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While hanging out on Pinterest and looking at some Valentine's day inspiration, I saw a few posts with fruits that had cute printable messages on them.
I thought it would be FUN to do that for my little one.
But, making printables is too much work.
So, I took the easier, more simpler route 😉
I grabbed my edible markers and simply wrote on the fruits… Easy peezy!
No need to make printables or print them or attach them… YAY! 😀
My FAVORITE turned out to be these pears… they look adorable!
They were also not as waxy as the other fruits.
So, writing on them was very EASY 🙂
Writing on these bananas was also quite easy and I think the message on them is the CUTEST!
And my little one had a blast writing on them too… well, more like scribbling…hehe.
It kept him busy for a 15 full minutes and that's a miracle…lol 😀
I FORGOT to take a picture of his artsy bananas… Ahhhhh!
Btw, I tip my hat to people who photograph fruits coz I found it quite CHALLENGING.
These oranges were especially DIFFICULT to photograph.
They were moving around on their own will…
I had to tape them down so they stop wobbling! haha
And they are covered in a nasty waxy substance, which REFLECTS so much light :S
Even after washing them a few times, I COULDN'T get rid of all that icky wax.
I tried to take a few photographs from different angles but NOTHING was really working out…
I think this was one of the better photographs from the 30+ pics I took…lol.
Btw, PARDON the dryness of my hands.
Winter wreaks HAVOC on my skin and I haven't been able to find a moisturizer that works well :S
When I bought these red apples, I didn't realize I was going to use a black edible marker to write my messages.
Turns out that red and black DON'T complement each other too well, making it difficult to read the message… *sighs*
So, if you will be writing messages on apples, I SUGGEST you get yellow and green apples… those will work beautifully!
To prepare these Valentine's day fruits with messages, you will need the following supplies:
Black edible marker
Red edible marker
And here are the steps:
Step 1:
Wash all your fruits and dry them properly with a small towel.
Step 2:
Use a black edible marker to write your messages…
On the Orange, write: "Orange you glad we are together?"
On the pear, write: "We make a great pear"
On the bananas, write: "I am bananas for you"
On the apples, write: "You are the apple of my eyes"
Step 3:
Use a red edible marker to draw little hearts around your messages.
And you are done!
Simple as can be 😀
I think these fruits would be something FUN to add into your kids lunch boxes or even your hubby's lunch box.
Can you imagine the looks on their faces when they open their lunch boxes and see these CUTE fruity messages?! 🙂
Until next time, tata my lovelies 🙂


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We booked 3 shore excursions..Molokini Crater snorkeling, Molihana Helicopter ride over Kauai and Downhill bicycle ride at Haleakala. All three excursions were worth it. The companies do a great job and the snorkeling was through the Pacific Whale Foundation so we supported their cause. Will recommend the helicopter tour to anyone...it was fabulous.
The ship was clean, fully staffed and had a variety of entertainment, some great, some so-so overall very enjoyable. The rooms are small, especially the bathrooms but hey, you are there only to sleep!! Definitely enjoyed having a balcony to sit on and see the sights. The boat has 3 levels of restaurants.... The buffets have a wide variety of options but do get crowded quickly. Skyline and Liberty restaurants provide the sit down, be served meals that are very good. The only issue we had was my husbands steak was poor quality and I was given the wrong appetizer once but ate it anyway and enjoyed it. Some of the staff remembered us from earlier nights and struck up conversations. We didn't visit any of the specialty upcharge restaurants as we felt the food overall at the "included" spots was sufficient.
Felt the staff did a great job keeping you informed of events. Appreciated the free lei making classes.
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As I was dressing my daughter for preschool today, and she pointed to her mom-made sleeveless bubble dress, I couldn't help but feel sad about the end of summer but then I remembered, that I had made a shrug to go with it so she could wear it in the fall as well. I'd love to hear your ideas on pieces you buy or make to supplement your wardrobe to extend the season. Some ideas which come to mind are denim jackets, scarves, tights, hats and cardigans. Tell us how you extend the season.
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|Jun 22, 1993
|Filing date
|Nov 26, 1991
|Priority date
|May 16, 1991
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|Takashi Suzuki, Shigeru Munetomo, Terumasa Shimizu
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|Pioneer Electronic Corporation
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|Patent Citations (3), Referenced by (13), Classifications (23), Legal Events (5)
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The present invention relates to a car stereo provided with a detachable grille, and more particularly to an automatic ejection system for improving the prevention of theft of the car stereo.
Increase in use of sophisticated car stereo in recent years has caused increase in the theft of the stereo. In order to prevent the theft of the stereo, there has been proposed measures for the stereo. In accordance with one of the measures, a grille having a plurality of push buttons for the stereo is provided to be separated from the body of the stereo, and is detachably attached to the front portion of the stereo.
FIG. 4 shows the above described prior art. The car stereo comprises a car stereo body 21 and a detachable grille 22 attached to the body 21. The body 21 has a recessed panel 23 mounted at the front thereof. At an upper central portion of the panel 23 is formed a cassette opening 24 having a cover 25, which coincides with a cassette opening 26 of the grille 22.
A series of terminals 28 connected to terminals (not shown) provided on the back of the grille 22 is disposed at the right-hand side of the panel 23. Numeral 29 designates a cassette tape. The grille 22 has various push buttons 27.
In order to attach the grille 22 on the body 21, the grille 22 is positioned to the recess of the panel 23. The grille 22 is then pushed to close the panel 23. Thus, the grille 22 fits in the recess of the panel 23, and is locked by a push-push mechanism provided in the body 21. If the grille 22 is forcibly depressed at the side thereof, the lock mechanism is released by the push-push mechanism, so that the grille 22 can be removed from the body 21.
