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Or why we can't have nice things, or why it's impossible impossible to talk about why you like something.
A dialogue in one obnoxious voice.
If you'll allow me to wax post-modern in this post, I think we can really uncover a lot about Drake as an artist by examining the month-old video for "Headlines", which is really just a way for me to freak out about how soon his new album Take Care comes out (Nov 15).
Here we go:
So basically there's something about Drake's self-awareness that is incredibly disarming and off-putting. At times he's obsessed with who he used to be, who he is now, and who he is going to be. There's a certain fracture that comes out in the way that Drake experiences himself as an artist and as an individual. The numbing emptiness he finds himself experiencing in the successful accomplishments of his goals despite the ego-boost he feels himself craving. These conflicts come out in spectacular ways lyrically on Thank Me Later, but on a different level there's some pretty amazing ways that his tracks, musically, bring out the underlying contradictions in Drake's persona/life. I'm thinking specifically of "Miss Me", whose musical heart is a stuttering sample that sounds like a record skipping in the most obnoxious way: it's just enough sound to be intelligible but that moment of recognition is always interrupted by the sequence beginning itself again. It's a process of always instantiating itself without ever having content in its own right. In a way, Drake's performance of his star persona follows this pattern. There are the flashes of pure pop brilliance, but pride in the mastery of his craft is almost always subordinated to anxieties over its reception. The moment that Drake makes music we want to hear, it's snatched away; the same sound we want to hear is asserted anew. In this way, Drake creates himself as something that is identical to itself only in the fact that it is always in the process of rejecting itself in its manifestations. The formation of Drake's sense of self as an artist/persona is always predicated on nostalgia for a lost simplicity and the rejection of that simplicity as something that is, now, no longer him. This is the egoistic conflict on Thank Me Later.
But even on Thank Me Later there is a sense that the rejection of the past is not a rejection of the past from which Drake emerged, but rather a rejection of the Drake that emerged from that past. Lyrically, Drake is obsessed with his friends and family on Thank Me Later and is always positing himself as in conflict with some critical other that is at times a ghost of a past relationship or a voice of authority in the world of hip-hop stardom towards which Drake strives. So Drake is caught in the present, left with the money and the fame but with nothing with which to ground himself. Surrounded by a social group constituting the core of his present identity, Drake is willing to "burn it all," to engage in passionless and cursory sexual relationships, to "Do Right And Kill Everything" (DRAKE). The euphoric emptiness is contrasted with moments of agonizing, depressing fullness. Immersed again in the real world Drake finds himself haunted by ghosts of himself. Out of this emotional turmoil we get the video for "Miss Me".
A cursory viewing of the video for "Miss Me" gets across the visual connection between violent, fiery destruction (Drake lighting a Molotov cocktail, Drake setting off firecrackers, Drake emerging from/dancing in the sparks from a flaming wall) with distorted, almost surreal images of strippers. In Drake's enjoyment of the ends of his labors all of the hard-working and pro-social effort he put into attaining this position in his career is destroyed in moments of ecstasy and destruction. Visually, the video cuts rapidly and is rarely in good focus for an extended period of time, and the insistent, fractured sample that constitutes the heart of the beat chugs away, drowned out by Drake's self-conscious musings on his own fame. Is Drake, like all of us, a fractured inner spirit, or is he the fractured inner spirit that he says he is. Can we give a name and form to our own unspeakable formlessness?
Drake can.
The new video for "Headlines" takes the visual motif of rapid, geometrical visual overlays and goes way the hell to its extreme end. We hear in "Headlines" the classic Drake gripes, "people don't understand me," "I'm not who I was/It's still me", "I'm going to do what I want when I want but I'll never actually feel good about it." Drake lives in a world whose value, to borrow from the existentialists, is ambiguous. Drake has lived through the realization that there are no fixed values, that all meaning is contingent on certain frames of reference to his own human freedom. In and of themselves, a fortune, cigars, cars mean nothing. But these are the images we are presented with in "Headlines". Drake goes through several video clichés, being alone in front of an abandoned building, being alone inside a sports stadium, being surrounded at a party by his friends. This is nothing new. But this images are always incomplete, like the incomplete fulfillment Drake experiences in his "real life" ownership of these status symbols.
By far the most striking visual image in the video are the shots of Drake, alone, in an elevator rising against the background of the Toronto skyline. Whereas the rest of the video imposes horizontal fractures (that is to say the editing interrupts images and disrupts the logico-temporal flow of visual information) the elevator scenes offer us an image of Drake as an unchanging human, rising against the background of his past (Toronto). Drake isn't what changes. He is always himself! That's the beauty of being Drake. It's a beauty we don't understand and that he himself doesn't understand, and that's why, though his highs are ecstatically high, his lows are crushingly, embarrassingly low. But Drake always owns these lows. They are his lows. Drake sometimes seems to whine about how he feels bad his parents weren't together and other "uncool" things like that, but he does it with such bravado that it says "this sad bullshit isn't me, but neither is this happy bullshit." What I am is ultimately what organizes the affective response that we generally consider to be ourselves as such. Drake is in some ways his own super-ego. But to claim to be the maker of one's own meaning is something incompatible with life as we know it, and as such, Drake's insistence on accepting all of the miscellany that constitutes his life is nothing more than the mere performance of the subject flailing desperately to recognize itself in an otherwise alien and alienating world. The radical acceptance of everything that constitutes self is, paradoxically the radical rejection of the self as it exists as an incomplete complex of outside factors that I cannot control. The assertion of the free assumption of one's own inessentialness and mere existence is a bold move, and it's one that clearly gives Drake a lot of grief.
All of the songs that have come out so far from Take Care are obsessed with following up the success of Thank Me Later. Artistically the challenge is to make something that is a Drake album but isn't all of the Drake releases of the past. Moving forward as an artist is impossible without moving forward as a subject, but Drake's movement is never forward; it is always upwards. The final shot of the stadium roof retracting to open up the endless possibilities of being-Drake, though striking, is not the only indication that Drake can only move up and not forwards. This shot is preceded by the image of a motorcycle burning rubber, stalled in place. Drake is constantly burning, constantly in the process of making himself into something great, but that greatness is not something that is going to get him anywhere in the world. All of the worldly manifestations of his success are just so much erotic fuel to fuck and burn away. To Drake, there is a sublime self, the only thing worth the sacrifice. As in "Up All Night" from Thank Me Later, the libertine debauchery is given meaning in the presence of Drake's "team". The cult assembled around him, the only thing that Drake would die for. To sacrifice the contingent and ultimately empty physical manifestations of what success means is one thing, but in expressing a preference for the ideal-Drake, that sublime self around which a reliable group of others functions to create meaning against which Drake can himself reject the values of others, over his actual life is only, finally, a manifestation of Drake's fractured inner self. There can only be the death of Drake-as-we-know-it in order for Drake-as-he-knows-it to truly become himself. As an artist, Drake is capable of producing a product that constantly pounds this message into the public consciousness. But to what end? Is it for us or for him? And is it possible that there is only an us because there is a him? In order to put himself fully into the sublime realm of fame, Drake would have to die, for us.


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Scientists and engineers prepared on Tuesday (March 12) for the official inauguration of the world's most powerful observatory, a field of antennas high in Chile's Atacama desert that make up the ALMA telescope.
Here at 5,000 meters above sea level, ALMA, the world's largest radio telescope, has been functioning at limited capacity since 2011.
