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The Leader Implementation work session is designed to help leaders create a high performance team by implementing the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Based on research with nine organizations that have achieved results by implementing 7 Habits successfully, leaders will learn a 3-step implementation process, receive a set of practical tools to help them coach their team to effectiveness, and get a series of videos and study guides they can use with their team to reinforce the 7 Habits after the work session.
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Participants learn how to set quality writing standards that help them increase productivity, resolve issues, and heighten credibility. Participants learn a four-step process to create writing that cuts through the clutter. They learn how to write faster with more clarity and gain skills for revising and fine-tuning every style of document.
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This webinar covers five main elements: résumé dos, including the top requirements for a great résumé; résumé don'ts, including pointless résumé phrases to avoid; how to write a highly targets résumé with a problem you are uniquely positioned to solve; get it in the hands of a person who can make a decision; and finally, cover letters. By the end of thew binary, participants will have a good draft of their résumé and all the information needed to finish up.
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Improving their track record of keeping commitments.
Extending appropriate levels of trust with co-workers and other peers.
Focusing on improving internal "customer service" with others who depend on their work.
Increasing their personal credibility and influence.
Adopting and applying the 13 Behaviors that build, maintain, and restore trust.
This webinar enables teams to succeed. This 2-hour webinar workshop helps individual contributors and leaders learn how to leverage trust within their work teams and organizations, as well as how to align internal systems and processes. The LiveClicks webinar format is ideal when in-person training isn't possible because of distance, time, budget, or work responsibilities.
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Trust teaches leaders why building a high-trust work environment is as essential as any other measurable economic goal of the organization. In this 90-minuete webinar leaders learn how to identify and close trust gaps that exist in their organization. Participants leave with a renewed commitment to become more credible and to extend trust to others. The LiveClicks webinar format is ideal when in-person training isn't possible because of distance, time, budget, or work responsibilities.
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LEAD Aligning Academics introduces the 4 Disciplines process. In this workshop, participants learn how to apply the 4 Disciplines to personal and team (class) goals, teach the 4D process to students, and use Leadership Notebooks effectively to empower students to take ownership of their learning.
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The Leader in Me Aligning Academics introduces the 4 Disciplines process. In this workshop, participants learn how to apply the 4 Disciplines to personal and team (class) goals, teach the 4D process to students, and use Leadership Notebooks effectively to empower students to take ownership of their learning.
The Leader in Me Lighthouse Team 2: Achieving Momentum instructs the Lighthouse Team to use the 4 Disciplines process to set and achieve school goals in the context of the Leader in Me framework. During this work session, participants will assess schoolwide Level 1 progress in the areas of leadership and culture, establish schoolwide academic WIGs, and draft a Level 2 implementation timeline.
This workshop is a part of The Leader in Me process. Schools complete Vision Training and 7 Habits Signature prior to this course. All staff at a school attend Implementation Training where they learn how to apply the principles embodied in the 7 Habits to establish a culture of leadership in their classrooms. Specific resources including a web community are introduced and participants develop classroom implementation plans.
This workshop is a part of The Leader in Me process and follows Vision, 7 Habits and Implementation Training. A small team of six to ten attend this workshop. Participants learn how to work effectively as a Lighthouse Team and coordinate schoolwide implementation of The Leader in Me focused on achieving Lighthouse School status. Participants will develop a 3-Year Implementation timeline as part of this course.
This Level 2 course is for the Lighthouse Team at a Leader in Me school. The team will clarify their vision, update their roles, make plans for New Staff Orientation and Ongoing Staff Development and learn to use the tools of a WIG Gantt Chart and associated scoreboards and action plans to achieve their schoolwide goals.
This Level 2 course is designed for all staff at a Leader in Me school. The first half of the day empowers staff with a higher order application of the 7 Habits. The second half addresses student empowerment by implementing Leadership Notebooks, improved Leadership Roles, Student-Led Conferences and other tools.
The Leader in Me® 3.0 Launching Leadership introduces participants to The Leader in Me. Drawing on the paradigms, habits, practices, and skills associated with The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People® training, participants learn how to build leadership in each adult and student in the school. This workshop prepares participants to successfully implement The Leader in Me in their school.
The Leader in Me 3.0 Creating Culture is designed to take place during the fall of Year 1 of The Leader in Me. Participants are guided through the process of expanding the influence of leadership to shape the culture their school. This workshop focuses on a proactive, practical, and intentional approach to creating a culture of leadership.
The Leader in Me 3.0 Lighthouse Team: Building The Plan guides a newly formed The Leader in Me Lighthouse team in establishing and functioning as a high performance team. Participants will be introduced to the purposes of the Lighthouse Team, explore best practices for forming a Lighthouse Team, and choose Lighthouse Team Roles. During this hands-on work session Lighthouse Team members will work together to create a school wide implementation plan focused on teaching the 7 Habits and creating a leadership culture in the school.
LEAD 3.0 Launching Leadership introduces the LEAD process. Drawing on the paradigms, habits, practices, and skills associated with The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People® training, participants learn how to build leadership in each adult and student in the school. This workshop prepares participants to successfully implement LEAD in their school.
LEAD 3.0 Creating Culture is designed to take place during the fall of Year 1 of LEAD implementation. Participants are guided through the process of expanding the influence of leadership to shape the culture their school. This workshop focuses on a proactive, practical, and intentional approach to creating a culture of leadership.
LEAD 3.0 Lighthouse Team 1: Building the Plan guides a newly formed LEAD Lighthouse team in establishing and functioning as a high-performance team. Participants will be introduced to the purposes of the Lighthouse Team, explore best practices for forming a Lighthouse Team, and choose Lighthouse Team Roles. During this hands-on work session Lighthouse Team members will work together to create a school wide implementation plan focused on teaching the 7 Habits and creating a leadership culture in the school.
Principal's Academy: The 4 Roles of Great Leaders challenges principals of The Leader in Me and LEAD Schools and other educators to adopt a leadership paradigm of release, not control, as they are introduced to the Whole-Person Paradigm, the 4 Roles of Great Leaders, and the 4 Disciplines.
Rethinking Leadership introduces school staff to The Leader in Me (LEAD) and the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. They are challenged to adopt a leadership paradigm and clarify and envision their school's purpose.
This solution is based on Dr. Stephen R. Covey's #1 best-sellers The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Families. This engaging family strengthening program has been proven successful with thousands of families because it employs a self-discovery, principle-centered approach empowering all families.
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Q: Writing both float and integer on a text file from one numpy array I have a nxm numpy array that either has positive values with 8 decimal points like 0.02113342 or NoValue data that is -9999. I am using the line below to make a text file from the numpy array
numpy.savetxt("result.asc", Numpy_Array, fmt="%.8f")#2D array to ASCII

However, I will have -9999.00000000 instead of -9999. I open the file and replace those numbers with -9999 using the following code:
with file("result.asc", 'r') as original:
    data = original.read()
    new = data.replace(str(-9999)+".00000000", str(-9999))
with file("result.asc", 'w') as modified:
    modified.write(new)

Is there a more elegant way to write -9999 rather than -9999.00000000 from the beginning instead of opening the whole file again and replacing them?

