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The phone rang that Thursday night just as Roberta Ellis arrived home after a long day at work and then a night class at Trident Technical College.
How to help
HALOS helps abused and neglected children in DSS protective custody and the family members who have stepped up to care for them.
Child psychiatrist and pediatrician Dr. Eve Spratt founded the nonprofit in 1997 after realizing, through her work at MUSC, that young victims of abuse or neglect often suffered a severe lack of resources.
Among HALOS' biggest needs today are donated cribs, beds, new car seats, furniture and baby supplies such as diapers and wipes.
HALOS also provides free support groups for kinship caregivers. They meet at 6 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month at Morris Brown AME Church in downtown Charleston and at 6 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month at Armory Park in North Charleston.
Family Services Inc. is offering free financial literacy discussions at the next several meetings.
For more, call 953-3714 or go to www.charleston halos.org.
With her youngest child off to college, hers was an empty nest, her time finally free to pursue her own dreams and goals.
Until the phone rang.
It was the mother of her older son's 5-month-old boy. The state Department of Social Services was placing the baby into protective custody due to neglect.
"I'll take him," Ellis said.
With those words, the divorced grandmother offered little M.J. a chance to remain with his biological family, with someone who already knew and loved him, rather than enter the foster care system.
However, Ellis had no crib, no diapers, no car seat, no clothes, no formula, no diapers, nothing that raising a baby requires - and DSS requires.
In stepped a local nonprofit called Helping and Lending Outreach Support, or HALOS. It helps abused and neglected children, and the caregivers who support them, to survive sudden crises like the one Ellis faced.
"Most people have nine months to get ready," Ellis says.
She had eight days.
Starting over
The phone call that night in 2009 was shocking and traumatic. But it was just the door opening.
Before she could bring M.J. into her home, Ellis would need to seek temporary custody of her grandson in court and pass a background check and an inspection of her Cainhoy home.
Her boss let her take a few days off. Her court date was scheduled and rescheduled. Finally, she called her pastor in tears.
"I have nothing for this child. Nothing!" she says.
But then HALOS helped her get a crib, baby clothes, furniture and other items she needed right away. Eight days after getting that call, Ellis was granted temporary custody.
She drove to the foster home where M.J. had been living. She had been crying for eight days. So had M.J.
"He just looked at me and squeezed me like he'd been rescued," she recalls. "I just held onto him."
Together, they drove home and started over.
Sudden crisis
Unlike Ellis, many people who embark on what is called "kinship care" agree to take in multiple children who have been deeply wounded by years of abuse or neglect, and who often struggle with behavioral and emotional issues.
"They learn what they witness," said Toree Buford, program coordinator for child protective services at Charleston County's DSS office.
Add to that vortex of emotions the caregivers' sudden day-to-day struggles like figuring out where to find child care, not to mention how to pay for it.
Or navigating a legal maze of custody and adoption issues.
Or just figuring out how to get the child's birth certificate.
"It's so much more complicated than they thought it would be," says Kim Clifton, HALOS executive director. "They are parents again when they didn't expect it."
To ease that crisis-filled transition, HALOS helps more than 200 local families a year connect with a wide range of resources, from counseling to financial and legal help to baby furniture and clothes, so that loves ones who step up can meet children's basic needs.
"These are people without support," Clifton said. "Many don't know where to start. Suddenly, a woman on social security has five mouths to feed."
Along with filling immediate critical needs, HALOS also helps children who have been abused or neglected gain ongoing access to summer camps, holiday gifts, school supplies and clothes, among other assistance.
"They provide a lot of support for people thrown into caring for children they weren't able to anticipate," Buford says. "It enables them to be more stable and more permanent."
Most often, those who step up are lower-income grandparents and aunts or uncles. Today, more than 55,000 children in South Carolina live in the full-time care of grandparents or other relatives who have kept them from entering the foster care system.
They tend to be people like Ellis.
They do not receive the stipend that foster parents get even though most are grandparents on low or fixed incomes, Clifton said.
"Why can't we get the same?" Ellis asks. "We are actually saving the government a lot of money. We're the ones working and trying to make ends meet. If I wasn't able to take M.J., I don't know where he'd be."
Too little, too much
With M.J. in her care, Ellis put her education on hold and embarked on a quest for immediate full-time day care.
The weekly bill: $175 a week.
Ellis, a jobs coach for special needs students at Wando High School, earns the salary of a Charleston County School District teaching assistant. It's barely enough to live on, much less while raising a child alone, especially one whose daycare alone cost $700 a month.
"We're going to be homeless if we keep this up," she quickly realized.
She qualified for state childcare assistance, which helped with daycare costs but not enough to keep them afloat. Instead, she found an in-home child care provider whose fees were much lower.
However, she earns barely too much to qualify for food stamps or for M.J. to enroll in Head Start.
When workers at Daniel Island Academy heard his story, they offered M.J. tuition assistance. Today, he's learning Spanish, making new friends and preparing to start elementary school next year.
Along their five-year journey together, HALOS has continued helping with things like offering M.J. access to summer camps.
"They have been a tremendous help," says Ellis, who just turned 50. "If they hadn't been there, I don't know what I would have done."
Ellis, who long ago received full legal custody of M.J., also faithfully attends HALOS support groups in North Charleston where she meets other kinship caregivers who share her life's unique joys and struggles.
"We come together," she says. "We can vent and feel each other's caring."
'We made it'
Today, that baby is 5 years old. He loves his karate classes and just received his first trophy. He's learning to write his name neatly. He loves karaoke.
"He's an exceptional young fellow," Ellis says, beaming. "He keeps me going, I tell you."
Although his mother cannot have contact with him, M.J.'s father still takes part in his life.
Ellis is thankful she doesn't have the problems other kinship care families face, namely, complicated struggles between the parents who have lost custody and the family members who now have custody.
She's grateful that M.J. is bright and thriving. She's grateful she has had a reliable job and been able to provide.
"The struggle was hard, but we made it through. I'm just grateful to God for allowing me to have the ability to take care of M.J.," Ellis adds.
She's even begun to think past their immediate needs to ponder the future again.
This summer, she plans ti return to school herself to work on a social work degree. Why? She wants to give back.
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When rumors began circulating last May that Simon Cowell was in a relationship with his friend's wife, Lauren Silverman, the TV host's lawyer responded with a strong denial.
"Any implication or statement that my client is engaged in adultery and has allegedly broken up the marriage of Ms. Silverman is not only false but reckless," Martin Singer told the New York Post at the time.
The high-profile Hollywood attorney also branded as "false and defamatory" any suggestion that the X-Factor host's relationship with Silverman "has become more serious such that she is now getting a divorce so that Simon and she can be together."
Silverman, 36, is now pregnant with Cowell's child and the TV host is reportedly named in divorce papers filed July 15 by her husband, real estate magnate Andrew Silverman, alleging adultery.
Neither Cowell nor any of his reps, including Singer, have commented since the pregnancy news broke.
A source tells PEOPLE that Lauren Silverman was "definitely unhappy" in her marriage at the time she met Cowell, 53, and that their relationship wasn't the only factor in her split with her husband.
"It was probably not the best relationship when she first met Simon," the source says of the Silvermans' marriage. "It wasn't like they were blissfully in love at the time."
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It's a Threepeat—Cards Beat Punchless Cubs to Complete the SweepSubmitted by Cubnut on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 11:24pm
Let the autopsy report on this ghastly series read: three games, two runs, 14 hits, three losses.
Lou Piniella made a lineup change on Thursday night, sliding Mike Fontenot from third base to the more familiar ground at second and starting the seldom-used Ryan Freel at third. The moves paid dividends...to the Cardinals:


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Hogs Head Coach Bret Bielema's first signing class will be unveiled throughout National Signing Day across multiple platforms.
Signees will be announced first on the Razorbacks' official Twitter account @RazorbackFB, and their bios will be added to a Signing Day Central page on ArkansasRazorbacks.com. .
Coach Bielema and his staff also will attend two Signing Day events, one in Fayetteville on Feb. 6 and the other in Little Rock the next night. At both events, fans can learn more about the Razorbacks' signing class directly from the coaching staff.


