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Comics I Admire: "Awkward Shelby"
Yesterday (December 3rd), I decided to try messaging a fellow webcomic creator that I strongly admire: Shelby Lynn Criswell, writer and illustrator of Awkward Shelby.
And, boy, am I glad I did! She's not only super talented, but also super sweet! She even checked out The Flea and is now a fan! So I wanted to do everything in my power to promote her comic and share her work with all of you. 🙂
Awkward Shelby is a series of autobiographical strips detailing the awkward moments of Shelby's life. Shelby is a self-procliamed "androgynous weirdo," but I think her awkwardness is very universal (or at least I personally relate to many of her plights). Her drawing style is very whimsical and full of movement and life.
Also, she's working on a more serious graphic novel called This is Your Life, which looks very very very promising! 😀
Below are a number of my favorite strips from Awkward Shelby.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte chapter of the NAACP wants more oversight of Charlotte police after an officer's arrest on charges he fatally shot an unarmed man.
During a rally on Saturday, President Kojo Nantambu said that a board that reviews citizen complaints against officers needs to have more authority.
The rally was held to remember Jonathan Ferrell. Authorities say the 24-year-old was shot 10 times earlier this month by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Officer Randall Kerrick.
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Earlier this week, Pakistan and Afghanistan reached an agreement, planning for the returnphased over three yearsof 1.8 million Afghan refugees. Pakistans Minister of Border Affairs, Aftab Sherpao and Afghanistans Minister for Refugee Affairs agreed to the plan on Tuesday, calling for the closure of refugee campssome created as early as 1979 when the Soviets invaded.
During the last two decades, more than three million Afghans have sought refuge in Pakistan, according to the Associated Press. Since January, roughly 1.5 million refugees have returned home, but 1.8 million remain, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Still, conditions throughout the region remain harsh, exacerbated by the severe winter. Last week, following a review of its data, the UNHCR released new numbers showing a decline in the Afghan refugee population for nine camps in Pakistans North West Frontier province. The drop from 54,767 to 49,943 people was attributed to earlier record-keeping inaccuracies as well as recent deaths from the cold winter.
Aid agencies caution that plans to return refugees to Afghanistan are premature, given the unstable environment. Last year, in Kabul alone, returning refugees boosted the population from 1.7 million to 2.5 million. Still, the AP reports that many have fled again due to decrepit infrastructure and continued violence, including battling warlords, the recent bombing of 12 girls schools; threats to Loya Jirga delegates who have spoken out for human rights, including Minister of Womens Affairs Dr. Sima Samar; the assassination of two government ministers; violence against women in the Northern provinces; violence against humanitarian aid workers; and the continued use of tactics of intimidation against the return of girls to school. The need for expansion of peacekeeping forces both within and beyond Kabul remains urgent.
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Seven Days Before Election, TV Networks Give Good Press to Democrats, Smack GOP With Bad Press
Media: Treats for Liberals, Tricks for GOP
on FNC's The O'Reilly Factor last week, ABC News Political Director Mark
Halperin admitted that the media elite have a bias problem. Citing this year's
adulatory coverage of liberal Democrat Nancy Pelosi compared to the
mean-spirited coverage the networks dumped on Newt Gingrich back in 1994,
Halperin confessed: "If I were a conservative, I understand why I would feel
suspicious that I was not going to get a fair break at the end of an election."
new study released today by the non-partisan Center for Media
and Public Affairs (CMPA) confirms the bias: more than three fourths
(77%) of ABC, CBS and NBC evening news references to Democrats this
fall have been favorable, while 88% of the coverage given GOP
candidates has been negative, an unprecedented disparity. Consider a
few recent examples of how the big networks are aiding Democrats
during the final days of Campaign '06:
■ All voters "disgusted" with the Republicans. On
Monday's Good Morning America, ABC's Jake Tapper went to a
diner in Columbus, Ohio to take the pulse of the "real-life actual
voters," but his focus group only included those with an anti-GOP
attitude: a Republican voter who's voting for the Democrats; a
Democratic Navy veteran who's against the war; a conservative
Christian who stressed "I'm not pro-war;" a new citizen who thinks
illegal immigrants are being treated unfairly; and a cynic who
believes that the whole political system is corrupt.
Hours later on ABC's World News with Charles Gibson,
reporter Dean Reynolds interviewed Indiana Republicans who expressed
how they are "frustrated," "confused," "concerned" and have
"disgust" for the way Republicans have governed. Halfway through his
report, Reynolds admitted the obvious: "It all sounds practically
like a commercial for the Democrats." Exactly.
■ Liberal policies are wonderful. On Monday's CBS
Evening News, Katie Couric in Los Angeles trumpeted how "states,
starting with California, are flexing their political muscle,
telling Uncle Sam, 'If you won't tackle the tough issues, we will.'"
But the report by correspondent Sandra Hughes made clear that the
slate of California innovations that so impressed Couric are all
liberal: government funding for embryonic stem cell research,
raising the minimum wage, taxpayer subsidies for prescription drugs,
and "the nation's most restrictive law on greenhouse gas emissions."
■ No scrutiny of Democrats. In
his report on the Pennsylvania Senate race for Monday's NBC
Nightly News, reporter Chip Reid had no scrutiny for frontrunner
Bob Casey, whom he described using Democratic talking points: The
"son of a popular former governor and an abortion opponent like
[incumbent GOP Senator Rick] Santorum." Reid's closer hinted at
Casey's weakness - "In the final days, Casey's expected to stay out
of the spotlight" - but nothing further. Would NBC say nothing if
Republicans felt they had to hide their candidate in a pivotal
Senate race during the campaign's final week?
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Famer: "Pelosi at the bat. Not since DiMaggio has San Francisco
offered such a stylish player."
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their already soiled reputation for fairness. Discussing Lynne
Cheney's on-air upbraiding of CNN for its tilt, FNC host Bill
O'Reilly last night asked NPR liberal Juan Williams if he'd say CNN
was "in the tank for the Democrats." Reluctantly, Williams agreed:
"I think that's true....It looks to me though like they are becoming
more and more partisan." Unfortunately, it's not just CNN. -
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Reason for optimism continued throughout the week as a mandatory evacuation was lifted, the pontoon bridge was opened on Friday afternoon, the Atchafalaya River levels began to fall and water from backwater flooding appeared to be either staying at the same level or slightly receding.
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The recent election victory of Kesha Rogers in Texas's 22nd congressional district represents a turning point in world history. The American voters have demonstrated their refusal to accept the policy of physical-economic austerity which Obama and his controllers have sought to impose through unconstitutional bank bailouts, a murderous health-care policy, and general inaction on the crucial issues of the existential crisis which now faces the American population and the world. Most notably, they have refused to accept Obama's recent, treasonous decision to scrap the last vestiges of our nation's manned presence in space. They have voted, instead, for a future a future organized around the intensive physical economic progress that can only be brought about by the scientific advancements connected with an expansion of Man's presence in space.
