Trust me, my friends, this is the year sustainable transportation blows up in Chicago. Say what you want about Rahm Emanuel's record on education, crime and privatization. But since he took office in early 2011, joined by forward-thinking Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein and shrewd CTA President Forrest Claypool, the city has embarked on a number of bold projects to encourage walking, biking and transit use. I promise the next three months are going to be a tipping point as we make the move from the car-centric status quo to becoming a healthier, more efficient and more vibrant city.
Where to start? The elephant in the room is the south Red Line shutdown, or rehab, depending on whether you see the glass as half empty or half full. Launched last Sunday, this $425 million project has closed the entire line south of Roosevelt for an extreme makeover, featuring the elimination of slow zones through track replacement, plus station enhancements.
It's true the work is forcing South Siders to dramatically alter their commutes for the next five months, but the alternative to a complete closure would have been four more years of weekend work and $75 million in additional costs. The CTA appears to have done a solid job of getting the word out about the overhaul, and is providing numerous alternatives, like free shuttle buses to and train rides from the Green Line's Garfield stop. In October customers will be rewarded for their patience with a twenty-minute-faster roundtrip from 95th Street to the Loop.
The South Side will also be getting a new El station with the $50 million Cermak Green Line stop, a stone's throw from McCormick Place, slated for June construction. And, starting this summer, the Wilson Red Line station, often cited as the system's most disgusting facility, will undergo a complete reconstruction that will transform it into a transfer point between Red and Purple Express service, albeit at a jaw-dropping $203 million price tag.
One summer transit initiative I'm less excited about is the debut of the Ventra payment system. While it should cause no problems for the majority of Chicagoans, I'm worried about the impact on low-income residents, since cash fare for El rides will spike from $2.25 to $3. You can avoid this increase by buying a reusable fare card for $5, which is refunded to you as a transit credit if you register it within ninety days, but this requires having a sawbuck in your hand, plus access to a phone, the Internet, or the CTA headquarters. Plus, when you register, you'll be given the option of activating the card as a prepaid debit card with numerous hidden fees, a temptation that many unbanked folks can ill afford.
On a more positive note, this summer construction will start on the Bloomingdale, the 2.65-mile, $91 million elevated greenway and linear park that will have a huge positive impact on the Northwest Side. While it promises to be a gorgeous, Millennium Park-quality facility, unlike New York's celebrated High Line it won't just be a tourist attraction. The Bloomingdale will provide much-needed additional green space and a handy, car-free walking and biking route, since it will connect to a number of parks, schools and transit lines.
But the real game-changer this summer will be a massive increase in cycling. Klein has already made waves by installing dozens of miles of protected and buffered lanes, in keeping with Emanuel's grand plan for 100 miles by 2015. Most dramatically, he turned a Dearborn car lane into a two-way protected bike lane, which immediately made the street feel less like a speedway and more like the civilized business, retail and residential corridor it was meant to be.
Now Milwaukee Avenue is about to undergo a similar transformation. Last week the Chicago Department of Transportation began repaving the street to make way for long-awaited protected bike lanes that will be the missing link between existing PBLs on Kinzie and Elston. This gutsy project will involve relocating about half of the car parking spaces on the strip to side streets—expect to hear plenty of grumbling from motorists.
Milwaukee and other new PBLs, plus a "neighborhood greenway" bike-priority, traffic-calmed street debuting on Berteau between Lincoln and Clark this summer, are sure to encourage new folks to try urban cycling. But what's really going to make biking explode is the Divvy bike-share system, a $22 million network of 4,000 vehicles at about 400 docking stations, which should launch by the Bike to Work Rally on Friday, June 14, in Daley Plaza.
This do-it-yourself public transit system, featuring comfy cruisers for short trips and errands, will eliminate barriers to cycling for thousands of residents and visitors. As has been the case in other bike-share cities, we're going to hear business owners and landlords griping as CDOT begins installing docking stations in front of their property, but once they understand how the facilities attract customers and tenants they'll be begging for the stations. There'll be hand-wringing about the many new, helmet-less riders on the streets, but this will actually make cycling safer by forcing motorists to watch out for bikes and think twice before opening their doors. Mark my words, after this summer there'll be no turning back.


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A Bujáki-patak a Cserhátban ered, Buják északnyugati határában, Nógrád megyében, mintegy 290 méteres tengerszint feletti magasságban. A patak forrásától kezdve déli irányban halad, majd Héhalomnál éri el a Bér-patakot.

Bujáknál a Virág-patak torkollik belé. Palotás településtől északra víztárolót hoztak létre a patak felduzzasztásával.

A Bujáki-patak vízgazdálkodási szempontból a Zagyva Vízgyűjtő-tervezési alegység működési területét képezi.

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Liberalna demokracija Slovenije (kratica LDS) je slovenska parlamentarna politička stranka. Trenutna predsjednica je Katarina Kresal.

Stranka je ustanovljena 12. ožujka 1994. spajanjem Liberalne demokratske stranke (LDS), Demokratske stranke Slovenije (DSS), Socijalističke stranke Slovenije (SSS) i Zelenih - Ekološko socijalne stranke (ZESS).

Na slovenskim parlamentarnim izborima 2004. godine, stranka je izgubila značajnu podršku javnosti. Od 2005. godine, ima 23 (22.8%) zastupnička mjesta u donjem domu slovenskog parlamenta, te je druga po veličini stranka u parlamentu.

Zastupljenost u parlamentu:

Predsjednici
 dr. Janez Drnovšek (12. ožujka 1994. – 19. prosinca 2002.)
 mag. Anton Rop (19. prosinca 2002. – 15. listopada 2005.)
 Jelko Kacin (15. listopada 2005. – 30. lipnja 2007.)
 Katarina Kresal (30. lipnja 2007. - )

Poveznice
 Popis političkih stranaka u Sloveniji

Vanjske poveznice
 Službena stranica

Slovenske političke stranke


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Louis Lautman is the president of the Young Entrepreneur Society, an organization dedicated to fostering successful entrepreneurs in America. He recently completed a movie called the Young Entrepreneur Society movie, also known as the YES movie. It profiles over 30 successful entrepreneurs—many of them under 20 years old- and tells their amazing stories of creativity and ingenuity. In this interview, Louis explains how it is possible to be wildly successful at a young age even if you don't have money or a college education.


