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ICD-10 Diagnosis Code S45.8
Injury of oth blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level
Diagnosis Code S45.8
Short Description: Injury of oth blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level
Long Description: Injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level
This is the 2019 version of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code S45.8
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Code Classification
Information for Patients
Arm Injuries and Disorders
Of the 206 bones in your body, three of them are in your arm: the humerus, radius, and ulna. Your arms are also made up of muscles, joints, tendons, and other connective tissue. Injuries to any of these parts of the arm can occur during sports, a fall, or an accident.
Types of arm injuries include
- Tendinitis and bursitis
- Sprains
- Dislocations
- Broken bones
- Nerve problems
- Osteoarthritis
You may also have problems or injure specific parts of your arm, such as your hand, wrist, elbow, or shoulder.
- Arm CT scan (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Brachial plexopathy (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Radial head fracture - aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Radial nerve dysfunction (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Shoulder Injuries and Disorders
Your shoulder joint is composed of three bones: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone). Your shoulders are the most movable joints in your body. They can also be unstable because the ball of the upper arm is larger than the shoulder socket that holds it. To remain in a stable or normal position, the shoulder must be anchored by muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
Because your shoulder can be unstable, it can be easily injured. Common problems include
- Sprains and strains
- Dislocations
- Separations
- Tendinitis
- Bursitis
- Torn rotator cuffs
- Frozen shoulder
- Fractures
- Arthritis
Health care providers diagnose shoulder problems by using your medical history, a physical exam, and imaging tests.
Often, the first treatment for shoulder problems is RICE. This stands for Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. Other treatments include exercise and medicines to reduce pain and swelling. If those don't work, you may need surgery.
NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Brachial plexopathy (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Broken collarbone - aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Frozen shoulder (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Frozen shoulder - aftercare (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Shoulder arthroscopy (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Shoulder CT scan (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Shoulder MRI scan (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Shoulder pain (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Using your shoulder after surgery (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Vascular Diseases
The vascular system is the body's network of blood vessels. It includes the arteries, veins and capillaries that carry blood to and from the heart. Problems of the vascular system are common and can be serious. Arteries can become thick and stiff, a problem called atherosclerosis. Blood clots can clog vessels and block blood flow to the heart or brain. Weakened blood vessels can burst, causing bleeding inside the body.
You are more likely to have vascular disease as you get older. Other factors that make vascular disease more likely include
- Family history of vascular or heart diseases
- Pregnancy
- Illness or injury
- Long periods of sitting or standing still
- Any condition that affects the heart and blood vessels, such as diabetes or high cholesterol
- Smoking
- Obesity
Losing weight, eating healthy foods, being active and not smoking can help vascular disease. Other treatments include medicines and surgery.
- Aortic arch syndrome (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Arterial embolism (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Arteriogram (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Cerebral angiography (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Duplex ultrasound (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Venous insufficiency (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Venous ulcers -- self-care (Medical Encyclopedia)
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General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.
Present on Admission
The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement.


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Placed second at Westmont in 100M and 400m hurdles with at time of 15.90 and 67.55, respectively…placed 7th at All-Cal Challenge cup in 100m hurdles with a time of 15.37.
Dixon ran a season best time of 15.47 in the 100m hurdles at the Big West Challenge...Ran 1:08.72 in the 400m hurdles for a season personal best.
Contributed to a time of 3:46.91 for a seasonal best on the 4x400m relay team at the UCSD Triton Invitational.
High School
Competed in the West Valley League of the CIF-City Section...Was League Champion in the 300m hurdles from 2007-2009...Qualified for the State Meet in the 300m hurdles in 2008 and 2009, and in the 100m hurdles in 2008...Was City Section Champion in the 300m hurdles in 2008...Four year honors student...Member of senior board, knights & ladies organization and the honors renaissance organization.
Cherise Dixon also played varsity soccer in high school...Says her favorite aspect of collegiate track and field is competing and running with her friends...Global Studies and Sociology major.
Collegiate Career Bests
100m hurdles - 15.02 (Occidental Invitational, 2010)
200m - 27.10 (All- Cal UC Cup, 3/12/2011)
400m - 1:03.24 (All-Cal UC Cup, 3/12/2011)
400m hurdles - 1:07.23 (Bryan Clay Invite,4/20/2012)
4x400m -3:46.91 (UCSD Triton Invitational, 4/24/2010)

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Dining Room Mood Board & Updates
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Wow! You guys are really making some changes. Your plan sounds beautiful and I can't wait to see it all come together. So sorry about the paint mix up - what a bummer :(ReplyDelete
can't wait to see the reveal! working on my dining room as we speak! enjoy!ReplyDelete
Congrats on the feature--that was the first I'd seen your hallway. Looks great! I'm excited to see your dining room transformation. I'm sure it'll be amazing even if there are some bumps in the road. Hang in there, girl!ReplyDelete
Oh so frustrating to have to paint all over again! But I love what you're doing, and in the end, however long it takes it's going to be beautiful and you will be proud of it. In other news, congrats on the hallway feature! Well-deserved!ReplyDelete
Love this!! I cant wait to see it all finished! and yes I agree- hiring someone for a fresh look on things is money well spent- or shall I say coffee well bought! Even designers sometimes need a fresh eye on their home. and I would totally work for free Starbucks!!! hmmm maybe I should offer that as well! LOLReplyDelete
oh and your entry!!!!! *sigh* --a beauty!!
There are so many things I want to comment on. First, I love the inspiration photo and the colors you picked. Second, you are 32 weeks! Congratulations!! (That's one week further than I made it with my twins.) I adore, adore, adore the hardware you picked for the sideboard and am sorry that paint didn't match for the chairs and table. Will it work as a tone on tone look?ReplyDelete
Oohhh...I'm so excited to see more pictures! I totally support the decision to bring in professionals given that you are so far along.ReplyDelete
I adore your hallway! And these are great ideas!ReplyDelete
That's terrible about the paint! But your plans for the dining room look stunning. I can't wait for the reveal! And I'm definitely going to try that Adhesion primer. We have lots of surfaces like that... :)ReplyDelete
Oh man that is SO frustrating! Are the colors complementary? Maybe they don't need to match exactly?ReplyDelete
Love your color scheme, it's so fresh. I'm excited to see how that sideboard turned out.
Congrats on the feature! I love your plans and think the new walls in the DR look wonderful! You must be breathing a sigh of relief that the stripes are gone. Enjoy!ReplyDelete
oh i can't wait to see the side board. love the color and LOOOVE the hardware!! this room is going to be stunning. The paint looks so much better than the old wallpaper too. adore the corner cupboard! xo, tessaReplyDelete
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Terry L. Ellis 7/11/2012 9:32:10 AMStunning capture, Jill! Can't wait to see you tomorrow! #10224863
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New York Mets GM Sandy Alderson recently told MLB.com Ike Davis was not annoyed by the persistent trade talk since the end of the season.
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I can buy him being anxious for spring training, if for no other reason, than to prove he can play so he can get out of Dodge.
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"We're not going to move Ike just to move Ike – or any other player for that matter,'' Alderson said. "This is a trade market, not a yard sale, and right now we're perfectly happy to go into spring training with Davis and [Lucas] Duda both on the team.''
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Eight bands complete with banjos, fiddles and guitars will take center stage at the Ionia Theatre Sunday to entertain at the Ionia Bluegrass Special.
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Pretty good, but, you will need glove liner in very cold weather.
They are very soft and comfortable and easy to work controls. However they are only good down to 50 degrees with no faring. I recommend buying a larger size and use a liner for colder temperatures. Well worth the money.
Fit nice. Good for 45 degrees and up. Very flexible. I am able to work the throttle and levers with out any problems. For a ride of any distance colder than 45 I would need more. I recommend these gloves.
Very soft, nice lining, fit well.
Awesome. Very warm and functional.
Very soft leather. Good value for the money. Size was accurate
Good value, would like a little more insulation... fingers still get cold when 50 degrees outside.
Great value, great service.
the length is perfect to fit over cuffs, not too long. Very soft leather
These are the best gloves for mid range temps.,very comfortable ,and long lasting.
