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Update before bed. Lots to do. Ignore sketchy placeholder lines. Just needed to get an idea of size while I set down some messy BG colors.
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holy shit that's epic.
can't wait to see christmas present
with his good buddies ignorance and want
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come looks epic! Look forward to seeing the other characters put in :D
Ouch man Mock, I love your characters, you got me inspired to do some more faces :).
Very nice stuff Mock.
keep it up.
Definately a step-up with this chow! keep at it!
It thin you deserve 5* not 4!
licking your avatar painting! Wonderful SB!
sorry for non-crit-comment just don´t feel that I could help you!
keep posting
Starting 2009 off with a crazy move across the country to Arizona, signing up for figure drawing sessions that actually involve real models, and trying to get everything unpacked so that I can get back to drawing.
Thanks to everyone who has commented and critiqued over my first few months here at CA. You guys keep me motivated.
I plan on making 2009 an amazing year which will end with me considerably advanced on the path to becoming a pro concept artist and (with a little luck and a lot of work) will find me in San Francisco by the end of the year.
Updated CHoW WIP. Hopefully will have this finished tomorrow or the day after, providing I can find my tablet mini display adapter.
Just a quick face doodle before hitting the gym. Trying to get use to painting faces without references.
I can't wait to see that three ghosts finished, such a great play. I like how your taking The third ghost, he easily is the best to be creative with , well in my opinion anyway! Keep it up , love the stuff you got here!
Loving your CHOW Mock, can't wait to see it finished.
Hello Mock,
your portfolio is really stunning, although that king in green looks gay so far, I'm sure that it's caused by contrast with dark tough guy on other side. Also, are you going to add more space above her head?
Another thing, your unfinished chow, post #85 made me ask, if you think enough about purpose of things, armors. It definitely looks cool, but her helmet makes her look prepared for battle but that armor / cloth on her chest with large hole on her belly makes it useful hardly for somebody else than Judean People's Front crack suicide squad from Monty Python's Life of Brian.
Anyway, I really love your style, keep going, I hope to see more work from you. Good luck with CA atelier!
Jonish: Haha, thanks. I'll need it. =P I was originally going to add more space, but I don't have time to push it any further due to impending social interactions (aka; alcohol and poker). And yeah, the armor is completely impractical, haha. But I just pass it off as saying she's a magic user or something and thus only has to wear armor for its stylish appearance... or that I just felt like painting skin.
Alcazar: Thanks! I had much grander plans for it, but with the move and holidays there just wasn't as much time as I had hoped. Yours is looking kick ass as well. I love how you use colors.
Exy: Yeah, the third ghost definitely has the most room for interpretation it seems. That one was my favorite to paint.
Aaand the finished Chow: Ghosts of Christmas. My first full image done digitally from scratch with no refs.
when it goes about last picture...i think u should give another skintone for the man on our left..while actual is to pink PINK for me :P fellow in our right should b a little bit bigger...imo ;) ( he's that christmas ghost right?)
woman should have a uncovered face..but that's all my opinion about composition and colors man ;)
keep posting!
Selfu: Yeah. I can definitely see how that would make it better. I crapped out at the end and rushed so much of it. I think I may go back and repaint the entire thing for practice later on.
Playing around with painting with a ton of transparent layers and rich colors after looking at a lot of ruanjia's work. So far I'm enjoying it. Might try doing a full image this way later on.
Bridgman studies and doodles done while on the hunt for a new dayjob.
Nice studies madame ! More more more !
Your work looks really really nice man, I'm digging the brigdman studies, and you're digital paintings are looking better and better. However, there are a couple of things I see with the painting that I'm not sure about, mostly concerning the king in the left bottom. His skin tone looks a little too cheerful, but that's not a big problem. What is important is the composition of the piece. Even though the king is in the bottom part, he attracts a lot of attention because of his green cloak, which complements the red around him and makes him stand out a lot more than the girl, which I would think is your main focus in this work. Also to comment on the story in the piece. Who are these people, what are they doing there... what is their relation. Technically, the piece is really nice, but compositionally and story-wise, it's a bit lacking. Very nice work though, and I might just be reading too far into a piece of concept art, but I thought I should point that out.
Keep up the awesome work man!
hey there Mock!
into bridgman too huh? great work here. and great progress!
I love the way you shade, espec your model drawing. its very soft, but always retains that 3rd dimention. I think sometimes, like in the last post, your faces get a little big for the bodies. but its pretty good anat wise as far as I can tell. I think you shoulda just gone with the right figure for the CHow though- hes so much more awesome then the rest.
