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Only one kind of player is untradeable: The kind with a no-trade contract who refuses to waive his no-trade rights.
That is why the New York Yankees are stuck with Alex Rodriguez and the $114 million they owe him over the next five years.
Some players are more tradable than others, of course, often because of their contract status. New York Mets knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, for example, would be much easier to move and would bring more in return than Los Angeles Angels left fielder Vernon Wells. Dickey, the likely NL Cy Young Award winner, will make $5 million in 2013 after the Mets picked up his option. Wells, who hit .230 this past season, is due $21 million in each of the next two years.
Don't be surprised, though, if one or both are traded in the offseason. And don't be surprised if any of the following players are traded:
Shin-Soo Choo, RF, Cleveland Indians. The 30-year-old is considered one of the game's better all-around outfielders and is coming off a season when he played 155 games and had a .373 on-base percentage. More significant, he is eligible for free agency after next season and is represented by Scott Boras. That means the low-budget Indians have no chance of extending him and little chance of re-signing him. So they will continue to make him available.
Elvis Andrus, SS, Texas Rangers. A two-time All-Star at 24, he will become expendable with the arrival of Jurickson Profar, the club's top prospect. The Rangers might not be ready to turn the starting job over to a rookie, but they will listen to offers for Andrus. Considering the scarcity of elite shortstops these days, Andrus could bring Texas a lot in return. Whether he could net what they most need—a top-of-the-rotation stud—is another question. Those are even more difficult to come by than shortstops.
James Shields, SP, Tampa Bay Rays. The Los Angeles Dodgers were interested in him at the nonwaiver trading deadline and remain in the market for starters. They aren't the only team, either. Shields, 30, could bring Tampa Bay a couple of very good—and much-needed—bats. But after picking up Shields' $10.25 million option for 2013, general manager Andrew Friedman told the Tampa Bay Times that the club's payroll can accommodate Shields and David Price, who figures to earn up to $10 million in arbitration. As much as the Rays treasure their starting pitching, though, they need to upgrade their offense.
Andre Ethier, RF, Los Angeles Dodgers. Their summer spending spree gave the impression that the Dodgers have no payroll concerns. Apparently, they have limits, too. To clear salary space for starting pitching, the Dodgers will listen to offers for their steady slugger, according to ESPN. Ethier, who is entering the first year of a five-year, $85 million extension, hit .284 with 20 homers this past season.
Justin Morneau, 1B, Minnesota Twins. Morneau, 31, isn't all the way back, but the left-handed-hitting slugger took a big step in the right direction in 2012. His contract no longer should be a huge obstacle in dealing him, either, with only one more year remaining at $14 million. Although Morneau wouldn't return as much in a trade as he once would have, moving him would clear salary and loosen a logjam at first base.
Alfonso Soriano, LF, Chicago Cubs. He will be 37 on Jan. 7 and is owed $36 million over the next two years—not exactly qualities that make one an attractive trade piece. But Soriano is one of the spryest late-30-somethings you'll see, and the Cubs likely would eat a good chunk of his contract. Knowing that, some contender would seem to be able to use his production. Soriano hit 32 homers and drove in 108 runs in 2012. Still, moving the much younger and cheaper Bryan LaHair would seem to be a lot easier as Team Theo's rebuilding process enters Year 2.


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HOUSTON - Over the past year Houston police detectives have been working to combat a growing trend of professional car burglars who've graduated to a much bigger payday.
Police told Local 2 Investigates these are crooks who are conducting surveillance at banks, jewelry, and recently, computer stores.
"These are professional and dedicated people that do this," said an undercover Houston police detective. "This is their job."
Police said about a year ago, they began noticing a trend of car burglaries where people lost large amounts of cash, jewelry and electronics.
An undercover detective with HPD said the common thread in many of these crimes is that victims had their cars burglarized shortly after leaving a bank, jewelry or electronics store.
Police said they quickly learned the thieves were conducting patient surveillance at these businesses. Police said the crooks will even watch customers inside the lobby of a bank to pick out the one victim they believe is carrying a large amount of cash.
"They're sophisticated enough they'll be a surveillance team or even a counter surveillance unit looking for the police," the detective said. "They're looking for folks who come out with the briefcase, the backpack, the bank bag."
Police said the crooks will then follow their victims, waiting for an opportunity.
"They rarely commit the crime around the bank or jewelry store, they follow the victim, sometimes for miles," said the detective. "They're looking for you to stop to shop, to stop to eat, stop and do something, it gives them the opportunity to get to your car."
Police said once a person stops, the crooks will smash a window and grab whatever is inside. Police said they've even seen instances where a thief will puncture a person's tire so they have to stop. Police warn that anyone conducting business at a bank, jewelry store or buying electronics needs to pay attention to whether someone may be following them away from the business.
"It wasn't a coincidence you left a bank with a large sum of money and your tire went flat or somebody appears to be following you," the detective said.
Detectives said if a person suspects they are being followed they need to immediately dial 911 and drive to the nearest police station.
Detectives said another variant of this crime is targeting women at gas stations and day cares. Police said crooks will watch these businesses and wait for a woman to either start pumping gas or pick up their child. Police said while the woman is distracted a thief will sneak up to the car and grab a purse.
"Many times people forget to lock their door while they're pumping gas, but these guys can be in and out before the victim even realizes it," the detective said.
HPD has an undercover unit dedicated to catching these crooks and in the last year this unit has arrested 10 people. Other tactical units within the department have also made arrests.
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The purpose of the society shall be to stimulate the interest of all Black alumni of Ball State University, so that the society may be able to further the educational, professional, and social interests of Black alumni, individually and collectively, by:
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Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, March 20, at Triska Funeral Home, 612 Merchant Street, El Campo, Texas. There will be no graveside service; however, following the funeral service there will be a procession to the Legion Hall for a reception.
Hurst started his career with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department as a biologist in August 1995 specializing in waterfowl management along the mid-coast. He was part of the 48th Texas Game Warden Academy and graduated in August of 2002. He served about a year in Brazos County before moving to Wharton County in 2003.
Hurst is survived by his wife, Amanda, and son, Kyle Hunter, age 4 months, his parents, Allen and Pat Hurst of Bryan, a brother, Greg Hurst of Denver, Colorado, and in-laws, Larry and Jeanie Wilcox of Denton, Texas.
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N-acetylcysteine in Intra-amniotic Infection/Inflammation
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|Labor, Premature Preterm Premature Rupture of the Membranes Infection Inflammation Chorioamnionitis
|Procedure: amniocentesis Drug: N-acetylcysteine or placebo
|Phase 1 Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Effect of N-acetylcysteine in Preventing Adverse Neonatal Outcomes in Women With Intra-amniotic Infection/Inflammation
- early onset neonatal sepsis [ Time Frame: within 3 days of postnatal life ]
- maternal and umbilical cord plasma N-acetylcysteine levels [ Time Frame: within peripartum period ]
- maternal and umbilical cord plasma antioxidant capacity [ Time Frame: within peripartum period ]
- maternal and umbilical cord blood glutathione concentration [ Time Frame: within peripartum period ]
- umbilical cord levels of inflammatory cytokine concentrations [ Time Frame: at birth ]
- funisitis grades [ Time Frame: at birth ]
- other neonatal outcomes (respiratory distress syndrome, necrotizing enterocolitis, intraventricular hemorrhage, retinopathy of prematurity, late-onset sepsis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia) [ Time Frame: within the period of admission in neonatal intensive care ]
|Study Start Date:
|October 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2016
|Primary Completion Date:
|November 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: N-Acetylcysteine
The subjects enrolled in our research protocol must have evidence of infection/inflammation at amniocentesis in order to receive N-acetylcysteine. Women with positive amniocentesis results The dose of N-acetylcysteine is the one recommended to be used in humans to prevent acetaminophen toxicity: 150 mg/kg loading dose (60 min), followed by 50mg/kg IV continuous infusion rate for 4 hours, and followed by 100 mg/kg IV continuous infusion rate for the following 16 hours. Acetadote (Cumberland Pharmaceuticals) is the only FDA-approved intravenous N-acetylcysteine formulation and will be used in our study.
Procedure: amniocentesis
Amniotic fluid will be retrieved for routine amniocentesis to rule-out or confirm intra-amniotic infection and /or inflammation. The amniocentesis procedure will be clinically indicated and the patient will undergo the procedure independent of our study.
Other Name: transabdominal amniocentesisDrug: N-acetylcysteine or placebo
Only women with amniocentesis results consistent with infection/inflammation will be randomized
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo
The subjects enrolled in our research protocol must have infection/inflammation in order to be randomized to receive N-acetylcysteine or placebo. Placebo-assigned patients will receive sodium chloride solution without N-acetylcysteine
Procedure: amniocentesis
Amniotic fluid will be retrieved for routine amniocentesis to rule-out or confirm intra-amniotic infection and /or inflammation. The amniocentesis procedure will be clinically indicated and the patient will undergo the procedure independent of our study.
