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Kelly Gilhooly of the Joint Munitions Command, located on Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Ill., has been appointed by Dr. Patrick Gallagher, Director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to the 2010 Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. The Award, created by public law in 1987, is the highest level of national recognition for performance excellence that a U.S. organization can receive.
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Mobile – The Friends of Spring Hill College Library will host a reading of Mobilian Danielle Juzan's recently written and soon-to-be-produced play "Artbruted" at 7 p. m. Thursday, Nov. 19 at Stewartfield on the campus of Spring Hill College.
When the struggling M&M Art Gallery can't pay its rent, the owner, Marian, aided by the ghost of her deceased business partner, Mark, concocts a scheme to pass off a local soccer mom's sculptures as the work of an illiterate "outsider artist" from Dead Mule, Miss. Though they manage to deceive the newspaper's arts critic, how much longer will luck smile on them? Juzan has written a comedy that entertains and raises questions about the relationship of art's provenance to its value, both perceived and intrinsic.
The cast is composed of Mobile theater notables Candace Weber as Marian; Cannon Tucker as Mark; Stacey Driskell as "the artist," Jeannie; Laureann Price as Claudia, the arts critic; and Mike Green as Jason, the photographer. There will be will be a reception following the presentation at which the audience can meet the actors. Light refreshments will be served, and a donation of $5 per person is appreciated.

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SDCC: "Batman: The Killing Joke" Cast & Crew Debuts Film at Comic-Con International
In "By the Numbers," ROBOT 6 takes a look back at the events of the past five days … in numbers. Our starting point this week is Wednesday's announcement that retailers ordered a record-breaking number of comics for Free Comic Book Day, an international event that will draw millions of customers into specialty shops on May 4.
However, there was another figure that's almost as impressive: the print run for the latest volume of the hit manga One Piece.
1. One Piece Manga #69 Gets 4-Million Print Run (Anime News Network, March 4, 2013)
2. Magazine: One Piece Creator Oda Made 2 Billion Yen (Anime News Network, Dec. 22, 2010)
3. Marvel Moves Unlimited Digital to iPads, iPhones (Comic Book Resources, May 7, 2013)
4. You Won't Find Sex in Apple's App Store (ROBOT 6, March 7, 2013)
5. Retailers Order Record 4.6M Comics For Free Comic Book Day (ROBOT 6, March 6, 2013)
Why did the numbers dip so much for FCBD 2010? Or is it not properly shown on the graph?
One Piece always sets records, which is why I assume you wrote "another figure that's almost as impressive" with the emphasis on "almost." Because that number dwarfs ANY Western first printing. It took ALL of FCBD combined to hit 4.5. One Piece did it with a single book, and the only thing stopping it from being more impressive is that the series is such an incredible, massive hit, that it's not unexpected. The last four volumes have all been at that number.
The big comic book companies need to examine Manga. One Piece, Bleach, Naruto among others are all massive hits world wide. They stick to an overall story. While, respectively, Marvel and DC are dealing with a "universe" ("multiverse"?) they depend too much on spectacle instead of a straight story with continued growth.
It's too bad a big majority of U.S. comics come out monthly and not weekly. It might also play a roll in increasing sales. Look how well the first "52" did weekly, and had some good storytelling in it. Maybe an experiment is in order?
Not all manga comes out weekly, in fact very little does. Most of it comes out monthly in phone book-like magazines with a bunch of other titles. And readers send in votes on which series they like the most to let editors what is working, what isn't, and if a title should be cut. Of course sales of the collected volume also play a part in it.
It would be interesting to see American publishers try something like that but it would mean a complete overhaul of the way things are published with little to no guarantee that it would work.
Johnathan, while I agree that the continued growth of characters and the world is one of the elements that make manga resonate with many more people than superhero comics, there's also the fact that they do crazy spectacle – 200 pages of multi-character battles is normal. And the epic action is always perfectly set up. Plus there's more bang for the buck.
Though, I agree that it could be a very interesting experiment if one of the big two put a single creator on a black-and-white weekly out-of-continuity series. I mean they regularly try the restarts, but keep the same price point and the same format.
There's manga that come out weekly(about 50%) biweekly, monthly and some bimonthly. The reason they can come out weekly is 1. it's in black & white(so no colorist) 2. a lot of the times the artist does the inks and lettering themselves. 3. they have multiple assistants. 4. most don't come out in floppies but out in several hundred page anthologies.
I think of a comic like Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon, which I greatly enjoy, and how that is the closest thing there is to a Manga story, but as Diarra points out a lot of Manga creators have multiple assistants that help them.
Good point Cich, maybe if Marvel or DC picked somewhat lesser B or C characters and just put a continued team with a new writer willing to work with that one character it would be…difficult. Wait, let me think about this.
Thennarynak, thank you for the clear up.
Agree with Jonathan above. I've been a long term comic's fan for the past three decades and for the first time am beginning to drift away from the medium or at least focus on fewer more arc driven works.