Hi Mock! I've been looking around here and I really like your style in your pencil drawings.
Your 'ghosts of Christmas' chow, I like the third ghost is the best. The other two just seem out of place, the colors look too bright.
I like the cleanliness of your studies, it's what I (at least attempt to) go for too, though I guess I should spend more time just getting the positions and shapes right before worrying about clean line work :P.
Awsome improvement, you're leaping onward.
Post #82 and those arm studies rock.
Revenebo: Thanks! Taking it step by tiny step, lol.
Vehkt: Thanks. The clean line work comes from doing all of the shapes and finding the anatomy in really light strokes, and then going back over it with darker lines after I've figured out what is suppose to go where.
Sheetghost: Thank you! Yeah, looking back on it I definitely should have balanced things out a lot more.
Ashess: I think almost every aspiring artist is into Bridgman, lol. Or should be. He makes remembering anatomy much, much easier.
Sebbonaparte: Thank you so much for the in depth critique. I will probably revisit the painting later and try to re-do it, so that will come in very handy.
DanielC: Grazie, my friend!
A few more pages of Bridgman studies, and my very first figure drawing done from a model last night at the Dr. Sketchys in Phoenix. If you have a Dr. Sketchys event near you (there's a thread with all of their locations in the Art Discussion forum), please go. It really is an entirely different experience drawing from such a great model.
Thing I learned from my first life drawing experience:
1. Do not just bring a .5 lead pencil.
2. Don't forget you kneaded eraser.
3. Don't draw the models entire head at 3/4 of an inch tall.
Hey man.
Awesome Bridgman studies, gotta love em.
That's a terrific job for your first live figure drawing, I just did my first today as well, it was thrilling. Your's looks very nice, and to be honest it took me a while to come up with anything to crit. I found it in the foot. The feet have to be one of the hardest parts of the body to nail just right. In this case you were doing everything right until right after the ankle. Then the foot turns 2d. You didn't define the form of the foot soundly enough. Some sort of shading to turn the planes of the foot would have helped a lot, and possibly some definition on the big bone connected to the end of the toe. If you watch out for that (which I have plenty of trouble with) then you should be in awesome shape.
Also just wanted to say, please don't take my crits too harshly on yourself. Since we're fellow SSG members, I figured it would be good for me to find something... anything really that I could find to crit you on. I feel like the biggest nitpicker, I hope you don't mind.
Your imaginative renderings in photoshop are getting nicer indeed. Your not afraid of the "carpentry".
I've read from Mentler and Hale that doing the front profile, without showing the two sides of the mass, can be quite a crutch since it is read that It flattens the figures. Next time try and tilt it a bit to work that brain!
With the christman carol piece, I suggest more expression in the face to make it stand out. Study facial expressions. Also needs more of a compostion to it to help guide the viewers eye. You can expierement with it with thumbnails. Needs some gesture/action to make it "alive".
Looking good madame. Keep working on those studies ! You ever tried pen too ?
nice studies ! makes me realize how much i need to do myself ^^; that life drawings looks great! keep it up
Great works. I love the digital art, it is inspiring and creative. Ur studies is what caught my eye. They are beautifully done and very clean. What are some tips for good studies? I need to so better ones, comment me back, thanks
Seb: Yeah. Feet are something I need to make sure I draw into my images more. I have a tendency to be a lazy ass about them.
Fitzin: Will do! I picked up a book today on expression, so more of that will be popping up in here soon.
Daniel: I haven't tried any yet, but I'll do some tomorrow while I'm doingmy daily round of studies.
Call0ps: Thanks! No such thing as too many studies.
DaStreets: For good studies the only real thing I can say it "again and again." The best way to learn from studies rather than just copying work is to analyze what you are drawing, and draw it so much that it becomes stuck in your brain.
The past couple of days have been insane. I'm busting my ass trying to get a decent portfolio together to show to Carl at the Dallas workshop, so I should have a massive sketch/study/color update by the end of this week. Right now, here's an idea doodle I did for an image involving the same species from post #82.


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"What set him apart (then), and what sets him apart today — it's his competitiveness," said Mike Gillespie, the former USC coach whose Trojans spent eight innings trying to knock Silva out of that championship game nearly two decades ago. "He just doesn't give in."
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Silva's approach appears to be rubbing off on Nebraska's pitchers now, too, especially among the starters.
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And Silva does call the pitches, but he gives the pitchers the option to shake him off. They're on the same page more often now, though.
