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How to debug COM+ components from ASP, ASP.NET and test project

Debugging is what probably takes most of the developer's time. That doesn't mean that I introduce too many bugs, rather mostly debugging is required for code enhancements, business development or transition to new technology. As this is part II of .NET and COM+, we will focus on the debugging aspect.

In the first part, I have explained how to use .NET COM+ components with ASP applications.

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There are many ways to debug these days and everybody chooses tools based on their own preference and comfort level. Visual Studio 2005 had opened another new way to debug without leaving Studio. It is not really new and very similar to nUnit open source code.

In process libraries are easy to debug as code runs in the same process and step into (or F11 function key) can take you inside the server side code. With components, there are many confusing options like debug with devenv or iexplorer, etc. or attach to which process in process list.

Let's look at the various options available to debug .NET server component and how to debug the component.

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Test project is a very cool way to debug without getting out of Studio and is available in Visual Studio 2005. Open your solution and right click on solution and choose add new project. Select project type as test project and you will see a test class is added to the test project with a test method. You can add your test code here and I'll suggest at least one test method for each method of the component you would like to test.

The test method typically has some parameter initialization, followed by lines to create the object of the class and the call to the method of the class.

In case your component is started, you can select the component to debug by clicking on debug menu and then selecting Attach to Process option as shown in the figure below. You have the option to select checkboxes to see all processes for all users and all processes in all sessions and if you are debugging your own session, then you can uncheck both checkboxes.

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The list of processes running will appear. Select the dllhost.exe entry for your component, if you are not sure of your component process the open component services and under running processes you will see your component with process id. If the component has not started, then it will not appear in the running processes, in that case start the process in COM+ Applications by right clicking on the component and then select start. I'll leave the dllhost.exe for another day to explain and you need to know that your component is hosted in dllhost.

That's it, open your server component project and set the breakpoints. From the test explorer window, select the test method and click debug method.

I sometimes wait till createobject creates the object for attaching to a process because by this time, the component is started and you can see the process in the process list.

Another option to debug is by creating a test/real Web Application: Sooner or later you want to test with Web application to test integration or routine maintenance.

The process here is similar to the test project and if you have ASP.NET application, the process is exactly the same as the test project; both are .NET projects so the debugging is the same.

If you have Visual Interdev 6.0 project, you can still attach to a process by clicking on Debug menu and select Processes… option.

Here is the scoop. You can open Visual Interdev 6.0 solution with Visual Studio 2005, there are few easy steps and I hope most of you can figure it out, otherwise put your request in and I'll be happy to put it together. It's so much better to use Visual Studio 2005 with ASP application and you can use VSS (or try Team System source control).

I mostly work with Visual Studio 2005 and what I remember is that debugging with Visual Studio 2003 should be the same. Let me know if there is something that I am missing.

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How do improve the performance of an Application.

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By setting fast=true ?

There isn't defined set of rules to improve the performance of the application. Few generic comments:
1. Define what is the expected response time of your application.
2. Once you have defined 1 check if you have good enough hardware to support it.
3. Both 1 and 2 are satisfactory, yet application is slow, then check for any network latency issues.
4. 1, 2 and 3 seems to be doing okay, then instrument your application to determine where exactly the time is spent. Is it the database, is it the middle tier code, is it something else?
5. Once you have determined the bottleneck, then work to resolve it.
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I have an App that is listening on a certain port for messages to come through. I need this service to run as long as the Application is running on the phone. However, the problem I seem to have is that the Service seems to die seconds after it is created in the code and then started again according to the logs and then seems to die again later.

What is weird is that the destruction of the Service is not logged despite me putting a log message in the OnDestroy() method to inform me if it dies.

here is the Service being launched in my main code.

And here is the service, I am using the setForeground method as that seems to be the solution according to Google
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You should temper the use of setForeground(): it really is used for cases when the user should be aware of the service, and actively cares about it. The setForeground() method itself is badly depricated: it isn't even in newer API levels so if you use it then the app might not work on newer devices. See this for the alternative and a painful method of supporting bot the old and new APIs.

I think the real fix for you is to bind to the server in the application. A service that is bound to an application is not likely to be restarted, and since you seem to indicate the life of the service should be dependent on the life of the application, I think the idea of binding to the service matches the requirement. The IBinder you create will also gives you a channel to communicate with the application or activities (as I am sure is necessary, since you have incoming messages...).

Since you want the service to live as long as the application, and not an activity, you should do the binding in your application object. Binding in the application object has its own difficulties, since it is never clear exactly when the application ends, so you have to find signals that come close enough to indicating the application is closed. One that I have used is the onTrimMemory() method. For example, check if the parameter is >= TRIM_MEMORY_BACKGROUND and it would be a good signal that your app is no longer in use, and it is a good time to stop the service (by unbinding from it). It is a little more difficult to get a good prediction of when the application comes back to the foreground. Say for example the user stops using the app for an hour, the OS sends the TimMemory() method, but does not kill the application. Then the user re-launches the application. You may be without the service.

A method I use to get around this is to have activities register with the application in their onResume() method and deregister in their onPause() method. This way, I can detect when the application comes to the foreground (there are 1+ registered activities) and when it goes to the background (0 registered activities). When the first activity registers, I bind the services, when the last one deregisters I unbind the service - letting it die (this usually allows the service to end sooner than waiting for the onTrimMemory() callback, which I see as a positive in terms of consuming less of a user's battery and bandwidth). I also have the application provide the IBinder to any interested activities so they can communicate with the service when required.

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Hi All,
We have a legacy Database table with a column of type LONG which is used for storing report queries(SQL).
I have a sql query of length ~7000 characters which I am unable to store.
It throws ORA-01704: string literal too long

Does anyone know the limit for Long in terms on the character length?
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Oracle says it is up to 2GB. They also say it is deprecated and you should use CLOB instead.

