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It was a Tuesday in July and I was sitting in the "cartoonist lounge" on the 20th floor of the Condé Nast building in Times Square with an envelope containing 10 drawings: my first cartoon submissions to The New Yorker. Every Tuesday is judgment day, the day Robert Mankoff, the magazine's cartoon editor, meets with cartoonists face to face.
Another seven or eight cartoonists were squeezed into the small waiting room, which is dominated by a long coffee table stacked with hundreds of New Yorker magazines. A giant print of a Sam Gross cartoon hung on one wall; underneath was a couch. Sam Gross sat on the couch. The other cartoonists either tried to engage in awkward small talk or just kept silent. Sam, by far the oldest and most established cartoonist in the cramped space, held court. He said, "Dr. Seuss was not a good artist. He couldn't draw kids. They were just adults with big heads."
One by one, in the order they'd arrived, cartoonists disappeared into Mankoff's office and emerged a few minutes later. One cartoonist was asked by another "How'd you do?" The reply was a shrug. Everyone's expectations were low, and how could they not be? Rejection is the norm.
Fifty years ago, you could make a modest living selling work to popular, general interest magazines like Cavalier, Fact, Look, the Saturday Evening Post, and the Saturday Review, but today it's almost impossible to eke out a living as a gag cartoonist. There are still places that buy gag cartoons (like pharmaceutical brochures and yoga magazines) but none with the tradition or cachet of The New Yorker.
I don't normally draw gag cartoons; I'm what's now called a "graphic novelist." I'm not really considering a career change, but I was dealing with the mid-career blahs and wanted to try something new. It takes me several years to write and draw a book. The book's subject determines and limits what I can and can't draw. I enjoy the process, but it's a slog. I wanted more spontaneity in my creative life. So in March I decided to fill a sketchbook, 90 pages, with New Yorker-style cartoons—one cartoon a day for three months. No excuses.
If making graphic novels felt like a staid long-term relationship, then doing gag comics is like playing the field. One day I could draw a fortuneteller; the next, an astronaut. I went from sultans to superheroes, robots to rabbits. I felt liberated. I refused to get bogged down or fuss over the drawings. I spent no more than an hour with any one cartoon, and many took far less time than that. For the first two weeks I was feeling my oats. I already had a half-dozen keepers and was confident there were plenty more winners on the way. It was at this point that I started dreaming of actually selling a cartoon to The New Yorker.
Once upon a time, before The New Yorker featured photos and illustrations, the cartoon was the magazines' visual star. The cartoon took up, and deserved, more real estate on the page. The art was built to last. Drawings boasted delicately controlled gray washes, accomplished pen and brushwork, and finely observed details. You got the idea that the cartoonists paid attention as they moved through the city; their drawings existed in the observable world as much as in the realm of ideas. In addition to his diagrammatic drawings of time and space, Saul Steinberg could render Fifth Avenue or the interior of a theater with a flourish of details that testified to his presence. The charming yet limited range of a James Thurber drawing stood out as an exception.
I'm not sure Thurber would stand out in today's New Yorker. Mankoff's cartooning credo, as outlined in his 2002 book, The Naked Cartoonist, is that it's the idea that transforms a quirky little drawing into a New Yorker cartoon. Or as Mankoff writes, "It's not the ink, it's the think." As a result, today's New Yorker cartoons reflect Mankoff's own work—a more narrow, idiosyncratic style that, like Thurber's, inspires readers like me to think, "I could do that."
By my fourth week of daily drawing, I hit a wall. It got harder and harder to generate gags, and I often found myself staring at a blank page at eleven o'clock at night, just wanting to get something down so I could go to bed. My measuring stick was the great New Yorker cartoonist William Steig. Besides knowing what made people tick, Steig possessed that holy combination of looseness and precision that gives great cartooning its casual authority. I knew I could never compare with Steig, but I didn't want to embarrass myself, either. I had my pride, and if I was going to produce another 60 gags I needed to approach things differently.
I started doodling randomly on scrap sheets of papers, trying to draw something surprising or something that made me laugh. The best of these doodles— Frankenstein's monster staring at his big hands, a rabbi taking bong hits in a dorm room—I would then redraw slightly tighter in the gag sketchbook and have faith a caption would come later. If after a week I couldn't come up with anything, I'd e-mail the drawing to my dad, who, by virtue of entering The New Yorker caption contest on a regular basis (and once being one of the three finalists), seemed the right man for the job.


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Andre Ethier (B+)
.292/.364/.493 .857 23hr 1.9 WAR
Looking back, one thing strikes me about Ethier's season, and that's that I barely talked about him at all in the second half. I pointed out that he got on base six times in an August game, but otherwise, the focus was always in other areas. That's partly because the team's overall collapse and the series of terrible trades overwhelmed our attention, but also because Ethier could never re-capture the magic of his amazing start after returning from injury. That's probably unfair to him, because he was fine over the last two months. But look at what we had been saying about him in the first week of May…
Ethier's line is an unreal .371/.440/.722. A .722 slugging percentage! Not that I expect him to keep that up all year, but if he did, that would tie him for the 23rd highest mark in major league history. (And that moves up to 15th highest, if you don't respect the work of Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, and Mark McGwire.)
Seriously, look at the NL leaderboard right now for the Triple Crown categories, and remember that this is a league with guys like Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, and Hanley Ramirez:
And that really could be his face on all three of those, because he's tied with Kelly Johnson for the home run lead, and "Arizona" just comes before "Los Angeles" in alphabetical order.