A: Try fmt="%.8g".  It is not the same as "%.8f" for all floating point values (e.g. for very small values, it uses exponential notation), but it might work for the cases you have.
(See the table at https://docs.python.org/2/library/string.html#format-specification-mini-language with the floating point types--scroll down a bit--for an explanation of the difference between the f and g formats.)
In [188]: x
Out[188]:
array([[    0.20134635, -9999.        ],
       [    0.9287082 ,     0.00000123],
       [    0.77482316,     0.27246281],
       [    0.40529746,     0.41133371]])

In [189]: np.savetxt("xf.dat", x, fmt="%.8f")

In [190]: np.savetxt("xg.dat", x, fmt="%.8g")

In [191]: !cat xf.dat
0.20134635 -9999.00000000
0.92870820 0.00000123
0.77482316 0.27246281
0.40529746 0.41133371

In [192]: !cat xg.dat
0.20134635 -9999
0.9287082 1.2345679e-06
0.77482316 0.27246281
0.40529746 0.41133371

Here's the actual value of x[1,1]:
In [193]: x[1,1]
Out[193]: 1.23456789e-06

Alternatively, take a look at this answer to a similar question: How to format in numpy savetxt such that zeros are saved only as "0"

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Do you comb your hair every night before going to bed because you're positive that it's good for it?
Do you think you have to trim the edges very often to make it grow it faster?
Do you believe in the magical power of cold water?
There is a ton of fake news out there about what makes your hair shiny and strong, and you may find you've been doing the wrong thing for years. Read on to find out which hair care rituals are really effective and which are just myths.
Hair grows from the root, so cutting its ends has no effect really on how fast it will grow back. Normal hair growth is about a centimeter in a month, and trimming every two weeks will not speed up the process, experts say. They add that the ideal period is every six to eight weeks if you want to keep the shape of your haircut. As for the methods associated with faster hair growth, the key is in the food we consume. Add products rich in proteins and omega-3 fatty acids, such as fish or walnuts, to your diet.
The truth is that even the straightest, thinnest hair will get stellar volume if you roll it around big hot rollers for five minutes.
The truth is that cold water may help wake you up, but in no way does it affect the shine and strength of your hair. The temperature of the water actually has nothing to do with how clean your scalp or hair is.
Modern dyeing products, both commonly used and professional, combine efficiency and care in a way that wouldn't damage your hair. Even more, some of the dyes contain hair conditioners that make it shiny and silky soft.
That depends on the shampoo you use and how it works with your hair. Every woman has to find out for herself how often her scalp and hair need washing. In some cases, it is necessary every other day, in others, even once a week is enough.
To see the true result of a hair product, you will need to use it regularly for at least a couple of times. You can't expect an instant, miraculous effect.
Your hair will only tear if you comb it with an the wrong comb or use rough movements. If it's too tangled, apply conditioner and only try to deal with it after that. On the other hand, combing improves the circulation of the scalp, which in turn has a positive effect on hair follicles. Yes, of course, hair will fall, but that shouldn't scare you. You should get worried if you find too much hair on your pillow in the morning though – if that happens, visit a dermatologist immediately.


Winter weather already getting you down? Looking forward to spring?
Registration has just opened for a great writer's retreat on June 26-30, 2017, in Madison, WI.
I'll be leading one of the new workshops, Writing Women's Lives. Plan now to join me!
The 19th annual Write-by-the-Lake Writer's Workshop & Retreat has expanded to 14 sections. There are several new instructors and topics, including children's picture books, poetry writing, and a new step-by-step system to plotting fiction with urgency.
This national retreat offers something for all writers. Most of all, it offers the opportunity to work, work, work on your writing.
Plus, by popular request from past attendees who didn't want the week to stop and who wanted ideas for their next steps, the program added a new special bonus Saturday workshop on July 1 with Tim Storm.
And the famous writing doctor, Kevin Mullen, is back!
Wait, there's more! Someone who got her start here and is now a big success–hitting the USA Today list with her fiction–will deliver the keynote address and teach one of the new sessions. That's right. Wisconsin's own Ann Garvin is on board this year.
UW-Madison's Memorial Union and its lakeside terrace have been renovated just in time for us to test out the new amenities. We can watch the sailboats go by as we share writing ideas over a glass of something good or a cone packed with the famous Babcock Dairy ice cream.
Please join me and your fellow writers from across the country.
Enrollment is limited in each section to maximize the attention on your writing.
This sounds terrific, Theresa–unfortunately I can't be there next year, but I'll keep this in mind. I'd love to be a fly on the wall in your presentation on writing women's lives!