The opportunity created by this victory puts on the table the urgent questions of accomplishing this economic development of the Solar System: the first steps of lunar industrialization, and successfully undertaking a manned mission to Mars. Connected with this mission is the task of finally establishing a very different conception of the organization of the Solar System and beyond. Specifically, the planned presence of human beings in locations very far from the surface of our Earth will require the development a much more in-depth understanding of the action of cosmic and other forms of radiation on and within living systems. Not only will this expanded view of the role of energetic phenomena in living matter make extended stays off-planet possible, it also promises to revolutionize medical technology here on Earth, as well as provide a deeper understanding of the nature of living processes, evolution, and morphogenesis than would ever be possible under the existing policy of atomization and under-funding of such scientific investigations.
One major problem to be tackled will be the question of producing the types of artificial environment required for mankind to leave its "womb" here on Earth. What from the biosphere will we need to carry with us? What will be the role of electromagnetic phenomena and cosmic radiation in that environment? It will perhaps be advisable to simulate Earth's gravitational environment by accelerating ships through inter-planetary space at one Earth gravity (1-G), but this will be the first time such a willful act of constant acceleration has occurred anywhere in the universe. It will represent the first artificial creation of a sustained gravitational field which, if maintained for long periods, will quickly result in relativistic velocities. What will be the effect of this sort of travel on a manned crew? What will be its effect on the physical universe more generally? These questions lead us to further unexplored aspects of the biosphere immediately surrounding us, before leading us deep into man's future in interstellar space.
Lyndon LaRouche recently posed a provocative question for our research team here: How do you determine to which of Vernadsky's three phase spaces the non-living, the living, or the cognitive a given process belongs? The answer is: Resonance. No object exists independently as an object. All objects are defined by dynamics by the process in which they exist. Vernadsky states that therefore biology, qua biology, is an abstract science, like geometry, because it artificially seeks to separate the study of the individual organism from the study of the entire process in which it participates. [17] In reality, there are no distinct organisms; there is only the organism in its context in the entire biosphere. This is evidenced by the pervasive role of symbiosis in every aspect of the function and evolutionary development of the biosphere. The evolution of the biosphere is an evolution of relationships, not individual organisms. Therefore, it is more advantageous to consider the biosphere and its evolution as a single system, in which the individual organism exists as a singularity. This nature of the individual organism as singularity and not as object is described in vivid terms by Vernadsky in his concept of the biogenic migration of atoms. [18] Specifically, organisms do not have permanent structures, like machines. Every portion of a living organism is in a constant state of flux, which is expressed as a continuous exchange of matter and energy, such that the distinction between the organism and its outside environment is not a material one. The same material participates in both processes, much the same as the same water flows into and out of a whirlpool. The difference lies in the process, not in the material. The obvious difference in the two cases: between the living organism and the whirlpool, is that upon completing its migration through the processes defined as the organism, the processed matter produced in the form of fossil material exists at a higher state of physical organization than before its participation in the organism.
Thus, viewed as a whole, the envelope of life on Earth, the biosphere, can be viewed as a process of constant organization of the formerly abiotic physical substrate to higher and higher states of organization. In this way we see the steady development of concentrations of various types of ores and other mineral deposits on Earth. These represent a more concentrated form of organization than that which existed in the previously dispersed state of materials as initially derived from stellar matter a state which is still visible in the relatively homogenous distribution of elements as found in, say, lunar regolith.
This process of biogenic migration represents a continuous process extending well outside of the atmosphere of the Earth itself. For instance: the beginning of the most important material cycles within the biosphere is marked by the action of photosynthesis. In this process, dispersed, low energy-flux-density radiation from the Sun is captured from across large land areas by the action of photosynthetic plants, and organized into the carbohydrate-dense structure of those plants. They literally compose themselves from the incident sunlight which reaches the Earth. These energy-dense carbohydrates are then consumed by more complex animal life and, via the process of digestion, are incorporated into the structure of these higher organisms, ultimately passing back out into the environment in the form of residual biological fossil materials such as soils, mineral deposits, and even Earth's atmosphere. These fossil materials are then again processed by the geological force of human economic activity becoming noetic fossils. [4, 3, 5, 16] Thus, the biosphere and noösphere can be viewed, in terms of both scale of the space occupied as well as the nature of their activity, as a singularity in an otherwise continuous process, marking the shift of matter and energy to qualitatively higher states of organization and concentration. This continuous process extends to the Sun, in the form of solar energy absorbed by plants (and animals, in the case of vitamin D synthesis), but also much farther, as is evidenced by the steady flow of cosmic radiation into and out of the biosphere. This is a steady flux, much like that of the flow of solar energy into the biosphere, though its role in biological processes is largely unexplored. Understanding the biological role of this steady flow of cosmic material has a crucial significance for an expanded Moon-Mars colonization project.
This is a complete cycle, like the other biogenic migratory cycles such as food consumption and photosynthesis. There is a steady flow of ionized particles in and out of Earth and its atmosphere. Those among them of the highest energy pass directly through all matter, biological and otherwise, seemingly unaffected by that passage. But it is also these particles, capable of bypassing all types of shielding, which are potentially implicated in regulating the circadian rhythms of various organisms maintained in otherwise shielded environments. [1] Other, lower energy particles are involved in collisions at different levels of the Earth's atmosphere, producing cascades of secondary particles which are involved in changing isotope ratios at the Earth's surface, and likely effecting radical changes in Earth's climate. It is these particles, for instance, which likely play the dominant role in cycles of glaciation, global warming, and the cyclical passage through ice ages. [15, 13]
This interaction of cosmic rays with the atmosphere, creating cloud cover and shifting Earth's climate in and out of ice ages, is to be considered a very specific type of interaction with the Earth's biosphere, since, as Vernadsky points out [17], the Earth's atmosphere is entirely a creation of living matter on the planet. Thus, the cascades produced by cosmic radiation upon entering the atmosphere, as well as the highly energetic activity occurring in the ionosphere, interacting with the solar wind and producing phenomena such as the aurora, are all properly recognized as products of the biosphere. The role of cosmic rays on an abiotic environment, such as the Moon, is entirely different, as the peculiar composition of lunar soil attests.
Also, on the level of the individual organism: shielding living creatures from radiation produces a change in metabolic rate similar to the changes in metabolism which result from removing nutrients, warmth, oxygen (in the case of organisms possessing mitochondria) or sunlight (in the case of organisms possessing chloroplasts). This is further indication that cosmic rays play a crucial role in the biogenic migration of material through the biosphere.
Nigel Calder describes a creative role for cosmic rays in the early development of the solar system, fueling chemical reactions, and promoting the formation of complex molecules. [14] Their role in the evolution of matter does not stop with development of the abiotic material in the solar system, however. The most telling example of the role of cosmic radiation in biological processes is its significance in long-term evolutionary cycles. The very fact of the role they play in global warming and glaciation is enough to have a significant effect on biological life on Earth, but there is much evidence for a much more direct role for cosmic ray radiation in evolutionary processes. Most of this connection is recognized only in the form of observed resonances between various cycles in the biosphere, and related cycles elsewhere in interstellar space. Causal connections, and the processes of mediation have not yet been established, though potential candidates will be hypothesized below, starting from the work of Gurwitsch (Gurvich). Besides what we will discuss here, no attempt has yet been made to account for the anti-entropic, creative nature of this entire process, which links life on Earth to the broader cosmos. A comparison of the cycles, which indicates a clear resonance between astronomical, biological, and geological cycles is, however, of great interest for launching the correct investigation.
