In my last few blog posts, I've been presenting a series of tips for raising entrepreneurial girls. These tips include helping girls embrace and learn from failure, encouraging their sense of creativity and allowing them the freedom to explore ideas from different angles. Here we look at an important tip that starts at the home: getting dads involved in teaching and encouraging entrepreneurialism in their daughters.
When it comes to raising girls with the curiosity, the courage and the gumption to embrace their inner entrepreneurs, moms can play a crucial part as role models, facilitators, and cheerleaders. But dads also really matter—especially in today's world, where most of the people who are deeply engaged in business leadership and technology creation continue to be male.
Our experience with the fathers of the girls we work with has shown us what happens when dads embrace teaching their daughters about technology and entrepreneurship. Dads tells us that their daughters are surpassing their expectations, that they're creating inventions in their garage and even talking about selling their products. Such dads are a critical means for providing exposure, engagement, and encouragement for their daughters' success in life.
Consider Mary Barra, who made history when she was named CEO of General Motors in 2014. She is not simply a woman at the helm of a $150 billion company, or the first women to lead a major automaker. She is an electrical engineer.
Barra's father worked for GM's Pontiac division, where he was a journeyman die-maker and a member of the United Auto Workers union. He helped his daughter explore her interests as she grew. When Mary Barra's curling iron broke, for example, she and her father brought it down to their basement workshop for tinkering. They took it apart and tried to put it back together—which didn't always work out. But no matter—this activity, and the interest her father showed in doing it with her, sparked Mary Barra's interest in how things worked, what made them run, how the pieces fit together. Mary Barra's father shared with his daughter the rudiments of engineering.
Mary Barra began her career at GM when she was 18, as a student, and moved ahead in a variety of engineering and administrative positions that included managing the Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly plant, then becoming vice president of global manufacturing engineering, vice president of global human resources and executive vice president of global product development, before becoming CEO in 2014, a remarkable trajectory fueled by native talent and the encouragement of a devoted and boundary-breaking father.
The fathers of many successful women in science and technology encouraged them in their endeavors, and helped them overcome the restraints that society still places on women in sciences.
In my next post on tips for raising entrepreneurial girls, I explore the importance of starting this process of teaching entrepreneurialism when these girls are quite young. In the meantime, I'd love to hear about how, in your experience, your father, or the father of your daughter or the girls in your life, encouraged girls on their path to becoming entrepreneurs. Thank you for sharing. I really appreciate your comments!


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Environment / Natural Resources Government
Interior Releases Draft Plan to Open North Coast Waters to Oil Drilling
by Thadeus Greenson
Draft plan calls for leasing off-shore drilling operations in Northern California.
This morning the Trump administration announced sweeping plans to increase offshore oil drilling around the country, including in Northern California.
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke released the draft five-year plan, which would potentially see a combined 47 site leases auctioned off in the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic Region, Pacific Region and off the coast of Alaska from 2019 through 2024. The plan represents a marked escalation of the executive order Donald Trump signed back in May that aimed to expand offshore drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic oceans. It has been cheered by the oil and gas industry but is already facing fierce opposition from a bipartisan group of lawmakers and conservation groups.
North Coast Congressman Jared Huffman struck a defiant tone in a statement released today.
"Secretary Zinke's announcement today confirms that the Trump administration is hell-bent on trampling the public interest and further lining the pockets of Big Oil at the expense of clean air, clean water, and the health of the American people," Huffman said. "Californians will never let this happen. Our state has shown that we can have a growing economy along with environmental protections, and we have made it very clear, again and again, that we do not want to put our fisheries, our beaches, or our coastal economies at risk just to enrich the fossil fuel industry. The bottom line is that offshore drilling means oil spills, and the risk is even higher now that the Trump administration is weakening offshore safety rules. This reckless proposal for a new offshore drilling spree should face widespread, bipartisan opposition. We'll fight them in Congress, on the beaches, in the courts, and at the ballot box. I'm confident we'll defeat this dangerous plan."
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in Maryland, South Carolina, North Carolina, Delaware, New Jersey and Florida have also spoken out on the proposed plan. The draft plan will now go through a months-long public review process.
In a press conference today, Zinke said the draft plan is a clear departure from the Obama administration's protectionist approach to the nation's coastlines. "We're embarking on a new path for energy dominance in America, particularly offshore," Zinke said. "This is a clear difference between energy weakness and energy dominance. We are going to become the strongest energy superpower."
The draft plan, which calls for auctioning off a total of six drilling leases along the coast of California, seems destined to be unpopular in the Golden State. A Public Policy Institute of California poll released in July found that just 25 percent of Californians were in favor of more drilling along the coast, while 69 percent opposed it.
See the full press releases from Zinke and Huffman's offices copied below (as well as Huffman's Facebook post on the subject), and click here for a Washington Post story on the proposal, which features a quote from Surfrider Foundation Policy Manager and Journal contributor Jennifer Savage, noting that polls indicate there's "a significant majority willing to push back against" those who would threaten the beaches that are important to California's economy and quality of life with offshore drilling.
From Interior:
SECRETARY ZINKE ANNOUNCES PLAN FOR UNLEASHING AMERICA'S OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS POTENTIAL
Draft Proposed Program considers nearly the entire U.S. Outer Continental Shelf for potential oil and gas lease sales
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke today announced the next step for responsibly developing the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program (National OCS Program) for 2019-2024, which proposes to make over 90 percent of the total OCS acreage and more than 98 percent of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas resources in federal offshore areas available to consider for future exploration and development. By comparison, the current program puts 94 percent of the OCS off limits. In addition, the program proposes the largest number of lease sales in U.S. history.
"Responsibly developing our energy resources on the Outer Continental Shelf in a safe and well-regulated way is important to our economy and energy security, and it provides billions of dollars to fund the conservation of our coastlines, public lands and parks," said Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke. "Today's announcement lays out the options that are on the table and starts a lengthy and robust public comment period. Just like with mining, not all areas are appropriate for offshore drilling, and we will take that into consideration in the coming weeks. The important thing is we strike the right balance to protect our coasts and people while still powering America and achieving American Energy Dominance"
Earlier this year, 155 Members of both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate sent letters to Secretary Zinke in support of a new 5-year plan that recognizes America's potential for energy dominance.
The Draft Proposed Program (DPP) includes 47 potential lease sales in 25 of the 26 planning areas – 19 sales off the coast of Alaska, 7 in the Pacific Region, 12 in the Gulf of Mexico, and 9 in the Atlantic Region. This is the largest number of lease sales ever proposed for the National OCS Program's 5-year lease schedule.
"By proposing to open up nearly the entire OCS for potential oil and gas exploration, the United States can advance the goal of moving from aspiring for energy independence to attaining energy dominance," said Vincent DeVito, Counselor for Energy Policy at Interior. "This decision could bring unprecedented access to America's extensive offshore oil and gas resources and allows us to better compete with other oil-rich nations."
