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My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields On Reissue Delays: 'Sony Hid Our Master Tapes'
from the inevitable-'artist-signed-a-contract'-trolling-in-3...2... deptShoegaze legend My Bloody Valentine has never been mistaken for a prolific band. With their last album (Loveless) having been released over two decades ago (1991 to be exact), anyone who's been holding their breath waiting for a followup has probably been revived enough times that friends and family are considering adding a DNR order to their living will.
Now, at long last, there are signs of life. On May 7th, Sony Records is set to release remastered versions of MBV's two full albums and several EPs [exclamation points!]. Not only that, but MBV co-founder Kevin Shields is strongly hinting at an actual new My Bloody Valentine album [more exclamation points, tempered with a "we've heard this before over the last 20 years, but still..."!].
While the new remasters will be appreciated, it's a project that's been in the works since 2004. Most of those familiar with Kevin Shields' perfectionism (the obsessiveness that saw the band go through 19 recording studios and nearly as many producers while recording Loveless, nearly bankrupting Creation Records in the process) probably chalked up this extra-long delay to excessive amounts of knob twiddling. But in an interview with Pitchfork, Shields points out that this time it wasn't him:
The [remastering] process actually started in 2001, when we managed to come to an agreement with Sony, who inherited us from Creation. Part of the Sony deal was that I wanted all of the EPs made into one package because, back in 2001, you could get the albums pretty easily but not the EPs. So it was basically a compilation of all the EPs, and that was it.Tapes going missing isn't completely unheard of. When bands lie dormant for years at a time, the labels generally don't place a premium on keeping everything sorted out, especially when they can do things like issue faux-remasters by pressing the "+Loud" button while the CD is in the tray. Shields points out that Warner (who handles American distribution) did exactly that when issuing supposed vinyl "remasters" in 2003:
Then we decided to do Isn't Anything and Loveless as well-- if we're gonna remaster [the EPs], we should remaster everything. In 2002, I tried to start working on it, but the studio that had the tapes, Metropolis Studios, lost them; the analog multi-tracks were all missing for a year. Only after I started threatening to get Scotland Yard involved did they magically, suddenly reappear. The true story is as yet to be determined, but we'll fight that one out in the near future.
For example, in America, Warner Bros. licensed Loveless and Isn't Anything to Plain Records, and they basically just ripped [the audio] off the CD and put it on vinyl [in 2003]. They did an awful, terrible job. It was done without my permission, and the sound quality was 100% wrong. It was a rip off to anyone who bought it. But I didn't know anything about it until they were in the shops. We actually got an injunction against it being imported into the UK at the time because it was technically a bootleg but, in America, Warners operate under their own law, so it might have been slightly legal in the United States.But Shields states that the missing master tapes wasn't the result of simple oversight:
The contract we did in 2001 basically gave me ownership of the tapes, and then the Sony regime that existed when that contract was signed left. And when the new regime came in, the tapes disappeared. That was relevant because even though I was the owner, it would only revert back to me if I remastered from the original tapes-- if the tapes were gone, I couldn't remaster from them and hence I couldn't ever own them.[Fun note: Pitchfork asked Sony to comment on this and got this smiley chunk of PR spam in reply: "We have really enjoyed working on these hugely iconic re-issues with Kevin, and can't wait for the release." We know this isn't true because no one enjoys working with Kevin Shields. (HAHAHA ONLY SRS. 19 studios! Thousands of pounds!!! Engineers not being allowed to listen to vocal takes!!!?!)]
So, keeping the tapes away from Shields meant preventing him from reclaiming control of his band's output or being compensated for any interim sales. In fact, despite continued interest in My Bloody Valentine's catalog, the band is still operating in the red:
Also, you don't get paid if you don't own it-- you know, we've never been paid one penny from the United States from any of the records we've ever made. In the record company's world, we're always in debt. But the strange part of the story is Loveless alone sold enough copies in its first year to put us out of debt. But somehow Warners have managed to create a situation where, hundreds of thousands of records down the line, we're still in debt. That's why the compilations aren't coming out on Warner Bros. They're extremely in breach of contract as well at the moment.Despite all of this, Shields remains largely pragmatic about this situation. It's not that it isn't unfair or stupid or flat out ugly. It's just that it isn't uncommon:
I'm no victim here-- this is just the way it is for everybody. It's a bit like being in the middle of a battlefield and getting shot in the arm and going, "Why me?" I mean, to put it very, very, very simply: The corporate system is fully psychopathic, and any creative people who enter into business with any of these organizations come up against a lifetime of issues. You just deal with it as you go along. It'll keep on happening until people reorganize the organizations.Shields expands on this, pointing out that this two-decade gap between the original albums and the reissues could have been a lot shorter, if there had been any sort of cooperation from the labels involved.
Well, the organizations are [psychopathic], but probably 70% of the individuals in them are decent people. But a significant controlling minority have no empathy. They don't give a shit. If you put them in a situation where they can't make any decision but one that is in your favor, they will-- but that can take years. That's the game. Most people just give up with time and go, "I'm a victim." The only reason I've got the reputation for delays and spending a long time on things is because I just don't stop. We've had incredibly huge obstacles in our way-- no tapes, no royalties, no cooperation on any level-- and we sort it out.Apparently, this is what it takes do a proper reissue: eight years, two labels, Scotland Yard and Shields' willingness to keep pushing on despite the labels' best efforts to keep him and his music as far apart as possible. I eagerly await the naysayers who will point out that the label system is still the artists' best friend, preferable to self-publishing, Kickstartering, etc. while simultaneously pointing out that "Screw the artists! They signed a contract!" Fun stuff, this cognitive dissonance.
Filed Under: kevin shields, master tapes, my bloody valentine
Companies: sony, warner bros


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On 4 June, the IUCN Regional Office for Oceania presented training on human rights and the environment for lay magistrates from Tuvalu, Kiribati, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands.
The training session formed part of a human rights training program organised by the UNDP Regional Rights Resource Team. The training session introduced participants to the linkages between human rights and the environment; explored key human rights and environment issues in the Pacific islands region, including climate change; reviewed key legal instruments, including international human rights conventions and national constitutions; and, discussed the integration of human rights and environmental issues into the practice of lay magistrates.
For more information, or to request copies of training materials, please email [email protected]