I think the thing to do is write a script that tries to insert strings of different sizes to see where your limit lies. Maybe something else is going on. Or maybe there is an unescaped special character (like a quote) that is messing up the string and causing it to never end.

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Thanks Jeanne for the response...

I tried the incremental approach to find max string length for Long column.
It gives error with the string length 4058 (without any special character)... in spite of having 2GB capacity.

is there any configuration that needs to be done for utilizing this capacity?

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The limit you hit is not on the LONG column, but on the String literal. The error message even says so. Oracle won't accept a string constant that long. The same error would happen even if you were stuffing such a long string literal to CLOB.

You should use binds (PreparedStatement in Java), that way you don't put the text of the string into the SQL statement. I'm not sure there isn't a limit on the maximum length of the bind variable, though.

Are you using Java/JDBC? I didn't find a section specifying how to write/update a LONG in Oracle's JDBC Developer's Guide, only a section on how to read them. If you're using Java, try to treat the LONG as you would treat CLOB. If that doesn't work, you could still write a stored procedure that would take a temporary CLOB and stored it as a LONG to the database (hopefully that would be possible in PL/SQL). I haven't personally ever used LONGs, as they are obsolete for such a long time.
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The Hornets will return home March 20 for a contest against Georgia State before travelling for a weekend SWAC series at Mississippi Valley State. Alabama State will then host Troy in mid-week game before hosting defending SWAC Champion Alcorn State in a weekend series to end the month.

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ASU will then play six of its next seven games at home, hosting Mercer in a pair of midweek games before hosting Mississippi Valley State in a three-game weekend series. The Hornets will open May with a home-and-home series on consecutive nights against Jacksonville State.

Alabama State will end the regular season with a three-game series at Alcorn State and a two-game series at Mercer. The 2012 SWAC Tournament is tentatively set for May 16-20 in Baton Rouge, La.

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Lawrence of Arabia -- 1962

25) Lawrence of Arabia — 1962

A 216 minute-long movie about a British guy in an embattled foreign country that DIDN'T make everyone fall asleep deserved nothing less than every Oscar, but 7 of 'em will do.

The Deer Hunter -- 1978

24) The Deer Hunter — 1978

The Deer Hunter introduced America to two of the most disturbing things of the 20th Century: Russian roulette and Christopher Walken.

The Sound of Music -- 1965

23) The Sound of Music — 1965

A family musical with a finale involving Nazis and nuns doesn't sound like typical Oscar material, which is only a further testament to this movie's actual quality. Regardless of that stupid "Goodbye" song.

Gone with the Wind -- 1939

22) Gone with the Wind — 1939

Gone with the Wind has maintained a reputation of being the ultimate Hollywood movie. Given the number of times it's been parodied by The Simpsons, that sounds about right.

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Top-Ranked Bruins Upset by Cal, 4-3
Friday, 04/13/2012

Berkeley, Calif. - The top-ranked UCLA women's tennis team suffered its first loss of the 2012 season on Friday afternoon, as No. 10 Cal registered a 4-3 upset over the Bruins at the Hellman Tennis Complex in Berkeley. With the loss, UCLA sees its record fall to 20-1 overall and 7-1 in the Pac-12. The Golden Bears, who remain undefeated in the conference at 8-0, improve to 16-4 overall.

With Friday's dual match tied at 3-3, the contest came down to court No. 5, where UCLA freshman Chanelle Van Nguyen was in a tight battle with Cal junior Annie Goransson. The pivotal point of the match came with Van Nguyen serving at 2-3 in the third set, as Goransson managed to break Van Nguyen and then hold for a 5-2 lead. After Van Nguyen held for 3-5, Goransson subsequently closed things in her very next service game, converting her fourth match point for a 4-6, 7-6, 6-3 victory to give her team the 4-3 upset.

UCLA got behind early in the match when Cal posted wins at all three doubles courts to take a 1-0 lead. After 17th-ranked Goransson and Anett Schutting upset ninth-ranked Courtney Dolehide and Pamela Montez, 8-3 at court No. 2, Cal clinched the point when Tayler Davis and Cecilia Estlander downed McCall Jones and Carling Seguso, 8-6 at court No. 3. The Bears also notched an 8-7(3) win at court No. 1, becoming the first team to sweep UCLA in doubles this season. In fact, it marked only the second time in 21 matches this year that UCLA has surrendered the doubles point.

Once singles began, Cal, which never trailed in Friday's match, took a 2-0 lead after 12th-ranked Zsofi Susanyi beat Jones, 6-0, 7-6(9) at court No. 2. UCLA, however, answered right back with a pair of three-set wins from Montez and Ray at court Nos. 3 and 6, respectively to tie things up at 2-2. After the Bears got another win at court No. 4 for a 3-2 lead, sixth-ranked Robin Anderson tied things up at 3-3 with a big win at court No. 1, downing defending NCAA Singles Champion Jana Juricova, 2-6, 6-1, 7-5. Juricova, who is ranked No. 8 nationally, is the fourth top 10 player to fall to Anderson this year.

Five of Friday's six singles matches were decided by third sets. UCLA beat Cal by the very same score on Feb. 24 at the Los Angeles Tennis Center. At 20-0, UCLA was off to the program's best start since 1987.

UCLA returns to the courts tomorrow, facing No. 6 Stanford at Noon.

