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Cover 4: Broncos lose Teddy Bridgewater, fall 23-7 to Ravens for first loss
Aric DiLalla
Lead writer
DENVER — Late in the week, Von Miller likened the Broncos' Week 4 matchup with the Ravens to an early-season playoff game.
In true postseason conditions, Denver would not have advanced, as the Broncos fell 23-7 to the Ravens and dropped from the undefeated ranks.
Denver's offense struggled for much of the game — especially after losing quarterback Teddy Bridgewater — and the defense could not prevent Lamar Jackson, Mark Andrews and Marquise "Hollywood" Brown from making their share of plays.
The Broncos jumped ahead early in the second quarter on a short touchdown pass from Bridgewater to Noah Fant, but the lead could have been even larger, as tight end Albert Okwuegbunam dropped a pass down the right sideline that would have resulted in a touchdown.
Following the Broncos' initial touchdown drive, the Ravens rebounded quickly on an eight-play, 75-yard drive to tie the score. Then, after the Broncos went three-and-out, the Ravens made their biggest play of the afternoon. On second-and-10 from the Denver 49, Jackson found a diving Brown for a 49-yard touchdown that gave Baltimore the lead for good.
"He stemmed for the outside and that's my leverage, and it [was] miscommunication with Kareem [Jackson]," Justin Simmons said. "I expected some post help, but that's why I'm so big on — I'm talking about it every week — communication. And there's a few communication mishaps within the secondary team like that, and a guy like Lamar who can create the scramble, plays like that will happen. So, you've got to clean up the communication."
Denver's offense couldn't muster many drives with Bridgewater still in the game, and the task got tougher in the second half after he suffered a concussion on the final offensive play of the first half. Bridgewater took a helmet-to-helmet hit on the play from Baltimore's Odafe Oweh, but the Ravens were not whistled for a penalty. Bridgewater was replaced by Drew Lock, who played the entire second half.
"Well I think his performance was just like the rest of the offense," Head Coach Vic Fangio said of the offense. "We just weren't good enough today after the one touchdown we got, and we really couldn't get anything going. We weren't getting it going with Teddy either after the touchdown drive, so I think it's more of a collective thing offensively than a quarterback thing."
The Broncos' defense only allowed three points in the second half prior to the final moments, but Denver ultimately didn't have enough offensive firepower to overcome their largest deficit of the season.
"It's unfortunate seeing Teddy go down, but as a defense, it's a chance for us," Simmons said. "Teddy is out and we see that Drew is in. Let's help him here. Let's give him a short field and get a takeaway. Let's get a three-and-out, have them backed up and hopefully you get good field position. Defensively, those are the things you talk about on the sideline and that you're focused on throughout the game. I just don't think we did enough to be able to help him towards the end of the game."
With the loss, the Broncos fell to 3-1 on the season with a trip to Pittsburgh awaiting the group in Week 5.
GAME-CHANGING MOMENT
Jackson's deep pass to Brown felt like it changed the complexion of the game. The Broncos' defense had dominated early, holding Jackson to 2-of-6 passing for 26 yards on the first three drives, but Jackson got things going in the second quarter. On the play that gave the Ravens the lead for good, Brown split safeties Kareem Jackson and Justin Simmons and lunged into the air to make the catch. After a poor Week 3 performance in which Brown dropped several passes that would've resulted in touchdowns, he atoned for those mistakes with the big play.
The Broncos couldn't respond on their next drive, and it felt like momentum slipped away from Denver. The Broncos had their chances to cut into the lead in the second half, but after taking the early lead, the Broncos never seriously challenged Baltimore again.
DEFINING STATISTIC
3-of-14.
After overcoming some poor performances on third down in the season's opening weeks, the Broncos couldn't fight through their struggles against the Ravens. Denver converted just three third downs on the afternoon — one of those conversions came with the game out of hand — and punted on 10 of their first 11 possessions. Punter Sam Martin punted just nine times combined through Denver's first three games. The Broncos' offensive struggles ran deeper than just their third down performance, as they faced third-and-long on repeated occasions.
"Too many of them were longer-yardage situations," Fangio said. "There were a lot of them that if we had gotten to at least some fourth-and-manageable starting early in the game, I was going to go for it on fourth down, but I never had an opportunity to."
MEMORABLE HIGHLIGHT
One of the lone bright spots of the game came on the Broncos' lone touchdown drive, as rookie Javonte Williams ran through a slew of attempted tackles and carried Baltimore's Marlon Humphrey on his back for more than 20 yards. The North Carolina product picked up 31 yards on the carry and seemingly set the tone for the Broncos early in the game, as they found success against the Ravens on the ground. Denver couldn't ultimately maintain the momentum, but Williams run remains impressive.
"Yeah, I thought we ran it pretty good early," Fangio said. "Obviously, Javonte had a fantastic run, and I thought Melvin [Gordon III] was running really good, but it got bottled up there pretty good as the game wore on."
In addition to Javonte Williams earning an acknowledgement for his impressive run, rookie Caden Sterns posted the best game of his young career. The Broncos sent an extra rusher on many occasions to try to fluster Jackson, and Sterns recorded a pair of sacks.
Tight end Noah Fant led the team with six catches for 46 yards and his second touchdown of the season.
Cover 4: Broncos dominate on ground, rack up interceptions in 24-15 win over Cardinals
These are the players and plays that led to the Broncos' Week 15 win over the Cardinals.
Cover 4: Broncos rally in fourth quarter to earn 21-17 win in London vs. Jaguars
These are the players and plays that led to the Broncos' Week 8 win in London.
Cover 4: Broncos earn 11-10 come-from-behind prime-time win over 49ers
These are the players and plays that led to the Broncos' Week 3 win over the 49ers.
Cover 4: Broncos' defense stands strong, offense scores late as Denver rallies to earn 16-9 win over Texans
These are the players and plays that led to the Broncos' season-opening win.
Cover 4: Broncos honor Demaryius Thomas, earn 38-10 win over Lions to stay in playoff race
These were the players and plays that made a difference in the Broncos' win over the Detroit Lions.
Cover 4: Broncos' defense swarms Chargers, Teddy Bridgewater battles in 28-13 win
These were the players and plays that made a difference in the Broncos' division win over the Chargers.
Cover 4: Broncos parlay stifling defense, timely offense into dominant 30-16 win over Cowboys
The Broncos went into Dallas and earned their best win of the season as they knocked off the previously 6-1 Cowboys.
Cover 4: Broncos' fourth-quarter touchdown, late defensive stands key 17-10 win over Washington
On the day that former quarterback Peyton Manning was honored as one of the franchise's all-time greats, the Broncos got back in the win column.
Cover 4: Broncos' defense dominant in 26-0 shutout win over Jets
The Broncos got after rookie Zach Wilson, and the Denver offense did enough in the team's home opener.
Cover 4: Broncos rebound from slow start to wrap up second straight win
The Broncos earned a 23-13 win to improve to 2-0 on the season.
Cover 4: Teddy Bridgewater dazzles as Broncos earn 27-13 season-opening win
In his first start with the Broncos, Bridgewater completed 28-of-36 passes for 264 yards and two touchdowns as Denver overcame a first-half deficit to earn the win.


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By Jenny Zhang on November 9, 2014
When artist Kat O'Sullivan (a.k.a. Katwise) and her partner Mason Brown bought a run-down, nondescript farmhouse in the middle of the woods near High Falls, New York in 2009, they knew they had to breathe some life into the old building to reveal its true charm. With the help of their friends, the couple worked their artistic magic on the house, transforming the abode into a striking, rainbow-colored home that somehow fits in perfectly with the beauty of the surrounding natural landscape.
