text: Projects Past Myanmar: Deliver commitments to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers 'Chance for Change - Ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers in Myanmar', shows that nearly a decade since international engagement on the issue first began and despite the signing of a Joint Action Plan to end the recruitment and use of children between the Myanmar government and the UN in June 2012, children continue to be present in the ranks of theTatmadaw Kyi (Myanmar army) and the Border Guard Forces (BGFs) which function under the command of Tatmadaw Kyi and armed opposition groups. Initial steps to implement the Joint Action Plan have led to the release of 42 children from theTatmadaw Kyi, with other releases expected. However, measures to prevent future recruitment of children have not yet been implemented and there are no programs yet to verify the presence of children in the Border Guard Forces (BGFs). This report shows that a persistent emphasis on increasing troop numbers - accompanied by corruption, weak oversight and impunity - has led to high rates of child recruitment in the Tatmadaw Kyi. Hence, to be effective, measures to prevent underage recruitment should be incorporated into the broader efforts to reform and professionalise Myanmar's armed forces. Strengthening the army and BGFs' recruitment procedures, introducing effective age verification mechanism to remedy practices of age falsification, and, more broadly, addressing the incentives that lead to underage recruitment require profound reforms to Myanmar's armed forces. Child Soldiers International recommends that international assistance provided to Myanmar mainstream the prevention of recruitment of children and their use in hostilities. "Political reforms have led to some progress in the security and human rights situation in Myanmar. The Myanmar government and the international community need to ensure that protection of children in armed conflict is provided the highest priority in this reform agenda," says Richard Clarke, Director, Child Soldiers International. The report also makes recommendations in respect of two armed groups, the Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army (KNU/KNLA) and the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA). Despite instructions by the leadership of both groups to end child recruitment, formal and informal association of children with these groups continues, facilitated by the absence of age verification mechanisms and the lack of access for UN and other humanitarian organisations. Recent ceasefire agreements signed between the government and these armed groups could offer the opportunity for the safe release of children, as well as the prospect of protecting children from future association with these groups. "The Myanmar Peace Centre set up by the government and supported by the international community, is in a unique position to ensure that protection of children is made an integral part of on-going negotiations with armed groups," says Clarke. "The opportunity to ensure durable protection of children will be lost if these negotiations do not result in independent access by the UN and other humanitarian agencies, which is a vital first step to verify and release children from these groups and prevent future recruitment", Clarke added.


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Call me delusional, then. Ruff's recruiting stunk and MO is -- pumapirate 11/14/2017 9:40PM
Isn't it funny how things work out, just sitting here thinking -- piratesoul 11/14/2017 11:10AM
It's interesting as far as USF goes but don't think for a minute.... -- Kolchak 11/14/2017 1:14PM
Skip did the right thing financially & career wise based on the -- PirateJohn 11/14/2017 3:33PM
Why let the pesky Facts get in the way of a bad narrative... ** -- Skullman 11/14/2017 2:38PM
Don't forget the 2 conference titles and beating Boise in a great game.. -- ultraviolet 11/14/2017 2:13PM
All correct and I like winning...we could run the Wing T if we are winning -- ecupiratz 11/14/2017 1:24PM
Re: Isn't it funny how things work out, just sitting here thinking -- Teachtime 11/14/2017 12:36PM
I think you have put up the dumbest argument ever on this board. -- unome 11/14/2017 4:21PM
No, he's right. Whether Mo stays or not, the talent left behind -- pumapirate 11/14/2017 9:48PM
Re: No, he's right. Whether Mo stays or not, the talent left behind -- unome 11/14/2017 9:54PM
Too many ifs and buts with your argument. What if the 5-7 year was just a -- Doublealumnus 11/14/2017 1:05PM
Well, your "if" is no more valid than anyone else's. What "if" the -- pumapirate 11/14/2017 9:51PM
That's why it's f'ing stupid to say in the first place. ** -- Doublealumnus 11/15/2017 7:23PM
It would have been more wins than Mo in either of his years ** -- pir8 sl 11/14/2017 10:59PM
Since you know all this, will I win the lottery? ** -- pumapirate 11/15/2017 5:50PM
So you are assuming we beat cincy and Memphis. Will issue apology if that -- pir8 sl 11/15/2017 11:10PM
Great thing about if/maybe arguments - no one can be proven wrong ** -- PortCityPirate 11/14/2017 2:33PM
We went 5-7 with lincoln riley as we did in 2015 without him......... -- ikedog 11/14/2017 12:45PM
Ruff's ticket to success is in Oklahoma right now. Nothing more... -- trinitypirate 11/14/2017 12:13PM
Ah yes, I laugh to reach the 8-5 years again, our ceiling, and we shall ** -- PortCityPirate 11/14/2017 12:13PM
If 2-9 is the problem is 4-7 really the answer? -- ecu91 11/14/2017 11:50AM
You don't realize Ruff could have followed the 5-7 with a 9-3? -- pumapirate 11/14/2017 9:54PM
Except there was no "trend" down -- ToTheHilt 11/14/2017 12:09PM
How do you know there was -- pumapirate 11/14/2017 9:58PM
5/8/10/8/5 is a Perfect parabola -- PortCityPirate 11/14/2017 12:37PM
One off year isn't a trend but recruiting, discipline, game mgmt were. ** -- highseas 11/14/2017 12:12PM
See Portcity response...two down years after the 10win season ** -- ecu91 11/14/2017 1:19PM
Ill take 8-5 as a down year again ** -- ikedog 11/14/2017 1:42PM
Me too ** -- The Autumn Wind 11/14/2017 1:48PM
More of a political.... -- Southern Pines Pirate 11/14/2017 12:17PM
LMAO, nice try to deflect from the Moe mess, Donnie. Sad! ** -- PirateJohn 11/14/2017 11:57AM
Well stated. ** -- CapnFritz 11/14/2017 11:55AM
When was ruff ever 4--7? no he is not the answer right now to our problem.. -- ikedog 11/14/2017 11:54AM
You know this? Ruff's D was always sorry, and Riley took the offense to OK ** -- pumapirate 11/14/2017 10:03PM
2015 finished 5-7. It was a euphemism. ** -- ecu91 11/14/2017 12:01PM
Both years we failed to make bowls it came down to a final play ** -- ikedog 11/14/2017 12:03PM
Ruff was 3 points away from being 4-8, 9 from being 3-9... -- Kolchak 11/14/2017 1:25PM
Boy are you lame. -- unome 11/14/2017 4:48PM
I pointed out a fact. You wouldn't know one if it bit you in the ass. ** -- Kolchak 11/14/2017 9:02PM
Here is a fact about as arbitrary as yours. -- unome 11/14/2017 9:31PM
Here's a fact. Mo has not yet allowed 76 points, even with Ruff's -- pumapirate 11/14/2017 10:07PM
Re: Here's a fact. Mo has not yet allowed 76 points, even with Ruff's -- unome 11/15/2017 04:46AM
Sad because you could find the same with any coach. Close wins are not bad -- PirateJohn 11/14/2017 5:13PM
Good late game management by the staff ** -- ikedog 11/14/2017 1:34PM
Wish they had retained that for the UCF game a few years later. ** -- Kolchak 11/14/2017 1:48PM
So I'll ask again, but differently, is the goal 6 wins or championships? -- ecu91 11/14/2017 1:15PM
Competing with the top of the conference should be the goal and........... -- ikedog 11/14/2017 1:33PM
Like this year? ** -- PirateJohn 11/14/2017 1:08PM
Isn't it funny how we can't move on from the last coach? ** -- highseas 11/14/2017 11:47AM
Funny was not the first thing that came to my mind. How about sad? ** -- Backoftheboat 11/14/2017 1:19PM
Tends to happen when you go from decent to garbage ** -- Doublealumnus 11/14/2017 1:08PM
Ruff was here all these years, and only got to "decent"? ** -- pumapirate 11/14/2017 10:09PM
It is when his replacement is a bad joke. ** -- Capsized 11/14/2017 12:27PM
The "joke" was the lack of talent left here when Ruff left. ** -- pumapirate 11/14/2017 10:10PM
Watch out -- unome 11/14/2017 11:35AM
