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Previous Comments By 'sraghus'
Fearlessness can Coexist with Fear, by Gil FronsdalOn Feb 4, 2014 Raghu wrote:
From my experience attachment contains fear in it. When insecurity arise within us fear start dominating. Best way to understand this concept in deep meditation those insecurity, attachment arises and also fear which you can understand and observing without any judgement those emotions evaporate and you feel fearlessness and over a practice of mindfullness and awareness fearlessness will be more.....
What You See Is What You Get, by Annie DillardOn Jan 30, 2014 Raghu wrote:
It is true and my experience says if you have positive thoughts you only get good things... seeing and getting is based on your thoughts. As long as your thoughts are pure, you bound to see good and you only get good.
Deep Inquiry: Not for the Faint of Heart, by GangajiOn Jan 21, 2014 Raghuraman wrote:
For me Deep inquiry is understanding who you are? when you enter in the process we find our craving and clinging and that creates a fear in us. If we can observe that without judging it slowly weakens and gives more insight of who you are and it leads to deep inquiry and it is a long journey and we can see division of mind knower and doer and we have to still the doer thus it leads to "releasing the constructed world while remaining conscious?"
"releasing the constructed world while remaining conscious?" - See more at: http://www.awakin.org/read/view.php?tid=987#comments
Attachment is Habitual Thinking, by Miao TsanOn Jan 16, 2014 Raghuraman wrote:
I agree to the Dave comments. If you read the Gita or dhammapada it comes to the point attachment is misery and that leads to aversion. From my view best way to come out is understanding the attachment and be in awareness or mindfulness and let-go, kindness,gentle and patience those qualities to developed to come out of attachment ( Habitual Thinking)..
Attachment is Habitual Thinking, by Miao TsanOn Jan 15, 2014 Raghuraman wrote:
It is true Attachment is more of suffering for me. It is like obsession and possessiveness. Best way to come out of this is during meditation those objects you attached will come during that time watch them and don't feed them, just witness them soon it passes away over a period of time it weakens and subsides. It is easy to say but needs more patience to come out that. To me only by deep meditation and observing and patience this can be taken out.
Lessons From 25 Years of Meditating, by Yogi MccawOn Apr 17, 2013 Raghuram wrote:
It is true bringing the mind to natural state.... slowly a stage comes to go beyond mind ..... no-mind...
Lessons From 25 Years of Meditating, by Yogi MccawOn Mar 1, 2013 Raghuram wrote:
For me meditation is looking inside world and detaching outside world in your life and it is easy to say but needs lot's of practice and it is also true symptoms like knee getting trouble etc, that we should learn to judge and not to act or react, Also true that you are not doing meditation to achieve something but this practice gradually drives out all passion,greed and fear which buried inside you. which is very subtle and you cannot measure and it should not be measured to declare I have achieved something. My journey is also about 20 years now and only thing I can say that good I started the journey.........


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For al the jitters Jason and Caitlin may have had starting their session, the more they looked into each others eyes, the more comfortable they became. They met each other by doing the exact same thing.
Jason and Caitlin's relationship began when they found each other on the subway by catching the other's eyes. They are great reminder that speaking is not always the most powerful form of communication -- sometimes a little eye contact is far more powerful.

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Fall is the perfect time to curl up with a good book. And almost every book will fill the evenings. Pick from a wide variety of books-pick one, or pick them all. The evenings are long this time of year, so get comfy with a new book. You may discover a new favorite author.
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Ranger Protection (Texas Ranger Heroes Book 1...
BOG: A Thriller
The Dangerous Woman's Guide To Domesticity -...
Selkie Skin
Tantamount [short story]
The Legend Begins


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You may have seen the film 50 First Dates. I though it was a beautiful film. If you've not seen it, and you're curious, you can read about it here
"Imagine for a moment what it would feel like to wake up every morning with no past (and as such, no future) and only the now moment. You have some very well defined understandings of life, and what you're supposed to be doing with it, and yet the past has no influence on today, whatsoever. What would you do?"
In addition, imagine having no sense of self. In other words, imagine how it would feel to have no sense of an identity whatsoever. The only identity you'd be able to give yourself, is what you're actually doing, in any one given moment. For example, if you're currently drinking a class of water, and someone were to ask you, who you are? All you'd be able to tell them is this: drinking a class of water.
"Beg pardon, I asked you, who are you?"
"That's right and I repeat my response: drinking a class of water"
"Take a moment … remember, you're imagining there is no I. No such thing as an I in you. You have no identity, all you know is you're alive, conscious and there's someone asking you a silly question."
In fact, so clear are you on this concept – of there being no I – that anyone meeting you, would have no clue whatsoever, of how to take you. They'd fail to work you out, and only succeed in transferring who they are, on to you. You have no I so no one can ever know who you truly are. Make sense? Can you imagine this? Well here's the bastard of it all: that's you that is.
In other words – and this will really bake your cookie – it truly is impossible for anyone to ever know any other human being, because all that you and they are, doesn't in fact exist at all in any testable reality. It's only ever a projection of what you believe you and they are. A belief is not a true reality, it's only a belief, and beliefs, whether you believe it or not, escape reality.
The reality is you'll never know who you, or I truly are. There is no I.
To make this clearer. Answer this question: Who are you?
You'll no doubt have answered with: I'm Fred or Tony or Michael or Sarah or whatever and so this is not actually telling me who you are. All you've done is tell me your name. In fact it's impossible for you to tell me who you are, because who, doesn't exist. You can tell me your name, what you do, what you like etc. and yet you'll never be able to explain to me who you actually are.
Perhaps, the way to play it smart though, is to answer with this: I am the sum total of my beliefs.
Cleaver? No, not really, because you weren't born believing who you are, so to say: I am, is in fact to say: they are. You and your beliefs came from circumstances and those beliefs of others. In other words, life taught you who, yet life, is your past. Forget your past and where does this place you?
In a beautiful place full of opportunity and choice. So remember to forget now. Who did you say you are?


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The Bushmen of Botswana, a Story of Resistance
"I know how to take care of the game. That's why I was born with it, and lived with it, and it's still there. If you go to my area, you'll find animals, which shows that I know how to take care of them."
There are 100,000 Bushmen in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Angola. They are the indigenous people of southern Africa, and have lived there for tens of thousands of years.
In the middle of Botswana lies the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, a reserve created to protect the traditional territory of the 5,000 Gana, Gwi and Tsila Bushmen (and their neighbours the Bakgalagadi), and the game they depend on.
In the early 1980s, diamonds were discovered in the reserve. Soon after, government ministers went into the reserve to tell the Bushmen living there that they would have to leave because of the diamond finds.
In three big clearances, in 1997, 2002 and 2005, virtually all the Bushmen were forced out. Their homes were dismantled, their school and health post were closed, their water supply was destroyed and the people were threatened and trucked away.
