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Close your eyes and imagine a timid young 17-year-old girl entering "Malfunction Junction" with a car full of school supplies, boxes, and clothes.
Surprisingly Awesome is my favorite podcast. Each episode explores topics that would put most people to sleep, but the show makes boring topics interesting and fun.
Subjects like pigeons, mold, or concrete become fascinating.
Birmingham, Alabama would be the perfect topic for the show.
After having been at Children's of Alabama for over eight years, I want to share some thoughts.
Over 100 years ago a small group of dedicated volunteers recognized a great community need and began what would become Children's of Alabama.
Don't you love stories with happy endings?
Once upon a time in the sleepy village of Birmingham, Alabama, an evil UAB President Ray Watts (or his Trustee Roundtable) made the decision to terminate UAB football.
The UAB students took up arms, the faculty revolted, and the townspeople arose.


The great successes of Esogetic crystal therapy combined with intensive discussions with Prof. F. A. Popp led to the development of the crystal sphere for colorpuncture. The starting point was the insight that the defined frequencies of "our colors' possess a specific spectrum, which can be amplified many times through the specific cut and arrangement of the facets of the crystal sphere. The successful results from the treatment with this new form of application are beyond average. A new dimension of colorpuncture has opened up by spreading the spectrum of the different colors in this way.


The Student Health Services offers a full-service laboratory, which performs many tests in-house. Any tests we are unable to perform are sent to an outside reference laboratory. The reference lab picks up from Student Health daily and turn-around time for results is excellent. The lab is state-licensed, CLIA certified, and COLA accredited, and is staffed by experienced, licensed clinical lab scientists.
Lab requests are honored from physicians here at Student Health, and from outside providers. Personal requests for some screening tests may be made through our treatment nurse.
Students covered by the UCR Student Health Insurance Plan (USHIP or GSHIP) do not pay lab fees if testing is requested as a result of illness or injury. Private paying students who do not have USHIP or GSHIP are responsible for any lab fees incurred.
1. Patient should not eat or drink 12-16 hours prior to testing (this includes mints, sodas, and caffeine beverages like tea or coffee).
2. Patient is encouraged to drink water during the fasting period.
3. It may be helpful to bring a small snack from home to eat immediately following the blood draw.
UCR Student Health offers nurse travel consultations for students traveling abroad. The nurses will review recommended vaccinations, safe food and drinking practices, and how to access healthcare where you will be traveling.
To start the travel medicine process go online to the patient portal at https://chconline.ucr.edu and complete the items listed below to make an appointment with the Travel Clinic Nurse. ALL education abroad students must see the UCR Student Health Services (SHS) regardless if they have the University Student Health Insurance Program (USHIP) or not. Please begin this online process as early as possible-especially if you are also followed by any medical specialists or mental health provider. SHS only accommodates a few travel appointments a day and are often busy.
Complete the "Student Immunization Records" form found in the patient portal under "Forms" tab.
a. Click on "Add attachment…" during the time of completing the Travel Questionnaire.
b. Click on "Immunization/TB Upload" tab to add any Immunization Record.
a. UCEAP Students ONLY: You must complete the Online travel Course (the course will take approximately 60 minutes to complete).
b. FLEAP, OAP, and any Student Traveling ONLY: You must complete the UC Abroad Travel Course (the course will take approximately 20 minutes to complete).
Complete the Travel Questionnaire by clicking on the "Messages" tab on the left pane, then "New Message" on the patient portal.
After completing all 4 requirements shown above, then please call 951-827-3031 to schedule an appointment to see a Travel Medicine Nurse for your travel visit.
Vaccinations prices will vary based on the cost of purchasing the vaccine.
All vaccines including travel vaccines are offered at our travel clinic. It is important to get vaccinated at least 4-6 weeks before you plan to travel in order to give the vaccines time to start protecting you and to allow adequate time for you to complete vaccines that require more than one dose.
Medications are also discussed to ensure safe and healthy travel. Some travel destinations may require prescriptions.
A note to students from Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS): Students often present at CAPS requesting clearance to study abroad. Generally speaking, students are encouraged to seek services as soon as mental health concerns arise. Students who need a clearance form signed to study abroad are encouraged to present their request to their CAPS clinician at the earliest possible moment. Please note CAPS clinicians can only sign off on clearance forms for students with whom they have established a professional relationship and who they know well enough, in a clinical sense. Please also note for this reason clearance forms for studying abroad cannot be signed off on during a same day/ walk-in visit.
Is this your first appointment with the UCR Dental?
If you have had dental X-rays recently, please provide an e-mail copy before your first appointment. You may call (951) 827-3039, for an e-mail address.
If your X-rays are outdated or not available, we could take a new set. We follow the American Dental Association guidelines on X-rays, taking a full set of X-rays at the initial visit, and bite wing, (check-up X-rays) every year or as necessary.
To make an appointment: Call the Dental Clinic directly at (951) 827-3039.
For the 2016-17 academic year, both undergraduate and graduate students participating in the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) will be eligible for coverage under the Blue View Vision Insight network. Blue View Vision provides excellent benefits from a wide range of Blue View Vision providers. Information regarding the Blue View Vision plan is available online at ucop.edu/ucship.
Prescriptions are filled on site.
You may refill your Student Health Services prescription at the Pharmacy of your choice. (However, if you have University Student Health Insurance, your co-pay may be different.) Check your Policy Brochure.
For refills of a prescription written at Student Health Services Click here for online submission or call (951) 827-3926. You may need to allow 24 hours for pick up.
The Student Health Center at each University of California campus gladly offers reciprocal access to its SHC services to currently registered students from all other UC campuses under the same conditions that apply to its own students who are not enrolled in its campus Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP). Students enrolled in their home campus SHIP may receive special discounts, benefits or services at their home campus Student Health Center. These special, campus-funded arrangements will not apply at another UC campus.
Eligibility: Bring your student ID and arrive 20 minutes early for your appointment to allow time for verification of your status as a currently registered student at your home UC campus.
Fees: Students from other UC campuses will be charged the same fees that are charged to UC, Riverside students who do not have one of the UCR Student Health Insurance Plans (USHIP or GSHIP). This will include a visit fee and fees for any lab work, x-rays or procedures. Payment is due at the time of service. Cash, check and credit cards are accepted. UCR Student Health Services does not bill insurance. A detailed invoice will be provided to you, so that you may file a claim for reimbursement with your insurance company.
The scope of student health services and fee structures vary from campus to campus. Check the website of the campus you are visiting for specifics.
If you have a UCR Student Health Insurance Plan, you may submit your bill to your SHIP plan for reimbursement. For help with this process, pleasecontact the Student Health Insurance Office at (951) 827-5683 or by email at health@ucr.edu.
If you have private health insurance, consult your plan for reimbursement information.
For questions and further information, please contact the Student Health Insurance Office at (951) 827-5683 or by email at health@ucr.edu.


I once took a job at a manufacturing company after one interview with the president of the company. Shame on me for not doing much research on the company or the corporate culture ahead of time. Never in a million years could I have imagined the drama this company had within its walls. Don't get me wrong, the company was great at what it did and produced a quality product. However, the behind the scenes drama was much more than I would have ever signed up for. Does this sound familiar?
Have you been in a situation in which your new dream job quickly morphed into a nightmare?
Adept hiring managers also want to preclude this situation. Employers want to find the person who "fits" their culture; not merely someone who can do the job.
Honorable employers want to know during the interview whether you share their ethics and values. They want to know you will adhere to their corporate values. They want to know that you will treat your new colleagues with respect and gratitude. Employers are learning that it is important for them to know more about who you are as a person and not just that you have the skills to perform the job.
Is it okay for a candidate to ask about corporate culture during an interview? ABSOLUTELY, YES! But don't stop there. Tune into your senses and feel the vibe. Employees who exemplify the corporate culture are more likely to be happier and more productive employees.
Read more about corporate culture in this article by Larry Alton, Why Corporate Culture is becoming Even More Important.
Posted by April Miles on April 3, 2019 in Advice.


The is the second graphic by Visualizing Palestine on the current situation in Gaza, following its infographic on who violates ceasefires.
As the number of Palestinians killed in Gaza escalated – today reaching 1,088 – the United States was the only country to vote against a UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for an investigation into Israel's invasion.
This graphic, "The Five Stages of Grief," reflects on the shared experiences of grief of Americans and Palestinians in Gaza, while contrasting the stages of healing and recovery.
The people of New York City mourned and memorialized their losses after the 11 September 2001 attacks, but their counterparts in Gaza are not allowed to recover.
They have had no respite either from Israel's repeated military assaults, or from its ongoing siege on the territory.
Palestinians in Gaza are demanding a ceasefire that respects their basic humanitarian rights.
The 1.8 million people who live there, especially the 40 percent who are 14 years of age or younger, need more than just a ceasefire. They need to be allowed to heal.


North Dakotans who receive supplemental nutrition assistance, what used to be called food stamps, can now use their benefits at certain farmers markets, including those in Hazen and Beulah.
Skyline Ranch Produce of Hensler is one of nine North Dakota farmers market vendors taking part in a pilot program to let Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients use their benefits to buy locally grown produce. The pilot program is a joint effort of the North Dakota Department of Agriculture and the North Dakota Department of Human Services.