The farmhouse, which was originally built in 1840, was in a state of neglect when O'Sullivan unleashed her imagination on it. Away went the plain white facade, decrepit roof, and linoleum floors; in splashed a palette of bright hues, bold patterns, and outdoor furnishings like a chandelier, tent, and patio. Colorful and filled with personality on both the interior and the exterior, the house was renovated according to O'Sullivan's philosophy of "artistic upcycling," which she explains as breathing new life into castaway objects. The final result, called Calico, is a gorgeous and unique house that is a perfect match for the artist's dynamic lifestyle.
O'Sullivan told us, "I am inspired by the colorful life we live, surrounded by our carnival of friends and constant revelry. I wanted a home that felt like a celebration of our beautiful community, and a monument to many years of international hitchhiking adventures.
"It feels like a museum of the moments in our lives that have been the most joyous. Our home feels like a sweet embrace. It is hard to ever feel anything but lucky when we come home and see our silly house smiling back at us."
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In v3.7.0, we've added support for BuddyPress' HTML email functionality.
If you are using a WordPress email plugin that has its own email system (like WP-Mandrill), you will not be able to use BuddyPress HTML emails and the content will fallback to a Markdown version of the email content. Unfortunately, that content is not editable at the moment.
I tested this in GMail and it looks exactly like the screenshot above.
I just installed this plugin and the notification emails are really ugly, plain text with long URLs. Looking here I found this thread. Would the message above also apply to using mailgun to send emails? I like the plugin, but it's useless if it sends unreadable ugly emails.
It also doesn't seem to be posting bbPress forum topics, and I thought that it would do that. It seems to be only sending updates to the actual buddypress group, not the group forums.
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On Behalf of Almanzar & Youngers, P.A. | Jan 23, 2023 | Personal Injury |
One of the most frightening symptoms of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be memory loss (amnesia). A person may be unable to recall long stretches of time or have selective gaps in their memory.
If the amnesia is caused by swelling in the brain, the condition often improves as that swelling goes down. However, some memories may never return.
Post-traumatic amnesia
There are two primary types of post-traumatic amnesia, which may result from a TBI. The two types are anterograde and retrograde amnesia. Anterograde amnesia affects the memory of what occurred after the injury – for example, the ambulance ride to the hospital and the initial days of recovery. Retrograde amnesia affects the memory of the time leading up to the injury – typically the moments just before it.
For example, singer Amy Grant, who was unconscious for about ten minutes after she fell off her bike in 2022, has described what appears to be both types of amnesia. She says she still has no memory of how she fell off the bike or of the days she spent in the hospital afterward. She has also struggled with other memory issues, such as being able to remember people's names. Grant says she started a journal ("Writing to Remember") to try to get some lost memories back.
Don't let your memory loss affect your ability to get financial compensation
If you are suffering from memory loss due to a TBI that was caused by someone else's negligence, it's best not to try to recount what you believe happened to an insurance company or anyone representing the at-fault party if you are not certain. Don't let anyone who is not on your side try to tell you what happened.
Any kind of TBI — mild or severe — could mean that you have to take time away from work, school or other responsibilities. When pursuing financial compensation through a personal injury claim, it is crucial to take into account the full extent of your injury and how it affects your life now and in the future. In these matters, it is wise to seek legal guidance as soon as possible.


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This Is What 2020 Looks Like For Remote Businesses
Carol Mentis, January 6, 2020
There's every sign that the phenomenal rise of remote working – alongside flexible work patterns and increased subcontracting – will gather pace in 2020.
Technology is certainly going to provide even more choice in devices and software features, creating further opportunities for remote workers to flourish. Even the least technologically confident
employees and freelancers will have the tools to connect and communicate instantly, from any location.
So what does this mean for the business landscape in 2020? And just how significant are the opportunities for greater agility and productivity, and what negative issues could arise? Here are our top five predictions for 2020:
Super-fast 5G will supercharge your business
By the end of 2019, 5G was beginning to gather steam. It's the next generation in mobile internet connectivity, and will create much faster speeds and greater reliability in data transfer between devices. To put this in context, it's set to be 100 times faster than standard 4G!
In the next 12 months, 5G could become a must-have for countless businesses, especially for those who need to stay in constant contact with their staff, exchanging large amounts of data in real-time.
The faster and more reliable connectivity of 5G could be vital for your business
5G could also be the stimulus for even greater growth in the Internet of Things, as tech companies harness its potential to swiftly process data. Everything from minute sensors to monitor individual shipping crates, to entire smart factories becomes a practical reality.
Both 3G and 4G will remain operational, but as 5G coverage blossoms worldwide in 2020, "super-fast" will be your competitive edge, and the wisest option for cross-global working.
Remote working will get strategic
The push to create more home-based workers and encourage staff to work on-the-go has largely been based on practicalities and economics.
Having remote staff means you need less office space, which means lower overheads. It can also be a way to attract and retain talent, by offering them flexible work patterns and a better work-life balance.
In 2020, the shift could be towards planning business growth and development around the principles of remote working – it will become more strategic.
For example, connectivity makes it possible to use freelancers and subcontractors more, which in turn manages salary commitments and work peaks and troughs.
These third-parties can easily access the information and systems they need via intranet software, which maintains security whilst giving organisations the option to dip into expertise and add extra "hands" when needed, without the cost of recruiting. It's the best of both worlds, and a strategic decision that could grow your business.
Get strategic: intranet software improves the connectivity between your remote workers and contractors
Engaging remote workers will be top priority
There has been much written already on the challenges of digital workplaces – fragmented team dynamics, isolated staff, and decision-makers working in a so-called "vacuum", to name a few.
Human nature still requires a degree of warmth in work environments – even digital ones. So engaging with remote workers and ensuring they still feel connected to your business will be vital in 2020.
It's highly likely in 2020 that more companies will invest in building a social element into their intranet software. The mantra "happy staff are productive staff" could mean ensuring that everyone in teams can chat, seek affirmation and support, and generally mingle with colleagues in a corporate social network.
This will also support the process of making digital working more transparent and interactive. Alongside heavy-duty business tools and data capabilities, your intranet software will offer greater opportunities to innovate, share ideas, and tackle issues at an early stage.
Security and skills will step up
The maths is simple. The more staff you have working remotely, the greater the issue of security.
One of the ways to counterbalance increased risk is to put even greater emphasis on recruiting technically competent staff and upskilling workers to reach ever-higher levels of understanding and ability.
Mitigate the increased security risks of digital working by upskilling your staff
This will make online training for remote workers one of the biggest software priorities for 2020. Don't imagine this applies only to big companies. Over 70% of data breaches happen at businesses with less than 100 employees.
Digital working will boost scalability and confident decision-making
The frictionless collaboration made possible thanks to the digital workplace has made it easier for companies to make changes and reach decisions in a more assured and agile manner. Integration and data science capabilities also support more confident decision making, including taking calculated risks for new products or services.
Switching to even greater reliance on remote workers – including more joint ventures and subcontractors – underpins all of this. The tools are there to make businesses far more scalable and responsive, reacting to both opportunities and threats with greater speed and security. According to one piece of research, there will be as many remote workers (if not more) than office-bound staff by 2025.
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Durbanville Cricket Club was founded 50 years back at the old field in Queen Street. The club house was build by the members themselves. The club has progressed so much in the last few years. They have participated in major tournaments and got promotion to the next level. Club has 3 fields out of which 2 are provincial rated fields.