What strikes me about American comics is they're increasingly suffering from a few core problems:
1) They seem to be mediums designed purely to sell products/film rights. Superheroes are essentially locked onto 'brand' which means nothing can ever change. Ever. Even simple things such as a character's suit will usually return to normal after a few years unless the look was outlandish enough to be dropped and forgotten. Clark Kent will always work at the daily planet and love lois lane. Peter Parker will inevitably lose his job and end up living with his aunt, taking photos for the daily planet. Batman will never gain true happiness and the joker will never be executed. Contrast that to manga where the character's do grow, age and change over the series. A manga spider-man might grow older and watch his aunt die. Superman might find a new girlfriend. Hell…. batman might change his suit. Just… something different. In US comics as soon as a new film or tv show roles around its the same old same old.
2) In most cases characters and settings are swapped between creators who come and go on a title every year or so. Contrast that to manga (or european comics). A single creator (or team of creators) is responsible for all the stories involving a character. A manga might be market tested and pushed in certain directions depending on the reactions of the fans but in general it sinks or swims based on the creativity of a small group of people who remain constant. The few American comics which have done a similar thing (Hellboy, Sandman, Fables, 100 Bullets, etc) have usually been far more interesting and progressive works.
3) The usa comics seem to be trapped in a hideous nostalgia cycle. Every time a new team comes on the inclination is to reboot a character to a 'classic' stage and remove any character development. Worse the hard core fans seem to crave this which might explain the aging and diminishing readership. Rather than young kids getting into this the comics are increasingly being made for and targetted at aging geeks (like me) and not refreshing the creative pool. That said I suspect the same is happening in Japan; I recall an article a while back talking about how the increasingly mature takes on Shonen Jump titles is due to a falling readership of older readers.
Yeah, it would definitely be difficult to accomplish.
You mention Savage Dragon, but Walking Dead and Ultimate Spider-man are similar successful examples of borrowing from manga. Arguably Walking Dead, despite being an American comic through and through, is very Japanese in its form and structure – black & white, cliffhanger-driven, one narrative which pushes the story forward, many characters and constant introduction of new villains and allies.
You know, the system is actually already in place, just in a different form. We have years of Morrison's Batman; of Johns' Green Lantern; of Peter David's Hulk; of Bendis' Avengers. These are long moments of superhero clarity and development. Claremont's X-Men?
Also, I read One Piece. I love One Piece. It's adventurous and makes me feel good. But it's an extremely simple comic. The author has a pattern for each arc and just fills it with different villains. In a lot of ways its just as repetitious as your random superhero comic trapped in its tropes. But One Piece is also a comic that anyone can read. There are pirates and there is violence, yes, but there is no cynicism or big ideas. It's a manga that can sell you hope, and that's not an easy task to accomplish. Though, funnily enough, Americans and Europeans aren't really buying it. One Piece sells so well only in Japan.
That's also why I think it's unrepeatable. After all, Walking Dead is one of the best selling American comics and it's actively interested in murdering hope.
"Because that number dwarfs ANY Western first printing."
No, it doesn't:
"Spring 2013: New Asterix comic
New artist, new scenarist
Initial print run of 5 million in Europe"
And that's DOWN from an initial print run of SEVEN million for the last book!
Asterix has sold 360 million comics over the world to date. And that's actually over the world, not 99% on its home country and 1% abroad like One Piece!
(Well, OK. One third in France, another third in Germany and the rest abroad…)
A post on these kinds of comparisons. X-Men #1 shipped nearly 8.2 million copies in 1991. (Not saying retailers sold them all, but they were sold as far as Marvel was concerned.)


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Small Stepsby Louis Sachar, Curtis McClarin
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SMALL STEPS is a contemporary young adult novel from Louis Sachar, the New York Times bestselling author of the Newbery Award–winning smash hit phenomenon book and movie/DVD sensation Holes, and The Cardturner.
Two years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is home in Austin, Texas, trying to turn his life around. But/i>/i>/i>
SMALL STEPS is a contemporary young adult novel from Louis Sachar, the New York Times bestselling author of the Newbery Award–winning smash hit phenomenon book and movie/DVD sensation Holes, and The Cardturner.
Two years after being released from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is home in Austin, Texas, trying to turn his life around. But it's hard when you have a record and everyone expects the worst from you. The only person who believe in Armpit is Ginny, his ten-year-old disabled neighbor. Together, they are learning to take small steps.
Armpit seems to be on the right path until X-Ray, a buddy from Camp Green Lake, comes up with a get-rich-quick scheme. X-Ray's plan leads to a chance encounter with teen pop sensation Kaira DeLeon, the Beyoncé of her time, and suddenly Armpit's life spins out of control. Only one thing is certain: he'll never be the same again.
Combining his signature wit with a unique blend of adventure and deeply felt characters, Sachar explores issues of race, the nature of celebrity, the invisible connections that shape a person's life, and what it takes to stay the course. Doing the right thing is never a wrong choice—but always a small step in right direction.
