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First African Baptist Church has served the Richmond community since 1780, proving to be a pillar of strength for African Americans in the former Confederate capital. The First African Baptist Church congregation endured slavery, the tumultuous years of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and repression from the white supremacist regime that dominated Virginia politics and persevered as a vibrant force through civil rights struggle and the daunting challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. Such notables as Lott Carey, L. Douglas Wilder, Maggie Lena Walker, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Mary Lumpkin, and Henry "Box" Brown were church members.

Deep in the heart of South Africa's bushveld, where the land holds its breath in the stillness, lies a story waiting to be told. It's not loud, it's not flashy-it lingers in the unspoken moments, the silences that hold the weight of truth. Sometimes, it's the things we don't say that shape us the most. Ruth is young, but life has placed heavy burdens on her small shoulders. She carries the weight of her family's secrets-their silences, their struggles. Her mother, Lena, once dreamed of escaping this life for something bigger, brighter. But dreams have a way of slipping through your fingers when the past catches up. And now, with Johannes-the man Lena once loved-back in town, everything feels unsteady. William, Lena's husband, does his best to hold it all together-for Ruth, for Lena, for the farm. But even rocks can crumble under the pressure. Jealousy lurks at the edges, no matter how hard he tries to ignore it. Meanwhile, Magda, the family's quiet, steady anchor, knows more than she's letting on. Her wisdom comes from a life spent understanding the power of silence-and the pain it can cause. And then the Goldmans arrive. Outsiders. Their presence stirs up buried tensions, forcing the community to confront the truths they've spent years avoiding. This isn't a story of big speeches or melodrama. It's in the sideways glances, the quiet pauses, the words left unsaid. The Burden of Silence feels like you're sitting in the room with these characters, their struggles so real, their moments of tenderness and tension so raw, you'll find yourself holding your breath. But it's not just about pain. There's beauty here too. The kind you only find in this part of the world-Kruger sunsets, the rustle of wind through the trees, the laughter that sneaks in when you least expect it. And yes, even hope. This book is more than a story-it's a reflection of life itself. A deep dive into the things we carry, the truths we hide, and the strength it takes to face them. It's the kind of book that stays with you long after the last page. Step into the stillness of The Burden of Silence. You might just find pieces of yourself along the way.

Una interesante reflexión sobre el conflicto en Oriente medio donde la experiencia antiterrorista de Lena se hará necesaria para intentar evitar el sangriento ataque que preparan 3 muchachas consagradas al martirio.

,This is the updated, widely revised, restructured and expanded third edition of Léna et al.'s successful work Observational Astrophysics. It presents a synthesis on tools and methods of observational astrophysics of the early 21st century. Written specifically for astrophysicists and graduate students, this textbook focuses on fundamental and sometimes practical limitations on the ultimate performance that an astronomical system may reach, rather than presenting particular systems in detail. In little more than a decade there has been extraordinary progress in imaging and detection technologies, in the fields of adaptive optics, optical interferometry, in the sub-millimetre waveband, observation of neutrinos, discovery of exoplanets, to name but a few examples. The work deals with ground-based and space-based astronomy and their respective fields. And it also presents the ambitious concepts behind space missions aimed for the next decades. Avoiding particulars, it covers the whole of the electromagnetic spectrum, and provides an introduction to the new forms of astronomy becoming possible with gravitational waves and neutrinos. It also treats numerical aspects of observational astrophysics: signal processing, astronomical databases and virtual observatories.

De la vision d'un nouveau monde à son avènement... Ouvrage collaboratif Le 19 mars 2022, à l'initiative de Pierre et Lena, coordinateurs Solaris de la cellule Hanvec-Cranou (Finistère), 60 coordinateurs Solaris ont participé à un Solarthon. Ils se sont relayés en Live pendant 10 heures sans interruption sur la chaine Youtube « Sur les pas de Pierre et Lena » pour partager leur expérience Solaris et leur vision d'un nouveau monde. Ils appartiennent à 41 départements et 4 pays, la France, la Belgique, le Maroc et la Suisse. La plupart ont accepté de retranscrire par écrit leur intervention en Live, d'autres ont préféré retravailler un texte plus construit. Cet ouvrage collaboratif est donc le fruit d'un travail collectif et souhaite laisser une trace de cette étape de construction de ce réseau en plein développement. C'est le « Printemps de Solaris ».