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Editorial: Scenes from the farm trenches
Tom Fletcher talks about what is happening in agriculture
May. 30, 2012 7:00 a.m.
B.C. Views by Tom Fletcher
With ongoing pipeline and oil tanker skirmishes, and a hot summer for mining and logging still to come, the green war in B.C. shows no signs of slowing down.
Things are already hot in the Fraser Valley, where the federal government's change to the definition of fish habitat has opened a new front on the farms.
Farmers briefly got into the public discussion by hauling a couple of cute calves into downtown Vancouver and staging a television-friendly demo in front of the federal fisheries office. They have been saying for decades that imposing salmon stream regulations on drainage ditches around their fields is impractical.
Fraser Valley Conservative MPs Randy Kamp and Mark Strahl even had the nerve to meet with local mayors to hear their concerns about B.C.'s most productive farmland, without inviting self-appointed "activists."
Arrayed against them is an environmental lobby whose deep green wing was defined by Marvin Rosenau, a former provincial biologist who now teaches "fish, wildlife and recreation technology" at BCIT.
"Mark Strahl is leading the charge of eco-fascists intent on making the last dime off the backs of the last remnants of an absolutely spectacular ecosystem," Rosenau told the Chilliwack Progress. "A massive and productive floodplain of fish and aquatic values… has been drained, ditched, tiled and laser-leveled for agricultural profit."
The same could be said for the broad fields of Richmond and Pitt Polder farms north of the Fraser, a wetland diked and drained by Dutch settlers after World War II. Farms are "industrializing the landscape," said Rosenau, who stopped short of calling for them all to be shut down.
At the provincial level we have a new Animal Health Act, which threatens heavy fines or even jail time for prematurely leaking reports of serious animal disease outbreaks. This was also portrayed as a jack-booted sellout of the public's right to know, putting the business interests of land and ocean farms ahead of public safety.
Here's what's really happening. As is generally the case with meat inspection and livestock issues, the federal government is imposing rules on provinces in the wake of avian flu and "mad cow" outbreaks. Canadian beef was banned in 30 countries after a single infected cow was identified in Alberta in 2003.
B.C. Agriculture Minister Don McRae assures me this legislation will not result in reporters or environmental activists being thrown in jail for telling the public about sick animals. They and the farmers themselves can say all they want, once infections are confirmed and quarantines established.
McRae and Paul Kitching, B.C.'s chief veterinarian, pleaded for the public to understand that any farm reporting system must rely on voluntary compliance by farmers.
When the B.C. government took the advice of B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham and began releasing fish farm inspection data in 2010, the operators stopped providing samples voluntarily. The fish farmers' position was that you can have a co-operative system of farm inspections or one that's imposed, but not both.
Imposing inspections on land farms across B.C.'s vast area is even less practical. Former Alberta premier Ralph Klein famously observed that the next rancher to find a possible mad cow should have "shot, shoveled and shut up" rather than file a report and devastate the industry.
Denham, the NDP and others appear to operate under an assumption that there should be sufficient government resources to sample and inspect every farm across B.C. for reportable contagious illnesses. This is similar to the fashionable notion that we should have enough park rangers to guard every cedar tree.
Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com
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Digital Channel (DCH TV) es un canal de televisión abierta regional chileno que emite para la ciudad de Antofagasta en el canal 15 de la cableoperadora VTR. Fue lanzado en marzo de 1999 y sus estudios están reubicados en calle Navidad 141.

Historia
En marzo de 1999, el canal fue lanzado dentro del canal 5 de VTR, donde emitía la programación de algunos de los canales de la cableoperadora. Más adelante, se trasladó al canal 15 y empezó a desarrollar sus propios programas. También estuvo disponible en Calama y Chuquicamata en el mismo canal 15. En 2003, Digital Channel se trasladó a las instalaciones donde funcionaba el Ex-Cine Gran Vía.

Programación

Programación actual
 Antofagasta cambalache (tiempo de restauración)
 Corre Antofagasta
 Digital kids (123 ¡a jugar! y otros)
 Hazlo tú, así de fácil
 NorTV Noticias

Programación histórica

Enlaces externos

VTR
Canales de televisión por suscripción de Chile

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3 Berkshires Hotels Offer Value-added Art Appreciation Packages This Winter
02/13/16 / MoralCompass /	Leave a comment / Cultural Travel, Historic Hotels	/ art appreciation travel, art in the Berkshires, art trips, Berkshires Massachusetts, cultural travel, historic hotels, Main Street Hospitality Group, Red Lion Inn, the Berkshires
The historic Red Lion Inn, Stockbridge, MA, immortalized in Norman Rockwell's painting © 2016 Karen Rubin/news-photos-features.com
STOCKBRIDGE, MA – Widely recognized as a Northeast hub for culture and music, the Berkshires are enticing travelers to find artistic inspiration this winter during Art Appreciation Season. Three renowned properties under the Main Street Hospitality Group umbrella, Porches at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Hotel on North in Pittsfield and the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, have banded together to offer visitors value-added stays and access to the region's leading museums.
"Art has a year-round home in the Berkshires with more than 30 museums and several renowned theater companies in the region. We've coined this Art Appreciation Season to help visitors find creative ways to enjoy the quieter winter months in the Berkshires," says Janet Eason, vice president of marketing at Main Street Hospitality Group. "Each of the three properties are conveniently located with an array of cultural events and inventive regional cuisine nearby for guests to enjoy."
While seasonal favorites like Tanglewood and Jacob's Pillow "take five" for the winter, visitors can tour numerous indoor galleries at places like the Clark Art Institute and Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown or MASS MoCA, one of the country's largest contemporary art museums, in North Adams. and the Norman Rockwell Museum (9 Route 183 Stockbridge , MA 01262, www.nrm.org). In Pittsfield, the 10×10 Upstreet Festival draws a crowd each February with ten 10-minute plays by 10 playwrights at the Barrington Stage Company and "10 Days of Play" at the Berkshire Museum.
Main Street Hospitality Group welcomes Art Appreciation Season with three value-added packages, including:
"Museum Mania!" at Porches Inn at MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA
Located across from MASS MoCA in North Adams, Porches Inn offers guests overnight accommodations with the "Museum Mania!" package. Also included are breakfast and two passes for two to MASS MoCA and the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Rates start at $219 on weekdays and $275 on weekends, per night. Offer valid now through May 19, 2016, based on availability. Blackout dates may apply. For more information, call 413-664-0400 or visit http://www.porches.com/.
"Museum Break" at Hotel on North in Pittsfield, MA
In celebration of the fifth annual 10×10 Upstreet Festival, Hotel on North invites guests to make winter break a true work of art with the "Museum Break" package, available from February 12 through 21, 2016. The package includes overnight accommodations and two adult passes to the Berkshire Museum. Children's tickets can be purchased at the hotel's front desk. Kids also eat for free when ordering from designated kids menu and receive a special Lego toy upon check-in (10 years and under). Prices start at $270 per night, based on double occupancy. Blackout dates may apply. For more information, call 413-358-4741 or visit http://hotelonnorth.com/.
"The Norman Rockwell Experience" at Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, MA
A living museum in its own right, Stockbridge's Red Lion Inn offers guests overnight accommodations, breakfast for two and two passes to the treasured Norman Rockwell Museum. Rates begin at $235 on weekdays and $305 on weekends, per night, inclusive of taxes and meal gratuities. Offer valid for booking now through May 26, 2016, based on availability. Blackout dates may apply. The Red Lion, made famous in Norman Rockwell's painting, is a member of Historic Hotels of America. For more information, call 413-298-5545 or visit http://www.redlioninn.com/.
For more information on Art Appreciation Season, visit the dedicated landing page here.
Formed in 2013, Main Street Hospitality Group is a hotel management company founded originally at The Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, with a long tradition of excellence in preservation, innovation, sustainability and operations. As owners and operators of some of the most distinctive hotels in the Berkshires, the company's mission is to deliver unparalleled experiences for guests, employees and owners through an authentic approach to hospitality, service, and management. Main Street's management hotel portfolio includes The Red Lion Inn, The Porches Inn at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA, The Williams Inn, Williamstown, MA, and Hotel on North, Pittsfield, MA. For more information, visit www.mainstreethospitalitygroup.com or call 413-298-1610.