Those who have not returned to the reserve now live in resettlement camps outside the reserve. Rarely able to hunt, and arrested and beaten when they do, they are dependent on government handouts. Many are now gripped by alcoholism, depression, and illnesses such as TB and HIV/AIDS.
Unless they are able to live on their ancestral lands, their unique societies and way of life will be destroyed, and many of them will die.
Although the Bushmen won the right in court to go back to their lands in 2006, the government has done everything it can to make their return impossible, including cementing over their only water borehole; without it, the Bushmen struggled to find enough water to survive on their lands.
The Bushmen launched further litigation against the government in a bid to gain access to their borehole. Although their application was initially dismissed, in January 2011 Botswana's Court of Appeal ruled that the Bushmen can use their old borehole and sink new ones in the reserve as well.
In addition, the government has:
-Refused to issue a single permit to hunt on their land (despite Botswana's High Court ruling that its refusal to issue permits was unlawful),
-Arrested more than 50 Bushmen for hunting to feed their families,
-Enforced restricted access to the reserve for the majority of Bushmen, who must now apply for a one-month permit to visit their families.
Its policy is clearly to intimidate and frighten the Bushmen into staying in the resettlement camps, and making the lives of those who have gone back to their ancestral land impossible.
[In August 2016, the ranger police fired from a helicopter upon some Bushmen who were hunting in the reserve. The Anti-poaching laws in Botswana, newly enforced in 2014, allow to shoot poachers who flee. This news has not created enough disturbance worldwide and it has brought back to the table the need to support the Bushmen rights, rights that they have fought for and won in a historical plight in 2006 - see video below-.]
[At Gaia Conscious Travel, would like to promote knowledge of this cause and encourage you to also support and promote it.
For more support and sharing this cause, please visit www.survivalinternational.org]


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You know what we're in the mood for?
A huge Italian meal hosted at The Studio!
We have eveything set; the menu, seats, beverages and the impeccable staff you've come to know. Now all we need is you to make it perfect! Will you join us?
Passed Hors d'Oeuvres/ Welcome Bubbles
Smoked Lamb Ragout – hand planked cavatelli/ Create's ricotta/ peas/ blood orange
Family Style
- Fennel Salad -- arugula/ celery hearts/ pistachio/ shave Reggiano/ simple vinaigrette
- Fresh Buccatini – braised octopus/ clams/ parsley/ butter/ garlic/ shallot/ lemon/ white wine
- Two-Day Beefy Bolognese – beef/ organic tomatoes/ herbs/ house made pasta
- Whole Roasted Chicken – citrus brine/ rosemary/ Marsala gravy
- Creamy Polenta -- Mississippi Mushroom fricassee/ Pecorino
- Grilled Rapini -- Calabrian chilis/ lemon/ Italian anchovy/ olive oil
- Artisan Breads – focaccia/ stromboli/ rustic style semolina
- Zeppole – vanilla/ orange/ powdered sugar
- Liquid Nitrogen Gelato – made to order – traditional flavors
- Seafood Crudo Course
- Fresh Perigord Truffle Courses
- Chef's choice
- Hand Selected Wines/Wine List Available
Dining Room seats include the above menu and open bar. Our bar includes wine and beer.
VIP seats includes the above menu plus extras, front row seating surrounding the kitchen and an open bar. Our bar includes wine and beer.
**We won't be substituting for gluten free (no GF pasta), but we will be accommodating for gluten free!!**


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Last week-end was held the first round of the Polish On-road Nationals, at the Sadecki Klub Modelarski asphalt track in Nowy Sacz. In the Touring Stock class it was Krystian Kopacki who took the win from Pawel Staszewski (Awesomatix) in second. Jakub Klapacz (Team Magic) who set the fastest TQ run and the new track record finished in third.
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Zea Zizzler
Zea Zizzler
Nature is the perfect place to reflect in silence and listen from within. In our home the bathroom is that space; the practice I call; Bathwomb Meditations.
The Intention is to invite the calm creating space in time to reflect and let go of what does not Enrich you and allow the space for the new.
Zea Zizzler'z were inspired out of the desire to balance the racing mind and tired body; also to make nice with chlorine in the water and soften the body.
Sit, bath and relax.
Ingredients: Baking Soda, Citric Acid; Pure H20 Combined with Pure Essential Oil Blends.
Eight Blends to Choose From
Ocean: Geranium, French Lavender, Basil & Patchouli
Energy: Peppermint, Rosemary & Basil
Happy: Grapefruit, French Lavender & Lemongrass
Calm: French Lavender, Geranium, Clary Sage & Roman Chamomile
Peaceful: Geranium, Rosemary, Pine, Juniper Berry, French Lavender & Patchouli
Mystical: Tea-tree & Patchouli
Zensual: Geranium, Ylang-ylang, Patchouli & Rose (Otto)
French Lavender: Rejuvenate your whole being. Lavender is great for everything!


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"In its basic outline," says Anne Barton in her introduction to this play (Riverside edition, 1997), the Hero and Claudio plot is of great age, tracing its ancestry back to the romance literature of ancient Greece. It seems, however, to have acquired an especial popularity during the Renaissance . . . . Usually, although by no means always, the villain of the piece is the lover's friend: a man treacherously in love with the lady himself [as in Two Gentlemen of Verona] who slanders her in order to break off the match. . . .
"In Much Ado About Nothing Shakespeare transferred the rivalry between love and friendship to a position slightly outside the main imbroglio. Don John, the source of a misunderstanding that comes close to being fatal, has no interest in Hero herself. A man incapable of any genuine human relationship, he is not even Claudio's friend let alone his rival in love. Don John is a malcontent pure and simple, a man who might say with the cold Duke in Thurber's story The Thirteen Clocks: "We all have faults, and mine is doing wickedness." Certainly, Shakespeare makes no attempt to provide him with even the kind of fairy-tale motivation that Oliver has for practicing against the life of his younger brother in As You Like It. The fact that Don John was born a bastard [like Edmund in King Lear] becomes an all-sufficient explanation of why it is that he is treacherous, scheming, savage, and morose. A thing of darkness, out of step with his society, he hates the children of light simply because they generate radiance in a world he prefers to see dark. This is why he plans to wreck the intended marriage of Claudio and Hero. He has nothing to gain personally from such a tactic, except the pleasure of annoying his brother, grieving Claudio, turning laughter to tears, and reducing everyone around him to the state of misery and gloom in which he languishes himself. A plot mechanism more than a complex character in his own right, Don John appears in the play as a kind of anti-comic force [like Malvolio in Twelfth Night], the official enemy of all happy endings.