Release of the DPP is an early step in a multi-year process to develop a final National OCS Program for 2019-2024. Today's draft proposal was informed by approximately 816,000 comments from a wide variety of stakeholders, including state governments, federal agencies, public interest groups, industry, and the public. Before the program is finalized, the public will have additional opportunities to provide input. The 2017-2022 Five Year Program will continue to be implemented until the new National OCS Program is approved.
"This plan is an early signal to the global marketplace that the United States intends to remain a global leader in responsible offshore energy development and produce affordable American energy for many decades to come," said Katharine MacGregor, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management. "This proposed plan shows our commitment to a vibrant offshore energy economy that supports the thousands of men and women working in the offshore energy industry, from supply vessels to rig crews."
Inclusion of an area in the DPP is not a final indication that it will be included in the approved Program or offered in a lease sale, because many decision points still remain. By proposing to open these areas for consideration, the Secretary ensures that he will receive public input and analysis on all of the available OCS to better inform future decisions on the National OCS Program. Prior to any individual lease sale in the future, BOEM will continue to incorporate new scientific information and stakeholder feedback in its reviews to further refine the geographic scope of the lease areas.
"American energy production can be competitive while remaining safe and environmentally sound," said Acting BOEM Director Walter Cruickshank. "Public input is a crucial part of this process, and we hope to hear from industry groups, elected officials, other government agencies, concerned citizens and others as we move forward with developing the 2019-2024 National OCS Program."
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act requires the Secretary of the Interior, through BOEM, to prepare and maintain a schedule of proposed oil and gas lease sales in federal waters, indicating the size, timing, and location of leasing activity that would best meet national energy needs for the five-year period following Program approval. In developing the National OCS Program, the Secretary is required to achieve an appropriate balance among the potential for environmental impacts, for discovery of oil and gas, and for adverse effects on the coastal zone.
BOEM currently manages about 2,900 active OCS leases, covering almost 15.3 million acres – the vast majority in the Gulf of Mexico. In fiscal year 2016, oil and gas leases on the OCS accounted for approximately 18 percent of domestic oil production and 4 percent of domestic natural gas production. This production generates billions of dollars in revenue for state and local governments and the U.S. taxpayer, while supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs.
Gulf of Mexico:
The DPP includes 12 sales in the Gulf of Mexico, one of the most productive basins in the world and where oil and gas infrastructure is well established. The draft proposal continues the current approach to lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico by proposing 10 biannual lease sales in those areas of the Western, Central, and Eastern Gulf of Mexico that are not subject to Congressional moratorium or otherwise unavailable, and two sales in the portions of the Eastern and Central Gulf of Mexico after the expiration of the Congressional moratorium in 2022. This is the first time the majority of the Eastern GOM Planning Area would be available for leasing since 1988.
Alaska:
The DPP proposes 19 lease sales in the Alaska Region (3 in the Chukchi Sea, 3 in the Beaufort Sea, 2 in Cook Inlet, and 1 sale each in 11 other program areas in Alaska). These 11 program areas consist of the Gulf of Alaska, Kodiak, Shumagin, Aleutian Arc, St. George Basin, Bowers Basin, Aleutian Basin, Navarin Basin, St. Matthew-Hall, Norton Basin, and Hope Basin. No sales are proposed in the North Aleutian Basin Planning Area that has been under Presidential withdrawal since December 2014.
Pacific:
The DPP proposes 7 lease sales in the Pacific Region (2 each for Northern California, Central California, and Southern California, and 1 for Washington/Oregon). There have been no sales in the Pacific Region since 1984. Currently there are 43 leases in producing status in the Southern California Planning Area.
Atlantic:
The DPP proposes 9 lease sales in the Atlantic Region (3 sales each for the Mid- and South Atlantic, 2 for the North Atlantic, and 1 for the Straits of Florida). There have been no sales in the Atlantic since 1983 and there are no existing leases.
In conjunction with the announcement of the DPP, the Department is also publishing a Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare a Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act.
Public meetings will be held around the country starting on January 16, 2018, to receive comments on the DPP and to inform the Draft Programmatic EIS. Specific dates, times, and venues will be posted on BOEM's website at https://www.boem.gov/National-Program/.
Using the information received from these public meetings, BOEM will prepare a Proposed Program (PP), which will be published for public comment, to be followed by a Proposed Final Program (PFP). In addition, the Department will prepare a Draft Programmatic EIS to be published concurrently with the PP, and a Final EIS with the PFP.
The DPP and the NOI will be available for public comment for 60 days following the publication of the documents in the Federal Register.
For more information about the National OCS Program, including maps, please visit: http://www.boem.gov/National-Program/
From Huffman:
Rep. Huffman Blasts Trump's Irresponsible Offshore Drilling Expansion
Washington, D.C.- Congressman Jared Huffman (D-CA) slammed the Trump administration's proposal to allow a dangerous oil drilling spree off the coast of California, as well as across American waters in the Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, and Gulf of Mexico.
"Secretary Zinke's announcement today confirms that the Trump administration is hell-bent on trampling the public interest and further lining the pockets of Big Oil at the expense of clean air, clean water, and the health of the American people," said Rep. Huffman. "Californians will never let this happen. Our state has shown that we can have a growing economy along with environmental protections, and we have made it very clear, again and again, that we do not want to put our fisheries, our beaches, or our coastal economies at risk just to enrich the fossil fuel industry. The bottom line is that offshore drilling means oil spills, and the risk is even higher now that the Trump administration is weakening offshore safety rules. This reckless proposal for a new offshore drilling spree should face widespread, bipartisan opposition. We'll fight them in Congress, on the beaches, in the courts, and at the ballot box. I'm confident we'll defeat this dangerous plan."
Rep. Huffman has led the fight against offshore drilling in Congress, authoring the West Coast Protection Act to prohibit any new oil and gas drilling off the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington. He also joined with fellow California Representatives Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-San Pedro) and Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) in leading a letter with 36 colleagues opposing new Pacific Ocean lease sales in the Trump administration's offshore drilling plans. All three West Coast Governors, as well as all six West Coast Senators, oppose new Pacific lease sales, and every Democratic congressional representative from a coastal district in Washington, Oregon, and California has cosponsored Rep. Huffman's West Coast Protection Act.
Rep. Huffman is also the author of the Stop Arctic Ocean Drilling Act, which has been cosponsored by 60 members of the House of Representatives. He recently led 69 members of Congress in urging Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to protect the Arctic Ocean from dangerous activities by the oil & gas industry and to exclude all new Arctic Ocean lease sales from any future offshore drilling plan.
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Carrie Symonds shows off her bump and engagement ring
Boris Johnson's fiancée Carrie Symonds shows off her baby bump and engagement ring as she is seen for the first time since announcing she is pregnant
PM and Carrie Symonds were attending a reception event marking International Women's Day in No. 10
First time Miss Symonds has been seen since she shared an intimate photo of her and the PM last Saturday
Fashion-forward Miss Symonds donned long-sleeve tiered maxi dress from Anthropologie with bold patterns
Wedding will mark the first time in at least 250 years a sitting prime minister has married while in office
Boris Johnson's fiancée Carrie Symonds debuted her blossoming baby bump for the first time since the couple announced they were expecting a baby in early summer.