But now 50 of the antennas, which can be arranged over a 10-kilometre radius to maximize their efficiency, will finally be working together.
The $1.3 billion ALMA observatory promises to probe deeper into space than any other telescope.
Giannini Marconi is among those who suffers the inhospitable conditions of the high desert to get a chance to peer deeper into space than ever before.
"It's a milestone because it's the largest observatory built in the world up until now," Marconi said.
Thijs de Graauw is the director of ALMA, short for Atacama Large Millimeter Array.
He said ALMA will eventually have 66 antennas, but officials aren't sure when the whole project will be complete.
"We're celebrating that we have more than 50 antennas in operation. We took that number because to have all 66 finished could take a little bit longer because you know the end of the project is very hard to sharply plan and define," he said.
ALMA will allow astronomers to study wavelengths invisible to the human eye, according to ALMA officials.
When functioning at full capacity, the telescope will produce images up to ten times sharper than NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
It will study light from the coldest and darkest corners of the universe, where galaxies are formed and stars are born.
The high altitude and clear, cloudless skies of the Atacama desert provide the ideal conditions for observation.

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State Regulation of Agricultural Labor Regulations - The Arizona Farm Labor Law: An Interpretive and Comparative Analysis
Jonathan Rose
Arizona State University College of Law
Warren H Cohen
Whittier Law School
Arizona State Law Journal, p. 313, 1973
The Arizona Farm Labor Law was drafted as a measure to restrain the volatility of agricultural labor relations in Arizona. The law has engendered heated political debate and provided a moving force for the petition to recall the Governor of Arizona. The law has not, however, been subjected to rigid analysis, free of political exaggeration. This Article, therefore, undertakes a careful functional examination of the Act, comparing its provisions to related provisions in federal labor law and discussing its applicability to the particular circumstances prevalent in Arizona's agriculture industry. The Article places special emphasis on the Act's practical effect on union organizing and on the overall balance between employer interests and employee rights in Arizona's agricultural labor relations.
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Market Snapshot
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As planned, less than meets the eye
The Fed: Jackson Hole in one
Fed Chair Janet Yellen delivered a media-friendly quote while staying mostly non-committal on the timing of the next rate hike – no small achievement. Meanwhile, more good news arrived about 2Q in the U.S. and the ECB indirectly suggested that the most helpful boost to Europe's economy would be fiscal rather than monetary.
More mixed signals from the Fed:
When Doves Try...
Minutes from the July FOMC meeting revealed little consensus for a rate hike in September; new data suggest that Abenomics' "three arrows" may be falling short; and three reasons that S&P 500 earnings could improve later this year.
How will this affect the Fed?
US retail: Not buying it
Retail sales for July disappointed, with auto sales the only major category making up for contraction in the others. Financial markets, however, focused on the impact of the shortfall on the Fed's September rate decision. Meanwhile, Germany issued more zero-coupon notes priced above par, and Brazilian President Rousseff's impeachment grew increasingly likely.
More signs of growth. Rate hike ahead?
US jobs: Nice work
July's US employment report was a solid win in just about every category, rekindling speculation about a Fed rate hike as early as September. Meanwhile, the Bank of England cut rates and more than doubled its bond-buying, and Europe's banks pondered the results of one of its regulators' latest stress test.
Look behind the headlines
US GDP: The angel's in the details
The disappointing headline GDP for 2Q masked underlying consumer and industrial strength; look for upward revisions in subsequent estimates. Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan held back on further stimulus, perhaps pinning hopes on fiscal expansion. In Europe lending is finally picking up; is growth around the corner?
Market Snapshot
So far, so good
US growth: Summer sizzle
The US economy is having a solid summer so far; with a dovish Fed, more growth may need new tools. Meanwhile, Europe is feeling the first impact of the Brexit vote; China's currency continues to play a supporting role in global trade.
Wallets at the ready
US consumers to the rescue?
Slow, steady growth spread to the consumer sector in June, with retail sales perking up right along with consumer prices. Meanwhile, Japan's election gave Shinzo Abe a historically free hand for reform, both economic and military, and China growth showed the benefits of government support.
US jobs: Risk-on, but for how long?
Friday's jobs report cheered markets; good news was perceived as good news, given broad-based belief in a still-dovish Fed. Meanwhile, the three-way tug-of-war between Italy's central bank, a preoccupied ECB and a regional Italian bank continued.
Market Liquidity: The dog that didn't bark
While beginning the adjustment to a changing economic and political landscape, world market liquidity appeared to hold up well, thanks to careful central bank management. Meanwhile, Puerto Rico got a much-needed break.
At what price?
You Brexit, you bought it
Last week's markets and policymakers' reaction to the UK referendum results were about price discovery and risk control; meanwhile, US banks passed an important stress test, and Saudi Arabia seemed to endorse $50 crude.
It's not just for Brexit
Central Banks: Four no's and a maybe
The Fed, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan and the Swiss National Bank all kept their rates unchanged, each for different reasons, but all nodding to the UK's referendum on leaving the EU -- as global bonds and the Japanese yen continued to soar. All this as the European Central Bank (ECB) got ready to add yet more stimulus.
Flight to safety in tough times
Bonds: Shaken, not stirred
Bond yields worldwide lurched downward, at least in part due to unsettling news about global growth and the June Fed meeting. Meanwhile, US job growth remains stymied, but not for lack of demand for workers; and Saudi Arabia plans to proffer a piece of patrimony as part of a planned program of reform.
US Jobs: Dud on Arrival
The May US job report was a disappointment, with hiring far below expectations, feeding skepticism about a June Fed rate hike. Japan's government backed away from a scheduled sales tax increase, fearing the impact on consumer spending.
Summertime & the Living is...
The Memorial Day holiday in the U.S. marks the unofficial start of summer and that means road trips and hot dogs. A drop in temporary employment this year has eyes focused on Friday's U.S. jobs report for signs of a summer cool down. Germany's GDP growth for the first quarter of 2016 was strong. Cuba could legalize small- and medium-sized private businesses by the end of the summer and the US dollar has recently shown renewed strength against most other currencies.
Eurozone: Ready to roll?
The Eurozone economy is beginning to turn in respectable aggregate growth figures, though disinflation seems to be the rule rather than the exception. The Fed held to its current rate stance, but suggested that it might hike again sooner rather than later. Meanwhile, the Bank of Japan surprised many by also deciding to hold its fire.
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|Center for Nonprofit Research at University of San Diego Receives Endowment to Continue Critical Wor
|Pamela Gray Payton
|Contact E-mail
|grayp, at sandiego.edu
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SAN DIEGO – A-1 Self Storage, a San Diego-based company, has awarded the Center for Nonprofit Research at the University of San Diego's School of Leadership and Education Sciences a major endowment to enhance research efforts and further the study of critical issues affecting San Diego's nonprofit sector, announced Pat Libby, center founder and co-director.
The Caster Family Center for Nonprofit Research is committed to studying issues of strategic importance to the sector in order to identify and advance best practices in nonprofit leadership and management. The Center provides information that is beneficial to those who lead nonprofits and the millions of citizens they serve locally and nationally.
"This generous gift ensures that we will continue the work first begun when we were established in 2004 with support from The Westreich Foundation and the Bruce T. Halle Family Foundation," says Libby. "With a sector that is growing exponentially and constitutes the 6th largest economy in the world, leadership must have access to data and resources that will help strengthen the sector."