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12 Swoon-Worthy Steampunk Sweets
I can't believe it's been nearly two years since I featured steampunk Sweets! Ack! How is that possible?! If you follow me over on Epbot, then you know how near and dear steampunk is to my clockwork-loving heart, so this is a grievous oversight.
Well, we've got some serious catching up to do, lords and ladies, so gather your goggles, bustle your bustles, and let's get steamy!
Submitted by Tracey W., made by The Sweet Life Bakery
Steampunk often gets the "when goths discovered brown" rap, but all that Victorian influence can actually mean lots of fabulous color - and I'm digging these sweet pastels.
Plus: hot air balloons.
I loooove hot air balloons.
They're like candy-coated bubbles of pure, floating whimsy.
Here's one with more traditional steampunk colors: all rich burgundies and gleaming copper and brass:
Sub'd by Robyn & made by Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa
Photo by David and Vicki Arndt Photography
A lot of steampunk cakes can start to look the same, but to my knowledge this one is wholly unique. Check out the "glass" domes on the stand, and that fabulous gauge topper. I half expect to see a jet of steam shooting out!
Here's a dapper delicacy from my friend Darla over at Bakingdom:
Sub'd by Marlene W. & made by Bakingdom
The hats are made of Tootsie Rolls! NOMZ.
Speaking of hats, here's a lovely specimen with its own wind-up key:
Did you know there's still only *one* mass-produced gear cookie cutter? (At least that I know of - and believe me, I've looked.) That means pretty much every gear you see on these cakes was either hand cut or the baker made her own cutters (like we did.) Something to keep in mind as we continue on to...
By Cake Central member CakeDiva11
Great grinding gears, look at all these details! I think my favorite is the pocket watch chain wrapped around the middle - it's amazing to think all of that is edible.
After hot air balloons, my second favorite mode of air transport is, of course, the dirigible:
Su'd by Meg N. & made by Charm City Cakes
(Did you know: The difference between a blimp and a dirigible is that a dirigible has a rigid internal structure that gives it a shape, whereas a blimp just has gas.) [insert too-many-burritos joke here]
And now, clockwork butterflies:
By Gimme Some Sugar: Las Vegas
Get out. I want one of these for a hair clip, STAT.
This next one is less 'punk and more strictly Victorian, but I've never seen a dress cake done this beautifully:
Submitted by Camberly T. and made by Grace Cakes
Seriously - never. Check out how the tiers are graduated on a gentle slope, so that the bustle falls in just the right line. That, and the fabric draping, and the laced corset, and the utter LACK of creepy human torso bits sticking out make this my new favorite dress cake.
Who's up for a steaming cup of steampunk joe?
Made by CW reader Lisa N.
You guys. Look how adorably perfect these are. LOOK AT THEM. Not only are there tiny hand-painted temperature gauges, there are also tiny hand-painted strength gauges on the the other side!
The little rivets! The swirly "steam!" I'm swooning over here, Lisa. Major kudos.
Of course I'd be remiss if I didn't include the most recent amazingness from Mike's Amazing Cakes:
Sub'd by Arwen M. & made by Mike's Amazing Cakes
Believe it or not, this DaVinci-inspired steampunk Sweet is a tiny, single-serving cupcake. Which has to make it the most effort expended per person served in the history of Cakedom. I know we say this a lot on Sweets, but seriously: how could you eat this? I'd have it preserved in an airtight dome just so I could stare at it in awe for the next fifty years.
Remember what I said earlier about how steampunk can be colorful? Well, hold on to your top hats, folks, 'cuz this one's my favorite:
This cake is very nearly perfection. The cameo, the feathers. the gear and clock design, the stripey corset - I love it all. But I think I love that color palette most. So, so pretty.
And finally, let's go out with a grand, gravity-defying delight:
Sub'd by Debbie B., made by Christopher Garrens
Take it all in: the jaunty airship trailing a sky banner, the bride and groom robots on a tiny top hat, the intricate skeleton clock, the goggles - even a gramophone horn! (I've actually featured this one before, but this is a much better photo than last time; every time I look at it, I notice some new little detail.)
Believe it or not, I have even *more* steampunk Sweets to share, but those will have to wait for another time. 'Til then, if you have a Sweet to nominate - yours or anyone else's - then please, send it to me at Sunday Sweets [at] Cake Wrecks [dot] com!


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need for more baseload
Costly coal-fired power plants are the
of a reliable electric system
Jim McCarty
note: Across the state, electric rates are on the rise. This
is the third in a series explaining why this is taking place
and what you can do to help manage your energy bill.
• August 2007 — "Great growth means rising rates."
• September 2007 — "The high costs of cleaner air."
• October 2007 — "The need for more baseload."
• November 2007 — "When time is money."
• December 2007 — "Unconventional kilowatts."
• January 2008 — "Spend now, save later."
• February 2008 — "What about transmission?"
• March 2008 — "The high price of fuel"
• April 2008 — "Negawatts"
• May 2008 — "The glass half full"
You flip the switch
and the light comes on. You plug in the refrigerator and it gets cold.
The temperature rises and the air conditioner kicks on. That's
the way things are supposed to work. Barring an ice storm or strong
winds that knock down power lines, that's the way
things do work day in and day out for members of Missouri's electric
The reason power
flows to the light bulb when you flip the switch is because Missouri
is blessed by an adequate supply of baseload generation. But as the
membership grows, builds larger homes and adds more electronic gadgets,
the need for new baseload generation has arrived.
And when these baseload plants are built their cost will be one of
the factors driving up the price you pay for electricity.
In the meantime,
members will see a series of rate increases over the next 3-5 years
caused by many other factors, including increases in the price of fuel
used to generate power.
The term baseload
refers to power plants that are cheap to run and operate around the
clock. They are designed so if you need that light late at night, the
energy to operate it will be there.
If a baseload power plant was a car, it would be a minivan: reliable,
cheap to operate, and capable of holding the entire family, plus
some groceries and maybe even the dog. Like a family with a three-car
garage, your electric cooperative has a mix of electricity-generating
resources that help meet your needs.
A family might have
a minivan or station wagon for the long haul. It might have a pickup
truck for the odd job around the farm. It might also have a sports
car, fast and easy to handle, that's only used occasionally.
similar to the way your electric cooperative's "fleet" of
power plants works. For the long haul, Associated Electric Cooperative,
the supplier of electricity to all of Missouri's electric cooperatives
except Citizens Electric, generates low-cost power from four coal-fired
power plants located at Thomas Hill, New Madrid, Chamois and Oklahoma's
Grand River Dam Authority.
If it were possible,
your electric cooperative would use these projects to meet all of your
energy needs. But as energy use increases throughout the day, and especially
on the coldest and hottest days of the year, the capacity of these
plants can be outpaced by the member load.
That's when
another set of power plants kicks in to meet the need. The far-sighted
individuals who do the planning at Associated built intermediate generation
plants fueled by natural gas. For Associated, these plants are located
at St. Francis in the Bootheel, Chouteau in Oklahoma and Dell in Arkansas.
plants are cheaper to build than a baseload power plant but much
more expensive to operate. For example, in 2006 it cost 4 times more
to operate a combined-cycle gas plant than a coal-fired plant. But
since these plants don't operate
all the time, they are an important part of the mix.
When electricity
consumption really picks up, your electric cooperative has another
ace up its sleeve to ensure reliability. Several simple-cycle gas
plants — essentially
jet engines hooked to a generator — start up. Because
these plants are so expensive to operate, they run for short
periods that get your cooperative past the times of peak demand
for electricity, then shut down. In 2006, simple-cycle gas
plants cost nearly 7 times more to operate than coal.
the cooperatives have adequate resources to generate the
power members use is a task handled by planners at Associated and,
ultimately, its board. The board is made up of managers and
directors from the cooperatives that own Associated.
ahead, these planners predict the energy requirements of the cooperatives
Associated serves will increase 2 percent a year. That's enough
energy to power 30,000 homes.
"Each year
the Associated staff conducts what they call a resource plan," says
John Farris, manager of M&A Electric Power Cooperative,
Poplar Bluff, and a member of the Associated board of
directors. "They
go out to every co-op and ask what their anticipated
load and growth will be. They put that into a package
and say, 'Here's
what we need, and here's how we can
serve the load.' A decision is made each year to
take care of those needs."
Farris says it wasn't
long after he joined the board seven years ago that
talk turned to the need for more baseload generation. "We
always looked at peaking units as a possibility because
that is our lowest-cost resource we can put in and
something we can put in quickly," Farris says. "But
you can only do so much of that before you have to
go to baseload plants, or something that can be run around
the clock."
The board considered
all of its options. They considered partnering with another utility
to build a plant. They looked at the nuclear option. They
studied site locations and, ultimately, proposed
building a new coal-fired power plant to be located near Norborne.
That plant is expected to cost $1.7 billion, a figure
that is 70 percent higher than estimates from just
two years ago.
Driving the cost
increases is the simple fact that utilities all across the country
are in the same boat as Missouri's electric cooperatives
and are building power plants to stay ahead of the demand. Added to that is
global competition with countries such as China and India.
of steel, concrete and skilled labor to build these plants are causing
rates to rise, taking the price for electricity along. "There's
such a shortage of labor and materials that we've seen some
record high prices," Farris
says. "All utilities will see the same
increases we are."
Managers like M&A's
Farris can remember when the last baseload
generation was added 25 years ago. Its construction caused
a round of rate increases that cooperative
members had to weather in the mid-1980s.
Still, Farris says
wise decisions made years ago have put Missouri's electric
cooperatives at a definite advantage.
consumers pay the 10th-lowest rates in the nation, and that status
is expected to continue even as rates inevitably rise.