Great fit, very comfortable. Warm to about mid-lower 40's. Still takes the edge off of the 30 degree morning commutes.
Nice and wrm
Ride without a fairing, and these gloves make a huge difference in comfort on cold days. Gauntlet keeps the cold wind from sneaking under the cuffs. Insulation stays put in the fingers where it should. Size runs a touch small due to the insulation. Very happy with purchase.
Good quality. Fit is very good. Gauntlet cuff just reaches the sleeve of my riding jacket. All in all comfortable and warm on cooler riding days.
A little too small for me. Was going to return, but my biker sister can wear em! Gift for her!
The gloves seem very comfortable, and the size was right on using the sizing chart.This Summer I will test the durability.
Excellent pair of gloves. Very warm and comfortable.
These gloves are not cold weather gloves. Riding in 50 degree temperatures, with a 20 mph north wind, at 60 mph, my hands froze. Suggest you recommend some lightweight liners.
very nice gauntlets, they come up over the zipped sleeves of my jacket and block the wind very well. The insulation keeps my hands nice and warm. These are great gloves and a good value!
Nice gloves. Very soft and quite warm.
kept hand warm, good gloves
Very warm gauntlet. The deer skin outer is very soft. I review it as excellent gloves.
They have been a big help!
Size was perfect. Nice, soft, & warm leather gloves.
They will be great on those cool rides. The gauntlet is big enough to keep your jacket sleeve in the glove. Very happy with the gloves
Great gloves. It's not winter yet but I can tell that my hands will be nice and warm.
great for 50 deg. riding in Tenn.
Great glove, keeps my fingers warm and easy to slide over coat sleeves.
look great fit realy nice .
very good gloves they are comfortable and fit well they do the job
I usually wear Large but had to return for XL and they are still snug. Plus, the left glove is tighter (was on the first pair too). I'm right handed and my right hand is bigger. Not too happy with this whole experience.
very comfortable & kept my hands warm riding in 29degree weather
Great fit and comfort . These are excellent . 10 out of 10.
Excellent value, hands stayed warm at 40 degrees and 70mph.
a little thin, could use more thinsulate
nice gloves, only wish they kept fingers warmer, but they would be bulkier then, wouldn't want that. would buy again.
Great gloves at a good price. The deerskin is very soft and the gloves are warm.
Good quality and very warm
Great gloves thatn is why I got some for my son,nice an warm cuts the wind and not bulky. Good Product.
i love these gloves. i have huge hands and can never find anything that fits. these fit , are comfortable, and warm. most of the reviews i read have said 45 degrees is as low asthey would wear them, but have wonr these down to 30 and still warm enough for me. great product
They fit like a glove...
Great gloves, very comfortable


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With over 600,000 apps in the Apple App Store, and over 25,000 submitted every week, the number of apps on the market right now is staggering. The biggest problem that application developers face today is discoverability. Everyone wants to be the next Instagram or Angry Birds. But how do you rise above the noise? ooomf is an engagement platform that is reinventing the way apps and app makers are explored and discovered today.
ooomf was born out of the Founder Fuel accelerator program. Two members of the ooomf team participated in a Startup Weekend hackathon event in Montreal, Canada and saw so many cool apps being built. But many of those apps had difficulties keeping the momentum going after the event. The goal at ooomf is to give mobile developers a platform and the tools to create a loyal user base during the entire life cycle of their app; from pre-launch, to launch, to post-launch.
"This was the inspiration for ooomf," explains Mikael Cho, co-founder and CEO of ooomf. "We wanted to create a place where developers could go and tell their app's story and cultivate a following, whether their app is just an idea, a prototype or already in the App Store. From our perspective, it's never too early to start building a following."
Marc Nager, CEO of Startup Weekend adds "ooomf has an interesting approach to solving the issues of app discovery. That's the reason we've been working together with them by testing ooomf in several cities."
Early in September, ooomf announced $500,000 in seed funding. Led by Montreal-based early stage seed fund Real Ventures, the round also included BDC Venture Capital and select angel investors. ooomf is getting set to release its iPhone app. Think of the ooomf app as Flixster but for apps. The ooomf site will showcase apps that are coming soon to the Apple App Store, and you can view app demo videos, early screenshots and app release dates.
Team ooomf decided early on to build its business on the Rackspace platform. "When we launched our offering we had tremendous amounts of app data to manage," says Cho. "As a result, we chose the Rackspace Cloud to handle this, which resulted in no extra server management and helped us handle our traffic." The ooomf web platform will be released in public beta within the next month as well.
"Our team is amazing," continues Cho. "We've had tons of experience working together on web projects, but over the past couple of years we saw the insane growth and potential of mobile. ooomf is giving us the opportunity to dive in head-first and work with so many amazing and creative mobile professionals on a daily basis. The vision for ooomf is it will be the place where the app world goes to socialize. Whether you're a mobile blogger, an app developer or app lover, ooomf will be the place where you go to explore everything you wanted to know about your favorite apps and app makers."
Are you an entrepreneur involved in an accelerator, university program or backed by a venture capital firm? If so, the Rackspace Startup Program can assist you in launching your business by providing a world class open cloud computing platform with Fanatical Support™ powered by Rackspace on which to build it. Just talk with the Space Cowboys!


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depression(redirected from Major depressive disorder-recurrent)
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Depression is closely associated with a lack of confidence and self-esteem and with an inability to express strong feelings. Repressed anger is thought to be a powerful contributor to depression. The person feels inadequate to cope with the situations that arise in everyday life and so feels insecure.
Treatment of profound and chronic depression is often very difficult, requiring in most cases intensive psychotherapy to help the patient understand the underlying cause of the depression. antidepressant drugs such as imipramine hydrochloride (Tofranil) and amitriptyline (Elavil) are often used in the treatment of profound depression. They are not true stimulants of the central nervous system, but they do block the reuptake of neurotransmitter substances, which may potentiate the action of norepinephrine and serotonin. monoamine oxidase (MAO) inhibitors are also used. When antidepressants fail, a different technique such as electroconvulsive therapy may be used in conjunction with the psychotherapy.
When patients are depressed, they are likely to isolate themselves and avoid social contact even with those who are trying to help them. Since loss of contact with others contributes to depression, members of the health care team should persist in attempts to talk with these patients, by asking them questions, and actively listening when they attempt to express their feelings. One should be especially careful to avoid being judgmental when the patient does express despair, anger, hostility, or some negative feeling. Above all, it is important not to be condescending or to respond to statements with a meaningless cliché such as "Don't worry," or "I'm sure everything will turn out okay." These responses convey a lack of empathy with the patient's suffering and are an unrealistic approach to a problem that is very real.
Physical contact and touching may be misunderstood by depressed patients. Sometimes, it is better just to sit with them and calmly observe them without making them feel uncomfortable. Honest dialogue and expressions of support and concern can often improve their mood and sense of self worth.
Severely depressed patients usually express three basic feelings associated with their mental state. These are a lack of desire for socializing or physical activity, feelings of worthlessness and loss of self esteem, and thoughts of self-injury or destruction. In planning the care of the depressed patient, one must always consider these feelings and strive for some understanding of the reasons for the patient's behavior. Only by gradually gaining their attention and pointing out encouraging signs of progress can they be helped in their early attempts to return to reality and socialize with others.
Physical inactivity will require attention to adequate nutrition, a normal balance of fluid intake and output, proper elimination, and good skin care. Patients will need help in maintaining good personal hygiene. Severely depressed patients may be totally out of touch with reality and completely unresponsive to anyone else's presence. In such instances the health care provider may be able to do little more than demonstrate caring and empathy by remaining with the patient.
Consistency of care is helpful to depressed patients. They know what to expect, and thus are not repeatedly disappointed when their expectations are not met. An example is consistency in scheduling and carrying out treatments and routine care at the same time each day. A supportive family and interested friends should be involved in choosing and planning activities that are helpful.
