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The Pipette Gazette
Dr. Jodie Gray Receives the 2020 Armand J. Guarino Award for Academic Excellence
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Congratulations to recent graduate Jodie Gray, Ph.D. who has received the 2020 Armand J. Guarino Award for Academic Excellence in Doctoral Studies.
The award, named after the founding dean of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), and is typically presented at the Annual Convocation but in light of the pandemic, we are not holding a convocation.
The Guarino Award is the highest student recognition given by the Graduate School. As such, it is a tribute to the outstanding accomplishments in biomedical research, the noteworthy leadership and the extensive involvement in service during their tenure as a graduate student. Recipients receive a monetary award and their name is added to the Armand J. Guarino Award plaque that is displayed in the GSBS Dean's Office.
Dr. Gray graduated from the Radiological Sciences Program with a concentration in Diagnostic Medical Physics and Neuroscience Imaging last August. Currently, she is working as a researcher in private industry.
While a graduate student, she studied at the Research Imaging Institute under Dr. Peter T. Fox and focused on research related to major depressive disorder (MDD).
Specifically, she worked on a study which analyzed findings from 92 previously published brain imaging studies of MDD spanning data from 2,928 human subjects. The study examined the effects of different imaging modalities (MRI, PET, SPECT) on observed brain changes as well as the potential role of varying clinical presentation of MDD on brain imaging findings.
Her study, Multi-Modal Abnormalities of Brain Structure and Function in Major Depressive Disorder: A Meta-Analysis of Neuroimaging Studies, was published in the May 2020 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, and is the largest meta-analysis of brain imaging studies in depression to date and is the first to assess unified structural and functional brain imaging findings at this scale.
"Considering the problems that arise when analyzing brain imaging findings, we sought to cast a very wide net over the available data in depression," Dr. Gray said.
While a student, she was involved in multiple leadership activities including serving as chair of the University of Texas System Student Advisory Council for the 2017-2018 year (pictured) and president of the Graduate Student Association where she helped organize the annual Mikiten Research Symposium which had a spotlight on mental health and wellness for graduate students. In 2016, she helped lead the effort for the World's Largest Periodic Table of the Elements which included participants from 118 local K-12 San Antonio schools. She received the Joe and Patty Robles Leadership Award in 2018 for her leadership efforts. She also enjoyed volunteering opportunities with San Antonio Science, Inc. and the Northside Independent School District as a mentor. Her mentee from the 2017-2018 independent study mentoring program, Chloe Frame (pictured), is currently studying cognitive neuroscience at UT Dallas.
Dr. Gray encourages incoming trainees to strive for excellence by seizing every opportunity to engage with their community, scientific or otherwise, through service and leadership.
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News	9 January 20, 2017
Presidential Limo: Trumps, Obamas on their way to Capitol
By JULIE PACE Following the path of inaugurations past, Donald Trump and Barack Obama rode together to the U.S. Capitol Friday as the real estate mogul and reality TV star…
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Islamic State turned Mosul into city of terror and darkness
By LORI HINNANT She survived the first stone that struck her, then the second. One of the Islamic State group's fighters bent down and pressed his fingers to the side…
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Retaking Mosul: Iraqi forces most complex anti-IS operation
By SUSANNAH GEORGE Iraqi forces have launched their most complex anti-IS operation to date: retaking the country's second-largest city of Mosul. While the country's military has won a string of…
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Audi A4 – 2.0 TFSI ultra – Engine Technologies
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Q: Algebraic nature of math. objects (e.g. derivative, genus) This question is as much about philosophy as mathematics, however it requires math background so I will ask it here.
I have seen several examples of a mathematical object from analysis or topology being turned into an algebraic concept.
Here are some examples :

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*The notion of derivative is first defined using infinitesimal variations. It turns out that by defining an abstract notion of derivation, we can study polynomials derivatives over fields where that notion of "infinitesimal" isn't defined and they still give very useful information (e.g. multiplicity).

*In Algebraic Geometry, we find out that algebraic curves over $\Bbb{C}$ are Riemann surfaces and we can define their topological genus. It turns out that this genus can be defined purely as an algebraic concept.

It raises questions that may seem purely philosophical, but that perhaps have mathematical origins and formulations, and I haven't found any discussion on that anywhere :

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*What is the "true nature" of those objects ? Is the algebraic definition a consequence of the analytic / topological definition, or is it the other way ?

*What is the deep reason why those concepts end up making sense in a pure algebraic sense ?

*Would it be possible to give explicit requirements about a mathematical object so that we know that its "true nature" is algebraic ?

A: The answer to your title question is a simple "no". Algebra has no primacy over topology, or analysis, or other branches of mathematics. So your final question is based on a false premise.
All you are observing with your examples is that algebra can be used to give information about topological or analytic objects. Similarly, topology can be used to give information about analytic or algebraic objects: for example in algebraic geometry one applies topology to study the solutions of equations with complex coefficients (analysis) or of equations with $p$-adic coefficients (algebra and number theory). And similarly, analysis can be used to give information about algebraic or topological objects. And similar interactions occur amongst still more diverse branches of mathematics.
You might be interested in category theory as a tool for applying one branch of mathematics to study another one; perhaps that answers your "deep reason" question.