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Generating a stack trace of a PostgreSQL backend
From PostgreSQL wiki
A stack trace is a list showing roughly how a program got to a certain point in its execution and what it is doing right now. If you have a copy of PostgreSQL that's unexpectedly using lots of CPU, or is sitting there doing nothing when it should be busy, or is throwing an unexplainable error, a stack trace may help you or somebody on the PostgreSQL mailing list figure out why.
A stack trace can also be obtained when a program crashes, providing potentially important information about what the program was doing when it crashed and where it went wrong.
Before you go to the trouble of collecting stack trace information please read the Guide to reporting problems and make sure you are running the latest patch release of your major version. If you're running 8.3.1 and the current version in the 8.3 series is 8.3.7, you're probably wasting your time tracking down a problem that was long since fixed.
How to get a stack trace varies by operating system.


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An update from me and closing my guides
1 year ago
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Copy/Paste MacrosGeneric Resto Resto/Balance Dual-Spec Feral
ComicsGridLock Time-Lost Protodrake Level Requirements Turkeys and Hawkstriders Skunk-Bear TK: A'lar U10: Yogg-Saron VoA: Emalon guide ICC: Marrowgar ICC: Gunship Fire = bad ICC: Blood Queen Lana'thel ICC: The Lich King Halion Flowchart VoA: Earth, Wind, Fire
I love these! :D Keep 'em coming!
Point of honesty: I don't usually give my fish feasts to puggers. :D
Kae's Stick Figures are full of win! I love it!
Yep, adorable. WTB more!
I drop a Fish Feast before Koralon and anyone who dies doesn't get a new one after that :P
I love the stickfigure guids - Just too awesome :D
Thanks for the great work there
OMG, this is awesome. I want to got do this RIGHT NOW just so my imagination can change everyone to stick figures.


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It was politics with a side of humor at Florida State University Wednesday.
"I'm going to talk to the old Jews."
Jason Alexander, who played George Costanza on Seinfeld, spoke to a crowd of students, asking them to vote for President Barack Obama.
Alexander told the students, government spending is the best way to save the economy. As for Mitt Romney's plan of spending cuts and tax breaks.
"I was in the pool."
Alexander says it would bring "shrinkage" to the economy. "I don't anticipate it working again so yes, there could be significant shrinkage and it won't be because he was in the pool."
Celebrities are lining up behind both candidates. Romney has his own comedian, Jeff Foxworthy. "You might be a redneck."
And who can forget the moment from Clint Eastwood talking to an empty chair at the RNC? "What do you want me to tell Romney? I can't tell him to do that."
But do celebrity endorsements even matter? I spoke with a political science professor here at FSU who says not really.
Professor Carol Weissert says celebrities may not sway votes, but they can bring excitement to campaigns, especially among young voters. "I think that the Obama administration is really trying to get out the youth vote."
We found Eric Reiner, an undecided voter, at the Alexander event. "We'll I wouldn't have come out here if he wasn't here so It could have a big impact."
After leaving FSU, the Seinfeld star headed to the University of Florida, in hopes of bringing laughs and securing votes for the president.
Alexander isn't new to the political scene. He also traveled, speaking on Obama's behalf, during the 2008 election cycle.


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In April 1995 the IUIS signed an agreement for the University of Maryland's Albin O. Kuhn Library to act as a repository of the Union's archives. The Library also holds the archives of several large professional organizations with related interests: The American Association of Immunologists, the American Type Culture Collection, the American Society for Cell Biology, the Society for Developmental Biology, the American Society for Microbiology, and the American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology.
The records of the IUIS currently occupy about 16 linear feet in some 39 boxes. They currently cover the period 1966 - 2000 and document the origins of the Union, its growth in membership and committees and the development of the International Congresses of Immunology. These records have been organized into five series: Officers and Council, Membership, Meetings, Committees, and Affiliated Organizations.
The Library provides safekeeping for the files, has organized the files, and completed a "finders guide" (directory) which is now available on the internet:
Digital collection of IUIS Council meeting minutes, 1970-2011:
List of council Minutes 2008-2014:
1. 2008 Council in Taipei
2. 2009 Council in Egypt
3. 2011 Council in Washington DC
4. 2012 Council in Lima
5. 2013 Council in Milano
6. 2014 Council in Nairobi
Previous International Congresses of Immunology (1971-2016)