Constant vigilance must be maintained to prevent the profoundly depressed patient from injuring himself or committing suicide. Self-destructive behavior is a manifestation of the patient's feeling of worthlessness and loss of self esteem. An awareness of the potential dangers in such a situation should help the provider plan and provide a safe and congenial atmosphere, remaining alert to the early signs of a patient's intention to harm or destroy himself. In most cases suicide is most likely to occur when the patient is recovering from severe depression.
cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion
Restasis, Sandimmun (UK)CNS: tremor, headache, confusion, paresthesia, insomnia, anxiety, depression, lethargy, weakness
Pharmacologic class: Polypeptide antibiotic
Therapeutic class: Immunosuppressant
Pregnancy risk category C
Respiratory: cough, dyspnea, Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia, bronchospasm
FDA Box Warning
• Drug should be prescribed only by physicians experienced in managing systemic immunosuppressive therapy for indicated disease. At doses used for solid-organ transplantation, it should be prescribed only by physicians experienced in immunosuppressive therapy and management of organ transplant recipients. Patient should be managed in facility with adequate laboratory and medical resources. Physician responsible for maintenance therapy should have complete information needed for patient follow-up.
• Neoral may increase susceptibility to infection and neoplasia. In kidney, liver, and heart transplant patients, drug may be given with other immunosuppressants.
• Sandimmune should be given with adrenal corticosteroids but not other immunosuppressants. In transplant patients, increased susceptibility to infection and development of lymphoma and other neoplasms may result from increased immunosuppression.
• Sandimmune and Neoral aren't bioequivalent. Don't use interchangeably without physician supervision.
• In patients receiving Sandimmune soft-gelatin capsules and oral solution, monitor at repeated intervals (due to erratic absorption).
Unclear. Thought to act by specific, reversible inhibition of immunocompetent lymphocytes in G0-G1 phase of cell cycle. Preferentially inhibits T lymphocytes; also inhibits lymphokine production. Ophthalmic action is unknown.
Capsules: 25 mg, 100 mg
Injection: 50 mg/ml
Oral solution: 100 mg/ml
Solution (ophthalmic): 0.05% (0.4 ml in 0.9 ml single-use vial)
⊘Indications and dosages
➣ Psoriasis
Adults:Neoral only-1.25 mg/kg P.O. b.i.d. for 4 weeks. Based on patient response, may increase by 0.5 mg/kg/day once q 2 weeks, to a maximum dosage of 4 mg/kg/day.
➣ Severe active rheumatoid arthritis
Adults:Neoral only-1.25 mg/kg P.O. b.i.d. May adjust dosage by 0.5 to 0.75 mg/kg/day after 8 weeks and again after 12 weeks, to a maximum dosage of 4 mg/kg/day. If no response occurs after 16 weeks, discontinue therapy. Gengraf only-2.5 mg/kg P.O. daily given in two divided doses; after 8 weeks, may increase to a maximum dosage of 4 mg/kg/day.
➣ To prevent organ rejection in kidney, liver, or heart transplantation
Adults and children:Sandimmune only-Initially, 15 mg/kg P.O. 4 to 12 hours before transplantation, then daily for 1 to 2 weeks postoperatively. Reduce dosage by 5% weekly to a maintenance level of 5 to 10 mg/kg/day. Or 5 to 6 mg/kg I.V. as a continuous infusion 4 to 12 hours before transplantation.
➣ To increase tear production in patients whose tear production is presumed to be suppressed due to ocular inflammation associated with keratoconjunctivitis sicca
Adults: 1 drop in each eye b.i.d. given 12 hours apart
Off-label uses
• Aplastic anemia
• Atopic dermatitis
• Hypersensitivity to drug and any ophthalmic components
• Rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis in patients with abnormal renal function, uncontrolled hypertension, cancer (Gengraf, Neoral)
• Active ocular infections (ophthalmic use)
Use cautiously in:
• hepatic impairment, renal dysfunction, active infection, hypertension
• herpes keratitis (ophthalmic use)
• pregnant or breastfeeding patients
• children younger than age 16 (safety and efficacy not established for ophthalmic use).
• For I.V. infusion, dilute as ordered with dextrose 5% in water or 0.9% normal saline solution. Administer over 2 to 6 hours.
• Mix Neoral solution with orange juice or apple juice to improve its taste.
• Dilute Sandimmune oral solution with milk, chocolate milk, or orange juice. Be aware that grapefruit and grapefruit juice affect drug metabolism.
• In postoperative patients, switch to P.O. dosage as tolerance allows.
• Be aware that Sandimmune and Neoral aren't bioequivalent. Don't use interchangeably.
• Before administering eyedrops, invert unit-dose vial a few times to obtain a uniform, white, opaque emulsion.
• Know that eyedrops can be used concomitantly with artificial tears, allowing a 15-minute interval between products.
Adverse reactions
CV: hypertension, chest pain, myocardial infarction
EENT: visual disturbances, hearing loss, tinnitus, rhinitis; (with ophthalmic use) ocular burning, conjunctival hyperemia, discharge, epiphora, eye pain, foreign body sensation, itching, stinging, blurring
GI: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, abdominal discomfort, gastritis, peptic ulcer, mouth sores, difficulty swallowing, anorexia, upper GI bleeding, pancreatitis
GU: gynecomastia, hematuria, nephrotoxicity, renal dysfunction, glomerular capillary thrombosis Hematologic: anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia
Metabolic: hyperglycemia, hypomagnesemia, hyperuricemia, hyperkalemia, metabolic acidosis
Musculoskeletal: muscle and joint pain
Respiratory: cough, dyspnea, Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia, bronchospasm
Skin: acne, hirsutism, brittle fingernails, hair breakage, night sweats
Other: gum hyperplasia, flulike symptoms, edema, fever, weight loss, hiccups, anaphylaxis
The following interactions pertain to oral and I.V. routes only.
Drug-drug.Acyclovir, aminoglycosides, amphotericin B, cimetidine, diclofenac, gentamicin, ketoconazole, melphalan, naproxen, ranitidine, sulindac, sulfamethoxazole, tacrolimus, tobramycin, trimethoprim, vancomycin: increased risk of nephrotoxicity
Allopurinol, amiodarone, bromocriptine, clarithromycin, colchicine, danazol, diltiazem, erythromycin, fluconazole, imipenem and cilastatin, itraconazole, ketoconazole, methylprednisolone, nicardipine, prednisolone, quinupristin/dalfopristin, verapamil: increased cyclosporine blood level
Azathioprine, corticosteroids, cyclophosphamide: increased immunosuppression Carbamazepine, isoniazid, nafcillin, octreotide, orlistat, phenobarbital, phenytoin, rifabutin, rifampin, ticlopidine: decreased cyclosporine blood level
Digoxin: decreased digoxin clearance
Live-virus vaccines: decreased antibody response to vaccine
Lovastatin: decreased lovastatin clearance, increased risk of myopathy and rhabdomyolysis
Potassium-sparing diuretics: increased risk of hyperkalemia
Drug-diagnostic tests.Alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, bilirubin, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, glucose, low-density lipoproteins: increased levels
Hemoglobin, platelets, white blood cells: decreased values
Drug-food.Grapefruit, grapefruit juice: decreased cyclosporine metabolism, increased cyclosporine blood level
High-fat diet: decreased drug absorption (Neoral)
Drug-herbs.Alfalfa sprouts, astragalus, echinacea, licorice: interference with immunosuppressant action St. John's wort: reduced cyclosporine blood level, possibly leading to organ rejection
Patient monitoring
• Observe patient for first 30 to 60 minutes of infusion. Monitor frequently thereafter.
• Monitor cyclosporine blood level, electrolyte levels, and liver and kidney function test results.
• Assess for signs and symptoms of hyperkalemia in patients receiving concurrent potassium-sparing diuretic.
Patient teaching
• Advise patient to dilute Neoral oral solution with orange or apple juice (preferably at room temperature) to improve its flavor.
• Instruct patient to use glass container when taking oral solution. Tell him not to let solution stand before drinking, to stir solution well and then drink all at once, and to rinse glass with same liquid and then drink again to ensure that he takes entire dose.
• Tell patient taking Neoral to avoid high-fat meals, grapefruit, and grapefruit juice.
• Advise patient to dilute Sandimmune oral solution with milk, chocolate milk, or orange juice to improve its flavor.
• Instruct patient to invert vial a few times to obtain a uniform, white, opaque emulsion before using eyedrops and to discard vial immediately after use.