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To quote the review of the hardcover in KLIATT, January 2006: Sachar's Holes won the National Book Award and the Newbery Medal, among other honors, and YAs, teachers and librarians will be eager for this new novel, which features the character Armpit from Holes. Back home in Austin, TX, two years after his release from Camp Green Lake, Armpit is trying to take "small steps" to get his life back on track, though the only person who seems to believe in him is his 10-year-old neighbor Ginny, who has cerebral palsy. His old friend X-Ray, from Camp Green Lake, involves Armpit in a ticket-scalping scheme, which inadvertently introduces Armpit to the lonely young pop singer Kaira. The encounter changes both their lives, though the course of their relationship is anything but smooth--for one thing, Kaira's been receiving death threats. Along the way, Sachar makes some poignant points about racial relations (both Armpit and Kaira are African American), the perils of fame, and the importance of taking the right steps, no matter how small they are. This novel can stand on its own, for those who somehow missed Holes; it's an affecting story, with humorous moments, suspense, and romance, too, and readers will root for the long-suffering Armpit to triumph at last. Reviewer: Paula Rohrlick
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A rusted Honda Civic drove noisily down the street and parked across from the mayor's house. Armpit had finished digging his trench and was attaching PVC pipe. The mayor had gone back inside.
The driver-side door had been bashed in, and it would have cost more to fix than the car was worth. The driver had to work his way over the stick shift and then exit on the passenger side.
The personalized license plate read: X RAY.
"Armpit!" X-Ray shouted as he crossed the street. "Armpit!"
The guys at work didn't know him by that name, but if he didn't say something X-Ray would just keep on shouting. Better to answer and shut him up.
"Hey," he called back.
"Man, you're really sweating," X-Ray said as he came near.
"Yeah, well, you'd sweat too if you were digging."
"I've already dug enough dirt to last one lifetime," said X-Ray.
They had met each other at Camp Green Lake.
"Look, don't call me Armpit around other people, all right?" Armpit said.
"But that's your name, dawg. You should never be ashamed of who you are."
X-Ray had the kind of smile that kept you from hating him no matter how annoying he was. He was skinny and wore glasses, which were now covered with clip-on shades.
He picked up Armpit's shovel. "Different shape."
"Yeah, it's for digging trenches, not holes."
X-Ray studied it awhile. "Seems like it would be harder to dig with. No leverage." He let it drop. "So you must be making a ton of money."
Armpit shrugged. "I'm doing all right."
"A ton of money," X-Ray repeated.
Armpit felt uncomfortable talking about money with X-Ray.
"So really, how much you got saved up so far?"
"I don't know. Not that much."
He knew exactly how much he had. Eight hundred and fifty-seven dollars. He hoped to break a thousand with his next paycheck.
"Got to be at least a thousand," said X-Ray. "You've been working for three months."
"Just part-time."
Besides working, Armpit was also taking two classes in summer school. He had to make up for all the schooling he'd missed while at Green Lake.
"And they take out for taxes and stuff, so really I don't take home all that much."
"Eight hundred?"
"I don't know, maybe."
"The reason I'm asking," X-Ray said, "the reason I'm asking is I got a business proposition for you. How would you like to double your money in less than two weeks?"
Armpit smiled as he shook his head. "I don't think so."
"I just need six hundred dollars. Double your money, guaranteed. And I won't be taking out any taxes."
"Look, things are going all right for me right now, and I just want to keep it all cool."
"Don't you even want to hear me out?"
"Not really."
"It's not against the law," X-Ray assured him. "I checked."
"Yeah, you didn't think selling little bags of parsley for fifty dollars an ounce was against the law either."
"Hey, it's not my fault what people think they're buying. How is that my fault? Am I supposed to be a mind reader?"
X-Ray had been sent to Camp Green Lake for selling bags of dried parsley and oregano to customers who thought they were buying marijuana. That was also why his family had to move from Lubbock to Austin shortly after he was released.
"Look, I just don't want to do anything that might screw things up," Armpit said.
"That's what you think? That I came here to screw things up? Man, I'm offering you an opportunity. An opportunity. If the Wright brothers came to you, you would have told them it's impossible to fly."
"The Wright brothers?" asked Armpit. "What century are you living in?"
"I just don't get it," said X-Ray. "I don't get it. I offer my best friend an opportunity to double his money, and he won't even listen to my idea."
"All right, tell me your idea."
"Forget it. If you're not interested I'll find somebody else."
"Tell me your idea." He actually was beginning to get just a little bit curious.
"What's the point?" asked X-Ray. "If you're not going to even listen . . ."
"All right, I'm listening," said Armpit.
X-Ray smiled. "Just two words." He paused for effect. "Kaira DeLeon."
It was eleven-thirty in Austin, but it was an hour later in Atlanta, where Kaira DeLeon, a seventeen-year-old African American girl, was just waking up. Her face pressed against Pillow, which was, in fact, a pillow. There wasn't much oomph left in the stuffing, and the edges were frayed. The picture of the bear with a balloon, which had once been brightly colored, had faded so much it was hardly visible.
Kaira groggily climbed out of bed. She wore boxer shorts and was unbuttoning her pajama top as she made her way to what she thought was the bathroom. She opened the door, then shrieked. A thirty-year-old white guy, sitting on a couch, stared back at her. She clutched the two halves of her pajama top together and slammed the door.
The door bounced back open.