Still, the obvious objective at this point is to keep getting better. Nebraska's team ERA is still too high (4.81), and even though certain relievers have emerged, there are some question marks in the bullpen.
Silva won't stop pushing. That's for sure.
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Hello everybody!
I need some help with Premiere Elements 10. I have never used this program early, and have not enought knowloges in it. I'm realy hope, that you can help me.
My problem is:
I make a move from one big *.mp4 file. First of all I need to cut this video to part, to use some parts of them in my movie. I use Auto-Analyzer to separate my big video into parts by scene. So I have many small parts of my video. Then I move some of this parts to Timeline and bild some movie. But when I make a Transition between any 2 parts, I can see at time of this Transition very short part of other part of video (that, in big version of my video, play before them). Why it appear? When I place 2 part together without Transition, it i not appear. Only when I make Transition.
Could anybody help me?
If you are adding transitions between clips created based on scenes by the Auto Analyzer, your transitions are using essentially the same material between scenes to create the transition, so they'll be pretty much invisible.
In other words, the when you add a transition between two clips, the transition has to use some extra frame beyond the end or beginning of each clip to create the transition. Since your "scenes" are just trimmed back versions of your longer clip, those extra frames are really part of the next or previous clip -- so you can't see the transition.
Bill Hunt has an excellent explanation of how transitions work in our Tips & Tricks forum.
Ok. I see that. But I don't understand how to correct this? What I have to do?
As Steve poihts out, if all that was done, was a Cut, then with a Transition added, there is nothing to Transition from, or to - it's the same, as if the Cut had not been bade.
If, however, you move those new Clips (formed by the Cuts) around, then you CAN add a Transition, that will show up,
When you do the Cutting (you are doing this on "automatic," so the planning needs to come in with the second step), you need to allow for Handles, i.e. extra Frames, before an In Point, and after an Out Point, to allow for the Transition. This article goes into more detail: http://forums.adobe.com/thread/701768?tstart=60.
Once you have moved those new Clips around, changing their order, you will want to adjust each Clip's In and Out Point, to provide those necessary handles.
Good luck,
But when I do like in:
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/701768?tstart=60. (picture 3)
I will have too many Video Tracks?
How I can do it in one Video Track?
Those are examples, showing how things looked with A-B Roll editing. They are for visual demonstration purposes only. One DOES the work on a single Video Track with current NLE (Non Linear Editor) programs, like PrE. As the visual display of the Clip is from In Point to Out Point, the Handles are not seen, BUT they are used with Transitions. That they are invisible on the Timeline, is what throws many. Back in the days of film, or even Video with A-B Roll editing, they were seen, and hence obvious. Not so nowadays. Sorry that those examples were confusing. Maybe I need to add a caption, or two. Thanks for pointing that out.
I you look down to my Reply # 1, you will see the Clips on the same Video Track, Video 1 here.
Good luck,
Yeah, I think the problem with the "picture 3" is that it looks like what you could see in the PRE timeline if you put the "A Roll" on VT2 and the "B Roll" on VT1, and did the transistion manually.
If I understand correctly (and that's a big if - I feel like I barely have a grasp on this stuff ), what you're illustrating is what PRE is doing behind the scenes with the clips.
What might help is if you added an illustration to show how the timeline would look. Again, if I understand correctly, Clip A and Clip B would be on the same track - Clip A would "end" where you've put the red "out point", and Clip B would "start" where you've put the red "in point", and there would be a transistion where the duration on each clip is it's handle length.
Also, to me, what gets really hard to understand is when the transistions aren't symetrical, i.e. Start at Cut, End at Cut, or are 75/25.
And even harder to understand is what happens when handles aren't available.
Frankly, this stuff gives me a headache every time I think about it. I'd like to stick my head in the sand and ignore, but the problem is it's kind of critical to understanding how PrE does transistions.
I have solved this problem! Thanks.
I can explain how I did that, if somebody need.
I wouldn't mind knowing what you find ended up doing, rabbit.
What was the problem and what did you do to solve it? Did you stick with the Dip To Black, or go with the keyframing?
I agree with Ed, in that your solution might well help another user (and maybe some of the "regulars" too), should they encounter issues with Transitions. Please do update the thread, with your solution.
Good luck,
So, way that I found:
When I move two parts to Video Track together and place Transition between them, I open Properties of this transmition and click to open Timeline. Then, I pull to left/right my parts of video at this timeline, and look to the window, when the video shows (at the left from timeline).
When I saw necessary scene at this window, I have stop.