• Inform patient that eyedrops can be used with artificial tears but to allow 15-minute interval between products.
• Caution patient not to wear contact lenses because of decreased tear production; however, if contact lenses are used, advise patient to remove them before administering eyedrops and to reinsert 15 minutes after administration.
• Inform patient that he's at increased risk for infection. Caution him to avoid crowds and exposure to illness.
• Instruct patient not to take potassium supplements, herbal products, or dietary supplements without consulting prescriber.
• Tell patient he'll need to undergo repeated laboratory testing during therapy.
• As appropriate, review all other significant and life-threatening adverse reactions and interactions, especially those related to the drugs, tests, foods, and herbs mentioned above.
de·pres·sion(dĕ-presh'ŭn), [TA]
depression/de·pres·sion/ (de-presh´un)
depressionDejection, low spirits Psychiatry A spectrum of affective disorders characterized by attenuation of mood, accompanied by psychogenic pain, diminution of self-esteem, retardation of thought processes, psychomotor sluggishness, disturbances of sleep and appetite, and not uncommonly, suicidal ideation; depression can be triggered by stressful life events, associated with medical or mental disorders, or may be idiopathic Clinical Apathy, anorexia, lack of emotion–flat affect, social withdrawal, fatigue Types Major depression, dysthymia, bipolar disorder; depression may run in families. See Anaclitic depression, Bipolar disorder, Clinical depression, DART, Depressive disorders, Double depression, Endogenous depression, Inbreeding depression, Major depression, Masked depression, Postoperative depression, Postpartum depression, Reactive depression.
de·pres·sion(dĕ-presh'ŭn) [TA]
Synonym(s): dejection.
depressionSadness or unhappiness, usually persistent. This may be a normal reaction to unpleasant events or environment or may be the result of a genuine depressive illness. Pathological depression features a sense of hopelessness, dejection and fear out of all proportion to any external cause. There is persistent low mood, loss of interest or pleasure, low energy, fatigue, disturbed sleep, slowing down of body and mind, poor concentration, confusion, self-reproach, self-accusation and loss of self-esteem. Suicide is an ever-present risk. NICE guidelines for treatment recommend fluoxetine or citalopram. Exercise is valuable.
depressiona mood disorder characterized by feelings of profound sadness. May be classified by severity, by the presence of somatic symptoms and by the presence or absence of psychotic symptoms. Cognitive symptoms include hopelessness, helplessness, guilt, low self-esteem and suicidal thoughts. endogenous depression not resulting from a reaction to a particular negative experience. reactive depression resulting from a reaction to a particular negative experience (such as bereavement, physical illness or loss of employment), also known as exogenous depression. Research has shown that a structured exercise programme can have a mood-enhancing effect similar (and complementary) to that seen with the use of antidepressant medication. See also antidepressants.
de·pres·sion(dĕ-presh'ŭn) [TA]
depression (dēpresh´ən),
n 2. a pitted area on a tooth or other anatomic surface.
Patient discussion about depression
Q. am i depressed i feel sad,lonely,streeted,worthless that nothing matter anymore..i sleep all the time,loss of intrest of everything..
Q. what about depression?
Q. what causes depression?
You may want to start there.


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I love hearing from readers who have gotten inspiration from stories on Cote de Texas. Reading about your personal decorating stories make it all worthwhile. It's so much fun to see how one person is influenced from a redo, which in turn inspires another person's redo. And, that's exactly what happened with this story. Enjoy!
Below are the two kitchen renovations that inspired a reader's own redo:
Inspiration Kitchen #1
BEFORE: what this kitchen looked liked with white Corian, white appliances, yellow walls, and an inset sink.
AFTER: For this client, I kept the changes simple. The white Corian was changed out for honed black granite and a creamy white subway tile backsplash. White appliances became stainless and a farm sink was added, along with a new faucet and knobs.
I wrote about this kitchen redo last summer HERE and HERE. It was part of a complete remodeling of the family room, dining room and study. The house is almost 15 years old now and the kitchen was becoming dated. We could have ripped the whole room out and started over, but the cabinets were still in good shape. Instead of a total renovation, the client opted for a more economical facelift. In the end, we changed out the counters and appliances and sink. We also painted the cabinets and the walls.
AFTER: The kitchen has a large, curved bar that leads into the family room and breakfast area. We painted the yellow walls a soft aqua so that the kitchen flowed into the family room.
BEFORE: This homeowner wrote me that she was inspired to redo her kitchen after seeing Sally Wheat's kitchen on my blog. This kitchen was a total gut job, along with the living room, dining room, and family room. To read this homeowner's story, go HERE.
AFTER: What a transformation! This kitchen, inspired by Sally Wheat's kitchen, in turn inspired reader Corey, another blogger, to redo her own kitchen. What's interesting is that Corey wasn't inspired by Sally Wheat's kitchen, even though Sally's kitchen inspired this homeowner. Such a tangled web of kitchen redos!
Corey, who writes the blog, And Emma Makes 5, lives in North Carolina with her husband, two sons and her adopted "Russian princess." She is a part time pharmacist and her husband is a dentist who is currently building his practice. Corey says that while money is not "extremely tight" – she doesn't like to spend extravagantly. When it came time to change her kitchen after unhappily living with it for seven years, they decided on a small redo, rather than a large one. The major problem was aesthetic – Corey disliked the countertops – which were made out of 4" square tiles. In fact, not only did she dislike the countertops, she hated them! Originally, all Corey was going to do was replace the countertops, but as we all know – one thing leads to another – and she ended up spending around $5,000. to get the kitchen of her dreams. To keep costs down, she did much of the work herself.
BEFORE: Here is Corey's kitchen with the dreaded 4" square tiled countertop and backsplash. The dark walls and tiles made it all seem so much duller, too.
AFTER: What an amazing redo!!!!! Corey bought her Uba Tuba granite from Costco, which was a huge savings. Uba Tuba looks dark enough to appear black and provides a great contrast with white subway tiles. Since the product is economical – they saved a lot of money on the countertops. Corey removed the backsplash herself – another big savings. She also painted the kitchen. The subway tiles came from Lowes Hardware. These 3 x 6 tiles cost only 25 cents each!!! She got the pendant lights at a discount, but truthfully – they look just as nice to me as the more expensive ones. The remodeling was finished just in time for Christmas – so all her decorations are out, including her collection of Santas on top of the cabinets. As far as the appliances – she only had to replace the range and microwave to stainless, which was another cost savings. The dark walls were painted a light blue/gray which make the black and white pop. The paint color is Benjamin Moore Iceberg. The new kitchen is so fresh looking compared to how it looked before. Also notice in the foyer on the left – Corey and her mom recently added the board and batten. It really looks great!
BEFORE: The range and microwave were replaced with stainless.
AFTER: Everything just gleams in the redone kitchen! Notice the attractive handles on the range. When choosing appliances, I always try to opt for ones with attractive handles. The Uba Tuba looks wonderful – though it actually is greenish, it comes off looking black. The under cabinet lighting helps to make the kitchen sparkle.
Another view – looking into the family room with this year's Christmas tree.
The sink is now a inset stainless one. I love the wall color – Benjamin Moore Iceberg – its perfect against the white and black.
BEFORE: dark walls, fluorescent lighting.
AFTER: Close up of the ceiling without the fluorescent lighting and with the new pendant light fixtures. Corey bought them HERE.
Close up of the Uba Tuba granite.
Corey and her family were lucky to have a White Christmas. Her house is sooo cute!!!! To read Corey's own account of the kitchen remodeling on her blog, go HERE. Also, if you are interested in international adoption, her blog is a great place to read about her family's journey and to link with other families who have wonderful stories to share of their own adoptions overseas.
Thank you Corey so much for sharing your story!!!!!
Refrigerator Question:
One question I frequently get asked about is – what to do with refrigerators that aren't built in. In fact, Corey herself asked me for advice on her refrigerator. I faced this problem in my own kitchen – a lot of people do. One day, Corey could easily make her refrigerator appear built in by replacing the upper cabinet and adding wood around its sides.
