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Top 10 albums of 2012.
It's that time of year again! Here are my top 10 albums of the year. Enjoy and please share your 2012 music picks! 🙂
10. Usher – Looking 4 Myself
It doesn't recapture the heady heights of My Way or 8701, but it's an effort that tries to combine R&B, dance and pop with a newfound maturity. Highlights: Climax, I Care For U, Lemme See, Looking 4 Myself, Euphoria
9. B.Slade – Deep Purple
He does it again! After the excellent Diesel and Stealth albums, B.Slade hits us with Deep Purple. His beats and vocals are sicker than what mainstream is ready for – it feels like real R&B. Highlights: PHONy PONy, TwerK, Deep Purple, Lo Siento
8. Alicia Keys – Girl On Fire
Alicia Keys has yet to make a bad album. This album has a quiet beauty, maturity and warmth to it, which is appropriate considering her newfound motherhood. Highlights: Brand New Me, When It's All Over, New Day, Girl On Fire, Not Even The King
7. Brandy – Two Eleven
A well-deserved hit single heralded this unabashedly R&B album. Brandy's voice is once again harmonious and emotive; the beats are once again forward-thinking. It feels like coming home. Highlights: Wildest Dreams, Let Me Go, Without You, Put It Down, What You Need
6. Tamia – Beautiful Surprise
One of the best vocalists around, this is more classic R&B that just hits all the right spots. It's wonderfully romantic and a sweet delight to listen to. Highlights: Give Me You, It's Not Fair, Still Love You, Still
5. Lana Del Rey – Born To Die
A new voice and a new style that started of the year with a sophisticated bang. Lana Del Rey also demonstrated she knows how to make an artful music video (see: National Anthem, Ride). The Paradise re-release was a nice addition to this record, but the original album was solid all the way through and married Nancy Sinatra with deep beats. Highlights: Born To Die, Blue Jeans, Video Games, National Anthem, This Is What Makes Us Girls.
4. Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (read the full-length review here)
A schizophrenic album that calculatedly veers between popular music styles, but is stuffed with so many hits that it's undeniable. Nicki Minaj's re-release The Re-Up only added 7 more top tracks to the era. Highlights: Roman Holiday, Come On A Cone, I Am Your Leader, Beez In The Trap, Starships, Pound The Alarm, Automatic, Beautiful Sinner, Fire Burns, Gun Shot, Freedom, I'm Legit, The Boys (yes, that many!)
3. Frank Ocean – channel ORANGE (read the full-length review here)
An architect of brave new R&B and soul that breaks boundaries and touches hearts, Frank Ocean has arrived with an album that transcends the sum of its parts. Highlights: Thinkin Bout You, Sweet Life, Pyramids, Lost, Bad Religion, Forrest Gump
2. Jessie Ware – Devotion
Her music is like a young, modern Sade. Irresistible, fresh, smooth and beautiful from beginning to end. An exciting new talent that sounds classic and up to date all at once. Highlights: the whole thing.
1. Rihanna – Unapologetic (read the full-length review here)
Rihanna proved that she can equal Rated R. An album full of emotionally resonant, musically forward-thinking songs that epitomise what pop is and should be in 2012. Highlights: Diamonds, Numb, Loveeeeeee Song, Jump, What Now, Love Without Tragedy / Mother Mary, Get It Over With, Lost In Paradise, Half Of Me
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Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded (album review.)
It's time to accept that the Nicki Minaj that we heard on her mixtape (and best album to date) Beam Me Up Scotty is gone. The Nicki Minaj that we heard stealing the show on Kanye West's "Monster" is a distant memory. Now, the Nicki Minaj who pleasantly surprised us with her bubblegum rap confection "Super Bass" is asserting herself throughout Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded. Nicki Minaj may not have concretely realised her Roman Zolanski alter-ego (who shows up at the start of the album, but his fangs have been sanded down after his explosive showing on "Roman's Revenge"), but throughout her career we have seen her evolve and shift through persona after persona. The hard female rapper we heard on Playtime Is Over gave way to the exciting cyberspace femme fatale with the ridiculous flow and heart of gold on Beam Me Up Scotty, who tarted herself up with colourful outfits, wigs and softened edges for Pink Friday. Although her rap credentials have become less indisputable, mainstream success has opened Minaj to a new audience: pop. Teenagers, little girls dancing and rapping along to her songs on youtube, people across the world now want to hear what Nicki Minaj has to say. Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded finds Minaj trying to please everyone whom she has courted throughout her career. Does she succeed?
Well, the album is certainly diverse and there is something for everybody. After the insane and yet exciting "Roman Holiday", the album is stacked with urban tracks designed to prove that Nicki is still in touch with her musical roots. "Come On A Cone" is a fascinating listen, and the genuinely unexpected "dick in your face" interlude about two thirds of the way through the song is a refreshing thrill – but Minaj can no longer get through an entire rap song without resorting to her trademark ridiculous vocal tics. This is a gimmick that initially served to set Minaj apart from other female rappers, but now it sounds like a party piece that is trotted out to fulfil the listener's expectations. The song succeeds, but it could have been more. The tracks which follow are chock full of features, which is nothing unusual for a rap album, but here they serve to mute Nicki's own impact on the material. "Beez In The Trap" is catchy but incredibly basic while "HOV Lane" is single-entendre bragging that may pay tribute to Jay-Z and to Minaj's potential to be a supernova rather than just a star, but compared to the more insightful work Minaj has done on the past (for example on Beam Me Up Scotty's "Can Anybody Hear Me" or Pink Friday's "Moment 4 Life") it rings a little hollow. "Stupid Hoe" is an ill-advised tirade against Lil' Kim that is so ridiculously silly that the bite in Minaj's lyrics is muzzled by the repetitive hook and uninteresting beat. The buzz single for this project, "Roman In Moscow", was so much more than all of the rap tracks that actually made it onto the album because the production was exciting and the flow and rhymes were unbridled and interesting. It showed that the 'old Nicki' is still alive, but there is no longer a place for her among any of Minaj's current, more successful incarnations, which is a shame. As oddly structured and jarring as they may be, "Roman Holiday", "Come On A Cone" and "Roman Reloaded" are the most successful songs in the first half of the album because although they are not amazing, they grab the listener's ear and don't let go.
After some tepid R&B slow jams which are so rote that they barely deserve mentioning, let alone a place on this album ("Right Thru Me" and "Your Love" from Pink Friday were miles better than these), we get to 'pop Nicki'. This abrupt about-face in the album really should have been split into two discs on the physical version, but it's not the disaster that other reviews have reported. "Starships" is at once derivative of LMFAO's and Rihanna's latest smashes, and yet also entirely the mutant spawn of "Super Bass" (without which 'pop Nicki' would never have come to triumph over 'old Nicki' or 'Roman Zolanski' or 'Harajuku Barbie' etc.), but my god is it fun. This song absolutely deserved to be a single and to be successful – I feel conflicted because Nicki Minaj shouldn't have had to so deliberately manufacture such a hit, but its hit status is undeniable. "Pound The Alarm" goes one better and is an absolute gem that Britney Spears probably wishes she had recorded. "Whip It", "Automatic" and "Beautiful Sinner" repeat this formula ad infinitum (or ad the next 15 minutes), and although the songs are great fun, they expose Minaj's crossover aims as so calculated that a little bit of this fun is taken out of them.
The album winds down with some mid-tempo, more thoughtful songs such as "Marilyn Monroe" and "Young Forever". Strong hooks and mainstream production make these songs perfectly enjoyable, and although the lyrics show more insight from Minaj than the preceding half hour or so, they're still calculated. "Fire Burns" and "Gun Shot" close the album (before the jarring "Stupid Hoe") and they are the most genuine tracks of the second half. "Fire Burns" is this album's "Save Me" (one of the highlights from Pink Friday), and the regret and sadness in Minaj's delivery rings true. "Gun Shot" features Beenie Man and brings a little Caribbean flavour that Minaj hasn't explored since Pink Friday's bonus tracks, or Beam Me Up Scotty's "Keys Under Palm Trees" or title track (her shout-out to Trinidad at the beginning of "Beautiful Sinner" certainly doesn't count). While so many of the second half's tracks are deliberately and irresistibly exhilarating to a head-spinning extent, "Gun Shot" is a less manufactured but, if anything, more uplifting ray of sunshine.
Do I like this album? Absolutely. Do I feel that it squanders Minaj's potential? Yes, and no. This has been a hard review to write, because there's so much here to deal with. The mainstream-aimed songs are good, but many of them are so deliberately manufactured to be hits that the genuine feeling is often ironed out. The rap songs are acceptable to good (barring the mediocre slow-jam section in the middle), but the featured artists rarely measure up to Minaj's own potential, while simultaneously limiting her own space to shine. The weird songs are absolutely interesting, but Minaj doesn't need to rely on inconsistent alter-egos and silly voices to be compelling. Beam Me Up Scotty proved this, and I find it sad that Minaj isn't encouraged to exhibit her rap skills and singing in a more genuine way. "Roman In Moscow" and "Fire Burns" are remnants of the Minaj we have previously experienced. And while I genuinely am happy for the existence of songs like "Starships" and "Pound The Alarm", their aggressively insane exuberance is something that Minaj may risk exhausting herself trying to outdo on Pink Friday: Roman's Resurrection (or whatever comes next).
