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HAPPY 10th Anniversary!!!
Its hard to believe but realflowforum.com has its 10th Anniversary!!!
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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
T-SQL Tuesday #028 – Is it really specialization?
This is the first time I've participated in T-SQL Tuesday - I hope to do so more often...
I can recall several years ago being a jack of all trades kind of guy. I was doing development, security, server support, workstation support, database support, and even working with the physical time clocks. I was actually quite happy – I even moved my family close to the job so that I could be home more often.
While I was there, I realized something. There are a LOT of jack of all trades people out there. With this realization – I looked at the IT horizon and decided I would either specialize in Information Security or SQL Server. Both areas of specialization play to my natural personality traits – persistent pursuit of truth and knowledge combined with complex problem solving skills. For my next position, I decided I would put out my resume and whichever job I was hired for first (security or DBA) I would make that my specialization. Fortunately, I landed a full time DBA job. I have taken that role very seriously and have enjoyed the knowledge and experience gained.
That being said, the more "specialized" I get, the more I realize I'm not specialized. I'm a jack of all trades, it's just that the trades that I'm a "jack of" are just less common. When I chose to be a database professional (or it chose me), I came to realize that there were developers, engineers, and DBAs. My desire for automation lent itself to the DBA role of those three, further specializing my career. As a DBA, I found myself doing SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, and the Database Engine. I decided to further specialize in the database engine. In the general IT space, this may seem specialized, but in the SQL Server space, this is not.
Even at this level, there is much more specialization to be had even within the database engine. There is HADR (mirroring, clustering, replication backups), Performance (indexes, OS, query tuning), Monitoring (Agent, Alerts, logs), Security (auditing, permissions), and Logical Design. I've met several professionals who I would consider to have been specialized even within this area as you start to dive into the storage engine, the query optimizer, memory management, connectivity, etc.
To me, specialization isn't about finding a niche, it's about recursion. It's about chasing your passions to places your current peers may not travel to. Once there, it's about recognizing where within this now reduced area of expertise you can further pursue your passions and distinguish yourself amongst the new peers only to find a whole new set of challenges and specialties to pursue.
I expect that one day, I will be forced to settle in an area whether it be by my own lack of ability to pursue the next level or by environmental factors, but until then, the journey continues.
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Komodo National Park: Into The Heart of The Dragons
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Real dragons spurt no fire, have no need to fly and cast no magic spells. And still, one look from them might render you speechless. These komodos, the real life dragons, are a sight indeed. Gigantic, the lizard-like creatures are about two or three meters in length. They can easily weigh about 165 kilograms. Despite of their sheer size and appearance, they are not active hunters. What makes them intimidating is the fact that they are a patient predator. In the wild, they stalk a victim, usually a weak or injured one. One bite and that's what it usually takes. After following the victim for a while, sometimes up to several days' time, the komodos will devour the dying prey.
The Komodo Dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is an endangered species which can only be found in the Komodo National Park (KNP) in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). Because of the unique and rare nature of this animal, KNP was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986.
The park includes three major islands, Komodo, Rinca and Padar, and numerous smaller islands together totaling 603 km2 of land. The total size of Komodo National Park is presently 1,817 km2. Proposed extensions of 25 km2 of land (Banta Island) and 479 km2 of marine waters would bring the total surface area up to 2,321 km2.At least 2500 Komodos live in this area. Large dragons are usually three meters long and weigh up to 90 kg. Their habitat has beautiful panoramic views of savannas, rain forests, white beaches, beautiful corals, and clean blue seas. In this area, you can also find horses, wild buffalo, deer, wild boar, snakes, monkeys, and various types of birds.
KNP has a rich and amazing underwater sea biotica. Divers claim that Komodo waters are one of the best diving sites in the world. It has fascinating underwater scenery. You can find 385 species of beautiful corals, mangrove forests, and seaweeds as a home for thousands of fish species, 70 types of sponges, 10 types of dolphins, 6 types of whales, green turtles and various types of sharks and stingrays.
Or you can do some diving activities in Komodo Island. Go this link if you want to see more information about it.
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According to European folklore, ladybugs symbolize good luck. Many years ago aphids invaded farmers' grapevines. When the farmers prayed for help to the Virgin Mary, legend tells us that swarms of little red beetles appeared. They proceeded to eat the aphids and save the crops. The farmers named the beetles ladybugs in honor of Mary, Our Lady.
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Everyone better take a little time to cool off...
Canadian director Bruce McDonald has named "Dark Highway" as his next venture into the world of horror. The film tells the story of a man who struggles with what is real and what isn't while he tries to complete a day long journey. You might know McDonald from his previous film "Pontypool" which the majority of us went gaga for. Or if you're Canadian you might know him from the maple syrup isle of your local grocery store.
Vanessa Hudgens has joined the cast of "Frozen Ground", a new film which tells the story of serial killer Robert Hansen, a Alaskan man who abducted 24 women and hunted them on his land. John Cusack and Nic Cage were previously confirmed to play Hansen and the officer who must find the bodies of the victims and I've already used my "Con-Air" jokes so lets just move along.
"Resident Evil: Retribution" is the next installment in the "Resident Evil" series and it looks like Colin Salmon, who you might remember from the first film, has joined the cast. Fans of the VH1 series "Single Ladies" might also recognize Salmon from his role of Jerry Waters, the witty fast talking lawyer with a heart of gold. I'm kidding, I have no idea what that show is about or if it's still on the air.
A gaggle of new stills and a teaser for "Dog Soldiers: Legacy", a new web series based on the 2002 Neil Marshall film, have popped up online thanks to Ryan Lightbourn. I say thanks because it looks kind of fun but if it turns out to be crap I'll take that thanks right away Mr. Lightbourn, if that is your real name. Anyway it looks like a sequel for the werewolf flick is also in the works so get excited. Or don't.. no skin off my back either way.
"Battle: Los Angeles" is my favorite Rage Against the Machine album that I never actually heard and they've finally made a movie about it. What's better? There's a new trailer for the alien invasion flick. What that has to do with the album I have no idea but I assume it's some sort of weird political thing I don't get.
The MPAA has taken it upon themselves to ban the poster for the upcoming Stevan Mena movie "Bereavement". The poster depicts a child walking with his father while holding a butcher knife. Apparently the MPAA isn't a fan of toddlers walking around with murder weapons. I don't get it.
Aaron Echhart has officially confirmed the heartbreaking news that Two-Face will not being appearing in "The Dark Knight Rises". And when I say heartbreaking I really mean to Eckhart because last week it was confirmed that Heath Ledger would be making an appearance as The Joker and he's dead. Got to be a blow to the old ego.
Finally! "Beastly" is back in the spotlight with a new trailer and a big thumbs up from me. For those of you not familiar with the film all you need to know is that it stars Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer, Mary-Kate Olsen, Neil Patrick Harris and Peter Krause. The movie was delayed months ago for being so awesome that the studio worried that people's heads would explode from excitement if it was released in the summer months.


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Lincoln Rotary Club sells rivalry MLB tickets to support literacy
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Despite the freezing
temperatures and ice-paved streets, the Lincoln Rotary Club is
thinking about baseball! The Lincoln Rotary, along with Rotary
International District 6490, is kicking off their 11th annual
Cardinal Care MLB ticket sales to raise money for local literacy.
The tickets will be for one of the bistate rivalry games between the
Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals – a game in St. Louis on
April 12, with a 1:15 p.m. start time.
"Literacy is an important initiative for Rotary," said
Marcia Greenslate, the club's president. "In addition to the
programs we support with the Cardinal Care money we receive from the
Cards versus Cubs game in April, many Rotarians volunteer their time
several times a year to read to elementary students in Lincoln."