There have been discovered clear cycles of increase and decrease in fossil biodiversity (the number of distinct species living on the planet at any given moment) of 62 and 140 million years. [12] The 140 million year cycle corresponds to the variations in cosmic ray influx predicted to occur from the Earth's passage through our Galaxy's spiral arms. This predicted, periodic change in incident cosmic radiation has also been verified in examining the changing potassium 40/41 isotope ratios observed in iron meteorites, and thus to the frosty "snowball Earth" periods, which correspond to the quantity of incident cosmic radiation. [13, 15] Examining the age of deposits of igneous rock shows that volcanic activity is on the same roughly 60 million year cycle, showing an as-yet unexplained connection to geological/tectonic phenomena. [12] But, more to our point here, this cycle is also of the same period as that predicted for the regular passage of our Solar system in and out of the plane of the Galaxy, if we take into account the likelihood that the density of cosmic radiation differs from one side of the galactic plane to the other. [9] A component of the Exxon-measured sea level fluctuation is consistent in period and phase with the shorter biodiversity cycle. The ratio of the Strontium 87/86 isotopes, which is related to the amount of dry land left unexposed as water levels change, also matches the period and (inverted) phase of the 62 million year period [9], which again points to a relation between tectonic changes and astronomical cycles [cf. the cycle in volcanic activity identified by Rohde in 12, above]. Thus, in general, we see much evidence for a sort of astrobiogeochemical resonance, which leads us to begin to conceive of the idea of the biosphere as a participant in an organized system whose scale extends to the farthest known sources of cosmic radiation. The impression that astronomical processes are separated by vast reaches of empty space is shown to be incorrect; the biosphere is connected functionally to the farthest reaches of the physical universe by an incredibly active process, invisible to the naked eye. Space is far from empty, but rather full, dynamic, and complex organizable, like Earth itself, into the interacting phase-spaces of the abiotic, the biosphere, and the noösphere, where the latter indicates the potential for mankind's active economic development and reorganization of this complex system. This is the proper context in which to understand discussions of lunar industrialization, solar system colonization, and the economic organization of interplanetary, interstellar, and intergalactic space.
This leads us to the major problem with all of these cyclical comparisons, but also potentially the source of the greatest possible number of new lines of research, which is the fact that the actual "chart" of evolutionary development, particularly after the emergence of man and the noösphere, is not cyclical. It is a continuous upward development to ever higher levels of organization and energy-flux-density, as measured and defined by the physical economist Lyndon LaRouche. So now we return to the question posed by LaRouche at the outset: to which of Vernadsky's three phase spaces does this flow of cosmic rays belong? If they and the cycles with which they resonate, are part of the development of the biosphere, then the biosphere's anti-entropic development must be a character of the entire system of material-energetic flows which participate in the development of that biosphere. Connected to this is the necessity of developing means to recognize more qualitative, and not merely quantitative difference in cosmic ray interaction with the biosphere. Life, as we will see below from the work of Gurwitsch, is sensitive to such qualitative differences in electromagnetic and other radiation as the above-mentioned studies have not yet taken into account.
Regarding quantity versus quality of radiation, and the sensitivity of life to these qualitative differences (where the current generation of measuring instruments lack equal precision), cf. the work of A. G. Gurwitsch. [6, 7] Life's interaction with, and usage of, coherent electromagnetic radiation is far superior to the types of abiotic phenomena which are frequently attributed to it in theoretical, rather than experimental considerations. Knowledge of the complexity of this normal functioning of different types of radiation within living organisms will shed light on what effects are to be expected from exposure to atypical forms of radiation. Currently, lack of precision in our knowledge of the role of different types of radiation in living phenomena limits us to describing the destructive effects of large amounts or relatively disorganized radiation, such as that which is utilized with varied results in the treatment of various types of cancers. What sort of precision medical applications of radiation could we develop with a more detailed knowledge of the role of radiation in the normal functioning of living processes?
We know of photosynthesis as one clear interaction of living organisms with the electromagnetic spectrum. Likewise, in mammals, we have the sunlight-mediated synthesis of cholecalciferol. Also, however, Gurwitsch and his followers have demonstrated that coherent ultraviolet radiation plays a very important regulatory role in processes of cell mitosis, the most important function in the gestalt properties of the organism: morphogenesis and regulation. [6, 7] Incorrect functioning of this ultraviolet "mitogenetic" radiation has been connected to the development of cancers.
Frank Brown's work, cited above, implies that cosmic rays may play an important role in the regulation of animal metabolisms: The metabolic functions of various organisms are related to various astronomical cycles which tend to be roughly on the order of a day or month. These cycles are reflected in the metabolism of the organism even when the organism is removed from direct visual cues such as the Sun and moon. Frank Brown has shown that this regulation continues when the only influences that have not been isolated are cosmic rays, and the various penetrating electric, magnetic, and gravitational field effects produced by the Earth itself. Many animals are known to possess the ability to orient to the Earth's magnetic field. Birds have recently been demonstrated to navigate by actually visually perceiving the magnetic field of the Earth.
As a final point, connected to the work of Gurwitsch, we know that nucleic acids are extremely sensitive to (resonant with) ultraviolet radiation, to the extent that certain viruses are "turned on/off" (enter and exit their lytic or cancer-inducing phase), based on interaction with ultraviolet radiation in laboratory conditions.
Our first indication of the fundamentally creative nature of even the "abiotic" universe, is to be found in our recognition of its character as a dynamic, developing system, constantly coming into creation. Relevant to our topic of discussion here, is the constant creation of new sources of cosmic radiation in the form of supernovae, hypernovae, pulsar stars, and the like. While most of what is claimed about them at present is pure speculation, simply extrapolated from existing physical knowledge here on Earth, what is clear is that their constant rate of creation gives us a sense of a moving, directed rather than cyclical, process which more closely resembles that which characterizes the development of the biosphere and the noösphere, each in their respective degree. Therefore, understanding their resonance with life on Earth will give us more insight into these as-yet unexplored creative characteristics of theirs.
A 1-G trip to Mars will represent Man's creation of new relativistic phenomena. It is significant that the known, major sources of cosmic radiation here on Earth, such as the Crab Nebula, are all connected to phenomena which seem paradoxical from the standpoint of relativity theory. This points to a type of causality which lies outside of the simple, kinematic chains of cause and effect, and leads us towards a more gestalt, systems approach to causality: dynamics. A more certain assessment of the nature of these processes demands a closer inspection, and raises the question: What physical boundaries do we begin to push at the moment we institute trips at an acceleration of one Earth gravity over long distances?
The first experimental investigations will obviously require a more detailed study of the environment to be faced by our interplanetary travelers. Probes carrying several different types of instrumentation will need to be accelerated at 1-G for an extended period of time, in order to gauge what unexpected physical effects might result from this process.