"Doofus!" Kaira shouted at the man, then closed the door again, making sure it latched this time. "Can't a person have some privacy around here!" she screamed, then made her way to the bathroom, which was on the opposite side of her bed.
Over the last three and a half weeks she'd been in nineteen different hotel suites, each with no fewer than three rooms, and one with six. So really, it was no wonder she went through the wrong door. She didn't even remember what city she was in.
She suspected that Polly, her psychiatrist, would tell her she had done that on purpose; something about wanting to show her body to her bodyguard. Maybe she was better off not telling Polly about it. Everything she said in her therapy sessions was supposed to be confidential, but Kaira suspected that Polly, like a parrot, repeated everything to El Genius.
She had no privacy–not in her hotel room, not even in her own thoughts.
The problem was that, except for Polly, there wasn't anybody on the tour she could talk to. Certainly not her mother. And not her doofus bodyguard. The guys in her band were all at least forty years old, and treated her like she was a snot-nosed little kid. The backup singers were in their late twenties, but they seemed to resent her being the center of attention.
The only time she felt at peace was when she was singing. Then it was just her and the song and everybody else just disappeared.
Her concert tour would take her to a total of fifty-four cities, so she wasn't even half done yet. She was now on the southern swing. From Atlanta they'd be going to Jacksonville, then Miami, Birmingham, Memphis, Nashville, Little Rock, and Baton Rouge, and on to Texas: Houston, Austin, and Dallas. Originally the tour was supposed to include San Antonio instead of Austin, but that was changed at the last minute due to a monster truck rally at the Alamodome–not that Kaira cared, or even knew about the change.
Other people took care of things like that. Other people took care of everything. Kaira had accidentally left Pillow behind in New Haven, and Aileen, the tour's travel coordinator, took a flight back to Connecticut and personally searched the hotel laundry until she found it.
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Kaira emerged from the bathroom thirty minutes later wearing a hotel robe. She called room service and ordered a glass of orange juice, pancakes, a cappuccino, and French fries. It would have to last her until the concert. If she tried to eat before the concert she'd puke. After a concert she usually had a bowl of ice cream.
She got dressed, then stepped back out to the sitting area. Fred, her doofus bodyguard, was still there, going through her mail.
"As soon as I turn eighteen, you're going to be the second person I fire."
Fred didn't even look up. It wasn't the first time he'd heard it.
The television was on CNN. Kaira changed the station to the Cartoon Network.
The first person she'd fire would be El Genius. He was her business manager and agent, and also happened to be married to her mother. They had gotten married shortly before the tour. His real name was Jerome Paisley, but he actually wanted people to call him El Genius. No matter how hard Kaira tried to sound sarcastic when she used that name, he always took it as a compliment.
Her father had been killed in Iraq. His name was John Spears. Kaira's real name was Kathy Spears, but there was already a famous singer with that last name.
El Genius had come up with the name Kaira DeLeon.
"You mean like Ponce de León?" Kaira had asked him.
Some genius.
Kaira explained to the genius who Ponce de León was, which was why her first CD was titled The Fountain of Youth El Genius thought it looked classy for DeLeon to be spelled as one word, with a capital letter in the middle.
Kaira had learned all about Ponce de León when she was in fourth grade and living at the Pensacola Naval Air Station. She had to learn the history of Florida. By year's end she was living at Fort Myer, where they'd been studying the history of Virginia all year. She had never spent an entire school year in the same place.
"So, anything from Billy Boy?" she asked Fred.
Fred shook his head.
"Aw, too bad," Kaira said. "He writes such charming letters."
"It's not funny," said Fred.
"I think it's hilarious," said Kaira. She sang, "Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy? Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?
Billy Boy had sent her four letters so far. He told her he thought she was lovely, she sang like a bird, and someday he would kill her.
El Genius hired Fred after the first letter. Kaira wouldn't have been surprised if El Genius had actually written the letters, to scare her into staying confined to her hotel room. He was such a control freak. She was sure Fred told him everything she did.
"You got another marriage proposal," Fred said.
"White or black?"
A photograph had been sent with he letter. Fred looked at it. "White," he said.
"What is it with you guys?" asked Kaira.
It was her seventh proposal, and every one had been from a white man.
Fred carefully put the letter and the photograph in a plastic bag.
"What are you doing that for?"
"He said he wanted to marry me, not kill me," Kaira pointed out.
"For some people, it's the same thing," said Fred.
Kaira glanced at him, surprised. The Doofus had actually said something kind of profound.
"Let me see what he looks like?"
Fred handed her the plastic bag.
Kaira laughed when she saw the picture. "He looks like you!" The photograph was that of a very muscular man wearing no shirt. The only difference between him and Fred was that his hair was long and wavy, while Fred had a buzz cut.
"You ought to grow your hair out," Kaira told him as she handed the plastic bag back to him.
Seven marriage proposals, and she'd never had a boyfriend.
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Louis Sachar is the award-winning and bestselling author of Holes (now a major motion picture), as well as Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake, the Marvin Redpost series, There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, Dogs Don't Tell Jokes, among many other stellar books.
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It wasnt as awesome as holes, but still a really good book 8-)
They should make of movie of this like holes!!!