For 2013, Cardinal Care sent District 6490 a check for nearly
$4,000 to be distributed to the 22 clubs that participated in the
Cardinal Care project and bought tickets to the Cardinals-Cubs games
in April and August of 2013. Each ticket sold by the clubs was
reimbursed $18.63 to the club selling the tickets. This money is to
be used for literacy programs.
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Tickets for the April 12 Cardinals-Cubs game are $49, and
that date also happens to be "National League Champions Ring
Day." Every fan attending the game will receive a duplicate 2013
National League championship ring. Ticket prices for this game
in the same seats through other avenues are $55.
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"On April 16th (and confirmed (3) by Peru's OEFA enviro people on April 20th) yet another 30 tonne truckload of concentrate out of Constancia was spilled in an accident outside the mine. The area affected was around 200m2 (and to its credit, the company went about remediation and recovery of the affected area quickly this time) and thanks to the lack of strong winds, environmental damage was minor. Plenty of different Peru media channels carried the news (here's a sample (4) (5) (6) but unsurprisingly, you up North didn't get to hear a whisper. By my reckoning this is the seventh (crazy but true) truck spill accident out of Constancia since the mine started up last year and notably, the last time one happened it caused the protest by locals that blockaded the mine. HBM's logistics problems in Constancia have been previously documented and the series of accidents, using overloaded trucks under time and performance pressure, is a direct result of this. Another mine-blocking protest may or may not happen this time but, it wouldn't take much more for HBM to hit a real Black Swan event."
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This Thing Isn't Like That Thing, HudBay (HBM) and Alan Hair edition
The top three most visited IKN posts this week are...
Brent Cook on optionality
The Friday OT: Kula Shaker; Grateful when you're dead
I never thought I'd encounter another soul in such a random fashion, who likes Kula Shaker. Funny world we live in. I own a couple CDs. They're far from my favorite music, but they're fun occasionally. To my ears, they're some kind of mix of Pink Floyd, Beatles, The Who, The Doors. Until your post, I had no idea they re-formed.
I listen to absolutely everything. And the thing is, even moderate composers/musicians/singers/bands are allowed to hit one out the park on from time to time (e.g. Oasis). Kula Shaker had the shot at being very good, they decided to be occasionally good instead. So be it. But I liked Tattva from the first 15 seconds of the first listen and have a soft spot for them.And Hush simply rocks.
Gold market action: VERY strange
"Dont know what just broke - but something did. I'm an avid chart watcher (read - addict). I've never seen anything like this before."
Choose your battles (from IKN361)
"In this bullish phase, money will be made by many people and stocks of companies of all stripes and forms get to climb high. Not all of them of course (Do Not Feed The Animals) but a decent proportion will, that's for sure. Some of those people and companies may or may not be deserving of their rewards according to your own criteria, but they're going to win all the same. It won't matter a jot whether you applaud or begrudge their success, whether you are in or out of the same stocks. Unlike Bono from U2, mining companies and their sponsors can indeed live without or without you and as noted on Saturday (1) it's really nothing personal, it's just capitalism baby. To that end, a small suggestion: Don't try and participate in every hot trade idea, don't feel envy for the success of others, don't get downhearted when that trade you passed on nails big wins for somebody else. There's going to be money to be made, but pick your own battles and win your own money. Jealousy doesn't become anyone."
GLD bullion holdings
Chart of the day is...
HudBay (HBM) (HBM.to) 1q16 numbers
- HBM 2q15 liquidity position, to quote that quarter's MD&A: "At June 30, 2015, we had total pro-forma available and committed liquidity of approximately $436.6 million..."
- HBM 3q15 liquidity position, to quote that quarter's MD&A: "As at September 30, 2015, we had total liquidity of approximately $300 million..."
- HBM 4q15 liquidity position, to quote that quarter's MD&A: "As at December 31, 2015, we had total liquidity of approximately $288 million..."
- HBM 1q16 liquidity position, to quote that quarter's MD&A:"As at March 31, 2016, we had total liquidity of approximately $190.1 million..."
Can't see any problem there. Oh...Wait...
Buriticá Colombia: News on how the eviction operation against illegal gold miners is going
"The operation is going very well. We have intervened in 119 localities, 700 people have been evicted, 19 people have been arrested, nine whorehouses have been closed down. The task continues, it's a long-term objective and it has only recently begun. What I can say is that miners are no longer entering the illegal mines."
IKN recommends: The Angry Geologist
"I want to use this blog as a forum to help pull away the layers of BS that junior exploration companies use to massage the data they put in press releases from their projects to 'maximize' the impact of this information on drawing in retail investors into buying their shares.
"I will be presenting a series if opinions on exploration stage project, using all available data on them to try and present them in a way that can be easily understood by people that don't have degrees in geology and mining engineering."
IKN proposes a new industry standard: "Centerra's First Law of Mining"
The concept would be simple enough:
"If you can't spell the name of the place, don't invest there".
A Flash update...
Chart of the day is...
Oh, they're going with U$2.20/lb for 2017 as well.
Mediocre 1q16 numbers from GG, NGD, BTG, FCX but...
...who gives a crap? Gold's up twenty bucks. Buy 'em anyway.
(Yup my sellside anal yst friend, that's how important your numbercrunching and deadline-beating work was. Have a nice day).
B2Gold (BTO.to) (BTG) 1q16 production numbers in one word
Seriously, what else do you want to say about 127,844 oz produced, plus misses at three of its four operations? Want me to lie? Want IKN to BS you like everywhere else? Plain fact is that it's a crappy Q1 from my biggest position. Another plain fact is that The Clive will get away with it if gold pops U$20 mañana.
The gold price hike trumps all.
Bacrim and gold mining in Colombia
Seriously Ari, you think you're going to get funding?
PS: "Bacrim", the Colombia word for these criminal groups.
Scribbling in the margins...
Oceanagold (OGC.to) needs a Haile Mary pass
In July 2015 in what can be described as a "brave move", OceanaGold (OGC.TO) (OGC.ax) bought Romarco for CAD$856m in order to get its hands on the Haile gold project, framed as a 540,000 oz Au per year operation that would be able to produce at U$600/oz cash cost.
What could possibly go wrong? Apparently quite a lot.
Un-named observers of matters Haile have learned that the changes, framed as "design enhancements" by OGC in its February 2016 NR, are anything but that. Those that really know about these things believe Haile has turned into a migraine-level headache for OGC, with overruns in capex and timeline to production (first ore through the mill was supposed to happen 4q16...kiss that goodbye).
As usual, IKN vouches for its sources. Don't say you weren't warned.
Beware: Copper experts at work
Just sayin'.
Richmont Mines (RIC.to) (RIC) and Tahoe: "Criss de calisse de tabernak d'osti de sacrament!"
Dalradian (DNA.to): A word of thanks...
Mariana Resources (MARL.L) placement; Sandstorm (SAND) and Sprott US the big takers
Chart of the day is...
...copper, hourlies:
Barrick (ABX) identifies its audience, and...
Continental Gold (CNL.to): Police trying to evict 600 informal miners in Buriticá today
UPDATE: This latest report ups the ante considerably and says it's now 1,500 police and army personnel trying to evict 6,000 (six thousand) miners today. Woah!
UPDATE 2: The above was laid down mid-morning, now post-close CNL.to decides to inform the world via a NR. I love the way they try to give the impression the eviction operation has come as a big surprise to them. How cute.