So, when I play my video at the main Timeline I see transmition without any other scenes, only wht I need
I don't know, maybe this is not easiest way to solve thi problem, but it works)
Have you understood my method?
Thanks for reporting back, rabbit. Yes, that is helpful.
I forgot that you could edit the Transitions via the Properties panel. And if I remember correctly, that panel does make it easier to see what PRE is doing with those "invisible" handles.
I added some captions to the illustrations in the "Handles" article.
Take a look, and let me know if that makes things clearer.
Thanks, Hunt.
Yes, the captions do make things clearer. BTW, I never knew that little triangle on the clip meant it didn't have handles - you learn something new every day!
To make more work for you...
What might really bring it home is if there was a PRE timeline screen grab showing what the A/B roll diagram is illustrating. So, the timeline with Clips A and B, both with handles, on the same VT, and a transistion centered at the cut. Then some text indicating illustrations' corresponding transition duration, handle area, and increasing/decreasing transparency.
Message was edited by: Ed.Macke P.S. I would do it, but I'm afraid I'd get it wrong!! :)
I just added a new illustration. The upper Video Tracks in that example show how things would look with A-B Roll editing, and the Handles appear as overlaps. The lower Video Track shows how those same two Clips would look in PrE (editing with a single Video Track), with the Handles (overlaps) invisible.
Hope that helps,
Hunt, that's great!! Perfect! I think that really helps visualize what PRE is doing. Thanks for doing those tips - great info!
where can I see this tips?
From Steve's post...
Bill Hunt has an excellent explanation of how transitions work in our Tips & Tricks forum.
No Ed, thank you for helping me make things better. The concept of Handles is a bit abstract, if one never did film, or A-B Roll editing. Once the concept has been grasped, it then becomes second nature.
I appreciate your taking the time to explain how to improve the article, and hope that it helps others.


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School Board members last week — without a word of discussion — reassigned a veteran principal to oversee Lake's virtual school while keeping his salary of $102,610 a year.
They jerked Mike Elchenko from his position at Umatilla High School in the middle of the academic year to head the fledgling program, which has only 123 full-time students and 20 part-time teachers. In comparison, Elchenko was responsible for more than 800 students and 55 full-time teachers at Umatilla High.
District officials later said the growing program had become too large for a single staffer to handle. So this was a mid-year emergency? Even though legislation that passed last year required high-schoolers to take at least one virtual course before graduating? Surely the need for a virtual-school principal should have been a priority much earlier. Sigh.
Virtual school offers a way that students can "attend" by using their own computer at home. Teachers interact with students through online forums, email, phone calls and texts. Students can log in whenever they want and work at their own pace to complete assignments.
The county's virtual school, which opened two years ago, appeals particularly to students who have to work to help support their family financially, district spokesman Chris Patton said. But it also attracts those who want to work more quickly through material and those who need extra time to learn.
"It's the wave of the future," Patton said.
That's overstated. Certainly the district should offer virtual school for the slice of students whose needs it meets. So far, however, the number of students enrolled full time in the virtual school accounts for only about half of 1 percent of those eligible.
It's impossible to imagine that huge numbers of very social high-school students would give up their football and dances and chorus and drama and band to sit isolated behind a computer screen, plugging away at algebra.
Which brings this discussion back to the original point of why the district would choose to put an expensive principal in this position. Lake's virtual school is a franchise of the state's virtual school, and the pay range for that operation is $70,000 to $108,295.Certainly a school as small as Lake's calls for pay on the lower end of the scale because of the light responsibility.
Patton said, however, that part of the job will be marketing the virtual school. The district wants to lure more students, he said.
Elchenko said in an email that being a virtual principal requires detailed knowledge of the variety of required courses students on different levels must pass to earn a diploma. He or she must monitor and evaluate personnel, too.
"My experience as an elementary, middle, and high principal helps me understand the challenges of the different grade levels," he said.
Point taken. Still, running a virtual school can't be as demanding as being a principal of a regular school, where hundreds of students coming together in hallways every 45 minutes require a principal's constant supervision. The administrator at a regular school also must supervise a lunchroom, janitors, custodians, secretaries, bookkeepers and buses. Principals oversee discipline, fundraising and maintenance and are expected to attend a variety of school functions in evenings.
That's in addition to the same requirements Elchenko mentioned — being a curriculum expert and evaluating teachers.
Elchenko said he intends to make the virtual school attractive by providing intense monitoring of students and heightened communication with parents. Teachers, too, will be monitored more closely, he said. Those efforts should help attract more pupils to virtual school.