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It is hard to introduce the composer Woldemar Bargiel (1828-1897) without at least some consideration of the weird mechanics of history — how history collects itself around certain figures and lets others be. On the one hand, reality was fairly kind to Bargiel: he enjoyed a comfortable career as a teacher and composer, his music was often played, and he was consistently in the orbit of those musicians whom we may now recognize as "Who's Who" in 19th-century German music. History, however, has not been so kind. Thirty years after his death, the disappearance of his music seems to have become as notable as the music that disappeared: "…his chamber music, though it sounds extremely well, has been undeservedly neglected of late" [Cobbett's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music (1928)]. Nowadays, he is usually introduced (insofar as he is introduced at all) by his proximity to those whom music history has treated with more care: Woldemar Bargiel was the half-brother of Clara Schumann (who was very famous in her time) and thus the half-brother-in-law of Robert Schumann (who was not particularly famous in his time — not, at least, as a composer — but who has since become quite canonized).
The drama of Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Clara Wieck (1819-1896), and Clara's father, Friedrich Wieck (1785-1873), is fairly well known: Wieck raised Clara to be a famous pianist, which she became; Robert was a piano student (and resident at the house) of Friedrich Wieck; after years of storms, stresses, love letters, lawsuits and calumnies, Robert and Clara got married and started out on their long, strange trip. Less known, however, is the collision of the Wiecks and the Bargiels just prior to Schumann's arrival. Adolf Bargiel and Friedrich Wieck had both worked as instructors in the house of one Baron von Seckendorf in the early 1800's. In 1828, Wieck's wife, Marianne Tromblitz, removed herself from her husband's clutches and moved into the arms of his old acquaintance Bargiel. (Wieck remarried a few years later, to another Marianne, née Fechner.) These wild times at the Wieck house yielded highly stable Bargiels, highly unstable Schumanns, and irritated Wiecks: the rest is history.
Bargiel's music, like his biography, is now most quickly explained by comparison with those composers with whom we are relatively familiar. The Octet is an early work (though it wasn't published until 1877), which Bargiel wrote while still a student at Felix Mendelssohn's Leipzig Conservatoire. It is hard to imagine that Bargiel did not look to Mendelsshohn's spectacular string Octet (1825) as a model for his own, but the largest influence on the young Bargiel was unmistakably Robert Schumann: the emblematic motives, the moments of hymn-sound, and the manner of development in the Octet all seem to reflect Schumann's patterns. Bargiel is more raucous, though, and less nervous; his spirit does not wander so much. He has more leisure, derived, perhaps, from a kind of confidence in his mechanisms. His Octet lives comfortably in the modes and methods of 19th-century German art music that his near relatives (through pains, troubles, and chance) invented, defined, and passed down through what has become history.

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A collection of supplications and whispered prayers composed by the great-grandson of the Prophet (s). Includes supplication for the Coming of the Month of Ramadhan, and supplication for Bidding Farewell to the Month of Ramadhan. At the end there is also the famous Treatise on Rights that explains beautifully the rights in an Islamic point of view.
Laws on cleanliness, prayers, fasting, hajj, transactions, marriage, and other topics. According to the Risalah of Ayatullah Ali al-Husayni Al-Seestani.
Purpose of marriage, duties of the wife, duties of the men, settling disagreements, and divorce, as well as a diverse range of day to day issues.
Useful guide including discussions on Western sexual morality, Islamic sexual morality, Islamic view of marriage and women, beginning of sexual life, rules of marriage and the wedding night, contraceptives abortion, and human reproduction. An essential guide for every bride and groom.
This book is compiled for those intending to marry in the near future or the newly married people.
What is Taqiyah? When can it be used? Best way to perform taqiyah, and when it is not allowed.
A full-length text containing dozens of supplications from the Holy Qur'an that can be recited during the Qunut in Salat, instructions on how to perform some special prayers, and information about more than a hundred names of Allah and their significance in supplication.
Understanding what Hijab is through the Quran, Hadith and Muslim culture. An expanded version of a talk given on the November 1st 1997 episode of the Islam in Focus television program.
Qur'anic verses and ahadith on the merits of reciting Salatul Layl. Includes method of recitation along with Arabic and English along with a rich collection of basic and additional supplications given to us by the Ahlul Bayt (a) that can be recited along with the prayer itself.
This presentation is a collection of Ahadith of Masumeen[as] on the rights and responsibilities of husband and wife, also including rights of child and reward of good parenting and maintaining good relations with the spouse.
Benefits of modest dress, philosophic and social reasons for dressing modestly, rules and laws involving appropriate gender interaction.
Nikah Al-Mut'ah, Zina or Sunnah?
All the Sahabah – including Abu Bakr and 'Umar - considered mut'ah to be halal throughout the lifetime of the Prophet, and throughout the rule of Abu Bakr. For most of the era of 'Umar, all the Sahabah generally affirmed the permissibility of mut'ah. However, at the end of his caliphate, he made it haram; and that changed everything. The generality of the Sahabah obeyed him; and only a handful remained steadfast in affirming the permissibility of temporary marriage. Some of the Tabi'in also proclaimed it halal. However, the number of the pro-mut'ah elements continued to dwindle among the Ahl al-Sunnah, until none – or almost none - accepted it anymore. The Shi'is, on their part, have remained unshakable and unyielding on the permissibility of temporary marriage – from the time of the Messenger till this very day of ours.
40 selected traditions narrated through the Prophet [s] and his Ahl al-Bayt [a] on the topic of Salat/Prayer.
An elaborate text describing the reality of du`a (supplication), as well as its constituents, categories and effects, and elaborating on the language which is used therein.
This work on the Shariah or Islamic Law offers a comparative study of the Divine Law that, according to authentic Islamic doctrines, embodies the Will of God in society. In the Islamic world view, God is the ultimate legislator. The five major schools that are used in the comparison are: Hanafi, Hanbali, Shafi'i, Maliki and Jaf'ari. This book, volume 5 of 8, presents the similarities and differences in the issues regarding marriage from the viewpoints of the five Schools of thoughts.
Knowing the laws regarding the monthly periods and pre or post-natal bleeding is an essential duty of every Muslim woman. This book consists of three parts (1) Menstruation (2) Irregular Bleeding (3) Post-natal Bleeding.


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Sounds a bit like the Robert Downey Jr.-film version and the Elementary of Irene rather than the opera singer. Interesting idea though. I can't wait to read it.
By the way, I foudn another Sherlock Holmes-esque manga, and this one is even wackier than the one about his niece!
By the way, did you ever check out that other Holmes manga I told you about?
Yup, and you were right, it was weird.
Did you enjoy it anyway?
You're very welcome. I hope you like the other manga as well.


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Q: Black screen after installation of a command-line version of ubuntu 12.04 I just installed ubuntu 12.04 (command line version) on an old machine (athlon 1,2 GHz, 1GB RAM, [SiS] 65x/M650/740 graphics). When I boot the screen turns black after the BIOS messages. Even grub doesn't appear.
The system reboots if I press Ctrl+Alt+Del. Ctrl+Alt+F2... doesn't bring my to any tty.
However I can access the machine via ssh (I installed it in expert mode and selected open-ssh-server during installation).
In spite of the black screen I tried to type in blind my username and password. Then I did touch test and I was able to verify via ssh that this created a file named test.
Any ideas how to fix this?
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I insalled xinit and started blind startx but there was no X session, only a black screen. However I can verify via ssh that X was running.
Here is my /var/log/Xorg.0.log: http://pastebin.com/RiZBCVfD
Here is my dmesg: http://pastebin.com/KFBdPHS9
Here is my syslog: http://pastebin.com/W9S0V6T8
Here is the output of lsmod: http://pastebin.com/nzwASEXq

A: I finally solved the problem completely by commenting out the line GRUB_TERMINAL=console in /etc/defaults/grub and doing sudo update-grub and sudo reboot.

A: Ctrl+alt+F7 is the means to switch to the standard GUI that I have seen. If that fails review what version you installed and ensure you wrote the desktop version, not the server (headless) version.