#10 California 4, #1 UCLA 3
Apr 13, 2012 at Berkeley, CA (Hellman Tennis Complex)

1. #43 Juricova/Susanyi (CAL) def. #11 Anderson/Morton (UCLA) 8-7(3)
2. #17 Goransson/Schutting (CAL) def. #9 Courtney Dolehide/Montez (UCLA) 8-3
3. Davis/Cecilia Estlander (CAL) def. Jones/Carling Seguso (UCLA) 8-6

Cal Wins Doubles Point

1. #4 Robin Anderson (UCLA) def. #8 Jana Juricova (CAL) 2-6, 6-1, 7-5
2. #12 Zsofi Susanyi (CAL) def. #93 McCall Jones (UCLA) 6-0, 7-6(9)
3. #101 Pamela Montez (UCLA) def. #81 Anett Schutting (CAL) 3-6, 6-3, 6-0
4. #55 Tayler Davis (CAL) def. Skylar Morton (UCLA) 4-6, 6-1, 6-4
5. #99 Annie Goransson (CAL) def. #98 Chanelle Van Nguyen (UCLA) 4-6, 7-5, 6-3
6. #107 Kaitlin Ray (UCLA) def. Alice Duranteau (CAL) 6-2, 1-6, 7-5

Match Notes

UCLA 20-1; 7-1 Pac-12; National ranking #1
California 16-4; 8-0 Pac-12; National ranking #10
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,3,6,4,1,5)


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I just don't get it, I could previously cause my teeth to hurt with this combo, now I can only make the volume barely irritating. Even more odd, if I enabled the EQ in the turtle beach control panel it easily doubles the volume, so its a software issue obviously.

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November 21, 2013

NAFSA: Association of International Educators just released an updated report on the economic impact of international students in the U.S.  They found that international students contributed $24 billion to the U.S. economy during the 2012-2013 academic year supporting 313,000 jobs.  The contribution of international students in Colorado was $280,969,000,000 which supported 4,210 jobs.  CU-Boulder international students' portion was $58,024,000 and their presence supported 988 jobs.

The CU-Boulder Office of International Education provides advising, assistance, and support to our international students.  We enthusiastically support our international students who bring diversity (academic diversity, cultural diversity, and more) to our campus and who help us to cultivate long-term international understanding amongst our students, faculty, and staff.

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Joel Turner, an employee at Treeland Christmas trees, prunes the bottom of a tree Monday near the Foothills Mall in Fort Collins. As the day after Thanksgiving approaches, Christmas tree stands have sprung up around Fort Collins in preparation for the the day which many families set up their trees. / Sam Noblett/The Coloradoan
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Jan. 18, 2013

The Windsor Downtown Development Authority is hosting an open house to discuss the 2013 budget and work plan from 6:30-8 p.m. on Jan. 23 at the Art and Heritage Center, 116 5th St.

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Forest Delinger, 87, of Fort Collins, Colo. passed away Jan. 27, 2013. He was born Aug. 31, 1925 in Yuma, Colo. to Noel and Anna Delinger. He graduated from Yuma Union High School and received a Masters Degree from the University of Northern Colorado. Forest is a U. S. Navy veteran and served in World War II.

In 1948, Forest married Betty J. Berry in Sterling, Colo. and to this union three sons were born.

Forest started his teaching career in the Yuma, Colo. area. In 1957, he moved his family to Fort Collins, where he taught at Lincoln Junior High. He was a boys' counselor at Lesher Junior High, principal at Timnath and worked in several administration positions. He worked his way up to Executive Elementary Principal and finished his career as principal of Wellington elementary, retiring in 1986.

Forest was a member of First Methodist Church in Fort Collins, The Optimist Club, Masonic Lodge, Fort Collins Lodge No 19, Shriners and Elks Lodge. He loved bowling and wildlife.

Forest is survived by his sons, David Delinger of Fresno, Calif. and Steve (Davetta) Delinger of Fort Collins; grandchildren, Britnie Lynn (Ian) Kane of Nashville, Tennessee, Kailey Jessup (Brian) Keels of Charleston, S.C.; great-grandchild, Maren Jessup Kane.

He was preceded in death by his wife Betty Delinger; son Kevin Delinger, twin brother Foster Delinger.

A memorial service will be held on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 at 2 p.m. at the Allnutt Drake Chapel, 650 W. Drake Road, Fort Collins, CO. Interment will be at Fort Logan National Cemetery in Denver, Colo.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, Mended Hearts and the Masonic Home Association, in care of Allnutt Funeral Service, 650 W. Drake Road, Fort Collins, CO 80526.

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Moor: "This side has yet to peak" as they head back to Portland

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It will be a very different Colorado Rapids side returning to the Portland Timbers this Friday, for what is yet another vital fixture in the Western Conference.

Rapids skipper Drew Moor admits the team will use the 3-0 loss at the Timbers back in June as motivation, but stressed the confidence which is running through the squad at this stage of the season.

"We're all playing positive at the moment," Moor said. "We've been a tough team to play against, and that's not going to change Friday night."

You can hear the full interview with Moor on the latest episode of the Rapids Podcast, as well as from 'Rookie of the Year' contenders, Dillon Powers and Deshorn Brown, on their place in the MLS 24 Under 24 roll of honor.

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Prairie High School grad and Washington State product Taylor Ard received a shoutout from ROOT Sports during Sunday's telecast of the Mariners-Cubs game.

Playing first base for the Mariners' Class A Clinton (Iowa) LumberKings, Ard had a string of four consecutive multi-hit games (Wednesday through Saturday) including a 3-for-4 effort against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Class A Brewers affiliate) on Thursday.

For the four Midwest League games, Ard went 9 for 15 with a home run and five RBI.

The streak ended on Sunday when Ard went 0 for 4 against the Quad Cities River Bandits (Class A Astros affiliate).

Through 67 games this season, Ard is hitting .247 with 14 doubles and 30 RBI.

Perhaps taking a page from outgoing NBA commissioner David Stern, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman did not shy away from a cascade of booing at Sunday's NHL Draft.

Stern played with a booing crowd on Thursday inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn during the NBA Draft. (See Friday's Talking Points.)

Not to be outdone, Bettman — who might be "loved" even more by NHL fans — was drowned out by boos whenever he appeared at the podium in the Prudential Center, home of the New Jersey Devils.