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i think most people forgive him because hes a red wing and helping us. same thing would happen if heatley started playing for the wings..
Maybe for some, but not all. Going back to the Vick example - I'm a Lions fan (yeah, I know) and if they decided to pick up Vick I'd be very angry as a fan, and rightfully so.


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World's First Test Tube Burger Cost $325,000; Bugs Could Help End World Hunger, Make Cheese Tastier
It's the afternoon, and you deserve a break. Sit back, pour yourself a glass, and enjoy these food stories from around the Internet.
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On the eve of the impending cicada invasion on the mid-Atlantic coast, the Food and Agriculture Organization released a report that says that insects could solve hunger. Fire up those grills and get those skewers ready–it's cicada kebab time. [Huffington Post / Buzzfeed]
Test tube burgers: maybe coming to a restaurant near you kinda sorta soon. Scientists used in vitro meat, or muscle tissue grown in a laboratory, to successfully make a burger–which, all told, cost around $325,000. And one of the materials needed to make cultured meat is called "fetal calf serum." We think we'll pass. [NY Times]
How to you jazz up a boring old parfait? Do as the folks in Osaka do, and put a slice of cake on top of it. [BoingBoing]
Best two-ingredient recipe ever: ICE CREAM BREAD. [BoingBoing]
The FDA is cracking down on French cheese, called Mimolette, which depends on cheese mites for its funky flavor. French importers are miffed, while the FDA maintains that the cheese is improper for human consumption. [NPR]
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The Sierra College Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance Club Joins Global Campaign - ONE BILLION RISING - To Stop Violence Against Women and Girls
February 14, 2013 to be V-Day's Largest Day of Action Ever
In Rocklin On February 14, 2013, at 11:45am, The Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance Club at Sierra College will join with activists around the world for ONE BILLION RISING, the largest day of action in the history of V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls.
ONE BILLION RISING began as a call to action based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up to more than ONE BILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS. On February 14, 2013, V-Day's 15th anniversary, the FMLA will join activists, writers, thinkers, celebrities, and women and men across the world as we express their outrage, demand change, dance, and RISE in defiance of the injustices women suffer, demanding an end at last to violence against women.
"When we started V-Day 14 years ago, we had the outrageous idea that we could end violence against women," said Ensler. "Now, we are both stunned and thrilled to see that this global action is truly escalating and gaining force, with union workers, parliament members, celebrities, and women of all backgrounds coming forward to join the campaign. When we come together on February 14, 2013 to demand an end to violence against women and girls it will be a truly global voice that will rise up."
One Billion Rising will be followed by a student club directed production of Vagina Monologues. Donations accepted for the 12:30 show (seating is limited, first come/first seated) and tickets are available for the 7pm showing at the door or at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/316228. $10 General admission, $8 students and seniors, $5 students with ASSC stickers. Proceeds benefit Stand Up Placer.