"Much Ado About Nothing represents a variant on the more usual Shakespearean comic pattern of a journey from an urban to a rural, an ordinary to a heightened world, and back again. All the action of the play takes place in Messina, but it is a town temporarily lifted out of its ordinary habits and atmosphere by the fact that it happens to be filled with glamorous strangers . . . . In the Messina of the comedy, masked faces, revels and dances are the order of the day. Apart from Dogberry and his associates, this is a courtly world enjoying a period of carnival. Some of the deceits, like the one that
brings Beatrice and Benedict together are harmless and even beneficent. Others are not. The general atmosphere, however, is conducive to eavesdropping, mistaken identity, game-playing, and conversations reported wrongly, even as it is to music, feasting, and marriage. Claudio's wooing of Hero seems almost like an expected and conventional response to the times: an acknowledgement that, when wars are over it is advisable to start replenishing a population diminished by bullets and swords. Certainly, Claudio's courtship of Hero is of the most formal and socially proper kind. He takes her wealth and position as Leonato's only child into careful account, seeks the advice and approbation of his prince before embarking on the match, and behaves in every way like a sober and prudent man contracting a dynastic alliance in which the charms of the lady matter, of course, but scarcely inspire in him the recklessness of a Romeo. A man does not allow his prince, however respected, to propose marriage for him in disguise unless he sees that marriage in social more than personal terms. This, however, is what Claudio does. Only when Don Pedro has secured the consent of both the lady and her father does the prospective bridegroom speak to Hero herself. With the war happily ended, Claudio feels that the time is right for matrimony and for begetting an heir. His practicality in this respect is not exactly held against him, but it does explain the ease with which he believes Don John's slanders, and the unconsidered violence with which he shames Hero and casts her off. Claudio is a man who thinks he has been duped in a bargain, not a Troilus whose whole world shatters around him because he has to recognize that the goddess of his idolatry is false.
"Hero too is docile and passive. She welcomes the alliance with Claudio, but there is no suggestion that she has been pining with love for the young Florentine while he has been away at the war. . . Elizabethans must have detected a certain irony in the name Shakespeare bestowed upon this singularly dutiful daughter. In Greek mythology, Hero was the lady beloved of Leander, who broke her religious vows in oder to enjoy a clandestine love affair with him. When, through the enmity of the gods, Leander was drowned while swimming the Hellespont one night to a secret meeting with her, Hero killed herself. Shakespeare knew Marlowe's great narrative poem on the subject and, in As You Like It, quoted a line from it: "Who ever lov'd that lov'd not at first sight." [This is the only line from a contemporary poet that Shakespeare ever quoted or even referred to. Marlowe, the dead shepherd referred to as the writer of that line, had been a friend of his.] It would be hard to imagine an attitude further away from the caution and circumspection of Claudio's Hero.
"The affairs of these two lovers, often conducted through third parties, are inveterately public. The rupture between them, when it comes, is public too. Claudio denounces Hero in church, on their wedding day, before a crowd of people, and with the backing of the Prince. Even Leonato, Hero's own father, is convinced. In the bitterest speech of the comedy, he begs his own child at least to have the decency to die, and tries to prevent anyone from reviving her. The friar has some difficulty in persuading him that this condemnation may be too hasty. Apart from the friar, only Beatrice and Benedict suspect, from the first that Hero is really innocent and the prince and Claudio misled. Beatrice, in particular, reacts violently against Claudio's public denunciation of her cousin: "What, bear her in hand until they come to take hands, and then with public accusation, uncover'd slander, unmitigated rancor—O God, that I were a man! I would eat his heart in the market-place" (IV.1.303-7).
Her indignation is just; and it also serves to indicate the distance between her own intensely personal attachment to Benedict and the more formal outward bond which unites [eventually] Claudio and Hero. Claudio's atonement when the truth is known, even his reunion with Hero, are wholly consistent with the nature of this plot: his penitence before Hero's tomb in V.3 is again public, a ritual demonstration of sorrow, and he gets his lady back only because he agrees to ally himself, sight unseen, with another daughter of Leonato's house.
"Much Ado About Nothing is usually dated 1598. There is no specific source for the Beatrice and Benedict underplot . . . . There is a suggestion in the text that these 'two bears' were once, at some indeterminate past time, in love with each other (II.1.280-82). Shakespeare does not say why the relationship broke down but, in the comedy itself each one is obsessed with and continually talking about the other in a manner that makes it clear from the start that their animosity is a cloak for feelings of a very different kind [which, we should add, they are not quite consciously aware of]. This is why they can be tricked with such ease. All that the conspirators have to do is suggest to each that the other has yielded first, has taken the first step towards an admission and acknowledgment of love, and all defenses crumble. Both Beatrice and Benedict, for all their surface gaiety, their scorn of the married state, are essentially lonely people. They are older than Claudio and Hero and in danger of finding themselves imprisoned for life within a set of attitudes and social responses which, though witty and amusing, are nonetheless inhibiting and sterile. Neither can break these self-imposed fetters without help from outside. When this help arrives, they turn joyously to one another with a freedom and depth of engagement lacking in the relationship of Hero and Claudio.
". . . . . For all its surface aggression, its deflationary quality, their wit is really defensive: a way of protecting a self that they know to be vulnerable. Beatrice savages Benedict in public, and mocks him behind his back, because she cannot help thinking about him and needs to camouflage this interest [from herself as well as others]. Benedict defends the bachelor state, inveighs against women and even against the courtly art of music, affecting a spirit of bluff masculine camaraderie on all social occasions, in order to fend off alternative ways of thinking and feeling. Both use wit to distance emotions which they recognize as potentially dangerous. They cling to the society of their own sex because there they feel safe, but they cannot help launching provocative shafts of ridicule or inquiry into the enemy's terrain.
"Although Beatrice has no evidence to advance against the damning account of how Don Pedro, Don John and Claudio actually saw Hero talk with a ruffian at her chamber window after midnight, she never for an instant believes that her cousin is guilty. Her logic here is that of the instincts and the heart, but it happens to be entirely right. Benedict, understandably, is slower to commit himself to the defense of Hero, although from the first he is puzzled by the charge against her. He makes an important decision, however, when he does not leave the church with Claudio, Don Pedro and the bastard, as might be expected. He chooses, instead, to remain behind with Hero, Leonato, the friar, and Beatrice. In doing so he breaks with the little all-male society of soldiers which has hitherto claimed his allegiance. He behaves in this seemingly uncharacteristic fashion although he and Beatrice have not yet, in fact, reached an understanding, simply because he is beginning to see the world through different eyes. Leonato, in the last scene of all will claim: 'The sight whereof I think you had from me. / From Claudio, and the Prince' (V.4.25-26). This is true, however, only in the sense that had it not been for the conspiracy, Benedict would never have been able to liberate and admit responses buried deep inside himself.