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ROSOLEM, J.B., et al. Comparative analysis of triple band S-C-L erbium-doped fibre and semiconductor optical amplifier for CWDM applications [doi:10.1049/iet-opt:20070010]. IET Optoelectronics [online], 2008, vol. 2, n. 3, p. 115.
ROSOLEM, J.B., JURIOLLO, A.A., and ROMERO, M.A.. Polarization Analysis in Double-Pass Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers With an Embedded-DCF Module [doi:10.1109/LPT.2004.831235]. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters [online], 2004, vol. 16, n. 8, p. 1828-1830.
ROSOLEM, J.B., JURIOLLO, A.A., and ROMERO, M.A.. S-band EDFA using standard erbium-doped fibre [doi:10.1049/el:20072385]. Electronics Letters [online], 2007, vol. 43, n. 22, p. 1186.
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ROSOLEM, J. B., JURIOLLO, A. A., and ROMERO, M. A.. S Band EDFA Using Standard Erbium Doped Fiber, 1450 nm Pumping and Single Stage ASE Filtering [doi:10.1109/OFC.2008.4528644]. In OFC/NFOEC 2008 - 2008 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference [online], San Diego, CA, USA, 2008. San Diego, CA, USA : IEEE, 2008. p. 1-3. ISBN 978-1-55752-856-8.
ROSOLEM, J.B., et al. All Silica Triple Band Double Pass EDFA for CWDM Applications [doi:10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548315]. In 2005 IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings [online], Sydney, Australia, . Sydney, Australia : IEEE, 2005. p. 929-930.
ROSOLEM, J.B., et al. Triple band double pass EDFA/TDFA with an embedded DCF for DWDM and CWDM applications [doi:10.1109/IMOC.2005.1580120]. In SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Conference on Microwave and Optoelectronics, 2005. [online], Brasilia, Brasil, . Brasilia, Brasil : IEEE, 2005. p. 542-545.
ROSOLEM, Joao Batista, et al. Comparative analysis of optical amplifiers for CWDM networks [doi:10.1109/IMOC.2007.4404206]. In 2007 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference [online], Salvador, Brazil, 2007. Salvador, Brazil : IEEE, 2007. p. 34-37. ISBN 978-1-4244-0660-9.


Young Construction | General contractor and construction manager in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
50,000 S.F. addition to the former Big R Store in Coeur d'Alene. The new store, North 40 Outfitters will offer more merchandise, a bigger garden center, new fly shop, as well as a separate drive-through hay feed building for loading! Expected to be completed in the spring of 2015!
The Young Construction Group has donated $2,500 to the EXCEL Foundation which funds grants to teachers for innovative classroom projects that are not funded with ongoing school maintenance dollars. Funding is meant to improve the learning experience of students and encourage teachers with creative approaches to education. From left, John Young, Chris Shelton.
The COUER Group and supporters gather to present Fernan Elementary School with a donation of $2,000 as part of their Locker Project to help stock the lockers with everything from clothing, to toiletries and school supplies. Last year Kiwanis had a grant for $5,000 which it gave to the COEUR Group for future locker projects and these funds are from that grant. From left, Brent Lyles, Dusty Harris, Matt Hague, James McAndrew, Megan Franklin, Fernan School counselor, Matt Anderson, with Tapley Cabinet Works, who built the locker, Jessie Delavan, John Young, Young Construction Group, who purchased the naming rights and chose Fernan Elementary for the project and Kory Wilson.
A ground-breaking was recently held on Industrial Loop in Coeur d'Alene for the new Production Facility and Fabrication Shop for Outotec Energy Products. The project consists of a 16,400 square foot single story pre-engineered metal building by Butler Manufacturing with 1,400 square feet of connected office space. The production facility includes two 25 ton bridge crane, one 5 ton bridge crane and two 5 ton jib cranes. Young Construction Group of Idaho, Inc. was chosen as the design build contractor and has been involved from conceptual design and budgeting through the permitting and bid process. The project is well underway as of this posting with the steel structure being erected and site improvements being completed as well. The project is scheduled for completion before Christmas 2013. Young Construction Group is proud to be involved as a team member for this new facility and we look forward to a long and successful relationship with Outotec Energy Products.
A ground-breaking was recently held in the Riverstone development for the new clinic/surgery center for Pain Management of North Idaho owned by Dr. Scott Magnuson.
The single-level, 6,670-square-foot wood frame facility includes offices, clinic space, an ambulatory surgery center with two procedure rooms, recovery rooms and support spaces.
The design is a combination of "northwest vernacular," using gable roof forms, stone masonry and heavy timbers along with modern flat roof accents at the four corners of the building incorporating cement board siding and steel sun control awnings to provide contrast.
"This blend of traditional and contemporary aligns with the design guidelines for the Riverstone development, while making its own unique statement," said a press release.


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Opinion: Why the furry experience hits home so deeply
Flayrah news: 10/23/12
Originally posted to BAF and reposted with permission, here is a nice short piece by Spottacus.
The furry experience addresses a nearly universal desire to be seen as you feel you are
Whether you are a fur (who feels a species identity different than your human skin shows), a transgender (who feels a gender different than your birth body shows), or just differently colored, shaped, or pigmented than those around you, probably all furries and their kin were likely acutely aware at an age as young age as 4-8 years old that how people saw and treated them was very different than what they felt they were like inside.
This is true for all humans, in fact, who are instantly judged at some level based on impressions: blonde, female, Mexican, Asian, African, and so on, which also have nothing to do with who you are inside. Where furs step off this path of false impressions is that we, nearly uniquely, create a fursona that we own (we feel it, we made it, it was not set a birth), and then we project and interact based upon that character.
Furry artist in finals of San Francisco Public Library card design contest
Walter Ringtail's comic strip Paw Valley features a gang of cartoon animal friends who often end up in ticklish situations.
Now, patrons of San Francisco's Public Library may be tickled to have his art work in their pockets.
According to this cartoon illustrated tour, seven million people a year pass through SFPL's main branch alone (one of 27 branches in the city). Library membership is over 350,000, with over nine million loans circulated per year. That's a lot of patrons who could become card-carrying appreciators of furry art!
3,000 submissions were received for the SFPL card design contest. Judges selected ten finalists in each of five age-based categories. The top vote-winners will be printed on SFPL library cards in 2013.
Walter Ringtail's submission "The Bedtime Story" was chosen for the adult level finals. Now, it's up to the public to vote for the winner.