I don't really disagree with anything he said -- CapnFritz 11/14/2017 11:50AM
I've been on this board almost 10 years i just lurk for the most part, -- piratesoul 11/14/2017 11:37AM
Skip is probably ok with his decision, think about it -- Cannonball 11/14/2017 11:33AM
Call me delusional....our x factor is in Norman OK -- Cannonball 11/14/2017 11:30AM
Hold on and I'll get you a bigger bat with which to beat the dead horse -- PirateLager 11/14/2017 11:26AM
Didn't say it wasn't a dead horse, just think its funny the decisions -- piratesoul 11/14/2017 11:30AM
He doesn't like to here the truth.** ** -- unome 11/14/2017 11:36AM
Yes, Skips offensive were so dang boring. I did enjoy watching those -- The Autumn Wind 11/14/2017 11:20AM
Those conference championship games weren't boring at all to me. ** -- Kyle1 11/14/2017 11:44AM
But they won more than 2 games a year. or 5 in two years. ** -- bigcubdaddy 11/14/2017 11:36AM

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text: Minutes of the special meeting of Friday, May 3, 2002. (As approved amended June 20, 2002) The San Francisco Public Library Commission held a special meeting called by the Commission President on Friday, May 3, 2002 in the Koret Auditorium, Main Library. Commissioner Coulter called the meeting to order at 12:06 PM. The following members were noted present: Commissioners Bautista, Chin, Coulter, and Streets. Commissioners Higueras, Steiman, and Swig were reported excused attendance. AGENDA ITEM #1 EXCELSIOR BRANCH LIBRARY RENOVATION PROP. 14 APPLICATION City Librarian Susan Hildreth provided the Commissioners with an overview of the Library's Prop. 14 (California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000) application for the Excelsior Branch Library's renovation. Ms. Hildreth cited in particular the very hard work contributed by Deputy City Librarian Paul Underwood, Library Chief of Branches Donna Corbeil, Librarian III Joan Goldman, and Terry Gwazdowski, Excelsior Branch Manager in helping to prepare the application. The City Librarian then introduced Deputy City Librarian Paul Underwood who discussed the details of the community needs assessment and highlighted background information and statistics about the Excelsior Branch Library. Mr. Underwood discussed in some detail the Library's efforts to gather branch library staff input, review background data, such as information provided by the 157 respondents to the Library's David Binder Survey that identified Excelsior as their branch library and the information gathered at two community meetings in proposing plans for the branches' renovation. The Deputy City Librarian characterized the Excelsior neighborhood as a proud and diverse community that hoped to build on the strengths of the existing library and improve its ability to provide services the neighborhood wanted. Mr. Underwood noted that community and staff input had recommended significant improvements in the building's technology infrastructure to allow for more computers, called for increases in materials available in Chinese and Spanish, that the branch be more active in community outreach, and that there be an increased focus on serving neighborhood children, youth, and teens The Deputy City Librarian reported that that residents had requested more opportunities for computer training for residents, in particular seniors. Also reported of interest to the community were a homework help program, a portable computer lab, more uses for the community room as a neighborhood "Commons" and changes to the building layout that would create more comfortable zones for reading. Mr. Underwood additionally noted that the plans also included extensive technology infrastructure improvements so as to allow for future technology expansion and flexible uses for the Excelsior Branch. Branch Bond Program Manager Marilyn Thompson then presented an extensive description of both of the proposed building plans that had been presented to the community for its consideration. Ms. Thompson noted that Scheme A, which placed the children's spaces near services areas and the renovated and ADA accessible rest rooms was the preferred alternative by those attending the community meetings. The Branch Bond Program Manager reported that it was proposed to remove interior partitions, move the front walls forward gaining 234 sq. ft. by eliminating an existing set back, integrate the community room as program space and relocate it to the rear of the building opening onto an exterior space. Ms. Thompson noted that branch staff gave up their existing break room and that staff functions were proposed to be shifted to the front of the building and provided with ergonomic upgrades and a new staff restroom. Ms. Thompson additionally pointed out that making all of the changes and improvements required to meet both ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) requirements and the community's request for services had made some trade-offs necessary. Ms. Thompson noted that the community's requests for more children, youth and teen services, additional multi-language collections, and more computer access required that the new design have less back of house space and more spaces for public services. The Branch Bond Program Manager called attention to the planned installation of a cellular floor pad to provide for maximum future flexibility for technology upgrades. Ms. Thompson additionally pointed out proposed lounge seating area near a large window, the potential for putting in skylights, and rearrangement of book stacks to allow better light flow throughout the structure. The Bond Program Manager noted that additional computer stations were being added including an amoeba table for children's computers, more space was provided for Chinese and Spanish materials, an improved circulation desk was to be created, better quiet reading areas placed at the rear of the building added, and that teens would have their own area with specialized collections and computers. Ms. Thompson also reported that the floor plans had been set up to allow clear staff sight lines throughout the building The Branch Bond Program Manager then discussed the financing package proposed for the Excelsior Branch Library, noting that if successful the Prop. 14 (State Library Bond) funds could provide 65% of the $4.3 million project cost including, unlike local bond money, some funds for furniture, fixtures, and equipment. The City Librarian noted that a Letter of Credit provided by the Friends and Foundation would provide for the 35% or $175,000. local match for these funds. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #1 EXCELSIOR BRANCH LIBRARY ENOVATION PROP. 14 APPLICATION An anonymous member of the public commented on the importance of the old English concept of "Commons", but cautioned against efforts to expand the library's scope. This anonymous member of the public suggested that the role of the library was preservation of knowledge and literature, not as a community meeting place. Mr. Peter Warfield reported that he had attended the April 20th Excelsior Branch Community meeting and what he had heard were requests for books and more books. Mr. Warfield commented that this was not emphasized in the presentation and further noted that the library's plans called for a reduction in books, space for books, less seating and tables, and reduction of two service desks to one. Mr. Warfield observed that there had not been enough time for members of the public to review the plans and that the community comment process had been flawed. Mr. Steven Currier, President of the Outer Mission Residents Association, presented a letter about the proposed plans to the Commission and suggested that more books, not more computers, were wanted by neighborhood residents. Mr. Currier also suggested that the branch library become the archival repository for materials documenting neighborhood history. He provide a copy of a letter from Ms. Carol Taylor, a neighborhood resident, suggesting more books were wanted at the branch. Mr. Martín Gómez, Executive Director of the Friends and Foundation, expressed the Friends and Foundation's eagerness to be an active partner with the Library in the renovation of the Excelsior Branch Library and noted the Letter of Credit that they had