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The economic questions connected to this expanded investigation is more than a question of "local jobs." What this type of political orientation means, and what Kesha and LaRouche represent, is an orientation towards the future of the human species as a whole. Ensuring mankind's future in this form is the only way to ensure the existence of healthcare, real meaningful employment, and a cultural sense of mission for not only this nation, but the world. Real patriots, policy makers, scientists, engineers, and average citizens will rally around the vision that this mission represents, defeat the financial controllers of the current Obama administration, and help Kesha make this policy a reality. In a world desperate for real leadership, the future, and our survival, is in our hands.
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Megan Fox & 'This Is 40' Cast Cover 'Vanity Fair' Comedy Issue
Megan Fox, a bikini-clad Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, and Melissa McCarthy take the cover of Vanity Fair's first ever comedy issue for January 2013, on newsstands nationwide December 11.
The issue was guest edited by the group's This Is 40 director Judd Apatow!
"I have always loved comedy, and this portfolio and issue, filled with men and women I admire, are my attempt to show you what it means to me," Judd said. "Some of them have shaped my sensibility; others just make me laugh."
Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Jim Carrey, and Will Ferrell are featured on a separate cover while Kristen Wiig, Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, and Jerry Seinfeld are the subjects of a third cover.
"It can reasonably be said that the comedy industry is booming these days, in movies, on television, and onstage. And who better to oversee an entire issue on the subject than one of the great impresarios of the business?," Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Graydon Carter said. "Judd was a terrific collaborator, brimming with suggestions and infectious energy�"precisely the sort of high-wattage, Hollywood-style enthusiasm that can alternately excite you and drive you a bit crazy."


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Crystal's Perfectly Edited Kitchen
It should come as no surprise that Crystal Gentilello, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Rue Magazine, has a stylish and well-edited kitchen. But as she tells Apartment Therapy, it certainly didn't come that way:
When Crystal moved in to her San Francisco apartment, the kitchen was sans shelves, cabinets, and counter space, the stove and fridge were very outdated, and the water heater was exposed. So, with the help of a contractor, she had open shelves, new appliances, and a woodblock island installed for more prep and storage space, and an encasement built around the water heater.
My favorite element, though, is the hanging metal pendant light above the butcher block. What a statement!
See the Full Tour: Crystal's Dramatic Home in San Francisco
Related: Small Details in a Studio Kitchen
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2013 Chevrolet Cruze: Used Car Review
Introduced for 2011 to replace the aging Cobalt, the Chevrolet Cruze was the brand's first real world-class compact. It leveraged the small-car savvy of GM's German Opel operations and the company's GM Korea (formerly Daewoo Motors) engineering center. Because the Cruze was all new in 2011, changes to the 2013 Chevrolet Cruze were minor: Chevrolet's MyLink infotainment system became standard on 2LT, Eco and LTZ trims, while a new Enhanced Safety package option with rear park assist, side blind-zone alert and rear cross-traffic alert, debuted for LT, Eco and LTZ models.
The U.S.-built Cruze comes in a single, roomy 4-door sedan body style. A stiff body structure, communicative rack-mounted electric power steering and a unique Z-link rear suspension give the Cruze European-like ride and handling. A turbocharged 1.4-liter 4-cylinder engine, tuned for good low- and mid-speed response, can deliver up to an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-rated 42 miles per gallon in the fuel-economy-optimized Cruze Eco.
Chevy's Cruze is available with Bluetooth and USB connectivity, as well as navigation, SiriusXM Satellite Radio and OnStar communication systems. The Cruze was the first compact to offer 10 airbags as standard equipment.
The Cruze is a good used-car choice because it packs a surprising amount of midsize-sedan comfort and refinement into a fuel-efficient, compact layout, not to mention that Chevrolet parts and servicing are readily available.
What We Like
Good fuel economy from 1.4-liter turbo engine; communicative steering; roomy trunk; handsome design; solid structure; quiet operation
What We Don't
Cramped rear seat; no hatchback or wagon body styles; slow downshifts of automatic transmission; heavy for its size
Fuel Economy & Engine Specs
The 2013 Chevrolet Cruze has two available engines. The Cruze LS comes with a 1.8-liter, dual-overhead-camshaft (DOHC) 4-cylinder with four valves per cylinder and continuously variable intake and exhaust cam phasing. Output is a modest 138 horsepower, and it develops 125 lb-ft of torque. It burns regular unleaded gas and has EPA ratings of 26 mpg in the city and 36 mpg on the highway with the standard 6-speed manual transmission, and 22 mpg city/35 mpg hwy with the optional 6-speed automatic.
All other Cruze models come with a turbocharged 1.4-liter DOHC turbo 4-cylinder, which produces 138 hp but a more robust 148 lb-ft of torque. It, too, runs on regular unleaded and is EPA-rated at 24 mpg city/36 mpg hwy with the 6-speed manual. It increases to 26 mpg city/38 mpg hwy with the 6-speed automatic. The fuel-economy-geared Eco model squeezes 26 mpg city/39 mpg hwy from the 1.4 turbo when equipped with the 6-speed automatic, and an impressive 28 mpg city/42 mpg hwy with the wide-ratio 6-speed manual gearbox.
Standard Features & Options
The 2013 Chevrolet Cruze is available in LS, LT, LTZ and Eco trim.
Typical LS equipment includes air conditioning, cloth seats, a tilt-telescopic steering wheel, a compact spare, remote keyless entry, Bluetooth, OnStar communication systems, SiriusXM Satellite Radio, a 6-speaker AM/FM/CD stereo with an MP3 decoder, auto headlamps, 16-inch steel wheels, stability and traction control, anti-lock brakes, a 1.8-liter 4-cylinder engine with a 6-speed manual transmission, and power door locks and windows. A 6-speed automatic is optional.
Moving up to the 1LT adds power mirrors, a USB port, cruise control, steering-wheel audio controls, 16-in alloy wheels, and a leather-wrapped shifter and steering wheel while upgrading the engine to the 1.4-liter turbo. Upgrading to the 2LT adds the Chevrolet MyLink infotainment system with voice recognition, Bluetooth streaming, and Pandora, Stitcher and Gracenote capability, plus 4-wheel disc brakes, 17-in alloy wheels, a power driver's seat, leather upholstery, heated front seats, and options such as navigation, a power moonroof, heated mirrors, remote engine starting, and an auto-dimming rearview mirror.
The range-topping LTZ comes standard with automatic A/C, 18-in alloy wheels, keyless entry, keyless start, fog lamps, a backup camera and rear parking assist.
The Eco is a special fuel economy model with 1LT-level trim, unique low-rolling resistance tires, 17-in alloy wheels, a rear spoiler, underbody aerodynamic aids, and shutters behind the grille that close at highway speeds. MyLink infotainment is also standard. It's available with an automatic or manual transmission.
An available RS package on LT and LTZ adds a rear spoiler, fog lamps, unique fascias and rocker panels with ground effects.
As good as the Cruze is, used compact Chevrolets depreciate faster on average than Toyotas and Hondas. The Cruze remained one of Chevy's top sellers in 2013, so a good variety of colors and equipment levels should be available. And a good supply means prices should be reasonable.