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The first designer hotel in dormy inn. The hot spring in the top floor.
Excelent hotel - worth to try !
Spent three nights at this property . Had a great time : very close to main station (opposite) . Very helpful & efficient staff. There is an free Onsen in the hotel . Good breakfast . Very good & quite sleeping quality !
Hi. Would like to check how much is the parking at the hotel and what are the opening hours of the onsen.
On-site parking is available, but we did not use it. The Inn is only half a block from Kanazawa Station, so why use a car? Onsen was great with extended hours.
I will be staying here in april and I was wondering if they offer luggage service to send to my bags to my next hotel in Nikko?
Not sure, you may approach the hotel directly by email, anyway Nikko hotel is not too far away from this hotel.
Hello, I booked a semi-double room from agoda and the picture shows that it has 2 separate beds. Can you confirm?
Thank you for the question. Semi-double room in our hotel is 1 bed (125 cm X 195 cm). The picture shows in Agoda is incorrect. We will check and apologize for the problems.
Hi, is possible to arrange my luggage be forwarded to a hotel in Kanazawa on the same day?
Thank you for your questions. We can keep your luggage at our front desk if you arrive earlier. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.
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Am J Med Genet A. 2019 Apr;179(4):602-607. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61069. Epub 2019 Feb 8.
Substantial pain burden in frequency, intensity, interference and chronicity among children and adults with neurofibromatosis Type 1.
Kongkriangkai AM1,2, King C1, Martin LJ1,2, Wakefield E1, Prada CE1,2, Kelly-Mancuso G1, Schorry EK1,2.
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Tumor growths, migraine headaches, and other health-related complications reported in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) are often associated with pain. Thus, this study sought to describe and quantify the pain experience in children and young adults with NF1. Surveys were administered to 49 participants (28 children and 21 adults), ages 8 through 40 years. The survey included the Numeric Rating Scale 11 (NRS11) to assess pain intensity and the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) to assess pain interference. A supplemental survey was created to measure pain frequency, chronicity, quality, and location. Results suggest pain is not only present in 55% of the cohort, but that it can begin at early ages. Pain was chronic in 35% of participants, with 41% reporting the use of medication to manage pain symptoms. Common sources of pain included migraine headaches and NF-related tumors. Pain was described as having neuropathic features (i.e., burning, tingling, numbness, or itching), and was localized to the head, back, and extremities. Further, subsets of participants reported moderate-to-severe pain intensity, high frequency of pain, and interference of pain in daily activities. Continued investigation of the pain experience in a multisystem disorder, such as NF1, remains essential to providing guidance in the setting of complex pain management.


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fou una artista marcial japonesa-estatunidenca.

Fou la judoka femenina amb major rang de la història, aconseguint el novè dan del Kodokan (2006), i el desè dan de l'USA Judo (juliol de 2011) i de la Federació de Judo dels Estats Units (USJF) (setembre de 2011), així com la última alumna supervivent de Jigorō Kanō, fundador del judo. Fukuda va ser també una pionera en el judo femení, juntament amb la seva senpai Masako Noritomi (1913-1982), essent la primera dona que ascendia al 6è dan (c. 1972). L'any 2006 el Kodokan va ascendir Fukuda al novè dan. Fukuda és també la primera, i fins a data d'avui la única dona que ha estat ascendida al desè dan en l'art del judo. Després de completar la seva educació formal al Japó, Fukuda va visitar els Estats Units d'Amèrica per ensenyar judo a les dècades de 1950 i 1960, i finalment s'hi establí. Va seguir ensenyant judo a San Francisco fins a la seva mort l'any 2013.

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Fukuda va néixer el 12 d'abril de 1913, a Tòquio. El seu pare va morir quan ella era molt jove. Durant la seva joventut va aprendre les arts de la cal·ligrafia, l'arranjament floral, i la cerimònia de te; arts típiques per a una dona al Japó en aquell temps. Malgrat la seva criança convencional, Fukuda se sentia prop del judo a través de les memòries del seu avi, i un dia va anar amb la seva mare a mirar un entrenament de judo. Uns quants mesos més tard va decidir començar a entrenar. La seva mare i el seu germà van donar suport a aquesta decisió, però el seu oncle s'hi oposava. La seva mare i el seu germà pensaven que Fukuda finalment es casaria amb un practicant de judo, però ella mai es va casar. En canvi, es va convertir en una experta del judo.

L'avi de Fukuda, Fukuda Hachinosuke, havia estat samurái i mestre de Tenjin Shinyō-ryū jujutsu, i havia ensenyat aquest art a Jigorō Kanō, fundador de judo i cap del Kodokan. Kanō havia estudiat sota tres mestres de jujutsu  abans de fundar el judo, i l'avi de Fukuda havia estat el primer d'ells. Kanō havia ensenyat a dones en una data tan primerenca com 1893 (Sueko Ashiya), i havia obert formalment el joshi-bu (la secció de les dones) del Kodokan l'any 1926. Personalment va convidar a la jove Fukuda a estudiar judo —un gest inusual per a aquell temps— com a gest de respecte cap al seu avi. Fukuda va començar a entrenar judo l'any 1935, com una de les úniques 24 dones que entrenen en el Kodokan. A part de la seva instrucció amb el fundador del judo, Fukuda també va aprendre de Kyuzo Mifune.

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Fukuda, amb una alçada de només 150 cm i pesant menys de 45 kg, es va convertir en instructora de judo l'any1937. També va obtenir el grau en literatura japonesa de la universitat Showa per a dones. El 1953 va ser promoguda al rang de 5è donen en judo. Va viatjar als Estats Units d'Amèrica aquest mateix any, amb una invitació d'un club de judo d'Oakland (Califòrnia) i es va quedar allà gairebé dos anys abans de tornar al Japó. Fukuda va viatjar de nou als EE.UU. l'any 1966, i en aquella ocasió va impartit diversos seminaris a Califòrnia. En aquell temps, era una de les úniques quatre dones 5è donen competint en mundials de judo, i de les dues úniques instructores en el Kodokan (l'altra era Masako Noritomi, també 5è donen). El 1966, demostra el seu art a la Universidad de Molinos, i la institució immediatament li va oferir un treball per ensenyar judo; va acceptar i va ensenyar allà entre 1967 i 1978.

Durant aquest temps, Fukuda va viure a casa d'una dels seves estudiants, Shelley Fernandez, i ensenyava judo allà a més de fer-ho a la universitat. Quan les seves classes van créixer en estudiants, va començar a ensenyar en el temple budista Sokoji zen del barri japonès de San Francisco. Va anomenar la seva escola el club Soko Joshi Judo. Havent-se establert a l'àrea de Badia de San Francisco, Fukuda va adoptar la ciutadania dels EE.UU. l'any 1972.