And just a few days later…
I'm running out of adjectives to describe Andre Ethier. After three more hits and two RBI, he's now up to .393/.452/.732. He's leading all of baseball in batting average, slugging percentage, and OPS, and by quite a bit. We're getting far enough into the season to almost consider this less of a "hot streak" and more of a "damned good player having a career year." Of course, every hit increases the chance that the Dodgers won't be able to afford him when he hits free agency after next year 2012. Hooray? Still, that's a worry for another time, because what Ethier's doing right now is historic, at least in Dodger terms.
That was after the game of May 10. The Dodgers won the next three games, with Ethier getting on base nine times, including three doubles and a homer, putting his line up to an absurd .392/.457/.744. But while taking BP before May 15th's game, he fractured the pinky in his right hand, which ended up sending him to the disabled list.
Ethier rushed back to return on May 31, missing only the minimum 15 days, but he'd clearly come back too soon. He was horrendous in June (.229/.280/.333), and from May 31 to the All-Star break in mid-July, he hit just .267/.313/.393, a far cry from his earlier line.
Now, it wasn't all that bad. After his awful June and mediocre July, he was much better in August (.872) and good in September (.812, but with a .388 OBP). So it's true that I didn't pay all that much attention to Ethier as the year went on, and that's unfair. While he was nowhere as good as he was early in the season, it's unreasonable to think that he would have been able to keep that pace up all season long. Really, the only thing that Ethier did wrong this year was to get injured and come back far too soon, and even then it's hard to blame a guy for wanting to get back on the field to help his team as soon as possible.
Despite the injury, Ethier had his third straight excellent season (OPS+ of 132, 131, 134 in 2008-10), making his first All-Star team and proving himself to be one of the top hitters in the game, despite seeing his defensive marks decline once again. However, he still has much to prove in 2011, because he was unable to make any progress towards his greatest weakness this year, and that's hitting left-handed pitching. I mentioned this problem in 2009′s season in review:
This year, Ethier destroyed right-handed pitching to the tune of a .960 OPS and 25 of his homers. Against lefties, he had just a .194 BA and a .629 OPS and only 6 homers. It's actually been a pretty clear downward trend for him as far as a lefty/righty split goes:
2006: .842 vs RH, .846 vs LH
2007: .830 vs RH, .816 vs LH
2008: .953 vs RH, .692 vs LH
2009: .960 vs RH, .629 vs LH
As he continues to improve against righties, he's quickly becoming unplayable against lefties, and the four years of stats clearly show there's not any improvement happening here.
In 2010, he had a .960 OPS vs RHP, and a .625 mark against lefties. He's not getting better at hitting southpaws; he's in fact getting worse. Since he's turning 29 in the spring, he's in his prime and there's not a whole lot of hope to think he's going to improve this flaw. Can you consider a guy a superstar when he's not a great outfielder and you absolutely can not (or at least, should not) play him against lefties? That's why I was hoping the Dodgers would sign a Jeff Francoeur type (good fielder, hits lefties) and that's a question the Dodgers are going to have to answer as he moves towards free agency after 2012.
Reed Johnson (C-)
.262/.291/.366 .657 2hr 0.2 WAR
This was far more the fault of Larry Bowa than it was of Johnson, but I absolutely have to start with this, from mid-August:
Finally, we have the game-ending play where Reed Johnson tried to score from first on a bloop single. Yes, read that again, because it actually happened. What in the world Larry Bowa was thinking was beyond me, but for someone who's not shy about talking about Kemp in the paper, we need to realize that he played a pretty large role in this loss as well. I can't even accurately express to you in words how much Johnson was out by, so I'll let Chad from MOKM's animated .gif do it for me:
I mean, that's not even close to being close. I realize with a punchless offense you try to take chances where you can, but good lord, give the runner a chance there, Larry.
God, that kills me every single time. Back to Johnson, I was a bit surprised when he was signed, because every indication at the time was that the Dodgers were looking for a left-handed backup outfielder. Still, for what he was, I was okay with it:
I'm somewhat unimpressed with Johnson on the whole, especially coming off a broken foot which ruined his 2009. That said, the Dodger outfield has two big needs. First, they need someone who can be a plus defender in left to spot for Manny, which Johnson clearly can. Second, though few people want to admit it, they need someone who can replace Andre Ethier against lefties, because Ethier is useless against fellow southpaws. Johnson fits that role perfectly – for this career, he's lousy against righties (.707 OPS), but is just fine against lefties (.841 OPS). That split was even more pronounced in 2009. If you've got lefty-killers Manny and Kemp, and replace Ethier with Johnson, that's an outfield lefties should be terrified of.
So assuming that the money isn't big and the term is just one year, I'm okay with this idea.
That's more or less what happened, though Johnson was slightly less than advertised. Sure, he was good against LHP (.301/.324/.466 .790), but a sub-.800 OPS isn't quite good enough to make up for an absurdly bad .520 mark against RHP. Then there was the lack of hustle that helped to blow a game against the Angels…
Reed Johnson ran for Belliard, and was pushed to second when Martin walked. Now Jamey Carroll comes up to hit for Blake DeWitt against the lefty, and it's all on the line: two on, two out, Carroll vs. Fuentes. Carroll – who I hate to admit, has grown on me like a weed – gets the job done by blooping a single to left, scoring Johnson to tie the game.