This homeowner faced the same problem – the refrigerator looks like it sticks out. Again, the upper cabinet is the culprit.
In my own kitchen, my very inexpensive refrigerator looks sort of built in because the cabinetry above it was built out to cover the top.
A side view of my built in cabinet.
In Inspiration Kitchen #2 – the homeowner did exactly what I did – she built the cabinets out to make it appear built in.
And, in another kitchen renovation that was featured on Cote de Texas, this homeowner used the same trick to make her refrigerator look built in. Read her story HERE.
Eagle Eyed Reader – the best kind:
I've written many times of my love of gray painted or Kooboo wicker. I especially love this chair shape. While some stores claim these chairs come from Belgian, I'm not so sure about that. Maybe they do, but copies from Indonesia are available. I can buy chairs like these wholesale, so they are cheaper than finding them at places like Mecox. But still, what if you can't buy wholesale and spending $500 to $800 on a wicker chair is out of your budget?
Eagle-eyed reader Karen emailed me this ad for these chairs at World Market! WOW $129!!!! Now, granted, these chairs may not be as substantial as the "Belgian" chairs, but still, what a great look for so much less!!! And the two chairs DO look remarkably alike. I wonder. Hmmm. I don't think you can buy these online though – so count yourself lucky if there is a World Market near you.
OK. I had to laugh at this ad – it says "This ain't your grandma's wicker!" Should I scream plagiarism? Back in May when I wrote about the new gray wicker HERE, I called the story – "No More Granny Wicker" – Think World Market read it? hehe. Just send me four chairs and we'll call it even. I WISH!!!!!
Thanks Karen for sending in the ad!
A huge thank you to all the homeowners and readers, especially Corey, whose kitchens were shown today. If you have a special remodeling story to share, be sure to email me and let me know!!
AND, finally, if you are Lisa Proper, will you please email me?????? Thanks!


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Phone: 202.328.5000
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An alternative entrance to the RFF Conference Center is located at 1400 16th Street NW.
For general inquiries, email email@example.com.
To contact an RFF expert, visit RFF Experts to find email addresses and phone numbers.
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By Metro or Bus
RFF is a 10-minute walk from the Dupont Circle metro station on the red line and a 15-minute walk from the Farragut West station on the blue and orange lines. Metrobus service is available on 16th Street and on P Street. For metro and bus schedules, visit www.wmata.com.
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What is the Climate Change Response Framework?
The Framework is a collaborative, cross-boundary approach among scientists, managers, and landowners to incorporate climate change considerations into natural resource management. It provides an integrated set of tools, partnerships, and actions to support climate-informed conservation and forest management.
Six Framework projects encompass 19 states, including 14 National Forests and millions of acres of forestland. Each regional project interweaves four components: science and management partnerships, vulnerability assessments, adaptation resources, and demonstration projects. Learn more about how the components interact to build a flexible, scalable, and effective Framework at Our Approach. Use the interactive map to learn more about Framework activities in your region.


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PunnettConstruction needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 99 designs submitted by 22 freelance designers.
Punnett Construction
We are a home building company in Oklahoma dedicated to building high performance luxury homes. We do not build a lot of homes a year so that we can pay very close attention to the few we do build. We would like the design to be classy and rich, with a modern twist. The houses we build are not the basic cookie cutter house. Each one is professionaly designed to attract the attention of a buyer that wants character and individuality. The homes style will range from Tuscan, to Bungelow, to New American shingle style.
The target audieance is the upper, upper middle class baby boomer market. Our market is someone who truely appreciates quality, attention to detail, and attention to design. Our customers are not looking for your basic home that they can find in any neighborhood. They are looking for soemthign unique, rich with character, and timeless design.
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It is impossible interpreting the present, but you can come close interpreting history. In my mind the history of East Hampton, and for that matter all of Long Island, is much more interesting than what is happening now. We've passed way beyond the age of discovery; we might better describe contemporary life as the age of packaging, marketing, distribution, and bad political theater. There are no Jeffersons, Washingtons, Lincolns, and Franklins to lead and enlighten us, only their poor likenesses recycled over and over to lull us into acquiescing submission.
I try to keep up, but keep up with what? I invariably find myself drifting back to the way it was when I was a child, the way it was before I was a child. In that respect, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Old photographs and old maps are my salvation. Old maps of Long Island and the South Fork keep me going. They let me climb back into a time when everyday life was a different kind of challenge than offered by reality TV. It was a time when living off the land was, indeed, living off the land. Time was slower, and except for lightning itself, things didn't move with lightning speed. People then were not derivative, not mere models of other people; they were all individuals who worked hard with the simple tools at their disposal. They used their hands in a variety of ways, not just for typing and driving and waving in the air while they raved it up, but to knead the soil, make things, catch things, harvest things.
On my 1838 U.S. Coast Maps, for example, I can count the houses and other buildings, the cemeteries, the farms, the orchards, the bountiful woodlands, the marshes, dunes, the bays, creeks and ponds, the old dirt roads and trails. There have been lots of changes in the human landscape since that time, most of them occurring since World War II. Sadly, many of the features seen on my old maps are no more. But several are, such as on the 1838 map, Sag Harbor to Accabonac Harbor, remnants of the old bridge across Little Northwest Creek, a relic of what is now called the "Old Sag Harbor Road" which ran from Southampton to East Hampton and has been replaced by Noyac Road and Route 114.
Many of the old trustee roads have been overgrown with woods or reduced to foot trails. A few such as Six Pole Highway south of Sag Harbor, the now LIPA high-voltage power line from eastern Southampton into Wainscott, Two Rod Highway, and so on are cleared or partially cleared and still navigable.
Perhaps, the most unusual of these old byways, are the corduroy roads fashioned from wooden sampling trunks laid side by side that circled the edges of marshes and gave firm footing to carts carrying marsh hay, eelgrass, and other wetland harvest products drawn by horses. In the olden days marshes provided forage for livestock, insulation for houses. Parts of one of these old roads still exist in the marshes of Accabonac Harbor.
The road remained largely intact until the 1930s when mosquito ditches were being dug through Long Island marshes by hand as part of the Great Depression's Works Project Administration. As you walk along the ditches, say, north of Landing Lane off of Old Stone Highway, you will see where the ditchers had to cut through this marsh highway in spots to complete a ditch. The thinnish boles making up the road are covered by a layer of marsh peat and soil six or more inches thick, sediments that have been deposited over a century or more by wind and tide.
The wood is still sturdy. In the old days boat makers used to put wood for making hulls in salt marsh mud for a time to soften it for shaping. The salt marsh soils are anoxic, and very little decomposition of the wood takes place under such low-oxygen conditions. No doubt, oxcarts or other drays will never traverse these salt marsh roads again, but they serve as a reminder of a time when we all, not just a few of us, lived off the land and its riches and all human life was truly original and not derivative.


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Alex Proyas, director of The Crow and Knowing, has just signed on to adapt John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost, which tells the tragic story of how Lucifer fell and got to be the lovable character we know today.
Variety reports:
The project tells the story of the epic war in heaven between archangels Michael and Lucifer, and will be crafted as an action vehicle that will include aerial warfare, possibly shot in 3D.
Stuart Hazeldine developed the primary draft of the screenplay that was originally written by Byron Willinger and Philip de Blasi. Lawrence Kasdan provided a polish as well as Ryan Condal, who delivered the most recent draft.
Those of you who read the book-length poem - which is quite riveting in parts - know that Lucifer is by far the most interesting character. Which means he'll probably be played by Nic Cage. There's also a whole chapter where Milton describes how angels have sex and eat. I predict hot babes in heaven.
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By Sally M. Wagley, Maine elder law attorney
The cost of paying privately for care in a nursing home rose 4.4% in 2011, nationwide, according to a survey done by MetLife. The current cost of one year in a nursing home is, on average, $87,000.
The cost of care in a Maine nursing home is at least this much, if not more: generally in the range of $7000 to $8000 per month.
What might this mean for you and members of your family? Consider the following:
- Do you have adequate income and savings to cover years in a nursing home?
- If you were in a nursing home and your spouse were at home, how much would your spouse need in order to remain comfortable?