"The Caster Companies enthusiastically support the high quality work produced by the Center. We understand the benefits of providing leaders of nonprofits with the highest quality education focused on training responsible, ethical leaders," said Terry Caster, founder of the Caster Companies, owners of A-1 Self Storage.
Since 2004, the Center has produced several significant reports affecting the nonprofit sector and become a respected think tank for nonprofit leaders.
In February, 2006, the Center issued its "Report on Nonprofit Executive Transition" which sought to define and understand the challenges posed by the projected massive departure of nonprofit leaders within the next five years. In October, 2006, Center issued a useful discussion guide "Beyond Regulation: Tools for Promoting Ethical Action in Nonprofit Organizations," required reading within some nonprofits organizations. A November, 2006, report "A Spotlight on San Diego's Third Sector" – an economic analysis of the nonprofit sector – won critical acclaim from business leaders and peer institutions.
Within the next few months, the Center will release two new reports that look at local confidence in San Diego's nonprofit sector and the philanthropic environment here.
The University of San Diego, a Catholic Institution of higher learning chartered in 1949. The university enrolls approximately 7,500 students and is known for its commitment to teaching, the liberal arts, the formation of values and community service. The inauguration this fall of the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace brings the university's total number of schools and colleges to six. Other academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences and the schools of Business Administration, Education, Law and Nursing and Health Science.


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How to Tune a Guitar to Itself Using the Fifth-Fret Method
Play the fifth fret of the low E (6th) string and then play the open A (5th) string.
Let both notes ring together. Their pitches should match exactly. If they don't, determine whether the 5th string is higher or lower. If the 5th string seems lower, or flat, turn its tuning key clockwise to raise the pitch. If the 5th string seems sharp, or higher sounding, use its tuning key to lower the pitch.
If you can't tell whether the open string is higher or lower than the fretted string, tune it flat intentionally (that is, tune it too low) and then come back to the desired pitch.


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"Life's not the breaths you take, but the moments that take your breath away" - George Strait
Eleanor Butters' life was filled with countless breath-taking moments. She married her childhood sweetheart, James Anthony Butters on Feb. 27, 1945. During their 52 wonderful years together, they had five children, Sharon Wheeler (Glen), Craig Butters (Brunilda), Joe Butters, Jerry Butters (Ruth) and Jock Butters. They blessed her with 12 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Her faith in God gave her strength. She provided an amazing moral compass for us all to follow. She taught us kindness and compassion. She touched the hearts and lives of all those who knew her and shined forth an inconceivable amount of love to all those around her.
Eleanor drew her last breaths, at home in bed, surrounded by her family. While the pain of losing her has made it hard for us to breathe, we all know how truly blessed we are for having been a part of her life and loved by her.
She will be missed.


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UPDATE: "The Flash" Hasn't Cast Savitar, Says Berlanti
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DC Comics announced Kyle Higgins & Thony Silas as the new "Batman Beyond" creative team, while Christos Gage & Iban Coello take over "Justice League Beyond" this summer. Plus, the future Batgirl makes her debut.
Dark Horse has provided CBR with an exclusive preview of Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaacs' "Angel & Faith" #20. Spike drops by for a visit on March 27!
Christos Gage and VP of Publishing Jim Kuhoric hosted Avatar Press' ECCC panel, giving details on Gage's "Absolution" sequel, Garth Ennis' "Crossed" live-action webisodes and more Alan Moore "Neonomicon" in 2013.
Courtesy of Marvel, CBR presents an advance preview of "Superior Spider-Man" #6AU by Christos Gage and Dexter Soy. The "Age of Ultron" event collides with the new era of Spider-Man March 27.
Last year Marvel helped convinced a 4 year-old boy that superheroes do wear hearing aids, and now the publisher is taking the inspirational message wide with a new poster campaign.
CBR News spoke with "Angel & Faith" writer Christos Gage, looking back on "Angel & Faith" as a whole, and catching some glimpses of what's still to come as the series enters its final arc.
Greg McElhatton gives "Angel & Faith" #18 4 stars, saying Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaacs "have turned out not just a good media tie-in comic, but a good comic, period."
Spinoff Online's Graeme McMillan takes a look at Marvel Comics' "Avengers Academy" series by Christos Gage as a possible jumping-off point for the newest Marvel-inspired television series.
Courtesy of Dark Horse, CBR presents an exclusive preview of Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaacs' "Angel & Faith" #18. Giles' past continues to haunt the present on January 30!
Courtesy of Dark Horse, CBR presents an exclusive first look at Jeff Parker and Christos Gage's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow - Wonderland" #3. Ring in the new year with Joss Whedon's favorite witch on January 2!
Dark Horse Comics' Buffyverse saga continues in Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaacs' "Angel & Faith" #17. CBR has an exclusive preview of the December 19-hitting issue.
Dark Horse editor Scott Allie spoke with CBR about upcoming changes to the "Willow - Wonderland" writing crew, the joys of giant monsters and the character's quest to bring magic back to the Buffyverse.
November's "Avengers Academy" #39 marks the final issue of the series, and CBR News spoke with writer Christos Gage for a look back at the title's inception and his run as a whole.
As his run on "X-Men Legacy" winds to a close, writer Christos Gage takes on all questions about Rogue's journey, his "Astonishing X-Men Annual," the secondary "Legacy" cast and more!
From the return of Willow and her quest for magic to the reappearance of the "Angel" TV cast, Christos Gage opens up on how reuniting players from Joss Whedon's Buffy-verse drives Dark Horse's "Season 9" forward in many ways.
It's the return of Dark WIllow in Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaacs' "Angel & Faith" #14. CBR has an exclusive preview of the Dark Horse series' latest issue, set to go on sale September 26.
In November, writer Dan Slott kicks off a three-part "Amazing Spider-Man" story that climaxes with the game-changing milestone issue #700. We spoke with him about the arc and the stories leading up to it.
Courtesy of Dark Horse Comics, CBR presents an exclusive preview of "Angel & Faith" #13 by Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaacs, with a cover by Steve Morris, on sale August 29.
Rob Salkowitz, author of "Comic-Con and the Business of Pop Culture," on digital comics! Christos Gage talks "Sunset"! Derf talks "The City" and "My Friend Dahmer"! Ed Piskor on the genesis of "Wizzywig"! Plus more!
At Comic-Con International, Marc Silvestri, Matt Hawkins and Ron Marz spoke about the future of Top Cow in comics, music, the web and film, and announced a new partnership with Mark Waid's Thrillbent website.
The writing duo behind the canonical continuation of Joss Whedon's slaying heroine, Andrew Chambliss and Christos Gage tell all on the impending end of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 9" from Giles' past to Spike's future.
Marvel has provided CBR with exclusive previews of two of next week's new releases: Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez's "Ultimate Comics Spider-Man" #13 and Neal Adams and Christos Gage's "First X-Men" #1
CBR spoke with "X-Men: Legacy" writer Christos Gage about his plans for the series' lead character, Rogue, including a battle with the Phoenix Five and a trip to a bizarre alien world.
Marvel has released a first look at Timothy Green II's interior pages for the "AvX" tie-in "Avengers Academy" #33 written by Christos Gage. A Phoenix-powered Emma Frost visits the academy July 18.
Dark Horse has provided CBR with an exclusive preview of Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaacs' "Angel & Faith" #11 featuring special guest star Willow! This issue goes on sale June 27.
Christos Gage answers your questions on writing both sides of the AvX conflict, the status of Rogue and Magneto's relationship and "The First X-Men." Plus, exclusive AvX throwdown art from "X-Men Legacy" #269!