"Both teachers and I can motivate students by monitoring their performance, asking if they need assistance and providing them the services needed to be successful," he said.
The virtual school had just more than 60 full-time students when the year started in August, and it grew to 123 by October, the most recent time the district counted noses. It was run by a single program specialist paid $45,376. Now, however, one must add the cost of Elchenko's salary and that of a data clerk the district is poised to hire.
Consider that the cost of administration in Lake schools is about $505 per pupil, according to the most recent numbers compiled by the state Department of Education. Once the data clerk is on board, the cost of administration at this school without a physical plant will be nearly $1,500 a student, and that's considering only the salaries.
Leave it to the School Board to turn an uncomplicated operation into a pricier proposition. And all without saying a word.
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Oxbow Regional Park, OR
Status: Open year round. Season Dates
Max reservation window: Tue Jan 20 2015 Later Dates
DescriptionOxbow Regional Park is celebrating 50 years as an important community resource sharing its natural beauty and variety of unique recreational opportunities in a place for people to connect with nature.
Oxbow Regional Park is a Metro Park. Oxbow's wooded campsites are open year-round and located within the scenic Sandy River Gorge, roughly 30 minutes from Portland. Recreational opportunities include fishing, rafting, 12 miles of trails and wildlife viewing.
To protect wildlife, pets are not permitted in any Metro parks or natural areas.
Each of Oxbow's campsites include a picnic table, fire pit and cooking grill; one restroom/shower building with hot and cold running water, heated-air hand dryers, radiant floor heating and flush toilets. There are also two vault restrooms. The restroom facilities and two campsites are accessible by wheelchair. MAKE SURE YOUR SITE MEETS YOUR CAMPING NEEDS.
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This is NOT a State Park. This is a Metro Regional Park.
Pets are not allowed in the park, including inside vehicles.
Fireworks, alcohol and all other intoxicants are prohibited.
Maximum of 6 people and 2 vehicles per site. No overflow parking. No accommodations will be made for additional vehicles overnight.
Vehicle fee: $5 ($7 for large vans or buses), required on first day.
Park gates are locked each evening at official sunset (time is posted at park entrance) and open each morning at 6:30 am. In case of after hour emergencies, gate directions are posted at the office.
Pull-through sites are restricted to use by RVs or trailers only.
Sites 10-22 will be closed November 1st through March 31, 2014.
*Reservations for more than five nights/days that are later changed to fewer nights/days will be charged a fee equal to the nightly/daily site fee for each night/day canceled as well as the $8 transaction fee.
Please be aware that only the person whose name is on the reservation may access, change or cancel the reservation.
Maximum camping days are 14 consecutive days. Campers must leave for three days and may return an additional 14 days. Twenty-eight total days is the maximum for any six-month period.
Customers who wish to secure more than one site within a park for a continuous date period in order to accommodate their reservation request (i.e. split reservation), should be aware that the $8.00 reservation fee would apply to each site reserved. Again, fee adjustments will not be made after reservations have been confirmed using the internet reservation service. If you are viewing inventory and find you are unable to secure one site to accommodate your request please consider calling the call center at 1-800-452-5687 to make your reservation.
Reservations can be made 24 hours a day, from 2 days to 9 months in advance. Campsite availability is based on call center hours, meaning sites become available when the call center opens giving no preference to online users versus phone-in customers.
Call center hours are: Monday through Friday 8am to 5pm.
Getting There:Oxbow Regional Park is 30 minutes from downtown Portland. From I-84, take the Troutdale exit (17).
Go past the truck stop to the light and turn right on 257th Drive. Go 3 miles to Division Street and turn left. Continue east for 5 miles following the signs. Turn left on Oxbow Parkway and drive 1.6 miles to the park entrance.
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Mailing Address:Oxbow Regional Park
3010 SE Oxbow Parkway
Gresham OR 97080
Phone Number:Information: (503)663-4708


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Northern Illinois will be affected, too, says the National Weather Service as it tracks the path of Hurricane Sandy.
The cooler air over the Chicago area, courtesy of a large Canadian high pressure system, will likely stay through the middle of next week, its escape blocked by Sandy.
Track the Path of Hurricane Sandy via the National Hurricane Center.
"As Sandy moves north to our latitude and slows, it will halt the west-to-east progress of high and low pressures across the Midwest and western Great Lakes," reports the National Weather Service. "This 'blocking' will maintain the high pressure and dry air mass over (the area)."