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The Agonist Live in Dallas
on March 3, 2017 at 12:46 pm
One of my absolute favorite things about writing for this magazine is the exposure to so many new bands that I may have never listened to before. Seeing bands perform live as my first experience with them and hearing their music as they intend solidifies my association with them and it emphasizes how personal the experience is. An intimate setting such as Gas Monkey Bar and Grill highlighted the feeling of connection between band and audience, with members weaving through the crowd and intermingling as one, and communication from audience to performer much easier than larger, more displaced venues.
Our arrival was heralded by the introduction of Azreal, an Australian thrash/groove metal act that wasted no time getting the show going. Jumping from an intro right to the track "Cease to Be", the 4 piece brought their aggression and speed right out of the gate, with heavy riffing backed by rather visceral and distorted solos, raspy voiced vocalization, and drums beaten beyond viciously. Being their first time in Texas, the elation was visible on their faces as they continued through the set without missing a step, thrashing about and headbanging to different grooves and triplets almost perfectly in time. "It's a bit of a groovy one, and we know Texas likes to groove" the vocalist stated, as they led into another track that sounded like it spawned from the time of the New Wave of American Heavy Metal. As the set progressed, they slayed through songs such as "So Long", "Victim", "S.T.F.", and finished out with "The Wait", throwing their heads about and moving around with excellence presence. I was able to speak shortly with their drummer Chris after their set, a very approachable, kind guy who reinforced just how grateful and excited they were to be in the US for this tour, and how excited he was to try new food and meet fans.
Azreal Setlist
Cease To Be
Fall to Pieces
S.T.F.
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Canadian extreme metal outfit The Agonist caught me off guard with how well I enjoyed them. Dark and epic, the technically proficient while simultaneously atmospheric metal music interwoven with powerful clean and distorted female vocals took over the venue quite viciously. I found myself so much more invested in the music than I'd realized that I completely forgot we were outside and that there were cars passing by, with people going about their lives and completely oblivious of the separate realm myself and other concertgoers had fallen into. Having just visited Dallas on tour with the mighty FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, the drummer, Simon McKay, took to the stage as an ambient intro played over the PA bearing a shirt of their design, explosively leading straight into the first song.
Vocalist Vicky Psarakis took the stage so powerfully that she seemed to have the attention of every eye, whirling her long hair alongside the music as she delivered an exceptionally powerful clean and distorted vocal performance alongside Chris Kells on bass. Opening their set without a moment's hesitation, a recurring theme thus far, they performed a multitude of songs, including one from their latest release,"Five", titled "The Anchor and the Sail". Balancing both the technicality of their music and the looming darkness of the progressions, the music itself emitted quite a feeling of foreboding at times, yet not in a sense unenjoyable, but just right to make it a fun listen and wild ride throughout. As cool breeze came through the crowd, the wind kept the lengthy locks of every member billowing, fitting the prominent moments and accentuating them that much more. Arpeggios, blast beats, fast riffing and unique vocalization, The Agonist continued through their set to perform a few more tracks, such as "A Necessary Evil", dedicated to a particular political figure that they described "everyone hates", and closed out their excellent and refreshing set with track "Gates of Horn and Ivory" to the cheers of many.
The Agonist Setlist
You're Coming With Me
Panophobia
The Anchor and the Sail
A Necessary Evil
Gates of Horn and Ivory
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Challenges: Options in Aging offers the following lunch menu this week at the Ellwood Center, 1405 Woodside Ave., Wayne Township.
Monday: Swedish meatballs, noodles, pickled beets, multigrain bread, mandarin oranges.
Tuesday: Barbeque pork riblet on sandwich roll, parsley potatoes, succotash, angel food cake with icing.
Wednesday: Veal parmesan with mozzarella cheese, spaghetti, tossed salad with creamy Italian dressing, Italian bread, orange.
Thursday: Christmas party featuring chicken breast, stuffing, whipped potatoes with gravy, glazed baby carrots, dinner roll, cherry pie, ice cream.
Friday: Closed - In Service Day.
Coffee, tea and milk are served daily. A donation of $2.50 is requested.
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Are we ready for electric motos? Probably not, but I did a twitterpoll and it looks like we certainly want them.
I've always liked utility bikes ('ag bikes', 'farm bikes') where functionality is measured in terms of load carrying and off-road agility, rather than tarmac-creasing acceleration or foot-long suspension travel. They even get their own section in AMH8, left. For the right sort of gnarly adventure, or with a recalibrated attitude towards pace, bikes like Honda's AG190 (left) could make a tough little travel bike.
Ag bikes possess that do-anything, go-anywhere appeal, which must also be behind the adventure motorcycling phenomenon. Yamaha's TW-inspired Ryoku concept of a few years ago (below right) seemed to bridge both segments.
Whether intended or not, UBCO's 2×2 electric utility 'moped' may also benefit from this 'I-could-if-I-wanted-to' conceit. People need personal mobility, sure, but many like to be feel cool while doing so, be it in a RAV 4 or on a GS12 or Raleigh Chopper.
While staying in an affluent suburb of Sydney recently, along with skimpy urban scoots like the Sachs (above left), Chinese urban retros similar to the Mash Roadster as well as a few XSR7s outnumbered anything else I saw on two wheels there. In fact it's said bikes like these are now beginning to outsell adventure-styled bikes. Expect Bike Shed franchises to start popping up like Pizza Huts.
The Ryoku never got off the drawing board, but Honda's recent X-ADV adventure scooter sought to capitalise on that urban adventure cachet. But after riding one – and even though I now have DCT out of my system – I felt something more akin to the current Ruckus moped (left; not sold in the UK) would have been more fun.
In Australasia and South Africa, ag bikes have been on the scene for ever, but have changed little since the 1980s. What you want is an ag bike's utility with scooter-like ease of getting on and off – a mini X-ADV. But do you also need 2WD and would you choose electric?
2WD motorcycles
You can be sure that one long winter some obscure engineer-farmer has experimented with front-wheel drive long before most of us were born. The vid below is one of many crazy-arsed compilations on youtube. And a couple of years ago Visordown dedicated one of their Top Tens to 2×2 motos, some pictured right.
At that time Visordown said: ... a modern generation of batteries.[…] and hub-mounted electric motors mean that … this must surely be the future of two-wheel drive – allowing almost any bike to be adapted to drive both wheels.
Such predictions proved to be on the money. If AWD is seen to be as desirable as it was when Audi introduced the Quattro road car in the 1980s, then the advent of hub-mounted electric motors is by far the least complicated and most elegant way of doing it. Ask Nasa (above) or even Ferdinand Porsche.
The mechanical or hydraulic solutions powered by an ICE (internal combustion engine), as in the vid above, are mostly just too clumsy, expensive, complex or otherwise lacking in real-world commercial potential.
Off-road the benefits of AWD traction is obvious. I can think of many sandy pistes in the Sahara (above; Algeria) which would have been a whole lot easier and therefore safer to ride with the addition of front-wheel drive. Just like in a 4×4, AWD means you can tackle loose terrain like sandy ruts or dunes without resorting to momentum (aka; speed) which will catch you out (right). And in my experience in the desert, a 4×4 with an automatic gearbox is an unbeatable combination, especially on slow rocky climbs or in soft sand. Just the right amount of torque is fed to all the wheels to give traction, and on rocky trails there is no risk of stalling, again allowing you to concentrate on precise wheel positioning and clearance issues.
Automatic scooters are common, proper motorbikes less so, but do you even need 2×2 on a road bike? The answer is: not really. While road tests affirm that Yamaha's recent '2FW' Niken (above) delivers eye-opening improvements in front-end grip, on the road 2×2 would only benefit acceleration, by spreading the torque to both wheels and so limiting wheel spin (just as front and rear brakes improve braking all round).
But advances in electronic traction control and tyres to match have proved just as able in optionally eliminating wheel spin. Combined as it is with ABS sensors, TA probably adds just a few ounces to a bike's weight. Any front-wheel drive system would add several kilos while drawing overall power.
All up, the US-built 200-cc Rokon below is the only successful production 2WD motorcycle – a two-wheeled tractor that looks even less comfortable to drive on anything easier than a wooded hillside and for most people has has probably been superseded by AWD ATVs, even if the latest model features the miracle of front suspension.
UBCO: Electro Glide in White
UBCO stands for Utility Bike Company, founded in 2015 when the work of a couple of creative Kiwi engineers got picked up by entrepreneur, Tim Allan (riding, below).
In 2018, after the original off-road only model had spent a couple of years in development with Kiwi farmers, a fully road-legal, version was released for global export. It's the world's first production 2×2 electric motorcycle aimed at farmers, rangers and forestry, while also being bought for urban deliveries and just plain off-road fun. Being restricted to 50kph, it's classified as a moped which in many territories means it can be ridden on just a provisional licence.
You can add luggage or wider racks and run power tools off it. To recharge the 16-kilo battery takes 6-8 hours. The bike is made in China and in NZ and Australia costs $8000, (about £4200) in the US it's more. That's about the same price as a KTM full-suspension e-bike (above right) I saw in an NZ shop window.
Wisely, UBCO dodges competing with the likes of recently folded Alta or Zero who produce(d) full-sized electric road-legal motorcycles. Instead, it's aiming squarely at the utility market where the benefits of a light, rugged, easy-to-ride and near-silent all-terrain bike outdo its limitations in range and performance.
Weight is 65kg and with 2.4kw (3.2hp) via the 48-Ah, 50-V Lithium-ion battery, power is less than an ICE moped. But 90Nm or 66 ft lbs of torque across two wheel is a figure equivalent an 800cc bike, and all that torque is delivered instantly to each wheel so both will spin as you pull away on loose dirt. Electrotoque is not really comparable with ICE torque: old but interesting article.