…except, no. Now bear with me because there's so much stupid going on in this one play that it burns the soul (and I hope you still have "Yakety Sax" running). Johnson, instead of running home like his house was on fire, jogs home. Jogs. With the tying run with two outs in the 9th, on a ball that was in no way a home run. That's stupid #1. Stupid #2 is Martin, running from first, overruning second base (assuming that Juan Rivera would be throwing home, I suppose) and gets caught before he can get back to the bag… before Johnson, slacking it down the line, crosses home. I mean, this play was so loaded with stupid that FanGraphs did a breakdown on just this sequence alone.
…plus the fact that he'll be 34 next year and missed a month this year with a back injury means I'm not all that invested in seeing him return. Which, of course, means that he'll absolutely be back.
Xavier Paul (D)
.231/.277/.314 .591 0hr -0.6 WAR
I've been on the Xavier Paul train for years, arguing that a strong-armed outfielder who's managed to raise his yearly OPS every year from 2005-10 and who has crushed AAA pitching (.320/.380/.502 in parts of three seasons) deserves a shot to make his mark in the majors. I still believe that, but at some point he's going to have to make it happen, and the .591 OPS in three 2010 stints plus the inability to stay healthy is seriously imperiling that.
Paul originally made it up in 2009 when Many got suspended, but barely played before getting a staph infection while scraping his knee in Florida and then breaking his ankle in the minors. Still, I thought he'd be a great fit as the lefty-swinging 5th outfielder after the Dodgers signed Johnson. Unfortunately, the Dodgers signed Garret Anderson for that role, a decision which bothered me in the spring…
Of course, the correct option is right under our noses. Wouldn't it be great if there was a lefty bat who's likely to be as productive as any of these three, and not only won't kill you in the outfield but has a strong arm and would be a great defensive caddy for Manny? Sounds like Xavier Paul to me, and as Jon astutely notes, the Dodgers have not had a good history with 35+ reserves. Let's hope we don't have to add another name to that list.
and in June…
By the way, Garret Anderson went 0-3 today and is down to an almost unfathomable .146/.170/.225. Meanwhile, AAA outfielders Xavier Paul (2) and Jamie Hoffmann (1) combined for three home runs today. Just sayin'. Hey, George Sherrill's coming off the DL on Tuesday, with no obvious candidate to go down. How bout a nice DFA'ing for our friend Garret?
and later in June…
Finally, Anderson went hitless in five at-bats today, striking out four times and popping out to first. I'm just completely out of things to add to this situation. I hate to bag on a guy on his birthday (he's 38 now), but to say that he's a waste of a roster spot is about the kindest way I can think of to describe it. He's now hitting .180/.197/.287. What do we have to do to finally end this already?
Xavier Paul's hitting .345/.402/.633 with 12 HR in AAA, by the way, and three of those homers have come in his last ten games. But no, I'm sure he's not a better fit for this defensively-challenged, injury-prone outfield, right?
and again in July.
Meanwhile, Xavier Paul is hitting .348/.404/.635 for the Isotopes, and lest you think that's a stat line which is entirely due to the ABQ atmosphere, note that he's still got a pretty tasty line of .320/.381/.534 on the road. This is the fifth year in a row in which he's increased his OPS in the minors, and he has a 103 OPS+ in his limited time in the majors. 90% of the rest of baseball would be falling over themselves to give a prospect like that a chance at a full-time job. Granted, most of those teams don't have an outfield like Manny/Kemp/Ethier, but to say that you're going to play a husk of a corpse of a cadaver like the 38-year-old Anderson, who has proven that his value is zero, is obscene. It's hard to say that the Dodgers are doing everything they can to win when you see situations like these, isn't it?
As for what happened when Paul actually was up, we saw him three separate times. He came up in late April when Manny made his first DL trip, getting on base ten times in six starts until being sent back down in early May while being told by Ned Colletti to "work on being a big leaguer". He returned for the last two weeks of May when Ethier was on the DL, getting on base ten more times in eight starts, returning again in early July when Manny went back on the DL. At the time, I wasn't the only one ringing the "Paul over Anderson" bell, as Jon Weisman devoted an entire post to it at over at Dodger Thoughts.
Unfortunately for Paul, he struggled greatly in his third and final trip to the bigs, hitting just .188/.232/.234 in 24 games (15 starts) in July and early August. He would have been all but assured of another call-up in September, but was instead shut down with what sounded like a relatively minor neck injury.
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Now that Georgia Southern football is officially, well, unofficial — as far as the Football Championship Subdivision and Football Bowl Subdivision are concerned, anyway — an interesting question has come up.
The question, which has been posed around town and on the Internet, is a good one.
Now that GSU isn't in the FCS, should the six national championship flags continue to fly at Paulson Stadium?
Some argue that now that the Eagles are playing with the "big boys," it's time to take the flags down and maybe hang them inside the museum area of the new Football Operations Center once it's built at the stadium.
Others suggest that the flags should stay right where they're at, at the centerpiece of a stadium home to the most dominant program in I-AA history (the division wasn't renamed the FCS until well after the Eagles won their last title).
Still others suggested that the flags go to a new, less focal point of the stadium, so potential Sun Belt championships and bowl wins can be memorialized on the big flag pole.
Others suggest selling the flags off to the highest bidder.
I don't know how GSU will handle the program's history, as it collides with the future.
I don't know what the university should do, either.
So, I think I'll just stick to the facts.
