time.
The Zonta Interdistrict Summit - a conference dedicated to membership issues, was held in Denver, June 24-26, 2005. Betty E. and I attended from the Pikes Peak Club. WHAT A GREAT EVENT! There were Zontians there from all over the country and from several foreign countries as well, and our International President, Mary Ellen Bittner, was among them. Having never attended an international convention, this gave me a taste of what I might expect. The group was small enough to make it possible to interact with some amazingly talented, creative women (and one man) who came together to share their best ideas and strategies for membership recruitment and retention.
Mentoring small and/or struggling clubs to grow them into healthy, revitalized organizations.
I came away from the meeting with renewed enthusiasm for this awesome organization and its members. Betty and I plan to share what we learned with Area clubs as we go forward.
The Pikes Peak Area Board met on Monday, June 27th for both June and July. Our next Board Meeting will be at Montague's 5:30 on August 15th.
The Board is working on putting the Calendar together for this 2005-2006 Zonta Year as well as enhancing and recognizing the leadership status of the Committee Chairs. We - your Pikes Peak Area Zonta Board - look forward to providing leadership and direction for another wonderful year!
KUDOS to Leee O. for her wonderful Status of Women resource pages now available on our club web site.
KUDOS to Kate B. and all members for the wonderful Fashion Show event. - from Leee O.
This resource of current women's issues will be updated periodically.
July Phyllis Z. and Teri H. Teri H.
September Dianne R. & Rosalie D. Shannon R.


As a rule you are free to choose any topic you like. After I parked I walked up the steps and into the lobby of the church. Protestantism led to the establishment of different sects and congregations in the early part of history towards the present day. It refers to the major religious changes that swept across Europe in the sixteenth century. This is not that surprising in my opinion when we consider the gorgeous monuments we have built as houses for God.
Nearly 2000 years on since Mark recorded this story for posterity, a good question is how relevant is this story for Christians and non-Christians today. When school is over and the Christmas holiday begins I usually go out with my parents. Spending Christmas with my family is very important to me. While the Pope is head of the Catholic Church, Protestantism is a general term that refers to Christianity that is not subject to papal authority. Christmas Essays: My Usual Christmas Holiday - By Shakira A Just before the last day of school I give out presents to my teacher and a few of my friends. My first impression of the church was that they were all going to be benevolent and enthusiastic people who loved their religion. Arbitrarily — in slight polarity of my own agnostic stand point — the Catholic Church embellishes a religion of old sacraments dating back to their saviors teachings set forth by Jesus Christ as well as how they are interpreted abound , a holistic understanding of how to conduct oneself in the purity of Jesus to serve God, and the toils of their rituals and masses that have occurred for centuries to convey the groups servitude for God within the Church and without.
The church I attend and have been attending since childhood is an all African-America congregation. As you get started on your descriptive essay, it's important for you to identify exactly what you want to describe. The Church which is from the Kingdom of God. Orwell was descriptive even then in telling this story of being a European in an Asian culture. One month and two days later on April 25, 1954, and one week after Easter, one hundred forty five people attended the first worship service and Sunday school above the old Township Hall and fire station on the nor. Moments such as these bring you joy and reassurance and also show you that there really is someone out there: your soul is elevated, your mind is thirsty for new experiences and your body is strengthened.
Mary is the mother of Jesus and is viewed as a Saint in the Roman Catholic faith. Descriptive essay examples will certainly help aspiring writers compose persuasive and interesting pieces of writing. As a rule we describe them. Without sin, there would have been no need for the Incarnation. On March 14th of this year, I attended a Methodist Church service. I had talked with the elder gaining some profound knowledge of the religion and also asked if I could have a seat in the back during mass and take several notes.
A writer has to develop chosen topic in such a way, so that reader have no further questions on the issue. During the day I go to Spain; maybe to a river or sometimes we just go on a ride round. Whatever is being described will be thoroughly examined. Francis again to attend Mass. This time of turmoil caused Europe to re-evaluated the catholic church and to determine if the catholic church was corrupt.
All of the essays were really descriptive with a lot of meaning. You've chosen to write about your grandfather's physical appearance and the way that he interacts with people. After 2,000 years of history it has become one of the most dominant religions on Earth, leading the western world. For example, my family celebrates Christmas by decorating our entire house. The church I was attending was primarily of a Hispanic community. Her name was Sister Joanna. Then we go home and have our dinner and we go to bed.