Very few electric motorcycles have motors in the wheel hubs. Once you get beyond a moped power level, they become too heavy and bulky so need to return to the typically central ICE location. Above (the two sides of a hub motor), the number and size of copper windings correlate to the power, and these motors are designed to spin fast, hence the three reduction gears on the left. The UBCO's motors are about as small and low powered as they get on an e-moto, so hub fitting is not a problem. There's just the low, centrally positioned battery with a power cable reaching out to each hub. Simple.
Tim, myself and his mate JB set off along an overgrown MTB trail at the TECT Trail Park close to Tauranga where UBCO are based. No clutch or gears, no heat, drive chains or belts and virtually noise, plus hydraulic MTB brakes, speed-calibrated regenerative braking and low CoG and seat all make the UBCO effortless to ride. Along with the cleated footrests, it all means you can concentrate on fern-dodging and where to put the front wheel.
Unlike an ICE moto, terrain permitting an electic bike is most efficient with the throttle at the stop and hard acceleration doesn't consume power like it does on an ICE. Despite its optimal traction and light weight, the low power rating means it'll only climb 1:4 at which point the short-action throttle is pinned. If you run out of go it's dead easy to hop off and push. Even with my weight, I found what looks like basic suspension well suited to the bike's speed potential and the terrain we rode. It's operation never intruded on my ride and it never bottomed out.
I can't say I noticed the 2WD, apart from wheel-spinning when pulling away on loose dirt, but it rode as on rails despite the Kenda trials-pattern tyres being at road pressures. The 2×2 has no negative effect on the steering, probably quite the opposite, but you barely notice it. Just like I found myself pressing air for the foot brake, it probably takes a while to believe and then fully exploit the front end's drive. And no, it won't be more efficient in one-wheel drive (like old-school 4x4s could be) – the small motors are designed to work most efficiently together. As you can see below, the air-cooled hub motors (the only part of the bike which gets hot) aren't fazed by shallow water crossings either.
Sure, the MTB handlebars were way too low when standing up, and there was nothing to brace the legs against. But the UBCO is so light and power levels so manageable it didn't really matter. When sitting down I found my knees banged against the frame, but some trousers or pipe lagging would fix that.
Just like a DCT Honda, the lack of gear changing or fear of stalling really frees the mind to deal with other things, meaning you can ride more smoothly and have more fun doing so. Before I got my current Himalayan I considered adapting a DCT NC750X into something akin to the Rally Raid CB500X. To me this is one of the greatest benefits of electric bikes. Doing the same ninety minutes riding on any sort of ICE dirt bike would have left me comparatively worn out.
The fast-paced off-roading we did would give you about 40 miles range – you'll get nearly twice that on a flat road at 20mph. And the regen braking means coming down a long pass actually adds a bit of charge. The dash info is basic and includes the temperature of each motor, but you can change or monitor various functions with the bike bluetoothed (or some such) to a smartphone app. Lights are LEDs up to a very bright 2200 lumens.
At the end of the ride I was able to nose the front wheel against the back of the trailer, turn the handle and let it climb up. But even without the 2×2 or even the utility element, like the Sachs moped above, the UBCO can also pass as a cool-looking urban runabout. In the right setting it would be a great way of nipping around without frightening the horses.
In 1967 the Electric Vehicle Association claimed that Britain had more battery-electric vehicles on its roads than the rest of the world put together. Almost all were milk floats (right) rated at around 8-10Kw and with a range of 50-60 miles.
Even then, the first Golden Age of electric vehicles can be dated back to the start of the 20th century when, in the US for example, 40% of cars were steam-powered, 38% were electric (about 34,000 in total), and just 22% were dirty, smelly, noisy, rough-running ICEs. Then major oil fields were discovered around the world and before domestic air travel became the norm, the interstate road network went on to outstrip the railroads. Now there are well over a billion ICE road vehicles in the world, about 20% of which are bikes. The total number of EVs surpassed 3 million in 2018, a 50% increase over 2016.
The future will be electric, again. That may well be the case in urban settings or for other short-range applications. In 2008, alongside the more common pushbikes I was amazed to see electric scooters (right) whooshing around the streets of Kashgar, western China. And in Auckland last week I was equally intrigued to see dock-free e-scooters (left) either left on the pavement or whizzing about between pedestrians.
But any form of trans-continental overlanding in the less-rich AMZone will probably be the last place to see e-motos. The world is just too divided between rich and poor, urban or rural. Just as with fast internet or mobile phone masts, the cost of installing the necessary infrastructure everywhere is too great. It's an overlanding quandary which has become analogous with diesel cars. Low-emission engines designed to run the low-sulphur fuel sold in rich countries will play up on the old, high-sulphur stuff sold in some parts of South America, Africa and Asia where emission regs are less strict and 'Euro 5' is a football tournament. So while in the next decade you might be able to ride your e-moto across Europe or North America, as things stand Cairo to Cape or Prudhoe Bay to Ushuaia will be a challenge for a long while.
Visualising a sunshine-powered, off-road coast-to-coast traverse of Australia, similar to their World Solar Challenge race, I asked the UBCO tech guy would the necessary 400-w solar trailer (about two panels on the left) do the job? No. A battery can't be charged and discharged at the same time, but a spare battery could be charged. Broome to Adelaide at 30mph max would sure give you plenty of time to get a nice sun tan.
Some say the specific problem with electric motorcycles (as opposed to e-bikes, cars or trams) is that, price apart, with the available technology the weight vs power or range doesn't add up with current perceived expectations of what a motorcycle can do. It ends up either too heavy, too slow or runs out of charge too soon. But even Harley's turbine-smooth Livewire (above) only weighs 210kg, does 0-60 like a 701 and might last 100 miles. We'll know more (or not) when the Long Way Up comes out this autumn. Other electric bikes will do better. As we approach the fabled Tipping Point you'd hope things can only get better.
Interesting discussion
This entry was posted in AMH News, Bikes and tagged 2wd, 2x2, ag bikes, automatics, awd, CTX200 Bushlander, do you need 2x2 on a road bike, electric bikes, electric motorcycles, Golden Age of electric vehicles, hub-mounted electric motors, ice, milk floats, nasa, Off-road AWD traction, rokon, Ruckus moped, Sachs, Solar Challenge race, solar trailer, TECT Trail Park, traction control, ubco, UBCO's 2x2 electric utility, utility bikes, Yamaha Ryoku on February 22, 2019 by Chris S.
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Sofie Hagen's new show is raw, urgent and confessional … but is it comedy?
Having explored her depression and anxiety, the Danish comic is tackling childhood trauma. How do standups amuse an audience if even they don't find their subject funny?
Her first show, Bubblewrap, was about depression and self-harm; her second, Shimmer Shatter, detailed her social anxiety. Now comes a show that digs deeper still, beneath the mental health challenges Sofie Hagen has faced and down to the emotional abuse she feels she endured in childhood, at the hands of her "narcissistic, psychopathic step-grandfather", Ib. As with its predecessors, Dead Baby Frog feels as much like a therapy session as a standup set.
Hagen's new show tracks back to her infancy, when she was largely raised by her grandparents while her single mum worked – and "mom-dad" (as the maternal grandfather is called in her native Denmark) forced Sofie and her gran into a state of perpetual timorous silence. In the picture she paints, Hagen's job was to listen reverently when Ib spoke, and to abase herself in apology if she interrupted him or made the slightest sound. Ib also outlawed Sofie's sadness and anger – signs, he told her, that she didn't love him. And so, in later years, those suppressed feelings erupted, at regrettable moments – moments that provide much of the comedy Hagen constructs around this bleak narrative.
In an echo of Bubblewrap, which recounted her teenage Westlife obsession, she recalls meeting the band on Danish TV as a teenager and losing her rag when asked to sit on Brian McFadden's lap. Later, she throws an unprovoked punch at a friend. But neither anecdote convinces as a manifestation of repressed rage unleashed. Elsewhere, Hagen strains to wring laughs from what comes across as her grandfather's banal brand of wickedness. Yes, she finds grounds for mockery in his claims to have fought in a non-existent Scandinavian war. Then there's the time she interrupted his boring monologue to remark on the appearance within it of two separate chickens. Hagen finds a comic angle on that, but takes a tortuous route to get there.
Maybe it would be funnier if we knew some of the people involved – as would her story about giggling at the playlist at her other grandad's funeral. But we don't, and in Dead Baby Frog, Ib never transcends his two monstrous dimensions.
It may also be part of the problem that Hagen doesn't really find this subject funny. There are other psychologist's-chair comedians – Simon Amstell, Jessie Cave, Hagen herself in earlier shows – who get some perspective on their neuroses, who seem to relish their ridiculousness. But here, Hagen treats the damage "mom-dad" wrought on her as deadly serious. It gives her pleasure, she says, to make us hate him. Which is justifiable. But not conducive to levity.
It can be done, this combination of raw pain and comedy. John Robins pulls it off in his new show about a traumatic breakup. American comic Chris Gethard's show Career Suicide never soft-soaps the agony of his depression, but draws tragicomic charge from its extremity and the candour with which it's expressed. But Gethard worked that show for years into a tightly wound machine.
Hagen does her best to shore up her sad story with laughter. From her gags about being a man-hating feminist, which neatly turns men's usual weapons against them, to the self-aggrandising fibs she tells her therapist, she ensures the show is never downbeat for long. But to me at least (admittedly, one of the straight white males from whom she'd like to hear less), her jokes burn at a low flame, and can feel dutiful.
If the show isn't so potent as comedy, it certainly registers as confessional. Its title references the 19th-century experiments that "proved" frogs make no resistance if slowly boiled alive, just as Hagen's story illustrates how children might come to accept hostile environments as normal. As Hagen points out, this is a useful time to be critiquing Ib's old-school brand of masculinity: autocratic, vaunting, thin-skinned and now in residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The show adds to an intriguing body of work by Hagen, who is leading comedy further than anyone into the realm of mental health and emotional damage. It's just that, on this occasion, comedy seems a little reluctant to follow.
Sofie Hagen: Dead Baby Frog is at Soho theatre, London, until 21 December, then 5-10 March.