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Cinema Scoped
Thumbs and crossroads
By Daniel Barnes
Roger Ebert and Russ Meyer, circa 1970.
Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel monopolized the televised film-critic market with At the Movies ever since beating off a slew of imitators in the 1980s. The show became an institution, but Ebert was making Siskel's lightweight replacement Richard Roeper look like the "bad cop" critic even before thyroid cancer forced him off the air in 2006.
While the first attempt to revive At the Movies only succeeded in making a doofus pariah out of E! personality Ben Lyons, Ebert focused on his writing and his recovery. A series of surgeries have left him unable to speak, but he recently returned to TV with a new iteration of the show called Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies.
Ebert only contributes a brief segment called "Roger's Office" (with his disembodied voice provided by Bill Kurtis), so At the Movies centers on two new thumb wranglers, Associated Press critic Christy Lemire and Chicago Reader contributor Ignatiy Vishnevetsky. Lemire has been the main Sacramento Bee critic since they started contracting out their reviews, and although intelligent and attractive, she doesn't bring much to an argument besides good taste.
The show is once again trying to skew young, with the 24-year-old Vishnevetsky positioned as Ben Lyons 2.0, only more focused on film history than quote whoring. Vishnevetsky may look like James Agee next to Lyons, but arguing dispassionately in favor of dreck like No Strings Attached, The Company Men, The Dilemma, The Green Hornet and The Mechanic lands him closer to Roeper territory.
There are also brief "correspondent" pieces from a variety of contributors to take pressure off the inexperienced stars, but those segments lack motivation and insight. It's good to see semi-credible film criticism back on TV, but Ebert Presents At the Movies feels more like the end of something than the beginning.
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Oscar hopeless
Who should get an Academy Award nomination—but won't.
The year in stupid
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Ambulances Involved in 2 Separate RTC's While on 999 Calls
19th August 2015 19th August 2015 Orla O'Neill
Ambulances have been involved in two separate Road Traffic Collisions this morning while dealing with emergency calls.
The first incident happened on the Shore Road at Whiteabbey at approximately 8:30 while the crew was responding to a non-life-threatening emergency call in Carrickfergus. The ambulance was driving on the main road when a vehicle emerged from a side road.
No-one was seriously hurt in the incident although the occupant of the car has been brought to RVH for treatment. The crew were shaken by the incident and have been given a period of downtime.
Later, at approximately 8:50 a second ambulance was en route to hospital, from Portrush, with a patient following another non-life-threatening emergency when a vehicle emerged from the side road and clipped the rear end of the ambulance sending it into a spin before ending up on its side. The patient and crew are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries at Causeway hospital.
NIAS would repeat its calls for drivers to exercise extreme caution on the roads at all times.


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Q: Magento 2.2.0 Not Working Properly After installed, trying to login admin panel getting an error,

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I have also face the same issue and fixed by deletion of above folder.
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Cold-stunned Kemp's ridleys are coming ashore
Cape Cod's cold-stun season for endangered sea turtles has started with the rescue of four Kemp's ridleys Monday at beaches in Eastham and Brewster.
The animals were recovered by staff members of Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary.
Kemp's ridleys are the smallest species of sea turtle that usually strand due to cold-stunning. They are also the most endangered sea turtle in the world.
The turtles were to be transported to the New England Aquarium's Animal Care Center in Quincy, where they will receive treatment and rehabilitation before being released back into the wild.
Endangered and threatened sea turtles, which feed in Cape Cod Bay during the summer, become cold-stunned after becoming trapped by the Cape's hook-shaped geography.
Unable to migrate south to warmer waters, the turtles' body temperatures fall with the water temperature and their systems start to shut down.
Like last year, this fall's cold-stun strandings began before the surface temperature of Cape Cod Bay dropped to 50 degrees, when turtles usually begin to wash ashore. The current temperature in the bay is 57 degrees.
Last year 420 cold-stunned sea turtles washed up along the Cape's beaches. Since 1999 sea turtle strandings in the fall generally have been rising.
The reasons aren't clear, but much warmer waters in the Gulf of Maine and increased nesting productivity for some sea turtle species may be two factors.


I first eat Paella 2 years ago in Spain, when I was in vacation in Valencia. So I can say I eat the mother of all Paellas :), since Paella is a well know Spanish traditional dish, based on rice combined with chicken, seafood, other type of meet, or no meet at all. The common ingredient of all Paella recipes is saffron, which gives this dish its unique taste.
After trying Paella recipes in different restaurants I have decided to make it at home for the first time.
After reading the whole article and recipe I am convinced to try this at home because it sounds just like the first seafood Paella I had during my Spanish vacation.


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High speed racing for Team WNT in Stevenage
For round four of the Matrix Fitness GP all of the teams were faced with a very fast, almost drag strip-like, course around Stevenage. This would prove to be a real test of power, strength and all out speed as opposed to pure bike handling skill.
With Natalie Grinczer maintaining her place in the team, and looking to put into practice what she learnt at the Stoke on Trent Round, the only roster change was Becca Carter coming in to replace Sam Burman. So with a relatively unchanged team the aim was to continue the improvements seen at the last round. From the off the pace was fast, while all Matrix races are fast, this was something else, with no hills to climb all that energy was put in to out and out pace with the race flat out from the start!
The style of course and the pace of racing had an effect on the peleton that hadn't been previously seen. In earlier rounds the peleton had split to pieces in the early stages, leaving four or five groups out on course. At Stevenage it was different, with a small group being detached with the main group sticking together. Things started to heat up on lap three when a break formed with Team WNT's Jo Tindley a part of it, along series individual leader Nikki Juniper and five other leading riders. The break was to be short-lived, though, with the bunch chasing them down and catching them. This was followed by several more, unsuccessful breakaways.
When the race reached the first of the sprint laps Team WNT's Irish Road Race Champion, Lydia Boylan, led the way, taking the first two sprint laps and scoring maximum points. Now at the halfway stage the pressure started to mount with Alice Barnes of the Drops team putting in a stinging attack and she wasn't to be caught after that. However the chase was hard and a resulting touch of wheels caused a crash that split the bunch, with Team WNT's Hannah Walker and Natalie Grinczer on the wrong side of it, leaving them with a 10 second gap to bridge, a challenge that seemed insurmountable by the pit crew. However, Hannah and Natalie had other ideas! Along with a couple of riders from Drops and Podium Ambition they halved the gap by the next lap and had managed to make contact with the lead group by the lap after, disaster averted! By now Alice Barnes had her unassailable lead, so the peloton was racing for 2nd place, this was still a big bunch though, meaning a big sprint finish was on the cards. In among all of the mayhem of the spring Lydia Boylan came home in 9th position for Team WNT, not quite what the team had hoped for after what had been a very positive race.
"The team rode really well tonight, we managed to keep four riders in the front group, which was great. The team was unlucky in the sprint, but this is something for us to work on now and we get a chance to put those lessons to good use at Croydon!" says Team Manager, Marcus Nainby.
Hot on the heels of Stevenage the Matrix Fitnsess GP series moves on to Croydon, followed quickly by the final round at Portsmouth on the 9th June. A challenging week for Team WNT!