The greatest danger is on or near Lake Michigan, where waves could be as high as 20 feet.
"The primary impact will be powerful northerly winds over and near Lake Michigan that will increase on Monday night through the middle of next week around the outer influence of Sandy and its remnants. Gale force winds will occur, with even storm force winds possible over the water," according to the Weather Service.
The service has issued a gale watch in effect Monday night through Tuesday. The watch will be in effect for a stretch of the lake that starts in Sheboygan, WI, goes through Illinois and Indiana, and ends up at South Haven, MI. The affected area will be from 5 nautical miles from the shoreline to about the middle of the lake, the weather service said.
Hurricane Sandy is off the coast of the Carolinas and is traveling north at 13 mph over the open water of the Atlantic Ocean parallel to the East Coast. Forecasters expect the system to take a sharp left turn Monday morning and head toward the New Jersey coastline.
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A bite is a wound received from the teeth of an animal, including humans. Animals may bite in self-defence, in an attempt to prey one food, and as part of normal interactions. Other bite attacks may be apparently unprovoked. Self-inflicted bites occur in some genetic illnesses, such as Lesch-Nyhan syndrome. Biting is an act that occurs when an animal uses its teeth to pierce another object, including food, flesh, and inanimate matter. A person bitten by an animal potentially carrying parvovirus or rabies virus should consult a medical doctor immediately. An animal bite victim may also incur serious bacterial infections of the bone called osteomyelitis which can become life-threatening if untreated, whether or not the animal has parvovirus or rabies virus.
Bites are usually classified by the type of creature causing the wound. Many different creatures are known to bite humans.
- Spider bite
- Insect bites and stings
- Flea bites are responsible for the transmission of bubonic plague.
- Mosquito bites are responsible for the transmission of dengue fever and malaria.
Vertebrates other than humans[edit]
- Bites from dogs are commonplace, with children the most common victims and the face the most common target.[1] About 4.7 million dog bites are reported annually in the United States.[2]
- Other companion animals, including cats, ferrets, and parrots, may bite humans.
- Wildlife may sometimes bite humans. The bites of various mammals such as bats, rabbits, wolves, raccoons, etc. may transmit rabies, which is almost always fatal if left untreated.[citation needed]
Involuntary biting injuries due to closed-fist injuries from fists striking teeth (referred to as reverse bite injuries) are a common consequence of fist fights. These have been termed "fight bites". Injuries in which the knuckle joints or tendons of the hand are bitten into tend to be the most serious.
In spite of their name, love bites are not biting injuries (they involve bruising from sucking, and the skin is not broken), although actual biting injuries are sometimes seen as the result of fetishistic activities.
Signs and symptoms[edit]
Bite wounds raise a number of medical concerns:
- Generalized tissue damage due to tearing and scratching
- Serious hemorrhage if major blood vessels are pierced
- Infection by bacteria or other pathogens, including rabies
- Introduction of venom into the wound by venomous animals such as some snakes
- Introduction of other irritants into the wound, causing inflammation and itching
Bite wounds should be cleaned and debrided as necessary, but not closed. Ampicillin/sulbactam is indicated as HACEK endocarditis, specifically Eikenella, is the most worrying complication. A punctate wound over a joint surface should be regarded as an open joint injury until proven otherwise.
Bite wounds are washed, ideally with povidone-iodine soap and water. The injury is then loosely bandaged, but is not sutured due to risk of infection.
Antibiotic prophylaxis is recommended for dog and cat bites of the hand,[3] and human bites if they are more than superficial.[4] Evidence for the need for antibiotic prophylaxis for bites in other areas is inconclusive.[5]
For empirical therapy, the first choice is amoxicillin with clavulanic acid, and if the person is penicillin-allergic, doxycycline and metronidazole.[4] The antistaphylococcal penicillins (e.g., cloxacillin, nafcillin, flucloxacillin) and the macrolides (e.g., erythromycin, clarithromycin) are not used for empirical therapy, because they do not cover Pasteurella species.[4]
Animal bites inflicted by some animals, including carnivorans and bats, can transmit rabies. The animal is caught alive or dead with its head preserved, so the head can later be analyzed to detect the disease. Signs of rabies include foaming at the mouth, self-mutilation, growling, jerky behavior, and red eyes.
If the animal cannot be captured, prophylactic rabies treatment is recommended in most places. Certain places, such as Hawaii, Australia, and the United Kingdom, are known not to have native rabies. Treatment is generally available in North America and the Northern European states.