In order to playback the cassette tape 29, the tape 29 is inserted into the body 21 through the opening 24 of the panel 23 and the opening 26 of the grille 22. The tape 29 is loaded in the playback position by a loading device provided in the body 21. Thus, the playback of the tape starts.
When the grille 22 is taken out, the stereo body 21 loses the appearance as a car stereo. Hence, if the driver takes the grille 22 with him when leaving the vehicle, the theft of the car stereo is prevented.
However, in the conventional car stereo, when the grille 22 is removed from the body 21, the cassette tape 29 remains in the body 21, and the cover 25 of the opening 24 is slightly opened. Thus, a part of the tape 29 can be seen from the opening as shown in FIG. 4. Accordingly, the existence of the car stereo is suggested, prevention of theft of the car stereo is not ensured.
Furthermore, if the cover 25 is opened, dust may enter the body, causing the trouble of the car stereo.
If the grille 22 is detached without taking out the tape from the body 21, the grille 22 is attached to the body 21 again and an ejection button provided on the grille 22 must be operated. This is very troublesome operation.
An object of the present invention is to provide a system which detects a cassette tape in the car stereo body and operates to automatically eject the tape with a simple construction, thereby preventing theft of the car stereo and eliminating the trouble of the car stereo.
To this end, the automatic ejection system of the car stereo according to the present invention has a car stereo body, a detachable grille, and automatic ejection means including a loading device. The automatic ejection means comprises grille detector means for detecting the removing of the grille and producing a detachment signal, tape detector means for detecting existence of the tape in the car stereo and producing a tape signal, and ejection controller means responsive to the detachment signal and the tape signal for operating the loading device so as to automatically eject the tape from the car stereo body.
The other objects and features of this invention will become understood from the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a car stereo having a detachable grille to which the present invention is applied, with the grille shown in a detached state;
FIGS. 2a and 2b are sectional views of a part of the car stereo describing the attaching and detaching operations of the grille;
FIG. 3 shows a circuit for an automatic ejection system; and
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a conventional car stereo having a grille, shown in a detached state.
referring to FIG. 1, a car stereo as one of electric equipments to which the present invention is applied comprises a car stereo body 1 and a grille 2.
A front panel 3 having a recess is fixed on the outer periphery of the front portion of the car stereo body 1. The recess is so dimensioned that the grille 2 snugly fits therein. At an upper central portion of the panel 3 is formed a cassette opening 4 having a cover 5, which coincides with a cassette opening 6 of the grille 2.
The panel 3 has a hole 9 formed at the left-hand side thereof. A grille detecting button 8 is projected from the hole 9 for detecting the attachment and detachment of the grille 2.
As shown in FIG. 2a, the detecting button 8 is urged by a spring (not shown) to be projected from the panel 3.
As shown in FIG. 2b, when the grille 2 is attached to the panel 3, the back of the grille 2 engages with the button 8 to depress the button in the car stereo body 1.
A series of terminals 10 connected to terminals (not shown) provided on the back of the grille 2 is disposed at the right-hand side of the panel 3. Numeral 11 designates a cassette tape.
On the face of the grille 2 are provided various push buttons 7 and knobs for operating the car stereo, such as volume control button, ejection button, mode select button, source select button, fader knob, loudness button, preset buttons, frequency select button, and function buttons.
Referring to FIG. 3, the automatic ejection system comprises a control section 12 having a control unit 14 and a constant voltage circuit 19, and a drive section 13.
The constant voltage circuit 19 of the control section 12 has a transistor Q1, a constant voltage diode D1 and a gain determining resistor R1. A collector of the transistor Q1 is connected to a battery, a base thereof is connected to the ground through the diode D1, and an emitter thereof is connected to the control unit 14.
The control unit 14 comprises a grille detector 15, a switch SW1 connected to the grille detector 15, a tape detector 16, a switch SW2 connected to the tape detector 16, an ejection controller 17 for automatically controlling an ejection of the tape 11, and a loading controller 18 for controlling a loading device which operates to load the tape 11 from the set position to the playback position, and vice versa.
The output of the constant voltage circuit 19 is further connected to the grille detector 15 and the switch SW1 through a resistor R2, and the tape detector 16 and the switch SW2 through a resistor R3. The switch SW1 is operatively connected to the button 8 and closed when the grille 2 is mounted on the body 1. The switch SW2 is closed when the tape 11 is mounted in the body 1 through the opening 6 to playback the tape. The detectors 15 and 16 detect on/off state of the respective switches SW1 and SW2 in accordance with levels of potential at the resistors R2 and R3, respectively. The output signals of the detectors are applied to the ejection controller 17.
The ejection controller 17 determines an automatic ejection operation of the tape 11 in accordance with the outputs of the detectors. When the switch SW 1 is opened and the switch SW2 is closed, the ejection controller 17 determines that the tape 11 is still in the body 1 in spite of the removing of the grille from the body 1. The controller 17 produces a control signal which is applied to the loading controller 18. The loading controller 18 produces an output signal for automatically ejecting the tape 11.
The drive section 13 comprises a transistor Q2 a base of which is connected to the loading controller 18 of the control section 14 through a resistor R4, and a transistor Q4 a base of which is also connected to the loading controller 18 through a resistor R5. A collector of the transistor Q2 is connected to a switching circuit 20 for operating a motor M of the loading device. The switching circuit 20 is further connected to the battery. A collector of the transistor Q4 is connected to a base of a transistor Q3 through a resistor R7. A collector of the transistor Q3 is connected to a solenoid L and an emitter thereof is connected to the battery. Emitters of the transistors Q2 and Q4 are connected to the ground. The solenoid L is operatively connected to the switching circuit 20 for reversely rotating the motor M.
