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The Nairobi family values conference: When tradition is a colonial trap

时间:2010-12-5 17:23:32  作者:Headlines   来源:Podcasts  查看:  评论:0
内容摘要:She’s more than just

She’s more than just

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For longtimefans, her ninth studio album is bound to live up to its name. It truly is “Something Beautiful.”

The Nairobi family values conference: When tradition is a colonial trap

Over the years, the Grammy winner has demonstrated that she is unequivocally a pop star. She’s also a dedicated student of contemporary music history and various genres, something she’s made clear through her love of performing cover songs and across her diverse discography (lest anyone forget her 2020 glam rock-inspired concept album,On “Something Beautiful,” Cyrus proves that she is most in her element musically when firmly holding onto those myriad identities, weaving together an inventive tapestry of pop, rock, electronic, disco and even funk — like in the album’s soulful, heartache anthem, “Easy Lover.”Most of Cyrus’ album comprises

The Nairobi family values conference: When tradition is a colonial trap

earworms; “End of the World” has a piano riff that screams “Dancing Queen.” But she balances ’70s nostalgia with belting vocals and wide-ranging instrumentation throughout. Cyrus arguably hasn’t had this kind of sonic variation on a record since 2010’s “Can’t Be Tamed.”“Something Beautiful” is accompanied by a musical film of the same name, which will premiere in June at

The Nairobi family values conference: When tradition is a colonial trap

The aptly named first track, “Prelude,” is a narrated introduction, which gives the wrong impression that the album only serves as a score to the film. It stands on its own.

That’s because most of the 13 tracks reflect Cyrus’s work over the past two decades. “More To Lose,” for example, is a big-hearted ballad that sounds like it could have been featured on a“If the U.S. is interested in making itself healthier again, how is it going to know, if it cancels the programs that helps us understand these diseases?” said Graham Mooney, a Johns Hopkins University public health historian.

The core of the nation’s health surveillance is done by the CDC’s. Relying on birth and death certificates, it generates information on birth rates, death trends and life expectancy. It also operates longstanding health surveys that provide basic data on obesity, asthma and other health issues.

The center has been barely touched in layoffs, and seems intact under current budget plans.But many other efforts were targeted by the cuts, the AP found. Some examples:

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