Greg McElhatton gives "Angel & Faith" #10 4.5 stars, calling the issue by Christos Gage and Chris Samnee "the perfect introduction to the comic series."
Marvel has provided CBR with exclusive previews of Christos Gage and Rafa Sandoval's "X-Men Legacy" #267 and Jonathan Hickman, Sam Humphries and Luke Ross' "Ultimate Comics Ultimates" #11!
CBR News spoke to writer Christos Gage about "The First X-Men," a 5-issue miniseries debuting in August that examines the earliest battles for mutant rights with legendary artist Neal Adams.
Courtesy of Dark Horse, CBR presents an exclusive preview of "Angel & Faith" #10 by Christos Gage and Chris Samnee, with covers by Rebekah Isaacs and Steve Morris. On sale May 30.
Following yesterday's teaser image, artist/creator Neal Adams and writer Christos Gage expounded on the upcoming X-Men series "The First X-Men" with details on the presence of mutants prior to "X-Men" #1.
Doug Zawisza gives "X-Men Legacy" #266 4 stars calling the "AvX" tie-in "a good story exploring the effect Captain America and Cyclops fighting in Utopia has on the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning."
In August's "Avengers Academy" #34, writer Christos Gage kicks off "Final Exam." No, it's not the end of the series, but is a story arc that pits the teen protagonists against the forces of the manipulative Alchemist.
Writer Christos Gage digs into the revelations from the conclusion of "Angel & Faith's" second arc with word on Drusilla's return, Angel's son, Faith's father and more secrets set to impact Joss Whedon's Buffy-verse.
Two new tie-ins for Dark Horse's "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" are on their way and Scott Allie discusses how Victor Gischler, Jeff Parker and more brought "Spike" and "Willow" to solo series.
The first original graphic novel from Top Cow's creator-owned Minotaur Press will be "Sunset," a story of retiree revenge by Christos Gage and Jorge Lucas. Gage gives CBR the details on one old man against the mob he cheated.
Writer Christos Gage speaks to CBR News about June's "Avengers Vs. X-Men" tie-in arc of his ongoing "Avengers Academy" series, guest starring the Lights of "Generation Hope."
The creative team from crime OGN "Area 10" reteams on "Angel & Faith" as Christos Gage and Chris Samnee prepare a one-off story, equal parts funny and frightening, featuring ideas from Joss Whedon's "Ripper" TV show.
In today's WHEN TWO TRIBES GO TO WAR, CBR's look at "AVX," writers Kieron Gillen, Christos Gage, & Jeff Parker plus the "AvX" editors look at some of the event's toughest characters.
Dark Horse Comics has provided CBR with an exclusive preview of "Angel and Faith" #8 by Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaacs. The issue, with a Steve Morris cover and Isaacs variant, hits stores March 28.
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Phil Mickelson is starting his new season in the desert, only much closer to home.
He announced Wednesday that he'll play in the Humana Challenge on Jan. 17-20 in La Quinta. That's the same week several of golf's biggest names -- including Tiger Woods -- will be in another desert at the Abu Dhabi Championship.
Mickelson won the tournament in 2002 and 2004 when it was known as the Bob Hope Classic.


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Method 3: Purchase AstraSync ( http://www.astrasync.com/) for $49/yr or NotifySync ( http://www.notifycorp.com/) for $120 first year and $30/yr thereafter. Then follow instructions for setting up a Windows Mobile Phone.
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Definition of domicile in English:
nounformal or Law
1The country that a person treats as their permanent home, or lives in and has a substantial connection with: his wife has a domicile of origin in Germany
More example sentences
- It is accepted, accordingly, that mother has, by birth and through her father's then domicile, an English domicile of origin.
- When an individual acquires a domicile of choice, it is as if he is connected to his domicile of origin or dependency by a piece of elastic, known as the doctrine of continuance.
- It appears that his domicile of origin was definitely in the United Kingdom.
1.1chiefly US A person's residence or home: the builder I've hired to renovate my new domicile
More example sentences
- The domicile and residence of the settlor and the beneficiaries is also relevant.
- Let's examine the domicile situation: apartment, loft, multi-bedroom home, abandoned storage unit.
- Neighbourhood associations argued that non-owner-occupied domiciles, such as lodging houses, do not contribute to the community and degrade quality of life in their neighbourhoods.
residence, home, house, address, residency, lodging, accommodations
informal digs
formal dwelling (place), abode, habitation
1.2The place at which a company or other body is registered, especially for tax purposes.
Example sentences
- To enhance its generalizability, this study did not restrict its sample in terms of partner domiciles or host country locations.
- This followed the news that the company was registering its tax domicile in Madeira.
- It collects flows and allocations data from both United States registered funds and funds registered in other leading domiciles such as Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Ireland, the UK, Caymans and Guernsey.
verb[with adverbial of place] (be domiciled) formal or Law
1Treat a specified country as a permanent home: the tenant is domiciled in the US
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- But where the defendant is domiciled within the jurisdiction such an order cannot be regarded as exorbitant or as going beyond what is internationally acceptable.
- It is not merely that a claimant is entitled to sue his defendant where he is domiciled; the defendant is entitled to be sued there.
- The claimant is domiciled in the Republic of Ireland.
1.1chiefly US Reside; be based: he was domiciled in a frame house on the outskirts of town
More example sentences
- The real plaintiff in the case, the New York Civil Liberties Union, charges that the police enforce quality-of-life rules only against homeless people, while ignoring the many domiciled offenders.
- They domicile me in a cat-free zone, but it's a problem.
- Pops pauses, pondering my question, while my interrogating eyes lock onto a weary mole domiciled between his eyebrows.
is settled, live, make one's home, take up residence
Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin domicilium 'dwelling', from domus 'home'.
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text: The desire to follow the work of a particular author more deeply or to pursue a question of philosophy to another level is afforded by the preceptorial. The preceptorial is the closest offering the college has to an elective. For about seven or eight weeks in the middle of the year, seminars are suspended for juniors and seniors as they meet in smaller groups to study one book or explore a subject through reading and discussion of several books. Tutors of junior and senior seminar propose topics for preceptorials, and juniors and seniors submit their requests to the dean. Generally not more than 10 students meet with one tutor.


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8 Steps to Reversing Diabesity
Last week I began a discussion about a modern epidemic, a deadly disease that one of every two Americans has, a disease that's making us fat and sick. And 90 percent of those affected don't even know they have it!
This disease is diabesity, the continuum of abnormal biology that ranges from mild insulin resistance to full-blown diabetes.


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BATAVIA, Ohio - Union College guard Tarik Smith scored a team-high 27 points, as the Bulldogs raced past UC-Clermont in the second half on their way to an 85-66 victory on the road Tuesday.
With the victory, Union moved to 7-6 on the year, while UC-Clermont fell to 4-10 with the defeat.
"We defended well the entire game," said head coach Kevin Burton. "The zone we ran was very effective throughout the game. We got off to a slow start offensively, but once we finally got on a run, we put the game away. We also took care of the basketball, which was encouraging."
In the first half, it was a defensive slugfest, but one that saw Union maintain a lead for the majority of the period. The biggest lead the Bulldogs had in the first half was five points, as UC-Clermont continued to hang around. The Cougars made the last basket of the half with 24 seconds left, which cut the UC lead at the half to a single point at 39-38.