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A crash forced the partial closure of Broadway Extension overnight.
Police said a driver lost control and hit a guardrail at the Interstate 44 exit. The woman's car spun around and was facing the wrong direction.
The driver is OK and all lanes have since reopened.
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"Everything is good there," Lavin's friend and business manager Chas Aday told PEOPLE on Tuesday. "Doctors are not expecting any [brain damage], but we're just not going to know until he wakes up if there is any loss or how bad it is going to be."
Doctors are hoping to have the pneumonia treated and the breathing tube removed by the weekend to re-evaluate his condition. As yet, doctors haven't tried to remove either his breathing tube or feeding tube.
Once the tubes are removed, the host of MTV's Real World Road Rules Challenge is expected to come out of the coma and slowly begin opening his eyes, something he has yet to do.
"Getting the tube out is the big thing. That's what's holding him back," Aday said. "Once they get the tube out, he could be home two, three, maybe four days later. … They don't know. It could be a week. It could be two weeks. It really depends on the antibiotics."
The pneumonia has delayed surgery on Lavin's shattered wrist. But generally, the prognosis is good. "He's responding well," Aday said. "He's squeezing our hands, so he's responding appropriately. ... He is coherent, but not fully awake. He's following simple commands."
BMX athlete Anthony Napolitan, who has also been at Lavin's bedside, adds: "He'll pull through, for sure, and I guarantee you he'll be back riding on the bike again."
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A Waco Postman Designs Hermes Scarves with a Western Flair
Mail sorter and artist Kermit Oliver, 46, the first American to design for the 152-year-old fashion house, has created two of Hermès's most popular scarf designs and has three more on the drawing board. In 1982, his first scarf, depicting a Pawnee Indian chief, sold so well that it had to be reissued (like most collectibles, the $175 Hermès scarves are printed in small runs). His next design, an intricate study of Texas wildlife, was issued in 1986 to commemorate the Texas sesquicentennial but was popular in Hermès boutiques around the world. "I cannot deny it is a juxtaposition to have him working for us," says Hermès CEO Jean-Louis Dumas-Hermès. "But more it is a privilege to know him."
A reclusive, almost ascetic man who spends his time away from the post office painting in his dining room, Oliver inspires that kind of reaction in many who meet him. A native of the small South Texas town of Refugio, Oliver has always preferred solitude to social encounters. "When I was a child, they used to call me Turtle' because I didn't talk or socialize with the other children much," says Oliver of life with his father, Karl, a factory worker, mother Katherine and three brothers. "Art was one of the only ways I had of expressing myself."
In 1962, Oliver moved to Houston to study art at Texas Southern University, where he met and married a fellow art student. After graduation, he took a series of part-time jobs, including teaching art at the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. He devoted the rest of his time to his art. By 1970, Oliver's oil paintings and pencil drawings were selling well enough to support his wife, Katie, and their kids—Kristy, now 25, Khristopher, 16, and Khristian, 12—but the uncertainty of the art world bothered him. Oliver signed on with the post office in 1978, transferring from Houston to Waco in 1983 and eventually upping his salary to $26,000.
Oliver's paintings were brought to the attention of Hermès in 1982 by art consultant Shelby Marcus, whose husband Lawrence was an executive at Neiman Marcus, the only Texas retailer that carried the scarves at the time. And while Oliver's designs were more detailed than most Hermès scarves, and thus more difficult to print, the relationship blossomed. "When I saw his first design, I said 'Kermit, we must not stop here. We must go on,' " recalls Dumas-Hermès.
But fame has presented some difficulties for the reclusive Oliver, who has been known to stand outside gallery exhibits of his work for more than an hour trying to decide whether to go in. "I don't like to be the center of attention," he explains. Even though Oliver is making a pretty franc from his Hermès designs—he is paid for the original design and gets a royalty for every scarf sold—no one at the post office is worried that he will quit his job at the mail-sorting machine. Says Oliver: "The art world life is not conducive to my life or to my family—which has always been most important to me."
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SDCC Interview with the team from Tron Legacy
During San Diego Comic Con we were invited to be a part of a roundtable interview with the team working on Tron Legacy. Actors Garrett Hedlund, Olivia Wilde, and Jeff Bridges were in attendance as well as Joe Kosinski, Sean Bailey, and Steve Lisberger. Steve Lisberger co-wrote and directed the original Tron. The room was very excited and I've had to transcribe this so I hope I do it justice. Q: What are the challenges in creating Tron Legacy? Steve: The first film had to cross the line and get to the new frontier. We did that but we were free to imagine it any way we wanted. We didn't have to think of implications of things. The next wave is to move into cyberspace and really integrate it into modern life. Challenge of making it real. Q: What did you want the film before you said yes to doRead more →By GamingAngel in Angel Life 1 Comment »
Ong Bak 2 Coming to Xbox Live & Theatres This Fall
On Sept 25th, Xbox Live members will be able to check out the prequel to Tony Jaa's break out movie, Ong Bak. In Ong Bak 2, Jaa plays Tien, the son of a feudal lord in ancient Thailand. When his father is murdered, he becomes a slave, only then to be resecued by a great warrior. Under the tutelage of his saviour, Tien learns all the various martial arts styles of Asia. His plan, to master them all and take revenge on the slavers and the man who killed his father. The movie will also be available on VOD and Amazon on Sept 25th, with a theatrical release in North America on October 23rd. You can check out the trailer on Apple Trailers. FollowRead more →By Yukino in Movies No comments yet
Women are over-worked and under-served by businesses
We know that women make up 40% of gamers and is the fastest growing market for the video game industry. Women traditionally have control of the spending in the household and now there is a study that shows just how much in spending they control. In a survey of more than 12,000 women in 21 countries the results show that women are over-extended, over-worked, over-stressed, and under-served by businesses. Women are in charge of $12 trillion in global spending today and that will increase by $5 trillion over the next five years. "Companies can earn a privileged position by recognizing this phenomenon and the outsized burden women shoulder — and by responding with power and certainty," said Kate Sayre, BCG partner and coauthor of "WOMEN WANT MORE." Mr. Silverstein added, "Companies are failing to meet the needs of women in five key ways: Poor product design and customization for women;Read more →
Mobsters 2: Vendetta Launches on Facebook
Launched on Facebook earlier this month, Mobsters 2: Vendetta, the first sequel to the original Mobsters, has already received a 4-star player rating, appealing to veterans of the franchise and new players alike. "Mobsters 2 is an exciting addition to our #1 franchise. We wanted to create a sequel that appealed to our tried-and-true fans and was packed with the right combination of content and features to engage everyone," explained Sean Clark, Executive Producer at Playdom. "Players are clearly enjoying the game, and that's how we measure success." In addition to the high production value of the game, which is marked by a distinct "graphic novel" style, Mobsters 2: Vendetta boasts twice the content of the original and features: *Rich mob narrative: Including lust for power, revenge, tests of loyalty, betrayal and more. *Dynamic territory system: From buying land to upgrading their properties, bankroll big enough to support the mobRead more →By dawn in Casual Gaming 3 Comments »
Dark Crystal getting a sequel
Many of us watched Dark Crystal as kids, and today we find out that Jim Henson Company is making a sequel. The movie will be called, The Power of the Dark Crystal. Here is a little information on what the new film will be about: Set hundreds of years after the first film, an evil mysterious girl named Thurma made of fire who lives in the blazing center of the planet steals a shard of the crystal in hopes of reigniting the dying sun! There is only one thing powerful enough to heal the star – a shard of the crystal. It will be awhile until we see the sequel as it's listed for a 2011 release. [source mtv] FollowRead more →By GamingAngel in Movies 2 Comments »
Shonen Jump Championship Comes to Gen Con
Gen Con (August 15-16) will be the second stop in the Shonen Jump Championship series. Players can sign up for a Player ID and a COSSY number at the event if they don't have one already. It costs $20 to entry, and all players will get five booster packs just for signing up. Any participant with a standard Gen Con badge will also get five extra packs from the Crimson Crisis expansion. Registration for the tournament will start at 8:00 a.m. on August 15. Round One will start at 10 a.m. The first place winner will win paid travel and accommodations to the 2010 National Championship as well as a trophy, cards, and a year subscription to the Shonen Jump Magazine. Places 2-16 will also recieve prizes. For more information on Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc., the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game or the Shonen Jump Championship series, please visit: www.yugioh-card.com FollowRead more →
StarCraft II officially delayed
During an Activision Blizzard Conference Call, it was confirmed that StarCraft II will have it's release date moved to "first half of 2010". While that may seem like a delay, Blizzard never announced a release date, making it the first announcement of a release date for StarCraft II. The later release date for StarCraft II is due largely to the relaunch of Battle.net service. Blizzard feels that Battle.net is an "integral part of the StarCraft II experience and will be an essential part of all of our games moving forward." Activision CEO Bobby Kotick said during an investor call today that the new iteration of Battle.net will likely be ready "early next year." Battle.net will feature account management, social networking features and more. The new version of Battle.net is tightly integrated with StarCraft II. During the call they stated, "Over the past couple of weeks, it has become clear thatRead more →By GamingAngel in News 1 Comment »
Win Mountain Dew Game Fuel
We recently covered the Mountain Dew World of Warcraft ad and spoke of our love that Mountain Dew decided to use females in their ad. The pairing of Mountain Dew and World of Warcraft Game Fuel is available for a limited time and is available in Alliance Blue or Horde Red. Mountain Dew has created an online site Warcraft.com/dew where you can win just for drinking Mountain Dew Game Fuel. Every 15 minutes gaming prizes are being given away including Alienware notebooks, Razer Peripherals, and World of Warcraft gear. To get you started, Mountain Dew has donated some prizes to give away! We have Game Fuel Soda packs and Game Fuel limited edition t-shirts to give away. To enter, comment below which Mountain Dew do you drink…Alliance Blue or Horde Red. Are you For the Horde? Or do you fight the good fight of the Alliance? We'll choose winners randomlyRead more →By GamingAngel in Featured · News 24 Comments »
A mysterious image from Zen studios
ZEN Studios sent us a very mysterious email today at GamingAngels headquarters. They are prepping for an announcement tomorrow that will be made on Playstation Blog. But they also sent the image above as a hint. It's a teaser logo for what they are about to announce. What do you think it is? FollowRead more →By GamingAngel in News 3 Comments »
Wii Sports Resort sells more than 500,000 units
Since July 26, Wii Sports Resort has sold over 500,000 units for the Wii. The title has 12 resort-themed sports to play and comes with one Wii MotionPlus accessory. "Through Monday we sold one copy of Wii Sports Resort roughly every 1.5 seconds continuously since it launched in the United States," said Cammie Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "This tells us consumers were eagerly waiting to get their hands on these fun activities, and it's a great start for a game that will have long-lasting appeal." Wii Sports Resort sells for $49.99 and additional Wii MotionPlus accessories sell for $19.99 each. Stealthyslyth recently attended a Nintendo event where they made New York into a resort, at least for a little while. Read about her experience here. FollowRead more →By GamingAngel in News No comments yet