I believe that Minaj genuinely enjoys catering to a range of audiences, but as Beam Me Up Scotty and even Pink Friday demonstrated amply, she can do this in a more integrated and less scattershot way. Everyone was wowed by Minaj's feature on "Monster", but there's nothing approaching that venom or spark here; her album-closing declaration that "I am the female Weezy" is reductive. Minaj is not a female Lil Wayne, female Jay-Z, new Lil' Kim or resurrected Lauryn Hill. Nor is she Roman Zolanski, a cockney grandmother, a Harajuku Barbie or anything else – she is more than the 'mere' summation of these characters or costumes. She's a savvy businesswoman and a genuine talent who is producing good music but coming dangerously close to losing the edge that set her apart so definitively in the first place. I fear that the more mainstream success that Minaj garners (and it will likely be deserved), the less heartfelt and genuine her music will become. There's a difference between creating art that is deliberate in its purpose and achieves its goals, and art that is so focus-group tested and aiming to please that the quality is filtered down to a semblance of what it originally could have been. And while we can respect and admire an artist's potential, we can't praise them for what they have the talent to create if they don't actually create it, or realise their potential consistently. And so Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded is a blast to listen to, but it also warns that unless Minaj takes stock and finds away to hone all of her personalities, she may ultimately spread herself too thinly and become nothing to anyone, rather than something to everyone.
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Madonna – MDNA (album review.)
MDNA is Madonna's 12th studio album (depending on what you include / exclude) and it's an improvement on her last effort, Hard Candy, simply because there's a higher strike rate of really good tracks. It's no Ray of Light, Bedtime Stories or American Life (her most introspective albums and not coincidentally, her best – let the debate begin!), but we get more of an insight into Madonna the Human Being than we have in possibly 10 years.
Not that you'd know it from the two singles that have been released: "Give Me All Your Luvin'" is a straightforward 'fun' track which has had a lot of the fun ironed out of it. Madonna's vocal sounds flat, the production sounds a little lacklustre, and while Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. acquit themselves well during their verses, their presence is unnecessary. The melody is perky but calculated, the cheerleader chants are hooky but calculated – the whole thing is a perfectly acceptable pop song, but it sounds so desperate to be joyful that it ends up losing a lot of charm. "Girl Gone Wild" serves well as an album opener, but again it sounds dated for Madonna – which means bang-on-trend with what's in the charts – and unimaginative. The lyrics are uninspired, the melody is catchy and you will be humming it after a couple of listens. In this sense, the singles both do their job, but there's much more exciting stuff on the album.
Which, take my advice, should be sequenced thus:
01. Girl Gone Wild
02. Gang Bang
03. I'm Addicted
04. Some Girls
05. Turn Up The Radio
06. I Don't Give A (Feat. Nicki Minaj)
07. Give Me All Your Luvin' (Feat. Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.)
08. B-Day Song (Feat. M.I.A.)
10. I'm A Sinner
11. Love Spent
12. Beautiful Killer
13. Best Friend
14. I Fucked Up
15. Masterpiece
16. Falling Free
I am never usually one to mess with how an artist envisions their album by cherry-picking individual songse, or by listening to things on shuffle. I am very in favour of the idea of an album being treated and listened to as a body of work. However, I gave this track list (which I found on the Popjustice forums) a go and it seems to flow so much better. It stacks the harder-edged songs at the front of the album, followed by a sunny middle section and winding down towards the slower songs at the end.
"Gang Bang" is my favourite song on the album. A revenge anthem featuring menacingly-spoken vocals (reminiscent of Dita from Erotica) atop a minimal beat, a dubstep breakdown (again, bang on trend / a little passé, but it works well in this instance) and screams of "DRIVE BITCH! AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT DIE BITCH!", it's irresistible, edgy, a little silly (Madonna does not need to prove she is edgy and 'down with the kids' by swearing, but never mind), and it totally works. I can't help but think of The Bride from Kill Bill when I listen to this song. Even though it would be an extremely weird choice for a single, this song is so cinematic that it deserves a video. "I'm Addicted" is the "Impressive Instant" of the album – swirling synths and insistent beats piling on top of each other to provide a climactic finish, while Madonna abandons insightful lyrics such as "all of the letters push to the front of my mouth, and saying your name is somewhere between a prayer and a shout" in favour of hedonistically chanting "M D N A M D N A" over and over.
And so we come to the album title. It's a cool way of writing "Madonna". Madonna has also said that the songs on this album display her musical DNA, so that also makes sense. And then, it also sounds like MDMA – which is a drug (hence the aforementioned refrain) and implies that Madonna's new music is addictive. It's a well-chosen title that has layers of meaning – well done to all concerned! The album cover (I am talking about the deluxe cover, above – the standard is pretty but doesn't really go beyond that) shows Madonna posing behind a ridged glass screen which slices up the picture into discordant segments and perhaps represents an impenetrable layer between us, the listeners, and her, the performer / musical icon. The super-bright colours then pack a punch to the eye, and also reference a psychedelic, drugged-up state. Drugs like MDMA! I am spelling this out. The most intense colour comes from Madonna's lips however, which is also important – she always takes centre stage. And her lips are where her voice comes from (sort of – you know what I mean) and Madonna is a Singer. Yes.
Back to the music then. "I Don't Give A" is another standout track which has an urban quality to the beat. It discusses the hectic schedule of a star on Madonna's level, and how she does ten things at once without feeling the pressure, because she doesn't give a. It's a defiant moment that's further strengthened by another strong rap from Nicki Minaj, and tops out with an operatic choir repeating "I don't give a". As we'll learn later on in the album however, Madonna does give a. "Love Spent", "Best Friend" and "I Fucked Up" are introspection done right (unlike "Falling Free", which is an epic ballad marred by Madonna's incredibly mannered delivery and too little momentum too late). "Love Spent" switches up halfway through from practically one song to another with little more than a hook in common, but the same theme pervades throughout – if love were money, would you spend it on me? Would you care about me as much as your money? It sounds ironic for Madonna (who is not poor) to be discussing this, but then again, why can't she? Everyone can relate to the feeling of coming second best in a relationship, regardless of whether either member of the couple is wealthy or not. It's an emotional moment that is buoyed by a strong melody and interesting musical touches (such as the opening guitar and the Nintendo bleeps). "Best Friend" and "I Fucked Up" are apparently about her divorce from Guy Ritchie, and the demise of their relationship. Now, I know that it is easy to attribute these lyrics to that experience which the whole public knows about- and Madonna has had a couple of relationships since then (one of which was with Jesus!) – but it sounds pretty convincingly like Guy was on her mind when she wrote these tracks. "Best Friend" talks about losing someone Madonna was very close to, and reflecting upon the time they shared together – "It wasn't always good but it wasn't always bad". The fact that time has passed between the divorce and the album has allowed Madonna to apportion the blame where it lies on both sides – as well as Guy being the subject of her vitriol on other tracks, "I Fucked Up" sees her take some responsibility for the relationship's demise. "I blamed you when things didn't go my way… In front of you, I was cold." Listing a number of the things that the couple could have done makes for some heart-wrenching listening, even as the production picks up speed. Although parts of the album sound manufactured for radio (like the singles) and others see her aim blindly for the craziest dancefloors, these tracks are where Madonna is open and sounds honest, rather than pre-meditated.
Other songs that deserve a mention are "Some Girls" and its basic but essential proclamation: "Some girls are not like me"; "Superstar" and its sugar-sweet hook of "Ooh la la, you're my superstar" (I imagine this song as being great for driving along to); the romantic "Masterpiece" which is somewhat cliché but manages to remain elegant and understated. On the other hand, weaker points of the album include "I'm A Sinner" which sounds like "Beautiful Stranger" (and I didn't like that song either), and the ridiculous "B-Day Song" which wastes M.I.A.'s talents and doesn't match up to the quality of the rest of the album. However, it's relaxed nature reveals that Madonna probably had genuine fun recording this track, and it's nice to hear a song that's so unguarded. Perhaps it should have remained a b-side.
Overall, MDNA is a good album. It's not outstanding as a whole, but it contains a fair few excellent moments. The songs are cohesive enough to feel like they belong (with a couple of exceptions), while varied enough to retain interest. There's genuine introspection, braggadocio and hedonism – which is what we want from Madonna. It's a shame that some of the album feels so calculated that it detracts from our enjoyment of the material. But once you can look past that, MDNA provides a trip well worth taking.
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why young money has won me over.
OK, so as I am unwell and off work, I might as well try and do something productive. I haven't done a music review on this blog for ages – and while this isn't a traditional album review, I thought that I would write a music-related article.