Tetanus toxoid is indicated for virtually any bite that punctures the epidermis, and tetanus immune globulin is indicated in patients with more than 10 years since prior vaccination. Tetanus boosters (Td) should be given every ten years.
|Prior toxoid
|Clean minor wounds
|All other wounds
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|TT: yes, TIG: no
|TT: yes, TIG: yes
|≥ 3 doses
|TT: if last dose ≥ 10yr
TIG: no
|TT: if last dose ≥ 5yr, TIG: no
TT = tetanus toxoid; TIG: tetanus immune globulin
Mosquito bites[edit]
Antihistamines are effective treatment for the symptoms from bites.[6] Many diseases such as malaria are transmitted by mosquitoes.
See also[edit]
- ^ Kenneth M. Phillips (2009-12-27). "Dog Bite Statistics". Retrieved 2010-08-06.
- ^ Questions and Answers about Dog Bites[dead link]
- ^ "BestBets: Antibiotics in cat bites".
- ^ a b c Oehler RL, Velez AP, Mizrachi M, Lamarche J, Gompf S (2009). "Bite-related and septic syndrome caused by cats and dogs". Lancet Infect Dis 9 (7): 439–47. doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(09)70110-0. PMID 19555903.
- ^ Medeiros I, Saconato H (2001). "Antibiotic prophylaxis for mammalian bites". In Medeiros, Iara Marques. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2): CD001738. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001738. PMID 11406003.
- ^ "BestBets: Oral antihistamines for insect bites".
External links[edit]
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bites.
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As India's rupee languishes near record lows against the dollar, analysts say weakness in Asia's third largest economy highlights why the rupee is one of the most heavily sold emerging market currencies.
The Indian rupee has slumped almost 17 percent against the dollar this year, making it the world's worst performing major currency.
Here are three charts to explain why India is in trouble:
Current account deficit
India's wide current account deficit (the broadest measure of the trade balance), which stood at $18.1 billion in the first quarter of the year, is cited by analysts as the chief reason for why the rupee is bearing the brunt of the sell-off in emerging market currencies.
Foreign investment outflows
To support the massive current account deficit, India needs steady inflows of capital into its markets from abroad.
But as investors anticipate the unwinding of U.S. monetary stimulus, investors have fled Indian markets, putting downward pressure on the rupee and making it harder for the government to finance the current account deficit.
Economic growth slows
Slowing economic growth is not helping the outlook for the rupee, say strategists.
India's economy grew 5.5 percent in the second quarter, languishing near its slowest in three years.


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Cracker Barrel Session will be Saturday, March 26 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Fire Hall Station conference room. Sponsors include VFW Auxiliary, Clay County Democrats, Clay County Republicans and the VCDC Legislative Affairs Committee.
Professional Development Seminar sponsored by USD�s Beacom School of Business SE Entrepreneurial Resource Program (SERP), Tuesday, March 29 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Vermillion Area Chamber & Development Company, 116 Market St. For more information and to register, contact Lisa Bryan at email@example.com or call 605-677-5565. Free and open to the public.
March 29 � �Preparing to Launch the Business� with Lisa Bryan & Dustin Pratt. This seminar will provide participants with the tools to launch their business venture. We will focus on the elevator pitch, accessing capital, bootstrapping, utilizing social media to market your business, and business plan competitions.
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The Vermillion Area Community Foundation is accepting proposals for projects to improve our community. Forms for submitting proposals by groups or organizations are available at the Chamber of Commerce office. While funds available are limited we can fully fund small one time requests or partially fund larger projects. Your annual donations to our Foundation will provide us with increasing funds each year for worthwhile projects.
The Eagle Riders are raffling a 2011 Harley Davidson Heritage Softtail. Tickets are $20 each with the proceeds going to the Diabetes Research Center, state and local charities. Tickets can be purchased at the Eagles Club 605-624-9934 or from any Eagle Rider Member. Only 2,000 tickets will be sold.
Big Friend-Little Friend, Inc. of Clay & Union counties is seeking two adult males to match with boys in Elk Point and Burbank, and two adult females to match with girls in Vermillion. Volunteers spend two hours per week with their matches, and all volunteers have background checks and interviews prior to the match. For more information, contact John P. Gille, program director at 605-421-5050 or go to the website www.bflfmentoring.org and click on the volunteer button. Volunteers provide valuable time to area youth, and receive many benefits in serving as a mentor. Sign up today.