Other Name: transabdominal amniocentesisDrug: N-acetylcysteine or placebo
Only women with amniocentesis results consistent with infection/inflammation will be randomized
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Despite extensive research, the etiology of most preterm births remains unknown. There are significant fetal consequences associated with preterm birth, which include necrotizing enterocolitis, fetal respiratory distress and intra-ventricular hemorrhage. Perinatal mortality is about 44%, 11% and 5% when deliveries occur between 25-28 weeks, 29-32 weeks and 33-34 weeks, respectively. While for many years, it was assumed that the cause of the high morbidity associated with prematurity was the birth of a neonate with a restricted adaptive capacity, it has also been suggested that part of the high perinatal morbidity was the consequence of adverse processes affecting the fetus in utero, rather than of prematurity per se. Intra-amniotic inflammation present in utero early in gestation may trigger the cascade of events leading to preterm birth (i.e. rupture of membranes, cervical ripening, uterine contractions) and provide an intrauterine milieu which is unfavorable or even harmful to the fetus.
Most living organisms have developed well-integrated, antioxidant defenses to scavenge free radicals and control their intracellular concentration. A loss of balance between free radicals and antioxidants (the redox balance) is one mechanism of cell injury in diseases associated with inflammation. N-acetylcysteine is an approved anti-oxidant medication drug used during pregnancy for treatment of mothers with acetaminophen (Tylenol) toxicity. N-acetylcysteine has been safely administered during pregnancy in over 100 women who overdosed with Tylenol and to preterm and healthy term newborns for other purposes. It is a goal of our trial to prevent free radical formation by administering N-acetylcysteine and to further study whether the outcome of preterm deliveries will improve compared to a control group which will not receive placebo infusion
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Women admitted onto the Labor and Birth Ward or Maternal Special Care Units of the Yale New Haven Hospital who have a clinically indicated amniocentesis which demonstrates presence of intra-amniotic infection and/or inflammation.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients that require immediate intervention or close medical supervision (cardiac and renal disease, congestive heart failure, history of asthma), maternal infection (HIV, hepatitis B or C), cord prolapse, known fetal malformation, allergic reactions to N-acetylcysteine, preeclampsia
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00397735
|United States, Connecticut
|Yale New Haven Hospital
|New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06510
|Principal Investigator:
|Catalin S Buhimschi, MD
|Yale University
Additional Information:
|Responsible Party:
|Buhimschi, Catalin S, MD, Associate Professor, Director Perinatal Reserach, The Ohio State University
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00397735 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|November 7, 2006
|Last Updated:
|January 12, 2017
Keywords provided by Buhimschi, Catalin S, MD, The Ohio State University:
preterm labor
preterm premature rupture of the membranes
Intra-amniotic infection
Intra-amniotic inflammation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Communicable Diseases
Premature Birth
Obstetric Labor, Premature
Fetal Membranes, Premature Rupture
Pathologic Processes
Obstetric Labor Complications
Pregnancy Complications
Wounds and Injuries
Fetal Diseases
Placenta Diseases
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Respiratory System Agents
Free Radical Scavengers
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Protective Agents
Physiological Effects of Drugs
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A WINCHESTER teenager has today denied burgling a city centre church on the same evening a historic church in Hyde was attacked.
Andrew Richardson, 18, of no fixed abode, pleaded not guilty to entering St Peter's church on Jewry Street on December 23 with intent to steal. He admitted criminal damage to a door.
The crown court heard that Richardson had admitted arson and criminal damage at St Bartholomew's church in King Alfred Place, Hyde, on the same day.
Extensive damage was caused inside to a table, pew, Christmas tree, stained glass window and kneeling pads. The church is believed to be the last resting place of King Alfred the Great.
Judge Linda Sullivan QC adjourned the case for a plea and case management hearing on March 26. A psychiatric report on Richardson will be prepared. No date for trial was fixed.
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The only experience I've had physically that was similar to last week's game is my rookie year when I had some pretty good back pain. That was tough. You lose some of your focus because you're thinking about the pain – whenever you make a move it's hurting.
The fact that I had a big game is based off the coverage – it always is. We got very favorable coverage, some Cover 1, Cover 3, some Cover 2, but we were able to exploit it more when they were playing single high. At the same time, the running game was working like crazy. They were running the heck out of the ball, Mikel and Joique. Those things contributed to it.
Going into half time I'm sitting there like, 'dang I can get 200 yards this game', but at the same time I'm thinking that our running game is really killing them right now, so I figured we would run the ball to kill the clock. They did a great job of protecting the ball and gaining yards – big chunks, too.
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Bringing back the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee after more than a two-year absence has been a goal for industry lobbyists.
It also is a goal for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Charles Parrott.
With about a year on the job as deputy administrator for the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service, Parrott said he wants to establish the committee as soon as possible. Parrott succeeded Bob Keeney, who retired as AMS deputy administrator in October 2012 after more than a quarter century at the USDA.
The industry advisory committee — which last met in March 2011 — has been inactive since the USDA announced it was seeking nominations for a new version of the 25-member committee in mid-2011. The USDA never appointed members to the committee, which started in 2002. The group advised agriculture secretaries on nutrition programs, farm bill funding, commodity purchasing, Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act regulations and other industry issues.
The committee disappeared for a time, Parrott said, because of an internal review of the agency's nearly 100 advisory committees. New AMS Administrator Anne Alonzo agrees with the need for the committee, Parrott said. "We are going to make that happen very shortly," he said.
Industry lobbyists have been asking USDA to bring the committee back, said Laura Phelps, president of the Washington, D.C.-based American Mushroom Institute.
"It is an excellent strategy for USDA to stay in touch with what is going on on the ground in the produce industry," said Ray Gilmer, vice president of issues management and communications for the United Fresh Produce Association. "We would be among the first in line to submit some names for consideration."
As a 17-year veteran of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act program, Parrott in 2001 become Keeney's associate deputy administrator of AMS. Those years with Keeney allowed Parrott to step into the deputy administrator's post with no learning curve, Phelps said.
Parrott helped oversee the integration of the fresh and processed products divisions into an integrated Specialty Crop Inspection Division, effective in Oct. 2012. That integration will allow consolidation of five fresh and processing offices and perhaps more to come.
"Over the course of the first five years, that will save us more than $1 million," Parrott said.
Advising Canada on ways to establish financial protection for produce sellers will be on the agenda for the next year, Parrott said.
"We're very supportive of that because ultimately that will be very good for our shippers here in the U.S. who sell into Canada," he said.
The AMS may evaluate how it can help promote fruit and vegetable consumption, he said.
"I would be interested in developing a partnership with one of the associations to look for ways that we can help promote consumption of fruits and vegetables because it benefits the public and it certainly benefits our stakeholders too," he said.
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Parrott said the AMS is also increasing purchases of fruits and vegetables for the school lunch program because of new nutrition standards for school meals. USDA fruit and vegetable purchases for schools increased from $289.8 million in fiscal year 2012 to more than $443 million in fiscal year 2013, according to the department. USDA purchases only account for about 15% of the food that goes in school meals, he said.
USDA purchases of fresh fruits and vegetables totaled $144.1 million in fiscal year 2013, with processed fruit and vegetable purchases that year tallying $299.4 million.
Parrott said the USDA is trying to buy more value-added fresh produce for school use.
"The sliced apples work very well because even for school systems that don't have tremendous refrigeration capabilities, it is generally a product they can handle, with a shelf life of about ten days," he said.
Carrots in 2 ounce bags are popular, with ideas to expand purchases for seedless grapes and orange slices.
"Because schools have to provide a larger serving of fruits and vegetables, they are looking for additional ways to do that," he said.
Parrott said the USDA is always interested in expanding the pool of companies that are able to sell to the government.
"We're not limited," he said. "We need big, but we need small too."
Industry demand for USDA good agricultural practice audits have gone up significantly in the past several years, he said, with more buyers requiring them.
USDA GAP and GHP audits totaled 3,578 in 2013, up from 1,587 audits in 2008.
"We're looking for ways to ensure that even small producers can get GAP certified without too great an expense or difficulty so they can have access to all these markets as well," he said.
Parrott said the USDA AMS is increasing its outreach to the industry via Fruit and Vegetable Program News and through web seminars. Particularly, he said there is always a demand for information on how the PACA program works and how to comply with the law. Spanish language seminars have found high participation, and the he USDA is planning a first-ever Korean language PACA web seminar for January because of a significant number Korean-language produce operators in the U.S., Parrott said.
Parrott said the October government shutdown was challenging for AMS, but Parrott said the AMS wanted to go through that period with the least disruption to its customers and employees. "I think we made it through very well and we were fortunate in that so many of our programs are user-funded and didn't have to shut down," he said.
Parrott said he isn't focused on the possibility of future budget problems for the agency. "Ultimately what I want is to make sure our programs mirror what the industry needs and so if the industry changes and their needs change, I want to make sure our programs are responsive to that," he said.