I was reading on Toya's World Drake's recent comments on how Aaliyah inspired him as a singer to make his songs relatable across genders and across situations. This connects to one of the best songs on his album, "Unforgettable", which samples her. Unfairly, I ignored Drake for an unfeasibly long time, and it was only hearing his songs covered by Teairra Marí on her Point Of No Return mixtape that made me decide to give him a chance. I am so glad that I did – rather than just another overhyped rapper who featured on every R&B and Hip Hop single of the moment over the last year and a half, his album betrayed a talent for rhyming and exposing vulnerability and honesty over beats that combined some of the raw soundscapes from Kanye West's 808s and Heartbreak with horn-led Swizz Beatz productions. I was thoroughly impressed by Drake's honesty about fame, and his lyrics which alternated between self-hype and self-deprecation. While Kanye West's stellar new album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy equally shows him exposing the insecurities behind his ego on songs such as "Runaway" and "Blame Game", the difference is that Drake has been upfront about his insecurities from the get-go. This is something I feel is admirable for a male artist in any genre – traditionally, female artists are emotional and find strength in their vulnerability, while male artists are sex-hungry, predatory and invulnerable to emotion just as they portray themselves as being invulnerable to everything, bullets included (a quick flip through rap history should indicate that this is certainly not the case – 50 Cent aside). So Drake utterly won my respect for being frank and honest, while also creating a really good album that still had some swagger songs, but was not afraid to step away from that and both rhyme and sing with equal sincerity.
Nicki Minaj's mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty was utterly thrilling, but again betrayed something more than your average hyper-sexual female rapper. Her idiosyncratic delivery, and her willingness to be vulnerable and honest about her music industry difficulties (on "Can Anybody Hear Me" she proclaimed "Def Jam said I'm no Lauryn Hill / Can't rap and sing on the same CD / the public won't get it, they got ADD"). By extension, we can understand that Minaj has a clear vision of who she wants to be as an artist, but is being somewhat held back from that and steered in a slightly different direction. It's no accident that "Save Me" is one of the best songs on Pink Friday, and it is the only song which Minaj sings from start to finish. Image-wise, Nicki Minaj is clearly hailing after Lil' Kim, and to a lesser extent Lisa Left-Eye Lopes. Pink Friday at first was a disappointment to me because it was much more pop than I was expecting, and there weren't many of her hard, crazy verses that characterise her best features, such as on Kanye West's "Monster". Nevertheless, the album has impressed me because it does mix in various sounds, various characters, and is not overtly sexed nor trying too hard to be one of the guys, or prove its gangster credentials – these are elements that have characterised a lot of female rap and it is brave of Minaj to forsake all of these and try to be herself, even if she is not allowed to be so fully. So again, although Nicki Minaj is hardly original and I have a suspicion that her true artistry will be revealed in years to come, her output and dedication to her craft is still promising and beyond what is expected of most new acts.
I wonder if, when putting together his Young Money troupe, Lil Wayne was aware of just how talented his acts are. I am tempted to say yes, as madness and artistic talent can often go hand in hand. Young Money's album itself comprised catchy, if disposable, chart fodder which nevertheless promoted a collective ethos above highlighting individual talents. This is all well and good, but apart from Wayne, Minaj and Drake, how many of the others can you name? Sure, Shanell is memorable for being the other female in the group, and has contributed solidly to Nicki Minaj's songs "Handstand" and "Cupid's Got A Gun", exhibiting a controlled and evocative vocal on the latter. She also wears that interesting jewellery across her face. Tyga stands out by dint of his recent collaborations with Chris Brown on "Deuces" and other songs. But neither of these artists (nor any of the rest) have yet been allowed to stand on their own two feet. I mean, between Wayne's own mixtapes and those of Drake and Minaj, along with their official studio albums, singles, collaborations and features, they already saturate the media. It is likely that if all were given the same treatment simultaneously, the public would scream for respite. But I wonder, since Young Money clearly comprises talented members who, importantly, have their own vision and are not afraid to express it, just how many more talented members we haven't yet been exposed to. This intrigues me and suggests that the collective is filled with promise.
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It's that time again! Last year my list had 20 albums on it; this year, due I think to the generally deteriorating quality of popular / mainstream music, I have chopped the list down to 15 – if I had 20 albums on it, there were inevitably a couple of albums on the list which had but a handful of good tracks. This does not necessarily make a good album – so for the sake of quality over quantity, this year my list is shorter and sweeter. Enjoy and comment if you like / dislike / agree / disagree!
15. Monica – Still Standing (check my review here!)
Highlights: Still Standing, Stay Or Go, Love All Over Me, Believing In Me
Skip: If You Were My Man
14. Diddy – Dirty Money – Last Train To Paris
Highlights: Yeah Yeah You Would, Angels, Hello Good Morning, Coming Home
Skip: Someone To Love Me, Shades, Loving You No More
13. The-Dream – Love King
Highlights: F.I.L.A., Abyss, February Love, Florida University, Take Care Of Me, All Black Everything
Skip: Make Up Bag, Sex Intelligent (Remix), Yamaha, Veteran
12. Toni Braxton – Pulse (check my review here!)
Highlights: Yesterday, Make My Heart, Hands Tied, Lookin' At Me, Wardrobe, Why Won't You Love Me
Skip: If I Have To Wait, Hero
11. Teairra Marí – Point Of No Return mixtape
Highlights: Detroit, Body, Girl Power, Coins, My Lovin', Holla, Over
Skip: Super High
10. Jazmine Sullivan – Love Me Back
Highlights: Holding You Down (Goin' In Circles), Good Enough, Stuttering, Famous, Luv Back
Skip: Don't Make Me Wait, Redemption
9. Nicki Minaj – Pink Friday
Highlights: I'm The Best, Roman's Revenge, Save Me, Check It Out, Your Love, Girls Fall Like Dominoes
Skip: Did It On'Em, Fly, Last Chance
8. Janelle Monáe – The ArchAndroid (check my review here!)
Highlights: Dance Or Die, Cold War, Tightrope, Oh Maker, Say You'll Go, BabopbyeYa
Skip: Mushrooms & Roses, Neon Valley Street, Wondaland
7. Shakira – Sale el Sol
Highlights: Loca, Antes De Las Seis, Gordita, Lo Que Más, Islands, Tu Boca
Skip: Sale El Sol, Addicted To You, Mariposas
6. Ciara – Basic Instinct
Highlights: Ride, Gimmie Dat, Heavy Rotation, You Can Get It
Skip: nothing!
5. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Highlights: Dark Fantasy, Power, All Of The Lights, Monster, Runaway
Skip: Gorgeous, So Appalled, Hell Of A Life
4. Drake – Thank Me Later
Highlights: Fireworks, Over, Up All Night, Fancy, Shut It Down, Unforgettable, Find Your Love
Skip: Show Me A Good Time, Thank Me Now
3. Sade – Soldier Of Love
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From the Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine (T.D.E., X.Z., R.E.C., A.A., E.S., N.O.S., B.R.), Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, MO. · Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division, Columbia University Medical Center, New York (H.Z., M.P.R.). · Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Columbia University, New York (M.P.R.). · Department of Pathology and Immunology (B.R.), Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, MO. · John Cochran VA Medical Center, St. Louis, MO (B.R.). · Pubmed 31645127
From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York (H.Z., M.P.R.) · and Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Columbia University, New York (M.P.R.). · Pubmed 28539489
From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine (H.Z., M.P.R.) and Irving Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (M.P.R.), Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. · Pubmed 28982665
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From the Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics, Department of Medicine (S.T.N., R.C.B., D.J.R.), Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine (H.Z., M.P.R., D.J.R.), Department of Genetics (N.J.H., D.J.R.), and Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology (D.S.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. · From the Division of Translational Medicine and Human Genetics, Department of Medicine (S.T.N., R.C.B., D.J.R.), Penn Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine (H.Z., M.P.R., D.J.R.), Department of Genetics (N.J.H., D.J.R.), and Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology (D.S.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. · Pubmed 26892960
From the Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. · Pubmed 26405180
From the Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Institute (M.Z., H.Z., M.P.R.) and Pulmonology, Allergy, and Critical Care Division, Department of Medicine (J.P.R., J.D.C.), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia · and Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens (M.I., T.K., P.A.). · Pubmed 26044584
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Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Mo., USA. · Pubmed 27050429
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Here are the titles of all articles written by Hanrui Zhang in 2010-2020 about Coronary Artery Disease:
Functional Characterization of LIPA (Lysosomal Acid Lipase) Variants Associated With Coronary Artery Disease. 2019
(no title) 2017
Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Macrophages for Unraveling Human Macrophage Biology. 2017
From Loci to Biology: Functional Genomics of Genome-Wide Association for Coronary Disease. 2016
IRF2BP2: A New Player at the Crossroads of Inflammation and Lipid Metabolism. 2015
ABO Blood Group as a Model for Platelet Glycan Modification in Arterial Thrombosis. 2015
Regulation of Coronary Endothelial Function by Interactions between TNF-α, LOX-1 and Adiponectin in Apolipoprotein E Knockout Mice. 2015
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"""Unit tests for smartcard.ExclusiveTransmitCardConnection.