Georgia Southern has won six I-AA (FCS) national titles. Youngstown State has won four. Appalachian State has won three. When you're talking about elite dynasties in the FCS, well, there you have it.
Marshall had two before moving up in the 1990s, and North Dakota State, Montana and Eastern Kentucky are all still four away from matching GSU's total.
In other words, GSU's six national titles at the FCS level set a bar higher than anyone else has even come close to touching, and there's a good chance nobody ever will.
Those six flags represent a lot. They represent GSU's unique and storied football history.
They represent a feat so difficult only one college football program could do it.
They represent GSU. Period.
And whether GSU becomes the next Boise State or the next Idaho in the FBS, those flags represent greatness at Georgia Southern that can never be taken away.
I was only in person for one of Georgia Southern's national titles. There are many in the Eagle Nation who were at all six. They'd probably like to keep those flags right where they are. There are some who never saw any of the titles, and while, of course, there's respect and admiration for the accomplishments of the past, the flags may not mean as much.
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter how GSU chooses to recognize those six national championships.
All that matters is that if any FBS program visits Paulson Stadium in the future and doesn't know anything about the Eagles' storied history, it won't take them long to learn.
The Eagles have outgrown the FCS, but without those six national championships, they probably never would have.
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Although rather attractive, Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica) is a real thug as it spreads rapidly. In winter the plant dies back beneath ground but by early summer the bamboo-like stems shoot to over 2.1m (7ft), suppressing all other growth. Eradication requires steely determination as it is very hard to remove by hand or with chemicals.
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Japanese knotweed is a strong-growing, clump-forming perennial, with tall, dense annual stems. Stem growth is renewed each year from the stout, deeply-penetrating rhizomes (creeping underground stems).
In spring and summer, bamboo-like shoots grow to 2.1m (7ft) tall. Leaves are up to 14cm (5½in) in length and the creamy-white flower tassels produced in late summer and early autumn reach up to 15cm (6in).
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Japanese knotweed is a perennial weed, producing tall canes, up to 2.1m (7ft) in height during the summer. The canes have characteristic purple flecks, and produce branches from nodes along its length. These branches support shovel-shaped leaves.
Japanese knotweed was introduced from Japan in 1825 as an ornamental plant. The plant is not unattractive but its rapid annual growth and relentless spread, allows it to easily overwhelm other garden plants. Where established as a wayside weed, native plants are also aggressively over-run.
Although it does not produce seeds, it can sprout from very small sections of rhizomes and, under the provisions made within the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, it is an offence to cause Japanese knotweed to grow in the wild. Much of its spread is probably via topsoil movement or construction traffic.
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Districts serving children who are blind, visually impaired, or deafblind in Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE) may be interested in the Missouri Statewide Parent Involvement Network (MoSPIN). In this parent training program, MoSPIN Parent Advisors visit the student's home on a regular basis to instruct parents on a variety of issues that are unique to children with visual impairments. This instruction is based on the nationally recognized INSITE curriculum and may include topics such as the child's specific visual impairment and the resulting impact on communication, motor, or other areas of development. These services would be included on the student's IEP and are provided at no cost to families or districts. This service is available to families of children birth through 5.
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The center's veterinarian says they haven't done a clinic like this in 10 years, but because of the bad economic situations for most families and with vaccinations being pretty pricey, they were happy to help lots of dogs, cats and their families on Saturday.
"If she does try to get out the back door and explore a little bit, we have some neighborhood cats that even if they have a rabies shot, she could get a hold of a cat that doesn't have one and get in a fight and we just don't want her to get sick," said Kathy Jones, a resident of Mineral.
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In mid-season, I stow away the heavy boots and switch to either ballerinas or derbies. I use Repetto from France and super-soft leather lace-up shoes from Italy ... Anniel. I also have a pair of Chloé ballerinas that are like second skin.
While looking through all my mid-season shoes, I saw that they were all scruffed ... which is what happens when you walk for miles on rough cobblestones. I use creme protection, waterproof spray, and wax for all my leather goods ... but they get scruffed anyway.
Since my next trip involves three weeks in northern Spain, I decided to wear Camper which originates in Mallorca, focusing on craftsmanship and artistry. I chose the style Holly from this Spring/Summer 2012 collection, a lace-up shoe made of full grain leather. It's pointed shape makes it feminine, but it's made for comfort using the Sacchetto Construction method which provides suppleness and flexibility.
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Camper was born on a Mediterranean island where everything is influenced by nature. It's slogan is 'Lifelovers Welcome' with a point-of-view that the fun part is the journey, not the destination. Camper's preoccupation is 'the things we love most, our way of walking through life'. Source: Lifelovers ABC book by Camper.
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They look great and I bet they are comfy. Diane
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So pretty! It doesn't look like the usual Camper shoe.
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@Deepa: Once in a blue moon, they'll have one or two good styles. I have a pair of boots covered with graffiti from their 2006 autumn collection ... people get surprised they're from Camper too :)
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So lovely!
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That's so pretty and looks very simple and at same time very trendy too. Thanks for sharing.
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A second person has died from a rodent-borne illness following a stay in one of Yosemite National Park's most popular lodging areas.
Federal epidemiologists learned of the fatality over the weekend, and federal officials say they're increasing efforts to warn visitors about Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), which can be carried by dust particles that come into contact with the urine, saliva or feces of an infected deer mouse.
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Animal and Human Bites
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Animal and human bites may cause puncture wounds, cuts, scrapes, or crushing injuries. Most animal and human bites cause minor injuries, and home treatment is usually all that is needed to care for the wound.