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Nicole Wittenberg (born 1979) is an American artist based in New York City. She is a curator, professor, writer, and painter.

Wittenberg was born in San Francisco, CA, and received her BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2003. She received the American Academy of Arts and Letters coveted John Koch Award for Best Young Figurative Painter in 2012. From 2011–2014 she served as a teacher at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, and the Bruce High Quality Foundation University, and in 2017 she was a professor in the Critical Theory Department at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Wittenberg's works are included in many prominent collections, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY; The Albertina, Vienna, Austria; the Boston Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA; and others. Exhibitions include The Female Gaze, Part Two: Women Look at Men at Cheim & Read Gallery, New York, NY; Painter's Painters: Gifts from Alex Katz, High Museum of Art Atlanta, GA; and In Her Hands, Skarstedt Gallery, New York, NY.

Work

Nicole Wittenberg is committed to making "lifelike" paintings and drawings that evoke an immersive feeling of a singular moment. Impassioned and awkward bodies caught mid-sex are lovingly and lusciously rendered in her paintings based on amateur porn videos. Eager spring trees in Maine glow with neon-chartreuse leaves and so much personality they feel like portraits. She captures afternoon sunlight reflecting off undulating waves in the Aegean Sea or the Savannah Sound through evocative marks in dry pastel. The chalky pigments contain a unique chromatic intensity that is difficult to capture in other media—colors seem to emanate their hues from some internal energy source. "They're about sensation—the feeling of people, places, and things. I wanted to record them really quickly and in high chroma," explains Wittenberg.

This emotive quality of the drawings carries into her oil paintings, but they require a different approach. Because oil paints are relatively transparent compared to pastels, Wittenberg experimented with adding various opaque grounds to the paintings until she achieved the desired luminosity. The technique produces canvases that glow as though they are charged with the scene's light.

Though Wittenberg has recently focused on landscapes and portraits in nature, her practice has always aligned with a sensual familiarity with life. While in school at San Francisco Art Institute, she began making drawings from slow-motion videos, life models, and photographs. In 2014, that interest in photographic and pop-culture references extended to pornography, and inspired Wittenberg to begin painting from amateur porn.

Curator and painter David Salle praised her commitment to reinventing realism with more brute force than her predecessors or contemporaries. "People think everything's been done, but that's not true." "[Wittenberg] dares herself to do precisely that which scares her."

Wittenberg further sets herself apart from the history of nude painting by depicting sexually aroused men instead of the conventional objectified female form....sexualized men are underrepresented, almost taboo in art history.

When discussing her observation-based work, Wittenberg says that "the biggest challenge is to trust what I see, even when it conflicts with what I think I see...Often, reality contrasts to how I think things should look." This dedication to trusting her eyes—even when they tell her that the backlit spring leaves need an acidic yellow to bring out their natural vibrance, or when a sunset calls for neon pink to brighten the layers of translucent oil paint—reveals the extravagant beauty of the world.

Personal life
She currently lives and works in Chinatown in New York City.

Exhibitions

 Sunday Kind of Love, Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL, 2020
 In Her Hands, curated by David Salle, Skarstedt Gallery, NYC, 2020
 Downtown Painting, Peter Freeman Gallery, NYC, 2019
 Look! New Acquisitions at the Albertina, Vienna, Austria, 2017
 Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria, 2017
 The Female Gaze, Part Two: Women Look at Men, Cheim Read Gallery, NYC, 2016
 DICKS, Fortnight Institute, NYC, 2016
 Nice Weather, curated by David Salle, Skarstedt Gallery, NYC, 2016
 A Stay in the Paphos Loop, Offspace.xyz, NYC, 2016
 Painter's Painters: Gifts from Alex Katz, High Museum of Art Atlanta, GA, 2015
 Night Tide, curated by Jarrett Earnest, Gallery Diet, Miami, FL, 2014
 Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year 1, 2013
 The Malingerers, Freight+Volume, New York, NY, 2012
 Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, New York, NY, 2012
 Brucennial, New York, NY, 2012
 The Fitting Room, Vogt Gallery, New York, NY, 2011

Permanent Collections

Works by this artist can be seen at:

 Albertina, Vienna, Austria
 Aishti Foundation, Beirut, Lebanon
 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
 High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
 Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME
 Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME
 Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME
 Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME

References

External links
 NicoleWittenberg.com

Living people
21st-century American women artists
Artists from New York City
1979 births
Artists from San Francisco
San Francisco Art Institute alumni


Luke Doherty, who is living with cystic fibrosis, has had a double lung transplant.
My life with cystic fibrosis (CF) has had lots of twists and turns, not unlike the white-knuckle ride which was the Alton Towers' Nemesis roller-coaster I hopped on as a young boy. I've had infections, a collapsed lung, and a double lung transplant. To cap it all, I've even had chemotherapy.
My older sister had been diagnosed with CF so when I was born, I was tested immediately. Unfortunately for me, I also had it. Growing up, the daily routine of chest physiotherapy, nebulisers, and numerous medicines were just part and parcel of daily life. It did have its upside in that I could eat all the food I wanted. You see, with CF the body needs to work harder to breathe so we need 50 per cent more calories. There have to be some advantages, right?
I played a lot of football growing up and loved being active. After my Leaving Cert, I decided to undertake a three-year Personal Trainer and Sports Therapist course at Sallynoggin College of Further Education.
This also marked the beginning of when my health started to decline - in both my second and third years I ended up getting pneumonia. On finishing that course in 2013, I started a degree in strength and conditioning at Setanta College, while also working part-time in different gyms.
Around the same time, my infections were also becoming more routine – a sign that the CF was progressing. My lung function was only 24 per cent which was worse than trying to breathe through a straw with a nose peg on. I was being admitted to hospital every two months.
By December 2015 one of my lungs had collapsed and it would never recover. My health was becoming like a game of dominos. One problem would lead to another to the point that a lung transplant was my best option for survival and, after a process of assessment, I was put on the transplant list.
The following March, having been stable for a while, I was discharged from St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin. While I felt good and my oxygen levels were OK, having just one lung – itself only partially working – there was a danger that if I got another infection, I would have nothing left to work with.
Skip forward to late July when the worst-case scenario happened. I got a lung infection. It was back to St Vincent's Hospital.
It was rough I gotta tell you. I found it harder than ever to breathe. I was on litres of oxygen and honestly didn't know if I would ever leave hospital. My anxiety kicked in. One night I had an anxiety attack so bad I asked to be sedated. My nurses were great. Every time they left, my anxiety flared up and I couldn't go a minute without someone trying to calm me down. It was weird because my vital signs were normal. I was just hyperventilating.
By mid-August 2016, I had recovered sufficiently to go home. The night before I was due to be discharged, a nurse who I fondly referred to as "mama bear" – she was so protective of me – came in to the room to tell me that the Mater Hospital had been trying to reach me. They had a set of lungs. I had to answer the call to accept them, but I had limited mobile phone coverage in my room.
I got in touch with them straightaway. We headed off to the Mater to get ready and to see if the lungs were viable. In the ambulance my nurse couldn't understand why I was so calm, but I was just treating it as a dry run, not thinking it would go ahead.
At 5am the next morning, I was told the surgery was happening. I texted a few friends to let them know. I figured I would either wake up with a new set of lungs or I just wouldn't wake up.
24 hours later, I woke up. Everything had gone to plan. One week on, all the drains were out and, on day 12, I was allowed home. Slowly but surely, I would get stronger and my lung function would improve.
Just before Christmas, I was finishing up a gym session when I got a call from the hospital. They were concerned about one of my tests. A small percentage of transplants can develop PTLD or post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder, which can be cancerous. In typical "Luke-style", I was one of the unlucky ones. Thankfully they had caught mine before it had gotten to that stage, but I would need chemotherapy.
However, before that could happen, I would have to go back to hospital to recover sufficiently and build up my strength to be able to cope with the chemo. Three months later, I was discharged, well enough to start on six rounds of chemotherapy as an out-patient. At the same time, I hit the gym. It not only helped to keep me sane but kept my body strong and able to deal with the chemo.
Fortunately, at the end of it all, the PTLD had been reduced to low enough levels that it was undetectable in blood tests.
Throughout all of this, I kept going with my degree and am delighted to have qualified in early 2018. I have also now set up my own strength and conditioning business, and am involved with youth development academies, as well working with national and international athletes across various sports.
I strongly believe that having a "never give up" attitude, a by-product of living life with CF, can really help bring you through the tough times. It certainly worked for me.