If you have ever seen or read the book/movie Holes you will be interested in the book Small Steps. This book is the sequel to the book Holes. The main characters of the book are Armpit and X-Ray; they were both in the first book Holes. Also there is a new character, not in the first book, named Kaira DeLeon, a famous singer. The book takes place in Austin Texas in alower class enviroment. The main event that takes place is Armpit and X-Ray buy six tickets to the concert so they can resell them to make more money. A quality about this book that makes it different than any other book is that it is more relatable to your life like you actually feel his emotions or feelings or troubles. A suprise moment in the novel is instead of resealing two of the six tickets he bought to resell; he keeps two and takes his friend of his that has a disability. Being the sequel to one of my favorite movies was what drew me into the novel. Some examples of excellent writing is for every time the disable person would talk therte would be a stutter. In conclusion if you were considering if this book is worth reading i would highly recommend that you read it.
Small Steps is my new favorte book! I truly loved it!
This book is the bomb, i dd not get it on the nook but i read it. It is an awesome book, i recommend it to eveeryone. It has some humor, some romance( no pg-13) , and some innapropriate stuff at the end. Take it from me, an eleven year old girl. REEEEEEEEAAAAADDD IIIIITTTT!!!!!! :) :) :) :) :) :D
I love this book!
This sequel to Holes follows Armpit (now Theodore) and X-Ray after their release from the now defunct Camp Green Lake. Armpit is finishing high school and is gainfully employed by a landscaping company. (As the owner says, 'You Camp Green Lake boys dig faster than anyone I know.') X-Ray, however, is still scheming--and offers to let his buddy Armpit in on his latest deal. Armpit is torn between loyalty to his friend and wanting to stay on his path to success. Issues of breaking old habits and choosing to do the right thing are at the forefront, making this an excellent read for middle and high school students--and adult fans of the previous book and the movie as well. My 7th- and 8th-grade students are already clamoring to read it! Well done, Mr. Sachar! (...when's the movie?)
But readbholes first
This book is Zbomb love it so much i think its better than holes. Though i do not know what it has to do with HOLES!!!!!!LOL
I lov smallsteps sooooooooo much
Love it
Read it! It is wonderful, and entertaining!!!
I love this book! I read it when I was in 6th grade.......I am currently a freshman.....Whoo-Hoo.......but I do recommend this book!!!!!!! :D
Best book in the whole wide world
I have read holes several times. I am planning on getting this book it sounds good.
This book taught me to very impotant lesons. First, take small steps to get through life, if the step you take is too big... the current wil sweep you off your feet. Oh. I forgot there is a number two. Two, people may say mean thing to you or to someone else and before you rush over to them at recess or in the hall...ask your self, do you think what they said is true? Amanda Roodzant
I love the book. It is about Armpit and X-ray from Holes. Recommend to ages 11 and up.
I like both,I really do, but what does small steps have to do with holes but still,you should TOTALLY get this book!
All I have to say is that I am completely blown away with how good of a writer Louis Sachar is. This book, and also the original, kept me up late at night reading until I couldn't keep my eyes open.
The book is incredible. Armpit and x ray get back ttogether
Small Steps is the sequel to the award-winning book, Holes. How was life for Armpit and X-Ray after their term at Camp Greenlake? Armpit is back home in Austin with his mother, after his release from the camp. He's trying to keep himself busy and stay out of trouble now. X-Ray is making things hard on Armpit with ticket-scalping/get-rich ideas that could eventually land them in trouble. There is, shall I say, a "huge step" between Holes and Small Steps. Particularly, I am referring to the suggested age for kids reading these books. Holes was great for middle-graders, but Small Steps has more mature themes and additional language that the first book didn't contain. Personally, I don't really recommend reading Small Steps for the reasons I've just mentioned. Regardless, the sequel may or may not be suited for the same kids who just finished reading Holes.
Read holes first small steps second.you will know who armpit and xray are.


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If Mays switches to 24 ill be pissed off since I got the #23 Mays jersey already
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It's settled. It's Anthony Dixon.
Anthony Dixon to wear #24
Dixon, who wore uniform No. 33 in the exhibition season, has taken over Michael Robinson's old jersey. Dixon will wear No. 24 -- the same number he fashioned in college at Mississippi State.
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Dixon is 24.
Originally posted by JedYork:Originally posted by IWASATTHECATCH:
Thanks for the backup IWAS, (though one can;t really see the number on Lott's jersey there, lol). I'm pretty sure I saw that picture of Lott and the other "Hot Licks" aka the three rookie DBs of '81 in the 49ers 50th Anniversary book by Glenn Dickey.
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What was the treatment for your impetigo?
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Hey I have the same symptoms as the previous person. A small cut on my ear then swollen glands, 2 days later I noted a couple of spots on my neck. I have some acne style marks on my face that didn't seem to be healing, odd, each day the spots doubled in area and I was given antibiotics by a doctors, then a few days later went to hospital and they gave me an odd selection off drugs and still didn't diagnose it correctly. Yesterday I went to my local doc and he said it was Impetigo. The dots on my neck are still really bad covering 80% or so. I am on a heavy course of penicillin and there is currently no change. I also have noticed the marks appearing on my hands and wrists. Every time I touch anything I use anti bacterial hand sanitizer. Hope this goes away before I get fired .