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Inconsistency plagued North Platte on Tuesday night but the Lady Dawgs made the plays when it mattered the most to beat Kearney at the Dawg House.
Kearney (2-10) came out and scored the first three points of the match with North Platte committing hitting errors on all three plays.
But the Bulldogs (7-7) came back to tie at four and both teams battled until NPHS came away with a 10-7 lead.
Then with a little momentum, the Lady Dawgs expanded the lead to 17-10 after Kylie Wroot freeballed one into a hole in Kearney's side of the court. North Platte then closed out the first set shortly thereafter.
In the beginning of the second set, Allison Sawyer went on a roll, scoring the first six points for the Lady Bulldogs. Kearney never really threatened and NPHS was one more set away from victory.
"I think we got off to a good start," Miller said. "We just took care of business. Blocking-wise, we did well. We got a lot of touches at the net."
With four of eight players in North Platte's rotation being either a freshman or sophomore, the Lady Dawgs have shown to have a hard time handling prosperity and that's what happened in the third set.
Kearney's Maggie McGowan stunned NPHS with a run of nine points to give the Bearcats a 12-3 lead.
Anna Allberry went on a run of her own to get the Bulldogs going and a tip by Allison Kuenle brought them within 13-10.
North Platte even got within one at 15-14 after Wroot made a kill that followed a kill by Kuenle. But Kearney got the serve back after the Lady Bulldogs mishandled a freeball by Katie Higgins.
The Lady Bearcats scored the next two plays as Kuenle hit the ball out and Carrie Oaklund served for an ace. NPHS never got as close again and it went to a fourth set.
"Our passing broke down," said Miller. "We just weren't communicating. It was a third set lull."
The Lady Dawgs never really got back in the rhythm they had in the first and second sets but some of that was because Kearney found a second wind.
The defending Greater Nebraska Athletic Conference Champion Bearcats took a 10-6 lead in the fourth set after Higgins, a Notre Dame recruit, made a block in the middle.
NPHS came back and tied at 15 after a kill by Kuenle but the Bulldogs still weren't able to get the lead and Kearney then opened up a 21-18 lead. It appeared the match was headed for a fifth set.
North Platte won the next two points to pull within one before the Lady Bearcats scored again to go up 22-20.
But then Olivia Nicholson made a kill for NPHS to make it 22-21 and then her fellow freshman teammate Kuenle spiked one down to tie it up.
Kearney called timeout after the Kuenle kill and coming out of the timeout, Anna Allberry caught the Bearcats off-guard with her serve that landed in the middle of Kearney's defense untouched.
Then the Bulldogs got matchpoint after Jackie Paloucek made a kill. Allberry served the ball into the net to give the Lady Bearcats a new lease on life. But Emily Koski hit the ball into the net on the left side to give North Platte its first win over arch-rival Kearney in three years.
"We were in a funk and we persevered," Miller said. "We had a couple of kids step up in some key moments. (Kearney) definitely had momentum and I didn't want us to go to a fifth set with them."
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New Line Promises Action Figures Evolved...
If you thought Hasbro shifted the status quo with its Kre-O, just wait for the new Construct-Bots! "Action Figures Evolved," these new Bots come in kits. First you build the robot, then you can transform it without removing or adding any parts! That holds true across the entire lineup... and all of the parts are interchangeable between any Bots. Kids love them because they can create their "dream Transformer" and it's created a new way to play and enjoy these characters, while collectors will enjoy the G1 designs and inspirations.
The modular kits range from entry level to a high price point, but all figures are in the same scale; as you go up in price they increase in complexity, parts, and accessories. The Scout level will feature Ironhide, Starscream, with Wheeljack and Soundwave at the Elite level. More complex Triple Changers include Bumblebee (jet, car, robot) and Blitzwing (tank, jet, robot), while the first Ultimate set pairs up Optimus Prime and Megatron. The latter two categories also feature launching projectile weapons. Everything from the Elite figures and up also come with storage trays (in classic Autobot red and Decepticon purple), and all sets include full color instructions.
Check out our Toy Fair gallery for your first full look at the Transformers Construct-Bots HERE!
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Mouth Diseases
Recurring Mucoceles
My 11 year old daughter had 2 mucoceles removed from the inside of her lower lip by laser surgery a little over a month ago. The Doctor did not remove all of one of them and when we went back in for the f/u appointment he had to remove the rest of it because it had swelled up again. She now has another bump in the exact same spot where that mucocele was removed. Is this common? I don`t think she is biting her lip. When she had the surgery, samples of both mucoceles was sent to a lab for a biopsy and they were both diagnosed as mucoceles. I am going to take her to another oral surgeon.
Unfortunately, mucocele recurrence is not uncommon. To reduce the risk of recurrence, it is recommended that when they are removed surgically, the affected minor (accessory) salivary gland be removed together with the spilled or extravasated mucin (spit). But even when this is done, it is possible that a neighboring gland can be damaged during the excision, even by something as minor as putting in the stitches (sutures) to close the surgical wound.
If you seek help from another oral surgeon, be sure to inform her/him of this problem so that all efforts can be made to keep the chances for another recurrence to a minimum. Good luck!
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Clinical Professor of Pathology
College of Dentistry
The Ohio State University


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An advocate for suicide awareness and prevention urges the Jewish community to be as welcoming as possible for those who seek comfort in times of emotional turmoil.
Just a few weeks ago, Jews around the globe read the painful cries of Moses in Chapter 11 of Numbers. "Please end my life," he begs in verse 15, "so that I may not have to endure this terrible destiny any longer."
Just a few weeks from now, many synagogues will read a similar plea from Elijah in 1 Kings, Chapter 19. "Please take my life now," he cries in verse 4, "for am I no better than my ancestors."
Moses and Elijah are just two of several Biblical personalities who resonate strongly with those of us in the suicide awareness/prevention movement. The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention estimates that there are nearly 1 million suicide attempts in the United States every year.
Eight years ago, while in the midst of a horrible bout of depression, I was almost part of that statistic. In the months that followed that moment of desperation, I learned just how valuable and necessary communities are to the emotional healing process.
In 2009, I was invited to attend World Suicide Prevention Day at the United Nations. Inspired by all the great suicide awareness/prevention work being done in the elderly, ethnic, college-age, LGBT and immigrant communities, the group I was working with felt that an organized response dedicated to the nuances of the Jewish community was needed as well. In the aforementioned story from 1 Kings, God responds to Elijah's emotional struggles by suggesting that he go on a 40-day journey and then reassess the situation. It seemed only fitting to name our project Elijah's Journey.
While many are sympathetic to the cause, few are aware of how shocking the national statistics on suicide actually are. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that there are nearly 40,000 confirmed suicides annually in America. The unreported estimate is likely closer to 50,000. In short, not only do reported suicides outnumber homicides by a ratio of 2:1 (with the unreported suicide estimate outnumbering homicides by a ratio of nearly 3:1), but suicide is also one of the few causes of death where the numbers are rising.
Depression and suicide affect many in the Jewish community — all ages, all ranges of observance, all levels of financial status, all levels of leadership and all permutations of relationship status. Many people have shared their stories with Elijah's Journey over the last five years but many are still not comfortable talking about their struggles with even their closest friends or family.
The Gemara (Shabbat 133b) notes that just as God is gracious and merciful, so should we be gracious and merciful. Just as God allowed for a space where Elijah could openly cry out in his time of emotional turmoil and thus be comforted, so should we make our own spaces as welcoming as possible for our sisters and brothers who seek comfort in their own moments of emotional turmoil.
The suicide awareness/prevention community owes a huge debt to the city of Philadelphia and the entire Delaware Valley region. Your city served as the backdrop for Silver Linings Playbook, a novel and film that meant more to us than you ever could have imagined. Former Phillies pitcher and current member of the team's broadcast crew, Jamie Moyer, and his wife Karen, are founding members of The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention. Former Eagles stand-outs Brian Dawkins and Troy Vincent have helped normalize depression for so many of us by talking publicly about the issue, as has New Jersey's favorite son, Bruce Springsteen. And representing the fine state of Delaware, Vice President Joe Biden brought so many of us to tears in 2012 when he spoke both openly and personally about his own emotional scars and past suicidal thoughts.
The story of Elijah's Journey is rarely read in the synagogue. In fact, after this summer most communities around the world will not have an opportunity to read it again as part of a formal Sabbath service until 2035. (The Haftorah of Elijah's Journey is read infrequently because of a quirk in the Jewish calendar. It is the assigned Haftorah for Parshat Pinchas but Pinchas usually falls in the three weeks leading up to the 9th of Av, so a seasonal Haftorah usually displaces it. The only time Parshat Pinchas comes prior to the three weeks are in Hebrew calendar leap years that began the prior fall on a Thursday. Recent cases of these are 1981, 1984, 2005, 2008, 2011 and the current year of 2014).