Diabetes is one of the common disease which has affected more than 29 million people in United States(1). Almost 9.3 percent American population who suffer from sugar issues. Charcot foot is caused due to loss of sensation in the foot joints. High levels of sugar in blood damages the nerves of our feet. Fortunately there are natural ways to treat charcot foot pain and its symptoms.
Charcot foot is a pathological condition which is one among many diabetic neuropathy diseases. Diabetic people are at higher risk of developing this condition than non-diabetic people.
Charcot foot is also known as Neuropathic Arthropathy. The signs of pain and discomfort start to trigger when it has suffered from frequent trauma. High levels of blood sugar affects nerve fibers throughout the body. It is very important to look for ways to lower high blood sugar to avoid further damage.
In addition, there are other factor responsible for triggering charcot foot pain. Some common causes of neuropathic arthropathy are hereditary, blood issues, or variation in the size of vascular system. The damages can aggravate in people with stress and anxiety.
Here are some of the best natural ways to treat charcoat foot at home and reduce the discomfort as much as possible.
Keeping your blood sugar levels in healthy range can be one of the best way to reduce charcot foot pain. Lower blood sugar also reduce stress and hypertension which is beneficial for reducing nerve damage. Studies have found that people with high blood sugar levels are at higher risk of getting charcot foot.
According to American Diabetes Association, The diabetic charcot foot syndrome is a serious and limb threatening complication of diabetes. It causes disorganization of bones which can be painful. To reduce these dangerous sugar levels one should eat balanced diet. Exercise daily and avoid sitting ideal.
Diabetics are advised to exercise daily in order to manage the the symptoms of diabetes. Having said that, follow a simple yet effect exercise routine that will make you sweat. Workout need not to be weight oriented, it can be simple half hour walking. But as you are suffering from charcot foot, yoga and physical therapy are your best friend.
If the pain is not that significant then try cycling or swimming. Both of these are whole body workout which will burn lots of energy. Physical therapy is another effective way to manage charcot foot syndrome. You can either join a therapy session or ask them to give you a list of exercises which can be done at home.
Smoking is very bad for diabetic people because smoking can increase the speed of nerve damage. If you are experiencing any sign of neuropathic arthropathy or COPD then quit smoking immediately. Tobacco smoke is very harmful for kidneys and it may put you at the risk of developing kidney disease such as kidney stone. People who are addicted to smoking also suffer from varied breathing patter which directly affects the nerve in the foot.
To treat charcot foot, one must avoid direct or passive smoking. Uses of tobacco in any way possible is highly criticized. People who are nonsmokers and non-diabetic have good chances of eliminating the supporting side-effects that causes charcot foot.
Go organic is all I can say. Modern cultivation technique uses pesticides and chemicals which is absorbed bu fruits and vegetables and passed to our body.
Beauty products are another worse chemicals which you must avoid. It is hard for women to do that, but most of the cosmetic products are chemical compounds.
Do you clean your house? If you are diabetic and clean your house using household cleanser then avoid doing it immediately. These cleanser can get absorbed through skin and causes more complications to charcot foot.
Avoid popping pills in your mouth for small health conditions such as mild headache or stomach cramps. Commonly prescribed drugs such as antibiotic and pain reliever can cause allergic reaction which can trigger charcot foot pain.
Native Americans had used the seeds of primrose to heal bruises. However, recent studies and research have found that the oil extracted from the primrose wild flower can reduce foot numbness caused by neuropathy. Being an anti-inflammatory plant, primrose oil is helpful in increasing sensitivity of nerves.
According to University of Maryland Medical Center, studies have found that GLA may help reduce symptoms of diabetic neuropathy. It help with sensation of burning, numbness, pain, and lack of sensation in feet and leg.
People suffering from charcot foot should avoid wearing normal shoes. There are specialty shoes which are medically approved and highly beneficial for neuropathy.
It is called orthotic treatment of charcot foot which is natural and does not require any kind of surgery. It provide relief from pain, numbness, and tingling sensation. Studies have found that it can treat charcot foot deformity by re-arranging the bones over the period of time.
There is no wrong in accepting that you might need a special shoes. Many people are coping with charcot foot on daily basis try to avoid these shoes. However, they are comfortable and highly useful. Consult your doctor to get the best fit for your legs.
Peppermint oil have coolness effect on numbness of feet. Topical uses of peppermint oil can help you with tingling sensation and alleviate pain. It is highly beneficial for reducing toxins from body by the means of sweat and urine. Drinking peppermint leaf tea will detox your body.
First of all wash your leg with water and pat dry.
Apply some of the peppermint oil on affected part.
With gentle pressure, massage for 1 minutes.
Make sure you are not applying too much of pressure which can cause pain.
Frankincense is an effective charcot foot treatment. It is natural pain reliever which help stimulate the nerves in your foot. Frankincense oil is widely used in aromatherapy to reduce stress and upper respiratory problems.
Topical use of frankincense oil is helpful in treating sensory neuropathy. It improve the neuron reflexes and treat the lack of sensation.
Soak a cotton ball in franckincense oil.
Dab it on affected feet, just make sure there is no open wounds.
The oil extracted from the leaf of lavender plant has nerve calming abilities which can improve sensation in feet. Lavender is very useful charcot foot treatment that comes handy as quick fix. It has anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and anti-anxiety properties that can be helpful in providing relief from stress.
Lavender has immune boosting properties which is helpful in treating any type of infection.
Apply few drops on area where sensitivity is low.
Spread it evenly and rub it gently for several minutes.
Allow it to sit for half hour then wipe it off with cotton.
Note: don't apply it on open wounds.
Stress can worsen and increase the risk of developing charcot joints. It is better to lower your stress and try to feel positive. Anxiety and tension can stimulate your hormones in a wrong way which can only make things worse. Meditate in the morning and follow simple yoga routine to relax your mind to cure charcoat foot syndrome.
Eat foods rich in vitamin B6 because it can manage the blood cell regeneration. The Journal of Diabetes Research has published an article which claims that people with neuropathy can benefit from eating vitamin B6. The best way to manage diabetic charcot foot syndrome is a balanced healthy diet. A diet with proper nutrients can be the best home remedies for treating this condition at home.
Natural treatment for charcot foot are helpful in reducing its side-effects and common symptoms. Diabetic people should only focus on lowering the blood sugar levels. Avoid eating spicy, deep fried and sugary foods to promote fast recovery.