Describing an ordinary playback operation, the loading controller 18 is operatively connected to a playback switch and an ejection switch (not shown).
When the tape 11 is inserted into the car stereo body 1 through the opening 6 of the grille 2 and the opening 4, the playback switch is turned on. The loading controller 18 produces a signal for operating the motor M of the loading device. Thus, the tape 11 is loaded from the set position to the playback position by the loading device. Thus, the playback starts. At that time, the switch SW2 is closed.
In order to stop the tape, the ejection button on the grille 2 is pushed. The ejection switch is operated and an ejection signal is applied to the loading controller 18. The loading controller operates to stop the playback of the tape and to reversely drive the motor M. Thus, the tape is unloaded to the set position and ejected from the opening 6.
Describing the automatic ejection operation of the system, when the tape 11 is reproduced, since the grille 2 is attached to the body 3, the switches SW1 and SW2 are closed. Thus, the ejection controller 17 is not operated.
If the power for the accessories are turned off by operating an ignition switch, the playback of the tape stops. When the grille 2 is detached from the body 1, the switch SW1 is opened. The grille detector 15 detects the removing of the grille in accordance with the change of the potential, and produces a detected signal which is applied to the ejection controller 17. In this state, the ejection controller 17 is further applied with a detected signal from the tape detector 16 representing the closing state of the switch SW2. Thus, the ejection controller 17 produces an output signal that the grille 2 is removed and the tape 11 is still mounted in the body 1. In response to the output signal, the loading controller 18 produces an output signal to turn on the transistors Q2 and Q4. Thus, switching circuit 20 is turned on and the power of the battery is fed to the motor M through the circuit for driving the motor. Further, the transistor Q3 is turned on through the transistor Q4. The power is fed to the solenoid L through the transistor Q3 to energize the solenoid The motor M is reversely operated by the solenoid L through the switching circuit 20. The loading device is operated by the motor M through a transmitting device (not shown). Thus, the tape 11 in the body 1 is automatically ejected from the body 1 through the opening 4 of the panel 3.
In accordance with the present invention, when the grille is detached from the car stereo body, the tape remaining in the body is automatically ejected from the body. Thus, it is effective to prevent the theft of the car stereo. Furthermore, the cover of the cassette opening is also automatically closed, thereby shutting out dust.
While the presently preferred embodiment of the present invention has been shown and described, it is to be understood that this disclosure is for the purpose of illustration and that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.
|Cited Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Dec 6, 1983
|Nov 18, 1986
|Pioneer Electronic Corporation
|Operating panel for electronic audio equipment
|Apr 28, 1989
|Jul 10, 1990
|Namsung Electronics Corp.
|Antitheft car audio set with removable control box
|Mar 6, 1990
|Apr 23, 1991
|Pioneer Electronic Corp.
|Recording medium player apparatus
|Citing Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Aug 24, 1994
|Jul 18, 1995
|Pioneer Electronic Corporation
|Car stereo having separators engaged with grooves
|Feb 27, 1997
|Jan 19, 1999
|Daewoo Electronics Co., Ltd.
|Device for moving and detaching a panel
|Nov 16, 1998
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The Producer Price Index for Finished Goods showed no change in December, seasonally adjusted. This followed a 0.4-percent decline in November and a 1.1-percent advance in October.
Among finished goods, the index for finished goods other than foods and energy declined 0.3 percent in December, the same as in November. The decline in December largely reflected falling prices for passenger cars and light trucks.
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Carribean slang (particularly people from Barbadoes) for "happy;" during an old interview, Rihanna defined the meaning of this word in Bajan culture
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Accident is a reminder that safety comes first
Jun 26 2013 | John Reitman
Just about every golf course maintenance facility has one - an old farm tractor that, thanks to the skill of a wily equipment manager, defies time.
While every contemporary red, green or orange mowing unit produced today comes with manufacturer-installed rollover protection that includes a roll bar and seat belt, some of those old agricultural-style tractors that many golf courses still rely upon might lack that same protection.
A recent incident in the Pittsburgh area is a reminder that all pieces of mechanized equipment used on golf courses, regardless of age, must be in compliance with current safety standards, and that any superintendent who has an old tractor that hasn't been retrofitted with contemporary safety features should have his mechanic do so immediately.
On June 10, 66-year-old Dennis Miller was killed when he fell off a farm tractor and into the reels of an open seven-gang unit he was towing at Cherry Wood Golf Course in Apollo, Pa.
Bell Township Police and the Westmoreland County district attorney's detective unit said, according to published reports, that Miller was mowing a flat area near the 14th hole at Cherry Wood when the front of the tractor he was operating tilted upward, ejecting him from the seat and back into the gang unit while it was in operation. It was not known whether the machine had a seatbelt, but if it did Miller must not have been wearing it. It also was not known whether the tractor was equipped with an operator-presence switch that disables the unit when the driver is not seated. When contacted by TurfNet, Det. Thomas Horan of the district attorney's office declined to provide further information.
Rollover protection, including a roll bar and seat belt, is required on all mowers weighing 882 pounds to 1,323 pounds with a lateral or longitudinal stability angle of less than 30 degrees and all mowers weighing more than 1,323 pounds, according to the American National Standards Institute and the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute. Agricultural tractors with an output of 20 hp or more also require rollover protection, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The exceptions are low-profile tractors as well as those used to tow large agricultural implements, such as harvesting equipment, that would prevent rollovers, according to OSHA. Farm tractors are not required to be outfitted with an operator-presence switch, according to the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
Miller had been working on the course for about an hour when a co-worker discovered his body about 3:50 p.m., police said. There were no golfers in the area at the time.