This test case can be executed individually, or with all other test cases
thru testsuite_framework.py.

__author__ = "http://www.gemalto.com"

Copyright 2001-2012 gemalto
Author: Jean-Daniel Aussel, mailto:jean-daniel.aussel@gemalto.com

This file is part of pyscard.

pyscard is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

pyscard is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
along with pyscard; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
"""

import sys
import random
import threading
import time
import unittest

# define the apdus used in this script
GET_RESPONSE = [0XA0, 0XC0, 00, 00]
SELECT = [0xA0, 0xA4, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02]
DF_TELECOM = [0x7F, 0x10]

from smartcard.CardConnection import CardConnection
from smartcard.CardConnectionObserver import ConsoleCardConnectionObserver
from smartcard.CardMonitoring import CardMonitor, CardObserver
from smartcard.CardRequest import CardRequest
from smartcard.CardType import AnyCardType
from smartcard.ExclusiveTransmitCardConnection import \
    ExclusiveTransmitCardConnection
from smartcard.util import toHexString

def signalEvent(evt):
    '''A simple callback that signals an event.'''
    evt.set()

class testthread(threading.Thread):
    '''A test thread that repetitevely sends APDUs to a card within a
    transaction.'''

    def __init__(self, threadindex):
        '''Connect to a card with an ExclusiveTransmitCardConnection.'''
        threading.Thread.__init__(self)

        self.threadindex = threadindex

        # request any card type
        cardtype = AnyCardType()
        cardrequest = CardRequest(timeout=5, cardType=cardtype)
        cardservice = cardrequest.waitforcard()

        # attach our decorator
        cardservice.connection = ExclusiveTransmitCardConnection(
                                    cardservice.connection)

        # uncomment to attach the console tracer
        #observer=ConsoleCardConnectionObserver()
        #cardservice.connection.addObserver(observer)

        # connect to the card
        cardservice.connection.connect()

        self.cardservice = cardservice

        # this event will signal the end of the thread
        self.evtStop = threading.Event()

        # this timer will set the event stop event in 30s
        timer = threading.Timer(30, signalEvent, [self.evtStop])
        timer.start()
        self.countTransmitted = 0

    def run(self):
        '''Transmit APDUS with a random interval to the card.'''
        connection = self.cardservice.connection
        while not self.evtStop.isSet():
            try:
                connection.lock()

                apdu = SELECT + DF_TELECOM
                response, sw1, sw2 = connection.transmit(apdu)

                if  0x90 == (sw1 & 0xF0):
                    apdu = GET_RESPONSE + [sw2]
                    response, sw1, sw2 = connection.transmit(apdu)
            finally:
                connection.unlock()
            self.countTransmitted = self.countTransmitted + 1
            time.sleep(float(random.uniform(1, 3)) * 0.01)

class testcase_cardmonitor(unittest.TestCase):
    """Test smartcard framework card monitoring classes"""

    def testcase_cardmonitorthread(self):
        threads = []
        for i in range(0, 4):
            t = testthread(i)
            threads.append(t)
        for t in threads:
            t.start()
        for t in threads:
            t.join()
        for t in threads:
            if 0 == 1:
                print 'Thread %d: transmitted %ld apdus.' % \
                        (t.threadindex, t.countTransmitted)

def suite():
    suite1 = unittest.makeSuite(testcase_cardmonitorthread)
    return unittest.TestSuite((suite1))

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()

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Annie Francé-Harrar (born 2 December 1886 Munich, Germany; died 23 January 1971 Hallein, Austria) was an Austrian writer and scientist.

Francé-Harrar created the scientific basis for the humus-compost-economy[imperfect literal translation from German] together with her second husband Raoul Heinrich Francé. During her life she wrote 47 books, some 5000 articles in the German press, and held over 500 lectures and courses, including radio broadcasts.

At a young age she combined her artistic and literary talent with technical research. The first printed work appeared in 1911 and described in verses the lives of women over the centuries. In the same year she first married, but after only six years this marriage ended in divorce. In 1916 she met Raoul H. Francé, director of the Biological Institute in Munich, and became his assistant. 1920 the first utopian novel The fire souls described the problem of the destruction of soil fertility. After the divorce from her first husband, she married Francé in Dinkelsbühl 1923. In 1924 the couple settled down in Salzburg. There she wrote – based on impressions and research – a book about the famous doctor Paracelsus, who had died in this city 1541. The period to 1930 was the first group of overseas travels, the occasion for a series of monographs. With regard to the health of her husband, increasingly frequent stays in Ragusa (today's Dubrovnik) on the southern Adriatic coast followed. From there the couple fled in the turmoil of the Second World War to Budapest in 1943, where Raoul Heinrich Francé died in the same year – a leukemia had been recognized too late. After the end of the Second World War Annie Francé-Harrar began with the construction of a breeding station for the transformation of urban waste in Budapest in the summer of 1945 and developed the first Impfziegel (bioreactor) for composting.

In 1947 she returned to Austria. At the Bavarian Agriculture Publishers her work appeared in 1950 with the title The Last Chance – for a future without need, which was well received and popular. Even Albert Einstein admired this work and said it would have a permanent place in world literature. As a result of the book The Last Chance she was appointed on behalf of the government in Mexico and supported the country for nine years to set up a large humus organization in the fight against erosion and soil degradation. As a result of almost 40 years of work, in 1958 the book Humus – soil life and fertility was published. After several intermediate stops in Europe she returned in 1961 to their home. She was still actively working in the World Union for Protection of Life and other organizations. She spent her last years in the pension Schloss Kahlsberg, where she died in January 1971 after a short illness at 85 years of age. On January 26 she was buried at the side of her husband in Oberalm-Hallein.

