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Lee Rogers (podiatrist)
Lee Christopher Rogers (born February 27, 1978) is an American podiatrist from San Antonio, Texas. He is most known for his work preventing amputations in diabetes and treating Charcot foot and he has helped define the qualifications of doctors of podiatric medicine and the privileging process for hospitals and surgery. He is the vice president of thInternational Federation of Podiatristsand he served as the president of thAmerican Board of Podiatric Medicine(2021-2023). He was the Democratic nominee for US Congress in California's 25th district in 2012, and lost in California's top-two primary in June 2014. Rogers is also known as a film producer. Biography Early life and education Rogers was born in Elgin, Illinois to George Robert and Madelynn Jean Rogers and moved to Gallatin, Missouri at a young age. He attended primary and secondary school in Gallatin. He was awarded the Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange scholarship and spent his senior year in Uetersen, Germany. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elgin, Illinois
Elgin ( ) is a city in Cook County, Illinois, Cook and Kane County, Illinois, Kane counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is located northwest of Chicago along the Fox River (Illinois River tributary), Fox River. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the city had a population of 114,797, making it the List of municipalities in Illinois, sixth-most populous city in the state. History The Indian Removal Act of 1830 and the Black Hawk War, Black Hawk Indian War of 1832 led to the expulsion of the Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans who had settlements and Mound builder (people), burial mounds in the area and set the stage for the founding of Elgin. Thousands of militiamen and soldiers of Winfield Scott, Gen. Winfield Scott's army marched through the Fox River (Illinois River tributary), Fox River valley during the war, and accounts of the area's fertile soils and flowing springs soon filtered east. In New York, James T. Gifford and his brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Valley Presbyterian Hospital is a 350-bed hospital in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California. Founded in 1958, architect William Pereira designed the original building. The facility specializes in maternal and child health, cardiac care, orthopedics, and critical care services. Valley Presbyterian Hospital is a STEMI Receiving Center for heart attack patients, equipped and staffed in the Cardiac Catheterization Unit to provide intervention within the critical 90 minutes following the onset of chest pain. The Women's and Children's Center features integrated medical specialty services and is accredited as a Baby Friendly Hospital. The Emergency Department is Approved for Pediatrics, one of the major EDAP hospitals in the San Fernando Valley, and the facility is certified as a Pediatric Medical Center for critically ill pediatric patients by Los Angeles County. Valley Presbyterian is one of the largest acute care hospitals in central San Fernando Valley. It treats over 100,000 patie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cold Moon (2016 Film)
''Cold Moon'' is a 2016 horror drama based on Michael McDowell’s 1980 novel ''Cold Moon Over Babylon''. It stars Josh Stewart and Christopher Lloyd. The film was released on 27 October 2016. Synopsis In the tiny town of Babylon, Florida, sixteen-year-old Margaret Larkin (Sara Catherine Bellamy) goes missing, only to be found murdered and thrown in the river, tied to her own bicycle. The town is enveloped by the mystery of a killer in their midst; meanwhile, the killer himself, Nathan Redfield (Josh Stewart), sociopathic son of a prominent town banker (Christopher Lloyd), proceeds with his scheme to murder the rest of the Larkin family in order for the bank to acquire the Larkin's valuable, petroleum-rich property. Nathan additionally schemes to pin blame for the murders on the high school principal (Marcus Lyle Brown). The Larkin family members, however, return from the grave to exact revenge against Nathan, although he is the only one who can see these phantasms. Nathan's s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Furst
Stephen Furst (born Stephen Nelson Feuerstein; May 8, 1954 – June 16, 2017) was an American actor, director and producer. After gaining attention with his featured role as Kent "Flounder" Dorfman in the comedy film '' National Lampoon's Animal House'' and its spin-off television series '' Delta House'', he went on to be a regular as Dr. Elliot Axelrod in the medical drama series ''St. Elsewhere'' from 1983 to 1988, and as Centauri diplomatic attaché Vir Cotto in the science fiction series ''Babylon 5'' from 1994 to 1998. Other notable film roles included the college comedy '' Midnight Madness'' (1980), as a team leader in an all-night mystery game, the action thriller ''Silent Rage'' (1982), as deputy to a sheriff played by Chuck Norris, and the comedy '' The Dream Team'' (1989), as a good-natured psychiatric patient. Early life Born Stephen Nelson Feuerstein in Norfolk, Virginia, on May 8, 1954, Furst attended Virginia Commonwealth University. He was Jewish. Career Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Strickland
Anthony A. Strickland (born February 17, 1970) is an American politician who is a California State Senate, California state senator representing the California's 36th senatorial district, 36th district since 2025. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he previously represented the California's 19th senatorial district, 19th district from 2008 to 2012. He was a member of the Huntington Beach City Council from 2022 to 2025 and was Mayor of Huntington Beach from 2022 to 2023. During his tenure as Mayor, he was involved in conflicts with the state of California due to his opposition to new housing. He was also a California State Assembly, state assemblyman representing the California's 37th State Assembly district, 37th district from 1998 to 2004. He owns a political and business consulting firm. He is the president and CEO of Strong America, an advocacy group and super PAC.John ScheibeTony Strickland could face more than $100,000 in FPPC fines ''Ventura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Knight (politician)