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'Collected Stories' collaboration an uneven read
Neatly arranged nesting dolls - appearing on an upstage table in a Greenwich Village apartment - tell us a lot about the theme and structure of Donald Margulies' "Collected Stories." Under C. Michael Wright's direction, the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre and Madison's Forward Theater Company opened a collaborative production of Margulies' play Friday night.
Author Ruth Steiner (Sarah Day) has lived in that apartment for more than 30 years. Star-struck Lisa Morrison (Laura Frye), the young writer who bursts into Ruth's life in the first scene, is Ruth's latest protégée - another nesting doll aspiring to replicate, on a smaller scale, her master's form. »Read Full Article
Tracy Morgan gets big laughs - and some unexpected exposure at the Pabst
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WTMJ-TV (Channel 4), WTMJ-AM (620) and WLUM-FM (102.1) won station-of-the-year honors at the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Awards Saturday night in Madison.
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Soulstice Theatre delivers shimmering 'Memory of Water'
Coming from north by northwest, take I-794 to Howard Ave. Make two quick lefts and you've arrived at the St. Francis-based digs of Soulstice Theatre, home to a tiny, gutsy troupe which - when the stars align, as they often do - offers a night out that can rival much of what's available downtown, at half the price.
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So great to read all the comments on the debut set for Hopeful @astarose, Girl from the North. A body and a smile to die for. She's new to SG so stop by and give this girl from the land of ice and snow a warm welcome :)
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So great to read all the comments on the debut set for Hopeful @astarose, Girl from the North. A body and a smile to die for. She's new to SG so stop by and give this girl from the land of ice and snow a warm welcome :)
For the follow-up to her playful debut set, @haven and I decided to go for something a little more sultry and sensual. Check out Paramour and see what you think. She takes my breath away.
Special thanks to G Boutique for providing the sparkly garter belt and tights!
I'm excited that my latest collaboration with @aerie is live in MR! Check out Natural. After our last steamy set Heat Wave and sultry set Jade we thought we'd go for a more natural, relaxed feel. But it's pretty much impossible for her not to be smoking hot.
@haven's debut set Safe Haven is finally live in MR! Get ready to have your mind blown. She is wonderful.
Just a few short weeks before the set @milenci and I shot goes into member review! One trait of many of the girls I've photographed for SG is that they love to be naked, and Milenci probably more than most. No complaints here of course :)
Just finishing up editing a set with the one and only @tush. It was great to see her again, as sultry and hot as ever.
Catching up on editing a few sets. One is for beautiful new hopeful astarose, whose debut set just got accepted for member review. Stop by and give this "Girl from the North" a warm welcome :)
Brand new Hopeful @Haven and I shot a set recently and her profile page just went live. She's jaw-droppingly hot and has a stunning figure that reminds me of @cupcake. Go welcome her to the site and make a new friend!
In case you haven't seen what @aerie can do with a water bottle and a white cotton tank top, check out our latest :)
This next shot is one of my favorites ever. There's something so sensual about a woman's neck right under her chin and @aerie shows it beautifully.
If you haven't already seen it, check out the set @twistedblaze and I shot that just went live. She's curvalisciously cute and a self-confessed nerd when it comes to comics, Dr. Who and Playstation. The place we rented turned out to be tiny so we shot it mostly in the bunk bed next to the window, giving the set a cozy feel. Thanks...
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I like the favorite artist homework this week. The paintings of Alexis Rockman always grabbed me with their intensely colorful apocalyptic landscapes, rotting and roiling under the surface. Curious and beautiful.


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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - A hacker shut down four New Jersey Internet gambling sites for half an hour last week and threatened more cyberattacks over the holiday weekend unless a ransom was paid using the online currency Bitcoin, authorities said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. trade deficit widened slightly in May, reflecting declines in sales of American-made aircraft and machinery as exports continued to suffer from a strong dollar.
NEW YORK (AP) - With the start of New York's medical marijuana program still months away, patents and caregivers of children with neurological conditions gathered outside Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office to demand early access to the drug.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Several California lawmakers and community assistance groups are calling on Gov. Jerry Brown to repay more than $331 million in funds intended to help homeowners struggling with foreclosures that the state siphoned off to help deal with its budget crisis.
SANTA ANA (AP) - The Orange County district attorney's office has formed a special committee to review its use of jailhouse informants following misconduct allegations that have sidetracked some criminal cases.
SAN DIEGO (AP) - A lawsuit filed by the University of California, San Diego, accuses a prominent Alzheimer's disease researcher of conspiring with eight colleagues to take research data and other assets with them when they moved from UCSD to the University of Southern California.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Samsung Electronics Co. forecast lower-than-expected profit for the April-June quarter in a sign that the recovery in its smartphone division hasn't been as strong as expected.
NEW YORK (AP) - Three weeks after opening, Pixar's "Inside Out" has finally slayed the dinosaurs of "Jurassic World."
NEW YORK (AP) - A slew of global economic and geopolitical factors are working to pummel the price of oil and set up U.S. drivers for very low gasoline prices later this year.
BRISTOW, Okla. (AP) - Investigators were working Monday to identify a man who took more than $75,000 from an Oklahoma Wal-Mart after disguising himself as an armored truck driver.