Know your country, Argentina mining edition
Argentina: Chubut is as FUBAR as ever for miningAnother Macri government pitch on mining last week, with the national government including Macri himself making noises about Chubut and how mining development there would provide important and needed economic benefits for the region. It came on the back of a visit to Macri by executives of Pan American Silver (PAA.to) (PAAS) who are keen to get the company's Navidad silver/zinc/lead project (well, in fact if we're being brutally honest it'd be a base metals mine with a decent silver by-product kicker) move forward as well as working on the latest strike over pay and conditions at its Manantial Espejo silver mine, also in Argentina.The pro-business/pro-mining noises were picked up by national and international wire media alike and went down well, right up until the moment somebody bothered to ask politicians in Chubut what they thought about the declarations. Chubut Governor Mario Das Neves said that his region "Has other priorities" at the moment (19), which was basically saying that he understands Chubut has to change its provincial laws or even the constitution before Navidad will be able to get green lighted. His underlings and other province politicos fell into line, pointing out that the central "meseta" region of Chubut would indeed benefit economically from Navidad opening but they agreed with the governor that they had more pressing matters first, that the debate on the mine's viability may have to go to a referendum on changes to the laws (20), that the environment and use of non-toxic reagents at any mine was a priority and other matters which make the whole permitting track of Navidad sound like what it is; an exercise in cat-herding.For those of you just tuning in, this is yet another example of how regional politics and agenda toward mining are far more important than anything the national government might have to say. Argentina mining investment = Choose your location very carefully. When PAAS bought Aquiline they didn't do that and have been regretting the deal ever since.
Chart of the day is...
Nevsun and Reservoir: Thar she blows Cap'n
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Nevsun (NSU.to) and Reservoir Minerals (RMC.v) to combine???
UPDATE: I'm now told that handle "Pamplonatrader" broke the story over at CEO.ca. So good for her/him, kudos due.
Gary Tanashian is a great chartist
And this, from his weekly subscriber-only missive this morning, is one of the reasons why:
"...I only value charts as a tool toward understanding probabilities. I believe that markets can turn on a dime, with no chart having foreseen it. Chartists will quickly adjust and resume extrapolating again after the event, but all too often they do not see the event. That is why some people, including myself in some cases, dislike chartists."
His free-access blog (which is full of good stuff on its own) is right here. I don't get commission or money or anything from recommending his work to you, I don't even pre-warn him (e.g. above was reproduced without permission...bite me Gary. The only arrangement he and I have is that we share each other's paid subscription weekly report on a quid-pro-quo basis and in that way, I get to read NFTRH for free every weekend. But I reco his stuff because I want more people to get smart about the market, no more no less.
But what is the answer
"The promotion of mining companies in Canada is a tired, shady and parasitical model, it's time to change things for the better and people such as these are part of the problem, not part of the solution."


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November garden essentials
It's all about survival of the fittest in November. Stroll through the garden and calculate which plants will survive a drop in temperature to 30 degrees or days of endless rain. Some plants may need sheltering temporarily, but be selective. Say goodbye to the carefree annuals that flower so admirably in summer. Pay particular attention to impatiens. A disease caused by the fungus-like organism Plasmorpara obducens has swept across the states from Britain. Impatiens have always been susceptible to downy mildew, but this is an aggressive downy mildew that occurs only on impatiens and causes their leaves to rapidly turn yellow and drop. There is no cure yet. Affected plants should be put in a plastic bag and thrown in the trash.
- Plant tulips and hyacinths, as well as other spring-blooming bulbs such as anemone, crocus, daffodil, Dutch hyacinth, Dutch iris, freesia, leucojum, narcissus, ranunculus and scilla.
- In the vegetable garden, put out seedlings of hardy lettuce varieties such as romaine; replant every few weeks. Plant out cold-tolerant kales and cabbages, also root vegetables (carrot, beet, parsnip, turnip, radish), leafy crops (mustard, bok choy, chard, arugula, lettuce, spinach) and legumes (pea and fava bean).
- If you're giving the garden a rest, plant alfalfa, buckwheat, favas or field peas to rejuvenate the soil. Come spring, chop them and turn them into the soil as green manure.
- Rake up leaves.
- Gardeners in areas with light frosts can spray an antitranspirant on frost-tender trees and shrubs such as citrus trees, kiwi vines, avocado trees and bougainvillea.
- Prepare the soil before it becomes too rain soaked for the planting of bare-root plants (such as roses, fruit trees and berries) several months from now.
- Prepare for winter storms. Dig trenches to divert heavy runoff, add heavy rocks to the base of a raised garden bed to help stabilize it, or sow bald spots with wildflower seeds or hardy annual seeds such as sweet alyssum.
Succulent centerpieces
Learn how to design beautiful succulent centerpieces from Charlotte Blome, whose succulent designs are widely admired. This demonstration class (not hands-on) takes place from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Nov. 17 at the Ruth Bancroft Garden, 1552 Bancroft Road in Walnut Creek. $25 fee. After the class, materials from the Ruth Bancroft Garden will be sold. Reservations recommended. Call (925) 944-9352 or register online at www.ruthbancroftgarden.org.
Terrarium workshops
Jen Strobel, container designer at Sloat Garden Center, will present a series of make-and-take terrarium workshops in November and December at Sloat nurseries around the Bay Area. The $25 fee includes all the materials. For dates and times, go the seminar section at www.sloatgardens.com or call your nearest Sloat Garden Center. Classes are limited to 15 participants.


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Canucks GM Mike Gillis gets no deals done, but touts 'pretty strong lineup,' on NHL trade deadline day
General manager insists team has pieces it needs to make a Stanley Cup run
Vancouver Canucks general manager Mike Gillis (above) maintained Wednesday that his team accomplished its main goal heading into the week by acquiring centre Derek Roy from the Dallas Stars on Tuesday for a second-round pick and minor-league defenceman Kevin Connauton.
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VANCOUVER — Mike Gillis says teams need a lot of luck to win the Stanley Cup.
The Vancouver Canucks now must hope they get a lot more of it than their general manager did on Wednesday.
Gillis and the Canucks came up empty on trade deadline day and are now gambling that Tuesday's acquisition of centre Derek Roy and the impending return of injured centre Ryan Kesler will be enough to carry the team deep into the playoffs.
Gillis went down swinging on a couple of potential deals Wednesday, leaving the Canucks with at least one significant hole on their roster and one unhappy goalie.
Not only did Gillis fail to deal Roberto Luongo, he also was unable to add any more offensive punch to a team that has had real trouble scoring goals this season.
The Canucks should be buoyed by Kesler's return, likely some time next week, but Gillis was unable to add a proven winger to complement Kesler on Vancouver's second line.
"We made a big pitch to get Ryane Clowe, we didn't end up with him because of personal reasons," Gillis told a news conference at Rogers Arena. "He was a player we were after."
Seventeen deals were made on a relatively quiet trade deadline day involving 30 players. The Canucks were not in on any of them, but Gillis said it was not from a lack of trying.
"We were in every deal we could possibly get in," he said. "They often don't work out, so you just have to keep staying in them and staying in them. With our lineup the way it is now, I think we are strong down the middle, our defence is strong, our goaltending is strong. We need to get some support from our wingers and score more goals. I think we have a pretty strong lineup."
Gillis maintained the team accomplished its main goal heading into the week by acquiring Roy from the Dallas Stars on Tuesday for a second-round pick and minor-league defenceman Kevin Connauton.
"That was our primary focus, to get a third-line centre," Gillis said.
Roy skated between Jannik Hansen and Chris Higgins in Wednesday's practice. Presumably, Mason Raymond will join Kesler on the second line, but who else?
If coach Alain Vigneault knows, he wasn't saying on Wednesday after he spent the morning in the team's trade deadline day war room.
"I think we'll address that situation when Ryan is back with the team," Vigneault said. "Now we've got 12 healthy forwards and seven healthy defencemen so we are going to try and come up with a plan that is best suited for that group that we have right now. When those guys do come back we'll see how the pieces fit. We don't have a lot of time, we have 12 regular-season games left. We have to make some good decisions."