Works

 Die Kette, 1911
 Die Feuerseelen, 1920

Der Glaserne Regen - Novel - J.P. Toth Verlag, Hamburg 1948

 Die letzte Chance – Für eine Zukunft ohne Not. München 1950

Und Eines Tages-  J.P. Toth Verlag, Hamburg 1952

 Humus – Bodenleben und Fruchtbarkeit. München 1958

So War's um Neunzehnhundert: Mein Fin De  Seicle- Albert Langen - Georg Muller Verlag, Munchen, 1962

Frag Nicht Woher Die Liebe Kommt - Roman- Langen Muller, Munchen 1967

External links
 Multilingual Website

1886 births
1971 deaths
Scientists from Munich
Austrian women biologists
Austrian scientists
20th-century women scientists
German emigrants to Austria

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Curators' Favourites: The Travels of Cyrus
28th August 2020 28th August 2020 Robert Betteridge 18th-century items
The choice: Andrew Michael Ramsay, A New Cyropaedia; or The Travels of Cyrus. (Edinburgh, 1729).
Chosen by: Robert Betteridge, Rare Books Curator (Eighteenth-Century Printed Collections)
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Welcome to the latest of our new fortnightly series where we introduce you to some favourites from our collections for you to enjoy reading, all freely available online.
This week's choice was an 18th-century sensation, a mystical/historical/educational novel of Cyrus's search for wisdom across the ancient world.
Les Voyages de Cyrus was first published in 1727 and became a bestseller in France and then in Britain after being translated into English by Nathaniel Hooke, nephew of the Jacobite agent of the same name. Ramsay's work imagines the travels of Cyrus the Great, the 6th-century BC founder of the first Persian Empire. Cyrus's early life had been fictionalised by Xenophon of Athens as a way to promote his own political and moral philosophy and Ramsay uses this device to drive his own narrative. The work is also strongly influenced by Archbishop Fénelon's Les aventures de Télémaque, fils d'Ulysse (The adventures of Telemachus, son of Ulysses). Though Fénelon's work appears to be set in the time of Homer's heroes it was immediately seen as a scathing attack on the autocratic rule of Louis XIV and the self-indulgent nature of aristocratic society. Ramsay also draws on the ancient Greek historian Herodotus, notably for a grisly event towards the end of Book 1.
Andrew Michael Ramsay, also known as the Chevalier Ramsay, was born in Ayr in 1686, the son of a Calvinist baker and Anglican mother. He is thought to have studied at both the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow and, in rejection of his parents' faiths, planned to enter the Episcopalian ministry. This too he decided against as he was drawn towards deism and subsequently the mysticism practised on the Continent by Madame Bourignon and Madame Guyon. He shared this interest with a circle of friends in Scotland, many of whom were Jacobites. Ramsay's Jacobite ties were strengthened when he became tutor to the children of the Earl of Wemyss, which saw him move to London in 1708 and mix with the Jacobite nobility there. He travelled to The Netherlands in 1710 and then to Cambrai in France to study under Archbishop Fénelon, during which time he converted to Catholicism. He then moved to Blois to become secretary to Madame Guyon but by the end of 1716 he was in Paris where he became acquainted with the exiled Jacobite court.
His association with the Jacobite court culminated in December 1723 with his appointment as tutor to Charles Edward Stuart and early in 1724 he travelled to Rome to take up the role. By this time Ramsay had already found success as a writer of politico-theological treatises and had written a biography of Fénelon, whose stoic philosophy had a great influence on Prince Charles's father James, to the frustration of the Jacobite cause. However, conflict within the court, Ramsay's association with the duplicitous Earl of Mar, and the impracticality of a forward thinking educator such as Ramsay teaching a 3 year old Bonnie Prince Charlie saw him return to Paris after 9 months. He travelled to London in 1729 where he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society and received a doctorate in civil law from the University of Oxford the following year. He lived out the rest of his life in France where he died in 1743.
Cyrus's travels begin when his mother Mandana takes him to the court of his grandfather Astyages at Ecbatana. There he distinguishes himself in both his conversation and military prowess and his mother, sensing this may go to his head, warns him against being seduced by the luxuries of the court. This introduces a recurring theme whereby states and their leaders are weakened, corrupted and led astray as the introduction of luxury to society breeds destructive greed, jealousy and ambition. Cyrus's virtue is also preserved by his love for Cassandana despite the obstacles in their path. After leaving Persia Cyrus's travels take him to Egypt, Greece, Crete and Cyprus before he returns to his homeland.
On his journeys Cyrus meets famous figures such as the philosopher Pythagoras, the Athenian lawmaker Solon, the spiritual leader Zoroaster and the Spartan general Leonidas. He is told the histories of his hosts' nations and stories that illustrate moral virtue and how a wise leader should act. These and other historical figures presented in the book were a more immediate vehicle for Ramsay's ideas than we might find them today, being familiar to educated readers of the 18th century who received much of their education via the authors of classical Greece and Rome. Cyrus's time with Solon is used by Ramsay to illustrate the author's own view that the best form of government was a benevolent monarchy advised by an aristocratic senate, avoiding "all the disorders of a popular government". The mysteries revealed to Cyrus include the Greek philosophy of metempsychosis involving the reincarnation of the soul, and Ramsay blends Christianity with Newtonianism: something that appealed to his freemasonry where he became a leading figure in France. Several times Ramsay refers to a "first Mover". Zoroaster tells Cyrus "the first Mover draws all spirits to himself, & by his almighty attraction unites them in different societies; so does he likewise continually act upon all bodies, give them a tendency towards each other, & thereby range them with order into different systems.". The text continues in the following image.
The book is interesting as an imaginative tour of the ancient world and for the stories within the story that make for entertaining reading despite their didactic purpose. It is also a reflection of the early 18th century when princes and monarchs could still rule absolutely, authors needed the patronage of aristocrats and forms of government and religious thought were evolving. The edition linked to at the head of the blog is presented in its original French and English translation.
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Adtran, the enterprise networking vendor has unveiled plans to target the Middle East market by signing up an EMEA-wide distribution agreement with Anixter International, the distributor and logistics services provider of connectivity products and services.
Adtran, the U.S. carrier and business class network access provider has unveiled plans to target the Middle East market by signing up an EMEA-wide distribution agreement with Anixter International, the distributor and logistics services provider of connectivity products and services. "Now customers in the Middle East region will have an alternative in their supplier of world-class networking equipment – one that provides greater value and quicker return on investment," says Ed Werner, Adtran's vice president Europe, Middle East and Asia (EMEA). Under the terms of the agreement, Anixter will distribute Adtran's line of enterprise networking solutions, with special emphasis on the NetVanta family of access routers, Ethernet switches and VPN/firewall offerings. This will increase Anixter's presence in the networking market, while providing Adtran with the logistical support and reseller base in the region. The 19-year old vendor targets carriers and enterprises to enable voice, data, video, and internet communications across copper, fiber and wireless network infrastructures. Adtran has managed to sign up 1300 customers globally till date.