Miss Symonds' engagement ring was also on full display while the couple mingled at an event marking International Women's Day in No. 10.
Never one to shy away from bold colours and fashion-forward silhouettes, the former Conservative Party press officer donned a long-sleeve tiered maxi dress from Anthropologie for the reception.
It marks the first time Miss Symonds, 31, has been seen since she shared an intimate photo of her and the PM, 55, last Saturday with the caption: 'I wouldn't normally post this kind of thing on here but I wanted my friends to find out from me.
Boris Johnson's fiancée Carrie Symonds debuted her blossoming baby bump for the first time since the couple announced they were expecting a baby in early summer. Pictured: The Prime Minister, Miss Symonds and Point of Light Award winner Lizzie Carr
Miss Symonds' engagement ring was also on full display while the couple mingled at the Points of Light awards at No. 10
The date of their wedding has not been announced, but it will mark the first time in at least 250 years a sitting prime minister has married while in office. Pictured: Miss Symonds shows off her bump while mingling with guests at the awards
'Many of you already know but for my friends that still don't, we got engaged at the end of last year… and we've got a baby hatching early summer.'
The date of their wedding has not been announced, but it will mark the first time in at least 250 years a sitting prime minister has married while in office.
Appearing on ITV's This Morning, the PM admitted he was 'very excited' for the birth of his child with Miss Symonds, but did not add anything else, prompting co-host Phillip Schofield to ask: 'Is that it?'
When Mr Schofield then asked: 'How good are you at changing nappies? Will you change nappies?', the Prime Minister appeared flustered before eventually saying: 'I expect so.'
The Prime Minister has at least five children, although he has never confirmed the exact number after imposing a blanket ban on talking about his family. This will be the first child born to his 31-year-old partner.
Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds are engaged and expecting a baby in early summer
Mr Johnson, who has been married twice previously, this month finalised his divorce with estranged wife Marina Wheeler, with whom he has two daughters and two sons. Last night, Downing Street would not confirmed if the decree absolute had been granted.
While he was still married to barrister Ms Wheeler, he began dating Tory PR adviser Ms Symonds, and the couple are believed to have been in a relationship for over a year.
A spokesperson for the couple said: 'The Prime Minister and Ms Symonds are very pleased to announce their engagement and that they are expecting a baby in the early summer.'
Ms Symonds and Mr Johnson, who live together in Downing Street, recently enjoyed a luxury Christmas Caribbean vacation in Mustique where he is believed to have proposed.
The couple's relationship has been firmly in the public spotlight, and a row in her Camberwell flat during last summer's Tory leadership election wobbled Mr Johnson's bid for the top job.
On Friday, it emerged Ms Symonds had hired a media professional to handle her communications and help on her campaigns as she molds into the role of the UK's first lady.
But she has already been described as the power behind the throne, with reports of her and Downing Street supremo Dominic Cummings in a tug of war for the PM's ear.
It marks the first time Miss Symonds has been seen since she shared an intimate photo of her and the PM last Saturday with the caption: 'I wouldn't normally post this kind of thing on here but I wanted my friends to find out from me'. Pictured: Mr Johnson addresses the crowd at the awards
Ms Symonds is the first unmarried partner of an incumbent British prime minister. She has largely kept out of the public eye since Mr Johnson, 55, took the reins of government in July.
She was scarcely seen at the PM's side on the general election campaign trail, but waved with her soon-to-be husband on the steps outside the famous black door following the Conservatives' thumping victory.
The couple chose to live at the larger four-bedroom flat at No 11 Downing Street instead of the smaller two-bedroom official residence at No 10.
They already share a dog, Dilyn, with the PM saying that he helped keep his stress down during the election campaign.
It has been suggested in the past that Ms Symonds could not become a fully-fledged 'first lady' until the couple were married.
Mr Johnson was coy when asked about the subject last year, telling reporters that marriage speculation was 'a tiny bit premature'.
Pictures from the awards earlier this week were shared to No. 10's official Twitter page with the caption: 'Tomorrow it's International Womens Day. We celebrated earlier this week by hosting a reception at Downing Street.'
The couple were pictured with Point of Light Award Winner Lizzie Carr, 32, who teaches volunteers how to ride inflatable paddle boards and then puts them to work with litter pickers on rivers and canals.
In 2017, the cancer survivor became the first woman to paddle board solo across the English Channel.
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Personal and business dealings must always be conducted in accordance with the law. Knowledge of the letter and spirit of the law is a requirement, as is the continuous demonstation of impeccable business ethics.
All individuals have the right to equal, polite and respectful treatment. Others' personal dignity and beliefs must always be respected.
Any information relating to mtd or its customers must be treated confidentially and can only be used to perform the tasks relating to the customer. Any information gained during work performed for mtd is the property of the company.
There is no place in our business relationships for gifts or any other methods of influencing business decisions. This applies to both the receiving and giving of gifts.
A/V.2. Ethical business relationships with customers, competitors and other partners.
Relatoions with our partners is characterised by trust, due process and independence in the making of business decisions. These decisions cannot be influences by personal interests and goals.
All situations that may present a conflict of interest (real or percieved) with the company must be avoided at all costs.
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Family Support Worker - HMP Styal
WEBRECRUIT
£19,974 - £22,584 per annum pro rata
TCMAC0212/CC
Social care, Family support
No remote option
21 hours per week (including regular evening and weekend working)
Grade 2 (lower): £19,974 - £22,584 per annum pro rata
Our client's Mother and Baby Unit (MBU) at HMP Styal accommodates up to 9 women and 11 babies at any one time. The strategic aims of the service for mothers, babies and pregnant women are to:
- Make a positive difference to their lives, both in terms of outcomes and experience of
- Enable them to build and maintain positive relationships
- Reduce reoffending and the social, economic and emotional impact
- Increase their access to support networks in their communities
They have an exciting opportunity for a Family Support Worker to join their team.
The successful Family Support Worker will have experience of working in a family support role. You will have a strong understanding of the developmental needs of children, the challenges of parenting and the impact of disadvantage and marginalisation on families and vulnerable adults. You will have the ability to develop personal support plans that respond to the needs and build on the assets of the women and babies on the unit.
This is an exciting opportunity to support mothers and babies to achieve their full potential in difficult circumstances. Our client is seeking experienced and motivated staff to ensure that the service is delivered to the highest quality. Successful applicants will work closely with nursery and other staff from the organisation and where appropriate, prison personnel to provide family support to mothers on the unit.
The role is subject to enhanced DBS and HMP vetting procedures.
Our client's values: people focus, mutual respect, excellence in all they do and a can-do attitude.