In hindsight, assistant general manager Laurence Gilman may regret saying in a radio interview after the Roy trade on Tuesday that the Canucks weren't done dealing and were going "all-in" in an attempt to chase a Stanley Cup.
A day later, with no new additional reinforcements, Gillis suggested the Canucks lineup is good enough, with some luck, to compete for the Cup.
"I think with the addition of Derek we filled a real need that we have and with Ryan coming back, Zack (Kassian) will be coming back, Mason (Raymond) will be back, Dale Weise will be coming back, so we are going to fill out our roster with good players," Gillis said.
"I think to win in the Stanley Cup playoffs, you need two things: You need goaltending and you need some luck. And the third thing is you have to have a good team. So I think we have a good team, we need great goaltending and we need to get some luck. You can emerge from the West if you get those things, but everything does have to go perfectly for you to win the Stanley Cup."
Later in the day, the Canucks did recall Kassian from the Chicago Wolves. The big winger played just one game after being sent down on Sunday.
After finishing second in the pursuit of Clowe on Tuesday, the Canucks again were bridesmaids in an attempt to reacquire Raffi Torres from the Phoenix Coyotes on Wednesday.
"We were talking to them about Raffi for some time now," Gillis said. "He is a player we are familiar with. He was a good player here and we were talking to them all day today and it didn't work out for us."
The Sharks got Torres for a third-round pick. The Canucks were also believed to be offering a third-rounder. The Sharks won out because their third-round pick is one they acquired from the Florida Panthers and hence a much higher pick than the Vancouver's.
The Canucks were also in the market for another right-hand shot depth defenceman, but again came up empty.
The Minnesota Wild, the team the Canucks are chasing in the Northwest Division, added some significant offence Wednesday when they acquired Jason Pominville from the Buffalo Sabres.
The Canuck players now know exactly what their team is as the season winds down. Captain Henrik Sedin thinks the addition of Roy and the return of Kesler should give the team a big boost.
"I think Derek is a great pickup for us," Henrik said. "We played shorthanded for the most part this year, missing Kes and (David) Booth and other guys with injuries. Those are big holes to fill. I don't think people realize that a lot of other teams have gotten better and, from injuries, we have gotten worse. And we're still where we are. We've been winning games and we know we can play better and that's going to come with getting guys back."
That view was echoed by winger Chris Higgins.
"Kes is going to be a big addition," Higgins said. "We have gone almost the whole season without him so it is kind of like getting a new player back with him."


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Safe to say that a lot of celebrities and designers struggled with the punk fashion theme at this year's Met Gala, some embraced the studs, fishnets, the safety pins, spikes and wrapped tape look, most went with heavier eye make-up than usual, some really took the theme to town, Madonna I am talking about you, while others just ignored it completely, Gwyneth I am pointing this in your direction, and some even made their hair the focus, oh hello Anne Hathaway's bleached blonde hair-do!!!
Usually I do individual posts for the Met Gala much like my Oscar coverage, but this year I thought I would just do a round-up of my best dressed looks, and focus more on the stars that actually made punk high-fashion.
As you would expect with it being punk, there was a lot of black, not as much leather as I thought, but lots and lots of black. My favourite black look, and one of my favourites of the night, had to be Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev in Monique Lhuillier, a look featuring a leather and lace halter corseted bodice, black lace leggings and a tulle skirt, which was made perfectly punk with her incredible side-swept hair – seriously she so nailed it!!!
Coming in at a close second to Nina in the all-black category had to be Cara Delevingne in Burberry, as well as doing a great trench coat it seems that the British heritage brand also has a naughty side with this gorgeous and sexy spiked, plunging v-neck gown, which worked perfectly with her smokey dark eyes and sleek hair and her strong eye brows.
There were a lot of other black punk looks that caught my eye – Emma Watson in a revealing wrapped tape Prabal Gurung gown, Jennifer Lawrence in a polished Dior look, and Diane Kruger in Chanel, which was more grunge than punk but I did like the pink dip-dyed touch to her ponytail and spiked clutch. Then there were the blonde crop bombshells – Miley Cyrus and Anne Hathaway – who both looked incredible.
Sporting a slinky black mesh Marc Jacobs gown that Kate Moss has worn, I really liked Miley's commitment to the theme and I think I am the only one who actually loved her OTT spiked hair. In contrast, Anne's new blonde hair-do was more sleek and worked perfectly with her very revealing, gorgeously embellished vintage Valentino gown from 1992, which totally makes up for her Oscar look. I love that both totally went for it and I think it paid off.
But there was one look that completely blew me away and that had to be Sarah Jessica Parker wearing an incredible Philip Treacy mowhawk, a dark and moody paint-splatted printed Giles gown and incredible Christian Louboutin boots – now that is how you do punk fashion!!!
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We would like to thank the following companies for supplying and supporting us with our test system hardware and equipment: Intel, ASUS and Corsair.
Looking above you can see our testbed and in typical fashion there are no changes here as we continue to use our X79 testbed which we've been using for a while now.
Before we get into the performance side of things let's just quickly cover the video cards that we'll be using in our graphs today.
Of course we've got the overclocked HD 7870 HAWK video card from MSI. Along with that we've also got the HD 7770, HD 7850, HD 7870, HD 7950 and HD 7970 to round of the AMD side of things.
On the NVIDIA front we've got the GTX 560 Ti, GTX 570 and GTX 580 as NVIDIA continue to not offer us a GTX 600 series based video card that hits at this price point at this stage.
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When we benchmark our video cards and look at the graphs, we aim to get to a certain level of FPS which we consider playable. While many may argue that the human eye can't see over 24 FPS or 30 FPS, any true gamer will tell you that as we climb higher in Frames Per Seconds (FPS), the overall gameplay feels smoother. There are three numbers we're looking out for when it comes to our benchmarks.
30 FPS - It's the minimum number we aim for when it comes to games. If you're not dropping below 30 FPS during games, you're going to have a nice and smooth gaming experience. The ideal situation is that even in a heavy fire fight, the minimum stays above 30 FPS making sure that you can continue to aim easily or turn the corner with no dramas.
60 FPS - It's the average we look for when we don't have a minimum coming at us. If we're getting an average of 60 FPS, we should have a minimum of 30 FPS or better and as mentioned above, it means we've got some smooth game play happening.
120 FPS - The new number that we've been hunting down over recent months. If you're the owner of a 120 Hz monitor, to get the most out of it you want to get around the 120 FPS mark. Moving from 60 FPS / 60 Hz to 120 FPS / 120 Hz brings with it a certain fluidity that can't really be explained, but instead has to be experienced. Of course, if you're buying a 120 Hz monitor to take advantage of 3D, an average of 120 FPS in our benchmark means that in 3D you will have an average of 60 FPS, which again means you should expect some smooth gameplay.
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Nowadays, everyone realizes that movie stars don't look all that perfect in real life and that Madonna doesn't look like a twenty year old, but rather thrice that number. It's the fault, or blessing, of Photoshop, a premier photo editing application.
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But who really wants to listen to me? Wouldn't it be more righteous to have the faith to believe that a God who can split the water move mountains build planets can give us a little extra oil just for our faith?
It's interesting: Mormonism's commitment to balancing faith, works, and grace actually may be closer to productive paradox. We don't believe in 33% faith, 33% works, 33% grace, we believe in at least 100% of each. Mormons should have:
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-a standard of ethical and moral living that moves us toward our dream of Zion
-a total ability to let go sometimes and believe that God is great enough to save us
This is wonderful, but sometimes leaves us vulnerable to false ideas that appeal to, say, our sense of faith or righteousness. Relying on faith, we sometimes fail to be sufficiently faithful as stewards (an assignment that requires our vigilance and intelligence).