To get an idea of the 2013 Cruze's price range, check out the Kelley Blue Book used-car values at kbb.com. You can also search the AutoTrader Classifieds to see what models are for sale in your area.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced the following recalls for the 2013 Cruze:
On models with the 1.4-liter turbo, the right front half-shaft may have a manufacturing defect that causes it to fracture or separate. Either condition increases the risk of a crash. The same defect was also discovered on 2013 Cruzes equipped with manual transmissions.
Safety Ratings & Warranties
NHTSA rated the 2013 Chevy Cruze with five stars for frontal and side impacts.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the 2013 Cruze a Moderate rating for small-overlap front impacts and a Good rating for moderate-overlap front impacts, side impacts, roof strength, and for head-restraint and seat crash performance.
General Motors covered the 2013 Cruze with a 3-year/36,000-mile bumper-to-bumper warranty, a 5-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty with roadside assistance and a 6-year/100,000-mile corrosion-perforation warranty.
Chevrolet certified pre-owned (CPO) cars cannot have more than 75,000 miles on the odometer and must be five years old or less. Every CPO Cruze undergoes a 172-point inspection. Those that pass receive a 12-month/12,000-mile bumper-to-bumper warranty, plus whatever remains on the transferable, original 5-year/100,000-mile powertrain coverage. Also included is a 2-year/24,000-mile maintenance plan with roadside assistance.
Other Cars to Consider
2013 Ford Focus -- The Focus was completely redone for 2013, sporting European driving flair and fresh styling. It's available as a 4-door sedan or 5-door hatchback. The standard 160-hp 2.0-liter 4-cylinder is available with a 5-speed manual or 6-speed dual-clutch automatic. Fuel economy is near the top of the class, but interior room is lacking compared to the Cruze.
2013 Toyota Corolla -- Toyota's Corolla is consistently at or near the top of the compact sales race due to its reputation for good fuel economy, trouble-free operation and solid resale value. The Corolla driving experience is pretty vanilla, but a new-for-2013 upgraded display and audio system for the S and LE adds a touchscreen, a USB port and Bluetooth streaming.
AutoTrader's Advice
It's hard to beat the combination of good engine performance and thrifty fuel economy offered up by the 1.4-liter turbo 4-cylinder, available in all but the base LS models. The Cruze is transportation first and foremost, but that doesn't mean you should scrimp on amenities. Finding one that's nicely optioned with a good sound system, leather seats and a sunroof can help erase the small-car blues. Go for a Chevrolet certified pre-owned car, when available, and check with the dealer to make sure that the 2013 Cruze you're considering has had any safety-recall items resolved.


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Monday, September 28, 2009
Character Design as a job VS Character Design for Animated Cartoon Stories
I've done both.
In the mid 8os, after working from horribly bland designs for Saturday Morning cartoon shows, I got a job that was much more fun (for me) - designing characters.
First for Dic's Heathcliff and then for presentation departments at Hanna Barbera and TMS.
Designing characters in the abstract for pay, and not having any responsibility for any of the other departments in a cartoon studio is a fun job.
You don't have to worry if your designs actually work and what problems they might cause for the other artists. This is a selfish profession, and if I wasn't able to sell my own cartoons, I was glad to have it. I hated drawing the boring characters in Saturday Morning cartoons doing the boring things the boring writers would come up with - or not come up with, but just steal from the last 30 scripts they plagiarized.
At least now I could personally have abstract fun creating visuals that might fool an executive or impress my artist friends. The kinds of designs I usually came up with for "development" while sometimes superficially interesting to look at, were in reality usually pretty shallow. They weren't really characters, because no one had bothered to work out entertaining personalities for them - and that wasn't my job as I was told many times.
When I designed my own characters though, I was using a whole different set of rules. These designs couldn't just look superficially interesting; they had to be characters. Real ones with souls, personalities and humor. That made them harder to coordinate the poses and the design. It shocks you to reality when you have to come up with poses that tel a story with your own awkward designs.
I had the lucky break to do layouts on the Jetsons after serving a stint as a "designer" for Iwao at Hanna Barbera on bullshit pitches designed to trick Network executives - shows with catchy names like "Rock Wars".
Having to draw an expert character designer's characters (Ed Benedict) and make them move and act and perform tricky things forced me to look at everything about cartoons in a more mature way.
I discovered that no job at a studio should be completely isolated from another. Each specialism had its role in making the overall cartoon better.
To me, the most important job in a cartoon is animation - the guy who actually has to bring the characters to life on screen. Even a director's job is to create the optimum situations and framework to display animated characters doing things that only animated characters can do.
Unfortunately, no one in America (on TV) did animation anymore, so I used the layouts on the Jetsons to create the poses and acting and life as a substitute for animation.
I came back from Taiwan a much wiser and abler cartoonist, because I now knew the results of good or bad stories, storyboards and designs and how they affected the potential life (or lack of) the characters.
From then on, I never believed in model sheets again, except as a starting point. The people who have to pose and move the characters are the ones who have to come up with the myriads of new expressions, poses and shadings of personality that a mere character designer - abstracted from the visual telling of the stories can't ever do.
That's why many of the best character model sheets are made by animators and directors. They make them functional because they have to use them themselves.http://johnkstuff.blogspot.com/2007/01/animation-school-lesson-9-_116873606139658339.html
Modern design is completely abstracted from the process of animation today. TV animation is mostly done in flash - and even when a show theoretically does "traditional" drawn animation, the animators are rigidly forced to trace the model sheets.
Why does everyone today want to be a character designer? Because it's the only potentially creative job left. Unfortunately even that is not very creative anymore because everyone just copies the same designs over and over again and each year they get more primitive. How many times has DeeDee been completely ripped off?
But the design has never been animated as well as when Genndy animated her.
It's now at the point where anybody can be a character designer - as long as you can fool the executive in charge into thinking you're the hip new thing that's already been around for 25 years.
It doesn't matter if the designs are actually animated characters anymore.
27 comments:
- chrisallison said...
AWESOME green monkeys drawings. keep the old drawings coming, i haven't seen a lot of these. they're really awesome!
- Kaiser Fate said...
The really pathetic thing is that Flash is actually quite a capable program. I don't suppose you've ever seen the 'Brackenwood' animations by Adam Phillips?
Isolated from the commercial world, here you have an ex-special effects animation supervisor and character animator from a backdoor studio in Australia making his own designs, his own worlds and his own stories and bringing them to life on ones in full animation. Even the earlier, more primitive episodes are quite beautiful in their execution, but with each new episode that comes out they are animated more smoothly and professionally.
This stuff beats nearly everything you see on Cartoon Network, and what shocks me (and has since I first started using Flash myself ten years ago) is HOW MANY NAMES are in the credits!
ONE GUY can make complete animations that run circles around what a team can do! What is their excuse for tracing model sheets and underanimating? Too much effort?! Where do they find these people?!
- the plummer said...
Kaiser, Phillips is an excellent example. Especially since it shows what can be done when you put someone good down in front of ANY medium or program.