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About 6 weeks ago I thought I got a mosquito bite, and like always it itched so I scratched and scratched. It has now spread to about an inch and 1/2 in size. I feel like I could claw it so hard I could take a knife and cut it down to the bone. It has never been anything except red with a little white dried skin around the little bites, my arm looks like I have some hives all the way down to my wrist. I can hardly stand the itch. Since I waited until now to go to the doctor he really didn't know what it was but gave me some antibiotics.
Comment from: Linda, 55-64 Female (Patient) Published: May 20
Within a week, after I have gotten over a bad cold or a long bout with allergy problems, my face broke out with six or so red, aggravated-looking bumps. I know it has to be associated with my immune system being so low. I used to get fever blisters after a cold, but now I get the bumps on my face. They vary in size and pop up at different intervals. While one is nearly healed – oops there's another – and then the next day another one, etc. I've left them alone and they don't get better. I have to stick a sterilized needle in them, get some pus and clear liquid out and then put Bactroban on it with an adhesive bandage. In the morning, the pus has been pulled to the top and I have to get this out. I have to do this anywhere from one to three times daily. It finally heals and I don't have to deal with it until the next immune-lowering sickness. I, too, am embarrassed by having to go out in public with this on my face, but I have to go to work.
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I am in my 50's and every year I get a case of impetigo usually associated with a cold, starting in the nose area. When I first feel the itch I start putting the antibiotic Mupirocin ointment on. I have learned that the triple anti-biotic ointment seems to spread. It seems like there is something in it that it likes. It usually cleans up after a week. The trick is to catch it early.
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I am 14 years old. I noticed some flakey skin on my ear, then 2 days after it was the size of a 50 cent coin, and was bright red with a blister in the middle. It looked like a burn. It was unbelievably painful. The next day I found the same thing on my mouth. Now it has spread to my chin and nostrel. It is so contagious and so painful. I do not go to school, or to work. It spreads just like that. The doctor gave me Flucloxacillin antibiotics, they aren't helping me though.
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The only thing that helps me with impetigo is an antibiotic called Augmentin. I only get impetigo if I have a wound of some sort, like surgery or an ear piercing -- something like that. I just had some skin tags removed from my face and sure enough, I'm battling a case right now. Augmentin is the only thing that helps. Neosporin or any ointment makes it worse because the area needs to dry out. I'm on the tail end and hope it's gone soon.
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Years ago I contracted impetigo from another child and was given penicillin shots three times per week to start and then daily for what seemed like weeks. After I developed an allergic reaction to the penicillin, my Mom took me to a doctor who specialized in dermatology. He painted my skin with an iodine solution and put me under ultra-violet-ray lamps. I had relief immediately! Within a week, my symptoms had subsided and I was able to return to school two weeks later.
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On the Crossfit forums is when you post a link, you immediately assure everyone that it's work-safe, child-safe, pet-safe, and senior-safe. Maybe even GRAS, which is Generally Regarded as Safe for oral consumption.
Now, a bit of a NSFW tag on a link is polite, but this assurance of safety in every possible realm is a bit ridiculous.
I'd comment on the XF forum, but alas I am still banned. IP banned no less. I'd probably give into the temptation to post transvestite scat porn and assure everyone that the link was GRAS, so maybe it's for the best.
This is almost as good as the agonizing all the Literal-KJV-Bible Christians did a few years back about eating paleo style while not believing in the paleolithic era.
Ah, but according to this site the Biblical diet is one that is anti-grain, anti-milk, anti-vegetarianism, pro-saturated fat and pro-cholesterol. Remind you of something?
The famous philosopher of science Pierre Duhem argued that for any given set of data, there is a potentially infinite number of theories that are consistent with that data.
I haven't the strength anymore, Meal.
Does Crossfit even allow you to click on "Message Board" and view the threads? Or not allowed on at all.
I was kicked off (Ip banned also) a forum before but just used this site to gain access from my own computer. http://www.anonymization.net/ :D
I can read, but can't reply.
Ah well, that place was dead anyway!
This board may never have been born without Crossfit so be careful where you tread man. Both great boards, both great people. Besides, these message boards are only as good as the people who contribute to them. I know without Crossfit I'd never have discovered PM and the knowledgable folks that belong to both boards.
I recognize that the XF forum is an excellent community. That doesn't make silly or downright stupid content immune from commentary. From anybody.
I also recognize that others don't feel that way, and consider the whole cult of personality behind XF as beyond criticism or questioning.
It's only a matter of time before the next implosion. Who'll it be? My money is on Rip.
I hear ya.
Not trying to get negative bashing going on here...as I frequent the Xfit forum for good threads about health and fitness...but why is it people are jumping ship? (or as you say, implosion?) If it's too complicated....forget I asked.