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Happy New Year!!!
May 2009 bring health (especially for mandi, yuefie, billy, pixie...), happiness and prosperity for you all! Also weddings/wedding-planning for polly, yuefie and sassy; successful theses (that is the plural, isn't it?) for syb and star; new city and experiences for designermedusa; productive uni year for morn, kitten, ccgirl; successful new careers for raisin, bunny, sassy and anybody else looking; lots and lots of love and laughter for rose, sidecar, amilita, damona, dusty, everybody.
It's great to see so many old faces in here! *waves at fj, jem, raisingirl, funjules, deescoball, car*
It's heartwarming to see how close-knit the kvetchlandia-okayland/exbustie-eljay/facebook networks have become following Mandi's diagnosis and prognosis and how we are joined in support for her successful and speedy recovery. Warms the cockles, it does.
Morn text me from Algiers (no internet access) to find out how the op went as she was so worried! That is bustiness.
I am still full of the cold but much better than I have been over last few days. I stayed in my PJs all day yesterday and the boy and I brought the new year in watching Brothers and Sisters. Tonight we're venturing out (I'm wrapping up warm) as we're going to see Spamalot . I haven't had much -if any- appetite recently but I'm going to force myself to have a Scottish fry up just now as it feels like a New Year's Day thing to do (I'll spare the details for the hungover people).


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Numbers Game: Pick Your Poison
There are no perfect defenses. Everything has weaknesses and a lot of people this week are asking if it's time for Nebraska to take stock of what it's willing to live with and what it isn't.
Under Bo Pelini, the Huskers have developed into a lights-out defense against the pass. It's Pelini's trademark as a head coach. His route-matching system is an intricate and elegant way to defend. It's a zone defense with man-to-man coverage benefits. Alabama does a lot of it, but they're one of the few teams willing to take on the labor-intensive task of teaching it.
When asked last year how many teams tried to match-routes the way Nebraska did, Pelini said "not a lot." But coaches go with what they believe in and, in this case, it's tough to argue against the results from a statistical perspective.
Nebraska's opponent completion percentage has ranked first, ninth, second and fourth nationally the past four seasons. The Huskers scheme, which is designed to create tiny passing windows, works in that regard. But that only matters in the number of wins it delivers and that's been as static as the Nebraska's stingy pass defense.
Meanwhile, the rushing numbers have been growing at a rate that's too large to ignore.
A Tough Run
The chart above illustrates what we're really talking about when we ask "What's wrong with the Blackshirts?" The problem is pretty clear.
So is it time for Nebraska to give up something in pass defense in hopes of reversing the trend against the run? I thought it was coming into the season and the Wyoming game only reinforced my initial feeling there. The Cowboys had success both on the ground and through the air, but we knew coming in Wyoming might have some success passing the ball. The shocking part was 219 rushing yards and 7.19 yards per carry.
Nobody saw that coming. To a man, the Nebraska staff said "it's fixable" this week, but that might only be true if the Huskers take a hard look at their approach to stopping the run.
The way I see it, there are really two options here:
1) Stick with the foundation of the Pelini system, run the same type of coverages that oftentimes put five people in pass coverage against spread teams and hope your young front starts winning some one-on-one battles and cuts down on mistakes. Nebraska will need the latter to happen regardless of the scheme as the season progresses, but is it too big of an ask right now given the inexperience on defense? Alabama can run its version of a match-up zone system and be lights out because it's got a position-to-position talent advantage over most teams. Alabama wins those one-on-one battles. Nebraska isn't Alabama.
2) Give the guys up front some help. Ask the secondary, the strength of the team, to win more one-on-one battles, live with some increased passing numbers. You've got to give up something and the evidence for favoring run defense over pass defense is pretty compelling. It's not that Nebraska is consciously deciding to live with giving up four-plus yards per carry. Nobody would do that. It's that without guys like Ndamukong Suh and Jared Crick inside, it has been under this current scheme. So what can you change right now? The approach or the ability of Vincent Valentine, Thad Randle, Maliek Collins et al?
Even when you simplify it, that's a tough philosophical choice. Go with what you believe in or go with what might get results right now?
That's not a coaching question, that's a life question and it's one Nebraska is facing right now.
A few other numbers worth noting from week one…
–In 12 of Pelini's 16 losses since 2009, Nebraska has held its opponent below it's season-long completion percentage.
–In the fearsome five games over the past calendar year — the four 2012 losses plus the Wyoming game — the Huskers allowed those teams to average 9.5 yards per play on 145 first down plays. Only 45 of those plays were passes. Winning football games starts with winning on a down-by-down basis and that…well…ain't it.
–We talk frequently about Kenny Bell's chances of becoming the first 1,000-yard receiver at Nebraska, but he might have as good a shot at breaking the school record for receptions in a season this year. Bell had seven catches in week one, but more telling was that Taylor Martinez threw to Bell 10 times against Wyoming. Jamal Turner and Quincy Enunwa each had four targets last week. Marlon Lucky holds the single-season receptions record with 75.
–One of the good things for the Huskers defense in the Wyoming game was its third down defense, but that's slightly misleading. The Cowboys were officially 1-of-8 on third down, but that doesn't include three first downs Wyoming got via Nebraska penalties. One was an offsides call on Ciante Evans, one was pass interference by Nathan Gerry and one was the debated roughing the passer on Randy Gregory. A 12.5 percent conversion rate isn't bad by any means, but it could've been at 9 percent. Luckily for Nebraska, none of those penalties extended drives that ended in points.


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Here on Freedom@Work, we've kept a close watch on Hilda Solis, the California Congresswoman nominated by President Obama to serve as Secretary of Labor.
We've told you about Solis' secret ballot hypocrisy, her admission that she is not "qualified" to discuss Right to Work, her refusal to answer basic questions on key labor issues, and her position as treasurer (which she failed to disclose to Congress) with a Big Labor lobbying group.
Now USA Today reports that Hilda Solis is the fourth major Obama nominee to be faced with a tax scandal:
The husband of President Obama's Labor secretary nominee paid about $6,400 Wednesday to settle tax liens that had been outstanding for as long as 16 years against his business, the Obama administration told USA TODAY this afternoon...
Personal tax problems have tripped up three of President Obama's nominees for top administration jobs. Two nominees withdrew on Tuesday over tax issues, including Tom Daschle, Obama's choice head the Health and Human Services Department. The other withdrawal was chief performance officer nominee Nancy Killefer, who had a $947 tax lien filed against her in Washington four years ago for not paying unemployment compensation taxes for a household employee. She paid the debt less than six months later, District of Columbia records show.
But there's more. According to the report, some of the tax liens resulted from "unpaid county health and safety permit fees." And Solis has the gall to seek a position that enforces health and safety laws against workplaces across America?
Maybe Solis' cozy relationship with Big Labor's high command over the years has given her the false impression shared by so many union bosses that they are above the law. With all those special privileges such as immunity from federal prosecution for union violence and exemption from anti-monopoly laws, union bosses actually are above the law in many respects. And with Solis running the Department of Labor, union chiefs would expect Solis -- who voted with the AFL-CIO 100% of the time -- to cut funding to the agency which investigates union boss corruption.
Solis' indiscretions are even more disturbing in light of President Obama's recent executive orders which would give the Secretary of Labor unprecedented authority to fire federal contractors who don't grease the rails for coervice card check organizing.
This hypocrite aspiring to be Labor Secretary is poised to receive virtually unchecked power over which contractors get to do work funded by the nearly trillion dollar "stimulus" plan. Perhaps Hilda Solis should withdraw herself from consideration and get her own house in order.