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Nanophysics
Researchers use nanotechnology to improve the accuracy of measuring devices
by National Research University Higher School of Economics
Scientists from National Research University Higher School of Economics and collaborators have synthesized multi-layered nanowires in order to study their magnetoresistance properties. Improving this effect will allow scientists to increase the accuracy of indicators of various measuring instruments such as compasses and radiation monitors. The results of the study have been published in a paper titled "Structure of Cu/Ni Nanowires Obtained by Matrix Synthesis."
One of the unique features of artificial nanostructures is the large magnetoresistance effect in thin layers of metal. This effect is exploited in various electronic devices.
The scientists synthesized multi-layered copper and nickel nanowires in order to study their characteristics, which depend on the layers' composition and geometry. "We expect that the transition to multi-layered nanowires will increase this magnetoresistance effect considerably. Today, we are choosing the method of nanowire synthesis in order to get this effect," said co-author Ilia Doludenko of the Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics (MIEM HSE).
To determine the correlation between the synthesis parameters and the crystal structure, the scholars synthesized nanowires of different lengths. The nanowire length was determined by the number of deposition cycles; one nickel layer and one copper layer were deposited in each cycle. The size of the nanowires was determined using a scanning electron microscope (SEM). The number of pairs of layers in the nanowires was found to be 10, 20, or 50, according to the number of electrodeposition cycles.
When the length of the nanowire was compared to the number of layers, it turned out that the relationship between the nanowire length and the number of layers was nonlinear. The average lengths of the nanowires composed of 10, 20 and 50 pairs of layers were, respectively, 1.54 μm, 2.6 μm, and 4.75 μm. The synthesized nanowires all had a grain structure with crystallites of different sizes, from 5-20 nm to 100 nm. Large, bright reflections were mainly due to metals (Ni and Cu) while diffuse rings and small reflections are generally related to the presence of copper oxides.
An elemental analysis confirmed the presence of alternating Ni and Cu layers in all of the nanowires in the study. However, the mutual arrangement of layers may differ. Ni and Cu layers in the same nanowire may be oriented perpendicular to its axis or be at a particular angle. The individual units of the same nanowire may have different thicknesses. The thickness of individual units in nanowires is in the range of 50-400 nm.
According to the study authors, this heterogeneity depends on the parameters of the pore and decreases closer to the pore mouth. This leads to an increase in current, enhancement of deposition rate, and, as a result, an increase in the deposited layer thickness. Another possible reason is the difference in the diffusion mobilities of ions of different metals. This explains the nonlinear relationship between the nanowire length and the number layers mentioned above. The study of the composition of particular units demonstrated that copper units consist mainly of copper, while nickel is almost entirely absent. Nickel units, on the other hand, always contain a certain amount of copper. This amount may sometimes be as high as 20%.
The relevance of these findings relates to the potential creation of more accurate and cheaper detectors of motion, speed, position, current and other parameters. Such instruments could be used in the car industry, or to produce or improve medical devices and radiation monitors and electronic compasses.
Nanowires could be the LEDs of the future
More information: O. M. Zhigalina et al, Structure of Cu/Ni Nanowires Obtained by Matrix Synthesis, Crystallography Reports (2018). DOI: 10.1134/S1063774518030379
Provided by National Research University Higher School of Economics
Citation: Researchers use nanotechnology to improve the accuracy of measuring devices (2018, July 25) retrieved 15 July 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2018-07-nanotechnology-accuracy-devices.html
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As of October 2012, the average household had £5,934 in outstanding debt, excluding mortgages (Including mortgages, the figure rises to £53,912.), much of it from credit cards, according to the money education charity CreditAction. For most people, that amount of debt will require a plan to repay that will cover a period of years.
An important resource to begin getting debt under control is the credit card statement you receive every month. At a glance, you will be able to see how much you owe, how much interest you're being charged and any fees that may apply, important information that can spur you to begin lowering your debt and better manage your credit accounts.
The UK Cards Association and the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, the leading trade association for the card payments industry, recently developed new annual statements. In addition to being able to review their account activity every month, cardholders will now be able to examine a 12-month report on the anniversary of the account opening that will include every transaction made with the card including point-of-sale purchases, cash advances and interest, fees and other charges incurred for each type of transaction.
While the effort and time it takes to review a monthly and annual report on one account is a simple task, most people juggle multiple accounts. Establishing a budget could help alleviate the confusion that can arise when various types of accounts need to be paid by a specific date with a limited amount of income. But a more convenient way to manage multiple accounts is by using financial management software that offers all the tools you need to better manage your money like that provided by Money Dashboard.
Distinguish spending categories, i.e. business, personal, taxes, etc.
Examine other types of transactions, like foreign purchases, balance transfers, cash advances, etc.
The opportunity to discover problems will more likely come from reviewing your monthly statements and credit reports. Everyone who borrows money, regardless of the form, be it from a bank loan, mortgage, auto loan, credit card, etc., has a report compiled by a credit reference agency. How bills have been managed will be reflected in the reports; the better you manage the task, the higher your credit rating will be; the higher your credit rating the more opportunities you'll have to borrow in the future. Pay an obligation more than 30 days late and it will end up on your credit reports and possibly have a negative effect on your ability to be approved for additional credit. Every citizen has the legal right to view his or her credit reports annually for free. Visit Experian and/or Equifax and request your copies today.
A thorough exam of your credit reports, monthly and annual statements, in addition to having all the other benefits of a Money Dashboard account and you will have a vast array of information to assist you in becoming debt free and developing better money management habits. While the new 12-month reports are a nice addition to the standard, Money Dashboard has provided these types of reports and more long before the association put them in place. If you're looking to stay ahead of the curve, they are the ones you want to be connected to. It's always best to be proactive rather than reactive when it comes to fighting identity theft and fraud. These tools and methods provide some of the best possible protections to do just that.
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ASCAP Composer + BMI Lyricist. Yikes, what's a self-publisher to do?!
Sunday, October 16, 2016	- SongcrafterBiz
WARNING: This is a seriously geeky article which may fry the brain of an unsuspecting music lover. Alternately, it may serve as a small glimpse into the less romantic side of being a composer-publisher.
Most composers and publishers register their new compositions and publications with the performing rights organization with which they are affiliated, typically ASCAP, BMI, SESAC or SOCAN. If the composer, lyricist and publisher are all affiliated with the same performing rights organization, also known as a PRO, this is a pretty straightforward process. But when the writers belong to different PROs, title registration gets more complicated. (Don't assume you know how to do this correctly. I sure didn't!)
Faced with registering such a piece last month, I turned to the internet for answers, starting with the website of my own PRO, ASCAP. After an exhaustive and fruitless search, I finally got on the phone with a patient and helpful ASCAP representative, who walked me through the process of registering works whose writers belong to different PROs. I wrote this article so that other composer-publishers won't have to go through the same arduous process I did! This method of title registration is not immediately intuitive, but it ensures that royalties will be paid to the proper parties.
Here's the scenario. I want to register a new musical composition entitled Kick Ass New Work, which is published by my publishing company, Seafarer Press. Kick-Ass New Work has music composed by me – Elizabeth Alexander (ASCAP) – and lyrics written by Jane Poet (BMI). Jane Poet ecstatically signed a contract with me allowing me to set her words to music AND allowing Seafarer Press to publish that music.
Okay, are you ready to dig in?
In order to understand this process from a legal standpoint, it's really important to know this: When Seafarer Press publishes Kick-Ass New Work, it is mainly concerned with promoting and distributing that piece of music, but that's not how the music industry sees it. Legally, publishing is seen as an activity which actually "represents the writer(s)." And because Seafarer Press is an ASCAP-affiliated publisher, it is never ever ever permitted to "represent" a differently-affiliated writer in any way, even a teeny tiny bit. (Sorry, Jane Poet!)
Before I go any further, I want to review how it works when an ASCAP composer-publisher like me registers a setting of a poem by Fred Poet, who is either ASCAP-affiliated or unaffiliated. Assuming Fred and I are splitting the writer shares equally, the percentages would be as follows:
PUBLISHER SHARE: Seafarer Press (ASCAP) 50%
WRITER SHARES: Elizabeth Alexander (ASCAP) 25% and Fred Poet (ASCAP or unaffiliated) 25%
Do you see how this makes Seafarer Press the representative of both my 25% AND Fred Poet's 25%? That works for Fred, but it's not going to work for Jane Poet, who is affiliated with a competing PRO. So when I register Kick-Ass New Work with ASCAP, I have be careful that Seafarer Press only represents my percentage, and not Jane's.
Still with me?
Okay, here's how to register Kick-Ass New Work, as outlined by the patient and helpful ASCAP rep:
PUBLISHER SHARES: Seafarer Press (ASCAP) 37.5% and Jane Poet (BMI) 12.5%
WRITER SHARES: Elizabeth Alexander (ASCAP) 37.5% and Jane Poet (BMI) 12.5%
I know, your head just started spinning! So did mine! But see how the ASCAP percentages are identical and the BMI percentages are identical? That's what we want. As you probably also noticed, Seafarer Press' publisher royalty is now smaller, and my composer royalty is larger, but the ASCAP portion still represents 75% of the total royalty. And the BMI portion is now divided between publisher and writer royalties, but it still represents 25% of the total royalty.
Yippee, this completely takes care of the ASCAP portion of the registration. MY part is finished!
But what about Jane Poet's part?
Yikes! As an ASCAP composer-publisher, I cannot actually do the BMI part of the registration, even if I wanted to. That part of the registration must be done on the poet's end. Still, let's not throw Jane to the wolves. It's only respectful for me to give her some guidance. Here are the pertinent pieces of information about Kick-Ass New Work that Jane will need to register the work with BMI:
Whether Kick-Ass New Work is considered "serious" or "classical music," or what the industry considers to be "commercial."
Whether the piece consists of entirely original music
Whether piece is 1) complete in one movement or 2) part of a multi-movement piece
The official title of the piece (In this case, Kick-Ass New Work)
Any alternate title of the piece (In this case, Kicky Boots)
The duration of the piece
The instrumentation of the piece: Harmonica and Tuning Fork
The legal publisher name (In this case, Seafarer Press)
The full legal composer name (In my own case, that's "Sarah Elizabeth Alexander")
And lastly, the royalty share percentages exactly as I reported them to ASCAP:
If you're a super-thorough conscientious-type like me, explaining this wonky registration process to a poetic collaborator could suck up the better part of an otherwise awe-inspiring morning! But now that I've posted this handy situation-specific article, all you have to do is send your poet a link to this page, along with the ten pieces of information listed above.
Whew! What a relief! Now we can all go back to creating music again.
Copyright 2016 by Elizabeth Alexander
** A FINAL NOTE: I feel obliged to mention that this process works perfectly well for small self-publishers like me, but not as well for publishers with hundreds or thousands of writers. Unless Jane Poet actually establishes a publishing company, she will not receive the publisher portion of her royalty. If Seafarer Press were to grow into a publishing giant with many BMI writers, I might ask a lawyer who to create an entirely separate division of Seafarer Press (with a different name) which would join BMI. In that case Jane could receive her entire royalty without having a publisher. The royalty would be reported 50/50 all the way, like this:
PUBLISHER SHARES: Seafarer Press (ASCAP) 50% and Fair Seas Press (BMI) 50%
WRITER SHARES: Elizabeth Alexander (ASCAP) 50% and Jane Poet (BMI) 50%