To start the second half, it continued to be a nip and tuck affair, with UC-Clermont tying the game up at 50-50 with 13 minutes left. Here, Union went on a big 10-0 run, opening up their biggest lead of the night at 60-50 with 10 minutes left after a Tyler Wagner jumper.
Once the Bulldogs got rolling, they never stopped, as the closest UC-Clermont came to the Bulldog lead the rest of the night was eight points (66-58). For the second half, Union dominated, outscoring Clermont 46-28 to coast down the stretch for the 19-point win.
Overall, along with scoring 27 points, Smith recorded five assists and four steals, while snatching six rebounds. Union's only other double-digit scorer on the night was Wagner, who had a double-double with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Also, guard Matthew Thomas ended the night tied for a game-high in assists with seven.
In the second half, the Union defense was stout, as the held Clermont to 0-of-12 shooting from outside the arc. The Bulldogs also forced 24 turnovers on the night, as well.
Clermont was led in the loss by Kendall Beamon, who scored a game-high 29 points.
The Union College men's basketball team will now go on break for the Christmas Holiday, returning to action on Dec. 28, traveling to NCAA Division-I member Liberty (Va.) for an exhibition game. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.


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Animal activists push pet store rule
Published: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at 11:32 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at 11:32 p.m.
SARASOTA - Pet lovers are at a standoff over the sale of commercially bred puppies, kittens and rabbits.
Animal welfare activists are asking Sarasota County officials to prohibit stores from importing and selling commercially bred pets, which they say leads to more unwanted, homeless animals in shelters.
The activists also say pet stores often buy animals from puppy mills, which have inhumane conditions — a claim store owners dispute.
Dozens of opponents and supporters of the regulation attended Tuesday's County Commission meeting where commissioners, uncertain of how to move forward, unanimously asked the county attorney to provide a legal analysis in 60 days of the proposed ordinance banning the pet sales.
Anti-pet store activists wore "Vote YES" buttons, while supporters held signs reading: "No Ordinance My Pet, My Choice!"
There are four pet stores in Sarasota County, according to county documents. Many store owners and employees said they care about the animals they sell and do not buy from puppy mills.
"We want to send happy, healthy puppies to their forever homes," said Cathy Harper, whose family manages Petland in Sarasota. "We love pets and want to share that with the community."
Pet store owners put a glossy face on the issue, local attorney Jaime Del Castillo said. He showed records from this year of a shipment of 30 dogs imported to Puppy Town in Sarasota and photos of dogs in a puppy mill he said Puppy Town uses. The dogs were in cobwebbed cages with sharp metal wiring that stuck out at the dogs' eye level.
"We do not support puppy mills? That's an empty statement," Del Castillo said.
Commissioner Charles Hines said he doesn't know what to believe. The documents could be untrue, or the store owners could be misleading the public by claiming they don't buy from places that prioritize profit above puppies' safety.
If the stores are not buying from such places an ordinance is unnecessary, he said.
But determining where they buy dogs is difficult. County Attorney Stephen DeMarsh said Sarasota County doesn't have staff and funding to travel the U.S. inspecting breeders.
"Nobody wants to see dogs from puppy mills," Commission Chairwoman Carolyn Mason said. The county needs to find a way to prevent stores from selling puppies bred in such conditions without unnecessarily punishing the pet stores and the employees who work there, Mason said.
More than 15 employees of Petland attended the commission meeting to oppose an ordinance. John Harper, Cathy's husband, said if the ordinance passes they will go out of business, 30 people will lose their jobs and, "You effectively take away Sarasota citizens' right to chose where they get their pets."
If the stores close, people looking for a specific type of pet will not turn to shelters and adopt, pet store supporters said. They will just go to other counties or turn to backyard breeders who are poorly regulated.
The animal sales debate arose a year ago, when an activist from the group Sarasota in Defense of Animals asked commissioners to prohibit the import and sale of commercially bred pets. This spring, staff recommended the county not take further action, but commissioners decided in August to move ahead with drafting an ordinance.
The officials were supposed to vote Tuesday on whether to hold a public hearing on the ordinance, but that has been delayed while they wait to hear about potential legal ramifications.
Elliott Metcalfe, a Sarasota attorney, asked the commission to authorize a hearing to increase awareness of the issue.
"If you've ever been to a puppy mill, you would never buy a puppy from a pet store, quite frankly. It's disgusting," Metcalfe said.
Nobody in the pet store business wants to support puppy mills, and the ordinance would be going about this all the wrong way, said Rick Marot, who owns Seascape Aquarium, which sells rabbits, not dogs or cats.
Federal regulators are cutting down on mills, Marot said.
"The good guys will rise to the top and the people who sell inferior products will go out of business because it will come back to haunt them," he said.
People like Marot, who said there are other ways to prevent stores from selling inhumanely raised dogs, should come to the table and be specific, Patterson said.
Commissioner Joe Barbetta lamented that the issue falls on the county. He said the state should regulate it.
In the absence of state legislation, 10 Florida communities have passed similar rules and more plan to do so, Hallandale Beach Commissioner Michele Lazarow said. Her city was the second to pass such an ordinance, and she said she traveled to Sarasota County just to support legislation here.
County staff's report said the majority of cities that have passed ordinances did so proactively — they were not shutting down pet stores.
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UWA women lose on last-second basket
Published: Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 23, 2012 at 11:58 p.m.
PENSACOLA, Fla. | Williesha Spencer hit a running leaner with 1 second left to lift Flagler College to a 63-62 women's college basketball victory over West Alabama on Friday in the McDonald Fleming Moorhead Thanksgiving Classic.
"We dug ourselves a hole early and had to keep climbing out of it all day," UWA (3-1) coach Craig Roden said. "We didn't do a good job defensively, we didn't shoot well and we got beat on the boards. When you get beat in those three areas its tough to win."
Flagler (1-2) jumped out to a 13-2 lead, but West Alabama battle back to trail 26-22 at halftime.
The Saints led 57-55 with just over three minutes to play before UWA scored the next five points to take a 60-57 advantage with 1:30 left. The Tigers had an opportunity to ice the game at the free throw line in the last minute, but made just 3 of 6 down the stretch.
Trailing 61-59, Flagler's Rachel Brown knocked down a short jumper to tie the game with 41 seconds left. After missed field goal attempts by both teams, UWA's Tamya
Thompson went to the free throw line with 7 seconds left but made just one of two to set up Spencer's game winner.
Brittany Weathers came of the bench to score 23 points and grab seven rebounds for West Alabama. Jamie Gunter chipped in 14 and Thompson 12 to round out double figure scoring for the Tigers.
West Alabama plays Lincoln Memorial at noon today.
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Appearances, Guests, and Upcoming Contests & Giveaways
Here's where I'll be in the upcoming months. I usually do giveaways at each appearance so stop by!
September guest blogging at Manga Maniac Cafe
October Joining forces with 5 star escorts an escort service in New York and their Staten Island Escorts to help me to promote and spread the word about my next book coming out. The escort offer their help by posting my website name on their stomachs and posting their photos all over twitter, instagram, linkedin, google, facebook and more social media sites. A big thank you for 5 star for allowing me the opportunity.
November I'll be interviewed and sharing an audio sample of my books at Books, Movies, Reviews, Oh My!
December-I'll be guest blogging at I Talk Books
June 2013
June 10th-I'll be guest blogging at Manga Maniac Cafe
June 11th-I'll be interviewed and sharing an audio sample of my books at Books, Movies, Reviews, Oh My!