"The flight of Don John from Messina, together with Borachio's confession of the plot against Hero, relieves Benedict of the necessity of turning his sword against his former friend, but it is important that he should have accepted Beatrice's passionate and impulsive commission. We in the audience never believe that Benedict will kill Claudio. Law and justice in Messina are, to put it mildly, inefficient, but it is nonetheless evident, even in scene where the challenge is formally delivered, that Hero's innocence will shortly be vindicated without any help from Benedict. What his engagement in her cause demonstrates is the new priority in his life of love, and the extent to which this love supersedes and cancels out older ties. As for Beatrice, the woman who pretended, early in the comedy, that she could not imagine why anyone should think her life incomplete without a man . . . finds herself in Act IV wishing no fewer than three times 'that I were a man.' Her appeal to Benedict to do what, as a woman, she herself cannot manage, and her gratitude to him, represent, on her part, as radical a transformation of attitude as does his challenge to Claudio."
The rest of Anne Barton's commentary is worth reading but I'll leave that up to you. There's something that needs to be said about the Beatrice-Benedict story that she doesn't say: this story, of two people who are in love but don't know it and have to be pushed into each other's arms by their friends, who know them better than they know themselves, is unprecedented—and modern. It is the only story that Shakespeare entirely invented, out of whole cloth as it were, because nothing remotely like it existed in the earlier literature, Classical or Medieval. Barton calls it a subplot, but from the evidence she cites in her introduction (which I have left out), it is clear that it soon became for most audiences the main story, with the Claudio-Hero story providing a sort of melodramatic launching-pad.
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We were invited by Umami Delicatessen ( www.umami-deli.co.uk ) to sing outside their store for Wantage Dickensian Night. Weather was cool but dry, which mean't that there was a great turnout. Having lost our baritone to a detached retina on the day, we were down to three parts but still eager to put on a good show. Partnered by the girls from Dreamas Ladies Quartet we were also collecting for our nominated charity "Sobell House Hospice". Having attempted a couple of songs in the chill air, competing with Wantage Silver Band and being upstaged by a couple of reindeer, we took shelter in the store for more songs and some Community Carol singing.
Thanks to Michael and Annette for their hospitality and helping us to raise £58.32 for the charity.
P.S Second member the group hospitalised that night! Showbiz. Pah!


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KEF, Project Audio & Unison Research Unite to Excite!/
Join Myself and Jason along with the help from Nick - Henley Designs (Project Audio / Unison Research) & Nick - KEF this Thursday 26th November 4:00 - 8:00pm to hear the wonderful Unison Research tube amplifiers, Project Turntables & KEF speakers.
We will have a number of KEF, Project & Unison Reasearch systems up and running in store.
We will start with KEF's award winning LS50 loudspeakers which will be driven by Unison researches Simply Italy amplifier, the source will be Project Audio's excellent Debut Carbon Espirit SB.
In our larger demonstration room will be showing you the KEF Reference 1 stand mount speakers, Project Xtension 10 turntable & Unison research Sinfonia amplifier!
This is a FREE entry event, please feel free to bring any vinyl you want to hear on these fantastic systems.
4:00 - 8:00pm
Many thanks
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Obese Patient Ulnar Nerve Decompression
Lee Hunter MD, MBA
Hunter Medical Founder and Chief Medical Officer
July 2016
Ulnar nerve decompression in the cubital tunnel, usually a very straightforward and simple procedure, is made much more technically difficult by obesity. The relatively deeper position of the nerve, the abundance of subcutaneous fat, and the inevitable visual blending of the fatty tissue with the bridging subcutaneous nerves and the ulnar nerve make things more difficult. A stiff ipsilateral shoulder, even mildly so, can make the case that much more frustrating!
The Case:
45 year old female patient with BMI of 55 and chronic cubital tunnel syndrome
As the elbow is held vertically by the ElbowLOC® (in the supine positioning mode), gravity helps the fatty tissue separate more easily and the ulnar nerve is held closely to the distal humerus during the exposure. This makes identification and protection of the many bridging subcutaneous nerves easier, and visualization and release of the ulnar nerve in the cubital tunnel straightforward. The surgeon doesn't have to strain and lower his/her head to look around to the posteromedial corner of the elbow and find the ulnar nerve in a "sea" of fat, which is generally the case with the surgery performed utilizing an arm board. Visualization of the ulnar nerve can be particularly frustrating if the patient has ipsilateral shoulder stiffness and assistants find it difficult to maximally externally rotate the shoulder.
This case is another great example of how the ElbowLOC® simplifies and accelerates procedural times for many elbow surgeries and makes surgery easier for the surgeon, patient, and staff!


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Alectra's own Adam Dixon brings home a silver medal from the 2018 Paralympic Games
MISSISSAUGA, ON, March 26, 2018 — Adam Dixon, a Meter Technician at Alectra Utilities, is home from Pyeongchang, South Korea bringing with him a silver medal from the Canadian sledge hockey team's participation in the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.
In addition to bringing home a silver medal, Dixon also earned the top defenceman award for achieving the most points as a defenceman. Adam played all five games in Pyeongchang finishing with eight assists, two goals and 10 points overall.
This was the 28-year-old's third appearance in the Paralympics, having also participated in the Vancouver (2010) and Sochi (2014) games. He also brought home gold from last year's World Championships held in Gangneung, South Korea.
When Dixon was 10-years-old he was diagnosed with Edwing's Sarcoma. The rare type of bone cancer resulted in him undergoing a year of chemotherapy and the removal of his right tibia. As a former stand up hockey player, his parents introduced him to sledge hockey as a way for him to continue to participate in the sport.
Dixon began working at Alectra in 2012 and recently completed his four-year Meter Technician program in November 2017. He is now fully certified as an Alectra Utilities Journeyperson Meter Technician. Most Paralympic athletes are faced with a choice between career or sport, however, with the support of his colleagues at Alectra, Adam has found a way to balance both.
"It was an honour to welcome back our very own Olympic silver medalist, Adam Dixon, during this morning's safety talk," said Chris Hudson, SVP of Network Operations, Alectra Utilities. "Here at Alectra we show support to our employees within the workplace and beyond."
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Alectra's family of energy companies distributes electricity to nearly one million customers in Ontario's Greater Golden Horseshoe Area and provides innovative energy solutions to these and thousands more across Ontario. The Alectra family of companies includes Alectra Inc. (Mississauga), Alectra Utilities Corporation (Hamilton) and Alectra Energy Solutions (Vaughan).
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Chardon Bridge replacement set to start
Published: 28 March 2017
The $3.2 million replacement of Chardon Bridge is set to start in mid-April.
Changed traffic conditions will be in place around the bridge, including closure of Chardon Bridge Rd between Beenleigh-Beaudesert Rd and Plunkett Rd, Cedar Creek.
Logan City Council Roads and Water Infrastructure Chairman, Councillor Phil Pidgeon said the timber bridge was being replaced to ensure the ongoing safety of motorists and other bridge users.
"As we know timber bridges have a limited lifespan and Chardon Bridge will be replaced with a new two-lane reinforced concrete bridge," he said.
"As well as the bridge replacement, road pavement rehabilitation works will be undertaken on the approaches to the bridge and new road drainage, guard rails and signage will be installed.