In this episode, originally posted October 5, 2008, we talk about the IGA award winners for 2005. We have two new player categories, two turkeys (Battleball and Haunting House), and two websites of the month. We review Heroscape and Ace of Aces, and discuss our top ten games of 2003.
In this episode, we discuss Aquaretto and Times Up: Title Recall. Stephen talks about his latest finds at the thrift store, Moritz discusses Cloak and Dagger, Mark reviews Warriors of God, and Geoff talks about "group think". We review our top ten games from 2007, discuss some news items, and talk about the necessity of English versions of games.
In this episode, Tom discusses some of his thoughts on Origins 2008, specifically many of the exhibitors in the Hall. An interview with Reiner Knizia is also included.
In this episode, originally aired September 28, 2005, we review Shear Panic and Liberty. We also discuss some more "gamer types", talk about our "Kangaroos": Linq and Colossal Arean, and talk about our top ten board game mechanics.


Since I can remember, I always had an affinity to sneakers and i'll always prefer them over any type of shoe. And, i'll always be more of a tomboy at heart which somewhat inspired this look.One of my favorite pairs are these gold and black ones by Nike. I realized that I haven't worn them in what feels like years and I thought it was time to bring them out of their box again. It was a chillier day in Seattle today so this black longsleeve with this sick python pattern across the top paired perfectly with these.
I'm not that 'girly' of a girl: I don'y really wear pink or cutesy things but for some reason, these peach bow tie shorts just caught my eye and attention! Maybe it is because it sort of reminds me of Usagi/Serena aka Sailor Moon!
There's so many things I love about this outfit that I don't know where to even start! At first glance, yes, this is a very simple look but look a little deeper! Have you ever wanted to show off that cute crop top or bralette but never had shirts that cut just right to show it off in the front or you didn't want to take a button down and button it too far down? Yeah, I had the same problem until I found this Keep It Casual tee by Lulus and bonus, it was on sale!
It was a happy stumbling when we ended up here for family dinner. The initial restaurant we were supposed to go to was closed to the public due to a dinner party so we wandered around until my mom decided on Restaurant Zoe located in the Capitol Hill area in Seattle.
I can't believe Summer is basically halfway over...what?! I thought it would be a good time to discuss some of my July favorite products since I found myself gravitating towards them a lot!
New Glico Pretz are introduced to the States and I couldn't be more excited. Today, i'll be quickly discussing four of the flavors I picked up and tried out. Flavors include a Hot Chili Salad, Pizza, Sweet Corn, and Tom Yum flavor. I will say I was most excited about Tom Yum because I had the flavor while I was in Malaysia last summer and I missed it so much! The fact that they introduced the flavor here in the US makes me extra happy and I hope it stays for at least awhile! A breakdown of the flavors will be below after the jump.