provided to meet the required local matching funds for this project. Ms. Sue Cauthen, Council for Neighborhood Libraries, observed that the Excelsior Branch needed more books as well as other things, but expressed support for the proposed design. Ms. Cauthen then gave to the Commissioners and described an informational document on branch library circulation, staffing, and use she had complied from library figures. Ms. Cauthen noted that she hoped that this document would become a project of the Council for Neighborhood Libraries. Mr. Ed Regan commented that he was opposed to any cooperative relationship with the San Francisco School District at the Excelsior and Portola Branch Libraries, noting that in his view schools, as part of their educational mission, should provide library services for those under 18 and the public library should serve adults. Commission comment on AGENDA ITEM #1 EXCELSIOR BRANCH LIBRARY RENOVATION PROP. 14 APPLICATION Ms. Hildreth briefly outlined the nature of the required relationships between schools and libraries mandated by Prop. 14 (State Library Bond) to be a 1st priority project for new construction and commented that the Excelsior Branch was clearly a 2nd priority renovation project with no special school cooperation agreement. In response to a query by Commissioner Streets, the City Librarian clarified that the Friends and Foundation Letter of Credit was expected to cover the entire period until the expected completion of this project in 2004. In answer to questions by Commissioner Chin, the Deputy City Librarian reported that overall amount of seating available in the reconfigured branch would drop from 73 to 68 but that in doing so the library would be able meet the requirements of the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) requirements for wider aisles and fully accessible restrooms. In response to further questions by Commissioner Chin regarding the proposed lounge seats, Mr. Underwood discussed the effort made to balance the competing requests of branch users within the physical limitations of the building. Responding to a question by Commissioner Bautista, the City Librarian reported that staff proposed to refresh the book collections at the Excelsior Branch so as to have a collection that met the needs of branch users. Commissioner Bautista reminded the Commission that the Excelsior Branch Library has had a sister library relationship with a local library in Manila, begun during Mayor Dianne Feinstein's Administration, and that its high profile Filipino collections were an important asset to the community. The City Librarian discussed how the Library proposed to improve the quality of the book collections at the Excelsior branch, noting that its collection was already larger than that of branches of a similar size, in response to Commissioner Coulter's expression of concern about potential political difficulties created by proposing any reduction to the size of the branches' book collection. Commissioner Coulter noted that the branch book collections have symbolic value and strongly suggested that their size be maintained. Chief of Branches Donna Corbeil discussed the balancing act staff found necessary to meet the diverse needs of the community served by the branch noting that there was significant use of this branch by neighborhood children. Deputy City Librarian Paul Underwood also called attention to a recommendation that preservation of community history be a part of the branches' program and in response to Commissioners expressions of concern suggested that staff would monitor the use of the lounge seating areas. MOTION: to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve a Prop. 14 (California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000) application for the Excelsior Branch Library renovation by Commissioner Bautista, seconded by Commissioner Chin. ACTION: AYE 4-0 (Bautista, Chin, Coulter, and Streets) Michael Housh, Commission Secretary 5/21/02 The number of members of the public who spoke anonymously at this meeting. 1 Please note: Copies of Commission Minutes and handouts are available in the Office of the Commission Secretary, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 Copies of Public Comment Summary Statements as authorized by San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.16 can be found in Appendix A. These summary statements are provided by the speaker and their contents are neither generated by, nor subject to approval or verification of accuracy by, the San Francisco Public Library Commission AGENDA ITEM #2 ADJOURNMENT MOTION: by Commissioner Streets, seconded by Commissioner Chin that the meeting be adjourned In Memoriam of the late Annette McNear, a long time and devoted Library employee. Appendix A The Public Comment Summary Statements included in these Minutes are authorized by San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.16.. These summary statements are provided by the speaker. Their contents are neither generated by, nor subject to approval or verification of accuracy by, the San Francisco Public Library Commission. The number of members of the public who spoke anonymously at this meeting. 1 Public Comment available for viewing in pdf format.


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"After giving this matter the consideration it deserves, I have decided that Major League Baseball will comply with Mr. Cabrera's request," said Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig. "I respect his gesture as a sign of his regret and his desire to move forward, and I believe that, under these circumstances, the outcome is appropriate, particularly for Mr. Cabrera's peers who are contending for the batting crown."
"Melky Cabrera, through a written request to me, asked for the Union's assistance in removing him from consideration for the 2012 National League batting title," said MLBPA Executive Director Michael Weiner. "We complied with Melky's wish and brought the matter to the Commissioner's Office, which agreed to suspend the rule. We commend Melky's decision under these circumstances."
At the time Cabrera was suspended, he had 501 plate appearances and a .346 batting average, which led the National League. 502 plate appearances qualify a player for a batting championship.
Rule 10.22(a): "The individual batting, slugging or on-base percentage champion shall be the player with the highest batting average, slugging percentage or on-base percentage, as the case may be, provided the player is credited with as many or more total appearances at the plate in league championship games as the number of games scheduled for each club in his club's league that season, multiplied by 3.1 in the case of a Major League player. Total appearances at the plate shall include official times at bat, plus bases on balls, times hit by pitcher, sacrifice hits, sacrifice flies and times awarded first base because of interference or obstruction. Notwithstanding the foregoing requirement of minimum appearances at the plate, any player with fewer than the required number of plate appearances whose average would be the highest, if he were charged with the required number of plate appearances shall be awarded the batting, slugging or on-base percentage championship, as the case may be."
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No one on television has more fun than Jimmy Fallon.
As the new host of The Tonight Show on NBC, Fallon has incorporated the songs, skits, and celebrity games loved by audiences of Late Night. He dances to hip-hop megamixes with Justin Timberlake. He plays charades with Sheryl Crow and Pictionary with Kristen Bell. He makes goofy faces with Jude Law and throws glasses of water at Lindsay Lohan. Starting at 11:34 every night, he has a blast.
Fallon, 39, has made the show his own, and it's not because of his younger face, hipper band, or new reoccurring bits, but something profoundly more rare and special. To a time slot long reserved for cynicism and exasperation, Fallon has brought genuine joy.
During his first Tonight Show monologue, a beaming Fallon told 11.3 million viewers, "My goal is just to make you laugh, so that you go to sleep with a smile on your face and live a longer life. Isn't that the whole goal of what we're doing? To have fun?"