Worshiping at a different place of religious can be uncomfortable learning experience. He ended the essay by relating himself to his son. The reason that I chose Coral Park Baptist Church was because most Baptist Churches that I called here in Miami had the service in Spanish but Coral Park Baptist had an English service as well. My choice for this class site visit was to attend St. The presence of Jesus Christ on the cross portrait made me feel like I was in my very own church home and it was an indication that Catholics have the same faith in Jesus Christ and believed that he died on the cross for our sins. As you enter the church, ushers hand out bulletins and help you find an empty row of seats for your group. Descriptive essay examples will certainly help aspiring writers compose persuasive and interesting pieces of writing.
The colors of both the sign and the emblem were different shades of blue. Many ignorant people buy into these lies and become the victims of the corrupt clergy of the Church. This is the only means through which the requirements of the topic can be known. The aim of this essay is to provide a vivid picture of a person, location, object, event or a database. The face and clothing of each girl contributes to their uniqueness. The building was constructed of light-orange and white bricks.
It is also said that they are not Christian because they use The Book of Mormon instead of the Bible. The plot is the focus of the story and is usually revealed chronologically, but there are sometimes flash forwards and flash backs. When you begin to write, open your mind and all your other senses. Similes and metaphors are figures of speech that can help you better describe your subject and make your writing more interesting by comparing your topic to fitting, yet unlikely descriptive terms. However, the crisis became mainstream when two Catholic priests in Boston were accused of abusing over 100 boys and young men. Changes are justified due to cultural changes. All narrative essays will have characters, setting, climax, and most importantly, a plot.


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The differences between DCPS virtual instructional academy and Duval homeroom
By: Letisha Bereola, Action News Jax
Updated: July 28, 2020 - 7:13 AM
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — In Jacksonville, parents can opt to enroll their student in the Duval Virtual Instruction Academy, or DVIA. The program isn't the same as Duval HomeRoom, which is the program Duval schools used to conduct remote learning last year. Since the pandemic began, the virtual school is seeing a surge of interest, according to school leaders.
Action News Jax Anchor Letisha Bereola spent time interviewing the school's leaders and researching the curriculum. She found it's not traditional home-school; it's what DVIA calls, "school at home."
Natalie Jones, a single mom, has two of her children enrolled at DVIA. She was looking for changes for specific reasons for her seventh and eighth graders.
"It's been absolutely amazing. I just wanted better for my children," Jones said.
Bereola interviewed Principal Mark Ertel, Assistant Principal Dawn Elkins and DVIA teacher Kelly Fanning to get an inside look at how the virtual academy works.
"Do you feel like it's your time or that the spotlight is on what you guys have been doing day in and day out for years now?" Bereola asked.
"Absolutely and it's a great spot to be in," Ertel said.
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DVIA is a K-12 Duval County public school. Students have the same calendar as the rest of the district. They get the same diploma at graduation, and teachers have the same credentials.
"We provide the curriculum, teachers, the support, instruction… all the pieces and parts that education should include. The parent can be the parent, the parent can be the monitor, the support the cheerleader for the student," Ertel said.
So what's the difference between DVIA and Duval HomeRoom?
Duval HomeRoom took brick-and-mortar curricula and translated it for a virtual classroom. DVIA was designed to be a virtual classroom from the beginning. It's a platform that uses technology to support a student, moving at their own pace, away from the classroom and at any time. DVIA is an asynchronous learning model that accommodates different learning styles and allows students to access courses anywhere and anytime online.
"It allows the student to move at their own pace, at their own time and when they make the decision to do so," Ertel said.
Fanning said the concept may seem challenging to parents, but it's familiar territory for most students.
"For the kids, by and large, of course, there are always some exceptions," Fanning said. "I don't think it's not a foreign concept to them."
The Jones family says they stick to a strict school schedule, especially when their mother is at work.
"They have full access to their teachers during the times they have available. It's virtual. They can go online with them they can call them. They can text them. It's a lot of one on one, and I think that's what my children needed,"Jones said.
Even though students have direct access to teachers, parents aren't off the hook.
"How much parent involvement do you think is required for this?" Bereola asked.
"It takes a lot. You're constantly working with them to make sure they're not video gaming, that they are watching their curriculum (and) really staying in touch with their teachers" Elkins said.
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Avast, Matey, Pro-Illegal Immigration Bilgewater Ahoy -- Arrrggghhh!