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The University of Connecticut was placed in an ideal spot for its original 19th-century purpose, an agricultural school. But as it evolved into a multi-faceted research university, the location became something of a challenge. There wasn't much decent housing in the area, and no real town center.
Indeed, when my brother Jim was there he was known to crack wise about "beautiful downtown Storrs," a reference to a couple of nondescript strip malls. Back then, everybody left on weekends.
Other universities have college towns. I always thought one would work at Storrs, and son of a gun, the Storrs Center project is coming along very nicely. This bodes well for the university and the surrounding town of Mansfield (of which Storrs is a section), and also suggests that it is increasingly possible to create interesting downtowns, the sine qua non of smart growth.
Storrs Center, a public-private partnership that leveraged $200 million in private investment with $25 million in public funds, spent years on the drawing board but is now well under way. I visited last week. The first part of Phase 1, adjoining buildings at 1 and 9 Dog Lane on the northern end of the project, are finished. The architecture is what some call "historicist" — a modern take on older city design — reminiscent of Blue Back Square and some other town centers.
The mixed-use structures have four floors of apartments — 125 units — above 30,000 square feet of retail. The apartments are all leased, as is virtually all of the retail space. Indeed, most of the 190 apartments in the next phase are mostly spoken for, even though the building is under construction. "The demand has been amazing," said Howard Kaufman of master developer LeylandAlliance LLC. That this was done in the recession years makes it all the more remarkable.
In the retail area, the developers made a strong effort to keep businesses that were already there, such as Storrs Automotive, and have brought in an eclectic, college-town mix of news ones. You have to love Insomnia Cookies, "Delivery until 3 a.m." There's also a candy store called "Sweet Emotions," owned and operated by Barry Schreier, a Ph.D. psychologist who used to direct the UConn counseling center.
He always wanted to run a candy store and now he is, billing himself as a "doctor of confectionery medicine." The store is neat; it may be to candy what the UConn Dairy Bar is to ice cream. I had dinner at the airy, pleasantly informal and very popular Dog Lane Cafe, run by the folks who own the Vanilla Bean Cafe in Pomfret. They know what they are doing. They also have 50 full- and part-time employees, another plus.
There's more to come; Geno's Grille, a slightly more formal restaurant owned by a group that includes famed UConn women's basketball coach Geno Auriemma, opens in a few weeks, and of course we all hope Geno has something special to celebrate.
The next three parts of the project will be completed over the next three years or so. At the end there'll be about 700 apartments and condos, along with a UConn Health Center facility, a UConn Co-op bookstore, a supermarket and a bunch of other stuff. Kaufman and his colleagues keep looking for ways to improve it; for example, they are talking to folks who could help them bring an art-and-indie movie theater to the property, a boffo idea.
On a project of this size and complexity, to borrow from the Mickster, you can't always get what you want. The developers wanted to build an underground parking garage with the Price Chopper supermarket, but couldn't make it work. The market is across from Mansfield town hall. An artful design of the parking lot would free some of it for occasional public events such as farmers markets, as a complement to the town square already proposed for the project.
Much of what is being built in Connecticut as the recession slowly ends is auto-dependent sprawl. It doesn't have to be. Storrs Center, on one side of Route 195, is walkable and on a bus line. A few Fridays ago. many residents crossed the street to campus to watch the play "His Girl Friday." They didn't have to leave for the weekend.
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – After nine seasons at the helm and 149
career victories, Mike Sutton has announced his retirement as head
men's basketball coach at Tennessee Tech University.
Sutton announced at a press conference Wednesday morning in Eblen Center that he is stepping down. He will remain at the university as an Instructor in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies.
Steve Payne, who has worked as Sutton's associate head coach all nine years at Tech, was introduced as the new head coach for the Golden Eagles.
"It has been a wonderful journey," Sutton said of his 37-year coaching career. "When I started in coaching, I had no idea what direction I would go. Coaching basketball has allowed me to meet so many wonderful people, including my wife Karen, and my best friends in the coaching fraternity along the way."
Sutton was stricken in 2005 with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a life-threatening condition that he has worked tirelessly to overcome. During the past season, Sutton missed two of the team's road trips at the advice of his health advisors.
"I was concerned that my health issues might be more
limiting and possibly a distraction to our team's dynamics.
Lengthy discussions with our children led us to the conclusion that
retirement is the best option for us," Sutton said.
"We've been successful, and I want to make sure that I do what's appropriate," Sutton added. "My top concern is my players and my staff, and I didn't want to start something that I couldn't finish."
The retirement is effective April 30, when he will begin his new position in Interdisciplinary Studies.
"We're extremely excited to have Mike Sutton joining our team in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies," said Susan Elkins, Vice President of Extended Programs and Regional Development and Dean of the School of Interdisciplinary Studies. "He has worked very closely with us over the past several years. We've found that he is much more than a basketball coach.... He's a teacher first, and his top priority is student success!"
Currently the second-longest tenured coach in the Ohio Valley
Conference, Sutton came to Tech in 2002 after serving as an
assistant coach at the University of Kentucky. In his first year,
he led Tech to third place in the OVC regular season and the
championship game at the OVC Tournament, finishing the year with a
20-12 record.
With only the fourth 20-win mark in the program's history, he became the most successful first-year men's basketball head coach in the school record book.
In 2004-05, Sutton was named OVC Coach of the Year after his Golden Eagles captured the OVC regular season championship and posted an 18-11 overall mark.
Following the team's 19-12 record in 2005-06 while he recovered from GBS, Sutton was presented with the Most Courageous Award by the United State Basketball Writer's Association. He was also the recipient of the 2006 Kaia Jergenson Courage Award from the Nashville Sports Council.
"I've learned that having a physical disability doesn't prevent someone from doing things," he said. "Limitations don't limit what you can achieve."
This past season, Sutton directed Tech to a 20-13 overall record and a fourth-place finish in the OVC regular season race. The Golden Eagles reached the championship game of the OVC Tournament, and went on to the College Insiders Tournament, the fifth post-season appearance in the team's history.
"There's a lot that we can learn from Mike Sutton,
especially about overcoming obstacles," said TTU Director of
Athletics Mark Wilson. "Mike has been a successful coach
during his tenure at Tennessee Tech. He has embraced our philosophy
of the student-athlete experience relative to academic success,
athletic competition and the development of the total person.
"Mike Sutton has helped to develop young men that we can be extremely proud of," Wilson said.
The 149 victories give Sutton the second-most wins by any men's basketball coach at Tech and he can claim two of the program's five 20-win seasons.
In addition to his on-court success that includes one OVC regular season championship, Sutton has also seen his teams produce high academic success.
The Golden Eagles have twice won the OVC Academic Award in
men's basketball and every player Sutton's staff signed
that finished his career at Tennessee Tech except one has earned
his degree. In May, all three of the team's current seniors
will graduate.
"Our recruiting emphasis all along has been to recruit the right kind of people," Sutton said.
During his nine seasons, several Golden Eagles have gone on to
successful careers in professional basketball including overseas in
European leagues. One season, Tech had an OVC-best seven former
Golden Eagles playing in Europe.
Sutton's list of players includes one OVC Player of the Year winner, one OVC Newcomer of the Year, 13 all-OVC selections and three all-Newcomer team picks. This past year, junior Kevin Murphy became the latest Tech player to receive first-team all-OVC honors and three Golden Eagles -- Murphy, Zac Swansey and Jud Dillard – were all named to the OVC All-Tournament team.
"Mike has been an excellent ambassador for athletics and
the university, and has always put the best interest of the program
before himself," Wilson said.
"We want to thank him for his loyalty and dedicated service to Golden Eagle basketball. We're excited that he's going to be a part of the university faculty, and that he and Karen will continue to be a part of our community," Wilson said.