Fallon is a different kind of comedian from Jay Leno, David Letterman, or the host who started it all, Johnny Carson. Instead of insults, we get impressions. Instead of sexual innuendo, we get slapstick silliness. Instead of condescension, we get music parodies. Television critics have noticed that while other late-night comedians try to make fun of people, Fallon simply tries to have fun. Already, the ratings, YouTube views, and trending hashtags tell us America likes what they're seeing.
Fallon's fun-for-fun's-sake attitude has died out in much of comedy, replaced with dark irony that takes itself too seriously or shock-value "adult" humor that seems more targeted at dirty-minded teenagers. Today's popular comics twist ...1


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Cisco Positioned as A Leader in the Gartner Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure Magic Quadrant
Gartner has released their 2012 Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure Magic Quadrant. Cisco is recognized as a leader in this highly anticipated publication.
Our industry is going through dramatic changes. The rapid growth of cloud, mobility and business collaborations has put more and more pressure on the network. Disparate wired and wireless networks architected and managed separately are no longer sufficient to meet the new demand. This is the first time that Gartner covers wired and wireless LAN infrastructure together in one Magic Quadrant. It is a clear sign that the time has come to evolve the network infrastructure to address the rapid growth of cloud, mobility and business collaborations with a unified approach.
Cisco has a strong vision that we are best positioned to help our customers capture these market transitions with unified policy, management and architecture based on a single-network strategy. The Cisco Unified Access solution uses this vision to deliver uncompromised user experience, best-in-class resiliency and scale, as well as deployment flexibility for our customers. The three supporting pillars of the Cisco Unified Access solution are:
– One Policy: single source of policy across wired, wireless and remote access
– One Management: manage user experience end to end
– One Network: deliver a seamless experience across any network
Customers will gain the ability to achieve a single business policy, context-based control, comprehensive visibility as well as operational efficiency as they adopt the Cisco Unified Access solution. In the next several days, we'll have follow up blogs to discuss how Cisco enables our customers to accomplish these goals.
Here's a look at the Gartner 2012 Wired and Wireless LAN Infrastructure Magic Quadrant.
Share with us what you're doing in to make your policy, management and network all work better together!
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Punk Band Bad Religion Blurts 'F**k You' in Google+ Hangout
Broadcasting live Monday in a Google+ Hangout, members of punk rock band Bad Religion revealed the name and release date of their 16th studio album, True North, and unleashed a series of F-bombs in the process.
Why the expletive? "F**k You" is the name of that album's first single. First, front man Greg Graffin blurted the title, followed by drummer Brooks Wackerman and guitarist Brian Baker.
Bad Religion also answered fans' questions in the 27-minute Hangout, which you can watch in the above video.
After the Hangout, the band streamed the first cut of "F**k You" (below). True North comes out Jan. 22.


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Last month, the leading free radical expert, Dr. William Pryor, Boyd Professor and Director of the Biodynamics Institute at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, used easy to grasp analogies to explain free radicals. This month, he will discuss common free radicals and other reactive oxygen species of interest to biochemists. In Part III, he will discuss antioxidant nutrients.
Dr. William A. Pryor is the Director and Boyd Professor of the Biodynamics Institute of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He has published over 500 scientific reports and 25 books. He has served as editor of the leading journal in the field,
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: Let's continue with our free radical damage story. What are some of the common free radicals that we should be concerned about?
: A common free radical is the hydrogen atom, the simplest free radical, that's a hydrogen atom (a "H" in chemical symbols) and a dot (.), so it is written as H
. As I explained earlier, a free radical has an odd number of electrons, and we indicate this presence of an odd number of electrons by a dot. Thus, two H
atoms can combine and form a hydrogen molecule H:H, or H-H. If that hydrogen molecule were to spit its electrons evenly (homolytically) it would again form the two hydrogen atom free radicals.
: How about the oxygen molecule. Isn't the oxygen molecule a di-radical? The ground state diatomic oxygen molecule has two unpaired electrons each located in a
antibonding orbital. This helps give molecular oxygen an interesting array of potential reactivity possibilities. The oxygen molecule does not have an odd number of electrons, but it does have two "lone" electrons in separate orbitals and can be thought of as being two "odd" electrons.
: Yes, the ground state of the oxygen molecule O2 is a diradical with two unpaired electrons (
). Singlet oxygen, which is excited by 23 kcal/mol , has all paired electrons (O=O).
This leads us to another free radical that is very common in biology, the superoxide radical (the superoxide radical anion). It is formed by the one electron reduction of a dioxygen molecule. Reduction is the opposite of oxidation, and occurs when an atom or molecule accepts one or more electrons. So we have O2 -- a dioxygen molecule -- adding an electron and the electron's negative charge, giving the superoxide anion. Thus, the superoxide anion radical is written as O2
. (The convention says that the dot precedes the minus and both are written as superscripts above the oxygen. I love the fact that the dot precedes the minus -- radicals are more important than ions even in the people who just name things.)
: I understand your pleasure in seeing that at last proper recognition is coming to proper free radical terminology, but conventional terminology still doesn't recognize the free radical nature of the oxygen atom. As we just discussed, the oxygen molecule is a di-radical, and thus it should be written as O2
, with the two dots representing lone non-paired electrons.
: Technically, you are right, but it would be too confusing for beginning chemistry students to have to contend with oxygen as a di-radical rather than a simple molecule. But, I wouldn't mind seeing the oxygen molecule written as O2 ( ) when free radical chemistry is the focus.
: OK, I'm sorry I interrupted your response, let's go back to the superoxide anion.
: I was about to say that the superoxide anion is frequently formed and the reason it is formed in biological systems is because we use oxygen to oxidize our food and make energy for us to live. This happens in the mitochondria present in the cytoplasm of most living cells. However, very frequently instead of food oxidation in mitochondria happening in two electron steps, about one to two percent of the time, it occurs in a single electron step producing the superoxide anion radical.
Oxygen can be reduced to superoxide radical anions. In the body, the mitochondria use oxygen to metabolize food to produce energy. Water and carbon dioxide are formed directly in this major process. Outside of the body, processes such as photosynthesis again free the oxygen from the water and carbon dioxide. However, some of the oxygen is converted into superoxide radical anions as explained in the interview with Dr. Pryor. This minor pathway is shown by the arrow in the clockwise direction.
Once you get a superoxide radical you are going to have radicals propagating damage throughout the biological system until you have a termination -- until there is another radical species that can couple and somehow quench that superoxide. In biology that can be done, for example, by superoxide dismutase (SOD), the enzyme whose purpose is to control superoxide levels. SOD can take two superoxide molecules -- therefore two free radicals -- and dismutate them -- that is, take an electron from one and add it to the other. When an electron is taken from superoxide, it then becomes a dioxygen molecule again. So one of the products of dismutation is the dioxygen molecule. When SOD adds an electron to the other superoxide molecule, it goes from 02
to 02
and we no longer have a dot because we have pairs of electrons and 02
would pick up two protons and become hydrogen peroxide, which itself could be a damaging species in biology.
Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) converts the superoxide radical anion back to oxygen. The next step in the oxygen cycle is the production of hydrogen peroxide as indicated by the arrow continuing in the clockwise direction.
Passwater: This is the oxygen cycle converting food to carbon dioxide and water. You have taken us to hydrogen peroxide. Fortunately, just as our bodies can produce the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase (SOD), which can dismutate some or even most of the superoxide formed, depending on our efficiency at making SOD, our bodies can also make the antioxidant enzyme, catalase, to convert some of the hydrogen peroxide into water. What next?
: Hydrogen peroxide can add another electron and split at the 0-0 bond giving HO
and HO-. That is, you get a negative charged species and a free radical. The free radical you get is called the hydroxyl free radical, HO
, an extremely reactive free radical. It reacts with almost everything as fast as it collides with things. So in other words HO
reacts almost every time it bumps into another molecule, generally to pull off a hydrogen atom and make water and also produce another free radical in the organic residue (the remaining part of the molecule).
The next step in the oxygen cycle can be the conversion of hydrogen peroxide into the highly reactive hydroxyl radical.
Now if you took that hydroxyl free radical and added still another electron you would get HO- and if that picked up a proton it would become water. So usually we burn food and we make water and release lots of energy:
4e- 4H
O2 2H2O + energy
However, On occasion, the mitochondrion goes through one electron steps leading in sequence to superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, hydroxyl radical, and finally water.
e- e- 2H
e- e- H
: We often use the term "Reactive Oxygen Species" (ROS) now to include species other than radicals. How about singlet oxygen? You mentioned that singlet oxygen has all paired electrons and is not a free radical, but it can damage body components.
What happens when the energy of sunlight or chemical reactions in the body transfer just enough energy to oxygen to raise the oxygen ground state to the first excited triplet state, and via internal conversion, the excited triplet state relaxes into the singlet state by reversing the spin of the lone electron, which yields a long-lived species having excess energy?
: I do not think singlet oxygen is important in any organ except those that are irradiated directly, such as the eye and the skin.
: Let's return to your interrupted dancing representation of free radical propagation for a moment. The odd dancers that are created represent damage to other molecules in the body. As an example, we can have lipid peroxidation. Please tell us a little about the chemistry of the peroxyl radical.
: The peroxyl radical actually is reasonably stable. I've calculated a lifetime of seconds for peroxyl radicals.
: How about transition metals and their role in biochemistry. Their odd electrons are not in their outermost electron shell. Do transition metals participate in one-electron transfer reactions. Do transition metals really contribute to free radical production in the human body or is this just something we are just starting to look at?
: Metals are very important in the damage that radicals produce and the subject has been studied by a large number of very good scientists, but it is still very murky. Transition metals that have two oxidation states that differ by one electron oxidation can cause peroxides to decompose. For example, iron and copper ions can cause peroxides to decompose and can themselves go up to the next higher oxidation state -- as an example ferrous goes to ferric and cuprous to cupric. Exactly how this works in a biological system is not clear, because there are no free metal ions in biology, they are all complexed to proteins. As an example, iron is carried by hemoglobin, transferrin and ferritin. Incidentally iron is stored in ferritin as ferric iron and superoxide will reduce those ferric ions to ferrous ions and ferrous ions are then released by the ferritin. Some scientists feel this is a critical change that superoxide causes that can release iron to be available to catalyze radical reactions.
We have been studying the cigarette tar free radical which is a very stable radical that has an infinite lifetime. It has the property, like superoxide, of being able to reduce the ferric ions in ferritin to produce ferrous and cause iron to be released from ferritin. In this case, although you could have the cigarette tar semiquinone radical reduce oxygen to make superoxide and superoxide then cause the reduction of ferric ions, it actually is the cigarette tar free radical itself that is the culprit. The cigarette tar free radical, and there can be
5 x 10
in each puff of smoke inhaled, reduces the iron in ferritin, rather than reducing oxygen. Thus, once you have odd electron species, you can get a cascade of changes with many branching points. And each of these branches of free radicals may produce their own type of biological damage.
: Well that's the first half of the story. I am sure our readers will want to hear your explanation in Part III of how antioxidant nutrients protect us against these deleterious free radicals. Your analogies of these various categories of defenders as different components of the body's army -- the foot soldiers, the artillery and the assault troops make it easier to understand the roles of each of these synergistic defenders.
Thank you Dr. Pryor.
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The guided meditation takes you on a journey into your past to discover and release an energetic bookmark. This journey can be used many times to heal and retrieve parts of yourself held in past traumas, allowing you to transform your life at the cellular level and create a more emotionally free, "whole" and empowered present moment. $15
The Spiritual Health Series By Deborah
The Spiritual Health Series includes three audio files and focuses on the connection between physical health and spiritual health and things we can do to enhance our lives by working at both levels to create a state of wholeness. In this series, I will share with you my own journey into health and discuss some techniques I found helpful along the way. In the first part, I'll share some principles my guides have brought to me. Often I sit down to write and spirit takes over my pen, directing me to ideas and information. I call this The Metaphysics of Health and Healing. In part 2, I'll share with you the wealth of information I've gained over the years through my studies and experiences. This includes my training in intuitive health, living foods and natural health. This second section is titled Principles of Natural Health and Healing. In the third segment titled Steps Toward Wellness, I'll describe some techniques I found helpful on my own journey toward wellness. Three CD set, $24
Disk One: The Metaphysics of Health and Healing, $8
Part Two: Principles of Natural Health and Healing,$8
Part Three: Steps Toward Wellness, $8
Alpha Wave Therapy, Level One By Peter
This new guided meditation is the full explanation of a new energy work form obtained from the Alpha Centurion Nation. They have two planets between 500 and 1000 years in advance of our current progress. One thing that stands out is that they have no disease on either planet. This form is aligned with the work of Nikola Tesla and his L Wave Theory. The body has a detailed meridian system and within that system are numerous energy centers called 'miasms'. These miasms hold the electromagnetic signatures of all diseases capable of occurring in the body. This energy form seeks out these signatures and creates the reverse image that neutralizes the potential for that disease.
This form: *works on the 'free radical' environment of the body and repairs damaged DNA; *uses the new energies coming onto the earth from the center of the galaxy in advance of the 2012 alignment; *uses the 'Merkabah' as a transmitting element where star tetrahedrons and octahedrons collect and distribute cosmic energies into the body. The practitioner functions as a facilitator cleaning chakras, stimulating the meridian system and embellishing the wonderful stream of light that permeates the client's body. $10
For a copy on Audio CD, see New Audio CDs - 2010
The Psychic Skills Development Course
The Psychic Skills Course is now available as an automatic MP3 download. As soon as you pay through Paypal, you will receive an email containing the link to download your MP3 file. MP3 files are $8
The Psychic Skills Course - Peter's Guided Meditations and other Tools to Help you Develop Your Psychic Skills. Peter introduces you to a number of techniques for developing psychic skills. These techniques include stilling your mind, putting the ego to sleep, breathing exercises, guided meditations, vision quests, creating a spiritual sanctuary, mental asanas, recognizing "downloads" from your guides, journaling and much more.One of the most important techniques he offers is how to recognize when guidance is being downloaded into your consciousness. Once there has been a download, it is important to choose a point in the morning or night to clear out the downloaded files through journaling and automatic writing. This allows new information to come in. With relaxing music playing in the background, Peter's calm and rhythmic voice guides you into a loving and relaxed place within yourself where you can explore your inner world and create a telepathic connection with your higher self. In the CD's introduction, Peter explains how "intuition, imagination and coincidence are a collage of time frames where information and guidance are brought to us. Guides like to come to us in bookstores to help us pick out certain books. They like to come to us when we are reading those books to interject their thoughts. They like to come to us when we are at the grocery store making dietary choices." This CD will help open new doors to higher consciousness. Daily listening will transform your life.