John, I hope I can count as someone who tries to constantly transcend the line between animator and character designer =). In fact, I feel that both should be the same as a default. I usually have to take a grain of salt with some of your posts, but this one is pretty dead on. It's too bad I feel like this - this description of character design - is the norm to me, and yet I still meet people who think designing characters interesting or by animators is a radical idea, or who can't get through a scene without tracing the old model sheets.
Granted, not everyone can get by without standard designs and draw a character naturally for acting that looks organic and pleasing to the eye. But I wonder if that would change if this more natural artistic version was pushed.
- AShortt said...
I really, really hate sounding like an a** smoocher but geezus but this is an unbelievably great blog! Bobby Bigloaf - O my friggen Gawd that`s genius!
- Geneva said...
I love this series of posts. Damn, do I hope you can get a show greenlit soon.
- Rick Roberts said...
Holy crap ! I LOVE that drawing of the Noid !
- Chris said...
Wow, that's Bobby Bigloaf from your Raketu spot!!! Guess his time had finally come. =)
- Niki said...
I keep looking back at these designs and thinking that they'd be cute to see move on TV if it could be done in a good way. This whole design thing might be the reason I've returned to watching anime instead of cartoons US-thailand made. At least they look good moving now, and the the only US cartoons that are barely decent are superhero cartoons. But the Super cartoon's genocide has already begun
- Alishea said...
Don't the animators or character designers physically work out poses? I illustrated a children's book series and had to literally act out a couple poses I was trying to illustrate to make sure the characters' bodies mimicked a real body. Isn't that what "professionals" do? Like look at themselves in the mirror, make goofy faces, draw, etc.???
- HemlockMan said...
You know how I knew Tartokov was onto something with Dee Dee? Because I freaking HATED her! HATED her! He wanted me to hate her. He succeeded.
- SoleilSmile said...
Good commentary. I'll be sure to keep functionality in mind with my current gig.
- Niki said...
Since we constantly talk about entertainment I thought you would get a kick out of this. It makes me wonder how many bad films came out of the 40's and 50's if there be any.
and Hemlockman? he didn't want you to hate her, he wanted boys without sisters to develop a love for pain when we got it.
- drawingtherightway said...
So animators literally had to trace model sheets? What was the sense in hiring animators if all they had to do was trace drawings? They could have trained anyone for that.
- Bryce Johansen said...
Hey John
I can kind of see where your going at from what you've stated in this post and the displays of your old 1980's work from the previous post.
The designs looked nice and a lot of people liked them but I wouldn't want to try and animate any of them...maybe the gay-guy if there were more body poses but then again there wasn't anything too interesting about his face anyway.
- Gad said...
well things are crappy now in the world of animation as you like to say over and over
but you can't really say it was any better before
you always remember the good things in the past. but as some one who was a little kid in the second part of the 80's i know there were lots of them then, bad cartoons I mean, I am ashamed to say I was addicted to he-man.
I didn't see how Hanna Barbera's animation is any better then today flash cartoons, Fred Flintstone is nothing but a square with to sticks as legs that just move back and forth.
I would hardly set Hanna Barbera as an example of good animation and good story making
I think the problem is a problem of ends and means, the goal is telling a good story. The means to do so is animation (and in that is included the design of the character) , so in your declaration that the directors job is simply to place a set for the animators to do there stuff, the animators are but the actors, the tool for the director to tell a story.
- K. Nacht said...
wow...like, gee... like these are so great, and like, yer opinions are so spot on, and like, Ed Benedict ain't shallow but still water which run deep...but gosh, don't get me wrong, like pathos is phoney and, like, funny is profound...and angles are like empty, but curves are like sophisticated, and God Damn Shaggy and Scoob and the fukin' Hair Bear Bunch...
- John said...
John, if you have any more drawings of that monkey, please let us see 'em - he's hilarious!
- Sean Lane said...
Those upskirt Jetson pictures are the cutest!
- Trevor Thompson said...
Hey John,
most of these layout poses from the Jetsons seem pretty clean, especially the one of the girl.
Did you draw them straight-ahead or use construction and erase heavily...?
- Chris leonido said...
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- Guy said...
I didn't see how Hanna Barbera's animation is any better then today flash cartoons, Fred Flintstone is nothing but a square with to sticks as legs that just move back and forth.
You're an idiot.
No, idiocy doesn't explain it. Do you have some sort of mental disorder? Like dyslexia but for cartoons? Are you a cartoon-dyslexic idiot? How awful.
- Rick Roberts said...
I think Hanna Barbera had great construction. However, I feel there cartoons left much to be desired. I love those early seasons of The Flintsones and The Jetsons though.
I am really tired of your insulting of me and others with your ignorace. You are your own minstrel show. Take a look at Gad's blog and then call him an idiot again.
- nktoons said...
-Some of those characters are pretty funny to look at John :), I have always enjoyed your sense of humor and drawing but your analysis on animation leave me in awe.
Great posts like this one are very inspiring. I liked your crude/flat drawings from a few posts back. They made me sneer at the 80's nostalgia. However they illustrated your concepts very well. I learned alot from comparing and contrasting those drawings with the drawings you made later in your career. Thank you for sharing!
- Mizter Luis Rodriguez said...
I wish i'd discovered your blog earlier. I grew up with all of your cartoons, and when I read your blog I feel as if the Spice Girls wrote letters to me when I was in middle school (I mean I feel like I'm in contact with someone I admire, not that you could be a Spice girl)
Anyway, I dont like Spice Girls anymore, but I do love your work and appreciate your valuable words.
Wish I found your blog earlier so I could be one of your pupils. Little talent, lots-o-heart over here.
- thomas said...
More than skill being devalued. labor in general is the thing that's been devalued.
Although deskilling is part of the devaluing of labor, I think arguing about the sorry state of animation being due to deskilling is misleading.
Is Pat Metheny necessarily a better musician than the Ramones, or a blues musician who uses three chords?
- lee artist said...
these are very creative john, good work
- Zam3d said...
John, did you also worked on Catillac Cats" from Dic too?


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The Georgia Department of Labor announced the figures early Thursday morning.
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Mark Ferdenand Baker, 55, of Borger, passed away, Tuesday, November 1, 2011.A Celebration Of Life will be held at Dake's Restaurant in Borger, on Saturday, November 5, at 1:00 p.m. All family and close friends are invited. Cremation is under the direction of Minton Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.Mark was born September 5, 1956 in Morton, Texas to Orvil Ferdenand Baker, and Hilda Jo (Myers) Baker. Mark married Suzette Seago, July 9, 1977 in Borger. Mark started his career at Phillips 66 as an operator, and later became an IT specialist. He was a dedicated husband, father, son, and brother who loved his family and friends dearly. Mark was also a talented drummer who loved music. He was a wonderful man who will be missed by all that knew him. Survivors include his wife, Suzette Seago Baker; one son; Gabriel Mark Baker of Denton Texas; one daughter; Robin Jo Baker Armstrong and husband Keith of Austin Texas; two sisters; Linda Meyers of Amarillo, Becky Hunter and husband Mel of Spring Branch, Texas; his father and mother-in-law; William and JoAn Seago; two brother-in-laws; Bill Seago and Wife Phyllis Seago, and Larry Seago and wife Deborah.Mark is preceded in death by his parents and one brother-in-law, Jimmy Peter.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to your favorite charity in his memory.To send condolences, sign the online guestbook at www.mintonchatwell.com.