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For a car park close to the city's main shopping area, choose The Markets car park in Leeds. As well as the unique venues of the Corn Exchange and Kirkgate Market, you'll also be close enough to make it in plenty of time for Curtain Up at one of the city's many theatres, including the West Yorkshire Playhouse, the Phoenix Dance Theatre and the Unlimited Theatre. Pre-book your Leeds car parking online and take all of the stress out of a night out in the city.
Voted as Britain's favourite market, Kirkgate Market is just a short walk from The Markets car park. It's the largest indoor market in Europe and is a significant part of Leeds' shopping and historical experience.
For more shopping and history, Leeds Corn Exchange is a Grade 1 listed Victorian building packed with independent retail stores, and is just one of three Corn Exchanges left in the country. Park near the Corn Exchange and it's just a short stroll back to The Markets car park, so it's not too far to carry all those bags full of bargains.
If you fancy catching a show then it's a few minutes' walk from the car park to the city's greatest theatres. Take your pick from the West Yorkshire Playhouse (which at its opening in 1990 was Britain's largest new purpose-built theatre) to the Phoenix Dance Theatre, the longest standing contemporary dance company in the UK outside of London. For a more local touch, head to the Unlimited Theatre, which prides itself on its storytelling productions. With our The Markets car park just minutes from the foyer, you can be in your seat in plenty of time for the start of the show.
With so much to see in Leeds, finding somewhere to park can be a challenge, especially during the busy festive period or the peak summer season. Parking at The Markets car park will make your visit easier when you use our pre-bookable car parking facility. Reserve your very own parking space in the heart of Leeds. The Markets car park provides you with convenient parking that's great value too.
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First there was a short story, "Animal Rescue," by Dennis Lehane. The author then turned it into a screenplay, and wrote a novel from it after that. (This was the same creation sequence of my short story, "Air Raid," and my movie script and novel, Millennium.)
This is a competent but not ground-breaking crime story. Well, they can't all be ground-breaking, can they? The drop is the term for a bar which is selected by the Chechen underworld to receive all the day's profits from illegal activities. Usually no one knows where it will be until the last minute, thus thwarting both police raids and hold-ups from anyone dumb enough to steal money from Chechens. Cousin Marv's (James Gandolfini, in his last role) bar is chosen to get the truly massive betting money on Superbowl Sunday (evidently XLIII in 2009, since the final score is announced as 27 to 23, which would have been the Steelers over Arizona). Cousin Marv used to own the bar, but it was basically taken away from him, and he has never gotten over it. He plans to make off with the cash, which could be well over a million. But he picks one of the stupidest, most unstable guys you could imagine to be his partner, and he doesn't figure in the qualities of his real cousin Bob (Tom Hardy), the bartender, who is much more than he seems. I'll leave the plot at this point.
It co-stars the fabulous Noomi Rapace, who has been getting a lot of work since her incredible performance in the good (Swedish) version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo trilogy. The sub-plot is Bob finding a battered pit bull puppy, Rocco, in her garbage bin (she didn't put it there), and how the little rascal ends up bringing the two of them together as they figure out how to raise him. It's sweet, and provides a good counterpoint to the tawdry shit going on at the bar. I'd recommend this one to just about anyone. There is violence in it, but mostly it happens off-screen, except for the climax.


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We're still trying to figure out the format for email addresses at e-bankintersa.com for sure. We've got the following addresses though for employees currently at the firm. Does this get you any further on your quest?


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From one of the stars of Netflix's overnight sensation "Queer Eye," Tan France's memoir "Naturally Tan" has his signature wit, style, and radical compassion. In Tan's own words, "The book is meant to spread joy, personal acceptance, and most of all understanding. Each of us is living our own private journey, and the more we know about each other, the healthier and happier the world will be."
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Otto Heinrich Wilhelm Anton Joseph Bödiker (geboren 17. Oktober 1881 in Berlin; gestorben am 12. Mai 1920 in Tempelhof) war ein preußischer Landrat.

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Der Katholik Otto Bödiker war ein Sohn von Tonio Bödiker und dessen Ehefrau, Johanna Bödiker, geborene Devens. Nach dem Besuch des Gymnasiums nahm er mit dem Sommersemester 1900 ein Studium der Rechtswissenschaft auf, das ihn zu Beginn an die Universität in Heidelberg führte. Zum Dr. jur. wurde er 1903 in Leipzig mit der Arbeit "Wirkt nach Reichsrecht das vom Vermieter gegen den Mieter erstrittene Räumungsurteil Rechtskraft und Vollstreckbarkeit gegen den nach der Rechtsanhängigkeit aufgenommen Untermieter?" promoviert.

Mit Ablegung des ersten Staatsexamens trat Bödiker zur weiteren Ausbildung am 30. September 1903 als Gerichtsreferendar in den Preußischen Justizdienst ein und wechselte in gleicher Stellung am 27. Oktober 1906 als nunmehriger Regierungsreferendar an die Königlich Preußische Regierung Düsseldorf. Mit bestandenem zweitem Staatsexamen 1909 zum Regierungsassessor ernannt, fand er im weiteren Beschäftigung als Hilfsarbeiter bei dem Landratsamt Nauen und wechselte 1911 in gleicher Funktion an das Landratsamt in Oldenstadt und zum 1. Januar 1913 an die Regierung Schleswig. Dort erhielt er am 22. August 1916 seine Ernennung zum Regierungsrat.

In der Nachfolge des nach Rheinbach versetzten Fritz Knoll im Mai 1918 kommissarisch mit der Verwaltung des Kreises Wipperfürth betraut, erhält er am 14. Februar des Folgejahres seine definitive Ernennung bzw. Einsetzung in dieses Amt, ehe er im September 1919 zunächst beurlaubt wird und schließlich aus dem Dienst scheidet. Anlässlich seines Todes vermerkte der Beamte des Standesamts Tempelhof handschriftlich auf der Sterbeurkunde, dass Otto Bödiker Leiter des Finanzamts Tempelhof sei und zwei minderjährige Kinder hinterlasse und ein Testament bestehe. Die Todesanzeige erstatte der Amtsvorsteher in Berlin-Tempelhof.