"A signed traffic detour will operate around the work zone via Chardon Bridge Rd, Veivers Rd and Beenleigh-Beaudesert Rd. An alternative route will also be available via Plunkett Rd and Waterford-Tamborine Rd for motorists travelling south."
Division 4 Councillor, Laurie Koranski said the new bridge would be installed approximately six metres higher than the existing structure to reduce flooding impacts during wet weather events with a two-metre wide path on the north eastern side of the bridge.
"We realise the construction will at times cause inconvenience to motorists but Council has made every effort to minimise disruption to the local community as much as practical," she said.
"Access to Cedar Creek School and the Cedar Creek Community Hall will be maintained from Beenleigh-Beaudesert Rd at all times during the works and variable message signs will be installed prior to the works starting to provide advanced notification of the traffic arrangements."
The majority of works will occur during the day between Monday to Friday however some night works may be required at times for certain activities.
City of Gold Coast Acting Mayor Donna Gates said congestion busting and building better roads was a priority for the city.
"Road and bridge upgrades are not cheap but they are must haves," said Cr Gates.
"The Chardon Bridge replacement is a great example of local and Federal Government working hand in hand to improve our road network."
The $3.2 million project is being jointly funded by Logan City Council, City of Gold Coast and the Federal Government's Bridges Renewal Programme and is expected to be completed in September 2017, weather permitting.
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Sitting by the pool at Masinga Dam Resort & Spa, watching the sun set on a picturesque scene defined by a crimson sky, a shimmering lake and a gentle breeze, one would be forgiven to assume that I am on holiday, but I am not.
I am taking a breather after one of the most hectic four days of my life, and thinking of how to top whatever we had just done.
Putting together a successful race weekend is no walk in the park.
Club TT Motorsports staged yet another competitive showdown for petrolheads (for one reason or another most of them are Nairobi-based).
Previous events have always been street-oriented but this time round. We decided to do things a little differently. You see, earlier this year we suffered a mortal blow (in a manner of speaking) that we will most likely never recover from; and certain elements might have tried to kick us while we were down. No matter, we will soldier on.
There is only one way of keeping things fresh from the organising end of the conversation and that is to stay unpredictable.
While TT Motorsports has always been synonymous with the famous (infamous?) Kiamburing, this time round we took a different path. We got ourselves an airstrip, right next to Masinga Dam, then we went to work.
Motoring enthusiasts know what driving on airstrip means: doing drags.
That is a fairly obvious proposition. Less obvious was the fact that this little airstrip came attached to a small skidpan. A bulb lit up above the committee chairman's head, he took one look at us, smiled and said "Has any of you ever heard of a gymkhana?"
Of course we knew what a gymkhana was. It was a genius plan on the chairman's part; that is what it was.
Better yet, this time round we would give spectators value for money as it meant all the action would be concentrated in one area where the spectators would see everything.
The safety aspect was increased exponentially as there is literally nothing to crash into on a cordoned off slalom area, except for my very expensive plastic cones.
The convenience of it all was also attractive in that we did not have to close off any public roads, thus robbing hapless locals of access to any previous commitments they may have had.
Temporary possession of an airstrip also allowed us to vary the nature of the event: while not exactly a smogarsbord of motorsport festivities, at least we were not doing the same thing repeatedly.
It also meant that my fellow committee members all pointed their fingers at me and said "Do your magic." And so I did.
Thursday: arrive at Masinga Dam and establish a base of operations
Friday: map out the track. As trackmaster, I had a pre-drawn map that was discarded less than hour later.
The actual track layout came out of my head, inspired by the years spent testing cars.
The setting up of the track involved walking distances in the hot sun with no cover, placing cones in unintentional wavy lines that then had to be straightened or otherwise smoothed out (I am human too, you know), driving through my own course to ensure everything was in place, having to redo the entire thing because laying down markers by hand means lines are not always parallel; deploying the tape measure to ensure the track width was constant and marking the cone placement positions with spray-paint for easier replacement when the drivers inevitably start to smash through the plastic walls.
The prevailing winds meant that I ended up inhaling about 40 per cent of that spray paint.
Dizziness, nausea, thirst, hunger, fatigue and desperation ensued. I wanted to curl up on the tarmac and go to sleep right there in the scorching sun, such was the strain that this event was putting on us. However, once The Jaw and I were done carving out our little custom racetrack, we both agreed that our handiwork would give the drivers something to think about. It was not going to be easy.
Saturday: race day
What I originally planned and what eventually manifested itself on the tarmac were two completely different things. The original idea was a series of lefts and rights that would test the limits of body roll.
The actual layout was something like this: the start line opened up onto a short 150-meter straight, good for a third gear pull before having to gear down again for a 90-degree right.
This then led into another 50-metre straight right into the first of a series of three roundabouts, which was a tight left hander; which opened up into a slightly wider right sweeper, which then switched back into a drifting left (for those with rear-drive platforms).
The connection between the first two roundabouts demanded the drivers get their lines right for a quick lap time, or else they'd either have to slow right down or risk smashing my cones, which would have attracted my wrath and a stiff penalty.
The drifting left sweeper could be held tightly at half throttle for the turbo cars (circa 300hp); any more would cause the front to wash out in sidewall-torturing understeer (Impreza N10, take a bow), ruining the setup for the first hairpin or it would cause the rear end to step out (BMW 335i, anyone?), compelling the driver to countersteer, which would in itself lead to the driver having to turn in twice for the same corner, which is never a good thing.
The hairpins, like the roundabouts, were three, separated by short straights that would highlight the mid-range torque characteristics of any given engine and another 90-degree right.
After the final hairpin (which had to be taken really slowly), the final straight stretched for a quarter mile up to the finish line. Those that know the meaning of a quarter mile will smile at the setup.
My tricks worked like a charm. While most street races favour the driver with the most money (which typically translates to the most horsepower), my slalom demanded a high level of aptitude in extreme helmsmanship and a well-thought out modification (if any) on a given car. You had to have your camber right (red Forester, your time is now), the ride height had to be correct (green Forester, join your colleague), your tyres had to be appropriate, as did your drivetrain and your suspension stiffness.
The engine setup also mattered a lot:
There was no room for missed shifts of awkward changes. One had three options: have good mid-range torque to power through the autocross in the same gear or else bounce of the limiter like a learner at the driving school, have really good shifting skills to save time swapping up and down or else spend most of the clock coasting with the clutch in, or thirdly, hope that the engine was not designed with all the good stuff on the top shelf causing one to bog down with every upshift (Honda Civic Type R).
The technical course revealed a lot. I learnt that some people are yet to master handbrake turns while others drive like they invented it.
I saw that some drivers understood racing lines while others flew through on a wing and a prayer, hoping that whatever happened they wouldn't come in last.