For a copy on CD, click here: Holotropic Breathing & Psychic Skills CDs
Holotropic Breathwork
The Holotropic Breathwork CD is now available as an automatic MP3 download. As soon as you pay through Paypal, you will receive an email containing the link to download your MP3 file. MP3 files are $8
Holotropic Breathwork is a thirty-minute, voice-directed breathing meditation using background music.
Holotropic breathwork as it is known, allows increased flows of oxygen to the brain that awaken the pineal, pituitary and hypothalymus to light and energy. This unique experience will become a lifetime treasure for your spiritual collection.
For a copy on CD, click here: Holotropic Breathing & Psychic Skills CDs


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A CD Re-Issue Of A Classic Sample Mix ...
King Of Diggin (CD Re-Issue)
Muro and Lord Finesse
Various Artists
CD1: Mixed By Muro
CD2: Mixed By Lord Finesse
Re-issue of the classic sample mixtape from 98
Don't zzzzzzz...
Posted by NiceGuy Eddie at 2:40 PM
10 comments:
- Phil said...
Thanks for this. Keep up the good work mate
Lord Finesse is always worth checking out.
- 4/02/2009
- The Dynamic Hamza 21 said...
Wow I've never heard of this before. I have of Kings Of Diggin with Kon & Amir & Muro though.
- 4/02/2009
- the rapper said...
Thanks for posting!
- 4/04/2009
- gonzo said...
damn son! this sh$t is tight! big up!
- 4/04/2009
- Worms said...
- 4/04/2009
- CosmoRetroIntroOutro said...
lord finesse's selection is mindblowing. i don't think that it can get any dustier than this. thanks!
- 4/05/2009
- kicks79 said...
wow they put this on a cd. I ripped a copy from a friend to md back in the day.
- 4/05/2009
- jzj said...
Fantastic! Thanks.
- 4/07/2009
- Paul said...
Thanks for this! I bought the original Muro tape from Fat Beats in 98 on my first-ever visit to New York. It damn near got worn out by me and my boys trying to figure out all the breaks and all the songs. Never knew Finesse did a tape as well, but I can't say I'm surprised.
- 4/07/2009
- Djchev said...
- 5/12/2009
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Kim Kardashian Trades Her Wedding Gifts For Rolex Watches — New Report
Can you believe this? Kris Humphries is said to be 'furious' with Kim's selfish act.
Kim Kardashian's wedding to Kris Humphries is the gift that keeps on giving — literally. According to a report from Star magazine, Kim has cashed in a chunk of the gifts she received at a luxury boutique in Hollywood in order to buy Rolex watches for her family! "Kim had never had the gifts delivered," an insider tells the mag. "The store was still waiting for her to give them an address."
The source reveals that Kim paid a visit to the boutique the week after she filed for divorce, informing them that she wouldn't need the gifts sent to her — and Kris is said to be "furious" about the whole thing.
"[Kris] told Kim from the beginning that he wanted her to return the wedding gifts to guests who bought them," the source divulges. "But she totally ignored him and just went ahead and did this. He thinks it's disgusting."
OK, so we know what what Kris thinks — but what do YOU think, HollywoodLifers? Should Kim have returned the gifts to her guests, or was she right to do whatever she wanted with them?


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The annual AFI AWARDS luncheon opens with the Institute's signature March of Time montage – a unique cross-section of cinematic milestones from decades past, which places the year's motion picture and television honorees into an historical context and provides a perspective on the evolution of the narrative arts.
12 YEARS A SLAVE is a story amazing – and in no good way. Director Steve McQueen shines a bright light on the horrors of the past – a time when caged and tortured humans were fuel to the machine that is America. Ultimately, this true tale is one of survival, a screenplay written by John Ridley and resting firmly upon the shoulders of Chiwetel Ejiofor, who delivers a strong and soulful performance as Solomon Northup – a free man kidnapped and sold into slavery. His injustice is set against the breathtaking beauty of Southern landscapes, which only serve to enhance atrocities disgracefully forgotten – and never before depicted with such raw intensity.
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AMERICAN HUSTLE is eight-track entertainment from the feet up – exposing the question, "What is façade and what is for real?" With no detail overlooked, no hair out of place, David O. Russell's masterful period piece wires audiences into the exhilarating cons of Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Bradley Cooper. Enter Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Renner, with all players playing against type, and you have a tale of ambition that is rollicking and emotionally raw – and an anthem to the notion that the art of survival is a story that never ends.
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CAPTAIN PHILLIPS sails the high seas of heroism in this adrenaline-fueled thriller, where a blinking dot on a radar screen signals the collision of two worlds. Melding documentary realism with pure action filmmaking, Paul Greengrass' pulse-pounding narrative is anchored by a taut script from Billy Ray and a commanding performance from Tom Hanks, who again captures a character that we all live and breathe. Explosive turns by Barkhad Abdi and other first-time Somali actors ignite the film's urgent telling of a true tale – an extraordinary effort to save the life of one man and preserve an American ideal.