NEW YORK (AP) - Starbucks is raising prices again starting Tuesday, with the increases ranging from 5 to 20 cents for most affected drinks, the company said.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Daria Raymore stared into the Ohio River, praying a shoe would float by, or a wallet, or some sign of the people she loved who were swallowed by the muddy, rushing water when their pontoon boat capsized.
HONOLULU (AP) - The U.S. government will pay $1.3 million to the family of a baby who died at a Hawaii military hospital, according to a settlement announced Monday in a medical malpractice lawsuit.
HONOLULU (AP) - Abnormally warm ocean temperatures are creating conditions that threaten to kill coral across the equatorial Pacific, north Pacific and western Atlantic oceans, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Monday.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The mother of a man who tried to launch a firework off the top of his head for July Fourth and was killed instantly said Monday she's advocating for stricter controls about who can use the explosives.
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Tuesday, May 4, 2010
What Is Your Diary Comic About?
Ariel Schrag is a famous (and I suppose, if you went to high school with her, infamous) writer of autobiographical comics. Following each year of high school, Schrag made a comic detailing her experiences: Awkward and Definition detail freshman and sophomore years, Potential junior year, and Likewise senior year. What's remarkable about the books isn't just their much-touted frankness about sex and drugs, but how cohesive each volume feels. These could have easily been a series of random adventures, but they're not. They feature arcs on Schrag's evolving sexual identity, her romantic and platonic relationships, her parents' crumbling marriage, her personal academic quests, and how the comic comes to dominate her thoughts and interactions. Sure, it sometimes goes in frustrating directions (a great deal of Ariel's high school life revolves around Sally, her obviously straight sometimes-girlfriend), but there's always the sense that you're skimming the cream off the top of someone's high school experience, drinking in the most emotionally potent moments of those years.
I've found myself reading a lot of autobiographical and diary comics lately. I am now an official devotee of Julia Wertz's The Fart Party, and finally read Jeffrey Brown's Clumsy, Lucy Knisley's French Milk, and Craig Thompson's Carnet de Voyage (I'm told I'm a little behind the times). In addition to my daily diet of American Elf and Ellerbisms, I've added Adam Cadwell's The Everyday (soon to be ended) and Shazzbaa Bennett's Today Nothing Happened. And, of course there's Jeffrey Rowland's Overcompensating, if you consider that autobiography and not unrestrained lunacy based on some distant fact. I still get a little choked up when I remember DAR! stopped running.
One of my favorite new entries in the autobio comics ring is Stop Paying Attention, a series of graphic essays by Lucy Knisley. If you missed French Milk, you might know Knisley from the Doctor Octopus story she did for Marvel's Girl Comics. Knisley has a remarkable talent for visual language, and Stop Paying Attention is a wonderful showcase (I especially love the piece on her imminent breakup).
I rather hope that Knisley takes some time to experiment with her content. Essay-writing can easily lend itself to gross abstraction and navel-gazing, and it's nice to see that Knisley's last few comics have been so grounded.
But what gives a diary comic that sense of structure? Are writers obligated to find the plot in their own lives? The Everyday's companion comic (brother comic? best friend who buys you chocolate biscuits comic?) is Ellerbisms, a comic I've written about a couple of times. Ellerbisms began in more of a portfolio comic mode, but became more rooted as a relationship blossomed between creator Marc Ellerby and his girlfriend Anna. Not every comic is about Anna and Ellerby has never spelled out the progression of their relationship, but it gave the comic a sense of identity that it previously lacked.
On the other hand, an underlying theme isn't essential. James Kochalka has said that his quest in making American Elf is to capture the rhythm of life, something he attempts in the span of a single square each day. Remarkably, it works; through that series of colorful squares, we get a watercolory sense of Kochalka's daily life. We see his temper tantrums, his intimate moments. We're watching his kids grow up and his bursts of strange creative energy. Yes, we get flashes of big deal life stuff -- his wife's miscarriage, concern over a friend's drinking -- but they never form the backbone of the comic. Instead, reading American Elf, one gets the sense that they are being wrapped up in Kochalka's magical view of his own life.
The comic that got me thinking about this -- about whether diary comics need to be about something in particular -- is Shazzbaa Bennett's Today Nothing Happened. I read an ArtPatient review of TNH a while back, and it's been in my reader ever since. Shazzbaa is one of those infuriating people who makes energetic cartooning look effortless, an TNH has a lot to recommend it: a consistent aesthetic, a strong cast of characters, a solid sense of timing, and a set of recurring themes.
Shazzbaa was a sequential art major at the Savannah College of Art and Design, and she started TNH as a class assignment. It follows that much of TNH chronicles the events in the life of a SCAD student. Shazzbaa takes a game design class. She fights with the 3D rendering software. She pulls all-nighters to finish her thumbnailing assignment. To someone who never attended art school, it's pretty fascinating stuff. Of course, art school doesn't dominate every strip; there are plenty of D&D sessions and meals with friends. But "the adventures of a SCAD sequential art student" provided a nice anchor for the comic.
Then Shazzbaa graduated. TNH continued to be a very well-done comic of amusing individual pages. Shazzbaa learning how to drive. Shazzbaa going shopping with her mom. Shazzbaa visiting friends. Shazzbaa still playing the D&D. But for a while, I couldn't help but feel that something was missing. Here Shazzbaa had been this rocking art student -- so what happens next? Where does her career go from here? I was relieved to at long last see the latest TNH development: Shazzbaa looks for a day job. I just hope we'll get more peeks into her artistic job stuff as well. It may seem crass to reduce someone's life to plot arcs and narrative threads, but for a young cartoonist living at home in a down economy, day jobs and the career path ahead are a big part of life. It seems odd not to see them on the page.