If you can relate to these and have the necessary skills and attitude, our client can offer you:
- A competitive salary, leave entitlement and pension scheme
- Career development opportunities
- A full induction and ongoing quality training
- The opportunity to become part of our client's initiatives
- Flexible working hours
- Managed workloads with regular supportive and reflective supervision
For an application pack and further information, including the benefits our client offers, please visit their website (organisation detail will be provided when you apply).
Please email completed applications to the email address referenced in the application pack.
Closing date: 4th December 2020
Interview date: Provisionally 10th December 2020 (exact date TBC)
Our client offers good working conditions, a comprehensive training programme and group personal pension scheme. They welcome applications from all sections of the community.
They reserve the right to close this vacancy early if they receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
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William Kilburn (1745-1818) and Artists' Copyright
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Above: One of my watercolors, inspired by Kilburn
Kilburn design, courtesy the V&A museum
William Kilburn was a watercolor artist, engraver, and textile designer in England in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His sumptuous floral designs can be viewed on-line courtesy of the V & A museum:
Kilburn was one of the first artists to fight for copyright for his original designs, which were being knocked-off in rival textile factories in as little as 10-days! Kilburn's 1797 testimony before the House of Commons led to the passage, in 1798, of one of the earliest copyright acts for printed cotton designs:
I read a brief biography of Kilburn for the 64th volume of the LibriVox Short Nonfiction Collection.
Listen to my recording here.
Read the text online here.
Some of the things that fascinated me about Kilburn were his use of striking black and khaki backgrounds, and unusual pairings of seaweed and flowers in his designs.
Cochineal Red
Lichen Dyes
Nettles as a Textile Fiber
William Blake to Mr. Butts, 16th August 1803
Artists & Intellectuals	letters, librivox, memoirs, nonfiction collection, William Blake
Above: "The Garden (2020)"
William Blake (1757-1827)
[Excerpt from a letter]
To Mr. Butts:
Felpham, 16th August 1803
"I go on with the remaining subjects which you gave me commission to execute for you; but I shall not be able to send any more before my return… I am at present in a bustle to defend myself against a very unwarrantable warrant from a justice of peace in Chichester, which was taken out against me by a private in Captain Leathe's troop of 1st or Royal Dragoons for an assault and seditious words.
His enmity arises from my having turned him out of my garden… I desired him, as politely as possible, to go out of the garden; he made an impertinent answer. I insisted on his leaving the garden; he refused. I still persisted in desiring his departure. He then threatened to knock out my eyes… I therefore took him by the elbows and pushed him before me till I had got him out. There I intended to have left him, but he, turning about, put himself into a posture of defiance, threatening and swearing at me. I, perhaps foolishly and perhaps not, stepped out at the gate, and, putting aside his blows, took him again by the elbows, and keeping his back to me, pushed him forward down the road about fifty yards–he all the while endeavouring to turn round and strike me, and raging and cursing, which drew out several neighbors…"
I read the full letter from William Blake to his patron for the 75th volume of the Short Nonfiction Collection.
You can listen to my recording here.
You can read William Blake's letters here.
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John Constable, Landscape Painter
J. M. W. Turner's Sketchbooks
The Invitation: Søren Kierkegaard
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The Invitation, from Preparations for a Christian Life
Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
"Come hither unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." (Matthew II, 28)
…A man cannot himself live in abundance, or at any rate in well-being and happiness, and at the same time dwell in one and the same house together with, and in daily intercourse with, the poor and miserable, with them that labor and are heavy laden…. If he wishes to invite a sufferer, he must either change his own condition to be like that of the sufferer, or else change that of the sufferer to be like his own; for if this is not done the difference will stand out only the more by contrast…"
Excerpts from the philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard in English translation are available at LibriVox.
I read this selection from Kierkegaard's Preparation for a Christian Life for the 55th Volume of the Nonfiction Collection.
You might also like George Berkeley (1685-1753)'s Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, from which I read a selection.
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
Artists & Intellectuals	audiobooks, Benvenuto Cellini, librivox, memoirs
Benvenuto Cellini (1500–1571)
The autobiography of the great artist Benvenuto Cellini was a collaborative LibriVox reading to which I contributed. Begun in 1558, Cellini's account of his art, as well as his loves, hatreds, passions, and delights, is written in a full-out extravagant style, which would delight a tabloid journalist of today.
In the section I read, Cellini recounts how he cast his bronze Perseus, who holds up the severed head of Medusa. Cellini is a master of suspenseful storytelling. Doubters tell him there is no way he can force the bronze to fill the uplifted Medusa head. He sets out to prove them wrong. He is meticulous in preparing the clay mold from the wax original. He orders loads of pinewood from the forests of Serristori to stoke the furnace to melt the bronze. All goes well until "the" day, when Cellini calls out "heartily to set the furnace going." Then things fall apart. The workshop roof catches fire; a storm of wind and rain blows into the workshop, cooling the furnace.
Cellini battles with these "untoward circumstances" for several hours, until "with despair of heart," expecting to die any minute, he takes to his bed, abandoning his assistants to supervise the crucial casting! He lies in bed for two hours, at which point, according to his account, he sees the figure of a man enter his chamber "twisted in body into the form of a capital S" who announces "O Benvenuto, your statue is spoiled, and there is no hope whatever of saving it." "No sooner," Cellini writes," had I heard the shriek of that wretch than I gave a howl which might have been heard from the sphere of flame."
He jumps out of bed and runs to the workshop. There he finds is that the bronze in the furnace has curdled. The alloy needs adjustment. Cellini sends for "all his pewter platters, porringers, and dishes, to the number of two hundred" and dumps them into the furnace. This drastic measure saves the day. The mold fills. "After all was over," says Cellini, "I turned to a plate of salad on a bench there and ate with hearty appetite, and drank together with the whole crew."
You might enjoy Dallam's Travels with an Organ to the Grand Signieur
Specimen Days
Artists & Intellectuals	audiobooks, librivox, memoirs, Walt Whitman
Above: Sunrise, November 20, 2016
Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
Down in the Woods, July 2d, 1882…
Walt Whitman, 1872
If I do it at all I must delay no longer. Incongruous and full of skips and jumps as is that huddle of diary-jottings, war-memoranda of 1862 -'65, Nature-notes of 1877 -'81, with Western and Canadian observations afterwards, all bundled up and tied by a big string, the resolution and indeed mandate comes to me this day, this hour,—(and what a day! What an hour just passing! the luxury of riant grass and blowing breeze, with all the shows of sun and sky and perfect temperature, never before so filling me, body and soul),—to go home, untie the bundle, reel out diary-scraps and memoranda, just as they are, large or small, one after another, into print-pages, and let the melange's lackings and wants of connection take care of themselves.
It will illustrate one phase of humanity anyhow; how few of life's days and hours (and they not by relative value or proportion, but by chance) are ever noted. Probably another point, too, how we give long preparations for some object, planning and delving and fashioning, and then, when the actual hour for doing arrives, find ourselves still quite unprepared, and tumble the thing together, letting hurry and crudeness tell the story better than fine work. At any rate I obey my happy hour's command, which seems curiously imperative. May be, if I don't do anything else, I shall send out the most wayward, spontaneous, fragmentary book ever printed.