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News: Mosaic Launches Inaugural Catalyst New Play Festival
Posted By: Lynne Menefeeon: January 04, 2023
Festival is anchored by Max and Willy's Last Laugh, featuring Grammy, Tony, and Emmy-recognized talent, and includes new works by Dane Figueroa Edidi, Annalisa Dias
The inaugural Catalyst New Play Festival ushers in a new chapter of Mosaic Theater's commitment to connecting DC-area audiences with thought provoking new work at all stages of development, and includes panels, workshops, and public presentations of works in progress by local and national writers. Festival events will be held January 19-22, 2023. More information and tickets are available at mosaictheater.org/new-plays.
"New plays have been the core of my artistic life and the foundation of Mosaic Theater since our inception," said Mosaic Theater Artistic Director Reginald L. Douglas. "This inaugural weekend of events celebrates that shared commitment by welcoming local and national talent to Mosaic to collaborate in the creation of exciting new work that is diverse in form, full of curiosity, and wonderfully still in the development process."
The focal point of the festival is Max and Willy's Last Laugh, based on the true story of entertainers Max Ehrlich and Willy Rosen who for 18 months performed the funniest cabaret in Europe to ensure their safety at the Westerbork Transit Camp during World War II. The festival also champions local theater talent with readings of Between/Time: A Baltimore Cycle Play by Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi and The Invention of Seeds by Annalisa Dias, amplifies the voices of local women writers through a panel discussion featuring Allyson Currin, Tuyet Thi Pham, and Nikkole Salter, and invests in the future of the field with a reading from the winning entries in Mosaic's annual High School Playwriting Contest.
"What a particular joy it is to kick off a new year with new plays," said Mosaic Artistic Producer Chelsea Radigan. "Each of these artists are exploring both the deeply personal and the politically relevant, and Mosaic is thrilled to have a hand in shaping the realization of their fresh and galvanizing work."
Max and Willy's Last Laugh is being created by Jake Broder and Conor Duffy. Tony Award nominee Sheryl Kaller (Next Fall; Mothers and Sons) will direct the workshop presentation, with music direction from Emmy and Grammy winner John McDaniel. Broadway stars Jason Graae (A Grand Night For Singing; Falsettos; Stardust) and David Turner (Into the Woods; Sunday in the Park with George) will star as central characters Max and Willy, supported by a six-member band that includes accordion, violin, banjo, and more. Performances will take place at the Edlavitch DC Jewish Cultural Center and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will participate in post-show conversations, signs of Mosaic's deep commitment to creating community partnerships that bolster the artistic work.
The Catalyst New Play Festival is generously underwritten by David & Julie Zalkind. Max and Willy's Last Laugh is generously underwritten by Myrna Sislen & Bill Rice.
EVENTS IN THE CATALYST NEW PLAY FESTIVAL
Max and Willy's Last Laugh
By Jake Broder and Conor Duffy
Directed by Tony Award Nominee Sheryl Kaller
Music Direction by Grammy And Emmy Award Winner John McDaniel
Post-show Conversations featuring Scholars from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Thursday and Friday, January 19 and 20, 2023 at 7PM
Cafritz Hall at the Edlavitch DCJCC
1529 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20036
High School Playwriting Contest Play Reading
Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 2PM
DC Public Library's Petworth Neighborhood Library Branch
4200 Kansas Avenue NW, Washington, DC 2001
The Invention of Seeds
By Annalisa Dias
Directed by Natsu Onoda Power
Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC 20002
Artists-in-Conversation: Reflections on Craft and Creativity
Featuring local playwrights Allyson Currin, Tuyet Thi Pham, and Nikkole Salter
Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 3PM
Between/Time: A Baltimore Cycle Play
By Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi
Directed by Danielle Drakes
ABOUT MAX AND WILLY'S LAST LAUGH
When German cabaret stars Max Ehrlich and Willy Rosen arrived at the Westerbork Transit Camp in 1942, the star-struck commandant said, "A train leaves here for Auschwitz every Tuesday morning. If you do a cabaret performance on Monday nights, it will lift morale. And if you're funny, you won't have to get on the train!" So they were funny. For 18 months, they performed the funniest cabaret in Europe. This true story comes to life in Max & Willy's Last Laugh, a new musical play based upon the actual comedy sketches, songs, and jokes that have been forgotten for over 70 years—until now.
ABOUT THE INVENTION OF SEEDS
Jessie and their dad David run a small family farm in rural Indiana. When a private investigator hired by the multinational seed corporation iGrow knocks on their door demanding information, Jessie and David know something can't be right. The Invention of Seeds is a multidisciplinary performance work of puppetry, sculpture, and theater that follows the battle of small farmers against giant seed corporations over whether life itself is invent-able.
ABOUT BETWEEN/TIME: A BALTIMORE CYCLE PLAY
Between/Time: A Baltimore Cycle Play centers on an artist and a CEO in Baltimore as they fall in love while trying desperately to forget mistakes from their past. When the global pandemic struck, Rhonda found work drying up and her money running out, while her neighbor Alex tries to win her affection despite the fact they can only communicate via their windows. As the two begin to fall in love, their past may be the only thing that can tear them apart. Between/Time invites us to ponder the question, what is one's responsibility in fixing a world that those who came before tried to break.
ABOUT JAKE BRODER
Jake Broder is currently an Atlantic Fellow at the Global Brain Health Institute (University of California San Francisco and Trinity College, Dublin), who commissioned his play UnRavelled. His play Our American Hamlet premiered at the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, and was nominated for best new play by the IRNE Awards (Independent Reviewers of New England). His musical, Miravel, won the LA Drama Critics Circle (LADCC) Award for best musical score. He co-wrote and originated the role of Louis in Louis & Keely Live at the Sahara, winning Ovation, LADCC, Garland, and LA Weekly awards for Best Actor and Best Musical. The production ran at the Geffen Playhouse, directed by Oscar winner Taylor Hackford. His Royal Hipness Lord Buckley played Off-West End (Soho Theatre), Off-Broadway (59e59), and in LA. Jake's TV writing includes Typewriter Days (Revolution Studios) and Black Hole Sun (Echo Lake). He was also a fellow at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center under artistic director John McDaniel. As an actor, Jake recently shot The Patient with Steve Carrell, was on The Morning Show on Apple TV+, and had a recurring role on HBO's Silicon Valley. Broadway/West End credits include Mozart in Amadeus directed by Sir Peter Hall (Old Vic, Music Box, Ahmanson), When Harry Met Sally with Alyson Hannigan and Luke Perry (Theatre Royal Haymarket), and Ophelia and Juliet in the Reduced Shakespeare Company's Complete Works of Shakespeare (Criterion) in London. He played Ira Gershwin in Words By: Ira Gershwin (Colony Theatre) and Einstein in Einstein Comes Through (North Coast Rep), both directed by David Ellenstein. He received his BA from Tufts University and trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Jakebroder.com.
ABOUT CONOR DUFFY
Conor Duffy has been working as a professional actor, writer, and producer for the last 18 years. He has performed at theaters including the Northwest Asian American Theater, the Pasadena Playhouse, and the Broadwater Complex. Along with Jake Broder, he won the LA Weekly Award for Best Ensemble In A Play for the Pasadena Playhouse production of Stoneface: The Rise And Fall And Rise Of Buster Keaton. Recent television credits include Superstore (NBC), The Mick (FOX), and Good Girls (NBC). He was also seen playing opposite John Savage in the film From A Place Of Darkness. Recent writing/producing credits include both comedy and drama projects with TNT, Warner Brothers, and John Wells Productions.
ABOUT SHERYL KALLER
Sheryl Kaller was nominated for a 2010 Tony Award as best director for Geoffrey Nauffts' award-winning play, Next Fall. She has directed at many theaters, including the New Group, Primary Stages, Williamstown Theatre Festival, ACT Theatre, New York Stage and Film, the Geffen Playhouse, Philadelphia Theatre Company, American Music Theatre Project, York Theatre Company, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Rubicon Theatre Company, National Theater of the Deaf, and Naked Angels. She co-founded Two Island Productions (Artistic Director), a New York and Bermuda-based theater company devoted to developing and producing original plays, playwright retreats/workshops, screenplays, concerts, and youth arts and education programs. She has directed and developed a plethora of new plays and musicals with writers including Christopher Durang, Geoffrey Nauffts, Daniel Beaty, Regina Taylor, Dick Beebe, Nick Blaemire, and Alan Menken.
ABOUT JOHN McDANIEL
Conductor, composer, orchestrator, record producer, Grammy, and two-time Emmy Award-winner John McDaniel was seen leading the band daily on The Rosie O'Donnell Show for its entire six-year run. He wrote the theme song and received five Emmy nominations for Outstanding Music Direction and Composition. He first worked with Rosie 1994 when he conducted the Broadway revival of Grease, in which Rosie played Rizzo. He made his debut as a producer on Broadway with Brooklyn, the Musical in 2004. Most recently, John created new arrangements and orchestrations for a new production of Pirates which played at the Goodspeed Opera House and the Paper Mill Playhouse. He was the supervising Music Director of the Broadway revival of Annie Get Your Gun, starring Bernadette Peters (and subsequently Reba McEntire), which won the 1999 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical and for which he received the Grammy Award as producer for Best Musical Show Album. He also was the supervising Music Director for Boy George's Taboo on Broadway in 2003, and produced the cast album. He conducted the smash hit Chicago on Broadway, the 1993 reunion of the original Broadway cast of Company in concert at Lincoln Center, the US tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight Express, and Off-Broadway's Blame It On the Movies. He also arranged the show Patti LuPone on Broadway.
He arranged music for the Tony Awards on CBS in 1997, 1998, and 2000. His most recent arranging and conducting credits for television specials include A Rosie Christmas for ABC, starring Celine Dion and Marc Anthony, and the Friar's Roasts of Jerry Stiller, Rob Reiner, Hugh Hefner, and Chevy Chase, all for Comedy Central.
John produced and conducted The Maury Yeston Songbook for PS Classics, featuring Tony Award winners Betty Buckley, Sutton Foster, and Christine Ebersole, and has recorded three solo albums.
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Mr. McDaniel first studied piano with his mother Jane, and earned a BFA degree in Drama from Carnegie Mellon.
ABOUT ANNALISA DIAS
Annalisa Dias (she/her) is a Goan-American transdisciplinary artist, community organizer, and award-winning theater maker working at the intersection of racial justice and care for the earth. She is Director of Artistic Partnerships & Innovation at Baltimore Center Stage (BCS). Annalisa is also a co-founder of Groundwater Arts. Prior to joining BCS, Annalisa was a Producing Playwright and Acting Creative Producer with The Welders and a Co-Founder of the DC Coalition for Theatre & Social Justice. She has written the works 4380 Nights, the earth that is sufficient, One Word More, The Last Allegiance, A Legacy of Chains, Crooked Figure, Consider the Dust, Matanuska, Coal, and Servant of the Wind. Directing credits include Dust to dust to dust and Dressing Bobby Strong for the Source Festival, and The Salima Project (film). Annalisa's work has been produced or developed by The Ringling, Groundwater Arts, The Welders, Theater Alliance, Signature Theatre, Arena Stage, the Phillips Collection, Gulfshore Playhouse, the Mead Theatre Lab, The Hub Theatre, Spooky Action Theater, Tron Theatre (Glasgow), and OverHere Theatre (London).
ABOUT LADY DANE FIGUEROA EDIDI
Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi is a Black African, Cuban, indigenous, American trans performance artist, author, actress, educator, and speech writer. She won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Original Play or Musical Adaptation for Klytmnestra: An Epic Slam Poem, for which she was also nominated for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play. Her choreography has been twice nominated for Helen Hayes Awards—Nina Simone, Four Women (Arena Stage) and Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea (Theater Alliance). Dane is co-editor of the The Black Trans Prayer Book. She is the founder of The Inanna D Initiatives, which curates, produces, and cultivates events and initiatives designed to center and celebrate the work of transgender and gender non-conforming artists of color. She is the curator and a co-producer of Long Wharf Theatre's Black Trans Women at the Center: An Evening of Short Plays. Writing credits include
Refuge for Round House Theater's web series Homebound, and Arena Stage's short film The 51st State. Her radio play, Quest of The Reed Marsh Daughter, can be heard on the Girl Tales Podcast, and her play The Diaz Family Talent Show can be read on the Play at Home website.
Mosaic Theater aligns its safety protocols with those of the Atlas Performing Arts Center and Theatre Washington. Effective October 1, 2022, proof of vaccination is no longer needed to enter the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Masks are required in performance spaces and theaters, but masking in public areas such as lobbies is optional. For the latest information, visit mosaictheater.org/health-and-safety.
For off site events, defer to the safety protocols published by Mosaic's venue partners.
ABOUT MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC
Mosaic Theater Company of DC produces bold, culturally diverse theater that illuminates critical issues, elevates fresh voices, and sparks connection among communities throughout our region and beyond. Under the leadership of the newly appointed Artistic Director Reginald L. Douglas and Managing Director Serge Seiden, Mosaic produces plays that spark conversation and connections amongst the DC Metro area's diverse communities and sees itself as a neighbor and partner with those communities. By sharing stories that both entertain and enlighten, Mosaic uses art to build empathy amongst diverse people united by the magic of theater and hopes to build community by reflecting the people and the many cultures that call DC home.
Concert Review: The Olney Big Band at The Washington D.C. Temple Festival of Lights
Audio Review: 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' presented by Sole Twin Audios
Lynne Menefee
Lynne Menefee started reviewing for MD Theatre Guide in 2013 and also wrote reviews and interviews for the publication of sister site, NY Theatre Guide. Lynne is a professional graphic designer and artist. After earning her degree from MICA, she moved to California where she worked at the Museum of Man and volunteered at San Diego's Old Globe Theatre. In Los Angeles, she worked for CBS in Studio City. After returning to Baltimore, she started her own freelance graphic design business with clients that include arts organizations, musicians, nonprofits, and educational institutions (behance.net/menefeecreative). She has also designed (and assisted with writing and editing) several books about local history. She is a member of the Memorial Players, the theater outreach of Memorial Episcopal Church in Bolton Hill.