June 14th-I'll be guest blogging at I Talk Books
June 24th-I'll be doing a book excerpt at Mandy The Book Worm's Blog
June 27-30th-I'll be in PA for the In Your Write Mind Workshop
July 2013
July 23rd-I'll be interviewed at As The Pages Turn
Upcoming Releases
Upcoming releases not yet scheduled
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There are just two minutes left in the game and it all comes to down to Avery Beck.
Her teammates look on as she skillfully controls the ball. Surveying the field, Avery makes a few small kicks to the right, but then realizes her opponent is closing in.
Just when it appears the challenger has a chance to steal, she dribbles quickly to the left and avoids a turnover. The clock runs out and Avery's teammates cheer triumphantly--the cookie monster won't get to eat any of their soccer balls today.
This may not sound like an ordinary soccer match, but then again Avery and her friends are not typical soccer players. At just 3 and 4 years old, these preschoolers are too young for regulation leagues and games, but they are just right for the unique training of Soccer Shots.
Soccer Shots is an international youth soccer franchise with several hundred programs throughout the United States and Canada. Local resident James Evans brought the program to the South Bay about four years ago, and it has scored big with families everywhere.
"Our first fall, we served about 225 children," Evans said. "For 2012, we will have served about 3,000 kids total, with somewhere around 1,200 to 1,300 from this fall."
He attributes those rising numbers to the program's distinctive take on youth athletics. Like kindergarten is to academics, Soccer Shots aims to make each child's first experience with sports a foundation for their future.
"Parents often don't see the middle ground. Kids will go from the preschool playground to a soccer league or T-ball team," Evans said. "We provide an age- appropriate program that exposes kids to motor development, group play and soccer education so that they can have confidence later when they go to the next step."
The connection to the academic network is at the core of the Soccer Shots model. The company partners with public and private schools to bring its soccer education directly to the students.
"There is a lot of value in coming right to the schools," Evans said. "Children can have group play and group dynamic, but within the safe confines of their school community and the convenience of being on site at their school. Those are the kids they know and they're in a place they're comfortable with."
He added that Soccer Shots coaches works with each individual school to make sure their lessons and training reflect the institution's values. Sunnyvale Christian School has partnered with Soccer Shots for two years now, and preschool director Margot Dickson says the coaches have really blended into the community.
"Our tagline is 'We're a family,' and I really feel like they've tried to embrace that," Dickson said. "The coaches have come to our back-to-school barbecue and been a part of our open enrollment night to meet the families."
But the real success of the program comes down to the mix of skill acquisition, character development and old-fashioned fun that the Soccer Shots coaches pack into each 35- to 45-minute class. At every lesson, the young players are taught a soccer skill, a word of the day and an interactive game like the cookie monster one little Avery likes.
After finishing up a session with a group of first-graders, coach Lisa Nazerdad explained the variety of games she used to train her students to control the ball.
"Sometimes we would play 'Soccer Island' where they had to keep the ball from falling into the ocean," Nazerdad said, "or we created characters like a prince who had to rescue a princess, so the kids had to kick cones over to find keys to help him. We even made cleanup fun and I would tell the kids to feed the hungry soccer bag."
She added that in the Soccer Shots program, words of the day are emphasized just as much as the footwork. Values such as encouragement, teamwork, sportsmanship, respect and cooperation are all worked into the sessions, and Nazerdad said it has been amazing to see how the children take the words to heart.
"I have one group of older children and their cooperation--the way they look out for each other--is just phenomenal," she said. "There is one boy on the team who is a bit challenged, and the other kids are always right there helping him. That stands out to me."
Soccer Shots also earns points with parents for its stance in a tricky debate in youth sports. In a world where some feel that children should play in traditional win-or-lose games and others believe every player should get a trophy, the Soccer Shots philosophy falls somewhere in the middle.
"Sometimes athletic ability is assessed at too early an age," Evans said. "A kindergartner will say to me, 'Coach James, I'm not very good at sports.' And I said, 'You're 5! Let's just enjoy it.' We try to offer a fun, low-stress, pro-sports environment."
On the subject of teaching children about winning and losing, Evans added that his coaches don't sugarcoat the nature of the game.
"There have been conversations in children's athletics that everyone should get a trophy, but we're trying to be a little more realistic about that," he said. "We do talk about the objective of two teams and that we want to pass or score, but we put the emphasis on that we're going to play together, use creativity and that it doesn't matter if we fall down, if we score or don't score.
"That way, when we introduce scrimmage, they've been bathed in the idea that we're all learning. By the time we get to that part, there are less tears and less anxiety."
So while Avery may not be headed for the World Cup, she is definitely learning life lessons that will help her accomplish her future goals.
Soccer Shots currently has programs at hundreds of schools throughout the South Bay Area, including several in Cupertino, Los Gatos, San Jose and Sunnyvale. For more information, visit socccershots.org.


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Crabwise to the Hounds (ePub ebook)
Winner of the Trillium Book Award for Poetry
Shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize
Shortlisted for the Gerald Lampert Award
His hiatuses bloom on the kitchen's sill.
His shirt snaps like tiny animals falling
through branches. In stride with the clock's
hypnotics, his throat chops a glass of water
With cameos by jackalopes, Glenn Gould, homemade spaceships and Carl Linnaeus, these poems are astonishing for their technical agility and their restless inventiveness. There's an elegance here that matches Dodds's impulse to challenge the reader with fresh metaphor and remarkable phrasing; the formal ambitions of many of the poems in Crabwise to the Hounds are balanced by an inclination toward wordplay and bright musicality.
Humorous at times, yet always handled with consummate craft, these poems invoke historical figures like Hiram Bingham and Ho Chi Minh even as they traverse a poetic landscape that includes telephone-game-style translations, interpretive-dance poems on historic paintings and carnivalesque jaunts into a natural world overrun with mules, Alsatians, lions and motorcycle-sized deer.
Crabwise to the Hounds is a startling debut from the winner of the CBC Literary Award and the Bronwen Wallace Award.
Praise for Jeramy Dodds:
'Strange, densely layered, ruthless and funny by turns, these poems ... force us to go slow at their sudden ingrown turns. They are full of creature music surprises.' – The CBC Literary Awards Jury
'a landmark of Canadian poetry' - The Mansfield Revue
'Dodds is incapable of writing a dull line ... brilliant' - Winnipeg Free Press


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Mick Byrd has released seven CD's and a special two-song CD with "The Chance" and "Gentle Souls" benefiting Special Olympics Missouri. He has won a national songwriting award from Billboard Magazine for "Afternoon At The Wall" and has performed on "River City Folk," a NPR program hosted by Tom May.
"Drivin' That Lawnmower to Town" and "This Old Truck" have been played on the NPR Program, "Car Talk" hosted by Tom and Ray Magliozzi.
Byrd has also performed on numerous other radio programs worldwide. He has the experience of playing on the road in 14 states and the country of Ireland. Byrd is a Missouri Arts Council Touring Performer, a member of the Nashville Songwriters Association International and the Americana Music Association. He lists the Bluebird Café, where he performs several times a year on "Songwriters' Night," as one of his very favorite venues.
Who are the members of the band and what do they play?
I perform solo or with independent musicians collectively known as The Backroad Band. Dave Jordan of Jefferson City, lead guitar; Steve Carraway of Laurie, harmonica; and Ray Spiller of Vienna, drums.
How long have you been playing?