May we all live to see a world where the voices of Elijah in all of us can be answered with the graciousness and mercy that they often so desperately need. This is my dream for the Philadelphia of 2035, for the Jewish community of 2035 and for the world of 2035. Together, we can make it a reality.
Efrem Epstein is the founder of Elijah's Journey (ElijahsJourney.net), a nonprofit focused on suicide awareness and prevention in the Jewish community. He will be speaking at Minyan Tikvah in Center City on June 28 as part of Philadelphia's inaugural Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk for suicide awareness. For more information, go to: minyantikvah.org.


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Crawford rehabs with Minor League at-bats
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Dodgers had only four hits in an 8-1 loss to the Cubs on Thursday, but over on the Minor League side, Carl Crawford was making steady progress in his bid to join the lineup.
Crawford took six at-bats in a camp game against Meiji University of Japan, then played catch from 60 feet for the first time since being shut down 13 days ago with nerve irritation in a rehab setback from Tommy John surgery.
"Everything's good and I hope to do more tomorrow," said Crawford, still intent on being ready for Opening Day.
"It's a good step," said manager Don Mattingly, who said he might ask opponents to reinstate the designated hitter so Crawford can see Major League pitching. He hasn't played in a Cactus League exhibition game yet. "We've talked about it. He needs to get over here."
While Mattingly was pleased with Crawford's news, he was disappointed with his team's energy level Thursday.
"I don't know if it was sloppy, but it was one of those days," said Mattingly. "It feels like we've been here a long time now. Our defensive drill work was pretty good but we got into the offensive routine and I saw no energy. I've got a feeling it's not just us, but I still don't like it.
"You get bad habits when you play without energy. You've got to push yourself through it. I've been there, but you've still got to push through it."
On the pitching end, Mattingly got solid relief efforts from Kevin Gregg, Matt Guerrier and Mark Lowe, plus Ronald Belisario turned it on after a rocky beginning to his one-inning stint.
But starter Chris Capuano allowed five runs in the first three innings before righting his ship and retiring the last five batters he faced. Capuano said he had trouble with command of his fastball, especially out of the stretch. His spring ERA is 10.61.
"As the game went on, I just wanted to be more athletic and let the ball go a little more instead of being so focused on mechanics," Capuano said. "Once I did that, it was more natural and I hit my spots."
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Until now, the eurozone debt crisis has been confined to countries on the continent's periphery — like Greece, Spain and Ireland. But that may be changing with the collapse of a bank at the core of the eurozone. While some call Franco-Belgian lender Dexia's demise an exception, others say it is a wake-up call for all European banks.
Does Dexia's Collapse Herald A Wider Banking Crisis?
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PLC Redundancy- How Much is Enough?
Is PLC Processor Redundancy Worth the Engineering Cost and Maintenance Cost? What Device Should I Use to Measure Flow of Liquid Sodium in Hazardous Environments?
"Ask the Experts" is moderated by Béla Lipták (http://belaliptakpe.com/), process control consultant and longtime editor of the Instrument Engineer's Handbook (IEH), 4th edition. Work is starting on the 5th edition. He is recruiting contributors/editors, and if you can participate in this effort, or if you have questions for our team of experts, please write to him at email@example.com.
Q: Is PLC processor redundancy worth the engineering cost and maintenance cost with the newer PLC systems, such as Modicon and Rockwell?
Brian Arrington
A: You have to determine the level of reliability needed. This need increases if your process is continuous, if your PLC serves safety functions, and if the industry you work in is critical (nuclear, space exploration, etc.)
Most vendors provide processor redundancy, and power supply redundancy is also common. If this is not enough, you can have a spare PLC that is kept in "shadow operation," and is switched on when the primary fails by simply by enabling its outputs.
The highest level of reliability is the voting system (usually referred to as 2oo3 or "two out of three") where three PLCs are synchronized and kept in operation. On every cycle their outputs are compared and selected (the "majority view"), while the "disagreeing" PLC is automatically alarmed for maintenance.
In critical applications—realizing that interfaces are subject to line transients, over-voltages and surges that cause point failure—triple-redundancy of the critical I/O points can also be provided with the voting logic being part of the PLC programming. Last and probably most important, you might consider redundancy on the input sources (valve status, voting multiple sensors, alarms, etc.)
Béla Lipták
A: Redundancy is one way to assure higher availability. One of the problems with redundancy is to know if/when a unit (PCL) has failed. Present day PLCs are extremely reliable if properly mounted, protected and cooled. They do not often just stop working. On the other hand, the I/O interfaces are subject to line transients, over-voltages and surges that cause point failure. For this reason, I often recommend redundancy of the I/O points and the use of voting logic directly in the PLC programming for critical points, rather than redundancy of the logic processor.
If you wish to have PLC redundancy, the only failure mode that is easy to detect is device total failure. Once a PLC unit has failed, then what? Do you have a spare already loaded with the same programming, but sitting idle? Idle spares will not have the control relays of the failed unit, and must begin without knowledge of the controlled process state. Therefore, an idle spare must drive the process to some known state, which can be very disruptive.
Alternatively, you may have a hot spare that, like the idle spare, has the same programming, but has been in shadow operation using all of the identical input logic and developing the same control relay information, but having outputs suppressed. Hot spares can be switched into operation simply by enabling outputs. This is reliable and easy to do when the primary unit fails. Unit failure is detected quickly with a diagnostic that may be a keep-alive relay that trips when the PLC itself fails to operate. This configuration is referred to as a 1oo2D (one out of two diagnostic) arrangement.
Finally, for ultimate protection, there is the 2oo3 (two out of three) arrangement that requires the synchronization of three PLCs operating with the same I/O and program logic. On every output, the result is compared by a voting circuit that selects one of the outputs that is identical with at least one other. If any output fails in this vote, the potential failure of the PLC producing that output is noted, and may result in that PLC being taken out of the loop if failures to agree with the two that agree with each other persist.
Meanwhile, don't worry about PLC reliability for any but the most critical of applications.
Dick Caro
A: It depends on the number of I/O points in your system and how many field devices are being controlled. It also depends on the interdependence of devices controlled by the same PLC. This evaluation is required for basic process control systems (BPCS). For safety shutdown systems, the need for redundancy depends on the safety integrity level (SIL) calculations for the safety functions.
Hiten A. Dalal, PE, PMP
A: All systems fail; it's just a matter of when. Redundant systems fail less often (as it takes two simultaneous failures). Whether it's worth the expense or not depends on your down time costs. If you lose a million dollars due to an unplanned shutdown (e.g., a large refinery) then the cost is usually justifiable. If a failure has little impact, then it's often not worth the trouble or expense.
Paul Gruhn
A: It entirely depends on your facility. If your process can stop and be down for a couple of hours while repairs are made, and then start back up with little or no financial consequence, redundancy is not cost-effective. On the other hand, if you have a process that takes a couple of weeks to reach steady state and produces hundreds of thousands of dollars per day of revenue, then it is most likely to be cost-effective. This question should be resolved by a cost-benefit analysis, where the cost of a nuisance shutdown is balanced against the cost of redundancy, using a 5-10 year mean time to failure (MTTF) for a typical, non-redundant industrial PLC.
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Last week: bedraggled cowboys Jet and Cord rebounded by going from last place to first; Brent, Caite, Louie and Michael did some more hatin on Carol and Brandy, and poor backpack-less Steve and Allie got the boot. This week: more hating, a hissy fit, and an elimination Ive been waiting for all season as teams trek from Malaysia to Singapore. Tonight Phil serves up a delicious combo platter consisting of both a Fast Forward and a U-Turn, making for a busy episode, so lets get to it!
All Aboard the E. Coli Express
Teams head to Singapore via bus, then train. Once there, they will hunt down Allan Wu, host of TAR Asia in a bit of cross promotion. There are 400 miles to traverse, giving teams plenty of time to plot. Brandy and Carol eyeball the cowboys, wanting to take some of their mojo and get first place. As if. Caite spouts off endlessly about wanting to U-Turn Carol and Brandy, and Jordan pipes up, asking if she hates them because theyre lesbians. No, says the Princess, she wants them gone because theyre mean and a threat and world travelers and all that. Louie and Michael concur. But Jordan doesnt really buy it.
The train must really reek, because Brandy doesnt even get on board before pinching her nose and declaring its rankness. Germophobe Dan breaks out the sanitizing wipes as he warily climbs into a bunk, while Louie ponders what happens to farts in a sleeper car. Deep thoughts, there, Louie. Not really a rousing endorsement for passenger trains in that area, but there you have it.
Carol and Brandy have the bright idea to push their way into another train car, but theres an obstacle. Actually, four of them: Louie, Michael, Brent and Caite. Im sure they could claw their way past the models, but theres no way in hell theyre getting past Michael, who is built like a Mack truck. The conniving four block the way for Carol and Brandy, with Brent even going so far to say Ladies get their way, bitches dont. Yeah, no love lost between these teams. Carol and Brandy stay put.