Animal bites
Most animal bites occur in school-age children. The face, hands, arms, and legs are the most common sites for animal bites. Since most bites occur in children, be sure to teach children to be careful around animals and that an animal could hurt them. Young children should always be supervised around animals.
Dog bites occur more than any other animal bite and are most frequent in the summer months. The dog is usually known to the person, and most injuries result from the dog being teased or bothered while eating or sleeping. Boys are bitten about twice as often as girls. The arms, head, and neck are the most likely areas to be bitten in children.
Cat bites usually cause deeper puncture wounds than dog bites and have a high risk of bacterial infection because they can be hard to clean adequately.
Exotic pet bites, such as from rats, mice, or gerbils, may carry illnesses, but rabies is not usually a concern. The bites from some pets, such as iguanas, are at risk for infection but do not carry other serious risks.
Livestock, such as horses, cows, and sheep, have powerful jaws and can cause crushing bite injuries. Infection, tetanus , and rabies are possible risks.
Wild animal bites may occur while hunting, camping, or hiking. Infection, tetanus, and rabies are possible risks.
Human bites
Adult bites that cause a wound to the hand can be serious. A clenched fist striking another person in the mouth and teeth can cut or puncture the skin over the knuckles. This is commonly called a "fight bite." Underlying tissues may be damaged, and an infection can develop.
Bites from children are:
- Usually not very deep.
- Not as forceful as adult bites.
- Not too likely to become infected.
- Not damaging to underlying tissue.
What to do if you get a bite?
When you have a bite:
- Stop the bleeding by applying direct pressure.
- Determine if other tissues, such as blood vessels, nerves, tendons, ligaments, joints, bones, or internal organs, have been injured.
- Determine if treatment by a doctor is needed.
- Clean the wound to prevent bacterial infections, tetanus ("lockjaw"), and viral infections, such as herpes simplex virus and cytomegalovirus (CMV).
- Determine the risk for rabies and the need for treatment to prevent the disease.
- Determine if you need a tetanus shot.
Check your symptoms to decide if and when you should see a doctor.
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Home Treatment
Minor animal and human bites usually can be treated at home. If you do not have an increased chance of getting an infection, do not have other injuries, and do not need treatment by a doctor or a tetanus shot, you can clean and bandage a bite at home.
Treat bleeding
Stop the bleeding with direct pressure to the wound.
After you have stopped the bleeding, check your symptoms to determine if and when you need to see your doctor.
Clean the wound
Clean the animal or human bite as soon as possible to reduce the chance of infection and scarring.
- Wash the wound for 5 minutes with large amounts of cool water and soap (mild dishwashing soap, such as Ivory, works well). Some nonprescription products are available for wound cleaning that numb the area so cleaning doesn't hurt as much. Be sure to read the product label for correct use.
- Don't use rubbing alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, iodine, or Mercurochrome, which can harm the tissue and slow healing.
Some bites cause only bruising (contusions) at the bite site but do not break the skin. These bites usually do not become infected.
Stitches, staples, or skin adhesives (also called liquid skin)
Determine whether your bite needs to be treated by a doctor. Bites may need to be closed with sutures, staples, or skin adhesives so that they won't leave a large scar. Bites to the hand are not usually closed because closing the bite wound may increase your chance of having an infection. Cat bites are rarely closed because they are usually no larger than a puncture.
Your doctor will tell you how to take care of your stitches or staples and when to return to have them removed. Skin adhesives usually do not need to be removed, but your doctor may wish to see you to check on the wound. Be sure to carefully follow your doctor's instructions. If you are unsure of how to care for your wound or have questions, call your doctor for instructions.
Consider applying a bandage
Most bites heal well and may not need a bandage. You may need to protect the bite from dirt and irritation. Be sure to clean the bite thoroughly before bandaging it to reduce the risk of infection occurring under the bandage.
- Select the bandage carefully. There are many products available. Do not use liquid skin bandages and moisture-enhancing bandages unless your doctor tells you to. These types of dressings may seal in bacteria that could cause an infection.
- If you use a cloth-like bandage, apply a clean bandage when your bandage gets wet or soiled. If a bandage is stuck to a scab, soak it in warm water to soften the scab and make the bandage easier to remove. If available, use a nonstick dressing. There are many bandage products available. Be sure to read the product label for correct use.
- Watch for signs of infection . If an infection develops under a bandage, a visit to your doctor may be needed.
- An antibiotic ointment, such as polymyxin B sulfate (for example, Polysporin) or bacitracin, will keep the bandage from sticking to the wound. Apply the ointment lightly to the wound. Antibiotic ointments have not been shown to improve healing. Be sure to read the product label about skin sensitivity. If a skin rash or itching under the bandage develops, stop using the ointment. The rash may be caused by an allergic reaction to the ointment.
- Use an adhesive strip to hold the edges of a wound together. Always put an adhesive strip across a wound to hold the edges together, not lengthwise. You can make a butterfly bandage at home or purchase one to help hold the skin edges together.
- Determine whether you need a tetanus shot.
- You may have a localized reaction to a tetanus shot. Symptoms include warmth, swelling, and redness at the injection site. A fever of up to 100°F (37.8°C) may occur. Home treatment can help reduce the discomfort.
Pain relief
An ice or cold pack may help reduce swelling and bruising. Never apply ice directly to a wound or the skin. This could cause tissue damage.