Club caters to 3 sections of the cricket such as Men's , Women's And Junior Cricket teams. Currently, the club has 6 senior teams such as 1st XI, 2nd XI, 3rd XI, 4Th XI, 5th XI, 6th XI who participate in various league matches and divisions. Each of the team plays 1A league, Reserve A, Reserve F, 40 over league third division – 3A, 3B division, and 3C respectively.
The Club also manages the Junior section from past 10 years, initially the club had started with 14 members and now it is going to be the strength of the club. The club conducts practice sessions on every Friday evening. Currently the club has 5 sections of junior Cricket which include Under 9, Under 10, Under 11, Under 12, Under 13 teams. And the club has a separate objective for all of them. Like the club has a objective for under 9 players is to develop the enthusiasm and love towards the game. Coaches introduced them the basic skills and the club also allows players to play in the under 9 matches. 2 teams of the club has entered in the WPCA bakers mini-cricket league to be the familiar with match situation etc.
Durbanville Cricket Club is running the women's section very nicely. The club welcomes women Cricket players to join the cricket club. Women's team have 3 Protea players and a couple of provincial players. The ladies team has also won the league 3 times. Club conducts practice section for women's on every Friday from 17:30 pm onward and plays matches on every Sunday.
The club have a strong Committee who believe in the game of cricket and do work on the growth of the club. I have mentioned few names of the committee members.
We at www.globalcricketcommunity.com thank you for maintaining the quality of cricket and involving more and more people in the game. Wish you all the very best for your future journey in cricket.


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Cover-Up Time
Oh good. Congress is planning to engineer a bipartisan cover-up of the failures surrounding Katrina. Really, this should be thrilling. (Technically, Harry Reid's right: "An investigation of the Republican administration by a Republican-controlled Congress is like having a pitcher call his own balls and strikes." Good metaphor. Does this mean they won't send a pliant Democrat up to co-chair the thing—maybe Sen. John Rockefeller (D-WV) can reprise his role as Senate stooge?) One can pretty safely assume that FEMA head Michael Brown will take the fall, and George W. Bush will get off scotch-free–he's just the president after all, not like he's responsible for anything. One can also assume, though, that the frenzied porkmasters sitting in the House and Senate won't bother taking a hard look at their own rather significant role in the New Orleans debacle, as reported today by Michael Grunwald in the Washington Post:
In Katrina's wake, Louisiana politicians and other critics have complained about paltry funding for the Army Corps in general and Louisiana projects in particular. But over the five years of President Bush's administration, Louisiana has received far more money for Corps civil works projects than any other state, about $1.9 billion; California was a distant second with less than $1.4 billion, even though its population is more than seven times as large.
Much of that Louisiana money was spent to try to keep low-lying New Orleans dry. But hundreds of millions of dollars have gone to unrelated water projects demanded by the state's congressional delegation and approved by the Corps, often after economic analyses that turned out to be inaccurate. Despite a series of independent investigations criticizing Army Corps construction projects as wasteful pork-barrel spending, Louisiana's representatives have kept bringing home the bacon.
For example, after a $194 million deepening project for the Port of Iberia flunked a Corps cost-benefit analysis, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) tucked language into an emergency Iraq spending bill ordering the agency to redo its calculations. The Corps also spends tens of millions of dollars a year dredging little-used waterways such as the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet, the Atchafalaya River and the Red River — now known as the J. Bennett Johnston Waterway, in honor of the project's congressional godfather — for barge traffic that is less than forecast.
Louisiana has had some mighty politicians in its day, including Democratic "deal-maker" John Breaux, and all of them have steered an impressive amount of money towards Corps projects in their state. But much of that money went towards the sort of largely useless projects, like building a new lock to accommodate barge traffic that wasn't actually increasing, that have a lot of flash and garner voters, rather than to tedious projects shoring up New Orleans' hurricane defense and flood control systems. Given that Louisiana's politicians have, historically, tended to be mostly Democrats, it seems likely that the bipartisan cover-up will point a righteous finger or two their way. But that won't solve the systemic issues here—namely, that the Army Corps of Engineers is being funded in a largely frivolous manner—with a civil works budget controlled by congressional "earmarks"—that certainly helps politicians get re-elected, but leaves people, quite obviously, in danger.


Jesus made it abundantly clear that love was the one and only principle on which His kingdom was founded.
The word disciple occurs some 269 times in the New Testament, mostly in the Gospels and Acts. To be a disciple of Jesus is the most life-fulfilling experience one can have. It energizes the spirit, challenges the mind, and demands our utmost in our relationship with God and our fellow human beings. It is important, therefore, to explore what makes a disciple and what are the marks of discipleship. At least four marks must be emphasized of true Christian discipleship. These are marks that make it plain whether it is real or imitation.
But today it also is no small thing to call Jesus our Lord and truly to mean it. If He is our Lord, He is the Sovereign over our whole life, over all that we say and do. " 'If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me' " (Luke 9:23).1All relationships, activities, hopes, and dreams must come under the lordship of Christ—daily and perpetually. Nothing can come between the disciple and the Master (Matt. 10:37-39). A disciple's ever-binding motto will be, "For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain" (Phil. 1:21).
Second, abiding in Jesus. " 'If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed' " (John 8:31). Christian discipleship is a call to continuously live in Jesus and to let His Word be the constant guide to faith and conduct. Doctrinal faithfulness, lifelong obedience, and fearless witness to the Master will set a disciple apart from others.
When many Jesus disciples turned away, as recorded in John 6:66, Peter spoke for the disciples and declared their allegiance. " 'Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God' " (vv. 68, 69). With the exception of Judas, they eventually did prove to be faithful followers, and they became leaders in the early church, even though they had moments of grave doubt and disillusionment when their Master was taken prisoner and crucified. Their experience gives us great comfort. Many of us have had moments when our resolve to be disciples was at low tide, but as in the case of the apostles, this does not mean that we cannot overcome our temporary lapse.
Third, loving one another. " 'A new commandment I give to you. . . . By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another' " (John 13:34, 35). In Jesus' new commandment, the newness does not refer to love but to the object of love. We do love, but we love the lovable, our own.
But Jesus expects His disciples to love as He did, to love sacrificially, love at all costs, love without barriers, love inclusively, love to build the community, love to enlarge God's kingdom, and love to make disciples. As "new" as this may have sounded to the eleven remaining disciples, it was in fact the one command the entire Bible is based upon. The most common thing for which the people of Israel were rebuked time and again by prophet after prophet was unloving actions. Oppressing the poor, unjust treatment of workers, uncaring attitudes toward widows and orphans, even harsh treatment of the stranger or foreigner were the cause of much of the trouble Israel faced in her history.
the greatest commandment after loving God, was loving each other. It was even the thing He demonstrated in the very last hours of His life—from speaking words of encouragement to the weeping women on the Via Dolorosa to asking forgiveness for His tormenters, from giving John and His mother to each other's care to promising salvation to the repentant thief without so much as one question. Jesus made it abundantly clear that love was the one and only principle on which His kingdom was founded. "This," He said, "is how they'll know for sure; you'll love!" Do we? Is that what Christianity is most known for? If not, it isn't Christianity. Period.
Fourth, bearing fruit. " 'By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit; so you will be My disciples' " (John 15:8). Far from being a theoretical construct, discipleship is a practical witness to what Christ has done for a sinner. He has forgiven, redeemed, and empowered so that the once feeble and guilt-ridden are freed from condemnation to live lives of obedience and ones that are fruit-bearing. Disciples are overcomers and reflectors of Christ's righteousness.