Bettman was able to turn the tide when he came up to announce a trade. "I think you guys are gonna want to hear this," Bettman told the crowd.

Then cheers came after it was announced the Devils traded the ninth pick to Vancouver for much-needed goalie Cory Schneider.

The round of 16 at Wimbledon began this morning minus a whole lotta top seeds having vacated the premises.

Two unseeded players are guaranteed a men's quarterfinal singles spot and one on the women's side.

But sanity might still prevail.

As Sports Illustrated's Jon Wertheim put it, "This tournament has the vibe of one the those NCAA tournaments when the early rounds are filled with bracket-busters, and yet the favorites still win."


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G.I. Joe, Hulk Vs., Smallville: January 28th Comic Reel

Wed, January 28th, 2009 at 8:07am PST | Updated: January 28th, 2009 at 11:05am

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There are six new character-specific promotional posters for the Stephen Sommers-helmed action movie at MySpace Trailer Park.

Also, actor Josephn Gordon-Leavitt talked to Hit Fix about why he chose the project. He said, "People have been asking me about 'G.I. Joe' like, 'Oh, it's so different.' Or, 'You normally do these works of art and now you're doing this.' But I'll tell you the truth, the reason I did 'G.I. Joe' was the same reason I did 'Brick' or 'Mysterious Skin' or '500 Days of Summer' or 'The Lookout' or anything else, which is that I was creatively inspired. I'll tell you what it was. It was when they showed me drawings of the design for my character's look. I was like, 'I get to be that? You're going to make that in real life and stick it on me? Cool. Let me do it.' That's a once-in-lifetime opportunity. Actors throughout the ages would be flabbergasted at the abilities of modern storytelling and technology. I was honored and, beyond honored, I had a f***ing blast getting to play with these toys."

Starring Channing Tatum, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Sienna Miller, release date August 7, 2009.

CBR News has a feature article with voice actor Fred Tatasciore, who voices the jade-jawed giant.

Voice actor Steve Blum was the subject of an interview at Mania.com, discussing how he gets into character as Wolverine. "I just take out all the frustration I've got in other places in my life and let it out in there," Blum said. "I remember driving to a session, which is kind of across town for me and just getting through traffic, instead of screaming at traffic and flipping people off, I would save it, bottle it up and let it out in the studio."

Finally, voice actor Nolan North was the subject of a video clip showing what it's like to be the first animated version of the character.

Release date: today.

You can preorder the soundtrack at Amazon.com.

You'll probably not see many interviews like this one, where director Zack Snyder talks weightlifting, Ren Faires and of course Dr. Manhattan's, er, privacy. "There's this thing called the MPAA. They barely let me show it in an R-rated movie, let alone a trailer. But you know what? For whatever reason, it's OK to watch a flaccid penis for a while [on screen]. It's 'like Forgetting Sarah Marshall.' So [Billy Crudup] is naked through a fair share of the movie. It's helpful that he's CG, too. And blue."

Release date : March 6, 2009.

Superhero Hype has the poster for the new Dark Horse adaptation.

No release date announced.

According to the New Zealand Herald, the project "has fallen victim to the current economic climate ... A source said: 'Paramount are still keen to make Torso but don't want it to be an expensive risk so are looking at ways to bring it in for less money. If they can't make their sums work, other Hollywood studios may well step in.'" Thanks to Mark Brash for the tip.

David Fincher is attached to direct.

Casting information is available at Rope of Silicon, noting that Jamie Bell will play the title role, Daniel Craig will play the pirate Red Rackham, and screenwriting credits now go to Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish.

Release date: 2010.

Kryptonsite has posted fresh spoilers from the upcoming episode, "Stiletto."

Next episode, January 29, 2009, "Power."

If you have the scoop on anything related to comic book movies, TV adaptations or just want to give us a truck full of cash, no questions asked, drop us a line and let's coordinate. You can choose an alias if you'd like, or be mentioned by name -- we honor requests for anonymity. Broadcasting live from Los Angeles, this is your humble scribe Hannibal Tabu saying thanks for your time and indulgence, and The Hundred and Four keeps it down now, voices carry.

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CBR Games Roundup: December 2009

Tue, December 1st, 2009 at 12:58pm PST | Updated: December 1st, 2009 at 3:22pm

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Even with release schedules becoming more spread out over the past few years, December is still a month known for its lack of significant video game releases. While this year isn't going to buck any trends, there are still some promising games to be found. The month is led by the latest entry in the Zelda series, "The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks," with other well-established franchises releasing games as well, including "Resident Evil," "Silent Hill" and "Guitar Hero." New IP's "Rogue Warrior," "Avatar" and "The Saboteur" round out the schedule.

As always, please remember that this list is not inclusive of every release for the month, and that release dates may be subject to change.

Rogue Warrior (PC/PS3/Xbox 360) - December 1 - Website: www.roguewarrior.com

In 1992, a former Navy SEAL by the name of Richard Marcinko wrote "Rogue Warrior," an autobiographical account of his military career and his work in founding two counter terrorist units. Seventeen years later, elements of that autobiography form the basis of Bethesda's tactical first-person shooter of the same name. Players will be put in the role of Marcinko as he leads a counter-terrorist unit on a mission to recover ballistic missiles amidst the backdrop of a war between North and South Korea.

Avatar (DS/PC/PS3/PSP/Wii/Xbox 360) - December 1 - Website: www.avatargame.us.ubi.com

December will see James Cameron's latest sci-fi epic hitting theaters, and Ubisoft is handling the game adaptation, which will be arriving a couple weeks before the movie. The film deals with Earth's search for resources taking a military force to Pandora, a Jungle-like moon that is rich in minerals. A race of humanoids called the Na'vi inhabit Pandora and come into conflict with Earth's forces. Because humans can't survive the atmosphere of Pandora, the military creates Na'vi/human hybrids called Avatars, whose bodies can be controlled remotely by humans.