Immigration — and the Curse of the Black Legend
By TONY HORWITZ
Vineyard Haven, Mass.
COURSING through the immigration debate is the unexamined faith that American history rests on English bedrock, or Plymouth Rock to be specific. Jamestown also gets a nod, particularly in the run-up to its 400th birthday, but John Smith was English, too (he even coined the name New England).
So amid the din over border control, the Senate affirms the self-evident truth that English is our national language; "It is part of our blood," Lamar Alexander, Republican of Tennessee, says. Border vigilantes call themselves Minutemen, summoning colonial Massachusetts as they apprehend Hispanics in the desert Southwest....
The early history of Spanish North America is well documented, as is the extensive exploration by the 16th-century French and Portuguese. So why do Americans cling to a creation myth centered on one band of late-arriving English — Pilgrims who weren't even the first English to settle New England or the first Europeans to reach Plymouth Harbor?...
There's another, less-known legacy of this early period that explains why we've written the Spanish out of our national narrative. As late as 1783, at the end of the Revolutionary War, Spain held claim to roughly half of today's continental United States (in 1775, Spanish ships even reached Alaska). As American settlers pushed out from the 13 colonies, the new nation craved Spanish land. And to justify seizing it, Americans found a handy weapon in a set of centuries-old beliefs known as the "black legend."
The legend first arose amid the religious strife and imperial rivalries of 16th-century Europe. Northern Europeans, who loathed Catholic Spain and envied its American empire, published books and gory engravings that depicted Spanish colonization as uniquely barbarous: an orgy of greed, slaughter and papist depravity, the Inquisition writ large....
By then, the black legend had begun to fade. But it seems to have found new life among immigration's staunchest foes, whose rhetoric carries traces of both ancient Hispanophobia and the chauvinism of 19th-century expansionists...
Also missing, of course, is a full awareness of the history of the 500-year Spanish presence in the Americas and its seesawing fortunes in the face of Anglo encroachment. "The Hispanic world did not come to the United States," Carlos Fuentes observes. "The United States came to the Hispanic world. It is perhaps an act of poetic justice that now the Hispanic world should return."
America has always been a diverse and fast-changing land, home to overlapping cultures and languages. It's an homage to our history, not a betrayal of it, to welcome the latest arrivals, just as the Indians did those tardy and uninvited Pilgrims who arrived in Plymouth not so long ago.
Well, that worked out well for the Indians, didn't it?
First, let's note exactly where Mr. Horwitz, a prominent travel author (his "Blue Horizons" book about following Captain Cook's voyages is pretty good) wrote his paean to Hispano-America: not Laredo, not Santa Ana, but "Vineyard Haven" on Martha's Vineyard, which must be the least Hispanic spot in America. For some reason, writing (or reading) books and Mexican-American life just doesn't go together well.
Second, 16th and 17th Century English anti-Spanish feelings were both justified (Spain tried to conquer England in 1588) and enormously productive. English contempt for Spain, with its autocratic rule, cultural decline, economic stasis, and Inquisition encouraged the development of modern English breakthroughs. The subsequent history of Spain and Spanish America shows the overall wisdom of English opposition to all things Spanish.
Third, Horwitz's theory that modern skepticism about illegal immigration is somehow tied to the old English "Black Legend" about Spain is historically illiterate. Horwitz skips over the inconvenient phenomenon of Hispanophilia that entranced Anglo California for close to a century. There wasn't the slightest hint of Elizabethan anti-Spanish legends in California in the 1960s when I was a kid. Instead, the local elites were nuts over all things Spanish Californian.
California's Hispanophilia fever began with the 1884 publication of Helen Hunt Jackson's romantic novel of life in Old California, Ramona, which became a hugely popular annual outdoor pageant starting in 1923.
The cult of Father Junipero Serra, founder of the California Missions, followed. After WWII, William Randolph Hearst paid to have the Missions restored.
Zorro, a nobleman with a secret identity who battles injustice in Spanish California, first appeared in a 1919 pulp magazine, and became a popular (but surprisingly awful) TV show in the 1950s.
The artistic high point of Hispanophilia was the rebuilding of Santa Barbara in the Spanish Mission Revival style following the 1925 earthquake. To this day, the Rose Parade in Pasadena includes numerous equestrian squads with wealthy riders dressed up in fantasy tributes to the lifestyle of upper class Californios of the old days.