I have been playing music professionally about 20 years, collectively with the Backroad Band, almost a year. Growing up there was always music in our home. My Dad, a barber when I was growing up and the inspiration for my CD, "The Barber," was an old time Jazz and Honky Tonk piano player and my sister is a very accomplished pianist. Piano was too much like math for me so I picked up a guitar.
Describe your music style?
All original Roots 'n "Ozark Blues." My influences growing up were primarily rock 'n roll and bluesy country.
What are your day jobs?
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DURHAM, N.C. — Brett Austin drove in two runs during a four-run seventh inning to help North Carolina State beat Clemson 6-3 on Wednesday night in pool play at the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
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Wednesday's games
Georgia Tech 4, Florida State 3
Virginia Tech 10, Virginia 1
N.C. State 6, Clemson 3
Today's games
Virginia vs. Georgia Tech, 11 a.m.
Miami vs. North Carolina, 3 p.m.
Florida State vs. Va. Tech, 7 p.m.
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N.C. State vs. Miami, 11 a.m.
Va. Tech vs. Georgia Tech, 3 p.m.
North Carolina vs. Clemson, 7 p.m.
Jake Fincher had an RBI single before Austin's two-run double in the seventh snapped a 2-2 tie for the fourth-seeded Wolfpack (43-13).
Grant Clyde also had a solo homer in the second for N.C. State, while reliever Josh Easley (5-2) earned the win by allowing a run and two hits in four innings.
"They just did a better job hitting with men on base," Clemson coach Jack Leggett said.
Garrett Boulware had three hits and a solo homer in the ninth for the fifth-seeded Tigers (39-18), while starter Daniel Gossett (9-4) took the loss by allowing six runs — five earned — and six hits in 6 1/3 innings. Gossett had little trouble through six innings before getting knocked around in the seventh.
"I just lost my command," said Gossett, a Byrnes product. "I started leaving balls up, walking people and I hit a guy."
N.C. State and Clemson are off until Friday, with the Wolfpack facing No. 8 seed Miami and the Tigers facing top-seeded North Carolina in Pool A.
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Gas prices in Maine dropped slightly in the past week, but remain well above the national average.
Price-monitoring website MaineGasPrices.com reports Monday that the average retail price in the state fell by just over a penny to $3.58.
Nationally, the price remained unchanged, at $3.43 per gallon.
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FlightGear is a top notch and highly accurate free software flight simulator. The software has no kill or be killed situations. Don't expect arcade like dogfights and precision bombing. Such features are not included. However, with a large range of planes to choose from and with most of the world covered by accurate maps expect a realistic experience as near to a holodeck as software only can allow.
FlightGear is platform agnostic, the simulator has been compiled and run under Linux, Windows, BSDUNIX, SGIIRIX, Sun-OS, and Macintosh. A flying experience makes a pleasant change of pace for me. During previous reviews of Bzflags and the battle for Wesnoth: I have been beaten bruised, bashed, shot at and exploded hundreds of times by my irritatingly accurate elder son Nelson. Let's raise the level of complexity and see who's the better flyer. If you can't beat'em then change the rules I say!
Expect a realistic experience as near to a holodeck as software only can allow
Before your first attempts at flying
Preparation is everything. Preparation is important before any major journey as a newbie pilot. Before running FlightGear for the first time there are a couple of potential issues to note. The first is that the basic download is rather large at 148MB (version 0.9.10). This is made worse still if later you wish to have all the models for the airplanes, flying saucers and maps of the world. For example the map of England is a tasty 58MB in size. For broadband connections this isn't a real issue, but for road warriors and countryside dwellers this may set a high barrier for first use. A well thought out alternative approach is to buy the three DVD collection that comes with source code and a highly extensive range of maps and models. This is a good kickstart for the hours, days, and weeks of pleasure to come. The next issue to note is that flight simulators in general are graphics-hungry beasts. FlightGear uses the OpenGL API and concentrates on realism and not an over abundance of irrelevant wow factors. A quality experience is not only dependent on the graphics card itself, but also on the drivers that allow the cards to run at their optimum. Running FlightGear with my old but trusty ATI 9000 card was a little shuddery until I updated to the newest catalyst drivers. After reinstallation I had a responsive ride. That is apart from the sheer stupidity of my many avoidable (by a trained monkey) crashes. And yes I did my best to ignore the nervous laughter of Nelson as I slam dunked my stress ball onto the table for the fifteenth time.
Personally, I found using the mouse with the keyboard to pilot an airplane a lot less pleasurable than with a joystick. If you are like me and slowly get addicted to detailed realism then at some point you should spoil yourself with a yoke and associated pedals. Not that it would improve my flying. But hey, "nil desperandum". I found the short reference an excellent aid, which I promptly printed and stuck on a notice board next to my computer.
This is a good kick start for the hours, days, and weeks of pleasure to come
Okay, so I downloaded and installed the minimum package. Loaded in a Jumbo jet and waited for inspiration to hit me. Ten minutes later I realized this was no arcade game. Where was god mode? Where was the power up on engine four? You actually have to understand a little theory before beginning. I decided next to read the shortest tutorial I could find. With one click I had hit pay dirt. So, I need an easy to manipulate first plane to fly. The Cessna 172p Skyhawk (1981 model) looked good, and the San Francisco airport (default) and a clear noon day sky gave me enough elbow room to epileptically bounce my first attempts into the sky.
There are two ways to run FlightGear, the first is through the command line and the second the more user friendly method is to use a graphical wizard called fgrun. Fgrun can in principle enable all the features that are available through the command line; therefore I chose the wizard to run the simulator. After choosing the flight options mentioned previously (partially shown in figure 1), I was off and running. Literally, you find yourself on the runway with an airplane moving forward. A moment of personal crisis and potential washing expenses: I spilled some tea then revved the engine, a cheap escape. I didn't manage to stay on the runway, but I did finally manage to get the so called easy to fly plane in the air. Having read the tutorial, I realized to rev the engine up I needed to press "page up". I know you don't believe this incredible fact, so I have included figure 2. Yippee, my first flight. Pressing 'v' allows you to easily change views. This gives you a good idea where you are in orientation relative to the ground. I found the helicopters perspective the most intuitively descriptive. The next important milestone was a professional landing. After a number of tries I realized that unless you like simulated broken teeth then you need to go back to the tutorial and read the relevant procedures. So "shift + b" toggles the break and your speed needs to be around 172 km/hour at height X. And, yes, the guidelines really do work. I landed well... perhaps not where one would normally land, but pretty near. Scared a few trees and bounced up and down like jelly on a washing machine. But that's our secret... right?
A moment of personal crisis and potential washing expenses: I spilled some tea then revved the engine
After landing I was really quite motivated and practiced navigation, banking, loop the loop and all the other fun things such an easy to pilot airplane lets you do. After a couple of flight hours I had built up most of the basic skills that would be required in a real life situation. It took me ten minutes from scratch to show Nelson how to take off and land. He was really pleased, especially with the A10 looping through 3D clouds. I have the feeling that if ever I meet Nelson in battle with a TIE fighter I won't last long. I've just sharpened his skills up considerably. Yes, very annoying indeed.
I had built up most of the basic skills that would be required in a real life situation
Mapping reality
Now that I was addicted, I decided to try and expand on the range of features used. Installing extra airplanes is as simple as it will ever get. You download a tar gunzip archive file and expand the archive into the home directory of FlightGear under the subdirectory
\data\Aircraft. The next time you run the wizard you will see the new model as an extra choice. I particularly liked the concord, X15 and YF-23 models. Though I must admit Santa Claus (figure 3) did come in a close second. There are tutorials on building your own models. So if you want to help space tourism with your own special design, why not try here?