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Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ: AKAM ) is likely to post another strong quarter when the company reports earnings on Wednesday, Fool contributor Tim Beyers says in the following video.
The stock has been on a roll, with Akamai beating earnings estimates in recent quarters. High levels of video streaming activity have aided growth, as has an increased interest in using the Akamai network and its Kona Site Defender to provide an additional layer of network security.
Last quarter, security revenue grew 19% year over year and 7% sequentially versus 14% for the entire company. This time around, analysts are looking for $387.5 million in revenue, a 12% jump, and $0.46 in adjusted earnings per share, an 18% year-over-year improvement, according to data supplied by Yahoo! Finance.
Recent history says to expect beats on both the top and bottom lines, though Tim's greater interest is in what progress Akamai has made in putting its acceleration technology into most of the world's Internet-connected devices.
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Robert Schumann
Composer + Pianist
Born Jun 8, 1810
Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of… Read More
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His most powerful and permanent literary inspiration was Jean Paul Friedrich Richter, known simply as Jean Paul, a German writer whose influence is seen in Schumann's youthful novels Juniusabende, completed in 1826, and Selene. … Read More
1828 18 Years Old In 1828 Schumann left school, and after a tour during which he met Heinrich Heine in Munich, he went to Leipzig to study law (to meet the terms of his inheritance).
1829 19 Years Old In 1829 his law studies continued in Heidelberg, where he became a lifelong member of Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg. (See also: Corps)
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… In a letter from Leipzig dated April 1832, Schumann bids his brothers "read the last scene in Jean Paul's Flegeljahre as soon as possible, because the Papillons are intended as a musical representation of that masquerade."
1833 23 Years Old The 1833 deaths of Schumann's brother Julius and his sister-in-law Rosalie in the worldwide cholera pandemic brought on a severe depressive episode.
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1835 25 Years Old On 3 October 1835, Schumann met Felix Mendelssohn at Wieck's house in Leipzig, and his enthusiastic appreciation of that artist was shown with the same generous freedom that distinguished his acknowledgement of Chopin's greatness and most of his other colleagues, and which later prompted him to publicly pronounce the then-unknown Johannes Brahms a genius.
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1846 36 Years Old In 1846, he felt he had recovered.
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1853 43 Years Old On 30 September 1853, the 20-year-old composer Johannes Brahms arrived unannounced on the door of the Schumanns carrying a letter of introduction from violinist Joseph Joachim. (Schumann was not at home, and would not meet Brahms until the next day.) Brahms amazed Clara and Robert with his music, stayed with them for several weeks, and became a close family friend. (He later worked closely with Clara to popularize Schumann's compositions during her long widowhood.) … Read More
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After a suicide attempt in 1854, Schumann was admitted to a mental asylum, at his own request, in Endenich near Bonn.
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Justin Harrell
Newman, football
With quarterback Jay Tyler and running back Kendall Bussey on your team, it's a little easy to get overlooked.
Justin Harrell made sure he wasn't Friday.
The senior receiver/punt returner had two touchdowns in Newman's 55-7 win over Pope John Paul II. He accounted for the Greenies' first two scores, but his 86-yard punt return was the real head-turner.
"He's a special kid," Coach Nelson Stewart said. "The punt return really broke the game open."
Harrell, who has offers from Utah, Southeastern and Louisiana-Monroe, already has six touchdowns this seasons, including five receiving.
Tai Bierria
Country Day, volleyball
Country Day (11-4) knew it was going to be difficult to replace Katherine Broussard, but this year's middle blockers are making the transition a smooth one.
Bierria played particularly well in the Winter Park Tournament in Orlando, Fla. The sophomore posted a double-double with 16 kills and 12 digs in a three-game match against Westminster. She also had three blocks and two aces for the Cajuns.
The Cajuns finished eighth among the 16 premier-level teams.
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Peter Gabriel's Genesis outfits have rotted away
Rocker Peter Gabriel wants to give his iconic Genesis stage outfits to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but most of them have rotted away. The Sledgehammer hitmaker was known for his outlandish and bizarre clothing during his time in the band, with his most famous being an arrangement of petals around his head to create a flower 'hat'.
Officials at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame have asked Gabriel if they can take possession of the outfits to archive them for posterity, but most of them have already been wrecked by the ravages of time.
The damage is so bad that Gabriel is even considering remaking some of the costumes so they can be displayed for the public.
He tells Uncut magazine, "A lot of them have rotted away. I'm being asked by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to pull out a few; they'd like to get some memorabilia. But there's not much. Some of the clothing is still intact, like the flower mask. But I'm wondering about re-creating one. A fan re-created one which has survived better than the original, which like a lot of painted rubber product, had dissolved as kids' toys do in the garden.
"Do I have a big archive? I've tried, but I'm not as methodical as (David) Bowie, who obviously intended to be historical at the time he was being modern."