I Scream, You Scream, Jordan Screams
Upon arrival at Singapore, teams disembark the Smelly Express and take a deep breath of fresh air before dashing for cabs. Dan exclaims that he likes Singapore because its clean and is in no need for a scrub down with disinfectant wipes. The brothers nab the first cab, finding Mr. Wu outside, sitting in a park. Grabbing the clue and seeing the Fast Forward is available, they decide to give it a shot. Jordan has second thoughts, however, when he sees what they have to do - ride to the top of an enormous ferris wheel, the Singapore Flyer. Easy enough. Crawling out of the capsule and climbing to an adjacent capsule along the metal frame is another matter. Im not a fan of heights, so I feel for Jordan when hes visibly shaking like a leaf and willing himself not to wet his drawers as he crawls along the structure. But he makes it, and brother Dan breezes over like it was his j-o-b. They did it! Off to the Pit Stop they go, exempt from Detours and Roadblocks and other silliness.
The rest of the teams have to muddle through the Detour: Pounding Drums or Pounding Pavement. They can either learn a drum routine and perform it on stage correctly, or gather supplies to sell ice cream sandwiches, with the requirement that they sell 25. Every one of them chooses to do drums, and it isnt necessarily the best choice for these uncoordinated people.
Louie and Mike suck out loud, with Michael exclaiming that hes as white as white can be and has no rhythm. After many failed tries, the detectives bail, thanking their young teacher. Im off like a prom dress! quips Michael. Really now. Jet and Cord are struggling, but stick with it. Jet snarks that the only musical instrument they play is the radio - but they eventually get the routine right. Caite and Brent have a much better time of it, with Caite shaking her booty to the beat. The cameraman is happy to oblige by filming it in detail. Eesh.
While Carol and Brandy are proving that they, too, are lacking in musical skills, Louie and Michael waste a whole lot of time by heading to the fast Forward, hoping to give it a shot. They soon discover they cant, Dan and Jordan have taken it. To add insult to injury, they rush back outside to find that their cabbie has taken an extended bathroom break. They fume while the driver drops the kids off at the pool, then finally head to the ice cream task when he returns.
Meanwhile, Caite and Brent have run across the U-Turn. Caite froths at the mouth at the chance to smack down Carol and Brandy, and she happily slaps their picture on the sign, joy in her eyes. Once Carol and Brandy finish mangling their drum routine, they come to the U-Turn sign - and flip out. Brandy hits the sign with her hand, ranting at how stupid/jealous Caite is of their superior looks and intelligence. Yes, nothing speaks of intelligence like throwing a childish fit. After unnecessarily mocking Brent and comparing him to Forrest Gump, Carol and Brandy haul their entitled, superior asses over to sell ice cream.
Louie and Michael are already there, and are having success with selling the treats. Buy ice cream from the crazy Americans! Michael bellows. I have to say, Ive never seen an ice cream sandwich made so literally. A piece of white bread holding a thick slice of flavored ice cream? Hmm. Im not above making spaghetti sandwiches, so I might give this a shot one day. Im all about the carbs.
Carol and Brandy arrive to gather up their supplies, and the bitching never stops. One of them, I care not which, complains that she refuses to be out in the sun. They stand in the outdoor mall, sour looks on their faces, and Im amazed that anybody would buy anything from them. Im so over these two. And thats all I have to say about that.
Evil Is As Evil Does
The Roadblock is next, and it consists of having to count the links in a giant shipyard chain. Not so hard, but the background noise is irritating - guys banging on metal with hammers, some dude hollering out numbers over the intercom. Even so, everyone gets it right the first time. Michael pulls out his handy little pitch counter to help, but forgets to sign out his clipboard and wastes a few minutes going back to get it. A-duh.
Just so you know, Brandy and Carol, supposed dimwits Brent and Caite got it right on the first count. They actually CAN count past ten without using taking their shoes off, you witches.
On their way out, Louie and Michael try to steal Carol and Brandys cab, their own driver having bailed on them. Or perhaps he went off in search of another bathroom after eating those 10 ice cream sandwiches he bought from the detectives. Either way, the cabbie refuses to leave Carol and Brandy stranded (dammit) and the guys end up bribing a passenger in another cab to let them take it for twenty bucks.
Next - teams get to have some fun on the MegaZip, a big-ass zip line running through the jungle and over some water. Brent and Caite get to it first, and have a blast on the ride. Jet and Cord are next, taking off their hats and whooping and hollering the whole way. Did you catch their promo of the Country Music Awards for next week? Cute.
Louie and Michael enjoy the ride, too, as Louie got to travel a good distance without exerting himself. *cough, hack* Also, Michael let it be known that he very much appreciated the cute clue girl at the bottom. Down, boy. Carol and Brandy go last, and much to my disappointment, the cable doesnt break and send them plummeting into the water below.
Try as they might, editing tried to make it look like a close finish between the detectives and Carol and Brandy, but it was pretty obvious by the sunlight that the ladies werent even close. I watched with a satisfied grin as teams checked in
1st - Dan and Jordan, who tell Phil that they will never use their motorbike prizes because their momma would have a fit. Phil raises that brow in amusement.
2nd - Brent and Caite
3rd - Jet and Cord
4th - Louie and Michael
Out, out, out: Carol and Brandy. Hallelujah! True to form, their parting comments are just more vitriol spewed Brent and Caites way. Even after Phil gently explained that Caite did it because she thought they were mean to her, they werent having any of it. Did they even enjoy the experience? Who knows. Good riddance to them.
No TAR for us next week (sob!) but it will return in two weeks. Phil promises more drama with the final four, and if he said where they were headed, I wasnt paying attention. We were too busy celebrating Carol and Brandys elimination. So - are you glad theyre gone? Who do you want in your final three? And do you like your ice cream on Wonder Bread? See you in two week, TAR fans.


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Booter wrote:Yea mike where have u been? First ur late in kc glow aviars n now td rushs? Lol. Better late than never i guess.
I threw a red champystar one a little bit when they came out, but it was more stable, especially LSS. When I tested that it was nice out of the hand and through the middle of the flight, but if I had given it even a micro amount of hyzer, it faded pretty hard. It would also fight a slight turn. Overall I think the STD I tested, brand new, had a higher cruising speed. This made it harder to power down. Now I'm thinking that disc would have probably broken in to where my CTD is at pretty quickly.


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coagulation factor viia (generic name)
It helps to prevent or control bleeding in patients with hemophilia A or hemophilia B who have clotting factor inhibitors
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What is this medicine?FACTOR VIIa, RECOMBINANT (fak tir VIIa, ree kom bi nant) helps to prevent or control bleeding in patients with hemophilia A or hemophilia B who have clotting factor inhibitors. This medicine may also be used to treat bleeding in patients with factor VII deficiency or in select patients who have other types of bleeding problems.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
How should I use this medicine?This medicine is for injection into a vein. It is usually given by a health care professional in a hospital or clinic setting.
If you get this medicine at home, you will be taught how to prepare and give this medicine. Let the powder and solution warm to room temperature before use. Follow mixing directions carefully to avoid foaming. Swirl but do not shake the solution. Throw away any unused portion. Use exactly as directed. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed.
It is important that you put your used needles and syringes in a special sharps container. Do not put them in a trash can. If you do not have a sharps container, call your pharmacist or healthcare provider to get one.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
What if I miss a dose?Try not to miss doses. Ask your doctor or health care professional for instructions if you miss a dose.
What may interact with this medicine?Do not take this medicine with any of the following medications:
This medicine may also interact with the following medications:
What should I watch for while using this medicine?If you are a hemophilia patient, carry an identification card with you at all times. The card should have your name, the name and dose of your medication(s), the name and phone number of your doctor or health care professional, and a contact person in case of emergency.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
Where should I keep my medicine?Keep out of the reach of children.
If you are using this medicine at home, you will be instructed on how to store this medicine. Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date on the label.
Remember, keep this and all other medicines out of the reach of children, never share your medicines with others, and use this medication only for the indication prescribed.


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Aspirin (such as Anacin, Bayer, or Bufferin) relieves pain and reduces fever and inflammation.
Warning: Do not give aspirin to anyone younger than 20 unless your doctor tells you to do so because of the risk of Reye syndrome.
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Dosage: Adults (age 20 and older), 650 mg every 4 hours, as needed. Maximum adult dose is 4,000 mg in a 24-hour period.
Aspirin is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID). For information about other NSAIDs, see nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
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Destination Dish November Recipe: Cranberry Hand Pies
Between the staple sauce on Thanksgiving and festive red garlands on the Christmas tree, cranberries could be considered the envoy ingredient of the holiday season. For a bold twist on the berry this year, try this unique cranberry recipe for cranberry hand pies.
