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A seizure can be one of the most frightening things for a family member, friend, or anyone to witness. However, for some people with epilepsy, seizures may be fairly common and not unexpected. Roughly 1 in 10 people may have a seizure at some point in their lifetime.

A seizure occurs when there is a burst of uncontrolled electrical activity in the brain. This may cause a sudden change in awareness or full loss of consciousness, unusual sensations or thoughts, or temporary problems in muscle tone or movements, such as stiffness, twitching, or limpness.

The two main types of seizures are focal and generalized. A focal onset seizure starts in one area of the brain and spreads, causing mild or severe symptoms. A generalized seizure occurs when both sides of the brain are affected. Generalized seizures may include:

· Absence – which causes a staring spell, the “petit mal” seizure

· Atonic – which causes someone to go limp suddenly

· Myoclonic – which causes sudden body jolts or increased tone briefly

· Tonic – which causes muscle stiffness

· Clonic – which causes muscles to spasm and jerk

· Tonic-clonic – a combination of jerking and muscle stiffness, the “grand mal” seizure

If you witness someone having a seizure, stay with them until the seizure ends and they are fully awake. Stay calm, it should end in a few minutes. Ease them to the floor and turn the person gently to one side which can help them breathe. Clear the area of anything hard or sharp to help keep them safe. Consider putting something soft and flat like a folded jacket under their head. Consider removing their glasses or sunglasses. Loosen ties or anything around the neck.

Not all people who have a seizure need to go to the hospital. Time the seizure and consider calling 911 if the seizure lasts longer than 5 minutes. Other reasons to call 911 include if they have never had a seizure before, if they have difficulty breathing or waking after the seizure, if they have another seizure soon after the first, if they get hurt from the seizure, if it happened in water, or if they have a known health condition like diabetes, heart disease, or are pregnant.

Do not hold the person down or try to stop their movements. Never put anything in their mouth or forcefully open a tightly clenched jaw, since that could harm them. It is a myth that someone having a seizure is in danger of swallowing their tongue.

After the seizure, the person is likely to be unconscious or sleepy for a few minutes more. This is the post-ictal phase, when the brain is still very active and trying to contain the electrical impulses. Once someone is alert, they are likely to be sore, confused, or frightened themselves. Tell them what happened in a calm and simple manner.

Seizures can be quite frightening to witness, but with some knowledge, you may be better prepared to help.

Andrew Ellsworth, M.D. is part of The Prairie Doc® team of physicians and currently practices family medicine in Brookings, South Dakota. Follow The Prairie Doc® at www.prairiedoc.org and on Facebook and instagram featuring On Call with the Prairie Doc® a medical Q&A show celebrating its 22nd season

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KU News: Literary inquiry explores legacy of poet, journalist Frank Marshall Davis

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From the Office of Public Affairs | http://www.news.ku.edu

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Contact: Rick Hellman, KU News Service, 785-864-8852, [email protected], @RickHellman

Literary inquiry explores legacy of poet, journalist Frank Marshall Davis

LAWRENCE – Frank Marshall Davis was virtually lost to the canon of African American poets when he left the 48 contiguous states for the Territory of Hawaii in 1948. Twenty-five years later, he would be discovered and brought back to the mainland to an appreciative audience of students at several historically Black colleges and universities. In new work, a University of Kansas professor emeritus of English maintains that the time is right for rediscovering Davis again.

At the invitation of the prestigious Poetry: A Magazine of Verse, John Edgar Tidwell assembled a portfolio on Davis. It consists of Tidwell’s essay “Weaving Jagged Words into Song,” an excerpt of a long interview he conducted with Davis, a sheaf of Davis’ poetry, photographs of Davis and a remembrance of Davis by his daughter Beth Charlton.

 

Although separated by generations, both Davis and Tidwell were both born and reared in southern Kansas: Davis in Arkansas City and Tidwell in Independence. Tidwell’s lengthy essay on Davis for The Dictionary of Literary Biography propelled him on the path to editing Davis’ memoirs, his collected poems and a selection of his news writing.

 

A consistent theme in Davis’ journalism – he wrote for the African American press in the mid-20th century — and a fair share of his poetry is the writer’s responsibility to engage social issues. But this doesn’t mean being strident, propagandistic or declamatory. Instead, as he described himself: “Since I am blues-oriented, I try to be as direct as good blues. This implies social commentary.”