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Once it is mounted in the carver's vise, the work can be positioned as desired for adding detail such as carving or pyrography, or for sanding or finishing – awkward tasks to perform on a lathe. You can also accurately return work to the lathe for further turning, where it will continue to run true since its center remains unchanged.
All-steel construction with a 5/8" diameter, 4-1/2" long shaft, these are a boon for anyone wishing to finish work off the lathe.
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Education (n.) the process of receiving or giving systematic instruction, esp. at a school or university. Derived from the Latin educere meaning to lead out.
Democracy (n.) a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives. From the Greek, dēmokratia from dēmos 'the people' and kratia 'power, rule.'
How far our modern definition of education has strayed from its roots. How interesting that within what is considered to be the most sophisticated system of governance, democracy, we define and practice education in such a barbaric form. It seems that our tools of culture are still catching up to our ideals. And at a related rate to which we don't catch up, our actualization of those ideals may be deteriorating.
Education in the United States is rooted in many outdated traditions. Beginning with its tap-root in Puritanical culture, schools preferred conformity and order over individuality and original thought. As industrialization grew and jobs moved from the farm to the city, this neat and tidy schoolhouse was a perfect tool for dominating the working class. Paired with the call for compulsory education, industrialists reaped the benefits of trained "students" who were dependent on their factories for jobs and sorted into laborers and managers through ranking and testing in schools. Our modern incarnation of school still upholds the architecture of this system where responding to bells and doing as you are told is more important than thinking.
Today we have inherited a most awkward and inefficient thing, called "public education." We continue to employ rewards that promote values of conformity. Grades are one of the most powerful. They replace authentic learning, eroding our natural love of learning and orientation toward being good people. Over time, grades become salaries, where our livelihood depends on our blindness to the ill effects of our actions.
Fundamentally, education needs to honor the individual as capable of directing her own learning. Any structures surrounding children and students must be built on this respect and teachers must be mirrors. First, modeling healthy human development, we must practice holistic lifelong learning. Secondly, we must reflect back to the students where they currently are so that they can progress. It is within this process that instruction must be embedded.
I wish to put the modern definition of education and the institutions founded upon it into the compost pile. They need to be broken down into their smaller parts so that they can be reconstituted as part of a healthier and more timely whole.
In order to achieve the outcomes we need today we must begin with a new definition of education (or return to its roots), as the current one is incapable of delivering what the world needs now. But how do we arrive at what the outcomes of education should be? Let's look at what a democracy needs in order to succeed.
Democracies are dependent on having able-minded people to carry the responsibility of power. Citizens must be able to think critically about complex issues, and resolve conflict with compassion and insight, both to a degree much higher than currently is average.
As the torch of power has descended from the gods; to the pharaohs, kings, and queens; and finally to every human being, we need an idea of education that is just as powerful. Power at its root is simply "to be able." This ability may be exerted immaturely or wisely, and the effects of our actions tell the tale of which was the case.
Evidently, we are currently a very immature populace. There's more monetary wealth in the world than ever before, but at such a cost that the majority of the biosphere's life systems are near collapse. Despite having the greatest security against hunger and attack in human history, we live paralyzed with fear and suspicion. Resources are hoarded by very few, who shape policy for their own enrichment, while a majority of people in the United States are more concerned about celebrity drama, "reality" television shows and toys.
Meanwhile hundreds of species are lost each year, and millions of people are starving and without clean water. There's a plastic whirlpool as big as Texas in the Pacific Ocean and a 3,000 square mile dead zone at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
We excuse people all the time for not doing more, "Oh, it's just too big a problem for most people to wrap their head around." This is not excusable. History is written everyday by the accumulation of individual habits. Our current habits of ignorance, greed, and immaturity are spoiling the riches of this planet and the true power of democracy.
Thus, education needs to be for the development of profoundly sane personalities. It is nothing less that will bring about the environmental restoration and rejuvenation necessary to avoid the worst of possible scenarios. It is nothing less that will bring about an end to armed conflict. It is nothing less that will be able to confront the problems yet to be known. It is what a democracy needs in order to be viable.
By focusing on character development we have hope. To continue focusing on test scores means we have lost it. We "know" more than ever before, we are "smarter" and faster than any of our ancestors, and thus far this has largely facilitated an accelerated downfall of human capacity to live wisely on the planet and with one another.
But as contrast is the necessary condition for consciousness, this means that there are in the world, talented personalities that are enacting the beauty we so desperately need. It is these personalities that need to be recognized as desirable, as truly those who are the "fittest" to survive. Fittest meaning those that best support life as well as make use of it for themselves.
Thus, the outcomes we should be aiming for in education today are:
- Emotional sensitivity and intellectual curiosity oriented to expansive love, compassion, respect, and responsibility, in contrast to disharmonious tendencies to neglect, apathy, and disavowal of personal responsibility for collective well-being.
- Conceptual focus on cyclic powers in human development, exhibited in habits, customs, and traditions concerning the presence or absence of effective self-reflection, self-examination, research, inquiry, and dialogue.
If every high school graduate embodied these outcomes, our neighborhoods would be cleaner and safer, our communities would be strengthened, our country would be robust, and our world would be saved on a perpetual basis.
Lastly, I propose that we widen our view even beyond the singular idea of democracy. I propose that we utilize The Earth Charter as our curricular and thus assessment framework. Developed by an international group of diverse, thoughtful, and caring people, The Earth Charter articulates four principles that human civilization needs to adopt or it will perish. Those principles are: Respect and Care for the Community of Life; Ecological Integrity; Social and Economic Justice; Democracy, Non-violence, and Peace. These can all be reached through the two outcomes I outlined above.
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Two of the most powerful � and undervalued � words in any language are �thank you.� Few people say them nearly often enough to let others know how much they are appreciated.
Two of the most powerful � and undervalued � words in any language are �thank you.� Few people say them nearly often enough to let others know how much they are appreciated. Richard Phelps is not one of those folks. The 42 year-old Swansboro native decided a number of years ago that there should be a way to tell servicemen and women returning from wartime deployment �thank you� for the sacrifices they had made and, in some cases, the injuries they had suffered. Although he was never in the military, Phelps understood from his father who served in the Marines in both Korea and Vietnam how much those words meant.
In 2006, Phelps founded F.I.S.H. (Fishermen In Support of Heroes.) In the organization�s own words, its purpose is �� to show appreciation to our military service members for the job they do protecting our country.� One way it does that is by treating veterans, primarily those in the Wounded Warrior Battalions at Fort Bragg and Marine Base Camp Lejeune, to fishing trips. Over the years the outings have been on private and charter boats as well as ocean piers. In each case, participants were provided with all necessary gear, licenses, food, drinks and, usually, accessories such as tee shirts, hats and other mementoes.
Since 2007, one of the F.I.S.H. trips has been to the Sea View Fishing Pier in North Topsail Beach, N.C. Owner Greg Ludlum has been a big supporter of the program and annually provides free access to his pier as well as lunch in its grill for the anglers and volunteers. The seventh annual �Boots on the Boards� event, as it has come to be called, was held on Saturday, May 3. Approximately 40 servicemen and about a dozen volunteers convened on a cool, spring morning to try their hands at catching sea mullet, spots, bluefish, flounder and other species from the pier�s elevated decking.
Phelps greeted each small group as they arrived and handed out fishing tackle, gear bags filled with outdoor goodies and advice on how to tell when you�re getting a bite. After that it was every angler for him/herself with ample assistance from folks like Jerry Dilsaver of Oak Island. Dilsaver, who serves on the F.I.S.H. board of directors and helps out at events, is certainly no novice fisherman. An inductee in the Southern Kingfish Association Hall of Fame, he is an accomplished sportsman and longtime outdoor writer. Dilsaver said that, no matter how crowded his schedule gets, he finds time to work with the Wounded Warriors and has served as the coordinator of the Wounded Warriors Fishing Club at Camp Lejeune as part of the Warrior Athlete Reconditioning Program.
�Helping these men and women, many of whom have made sacrifices and suffered injuries others of us cannot even imagine, get back to enjoying things in the outdoors that they used to do or may be new experiences, is what it�s all about,� he said. �As anyone who has ever done it knows, fishing can have a great rehabilitative effect.� Dilsaver�s words seem to sum up F.I.S.H.�s motto which is �The healing of a soul is a cast away.�
There seemed to be a lot of healing on the Sea View Pier recently. As anglers spread out along the deck�s length, there were lots of laughs and smiles and, as the morning wore on, increasing numbers of fish. Pan-sized sea mullet, a regular in the shallows this time of year, were landed on a regular basis, with some coming up two at a time. In addition, bluefish (including at least one 6-7 lb. �Hatteras blue�), gray trout, skates and other panfish were winched onto the pier.
One of the most interesting catches was made by Sgt. 1st Class David Hardy with the Wounded Warrior Battalion from Ft. Bragg. Hardy managed to land a sturgeon, a somewhat rare fish that was estimated to weigh around twelve pounds. After some close examination and photos, the endangered species was returned to the waves to go about his fishy business.
The day�s real trophies, however, could not be weighed or photographed. They were the sense each participant had that this was a good place, a good time and good people. And that the horrors of war and deprivation were, as they should be, a world away. It was the big grin on the face of Karlston Wilson, a young trooper from Detroit by way of Ft. Bragg, when he caught a sea mullet and turned to show it off to a couple of his buddies who had been calling him �Fishless.� It was Jonathan Reid, a Marine from Hickory, N.C. quietly describing his three tours in the Middle East and his encounter with an IED there. Reid is not bitter or despondent, however. He is making plans to return to school and pursue a career in forestry.
The fact that the young Marine is making plans for the future is what the Wounded Warrior program is all about. If fishing with some of his buddies on an ocean pier on a spring day can make that come about, it�s time and resources well-spent. It�s what makes the efforts of Richard Phelps and the other F.I.S.H. volunteers worthwhile. It�s about saying �thank you� to some folks who deserve it.