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RebootAugust 01, 2004
"If there's one adjective to describe a brand new 15″ Powerbook, 'slow' should not be it." And so, with those words of wisdom from an Apple tech, I rebuilt my 2-month old system this weekend.
What had originally gone wrong, I surmise, is the migration of data and applications from the older iBook. Instead of doing a direct transfer, I was using a GUI interface for the Unix
rsync utility called RsyncX which allowed me to perform incremental backups instead of transferring gigs of data every evening as I backed up my system.
Sounds good in theory, but where it went wrong was when I originally set up the Powerbook with a different default account name than the iBook. Because rsync preserves permissions (which are far more important in the world of Unix than in the land of Microsoft) and the permissions were mapped to the old account, data and settings were inaccessible until I dropped into the Terminal and
chmoded my way free.
Okay, so, this also should have worked, in theory. But I suspect my fumbling through the data transfer and subsequent repair efforts caused problems that manifested in the following way: a 1.5Ghz G4 felt slower than an 800Mhz G3 with a similar amount of RAM. The system diagnostics CD told me the hardware was fine, so something a little more subtle was happening.
After using Windows for ten years I'm used to using a hammer where a screwdriver is better suited. The old standby when nothing else works is reinstalling your OS from scratch, and since I'm new enough to Mac ownership that I don't yet know a better method, that was my way out.
Gritting my teeth and making gratuitous use of my external Firewire drive (there is nothing greater than blazing transfer speeds; we're talking gigs per minute) I buckled down to re-partition the hard drive and install a fresh copy of the OS. Two hours of waiting for status bars, clicking the odd button, inserting new CDs, downloading essential third-party apps and I was back up to speed. Just about everything is back to the way it was before, with the minor exception of my NetNewsWire list. Whoops, forgot to save out my 130-odd subscription. Oh well, at least the important stuff is covered; it's time to find some new sites and prune the cruft anyway. (side note: if you don't have RSS auto-discovery happening on your site, I'm very annoyed with you at the moment.)
It will be a few days before I know for sure whether this made the difference, but it feels way, way faster already; enough so that a smile of relief has been plastered on my face all afternoon. Lesson learned: permissions are a cruel mistress. Treat them kindly.
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A hundred and thirty subscriptions? How do you manage to keep up to date with them?
Thanks for sharing what can go wrong when switching systems. I'm on my first iBook and I'm very lucky that I haven't had to do anything drastic to it yet. Like you said with a Windows system you just hammer away. But OS X needs special care.
The other option short of a reinstall would be to have used the "Repair Permissions" function of OS X's Disk Utility application. It'll go through your system directories (i.e. where permissions are really important) and set the permissions as they should be.
Unfortunately it won't do it, I believe, to any partitions that aren't the boot partition, and it seems to restrict itself to the system directories, but it's still rescued me a time or two.
(PHP parse error fixed, for those who noticed it; my templates screwed up in an entirely different manner this morning. I fixed them, and introduced an unrelated error that I didn't catch before leaving for the afternoon. Should be golden now.)
130 subscriptions isn't as hard to maintain as you'd think. I suspect the average major city's daily newspapers have more verbage than my daily read; the secret in both cases is to read the stuff that interests you, and ignore the stuff that doesn't.
Since there's significant overlap on the sites I read, I'm not likely to miss major news. Instead of feeling obligated to read each and every little item, I treat the aggregator as a menu and select what I want.
"The other option short of a reinstall would be to have used the "Repair Permissions" function"
Hmm. Whether I did that or not, I can't remember now — I have used it in the past, but I'm not sure if I did so in this case. In hindsight though, I'm glad I rebuilt. The difference is night and day, and I'm feeling much better about the purchase.
Local data loss… reason #4972 to use Bloglines for reading RSS feeds.
See if this helps:
… it will probably get you half of your feeds back.
Doesn't matter what OS you're running, a clean install will ultimately make for improved performance. I'm not convinced that it's not partially psychological, but you are generally clearing out a lot of detritus that typically scates past the average maintenance regime…
had similar experience myself recently - which turned out to be bad RAM. Anyway, long and the short of it - if you used something like carbon copy cloner, you can archive your entire hd to a single disk-image, which can then be mounted just like any other disk. This makes restoring s/w as simple as drag/drop, then repair permissions (if necessary).
I got my nnw subscriptions back no problems - as well as everything else.
Repair permissions can only go so far. No matter what, when migrating to a new machine, it is always best to have a clean install. For data backup, as has already been suggested, utilities like CCC are awesome. There are also many out there with sync features that work just as well. But it is much better to just transfer the files over rather than mess with other methods. Just seems to work smoother IMHO.
Glad to hear everything worked out for you though. I am ordering a new pbook here in a week or so, so I am getting excited.
For NNW, wouldn't it be great if it had a sync feature through .Mac or something? Mark a post read on one machine, and it appears read on another machine. And stores all your data on a server, so you never loose it? I love this about my bookmarks in Safari. Definitely a cool feature that NNW would benefit from I believe.
Dave did try the Repair Permissions before reinstalling–I suggested it to him when the slowness problem first got annoying. I wonder whether Mac OS X is more susceptible to Windows-like cruft over time than the old Mac OS. Not that I'd trade back or anything, but when you scratch the lovely surface of Mac OS X, it can be a nasty and complicated beast underneath.
There is some satisfaction in a bare-metal reformat and reinstall, however, and it's good to do it from time to time if you have good backups.
Randy Singer (he of the Macintosh Bible fame) has a handy guide to routine maintenance, including links to pertinent Apple support docs and utilities and suchlike.
Dave, when using chmod you have to make sure you're a superuser.
sudo chmod user:group files
I am an OS X power-user and the only thing that gets to me is that blimey Illustrator CS that keeps quitting "expectedly". Aaargh!
ps: I get no scrollbar in the comments post field and my text disappears on the right side (using Safari 1.3 beta).
>>>For NNW, wouldn't it be great if it had a sync feature through .Mac or something? Mark a post read on one machine, and it appears read on another machine. And stores all your data on a server, so you never loose it? I love this about my bookmarks in Safari. Definitely a cool feature that NNW would benefit from I believe.
Check out the dev notes on Ranchero's site - this functionality is coming in the next version :-)
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> Are there any RSSReaders that will send you directly to the
> website you have on watch? I havent really taken the time to
> introduce myself to RSS (I currently have a /dailies folder in
> Firefox > Open Folder in Tabs)
I lament losing the website look and feel, too, when I browse RSS feeds. (And pening selected links in a browser is too jarring a switch, I find.)
The best option, for me, is to open a bookmarks folder full of blogs in tabs, but it's a chore to weed through non-updated sites. I'm waiting for someone to modify this MacOSXHints Applescript to sync up with blo.gs or bloglines:
That would be divine.
(Oops, I realized I've strayed off-topic. Big thumbs up for CCC here, too.)