Elevate the injured area on pillows while applying ice and anytime you are sitting or lying down. Try to keep the area at or above the level of your heart to reduce swelling.
|Try a nonprescription medicine to help treat your fever or pain:
Talk to your child's doctor before switching back and forth between doses of acetaminophen and ibuprofen. When you switch between two medicines, there is a chance your child will get too much medicine.
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After the bite
Many states require that animal control authorities be notified of animal bites. Even if your state law does not require you to report animal bites, you may wish to call animal control to report the bite. They can help you determine whether the animal that bit you:
- Has been properly vaccinated.
- Needs to be observed for signs of illness. A healthy pet that has bitten someone should be confined and observed for 10 days to see whether it develops symptoms of rabies.
- Is a rabies carrier in your area and whether you need to be vaccinated to prevent rabies .
- Is a danger to others.
If you are unable to find a phone number for animal control in the front pages of the telephone book, contact the police or sheriff's office for the number.
Symptoms to watch for during home treatment
Call your doctor if any of the following occur during home treatment:
- Signs of infection develop.
- Signs of loss of function develop.
- Pain gets worse.
- The wound does not heal.
- Symptoms become more severe or more frequent.
The following tips may help prevent bite injuries.
- Do not disturb animals, even your family pets, while they are eating, sleeping, or nursing. Animal mothers can be very aggressive when protecting their young.
- Never leave a young child or baby alone with a pet.
- Do not approach or play with unfamiliar or stray pets.
- Teach children to ask permission from a pet's owner before petting the animal. Do not pet an animal without first letting it sniff you.
- Don't run past a dog, because dogs naturally love to chase and catch things.
- Many animals give a warning sign before they attack. If you have animals in your home, know their warning signs and teach them to your children.
- Do not try to separate fighting animals. If available, water sprayed from a hose will often break up the fight.
- If you see a threatening dog:
- Stay still. Do not run.
- Do not make direct eye contact with the dog or stare at the dog. Staring at a dog may be interpreted by the dog as a threat and aggression.
- Don't scream. If you say anything, speak calmly and firmly.
- If you fall or are knocked to the ground, curl into a ball with your hands over your head and neck. Protect your face.
- Notify animal control and, if possible, speak with the dog's owners.
- Tell children to report an animal bite to an adult immediately.
- Do not keep wild animals as pets.
- Do not touch or tease wild animals.
- Do not handle sick or injured animals or animals that are acting strangely.
- Get help from animal control personnel if you need to rescue a trapped or injured animal. If no help is available, wear the heaviest gloves and clothing you have. Do not move quickly when approaching the animal, and talk in a low, gentle voice to reassure the animal.
Choose and care for your pets wisely
- Do not buy a pet on impulse. Do some research and learn about how different types of pets act and what their needs are. Ask a veterinarian or your local humane society for more information.
- Keep your animals healthy. Regular examinations and vaccinations are important for their health and for yours. Vaccinate pets against rabies and other diseases.
- Promote attitudes of animal love and respect. Do not tolerate any form of animal abuse or cruelty.
- Obedience-train your dogs. If you have children, involve them in the training so they can handle and learn respect for their companion animals. Keep pets on a leash in public areas.
- Do not allow your pets to roam free. Fence your yard, and keep your pets on a leash in public areas.
- Contact your local humane society or shelter about workshops for your school or service group that teach about animal care.
Human bites
- Prevent human bites by controlling behavior that may lead to fights or abuse. For more information, see the topic Anger, Hostility, and Violent Behavior.
- Teach your child not to bite. Biting most commonly occurs when many children are together, such as in child care centers. Most of the time, biting can be reduced by proper supervision and by helping children express their feelings in more appropriate ways. For more information, see the topic Biting.
Preparing For Your Appointment
To prepare for your appointment, see the topic Making the Most of Your Appointment.
Questions to prepare for your appointment
You can help your doctor diagnose and treat your condition by being prepared to answer the following questions:
- When did the bite occur?
- Where were you when the bite occurred?
- How did the bite occur? Describe what happened.
- Were you bitten by a domestic pet or a wild animal?
- Do you know the animal, or was it a stray?
- Was the animal acting strangely?
- Is the animal safely secured?
- Have you notified your local animal control department?
- Was the bite provoked?
- What are your main symptoms?
- What home treatment measures have you tried? Did they help? Be sure to include any nonprescription medicines you have taken or used. Did they help?
- When was your last tetanus shot?
- Do you have any health risks?
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Denver, Colo. - Central City Opera (CCO) opens its 2011 Festival with a new production Georges Bizet's famous story of love, jealousy, and murder, Carmen. Directed by Metropolitan Opera choreographer Daniel Pelzig, the production starts June 25, with performances continuing through Aug. 7. The opera will be performed in French with English supertitles.
Set in Seville, Spain, the story follows the romance of the beautiful gypsy, Carmen, and Corporal Don José. After their relationship leads him to reject his former love, commit mutiny against a superior officer and join a gang of smugglers, José's jealousy turns to murder when Carmen leaves him for a bullfighter.
Carmen grew in popularity after its premiere and is today one of the most beloved and frequently performed operas of all time. Much more tragic than any opera Bizet's audiences were used to and a departure from the tradition of Opéra Comique, critics denounced Bizet's opera as immoral even before it was first performed in Paris in 1875.