Indeed, in California, contrary to Horwitz's theory, Hispanophilia has been a conservative trope, while the Black Legend has been leftist and Mexican. The Los Angeles Lay Catholic Mission notes:
Santa Barbara, with its Old Spanish Days Fiesta, its legally mandated colonial architecture, its mission, and its reconstructed royal presidio, has long been in the forefront of preservation of Spanish heritage in California. In return, in 1954 the Spanish government presented the city with the Order of Carlos III, a knightly order presented to cities as well as individuals — although never before to a municipality outside Spain. While the medal itself is on display in the mayor's office in city hall (and worn by him at his annual formal reception kicking off Spanish Days), all city flags have blue and white streamers floating from the pole, in token of the order. Due to King Carlos III's devotion to the Immaculate Conception, those colors were made the symbol of the order bearing his name.
In further testimony to Santa Barbara's hispanophilia, in 1985 the current Spanish king donated yet another statue of Carlos III to this city. It was placed at Storke Placita, the passage connecting De La Guerra Plaza to State Street. For the next ten years, thanks to the renewal of the anti-Spanish black legend among leftists and would-be indigenists, the statue was urinated on, daubed with excrement, and had various hats, signs, articles of clothing, condoms, and other items draped on it. After a decade of this treatment, the king was removed and replaced with a sundial. He was at last placed by the reconstructed presidio, the Spanish-era fortress, on the corner of East Cañon Perdido and Anacapa.
The spell that visions of Spanish California cast over Anglo Californians can be seen in the irony that In LA traditionally, Hispanics live in places with Anglo names (e.g., Boyle Heights) while Anglos live in places with Hispanic names (e.g., Calabasas). That's because in the 20th Century, Mexicans moved into 19th Century inner city neighborhoods that had been given WASP names -- e.g., famous math teacher Jaime Escalante ("Stand and Deliver") taught at all-Hispanic Garfield H.S. -- while whites moved out to new areas that were given glamorous-sounding Spanish names in the Hispanophilic 20th Century -- such as El Camino Real H.S. (By now, however, the Hispanic population has grown so large that inner suburbs like Santa Ana have gone all Latino).
Hispanophilia was all pretty silly (California before American-rule was backward, indolent, poor, and not terribly glamorous), but the Spanish Mission architecture (which was revived in the 1980s) was attractive and well-suited to the California climate.
Today, though, the Southern California cultural elite has virtually no interest in anything Hispanic, and is much more obsessed with East Asian and Indian culture. To be frank, Beverly Hills types consider Latino things to be tawdry, boring, and a little depressing. So, what finally brought an end to California's Hispanophilia?
Too many Hispanics moved in.
It turned out, when you got to know them in large numbers, that they weren't dashing and daring Zorros after all.
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Electronic assemblies and systems can be complex, containing a variety of parts and components that all work together to provide for operations. Connectors, terminals, and connector assemblies are all critical electrical components to many systems, and some may be unaware of their independent functions, capabilities, and applications. To help you understand the three and further your knowledge on electrical systems, we will discuss each and their individual functions.
In order to best understand the differences between each component type, it is best to be aware of what each part is on its own. Electrical connectors are electromechanical devices, utilized within a system in order to establish an electrical circuit through joining conductors. Connections between connectors may be established in varying ways, such as portable and removable connections, assemblies that require tools for attachment and removal, as well as permanent electrical joints. Connectors are extremely common to a variety of applications, including those pertaining to power, audiovisual, and data operations. Connectors often are classified by genders such as male plugs and female sockets which may mate with each other to establish a connection.
Electrical connectors are typically separated into four basic categories, each classified by their provided functions. Inline or cable connectors are those that have permanent attachment to a cable, allowing them to be plugged into a terminal. Chassis or panel connectors are permanently affixed to the equipment they serve, permitting the attachment of a cable to a stationary apparatus. PCB mount connectors are designed for use on printed circuit boards, attached through soldering to allow for cables or wires to be connected. Lastly, spice and butt connectors are used to conjoin lengths of cables and wires in a permanent fashion.
Electrical terminals refer to the point in which a conductor, device, or network comes to an end. The terminal may also be used to refer to the connector that is placed at this endpoint, permitting an interface for a conductor so that other external circuits may be attached. Typical electrical terminals can be the end of a wire, or they may feature a connector or fastener. Terminal blocks are electrical accessories, divided into connectors that may permit the attachment of a wire. These metal components are sealed within insulating plastic, and holes are designed at each end of the terminal block for the insertion of a wire.