There are two basic kinds of "fruit" of the Christian life, and they come in a definite order. First is the fruit of the Spirit, defined (not necessarily exhaustively) in Galatians 5:22-25. Lives in constant connection with Jesus through His indwelling Spirit will be lives like His. They will be loving, joyful, peaceful, and all the rest. It's a growing thing, of course. It never stops, and you're never "there." But you'll recognize His presence. Second, this fruitful, loving life leads to a greater attraction for those others whom you long to draw into discipleship.


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In the startup environment it's all hands on deck. Positions are not as rigid as those in well-established companies, and it's unlikely that you'll be limited to doing only what's in the job description. You have the unique opportunity of truly taking ownership of your position and making it what you want it to be.
Wherever help is needed, you will have the chance to try on a variety of hats (some you probably never considered wearing). While you may enjoy certain roles, challenges, and responsibilities more than others, all of these experiences will expand your skill-sets and help to determine what you want out of your career.
In this dynamic and fast-paced environment that calls for autonomous work and collaboration, such variety ensures that you'll never be bored. To be surrounded by like-minded individuals with the common drive for the startup to grow and succeed, the motivation and satisfaction felt is incomparable. Innovation is encouraged, and recognition for successes (and failures) rarely go unnoticed.
In larger corporations, often the company's vision can seem distant from your daily work. However, in a startup, the innovators who brought their ideas to fruition are never far. It's not uncommon to find yourself working alongside the CEO, something that would seem implausible in a larger workplace. You gain a better understanding of where your contributions fit into the big picture, making each member feel valued and personally invested in the success of the company.
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The startup life isn't for everyone, but if you like what you read above and feel you're up for this challenging but rewarding career, I encourage you to join us.


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52 Ancestors: #34 James INGRAM, Where Did You Hide the Key?
"The challenge: have one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on one ancestor."
This is entry #34 in Amy Johnson Crow's Challenge: 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks.
Oral tradition, passed on through the generations, can help our genealogy research but it can also be a hinderance. When I started my Facebook page, more than a year before I started blogging, I wrote short summaries about my brick walls. My 4-times great-grandfather James INGRAM, born between 1771-1774 in Virginia and died fall of 1865 in West Virginia, was the subject of the post I wrote in December 2012. Unfortunately no headway has been made on his parentage. One of these days I'll find the key to open the door in the Ingram brick wall.
Ester INGRAM (also seen as Esther and Easter) may have been the mother of my James INGRAM. She is the first INGRAM to be found in Greenbrier County Personal Property Tax Lists in 1792 suggesting that she was a widow by this time. She sold a 95 acres land grant received in 1795 in 1800 and had at least two daughters who married in Greenbrier with her permission.
Patience INGRAM and David STAY
Jim Talbert of the Greenbrier Historical Society confirmed on 8 Aug 2006 there is a marriage permission slip for Patience INGRAM in the Greenbrier records. Easter INGRAM signed for "my daughter" on 19 May 1790. David STAY and John KING went bond. There was no husband of Easter named in any of these records.
Elizabeth INGRAM and Francis STORY
Nancy C. Story Adkins obtained a photocopy of the original marriage bond from the Greenbrier Historical Society. Elizabeth's mother Esther INGRAM gave permission. The couple married on 20 December 1798.
I had a slight panic attack when I was pulling this together and realized that Ester could have been the first name for a male. I checked the original land grant for the 95 acres that she sold in 1800 at the Library of Virginia and it shows that she was a female.
Virginia State Land Office. Grants A-Z, 1-124, reels 42-190; Virginia State Land Office. Grants 125- , reels 369-. Mentions: Ester Ingram (grantee) assignee of James Dyche; land near Richard Humphries, John Viney and Thomas Cooper 1795. Library of Virginia. Archives.
Was Ester INGRAM the mother of our James INGRAM? Who was the husband of Ester INGRAM? Was James the brother of Nancy INGRAM (md. 1787 William SLAVEN) and Parnal INGRAM (md. 1793 Eliza Carmons) who also married in Greenbrier? Note: Nancy has been listed as the daughter of Abraham INGRAM and but without supporting evidence.
Speculation Aside, Let's Have a Look His Life
James INGRAM is first found in Greenbrier County on a list of rangers in 1793. The Rangers militia was organized to protect the frontier and its settlers from Indians attacks. On 27 May 1793 Captain Hugh CAPERTON's company of rangers were at Fort Lee on the Elk and Kanawha Rivers guarding the Kanawha Valley settlers near what is now Charleston, West Virginia. "Mad Anthony" WAYNE's victory over the Indians in 1794 ended the Indian threat in what is now West Virginia.
Virgil A. Lewis, M.A., State Historian and Archivist; "The Soldiery of West Virginia", originally published 1911, reprinted for Clearfield Co.,Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland 1991, 1996, 1998; pg. 131.
James INGRAM was not with rangers on 6 May 1792. Was he too young at the time?
In 1795 and 1797 James is seen in the Greenbrier County court orders:
31 March 1795 – John MATHEWS vs. James INGRAM in debt
1 April 1797 – Jonathan MATHEWS assee of James INGRAM vs. William GILLILAND in debt
James was on a Personal Property Tax List on 16 April 1799 in Greenbrier County with 1 tithable and 2 horses. This was the first time he was on a list. His surname was spelled INGRIM. Also on this list was a John INGRIM with 1 tithable and 1 horse. No further trace of him has been found. Was he a brother?
Taxation: Virginia began keeping records of residents' payments of personal property and land taxes in 1782. The Library of Virginia has these on microfilm. Published abstracts of some of these can be found online. I am convinced that this may be the key to opening the doors in many of my brick walls in Virginia. Living overseas I can only hope that the full collection will someday be found on the internet. I want to be able to look at each year, study the neighbors of each ancestor, and see the things that may not have been included in the abstracts.
A month later, on 28 May 1799, James was "on jury" in Greenbrier. He was next seen on the 1803 (below) and 1805 tax lists of Greenbrier County, both times with 1 titable and 1 horse.
Source: http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/VirginiaTaxListCensuses/Greenbrier/1803PersonalB/10.jpg
On 28 February 1809 John CONNER and wife Mary sold 120 acres for $1.00 to James INGRAM on Meadow River and Sewel on the ridge opposite Buffalow Lick in Greenbrier County.
Later in the year James INGRAM married Margaret KINCAID, daughter of John KINCAID and Elizabeth GILLESPIE, on 24 October 1809 in Greenbrier County. They were married by Rev. Josiah OSBURN of the Baptist church.[1]
James and Margaret were not found on the 1810 census as Greenbrier was one of the "lost" counties. He was still in the county as he is on the 1810 Personal Property List B with 1 titable:
1810 Personal Property List B > Greenbrier County, Virginia. Source: http://www.binnsgenealogy.com/FreeSample/CDR-000484/1810/1810PersonalB/06.pdf
James and Margaret's first child, a son James Jr., was born about 1811 most likely on the land in Greenbrier County that James bought from the CONNERs in 1809.
On 25 February 1812 James and wife Margaret sold the 120 acres that James bought in 1809 for $1.00 to Newbury STOCKTON. The land, conveyed to James INGRAM by John CONNER in 1809, was "on point of ridge that leads to Buffaloe Lick in Greenbrier County."
During the War of 1812 (18 Jun 1812-24 Dec 1814) James and Margaret's second son, Joshua (1813-ca.1861) was born. His birth has been estimated at about 1813 in Greenbrier. In 1815 James was on the Personal Property Tax Lists of Greenbrier with 1 tithable, 3 horses, and 5 cows. The next child, a daughter, born during the 1810s, was followed by my 3-times great-grandfather Robert (1819-1902) born about 1819 in Greenbrier.