It's one of the best holiday dessert recipes since everyone gets their own individual pie and you can start preparing up to 5 days in advance. Plus, you can feel a little less guilty indulging in this Christmas dessert recipe knowing the health benefits of cranberries are hefty. They contain high amounts of vitamin C and fiber, and are low in calories. Cranberries are also packed with cancer and disease-fighting antioxidants, with an amount second to only blueberries.
Fresher is always better, and fresh cranberries pack more flavor, but frozen cranberries will also do the trick for this holiday cranberry recipe, as long as they're adequately thawed.
- 3 2/3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) plus 3 tablespoon unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes, frozen
Filling & Assembly
- 1 pound fresh cranberries (about 4 cups)
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon finely grated orange zest
- 2 tablespoon fresh orange juice
- 1/2 teaspoon instant tapioca (not starch)
- 1/2 vanilla bean, split lengthwise
- 1 large egg, beaten to blend
- Raw sugar
- A 3-inch-diameter cookie cutter or biscuit cutter
Dough can be made 2 days ahead. Keep chilled. Let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes to soften slightly before rolling out.
Pulse flour, sugar, and salt in a food processor to combine. Add butter; pulse until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal (no big pieces of butter should remain). With motor running, slowly drizzle 1/2 cup ice water through feed tube. Pulse until dough just begins to come together.
Divide dough in half. Form each half into a ball; flatten into disks. Wrap each disk tightly in plastic. Chill for at least 2 hours.
Filling & Assembly
Cranberry filling can be made 5 days ahead. Cover and chill. Pies can be made 2 hours ahead.
Combine cranberries, sugar, orange zest and juice, and tapioca in a medium saucepan. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; add bean. Let stand for juices to accumulate, about 10 minutes, then cook over medium heat until mixture comes to a simmer and begins to thicken, 5-6 minutes. (Some cranberries will burst.) Let cool completely.
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper; set aside. Working with 1 disk at a time, roll out dough on a lightly floured surface until very thin, about 1/16-inch thick. Using cookie cutter, cut out 16 circles. Brush edges of 8 circles with beaten egg.
Place 1 heaping tablespoon filling in center of each egg-washed circle. Top with remaining circles to form 8 pies. Using a fork, crimp 1/4-inch around edges to seal. If desired, use cookie cutter to clean edges. Repeat with remaining dough, egg, and filling.
Divide pies between prepared sheets; chill for 45 minutes. Preheat oven to 425°. Working with 1 baking sheet of pies at a time, score dough, forming a small X in the center of each pie. Brush tops of pies with beaten egg and sprinkle with raw sugar.
Bake pies until crust is golden brown and filling bubbles out of Xs, 17-20 minutes. Let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes; transfer to a wire rack and let cool completely. Repeat with remaining baking sheet of pies.
Be sure to visit the Destination Dish website to see more unique cranberry recipes by other chefs, where the dishes are being served, and get to know the culinary talents behind Destination Hotels & Resorts' delicious fare.


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The Jazz were headed nowhere fast.
In a game featuring little execution and less emotion, Dallas owned an 82-76 lead in the opening moments of the fourth quarter Monday night at EnergySolutions Arena.
Enter Derrick Favors.
The Jazz were headed nowhere fast.
In a game featuring little execution and less emotion, Dallas owned an 82-76 lead in the opening moments of the fourth quarter Monday night at EnergySolutions Arena.
Enter Derrick Favors.
After being called for an offensive foul while posting up against Dirk Nowitzki, he stepped into the Mavericks' All-Star on the defensive end.
Favors slapped away the ball on a drive before wrestling Nowitzki to the ground as they pursued it.
Favors was called for another foul, but everybody suddenly seemed to care.
The Jazz. The Mavs. The crowd of 18,600.
It was exactly the kind of play the struggling Jazz needed, and they responded by dominating the final 11 minutes with their defense in a 100-94 victory.
"I thought it was a momentum-builder," Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin. "Everybody [became] determined they weren't going to let anybody run over them; we were going to fight the entire time. I thought that was a big play to get us going. From there, we just picked it up."
Asked about the play, Favors shook his head slightly.
"I just got physical," he said. I'm going to make them call something."
Did he sense his foul energized the Jazz?
"I don't really know," he said. "My head was going around. ... Like I said, I just got physical."
After Favors' foul, Dallas rookie Jae Crowder missed a 3-point shot. Gordon Hayward followed by blocking Rodrigue Beaubois' dunk.
The Jazz stopped the Mavs' next four possessions, too, and used a 6-0 run to get back in the game.
"I thought on the defensive end we were really in tune with what was going on," Corbin said. "We played with the right sense of urgency."
With six minutes left, however, the Jazz still trailed by six.
It was 86-80 when Utah's defense made seven straight stops, starting with three turnovers and a shot by Nowitzki that went off the side of the backboard.
The Jazz used a 13-0 run to overtake Dallas.
"We just kept fighting," Alec Burks said. "When you keep fighting, a lot of things happen. When you play hard, a lot of things go your way."
Al Jefferson agreed.
"We knew we had to do it on the defensive end," he said.


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David N. Snyder wrote::) Yeah, the Buddha thought of everything! It is great that we have such a great wealth of teachings from the Buddha. The Anguttara Nikaya has the most suttas dealing with everyday life and for lay people.
Now if we could just get the lay people to brush their teeth! It's kind of nasty when someone gets close to you talking right next to your face and they haven't brushed in perhaps days, weeks.
BMC1 PC40 wrote: 40. Should any bhikkhu take into his mouth an edible that has not been given — except for water and tooth-cleaning sticks (§) — it is to be confessed.
"Now at that time a certain bhikkhu, living entirely off of what was thrown away (§), was staying in a cemetery. Not wanting to receive gifts from people, he himself took the offerings for dead ancestors — left in cemeteries, under trees, and on thresholds — and ate them. People criticized and complained and spread it about, 'How can this bhikkhu himself take our offerings for our dead ancestors and eat them? He's robust, this bhikkhu. He's strong. Perhaps he feeds on human flesh.'"
BMC2 personal grooming wrote:Care of the teeth. Toothbrushes, dental floss, toothpaste, and tooth powders were unknown in the time of the Buddha. However, there is an allowance for tooth wood, which is the same thing as the tooth-cleaning stick discussed under Pc 40. The Buddha extolled the virtues of using tooth wood as follows: "There are five advantages in chewing tooth wood: It makes the mouth attractive, the mouth does not smell foul, the taste buds are cleaned, bile and phlegm do not coat one's food, one enjoys one's food." At present, toothbrushes and dental floss would come under the allowance for tooth wood. Because tooth wood should not be less than four fingerbreadths long, many Communities extend this prohibition to include toothpicks less than four fingerbreadths as well. Toothpaste and tooth powder, because they are composed of mineral salts, would come under the allowance of salts for medicine.
"There are five advantages in chewing tooth wood: It makes the mouth attractive (§), the mouth does not smell foul, the taste buds are cleaned, bile and phlegm do not coat one's food, one enjoys one's food. I allow tooth wood." — Cv.V.31.1
"A long piece of tooth wood is not to be chewed. Whoever should chew one: an offense of wrong doing. I allow tooth wood eight fingerbreadths long at most. And novices are not to be flicked with it. Whoever should do so: an offense of wrong doing"... "An overly short piece of tooth wood is not to be chewed. Whoever should chew one: an offense of wrong doing. I allow tooth wood four fingerbreadths long at the very least." — Cv.V.31.2
Cittasanto wrote:is there a footnote to that "toothbrush"
it is commonly rendered as tooth wood, although PTS has tooth-pick.
If I remember correctly Ajahn Chah talks about using a charcoal stick although the common (version) used now (if it is different?) has one end like a tooth-pick and the other end is beaten into individual strands to be bitten.
Cittasanto wrote:not specifically although they are available in Thailand
It is good for one's eyes
SamKR wrote:Nice one. Thanks, cooran.
Perhaps the Buddha had to deal with people with bad breath.It is good for one's eyes
But I don't understand how brushing is good for one's eyes. Does it mean teeth would look good to other's eyes?
Cooran wrote:
I'm just dipping into Bhikkhu Bodhi's translation of the Anguttara Nikaya - The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha - and am interested to see that there was no aspect of ordinary life that could not benefit from advice from the Blessed One.
Ven. Bodhi: When I read the suttas on dependent origination and nonself, I thought: the Buddha is certainly enlightened, but maybe not perfectly so. However, when I came to the Sigalaka Sutta (Digha Nikaya 31) my doubts were dispelled. When I read this sutta, particularly the section on "worshipping the six directions" (In the Buddha's Words, pp. 116–18), and saw how one who had fathomed the deepest truths of existence could also teach in detail parents how to bring up their children, a husband and a wife how to love and respect each other, and an employer how to care for his workers, I then knew: This teacher is indeed perfectly enlightened. To my mind, this sutta showed that the Buddha possessed not only the "ascendant wisdom" that rises up to the highest truth, but the "descending wisdom" embraced by compassion that drops down again to the level of the world and, in the light of the fullest realization, teaches and guides others in the way that suits them best.