I discovered that short-term memory loss is a real thing and that five minutes after the sighting lap, one or two individuals still got lost in a skid-pan that is than half an acre in size.
Most importantly I learnt that there are those among us that can actually DRIVE.
As is usual there was an overabundance of Subarus, particularly the numerous iterations of the Impreza model. There were BMWs. There was even a Honda Civic Type R, which merits its own little narrative. What there was a noticeable lack of was the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
(why?) and cooking Toyotas (we know why).
Again, no matter; things will still move forward. This is the one time I will refrain from poking fun at the Subaru team and congratulate them. If there is something they have got right, it is representation. They do not let their side down.
The battle started. I had to lead the drivers on one sighting lap to familiarise them with whatever I had just cooked before they each got a chance to show us what they are made of. At the end of the sighting lap there was a general consensus that what lay ahead of them was something out of the ordinary. Two important lessons were:
horsepower is not everything and that driver skill was a necessity.
This was soon made clear as the first car plunged grill first onto the skid pan. I knew it was only a matter of time before the track marshalls would have to start replacing damaged cones once it dawned on the drivers that three roundabouts of increasing radius do not a walkover make; and sure enough right at the start of the event, we had a showstopper of an introduction.
There is such a thing as irony and there was no shortage of it. From my knowledge, tight slalom courses generally favour well balanced front-drive platforms.
What I designed was with exactly that in mind (I drive a well balanced front-drive platform car whenever I stop thinking about McLaren P1s) and I recall specifically mentioning a Honda Civic Type R as being a crowd favourite when it came to laying down a hot lap.
Now, phrases like "crowd favourite while laying down a hot lap" may have more than one meaning. My definition entailed setting an impossible-to-beat lap record as Soichiro's car tore up the track doing what it was specifically built to do. The reality was the crowd got a display of the kind not easily witnessed outside of a gaming console, and instead of the track getting torn up it was my nerves.
There just so happened to be a pearl-white FD2 Honda Civic Type R in the lineup and the driver showed up on race day just as we were concluding the sighting lap, which meant he had to be taken on his own sighting lap.
I opted to navigate him as he took the course; an act that I would later question the sanity of. I got into the passenger seat, strapped myself in, pointed straight forward in a James May-esque pose and growled "Got that way, but slowly".
Just like the phrase in the preceding paragraphs, the word slowly may have different meanings to different people. For the Type R driver, going slowly meant a flurry of activity in the cockpit: flailing arms sawing away at the three-spoke steering wheel, violent yanking of handbrake, stomping the accelerator and stabbing the brakes in neck-straining bursts of acceleration and deceleration, a lot of tyre smoke and irrefutable proof that Honda's Type R VTEC engines in fact do rev all the way up to 9000.
It also meant that as soon as the driver threw his car into the first 90-degree turn, the rest of the course was spent facing the wrong direction most of the time.
The lap was dramatic. The buzzing Civic was taken to its limits to such a point that I too almost got lost on my own course once the car started sliding and the driver did his best to guess where the cones led to; and I do mean guess.
All I remember was seeing splashes of yellow and red, hearing wild applause from the crowd amidst the tortured screaming of the front tyres, seeing numerous camera flashes, feeling a great pain in my neck and butterflies in my stomach, seeing a cloud of dust and hearing more applause then next thing we were on the finishing straight.
Back in the pit area, I gingerly dismounted from the crow's nest of that road-going spaceship and faced a group of wide-eyed drivers who I then asked "What the hell just happened?"
The establishment of a crowd favourite is what had happened. From the driver's perspective, the bar had just been set, and a bit high at that. From the spectator's point of view, they now knew who to watch out for if they wanted insane videos of a driver trying to prove himself. From my perspective, I now knew the most likely candidate to receive an invoice for replacing smashed plastic cones.
The drivers battled, and battled; and battled again. Halfway through the event, the results showed the top four performers were separated by a mere second.
The red mist descended over their eyes as each of them swore to put some inches of daylight between himself and the next entrant in a quest for a slot at the top of the table.
Things got interesting. Find out how next week, as the sun has now set, I am at my word limit and I really need to rest now…


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No Sudan debt relief while still on terrorism blacklist
Sudan's finance minister says number of US companies will visit in November to assess business opportunities
By Mohammed Amin
KHARTOUM, Sudan
The United States will not relieve Sudan's external debts until the country's name is removed from the list of the countries that sponsor terrorism, Sudan's Finance Minister Mohamed Osman Alriakbi said on Wednesday.
"I met with many officials in the Treasury and the U.S. State Department and we been told that the debt relief is conditional on the removal of Sudan's name from the U.S. terrorism blacklist," Alriakbi told reporters at Khartoum airport upon his arrival from annual meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington.
He added that he held a number of meetings with IMF and World Bank officials on reforming Sudan's economy.
"One of the conditions for debt relief is to reach understandings with the IMF on economic reformation," he explained.
Alrikabi also said dozens of U.S. companies have expressed their interest in investing in Sudan especially in minerals and agriculture.
"We held a large meeting with a number of U.S. companies and we agreed to organize a visit for them in November to come to Sudan and assess the opportunities for business in the country," he added.
Sudan's total external debts of $50 billion put it under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative by the World Bank and the IMF.
On Oct. 6, the Trump administration lifted long-standing economic sanctions on Sudan.
The 2016 U.S. report on terrorism admitted that Sudan has achieved some progress in combatting terrorism, but kept its name on the blacklist, where it has been since 1993.
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thaayb|Post time:10-5-2018 19:15:16
Motobot replied at 3-17-2018 02:17
There is a way to do this install, but I do not recommend using it. To do this, you need to find a ...
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Hi thaayb
I have a Chuwi Hi8 Pro (Serial No PQ32G22160303421).
I downloaded the firmware via http:// ...
defragged replied at 4-27-2018 01:04
Thank you Motobot. I'll swap main.cmd with the updated version and edit it for set OS_Attributes=1
[Hi8 Pro] [Tutorial] Make Dual Boot HI8 Pro -> Single Boot Windows [Copy link]
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Hi all,
I just found out that there is an easy way to convert your chuwi hi8 pro dual boot tablet to a windows only tablet with one big ~28GB C: drive.
Here is what I did to archieve this:
Download the windows firmware image matching your tablet version from the official firmware thread: https://forum.chuwi.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=1157
Unpack the firmware image.
Navigate to [Firmware_ROOT]/Scripts, there should be one file named Main.cmd
Open Main.cmd and find following line "set OS_Attributes=2"
Change this line to "set OS_Attributes=1"
Copy this "modified" firmware to an USB Flashdrive and install it to your tablet like you would install the official windows firmware (See here: https://forum.chuwi.com/forum.php ... ypeid%26typeid%3D17).
OPTIONAL: (Remove OS Selection Screen when booting)
Find the SwitchNOW.exe in the hidden recovery folder (See here: https://forum.chuwi.com/forum.php ... =5208&fromuid=39061)
Run SwitchNOW.exe, a prompt will pop up asking you if you want to boot to Android. Select NO.