1820 U.S. Federal Census > VA > Greenbrier [ancestry.com]
James was listed in the 1820 census of Greenbrier County with the following persons in his household: 3 males under 10 yo (James Jr., Joshua, Robert), 1 male over 45 yo (James), 1 female under 10 yo (unknown daughter), 1 female over 45 yo (Margaret, her age would be ca. 26 per 1850 census), 1 person engaged in agriculture, 6 persons in household.
Three more children were born during the 1820s: John about 1820, Matthew on 9 January 1824, and Cynthia on 25 March 1828.
Ingram Cabin
"A century and a half ago, a pioneer cabin stood in a little valley drained by a branch that flows down from cotton Hill to New River at the Narrow Falls, opposite and slightly above the mouth of Cane Branch. The little stream was known as Ingram Branch, from the name of the family that lived in the cabin. Two surveys made there in 1829 refer to Ingram's house, to his road leading down to the river, and to Ingram Branch, the tiny tributary of New River. Though the first name of the settler is not given, it may be suspected that this was James Ingram who married Margaret (Peggy) Kincaid, daughter of John and Elizabeth Kincaid, who settled on the opposite side of the river at Cane Branch as early as 1811, and who patented land there and at the mouth of Gauley.
Ingram apparently took no steps to secure formal title to his improvement, however, and in 1829 two residents of Kanawha Falls set up rival claims to Ingram's improvement and to some hundreds of acres surrounding it, by reason of entries and surveys made for them in that year. The map accompanying these surveys shows the location of the Ingram house to be on the branch approximately one hundred thirty poles above its mouth. This was doubtless the first cabin in that little nook of the hills. Ingram was not a permanent settler, however. He was succeeded there by Andrew and Mary Blake, and soon after the above date, James and Margaret Ingram appeared as settlers on the upper part of Loup Creek at a branch which also came to be called Ingram Branch. There they were permanent settlers and the name has survived both as a place name and family.
Ingram, also written as Inghram and Ingraham, was originally Ingelram, a Norman-French personal name."[2]
It is said that James probably settled on Loup Creek/Loop Creek about the same time as James KINCAID (1792-1852), brother of Margaret, or soon after. The place he selected was at the mouth of a branch three miles farther up Loup Creek/Loop Creek than Kincaid's cabin. The branch is now called Ingram Branch. The 120-acre tract, including Ingram's improvement, was patented by his sons, Robert and Matthew, in 1843, several years after the settlement. The move may have been in the 1820s. Ingram Branch become part of Fayette County in 1831 when the county was formed. At the time of the 1830 census it was most likely part of Kanawha County as the family was on the census of that county.
a certain Tract of Land, containing one hundred and twenty acres: lying and being in Fayette County on Loop creek and bounded as follow, towit Beginning at a white oak and gum corner to John Kincaid, on the Left hand side of the creek & with crossing the same S6W54 poles to a sugar tree & beech corner to same and leaving S67W60 poles to two chestnut oaks on a point S88W106 poles to a white oak North 48 poles to a white oak on a ridge N19W66 poles to a maple and hickory N48 W24 poles to a maple and beech N8W (crossing the creek) 34 poles to two chestnuts on a South hillside S69E230 poles to the beginning with its appurtenances. [Virginia State Land Office. Library of Virginia. Archives]
First Ingram Child Married in 1829?
During this period of time James INGRAM and his family were the only family of this name in the area of Greenbrier, Kanawha, Monroe and Nicholas counties. I have not done a complete study of all Ingram, Ingrum, Inghram, Ingharam in the early censuses of Virginia. There were Inghram and Ingharam individuals in Lewis, Wood, Tyler, and Ohio counties. Lewis and Wood bordered on Kanawha County in 1829 (see Interactive Map of West Virginia County Formation History).
Charles WALKER married Elizabeth INGRAM on 4 August 1829 in Kanawha County, (West) Virginia. No further information has been found on this marriage or couple. Was Elizabeth the unknown daughter listed in the 1820 census?
1830 U.S. Federal Census > VA > Kanawha [ancestry.com]
James was listed in the 1830 census of Kanawha County with the following persons in his household: 1 male under 5 (Matthew), 1 male 5-10 (John), 2 males 10-15 (Joshua & Robert), 1 male 15-20 (James Jr.), 1 male 50-60 (James), 1 female under 5 (Cynthia), and
1 female 40-50 (Margaret), 8 persons in household.
James and Margaret's youngest child Ruth was born about 1832 in Fayette County. Between 1831 and 1835, the oldest son, James Jr., died in early manhood without marrying. He is buried in the Kincaid Cemetery in Kincaid, Fayette County, West Virginia.
In 1834 James was listed as having an account with Mr. LANDCRAFT, a store owner. I discovered the September 1834 inventory and appraisement of the estate of Melitus J. Landcraft while searching through the early Will Books for Fayette County. Mr. LANDCRAFT appears to have been a merchant (goods are listed) and many of my Fayette County relatives had accounts on his books and/or notes of debts. Very helpful are several "son of" mentions following the names.
In an election held 1 April 1835 in Fayette County to determine the location of the new Court House and County Seat, "James INGRAHM" and his son "Joshua INGRAHAM" voted for Kanawha Falls.
In 1839 James INGRAM's name appears on the Fayette County jury list.
1840 U.S. Federal Census > VA > Fayett [ancestry.com]
James was listed in the 1840 census of Fayette County with the following persons in his household: 2 males 10-15 (Matthew & John), 1 male 15-20 (Robert), 1 male 60-70 (James), 1 female 5-10 (Ruth), 1 female 10-15 (Cynthia), 1 female 50-60 (Margaret), 7 persons in household, 2 engaged in agriculture. James' oldest living child Joshua had his own household nearby.
Following the 1840 census James' sons began to marry. Geraldine Dempsey Workman wrote, "….pages are missing from the Marriage book at the courthouse." We can only assume that Robert married Huldah JOHNSON (1817-1880) about 1841 and Joshua married Mahala C. STEELE (1823-1888) bet. 1841-1845 and that their marriage records may have been on these missing pages.
According to family tradition James' son John was the first to leave the area. He moved to the Poca River in Kanawha County before the 1850 census.
In 1850 James, age 70, a laborer, unable to read or write, is in the household of John TINCHER, a widower with three young children and his widowed mother. At the same time, Margaret INGRAM, 56, is with her/their children Ruth, 18, Matthew, 25, and Cynthia, 23 living next door to her/their son Robert. Was James boarding with the family while working aways from home? Or were James and Margaret separated?
1850 U.S. Federal Census > VA > Fayette [ancestry.com]
In 1851 James INGRAM and his wife Margaret saw three of their children marrying and setting up housekeeping. On January 9, Ruth was married to John DARLINGTON, youngest son of Benjamin DARLINGTON and Mary JOHNSON, and lived at various places on Loup Creek/Loop Creek. On February 13, John married Lucy Jane SKAGGS, daughter of Joseph Preston SKAGGS and Mary LEWIS in Fayette County. On March 23, Cynthia INGRAM married John "Johnny" TINCHER, son of William and Patsy TINCHER of Loup Creek/Loop Creek.
In 1852 Matthew followed his brother John to Sissonville on the Poca River in Kanawha County. Robert bought Matthew's interests in the 120-acre grant and became the sole owner. Matthew was the last of James' children to marry on 20 August 1854 in Meigs County, Ohio, to Sarah Francis MARTIN, daughter of Dio Clesian MARTIN and Catherine KIDD.