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ISLAMABAD:(Umar Cheema) The wee hours of late Saturday brought a metamorphosis in my life. Not just that I was muffled, picked up, tortured, and humiliated. No absolutely not. Rather the torture has removed the remaining fear, if there was any in my heart and mind, and has instead given me the realization that we have to die fighting for this country.
My love for this country is based on some reasoning which is inspired by my firm belief that we can neither change our past nor our national identity. I learned this during my stay abroad for one and a half years when I went for studies, first in the US and then in UK. Lord Curzon's words that "exile is a nursery of nationalism" always keep resounding in my ears.
Let us suppose I decide to settle abroad. I will again be Pakistani-British or Pakistani-American and the prefix 'Pakistan' cannot be dropped from my identity. It is always counted where you're rooted in. So I have to stay attached and take care of my country wherever I am.
Having decided to live and die on this land, I have a dream to see Pakistan where brains, not batons reign supreme, where people can question the use of public money, where all institutions can be held accountable without any fear or favour, where our children love to live instead of fear to live, and where we are governed by the rule of law and not on the basis of personal loyalties.
The message of my captors for me was to become a status quo abiding person, not law abiding. They forced me through violence to accept their views and become a silent spectator to the rot without questioning what was happening to my beloved country.
I instead learned a different lesson from the torture and humiliation, to stand guard for this country, help the oppressed, keep questioning the high and mighty and continue the struggle to make this land livable and safe for the next generation.
The captors thought themselves to be heroes but emerged as villains and will go down in the history with same status. I feel pity for them. They were born innocent but forced to become sick minds. Instead of cursing them, I only pray for them because they don't know we're fighting for their betterment too.
My captors were probably not aware that I was also hit by a car in December 2004 that left me with compound fractures in my left leg. But I never bowed to those attackers either. Although I've forgiven my captors but not forgotten the perpetrators of this act that should be exposed and this mind-set be eliminated once and for all.
I believe in reporting with a moral force without any personal grudge against anybody or any institution. Whenever I write about anyone, the concerned people have always been approached for their version to balance my reporting. It is however a different story that those without answers to our questions try to propagate as if the stories are being planted and we are being bribed for doing this.
Such excuses are crafted by the individuals and institutions not inclined to revisit their conduct. But they don't know that we, by virtue of our profession, have been tasked to unfold the truth, no matter who is affected by whatever way.
Some consider journalism as a shortcut to rise on the ladder to political power but we are here to protect the interest of people, neither our own nor of the rulers.
I have no words to thank so many of my well-wishers in Pakistan and abroad for consoling me and praying for me. I didn't know many of them before. I was amazed to note how they struggled to reach me. Due to the flood of calls, I could not attend most of them. It was a silent majority that rose against the oppression of a tiny minority claiming to have monopoly on violence.
There was a mixed reaction to this incident. Those who didn't know me gave me a new strength and conviction, emboldened me further and offered all-out help. People, who know me for years, were concerned about me and my family's security. They think that I should think about my children. This is a question which comes to every parent's mind. I would like to explain that the fight we are into is for my children and for the children of all Pakistanis.
We have to see the broader picture. Pakistani media is fighting the war for the future of this country. The country's neighbours China and India, are emerging as superpowers but we, in spite of our immense capabilities, are on the decline. There are many who are even worried about its existence. The situation calls for internal accountability and restructuring the society but vested interests and pro-status quo forces seem to be strong, at least for the moment.
But we have to fight on and they don't realize that a change is in progress, it is bound to come, sooner than later. I'm ready to pay any price for speaking up. Thomas Horaceman, who is considered the father of the public education system in US had said: "One should feel ashamed to die until one has done anything for humanity." And I stand by his words.