I've done clean installs and drive clones and copies as well. The best has always been clean installs for me. Mainly because the stuff that bogs down my system always seems to be the crazy leftovers in the Library folders from apps of long ago. The clean install takes a LOT longer tho.. Generally it's a good 2 days before I'm back to 100% operating procedures.
For cleaning up and posisble optimizations, O'Reilly's got a good article [1] that went up in the last few weeks.
[1] http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/07/16/DegunkYourMac.html
How about a chown -R [user]:[group] * ?
Are there any RSSReaders that will send you directly to the website you have on watch? I havent really taken the time to introduce myself to RSS (I currently have a /dailies folder in Firefox > Open Folder in Tabs)
BlogLines seems really sweet, however, I really enjoy *looking* at MezzoBlue et al. The comforting hues ease me into sanity each morning.
I find it a little humorous that RSSReaders are a staple of ze web developer, but strip everything away but the content. (which i know is the icing, but websites are so much more intimate than, say, mailing lists)
Bloglines will send you directly to the site to read the article… that's the way I use it. You can read the excerpts in the Bloglines interface and then when you want to read the story, you just click on the headline and it takes you to the page.
Unless someone's site is butt-ugly, I'm generally clicking over to read their articles.
For Newsfeeds, try out Shrook, it's has some killer features:
ICK!! Re-installs always suck no matter what OS. Any time I have done it I have almost always lost crucial data or 10gigs of MP3's. At least your OS was functional though to make backups. Hopefully your golden now though!
Using Firefox, you can have the browser notify you when a certain site is updated. All you have to do is go to the bookmark properties and do a schedule and choose how you want to be notified. Seems to work great for most blogs (except for Xanga).
Inspired, I decided my Powerbook G4 12 inch was needing a bit of a summer cleaning. After deciding that I didn't have time for the reinstall route, I used Xupport and ran a few of their maintenence scripts. While these scripts were running I went through my ~/Library and deleted any unneeded files. Less than an hour later and a restart, I was back up and my OS felt as snappy as a new install. I couldn't believe it. So there ya go, my official endorsement for Xupport.
PS: I'm in no way affilliated with developing Xupport, I'm just a happy cusomter.
Link to Xupport: http://www.computer-support.ch/Xupport/
Ken (http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2004/08/01/reboot/comments/#c007861):
> How about a chown -R [user]:[group] * ?
You have to use 'sudo' in this instance as the files are originally owned by someone else. Even though you (probably) belong to the same group - admin - it is the safest way to do it as a superuser.
Also, it is always a good idea to keep your users on a separate partition. This saves you from having to back everything up. This is how I do it and I am always up and running in an hour (this includes all the system updates).
I just bought a 12" powerbook, so I am essentially having to do a clean reinstall myself. It's a good excercise from time to time, because it forces me to clean up and organize my stuff.
My usual routine is to CarbonCopyClone my old install to my backup drive, and copy things over to the new install as needed from there. By CCCing, it allows me to actually boot from the old install if I need to, for instance last night when I too discovered the need to "export" my NetNewsWire subscriptions. Reboot-export-Reboot-done. No matter how much I plan, there is always something like this on my old install I need access to durin the transition.
I'm doing a clean install upgrade to Panther at work as well, and am employing the same trick. The CCC backup allows me to quickly boot up to my old install, just in case I need to get something out the door really quick and it's not working correctly yet on the new install. That allows me to actually do the transition during the week, instead of having to squeeze it in during the off hours.
As was mentioned, Macs are quite particular machines. Although they definitely don't get as much bunk on them as Windows pc's they are not as seamless and user-friendly as Apple would have us believe. I have a 17 inch powerbook and it has had one re-install already. Although that improves performance it regrettably starts to accumulate garbage right away.
My powerbook is my machine of choice, but isn't as fast (regardless of os) as my p4 1.8 with xp pro. I think the biggest thing is actually the fact that my powerbook has a system bus of only 167 mhz. If there are any techniques that would stop garbage from building up I'd love to know them.
Rsync is great for moving and syncronizing, but OS X also makes use of resource forks (files that are otherwise hidden from the Finder but not the Terminal) to store additional information that is also needed by the Operating System. Rsync is a unix app, and wasn't designed for moving resource forks (at least not until Tiger, which will natively support it), but another unix app called ditto does the trick. Ditto is also what CarbonCopyCloner uses, so for backing up and most system transfers, this is what I would use. Of course, if you switch hardware, nothing beats a fresh install, but I thought I'd point this out anyway in case you were relying on rsync to back up your user directory moving forward.


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This year's Gospel Field has a bit of something for everyone, and is arguably the most diverse group of nominees in years. Truth be told, The Recording Academy's voting members will have a tough time choosing between the talent, as artists from both the past and present have stepped up to deliver some of their best material. Can I get an amen?
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Not surprisingly, the Best Rock Or Rap Gospel Album category is a talented hodgepodge of eclectic music, featuring David Crowder Band, Fireflight, Gungor, Lecrae, and Switchfoot. If last year's results are any indication, with against-the-odds Third Day taking home the gold, this year's race is anybody's to win.
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By Marc Livitz: Rustam Nugaev knocked out Jose Hernandez in an entertaining yet short bout this evening in Cabazon, California. Each contestant provided their fair share of fireworks early on in the lightweight contest which took place at the Morongo Casino and Resort in the California desert.
The opening round held a considerable amount of excitement as each fighter came out on the offensive. Midway through the period, Hernandez connected with a solid left hook, which was immediately followed by an overhand right from Nugaev which shook his Fort Worth, Texas opponent. Jose wasn't utilizing his four inch reach advantage which he held over Rustam and he was somewhat paying for it. His punches were sailing wide, although he did land a crisp lead right to close round one. Hernandez moved more in the second and used his jab to keep Nugaev at bay, but the strategy would only keep his Russian foe on the attack. He caught the Perm, Russia native with an overhand right as round two closed, but not before Nugaev threw combinations to his body.
Jose flew out of the gates to start the third with more punches of the wide left and right variety. He was shortly thereafter caught flush with a short left hook from Rustam which left him briefly disoriented. His hooks and jabs continued to fly as Nugaev kept his guard high and tight. Jose regained his ground as the fighter neared round four.
There were times when Hernandez couldn't decide whether to jab or hook in the fourth. Whenever he could benefit from his jab, he'd soon abandon it for the hopeful power shot. Nugaev took full advantage and connected with a few more left hooks which seemed to flow gracefully around the short and low rights thrown by Jose. Once the fifth round began, Hernandez clearly looked like he'd been on the receiving end in the evening's main event. His legs had not completely returned to his aid and Rustam continued to throw short hooks to the head and body. With about two minutes to go, Nugaev landed successive head shots and Jose's legs began to fail him when he tried to dance away. He was visibly shaken and wobbly. His back was to the ropes as Rustam once again bombed away from dead square in front of him. The head and body shots were finally too much as he took a knee with about ninety seconds to spare. He didn't attempt to beat the count delivered by referee Dr. Lou Moret. He was badly beaten and furthermore...beaten up. Rustam "Mongoose" Nugaev improved to (25(15)-6) with his fifth round knockout of Jose Hernandez, who fell to (14(6)-7-1).
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