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Home › featured › NFL Super Wild Card Weekend was Truly SUPER!
NFL Super Wild Card Weekend was Truly SUPER!
By carolinianweb on January 24, 2023 • ( 0 )
Ethan Engellau
Sports, Editor
The 2022-2023 NFL Playoffs have arrived. This weekend had it all: back-up quarterbacks, record-breaking comebacks, and fairytale endings.
Mr. Irrelevant was the title given to Brock Purdy when he was taken with the final pick of the 2022 Draft. Purdy has put together one immaculate performance after another leading to six straight wins for the 49ers since he took the starting job including a 41-23 victory over the Seahawks on Saturday. The first half was a lot closer than the final score would suggest as both teams were trading punches starting with a 34-yard field goal from Robbie Gould followed by a three-yard touchdown run from Christian McCaffrey. Leading 10-0 San Francisco allowed Seattle to put together their most complete drive of the game, capping it off with a rushing touchdown from Kenneth Walker III. San Francisco would add another field goal on their following drive, and Seattle continued to fight. The star of the game for the Seahawks was D.K. Metcalf who used his size and speed to burn cornerback Charvarius Ward on way to a 50-yard touchdown, Seattle's biggest play of the game. From that point on however, it was all 49ers.
The second half opened with a touchdown run by Brock Purdy, followed by a strip sack on Geno Smith by Charles Omenihu, and another San Francisco touchdown, this time a seven-yard catch by Elijah Mitchell who lost most of his season to a knee injury. A healthy 49ers team was a scary sight to see as Deebo Samuel also returned from injury to play in this game and delivered the final nail in the coffin. On a short out-route Samuel caught the pass and jogged behind blockers before breaking off a 74-yard touchdown down the sideline giving San Francisco a 38-17 lead. D.K. Metcalf would pad his playoff stats with a garbage time touchdown, but it was too little, too late as the 49ers advanced. Purdy became the first rookie with four touchdowns in a playoff game and led the Niners to the highest sum of points when led by a rookie quarterback.
DUUUUVALLLL! The Jacksonville Jaguars had a combined record of 4-29 over the last two seasons. This season was different. Bringing in free agents, Christian Kirk, Zay Jones, Evan Engram, and Foyesade Oluokun as well as a more than competent coach in Doug Pederson paired with the breakout of Clemson duo Trevor Lawrence and Travis Etienne Jr. this team won their last five games of the regular season to secure the AFC South title for the first time since 2017. In the first half of their matchup with the Chargers, none of this seemed to matter as Trevor Lawrence threw four interceptions, three of which were pulled in by Asante Samuel Jr. and giving Los Angeles an early 27-0 lead. This game was proof that momentum has value in football as Jacksonville was finally able to put together a scoring drive at the end of the first half when Lawrence found Evan Engram for a nine-yard touchdown reception. I can't imagine what Doug Pederson said in the locker room at half-time to fire these seemingly dwindling Jacksonville players up, but a different team emerged from the tunnel in the second half.
The Jaguars scored on every drive they had in the second half. Everybody got involved as touchdowns were hauled in by Marvin Jones Jr., Zay Jones, and Christian Kirk. An infuriated Joey Bosa only assisted the Jaguars further in their pursuit of victory as the Chargers defensive end picked up two unsportsmanlike conduct penalties which led to a missed field goal for Los Angeles and a punt. The game-winning field goal was in sight for Jacksonville with three minutes left in regulation. The drive seemed to be in jeopardy as on the Chargers 41-yard line, Jacksonville faced fourth and one. One stop and LA would send Jacksonville packing. Doug Pederson is renowned for what we now know as the "The Philly Special" a trick play that Pederson called that proved crucial in the Eagles winning Super Bowl LII. It appeared as though Jacksonville was lined up for a quarterback sneak but instead Lawrence handed the ball off to Etienne who ran to the outside for twenty-five yards giving Riley Patterson a 36-yard field goal for the win. Jacksonville will now ride this wave into Arrowhead to face Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs on Saturday January 21.
The second of late-round, rookie, back-up quarterbacks to make a playoff start was Miami quarterback Skylar Thompson. With starter Tua Tagovailoa sidelined with his third concussion of the season and back-up Teddy Bridgewater nursing a finger injury Thompson was faced with a huge challenge in front of him, beating the Buffalo Bills. Buffalo was dominant this season, losing only three games and by narrow margins as they fell to the Jets by three, Vikings by three, and the Dolphins by two in Week Three.
The Bills have struggled with the Dolphins in both of their matchups: although they won their second matchup in Week Fifteen 32-29, they have been unable to stop Jaylen Waddle. In their previous matchups all their focus was on Tyreek Hill in which they were successful holding him to 33 yards and 69 yards respectively. Waddle, however, hurt them with big plays picking up the slack of Hill with 102- and 114-yard games. This was the deciding factor in their Wild Card matchup. Their game was as close as all the others, but Waddle only caught three passes for 44 yards. For anyone who watched this game it never felt like the Dolphins could catch up to Josh Allen's passing attack. The Bills were carrying out scoring drives consistently as they have all year with Allen hitting Dawson Knox for touchdowns and Stefon Diggs for big plays. Allen had three turnovers that allowed Miami to stay in the game. His first, an interception by Xavien Howard on a throw that receiver John Brown appeared to never look for the ball. His second, an interception by Jevon Holland that bounced off the chest of receiver Cole Beasley. His third, a strip sack by Eric Rowe led to a fumble recovered for a touchdown by Zach Sieler that gave the Dolphins a 24-20 lead at the start of the second half. Skylar Thompson, Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, and the entire Miami offense performed poorly for the most part but seventeen points off turnovers led to a nail-biter that Buffalo would eventually escape 34-31.
Daniel Jones played the best game of his career as Big Blue prevailed over the Minnesota Vikings. Jones became the first quarterback to throw for over 300 yards, rush for over 75 yards and throw for two touchdowns in a playoff game. Jones came into the season with a lot to prove as a quarterback in a failing franchise that hadn't won a playoff game since 2012. Jones has had little receiver help, an injured superstar running back, and a terrible offensive line but most of the blame has fallen on his shoulders. With Barkley back and performing like an All-Pro, a competent offensive line and receiver tandem, and one of the best defenses in the league this season, Brian Daboll put his faith in Jones to be the missing piece and he delivered.
The Vikings came out swinging with their best player Justin Jefferson carrying their opening touchdown drive. The Giants responded as Jones would scramble aggressively all game for big gains to keep drives alive leading to Saquon Barkley's first playoff touchdown. New York kept their foot on the gas pedal scoring on their next two drives to lead 17-7. The Vikings would add a K.J. Osborn nine-yard touchdown grab before half to make it 17-14. Despite Jefferson being crucial on Minnesota's first drive, he was non-existent in the second half, only managing one catch for four yards. The Giants continued to drive down the field time and time again burning lots of clock as they did so. The score would show 31-24 after Saquon Barkley muscled his way into the endzone for his second touchdown of the game.
With three minutes remaining, the Minnesota faithful set their eyes on Kirk Cousins. Cousins has a history of being a great regular season quarterback but failing when the lights are the brightest. This was just another chapter in that book as on fourth and eight, Cousins threw a three-yard pass to T.J. Hockenson who was immediately forced out of bounds. The Giants knelt the clock the rest of the way out and celebrated a long-awaited playoff victory. New York is headed to Lincoln Financial Field to face their division rival, the Philadelphia Eagles.
Baltimore was without Lamar Jackson as they faced what seemed on paper, an inevitable blowout. Jackson's absence did prove costly, despite the incredible play of the Ravens defense, as the Bengals won with a score of 24-17. This game was incredibly slow paced as Baltimore tried to rely on their run game and Cincinnati's offense could never catch fire. The Ravens surprisingly led at half 10-9. The Bengals put together a drive to open the second half that showed flashes of their greatness ending in a Joe Burrow rushing touchdown.
Baltimore tied the game at 17 after Huntley's best pass of the day, a 41-yard heave to Demarcus Robinson for a touchdown. Up to this point Huntley had performed well and the Ravens were primed for an upset until a third down and goal arose. Huntley attempted to jump over the pile of linemen into the endzone on a quarterback draw only to be met at the top of the peak by linebacker Logan Wilson who punched the ball out of his hands and into those of Sam Hubbard who ran all the way back the other way for a 98-yard scoop and score. This would be all Cincinnati needed as the three Baltimore drives after that would total 40 yards combined and the Ravens fell short once again. Cincinnati now heads to Orchard Park for a highly anticipated matchup with the Bills after their Week Seventeen matchup was canceled due to Damar Hamlin's life-threatening injury.
Tom Brady lost to the Cowboys on Monday night, for the first time in his career. Brady's age began to show in this one, and the Buccaneers seemed as though they never stood a chance. Brady and top receiver Mike Evans couldn't get on the same page, and Brady was underthrowing almost every pass he threw and started off poorly with his first red zone interception as a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. On the other side of the ball, Dalton Schultz led the way for Dallas reeling in two first half touchdowns while Micah Parsons was everywhere in this one stopping what little run game Tampa Bay had, and pressuring Brady almost every play. Dak Prescott would total five touchdowns in this game, four passing and one rushing but was consistently let down by his kicker Brett Maher. Maher missed his first four extra points causing coach Mike McCarthy to go for it on a fourth and four on Tampa Bay's eighteen-yard line displaying no trust in his kicker to hit a field goal at that point. The gamble would pay off as this put the Cowboys up 30-6 and Maher finally was able to hit an extra point. We have learned to never count Brady out of a game, but at that point, it was all but over as Tampa managed a garbage time touchdown to cement the game in the history books as a 31-14 loss in what may be Brady's last game in Tampa Bay. Dallas will head to Santa Clara to take on the 49ers in Levi Stadium.
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Beer Sheva is a hodge podge of architectural styles. There are run down areas of urban decay, dreary blocks straight out of the post-war east European style of mass public housing. Other older tower blocks have been renovated and beautified, their gardens well tended. In between are neighbourhoods of private homes, a child's drawing of a simple white house with a red roof or Mid East style boxes with wrought iron gates and enclosed courtyards.
Only the swish modern buildings are built according to the post-1991 Gulf War construction codes that require homes to each have their own personal "secure room" shelter. For everyone else a siren means either a mad dash to an outside shelter or holing up in whichever room has the fewest windows or external walls.
I always take lots of photos from my wanderings around Israel for our friends and family abroad, many of whom I know have never visited Israel or have done so only briefly. My photos from Beer Sheva are nothing earth shattering - a street view, historical site, a park, a couple of museums.
When (if) you see reports of southern Israel coming under rocket fire, this is what those reports mean, just ordinary places you might live or visit, except that every so often, way too often, the folks in Gaza lob rockets at them.
To me it is walking around the very ordinariness of a place like Beer Sheva on a quiet day without sirens that truly brings home the craziness of the situation. Just walking in the park or praying in the synagogue or enjoying a family dinner with friends and thinking that any minute the peace might be shattered by the eerie sirens of my mother's childhood in wartime London. It boggles the mind.
One of several beautifully planned play and recreation areas at the Australian cavalry memorial park in Beer Sheva. This sign reminds visitors of the rules of the park including no eating of sunflower seeds in the playground and respectfully waiting one's turn on the play equipment.
Soldiers from Australia and New Zealand played a pivotal role in the British fight against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Perhaps their most famous battle was the Beer Sheva cavalry charge, one of the last in history.
The Joe Alon Bedouin Heritage Centre in the Lahav Forest just north of Beer Sheva offers an insight into the traditional lifestyle of the Bedouin tribes of the Negev and Sinai, employing local Bedouin to guide visitors.
Just a stay at home Mum in Israel who has lots of random thoughts about the world and sometimes even writes them down... I don't profess to say anything terribly original or profound, but sometimes everyone gets lucky I hope. I suffer from a profound case of naive cycnicism which means that I tend to see the world with one eye looking through rose tinted spectacles and the other through a glass darkly. Or something like that.