But the best thing about the comics that work is how much they don't feel like performance art. For all of Shazzbaa's wonderful energy, you never get the sense that she's putting on a show. In The Fart Party, Julia Wertz creates a character around herself, but she isn't afraid to reveal her vulnerabilities and her dorkier private moments. And the love story we see in Ellerbisms seems to stem from nothing more than Ellerby's affection for Anna and his desire to share that portion of his life. Diary and autobio comics entertain and offer insight into the creators' lives, but it would be depressing if they depicted the adventures of a series of dancing monkeys.
Overcompensating, of course, gets a pass on that front.
Posted by Lauren Davis at Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Labels: ariel schrag, autobiographical, diary comic, ellerbisms, julia wertz, lucy knisley, overcompensating, shazzbaa bennett, stop paying attention, the everyday, the fart party, today nothing happened
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The remains of 28-year-old Courage Agbezorlie were found on the banks of the Riviere des Prairies on May 6.
The north-end pastor disappeared March 9 along with Sandra Mensah. They were last seen in a north-end drugstore.
Mensah is still missing.
Police only announced the find Friday, 10 days after the discovery.
Police, family and friends are stumped by the disappearances. It doesn't appear that he had any enemies, and police appear to be ruling out homicide.
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INDIANAPOLIS - The Eagles remain haunted by their 2011 free-agent spending spree, when they handed out big contracts with little return. They took a more tempered approach the last two seasons. Even when pursuing free agents to help rebuild the roster last winter, the Eagles did not hand out burdensome contracts.
General manager Howie Roseman, however, said the team is still willing to spend big money as it did with Nnamdi Asomugha and Jevon Kearse if the player's talent, age, position, scheme fit, and makeup all match what the team desires.
"I think unique situations call for unique action," Roseman said. "If there is a unique player in free agency that is hard to find other than top of draft and fits all the criteria that we outlined, some publicly and some privately, you have to look at it. We still view ourselves as aggressive and risk-takers. Sometimes you have to take risks to get better."


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Configuring and Using an FTP Proxy
Running a public FTP site securely can be difficult. Taking full advantage of the security features supported by your FTP server application of choice can be a chore, and even then there's a good chance that sooner or later vulnerabilities will come to light making all that work for naught. So what else can you do?
One important technique is to run an FTP proxy on your firewall. Whereas the standard Netfilter code in the Linux kernel only inspects packets, an FTP proxy lets your firewall act as an intermediary in all FTP transactions. This increases your protection against buffer overflows and many other kinds of FTP attacks. It also allows you to restrict which FTP commands are executed by FTP clients.
This month I explain how to run SuSE's free (and non-SuSE-Linux-specific) Proxy-Suite FTP proxy on your Linux firewall, adding transparent but strong protection to all your FTP transactions.
If you run SuSE Linux, you can install the package proxy-suite, which installs a binary copy of ftp-proxy along with its configuration file and startup script. If you wish to use ftp-proxy as a transparent proxy, or if you want ftp-proxy to perform LDAP authentication, you'll need the latest version (1.9 as of this writing).
To run the latest version or use ftp-proxy on non-SuSE distributions, your best bet is to compile it yourself from source code, available at ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/proxy-suite/src.
Complete instructions on building and installing ftp-proxy are provided in the file INSTALL. By default, the configure script will check for libwrap, libldap and whether your system supports regular expressions. On my Red Hat 7.3 system, libwrap was present but caused a compile-time error, so I disabled libwrap like this:
# ./configure --without-libwrap
and ftp-proxy compiled properly. However, this wasn't necessary when I compiled ftp-proxy on my SuSE 7.1 system (obviously, SuSE's and Red Hat's libwrap packages differ).
After building ftp-proxy and installing it and its documentation, you'll probably want a startup script for your new proxy. Included with ftp-proxy's source (in the directory ftp-proxy/) is a sample script, rc.script, which is explained in the accompanying file rc.script.txt.
On SuSE systems, you simply can copy rc.script to /etc/init.d and optionally create a symbolic link to it from /usr/sbin. Rename the script /etc/init.d/ftp-proxy, and name the symbolic link /usr/sbin/rcftp-proxy. If you run SuSE 7.x, you'll also need to add this line to /etc/rc.config:
For non-SuSE distributions, the example rc.script will need to be heavily tweaked, because much of it is SuSE-specific. Look at other scripts in your distribution's init.d directory for examples. Once you've figured out how, I strongly encourage you to send your hacked script to Marius Tomaschewski (firstname.lastname@example.com), one of the major contributors to FTP-Proxy, so others may benefit from your brilliance.
Once you've installed ftp-proxy from source or from a SuSE package, it's time to configure it. Most configurable parameters are kept in /etc/proxy-suite/ftp-proxy.conf (or, if you installed from source, in /usr/local/etc/proxy-suite/ftp-proxy.conf). Before diving into ftp-proxy.conf, however, you've got a couple of odds and ends to attend to.
First, you need a new, unprivileged user account for the proxy dæmon to use. On my system I created such a user, ftpproxy, like this:
bash-# useradd -u 65500 -g nogroup -d /var/ftp-proxy/rundir -s /bin/false ftpproxy
No one should log in as this user, so be sure also to put an asterisk in the password field of the proxy user's line in /etc/shadow:
ftpproxy:*:12345:0:99999:7:0::Next, you'll need to build a chroot jail in which ftp-proxy's child processes can work. For SuSE users this is easy; ftp-proxy's startup script will do this for you if invoked with the chroot command:
bash-# /etc/init.d/ftp-proxy chrootEven if you don't run SuSE, it's fairly simple to reverse engineer the example script (the rc.script mentioned earlier) to figure out how to do this. The long and short of it is that the customary ftp-proxy chroot jail is /var/ftp-proxy/rundir, and it should contain copies of the libraries and files ftp-proxy uses, plus its own dev/log special file to which your local syslog dæmon can listen.