Stephen Thomas Knight (born December 17, 1966) is an American politician, military veteran and former police officer. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the U.S. representative for California's 25th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. Knight previously represented California's 21st State Senate district from 2012 to 2015 and California's 36th State Assembly district from 2008 through 2012; he also served as Assistant Minority Leader in the California State Assembly from 2010 until 2012. Knight served in the U.S. Army from 1985 to 1993 and 18 years with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). He was first elected to the Palmdale City Council in 2005. He lost his reelection bid in 2018 to Democrat Katie Hill. After Hill resigned the following year, he ran in the 2020 special election to complete her term, as well as the concurrent election for the next term, but he did not advance past the primary in either election. Early life, military service, and pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Politico
''Politico'' (stylized in all caps), known originally as ''The Politico'', is an American political digital newspaper company founded by American banker and media executive Robert Allbritton in 2007. It covers politics and policy in the United States and internationally, with publications dedicated to politics in the U.S., European Union, United Kingdom, and Canada, among others. Primarily providing distributed news, analysis and opinion online, it also produces printed newspapers, radio, and podcasts. Its coverage focuses on topics such as the federal government, lobbying and the media. Ideologically, ''Politicos coverage has been described as centrist on American politics and Atlanticist on international politics. In 2021, ''Politico'' was acquired for reportedly over US$1 billion by Axel Springer SE, a German news publisher and media company. Axel Springer is Europe's largest newspaper publisher and had previously acquired '' Business Insider''. Unlike employees of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buck McKeon
Howard Philip "Buck" McKeon (born September 9, 1938) is an American politician who served as a U.S. representative from California's 25th congressional district from 1993 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. He is a former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and the House Education Committee. Early life and education Born in Tujunga, Los Angeles, California, McKeon graduated from Verdugo Hills High School. He spent two years as a Mormon missionary before enrolling at Brigham Young University. He later received his Bachelor of Science degree in animal husbandry in 1985, after previously putting his studies on hold to raise a family and establish his early business career. Early career He was an owner of a Western-themed clothing retail chain, Howard & Phil's Western Wear. The business went bankrupt in 1999, though at that point he hadn't worked for the chain in years. He had also worked as the chairman of a small, regional bank. McKeon gained his fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California's 25th Congressional District
California's 25th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of California. The district is currently represented by . The district includes all of Imperial County, California, Imperial County and parts of Riverside County, California, Riverside County and San Bernardino County, California, San Bernardino County. Cities in the new 25th district include Cathedral City, California, Cathedral City, Indio, California, Indio, Coachella, California, Coachella, El Centro, California, El Centro, Calexico, California, Calexico, San Jacinto, California, San Jacinto, Hemet, California, Hemet, and Needles, California, Needles. Most of the majority-Latino parts of the Coachella Valley are in the 25th, while the rest of the valley is in the California's 41st congressional district, 41st district. Demographics According to thAPM Research Lab's Voter Profile Tools(featuring the U.S. Census Bureau's 2019 American Community Survey), the district contained about 491,00 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyperbaric Medicine
Hyperbaric medicine is medical treatment in which an increase in barometric pressure of typically air or oxygen is used. The immediate effects include reducing the size of gas emboli and raising the partial pressures of the gases present. Initial uses were in decompression sickness, and it also effective in certain cases of gas gangrene and carbon monoxide poisoning. There are potential hazards. Injury can occur at pressures as low as 2 psig (13.8 kPa) if a person is rapidly decompressed. If oxygen is used in the hyperbaric therapy, this can increase the fire hazard. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT), is the medical use of greater than 99% oxygen at an ambient pressure higher than atmospheric pressure, and therapeutic recompression. The equipment required consists of a pressure vessel for human occupancy ( hyperbaric chamber), which may be of rigid or flexible construction, and a means of a controlled atmosphere supply. Treatment gas may be the ambient chamber gas, or delivered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal College Of Physicians And Surgeons Of Glasgow
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow is a global community of over 15,000 Members working together to develop skills, knowledge and leadership to drive the highest standards in healthcare. For 425 years, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow has existed to improve people's lives through medical improvement and innovation. Today, its community of healthcare professionals is dedicated to delivering the best patient care. The College offers postgraduate education, elevates standards through assessment and contributes to the advancement of good health policy. Their examinations lead to membership and fellowship to appropriately qualified physicians, surgeons, dental surgeons, travel medicine professionals and podiatrists. The College is a registered charity in Scotland, number SC000847, and is based in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. History Founders The College was founded in 1599, by a royal charter from King James VI of Scotland. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