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Oren Melzer on what's new in Windows CardSpace Geneva beta 2
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Oren Melzer, SDE on the Federated Identity team, has been working with Windows CardSpace for the past three years. In this episode, Oren enumerates the key new features available in CardSpace Geneva beta 2 in terms of improvements in the user experience, managed card interoperability and what's been done to help enable enterprise scenarios. He also discusses the programming model changes in beta 2 for the ASP.NET developer. The CardSpace Geneva programming samples Oren mentions are available for download here.
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Hello everyone and thanks for reading.
This report will include the trip I took from GNV to SKP via MIA, JFK, LHR and BUD with AA and BA. It was that time of the year when I was suppose to go back home and spend the holidays with my family. Since I am (still) in love with BA, I was trying to fly with oneworld airlines and that's why I decided to go 1st to south to MIA and then back north to JFK.
My trip began from GNV, with a 1h 10min flight to MIA with ATR 72. It was my 2nd time to fly on atr and I was looking forward to feel the beauty of the turboprop flying again.
Once on the airport, the sun started to rise slowly and...there were signs for beautiful day of flying ahead of us.
Delta bird for their hop to Atlanta:
GNV is a small airport and it has only 3 gates, with a small waiting area.
Walking to our plane which will take us to Miami:
Already boarded and ready to go:
Nice and calm flight en route to Miami:
Just before landing:
Our plane after disembarking at the tarmac in MIA:
Since it was my 1st time in MIA, I was looking forward to discover this airport and see as much as I can see in my 90 minutes layover.
We were transferred to the terminal with bus:
Inside the terminal, some pictures from the traffic:
This plane was bound for EWR:
767 with winglets, looks nice:
2nd segment: MIA - JFK
Since it was Christmas, the load for this flight was really really low, not more then 30% - 35%.
Boarding our plane, Boeing 767:
View from my seat:
We began our takeoff roll on time, and the engines brought us up in the air moments earlier, the takeoff roll maybe it didn't last more then 10 seconds.
For the next 2 hours, I close the shade of the window and I was using internet onboard with Gogo. I must say that the internet onboard is really cool feature, the time simply flies when you are using the internet, I was barely feeling any bumps too, while chatting with my friends down there on the planet Earth .
This is our approach to JFK:
Below the clouds, our final approach is all set:
Hello BA, I'll see you in couple days:
Cabin shot:
Our final parking position:
Soon after that I disembark from the plane, went to get my luggage, and I had 2 days to spend in NYC. I've been to NYC numerous times, but this was my first time to visit NYC in deep winter time, just before New Year. Everyone was saying that horrific blizzard is approaching NYC area and it should hit the city the following day.
They were indeed right, when I woke up next morning, I saw the most snow in my life, freezing temperatures and wind, that was the worst combination, wind and snow. But, since I had only 2 days to spend in NYC, I didn't care so much about the weather, I just wanted to go to Manhattan and Chinatown and do my normal shopping . It was much harder this time, but I bought almost everything I wanted to get.
Some pictures from NYC:
For the 2 days I stayed in NYC, BA canceled all the flights for those two days, and the weather cleared out the day when I was about to fly, Dec 29th, with BA confirming that they will operate flights on that day. I knew that it will be jam packed at the airport, and I was expecting some delays.
So, the next day I woke up and it was time to get ready for my flight over the pond. A friend of mine offered me to give me a ride to JFK, and I accepted gladly since I had two big suitcases, carry on and a bag, it wasn't fun to use the public transportation 1st to get to port authority and then to catch the bus to JFK.
On the way to the airport:
Once I checked in, I went to do some spotting, it was gorgeous day for flying, clear skies and sun:
Earlier flight to LHR;
This is the Cathay flight which got stranded for almost 12 hours I think on the tarmac at JFK:
Our waiting area for the flight:
Once at the gate, the delays started to pile up. The main reason was that due to the blizzard, the ground staff was short on people, since many people were not able to reach the airport. The catering was done only by one person for whole plane.
After some 3 hours delay on the ground, the boarding started:
Once the boarding was finished, there was delay again, now because of the loading the baggage. Same reason: short on ground crew.
The cabin crew started to walk around the cabin offering drinks.
Soon after, the pilot finally said that we are good to go, and the pushback occured.
I was too tired at that moment to take pictures, but once up in the air, I took the much needed red wine to relax little bit and enjoy the flight:
The pilot said that because of the delay we will have the most direct route, just to get us to LHR as soon as possible.
Starting the ocean crossing right from NYC, not the usual route from North, through St. John:
For the main meal there were options of Chicken and Pasta, I opted for the Chicken.
The main meal:
That was my last pic of the transatlantic segment, part because I was really tired, and part because there was nothing special to picture.
Beside that, this was the most turbulent transatlantic crossing for me. We were flying on altitude of 38000 feet but the clouds were so high that the bumps were occurring almost for the duration of whole crossing, all the way before Southampton, where the sky calmed up little bit.
Our plane on the ground at LHR, after almost 5h30min delay:
Being late at LHR means that I missed my morning flight to BUD. I went to BA desk, and they rebooked me for the afternoon flight, meaning I need to spend almost 5, 6 hours at the airport.
They gave me a voucher worth 10 pounds.
I didn't took any photos from the LHR - BUD segment. The flight went nicely, and in about 2h we landed at Budapest where the weather was really cold as well.
My last segment was from BUD to SKP late in the night, with departure time of 11:55PM.
Here is our plane, almost freezed:
The weather that night at the airport:
The pilot:
Once onboard, the load for this flight was about 65%.
Waiting for the deicing truck:
Thanks....a lot:
After deicing, we were all set to leave to SKP. Before flying with turboprops I was really anxious to get in that kind of plane, but I found the Dash Q400 really comfortable and smooth plane for flying.
The service on this 55min flight, I got more then I got for the MIA - JFK segment on AA :
Soon after that, we began our initial descent to SKP and landed after 55min flight.
At SKP tarmac:
That should complete my trip report for this flight, I have couple more flights for which I have enough data to write report, and I'll try to do that the next moment when I'll have some spare time.
Thanks for reading and comments always welcomed.


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The juggling act known as the Working Mom is hard enough for most of us. When you have a curious, energetic toddler, it's a challenge. When you have to wake up at 3:30 a.m. for work — an hour when you should be enjoying REM sleep — it starts to get a bit crazy. And when that job is cohost of Fox29's Good Day Philadelphia, a job under klieg lights that demands smart lifestyle reports, and perkiness, witty banter, and perkiness, and every strand of hair just so (did we mention perkiness?), well, that's pretty insane.
Sheinelle Jones lives that life now. But what really will make the 34-year-old's world a twin-size doozy is on the horizon — she's six months pregnant, with, yes, twins (a boy and a girl) due officially on Aug. 12, but expected sooner.


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Who are the political prisoners in Colombia?
An inquiry in the context of the peace negotiations between the government and the FARC-EP guerrillas by a former political prisoner.
Colombian court turns down political prisoner Liliany Obando's appeal
Obando is a sociologist and documentary filmmaker. A week before her arrest, she issued a report documenting the murders of 1500 FENSUAGRO union members. FENSUAGRO is Colombia's largest agricultural workers' union.
Cyclists to ride for the Cuban 5 in Italy
On May 5, there will be a 40-mile bike ride through various towns around the Lake Como area in northern Italy as part of the worldwide movement calling for the release of "The Cuban Five."
Cuban 5 wives meet with UN human rights chief
Adriana Perez, wife of Gerardo Hernandez, and Olga Salanueva, wife of Rene Gonzalez, requested UN intervention on human rights grounds to be able to visit their husbands (two of the five imprisoned Cubans known collectively as the Cuban 5) whom they have not seen in over a decade.
Today in labor history: Workers take power in Kiev
On December 11, 1905, in support of the worker uprising and general strike in Moscow, the Council of Workers' Deputies of Kiev decided to stage a mass uprising against oppressive czarist rule.
Rally seeks freedom for Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera
Lopez is the longest-held political prisoner in the history of Puerto Rico.
Cuban Five prisoners greet New Year
The five men held in U.S. prisons for protecting Cuba from terrorist attacks, known as the Cuban Five, send their greetings of optimism and struggle for the New Year.
Colombian repression swells ranks of political prisoners
The growing mass of Colombian political prisoners has gained less international attention than the murdered and "disappeared," than millions displaced from their land, than epidemic spying and fear-mongering.
Petitioners urge President Obama, Free the Cuban Five!
The Let Cuba Live Committee of Maine has launched a petition drive to put pressure on President Obama to free the Cuban Five political prisoners.
Free Liliany Obando
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Characteristically, these players epitomize the true spirit of the LSU Fighting Tigers and are, in this writer's opinion, some of the truly greatest players that the game has seen!
The players are listed in chronological order based on when they played at LSU. I have sifted through some archived photos to try to obtain an action photo of them in their LSU uniform at the time they were playing.
Enjoy and Geaux Tigers!