#91 - The Angry Chicken: "Sorry I was AFK"
On The Angry Chicken #91 the TAC crew talks quite a bit about professionalism in eSports casting. No, wait... we promise it's not boring! In light of recent events during ATLC's first week many Hearthstone fans are discussing the casting style of Reckful. Jocelyn, Dills, and Garrett also talked about the Webspinner Tavern Brawl, Hearthstone's announcement of an announcement, how Trial of the Crusader may work as Hearthstone content, playing against Patron Warriors, crazy game stories, and listener emails!


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Tut ist eine Stadt und zugleich ein Landkreis in der türkischen Provinz Adıyaman in Südostanatolien. Die Stadt Tut liegt 59 Kilometer östlich von Adıyaman und beherbergt etwa 35 Prozent der Landskreisbevölkerung.

Der Landkreis Tut liegt im Nordosten der Provinz, grenzt an die Provinz Malatya und ist seit 1990 ein eigenständiger Landkreis. Neben Tut als einzige Stadt besteht der Kreis aus 14 Dörfern (Köy), mit durchschnittlich 464 Einwohnern. Kaşlıca (1362 Einw.) hat als einziges Dorf mehr als 1000 Einwohner, weitere vier Dörfer aben mehr Einwohner als der Durchschnitt. Die Bevölkerungsdichte erreicht nicht einmal die Hälfte des Provinzwertes. Der ländliche Bevölkerungsanteil beträgt 65 Prozent.

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BUFFALO, N.Y. - There was no doubt former Lancaster softball standout Alexis Matheney would make an impact at the next level after her storied career at Lancaster High School.
As a freshman at the University of Buffalo, Matheney has not only made an impact, but an immediate impact. From day one, she was penciled into the lead-off spot in the batting order and a starter in center field.
Matheney has started all 34 games for the Bulls, and after struggling early in the season, she is starting to find her groove.
Matheney was voted at the school's Athlete of the Week after last Tuesday's doubleheader at Akron. Matheney went 4-for-6 at the plate with five RBI, a grand slam, a double and four runs scored while recording a 1.333 slugging percentage and .778 on base percentage. Her four runs scored in game two tied a UB single-game record.
For the season, Matheney is batting .250 and has 25 hits, scored 20 runs, which leads the team, has eight doubles, a triple, five home runs, which is tied for the team lead, 17 runs batted in, which is second on the team and she has six stolen bases in eight attempts. She also walked 27 times.
The fact the coaching staff thought enough of her talent of being the lead-off hitter as a freshman, says a lot. She was in that spot the first game of the season and has been there in every game the Bulls have played.
Like most freshman, Matheney had to adjust to the college game where she faced outstanding pitchers every game. However, in the last two series the Bulls have played against Bowling Green State University and Akron, Matheney is batting .500, going 8-for-16 with five RBIs and scored six runs. In a two-game series against the Falcons, she went 4-for-6 and against the Zips, Matheney was 4-for-10.
Matheney, a left-hander, finished her career at Lancaster as one of the best, if not best of all-time. As a junior, she finished with a .624 batting average, including 53 hits in 85 plate appearances and only struck out seven times. She hit nine home runs, had 34 runs batted in, scored 48 runs and had 20 stolen bases. With her leading the way, the Golden Gales finished with a 25-5 record and won a Division I district championship.
She also had a remarkable senior season, finishing with .521 batting average, including 50 hits. She only struck out four times in 110 plate appearances (she walked 14 times). She hit a team-leading 16 home runs and had 50 RBIs and scored 46 runs. She also had 11 doubles.
In her senior season, Matheney was named first team All-Ohio, first team All-Central District and was the Player of the Year in the Ohio Capital Conference-Ohio Division and helped lead the Golden Gales to a conference championship and district runner-up finish.
Matheney was also selected as the 2018 Eagle-Gazette Softball Player of the Year, marking the second year in a row won the award. She was also a standout basketball and volleyball player for the Gales and was awarded the Eagle-Gazette Athlete of the Year three years in a row.


This book examines engineering and mathematical models for documenting and approving mechanical and environmental discharges. The author emphasizes engineering design considerations as well as applications to waste water and atmospheric discharges.
Fundamentals of Environmental Discharge Modeling includes numerous case studies and examples for each model and problem.