Connector assemblies are extremely similar to connectors, simply serving as a grouping of connectors and contacts that have been attached together with the use of receptacles and other electrical components to create an assembled product. Connector assemblies may include connectors of all types, and they may be constructed manually, with tooling, or machines.
Despite their various differences, connectors, terminals, and connector assemblies as terms may be used somewhat interchangeably. This is due to the fact that a connector may be considered a type of terminal, and a connector assembly consists of multiple terminals and/or connectors. With such electrical components, a variety of systems and functions are made possible and may be part of networking, electronics, machines, and much more.
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The Promise of Cash Transfers from Mineral Resource Wealth
Maniza Naqvi - 28th May 2013
Business & Resources & Environment & Development
The Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, and other natural resource wealth funds, ensure that national assets can grow beyond the finite resource
It's a place of darkness. People hail from tribes and clans. They are poor and live in basic shelters in remote villages, with no running water or electricity, and no access to clinics. They subsist on seasonal work, hunting and fishing. They resent that their part of the earth gets attention only when natural or manmade disasters strike. Then oil is found and they are blessed.
This description is not of one of the many countries we associate with poverty. It is not a "fragile state," the term often used to refer to mineral rich countries in Africa affected by the "curse of resources": foreign meddling, conflict, war, corruption and autocratic dictators. This is Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in the 1970s.
In 1975, the Alaska legislature debated: would it be morally acceptable for the generation whose presence in Alaska coincided with the oil boom to reap all the benefits? The majority thought Alaskans of the future should instead have a nest egg to share in a temporary windfall from the finite oil resource.
Accordingly, Alaska set up the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation (APF). In 1987, the APF was worth US$11 billion, and by 1997 it was US$24 billion, exceeding total state oil and gas revenues. As of March 2013 it was US$45.5 billion. The APF proves that managed professionally, a national asset can grow beyond the finite resource.
Iran's Citizen Income Scheme, along the lines of the APF, is currently the largest permanent fund, and provides cash transfers to all Iranians from its oil revenues. Per capita, $500 is transferred to over 75.3 million citizens costing about $45 billion a year. It will amount to 15 percent of national income, while Alaska's average is 3-4 percent .
If ever there was a notion of a perfect nationalization then this would be it: to give people in a country its national wealth earnings while making sure that the earnings keep growing for future generations. Other examples of such funds include: The Future Generations Funds in Kuwait (here and here); Norway , the Pula Fund in Botswana and Wyoming's Permanent Wyoming Mineral Trust Fund .
In countries with aging demographics, pensions are the priority and these Funds allow citizens to save for the future. For young populations, the priority is to spend now while keeping the Fund growing.
Where such wealth-based funds are not yet operating, cash transfers based on budget, revenues and aid, target the poorest citizens in 70 countries including 35 in Africa. These include Mexico's Oportunidades; Brazil's Bolsa Familia, Argentina's the Universal Child Allowance (AUH), Pakistan's Benazir Income Support Program (BISP), Ethiopia's Productive Safety Nets Program (PSNP) and even New York City's Opportunities pilot. The widespread use of targeting, biometrics, national identification cards, unified registries, and mobile banking is making cash transfers easier, faster and cheaper.
Could Africa's new mineral wealth be shared with all Africans through transfers? Could this become the way forward in mineral-rich countries where the majority of citizens remain poor, without access to good education and health services? What are the impediments?
In Rents To Riches? Political Economy Of Natural Resource–Led Development (2011) the authors provide technical reasoning and solutions: "Where inter-temporal credibility is weak and political inclusiveness low, political economic elites are able to siphon resource rents away from developmentally oriented outcomes. The implications for engagement are clear: lengthening time horizons enhances the ability of governments to increase potential rent generation, and improving political inclusiveness supports the orientation of rent distribution toward the collective good."
It is a tantalizing prospect. Picture this: even a small fraction of today's mineral wealth targeted to the poor could end poverty in those countries not in decades from now—but in the next five years.
Maniza Naqvi is a Senior Social Protection Specialist at the World Bank working on safety nets in Malawi and Ethiopia. This is a version of a post that first appeared here.
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Not happening in the near future. Wealth never targets poor communities, its the other way round. For the reverse to happen the communities need to eveolve to a given level where they are able to really understand and benefit from that wealth, otherwise its like grabbing and looting. Good thought, though !
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