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New Zealand go into the second Test against India with a series lead, having won the first encounter by 40 runs and with a day to spare, and they will be confident their bowlers will be able to do the job again.
New Zealand go into the second Test against India with a series lead, having won the first encounter by 40 runs and with a day to spare, and they will be confident their bowlers will be able to do the job again.
India were bowled out cheaply twice in Auckland, with the Kiwi quicks performing admirably, and now they come to the Basin Reserve that has a green top made for the likes of Trent Boult and Tim Southee.
The last time they played here, the Kiwis demolished the West Indies in less than three days. Though the India batting line up is substantially better, on paper anyway, the visitors will need all their wits about them.
On the plus side for India, the hosts are missing star batsman Ross Taylor as his wife is on the brink of giving birth. His replacement originally was the dangerous Jesse Ryder, but he was dropped due to misbehaving off the field, so India got lucky again as he was replaced by debutant Tom Latham.
Still, they should not be too comfortable against Latham, who averages above 68 in the Plunkett Shield this season. Also added to the side is all-rounder Jimmy Neesham, replacing spinner Ish Sodhi for this specific track.
India will look to Mohammed Shami for their wickets, as they have been in recent months, while Ishant Sharma will hope that the helpful track will give him some wickets and help get the critics off his back.
Key Men
For the hosts, they will be looking to everyone's favourite all-rounder right now, Corey Anderson. Newly purchased by the Mumbai Indians for the IPL, he will be eager to get some time against India's finest, with both bat and ball.
The visitors need someone in the top order to score runs, and will look to Virat Kohli for that. Though they have Cheteshwar Pujara and Shikhar Dhawan too, Kohli is usually the man to save the day.
Last Five Head-To-Head Results
2014, First Test: New Zealand won by 40 runs in Auckland
2012: Second Test: India won by five wickets in Bangalore
2012: First Test: India won by an innings and 115 runs in Hyderabad
2010: Third Test: India won by an innings and 198 runs in Nagpur
2010: Second Test: Match drawn in Hyderabad
New Zealand (confirmed): Peter Fulton, Hamish Rutherford, Kane Williamson, Tom Latham, Brendon McCullum, Corey Anderson, BJ Watling, Tim Southee, Neil Wagner, Trent Boult, Jimmy Neesham.
India (probable): Murali Vijay, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma.
Dates: 14 to 18 February
Morning session: 11:00-13:00 (22:00-24:00 GMT, previous day)
Afternoon session: 13:40-15:40 (03:00-05:00 GMT)
Evening session: 16:00-18:00 (02:30-04:30 GMT)
On-field umpires: Steve Davis and Richard Kettleborough
Third umpire: Derek Walker
Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle


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Coffee House to feature Michael Sooy
Fostoria Church of God's Coffee House Ministries is to feature Michael Sooy, vocalist and instrumentalist, along with his band Hoopty Hoo and the Such of Old Fort on Sunday in the coffee house/auditorium, complete with a 33-foot stage and seating for 200 guests.
Sooy is serving as the worship arts leader at Old Fort Church. He sang his first solo in church at the age of 2 and began taking piano lessons at church at the age of 5.
After high school, he moved on to receive a bachelor's degree in music from Heidelberg College. Following college, he teamed up with Old Fort Church and has now been serving there for more than 12 years.
The coffee house is to open at 5 p.m. and operate throughout the evening. The performance is to begin at 6 p.m. An offering is to be taken for the performers. Fostoria Church of God Coffee House is at 122-124 W. Tiffin St., Fostoria.
Bellevue shrine to conduct Eucharistic Holy Hour Thursday
A Eucharistic Holy Hour is planned for 7-8 p.m. Thursday at the Sorrowful Mother Shrine near Bellevue. Those who attend are to pray a scriptural rosary on the luminous mysteries of John Paul II. A confessor is to be available. Sorrowful Mother Shrine is at 4106 SR 269, seven miles south of Bellevue.
Mass on campus set for Sunday
A Catholic Mass is set for 7 p.m. Sunday in Herbster Chapel inside Pfleiderer Hall on the Heidelberg University campus. Father Frank Murd is to be the celebrant. Sunday is World Food Day, and non-perishable food items are to be collected for FISH food pantry. The Mass is sponsored by the Heidelberg Catholic Newman Club and Campus Ministry.
Informational meeting on adoption set for Oct. 27
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UN Youth Assembly Discusses MDGs, Post-2015
9 August 2013: The 12th International Youth Assembly, held at UN Headquarters in New York, US, from 7-9 August 2013, focused on the leadership of young people in the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and in the creation of the post-2015 development agenda.
With a theme of "On the Road to Actions: Moving Beyond the MDGs, post 2015," the conference engaged hundreds of global youth in panel discussions on topics such as leadership, outreach and communication, entrepreneurship, development and partnerships.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the Assembly in a video message on the first day. Telling young people to demand accountability, share ideas, and influence the post-2015 process, he pointed to the inspiring story of Malala Yousafzai standing up for gender equality in education. He encouraged the participants to "stand for what is right and act on our convictions."
Panel discussions on "Youth Leadership and Global Development" and "Post-2015: Beyond the MDGs" brought together young leaders, Member State representatives, the UN Secretariat, and civil society to discuss the role of youth in the future development agenda. Ahmad Alhendawi, UN Special Envoy for Youth, told young people to engage with the UN, calling it "a must" that the body recognize young people in decision-making. He announced the Secretary-General's initiative to "work with and for young people" through a UN system-coordinated plan to work on youth issues.
Sam Vaghar, Millennium Campus Network, discussed how his organization is engaging university students in the achievement of the MDGs. Kehkashan Basu, UN Environment Programme (UNEP), explained the importance of the principles of sustainable development and meaningful youth participation in UN activities. Kate Offerdahl, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), discussed the fundamental role of young people in the post-2015 development agenda, encouraging them to engage with their communities to brainstorm Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for their futures. [UN Press Release] [UNSG Statement] [Youth Assembly Program][IISD RS Sources]


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"We talk about drugs a lot," Parker told PEOPLE Tuesday in New York City at the Love Heals 2014 gala to benefit the Alison Gertz Foundation for AIDS Education. "I really hate drugs, and I was always the person where that was my thing: Mary-Louise doesn't do drugs."
The actress, 49, said she keeps an open dialogue with son William Atticus, 10, whose father is Billy Crudup, and daughter Caroline Aberash, 7, whom she adopted from Ethiopia in 2007.
"I'm very afraid of drugs and very afraid of what happens especially to people who have particular biochemistry that is susceptible to addiction, which runs in my family. So we talk about it. We talk about everything," Parker said.
Not that she's a complete square.
"I tell them, 'You will never get in trouble if you're drunk and you call me and ask me to pick you up at a friend's. You do not get grounded. But if you come home in a car with someone who's [drunk and] driving or if you drive drunk …' "
Being a mom of two also guides her toward certain charities, including Love Heals, which honors the late Alison Gertz, who died of AIDS in 1992.
Parker said the charity reminds youngsters that there is still an ongoing battle.
"To many younger kids, [AIDS] is like a disease you can cure, like hepatitis – one you can get a vaccine for or fix it with a cocktail," the actress explained. "They didn't watch all their friends die [like my generation]."
She also looks to her own son as a reason to help kids across the world.
"I'm also having a raffle for my charity [Hope North Uganda] that rehabilitates escaped child soldiers in Uganda," she said, noting that the winner will be flown to L.A. and gets to bake brownies with the cast of Weeds. "I have a 10-year-old boy, and a 10-year-old boy is a 10-year-old boy. Just because he lives on another continent doesn't mean he doesn't have the same heart and the same soul and the same sensitivity, and shouldn't have the same chance at a life."
"People don't understand 30,000 children have been abducted," Parker explained. "There are no Amber Alerts in Uganda."