The game's storyline will be a prequel to the film, and the third-person shooter gameplay will also feature some RPG elements that allow players to upgrade weapons and eq uipment. The PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game will also feature 3D, provided you have the equipment to take advantage of it.

MX vs. ATV Reflex (DS/PS3/PSP/Xbox 360 ) - December 1 - Website: www.mxvsatv.com

THQ's latest entry into the "MX vs. ATV" series is sporting a revamped control scheme this time around. Players will use the right analog stick for body leans and tricks as opposed to the button presses of previous iterations. The game also features improved physics that will cause the terrain of a track to change based on the turns and crashes that occur each lap. The game's online mode will allow up to 12 players to compete in standalone or progressive events.

Resident Evil Archives: Resident Evil Zero (Wii) - December 1

Originally debuting on the GameCube in 2002, "RE: Zero" makes it way to the Wii in North America this month. The game serves as a prequel to the original "Resident Evil" and follows STARS Bravo team member Rebecca Chambers, whose helicopter crash lands in the forest outside Raccoon City. She ends up teaming with a former Marine (Billy Coen) who was on his way to be executed when his transport was attacked. The two fight their way through zombie infested trains and underground research facilities while they unravel the secrets of the T-virus. One of the more unique features of this entry into the franchise was the partner system that had players controlling both characters throughout the game, switching between them to accomplish tasks and solve puzzles.

While essentially a port of the 2002 game, this version does feature an updated control scheme for the Wii, as well as the ability to use the GameCube or Wii Classic controllers.

The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS) - December 7 - Website: www.zelda.com/spirittracks

Set one hundred years after the events of "The Phantom Hourglass," the game deals with an ancient evil that has been sealed beneath the land of Hyrule by Spirit Tracks, a kind of ethereal railroad that serves to keep the evil locked away. The Spirit Tracks start to disappear and Princess Zelda's body is kidnapped, leaving her spirit to accompany Link on an adventure to restore the tracks and get her back in her own body.

Like its predecessor "The Phantom Hourglass," "Spirit Tracks" features cel-shaded graphics and a stylus-driven control scheme. Link will use a steam-powered train to travel around the world, and restoring Spirit Tracks will allow him to access new areas.

The Saboteur (PC/PS3/Xbox 360) - December 8 - Website: www.pandemicstudios.com/thesaboteur

Taking its inspiration from the exploits of a real life spy named William Grover-Williams, "The Saboteur" will have players take on the role of Gran Prix driver Sean Devlin in Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II. Devlin's task is to weaken the Nazis' grip on the area and restore the people's 'Will to Fight.' The game uses a color system that makes occupied areas appear black and white, only recovering their color when Devlin raises the 'Will to Fight' of the people in that area.

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories (Wii) - December 8 - Website: www.konami.com/shsm

In this reimagining of the original "Silent Hill" game, players will take on the role of Harry Mason, a man searching for his missing daughter in the town of Silent Hill. While the series has never really been about combat, this game removes that aspect entirely, as enemies are threats to be avoided. Harry will be equipped with a cell phone and a flashlight, which he must use to search for clues in the environment and solve puzzles while trying to find his daughter.

Guitar Hero: Van Halen (PS2/PS3/Wii/Xbox 360) - December 22 - Website: www.vanhalen.guitarhero.com

This band-specific iteration of the Guitar hero franchise is firmly focused on the "Diamond Dave" era of Van Halen. Twenty-five songs from the early VH years are featured, including "Hot for Teacher," "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love," and "Unchained." There's also nineteen guest acts in the game, with "Weezer," "Foreigner" and "Blink-182" among them. Wolfgang Van Halen will round out the lineup of David Lee Roth and the brothers Van Halen. The Sammy Hagar and Gary Cherone eras of the band will not be covered in the game.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers (Wii) - December 26 - Website: http://na.square-enix.com/ffcccb/

Released in Japan in November, "The Crystal Bearers" makes its way to North America this month. Events in the game are set a thousand years after the original Crystal Chronicles game, in a world that has been ravaged by war. The use of magic has been restricted to the Crystal Bearers, people who are able to access arcane powers through crystals that are embedded within them. The main character Layle is one such Crystal Bearer, whose crystal allows him to manipulate objects through a gravity-based power. The story involves an army of monsters led by "an adversary thought to have vanished from the pages of history."

The game will take advantage of motion controls, and players with a second Wii remote will be able to assist the main player at points in the game.

That completes the CBR Games Roundup for the month of December. Check back with us in the New Year, when the list of big name releases will be picking up again. And don't forget to stay tuned to CBR for creator interviews and expanded coverage of this and next year's biggest releases.

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Preview: Transformers: Robots in Disguise #2

Tue, February 21st, 2012 at 7:58am PST

The Decepticons make their move, as the TRANSFORMERS relaunch really amps up! As Bumblebee's provisional government struggles to maintain control, Ratbat stages a deadly attack that only Prowl can stop! Meanwhile, Starscream tries something he's never done before: telling the truth to an Autobot. Well, most of the truth, anyway.

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Dynamite proudly presents Season Two of JUNGLE GIRL!

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dinosaurs - Dynamite Entertainment’s JUNGLE GIRL also features co-writer Doug Murray (RED SONJA: QUEEN OF THE FROZEN WASTES, The 'Nam) who's once again along for the ride as is

returning artist Adriano Batista (RED SONJA, JUNGLE GIRL SEASON ONE) as they once again bring Jana the Jungle Girl to life!

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Green Lantern: Larfleeze Christmas Special #1

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Thu, December 23rd, 2010 at 7:09PM (PST)

Being Jewish, I probably know more about Green Lantern’s mythology than I do Christmas’. Anything I’ve learned about Santa Claus or the North Pole has been from barely glanced-at Christmas shows and movies. “Fred Claus” is probably the one I paid most attention to (who knows why), but I got the impression that film played fast and loose with the “facts” of its subject matter.