Remember all those New Years Resolutions you decided to make on January 1, 2009? All those things that you hoped would be different this year? Or those goals you had hoped to achieve?
How's it going so far? It might seem hard to believe, but we're already into September! If you've achieved or are making steady progress toward the goals you set in January, congratulations!
If you're not achieving the success you had hoped to achieve by this time of the year, I have good news for you. There's still time!
1. Pick the top 3 or 4 things you just HAVE to be, do, have by the end of the year.
2. Make a simple plan to achieve them. Just think it through, step by step. What needs to happen first? Then what's next? And what's next after that?
3. Decide how much time and money you'll need to dedicate for these goals. You might also have to think of some trade-offs, or things that you'll need to stop doing, or change how you do, if you're going to be able to get done these 3 or 4 top goals. For example, you might need to cut back in some areas in order to focus on these goals.
4. Identify people or resources that can help. Who are the people who can help you achieve these goals? Ask them for help, or to hold you accountable. What tools or resources do you need in order to achieve these goals? Get them and get going.
Remember, late November and the entire month of December are busier times of the year for many. If that describes you, then make a plan to get these top 3 or 4 things done by the end of November.
5. Virtualize Your Success. Your mind is a powerful ally in achieving success. But it is also your worst enemy. To successfully achieve these goals, you must virtualize your success.
First, Imagine how great you'll feel at year's end, knowing that you've accomplished your goals. Second, use the power of your mind to envision how your life is different once these goals have been achieved. Third, see yourself, in your mind's eye, taking each step that is needed in order to achieve your goals. Fourth, envision the goal being completed.
Engage in this virtualization process every day. It'll help you stay motivated and will retrain your subconscious for success, propelling you toward the successful achievement of your goals by year's end.
Glad I found your site. Thanks for the reminder. I had heard of visualization but not virtualization.


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LPG penetration in North East to touch 80 per cent by 2019
The initial plan was to reach the stated target by 2030
GUWAHATI , October 18, 2018 5:39 am
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The LPG cylinder penetration in the North East region is likely to touch 80 per cent by the end of 2018-19, much ahead of its initial plan to reach this target by 2030.
A report published in the The Economic Times stated that the rigorous push to achieve the target ahead of its time was received during implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) in the region from last year, State-level coordinator for Assam (Petroleum Products) Uttiya Bhattacharyya said.
The report quoted Bhattacharyya as saying, "We hope to touch the figure of 80 per cent in the LPG penetration in North East by the end of 2018-19 fiscal. Initially, we had planned to reach this figure in North East by 2030." Bhattacharyya, who is also the Indian Oil Corporation Chief General Manager (Indian Oil-AOD), informed that the penetration level in the region has gone up to over 76 per cent at present from around 44 per cent in 2015-16.
"So, we are already much ahead of our planned target. However, we are still much below than the national average, which stands at 88.5 per cent compared to 62.2 per cent in 2015-16," he added. Bhattacharyya said earlier the oil marketing companies comprising Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), together used to release around six lakh LPG connections annually, transforming an average of about 1,700 per day.
"Now, this number has shot up to 5,830 cylinders every day. It is an unthinkable jump that the industry has achieved. It was possible due to the effort in implementing the 'Gram Swaraj Abhiyan' under the PMUY," he added. Under the 'Gram Swaraj Abhiyan', which was launched on April 14 this year in the region, LPG connections are being distributed in 6,942 villages.
The public sector undertaking IOC currently has 10 LPG bottling plants across the North East region and these are functioning at over 100 per cent utilisation. The company is investing over Rs 286 crore to enhance its LPG bottling capacity, including setting up of two greenfield plants at Agartala in Tripura and Barapani in Meghalaya by 2020.
IOC is pumping Rs 143.46 crore to set up the plant at Agartala by June 2019 that will have an installed bottling capacity of 60,000 metric tonne per annum (MTPA). The Barapani unit, which is at an initial stage now, will have a capacity of 30,000 MTPA and will cost Rs 74 crore.
Apart from the two units, the company is adding capacities to its existing bottling facilities at Silchar, Bongaigaon and North Guwahati. The expanded Silchar unit has been commissioned just recently after increasing the capacity to 1, 20,000 MTPA from 60,000 MTPA at a cost of Rs 23.45 crore.
In North Guwahati, the company is spending Rs 45.13 crore for raising the output to 1, 80,000 MTPA from 1, 20,000 MTPA, besides having two mounted storage vessels of 600 MT each. The expansion work at the Bongaigaon unit has been completed and the capacity is now doubled to 60,000 MTPA.


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Global Research News Hour - Justifying War: From Yugoslavia to Syria - 09/30/13
Most human beings by nature are anti-war.
All military conflicts involve death and destruction, to say nothing of unintended consequences.
This is why for generations, military planners have made use of war pretext incidents to galvanize war-averse populations behind aggressive military actions against other countries.
These rationales are at core psychological operations utilizing justifications for military action generally not reflecting the government's REAL reasons for going to war.
As researcher and anti-war campaigner Richard Sanders chronicles in his magazine Press For Conversion, war pretext incidents were involved in the Mexican-American War (1846), the Spanish-American War (1898), both World Wars, the Vietnam War (1964), the Wars against Iraq in 1991 and 2003, and NATO's War Against Yugoslavia in 1999, among others.
Richard Sanders appears on this week's Global Research News Hour to discuss this routine propaganda practice, and whether the August chemical attacks in a suburb of Damascus fit the pattern of standard war pre-text incidents.
In the final half hour of this week's program, we hear two perspectives on one war pre-text in particular, that being the 'Humanitarian Intervention.'
Lloyd Axworthy was the former Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister who authorized Canada's military intervention in Yugoslavia in 1999 for humanitarian reasons. He recently co-authored a commentary in the Globe and Mail promoting a humanitarian intervention in Syria along the lines of the 'Kosovo Model.' The Global Research News Hour allowed Dr. Axworthy, now the President of the University of Winnipeg, room to make his case.
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, however, strenuously disagrees with Dr. Axworthy's viewpoint, arguing that the 'Responsibility to Protect' doctrine frequently results in worsening a situation from a humanitarian perspective. Nazemroaya is a geo-political analyst specializing in Middle East and Central Asia politics. He is a Research Associate with the Centre for Research on Globalization, and the award-winning author of The Globalization of NATO and The War on Libya and the Re-Colonization of Africa. Nazemroaya was in Libya in 2011, and witnessed NATO's Humanitarian intervention there first hand.
Global Research News Hour - Syria: Why War is Still on the Table - 09/23/12
When US President Barack Obama addressed the nation on September 10, he emphasized the August 21 gassing of a civilian district in Damascus as a justification for the use of force in Syria. He indicated a military strike was needed "to deter Assad from using chemical weapons, to degrade his regime's ability to use them, and to make clear to the world that we will not tolerate their use."
The planned military strike for which President Obama was seeking Congressional approval has been forestalled in the wake of a US-Russia agreement. The deal would see a UN Security Council resolution put forward that would require the Syrian government to give up its chemical weapons arsenal and have them destroyed under international control.
It seems unlikely that the August 21 chemical gas attack is the principal motivator behind the US President's aggressive military posturing. As Michel Chossudovsky has documented on the Global Research website, five US Naval Destroyers, including one used during the US-NATO war with Libya had been ordered deployed off the Syrian coastline well in advance of the August 21 incident. Each of these vessels have the capacity of carrying up to 90 Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Moreover, the US has been inconsistent in respecting international norms with regard to the use of chemical weapons.
For example, the United States used napalm and Agent Orange quite extensively during the Vietnam War.
Furthermore, the US did not seem to feel obliged to launch strikes against Israel for that country's reported use of White Phosphorous against Palestinian civilians during the 2008-2009 Operation Cast Lead offensive.
The US itself used the deadly chemical during the siege against Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah nine years ago.
According to foreign policy analyst Yves Engler, even Canada has a long and sordid history in developing and testing chemical weapons agents for use in Vietnam and Korea.
If the chemical weapons attack is not the true motivation for a military confrontation with Syria, then how likely is it that the recent Russia-US agreement will end the threat of a confrontation with Syria?
On this week's Global Research News Hour, guests Rick Rozoff, Ellen Hodgson Brown, and Yves Engler brilliantly cut through government jargon and examine some of the geo-strategic objectives in play.
Global Research News Hour - The 1973 Chilean Military Coup: Remembering the Other September 11 - 09/16/13
For much of the population, September 11 marks the anniversary of the infamous terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
But for the people of Chile, much of Latin America, and democratic reformers at large, it marks another significant anniversary.
On the morning of September 11, 1973, all branches of the Chilean Armed Forces had conspired to wrest control of the country from democratically-elected leader Salvador Allende. Allende, having been tipped about the military's activities, held his ground in his Presidential palace, La Moneda.
After Allende refused to negotiate or surrender, General Augusto Pinochet ordered a siege on the compound accompanied by military helicopter gunships and Air Force bombers. Salvador Allende died during the melee, apparently by his own hand, and a military junta took power headed by General Pinochet.
It is well documented that the US government, through the CIA, played a key role in the overthrow of the Allende government.
The new order in Chile saw massive economic reforms take effect. An alarming number of people were imprisoned and tortured under his rule. Over three thousand people are estimated to have been killed during Pinochet's 17 year reign.
PInochet himself was eventually arrested in London in 1998, and faced with the unpleasant prospect of having to answer for his crimes.
The 40th anniversary of Chile's 9/11 is an occasion to ask what have been the impacts of the coup, and the dictatorship that followed?
These questions are explored in depth by two people knowledgeable about the coup.
Michel Chossudovsky was a visiting Professor of Economics in Chile at the time of the coup. In this week's radio show, Chossudovsky reflects on his memories of the coup, and looks at how it served as a dress-rehearsal for the use of macro-economic reform as a weapon for disarming governments worldwide.
Peter Kornbluh then recounts the US role in the affair. He is the author of The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability, recently updated to mark the 40th anniversary of the coup. Not only does he elaborate on the proof of the US connection with the coup, he explains his conviction that the arrest of Pinochet marks a major turning point in terms of holding past and present state criminals accountable.
Global Research News Hour - The Toronto Hearings on 9/11: Academics Examine the Evidence - 09/09/13
More from the Toronto 9/11 Hearings: This week's installment of the Global Research New Hour marks the fourth of a five part series highlighting research into the World Trade Center attacks and the need for a renewed investigation.