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FRUITVALE STATION illustrates the power of an art form to find the humanity in a headline. With a steady hand, Ryan Coogler conducts this haunting chronicle of injustice to its inevitable final destination by allowing audiences to share an intimate, bittersweet day with Oscar Grant. Michael B. Jordan brings a delicate, raw nuance to his portrayal of the struggling but hopeful youth, and Octavia Spencer's big-hearted mom adds to the power of the message – that change will come when we understand and appreciate each other as fellow passengers on a train toward tomorrow. Read the AFI Catalog entry
GRAVITY holds audiences with the power of a force of nature. Reaching skyward with pioneering ambition, Alfonso Cuarón paints with a canvas so vast and visuals so breathtaking, that the film instantly rockets into the heavens of unforgettable achievements. A theatrical spectacle humbling beyond words, it is at its core a human drama that floats between wonder and terror, with a beating heart provided by two of America's brightest stars – Sandra Bullock and George Clooney. Bullock's lead role is so deeply felt and epic in emotion that we stand with her at film's end, grateful to have experienced one helluva ride. Read the AFI Catalog entry
HER asks what it is to connect – and what it means to love. This near-future romance is a profoundly relevant valentine to today's world – a modern fairy tale written and directed by the mind-soaring talents of Spike Jonze. Deeply personal, vulnerable performances by Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson tell the story of one man's passion for an operating system and her shared joy for him. The inevitability of human evolution is a concept scary to some and embraced by others, but this is art at its most powerful – to imagine "what if?" – and present it with a pure, beating heart. Read the AFI Catalog entry
INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS embodies the spirit of a great American folk tale – but finds the power of a lyrical odyssey when told by the talents of Joel and Ethan Coen. With T Bone Burnett as their musical muse, the Coens brilliantly encapsulate the saturated soul of the early sixties, as they play this cyclical ballad sparked by a bar fight and a cat on an incredible journey. Oscar Isaac's finely tuned performance is inseparable from character as he wanders down the road to redemption; lost between undeniable talent and hopeless abjection, he sees his music as we see the film – it's never new and it never gets old; it's a folk song. Read the AFI Catalog entry
NEBRASKA paints a stark portrait of Midwestern America – a Rockwell drained of both color and nostalgia, but nonetheless infused with astounding depth and sentiment. Shadows cast with austere beauty by director Alexander Payne reveal innumerable shades of gray in the film's characters – evoking empathy, if not sympathy, for an embittered family on an unlikely pilgrimage. Bruce Dern's million-dollar performance as wayward patriarch Woody Grant creates a quietly stirring and darkly comic study on aging, and Will Forte shines as the son who helps Woody look to the future as the long, open road of memory disappears in the
rear-view mirror. Read the AFI Catalog entry
SAVING MR. BANKS soars to the highest heights, elevating the memory of one of American film's most celebrated stories. Magic leaps from the pages of Sue Smith and Kelly Marcel's script, as director John Lee Hancock brilliantly blends the story and the back story of MARY POPPINS' flight to the silver screen. Icons as icons, Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks spar deftly and delightfully as P.L. Travers and Walt Disney, beautifully embodying the struggle inherent in creating a character so deeply personal and then sharing it with the world. Like Poppins herself, the film is practically perfect in every way. Read the AFI Catalog entry
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET howls at a moon hanging high above an atavistic America. This cinematic exploration of excess is a cautionary tale, administered like a dangerously addictive drug by a master of cinema. Here, Martin Scorsese and his talented team – with Terence Winter's script as guide – write another chapter in the history of New York crime families, with Leonardo DiCaprio's fearless performance hypnotizing those who believe that money matters above all else. Complicit in his transgressions is an all-star ensemble – with Jonah Hill emerging as his colorful partner in crime. Read the AFI Catalog entry
THE AMERICANS embeds audiences into a seductive study of the conflicting loyalties between undercover Soviet spies and their adopted American suburbs. Joe Weisberg's taut Cold War thriller doubles as a portrait of a troubled middle-class marriage – with stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys providing the glowing core to this new take on the nuclear family.
BREAKING BAD held the world captive in its addictive final episodes – breathlessly waiting for word on Walter White's cancerous descent from sympathetic family man to the darkest of villains. Vince Gilligan and his crack creative ensemble missed no opportunity for conflict and character development as they cooked up an epic conclusion worthy of the series' undeniable place in the pantheon.
GAME OF THRONES soars to new heights on dragons' wings. Rare are the moments when a series so thoroughly shakes its audience with a grim marriage of shock and bloodshed – but in an epic feat, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss execute an exquisite betrayal, turning a strategic alliance into a red wedding so infamous that the world was left gasping for breath.
THE GOOD WIFE raises the bar in its fifth year with an audacious act of reinvention. Creators Michelle and Robert King upset the status quo with the dissolution of the series' core legal team – making politics deeply personal in a delicious dance played out by a sparkling, sophisticated ensemble led by Julianna Margulies.
HOUSE OF CARDS has built a monument to revenge with the careful hand of Beau Willimon. With equal parts bravado and bluff, Kevin Spacey flourishes as a mastermind of Shakespearean ambition – one whose instantly iconic asides reveal the darkly comic and deeply cynical underbelly of the American political system.
MAD MEN cuts a fashionable figure in its impeccably tailored sixth year – which finds Jon Hamm's Don Draper and a stellar ensemble careening through the dark days of 1968. Creator Matt Weiner's stylish stories serve as both a poetic recreation of America's past and a sobering reminder that nothing endures but change.
MASTERS OF SEX remembers a time before the world was awash in images of sex – and in doing so, finds the ground to become the rare work actually about sex. Michelle Ashford's lushly produced period piece embraces both the kinky and clinical aspects of Masters and Johnson's pioneering research, allowing the series to lay bare its subject with candor and humor – raising consciousness as it raises eyebrows.
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK escapes conventional TV models with a liberating look at life inside a women's prison. Jenji Kohan's fearlessly funny and intensely dramatic stories navigate a new world, where fiercely original characters remind audiences that gender and race should be explored and celebrated – on the inside and the outside.
SCANDAL is a grand opera of passionate political delights – amplified for modern day by maestro Shonda Rhimes. Hot topics are handled with a matter-of-fact approach to diversity that makes the series incisively relevant. Operating on all cylinders is Kerry Washington, who dazzles each week as she leads her gladiators into the world to fix the lives of all but their own.
VEEP is second to none in today's television comedies. Armando Iannucci's satiric eye peers into the office of the Vice President – embodied by the hilariously deadpan Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her oafish entourage of snakes and sycophants. This incisive indictment of government dysfunction finds humor in bureaucratic bad behavior – a political reality that's so painfully funny because it might just be true.
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The broadcaster spoke out to say the rumours which had been circulating appeared to have been "validated" by the women who have come forward to speak about their alleged treatment by the late Sir Jimmy in a TV documentary.
Exposure: The Other Side Of Jimmy Savile, is due to be screened on Wednesday and details claims from women dating to the 1970s that he had abused girls in his Rolls-Royce and at BBC Television Centre.
A former colleague of the late Top Of The Pops host alleged that Sir Jimmy had used his charity fundraising work as a way of preventing his private life being exposed.
Radio host Paul Gambaccini, who said he had waited 30 years for these stories to come out, suggested the veteran presenter had threatened newspapers that his charity cash would dry up if they published the allegations.
He told ITV1's Daybreak programme: "On (one) occasion, and this cuts to the chase of the whole matter, he was called and he said 'well you could run that story, but if you do there goes the funds that come in to Stoke Mandeville - do you want to be responsible for the drying up of the charity donations?'. And they backed down."
Flamboyant bachelor Sir Jimmy - known to millions for his TV and radio appearances over many years - died last year at the age of 84.
Theroux, who featured him in one of his When Louis Met ... BBC programmes, said: "So the rumours seem to have been in some degree validated. I haven't seen ITV's expose on Jimmy Savile yet, but from what I understand there are a number of credible accounts from underaged teenage girls of Jimmy abusing his position of trust and celebrity to procure sexual favours. What is especially disturbing is the nature of the alleged abuse - the fact that it apparently took place repeatedly, in the workplace and at a school he was visiting, and that it may have been known to his bosses and co-workers. My thoughts are with the victims. I hope they find peace."