Another nice feature of the simulator is the ability to place other fliers on the same map and potentially interact. Working direct from behind my cable modem at home I set the following parameters in the fsgun wizard for multiplayer mode:
Multiplayer tick box: (ticked) Callsign: What ever you want. Hostname: mpserver01.flightgear.org in:10 out:5000
And I was in. Extra points were won by the developers of the program. A Google Maps based service showed me where I was in respect to the rest of the players (as shown in figure 4).
When I get the necessary time with Nelson we will practice formation flying and chicken against each other.
The inevitable interviews
After explaining the very minimum of features I thought I would call some expert and not so expert witnesses in defense of this great product.
Expert witness X
Flight Simulator Engineer for almost twenty years—Allen Cook
AB: How long have you been a flight simulator engineer and for which companies have you worked for?
AC: I have worked for 18.5 years for Link-Miles/Thomson/Thales Training and Simulation.
AB: What do you think of FlightGear?
AC: Reading the blurb, many of the techniques employed are the same as used for real flight simulators. If it does all it says with some degree of realism and accuracy, then it could provide useful training for would be pilots or navigators.
AB: How does it all stack up against a real ultra expensive flight simulator?
AC: These "desktop" type simulators are generally only used for procedural training or aircraft familiarisation, instrument and navigational training. The original Link simulator provided this kind of training for a single aircraft type with the exception of an out the window visual, but with some basic motion and force feedback. The patent for the original Link Aviation trainer was filed in April 1929. In order for the training to be "positive", however, there needs to be comprehensive objective tests for each aircraft type and variant, coupled with subjective testing by a current qualified and experienced pilot. These tests need to be frequently updated and monitored in order to keep pace with navigational data bases and aircraft updates. The level of training proficiency gained from these types of devices can then augment higher level simulation or real aircraft training. If instruments or navigational or aircraft handling were inaccurate or misleading, this could provide "negative training", which for obvious reasons would be highly undesirable for would be real-life pilots. However, as an educational or entertainment tool, it should provide a good taster of what it really takes to fly a real aircraft.
AB: Can anything in FlightGear be improved?
AC: Every single aspect of a simulator can always be improved. However, as mentioned above, the most important thing is to provide positive training.
Witness Y
A ten-year-old man flying for the first time—Nelson Berg
AB: So how does it feel to be a pilot?
NB: A bit scary because you don't know 100% what the plane is going to do.
AB: Which airplane did you enjoy flying the most?
NB: The A10 with the 3D clouds.
AB: Any suggestions for improving the game?
NB: I'd like a real arcade mode.
AB: How hard was it to land?
NB: Very hard.
AB: Will you fly again?
NB: Yes, I look forward to flying again?
AB: Why?
NB: Because it feels like you are part of the game. Sorry simulation.
So, there you have it, from an avid ten-year-old game player. FlightGear, though it doesn't fall under the category instantaneous gratification, does grab the attention and keeps it. Better still from a parental point of view, you have an opportunity to teach your kids the basics of flying via "positive training". Of course, it goes without saying that you need a bit of patience yourself and some pre work. But where else can you fly a realistic model of concord for the price of electricity and some good old fashioned humiliation.
Allen Cook currently resides in Perth, Australia, where he is a consultant hungry for new opportunities and challenges.
Missed aspect
I feel,one of the important parts of the FlightGear experienced you missed was the awesome community. Multiple forums for the level of involvement you desire, numerous enhancement databases (scenery, aircraft and landcover) and an IRC channel also network enabled flying aids like Atlas. I have been involved with the FlightGear community for about 2 years now and have focussed on developing scenery for New Zealand. Initially NZ was a barren waste land as far as scenery went, I have added my own enhancements (Ref: http://fgfsnz.blogspot.com/) and with the TaxiDraw, FG Tools and FG Scenery Designer utilities have enhanced the local flying experience with 3D ports, antenna structures and airport skybridges and static aircraft models. Adding AI models both of aircraft and scenery is a breeze.
Agree that what you put into getting the most out of your hardware has a direct relationship to what you'll get out of FlightGear
Have I missed anything? be hard pushed to think of a down side? For anyone who enjoys contributing as well as using, then FlightGear is well worth a try.
Yes, I agree an awesome
Yes, I agree an awesome community and a realistic flight experience (with the right hardware).
Suggestions for future software reviews
Hi, this indeed a nice review about Flightgear-however, admittedly I did miss some few things in this review and the following is really not intended as criticism as much as "constructive feedback" for possible future software reviews:
When reading a review about software, it is in my opinion always appropriate to add information about what version of the corresponding software was reviewed, where it was obtained from, in what format is was obtained (binary/source), for which platform (this applies in particular to multi-platform software) and if it was built from source, how this was done and what dependencies had to be satisfied first, also providing a general overview of the test platform (as you did later on in the review) directly at the start of the review is probably a good idea as it enables readers to directly compare the corresponding test platform with their own machine (this is even moreso important for reviews about games or simulators, as hardware requirements can be extreme).
While you did indeed provide some of this info, I feel that providing this info in an easily accessible/viewable fashion (i.e. at one glance) is particularly important when reviewing games or software in general. Adding a date to the review that illustrates when the actual review took place is usually also a good idea to help future readers put things into perspective.
Likewise, I'm usually not only interested in the (relevant) previous experience of the reviewees (i.e. your flight simulator/aviation and computer background in this case) but also -if at all possible- in a comparison of the reviewed piece of software against other existing solutions (whether opensource or commercial doesn't really matter all that much). While of course nobody should truly expect an exhaustive review, even comparing some few things with approaches in other software may really help getting a better understanding of the software as a whole, even if it's just from a user's perspective.
Also, why I fully realize that providing criticism (or feedback) in general can be a controversial thing to do, I feel that positive reviews such as yours could gain quality if they actually contained an objective discussion about the (very) obvious strengths and weaknesses you were able to identify during the process of reviewing the corresponding piece of software.
My personal experience has been that while some few types of developers undoubtedly consider this unnecessary, many other contributors surely appreciate constructive feedback from people who are not affiliated with the project and provide an insight into their project from an outside perspective.
In particular, because it is this sort of info that enables users of other software (i.e. other flight simulators) to actually compare the strengths and weaknesses of Flightgear against the proprietary product they may be using right now.
Again, this is really not about writing exhaustive reviews, rather only about noting down the key issues you've encountered and your personal impressions about apparent pros & cons in the software.
I'm only saying this because a good review of open source software -such as yours about the flightgear simulator- has inevitably some sort of "momentum" (for the lack of a better word) for the community around the project where it could be used to unite resources to address key issues mentioned in the review, so that it would really be a waste not to associate this momentum with some honest and good advice for the sake of the project.
Thanks again for your review, and please do take these lines as what they were meant to be: objective feedback.
Objective feedback accepted
Hi Mike,
thanks for your quality effort to communicate, a good read. I will reread your targeted criticisms again before my next reviews.
good info - thanks
I had been wondering whether there were such things as this simulator for Linux.
I am going to try it out.
A "tar gunzip file"?
The article states that new planes are available by downloading a "tar gunzip" file. gunzip (GNU unzip) is the program used to decompress gzip archives, not the archive name.
- Chris
How do you connect online again my wont work
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