Specimen Days by Walt Whitman was a collaborative LibriVox reading, to which I contributed a chapter.
Listen to Whitman's prose works here:
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Reminiscences of Margaret Fuller by R. W. Emerson
Artists & Intellectuals	audiobooks, librivox, nonfiction collection, poetry, women
Above: Isis holding sistrum; Margaret Fuller
"She chose the sistrum for her emblem, and had it engraved on a gem. And I know not how many verses and legends came recommended to her by this symbolism." R. W. Emerson
Listen to Emerson's reminiscences here:
Read the text on-line here:
Sistrum (by Margaret Fuller)*
Triune, shaping, restless power,
Life-flow from life's natal hour,
No music chords are in thy sound;
By some thou'rt but a rattle found;
Yet, without thy ceaseless motion,
To ice would turn their dead devotion.
Life-flow of my natal hour,
I will not weary of thy power,
Till in the changes of thy sound
A chord's three parts distinct are found.
I will faithful move with thee,
God-ordered, self-fed energy,
Nature in eternity.
*"Sistrum–a musical instrument of the ancients, employed by the Egyptians in the worship of Isis. It was to be kept in constant motion, and according to Plutarch, was intended to indicate the necessity of constant motion on the part of men–the need of being often shaken by fierce trials and agitation when they become morbid or indolent." (comment by Robert Fuller, Margaret's brother, in Life Without and Life Within.
"She had a feeling that she ought to have been a man, and said of herself "A man's ambition with a woman's heart, is an evil lot." R. W. Emerson
In some verses which she wrote "To the Moon," occur these lines:–
"But if I steadfast gaze upon thy face,
A Human secret like my own, I trace;
For, through the woman's smile looks the male eye."
I read Emerson's word portrait of his friend, Margaret Fuller, for the 50th volume of the Nonfiction Collection. It is contained in the book Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli.
Emerson's Advice to Thoreau: "Write it out into good poetry."
Fruitlands: Bronson Alcott's Transcendental Utopia (1843)
Specimen Days, by Walt Whitman
Reflections of a Stained Glass Master
Artists & Intellectuals	audiobooks, Christopher Whall, librivox, memoirs, nonfiction collection, painting
Above: All Saints, Dogmersfield, UK, Annunciation by Christopher Whall
Christopher Whall (1849-1924)
Christopher Whall (1849-1924) designed stained glass windows for many churches in England. He was an active participant in the British Arts & Crafts movement. In 1905, he authored a technical manual for workers in glass as part of a series whose stated aim was "to put artistic craftsmanship before people as furnishing reasonable occupations for those who would gain a livelihood."
I read a chapter from Whall's Stained Glass Work for the 74th volume of the Short Nonfiction Collection. Whall meditates on the creative process and what it means to be true to one's art. His incisive comments still resonate today.
"How many a man one sees, earnest and sincere at starting, led aside off the track by the false lights of publicity and a first success. Art is peace. Do things because you love them… It is not that you are to despise either fame or wealth. Honestly acquired, both are good. But you must bear in mind that the pursuit of these separately by any other means that perfecting your work is a thing requiring great outlay of TIME, and you cannot afford to withdraw any time from your work in order to acquire them… To spend large slices out of one's time in the mere putting forward of one's work, showing it apart from doing it, necessary as this sometimes is, is a thing to be done grudgingly; still more should one grudge to be called from one's work here, there, and everywhere by the social claims which crowd round the position of a public man… It becomes almost a profession in itself to keep oneself notorious."
You can read Whall's Stained Glass Work here:
For more of Christopher Whall's good advice, see my post Simple things, and little things
The Mosaics of Ravenna, Italy
William Kilburn and Artist's Copyright
My Days and Dreams
Artists & Intellectuals	audiobooks, Edward Carpenter, librivox, memoirs
Edward Carpenter (1844-1929)
Above: Edward Carpenter (1875), right, and his partner, George Merrill, left
Listen to my recording here:
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Carpenter (1905), wearing homemade sandals
Hard to imagine now, but there have been times and places where just wearing sandals could get you labeled as being in rebellion against established society. Two such places were Berkeley, California in the early 1960s and Millthorpe, England in the 1880s. Millthorpe was home to Edward Carpenter (1844-1929), an English socialist poet, philosopher, and activist who abandoned his upper crust life and university sinecure to grow market vegetables and handcraft sandals for a living. Carpenter's search for the well-lived life, his passions and concerns resonate uncannily with the mood of long ago Berkeley. In this frank memoir, Carpenter explores how he "escaped from the domination of Civilization in its two most fatal and much-detested forms, respectability and cheap intellectualism."
See also Carpenter's long poem, Towards Democracy, written in the style of Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass."
Fruitlands, Bronson Alcott's Transcendental Utopia, 1843
Artists & Intellectuals	audiobooks, librivox, Louisa May Alcott, memoirs, nonfiction collection, transcendentalism
Above: the farmhouse at Fruitlands, as it looked in 1915
Transcendental Wild Oats, by Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888)
Transcendental Wild Oats is Louisa May Alcott's account of her father, Bronson Alcott's summer of folly (1843), during which he, Charles Lane, and a few others attempted to create a utopia on a run down farm in Massachusetts. Access my read here:
[Bronson Alcott] with the devoutest faith in the high ideal which was to him a living truth, desired to plant a Paradise… And here his wife, unconverted but faithful to the end, hoped, after many wanderings over the face of the earth, to find rest for herself and a home for her children…
The prospective Eden at present consisted of an old red farm-house, a dilapidated barn, many acres of meadow-land, and … ten ancient apple trees…
A new dress was invented, since cotton, silk and wool were forbidden as the product of slave-labor, worm-slaughter, and sheep-robbery. Tunics and trousers of brown linen were the only wear…
Money was adjured as the root of all evil. The produce of the land was to supply most of their wants, or be exchanged for the few things they could not grow…
They preached vegetarianism everywhere, and resisted all temptations of the flesh, contentedly eating apples and bread at well-spread tables…
With the first frosts, the butterflies, who had sunned themselves in the new light through the summer, took flight, leaving the few bees to see what honey they had stored for winter use. Precious little appeared beyond the satisfaction of a few months of holy living. At first it seemed as if a chance to try holy dying was to be offered them…
[At this point, Alcott fell into a deep depression, refusing to eat or drink for several days. Finally he came to his senses, and meanwhile, his wife has taken charge, selling what she could of their possessions to raise enough money to get them away from the place.] "Leave all to God–and me," she says to her husband. "He has done his part, now I will do mine."
So, one bleak December day, with their few possessions piled on an ox-sled, the rosy children perched atop, and the parents trudging arm in arm behind, the exiles left their Eden and faced the world again…
excerpted from Transcendental Wild Oats by Louisa May Alcott. I read this for the 47th volume of the Nonfiction Collection.