With a new production of one of opera's beloved classics, "CCO has shaken up the sense of time in order to create a true emotional resonance," comments Carmen director, Daniel Pelzig. "Within this gritty industrial world, we explore the issues of class as well as the divisions within the working class. Characters' needs are more primal."
Denver Performance of Carmen at Comfort Dental Amphitheatre
For those opera lovers who can't visit Central City or for those who are looking for a whole new way to experience Carmen outdoors and under the stars, Central City Opera is coming to Denver! On July 12, CCO will conduct its first-ever semi-staged performance of a main stage production in Denver, Carmen at the Comfort Dental Amphitheatre (formerly known as Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre) in the Tech Center. The Amphitheatre Box Office is open Monday through Friday, Noon - 6pm; Saturdays 10am - 2pm; and 10am - 9pm on July 12. The performance will take place at 7:30 pm (doors open at 6:00 pm), rain or shine, featuring the same Central City cast and the company's full live orchestra on stage. The performance will be sung in French with English supertitles and narration. Tickets are on sale now at $22 for adults and $15 for ages 6-12 (this performance is not recommended for children under six). For more information or to purchase tickets for Carmen in Denver, visit www.livenation.com or call 303-292-6700. Presented with the Museum of Outdoor Arts. Sponsored by John Madden Company and the Scientific & Cultural Facilities District.
Production Team
Daniel Pelzig, choreographer of CCO's West Side Story in 2008, will direct and choreograph Carmen. Having worked often with companies across the country such as the Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Opera and Houston Grand Opera, Mr. Pelzig directed the Fort Worth Opera Festival's 2008 production of Turandot and is also a director at ABC Television. For theater companies on Broadway, he has choreographed 33 Variations at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre and A Year with Frog and Toad at the Cort Theatre. Sara Jean Tosetti returns as costume designer after designing the "eye-catching styles" for 2007's Cendrillon labeled a "coup de theatre" by the Rocky Mountain News, the "luxuriant costumes" for 2009's Rinaldo hailed by the Denver Post as "nothing short of spectacular," and last season's Orpheus in the Underworld costumes also touted as having a "showy, masquerade-ball sensibility" by the Denver Post. Tosetti's designs for Carmen will create a marked divide between the drab people of Seville, the exotic and foreign gypsies, and the matadors who parade on stage like peacocks. Says Pelzig, "The costumes are stripped down to illustrate feelings of love, hate and jealousy - everything layering up the way one's life experiences layer up, like scar tissue." A Princess Grace Award recipient, Ms. Tosetti's recent credits include The Merry Wives of Windsor with Shakespeare Festival of Saint Louis and Artifice with Complexions Inc. on Broadway. David Martin Jacques returns this summer for his 11th festival as Resident Lighting Designer. Mr. Jacques will light all five productions for the 2011 Festival. Having designed more than 300 theatre, opera, television, dance and special event productions, he collaborated with director Catherine Malfitano on last May's production of Tosca at the English National Opera. This May, he will light The Tsar's Bride at the acclaimed London's Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. The wig/makeup designers for all five productions in 2011 are Jason Allen* and Ronell Oliveri*, both making their Central City Opera debut. Mr. Allen's recent work has included Maria Stuarda with The Minnesota Opera, After Image/The Emperor of Atlantis with Boston Lyric Opera, and Educating Rita with The Huntington Theatre Company. Ms. Oliveri has worked with the Chicago Lyric Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Opera Colorado and Minnesota Opera. In 2007, she was nominated for a Prime Time Emmy for outstanding makeup in a miniseries. Set Designer Michael Raiford* makes his debut with Central City Opera with his timeless designs for Carmen. Recent credits for Mr. Raiford include The Bartered Bride at Opera Boston, The Magic Flute at Ballet Austin, and Kite Runner for Actors Theatre of Louisville/Cleveland Playhouse.
Performing Artists
With a repertoire encompassing a wide variety of symphonic works and nearly 60 operas, American maestro Timothy Myers returns to Central City Opera to conduct Carmen. Myers was the associate conductor for CCO's 2005 productions of Vanessa and Paul Bunyan, and was the conductor for CCO's Nina Odescalchi Kelly Family Matinees in 2003 and 2004. Myers' recent and future engagements include the New York City Opera, the Wolf Trap Festival, Opera Africa, Beijing National Center for the Performing Arts, New York Philharmonic, London BBC Symphony, American Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Atlanta, North Carolina and Milwaukee symphony orchestras. In 2008, Myers was appointed Principal Conductor and Artistic Director of the Opera Company of North Carolina, making him one of the youngest artistic leaders in American opera. Christopher Zemliauskas returns to Central City Opera to conduct the final five performances of Carmen. Currently the Assistant Musical Director of the Opera Program at CU Boulder, Mr. Zemliauskas has also been an associate conductor and chorus master for Central City Opera. His conducting credits with the company include performances of West Side Story, Susannah, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Don Giovanni, La Traviata, Massenet's Cendrillon and most recently, 2009's A Little Night Music. He has also been on the music staff with Minnesota Opera, San Francisco Opera, Opera Colorado, and Indianapolis Opera.