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The Caretaker Head of Mission
Joe Biden, Roberta Jacobson, Colin Kahl
No one in the U.S. State Department at that time imagined that partisan politics would lead to a blockade in Jacobson's assuming her term in Mexico
The U.S. Embassy may still be without an ambassador (President Barack Obama's June 2015 nomination of Roberta S. Jacobson, assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs, has been delayed in the Senate due to concerns from hyper-right-wing politicians regarding her lack of diplomatic experience and leftist leanings toward Cuba and Venezuela), but ad interim Chargé d'Affaires William H. Duncan and his wife Nora Duncan proved to be worthy hosts Monday night for the annual American Benevolent Society (ABS) annual general meeting and cherry pie festival.
Duncan, who has been holding down the fort at the embassy since Earl Anthony Wayne left in early July of last year, was gracious and hospitable, but very low-key, as, probably, befits a caretaker head of a diplomatic mission.
But while Duncan proclaimed the mandatory thanks and appreciation the embassy has for the ABS, he was careful not to make any comments regarding politics or the bilateral relationship between the United States and Mexico on a diplomatic level.
This discreet, don't-rock-the-boat approach to diplomacy – which has been Duncan's predominant characteristic since taking the helm of the chancellery – may be acceptable for a while, but it is hardly the appropriate trademark of the multifaceted and complex relationship that exists between the two countries.
Duncan is not to blame. He is simply doing his job, which, when he first took it on in July of last year, he expected would be a three- or four-month gig.
No one in the U.S. State Department at that time imagined that partisan politics would lead to a blockade in Jacobson's assuming her term in Mexico. (She was finally approved by the Senate in November, but her appointment must be approved by the full 100-member Senate before she can take up the position.)
Granted, Jacobson is green when it comes to international diplomacy (this will be here first ambassadorial post and just her second embassy posting), and there is a strong likelihood that once a new president takes office in the United States next January, she will be recalled.
But that does not justify a drawn-out battle to keep a custodian head of mission running the embassy.
Jacobson has an impressive career and solid experience in U.S.-Latin American relations, and she has proven herself to be a gutsy, determined diplomat with knowledge and capability in a broad range of issues that are embarked on in the binational relationship between the United States and Mexico, including immigration, security, drug trafficking, human rights, legal relations and trade.
It is high time for the U.S. Senate to stop using a barrage of delay tactics and get Jacobson fully approved so she can start doing her job here in Mexico.
The bilateral relationship is strong and healthy, but it is also organic and variable, and we need more than a caretaker embassy in Mexico to keep it vibrant.
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"All marketing is about having the right conversation with the right buyer persona at the right time."
Dan and I chat about the benefits of being a guest on podcasts, including some of the most important Do's and Don'ts. We also share a more personal conversation about our families, the need for faith, Dan's Why and our childhood dreams.
Get the show notes, transcription and resources mentioned at http://www.thekimsutton.com/pp170.


• When did you graduate from The Coaching Academy?
I graduated from The Coaching Academy May 2002. I left my career in TV after 15 years, hired a coach for 3 months and was so blown away, I changed direction and called The Coaching Academy to enrol on the first available course and have never looked back.
• Where are you now? How are you using your coaching skills?
Since graduating, I co-hosted 13 episodes of a series with Jeremy Kyle for ITV1 and I was resident coach on Bump and Grind on Sky 1. I have a clinic at Harley Street and my 1-1 clients include household names in both corporate and celebrity world. I am a regular Guest Expert on BBC Radio and on TV and am about to begin as a regular blogger for Huffington Post.
I have contributed and/or been featured in Daily Mail, Daily Express, Telegraph, Gulf News, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Closer, Red, Zest, Slimming world, Health and Fitness amongst many others. I was recently key speaker for 500 female entrepreneurs and I often give talks to empower people to be authentic and encourage them to stand up and shine.
• What do you enjoy most about being a coach?
When clients smile and say 'aha'. I remember that so well when I started my own journey of self- discovery. Breaking through blind spots and having a heightened awareness is really exciting and I just LOVE it when clients change their perspective. I love seeing clients walk out after a session motivated, inspired and sparkling.
One of my clients who was committed to change but very fearful, left a highly paid job , started her own fashion brand and within no time Royals and A listers were spotted wearing her outfits. One male client who is a very successful entrepreneur was terrified of public speaking and after 2 sessions he found his voice and went to Morocco for a client event and gave a speech to 100 people. First time he had spoken publicly in 15 years, as he used to just freeze. A teen I worked with who wouldn't speak up in class suddenly started sticking her hand up and standing up in lessons and the Headmaster called her mother to ask what had happened for such a breakthrough. All of these examples are the Power of Coaching!!
Are you willing to go to any length to change what isn't working?
"The Confidence Factor" launched on the 18 Sept 2013 and is illustrated with real life case studies. It is a practical, no nonsense guide to building self-confidence and enabling success. Over the last 15 years I have researched extensively, read endless authorised biographies, studied body language and carefully observed the mind-set and communication skills of high-achievers. I learned that it isn't about luck but about having the right attitude, taking action, changing behaviour, taking one step, one goal, one priority at a time, a day at a time.
The book reveals tools and techniques I used to overcome lack of confidence and low self-esteem and includes exclusive first hand insights from well–known high achievers who have overcome adversity - Lynne Franks, Sam Roddick, Denise Robertson MBE, Jo Fairley, Holly Tucker and Sophie Cornish MBE, Carla Buzsai, Hollywood Super coach Michael Niell, Judy Piaktus and many more.
What a great update post graduating Annie! We're looking forward to reading your book and keeping in touch with even more of your your future successes!


Welcome by our guide and transfer by private coach to the hotel. Hotel check in and rest of the day at leisure. Optional dinner at hotel. Overnight.
Breakfast at hotel; Morning guided visit of Montpellier mixture of historic heritage and modern urbanism. Visit of the Flaugergues castle: Built at the end of the XVII century, Flaugergues is one of the so-called 'Follies', built in the countryside around Montpellier. The Château de Flaugergues is situated in one of the twelve terroirs found in the Côteaux du Languedoc known as 'La Mejanelle'. The Romans cultivated vines and olives here over 2000 years ago. The monks of Grand Mont maintained this tradition, and after them the ancestors of the current owners have continued to do so from 1696 until the present day.
This exceptional terroir is made up of rounded pebbles calles 'les Grés' (from deposits in the Rhone delta) and thrives in the area's Mediterranean climate with its strong maritime influence.
The 30 Ha (75 acre) vineyard is dominated by early-ripening grapes; it is the harmonious combination of different vines which allows for the creation of such a rich range of fine aromatic wines.
Continue to Bouzigues a typical village on the Etang de Thau, south of Montpellier.
The elliptical Roman Amphitheatre is the best-preserved Roman arena in France. It was filled with medieval housing, when its walls served as remparts, but they were cleared under Napoleon. It is still used today as a bill fighting and concert arena.
The Maison Carré (Square House), a small Roman Temple dedicated to sons of Agrippa was built c.19 bc. It is one of the best-preserved Roman temples anywhere.
Continuation to the Pont du Gard, roman acquaducbuilt on three levels over the Gardon river with 49 m high and long. Lunch in a restaurant facing the Pont du Gard.
Afternoon visit of a local winery (Vins du Gard and Costières de Nimes) with wine tasting. Return to Montpellier through the Petite Camargue over Saint Gilles and Aigues Mortes.
Breakfast buffet at the hotel. Time at leisure until transfer by private coach to the airport.


So, we have and what else...?
@ella_kane Perfect for the parenthetical thought there's always more than one s that just won't quit expanding.
@feonixrift I really should play that game, uh?
@ella_kane I've, uh, never played it? Typically I just insert "Now you're thinking with ______!" jokes in vaguely dubious contexts.
@feonixrift *phew* I'm not the only one!
@ella_kane @feonixrift Both of em. Portal 2 is amazing, but you need Portal to make it amazing.
@SetecAstronomy @feonixrift I actually have both, but I've been lazy and more attracted to stuff like... No Man's Sky!
@SetecAstronomy @ella_kane ^^^^ Why I haven't gamed in years.
@feonixrift @ella_kane There's very little I'll play. Because Lazy and Cheap and Linux.


Rock PINK Lips This Summer !
Ditch the red lips this summer and instead go for pink lips at least once. Bring out the girly side in you when you wear M.A.C's 'Girl About Town' hot pink lipstick that I'm madly in love with! Perfect for a night out with the girls and even great to wear during the days! Did I mention how long lasting it is too? No need to reapply after eating or drinking. Fantastic stuff!