That's what happens with the false midrash that teaches sufficient means limitless.
Marvin Hill argues it may be what happened with the Kirtland Bank, but works to distance Joseph Smith from such confusion. Next week, I'll talk about why it's OK to think that Joseph might have made the same error, and had to learn this lesson along with everyone else.


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We're more fooled by noise than ever before, and it's because of a nasty phenomenon called "big data." With big data, researchers have brought cherry-picking to an industrial level.
Modernity provides too many variables, but too little data per variable. So the spurious relationships grow much, much faster than real information.
In other words: Big data may mean more information, but it also means more false information.
Just like bankers who own a free option – where they make the profits and transfer losses to others – researchers have the ability to pick whatever statistics confirm their beliefs (or show good results) ... and then ditch the rest.
Big-data researchers have the option to stop doing their research once they have the right result. In options language: The researcher gets the "upside" and truth gets the "downside." It makes him antifragile, that is, capable of benefiting from complexity and uncertainty – and at the expense of others.
But beyond that, big data means anyone can find fake statistical relationships, since the spurious rises to the surface. This is because in large data sets, large deviations are vastly more attributable to variance (or noise) than to information (or signal). It's a property of sampling: In real life there is no cherry-picking, but on the researcher's computer, there is. Large deviations are likely to be bogus.
We used to have protections in place for this kind of thing, but big data makes spurious claims even more tempting. And fewer and fewer papers today have results that replicate: Not only is it hard to get funding for repeat studies, but this kind of research doesn't make anyone a hero. Despite claims to advance knowledge, you can hardly trust statistically oriented sciences or empirical studies these days.
This is not all bad news though: If such studies cannot be used to confirm, they can be effectively used to debunk — to tell us what's wrong with a theory, not whether a theory is right.
Another issue with big data is the distinction between real life and libraries. Because of excess data as compared to real signals, someone looking at history from the vantage point of a library will necessarily find many more spurious relationships than one who sees matters in the making; he will be duped by more epiphenomena. Even experiments can be marred with bias, especially when researchers hide failed attempts or formulate a hypothesis after the results – thus fitting the hypothesis to the experiment (though the bias is smaller there).
The problem with big data, in fact, is not unlike the problem with observational studies in medical research. In observational studies, statistical relationships are examined on the researcher's computer. In double-blind cohort experiments, however, information is extracted in a way that mimics real life. The former produces all manner of results that tend to be spurious (as last computed by John Ioannidis) more than eight times out of 10.
Yet these observational studies get reported in the media and in some scientific journals. (Thankfully, they're not accepted by the Food and Drug Administration). Stan Young, an activist against spurious statistics, and I found a genetics-based study claiming significance from statistical data even in the reputable New England Journal of Medicine – where the results, according to us, were no better than random.
And speaking of genetics, why haven't we found much of significance in the dozen or so years since we've decoded the human genome?
Well, if I generate (by simulation) a set of 200 variables – completely random and totally unrelated to each other – with about 1,000 data points for each, then it would be near impossible not to find in it a certain number of "significant" correlations of sorts. But these correlations would be entirely spurious. And while there are techniques to control the cherry-picking (such as the Bonferroni adjustment), they don't catch the culprits – much as regulation didn't stop insiders from gaming the system. You can't really police researchers, particularly when they are free agents toying with the large data available on the web.
I am not saying here that there is no information in big data. There is plenty of information. The problem – the central issue – is that the needle comes in an increasingly larger haystack.
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- What Baby Wants
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Steve Hunter – guitars on "Something To Remember Me By", "When Hell Comes Home" & "What Baby Wants"
Keith Nelson – Guitars & backing vocals on "Caffeine"
Dick Wagner – Lead guitar on "The Underture"
Tommy Denander – Guitars on "I Am Made of You"
Vince Gill – Lead guitar on "A Runaway Train" & "Gotta Get Outta Here"
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John 5 – Guitar on "Disco Bloodbath Boogie Fever"
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Piggy D – Bass on "Last Man On Earth"
David Spreng – Drums on "Last Man On Earth"
Kip Winger – Backing vocals on "Ghouls Gone Wild" & "The Congregation"
Patterson Hood – Guitar on "Gotta Get Outta Here"
Jimmy DeGrasso – Drums on "I Gotta Get Outta Here"
Pat Buchanan – Guitars
Vicki Hampton – Backing vocals
Wendy Moten – Backing vocals
Scott Williamson – Drums
Jimmie Lee Sloas – Bass
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It's been 36 years since Alice Cooper went solo and released what is possibly his most successful album, the classic and iconic WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE (1975). In that time, Alice has released 17 other studio albums and each one incorporates the horror themes, tongue-in-cheek humor and all out craziness that has become the trademark of his music and image…..but they all owe their conception to the Nightmare. Alice has been on a roll for the last decade releasing albums that have that old school, classic '70s Alice Cooper Band sound with THE EYES OF ALICE COOPER (2003) and DIRTY DIAMONDS (2005), and the horror film/serial killer epic ALONG CAME A SPIDER (2008), so what does he do? He enlists famed producer (and unofficial sixth member of the Alice Cooper Band) Bob Ezrin, his former bandmates (Dennis Dunaway, Neal Smith, Michael Bruce, Dick Wagner & Steve Hunter), and a varied list of guest musicians (Rob Zombie, Ke$ha, Vince Gill & more) to create an album that many people are calling a sequel but, in Alice's world, it's a continuation…..WELCOME 2 MY NIGHTMARE (2011).
After close to four decades after Alice's original nightmare, his new nightmare is a bit updated but it also gives a nod to the first one. The opening song 'I Am Made Of You' starts with a chilling piano that recalls Alice's classic track 'Steven' (the main character and inspiration for the original Nightmare). It's a very basic song and builds as it moves forward to a bigger sound but with that piano under it all keeping it creepy. Alice puts in a solid vocal and uses some studio effects on parts of his vocal (some may confuse it with Auto-Tune) to add to that creepiness. The guitars and orchestration are added fora grand effect and the song takes on this preview quality of what's to come. The opening guitar to 'Caffeine' sets the manic tone that reflects Alice's fear of falling asleep…..he'll do whatever it takes to stay awake so the Nightmare doesn't begin. "Caffeine, caffeine, amphetamine, a little speed is all I need….", I think that says it all, he has to stay awake at any cost and you can feel the panic. Alice can't hold out forever and 'The Nightmare Returns' is just that…..Alice starts to fall asleep and it's almost like he's singing a creepy lullaby over that chilling piano. For a quick 1:15, the song sets the tone…..Alice is asleep and the Nightmare begins…..
'A Runaway Train' is Alice's reunion with his old Alice Cooper Band bandmates Bruce, Dunaway & Smith along with guitar work from Steve Hunter and a mean guitar solo from country superstar Vince Gill. Alice finds himself stuck on this runaway train heading toward his nightmare at full speed and he's waiting for the eventual crash. If you listen to the lyrics, Alice is talking to the other passengers on this train to nightmares and he realizes that his fame and fortune will get him nowhere because everyone is equal on this train…..the Nightmare is coming and nothing can stop it and he can't wake. The song itself sounds like a classic country barnyard hoedown mixed with straight '70s Hard Rock that eventually ends with the crash. 'The Last Man On Earth' has that vaudeville sound mixed with jazz, almost like a marching band…..I could see Alice walking down some deserted street with a ghostly band behind him singing this song at the top of his lungs! Basically, this is Alice immersed in the dream but he's alone and he realizes he can do whatever he wants…..but is that a good thing? He can't tell because he knows he's in his own nightmare. Continuing to 'The Congregation', this is classic Beatles if I ever heard it and Rob Zombie is Alice's guide through the dream. Back on the 1975 record, Vincent Price did the spoken word narrations and now Alice's good friend Mr. Zombie takes over and he fits in perfectly. I heard someone on a radio show recently say that this song sounded like Cheap Trick but they were Beatles influenced also so it all comes down to the originators and Alice showing off what influenced his musical direction. Alice shows another influence, this time The Rolling Stones (who I prefer to The Beatles), with another reunion song with his old bandmates titled 'I'll Bite Your Face Off'. The guitar is pure Keith Richards, the tempo is classic Wyman/Watts and you could almost hear Mick singing the song but the lyrics are so not the Stones. Even the piano break in the middle of the song sounds Stonsey, a bit of Ian Stewart (the sixth member of the Stones) from Bob Ezrin (the sixth member of Alice Cooper). Obviously, Alice has met a girl in his dream and she may look nice but she has a dark side.