I allow tooth wood eight fingerbreadths long at most. And novices are not to be flicked with it.
A chewstick, called a suwak, was probably the earliest toothbrush.
The chewstick for cleaning teeth was apparently borrowed from the Chinese and Babylonians. It is first mentioned as a common method of cleaning the teeth by the Romans. It consists of a stick a little smaller in diameter.than a pencil and about 6 inches long. It is made from any one of a number of fibrous woods. One end is chewed to separate the fibers and then the teeth are scrubbed one at a time. This method is still used in many parts of Africa and many Islamic countries.
Khalil Bodhi wrote:Hey everyone, here is a link to the tooth sticks which were probably used in the Buddha's day: http://www.miswakstick.com/miswak.html
Surprising, they are also considered a traditional accompaniment to the wudu (ablutions) of Muslims and were praised by the Prophet Muhammed. I may get a tooth stick myself!
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MONTCLAIR – In honor of American Heart Month, Montclair Plaza will host the Go Red Fashion Show on Feb. 23. at Macy's Court at the mall.
In association with the American Heart Association's Go Red movement, the fashion show is produced to help bring awareness about heart disease, the number 1 killer of women.
The Montclair Plaza Mall Walkers will also perform a dance before the fashion show.
A drawing will be held by Barnes & Noble for a new American Heart Association healthy cookbook. Guests who wear red to the fashion show will receive a free red gift bag filled with fresh healthy foods, stress balls and other items to promote healthy hearts.
The fashion show will be from 2 p.m.to 4 p.m
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But it has been over 400 years since the last Threadfall, and some people have come to doubt that the menace will every strike again. But F'lar, rider of Pern's greatest bronze dragon, has no such illusions. The Red Star is near; Thread will fall soon.
Book another flight with the Dragonriders of Pern.
©1968 Anne McCaffrey; (P)1993 Brilliance Audio
I am a graduate student working toward my doctorate in clinical psychology. I find a welcome escape in the world of literature.
"A lovely listen"
The action came in waves - a great pace for an audio book because you had good places to stop. The last hour though was fast paced 'til the end! A great book and I will be looking for the rest of the series. You know that it is worth it when you have characters with odd names you have never heard before in you life, and yet at the end of the first chapter you can still list everyone you have heard about.
"The Pern series is very engaging"
Having only recently discovered downloadable audio books, I have also only recently discovered a love of science fiction. But this series sucked up every moment of my available listening time, to the point I was putting my iPod on for even the shortest trip to the loo at work. Like all series, it has it's high and low points, and sometimes the narrator grates a nerve with his accents, but I chewed through the series so fast I had some 'splaining to do when the bill came. It's a great story and a fun listen/read.
"Just as Good the Second Time Around!"
This is a second reading for this series. I loved these books so long ago, and find I am excited to be back in Pern. I didn't change my star rating as they are just as wonderful now as when I read them the first time.
The difference, this time, is I had the Audible version to listen to while keeping track on the Kindle version, and in the huge book version, Dragonriders of Pern, that contains Dragonflight, Dragonquest and White Dragon. My eyes couldn't stay with the book version at all. The font was too small.
This Audible version had Dick Hill as narrator. His deep voice resonated within me, especially when he did the voice for Robinton. Oh, how I had missed that Masterharper! Mr. Hill was able to keep the characters different while not making the females sound silly. In fact, I think his strength was in drawing out Lessa's personality.
My soul misses Anne McCaffrey and her wit and imagination. At least we still have all her books to immerse ourselves in
I am an avid reader! I'm 49 mother of 2 daughters and a trucker. I listen to audio books 5-8 hrs a day 5 day's a week. or 2500 miles which ever comes first. I love scifi, mysteries and all things J.R WARD.
"Anne Fan...Still"
Read it, Heard it, Still love it. Though I would have been more comfortable thinking/listening in a feminine voice as much of this story is a woman's perspective. Characters you care about & want to know. Adventure you envy, Dragons you love. Enjoy!!
After reading the reviews, it took me a little time to stop trying to analyze the reader and actually listen to the story - Then it was enjoyable listening. Maybe not as versital a reader as some, but passable.
"Poor reading"
I have always liked Anne McCaffrey's stories, but the reading of this story is so poor that I have to make an effort to follow it. The reader makes constant smacking noises. He doesn't seem to know how to control his saliva or how to breath. He has some ability to vary voices, which is good. But he is no Jim Dale. When he reads as a dragon speaking, his voice production is hollow, as if through an echoing tunnel. That's a bit unconvincing. The reading presents a challenge to enjoying the story.
"Narrator teeters on my nerves"
The narration stretches for extra prominence by including coughing, gasping, sighing, mouth noises, and some whining voices.
The realistic/dramatic style teeters on getting on my nerves.
I won't be replaying this book even though it is an old favorite of mine.
"Utterly disappointed."
I have loved this series since it was first published. It was the first sci-fi/fantasy series I ever read. I thought it would be cool to have it read to me. I can't tell you how awful it is. This narrator makes F'lar sound like some egotistical warlord. God knows what that accent is supposed to be. If this was my first introduction I would never have made it to Ramoth's hatching, much less read the entire series over and over again. My heartfelt recommendation is to read these books, don't listen to them.
I have been reading Sci-Fi and Fantasy since I was very young starting with Space Cat in the early 50's. Graduating to Norton, Heinlein.
"Love the Pern stories"
No, But just as good.
The humor and of course the fact that it is a book about Pern.
Yes, consistent.
"The first trilogy"
Have been an Anne McCaffrey fan for years. Still believe that the first 3 dragonriders books are her best although All the Weyrs of Pern comes close
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Animal Feeding at Ardenwood: Check for eggs, bring hay to the livestock and learn the animals' favorite foods. 3 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays. Ardenwood Historic Farm, 34600 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont. 510-544-2797, www.ebparks.org.
Free Pet Adoptions: Friends of the Alameda Animal Shelter are holding a three day adopt-a-thon where all dog and cat adoptions are free. Standard adoption process applies. All the pets have been vaccinated (except for rabies), microchipped and spayed or neutered. Adoptions include a certificate for a free health exam at a local vet, pet related coupons and a pet bed. First year license is free. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 7-9. 1590 Fortmann Way, Alameda. 510-337-8565, www.AlamedaAnimalShelter.org.
"Home for the Holidays" adoption event: Kittens, cats, dogs, puppies, bunnies and other animals will be available for adoption ($20 adoption fee) from 1-5 p.m. Dec. 8 at the Hayward Animal Shelter, 16 Barnes Court. Shelter volunteers will also have a bake sale, raffle prizes and a Christmas gift for each adopted pet. 510-293-7200.
Maine Coon Cat Adoption Fair: Maine coon-mix cats as well as short-and medium-haired cats and kittens will be available for adoption from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 8-9, at Wild Birds Unlimited, 692 Contra Costa Blvd., Pleasant Hill. Adopters must be approved in advance. For an application, visit www.mainecoonadoptions.com.
Benefit for homeless animals: East Bay Animal Rescue and Refuge (EBARR) is holding it's Holiday Fundraising Dinner from 4-8 p.m. Dec. 9, at Guadalajara Grill, 5446 Ygnacio Road, Concord. Tickets are $25 and include dinner, raffles, silent auction and more. All proceeds benefit homeless dogs and cats. 925-429-2785, http://EBARR.Org.
Pet Photo Night: Bring your furry friends on a leash or in a carrying case and have their picture taken with Santa Claus. Purrfect Cat Rescue will also be there with cats available for adoption. 4 p.m.-closing, Dec. 10 and Dec. 17. NewPark Mall, Newark.
Responsible Pet Caretaking: Kids ages 8-13 will learn what it takes to be a responsible pet caretaker and what is needed to keep pets happy and healthy. Bring a bag lunch. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Dec. 15. Valley Humane Society, 3670 Nevada St., Pleasanton. $50. 925-426-8656.
Adopt a small animal: Chinchillas, guinea pigs, hamsters, mice, rabbits and rats from North Star Rescue, Contra Costa Rabbit Rescue and Antioch City Shelter will be available for adoption from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, through Jan. 26, at Pet Food Express, 609 San Ramon Valley Blvd., Danville. Free nail trims for small animals available too. To see currently available animals, visit www.northstarrescue.org.
Fish feeding time: Get close to crabs, flounder, perch, pipefish and more — while they eat. 3-3:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Jan.-Feb. Crab Cove Visitor Center, 1252 McKay Ave., Alameda. 510-544-3187, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Storytime and nature fun: Kids meet characters like the Lorax, hermit crabs and "Swimmy the Fish" through stories, then have fun with live animals, crafts, scavenger hunts and nature videos. 11 a.m. Sundays, Jan.-Feb. Crab Cove Visitor Center, 1252 McKay Ave., Alameda. 510-544-3187, firstname.lastname@example.com.