Another promt will pop up, select the Disable radio button at "Boot menu configuration" and exit the program.
This will delete android and will reinstall windows onto one big partition.
PS: You can always get Android/Dual Boot back using this tutorial: https://forum.chuwi.com/forum.php ... ypeid%26typeid%3D17
PSS: I am pretty sure this works for other tablets too! All windows firmwares come with this Main.cmd script. Discord This script always has two installation routines, Adobe Reader one for single OS and one for dual OS. You only have to edit the script so it executes the single OS routine instead of the dual OS. In most scripts you only need to change a variable (linke on hi8 pro, see above), iTunes in some other scripts you have to modify a goto statement.
WARNING: Make sure to back up your data bevore performing this! I am not responisble for any damage or data loss!
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Hospital safety inspections are not available to a public that must make decisions about their own hospital choices. The article below is from Axios, a blog form of "new journalism," that has wide readership among business persons and legislators. With the advent of the Medicare-Compare system of hospital comparison, previous practices of concealing deficiencies and violations have come under fire from:
• Axios (below) where they note that The Joint Commission (the premier voluntary accrediting group for hospitals) rarely revokes approval even when serious lapses occur.
• The Wall Street Journal where a front-page article printed scathing criticism of TJC allowing hospitals a "gold seal of approval" at the same time that hospital had lost Medicare approval because of violations.
• Federal Government, Health and Human Services and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, where it was proposed in April that inspection reports were being considered to be publicly available. This measure was withdrawn until Congressional approval could be obtained.
• Hospital Inspections.org—bringing transparency to Federal Inspections—a website run by the Association of Healthcare Journalists, where Q&A can be found.
http://www.hospitalinspections.org/qa-with-cms/ Q&A for hospital safety
No service provider – school, restaurant or hospital – looks forward to inspections with public discussions of deficiencies, but unsafe practices and shabby maintenance are less likely to be fixed if kept under wraps. The CHS euphemism for deficiencies – "opportunities for improvement" – is no doubt the bright side of "dirty and dingy." But having too many of those opportunities is what separates a Medicare-Compare 2 star hospital from those with 4 stars. And, if governments have regulations that demand inspections, then the public has a right to see those results and plans immediately to fix what is wrong.
Hospitals keep accreditation even when safety lapses arise
Source: Bob Herman: From AXIOS https://www.axios.com/hospitals-keep-accreditation-even-whe…
The Joint Commission rarely revokes accreditations, even when hospitals have serious or lethal patient safety lapses, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation. One hospital in Massachusetts kept its accredited status in 2014 even though the federal government said poor patient care led to the deaths of three babies within months.
Why it matters: The Joint Commission is one of the largest agencies that ensures hospitals are providing good, safe care. If the organization ignores federal violations, then "accreditation is basically meaningless," Harvard researcher Ashish Jha told the WSJ.
One step further: There's also an element of the "fox guarding the henhouse." Most Joint Commission board members work at health systems that pay for accreditation.


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Hidden Adults
By Jeff Morgan
Fly anglers have imitated submerged adult insect for centuries. The original wet flies worked well because they mimiced, to some degree, a diving or drowned adult.
What are those insects doing underwater? In most cases, they're laying eggs. Most insects that lay eggs underwater crawl down rocks or logs to the bottom rather than dive-bomb the surface. Because the phrase "insects that lay their eggs by swimming or crawling down rocks or logs to the substrate" is unwiedly, the shorter, if less accurate, term "diving insects" is used here.
Many species of aquatic insects lay their eggs underwater, but there are three genera of "diving" genera that Western anglers should take special note of: the blue-winged olive (Baetis) mayfly, saddle-case caddis (Glossossoma), and the spotted caddis (Hydropsyche).
The three critical features to keep in mind when tying imitations of diving insects are: egg sac, flash, and weight. These are described below.
Egg Sac
The egg sac is present on every caddis that dives. Why? Because like their human kin, male insects let the females bear the brunt of the reproduction process. If you take a look at stomach samples of trout feeding on adult insects (diving or not) at times other than during a hatch, you'll find that over 80% of the insects consumed are females.
The egg sac should be imitated with a few wraps of bright green, yellow, or reddish orange dubbing. Don't make it too large; the fly should just give the impression of a sac. A big tuft of Antron yarn is usually too flashy. Alternative approaches include a tiny butt of Krystal Flash or a small bright glass bead (must be very small).
A diving insect doesn't go under the surface without a survival plan. Most insects trap gasses under their folded wings. These gasses serve two purposes: they aid in respiration, and they allow the insect to float up after laying its eggs. This behavior makes the diving insect's descent even more perilous because it is more buoyant and more likely to lose its grip on the bottom.
These bouyant gasses shimmer in the light, and this is a visual feature that trout key on. Therefore it should be imitated on effective fly patterns. Krystal Flash tied over or under the winging material is one way to do this. A CDC underwing, flash ribbing, or a nickel or pearlescent bead in the thorax will also work.
The last thing to think about is the weight of the pattern. The fly should be fished near the bottom or have the "plop" effect of a natural insect diving through the surface.
Since two of the three major diving insects are small (Baetis and Glossossoma), this can be difficult to do without affecting the shape and proportion of the fly. My first choice is usually a small glass bead, though this doesn't offer a lot of weight and doesn't always get the fly to sink. My next choice is a 5/64" or 2mm brass bead; anything larger than these is far too bulky for small patterns. Some of the new "quick descent dubbings" can be useful for some patterns, though most lack the subtlety in color that I like.
I prefer to dead drift these flies along the bottom, like a nymph (indicator or tight line tactics), thus imitating the ones that get dislodged and are free-drifting. I will use them on a standard indicator rig in deeper water, or sightfish with them in shallow water, or fish them as a dropper off a dun or adult imitation. Some patterns can also be fished on a wet-fly swing. Because the naturals are almost never found in deep water, most of your fishing should be near the bank.
The Patterns
For tying instructions, click the links below.
Diving Baetis
Diving Hydropsyche
Diving Glossosoma
Jeff Morgan has written many articles for Westfly, mostly on entomology and fly tying. He is the author of An Angler's Guide to the Oregon Cascades and Small Stream Fly Fishing.


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Tiftonia in Hamilton County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
New York Troops - 11th Corps
To the New York Troops in Howard's Eleventh Corps of Hooker's Command, 11th and 12th Corps, Army of the Potomac, at Wauhatchie, October 28 - 29, 1863.
134th N.Y. Infantry, Buschbeck's Brigade
154th N.Y. Infantry, Buschbeck's Brigade
136th N.Y. Infantry, Orland Smith's Brigade
Schurz's Division.