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Q: Kendo UI Grid for Angular 2 Server Side Sorting I'm following this Grid Sorting example on the Kendo documentation, but I need guidance in getting this to work as a server-side sort instead of a client-side sort.
I'm thinking the "toOdataString()" method used in their Data-Binding example should somehow be able to accept the sortDescriptors as well.  Can anyone advise on whether or not this is supported, and if so, how do I achieve it?
Thanks a mil'.

A: The data binding example that you linked also supports sorting you just need to enable it:

*

*Enable the option on the Grid:
[sortable]="{ mode: 'multiple' }"
[sort]="sort"

*Pass the sort parameters in the dataStateChange event:
this.grid.dataStateChange
    .do(({ skip, take, sort }: DataStateChangeEvent) => {
        this.skip = skip;
        this.pageSize = take;
        this.sort = sort;
    })
    .subscribe(x => this.service.query(x));

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OAuth and bot passwords (and maybe other things, now that grants are in core) rely on $wgGrantPermissions to expose access to privileged functionality, but most extensions don't support it. Any extensions that defines a user right which can in some way influence use of the API should also create a grant for that right, or add it to some existing grant.
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Starting in March 2015, I have gone to a near Zero Water Change Philosophy. Near Zero Water changes doesn't mean no maintenance. Still siphon and remove as much detritus as possible.
Observe: Observe corals and livestock for any potential problems.
Detritus: Not always daily but as often as possible, I use a turkey baster to blow of any detritus and other debris from the rock structures and zoanthid colonies.
Clean Glass: Usually Clean the front glass with the magnet when necessary. This is not normally a daily task but at least a quick swipe a couple times a week.
Daily Additives: Daily Addition of Supplements consists of 10 drops of Iron Suppliment ( Randy's DIY Recipe of 1 Feregon Pill dissolved in 50ml of ro/di water ), 3 Drops of Iodine ( Varies between Lugols or a Iodine seaweed pills for human consumption dissolved in ro/di ), 20Mil of HW Wiegandt Tracetip 1, Tracetip 2, Miratip ( round robin between them daily only doing 1 per day ).
Feeding: Feed the fish and corals. As often as 3 to 5 times a day.
Mid Morning: Usually consists of 1 sheet of Two Little Fishies Green or Purple Seaweed. I alternative between the two.
Evening: Some sort of pellet or flake food. The mandarin will eat the small pellet food so I tend to feed that most often. However, I do have several flake that have been given as promotional items for various events so I try to use that up.
Kalkwasser Topoff: Refill 29g Kalkwasser Resevoir as necessary ( usually ends up about every 10 days, I know right away when empty based on the pH reading from the Aquacontroller ). Add 2 cups of BulkReefSupply Kalkwasser. The rest is RO/DI. No mixing, just adding the ro/di to refill stirs it up enough. It is let to sit until time to refill. Covered with a glass top that is not air tight.
Depending on the season and Alkalinity levels add up to 3 cups of kalkwasser and 1000mil of Distilled white vinegar. Wintertime because its dryer in the house from the furnace I usually don't need vinegar, summertime is when its needed the most.
Algae Turf Scrubber: Harvest the algae from the algae turf scrubber. On average I get about 32oz cup of algae that have been rinsed and squeezed.
Substrate: I siphon the substrate using a long tubing into a filter sock located in the sump. This is so I can remove all the detritus and other debris from the substrate without removing any water. To reduce costs and convience I now make my own filter socks and treat them a disposable.
Back Glass: Scrape the back glass using a long handled kent scraper. My personal preference, I don't care for the back to get covered in coraline algae. I think it provides better contrast and looks better when kept clean.
Weekly Additives: 2 drop of Mangenese. No other weekly supplments.
Carbon Reactor: Carbon is required to keep the tint of the water clear and most importantly to keep water from having an odor.
Add 1 cup of BRS Rox .8 carbon and fill the remainder of the cartridge with filter floss. On occasion if seeing algae or bacteria buildup in show which typically occurs when phophate levels reach above .06ppm, I will add 1 to 2 tablespoons of GFO mixed in with the carbon to help lower. Adding GFO is not every week it is just a tool in the toolbox when needed.
Aptasia Control: I still perfer to mix up a very thick kalkwasser paste and using a syringe to completely cover the disk. It will form a paste over the entire area where the aptasia was located. Must keep all your powerheads off overnight only running return pump for oxygenation. It's the most effective but never erradicates completely. Some will pop back out after a week or so. When they get bad enough in hard to reach areas, I will disassembly my aquascaping to get to as many as possible.
Aptasia zapping. I've tried Copperband butterflies but it's hard to get one well acclimated and I have killed enought of them to stop trying. Pepperment shrimp are not an option becuase of wrasses in the tank. I've tried the 12v zappers with minimal success because the aptasia immediately hides back in the hole and you can't see to get to it.
Monthly Additives: Supplements ( See Additives Page for More details the supplements used. Dosages are adjusted accordingly after each Triton Test Results so the amounts do change slightly.
Nickel - No longer dose. Ran out of supplement and didn't see any need to continue.
Clean Sump: Approx. Quarterly may be less frequent depending on the buildup. This is where the near 0 water changes comes into play. Not worth the effort to try to save the salwater when doing sump maintenance. Completely drain the sump/frag tank to I can vacuum up all the debris. I can siphon the sump becasue it's sitting on the ground. I just drain with a powerhead and tubing to a floor drain then get the last remaining debris with a wet dry vac. Takes about 1 hour to complete the process.
Clean and Inspect Powerheads: Replace the Maxijet powerheads with Apex Wav pumps in Nov 2016.
Return Pump: Take the external return pump offline and clean the impeller of any calclum deposits.
Heaters: I closely inspect heaters for any condensation on the inside. Regardless if needs it or not I replace the Primary Heater every 2-3 years. Use the older as the secondary heater, backup/spare, or for misc. tasks.