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Otto Bödiker heiratete am 4. September 1919 in Wilmersdorf Lucia Franziska Kochanek (geboren am 2. Oktober 1892 in Marienwerder; gestorben nach 1930), eine Tochter des Schuhmachermeisters Konrad Kochanek (verstorben vor dem 4. September 1919 in Marienwerder) und dessen Ehefrau Emma Kochanek, geb. Sonnabend (geboren am 14. August 1856 in Marienwerder; gestorben am 28. Januar 1949 in Charlottenburg). Ottos jüngerer Bruder Rudolf Bödiker war ebenfalls Landrat.

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The Maine Council of Churches touts Richmond's neighborhood policing program as the reason behind a 95 percent decrease in the town's crime rate from the early 1980s to the first six months of 1995. Gary Nash of Richmond says the Richmond police force has changed under Chief Christopher Fife, who last year replaced John Morris as chief. The town's crime rate ranked 13th in the state from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, and nuisance crimes were endemic. Former Town Manager Nancy Churchill hooked the town up with a U.S. Department of Justice experiment on community policing in rural towns, and secured a number of federal grants to rebuild the waterfront park and help local businesses. Details.
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DJ Mark Ronson was surprised when former Baywatch star David Hasselhoff complimented him on his talent and said he wanted to work with him. But Ronson had to turn down the offer because he is too busy.
Ronson was genuinely surprised when Hasselhoff wanted to collaborate with him for TV shows, reports contactmusic.com.He said: "He came up and was like, 'Hey, I really love your stuff,' and I was just taken aback. He stayed and watched our show and said that he's got some new TV show and wanted me to produce a song with him. But I'm a bit busy right now!"Ronson has worked with the likes of Lily Allen and Amy Winehouse.
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June 1, 2010 in General Sport
LocationHere and now
Is Australian Football the daftest game on the planet?
It seems to be a mixture of Football, Rugby, Netball, Volleyball and Gaelic football played on an oval pitch with 18 players each side all of whom can play anywhere they like,
can't say i have ever seen it but it sounds interesting as well as confusing.
reminds me of some of the footie games i played in as a lad, 17 a side and anybody's guess who was on what team.
Is there a similar "game" played once every year at Ashborne?
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Stripeikiai is the earliest known village in Aukštaitija National Park, Ignalina district best known for its unique ethnographic beekeeping museum. The museum was founded in 1974 by Bronius Kazlas at Vincas Bikus farmstead with a watermill and now receives about 10,000 visitors annually. The museum is all about the traditional beekeeping which was cultivated in this area throughout the ages. Guests still can taste fresh honey during their visit to the museum.