I devoted the last five years to helping to grow the CrossFit community. I loved most of what was involved with that and met some of the most amazing people I have ever known via the seminars, certifications and message board. Many of these people, I have no doubt, will remain close friends throughout the rest of my life. I am profoundly grateful for that. I feel I played a role in the stratospheric growth and success of CrossFit and for that I am proud. All that said, it became necessary to disassociate with CrossFit for both personal and professional reasons. That was the most difficult decision Ive ever made and despite the difficulties that has created it was the right thing to do.
It would be easy to shift into a mud slinging character assassination mode to make me feel righteous in my decision but why would I want to damage something I loved and helped to bring to life? I love the concept and community of CrossFit, I simply can not be a part of it any longer. I can honestly say that is a profound and lingering loss.
I ask the folks in this burgeoning community to please refrain from stirring the pot on this topic. It will serve no purpose, change no minds but will assuredly cheapen what we have here.
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(BOSTON, MA) – State Auditor Suzanne M. Bump today reported that the state must give cities and towns more than $2.48 million to cover the cost of extra mandated polling hours for the 2012 March Presidential primary, the September state primary and the November final elections.
The Auditor's Division of Local Mandates determined in 1983 that a state law requiring municipalities to keep voting places open three extra hours was an unfunded mandate and that the state must pay for the increase in election-day staffing costs.
"The intent of the mandate was to make it easier for citizens to get to the polls before and after work and increase participation in national and state elections," said Auditor Bump. "These extra hours increased the financial burden on cities and towns which we determined should be the responsibility of the state."
Every two years, DLM certifies how much the state must pay cities and towns to implement this state mandated service by requiring communities to document additional election-day costs. This year, DLM streamlined the certification process by introducing an electronic certification form which all 351 municipal election officials were required to submit by the end of July. DLM then audited and certified each form and Auditor Bump forwarded a report detailing the costs to the Secretary of State on September 15, 2011. The Secretary of State distributes the money to each community prior to the scheduled elections.
Auditor Bump certified $827,811 in extra costs for the March Presidential primary, and $1,655,623 for the fall elections. The combined amounts range from $244,694 for the city of Boston to $99 for the small town of Ashfield in the western part of the state. Since 1984, DLM has certified over $21 million for direct state payments to cities and towns for this mandate.
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Claude Batley F.R.I.B.A., F.I.A.A., (17 October 1879 in Ipswich – 20 March 1956, Bombay) was an English architect who as practitioner, teacher and President of the Indian Institute of Architects from 1921 to 1923, played an influential role in development of modern architecture in India in the first half of the 20th Century.
Born in Ipswich in 1879 and educated at Ipswich School, Batley served his articles locally and in London leaving for India in 1913. In Bombay he started a successful independent architectural practice in 1917 with partners Gregson and King, a firm of architects which is still extant under the name of Gregson, Batley and King.
Among his works are the Bombay Gymkhana (1917); Lincoln House (1933), previously Wankaner House, Breach Candy; Bombay Central Station (1930); South Court or popularly now known as Jinnah House, (1935); Round Building (1937), Cusrow Baug in Colaba Causeway (1937–59) and its Agiary, known as The Seth Nusserwanji Hirji Karani Agiary (1938), Bombay Club (1939) later Hotel Nataraj and now Inter-Continental Mumbai, Lalbhai House (1942) and Breach Candy Hospital (1950).
He became a visiting professor in the J. J. School of Art in the year 1914, and its principal in the year 1923. He held this post for a period of 20 years, during which he took his students on trips all over the country making measure drawings of buildings of architectural significance. He spent a lot of time in research and documented Jaipur's architecture. He was the president of the "Bombay Architectural Association" (now merged into The Indian Institute of Architects) from 1925 to 1926.
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Emerging currencies were hammered in Asia Wednesday as traders fled to safety on rising tensions over Syria, with the Indian rupee diving to a new low against the dollar.
Despite Finance Minister P. Chidambaram appealing for market calm there appeared to be no end in sight to the precipitous decline of the Indian unit as it clunked to a record low of 68.74 to the dollar Wednesday afternoon against 65.32 a day earlier.
The rupee has fallen more than 20 percent against the dollar since the start of May due to concerns that India will find it tough to close its wide current-account gap when developed countries end their easy-money policies.
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"Overall sentiment is extremely negative for the country," Abhishek Goenka, head of India Forex Advisors, a currency trading firm in Mumbai, told Dow Jones Newswires.
The dollar bought 97.13 yen in Tokyo afternoon trade, marginally higher than 97.01 yen in New York Tuesday afternoon but sharply down from rates above 98.00 yen in Tokyo Tuesday.
The euro bought $1.3375 and 129.93 yen compared with $1.3391 and 129.88 yen.
Besides the rupee, other emerging Asian currencies fell.
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The dollar rose to 1,117.55 South Korean won from 1,115.85 won, to Sg$1.2842 from Sg$1.2824, and to 32.29 Thai baht from 32.16 baht. It edged up to Tw$29.99 from Tw29.97.
The Australian dollar fell to 89.11 US cents from 89.81 cents. The Chinese yuan dropped to 15.83 from 16.03 yen.
Global stocks plunged and oil prices shot up Tuesday as the West moved closer to punitive military action against Syria for its alleged attack on civilians using chemical weapons.