- Is it important to you to pass on something to the next generation? How would you feel if your savings were completely used up on the cost of your care, before you die?
- What if you had to sell your home or other property in order to pay for your nursing home care?
- Are you aware that Medicare covers only short stays in a nursing home –only for skilled care and rehabilitation?
- Do you know what the Medicaid program (called "MaineCare" in Maine) covers in your state?
- What is the quality of care at nursing home and assisted living facilities in your area?
- Have you checked out long term care insurance, to see what it covers and what it would cost?
- Have you met with a elder law attorney (also referred to as an "elder lawyer" or "elder care attorney") to find out what coverage might be available to cover some of the cost of your care, and what you can do to get that coverage?
Be aware that each state is different with respect to nursing homes, Medicaid and other programs. While there may be books on this subject at your local book store, those books won't tell you the specific things you should know about Maine nursing homes and Maine elder care. Also, beware of advice given by neighbors and friends. Each person's situation is different, and what may have helped someone else won't necessarily help you.
In my blogs, I will be addressing some of these issues in the coming weeks.


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The Priest Lake area offers a wide variety of choices to the angler. Fishing opportunities range from trophy size Mackinaw in Priest Lake, to cutthroat fishing in the nearby alpine lakes, to brook trout angling in the numerous streams in the Priest basin, to catch-and-release fishing for westslope cutthroat in Upper Priest Lake, to great ice fishing on Cavanaugh Bay.
Mackinaw (lake trout) is the predominate species in Priest Lake and trophy size fish are not uncommon. The Idaho state record for Mackinaw (57 1/2 pounds) was caught at Priest Lake in 1971. Mackinaw fishing methods include downriggers, leaded line, wire line and jigging -- all designed to present lures near the bottom especially during the summer months. It is not uncommon for successful lake trout anglers to fish at depths of 100-feet or deeper during the summer season. However, from late fall through spring when the water temperature is coldest, Mackinaw can be caught nearer the surface and in relatively shallow water. For the inexperienced Mackinaw angler or the trophy fish hunter, it is recommended that a fishing guide be hired. There are a number highly recommended and very experienced guide services listed under Guide Services in our Business Directory. Priest Lake is open year-round to fishing with a harvest limit of six lake trout per day.
Fishing in Upper Priest Lake and Upper Priest River is restricted to catch-and-release, no bait and single, barbless hooks. These restrictions are necessary to protect the bull trout which has been declared "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act and to assist in the recovery of the native westslope cutthroat population.
Stream fishing in the numerous creeks in the area is also a popular pastime. The predominate species in most of the creeks is brook trout although you may hook an occasional cutthroat or rainbow trout. Check the Idaho Fishing Regulations booklet for open season dates as the seasons vary from stream to stream and some streams are closed to harvest. This booklet is available at many businesses around the lake.
Priest River, downstream from the Priest Lake outlet dam, is open all year for fishing. Winter, late spring and early summer are the most productive fishing periods on the river. The skillful angler can hook trout and an occasional mountain whitefish --- and the picturesque beauty of the river in itself makes the trip well worth the time.
Various alpine lakes nestled in the Selkirks on the east side of Priest Lake are stocked with trout. These include the following lakes: Hunt, Standard, Two Mouth, Caribou, Mollies, Fault and Hidden. These secluded lakes offer a great opportunity to hike scenic trails, topped off with a backcountry fishing experience. Their pristine setting, coupled with the high probability of fishing success, make the alpine lakes an ideal family adventure.
On the west side, Petit Lake, located near Diamond Peak off USFS Roads 308 & 311, is a fly fisherman's delight. Muskegon Lake, located just off USFS Road 1013 north of Granite Pass also offers good fishing. Access to both of these lakes requires only a short walk from a vehicle parking area. Float tube fishing is recommended for both lakes -- and remember Washington state fishing regulations apply as both of these lakes are located in that state.
You may also join the many Priest Lake area residents who fish for bass in Chase Lake. It is located 1-1/2 miles south of Coolin, off East River Road. The Chase Lake season is open from July 1--December 31 for bass harvest and gasoline powered motors are prohibited on the lake.


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The simplest way I've learned to release tension in the upper body is to do some simple boxing combinations; jabs, hooks, backfists; and hold a bit of eggshell in my hand while I'm doing it. If you're too tense, then when you punch you end up crushing the eggshell - but once you know what relaxing feels like and that clicks in your head, then you've got something you can train in. (Boxing is mostly a legs sport and if you're tense in the upper body it doesn't work very well.)
I also, from time to time, imagine I'm holding a steering wheel. When you do a lot of driving you end up relaxing your arms and dropping your weight onto the wheel to smooth out the imperfections in the road that you can't really respond to at 70mph. It's similar to when you're holding a sword in front of you and someone tries to knock the point away - if you're relaxed properly, the point just comes right back to true and suddenly they've got a sword in their face.
You might also try leaning against a wall with your arm flat against it and pushing off against it with that arm for a while. When you step away from the wall and relax your arm it will naturally tend to rise a little if you're relaxed properly.


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Plenty Of Former Twins In '13 MLB Playoffs (AL Edition)
There are 13 former Twins in this year's MLB playoffs. We looked at the NL teams on Wednesday, here are the former Twins on AL teams.
*Note- In our NL story yesterday, we neglected to mention Luis Ayala, a reliever for the Atlanta Braves. Ayala spent half a season with the Twins in 2009 before being dumped to the Marlins. The Braves are the fourth team he has played for since his shortened stint in Minnesota.
Pat Neshek, RP-
Neshek emerged with the Twins in 2006 sporting a funky, sidearm delivery and a penchant for interacting with fans via social media. Neshek had an unbelievable rookie season, posting 53 strikeouts in just 37 innings pitched while allowing only five walks--FIVE!
Neshek pitched well again in 2007 (2.94 ERA, 74:24 K/BB ratio) but fell on hard times in 2008, eventually needing Tommy John surgery that cost him the season after just 13 innings pitched. He also missed the entire 2008 season while rehabbing the injury.
Neshek resurfaced in 2010 but only pitched a handful of innings for the Twins before being placed on waivers and subsequently was claimed by the San Diego Padres. He pitched 24.2 innings for the Padres in 2011 before being allowed to explore free agency.
The Brooklyn Park native has regained his early-career form in two seasons with the A's, posting a 3.00 ERA in 60 IP.
Grant Balfour, RP:
The Australian right handed reliever made his Major League debut for the Twins back in 2001 and lasted until he was released in 2005. In three seasons with Minnesota Balfour was 5-1 with a 4.63 ERA.
Balfour signed with the Milwaukee Brewers and reached the majors in 2007, but only pitched two innings at Miller Park before being picked up by the Tampa Bay Rays.
Balfour re-energized his career with the Rays, going 14-7 with 8 saves and a 3.33 ERA in 203 appearances. He signed with the Oakland Athletics before the 2011 season and was named the closer in 2012.
He posted a 2.53 ERA and 24 saves in '12, then had an All Star season in 2013 with 38 saves and 2.59 ERA.
David Ortiz, DH:
Probably the most egregious "one that got away," Ortiz was allowed to leave as a free agent following six seasons with Minnesota from 1997-2002. As a Twin, Ortiz hit .266 with 58 home runs and 238 RBI in 455 games. His best season in pinstripes was 2002, when he hit 20 home runs and knocked in 75 runs while batting .272.
As we all know, Ortiz became a folk hero in Boston almost immediately. In 11 seasons with the Sox, "Big Papi" has put up Hall of Fame-level numbers (.292-431-1429). He also led Boston to two World Series titles ('04 and '07).
Craig Breslow, RP:
Breslow bounced from Milwaukee to San Diego to Boston and finally Cleveland before being selected off waivers by the Twins in May of 2008.
Breslow had a great 2008 campaign with Minnesota, posting a 1.63 ERA in 38.2 IP, but struggled mightily in 2009 with the Twins (6.28 ERA) before being released and signed by Oakland. Since leaving Minnesota (and pitching coach Rick Anderson), Breslow has not posted an ERA over 3.79 and has had five seasons with an ERA under three.