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"A touching tale about heartbreak and healing. . . . If you loved The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fryand The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, make time to read this finale to the trilogy." —Good Housekeeping
Ten years ago, Harold Fry set off on a six-hundred-mile walk to save a friend. But the story doesn't end there. Now his wife, Maureen, has her own pilgrimage to make.
Only she can finish the journey her husband started.
Maureen and Harold Fry have settled into a quiet life, but when an unexpected message from the North disturbs their peaceful equilibrium, Maureen realizes that it's now her turn to make a journey. But she is not like her affable, easygoing husband. By turns outspoken, then vulnerable, she struggles to form bonds with the people she meets—and the landscape she crosses has radically changed. Maureen has no sense of what she will find at the end of the road. All she knows is that she has to get there.
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Residents of villages in Myanmar's northern Rakhine State have told reporters of accounts of human rights abuses by security forces during clearance operations conducted in the aftermath of the October 9 attack on police outposts in the beleaguered region.
The accounts, told to reporters from local and foreign media outlets who were in the region as part of a government-sponsored trip, included accusations of extrajudicial killing, arson and arbitrary arrest. The government and military have repeatedly denied that such incidents took place.
In Kyar Gaung Taung village, Maungdaw Township, Lalmuti, 23, pointed to a small pile of ashes where she said she found her father's charred remains after security forces torched the family home in mid-November.
Her mother was later arrested and sentenced to six months in prison after authorities said her complaints about the killings were fabricated, she added.
Kyar Gaung Taung, and neighbouring Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son, were both named in a December report published by Human Rights Watch, which used satellite imagery to show thousands of homes had been torched in mid-November during security operations. The government says residents torched their own homes.
Government-sponsored trip
The five-day media trip, organised by the Ministry of Information, saw reporters escorted to villages in Buthidaung and Maungdaw townships. Most of the trip was spent in Buthidaung, in areas where the government says recent attacks have been conducted by a Rohingya insurgent group known as the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army.
On July 13, reporters were taken to Maungnama village in Buthidaung, where on July 4 a villager was kidnapped, and is believed to have been killed, by about a dozen masked men. The man's family told Frontier they didn't know the reason for the kidnapping but suspected he was regarded as being a government informant, which the family said was untrue.
A day later as reporters were travelling by boat to Buthidaung from Tin May village – the scene of fighting between suspected militants and BGP forces on July 9 that saw two suspects arrested and two others killed – reporters were beckoned to the shore by a group of women as they passed Maungnama. After negotiation with authorities, the reporters were allowed to visit the village to hear the residents' testimonies.
There, villagers spoke of a climate of fear due to the heavy security presence in the area. Women told accounts of their husbands running away in fear of being arrested each time security forces came to the area.
Mahmula Hatu said her son Sade Ullah had been arrested for belonging to the insurgency, despite a lack of evidence. Through severe translation challenges, she told reporters he was arrested because someone had informed authorities he had travelled to Bangladesh.
He was sentenced to six months in prison but had not been released eight months later, she said, adding that the family could not afford to provide him with a lawyer.
"He did nothing wrong"
On June 15, the reporters were promised access to three Rohingya villages – Kyar Gaung Taung, Yae Khat Chaung Gwa Son and Dar Gyi Zar in Maungdaw Township – they had requested permission to visit, and where some of the gravest accusations of abuses by security forces are alleged to have taken place.
Due to time constraints, Kyar Gaung Taung was the only village the group was able to visit.
The media tour had has been escorted during its trip by a large security detail of officers from the Border Guard Police. During the visit to Kyar Gaung Taung, reporters insisted officers did not accompany them to speak with the villagers.
Out of sight of the security forces, accusations of arbitrary arrests and other abuses quickly emerged.
There, one villager who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of reprisals, said he had witnessed security forces torching several homes during a crackdown in mid-November. He told Frontier that 32 of the village's residents had been killed and ten arrested, including two children.
Several women also stepped forward to tell reporters that their sons and husbands had been arrested in the crackdown and still not released, despite no evidence of them having committed crimes.
"My son was working in the field when he was arrested. He did nothing wrong," said one woman.
A day earlier, on June 14, during a press briefing, commander of the BGP Thura U San Lwin said reports of violations by security forces were false, and that villagers had set fire to their own homes in order to elicit sympathy from the international community.
He blamed the media for reporting incorrect information.
He also disputed the UN's estimates for the number of people who had fled the region, claiming records show that only 22,000 people were missing since October.
On June 16, reporters also met with senior figures from the Rakhine State government, including chief minister U Nyi Pu, who denied that the clearance operations amounted to genocide or ethnic cleansing, as some groups have claimed.
"Some minor accidents could have happened during the operation," he said.
This article was first published by Frontier.
© Oliver Slow/ FrontierA Border Guard Police officer conducts a patrol on the outskirts of Kyar Gaung Taung village, Maungdaw Township on July 15
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Today, Akkasah: The Center for Photography at NYU Abu Dhabi boasts an archive of 62,000 images from the UAE and across the MENA region – of which 9,000 are already digitized and available online — the only of its kind in the Middle East. These images offer new insights into the history and rapid transformation of the UAE and the broader Arab world. They include historical collections ranging from the nineteenth century to the late twentieth, covering a variety of themes and topics, from early images of the Holy Lands and from the Ottoman Empire, to images from family albums, institutional archives and the history of Egyptian cinema.
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Liz's Paper Loft: MCT September Sneak Peeks Day 1 ~ Hi!
MCT September Sneak Peeks Day 1 ~ Hi!
There are so many pieces to this new die set, I couldn't possible use all them!
I love the way the "window" dies nest to get that layered look.
The window is amazing!! The stitching adds such detail & really draws your eye to the card!! The clouds are simple, its a simple card yet there's so many layers & design techniques! Great job!!
OMG Miss Liz and HI right back atcha!!
Your card is totally out of bounds!!
You totally rocked today's Sneaky Peek!