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Preventing childhood obesity: It's never too early to start
What's the best way to prevent children from becoming obese?
While theories abound, one thing we've learned so far: It's never too early to start. A New England Journal of Medicine study last week showed that children who are overweight in kindergarten are much more likely to become obese teenagers. Other recent research suggests risks begin in the womb, and include a mother's weight gain, blood sugar levels and smoking habits. Risks may even stretch back generations; the great-grandchildren of a group of rats exposed to DDT had higher levels of fat and weight gain than progeny of those not exposed.
TEDMED 2013 speaker Peter Attia, an MD who conducts what his organization, NuSI, considers the most comprehensive research on the causes of diet-related diseases to date in adults, says that factors likely to trigger children to become overweight in the first place may indeed be present at birth, and are tough to surmount.
Does a typical school lunch contribute to food-related diseases?
"Genetic factors aren't as likely to explain changes over relatively short periods of time. The epigenetic factors – genetic factors turned on by environmental triggers – may have a lot to do with a mother's eating behaviors while a child is in utero. [Studies so far] certainly suggest that the quality of a mother's diet plays a role in a child's susceptibility to obesity and insulin resistance," Attia says.
And these influences are only likely to grow along with a child, he says.
"There's a whole host of systems and structures that got that child to be where they are; they're probably related to socioeconomic status, education, and what the child consumed for the first five years of his or her life. All of those factors aren't going to go away," Attia says.
Communities are scrambling to catch up, and many are looking at the school environment as a logical start point. In TEDMED's Google+ Hangout last week, Great Challenges team members and special guests discussed measures schools are taking to educate kids about good nutrition and ensure that they receive it on school premises. They include efforts to help schools procure locally grown fresh food for cafeteria lunches; on-site gardens where children harvest and study the science of food; and nutrition education and cooking classes. (Watch a video of the insights shared here.)
Will these interventions happen quickly and go far enough? Attia has hypothesized that foods high in sugar — juice, soda, candy bars, sugary cereals, and sauces — are prime culprits of diet-related illnesses like type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease. And right now they're commonly available in cafeterias and on school property.
The fast rise of these ills in children – as many as seven million cases of fatty liver disease in the U.S. – should be a wake-up call that vast changes are needed, starting with improved medical research on their causes, Attia says.
"Do we honestly want to continue reiterating the same dogma for the next 30 years that says 'Just eat less and exercise more, and if you have the right moral fortitude you'll be fine?'
"It's been a scientific and policy failure in adults. All you have to do is look back when the mantra started, and look at how many people were obese, and how many had type 2 diabetes, and follow through on the amount of spending that's gone to propagating that message, and compare that to the numbers today," he says.
What's happening to kids also reinforces what Attia expressed in his TEDMED talk: That we mistakenly attribute obesity and its related diseases to a failure of personal responsibility.
" 'People who are obese and diabetic are morally corrupt.' We don't come out and say that, but that's the implication. 'These are bad people. These are lazy people who lack discipline.'
"But do we really believe that children are morally bankrupt, lazy, slothful entities who just choose to be gluttonous? We have a hard time believing that for a five-year-old," he says.
– Stacy Lu
Author Stacy LuPosted on February 5, 2014 March 23, 2014 Categories The Great Challenges ProgramTags childhood obesity, Great Challenges, Peter Attia, TEDMED
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Bellflower, California was once the home to a dairy industry and a huge Dutch immigrant population. However, with time, the city evolved into a bedroom community of single-family homes in a small downtown area.
Today, Bellflower has grown into a city with a rich ethnic diverse population. Moreover, the city's 56 active churches make it the country's highest concentration of churches per square mile. While the place is a refuge for people from the violence and bleakness of the inner city, many homes here also suffer from bee, wasp and yellow jacket problems.
It is true that we have to protect the population of the world's busiest pollinators, which are our bees. However, this does not have to be done at the risk of suffering from bee stings. Looking for Bellflower bee removal service is even more urgent if there are bees in the vicinity, and someone in your family is allergic to bee stings. This is because the venom in bee stings is life-threatening to people with allergies.
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How Do I Dissolve a Final Restraining Order?
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If you have a final restraining order against you, or if you have a final restraining order entered against someone else, you can make an application to the court to have it dissolved. That is the only way to dissolve the restraining order, and there are certain factors that the court is going to be interested in. If you were the victim of domestic violence, and you have the restraining order, you can go to the court and you can make an application to dissolve it fairly easily. If you are the person that has the restraining order entered against you, it is a little bit more difficult for you to make application for it to be resolved.
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The under 15s and 16s are currently in Italy for a half term tournament
The Northampton Town Academy under 15s and 16s are spending the half term week in Italy, taking part in a tournament involving the Cobblers, AFC Bournemouth, Luton Town, Rimini, Savignanse, Haverhill and Cesena. We will have regular updates on the trip:
After a long day travelling to our hotel in Cattolica, we had an evening warm up game against Santacalangelo. Our U15s drew 0-0 in a game where we had lots of chances to win the game but it was a positive start to the tour. The U16s had a tough task against a very good side and ended up losing 5-2 but turned in a much improved second half performance that could give them encouragement. We then enjoyed following the first team's win at Macclesfield in the evening!
With the tournament starting against Premier League side Bournemouth the U16s faced a tough task. After dominating the first half and missing a handful of chances, Bournemouth went 1-0 up with the last kick of the half. They then controlled the second half as the Cobblers dropped their performance. The education here is for the boys to learn how to manage themselves and their bodies in a tournament environment. The game ended 5-0 to the Premier League side.