45th N.Y. Infantry, Tyndale's Brigade
143rd N.Y. Infantry, Tyndale's Brigade
58th N.Y. Infantry, Krzyzanowski's Brigade
119th N.Y. Infantry, Krzyzanowski's Brigade
141st N.Y. Infantry, Krzyzanowski's Brigade
68th N.Y. Infantry, Hecker's Brigade
Co. A 8th N.Y. Infantry, Headquarters Guard
[Right Side of Monument]:
Soon after firing was heard in the direction of Wauhatchie, Gen. Schurz was ordered to push his leading brigade to the relief of Gen. Geary.
Tyndale's Brigade was in the advance. Its left, while passing Smith's Hill, was fired upon by the enemy concealed in the woods; the brigade proceeded to the hill on the right of this
[Reverse Side of Monument]:
On the afternoon of October 28, 1863, two divisions of the 11th Corps, meeting with slight opposition, moved down this valley toward Brown's Ferry, where unction was effected with Hazen's and Turchin's Brigades and the 18th Ohio, all under Gen. W.F. Smith. After encamping, strong outposts were thrown out. A detachment of 150 men, from the 141st New York, under command of ma. C.W. Clauharty, advancing beyond these foothills about 500 yards east from where this monument stands, discovered and skirmished with the enemy, shortly before midnight, moving to attack the Union forces in the valley.
[Left Side of Monument]:
Between midnight and 1 A.M. heavy fighting was heard
The attacking force numbered not quite 700 muskets. Buschbeck's Brigade held in reserve, was advanced into the gaps to the right and left of the hill to prevent a flanking movement of the enemy.
Erected 1899 by State of New York. (Marker Number MT240-44.)
Location. 35° 1.673′ N, 85° 21.6′ W. Marker is in Tiftonia, Tennessee, in Hamilton County. Marker is on Parker Lane near Brown's Ferry Road, on the left when traveling north. According to the location information provided by the National Park Service, this, "Monument (is) located at Wauhatchie Site 1 on Parker Lane off Brown's Ferry Road in Lookout Valley.". Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Chattanooga TN 37419, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Wiedrich's New York Battery Lookout Creek (approx. 0.6 miles away); Brown's Ferry (approx. 0.6 miles away); Battle of Wauhatchie (approx. 0.6 miles away); Battle of Lookout Mountain (approx. 0.6 miles away); Wauhatchie (approx. one mile away); Heavy Slashings of Timber (approx. 1.3 miles away); Lookout Mountain (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tiftonia.
More about this marker. This historical marker was difficult to locate, seemingly located out in the middle of nowhere. It can be seen from the eastbound lane of Interstate 24, being situated just beyond the eastbound on-ramp of Brown's Ferry Road. To reach the historical marker one must first locate the street, Parker Lane, which is situated at the first street intersection on Brown's Ferry Road just south of Interstate 24.
According to the description information provided by the National Park Service, the monument is, "7'2" x 7'2" x 22'9" high, the monument consists of a fasces-type column on a large rectangular pedestal. Single-piece, rock-faced base; a bronze inscription plaque on each side of pedestal; ball finial atop column."
From Brown's Ferry Road, turn east onto Parker Lane. After driving on Parker Lane for a little over a block the pavement gives way to a rough gravel roadway and bends northward. Just before the roadway reaches Interstate 24 it bends sharply east and then south. It is on the north side of this bend that one can see this historical marker.
Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. To better understand the relationship, study each marker in the order shown.
Also see . . . National Park Service List of Classified Structures. This is a link to information provided by the National Park Service regarding this particular monument. (Submitted on August 29, 2016, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.)
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Leanne (Baker '83) Carter recently sent this letter from Austria. I thought our readers might enjoy it. Please continue to pray for Leanne and her sons, David and Jonathan.
"Thank you for your many prayers for us. We are blessed by them. It was good for us to ski together on the anniversary of Warren's accident, to celebrate his life. The 'mountain' took excellent care of us. We were given lift tickets and lunch on the mountain by the company that runs the lifts. The fine people at our ski school, that the boys attended for the last 6 years, welcomed us with open arms. Their chins almost hit the floor when we walked through the door to rent skis (which they wouldn't let us pay for). Last year, when I said good bye, I told them we would not be coming back. Hmmm, I am glad God changed my mind. At lunch, David's ski teacher from last year spotted us and was very pleased to see us and find out how we were doing. We skied to the site of Warren's accident and I was yet again amazed at how flat the slope was where the accident occurred. It was a very emotional moment for me.
Thank you to those who sent notes to share with my boys on the anniversary of Warren's death, Feb. 14th. This was a very important day for me as a mother. I wanted my boys to receive their father's teaching and catch a glimpse of heaven.
In December, I had to write a report on my plans and goals for the next two years (special thanks to my editor, Nikki, who helped me turn my diagrams, pictures, schedule and ideas into a concise report). One point that was very clear for me is that discipleship and mentoring (I like to call it 'Adventuring') of women in leadership and women who are wives of leaders should be a main focus. Just two weeks ago a new Bible study group of young women started meeting in my home. Three of them I have known since they were children, and now they are married and have children of their own! Yes, I have been around awhile. It is a privilege to have this precious time with them.
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I would like to announce the GAP3 file PrimitiveInvariant.g, which
contains programs to compute primitive invariants, polynomials that
characterize subgroups of the symmetric group and that are of use in
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Let L and H be subgroups of the symmetric group of degree n, with H
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functions to compute what one might call the essential partitions and
sets, as well as the main functions.
PrimitiveInvariant.g is available in the "deposit" ftp subdirectory, as
or by following the links "Get GAP...more" and "GAP3 User contributions"
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The article "Calculs d'Invariants Primitifs de Groupes finis" which gives
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Sometimes life gives little reminders that the world is (still) a delightful place. I got one today when a gamelan orchestra started playing music beneath my balcony. No, this wasn't some suitor's serenade; my neighbors were hosting a ceremony to bless their new home. They have actually been living there for a little while, at least since I arrived, but as with all occasions they had to wait for an appropriately auspicious day.
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The house-warming ceremony was another reminder of the incessant building boom in my neighborhood. Their family moved in earlier this year, a new house was just finished next door, and two more are currently under construction on the same street. But at least for one day the sound of construction was drowned out by music.


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Romans 3:21-26
Today, we'll continue our series "What is the Gospel?" Last week, we looked at "Man, the Sinner". We know that humanity is in trouble. Every one of us is a sinner and in need of being saved from God's judgment. Romans 3:10 tells us that there is "none righteous, no, not one." If we just stopped there all would be hopeless. But today we'll see that God is righteous and has provided a solution to our hopelessness. That solution is found in the Person of Jesus Christ and His death, burial, and resurrection. Our righteous God has dealt with our unrighteousness through the work of His Son, Jesus Christ. Through personal faith and trust in Jesus Christ we become righteous. Our text today tells us in Romans 3:26, "It was to show His righteousness at the present time, so that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus."
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