So, I’m not too concerned that the moral of this particular Christmas Story seems to be that “There is no Santa Claus.” I’m pretty on board with the concept. Same goes for the idea that the “Christmas Spirit” is one of giving and compassion. Hal Jordan rather cleverly tricks Larfleeze into kindness and generosity by describing said “Spirit” as just another “thing,” which naturally makes Larfleeze want it, desperately. As a story, it’s pretty tidy, although the button it ends on fails, trying a little too suddenly and heavy-handedly to make Larfleeze a more sympathetic character, when he’s always worked best as a fairly one-dimensional and hilarious foil. There’s no need to see Larfleeze in his oncologist’s office, bemoaning to his doctor, “But, you see. I am Pagliacci.” Elevating the proceedings are frequent and delightful activity pages, featuring mazes, recipes, and cut out ornaments. It serves to make a pretty engaging little holiday package.

Brett Booth’s art is a little more underwhelming than the story and fun filled premise around it. I can’t be 115% sure, but it looks like his pencils here were digitally inked and then colored. With some artists, this works fine and you can barely tell. In this case, it gives the book an insubstantial feel that distracts instead of impresses. Especially with elements that are so firmly design-oriented, like games, the almost unfinished looking art just stands out in contrast. This is not to say that Booth’s work looks sloppy. He is a fine, and detailed artist. But as much as comic companies may wish that the difference between ink and pencil was indistinguishable if you up the contrast enough, it clearly is not. Is it a byproduct of artists taking longer to do increasingly more complicated comic art? A question of finances? One may never know. But, most likely, I’m the only person alive who notices and/or cares about these sorts of things, so this is probably just what a whole bunch of comics are going to look like today and, more increasingly, tomorrow.

Overall, though, this special is a harmless, charming episode with a much beloved character. Like David Bowie and Bing Crosby caroling, it fits the season fine, even if it does, at times, feel a little weird.


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MAY 10, MILWAUKIE, OR–Dark Horse Comics is set to release a brand new superhero inside the pages of the Eisner-winning anthology, Dark Horse Presents. Blackout is ready for action!

In Blackout, the commonplace life of Scott Travers changes forever when he comes to possess an extraordinary piece of technology that allows him to access a mysterious dimension within our own. Blackout is wire-to-wire excitement in a world where nothing is as it seems.

Blackout writer Frank Barbiere says, “Blackout has a very fun sci-fi/mystery mythology that comes straight from DH Publisher Mike Richardson, and I think readers will be surprised and intrigued by what we have in store for them! Working with artist Micah Kaneshiro is a delight, and I look forward to bringing our story to DHP.”

Says Kaneshiro: “Working on Blackout has allowed me to do things on a technical level that I’ve never been able to do before professionally. With such a long history of brilliant contributors and significant creations, one can only feel honored to be a part of Dark Horse Presents in any capacity.”

For additional details on Blackout, check out Dark Horse president Mike Richardson’s interview on Comic Book Resources and their preview of Dark Horse Presents #24!

Catch Blackout appearing in Dark Horse Presents #24, on sale May 22, 2013!

I seriously can’t wait to read this. I’m very curious about it, and you should be too.

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Black panther bannerUpdate #2: Looks like there was no smoke to this fire. Morris Chestnut has Tweeted again about the whole Black Panther deal. He had posted Panther related Tweets two days in a row only to delete them about two hours later. He’s taken to his account again this evening to shoot all the rumors and speculation down. It seems he just started to read the comics and thinks Black Panther is really cool. He thanks everyone for bringing the character to his attention and supporting him, but he states he is not in talks with Marvel. I actually believe the guy. I don’t think this is a case of him getting in trouble and backtracking. I think he was just pumped about reading about the character and started saying things vague enough people started trying to connect some dots. Here’s his two new Tweets. The original story follows after those.

Yesterday Morris Chestnut Tweeted that it was time to get up to speed with Black Panther. This lead many to believe that something was finally happening with a Black Panther movie and that Chestnut may be in talks with Disney/Marvel to help bring the Wakandan King to life on the big screen. He deleted that Tweet and post on his Facebook not long after everyone on the web started running stories about it. Today he has struck again.

Chestnut replied to a fan sharing his enthusiasm for the film, and Chestnut’s success on gaining the role. You can see what the actor had to say below, but he says the Black Panther may pop up in Avengers 2. Now this can be taken a few ways. Either Chestnut has become a huge Panther fan and is getting just as excited as the fans, or he’s involved in some way and  has some inside information. Now I’d say this Tweet will be deleted too if it’s the second option. Needless to say, we’ll all keep our eyes glued on his Twitter feed. What say you?

UPDATE #1: It looks like he’s already deleted the Tweet, but the thing about embedding  a Tweet means even when it’s gone you can still see what it said.

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Geoff Calkins Take 5: On Pookie, the "Life Changer" and Pastner's offseason challenge

Five quick thoughts while thinking of my man Jason Smith, who has to cover this circus:

1. So Pookie is staying. After Pookie was going. Because he wanted to train with Frank the Life Changer, the mysterious man who refused to be photographed, who moved to Memphis with one spoon and a dog named Seminole, who then married Pastner's wife's sister, but not just any sister, her twin sister, before being subsequently fired by Pastner in the middle of the season.

2. Who could possibly make this stuff up?

3. But let's agree that Frank was being jerk throughout this, right? Pastner was willing to let Pookie Powell train with Frank in May, just not June, when the team could begin workouts with the staff. That makes total sense. Frank was obviously trying to stick it to Pastner -- or, at least, didn't mind sticking it to Pastner -- instead of telling Powell, "Hey, kid, I'll train you in May but you've got to be in Memphis in June." Is it understandable that Frank was acting this way? Yes. Is it commendable? No.