James' son John, who was widowed in the 1850s, married Delilah CRAIG (1826-1869) on 12 July 1860 in Kanawha County.
1860 U.S. Federal Census > WV > Fayette > District 4 > Rock Hill > Page 126/422 > HH # 917-864 [ancestry.com]
In 1860 James is, once again, not living with his wife Margaret. He is listed as 86 years old and a laborer living alone in between James and Eleanor BERRY and John and Lovina GODDARD in the Rocky Hill P.O. district. Margaret may have been living at the home of her nephew James Gillespie KINCAID Jr. in Kincaid as this is where she died about 1865 according to family tradition.
James' son Joshua died between 1860-1862. The death record has not been found however his widow Mahala C. INGRAHAM remarried on 23 August 1862 in Meigs County, Ohio, to Isaac E. LEWIS, a veteran of the Mexican War.
According to family tradition in the summer of 1865, after the death of his wife, James went to live with his son Matthew in Sissonville in Kanawha County. James may have held his youngest grandchild Absolam, son of Matthew, born 30 September 1865, in his arms before the child died on 3 October 1865. James died in the fall of 1865 at the home of his son Matthew. He is estimated to have been about 90 years old and may be buried near the Methodist Church in Sissonville but this has not been proven.
James INGRAM was survived by his sons Robert, John, and Matthew; his daughters Cynthia TINCHER and Ruth DARLINGTON, and at least 30 grandchildren and possibly a great-grandchild through his son Joshua's eldest daughter Mary.
The family would continue to grow with a total of 42 grandchildren. Son John, once again widowed, married a third time to Mary F. LEGG (1843-1870) on 1 December 1869 in Kanawha County. He died before 1880. Daughter Ruth died before 1900. Son Matthew died on 12 July 1900 in Sissonville and was buried in Pauley Cemetery on Little Sandy in Elk Distrist in Kanawha County. Son Robert died about 1902 at the home of his cousin Preston KINCAID. And finally daughter Cynthia died on 3 May 1910 and was buried in the Carter Cemetery in Dempsey, Fayette County.
[1] J.R. Cole, History of Greenbrier County (published 1917 in Lewisburg, West Virginia) pg. 35
[2] L. Neil Darlington, Cabins of the Loop and Environs of the Southern Half of Fayette County Virginia (Now West Virginia)" (December 1987, McClain Printing Company, Parsons, West Virginia, 1988) pg. 222-223
Author Cathy Meder-DempseyPosted on August 24, 2014 Categories 52Ancestors 2014Tags 52Ancestors, Caperton, Carmons, Conner, Craig, Darlington, Fayette WV, Gillespie, Greenbrier WV, Ingraham, Ingram, Ingram Branch, Johnson, Kanawha WV, Kidd, Kincaid, Lewis, Loop Creek, Loup Creek, Martin, Skaggs, Slaven, Stay, Steele, Story, Tincher, Walker
9 thoughts on "52 Ancestors: #34 James INGRAM, Where Did You Hide the Key?"
Paula Kelley Ward says:
I was fascinated with everything you found and wrote about James Ingram. I wonder if he's related to the Ingram family of Franklin County, Virginia? Another thing that jumped out at me was a name on the 1793 list of Greenbrier County Rangers. James Kelley is listed as a Private. I know he's not my ancestor, James Kelley, because James had finished serving in the Rev. War, was married and living in Bedford County at the time…but I was startled when I saw the name because there were other Kelley men (and they spelled "Kelley" with the "Ey") in Greenbrier County, also supposedly not related to my family…very interesting! You do a fantastic job, Cathy!
Hello Paula, thank you for the compliment! Isn't that a wonderful list? I'm finding so many old county histories on archive.org with lists of settlers etc. The more I find the more questions I have. 🙂
james m. ingram says:
Can the author please contact me as I believe this is my family.
Email sent. Look forward to hearing from you.
Tori bickford says:
I think this is my family.. would you contact me please?
Tori, I've sent you an email.
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Josi Morton Ingram says:
I enjoyed this history very much. I am the widow of Richard Henry Ingram, born in Charleston WV, 1/22/55. His father was Omri Cornelius Ingram, born in Fayette county, 12/1912. We visited Ingram Branch once but my husband had no idea how long the family had been there. Thanks for filling in some gaps for me.
Thank you, Josi, for taking the time to comment. I didn't know your husband had passed away. My condolences to you and your family. I knew your sister-in-law Sharon Ingram Williams passed away in 2018 but I had not updated my information on Omri's family. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed reading about the Ingram family.
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New Model Can Advance Treatments, Cures For Rare Diseases
Bill Frist Contributor
I cover global and domestic health care and health care reform.
If your child suffered from a rare and incurable disease, what would you do to find a cure?
My former colleague and good friend Dr. Chip Chambers faced just such a challenge, and took the bull by the horns. Last month, Dr. Chambers organized a unique medical conference that should serve as a model for advancing research and treatment for newly discovered rare diseases. On November 11, 136 physicians and scientists from 16 countries came together in Bethesda, Maryland for the Inaugural International Conference on Deficiency of ADA2. The medical experts were joined by nearly 70 patients and family members from six countries who are affected by DADA2 (Deficiency of Adenosine Deaminase 2), providing a unique opportunity for shared learnings and global connections.
As far as we know this is the shortest time between a disease being first described in the medical literature and the convening of an international meeting of this scale—less than three years. Nearly every physician and researcher who in some way has touched this disease was present.
Chip's own family was the motivation behind the conference. His two teenage children suffer from DADA2, a rare genetic disease that can cause recurrent strokes, severe systemic inflammation, immune deficiency, and damage to many of the body's tissues and organs. For years, Chip and his wife shuttled their kids in and out of doctors' offices, read medical papers, sat by their hospital beds, and even explored overseas treatments as they failed to get an answer to what was ailing their children. As the former Chief of Endocrine Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Chip and his family had access to the best possible medical care, and doors were open to them that would have been closed to other families. But it still wasn't enough to end their children's suffering.
When DADA2 was finally identified in the New England Journal of Medicine in February 2014, it meant an answer, but not a solution. Families still needed a treatment plan. That's when Chip sprang into action. Over the years he'd built connections with families whose children have similar ailments, and once DADA2 was identified, he developed relationships not only with the National Institutes of Health and the center in Israel that had discovered DADA2 and were testing biologic therapies, but also with doctors treating one or two DADA2 patients and other scientists researching the disease. He did so by combing the medical literature and calling them directly. "They would take my call because I was a doctor," he says. He learned bits and pieces from everyone he talked to, and became an expert on the disease himself – recommending different treatment options physicians should consider when faced with a likely DADA2 patient and cross-fertilizing studies conducted on multiple continents. The information he gathered helped with his children's treatment, but he knew there were hundreds—if not thousands—of others that didn't have the resources or medical knowledge he had to help themselves or their family members coping with this largely unknown disease.
He decided to hold a conference to bring together the dozens of scientists and physicians who were studying or treating DADA2, and invited the patients and their families as well, with the hope that they too could learn new treatment options to improve their quality of life. Chip coordinated with the National Institutes of Health to attract the best minds to the conference. In addition to raising funds, he also selflessly covered the cost of travel out of his own pocket to ensure those who might not have the funds to attend could still join in this groundbreaking event.