His characterization often confounded and confused his critics. They seemed unable to separate his leftist politics from his vision of art, Tidwell said. Consequently, they branded him as “unpoetic” or “bitter.” But, as Tidwell wrote, “Davis found interesting ways of weaving jagged words into song.”

It was probably this quality that endeared him to the younger generation of students and insurgent writers who embraced the tenets of the 1970s Black Arts Movement, Tidwell said. They saw in Davis’ poetry precursors of their ideas about an aesthetic committed to transforming Black cultural norms and perceptions into a more dignified racial representation. “Black Man’s Verse,” Davis’ first collection of poems, was inspirational in that respect. Seeing him as a literary forefather, they discovered, offered a broader perspective of their project. Instead of inaugurating a decidedly new approach to art, they now understood they were part of a continuing historical narrative.

Davis was not always so highly regarded. A few writers attempted to distort his background into a negative representation. For example, as he was about to leave Hawaii for undergraduate study in California, young Barack Obama, then called “Barry,” sought advice from Davis about the politics of racial identity. Obama detractors would later draw upon Davis’ 1940s closet membership in the Communist Party to misrepresent this inquiry as an occasion for communist mentoring.

Others would offer the baseless claim that Davis was actually Obama’s father. While neither assertion was true, both gained currency and were widely discussed as if they were credible.

“Given the political environment in which we now live,” Tidwell said, “Davis’ art and imagination are as relevant today as they were in the 1940s and 1970s. Davis engaged public discourse and public politics in enlightening ways.

“Today, we see a resurgence of social practices that defined the era of Jim Crow. Voter suppression, the erosion of personal liberties, anti-immigration campaigns and much more have launched assaults on our very personhood. If the past has anything to teach us, we can learn from Frank Marshall Davis’ efforts to reclaim our humanity from those who would seek to deny us.”

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Lettuce Eat Local: Don’t be Dragon your feet into the New Year

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Amanda Miller
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Every year it’s a struggle, remembering to change the date to the next year. I haven’t had to write it many times yet, but my rate of success needs to improve soon or it’s going to be a long year of scribbling out mistakes. Awkwardly, I already started having an issue in December — my brain knew 2024 was close and sometimes it couldn’t immediately remember whether it was coming or already here. I’m guessing having a newborn may have also affected my processing speed. 

But whether we’re ready for it or not, 2024 is here in full swing. So far, however, full swing has been pretty mild in this household. We haven’t had a lot planned, at least not in contrast to the holidays, and the somewhat sedate pace is not unwelcome. 

Not much of that speaks “dragon,” but according to the Chinese zodiac, 2024 is the Year of the Dragon. That doesn’t actually begin until February 10 at the Lunar New Year, but since I put exactly zero stock in the zodiac, it doesn’t matter to me anyway. Personally, I think the dragon idea might be more tied to an earlier day, January 29 — when our son Benson turns three. 

He was pretty chill as a two-year-old, and I always called it the Terrific Twos instead of the Terrible Twos. He clearly had his moments, but overall, we just had fun together. People often warned me that the threes are actually the bad ones, and while I wasn’t sure I loved that kind of “encouragement,” the warning was not misplaced. I’m thinking our dragon this year will be blond-haired and blue-eyed — not to say I’m expecting our child to be terrible, but if there’s a developmental stage where children look innocent enough one moment, then turn around and breathe fire the next, this is it. 

Or rather, one of them. I’ve heard about teenagers, too. 

At any rate, we are in a bit of a more difficult phase with Benson. Not only is there a lot going on in him developmentally, but we did just kind of change his whole world with the addition of a baby sister. He’s actually had a baby sister show up before, along with a big sister, but he was much younger at that point and processed it very differently. We were a family of five then with our foster girls, but we’ve never been a family of four before, so this is still different. He adores Kiah, truly, but the transition — along with dropping his nap — has us living with a sweet yet volatile 2 ½ -foot-tall dragon some days. 

Benson himself doesn’t know much about dragons, but a fire-breathing dragon was his favorite Christmas lights display we drove by. So when I told him we needed to cut up a dragonfruit, of course he was thrilled. Talk about genius advertising: what’s not to love about a spiny yellow fruit of dragons? 

Besides the taste, apparently. Dragons might like the translucent whitish flesh scattered with crunchy black seeds, but my son does not. While legend has dragonfruit appearing as the last breath of a dragon dying in batter, it is actually the fruit of several cactus species; it’s also commonly referred to as pitaya, or moonflower, since the fruit blooms at night. The so-sweet flesh is white or a striking shade of red/pink, and the peel can be yellow, red, or pink, depending on the type. All those funny little seeds make dragonfruit extra nutritious.