High-yielding assets, such as emerging market currencies, are being dumped and money is being parked in US dollars with US Treasuries.
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April 6, 2011 - A Netherlands-based company called MasterObjects Inc. sued Google for infringement of a patent related to predictive search results.
March 27, 2011 - In January 2010, Kodak filed a patent infringement complaint before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) against Apple and Research in Motion (RIM). The chief judge for the ITC ruled that neither Apple nor RIM infringed a Kodak patent on image previewing features used in mobile devices.
March 25, 2011 - TheCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has ruled that a patent lawsuit pitting AT&T, Verizon and Qwest Communications will take place in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, in Dallas, rather than the Eastern District court in Marshall.
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March 14, 2011 - A software company called MasterObjects sued Amazon and Google last week, claiming infringement of its patent on predictive search technology.
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March 3, 2011 - In 2008, a week after launching the iPhone App Store, Apple applied for a trademark on the phrase "App Store" - and Microsoft is challenging the trademark registration, claiming that the mark is too generic. Microsoft's filing compares "App Store" to applications the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board rejected for being generic, such as "The Computer Store" and "Log Cabin Homes".
March 1, 2011 - Last fall, our Wealth of Ideas blog introduced readers to RightHaven LLC, a company which buys rights to "puff pieces" in local newspapers and then files copyright infringement lawsuits against anyone who posts that content on their website - and often, the defendant is the very person, business or group featured in the article.
February 16, 2011 - Coca-Cola's spokeswoman and its archive director have both refuted the claim made by public radio show "This American Life" that its cola formula - one of the most famous and valuable trade secrets, and one that has lasted 125 years - had been found. But the actual formula for Coca-Cola resides in a bank vault in Atlanta.


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Network scanning with the L7580
Guys, the software is junk. I have this printer working on my linux system using 3rd party software. It scans, prints, faxes and actually works like it's supposed to.
On Windows XP, it does not work.assid from just printing.
I am talking network here not USB. So, if there are any HP programmers looking at this, please make some adjustments. Why can the Linux guys make it work and the Windows guys fall short? That's going to cut into your market share dudes.
Re: Network scanning with the L7580
The most common reason for Windows SW driver problems with networked printers is due to 3rd party PC firewalls (Zonealarm, MacAfee, Norton/Symantec, Trend Mirco, etc) and anti-virus programs interfering with the driver.
Mac users typically have a great experience with our networked printers since the security SW is built into the OS and there are not many 3rd party firewalls sold for the Mac.
Same goes for the Linux users; I was quite pleased to see how easy it was to install my wireless HP printer using Ubuntu 8.10.
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GEORGETOWN, Texas (AP) -- A Birmingham woman is one of two people jailed in the death of an 18-year-old woman found shot to death and dumped off Interstate 35 in Central Texas.
The body of Tynesia Brown of Bedford was found south of Jarrell
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Guzman, awaiting extradition to Texas, is being held in Birmingham on a charge of murder.
Her bond was set at $1 million. Davidson, charged with tampering with evidence, was being held in the Williamson County Jail on $250,000 bond.
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ThePhaseRifleTV posted...I've had a few angry inboxes about my excessive amounts of tea bagging. Wait, you mean tea-bagging as in you kill someone on C2 then do the tap the C,C,C,C,C thing.If so then thats a little awkward. 0_0Just saying. QUESTION: Is crouching repeatedly( not tea bagging 0_0, crouching) a universal sybol or something on conduit for " I surrender, lets mess around instead of killing each other." ???I happen to see that a lot. One person crouches multiple times and then the other dude stops fighting and they mess around.
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LAS VEGAS – The UFC heavyweight title is on the line as champion Junior Dos Santos meets top contender Frank Mir and on Friday they
A group of Ultimate Fighter veterans shined during the UFC on Fox 3 prelims on Fuel TV, with two flyweight fights stealing the show.
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A trio of new bouts have been added to UFC 146 including an Ultimate Fighter winner, a Strikeforce import and a highly touted free agent
A pair of bouts featuring former 'Ultimate Fighter' season 14 veterans have been added to the upcoming UFC on Fox 3 show in May.
There were 18 fighters drug tested at the TUF 14 Finale. The NSAC released the results on Monday.
The TUF 14 Finale TV ratings ended the series' run on Spike TV on a high note.
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Full, official Ultimate Fighter Season 14 Finale weigh-in results. Saturday's main event features Michael Bisping vs. Jason "Mayhem" Miller.
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The Ultimate Fighter 14 Finale (TUF 14 Finale) Date: December 3, 2011 Venue: The Pearl at The Palms Hotel and Casino Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
UFC 146: dos Santos vs. Mir Date: May 26, 2012 Venue: MGM Grand Garden Arena Location: Las Vegas, Nevada gate: $3.4 million attendance: 14,592
UFC on Fuel TV 9: UFC Sweden 2 Mousasi vs. Latifi Date: April 6, 2013 Venue: Ericsson Globe Arena Location: Stockholm, Sweden gate: $2.71
UFC 153 Date: October 13, 2012 Venue: HSBC Arena Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil gate: $2.5 -$2.6 million attendance: 16,844 Fighter Awards & Bonuses