At the time of the conference, 158 patients had been identified worldwide with DADA2. For many of the patients who came to Bethesda last month, it was the first time they met another person who also had this debilitating disorder. For parents and caregivers it was an opportunity to connect with other families who had struggled with years of an unknown illness that meant frequent hospital trips, mysterious symptoms, and terrifying strokes. Physicians and scientists—who would normally be competitors in academia—agreed to put aside fears of having their research stolen and heard presentations from their colleagues so that a free exchange of information could prevail. Moving research forward quickly will require even more openness and trust, with sharing of data and institutions working together to remove unnecessary obstacles.
This should be the gold standard anytime we are facing a new medical challenge or disease. It's a proven model; in 1972 and again in 1981 physician scientists came together to address Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), the most common cause of bacterial meningitis in children. The sharing of research and collaboration across medical groups led to several vaccines in the late 1980s and early 1990s which have virtually eliminated this devastating—and often deadly—disease in young children in the United States.
Since the DADA2 conference was held just six weeks ago, four independent medical collaborations have formed to advance the understanding of DADA2! We also have exciting news coming out of Congress with the passage of the 21st Century Cures legislation, which creates incentives for the development of rare disease treatments and increases the use of patient experience and real world evidence in the drug development process.
The stars are aligning for continued progress in treating this previously unknown genetic disease. The DADA2 Foundation (www.dada2.org), formed out of the work to put on this conference, will continue to find innovative ways for patients, families, doctors, and researchers to work together to accelerate research into DADA2, to raise awareness about the condition, and to improve the lives of DADA2 patients around the world. I am excited to see what comes from the many connections and discoveries made at the November conference, and hope this serves as a model to advance cures for other new, rare diseases that still plague millions of Americans and others worldwide.
Bill Frist
I am a heart and lung transplant surgeon, former U. S. Senate Majority Leader, and chairman of the Executive Council of the health service investment firm Cressey & ...


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Rhubarb Renaissance: A Curious plant indeed
Originally, rhubarb (Rheum palmatumn) was valued for its medicinal prowess. Native to the wintry steppes of Central Asia, Himalayas and Mongolia, the Chinese cultivated and harvested the big yellow root (da haung) for its strong purgative effect and as a cure-all for a raft of other afflictions. First documented in "The Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing", the earliest book on materia medica, the Chinese have been conversant with its medicinal efficacy since 2700BC! Traded extensively along the ancient silk road routes, its therapeutic properties were soon held in high regard and demand, by the 10th century it became a major export and spread into India, Russia, Europe and North America. Read More . . .
A Root that's Worth its Weight in Gold
It's old, it's bold and has been around for more 2000 years.It's cured the privileged and commoners alike. Its reputation of being fiery and untameable has tempted and tickled the palates of kings and ordinary people for centuries.Although in England, it was initially described as a sauce suitable only for country folk and robust labouring men as it is too strong for the tender and gentle stomachs of the landed gentry. It's a perennial herb with large bright green leaves with prominent veins and toothed edges, which rise directly from a thick white root and it's propagated by root cuttings. Read More . . .
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Mumbai : Sanket More, a six-year-old boy hailing from a farmer's family in Aurangabad, was referred to Sir H N Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre by a noted Paediatric Cardiologist from Pune, Dr Pankaj Sugaonkar. The child was diagnosed with a complex heart defect, wherein all the heart chambers and arteries were interchanged. There was a large hole in the heart, and the artery to the lungs was narrow, resulting in extremely poor supply of impure blood to the lungs for purification. To make matters worse, the heart was located in the right side of the chest instead of left, and the coronary arterial courses were too crowded for an area to be chosen to connect the heart and lungs with the interposition conduits.
A simple surgery of diverting the entire oxygen-poor blood directly into the lung arteries that would provide a limited life span of inferior quality.
Plugging the hole in the heart, and putting an artificial tube from the left chamber to the tube carrying the blood to the lungs – an option in which a sub-optimal pump is assigned to pump blood.
A highly complex repair that will make the natural pumping chamber the main pump of the heart, and provide a near normal quality and longevity of life.
In addition, the chance of producing a heart block – a problem where one needs to insert a pacemaker to correct the heart rate – is high due to the inherent nature of the problem. In Sanket's case, a surgeon would have had to be extremely careful while trying to plug the hole in his heart, so as to not trigger the above problem.
After much deliberation, the team comprising a cardiologist, cardiac surgeon, anaesthetist and an intensivist decided to undertake the complex repair. It was also decided to work up the patient so that a Plan B could be implemented if Plan A fails.
A cardiac catheterisation test was performed to assess the pressures in the lung arteries, and to be ready for a second surgery if the need be. The surgical team discussed and planned all the steps of the complex repair – right from opening the chest till closing it.
Things went like clock-work in the operation theatre. It helped in reducing the operation time, as well as the time required to use the bypass machine while the heart was being repaired. The overall reduction in time meant less injury to the lungs and the heart. As a result of this meticulous planning and execution, the child could be taken off the ventilator the very next day after the surgery. His blood pressure medication too ran for a short while. The child is now taking food orally, and has been mobilised in the ICU.


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Everyone who knows me knows I love a good clean home. First of all, because it's part of my personality (forever loving tidying and cleaning) and partly because it helps with keeping my mind calm and focused. If my house is in order, my brain is in order too. And since our rental kitchen makeover, I've very much been on it ensuring it's kept nice and tidy. I'm very particular in regards to the products I used. Furthermore, with a pull towards protecting the environment and do what we can for the planet, I've been looking at introducing natural cleaning products into my home for a while now. After all, we can all being doing more to help the environment. Recently, I've discovered Bondi Wash, which is helping me to do that little bit to help the planet.
We don't have a dishwasher in our home, so we're cleaning our dishes the good old fashion way. Now, there are many good dish wash that you can pick up at your local supermarket. However, none smell amazing as Bondi Wash's dish soap. It is fragranced with lemon, tea tree and mandarin. An absolutely divine scent to have in the kitchen! It is such a light and citrus fragrance that just makes everything smell fresh and clean. Also, as their products are 99- 100% natural ingredients, my skin doesn't get irritated as they can do when I use soap (I'm allergic to it). yes, it's more than the usual dish wash that you pick up at your supermarket. However, Bondi Wash advises that their product lasts up to 50 standard washes. So the cost-value is there for me.
The most important places you need to clean in the kitchen. Your countertops, your windows and your floors. Areas that are constantly getting dirt on them and need regular, light cleaning. I love the Bondi Wash bench spray, which is the same scent as the dish wash- keeping a cohesive scent throughout the room. It also leaves my surfaces looking sparkling and clean. I also love their glass cleaner. This is one of my favourite scents from the Bondi Wash collection- Sydney peppermint and rosemary. Absolutely gorgeous!
Finally, I finish off cleaning my kitchen with Bondi Wash floor wash. This one is again in the citrus scent. I easily add it to my spray mop. 15 minutes and my floors are sparkling.
I'm a sceptic of new laundry products. Because of my dry skin and allergy to soap, there are only a few products that I can use that doesn't break me out in a rash. So when Bondi Wash laundry wash was gifted to me, I was cautious to use it. I've only been using it on my towels but so far it's been doing the job just fine. No reaction which is a huge plus. They also smell incredible (as have most of the products from Bondi Wash), with this one being Tasmanian pepper and lavender. I've loved it so much I purchased a new bottle and I'm going to make the jump to washing my clothes with this gorgeous product very soon.
I hope this post inspired you to try a new product in your home. Which products will you be giving a trail?
This post was created in collaboration with Bondi Wash. All thoughts and opinions are my own.


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GenX Women in Higher Ed, Writing from Across the Globe
What Does it Mean to 'Care' About our Students?