Al novembre de 1972, i després d'una campanya contra la regla que prohibia les dones a ser promogudes més enllà del 5è donen, Fukuda (juntament amb el seu senpai Masako Noritomi) es convertia en la primera dona promoguda a 6è donen pel Kodokan. Segons Fukuda, "el Kodokan era antiquat i sexista sobre els cinturons i rangs".  El 1973 Fukuda va publicar el llibre Born for the Mat: A Kodokan kata textbook for women, un llibre per a dones sobre els kata (formes) de Kodokan. El 1974 funda el campament anual Joshi Judo per a donar a les dones practicants de judo l'oportunitat d'entrenar juntes.

L'any 1990 a Fukuda li va ser atorgada l'Orde del Tresor Sagrat, 4.ª Classe (4.ª Classe, Raigs Daurats amb Escarapel·la), i el premi estatunidenc de Judo United States Judo Incorporated (USJI) Henry Stone Lifetime Contribution. El 2004 publica un segon llibre, Ju-No-Kata: A Kodokan textbook, revised and expanded from Born for the Mat, una guia sobre la realització de Ju-no-kata, una de les set katas del Kodokan. Fukuda va ser  assessora tècnica per a les Dones Americanes de Judo i del subcomitè de jutges de l'USJI. Va participar també com a jutge nacional de katas, i va ser membre de l'Institut d'Instructors Nacionals, membre del Comitè de Promoció, i membre de l'USJF i del Subcomitè Femení.

A Fukuda li va ser atorgat el rang de 9è donen, el segon més alt en el món del judo, de dues organitzacions diferents, i el mes de juliol de 2011 va rebre el rang de 10è donen d'una tercera organització. El 1994, va ser la primera dona a la qual se li va atorgar l'estrany cinturó vermell (en el temps encara era 8è donen) en judo pel Kodokan. El 2001 l'USJF la va promoure a USJF 9è donen (cinturó vermell) per la seva contribució a l'art de judo. El 8 de gener de 2006, en la celebració anual Kagami Biraki, el Kodokan va promoure Fukuda al rang de 9è donen —atorgant per primera vegada aquest rang a una dona. El 28 de juliol del 2011, USA Judo va atorgar a Fukuda el rang de 10è donen.

Últims anys
Fukuda va continuar ensenyant judo tres vegades per setmana, com a amfitriona del Campionat anual Fukuda Invitational Kata, i realitzant el Campament Joshi Judo fins a la seva mort a l'edat de 99 anys, a San Francisco, Califòrnia. Va establir la beca Keiko Fukuda de Judo per a animar i permetre que les dones continuar la seva formació formal en l'art del judo. A part d'ensenyar als EE.UU., Fukuda també va ensenyar a Austràlia, el Canadà, França, Noruega i les Filipines. El seu lema personal era: "Tsuyoku, Yasashiku, Utsukushiku" (en català: "Ser fort, ser gentil, ser bell, en ment, cos, i esperit"). Va morir a la seva casa de San Francisco el 9 de febrer de 2013 a causa d'una pneumònia.

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Naixements del 1913
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Encouraging the next generation to take action on International Youth Day 2020
Encouraging the next generation to take action on International Youth Day 2020 by Adam Pensotti
Adam Pensotti
Head of Creative Services at Canon EMEA
How can we help the next generation to take action?
International Youth Day 2020 gives us a chance to celebrate what young people are doing to change the world. Greta Thunberg has, of course, had a profound impact upon environmentalism, and student protests inspired by her words and actions helped to put the climate crisis on the world's agenda last year.
Young people are powerful agents of change, but they need their local communities as well as national and global institutions to recognise their voices and include them in formal politics. We need to give young people the opportunity to represent the views of their generation and be empowered to participate in decision-making.
At Canon, we believe passionately in giving young people the tools, skills and access to enable them to drive change. Through our Young People Programme, we've been working with a number of EMEA charity partners and the UN to help institutions engage with more young people and help create a better future for everyone.
Connecting with community institutions
The first step in creating an inclusive and receptive environment is through the engagement of young people with their local communities where they can share and explain their concerns. Many young people, especially from sections of society that are vulnerable or who have traditionally been discriminated against, aren't used to being listened to and don't understand their voices matter.
Through our Young People Programme (YPP), we've seen that visual storytelling is an incredibly effective way of engaging local institutions to help amplify young people's voices. 'A picture paints a thousand words' might be a bit of a cliché. Still, there's some truth to it – photos are a universal language which can help young people to paint a clear picture of the issues that are impacting their daily lives and that need to be addressed on both local and national levels.
In South Africa, Canon YPP worked with local charity Wild Shots Outreach (WSO) to highlight and address the fact that many young black people living near the Kruger National Park have never visited the park and had no relationship with their natural heritage. WSO has engaged with several schools to help educate young people on the importance of wildlife conservation and tourism. The charity then took the participants on local game drives to see and photograph the iconic wildlife, capturing what wildlife conservation means in real life. The photography was exhibited in the local community to thousands of people, painting a compelling picture of the benefits the wildlife brings to the area.
Not only did this serve to raise awareness of the value of the park among the immediate community, but it allowed participants to see the value their engagement can bring. Several have gained employment in roles photographing wildlife, while others have become part of the Wild Shots Outreach programme and are continuing to engage with local institutions to bring about change.
Belgian YPP Participants present their work to the Brussels Parliament
Playing a role in the process
The second step is the engagement and inclusion of young people at a national and official levels such as in political institutions. Giving the next generation a pivotal role in formal political mechanisms is vital to ensure that institutions implement real and relevant action to support societal change. However, this is often a question of access - young people rarely have any meaningful say in the planning carried out by institutions.
To make this possible, organisations need to use their contacts and influence to build bridges for young people. In Brussels, the Canon Young People Programme worked with Plan International Belgium to help teenagers raise awareness of the sexual harassment faced by young women in public spaces by presenting their photography of unsafe environments and situations at the local parliament.
This put the topic on the agenda of local lawmakers. Two MPs proposed a resolution designed to take action against sexual harassment in the city, the first of its kind in Belgium. This was passed by the Brussels Regional Parliament, something which is unlikely to have happened if it hadn't been for the engagement of young people with a political institution.
The benefits of involving the next generation in political and public administration and planning are evident. Plan International's Safe Cities initiative calls for policies and frameworks that are receptive of adolescent girls' safety and includes them in urban planning and development. Now launched in 18 cities, the initiative, built on young girls' perspective, brings together policymakers as well as transport authorities and public, encouraging action against sexual harassment in public spaces.
The UN's final step for engaging young people is at a global level. Of course, this responsibility doesn't fall to one organisation, but every step in improving engagement at a community or national level is a step towards achieving global change.
Actions and change can be inspiring, encouraging others to do the same. The Canon Young People Programme runs in 27 countries across EMEA, and the achievements of participants have been showcased at global events such as the UN Festival of Action and Visa Pour l'Image.
Looking forwards, we hope that the Young People Programme will continue to show more organisations the value of engaging with young people so that we can plan for and encourage change towards a better world together.
How the YPP helped a local South African community