girl you are so stinkin' talented. I just love how you've used all of Miss Emma's goodies. Lucky person who gets your card....Very Lucky person!!
I'm jealous!! YOU so ROCK!!
What a gorgeous card Liz! OMG I just love the window and those gorgeous clouds are AMAZING!!
Love the way you used the newer label die as a window.
I LOVE your WONDERFUL card. Love your die cut window and the sweet little butterfly. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful, love how you highlighted the window with the sponged clouds!!!
This is so pretty!! I love the clouds and how you did the window!! Fabulous! Hugs!!
That new label die looks perfect as a window card to highlight the word die. Beautiful, the way you did the clouds.
What a beautiful card Liz!! I love how you made a window and all of the details you created with the clouds and accents!! SO pretty!
Love the negative cut Liz. Looks great! Fab showing of day one!!!
Great job on the clouds.
Love the cutout. A fun idea.
Terrific card! I love how you used the die to cut the window and love those clouds!
Very cute with the clouds and the window.
Never would have thought of using the dies to layer the window. Very clever!
What a great card-the clouds and cut out are so clever!
I love how you made a window on your beautiful card. Great job, so pretty.
Liz ~ BEAUTIFUL card! I LOVE how you used the frame die for a window then the word peeking through! Oh your clouds are simply BEAUTIFUL too! AWESOME CAS card!!!
Great card I love how the stitching focuses your eye on the Hi. Tfs.
Perfect dies (I sooooo need these) + a gorgeous card = one very happy me! Thank you for sharing!
WOW!! This is absolutely AMAZING!!
I love this card and the way the cloud background turned out.
Your window card is unique in the way you used the two dies to layer the window! Love it!
WOW Your window is amazing! So diggin' Emma's new dies!
Your clouds are beautiful and the window is awesome. Wonderful job! This set is a must have for sure.
Lovely card Liz! the new dies are fantastic TFS!
Love how you did those clouds Liz! Sooo cool!
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According to a new report by Reports and Data, New York City, New York, the global cannabis packaging market is expected to reach $5.2 billion by 2026.
A significant trend arising is the push for cannabis products to be packaged in materials that are recyclable, biodegradable and compostable. As more states legalize medical marijuana, the cannabis industry across the globe has grown more than 310% in the past four years. As per the Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, marijuana has been legalized at some level in 28+ states and is pending further legalization in 13+ others.
This exponential growth, along with an attribute of self-funded small organizations, has helped legitimize its use in the eyes of many. By 2020, it is anticipated the industry is expected to reach $24.5 billion in the US, with $11.2 billion alone for recreational products.
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2022 World Cup Participant Trial Schedule: Japan vs Canada, Jordan vs Spain, Portugal vs Nigeria
Portugal are due to take on Nigeria at the Estadio Jose Alvalade in Lisbon on Friday (11/18) at 01:45 WIB.
"Ronaldo has gastritis and didn't train today to recover and rest," Portugal coach Fernando Santos told a news conference, as quoted by Fot Mob.
"It's a condition that doesn't help much because it affects the players a lot, they lose a lot of fluids, they get weaker. He won't be ready for tomorrow, that's for sure," added the coach who led Portugal to the final. Victory in the European Cup 2016.
For your information, gastritis is a disease caused by inflammation of the stomach wall. This condition is usually characterized by pain in the solar plexus.
If left unchecked, gastritis can last for years and lead to serious complications, such as stomach ulcers. Gastritis is divided into two types, namely acute and chronic gastritis.
Acute gastritis occurs when inflammation of the stomach lining occurs suddenly. This condition causes severe heartburn that is temporary. However, if left untreated, acute gastritis can become chronic.
Meanwhile, in chronic astritis, inflammation of the stomach lining occurs slowly and over a long period of time. The pain felt is milder than that of acute gastritis, but appears more frequently and lasts longer.
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I have spent the last few days in Mongolia seeing for myself what the compact partnership between this great country and the U.S. Government's Millennium Challenge Corporation has achieved to reduce poverty and promote economic growth. From all that I have seen—from all my conversations with you and the beneficiaries of compact projects—I can say that MCC's 285 million dollar investment is making a difference.
Because of your tremendous work and leadership, the compact is contributing to greater economic activity by investing in vocational and technical training to create the skilled workforce of tomorrow. Over 12,600 students—male and female—have benefited from MCC-supported training.
It is improving property rights by helping poor households obtain title to land in the ger districts and herders secure long-term leases on pastureland.
It is helping Mongolians become healthier and more productive by tackling non-communicable diseases and injuries. Over 15,600 health workers have been trained in this area.
It is reducing air pollution by helping Mongolians adopt energy-efficient technologies and helping develop this country's first commercial wind farm. For example, more than 97,700 energy-efficient stoves are now in operation.
And, the compact is facilitating greater trade and access to services with the official opening of the major north-south all-weather road that I attended last Thursday.
We also developed a rigorous monitoring and evaluation system in order to learn from our projects and hold ourselves accountable for measuring results. Your efforts have made all this possible. So, let me share two thoughts with you.
First, I want to thank each of you for the work you have done to complete Mongolia's MCC compact. MCC's Chief Executive Officer, Daniel Yohannes, asked me to share his congratulations and gratitude for a job well done. We both specifically acknowledge the tremendous dedication and outstanding professionalism of MCA-Mongolia, who overcame a number of challenges, including the unexpected passing of your former CEO in the final year of the compact. MCA-Mongolia is clearly deserving of much praise for such extraordinary commitment to finishing the compact.
Second, I want to challenge you to sustain the successes of your completed MCC compact. I realize that your work has been hard. Now, the focus must turn to sustainability. This requires making ongoing policy reforms. It requires a constant commitment to gender integration and to projects that adhere to international environmental standards. And, it means finding ways to partner with the private sector as the ultimate engine of economic growth.
Chinggis Khan once said, "One arrow alone can be easily broken but many arrows are indestructible." Your shared vision and collective actions—your strong unity of mission and purpose—create the indestructible arrows that are winning the fight against poverty and creating a life of greater opportunity for your fellow citizens. During my time in Mongolia, I have seen this firsthand. I ask you now to sustain what has been achieved in order to usher in an even more hopeful future of prosperity and growth for all the people of Mongolia.
Congratulations, and thank you so much! Bayarlalaa.