From The Beatles and The Stones we move into disco…..disco? 'Disco Bloodbath Boogie Fever' is one of my favorite songs on the album, it has a touch of Rap mixed with a disco dance beat but it moves to straight out Metal towards the end. John 5 guests on guitar on this track and he's one of the best modern guitarists on the scene. The concept here is that Disco is the antithesis of everything Alice stands for and he can't make the music, or the people, stop. No matter how many he kills, more show up and keep going, so it turns into a bloodbath….."Bodies here, bodies there, piles of bodies everywhere…..". Another favorite of mine is the surf rock sound of 'Ghouls Gone Wild'…..I love that word play on the title "ghouls" replacing "girls" from that highly successful babefest video series Girls Gone Wild. In Alice's nightmare, the chicks are there dancing on the beach but they're all dead and he falls for one of course! It sounds like a B-movie horror film concept and I can only describe it as a "zombie beach a go-go" with that Beach Boys sound from the early '60s. Great guitar work here from Tommy Henriksen and Steve Hunter, they capture that '60s surf vibe perfectly, and the background vocals ( especially the oooh-aaahs) from Mark Volman (The Turtles), Ezrin and Kip Winger add that extra detail. Comparing both the original NIGHTMARE and NIGHTMARE 2, you need the seminal ballad. On the first album, it was the classic 'Only Women Bleed', a song that became one of Alice's biggest hits…..on the new record, it's 'Something To Remember Me By'. It's got that same sound, that same style vocal from Alice that was so unexpected 36 years ago, it sounds sweet but you realize Alice is singing to this ghoul from the beach party! Classic Alice! One of the things I like to do with these kind of concept albums is follow along with the lyric sheet and, as I write this review, I'm referring to it to follow the storyline because this nightmare is really a story.
Alice's nightmare continues to themes of domestic violence in 'When Hell Comes Home'…..kind of like 'Only Women Bleed' from the first NIGHTMARE. 'When Hell Comes Home' is creepier, more sinister and definitely one of the heavier songs on the album. This part of the dream/story is from a child's perspective (a young Alice maybe?) about how his Daddy comes home drunk and likes to take his aggressions on the family…..of course Alice turns the tables on Daddy in the end! The are a ton of guest stars on this album and one of the most talked about is pop diva Ke$ha and her performance on 'What Baby Wants'. I'll be honest, upon hearing the news of her involvement I was not a happy metalhead because I felt Alice was pandering to get extra fans from the musically uneducated masses. I know all about Ke$ha because I have two daughters and a wife that love Pop and Dance music and I have no tolerance for it. Does anyone expect anything great from an Alice/Ke$ha pairing? I didn't but I was proven wrong because 'What Baby Wants' is a pretty good catchy tune and Ke$ha sounds more Rock than she does Pop. I thought the concept that she is the Devil in Alice's dream was kind of funny because I such preconceptions of the duet but it works disguising the Devil as a young good-looking woman, she wants his soul and…."what baby wants, baby gets!". Another classic track is "I Gotta Get Outta Here' where Alice basically realizes he has to wake up because this nightmare is out of control but he doesn't realize that he's already dead! The choir section and Alice's lines to them at the end is classic. Now that the Nightmare is over for Alice, we receive 'The Underture', the grand instrumental finale that uses instrumentation from songs on both NIGHTMARE records to end it all and forever link the two albums.
Now if you're a big Alice fan like myself then you like to collect everything Alice records and the Classic Rock Magazine special issue for WELCOME 2 MY NIGHTMARE is a really cool deal. I have the original release CD but I also dropped the import price for the special magazine that includes the album with two bonus tracks, poster, Alice make-up, an Alice mask, a School's Out pin and an issue of Classic rock specially devoted to Alice Cooper. I seem to be buying these up lately, I have this one, the Whitesnake one and I just ordered the Motorhead issue…..they are great collector's pieces! The bonus tracks include a studio song titled 'Under The Bed' and a live version of Alice's huge hit 'Poison' from the 2011 Download Festival. 'Under The Bed' is a solid song that is another slow creepy sounding song with that Ezrin piano that gives that scary feel…..it's all about Alice not wanting to fall asleep because he knows that he'll have a nightmare and that there are things under the bed that will torment him. It's a good song and it would probably fit either before or after 'Caffeine' in the album sequence. The live 'Poison' from Download is a solid performance and, being a veteran of many an Alice concert, the song is a highlight every show. If you were a teen like me in 1989 when TRASH came out, then you know all about the song, the comeback, and the success so the man has to play it and it always fits the theatrical part of his show. It's a solid recording and performance and I'm hoping that it gets properly released as a live album and DVD and the fact that two more live songs appear on the Canadian deluxe pressing of the album ('No More Mr. Nice Guy' & 'The Black Widow') means that it's a possibility. Just another quick collector's note outside the proper album, there are a bunch of different album versions with bonus tracks: the Classic Rock Magazine fan pack and the Canadian deluxe pressing I mentioned, there's a deluxe digipak and Japanese pressing that include the other two live tracks but replaces 'Under The Bed' with the studio song 'We Gotta Get Out Of This Place', the vinyl that has the studio track 'Flatline' instead of 'Under The Bed' and the iTunes bonus song 'A Bad Situation'. I haven't heard any of these other bonus tracks so I can't review them…..but I will be seeking them out.
Bottom Line:
It's hard to top one of the most iconic albums in Hard Rock & Heavy Metal but Alice Cooper and his cast of musicians and collaborators have come extremely close. I grew up listening to classic Alice albums and WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE (1975) is so good, so famous, so groundbreaking that topping it is next to impossible and I think Alice knows that so why not just continue the Nightmare? That's exactly what this record does: it continues to dive into the demented world that is Alice's dreams only that this time around there is no escape! The entire concept of the album serves as the perfect bridge between to eras of Alice's career but the latest NIGHTMARE can easily stand alone as it's own entity, if there never was an original NIGHTMARE album, then this new record would stand alone just as strong. I like the fact that Alice is able to keep his current music fresh and exciting but always giving that nod towards his classic '70s sound. The music, lyrics and production on the album are top shelf but that's to be expected when you pair up Alice Cooper with Bob Ezrin and the host of guests that either write or perform on the album. As far as I'm concerned, this is the best Alice record of the new millenium era (2000 to present) and there is some stiff competition for that title with the last three albums (mentioned above) and BRUTAL PLANET (2000) and DRAGONTOWN (2001). WELCOME 2 MY NIGHTMARE is definitely one of the top releases of 2011 for me and I can easily say that it's currently battling at the top of my list for the #1 album of 2011.