Roger Foster, Sir Jimmy's nephew, said his family was "disgusted and disappointed" by the programme. "The guy hasn't been dead for a year yet and they're bringing these stories out. It could affect his legacy, his charity work, everything. I'm very sad and disgusted," said Mr Foster, from Goole, East Yorkshire.
A spokesman for ITV defended its programme, saying: "This documentary is the result of an in-depth investigation into long-standing allegations of serious and widespread sexual misconduct by Sir Jimmy Savile. Because of the very serious nature of the claims made by several interviewees in relation to this, particular care and consideration was of course given to the decision to produce and broadcast this programme. The programme takes full account of the fact that Sir Jimmy is not here to defend himself against these claims."


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So Ryan's been gone for a bit, no need to get specific...OPSEC and all, but while I was cleaning up after dinner tonight and thinking to myself that these leftover Chicken Kebobs were going to be AH-MAZING tomorrow for lunch, I realized that they were the perfect "husband" sized portion...and instead of getting sad, I actually thought...there might be a plus side to this quasi-single parenthood. So here comes my somewhat ridiculous, sometimes trivial attempt at "10 Good things about Deployment".
1. Leftovers/Deployment Dinners
After being used to cooking for a family of 5, and now having the main eater removed from the equation, I find myself bombarded with leftovers. I myself, am not a big fan, but I usually end up "recycling" or recreating the previous meal into something new (taco night is always followed closely by beef stroganoff night). The girls however require "real" lunches and leftovers are just the thing! In addition to leftovers, you have what my friends and I have dubbed "deployment dinners"...things that you would NEVER serve your husband and probably should never admit to eating. For instance, some nights it's just easier to pretend you are back in college and feed everyone cereal, or toss some hot dogs in a pot of boiling water followed closely by mac n cheese and maybe a few carrots and ranch dip just to ease the guilt of feeding your kids crap a little. We also take FULL advantage of deals like "Kids Eat Free at IHOP every Tuesday" or "Free kids meals at Wendy's when you buy an adult meal" nights. The kids eat, someone else cooks and cleans, everyone is happy.
2. A Get Out of Bed Free card:
You can literally get out of bed, not put on any make up, or shave your legs, and walk around with out your significant other EVER knowing. Go ahead, throw your hair up in a pony tail...wet, and throw on some "work out" clothes (aka buying really cute gym outfits so that you can run around and have people thinking how "good" you look going to the gym and wondering how great you must look when you actually try when in reality you are totally faking it). It's actually very liberating...and makes dressing up so much more fun when your loved one returns. Not to mention all the money you save by not having to replace razors or makeup.
3. Cover Hog's paradise:
See all those covers, see all that bed...it is all yours for however long he's gone. You can sleep sideways if you want, take his favorite pillow, not make up the bed, whatever you want because it.is.all.yours.
4. Complete Controller Control:
You have complete control over the Television, radio, a/c, heat...whatever you want you can do it. Want to watch a Vampire diaries marathon all day Saturday? Have a sick affection for Zombie films or Ghost Whisperer??? Go ahead and indulge, no one is around to complain (accept for your children...)
5. Books, Books, and more Books
I LOVE to read, and find that I spend a large portion of my "free time" that is usually our "quality couple time" reading....and it tends to be trashy romance novels. Things that my husband teases me for.
6. Ms. Fix-It
We all know Murphy's Law of Deployments If it can go wrong, it will go wrong....something WILL break, someone WILL get sick (probably requiring a trip to the ER) and some major purchase or decision WILL have to happen. So get ready to learn a new skill, how to navigate tricare and other such demands having three small children with the stomach flu will do to ya. To date, I have learned how to repair and replace the waterhose connector thing on the fridge, replace the innards of a toilet, eliminate clogs and snake drains, bug bombed a nest of yellow jackets while pregnant, installed shelves, and put air in my tires. These are things I would have NEVER even thought about doing but because of my Darling Husband who would do them for me, but I have become quite adept at googling how-to videos and trying my hand.
7. "Endearing" traits are gone
Ryan is a pretty amazing and is a nearly perfect husband. And by nearly perfect, I mean he likes to clean his razor and leave the clippings IN THE SINK. It drives me nuts, and has since we were first married. I drive him bonkers because I am handicapped in the area of putting lids properly back on things like the toothpaste, milk jug and various other cartons. These minor annoyances or "endearing traits" of a relationship are absent as soon as the other leaves the house. I don't have to clean the sink and he doesn't complain about my inability to close things. It's a win-win.
8. To Laugh at oneself, Cope with Stress, and Roll with the punches
I have never in my life been so humbled (other than perhaps by childbirth) as I am when my husband is gone. I learn what sets me off, I learn what stresses me out, and I learn how to handle those stresses (bubble bath, candles, chocolate, and good book, please. Wine is optional.). I have had to learn to laugh at myself when I am so stressed and can't find my phone only to open up the fridge to grab a juice box and see it sitting on the shelf next to the butter. I learn to roll with the punches and be grateful for what I have. Three days in a row last week the kids and I had 5 am wake ups for doctors appointments, therapy appointments, meetings and what not. We got up, we got dressed, and we went with it because it was the only option. Learning to roll with the punches and find laughter in a situation can be the key to surviving.
9. Relationship/Communication
I learn to appreciate my spouse, to appreciate the little things he does (like take out the trash) that I now have to do. I remember to say thank you to him when he gets home and takes the trash out. As rough as deployments are on a relationship, I have found that ours continues to improve because of them. We learn to "read" the signs of stress through a broken up skype image, we support each other across the miles with an emailed joke/comic, videos of the kids, or flowers because he knows I had a rough day which lead to me crying behind the kitchen counter while the kids played in the other room. Our communication skills are honed and sharpened by the distance and demands of deployment.
10. Homecoming
I get to look forward to a day, a time, when I get greeted by my husband because he has missed me for an extended period of time. We get to think about that day, dream about that day, and plan that day. And then we get to live it out. We get that first kiss fireworks explosion over and over again. I get to go shopping, primp, shave my legs, and dress up so that I look my best for the man of my dreams. We have memories to share, stories to tell, and we get to stay up looking at each other making sure that the dream is now real. I get to cook "real food" and have it appreciated. I get to share the covers, TV, and movie picking decisions. I get to cuddle with my husband, reach my foot out at night and touch his leg just to make sure he is still there. And those endearing traits, they reappear and for awhile you are so glad to see those razor clippings in the sink...they actually make you smile.
Don't get me wrong---Deployments/Trips/TDYs/Seperation from the man you love sucks, but there is always a silver lining.


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Deserves it. Read here.
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Absolutely agreed–all the injuries we had, it's still amazing to me how there were guys available to come in and play at a high level. (Not to mention the rest of the team, especially the defense, that raised their level of play.)
Compare to the disaster that was 2006, the last time the Packers had a lot of key players land on IR.
Hopefully Dom Capers gets an extension too (assuming he wants to stay…)
Now we need to lock up Capers. For a very long time.