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The 'office enemy': Motivating or especially childish?
The 'work enemy': you keep an eye on him all day long and you get annoyed at everything he does. Is that rivalry motivating or especially childish?
The chance that you have such a work enemy is likely. A British survey among more than seven thousand employees showed that six in ten people have a "work enemy."
Friends at work were there too, but a lot less: two in ten employees said they had a close friendship in the workplace. So we are three times more likely to be annoyed by a colleague than to become friends with him or her, according to the results of this study.
Why you need an arch rival
Annoying an office enemy is just what you need to make office life bearable, says British journalist and writer Elle Hunt. She wrote the book Why everyone needs a nemesis , or Why everyone needs an arch rival .
If you choose a colleague as arch enemy, office life becomes a kind of television show, the journalist says, and that gives you less the feeling of being a wage slave with a monotonous life.
"If you choose a colleague as arch enemy, office life becomes a kind of television show." Elle Hunt
"As an ambitious and sometimes quite childish person, I know that an imagined competition with people who are probably not involved with me at all motivates me."
Searching for enmity has a psychological function, shows American scientific research at the University of Kansas. By considering yourself as someone with important enemies, we feel we have control over potential dangers.
Lying and commenting
According to Totaljobs' research, that office enemy, opponent or arch-rival is usually of the same gender as you, and the cooperation between you was once very good. Until something happened.
There are two main reasons why after a while we designate someone to be an office enemy: we can't stand it if someone distorts the truth to get it right and also comment on the work performance of others is a reason to designate someone to be an enemy. .
"Choosing an enemy at the office ensures sham security." Lodewijk van Ommeren
Finding that rivalry and pointing out a work enemy: those are rather childish office emotions. That is what Lodewijk van Ommeren says, as director of consultancy and training agency Bureau Zuidema, training companies in effective communication.
"Seeing your colleague as a rival may help you to become more motivated, but in the end it won't help you. Rivals must be eliminated, and that seems to me a costly loss of energy."
Competing with someone can be enormously stimulating, says Van Ommeren. But office work is not top sport. "Choosing an enemy in the office ensures sham security. You create cliques and clubs in the workplace with it. That is really an unhealthy working environment that does not benefit anyone."
Are you bothered by someone? Then change yourself
If you really need an office enemy, says Van Ommeren, focus on your competitor. "That enemy that is sitting in front of you will not change itself. If someone is bothering you: look in the mirror and change your own behavior."
The benefits of a work enemy, apart from the feeling that they make your office day more interesting, there are hardly any: around 8 percent of those surveyed in the British study say that the work enemy motivates and makes them more involved in the organization. More than 70 percent go looking for a new job thanks to the office enemy.
Van Ommeren: "The positive thing about a competitive environment with rivals is that you bring out the best in yourself. But then focus that energy on an external goal, not to be able to measure yourself against a colleague."
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Trump wants to block Bolton's deposition
The dispute is widening between Larijani and Yazdi Qutb, the Iranian conservative
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America: Sanctions on Zarif weaken Iran's "lobbies" and its propaganda apparatus
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Quick Sips - Strange Horizons 10/30/2017
It's a special Arab SFF issue of Strange Horizons, thanks to the successful stretch goal from the fundraiser earlier this year. Two stories and four poems anchor an issue that is loud in its quiet, that keeps the speculative elements subtle and wrenching, and that focuses on frustration, fear, and corruption. These are works that show characters trying to live their lives and finding that other forces and factors are making that difficult where it's not impossible. The works look at immigration and distance, voice and home and faith, and they all do a great job of showing why international SFF is important to experience, to find the visions of the world that we might not otherwise be exposed to. So let's get to the reviews!
"The Darwinist" by Diaa Jubaili, translated by Alexander Hong (4995 words)
This is a rather weird story about belief and about longing and about corruption. It centers on Shafiq, who was born of a mother craving bananas and a father who disappeared searching for some to satisfy her. Shafiq is born with a birthmark, a fuzzy growth that resembles a banana, and in some ways it's this that acts as his reminder of his father, a Darwinist and communist whose disappearance is never really solved, though the village where he lived wanted to believe that he was transformed into a monkey as punishment for his beliefs. The story is told in a clear, straightforward style that builds slowly, that keeps a sort of distance from the characters and the action, which for me acts to make it feel more real, more like a report or bit of nonfiction. The story sticks mostly to the "facts," which is an interesting frame for a piece of speculative fiction. I think it enhances what happens, though, the impact of the ending, by building up a world that seems almost mundane, where the magic has been disproven, where the rejection of the ideals of communism and Darwinism have made room for a more religious fundamentalism that brings in tanks and the promise of war. Shafiq as a character is one ruled by a certain kind of intellectual distance, the same that rules the story. Until something happens to shake him out of that distance, that brings things very, very close indeed. That breaks through the layers of remove and creates an intimate, claustrophobic effect at the end, that brings the magic back in force, though not the way that anyone anticipated. Instead of the religious transformation and punishment that Shafiq had to live in fear of, something else transpires, something more mysterious and more dangerous. The transformation of a man very much living in line with his country becoming something else. Like his father, become a dissident. Someone who wants change, and will work for it. It's an interesting and at times difficult story, but ultimately for me a great read!
"Judo" by Rasha Abbas, translated by Robin Moger (1798 words)
This is another weird story that holds a lot of its speculative punch to the end. It centers a woman who works in a bakery, an immigrant who feels a palpable isolation and struggles between the desires to break that isolation, to reach out and take chances, and her own knowledge of the danger she faces, the anger and the suspicion aimed at her because of her status. I love the voice of the story, told in first person from the perspective of this woman, her world one of memory and change, where she is living in such a different place than she grew up and yet in many ways all of these places are linked by the way that she is an outsider, always held at bay by the feeling that she doesn't belong, that there is no one there for her to be close to. She becomes fascinated by a man she sees every day at the same window, and sees mirrored in him a lot of her own fears and insecurities, that inability to go out and enter into the place where she lives. Her communication is largely through mediums, over the phone or through letters that she doesn't seem to send. Her environment is full of opportunities to connect but also risks, people who seem to pay too much attention to her, who might mean her harm because she's a woman or an immigrant or both. And yet her outlook is almost cheery, optimistic. Her voice is one that wants to see the good but so often is confronted with the bad. Like with the man, like with the ending, where she can finally begin to overcome her hesitation, and finds instead of a kindred spirit a different kind of situation entirely. It's another somewhat difficult read in part because it's a subtle piece, where the magic is in desire and intent and distance between those and what's possible, what's happening. It comes from the hope that the main character feels despite everything, that there can be belonging, and healing, and peace. And it's a strange read, but definitely a piece worth spending some time with!