4. Having said all that, Powell's wavering inevitably suggests there may be some loss of faith in the staff, at least on the part of Powell, if not anybody else. The only reason that Powell wanted to train with Frank was his sense -- or his father's sense -- that he'd get more from it, that he'd make more progress, working out somewhere other than Memphis. Combine that with the way the Tigers collapsed in the face of trial this past year, abandoning the prescribed system in favor of individual play, and it's hard not to think that one of Pastner's challenges going forward is to reestablish a level of trust between the players and the staff. Do they believe he can get them where they want to go, as individuals and as a team?

5. On the bright side, people wondered if Powell would be able to step in for Joe Jackson. At least when it comes to wavering, the kid's off to a smashing start.


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Foundation grants Schilling Farms student's wish to visit Disney World

In most ways, Daija, an adorable 9-year-old, is just like many typical young girls -- she loves Hannah Montana, her favorite color is pink and she eats at McDonald's. But what separates Daija from most children is having to deal with a life-threatening medical condition.

Because of Daija's medical condition, she became eligible to receive a wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

As time drew closer for Daija to receive her wish, the Mid-South chapter contacted Schilling Farms Middle School, which raised enough money to sponsor a wish through the Kids for Wish Kids program.

The students at Schilling Farms planned out a very special day for Daija and her family. Daija was invited to the school to participate in a Hannah Montana singing contest. When Daija arrived, she was greeted by students dressed as Disney characters and escorted to the library. The room was decorated with a Disney theme and a special table was set up for Daija and her family.

As they took their seats, school faculty informed Daija that her her dream to visit Disney World had finally been granted. Daija learned that she and her family were leaving in just a few weeks for the Magic Kingdom.

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Religion and Nation

One of my proudest boasts as a schoolboy was an ability to both identify and spell what my teacher insisted was the English language's longest word: antidisestablishmentarianism. I had, of course, no idea what it meant. Now I know that it defines the political third rail onto which John McCain threw himself when he recently said that the United States was established as a "Christian nation."

No, it wasn't! Or so answered a chorus of critics, heading off an inevitable denigration of minority religions - and no religion. The disestablishmentarians always point out that the Constitution nowhere mentions God, and that the founders were Deist gentlemen whose God was so impersonally detached from history as to be not recognizably Christian at all. The framers of the American political system, appalled by what "establishment" had led to in Europe, took pains to set their government on a religiously neutral path.

But government is not nation. Just because McCain's assertion is dangerous - as I believe it to be - does not mean it is untrue. For one thing, what the founders intended may weigh less than how the nation developed over the next two centuries. The Constitution created "an open national space," in the scholar Mark Noll's phrase, but, Noll says, instead of it being filled with Alexander Hamilton's economic planning, Thomas Jefferson's yeomanry, or John Adams's communalism, that space was seized by unexpected 19th-century "awakenings" of evangelical fervor.

Christian religion, from prairie preachers to elite universities, became the main "arbiter of national culture." Eventually, Protestant revivalism, immigrant Catholicism, and African-American Gospel jelled into the public zealotries of "civil religion," a term coined by Robert Bellah in 1967 when such religion braced the nation - and the government - in its contest with "atheistic Communism." Jewish participation in this implicitly Christian consensus was necessarily uneasy. When Dwight D. Eisenhower underwent baptism in the White House 12 days after his inauguration in 1953, he showed how these pressures could squeeze the national leadership. This was the era of Billy Graham's "Crusade," a word Ike himself had used to define his war making.

The danger in mixing religion and nation lies in the way these two enterprises have exploited one another, each to advance its separate cause. This is as old as the early-4th-century emperor Constantine, who used Christian orthodoxy as a club with which to enforce political control of his vast empire. (The Nicene Creed was a loyalty oath composed at his order, by the Council of Nicea in 325.) At the same time, Christian leaders happily enlisted Constantine's legions to suppress heresy. When the word "Christian" is used today, the broad movement it defines owes as much to Constantine as it does to Jesus Christ.

Even pious Americans have been properly wary of efforts to use state power to enforce uniformity of conscience. The vaunted separation of church and state is a minimal protection from such abuse, but civil religion points to a need for the broader separation of religion and nation. That protection comes not from law, but from the knowledge of citizens, which is unreliable. The fact that, since the founding of the United States, Christianity has been much used, against the intentions of the founders, to justify governmental impositions and adventures is one cause for concern. That is what McCain's critics warn of, in the name of a better America. The last thing needed today is a Christian nation embarked on a new crusade, at home or abroad.

But a warning must be sounded in the name of a better Christian religion, too. What's bad for the state can be worse for the church. Jews, Muslims, Hindus, and all religious minorities are assaulted by even implicit claims of a "Christian nation," but so are Christians. A government that blesses itself in the name of Jesus Christ, while waging war and advancing empire, must first demolish the meaning of who that man was - three centuries before Constantine.

Scholars know very little about this Galilean rabbi (nothing, for example, about his attitude toward homosexuality), but there are two things that can be said with certainty. Jesus lived and died in resistance to the Roman empire. And Jesus rejected violence. If there are two notes of identity that go to the heart of what America has become, they are violence and empire. A Christianity that makes its peace with those, as has so often happened, is an apostate religion. John McCain, and the objects of his appeal, betray the nation - and the faith.

James Carroll

James Carroll is a Boston Globe columnist and Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at Suffolk University. He is the author, among other works, of House of War: The Pentagon and the Disastrous Rise of American Power and, most recently, Christ Actually: The Son of God for the Secular Age.

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Navy Flip-Flopping on Marriage?