Jason Kubel, OF/DH:
The South Dakota native rocketed up the Twins' prospect rankings as a minor leaguer before a devastating knee injury in 2004 forced him to miss the entire 2005 season. Kubel took a bit to find his groove when he returned in 2006 (.241-8 HR- 26 RBI) but added a walk-off grand slam against Boston during the team's epic turnaround late in the season.
Kubel played in nearly twice as many games in '07 (128) and had a solid, if underwhelming, season (.273-13-65). He played in 141 games in '08 with average results (.272-20-78) before breaking out in 2009 with a .300-28-103 line.
Inexplicably, the Twins decided to sign Jim Thome before the 2010 season, forcing Kubel into a platoon at the DH position. Kubel also struggled to adjust to the deeper dimensions at Target Field and saw his stats drop to .249-21-92. After another disappointing 2011 season (.273-12-58), the Twins allowed Kubel to sign with Arizona.
Kubel had a strong season for the DBacks in '12, hitting just .253 but blasting 30 home runs and 90 RBI while also leading the NL in outfield assists. The lefthander struggled in 2013, however, and was released by Arizona late in the season.
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Delmon Young, OF:
In a trade many consider among the worst of Bill Smith's tenure as general manager, Young was acquired from Tampa Bay in 2007 in exchange for pitcher Matt Garza and shortstop Jason Bartlett.
Young played well during his four years with the Twins (.287-47-273) but never blossomed into the power hitting outfielder they envisioned when they made the trade. Young appeared on the verge of that breakout in 2010 when he hit .298-21-112, but he regressed greatly in 2011 (.266-4-32) while also appearing to be out of shape for a majority of the season.
After being traded unceremoniously in 2011 to division rival Detroit, Young hit .274 with eight home runs. He was released from the Tigers in 2012, and resurfaced with Philadelphia , where he lasted only half a season despite being projected as the full time right fielder.
Jesse Crain, RP:
Crain was a steady presence for the Twins out of the bullpen from 2004-2010. His best season was 2005 when he posted a 2.71 ERA in 79.2 IP. In his Twins career, Crain posted a 3.42 ERA in 376 appearances.
Crain was allowed to sign with division rival Chicago and he has dominated the competition with the Sox. In three seasons on the South Side, Crain had a 2.10 ERA in 150 IP. Crain was an All-Star in 2013 with a ridiculous 0.74 ERA in 36.2 IP before being traded to Tampa late in the season.
Detroit Tigers
Torii Hunter, OF:
What could have been. Hunter was the heir apparent to Twins legend Kirby Puckett, and he mostly lived up to the billing. Hunter was a spectacular center fielder defensively, robbing countless home runs at the Metrodome from 1997-2007.
He was respectable in the batter's box as well, launching 192 home runs and 711 RBI with a .271 batting average while making two All Star teams and winning seven gold gloves. The Twins low-balled Hunter with a 3 year, $45 million offer before watching him sign with the LA Angels for 5 years and $90 million dollars.
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News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch will appear before a committee of the British Parliament following revelations of a secret recording in which the media mogul seemed to say that illicit payments to news sources were routine in Britain.
Murdoch, who two years ago was grilled before the same committee in the notorious phone-hacking scandal, now will be quizzed on whether he was candid in his answers during that 2011 hearing.
"He will be asked to discuss his comments," Jessica Bridges-Palmer, media officer for the House of Commons Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport, said Tuesday. The comments were captured in the surreptitious recording during his visit to his company's Sun tabloid in London in March and were released last week.
The latest furor centers on whether the press baron was condoning the payments to officials for news tips by suggesting that such behavior was part of the "culture of Fleet Street."
Early Tuesday, committee members voted to invite Murdoch to come before the panel to explain his comments on the recording. Because Murdoch is a U.S. citizen, he cannot be compelled to appear before the British government panel.
"Mr. Murdoch welcomes the opportunity to return to the Select Committee and answer their questions," News Corp. said in a statement Tuesday. "He looks forward to clearing up any misconceptions as soon as possible."
Two years ago, Murdoch and his son James Murdoch answered committee members' questions in the phone-hacking scandal. The British panel was investigating whether the Murdochs knew of ethics violations by News Corp. journalists who hacked into cellphones of celebrities and crime victims in pursuit of juicy scoops.
The elder Murdoch called that appearance before Parliament "the most humble day of my life."
The tape of the March meeting at the Sun was obtained by ExaroNews, an investigative website in Britain that claims a mission of "holding power to account."
On the tape, Murdoch blasted the police investigation of the company's ethics scandal, saying, "We're being picked on."
Murdoch can be heard disparaging police officers who had been probing the ethics scandal for more than two years and rousting reporters out of bed in the early-morning hours to face arrest.
"The cops are totally incompetent," Murdoch said.
In a twist, one of the journalists who attended the small gathering secretly recorded the 82-year-old press baron, who was trying to show his support for his scandal-tainted team of journalists.
The seemingly most incendiary comments came after a Sun journalist sought an acknowledgment from Murdoch that unethical journalistic practices have a long history in Britain and predated the current crop of reporters.
Such practices "existed at every newspaper in Fleet Street. Long since forgotten," Murdoch said.
News Corp. has forcefully shot down suggestions that Murdoch's remarks were an acknowledgment of the nefarious activities in his own stable of newspapers.
"Mr. Murdoch never knew of payments made by Sun staff to police before News Corp. disclosed that to U.K. authorities. Furthermore, he never said he knew of payments. It's absolutely false to suggest otherwise," News Corp. has said.
The scandal has been devastating. More than two dozen active and former journalists in News Corp.'s British newspaper division have been arrested, including the former head of that group, Rebekah Brooks, who had a close relationship with Murdoch.
News Corp. has spent $390 million in legal costs and settlements to victims of the widespread phone hacking. It shut down the News of the World tabloid in the wake of the scandal. Since then, journalists with the company's Sun tabloid have been caught up in the police investigation of alleged payments to government officials.
Two years ago, Murdoch and son James told the committee that they were unaware of the phone hacking at the company's British tabloids.
Parliament is preparing to go on a six-week recess, so it was unclear when a Murdoch appearance would occur, but it's likely to be early fall.
Separately, the U.S. Department of Justice has been reviewing whether the phone hacking and illicit payments generating from News Corp.'s British operations constitute violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which forbids executives who work for U.S.-based companies from bribing foreign officials.


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My cat Goose died last autumn. I miss him. In his seven short years on earth, Goose reveled in the quotidian routine of the domestic feline. He ate, slept, purred, stretched, chased his twin brother Maverick around the house and slept some more. He basked in the sun, ran from the vacuum cleaner and loved nothing better than to jump into the lap of any convenient human and await the combination ear-scratch-with-belly-rub that he knew would be his if he just sat there and looked cute for a minute.
It was an altogether unremarkable existence (for a cat) and one that our God, in his infinite wisdom, apparently deemed a perfectly suited vehicle for communication with the bumbling human that through his grace Goose claimed as his own. St. Ignatius tells us that all things on the face of the earth are created for us, that they might help us on toward the end for which we are created. I know that was true of Goose.
Our Posture Before the Creator
One of the earliest and most basic lessons that Goose taught me (or that God taught me through Goose) was how to be a creature in the presence of the Creator. Goose was much better at this than I am. He was a cat, and he luxuriated in his cat-ness. He received: he soaked up the blessings that God bestowed on his cat-self, from sunny windows to a twin brother just the right size to curl up with to a human who got positively silly about him. And he gave: a few brisk licks to clean his brother's ears, a warm presence at the foot of a cold bed. Often he gave by receiving, knowing instinctively that I needed to pet him and fuss over him as much as he needed to be petted and fussed over. I learned a lot about being from Goose; I learned also something about how God regards our being, delighting in the work of his hands and the extraordinary beauty of our ordinary lives.
Whose World Is It, Anyway?
Surprisingly, Goose also taught me a lesson about our relationships with one another and how they can stand in the way of our relationship with God. One Saturday morning about six months ago, I went to the pet food store, planning to buy 24 cans of Iams catfish formula and an eight-pound bag of ocean fish and rice. A year-old black cat who had been found by the roadside without his mother stared out at me from a cage beside the cash register, a note from the Piedmont Feline Rescue League advising that Adrian needed a home. A week later, I adopted the little guy.