The Amana Community
Johnny Appleseed, A Pioneer Hero
Falling Through Space
Artists & Intellectuals	Alfred East, Bookish (the Blog), Edward Carpenter, painting
Above: "Falling Through Space," painted March 16, 2018
"The sun, the moon and the stars, the grass, and the water that flows round the earth, and the light air of heavens:
To You, greeting, I too stand behind these and send you word across them."
Edward Carpenter, from his long poem Towards Democracy.
After 12 years of recording books for LibriVox, I have found that, in terms of what people download and presumably listen to, there have been distinct "winners and losers." By far, the most popular book I have recorded has been Alfred East's Landscape Painting in Oil Colour (recorded 2015; 264,121 views as of 11/11/2020). At the opposite extreme, virtually my least popular recording has been the English intellectual Edward Carpenter's autobiography, My Days and Dreams (recorded 2014: 2857 views as of 11/11//2020).
In terms of impact on my life in retirement, Carpenter and East have been equals; they've both inspired me towards creativity–recording, writing, painting, keeping a website alive on the internet– to act on impulses that I might have hesitated to realize in earlier days.
Now Is The Accepted Time (by Edward Carpenter)
Amid all the turmoil and the care–the worry, the fever, the anxiety,
The gloomy outlook, fears, forebodings,
The effort to keep up with the rush of supposed necessities, supposed duties
The effort to catch the flying point of light, to reach the haven
of Peace–always in the future–
Amid all, glides in the little word Now…
Alfred East, in his Landscape Painting in Oil Colour, writes: "Be not ashamed to do the drudgery of constant practice… You are responsible for your work done, and you only… Have your eyes and your heart open, always working… A landscape painter must have enthusiasm, and no shame in speaking of the pleasure he feels in his work."
Photo: Beach Stones and an Amethyst Crystal
It's for certain I'll never become a great landscape artist, but one of my goals for 2018 has been to paint a picture (almost) every day, and hopefully, thereby, to improve my technique as a result of constant practice! In March, 2018, I set about implementing this resolve in earnest.
Update: June 2019, Learning to Draw, Line by Line
Update: September 2020: Simple Things, and Little Things
Needlepoint and Crochet, March 13, 2018
Original Photo
Yellow Roses for Sidney, March 11, 2018
One Broken, March 21, 2018
Listen to what Winston Churchill had to say about "Painting as a Pastime."


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Tap Into Sapsuckers: The Woodpeckers with a Sweet Tooth
Kenn and Kimberly KaufmanUpdated: May 12, 2020
photo credit: Marie Read
Meet some sweet-toothed members of the woodpecker family, and find out where to spot them.
A sapsucker belongs to the woodpecker family, but if you're wondering why this bird drills into trees, its name is a dead giveaway. (Hint: It's not looking for bugs!) Four kinds of sapsuckers are found across North America: yellow-bellied, red-naped, red-breasted and Williamson's.
The sapsucker name is somewhat misleading. Instead of sucking sap, the birds sip it. The hairlike structures on the tips of their tongues act a bit like a paintbrush and help them drink the oozy sap.
What Do Sapsuckers Eat?
photo credit: Steve and Dave Maslowski
photo credit: Steve and Dave Maslowski Besides sap, these birds sometimes eat fruit. Here, a female yellow-bellied enjoys a hawthorn berry.
When sweet sap oozes from a tree, birds, insects and other animals may stop by for a taste. Humans do, too. (Think maple syrup.) But in the bird world, sapsuckers are unique for drilling and maintaining sap wells in live tree trunks. Although they also eat wild fruits, insects and nuts, the sticky stuff is a major part of their diet.
Sapsucker wells are easy to recognize. The bird uses its chisel-like beak to drill a dozen or so small holes, less than half an inch apart, in a horizontal line. Then it comes back, over and over, to lick up the sap that leaks out. When the flow starts to falter, usually after a few days, the bird makes a second row of holes just above the first. Later it makes a third row above the second, and so on. A rectangular pattern of neatly spaced holes in tree bark is a sure sign that a sapsucker is at work.
Whether it's in permanent territory or just pausing during migration, a sapsucker typically maintains multiple sets of sap wells in different trees. It takes serious effort to make sure the tiny wells stay open for more than a few hours, and keeping other creatures at bay adds to the challenge. Some interlopers, such as hummingbirds or warblers, are small and easy to chase away. When insects are drawn to the well, the sapsucker may elect to eat them as an additional food source. But squirrels or large woodpeckers are more difficult to defend against, and if a big animal, such as a porcupine, decides to sample the goods, the sapsucker may have to go elsewhere. (Read more: The 4 Best Foods for Woodpeckers)
Where Do Sapsuckers Live?
photo credit: Dave Welling
photo credit: Dave Welling Williamson's sapsuckers call the Western Mountains home. Males have far fewer stripes than females (above), but they both sport bright yellow bellies.
Of all sapsuckers, the yellow-bellied is most widespread. It nests in cool evergreen forests all across Canada (and very locally into eastern Alaska) and in the Northeastern states. During migration, it passes through all areas east of the Rockies. It spends the winter in the Southeastern states and into Mexico and Central America.
You'll find the red-naped sapsucker in the Rocky Mountain region of the U.S. and southwestern Canada.It's very similar to the yellow-bellied, with just a little more red on its head.
From central California to southeastern Alaska, the red-breasted sapsucker takes over. This colorful bird was once lumped in with the yellow-bellied and red-naped—they were thought to be the same species. We now know that the three are close relatives and may interbreed where their nesting ranges meet.
Finally there's the fourth member of the group: Williamson's sapsucker, an uncommon bird found in the Western mountains. It has typical sapsucker habits but doesn't look like the others. The male is mostly black, while the female is brown with heavy black barring. Discovered in the 1800s, female and male Williamson's sapsuckers look so different from each other that until they were seen sharing the same nests, they were thought to be separate species.
photo credit: Steve and Dave Maslowski Male Williamson's sapsuckers (above) look so different from female Williamson's sapsuckers that at one time, they were thought to be two different species!
How Do Sapsuckers Nest?
In summer, sapsuckers live in cool climates, such as those found in the North Woods, mountains or along the Pacific Coast. They nest from April through July, using their tree-drilling skills to dig cavities for their families. Unlike most birds, the male sapsucker, not
the female, does most of the nest hole excavating.
Other woodpeckers nest in dead holes or limbs, but sapsuckers choose live trees, especially aspen or birch. The ones they pick are often infected with a fungus that rots out the heartwood, making the soft interior easier to dig into.
photo credit: Steve and Dave Maslowski Red-naped sapsuckers spend their time in the Rocky Mountain region of the U.S.
Sapsuckers in the Backyard
Sometimes a sapsucker visits a suet feeder and, on rare occasions, one may sample the sugar water from a hummingbird feeder. But in general, the only way to attract these birds is to have a yard with a variety of trees—particularly maple, elm, birch, aspen and pine.
If you discover a sapsucker working a few sap wells on a large tree, consider that a lucky find. It's unlikely to hurt the tree in the long run, and you'll have the opportunity to watch one of our oddest birds up close.