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The Mammy Archetype in DC's "Someone to Love!"- Girls' Love Stories #159 (May 1971)
Earlier in the week, I mentioned the appearance of an African-American character in the 1950 Fawcett story, "Tears in the Night" that embodied the stereotypical "mammy" character so popular in antebellum and early 20th-century American culture.
Fast forward twenty years to 1971 and shift your attention to the DC romance comics line -- could this "mammy archetype" still live on, even after the events of the Civil Rights Movement?
As you will see in "Someone to Love!" from DC's Girls' Love Stories #159 (May 1971) (pencils by Werner Roth) the stereotype of African-American women as inherently motherly figures (especially to their white charges) curiously lingers on -- despite the story's good intentions and attempts at diversification and inclusion.
When the Adams family moved into Greenville Heights, twelve-year-old Celia Johnson was anxious to meet her new neighbors. The rest of the neighborhood, however; was less than amused by an African-American family in their midst; relentlessly picketing and harassing the new family.
Accompanied by little Celia, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are welcomed into the Adams home for a snack of coffee and cake. Celia and fellow twelve-year-old -- Angela, become fast friends and together, graduate from an interest in dolls to a fascination with boys and romance.
Though it seemed neither one of them would ever find a boy to date before long Celia woos studly and sensitive Philip. Angela, however; has not yet met anyone and wonders if she ever will.
Love isn't far behind for Angela luckily. When an errant football collides with Angela's hand, dreamy football player Lee Stanley rushes over to comfort her and a romance between the two is quickly ignited.
Ecstatic about their new situations and their packed social calendars, Angela and Celia can hardly contain their joy. As the weeks fly by, the boys suddenly seem to gain popularity with the other young females of the school -- leaving little time for Angela and Celia. Celia racks her brain to think of what they may have done to obscure the attention of their guys. Angela explains that it isn't their fault, but that "...some men are like that! Once they know we love them, they take us for granted!"
Refusing to give up on Lee, Angela is there for him when his adoring female fans leave him in the dust after he costs the school the football game against their rival, Fairfield. Appreciating her loyalty and love, Lee apologizes for his behavior and promises to never hurt Angela again. Philip still hasn't come around to Celia, but Angela promises her friend that she will try to make things right between the two.
Celia is unsure what Angela has up her sleeve, but trusts Angela, who declares, "Never you mind, you just leave everything to Auntie Angela!" It is in this panel that Angela embodies characteristics of the dutiful "mammy."
In the end, Angela's scheme of persuading another boy at school to write a love note to Celia and drop it within eyesight of Philip to make him jealous works like a charm. It isn't long before the two couples are back to double dates and warm embraces.
Overall, while "Someone to Love" is a cute story that attempts to show that skin color has no bearing on friendship and comradery between women, it simultaneously very subtly (and most likely unintentionally) pegs African-American Angela into a motherly role in relation to her white friend Celia. Surprisingly, this "mammy" type character shows up in quite a few romance stories from the 1970s. Though DC made sincere strides in presenting diversity in their romance comics, they were unable to completely shake the specters of the past.


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Only the sweet siren song of the All Candy Expo (which is on the wrong side of the curtain) could make me drive through this. I was in morning traffic so long I had nothing to do but sort through road maps—therefore I didn't get lost on the way there. (I did however, get lost in the parking lot and on the way back. How many times can you circle O'Hare before they pull you out of the car and do a strip search.)
This made me homesick (for Belleville). Where ARE those damn landing sites, why will no one tell me? Back on my To Do list with you, Belleville UFO landing strip.
The new URL is: chedcurtain.com
Not only did I get lost in the parking lot, locking myself out and ending up on the street in the hot sun headed in the wrong direction, but I was completely lost once inside the Expo.
I drove from Madison to Chicago to talk to someone from Sun Prairie who works for a place in Baraboo.
Jackie and Clara (sniffing a container of cinnamon Hot Shots candy balls) will be with you shortly.


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Greetings from Beijing!
I am here for a few weeks. It's summer now and the weather has been warm and breezy. If it's not because of the frigid cold winter months, I might well be delighted to live and work in Beijing, for a little while.
I simply can't say enough how I love Chinese food–I mean, the "real" kind of Chinese food–not the kind you get in most American Chinese restaurants. Everyday, I ponder what type of Chinese food I wanted to eat: Sichuan, Cantonese, Shanghainese, Yunnanese, Guizhou, Shandong, Beijing Imperial, noodles, dumplings, snacks, and the list goes on. Real Chinese food never fails to surprise and impress me, just like the red bean pastry that I have been buying from this little shop near where I stay…
Baked to flaky perfection, they are filled with creamy and smooth red bean paste. The red bean paste is unlike the ones we usually get, but golden brown in color. I am not sure how they made it, but I would guess they are not using the skin of the red beans. Without a doubt, the creaminess comes from lard–the magic ingredient in Chinese cooking that makes food creamy and silky smooth.
Tomorrow marks the annual celebration of the dragon boat festival where rice dumplings (粽子) will be served. It's also a long weekend and I'll take a side trip to Shanxi to visit a couple of UNESCO world heritage sites. Please stay tuned to join my adventures in China.


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Funny and trying, "Maron," which premieres Friday on IFC, stars the comedian and podcaster Marc Maron as comedian and podcaster Marc Maron.
Among self-referential sitcoms, it is somewhere on (or around) the continuum between "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Louie," less fanciful than the first and more conventional than the latter. As a character, he's angrier than Larry David and less sweet than Louis C.K., though they all share an inability not to act from the inconvenient, if honest, impulse. (Perhaps that is just one definition of comedy.)
There was a time when all comedians were lovable. Even sad clowns excited your pity rather than challenging your ability to stay in the room with them. Maron is an angry comic, his unease rooted in equal parts self-revulsion — though it is an unrepentant sort of self-revulsion — and disgust with the foolish humans around him.
Still, his humor has a moral core — not just an irritable one — which leads him to kindness enough. He has filled his show with friction, but not at the cost of delicacy. It doesn't hurt that he loves cats.
Formerly a host on the late experiment in left-leaning talk radio Air America, Maron more recently has maintained his reputation with "WTF with Marc Maron," a podcast he produces out of his garage — as he does in "Maron" — on which he interviews comedians.
Replicated for the series, including appearances by Denis Leary (also an executive producer), Aubrey Plaza, Jeff Garlin, Mark Duplass and Ileana Douglas, these sequences, though they may touch on subjects germane to the episode, have the feel of unforced conversation.
At 49, he is enough of an old man to complain about kids these days: the smallness of their historical knowledge, their entitled approach to everything. ("They will be humbled — the realities of life will bear down on them eventually and they will have to take responsibility for themselves.")
But the rage that fuels his own sense of responsibility does him no favors.
"I hate myself," he tells Leary.
"You have not advanced," Leary observes.
"I'm better at it."
That he is a difficult character is not lost on Maron, or the collective superego that runs his show. Other characters — the supporting performances are shaded and excellent throughout and help take the edges off — find him difficult as well; they stand in for the audience, criticizing him on its behalf.
In the opening episode, which costars Dave Foley, Maron goes in search of an Internet troll whose Twitter posts are driving him mad: "Marc Maron wasn't funny when he was funny, and that was 20 years ago," "Marc Maron is sad and draining with his soul-sucking jokes."
"Why are you taking it so personally?" says Foley, who is drunk, tired and hungry. "He's just some ... on-the-money idiot."
Where: IFC
When: 10 p.m. Friday
Rating: TV-14-L (may be unsuitable for children under the age of 14 with an advisory for coarse language)