The night Adrian came home, I took my usual seat at one end of my tattered couch, the end that faced the crucifix and had become my prayer chair. One of the great consolations of my prayer times, even on days when I had trouble feeling God's presence, was having Goose sit on my lap and Maverick take a position near my head on the back of the couch. Naïvely, perhaps, I was looking forward to the company of three felines that night. (Adrian's place, I figured, would be by my feet.) I waited.
Goose didn't come. Neither did Maverick. And neither did Adrian. Goose took up a perch on top of the refrigerator, growling at Adrian lest he dare set foot in his kitchen. Maverick stood sentry in the bedroom, prepared to greet any would-be intruder with an uncharacteristic hiss. Adrian lay low under the television set, waiting for his new brothers to come to their senses. I sat alone on the couch, and as I did, God gave me a glimpse of what he must feel like when we, his beloved creatures, erect barriers among ourselves, distancing ourselves from him in the process. As I prayed, I was struck by the irony of it all. Goose and Maverick were growling at Adrian because they were protecting their territory. Come on, guys, I thought, this apartment is mine! There is plenty of room for each of you. Now, come here and let me pet all three of you, and let's put an end to this foolishness immediately.
Exactly, I heard God say.
Trust Me
A short time later, the three cats had come to coexist far more peacefully than we five billion humans have managed to do, and in late August we prepared to move to a new house. I was getting married (to a wonderful man who has also taught me something about God and his love for us), and two humans and four felinesKeith's a cat lover, toowould need more space. At the end of a chaotic day, after the movers had come and gone, we put the cats in their carriers and delivered them to their new home. Adrian scampered out and began exploring his new surroundings with enthusiasm. Goose and Maverick, inseparable since birth, huddled together in the back of their carrier, the open door doing nothing to inspire their sense of adventure.
Gently, Keith and I tried to coax them out. We told them what a great house it was, with stairs for running and lots of windows for sunning and bird-watching. We put food at the door to the carrier, hoping hunger might budge them if our entreaties didn't. To each other, we bemoaned the fact that we couldn't convince two fearful little creatures that their new home was bigger and, heck, just objectively better than the one they'd left behind. We weren't angry with them, of course; we just felt sorry that they weren't yet ready to experience the wonderful new things life had in store for them.
Once again I heard the gentle voice of God. This resembles the way I feel when you're not ready to take the next step in my plan for you, he said tenderly. I don't get angry at your limitations or impatient with your fear, I just love you even more and will you to see what I see. Then he added, when you're ready to take that step, I will rejoice with you!
Keith and I did just thatwhen Goose and Maverick finally emerged from the carrier about 12 hours later. After a few days, they were jumping onto windowsills and gingerly descending the basement stairs. We were delighted for them.
A Gift From God
Goose died unexpectedly on Oct. 29, after a brief illness that Keith and I had thought was the flu. The vet concluded that he succumbed to a congenital heart defect not uncommon in young male cats. We will mourn his loss for a long time, even as we note with delight the brotherly bonding that Maverick and Adrian seem to be experiencing these days.
Goose was a creature of God, and he taught me so much about the God who created him, and us. Sometimes, when Goose was looking particularly peaceful, sunbathing in the window and generally delighting in the good fortune of being Goose, Keith and I would say to each other, Well, who wouldn't be happy when everything is given to you? Love all around you, a roof over your head, food on your plate, everything taken care of?
It wasn't until I sat down to pen this reflection that it hit me: who, indeed?
The object of my appreciation and admiration is "Goose and Me" by Jennifer Kelly Carpenter. What a treat it was, especially after worrying my way through the previous articles, necessarily dark and depressing as they were, on the plague of news and commentary regarding the present scandals.
The sprightly piece was not only a joy to an ailurophile such as myself but, I'm sure, a lift to all who delight in the wonders of God's creation. Goose, Maverick and Aidan: a lovable trio, especially the departed Goose.
So, thanks for publishing that article and resounding huzzahs for Ms. Jennifer.


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February 2006 Classic Readers RidesPosted in Features on February 1, 2006
Vehicle: '76 International Scout II
Owner: Bryan Turner, Phoenix, AZ
Tires & Wheels: 35x12.50-15 Goodyear MTRs on wagon wheels
Suspension: Spring-over axle conversion, Bilstein shocks
Drivetrain: 345ci engine, T18 four-speed tranny, Dana 20 transfer case, Dana 44 axles
Other Doodads: Rollcage, Nissan bucket seats, bikini top
Funniest Wheeling Incident: Having to limp home at 35 mph after breaking a rear output shaft
Vehicle: '38 Chevy truck
Owner: Neil Udenberg, Two Harbors, MN
Tires & Wheels: 33x12.50-15 Bridgestone Duelers on American Racing
Suspension: Rancho 4-inch lift
Drivetrain: 400ci engine, four-speed manual tranny, NP205 transfer case
Performance Mods: Holley carb, Edelbrock intake manifold, ceramic headers, engine bored 0.030 over
Other Doodads: Fiberglass tilt hood, diamond-plate hood skirts, aluminum running boards, Jeep bumpers
Vehicle: '49 Willys Jeepster
Owner: John Meade, Albuquerque, NM
Tires & Wheels: 37x12.50-15 Goodyear MTRs on 15x8 steel
Suspension: GM factory leaf springs
Drivetrain: 350 TBI engine, SM465 manual tranny, NP205 transfer case
Performance Mods: Headers, Edelbrock TBI intake manifold
Other Doodads: '74 Blazer chassis, moved engine back 7 inches
Funniest Wheeling Incident: A header caught a battery cable on fire, the fire extinguisher cracked the starter case, so I had to quadruple up speaker wire to serve as battery cable, and duct-tape the starter back together for a 150-mile drive back home
Does Everything Work The Way You Want?: Yeah, when everything works properly. It's not a Dyson vacuum cleaner
Anything You Would Change: Finish the rollcage instead of having a rollbar ratchet-strapped in
Vehicle: '63 Dodge M37
Owner: Tom Bowen, Jarvisburg, NC
Tires: 39.5x14.50-16.5 Mickey Thompson Baja
Suspension: Stock
Drivetrain: Flathead inline six-cylinder 230ci engine, NP420 four-speed tranny, NP200 transfer case, 5.83 gears in stock axles
Other Doodads: Fiberglass top to replace the original canvas
Funniest Wheeling Incident: Every time out is an adventure
Vehicle: '59 Willys Overland pickup
Owner: Troy Lundquist, Sandy, UT
Tires & Wheels: 35-inch Groundhawgs on 15x12 chrome
Suspension: 6-inch lift, Rancho 7000 shocks
Drivetrain: 402ci big-block, TH400 tranny, NP205 transfer case, Dana 44 front, 53 series Powr-Lok posi rear
Performance Mods: Supercharger
Other Doodads: Tilt steering, glass bed, fabricated bumpers, leather interior
Funniest Wheeling Incident: Going vertical and losing steering linkage
Vehicle: '47 Willys CJ2A
Owner: David Kampsnider, Highlands Ranch, CO
Tires & Wheels: 33x12.50-15 BFGoodrich Mud-Terrains on black steel
Suspension: Rancho springs, shackle reversal, spring-over conversion
Does Everything Work The Way You Want?: Everything works very well
Vehicle: '69 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40
Owner: Andy Eberhardt, Salt Lake City, UT
Tires: 35-inch BFGoodrich All-Terrains
Suspension: Skyjacker springs, shackles, still spring-under axle
Drivetrain: 350ci engine, posi rear end
Performance Mods: K&N air filter, Comp cam
Other Doodads: Saginaw power steering
Does Everything Work The Way You Want?: Engine runs hot
Anything You Would Change: Go to a smaller tire, add an ARB locker


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Bar Blender
A good quality blender is going to mix and crush ice quickly keeping the wait time for your patrons to a minimum. Look to KaTom Restaurant Supply for the bar blender that will look great, but provide you with the quality you're looking for to last in your bar for years to come. We have blenders for light-to-medium and high volume beverage preparations. Also there are blenders with sound enclosures for quiet operation.