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China's Sponge Cities To Combat Flooding.
A small part of Shanghai is turning greener, street by street. In the Lingang district, pavements are lined with trees, gardens and public squares full of plant beds. Between cranes and construction sites, plans display new buildings enveloped in the green and blue of parks, streams, and water features. Lingang (also known as Nanhui after it was renamed in 2012) has a mission. As Shanghai's "sponge city", it is piloting an ecologically friendly alternative to traditional flood defences and drainage systems in the coastal city which faces long-term risks from rising sea levels.
Rapid concrete development in China has often blocked the natural flow of water with hard, impervious surfaces; to reverse this, the sponge city concept focuses on green infrastructures, such as wetland areas, rooftop plants and rain gardens. "In the natural environment, most precipitation infiltrates the ground or is received by surface water, but this is disrupted when there are large-scale hard pavements," says Wen Mei Dubbelaar, director of water management China at Arcadis. "Now, only about 20-30% of rainwater infiltrates the ground in urban areas, so it breaks the natural water circulation and causes waterlogging and surface water pollution." In Lingang, the wide streets are built with permeable pavements, allowing water to drain into the soil. Central reservations are used as rain gardens, filled with soil and plants. The large manmade Dishui Lake helps control the flow of water, and buildings feature green rooftops and water tanks.
Lingang can introduce innovations into its urban fabric, but retrofitting older areas in Shanghai is difficult. Recent redevelopments include the former industrial West Bund Riverside, using wetlands, permeable materials and raised walkways to make the area naturally "spongey." But it is difficult to create room for new green space. Even existing parks are largely a missed opportunity, says Li, usually built higher than street level and failing to offer a natural escape route for runoff floodwater. Most focus is on green roofs – the Shanghai government wants 400,000 sq metres of new rooftop gardens – or gradually replacing pavements. By 2020, the government wants 20% of the built area of each pilot district to have sponge city functions, meaning at least 70% of stormwater runoff should be captured, reused, or absorbed by the ground. By 2030, a huge 80% of each city should meet this requirement. This target puts pressure on new areas to compensate for older districts, where a wholesale retrofit by 2030 seems doubtful.
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I know Dirt Pudding doesn't sound like it would be a sensational recipe, but it is! This quick and easy 3-ingredient dessert combines Double-Stuffed Oreos, non-dairy whipped topping and Blue Bell vanilla ice cream. It is soooooooo simple. All you have to do is melt the ice cream, stir in the whipped topping and crushed oreos and stir. Pour into a bowl and sprinkle a few more Oreo crumbs on top. Then refreeze. Really. It's that simple. Waiting for the ice cream to melt takes the longest time in this quick and easy recipe.
Dirt Pudding is a fantastic recipe to serve to company. For that matter, you can use just about any kind or any flavor of ice cream. If you use a different flavor of Oreos like the orange creamsicles, this recipe would work great with an orange creamsicle ice cream or even sherbet. You can use the basic recipe with almost anything.
Years ago, in early 2000, I was working at the Baptist Convention of New England when my kids were finishing up school. We had a party there one day and Cindy Zoller, who I used to attend church with at Southwest Baptist Church in DeSoto, also worked there and brought in this great recipe for that party.
I HAD to have the recipe. When she told me how easy it was, I couldn't believe it. I haven't made this recipe as much as I probably could have over the years. I've made it a couple of times but forgot about it until I was looking through my cookbook a couple of weeks ago.
I promptly bought the ingredients so I could make it for our Sunday evening care group at our church. This group consists mostly of young couples (so we are like parents to many of them). We have a true potluck (nothing planned) every Sunday evening for dinner. Sometimes we have all desserts, sometimes we have a variety of finger foods, some times it's something easy like fruit or even Animal Crackers!
There are lots of little ones running around so we have to provide food for every appetite. I brought this to our care group a couple of weeks ago and everyone loved it. There was some left over they asked me if I would bring it the following week also! Even the guys loved this dessert asking me what was in it. Everyone kept going back for more until it was cleaned out. As you can see from the pictures below, this recipe makes a lot. While the amount on the recipe card is 12, depending on the size scoop you use, you may be able to stretch this to 20 or more servings, especially if you're serving more than one dessert.
Dirt Pudding is one of the easiest desserts you'll ever make.
If you enjoy ice cream desserts, you'll love Dirt Pudding.
Oreos and ice cream go so well together.
Soften ice cream by setting it out on the counter for 30-60 minutes. Meanwhile, crush Oreos in a zip lock back with a rolling pin. Using a knife or spoon, scrape out all the crumbs and icing into a bowl. Set aside.
Place softened ice cream in a large mixing bowl.
Add part of the Oreo cookie crumbs.
Pour mixture into your serving bowl. Sprinkle with remaining Oreo cookie crumbs. Freeze a few hours until totally frozen. If desired, garnish with Oreo cookies and maraschino cherries.
(Do not try to garnish ahead of time or the cookies and maraschino cherries will sink into the dessert).
Serve Dirt Pudding in bowls or parfait dishes.
This lovely dessert is fabulous for the holidays, plus it's so easy since it uses only 3 ingredients. Don't let the name fool you, Dirt Pudding is spectacular!
Put ice cream in a large bowl and let melt until it gets mushy.
Add cool whip or non-dairy whipped topping.
Crush oreos (place in a ziplock and pound or roll with rolling pin).
Reserve about ½ -3/4 cup oreos for topping.
Fold remaining oreos into ice cream mixture.
Sprinkle oreo crumbs on top.
NOTE: If you choose to garnish with Oreo cookies and maraschino cherries on top, you will need to freeze the dessert completely beforehand. Otherwise the cookies and cherries will sink into the pudding and disappear!
NOTE: Preparation time does not include time required to soften ice cream.
This lovely dessert is fabulous for the holidays, plus it's so easy since it uses only 3 ingredients. Don't let the name fool you, Dirt Pudding is spectacular!
If you choose to garnish with Oreo cookies and maraschino cherries on top, you will need to freeze the dessert completely beforehand. Otherwise the cookies and cherries will sink into the pudding and disappear![br][br]Preparation time does not include time required to soften ice cream.
Everyone will rave over this Dirt Pudding dessert.
Dirt Pudding is a great dessert to make for the Christmas holiday season and parties, Valentine's Day, or for other special occasions like birthdays or anniversaries.
I'm sure you'll love it, Kim.