To point your syslog dæmon to the chrooted log device, simply add an -a parameter to its startup script so that syslog is started:
syslog -a /var/ftp-proxy/rundir/dev/log
On SuSE systems the customary way to do this is in /etc/rc.config via the SYSLOGD_PARAMS variable. You can specify multiple -a statements if, for example, you're also receiving logs from a chrooted named.
Commercial support for SuSE proxy-suite FTP proxy
This is a great tutorial..I followed these steps and was able to configure this on our SuSe servers and its working great. However, wanted to confirm if there a commercial support for this product from SuSE or any other vendor? we need to convince our management that this is supported. Or is there any other FTP proxy solution out there which is supported..
Any help would be appreciated..
Thanks in advance
Great tutorial
Thanks, great tutorial
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Call me hyperbolic. Really, I dare you.
Chris Collins did not view Skelly as some easily bankable commitment. That is the antithesis of his approach.
People believe in Collins not because of his pedigree, but because of his confidence. The new head coach thinks he can land anyone.
Collins will fight for Tyler Ulis–regardless of my perceived Michigan State lean–until the very end of his recruitment. He also watched several power forward prospects for the spot that went to Skelly on Monday.
Many of them had multiple major-conference offers, higher profiles and star rankings. As someone who watched their games, I can confirm that they left fractions of Skelly's impact.
I believe that Collins pushed Skelly into an immediate commitment because he knew it would work. Skelly was your standard heart-on-sleeve recruit, telling me in our initial interview that he "loved" his Northwestern visit five or six times. It was obvious to me (and therefore to Collins) that Skelly would commit to NU without pause, barring some major change.
(This is why I was "blown away by the recruiting work" from NU. Collins found his ideal player and closed.)
I also believe that Collins would have pursued whichever "stretch four" candidate he wanted to land. Skelly happened to be the choice over several three-star players (somewhere, Fitz smiles) because he was simply better during July evaluations. That was apparent.
Many questioned my enthusiastic response to this commitment. Those who did have almost certainly seen Skelly a combined zero (0) times and measure their response based on film, which a combined zero (0) coaches and evaluators sincerely care about.
Why I like Gavin Skelly
He's polished. If anything, my major question surrounding Skelly was whether he seemed overly "traditional" for the NU stretch-four model. He shows better touch around the rim than anyone on the current roster—something not demonstrated by his dunk-heavy highlight reels.
At his very best, Skelly could be a matchup nightmare for opponents. He's especially athletic for his size and can even make select plays off the dribble. He's also an above-average defender in terms of fundamentals, which is one characteristic of under-recruited players. They do things the "correct way," with Skelly no exception.
Here's something else to consider. Collins will recruit an entirely new roster of about 12 solid players during the next four years. Only five end up starting. In the rebuild process, he needs guys to fill certain roles. Skelly may never average double-digit scoring totals, but those ideal rosters comprise ideal bench players and emotional leaders. That's what I see from Skelly.
(He will also provide many of the best interviews in NU basketball history. I like that aspect.)
Our final edition of "Where in the World is Chris Collins?" focuses on the highlights and takeaways from this July evaluation period, an undoubtedly successful one as the Northwestern coaching staff laid the foundations for future wins.
Here are some more facts and thoughts, beginning with actually answering the column's question. Today, that has one meaningful answer.
The Central Focus
Chris Collins watched every Bryant McIntosh game this past weekend—an obvious and striking sign of commitment to the 3-star Greensburg (Ind.) point guard.
There was one question to ask when I last spoke with McIntosh: Does Collins see himself in your game?
The answer: "Kind of." They have similar competitive fire (yes, please) and would be comfortable in any leadership situation. They formed an especially strong relationship in recent weeks, one founded on humor and common goals.
We'll have another full story on McIntosh tomorrow, but in short: Collins and the coaching staff are doing an excellent job in his recruitment. NU called his sister on her birthday. Armon Gates spoke with his grandmother.
In his first year as head coach, Collins clearly understands the nuances of recruiting. That led to quick program-defining commitments and impactful moves on top recruits.
McIntosh would fit this team perfectly as a four-year starter. He surprises people with his athletic ability–rising for an alley-oop slam two weekends ago–and does more than provide his team with a "knock-down shooter" presence.
What's most striking about McIntosh, though, seems to be his contagious intensity. If McIntosh lands at NU—still a big "if"–I envision pretty tremendous things happening. He blends the leadership skills and confidence of Dave Sobolewski with a well-rounded game and his trademark deceptive athleticism.
McIntosh is another person–and he admitted this to me–where film completely misses the mark. This is a recurring theme, one which you should keep in mind: Film sucks.
Trust the people who watch the games. McIntosh picked up offers from Florida State, Missouri, Iowa, Memphis, West Virginia and many more because they–like me–think he's a really special centerpiece for some team.
As for the rest of the class?
I expect them to take one point guard for the class of 2014. They would, however, accept commitments from McIntosh and Ulis before running down Sheridan Road to celebrate.
They need one floor general now, and badly. I think they'll get only one unless the aforementioned situation miraculously falls into place.
Another important note: They're already well into the evaluation process for 2015 point guard candidates which include Jordan Ash, Austin Conway and Jimmy Whitt—the latter a part of the Missouri pipeline that Patrick Baldwin is so familiar with.