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Hayes Engineering Works
A home of Kiwi invention
Hayes Engineering Works and Homestead belonged to a 19th-century pioneering couple who developed and marketed ingenious labour-saving inventions for pastoral farming, defining the spirit of 'Kiwi ingenuity'.
Wheel chair accessibility
Entry fee may apply
From their rural Ōtūrehua farm, Ernest Hayes and his wife Hannah worked as a resourceful team. Ernest forged ahead with inventing and manufacturing devices to make life on the land easier, and Hannah cycled throughout the district in her ankle length skirts marketing their wares and taking orders.
Many of their inventions are still in use today, notably the wire-strainer that farmers came to depend upon to keep their fences strong and straight, rabbit baiters and windmills.
Hayes Engineering Works is proudly cared for by Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga.
Do a self-guided tour through Ernest Hayes' engineering workshop with its labyrinth of overhead shafts, belts and pulleys driving various lathes, drills and saws.
Explore the 1920s homestead with its treasure trove of ingenious domestic devices that were well ahead of their time in rural New Zealand, including an indoor flush toilet, overhead shower and the likely first in-home sound system connecting each room to radio and messaging.
Eat delicious food from the award winning café during the summer months.
Plan your visit to coincide with a summer-time Operating Day to witness all of the historic workshop machinery come to life.
Hayes Road, Off Ida Valley-Omakau Road,
Oturehua 9387
Other Tohu Whenua in Otago
TSS Earnslaw
The TSS Earnslaw is one of the world's oldest and largest remaining steamships and has graced Lake Wakatipu since 1912. In the days before any roads existed, she ferried people, sheep, cattle, mail and supplies to remote lakeside destinations.
Otago Central Rail Trail
Aotearoa New Zealand's original Great Ride, this popular 152km cycle journey follows the Otago Central railway line that once connected isolated communities in Central Otago with Dunedin.
Olveston
Built for the wealthy Theomin family who lived here from 1906, Olveston has been loved by visitors since it was gifted to the City of Dunedin in 1966.
Bannockburn Sluicings
The Bannockburn Sluicings are a spectacular landscape of cliffs and pinnacles that remain from large-scale water blasting during the 19th century search for gold.
Dunedin Railway Station
Ornate and flamboyant, the Dunedin Railway Station is today considered one of the world's best.
Totara Estate
It was from this once grand estate just south of Ōamaru that the first shipment of frozen mutton was sent to England in 1882. This marked the start of an export industry that has underpinned New Zealand's economic prosperity and is now worth billions.
This charming town reveals the stories of two very different goldrush communities: the preserved avenue where wealthy European banks and merchants traded, and the restored huts of Chinese miners who lived a much more modest lifestyle.
Kawarau Suspension Bridge
Historic Kawarau Suspension Bridge is an innovative feat of engineering that has withstood notorious canyon winds for over 140 years.


:) Sorry, I just got back from NYC where I collaborated with designer MinnaK on a little fashion show for her little silk dress capsule collection. I accessorized! Was so much fun and a great means of inspiration for some "Haute" designs.
Here are a few of my NEW pieces on the models. ENJOY!
Quick! Hampdenfest 2010 is here!
Yikes! Hampdenfest 2010 is this Saturday from 11am-7pm on the Avenue!
I'll be there and I've been playing catch up with new designs so I'm a LITTLE behind on letting everyone in on all the news. Sorry!


The Cleveland Browns have traded wide receiver Josh Gordon to the New England Patriots, the team announced Monday. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports that the Patriots are sending the Browns a conditional 2019 fifth-round draft pick in exchange for Gordon.
Gordon, 27, has only played a total of 41 games during his six years with the Browns. He has faced several suspensions for violating the league's drug policy but is widely considered one of the most talented receivers in the game.
ESPN's Adam Schefter reports that if Gordon isn't on the Patriots' active roster for 10 games, the Patriots will also receive a 2019 seventh-round pick from the Browns.
The Browns announced on Saturday that they planned to release Gordon after he showed up late to practice, but later explored trade options for the 6-foot-3 receiver.
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The Browns drafted Gordon in the second round of the 2012 supplemental draft. He missed two seasons with the team — 2015 and 2016 — due to his suspension.
In 2013, Gordon racked up 1,646 yards and nine touchdowns in a mere 14 games.


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Juliane Henriette Sattler, genannt Henny Sattler (* 11. August 1829 in Bremen; † 9. Februar 1913 ebenda), war eine deutsche Frauenrechtlerin und Pionierin der Sozialen Arbeit.

Biografie
Henriette "Henny" Sattler war die Tochter des Kaufmanns und königlich bayrischen Konsuls in Bremen Siegmund Sattler (1788–1863) und seiner Ehefrau Amalia geborene Beste (1801–?). Sie und ihre sieben Geschwister stammten aus einer wohlhabenden Familie. Sie bildete sich, machte größere Reisen und bereitete sich durch ein Studium auf den Beruf einer Sprachlehrerin vor. Ein Bruder war der Lehrer Dr. Wilhelm Sattler (1827–1908), dessen Tochter Meta Sattler (1867–1958) Bedeutung in der Sozialhilfe in Bremen hatte.

Durch ihre Freundinnen Ottilie Hoffmann und Marie Mindermann war sie mit der Bremer Frauenbewegung verbunden. Diese drei Frauen und andere gründeten 1867 den Verein zur Erweiterung des weiblichen Arbeitsgebietes, der in den folgenden Jahren Frauenerwerbsverein genannt wurde und schnell 500 Mitglieder hatte. Der Verein trat für das Frauenwahlrecht ein. Ein Jahr nach seiner Gründung hatte der Verein eine Nachweisanstalt für weibliche Arbeit und eine Näh- und eine Fortbildungsschule. 1895 erfolgte die Umbenennung des Vereins in Frauen-Erwerbs- und Ausbildungsverein (FEAV) und der Verein fusionierte mit ähnlichen Gruppen.

1869 warb die Berliner Frauenkonferenz für die Einrichtung von Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten für weltliche Schwestern. Sattler realisierte diese Idee in Bremen in dem 1876 gegründeten Vereinskrankenhaus vom Roten Kreuz. Sie ließ sich selbst zur Schwester ausbilden. Als Oberin gab sie ihr Wissen weiter und wirkte beim Aufbau ähnlicher Krankenhäuser in Magdeburg und Schönbeck mit. 1877 wurde ihr das preußische Verdienstkreuz für Frauen und Jungfrauen verliehen.

1889 wurde ein Wöchnerinnenasyl gegründet. Nachdem sich keine Frau aus bürgerlichen Kreisen als Hebamme zur Verfügung stellte, erwarb Henny Sattler die Qualifikation als Hebamme. Sie war jahrelang Leiterin des Asyls.

1897 gab sie die entscheidenden Impulse bei der Gründung einer Auskunftsstelle für Wohltätigkeit in Bremen. Sie war eine der bedeutenden Frauen in der Bremer Frauenbewegung. Bei der Trauerfeier anlässlich ihrer Beerdigung führte Pastor Friedrich Steudel, Mitglied des Monistenbundes, 1913 aus: "Sie suchte alle besonders noch im weiblichen Geschlecht brachliegenden Kräfte zusammenzuschließen und hatte so früh schon den Gedanken erfaßt, der nun die Ethik unseres Zeitalters beherrscht...Als eine Führerin in der Frauenbewegung und der sozialen Vereinstätigkeit hat sie bahnbrechend gewirkt".

Literatur
 Marie Lindemann: "Henny Sattler (1829–1913)". In: Bremer Nachrichten, 15. April 1956.
 Elisabeth Meyer-Renschhausen: Weibliche Kultur und soziale Arbeit – eine Geschichte der Frauenbewegung am Beispiel Bremens 1810–1927. Böhlau Verlag, Köln 1989.

Weblinks
 Frauenmuseum, Porträt

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Person der sozialen Arbeit
Frauenrechtler (Bremen)
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Geboren 1829
Gestorben 1913
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