May 25, 2011 @ 4:42 PM

By James Dohnert

Navy officials recently changed course on guidance that would have allowed for same-sex marriages on military bases. In a memo last month, Chief of Chaplains Rear Admiral M.L. Tidd outlined guidance that would have allowed for gay and lesbian marriage ceremonies to be held in Naval facilities in states that allow same-sex unions. But the Navy suspended movement on the matter after critics warned that the plan would have violated the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

"There was some attention on the Hill," Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan told reporters Wednesday morning. "That raised the issue so that the (Pentagon) legal counsel then again took a look [and] determined it needed further review."

The Navy’s sudden change of heart ignited emotions on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate, with supporters of the guidance calling for congressional intervention and some opponents even going as far as to call the issue “silly”.

"At a time when the economy still needs attention, Osama bin Laden was just killed, and revolution and conflict continue to rage across a fragile Middle East, having policy makers spend valuable and limited time on whether a few gay couples may or may not use a Navy facility for a private ceremony at some point in the future is just plain silly," Servicemembers United Executive Director Alexander Nicholson told CNN.

But despite the criticism, supporters such as the head of the Center for Military Readiness, Elaine Donnelly, are calling for immediate action, “"Congress should not be misled by the Navy's equivocation. This weather-vane policy is likely to change back as soon as all the branches of service get on board and Congress looks the other way.”

While it is unclear what tactics the other branches of the armed services are planning going forward, it remains an issue fully within their purview according, to Human Rights Campaign spokesman Michael Cole-Schwartz: "The Navy was right in their analysis last month that nothing stands in the way of operating facilities without discrimination, and further review will no doubt validate that position."

But what do you think? Should gay and lesbian soldiers be allowed to use Naval facilities for same-sex marriage ceremonies? Is the issue a pressing one? Add your comments below or on our Facebook page.

Also be sure to check out upcoming Commonwealth Club events like these:

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Orthopedic surgeon Michael Koonin, M.D. Performs state-of-the-art hip and knee replacements at Aventura Hospital

Hip and knee replacements, introduced in the 1960s, are considered among the most important medical advances in the 20th century.

There are new joint replacements available. “They’re much more durable than the old ones so the need for revision surgeries later in life is greatly reduced,” noted Dr. Michael Koonin.

Every case is different, but in general, Dr. Koonin said that joint replacements are considered if the patient is experiencing functional limitations that restrict not just work and recreation but the ordinary activities of daily living; if pain is not relieved by conservative treatments such as medications or physical therapy; if there’s significant stiffness in the joint; or if x-rays show advanced arthritis or other problems.

Today, limited incision surgery gives orthopedic surgeons the ability, in many cases, to replace the affected joint through a smaller incision, minimizing trauma to the surrounding muscle tissue leading to a speedier recovery.

Today, joint replacements can last a very long time and the need for revision surgery has been greatly reduced, and there are virtually no restrictions in activity after surgery.

Dr. Koonin, an alumnus of University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, completed his orthopedic training at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center in New York.

The team at the Orthopedic Care Center consists of eight highly- trained and experienced orthopedic surgeon specialists. The center has been established for many years at 21000 N.E. 28TH Ave., on the campus of Aventura Hospital and Medical Center.

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Motorola RAZR D1 vs Nokia Lumia 520

Motorola RAZR D1

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3.5G, Google Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
App store Many more apps available Android App Market vs Windows Phone Marketplace The Android App Market has over 400,000 apps vs 55,000 (around 7.5x more)
Screen type Bright, vivid screen TFT LCD vs LCD Brighter and more vivid colour reproduction
Weight Slightly lighter 110 g vs 124 g More than 10% lighter
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Reasons to consider the Lumia 520

3.5G, Microsoft Windows Phone 8
Screen PPI Higher PPI screen 233 PPI vs 164 PPI More than 40% crisper display of text, images and video
Network Faster max data speeds HSDPA (21.1 mbps) vs HSDPA (7.2 mbps) Higher theoretical max data transfer speeds over cell networks (around 3x faster)
Screen resolution Higher resolution screen 800x480 vs 480x320 2.5x higher resolution screen
Movie format Higher resolution movies 720p @ 30fps vs 720 x 480 @ 30fps Shoots high resolution HD (720p) video
Screen size Slightly larger screen 4.0" vs 3.5" More than 20% larger screen
Thickness Slightly thinner 10 mm vs 11 mm Around 10% thinner

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Freddie Gibbs has proven he can flip metaphors with the best of them, and his latest record "One Eighty Seven" is a testament to this reverence.

Joined by Compton rapper Problem, the two attack the vicious SAP-produced cut with an emphasis of their work in the bedroom. If the phrase, "Girls like bad boys" is true, then they're going to love Gibbs and Problem after this one.

With additional features from Spice-1, Jay Rock and Daz Dillinger, Gibb's new album ESGN is set to drop July 9.

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Smoke DZA is gearing up to drop his Dream.ZONE.Achieve album tomorrow but just to get fans ready, he's back with "Fhvt BVsturd" today featuring Joey Bada$$. If you somehow, miraculously, didn't know Smoke DZA enjoys smoking weed, here's your daily reminder—plus, the chorus won't leave your head for the rest of the day. The track is produced by Kirk Knight.

This follows the release of the Cam'ron-featured "Ghost of Dipset" and "Hearses" featuring Ab-Soul.

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If your find yourself sitting at a computer today struggling to come up with your most controversial music opinion to set Twitter ablaze with, well should probably blame rap journalist and EIC of The StashedKazeem Famuyide. Today, Kaz (as he's known) took to his Twitter, @RealLifeKaz, and asked his nearly 15,000 followers to "Tweet me your unpopular music opinion." And that they did, just moments later Kaz was complaining about having 230 mentions in mere minutes.

Since we love unpopular opinions here at Complex so much, we couldn't help but dabble in the responses Kaz got. Here's some of our favorite tweets that feature some very unpopular opinions.

Okay so, here's the part where you write an unpopular music opinion in our comments section and/or tweet us your unpopular opinion @ComplexMusic. Go ahead, you know you want to.

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