It seems more reasonable to pursue other needs, namely another power forward.
Doesn't that seem weird?
From my viewpoint, Collins conducted separate power forward searches. The first centered on "The Search for Ryan Kelly." One reader cleverly went back on Twitter and hit the 'favorite' button for that recent column after Skelly committed. He was correct. Skelly is their Kelly.
With the right progression, Skelly should settle into that "stretch four" mold—also something that Collins is expert at identifying from his time at Duke. But, as someone who respects basketball and who watched NU get massacred on the glass, I realize they still need some dominant interior presence.
There are no similarities between, say, Zach Braxton and Gavin Skelly. The former stood out in front of Patrick Baldwin two weeks ago and earned serious offer consideration. He joins the expanding pool of "true" power forwards, along with Tory Miller—my deep sleeper addition to this recruiting class.
When Nikola Cerina graduates, there are really no power forward options. Kale? Sanjay? That roster, in my opinion, would be rejuvenated with the presence of two four-men. Skelly was one. They need another right away.
This team–devoid of any significant depth–can keep every option in play for the "best available" spot. They should have their third verbal locked up by September or October, but that last one might remain unfilled going into the winter. (One last sweetened attempt at Josh Cunningham, perhaps?)
Collins is in control. There's no hurry.
Three pointers
Old Cats' Advocate
Would the former coaching staff have landed Vic Law? Absolutely not. But I might understand their reluctance to crown Chris Collins.
That group probably thinks it had Jersey boys Jaren Sina and Wade Baldwin locked up for four years–a formidable backcourt without question. The current staff probably entered Baldwin's recruitment a couple of weeks too late (Vanderbilt seems like the frontrunner) but you're forced to sacrifice certain priorities during transition periods.
I'm the first to praise Chris Collins having seen and documented his ability to recruit elite players and convince them of Northwestern's promise. The old staff simply has an argument that they were one or two pieces away from serious tournament contention.
Some Predictions
First tournament appearance: 2015-16
First time some school tries to poach Armon Gates: 2015-16
Games until Skelly becomes a fan favorite: Four
Third commitment month: August
Fourth commitment month: October
Also, here are my 10 most important 2015 prospect names, because it's really never too soon:
A.J. Turner
Aaron Jordan
Austin Conway
Chris Egi
Cody Schwartz
Edward Morrow
Evan Boudreaux
Jimmy Whitt
Jordan Ash
Joseph Toye
As for 2014's final two commit predictions, I'll keep those to myself—for now.
Flawless assistant moves
Armon Gates arrived in Evanston and quickly helped to land Vic Law. The first commit credited the entire coaching staff–including Gates–for making him feel at ease with the direction of NU. Gates is an ace recruiter and someone perfectly capable of replacing Tavaras Hardy.
Then, Baldwin made one his first tangible impacts by leading Skelly's recruitment. He brought Skelly and his father campus in late June and sold the high-upside power forward on NU. Then, this entire coaching staff felt as though Skelly did enough to earn the offer. Good recruiting, again, hinges on the quiet decisions and thorough foundations. They're doing it right.
Meanwhile, Brian James began to introduce himself to some promising recruits. He called Evan Boudreaux and attended his games; I also don't doubt that James studied Skelly's game two weeks ago in Orlando. He may not work as much on the recruiting side, but his scouting background–from all accounts–makes him the perfect addition.
So here it is. We're through July.
Our first impressions of Chris Collins will arrive well before his sideline debut. These impressions paint this picture of a new head coach poised and unfazed by his new surroundings.
Vic Law, Gavin Skelly and two others should join this first recruiting class—the group most crucial in defining the success of any brand new head coach.
I'd estimate that this staff watched between 300 and 400 AAU games in the month of July. Just like everyone else. You often see that programs thrive when there is clear vision from the outset. Collins holds this unwavering expectation for what NU should be. If results from the first important month of the Collins Era are any indication of his overall success at NU, get excited quickly.
But winning requires the process. That is why we follow basketball through July.
Quietly and quickly, everything assembles. When you're Chris Collins, it always seems to turn out just fine.


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Born in 1979, Darragh McKeon grew up in Ireland and spent most of his twenties as a theatre director. He has worked in many reputable venues such as The Royal Court (London), The Young Vic (London) and Steppenwolf (Chicago) as well as many disreputable venues, including a derelict bakery, a metro carriage and a slaughterhouse. His writing has been shortlisted for the Francis MacManus Short Story Award and the Filmbase/RTE Short Film Award. All that is Solid Melts into Air is his first novel.
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Darragh McKeon discusses his novel, All That Is Solid Melts into Air
What inspired you to write a novel set around the Chernobyl disaster of 1986?
I was 10 years old when the Berlin Wall came down and I was really intrigued by the imagery and language surrounding that event. 'The Iron Curtain' is a very evocative phrase for a kid. I can remember imagining that half of Europe was literally partitioned by a chain-link curtain. It all kept becoming more absorbing: the Velvet Revolution. The Eastern Bloc. Star Wars (the military space programme, not the George Lucas cash cow). A neighbour named his cats after the Communist Party policies Glasnost and Perestroika. The Soviet Union became a place of fascination for me.
A few years later, children from the regions surrounding Chernobyl came to stay in my hometown for the summer, hosted by local families. Until then my only knowledge of the disaster was the images that have become so familiar, of infants with shocking physical abnormalities. But here were teenagers my own age who appeared to be in full health. You would see them in shops, staring at the goods on the shelves. The dentists in the area would take care of their teeth. There were a few cringingly awkward ...
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