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Clayton Connick Published: January 28, 2021
Alabama football analyst Mike Stoops is anticipated to join Willie Taggart and be Florida Atlantic's next defensive coordinator, Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports reported.
Stoops was recently rumored to be joining former Alabama offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian's staff at Texas as a linebacker coach. That deal fell through, and Stoops returned to Alabama in the analyst role that he has been in for the past two seasons.
Coach Stoops has been around the block, holding assistant roles at Iowa, Kansas State, and Oklahoma before being hired as Arizona's head coach in 2003. Stoops' Arizona teams were wildly inconsistent, going 41-50 in his time there. After being fired from Arizona, he returned to Oklahoma and was hired as defensive coordinator in 2012.
Stoops' defensive units at Oklahoma were known for giving up large sums of points. However, Oklahoma had continued success during his time there due to its high powered offense. Stoops coached in two College Football Playoff games while with the Sooners. After the 2018 loss to Texas, Stoops was let go from Oklahoma midseason. Nick Saban brought him to Tuscaloosa as a defensive analyst for the 2019 and 2020 seasons.
The Florida Atlantic Owls have been under head coach Willie Taggart for one season, going 5-4 overall and 4-2 in Conference USA. The Owls lost their last three games of the season, including the Montgomery Bowl to the Memphis Tigers.
Getting out of the Power 5 will allow Stoops to implement his knowledge at a smaller program. Taggart is a more offensive-minded coach, so Stoops will most likely have full reign of the Owls defense. After learning under Nick Saban for two years, Stoops will have a great opportunity at Florida Atlantic to display that he can still be a successful coach in college football.
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Regina Carter Bio
A gifted and creative legend in the making
Regina Carter :: Biography
Regina Carter, was born in Detroit August 6, 1966, and was one of three children in her family. She is the cousin of jazz saxophonist James Carter. She began piano lessons at the age of two after playing a melody by ear for her brother's piano teacher. As a teenager, she played in the youth division of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. While at school, she was able to take master classes from Itzhak Perlman and Yehudi Menuhin.
Carter attended Cass Technical High School with a close friend, jazz singer Carla Cook, who introduced her to Ella Fitzgerald. In high school, Carter performed with the Detroit Civic Orchestra and played in a pop-funk group named Brainstorm. In addition to taking violin lessons, she also took viola, oboe, and choir lessons.
Carter was studying classical violin at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston when she decided to switch to jazz, but the school did not have that as a program. She transferred to Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. Here she studied jazz with Marcus Belgrave. Through Belgrave Carter was able to meet a lot of people active in the Detroit jazz scene, including Lyman Woodard. She graduated in 1985. After graduating, she taught strings in Detroit public schools. Needing a change of scene, she moved to Europe and spent two years in Germany. While making connections, she worked as a nanny for a German family and taught violin on a U.S. military base.
Carter returned to the U.S. and first came into the spotlight as the violinist for the all female pop-jazz quintet Straight Ahead in 1987, with Cynthia Dewberry, Gailyn Mckinney, Eileen Orr, and Marion Hayden. In the early to mid-1990s, Branford Marsalis was quoted as saying, "They truly swing." They released a trio of albums on the Atlantic Jazz label including their self-titled debut, Body and Soul, and Look Straight Ahead. Carter went solo before the release of their third album, Dance of the Forest Rain, and established herself as a force in the jazz world on the violin. In 1991 she left the band and moved to New York City.
While in New York she was a relative unknown and undertook work accompanying performers such as Aretha Franklin, Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige, Billy Joel, and Dolly Parton. She also played with Max Roach and Oliver Lake, as well as being in the String Trio of New York.
While with the trio, she released her first solo CD, Regina Carter (1995). 1997 saw the release of her second solo album dedicated to her mother, entitled Something For Grace. She toured with Wynton Marsalis for the 1997 production Blood on the Fields. She then changed record companies, from Atlantic Records to Verve Music Group, which allowed her more artistic freedom and she released Rhythms of the Heart (1999). She released Motor City Moments in 2000, paying homage to her home town.
I'll Be Seeing You: A Sentimental Journey, Carter's sixth CD and was conceived as a tribute album to her late mother, which included some of her favorites as well as American standards from the 1920s-1940s. Some songs include "Blue Rose" (Duke Ellington), "Sentimental Journey" (Les Brown), "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" (Ella Fitzgerald), as well as "I'll Be Seeing You".
Active as an educator, mentor, and proponent of the Suzuki method, Carter has taught at numerous institutions, including at Berklee College of Music, and two appearances at Stanford Jazz Workshop.
Regina Carter was awarded a MacArthur Fellows Program grant, also known as a "genius grant", in September 2006. The award includes a grant of $500,000 over five years.
1995 Regina Carter (Atlantic)
1997 Something for Grace (Atlantic)
1999 Rhythms of the Heart (Verve)
2000 Motor City Moments (Verve)
2001 with Kenny Barron: Freefall (Verve)
2003 Paganini: After a Dream (Verve)
2006 I'll Be Seeing You: A Sentimental Journey (Verve)
2010 Reverse Thread (E1 Entertainment)
2014 Southern Comfort (Masterworks)
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Gov. Jeff Colyer said Kansas will continue to push to impose a work requirement on Medicaid recipients.
Despite the setback, Colyer said his administration will continue discussions with federal officials about requiring some of the more than 420,000 Kansans enrolled in KanCare, the state's privatized Medicaid program, to work or pursue job training.
"I remain strongly committed to incentivizing self-reliance through work," Colyer said in an email to the Kansas News Service.
"Instead, such mandates are costly and punitive, wasting millions of dollars to create bureaucratic obstacles and ultimately covering fewer people," Weisgrau said.
A recent study by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, a left-leaning nonpartisan research organization based in Washington, D.C., found that Medicaid work requirements could be counter-productive.
Forcing Medicaid recipients into low-wage jobs, the report said, would leave many ineligible for Medicaid but unable to afford private coverage.
In the final weeks of the 2018 legislative session, Kansas lawmakers approved a budget proviso that allows the Colyer administration to continue negotiating with federal officials. But it prohibits state officials from implementing a work requirement with legislative approval.
Jim McLean is managing director of the Kansas News Service. You can reach him on Twitter @jmcleanks.


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Special Ops Soldier to Receive Medal of Honor
Photo by: Photo courtesy of Sgt. Maj. Thomas P. Payne
A special operations soldier will receive the Medal of Honor for his role in a daring hostage rescue mission in 2015 in Iraq, while a second soldier could posthumously be awarded the nation's highest award for valor for his actions in 2005.
Sgt. Maj. Thomas Payne will receive the Medal of Honor on Sept. 11 during a ceremony at the White House.
Payne, an Army Ranger assigned to Army Special Operations Command who has deployed 17 times, will be the seventh service member—and second living recipient—to receive the nation's highest valor award for actions in Iraq.
A posthumous Medal of Honor could be awarded later this year to Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe, who died in 2005 from wounds suffered while trying to rescue his fellow soldiers from a burning Bradley Fighting Vehicle in Samarra, Iraq.
In an Aug. 24 letter to Congress, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he supports upgrading the Silver Star awarded to Cashe to the Medal of Honor. Congressional approval is needed for the Medal of Honor to be awarded more than five years after the heroic action. The award must then be approved by the president.
Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe
Cashe and his soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, were on patrol in Samarra on Oct. 17, 2005, when their Bradley was hit by a roadside bomb.
Cashe, who wasn't wounded in the initial blast, suffered second- and third-degree burns over 70% of his body when he ran back into the Bradley multiple times to rescue soldiers trapped inside, the Associated Press reported. He died Nov. 8, 2005, at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio.
Daring Nighttime Rescue
On Oct. 22, 2015, Payne, then a sergeant first class, was an assistant team leader on the mission to rescue more than 70 Iraqi hostages being held by the Islamic State group in a prison compound in the northern Iraq town of Hawija.
The mission, which included Kurdish Special Forces partners, took on added urgency when the special operations task force learned that freshly dug graves had been spotted, and commanders feared the hostages would likely be executed soon.
"From that point, it was our duty to bring those men home," Payne, now 36, said in a video released by the Army.
When his element arrived at the compound, "it's a complete brown-out, part of the compound was already in a pretty intense firefight," Payne said.
Sgt. Maj. Thomas Payne
"With speed, audacity and courage, he first led his team as they quickly cleared the assigned building, liberating 38 hostages," according to the White House.
"You could see their faces light up," Payne said. "They've been liberated. Some are crying, some are excited. And in all that's going on, there's still an intense firefight going on in the next building. You can see the flames; you can hear the explosions."
Payne then heard a call on the radio for help clearing the other building. "I looked at a teammate and said, 'Hey, let's get in the fight. Let's go,' " he said.
Payne and his teammate exposed themselves to enemy fire as they bounded across the compound to the other building, according to the White House.
Payne climbed up onto the building's roof, which was already partially engulfed in flames, and engaged enemy fighters below with grenades and small arms fire. He then moved to ground level and continued to fight off the enemy through a hole in the west side of the building.
"Once you're able to control your fear, that's the bridge to personal courage," Payne said.
Knowing time was running out for the hostages, Payne entered the building under intense enemy fire, amid smoke, heat and flames, to find the armored door that was imprisoning the hostages, according to the White House.
Payne and other members of his team took turns using bolt cutters to cut the locks on the door. Payne, choking on smoke and heat, reentered the building once again and finally broke through the door, freeing 37 hostages.
He made sure every hostage was safe before evacuating the compound.
It wasn't until the team returned to their base that they learned Master Sgt. Joshua Wheeler had been killed during the rescue. "His last words before he moved toward the sound of the guns were, 'On me,' " Payne said.
The rescue mission is one of the largest in U.S. Special Operations Command history.
Payne, who joined the Army in July 2002 and in 2012 was part of the duo that won the Best Ranger Competition, said he doesn't consider himself the recipient of the Medal of Honor.
"I consider myself the guardian of this medal," he said. "What is important for me is my teammates' legacies will live on with this Medal of Honor."