Mezzo-soprano Kirstin Chávez, who made her CCO debut as Desideria in the 2007 production of The Saint of Bleecker Street, returns to perform the title role of Carmen. Since her 2008 debut as Carmen at the famous Sydney Opera House with Opera Australia, Ms. Chávez has become known as one of the definitive Carmens of today. Now her signature role, Ms. Chávez has performed Carmen with great success at Oper Graz in Austria, New York City Opera, Tokyo City Opera, Minnesota Opera, Orlando Opera, Arena di Verona, Manitoba Opera, the New National Theatre in Tokyo, as well as in Beijing, China. She has also been praised for her renditions of Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia at San Diego Opera, France's Opéra de Nice, and Santa Fe Opera; Dorabella in Così fan Tutte for Connecticut Opera and Oper Graz in Austria; Maddalena in Rigoletto with San Diego Opera, New York City Opera and Opera Company of Philadelphia; Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro with New York City Opera and Opera Company of Philadelphia; as well as Orfeo in Orfeo ed Euridice and Sondra Finchley in An American Tragedy with Metropolitan Opera.
Tenor Jonathan Burton* makes his Central City Opera debut as Carmen's self-destructive and obsessive love interest, Don José. A young tenor with a thrilling, powerful voice, Mr. Burton has performed with the University of Kentucky Opera, Opera Omaha, Phoenix Opera, Annapolis Opera and Opera on the James in many roles including Borsa in Rigoletto, Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, and Cavaradossi in Tosca.
Baritone Gustavo Ahualli* takes on the role of Escamillo in his Central City Opera debut. Mr. Ahualli has sung leading baritone roles such as Count di Luna in Il Trovatore and Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro with Argentina's Teatro San Martin; Baron Douphol in La Traviata, Masetto in Don Giovanni, and Dancaïre in Carmen with Palm Beach Opera; Escamillo in Carmen and Juan in Los Gavilanes (a zarzuela by J. Guerriero) with the Teatro Segura in Lima, Peru; and Marcello in La Bohème on tour in Castres and Toulouse, France. Soprano Elizabeth Caballero* makes her CCO debut as village maiden, Micaëla, after her roles as Nedda in I Pagliacci with Kentucky Opera, Liù in Turandot with Florida Grand Opera, and Violetta in La Traviata with Madison Opera.
Apprentice Artists in CCO's Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Artists Training Program, celebrating 33 years in 2011, round out the remainder of the cast. Tenor Philippe Pierce takes on the role of a Guide and baritone Patrick McNally plays Moralès, while bass Brian Wehrle performs Zuniga. Sopranos Bridgette Gan and Alexandra Loutsion take on the role of Frasquita and mezzo-sopranos Kaitlyn Costello and Nicole Rodin portray the role of Mercédès, both companions of Carmen. Tenor Brad Benoit plays Remendado, and baritone Jonathan Cole returns as Dancaïre. Countertenor Anthony Bucci plays Lillas Pastia. The Solo Dancers will be performed by Sarah Tallman and Jesse Marks, and the Street Urchins will be performed by the Colorado Children's Chorale.
Shine-N-Dine Kicks Off on Opening Night
On opening night of Carmen and of the 2011 Festival, June 25, the buffing of opera goers' shoes will help feed the hungry with Shine-n-Dine. A partnership that combines old-fashioned shoe shining with a decadent dessert from Kevin Taylor Restaurants and a glass of wine, opera patrons will have their shoes shined during intermission for a donation with 100 percent of the proceeds used to feed children in Uganda and feed people locally in Denver. Shine-N-Dine was started by Peter Vogel, the founder of the Culture Prep organization started in 1988 with the mission to feed hundreds of hungry children in a large slum area in Uganda's second largest city, and Emmy Award winning journalist and host of Meals in a Rush on 9News' Colorado & Company, Tawnya Rush. Kirstin Chávez, who performs the title role in Carmen, has sat on Culture Prep's Advisory Board since September 2007. Additional dates that Central City Opera will host Shine-n-Dine include July 16 and 23. For more information, visit www.centralcityopera.org/shinendine, www.cultureprep.com or www.mealsinarush.com.
2011 Ticket and Festival Information
Subscriptions and single tickets are now available for CCO's 2011 Festival. Subscriptions to see Carmen; the first fully-staged production in North America of Händel's Amadigi di Gaula, and a double bill of three one act operas: Gianni Schicchi by Puccini, The Breasts of Tiresias by Poulenc and Weill's The Seven Deadly Sins during the 2011 Festival start at just $42 and go up to $259. Single tickets range from $20 - $105, and tickets for individual one-act performances start at $10. Supersaver and group discounts are also available for select performances. For opera-goers' convenience, an opera bus leaving from Glendale and Simms Steakhouse will be available for $18 round trip for select matinee performances. Packages are also available to see all five shows this summer. For more information or to purchase tickets for 2011, visit www.centralcityopera.org or call 303-292-6700.
OMG! Central City Opera Gets Festivalized
Beyond the 2011 productions, CCO will be unveiling a new feel, new activities and new ideas that align with its new brand. On select weekends of the Festival season, food carts, chalk art, buskers and entertainers will enliven the quaint, historic streets of Central City. And, for the first time, CCO invites music lovers to explore the Fringe Festival, a collection of short performances, a 19th century weekend of history and modern fun, jazz, tours, and much more. Explorers of the Fringe Festival will experience local history, nature, culture, and of course, opera like never before. Visit www.centralcityopera.org/fringe for more information and tickets.
Celebrating its 79th year, Central City Opera is the nation's fifth-oldest opera company, located just 35 miles west of Denver in one of Colorado's official National Landmark Historic Districts. The company continues to present artistically excellent professional opera in its annual summer festival; to offer career-entry training to young singers; to produce education and community service programs; and to preserve and maintain the Opera House and 30 other Victorian-era properties.


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