Sapsucker Damage
On rare occasions, sapsuckers focus on a small tree so much that they weaken it or even kill it. If you notice one drilling an exception number of sap wells on a favorite tree, try keeping that section of trunk or limb wrapped in heavy burlap or hardware cloth until the bird gives up and takes its tree-tapping activities elsewhere.
Originally Published: October 27, 2017
Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman
Kenn and Kimberly are the official Birds & Blooms bird experts. They are the duo behind the Kaufman Field Guide series. They speak and lead bird trips all over the world. When they're not traveling, they enjoy watching birds and other wildlife in their Northwest Ohio backyard.


Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate radiation pneumonitis and its associated risk factors in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer treated with concurrent erlotinib and thoracic radiotherapy.
Materials and methods: We conducted an analysis of patients with nonoperable stage IIIA–IV non-small-cell lung cancer who were treated with concurrent thoracic radiotherapy and erlotinib (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00973310). The Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 3.0 grading system was applied to evaluate the incidence of radiation pneumonitis. The lung dosimetric parameters were recorded in accordance with the treatment plan, and the study endpoint was radiation pneumonitis at grade 2 or more.
Results: Among the 24 selected clinical cases, nine were identified with radiation pneumonitis of grade 2 or above (37.5%). This included four cases with grade 2 (16.7%), two cases with grade 3 (8.3%), and three cases with grade 5 (12.5%). The results showed that the planning target volume was a significant factor affecting the incidence of radiation pneumonitis. All lung dosimetric parameters exhibited statistically significant differences between patients with pneumonitis and patients without pneumonitis. The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed that all lung dosimetric parameters were useful in predicting the incidence of radiation pneumonitis. In addition, the threshold values of V5, V10, V15, V20, V30, and mean lung dose were >4%, >29%, >27%, >22%, >17% and >1,027 cGy, respectively.
Conclusion: Special attention should be paid to the adverse effects of radiation pneumonitis in concurrent thoracic radiotherapy and erlotinib treatment. Lung dosimetric parameters are important predictive factors in radiation pneumonitis.


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Courtney Smith "Saddened By The Vindictive Falsehoods Her Estranged Mother Is Making," Per Statement From Attorney
By Dan Hope on August 16, 2018 at 1:47 pm @dan_hope
The Zach Smith Investigation
In a statement released by her attorney on Thursday, Courtney Smith disputed claims that her mother, Tina Carano, made against her over the past week.
"Courtney is saddened by the vindictive falsehoods her estranged mother is making," Julia Leveridge's statement reads. "They not only hurt her daughter but her grandchildren as well. These allegations will be dealt with at the right time and in the appropriate venue. In the meantime, Ms. Smith is committed to taking the high road and is anxious to share the truth after the litigation has concluded."
Courtney's mother, Tina Carano, told Jeff Snook in an interview on Monday that she believed Courtney was lying about domestic violence allegations she made against her ex-husband, former Ohio State wide receivers coach Zach Smith, and that she was trying to take him down.
From Snook's report:
"I wanted to stay out of this mess," she said. "But I can't take it anymore. I can't take all of these lies that are being written. I just want the truth out there once and for all. What's right is right. It's been horrible for me to see the lies that were being written about Zach when he didn't do what he was accused of doing.
"He lost his job over something that didn't happen."
Smith, her former son-in-law, was fired as Ohio State's receivers coach July 23 after it was revealed his ex-wife had obtained a protective order against him July 20 In Delaware County. He also had received a misdemeanor citation for criminal trespass after a May 12 incident at her Powell, Ohio, residence, in an incident when Zach Smith dropped off his son. He has pleaded not guilty.
"When Zach got fired, I was in disbelief that it happened the way it did. I was trying to stay out of it, but I really wanted to come forward and tell the whole story," Tina Carano said. "I do want to see and have a relationship with my grandchildren someday.
"But the fact is that Courtney set him up in this whole thing. She was determined to bring him down and she wanted to keep her current boyfriend, who didn't want Zach around."
Carano, who is currently estranged from her daughter, also told Snook that she believes her daughter "needs professional help."
"It breaks my heart, because we were so close once, but I know someone has to do the right thing. Somebody had to tell the truth about all this. I wouldn't just go around making stuff up about my own daughter. If someone asks about my motive for speaking out this way against my own daughter, it's that I really think she needs professional help. I hope she reads this and gets that help … I still love her very much."
Before Thursday's statement, Courtney Smith had not responded publicly to her mother's claims. Courtney Smith did meet with investigators from Ohio State on Monday, while Zach Smith met with investigators on Tuesday. According to another report by Snook, both Carano and Zach Smith's mother, Lynn Bruce – who has also alleged that Courtney vowed to "take Zach down and take Urban Meyer down with him" – met with investigators on Wednesday.
Ohio State fired Zach on July 23, hours after it was reported that Courtney had filed a domestic violence civil protection order against him and that she had previously accused him of domestic violence in 2009, when he was arrested but not charged in Gainesville, Florida, and 2015, when she told Powell Police that she had "been a victim of sustained physical abuse" by Zach.
Ohio State's investigation of Meyer, who is currently on paid administrative leave, is ongoing. The university said on Aug. 5 that it expected to complete its investigation within two weeks.


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One of our past concepts is this Hidden Antenna for the Electra Glide or Road Glide. Riders who typically do not run with a Tour-Pak may prefer not to have an AM/FM antenna on the back of the motorcycle. Some customizers may prefer the more uncluttered look. The approach is to mount this Hidden Antenna inside the front fairing. AM/FM reception is still excellent. This concept has been productized and you can find it in our Audio section.
Another of our past product ideas was born from the fairing lower vent prototype to the right. It has been refined and productized and is now in production for our customers.
Right leg and foot ever get hot from the heat on the exhaust side of your Harley-Davidson Electra Glide when the fairing lowers are installed? eGlideGoodies' Ultra Vent mounts in the lower fairing and can be opened or closed. Removing the fairing lowers is not always convenient and some rides require riding in the cool morning while the mid-day can be quite warm.
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Disneyland, Universal Studios Closing Due To COVID-19
By Mike Roe
Published Mar 12, 2020 2:03 PM
Visitors attend Disneyland on Feb. 25, 2020 in Anaheim. (David McNew/Getty Images)
It's time to cancel your visit to the Happiest Place On Earth, as well as its distinguished competition.
Disney announced Thursday afternoon that it was closing both its Southern California parks as of Saturday morning. Universal Studios followed with its own closure announcement. The decisions came despite California Gov. Gavin Newsom stating that an order banning large gatherings wouldn't apply to these theme parks.
Here's what Disney said about why they were taking the highly unusual step:
"While there have been no reported cases of COVID-19 at Disneyland Resort, after carefully reviewing the guidelines of the Governor of California's executive order and in the best interest of our guests and employees, we are proceeding with the closure of Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure."