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Debate over Easter greetings roil Egypt's sensitive religious tension
As Egypt prepares to celebrate Orthodox Easter this weekend, controversial comments by a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood have sparked debate over whether supporters of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, who rose to prominence through the group, can wish their Christian countrymen "Happy Easter" without being considered un-Islamic.
The latest flare-up between Morsi supporters and Egypt's minority Christian communities has renewed fears that a democratic Egypt does not welcome its largest religious minority and that Morsi is not a national figure but an Islamist one.
In a fatwa issued a week ago, Abdel Rahman al Barr, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood Guidance Bureau and dean of the faculty of theology at the University of Mansoura, said that Muslims could only mark Easter to Christians in a greeting "so long as this greeting does not come at the expense of our (Islamic) religion."
Many here interpreted his statement to mean that "Happy Easter" or "Hope you are well this year," as the Arabic phrase is translated literally, was considered un-Islamic. The greeting appears on Easter-related decorations and signs across Egypt.
The Orthodox Christian Easter is a national holiday in Egypt. Feasts and eggs mark the holiday for both Muslims and Christians; Muslims believe Jesus was a prophet but do not believe he was the son of God or that he was crucified.
Al Azhar University, the premier institution of Sunni Islamic thought and scholarship, quickly condemned the statements and al Barr said his statements were misconstrued. Morsi, during a trip to Austria, also wished Christians there a Happy Easter.
But al Barr's statement seemed to be less about religion than how much Morsi and his supporters are willing to embrace Christians here, who make up roughly 10 percent of Egypt's 90 million inhabitants.
Morsi has done little to assuage concerns that he does not care about the concerns of Christians. He did not attend the naming of the new Coptic pope, Pope Tawadros II, in November. He also was slow to condemn the latest round of sectarian violence last month, which the pope then described as "negligence." He also has no plans to attend Easter services this weekend , as was common for former President Hosni Mubarak.
While Morsi, once a top member of the Muslim Brotherhood, officially resigned his post in the group when he became president in June, his administration and his Cabinet continue to be heavily influenced by the Brotherhood. Indeed, the line of between the Brotherhood and the Morsi presidency is increasingly blurry.
Egypt's newly drafted constitution, which was hastily passed in December, calls for no discrimination based on religion. But many Christians here believe that the government is not committed to the article, and thousands line up at embassies each month seeking visas to leave.
Both Morsi and the Brotherhood have stressed they want to be inclusive.
"I am most baffled by the huge uproar and flurry of media coverage surrounding my clear position with regard to congratulating non-Muslims on their feasts, to the extent that a journalist claimed that my views are contradictory, and even constitute a doctrinal coup. In fact, the problem is in their misunderstanding of my comments," al Barr said in a statement issued by the Muslim Brotherhood. "I do not see anything wrong with congratulating Copts on the birth of Jesus, for example, since we believe that Jesus (peace be upon him) is a Prophetic Messenger, and that his birth was a sign of God, good for mankind."
Still, al Barr, even while saying Happy Easter is "acceptable," did not offer those words in his statement.
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Once you've gotten the contract for this mission from Bigsley, you can travel to the Underworld in downtown Washington D.C. to begin the side quest. You'll see a sign for something called the Amazing Aqua Cura outside of the entrance to the Underworld, and when you head on inside, you'll soon find the source of the signs. An entrepreneurial ghoul named Griffon is selling his wares, an apparent cure-all made from Aqua Pura, but with much greater affects for those that use it. Purchase some from him for ten caps (if you can't convince him to give you a free sample), and then drink some. Afterwards, talk to him and let him know that your Pip-Boy has picked up an irregularity with the cure-all. It's time to get to the bottom of this situation.
The first place you're going to want to go after your discourse with Griffon is back to the Jefferson Memorial. When you arrive back there, go ahead and speak with Bigsley, asking him about Griffon and the Aqua Cura situation. Bigsley will openly admit to being in on Griffon's gimmick, though when he explains just how and why this situation is going down, you understand that it's not really the end of the world. Nonetheless, he'll let you know where the bottling operation for Aqua Cura is located -- a place called the Museum Authority Building. To get there, simply travel southwest from the Washington Monument, and you'll run into it in no time.
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network meta-analysis
Comparative effectiveness research or lack thereof
An earlier TrustTheEvidence.net blog post on the geometry of evidence described the importance of network meta-analyses. These indirect methods of analysis compare the results from two or more studies that have one treatment in common when comparative effectiveness (CE) research is lacking.
What is comparative effectiveness research? To quote the US Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research Report to President Obama in 2009, it is defined as the:
"generation and synthesis of evidence that compares the benefits and harms of alternative methods to prevent, diagnose, treat and monitor health conditions in 'real world' settings"
Additional studies that compare one drug to placebo are not incredibly useful when we already know they work. The real challenge of evidence-based practice is determining which treatment to use when all ten available drugs are better than placebo. How do clinicians decide which one to prescribe? All too often decisions are built on studies lacking active comparators. This is not high quality care for patients.
A recent study published in PLoS ONE evaluated trials registered in ClinicalTrials.gov that focused on the top 25 topics identified as priority areas by the US Institute of Medicine (e.g. treatment of atrial fibrillation). The authors looked at studies conducted in the US between 2007 and 2010 and determined the prevalence of CE research.
Despite the importance of this research methodology, only 22% of studies were CE studies and their characteristics varied substantially based on the funding source. Primarily industry-funded studies had the shortest duration of follow-up and were more likely to report positive findings compared to studies with any government funding.
As usual, children get left out. Industry-funded studies were less likely to enroll children when compared to government or nonprofit funded trials. The lack of controlled trials in children is already a problem and there may be a perceptions among drug manufacturers that testing drugs in children brings the risk of increased liability.
The authors hypothesise that the increase in CE research will lead to an increase in the number of studies that fail to support new interventions. Not good for big pharma, but why?
First, trials with inactive comparators (i.e. placebo) are more likely to achieve favourable findings. On the contrary, CE studies tend to produce conservative results regarding the superiority of a therapy compared to other active treatments.
Second, industry-funded the majority of drug and device CE studies meaning that most were designed and conducted by the company marketing the product. There is substantial evidence that these studies are more likely to report positive findings supporting the use of a product. The PLoS ONE study provides further evidence that even in CE research industry-funded studies were more likely to report an outcome favouring the use of the intervention.
But it's not all doom and gloom. The US has allocated $1.1 billion to CE research. This added investment of noncommercial funding will be critical to provide unbiased answers and evaluate under-studied populations (e.g. children). It's about time we provide with stronger evidence.
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The researchers found declines in cancer incidence in 28 of 31 categories, including notable drops in cancer among women, children and Hispanics.
The findings from the first long-term study of the full-population health impacts of the closure of a U.S. nuclear reactor show the need for a full review of the risks posed by low-level radiation, said study authors Joseph Mangano, an epidemiologist and executive director of the Radiation and Public Health Project, and Dr. Janette Sherman, an internist and toxicologist.
Declines in cancer cases among both males and females were seen in Sacramento County after the Rancho Seco nuclear plant closed more than 23 years ago. Because the decline was four times greater among women than men, however, it was deemed statistically significant only for females.
Breast and thyroid cancers were among the four types of cancer that showed a significant decrease among females, according to the study, published online recently in the journal Biomedicine International.
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Over the next two five-year periods, the cancer rate among children in the county continued to fall before rising from 2005 to 2009 to a level that was still lower than what is was in the late 1980s, the study authors said in a news release from the Radiation and Public Health Project.
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"The impact of reactors should be measured not only in terms of health, but also in terms of cost," Sherman said in the news release. "For example, the 4,319 fewer cancers than expected in Sacramento County during the first 20 years after the Rancho Seco closure translates into many millions saved in direct medical costs, reduction of productivity lost and additional savings associated with the value of a human life."
"With large numbers such as these -- and with the future of this source of power a matter of great public concern -- reports like this one must be followed by ongoing efforts to attain better understanding of potential improvements in public health after reactors are shut down," Sherman added.
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SOURCE: Radiation and Public Health Project, news release, March 28, 2013