Poetry:
"15 July 2017" by Rabha Ashry
I like the way this poem reaches for this moment of balance, of sharing, where the sun and the moon are both out and in the sky. The piece, for me, becomes about that feeling, of striving for a completeness that is also a sort of chaos, a balance that isn't quite a balance. The poem is structured in short stanzas of three to five lines, not taking up an awful lot of room. It gives the piece a rather long, airy feeling, a certain fragility that is interesting given that it's about strength and about struggle and about stories and erasure. The narrator of the poem, for me, is one looking for justice and for something better, wanting a release from conflict but also knowing that such a thing can only come from a sort of harmony, from the attempt to bridge the distance between people. And for me then the piece becomes about the different ways to fight, the different ways to struggle for something large. Not always with violence but with words as well, with stories and with poems and with the power of language and imagination. That here the narrator can work toward finding that razor-thin hour of moon and sun and building something there that can grow, that can allow people to be safe and free. And it's possible that I'm missing something large in this one, I will admit, in part because I'm not sure what the title refers to—possibly the date the piece was written on but also possibly a reference to something I don't know about. Which sort of requires me or tempts me to think of something "big" that the poem might be about. Except that the piece just feels more intimate than that, seems more like a small moment, and focusing perhaps on the power of small moments, small resistances, small pieces of a larger movement that creates something big. It's also perhaps a way to remind people living outside of the areas most touched by war, conflict, and loss, that each day can be momentous in its own way, that each day will bring news of bombings and military actions and assassinations and executions. That things are not settled, however much those distant to the fighting want to think they are. So yeah, a wonderful poem!
"DAB3 (Mount Hermon, 1998)" by Sara Saab
This seems to me to be a poem about purification and action, desolation and damage. It features a narrator recounting the ways to cleanse oneself of something, toxins or sin, to become clear in the eyes of god, who is a mountain, who is the earth and sky, who is the land where this narrator is from. Meanwhile the poem circles around a dying hyena, one that seems very concerned with place and with the past, with the weight of sin and the stain of violence. And that I think is what the poem gets across to me, this attempt to make right was has happened, to wash away the pain and the loss and be left with something that is right and good. And finding that it's not quite so simple as going through the motions of a ritual. That some things don't wash clean, or don't wash clean easily. That it takes more than just going through the steps outlined in the poem, more than just wanting to be forgiven or feeling back over what has happened. That the only thing that will make things right is working to make things right, and how that looks, and what shape that takes, changes based on what's happened, based on the person and the situation. And I like how the poem is built around this idea of the word for hyena, this sound that has no equivalent in English. The way that some things can't be translated, can't be taken out of the context of its place and time. It's a bit of a haunting poem, one that carries this voice, the voice of the hyena, that is a warning and reminder both, that is old but still a predator and still powerful. It's a gripping piece and one that I very much recommend you check out!
"The Scratch Inside Your Chest" by Layla Al-Bedawi
This poem features a strong generational voice, the narrator one of many of those who have been molded by a now-absent or mostly absent person who seems almost like a parent, almost like a general, almost...well, the poem is effective in the way that it doesn't reveal exactly what's going on, instead focusing on this feeling, this sense that the narrator and those like them are left with the imprint of this person like a bruise after a slap, their behavior suited to how this person trained them to be. And in many ways it doesn't have to be a person, then, but could also be a place, a culture. Could be the roles that are expected of a person even after they move away, the way that things like that stick with you, get inside you. But it doesn't only look at that relationship from the one direction. Instead, it looks at how it can work the opposite way, these people now finding that they can be a sort of vector for change, that they can get under the skin of the culture and begin to change it, can begin to make it into something that will fit them, that they can still love and participate in but without the pain of it, without the way it forces them into these narrowly defined roles. It's a strange and rather visceral poem, full of a stifling atmosphere and imagery of biting and tearing and hard edges. It's a poem of distance and control, and a sort of longing that is complicated by harm and by pain. And from that there's also the sense that the narrator and those like them are changing and growing and making themselves into something new and uncontainable. Which makes for an excellent read!
"In the Business of Things That Don't Earn You Much" by Ziad Gadou
This poem speaks to me of living in a difficult situation, in a place and of means where a person can live, and especially can live if they have a partner to share costs with, but can't do much more than that. It carries with it the voice of people who are living with less than they feel they were promised, always struggling and never really able to get into one of "those jobs" that will open doors and make saving possible. Instead it's living paycheck to paycheck, day to day, hoping that things will get better, that there will be less a pressure to fail, for everything to fall apart. It means that for the narrator, speaking to someone that feels a bit like their partner, they are stuck. Stuck without a voice in government and so without a way to be heard or effect change. Stuck too in that they can't seem to move up or get ahead, seem capable only of holding onto what they have already, and then only just, and perhaps more accurate to say it's a slow slide, able to be done as long as nothing bad happens, as long as the narrator and the you of the poem don't get hurt or sick or need anything. It captures so nicely that feeling of not having a home not because there is no home to be had but because the price tag is too high, because they find themselves on the outside looking in, having that carrot of security dangled in front of them to keep them busy, to keep them invested in a system that will likely never pay off for them. It's heartbreaking and it's real and the ending lines just hit right in a place that hurts an awful lot. So yeah, it is a fantastic poem that looks at the ways that systems fail, that people are forced into a business of things that don't earn you much. Definitely go read this piece!
Labels: Alexander Hong, Diaa Jubaili, Layla Al-Bedawi, October 2017, Rabha Ashry, Rasha Abbas, Robin Moger, Sara Saab, Strange Horizons, Ziad Gadou
hi! this is Ziad Gadou (writer of that last piece)
I truly appreciate this interpretation of my words. A lot of it is on point, particularly with looking outside-in and feeling helpless in the face of a day-to-day endeavour.
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