New Year's Day Butterfly Walks: Start the new year off with a visit to a monarch butterfly overwintering site. Use spotting scopes for a close-up look and learn how they survive the long cold season in eucalyptus trees. 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Jan. 1. Meet at the Granary. Ardenwood Historic Farm, 34600 Ardenwood Blvd., Fremont. 510-544-2797, www.ebparks.org.
Family Nature Hour: Kids ages 5 and older learn about the world around them with stories, games and activities. Each class covers a different topic. 2-3 p.m. Jan. 5: Animal Adaptations. Jan. 12: Animal Tracking. Jan. 26: Marsh Habitat. Feb. 2: Birding. Feb. 16: Reptiles. Parent participation required. Coyote Hills Visitor Center, 8000 Patterson Ranch Road, Fremont. 510-544-3220, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Take a Walk on the Wild Side: Grab a snack and some water and take a walk-up Wildcat Peak. For ages 8 and older. 1:30-3:30 p.m. Jan. 5. Tilden Nature Area, Berkeley. 510-544-2233, email@example.com.
V-I-Peek programs: New programs at the Lindsay Wildlife Museum offer a behind-the-scenes opportunity to see what it's like to work with their unique collection of animals. Eagle Encounter: Learn from eagle handlers what it's like to work with these birds, help prepare a meal and get premium seating for the exhibit hall presentation of Raptors! Keeper Experience: Meet resident animal ambassadors (reptile, bird and mammal) up close and personal and help animal keepers prepare meals, create enrichment activities and assist with a public presentation. Space is limited. Participants must be 10 years or older and advanced registration is required. $175 per person; $150 members. $275 per guardian/child combination; $250 members. 925-935-1978, www.wildlife-museum.org.
Fishing in the City: Learn to fish clinics teach the basics of fishing to children and adolescents ages 5-15. Equipment and tackle are provided. There is no charge for the clinics but there may be a park entrance fee. Each adult may bring two children; a driver's license is required for a rod loan. For information, email email@example.com.
Dog Adoption Showcase: Pet and play with dogs of all sizes and breeds and get "insiders information" from foster parents who are currently taking care of them in their homes. Noon-2 p.m. Saturdays through Dec. 29. Humane Society Silicon Valley, 901 Ames Ave., Milpitas. 408-262-2133, ext. 150. See available dogs at www.hssv.org.
Dog Book Reading Club: Do you love dogs? Want to learn more about their behavior, training, learning, body language, and using positive training methods? The Humane Society Silicon Valley Dog Book Reading Club meets from 2-4 p.m. fourth Sundays monthly to discuss a different book. 901 Ames Ave., Milpitas. Free. 408-262-2133, www.hssv.org.
Pet Loss Support Group: This group is for anyone who has experienced the loss of a pet or anticipates one. 6:30-7:30 p.m. first Tuesdays monthly, through Dec. 4. Humane Society Silicon Valley, 901 Ames Ave., Milpitas. Free. 408-262-2133, ext. 178, www.hssv.org.
Holiday pet portraits: Cooper's Dream Rescue is holding an adoption event and holiday pet portrait fundraiser. For a $15 donation ($20 at the door), you'll receive a portrait of your pets alone or with your family and high resolution digital copies of the photos. 1-3 p.m. Dec. 8. Bow Wow Meow, 654 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park. Reservations, email@example.com.
Mobile Pet Adoption: The Peninsula Humane Society and SPCA will host a special mobile pet adoption at Hillsdale Shopping Center, Sixty 31st Ave., San Mateo. From noon-3 p.m. Dec. 15, shoppers can meet shelter animals seeking new homes including cats, kittens, rabbits, dogs and more. www.phs-spca.org.
Puppy Socials: Got a new puppy under 6 months? Bring him or her to the K9 Scrub Club for fun and socialization, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays, through Jan. 29. 1734 Church St., San Francisco. Free. 415-648-2582, http://k9scrubclub.com/san-francisco-store/events/puppy-social-9.html.
Santa Paws Is Coming To Town: Santa Claus will pose for photos with four-legged friends and their families from 2-4 p.m. Dec. 8-9, at Prescott Hotel, 545 Post St. Bring your iPhone and digital camera to capture your pet's holiday moment. Treats and refreshments will be available for both humans and animals. A suggested donation of $10 benefits the San Francisco SPCA. 415-672-2950.
12 Days of Winter Play: Treat your dog to a special 12 day camp featuring holiday themes and activities. Sign up for one day or the entire event. 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Dec. 10-18. Wag Hotel, 25 14th St. $7 with purchase of All Day Play. 415-876-0700, http://waghotels.com/winter-camp.cfm.
Silicon Valley animal shelters are launching "Shelters First,' a program to encourage Santa Clara County households to adopt from shelters. In December the adoption fee on all adult animals is $12. Animals can be adopted immediately at Humane Society Silicon Valley, Santa Clara County Animal Shelter, City of Palo Alto Animal Services, Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority, City of San Jose Animal Care and Services and Town Cats. For information, visit www.sheltersfirst.org.
Sacramento wildlife refuges: Visit several wildlife refuges in the Sacramento Valley that are homes to thousands of wintering ducks, geese and swans. Featured on this trip (Dec. 8-9) is visits to Sacramento National Wildlife refuge on Saturday, followed by Colusa National Wildlife Refuge and Gray lodge Wildlife Area on Sunday. Space is limited and carpooling is essential. Participants may opt to arrive on Friday night for the 7 a.m. start time on Saturday. 916-705-8991, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Morro Bay Winter Bird Festival: Join Morro Coast Audubon Society for its 17th Winter Bird Festival, Jan. 18-21. The area is recognized for its diversity of both resident and wintering birds and at last years festival over 200 species of birds were identified. Registration ends Jan. 6. www.morrobaybirdfestival.org.
Snow Goose Festival of the Pacific Flyway: Takes place Jan. 24-27 in Chico. Registration and information, www.snowgoosefestival.org.
Yolo Basin Wildlife Area: Tour the 16,000-acre wildlife area with an experienced field trip leader. View flooded seasonal and permanent wetlands, native grasslands and young riparian forests. Depending on the season, look for migrating and resident waterfowl, shorebirds, songbirds, raptors and wading birds. 9 a.m.-noon, second Saturdays monthly, through April. www.yolobasin.org/events.cfm.
Gray Lodge Wildlife Area Guided Wetlands Tours: A wildlife naturalist will lead a group (minimum of 18 people) through the diverse wetlands of the Gray Lodge Wildlife Area. Learn wildlife identification and behavior patterns, conservations efforts and more. The experience can be customized to include requested information, along a half-mile walking route. For information and scheduling, call 530-846-7505 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/wa/region2/graylodge/index.html.
Elkhorn Slough Ecological Reserve docent-led walks: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Binoculars and bird books available to borrow at no cost. Visitor Center and main overlook are fully accessible. Day use is $4.32 per person, ages 16 and older. Groups of 10 or more should schedule a separate tour. www.dfg.ca.gov/lands/er/region4/elkhorn.html.
Contra Costa County Animal Services
Halo Pet Adoptions
Send animal related events to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Gargrave DJ Luke Pompey has just returned from America where he was filmed for a new TV documentary series.
Campus Crashers follows six young Brits on a three-month road trip across the United States, stopping off at the top ten "party schools" that regularly feature in lists produced by Playboy magazine and The Princeton Review.
"The entire trip was filmed to document American college life and general American culture to contrast and compare youth attitudes and lifestyle across the pond," said Luke.
"We visited Syracuse University, Penn State, West Virginia University, Ohio State, University of Georgia, Florida State, University at Tallahassee, Louisiana State, University of Texas, Arizona State and The University of Las Vegas along the way.
"Aside from campus life, we were filmed checking out local hotspots and well-known tourist attractions, visiting the Grand Canyon and set of cult American TV show Breaking Bad en route."
Luke, 28, first hit the headlines when he got a DJ slot at Ibizan super club Cream Amnesia at just 18, and two years later supported Tiesto when Galaxy FM invited him to play at the Privilege Club.
He has played to crowds in excess of 10,000, alongside some of the biggest names in the industry.
Now based in Leeds, he has set up his own record Label - Love Not Money Records - and, since launching in late 2011, has signed more than 100 local artists.
Luke will be back on home ground this weekend when he plays at a free event at The Venue, Skipton, on Saturday from 10pm.
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I follow a lot of you on twitter, but I'm sure some of you haven't posted yours or don't have mine, so I figured, why not start a new thread about it where you can post your twitter. You can also list other people you follow that you find interesting. This can be the twitter thread.
I'm www.twitter.com/pig_nash
One of my favorite tweeters is Chris Hardwick (he hosts Attack of the Show on G4 sometimes and Web Soup all the time.) He's www.twitter.com/nerdist