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Q: Data structure for multiple keys having same value in C++ I am having multiple keys denoting same value in std::unordered_map. Is there any Data Structure in CPP which I can use in order to save memory? In present case, since I am storing same value again and again for a different key, my memory is increasing a lot. There is one solution to create a tuple of keys and store, but that will impact my runtime while retrieving the data. I saw couple of similar questions on stack overflow but didn't find proper solution to it.
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unordered_map<int,int> m ;
m[0] = 0;
m[1] = 0;
m[2] = 0;

cout<<m[2]<<endl;


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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Excel Fundamentals for Data Analysis by Macquarie University
As data becomes the modern currency, so the ability to analyse the data quickly and accurately has become of paramount importance. Excel with its extraordinarily broad range of features and capabilities is one of the most widely used programs for doing this. In the first course of our Excel Skills for Data Analysis and Visualization Specialization, you will learn the fundamentals of Excel for data analysis. When you have completed the course, you will be able to use a range of Excel tools and functions to clean and prepare data for analysis; automate data analysis with the help of Named Ranges and Tables; and use logical and lookup functions to transform, link and categorise data. This course will enable you to build a strong foundation in the fundamentals, helping you to be more efficient in your day-to-day and developing the necessary skills to work with the more advanced techniques used in later courses. To make the content easy to relate to and to personalize the learning experience, we are going to follow Zara's journey through the course. Who is Zara? Well, she is no-one and everyone. You will find that Zara's trials and tribulations sound familiar, and together with Zara, you will develop your Excel skills along the way — and, importantly, have some fun doing it. The Excel Skills for Data Analytics and Visualization courses are the sequel to one of most successful specializations on Coursera, Excel Skills for Business, which has attracted hundreds of thousands of learners and top ratings. Transform your skills, your confidence, and your opportunities by adding this new set of skills to your repertoire....
Well done. A small thing, though: in the quizzes, the grading could be made more fault-tolerant. Example: an answer such as AND(y,x) instead of AND(x,y) is deemed wrong, which borders on the nasty.
Super fun and and intellectual course. Real need of hour to excel in Excel :) . This course helped a lot, in improving skills in excel analytics.\n\nspecial thanks to both the instructors !!!!!!!
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By Jaime R
There were some errors (typos and duplication) in the quizes and assessments, which are not only distracting but also confusing to interpret what is being looked for in an answer. I see many comments in the discussion forums from students addressing these but no answers from admin or moderators that they are looking to correct the issues or addressing questions where there is an error on the student's part. The study material and content are very good, but whomever is creating and QAing the final release of the quizes and assessments doesn't appear to be in lock step with the content for the respective sections.
By Ulvi K
This course very useful but their weekly assessment is not updated. Questions and assessment excel workbooks are different. Also, week 5 assessment workbook has not been uploaded. Despite of people's complaint they do not answer people and Coursera also can not help you. Please consider this comment, prior to buy this course. Stay safe :)
By Humaira M
Some values didnt match p in the final worksheet
By Vaishnavi S
This course Excel Fundamentals for Data Analysis has shed light onto various features of excel that were foreign to me prior to the course. Even the complex of all functions were elucidated in a lucid manner making it easy to comprehend. Extremely engaging and informative learning. I thoroughly enjoyed the whole process.
By hope m
This is an informative course, but I suppose because it is made months ago, or whenever it was, there is no one to ask if you're stuck at something, or nobody is there to correct a misunderstanding, or just a wrong execution of formulas. I don't know how to articulate how the teacher and the student are far removed from each other in this platform. If I use this course certificate to apply, and my questions have gone unanswered, then I'd be bringing something wrong in my head from this course to work, which in my opinion defeats the purpose of learning something. Otherwise, this was great. I just have to find some way to correct or un-learn what I learned or didnt learn or didnt understand. Also, the workbooks have links that needs to be updated. Im using a macbook, and just recently subscribed to Microsoft 365 thinking I can execute the functions/formulas mentioned in the videos. It helped, but not much. My big bone with this is the lack of responses from the Professors. The students who take the course help one another, but some also just have the same issues, which have gone unanswered, or still unclear. Im glad though for the forum. I emailed Coursera for help. I see the same issues 3-5 months ago, still unanswered, and sometimes it gets discouraging, the lack of feedback. What is learning if you are just guessing the answer just to pass? I've gotten good grades, just because I've enough time to keep going back, but what about those who don't? Grades are the only feedback that comes back right away:-(, which shouldnt be. Sad.
By May T Z
This course is the best choice if you are going to jump into the field like data analyst or business analyst. Highly recommended! But don't forget to make sure you have basic knowledge in Excel as this course is intended for the learners with intermediate level in Excel.
By Lauren S
Great course--but there are a few issues with sheets already having the information filled out when the student is meant to do so and at least for the final assessment, none of the answer choices matches the spreadsheet's average retail price.
By Rachid Z
Excellent course. Excellent instructors. The only downside was the excel sheet for the fifth-week exam wasn't available which was a bit frustrating. But, the whole journey was fun and instructive. Many thanks to Coursera.
By Fred V
By Apoorv V
Super fun and and intellectual course. Real need of hour to excel in Excel :) . This course helped a lot, in improving skills in excel analytics.
special thanks to both the instructors !!!!!!!
By Heleen B
I very much enjoyed participating in this course! For me, as a newby to Excel, it was a great way to learn a whole lot about the different functionalities of this popular spreadsheet software. Also, because of the many exercises available, I could immediately bring the formulae and other learnt operations into practice straight away. Thank you for offering this, and keep up with the good work!
By Francis J Z G
The assessments are quite random at times, with the questions outright stating the formulas to be used without giving much of a challenge for us. The last question in the course assessment was also worded incorrectly, the answer 41 is the retail average of those WITH the bonus, not without.
By W.M.M.Sewwandi
Tbh I didn't even know that I didn't know how to use excel properly before I started this course, it was very exciting to follow a course where the study materials are perfect and also the quizzes after every single lesson were really helpful, cause sometimes after having a lesson we falsely believe we know everything now but those quizzes really show you "well you need more practising, stop overestimating" the entire course was very fun and very informative, so thank you very much for the month of knowledge, I enjoyed being Zara quite a lot. I still believe I need more practising, and so I'm going to redo all the downloaded materials, to make sure. Thank you very much.
By John N D
I have really learned a lot in this course. I have been using Excel since college and also from my work, but I was surprised as to what I didn't know in Excel. That is why this course is very perfect for users who are only self-taught like me. The instructors are also very articulate in explaining the topics. I love their conversations with each other in the Introduction videos, which makes you really want to learn more.
By Nur S M H
This course is very useful! I wish to learn this earlier during my university days but nevertheless, it's better than never! For those who are interested, you will learn a lot of skills that are very useful in data analysis and data management. The course is easy to learn with the video example and some practices that you can apply on. I really encourage all to enroll in this course.
By Giulianna M
The teachers are such class acts! I easily followed every lectured and the language used was perfect for anyone. The follow-throughs are easy and the material provided is really helpful. The challenges are my favorite since I can review everything from that week's lecture. Really great to start managing data in Excel. Looking forward to the next course with these teachers.
By Abdul H R
Although I was a beginner but the lecture materials and the vedios both were easy to understand . And most importantly,though it was a non-credit online course,it help me to gain the basic knowledge of data analysis,and I do believe that it will pave the way for me to grow experties and professionalism.Thanks to all.
By Tanner D
Brilliant course. Only thing that could have made it better was some sort of back and forth with the instructors when I had questions, but hey I signed up for an online course and it was executed beautifully. Highly recommend this course for anyone working with data in Excel!
By 8 5
I'll highly recommend this Excel course, if you want to learn and understand how excel works, how you can benefit using Tables, formulas and so on. Also practice gained knowledge, because - Practice makes permanent! I am grateful for the creators of this course.
By Florrie
The only thing is the course supplier should fix all the errors/typo in the exercise and assessments. People already raised in the forum but the supplier didn't take any action, that's pretty irresponsible and presenting a negative image.
By Javed A
This is SImply the best course with amazing content to practice with. I am so delighted to finish this course. Hat's off to the instructors for producing such an entertaining course which kept me busy all the time in doing practicals.
By ELSA G S P
Muy completo el curso. Solamente que en los cuestionarios sugeriría que dieran una mejor retroalimentación en caso de estar mal y redactar un poco mejor las preguntas para saber qué es lo que se pide exactamente.
By Md. A K
This course was very informative and structured so that the students can understand and grasp it easily.
I have learned a lot of new tricks and hope to use them when ever i can.
Thank you coursera for this course.
By Richard A
Very well thought out course. Pace is good, examples are spot on, and instruction is great for someone just starting out in data analysis and needing a strong background in the fundamentals.
By Flora ;
Really engaging with short videos, under 10 minutes, and separated by quizzes which keep your attention. The editing and quality of the videos were really great and kept engagement high.