The Gallup results and more.
Lee Skallerup Bessette
A Gallup poll came out and the headline reads "A Caring Professor May Be Key in How a Graduate Thrives". This shouldn't come as a surprise, and it is the same conclusion that the recent book How College Works comes to (read my review here and Just Visiting's review here): the relationships that students forge with faculty, staff, and their peers is the most important factor in their persistence and success in college. Those students who don't connect drop out. Those students who do connect don't just thrive in school, but beyond.
My question, however, has to do with the language used in the headline to describe the ideal professor: caring. The gendered nature of the language can't be ignored; it calls for an increase in unrecognized emotional labor, often on the backs of female professors (I'll get to the adjunct issue in a moment). But if you would, compare the description of the findings from two different publications covering the report. From the first:
College graduates, whether they went to a hoity-toity private college or a mid-tier public, had double the chances of being engaged in their work and were three times as likely to be thriving in their well-being if they connected with a professor on the campus who stimulated them, cared about them, and encouraged their hopes and dreams.
And now, from the second:
The poll didn't measure graduates' earnings. Rather, it was rooted in 30 years of Gallup research that shows that people who feel happy and engaged in their jobs are the most productive. That relatively small group at the top didn't disproportionately attend the prestigious schools that Americans have long believed provided a golden ticket to success. Instead, they forged meaningful connections with professors or mentors, and made significant investments in long-term academic projects and extracurricular activities.
"Caring" here is more than just mentorship (which is still different from "caring"), it is also "sponsorship" – where the person actively promotes and pushes the student in ways that benefit their academic careers. The long-term academic projects. The increasing responsibility within extracurricular organizations. Caring about the students has to also come with opportunities for the students to benefit from.
Language matters. And there are still professors (largely, but not exclusively, old and male) who rail against this kind of treatment of undergrads. You know, the ones who say that we are their teachers not their parents and our job is to educate, not baby-sit. However, many of these same professors will in fact sponsor students that they see potential in, students who stand out, students who they want to help succeed. The focus for this particular demographic is not that they care (a feeling) but that they act.
Which bring me to my next point: how much good does "caring" do if you are not in a position to back up the emotion with any sort of concrete action? Adjuncts and other contingent faculty often lack the capital, both personal and institutional, to actually act on the fact that they "care" about their students. Beyond a sympathetic ear, what can an adjunct do to help the student feel more connected? What opportunities can they provide for the student beyond the three-credit-hours of the course, with no office, no time, no established place within the larger university or college (or multiple universities or colleges)?
I care about my students. And these findings and the contrasting language used to describe these findings have finally allowed for me to articulate the problem I've had with rhetoric that we just need to "care" more or that adjuncts and other contingent faculty don't "care" as much – we don't have the time and energy to "mother" them, and even if we did, we have limited access to the really important aspect, which is showing we care by providing opportunities for them beyond the walls of our (temporary) classrooms.


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Lorighittas: an all-but-lost Sardinian dish
In BBC
Sometimes lorighittas were prepared by unmarried young women and teenagers who would hang the pasta on their ears after drying them under the sun. They'd pretend that these were real jewels since not everyone had access to gold back in these days. Agostino Demontis (Pomodoro Restaurant at Cervo Hotel)
Bombardier's Renewed Focus on Regional Jets Is Paying Off
Delta on Wednesday agreed to purchase 20 of Bombardier's CRJ900 aircraft valued at about $961 million based on list prices. The deal followed an agreement with American Airlines Group Inc. in May for at least 15 jets, and brings the total order tally for the CRJ family to 1,953 since the planes first began flying in 1992. […] Customer interest in the CRJ in the U.S. and other regions has been boosted by a new cabin, called Atmosphere, which Bombardier introduced last year. The company is now considering whether to use the cabin — which features larger overhead storage bins — on its Q400 line of turboprop planes to spark sales. Frederic Tomesco (Bloomberg)
World's biggest airport plan approved in UK
In CNN
Vocal opponent Boris Johnson — the UK's foreign minister, who once said he would "lie down in front of the bulldozers" to stop a third runway being built — missed Monday's parliamentary vote because he was out of the country. Barry Neild (CNN)
Lufthansa could be making a bid for Norwegian Air
In The Independent
Acquiring Norwegian would give the German airline a significant foothold in the UK, access to valuable slots at Gatwick and a fleet of modern Boeing 787 jets. Norwegian could dovetail well with Lufthansa's budget brand, Eurowings, which has a rapidly expanding long-haul market — helped by the collapse last October of Air Berlin. But there is also speculation that the main aim of the German airline is to up the price that arch-rival IAG might possibly pay for Norwegian — including a premium to keep Lufthansa off its home turf. Simon Calder (The Independent)
Lisbon Is Thriving. But at What Price for Those Who Live There?
In New York Times
Some residents complain a dual economy has emerged, split between those who deal in property and tourism — and the rest. They also decry the "Disneyfication" of Lisbon, which they see in new shops, like "The Fantastic World of the Portuguese Sardine," where tourists can buy a can of fish with their birth year on the label. Raphael Minder (New York Times)
Emirates Airlines' new planes may have virtual windows instead of real ones
The virtual windows can be found in the first-class cabin of Emirates' newest Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The virtual windows were originally announced last year as a way for the airline to ensure that every first-class suite had a window—even if they were in the middle of the plane. Each of the plane's center suites had a set of three panels mounted on the wall, which looked like regular oval airplane windows, but were, in fact, a high-resolution display showing images of the outdoors beamed in from cameras. While it sounds like a recipe for claustrophobia—and I can't afford to test it myself—the reviews of the virtual windows are quite positive. Melissa Locker (Fast Company)
Boeing gets the go ahead for 77x megajet with folding wings
The plane will have the widest wingspan of any aircraft: 235 feet, five inches (71.8 metres), making it wider than four 53-foot (16-metre) semi-truck trailers parked end to end. It is so big, Boeing has developed hinges on its wingtips. The hinges will fold up, allowing the plane to shorten its wingspan when it's rolling across airport taxiways, the first design of its kind on any commercial airliner. Annie Palmer (Daily Mail)
Ryanair Will Add a Base Near London Despite Strong Brexit Opposition
Ryanair will station three planes at Southend, 45 miles from the U.K. capital, operating flights to 13 cities in eight countries. Kaye Wiggins (Bloomberg)
How an outrage over crispy chicken united South-East Asia
Rendang originated from the Minangkabau people of Indonesia's West Sumatra region. Rendang is a traditional Indonesian and Malaysian slow-cooked dish of meat, coconut and spices. Due to the Minangkabau people's trade relationship with India, it is believed that rendang is a close relation to Indian curry. Sarah Keating (BBC)
Four ways people ruin their holidays, according to the world's most well-travelled man
Bourdain strongly advises against planning your time in minute detail, explaining that tightly-packed schedules leave little room for spontaneity, which he hails as one of the prime joys of travelling as this allows you to discover untrodden paths and local treasures. […] Rather than simply looking at what recommendations people have made, the TV host suggests writing fake posts claiming that you've just returned from a particular restaurant or hotel and had a wonderful meal or stay there, then you can make your judgement based on the comments that follow. […] While Bourdain doesn't advocate being too mercenary when it comes to choosing your accommodation, he suggests swapping expensive hotel chains for more unique boutique options or charming rented apartments that reflect the local culture. […] Bourdain says too many of us are moving at lightning speed when we travel, eager to get to the next place without stopping to absorb the culture around us. Olivia Petter (The Independent)


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