Community Education: �Copper Crafting� � Venture into the art of copper wire, beads and marbles; or your own special objects, with tools that you probably have around your house. Copper wire, beads and marbles are supplied. Tools required to bring; ball-peen hammer, needle nose pliers and wire cutters. You can choose either a votive candle holder or wind chime to tickle your creativity. Monday, March 14, 6 to 7 p.m. Location to be announced at later date.
The Center Outings: Kenny Rogers Concert � The Center (formerly Vermillion Senior Center) is planning a trip to Sioux Falls, Saturday, April 2 at the Washington Pavilion. Tickets and transportation will be $75 plus an evening meal in Sioux Falls. Depart from the Center around 4:30 p.m. If interested � please call The Center at 624-8072 no later than Friday, March 4 by 12 p.m. We do not have tickets reserved so need to make plans ASAP in order to get good seats. We have 17 available bus seats at this time. Please call The Center at 624-8072 to reserve your ticket. Members of The Center can get on the travel list and be contacted each time there are outings.
Sharing the Dream April Trip to Guatemala: Weaving & Textile Crafts Tour, April 2-10. Limit of four people. The course includes one Indigenous Guatemalan teacher per pair of students, a back strap loom and all materials needed for weaving, classes English translation during the whole tour, transport, lodging, and food. Cost $900 per person plus airfare. Contact Diane at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
�The seventh annual ESA Tour of Tables will be held in the Father Wolf auditorium of St. Agnes School on Saturday, April 9. If you as an individual or as a business owner would like to sponsor a table at this year's event, please contact Barb Campbell at 624-4626 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Also, please contact her if you are interested in purchasing tickets for the �Tour of Tables.�
Vermillion Special Olympics Polar Plunge � Vermillion Special Olympics will be hosting the second annual Polar Plunge fundraiser � Freezin' for a Reason! The Plunge will take place April 10 at 2 p.m. (registration from 12:30 to 2 p.m.) in the high school parking lot. Jumpers will plunge into a lined dumpster filled with very cold water! The cost is $100 to jump with the price including a free t-shirt and meal at the after jump party. For $25, children can take the plunge into a kiddie pool filled with warm water with the price including a free t-shirt. Prizes will be awarded for best costumes and top money raisers. For more information please contact Jen Law at 670-0030 or Dave/Nikki Stammer at 624-8420.
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DAHLONEGA, Ga. - North Georgia College & State University got a huge lift from the PBC scoring leader as Syretha Marble scored a game-high 32 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead the Lady Saints past Lander University 97-93 Monday night in Memorial Hall.
North Georgia improves to 13-6 overall and 6-6 in the PBC, while Lander drops to 14-8, 8-4. In a battle for the lead in the Peach Belt scoring title, Syretha Marble took charge, dropping 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds in the first half alone, as her counterpart, Tiara Good had a half of her own, scoring 18 on 5-9 shooting from behind the arc.
The Lady Saints came on fire in the first half, running out to a 13-6 lead on a layup from Syretha Marble with 16:17 remaining in the half. Marbles' stellar play led the Lady Saints to a big first half lead, and a three-pointer from Lindsey Kitchens on a pass from Brooke Baker with 1:27 until the break gave North Georgia a 16-point lead at 58-42, their largest lead of the game. A pair of three-pointers from the Lady Bearcats' Good and LaShonda Chiles in final minute cut the Lady Saints' lead to just eight points for a 58-50 halftime score.
The game quickly changed in the second half as Lander jumped back into the game and cut North Georgia's lead to just five points four minutes into the half. The Lady Saints countered with a run of their own and pushed the lead back to 13 at 81-68 on a fast-break layup from Krystyn Young with 6:58 remaining in the contest. The Lady Bearcats had one run left, and pulled to within a bucket at 93-91, the closest the had been since a minute into the contest when the score was tied 2-2. Kitchens was clutch down the stretch for the Lady Saints, sealing the 97-93 win with four straight free throws in the final 18 seconds.
Marble finished with a game-high 32 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Saints, while Megan Huffman returned from a mid-game injury to drain a three-pointer late in the game and add 19 points. Kitchens, Kourtney Singleton, and Rachael Jolley all scored in double-digits for the Lady Saints who had their highest point total of the season.
Chiles and Good had 25 and 24 points respectively for the Lady Bearcats, while Stephanie Ponds pulled down a game-high 15 rebounds.
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olympic 5/10000 championmo farah is running the new orleans half marathon, the fastest half marathon on american soil is 58:46 by matthew kisorio in philadelphia, do you think he can beat that time?
also meseret defar, shalane flanagan and kara goucher are among the elite womens field.
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