I’m wondering if maybe we should make 2024 the Year of the Dragonfruit instead.

 

Dragon Fruit Salad

Most yellow dragonfruit recipes just toss cubes of it into a bowl with some other fruit — pink dragonfruit often gets picked for its vibrant magenta color, landing in smoothies, drinks, or ice creams. While the pink is fun, I think both types taste the same, and I like to eat it in an unblended format so I can enjoy the crunch of the seeds. Avocado is often eaten with/as a fruit in other countries, and its creaminess pairs so well here (and the green color pays homage to dragons). This simple mixture makes a great addition to breakfast, dessert, or snack. 

Prep tips: dragonfruit is not always easy to find, and if you can’t….I’m not sure what to say. Mango or papaya would also taste great here, just not dragon-y. 

1 large avocado

coarse salt

local honey

2 dragonfruits

a splash of fresh lime juice

red pepper flakes

Dice avocado into a small bowl, and gently toss with a sprinkle of salt and a drizzle of honey. Cut the dragonfruits in half, and using a spoon, scoop the flesh out of the peel. Dice and add to the avocado, along with lime juice and red pepper flakes to taste. Stir and serve, transferring back to the dragonfruit peel shells if you want to be extra. 

2024 Real Money Guide 15

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Banks do not partner up with casino operators so you need an intermediary. That’s where the bank transfer methods we’re discussing come into play. Debit-based methods, on the other hand, require you to have the money at your disposal. Your bank account, debit cards, e-wallets, and cryptocurrencies follow this modality. Use iDebit like a virtual debit card to make quick and easy payments to online gambling sites.

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Using any Canadian mobile casino gives you a fast and convenient way to use your mobile device, and access great games immediately. Despite their proven safety, some would still prefer not to give their credit card
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Out of all of our reviewed recommendations, we’ve chosen a handful that are our favorites for specific things. Here we’ll show you what these favorites are and why we picked them. For debit cards, the processing time is usually within one to two business days. This is because the payment processor verifies the debit card information and then sends the payment to the merchant.

Online gambling has been growing globally and Canada is no exception. The ease of using these casinos has been aided by the diverse online casino payment methods. These secure and fast options include everything from invoices to bitcoin payments.

Should I choose an eWallet over debit or credit?

They can be purchased from retail outlets in various denominations with a pin or serial number which you enter on the banking module after choosing your pre-paid card type. Your casino dashboard should be equipped with a panel dedicated to managing your payment methods. Although it is not the quickest payment solution out there, bank transfers are highly secure since they come with extra security protocols, put into practice by financial institutions.

It is a debit card system that makes it easy to do online transactions. It only works in CAD and has a wide transaction limit that makes it favorable for online casino customers. Find the best credit card casinos for deposits and withdrawals with our 2024 guide. Enjoy incredible bonuses with credit card online casino real money payments. If you’re familiar with how credit cards and debit cards work, the concept is more or less the same.

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Kansas food sales tax will drop again on Jan. 1. Here’s how much you’ll save

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When you go to the grocery store in 2024, you might notice a slightly smaller tax on your food purchases.

Starting Jan. 1, the state sales tax on grocery food will drop from 4% to 2%. For $100 in groceries, that means $2 less in tax.

The tax cut is the second of three installments in the gradual elimination of the state’s 6.5% sales tax on grocery food. After the Legislature and Gov. Laura Kelly enacted the tax cut in 2022, the food sales tax dropped to 4% in 2023, now it goes to 2% in 2024 and it will hit zero in 2025.

“Our state feeds the world, yet too many Kansans struggle with high costs at the grocery store,” Kelly said in a Dec. 16 tweet. “On January 1, we’re axing the food tax again to give Kansans some much needed relief. No Kansan should have to stress about how they’ll afford to feed their family.”

Kelly said in a Dec. 9 tweet that Kansans saved more than $187 million in taxes on food in 2023, and the savings will exceed $337 million in 2024.

The tax cut only applies to groceries. Restaurant meals will still be taxed at the full 6.5%, as will non-food items at retailers.

Local sales taxes also remain in place. In Topeka, the local sales tax rate is 1.5%. Shawnee County has a 1.35% tax, which includes a 0.65% sales tax for Washburn University and 0.2% for the Gage Park Improvement Authority. Some improvement districts have additional taxes.

Also effective Jan. 1 is a 0.5% reduction in the corporate income tax.

As reported in the Topeka Capital Journal

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