Favorite Songs:
When you have a concept album with such great songs it can be hard to pick out a few songs as favorites because the songs really blend into each other to tell the story. I'll be honest, I can't find a bad song on this album and I really do like them all but, if I have to choose four stand-out tracks they would be 'Caffeine', 'Disco Bloodbath Boogie Fever, 'Ghouls Gone Wild' and 'When Hell Comes Home'. The songs all either have the Alice humor, the horror or the freakiness that are all his trademarks. I'm also going to give a quick mention here to the Ke$ha collaboration on 'What Baby Wants'…..way better than I expected.


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'The Boondocks' back for final 'offensive' season
NEW YORK (AP) -- The brash animated series "The Boondocks" returns to Adult Swim for its fourth and final season without Aaron McGruder, the man who spawned it, but with its brashness intact.
A future episode even spoofs "Breaking Bad." The weekly episodes air Mondays at 10:30 p.m. EDT.
Adapted by McGruder in 2005 from his comic strip of the same name, "The Boondocks" quickly distinguished itself for its pull-no-punches exploration of the black experience in the U.S., where living, making a living and just growing up can pose special challenges for African-Americans.
With its beautiful anime style but tough subjects and rough language, the series ruffled feathers while winning acclaim, including an NAACP Image Award.
It also won the prestigious Peabody Award in 2007 for an episode that found Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. awakening from a decades-long "coma" into a modern world that both disturbed and disappointed him for its lack of social progress.
The series "throws edgy, irreverent comment at some of the thorniest issues of our time," the Peabody committee said in its citation. "Race relations, racial identity, juvenile delinquency -- there are no sacred topics here."
"The Boondocks" centers on cranky, self-involved Robert "Granddad" Freeman, the legal (but highly irresponsible) guardian of two grandsons who has moved them from Chicago's inner city to what he fancies as the trouble-free "boondocks" of a comfortable suburb. In those sedate surroundings, Granddad hopes he can shirk his child-raising burdens in favor of full-time sloth and partying.
Needless to say, his grandkids disrupt those plans. Riley is a rambunctious 8-year-old product of rap culture. His 10-year-old brother, Huey, is a budding revolutionary, a dead-serious left-wing radical who serves as the series' conscience. (Regina King of "Southland" and "Ray" voices the brothers, while John Witherspoon of "Friday After Next" is Granddad.)
"It was important to offend, but equally important to offend for the right reasons," McGruder explained on Facebook last month, speaking of the series' first three seasons, when "I personally navigated this show through the minefields of controversy."
McGruder has since departed after "a mutually agreeable production schedule could not be determined," according to Adult Swim.
But he's preparing something new for the network as he puts "a life of controversy and troublemaking behind me," he said -- surely with tongue in cheek -- in his Facebook statement. His new project: a live-action scripted comedy called "Black Jesus," with Jesus living in modern-day Compton, Calif., as he attempts to spread love and kindness through this troubled neighborhood. It is scheduled to premiere later this year.
Meanwhile, even in McGruder's absence, "The Boondocks" isn't playing it safe or just for laughs.
In a future episode, Granddad learns he's broke.
"I'd say you have six months before you and your grandkids are homeless and starving," his financial planner informs him, then, pondering what funds Granddad might generate, inquires, "How many kidneys do you have?"
Huey's chemistry project (which in fact is an effort to make an explosive material for building bombs) turns out to be the goldmine Granddad has dreamed of: This pink goop turns out to be the world's best hair-wave cream. It doesn't just straighten existing hair, it's mega-Rogaine, growing beautifully lustrous straight hair overnight.
There's just one hitch, as Huey is quick to warn Granddad: With a single spark, the stuff explodes on your head.
Will this stop Granddad from cashing in on his miracle product -- or getting tangled up in the dangerous black market of the hair-care industry?
It's a clever parable with a lot to say about human vanity (the risk of death pales beside the promise of great hair), and about the readiness of consumer products to exploit that vanity.
And it's told as an homage to the crystal-meth underworld explored by "Breaking Bad," including some shot-for-shot sequences borrowed from that AMC drama's famous pilot episode, here with Granddad (not Walter White) as a would-be drug lord in his tighty-whities, cooking contraband wave cream (not "blue sky" meth) in the desert in his motor home.
As ever on "The Boondocks," the sparks will fly.
EDITOR'S NOTE -- Frazier Moore is a national television columnist for The Associated Press. He can be reached at email@example.com and at http://www.twitter.com/tvfrazier


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We first saw India's cheap tablet last year, and now, a year later, the Aakash has started shipping to Indian students complete with the promised $35 price tag.
The specs have changed somewhat; most significantly, the original Linux OS has been replaced by Android 2.2 Froyo. The seven inch resistive touch screen has 800 x 480 resolution, driven by a 366-MHz co-processor with 256-MB of RAM and 32-GB of flash memory. That isn't exactly going to embarrass your iPad 2, but it should help millions of people to get online for the first time.
The $35 price includes an Indian government subsidy of around $15 per tablet, but the manufacturers hope to get the actual retail price down to $35 once volume production kicks in. While the basic version has only Wi-Fi connectivity, a retail version with a modem and SIM card is expected to follow for around $70.


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Freshman Diehl lone finalist for Flames, who slip to third
March 14, 2014 | Allen, Texas
Liberty University's wrestling team slipped from second to third place after the second of three days at the National Collegiate Wrestling Association Championships, Friday at the Allen Event Center in Allen, Texas.
Tournament favorite Grand Canyon University, the NCWA National Duals meet champion, extended its point total to 207 points, widening the gap on second-place Shorter University (142), the third-place Flames (128.5), and fourth-place Central Florida (108.5).
The Flames, who have placed third in the past two NCWA national tournaments, started the day with championship quarterfinalists in seven of the 11 weight classes. They finished with just one wrestler advancing to Saturday's championship finals, two less than last year and four fewer than two years ago.
Liberty freshman Ryan Diehl reached the championship by pinning Penn State-Mont Alto's Jimmy Hughes in 5:22 in the quarterfinals and scoring an 18-2 technical fall over Grand Canyon's John Lin Estrado in the semifinals. Diehl will get his long-awaited match against top-seeded, undefeated, defending national champion Sam Shames of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Saturday's final. Shames has pinned three opponents and scored a tech fall against a fourth.
Flames senior 197-pounder Aaron Thompson and 184-pounder Royal Brettrager were both sent to the consolation bracket in the semifinals. Thompson scored a 14-1 major decision over Saginaw Valley's Wayne Sanders before coming up just short in a 3-2 decision against Central Florida's Tyrell Walker.
Brettrager scored a 6-1 decision over Florida Gulf Coast University's Vincent Jiovenetta before losing an 8-3 decision to Grand Canyon's Austin Gaun in the semis. He awaits the winner between Army Prep's Jack Wedholm and Liberty freshman Matt Reynolds in Saturday's consolation semifinals. Reynolds has won five straight consolation matches since losing his first bout on Thursday, most recently scoring a 16-0 technical fall over the University of South Carolina's Andres Briones, pinning Central Florida's Davin Morris in 4:44, and scoring a 6-4 decision over James Madison University's Stefan Haas.
At 125, Liberty freshman Timothy Nordan lost his quarterfinal match by 10-2 major decision to Grand Canyon's AJ Salazar. He was then eliminated by the University of Texas-Arlington's Michael Dauterive, who recorded a fall in 5:56 of his first consolation match.
Liberty graduate student Colin Lewis won all three of his 141-pound consolation matches Friday, edging Middle Tennessee State University's Carlos Garcia, 4-3, before scoring an 11-1 major decision over Brigham Young University's Brandon Grooms and a 22-5 technical fall of the University of Maryland Baltimore County's Stephen Beam. Lewis will face Georgia Southern's Joshua Gaspard in the consolation quarterfinals.