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To listen to Carl Hancock Rux' alternately blistering and blissful commentary is to attest to an artist who picks at his own sores as readily as he salves them, a life borne out of tragedy that painstakingly claws out its own victory-whether or not we perceive it as such. His Sony 550 debut, Rux Revue, is a case study in unconditional honesty-how much a man can gorge himself in flame and still emerge on the other side, how much of him remains and in what ways he's changed.
You're from Harlem originally?
I was born in Harlem, but I wasn't raised in Harlem. I lived in Harlem until I was about four, with my grandmother, who died. Then I lived in the Bronx, mostly with foster parents.
Your upbringing was nothing short of traumatic in many respects. What were some of the feelings you had about this nomadic sort of existence and what helped you stay centered?
I was absolutely unsure about everything. I didn't feel like I had a traditional family structure. For instance, there's the traumatic death of the reality of my biological mother, who was diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic and institutionalized. I've always known who and where she was, but there's no relationship, so there's this weird thing going on. Like, "My mother's there. What does that mean?" No clue whatsoever who my biological father was. Two brothers with different fathers, no clue who their fathers were and then neither of us related to the other, so I had an incredible insecurity. Nobody asks children what their feelings are about their lives and what they mean, or what they may think they mean. If people provide food, clothing and shelter for children, they say, "That's enough. You're okay." But it wasn't enough for me. The thing that kept me centered, from the age of four, was drawing. I was doing art before I could write. I was writing little short stories. I was always listening to lots of music. I was creating a little fantasy world for myself. My adoptive mother died recently and I went through some of things she kept-things written as a child I didn't even know I'd done. Inside of all that-this magical world-was some of what was ugly about my life, things that you wouldn't expect a child to say. But that's what kept me centered: holding on the reality and making the fantasy at the same time.
What kind of formal education did you have?
I went to the High School of Music and Art. Got a bachelor's degree at Columbia University. I attempted to go to grad school, but I stopped. I wanted to be a writer but I wasn't clear how furthering my formal education was gonna help me do that. So I just stopped and focused. Tried to be sure of my views. Started writing plays, poetry. But when I was in Columbia University, I worked with the International Theater Company as a drama intern and I went to the American University in Paris for a minute to study comparative literature and sort of focus on the things I wanted to write.
What sort of positive reinforcement did you get from people around you, or were you cut off from that?
My foster mother, who also became my adoptive mother, was really supportive of me as an artist. She was always incredibly encouraging. My foster/adoptive father was like, "Learn a trade." But that's the world he came from. He worked in a factory. He worked with his hands. He thought art was a ridiculous escape, especially for a Black man in America, so he wasn't interested by my interest in art. And then in schools, yeah. People recognized early on that I had all this creative energy and were always pretty supportive of it.
How did you start developing your ideology?
My ideology developed itself based on my life experience. There was my own strange personal history and how I saw myself in that. Then there was all the literature, all the movies, all the music I was experiencing. I allowed that to inform my feeling about things. There's a little bit of decadence and some nationalism. Then there's some political beliefs that are not as defined. I'm trying real hard not to speak about or to things or have conclusive ideas about things that I don't know anything about yet. If I don't really know anything about it and if it hasn't really affected me personally, I'm trying not to go there 'til I've figured that out. My world and my ideology are incredibly personal. It's personal and political in a global way, because there are other people who feel the same thing. Our politics as people are best when they're borne out of how we relate to the personal, as opposed to creating some ideology for the sake of creating an ideology because we think we should "have ideas" about everything.
What was your formal entry into the literary world?
My older brother, who I grew up with, moved back to New York City. We got to know each other and we had this great relationship. Then he died like a year later. He died of AIDS and I became his primary caretaker. Again, it was like the continuation of trauma for me. To never have something that you wanted, to finally get it and then have it snatched away from you. It just, like, flipped me. As he was hauled away, it was like, "There's my brother, and WHAM! I can't have that!" So I didn't know else to do except to write this play. And it was produced-that was the first thing, about 1991. It called, "Song of Seven Men," about Black men like myself. But it was also about a community that had a great heyday and then had fallen into decline and what do we do with that? What do we do with the people who are here who are just wasting away? That was really the first thing. And writing plays and collaborating. It's New York and working with a lot of musicians, dancers, artists, writers. I was hangin' out at the Nuyorican [Poets Cafe] and these poets' spaces in New York.
What does being in the studio and recording yourself do for you that performing live doesn't? And vice versa?
Well, those two things are not in opposition to each other. One is the natural progression of the other. Writing is a very personal thing I do in solitude. Then going to a studio or going to the stage is the next level of that. It's collaborative. There are musicians and producers and singers. And it's about figuring out, "How do I land this idea? How do I take these words I have and how do I sing them? How do I phrase them? How do I want them to sound? How do I want my voice to sound? What does the bass and the guitar and the drums bring to this that makes it something else or informs it a whole other way?" It's about being in a room with other artists and figuring out how your art lives in their art.
There have been many poets who've recorded their work, but only a few really on a major label. Now that it seems that spoken word is becoming more popular, the majors seem to be trying to stick their toes in the water. What does it represent for you, being on the vanguard as one of the few poets on a major label, especially as huge a label as Sony?
Wow, that's a good question. It's funny, 'cause, you did have this sort of interest from major labels for a minute in the early '90s, and then that changed. After '93, '94, when major labels saw spoken word as some incredibly viable thing, they were running around trying to sign a whole bunch of poets. Which I don't think is happening now. And I don't think Sony signed me with that in mind, either. The way I was signed was, I was gigging around a lot with my band, 'cause I wanted to just work it out. The term "spoken word," to me, is misleading. Because it doesn't describe what everybody does. It doesn't describe to me what I do. I speak some of my poetry, sing some of it, speak and sing some of it. I've always done this. Then I relay my poetry in the company of musicians and interpret the work. This is what Polly Anthony, president of 550 and Epic, saw. She came down to one of the shows at Izzy Bar and decided to bring people from Sony down to see me at the Nuyorican, and brought other people to see me at CB's 313 Gallery. And just kept seeing me consistently. And I think what she responded to. For that reason, to me, there's something kinda homogenous, kind of honest about it. Polly Anthony, being the president of two labels at a major label, she's responsible for making sure that those labels are making money. But she didn't sign me because she thought she was gonna make major money with me as an artist. I don't think what I did immediately made itself clear to her in the commercial market or the commercial arena of music. People tend to find the carbon copy of something that is actually selling right now as a sure way of making some dollars. So being at Sony doesn't resonate so much to me. I see it as a great opportunity to do my art and to have my art marketed in a way that is national or international. To have a system of power that a lot people don't have or may not have in their lifetime. Which is unfortunate, because there are people who are incredible and should be at some major labels right now, poets, singers and musicians and whatever. That's what it means. I'm real happy to have this opportunity to bring myself to the forefront.
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