Disneyland's closure extends through the end of the month, as of this announcement, while Universal park officials said they plan to reopen March 28. Disney's hotels will stay open until Monday to help visitors make travel arrangements. Universal's CityWalk and the Downtown Disney shops will remain open at this time.
This is the fourth time that Disneyland has shut down in its history. The others were after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, after the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, and after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The park remained open after Walt Disney's death.
Disneyland was previously linked with a large measles outbreak in 2014-2015, with 147 people ultimately infected. The outbreak was traced to a traveler who was infected overseas, then visited the park while infectious. Last year, there were concerns that a New Zealand teenager who visited the Disneyland and other Southern California locations may have infected others, followed in October with an L.A. County resident with the disease also visiting Disneyland.
Disney also notes that it will continue to pay its park staff during the closure. They have offered to work with visitors who want to change or cancel visits, but noted that they expect a lot of calls. The closure follows Disney's annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday, when they also released details on their Marvel-themed land set to open this summer.
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I rise for the first time!
A new beginning for the lodge.
I welcome you, a visitor to our website, secure in the knowledge that President lodge 8053 (EC) has been accepted into the Universities Scheme of the United Grand Lodge of England . We become the 50th lodge in the scheme, the second outside the United kingdom and the first in Africa to have joined . We know we have big boots to fill as we seek to build on the progress that the Scheme has made in recent years and we as a team relish the opportunity that has been given us.
On this site there will eventually be numerous messages and reports.
A good place to start would be from the Past Masters of President Lodge, it is important that we read and understand where this lodge comes from and also to understand the farsightedness that they had to relinquish control of the lodge to enable it to be used as a vehicle for the application to the Universities Scheme.
From the District Grand Master outlining the vision within the District of South Africa North and the working together by various lodges to provide services to all of our brethren in the District.
From the Lodge Preceptor providing the insight and plans that we have to put our lodge firmly in the forefront of Masonic education and development as each brother embarks on his Masonic journey.
Reports of our meetings, including our last installation where the transition from old to new was finalised and our first meeting where the first of our candidates was initiated into President lodge.
A link to the Universities Scheme Website is at www.universitiesscheme.com and I strongly recommend that you pay this site a visit.
Websites are dynamic and regularly refreshed - come back often, read the links about Freemasonry in general and the Universities Scheme and President Lodge in particular - if we can assist with further information send us a mail and if you want - sign our guestbook.
The first year for the first University Scheme Lodge in Africa was something to behold with 9 initiations including a first for the District of South Africa North, being a triple first degree working which was executed flawlessly thanks to the skill, dedication and professionalism of the senior members.
The aim of President Lodge this year is to get as many of those 9 candidates to the level of Master Mason within the first half of the year, as well as drive the recruitment within the universities in and around Johannesburg. We have a number of candidates lining up to partake in our mysteries, however recruitment remains a big focus. The year ahead holds many challenges and opportunities and we look forward to facing them and achieving our objectives.
We believe strongly that the Universities are where we will find tomorrow's leaders for Freemasonry and as such we look forward to welcoming many new young men into our brotherhood.


Here are surprising habits that should not be done (but you may actually be doing) when setting goals.
Setting a goal is simple. Just say what you plan on doing and everything else falls into place. Right? Wrong.
It turns out that some methods of setting goals are better than others. And we have the research to prove it.
Here are the things you shouldn't be doing when setting your sights on accomplishments.
The problem: It's human nature to envision the most dreaded portions of a task before taking it on. The difficult parts begin filling the mind and often transform "hard work" into "procrastination" -- a problem everyone's experienced at some point.
The research: According to a cognitive study conducted by Russian psychologist Bluma Zeignarik, people who are interrupted mid-task are twice as likely to remember to finish said task. Kenneth McGraw conducted an orthogonal study to understand what would happen when people were promised unlimited time to complete a task and were cut short. McGraw found that among those who were interrupted mid-task and notified that time was up, 90 percent continued working on the task anyway.
The solution: Start on your tasks. We don't care how. Take a step. Any step will do. Doing so not only will make the task more memorable in your mind, but also will result in a higher likelihood that you work on it -- a win-win in our books.
The problem: People who fantasize by setting unrealistically high expectations generally see horrific results in completing their tasks. True story.
The research: Researchers from NYU and the University of Hamburg conducted a study on how people coped with various challenges, particularly pertaining to expectation vs. fantasy. They found that students who overly fantasized about high job prospects received significantly fewer job offers and earned less money. Similarly, those with crushes who overly fantasized about high relationship prospects were significantly less likely to enter intimate relationships.
Why? Higher expectations resulted in less effort. And we all know where less effort leads.
The solution: Visualizing goals is perfectly fine, but excessively fantasizing is a grave mistake. Instead of setting "goals" around lofty outcomes, work on tangible, actionable things that can affect the here and the now.
The problem: Most people have the tendency to gravitate toward what we call "busy work" -- work that makes you feel like you're doing something impactful, when in reality what you're doing is not impactful at all. It's not entirely our fault, however; the brain is naturally wired to want to do busy work.
The research: According to a research study conducted at the University of Potsdam, four out of five students were far more inclined to do busy work when they weren't reminded of the key objective at hand through verbal cues of certain key words. The moment the reminders stopped, students began avoiding the difficult primary objective and gravitated toward the menial, less impactful tasks that we know as "busy work." No bueno.
The solution: In order to cross the chasm of busy work to meaningful work, you must find ways to remind yourself to do the work that makes the biggest difference. Focus on the outcome of said work and not the massive effort required to finish it. Do this, and watch your efficiency flourish.


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Gout is a common problem in males over the are of 40. Gout is a very painful problem due to the accumulation of uric acid crystals in the joint. It mostly affects the big toe joint of the foot and presents as a hot, red, swollen and painful joint. The cause of out is either due to an overproduction of uric acid or an underexcretion of uric acid by the kidneys. A dietary restriction of the foods that get broken down into uric acid is the mainstay of the treatment. Drugs can be used to block teh formation of uric acid or to help get the kidneys excrete more.


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Integrated mouse heart - homeostasis and stress
Pinto Lab - Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
The integrated mouse heart dataset was developed by merging 4 mouse heart datasets ( Skelly et al., 2018; Farbehi et al., 2019; McLellan et al., 2020; Forte et al., 2020) to explore a comprehensive cardiac cellular map of mouse.
We defined four conditions based on similar initial conditions in individual dataset. Healthy-control condition included the control group from Skelly et al. (2018), day 7 sham from Farbehi et al. (2019) and Forte et al. (2020), and non-treatment/saline treated samples from McLellan et al. (2020). AngII group from McLellan et al. (2020) was defined as AngII-stressed. MI-day3 and MI-day7 contained corresponding samples from Farbehi et al. (2019) and Forte et al. (2020).
Raw data files for Farbehi et al., 2019 and McLellan et al., 2020 can be downloaded from the dataset page. The other two mouse-heart datasets are available through ArrayExpress accession numbers E-MTAB-6173 (Skelly et al., 2018), and E-MTAB-7895 (Forte et al., 2020). .
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