Flames sophomore 149-pounder Peter Tatanish defeated the USC's Nicholas Cegelski, 4-2, in his quarterfinal match before falling to the consolation bracket with a 7-4 setback against Grand Canyon's Mike Hamel. He will face the winner between Air Force's Robert Walker and Marion Military's DeAndre Beck in the consolation semifinals.
In the 157-pound division, Liberty junior Chase Boontjer lost a 4-2 decision to Grand Canyon's Bryant Wood in his quarterfinal bout and wrestled Patrick Foxworth of The Apprentice School in the consolations.
At 165, Flames freshman Josh Ferenczy came up on the short end of a 3-1 decision against Navy Prep's Drew Daniels in the quarterfinal round and was eliminated by Alabama's Frankie McKeown, who pinned Ferenczy in 5:55 in the consolations.
Liberty junior Keyshaun Ward won his 174-pound quarterfinal over FGCU's Giovanni Jiovenetta, 7-5, before narrowly missing advancing to the finals with a 5-4 semifinal setback against Army Prep's Parker Maytrott. Liberty freshman Josh Sturgill defeated FGCU's Jimmy Keegan by fall in 6:42 and Washington State's Joe Traverso by 6-4 decision. He will face Jiovenetta in the consolation quarterfinals before Ward awaits the winner between Wayne State's Jon Williams and Navy Prep's Robert Manier in the consolation semifinals.
At 285, Flames sophomore Zachary Newton won two consolation matches, winning a 4-1 decision over Penn State-DuBois' Andrew Bigley and pinning Glendale's Eduardo Cisneros in 5:13 before being eliminated with a 6-4 loss to Central Washington's Kevin Madson.
Saturday's consolation quarterfinals start at 9 a.m. with the championship finals beginning at 3 p.m. and the All-American banquet set for 7 p.m. Live results will be posted online and video footage is available as well.


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SANDY, Utah — Real Salt Lake know what is at stake when they take the field against the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night at Rio Tinto Stadium (9 pm ET, watch LIVE online). The Claret-and-Cobalt hold a two-point lead over the Quakes in the Western Conference, and San Jose have a game in hand.
"It's huge for us," midfielder Will Johnson said. "They took three points from us [in San Jose on April 21], which we're not happy about. First and second place [on the line], our goal is to get first place in this league. Tomorrow night will go a long way toward that goal. We know in the back of our mind we have to go back to San Jose one more time this year."
The huge contest is a little bit tougher than normal for RSL. Defenders Jámison Olave and Chris Schuler have both been ruled out for the game, the Colombian with a calf injury and the American with a stress fracture in his foot. While Schuler is expected to return to training next week, RSL will likely bring back a familiar face to pair with Nat Borchers in central defense: Chris Wingert.
"I've played more games in my life at center back than I have at outside back, so I am still fairly comfortable there," Wingert said. "I will just go over a few things today, go over my spacing, and hopefully, I will be a little bit tougher there."
In both of RSL's last two contests, Wingert has moved to center back around hour mark in the wake of an Olave substitution. In both instances, Johnson has dropped from the midfield into Wingert's left back position.
"That's the issue really for me," RSL head coach Jason Kreis said. "You move one player like Wingert into that [center] spot, and you've got other question marks at his spot. But we have players, again, that have stepped forward and taken advantage of opportunities when they've been given. It just means more players will get opportunities now."
One option for Kreis at outside back is the newest member of the team, 23-year-old Gambian international Kenny Mansally, who signed on Tuesday following a three week trial with the squad. Mansally was released earlier this season by the New England Revolution.
"We brought him here to be an outside back," Kreis said. "That's where he has played in all of our training sessions. That's where he played in the reserve game for us for the majority of the minutes. He's a versatile player, we know, which is always good. Maybe we could consider him at forward, where he played for New England, but for us, we are mainly focused on him at outside back. We're considering throwing him right into the mix tomorrow night [against San Jose]."
Regardless of what personnel decisions Kreis makes, he knows how important a win would be.
"This is the third time this season we have played a No. 1 vs. No. 2 — with San Jose earlier and Kansas City," Kreis said. "It will be nice to play that game at home. We need to be looking for a different result because we are 0-2 in those matches."


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Colonization Flap
The issue at the centre of the dispute is an amendment to a much wider law that simply aims to improve the living conditions of French civilians repatriated at the end of the Algerian war in 1962.
The amendment asks that school programmes recognise the positive role of France's presence overseas, notably in north Africa. The minor clause was attached to the main bill on the private initiative of one lawmaker and adopted by parliament without debate or fanfare last February.
Nine months later, TV and radio talk of little else, and the once anonymous amendment has created a national fracas. French historian Pierre Blanche says it has provoked a debate that the country has avoided for 40 years.
"We're like the Japanese, we're the last nation who is scared of their colonial past. In Japan it took 22 million Chinese signing a petition to wake them up, and in France it took some parliamentarians sneaking this amendment through on a Friday afternoon to start the debate."
Roads, infrastructure, health and education systems
Left-wing politicians and rights groups say the bill is an attempt to gloss over the country's colonial past at the expense of blacks and Arabs, while right-wing statesmen claim France has nothing to be ashamed of in a colonial legacy that left roads, infrastructure, and health and education systems, not to mention the French language.
But negative coverage in the media has continued nonetheless, and last week, Interior minister Nicholas Sarkozy had to cancel a trip to the overseas French territories and former colonies of Martinique and Guadeloupe because of the threat of angry protests. Plus, a prominent Martinican writer had refused to meet with him.
Many in the government have moved to distance themselves from the amendment. Although he has stopped short of calling for the article to be repealed, prime minister Dominique de Villepin said it was certainly not up to lawmakers to write history.
"For those who were thrown in the belly of galleons and taken across the Atlantic to work in the plantations, these are memories that are still alive and you see them in Martinique and Guadeloupe and all that still evokes pain", he said.
Political class stirred
Even President Chirac has gone on national television to try to calm tensions. He said there was no official version of French history and called history the key to a country's cohesion. He then promptly announced the formation of a committee to evaluate the actions of parliament in the field of history and report back within three months.
Africa Gora is an organization that helps minorities find their place in mainstream French society. President Dogad Dogoui holds a seminar for black professionals who want to work on their resumes and interviewing skills. Dogoui says the gaffe shows that once again many lawmakers do not consider immigrants a true part of French society.
"Many decision makers refuse to see that France today is an increasingly mixed and coloured society. We have to have a shared version of history and to build this country for future generations."
With efforts to revoke the controversial amendment blocked by conservative lawmakers in parliament, the government is looking at passing a decree to allow it to overrule the clause without actually having to revoke it. But until the issue is resolved, citizens can be assured that there will be no shortage of debate on the legacy of France's colonial past.
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Who: Taylor Swift
Where: At the 49th Annual Academy Of Country Music Awards held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas
Wearing: A custom J. Mendel silk crepe ivory top featuring cut-out panels to the shoulders and a black asymmetrical skirt with thigh-high split, teamed with gold jewellery, black Casadei strappy heels and a gold and black clutch
Verdict: Normally at these type of events Taylor works something romantic, normally glittery, with a very girlie vibe as the country star darling that she is. Don't get me wrong she always looks stunning, she is gorgeous, but I really love that she went for something different with this custom J. Mendel look.
Opting for just the right amount of skin in this cut-out crop top and thigh-high split skirt this is a very edgy look for Taylor, maybe it is an attempt to stop people calling her style boring, or maybe she just decided to try something new – whatever made her go for this custom midriff showing look I am pleased she did.
As well as loving the look, I adore the styling the black and gold accessories works perfectly and those earrings are incredible. Also top marks to her glam squad her hair and make-up is flawless – she really is a stunner.