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Hi, just a quick question I can't find any info on:
Under userland ppp it was easy to run programs when the ppp link went
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How to do it using the kernel PPPoE in openbsd 3.8?
Thanks in advance --
A bonus question for you: My DSL link drops with kernel pppoe yet did
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When a man or woman works out really hard at the gym and doesn't take a shower or re-apply deodorant for a few hours. He/she marinates in this smell which eventually turns into a salty, soupy smell, exactly like a pizza pocket.
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Annual Report
1998 -1999
President: Shelton Hendricks
August 13, 1999
Nancy Belck, Ph.D.
Chancellor University of Nebraska at Omaha
60th and Dodge Streets, EAB 201
Omaha, Nebraska 68182
Dear Chancellor Belck:
Appended to this letter is my annual report on the 1998-99 activities of the Faculty Senate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. This report is prescribed by our constitution as a duty of the president of the faculty senate as follows:
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The president shall make at least one written report annually to the chancellor. This report will be made available to the university faculty in the senate office.
I have organized the report around issues addressed by the senate placing them in the approximate chronological order in which they occurred. Where appropriate, relevant resolutions passed by the senate and forwarded to you are referenced. I have italicized my comments regarding perceptions of the current state of various issues. All resolutions passed by the senate are available at our web site. For your convenience they are appended to this report as well.
It was my great pleasure to serve as faculty senate president for two years. It has been a particular pleasure working with you and your staff.
Shelton Hendricks, Ph.D
1998-99 President of UNOmaha Faculty Senate
1. Faculty Appointments to University and Other Committees
These constitute the most significant number of actions taken by the senate each year. We continued to follow the procedure of seeking relevant expertise and campus-wide representation when making recommendations and appointments to committees. We have also increased our concern to gender and ethnic representation. Length of service at UNOmaha and to the profession is also used as a criterion to assure that both youth and experience are given representation.
Following up on actions from last year, an ad hoc committee with representation from the senate and the administration continued their work on evaluating the function of university committees and the procedures by which recommendations for membership and appointments are obtained.
The work of this ad hoc committee was an excellent first step in addressing what is surely to be a continuing problem. We must all work together to assure that committees are properly staffed in a timely manner, that they discharge their mandates, and that committee work is meaningful and given its due respect.
2. Resolutions of Congratulations and Appreciation
Resolution 2348 expressed appreciation to James Saker for his composition of a new alma mater for UNOmaha.
Resolution 2361 expressed appreciation to the UNO Alumni Association for re-instituting the tradition of First Friday social gatherings.
Resolutions 2376 & 2377 offered expressions of appreciation to members of the 1998-99 Executive Committee and Cabinet.
Resolution 2386 expressed appreciation for faculty and administration efforts in support of Teaching Circles.
3. Senate Processes and Administration
The senate took a number of actions aimed at improving its functions and increasing efficiency as follows:
Resolution 2363 modified the reporting procedures of the UNOmaha Faculty Grievance Committee.
Resolution 2368 established college representation for the 1999-2000 academic year.
4. Reviews and Recommendations Regarding General University Issues and Policies
Resolution 2342 voiced the senates opposition to Initiative 413.
Resolution 2347 urged faculty participation in the efforts to defeat Initiative 413.
Resolution 2343 encouraged initiatives by the administration to reduce the cost to faculty of obtaining academic regalia.
Resolution 2350 requested a committee evaluation issues political speech and academic freedom for faculty in relation to political issues and campaigns.
Resolution 2362 endorsed the proposal for a Women's Study major at UNOmaha.
Resolution 2369 endorsed the concept of allowing extensions of the probationary period for tenure in cases of maternity, paternity, disability, or family/medical leave.
Resolution 2370 endorsed the providing of domestic partner benefits to non-married staff and faculty.
Resolution 2378 endorsed the University's commitment to students with disabilities as a priority group for recruitment for the University Residence Halls, and supported the current, expanded effort to recruit current and prospective students with disabilities to fill those rooms which have been designated as accessible, and encouraged the University to develop a strategy to recruit and retain students with physical disabilities, in which priority for accessible, on-campus housing would be a feature.
The defeat of Initiative 413 was an important recognition of the citizens of Nebraska's commitment to the public sector in general and to education in particular. We need to take every opportunity to demonstrate the quality of our stewardship of the public trust, particularly the public's money, if we are to continue to receive the kind of support evidenced by the vote on Proposition 413.
Partner benefits for unmarried faculty and staff remains an issue that must be addressed favorably if the University of Nebraska is to claim a place among the great institutions of this nation. The kind of discrimination displayed by denying partner benefits is becoming less and less tolerated in both the corporate and university environments. Our current policies label us as backward and intolerant.
5. Faculty Development
The senate spent considerable time and effort studying and considering the opportunities for and mechanisms by which faculty development is encouraged and supported at UNOmaha.
Resolution 2358 endorsed a document titled "White Paper on Faculty Development at UNO."
The issues identified in the white paper need our continuing attention. Particularly critical is appropriate funding for the development of teaching skills and the support of faculty research and creative activity. In an era of scarce resources this might be an area for which we could seek private assistance.
6. Academic Calendar
The senate continued its efforts to deal with problems associated with changes in the academic calendar.
Resolution 2328 voiced faculty concerns regarding the deletion of one class day from each the fall and the spring schedules and called upon the administration to allow all reasonable accommodation to faculty needs in compensating for this reduction in instructional time.
Resolution 2329 encouraged faculty to attend the campus convocation celebrating the 90th anniversary of UNOmaha and encouraged , where feasible, to accommodate student attendance.
We must continue to support actions that minimize the negative consequences of the current academic calendar.
7. Evaluation of Administrators
The review of Vice Chancellor Carrico was completed this year.
As I noted in my report last year, I believe the whole issue of the summative reviews of the chancellor and vice chancellors should be evaluated and modified if appropriate. I hope the senate and administration will work on this issue this year.
8. Post-Tenure Review
Resolution 2337 endorsed the guidelines proposed for a post-tenure review plan for UNOmaha.
This issue appears to be settled for now. It would appear that reasonable procedures are in place to assure appropriate review of tenured faculty.
9. Honorary Degrees
Resolution 2349 modified the procedures to be used by the senate in reviewing candidates for honorary degrees limiting participation to the Executive Committee and Cabinet.
The Executive Committee and Cabinet endorsed several nominations for honorary degrees. These were done without resolutions to assure confidentiality.
The current procedures appear to be working well.
10. Professional Conduct
Resolution 2379 approved the "Issue Resolution and Complaint Procedures for Prohibited Discrimination at the University of Nebraska at Omaha."
This issue is yet to be completely resolve. We await upon the results of the discussions between the administration and the UNO AAUP.
11. Strategic Planning
Resolution 2332 requested that the Chair of the senate Committee on Goals and Directions serve as an ex-officio member of the Strategic Planning Steering Committee.
Resolutions 2353, 2354, 2355, 2356, 2357, & 2359 provided reactions of the senate to the Division of Academic Affairs Strategic Plan Draft 5.0.
Resolutions 2380, 2381, 2382, 2383, 2384, & 2385 provided senate responses to the Report of the Task Force on University Outreach.
The senate continues its efforts to be an effective participant in the planning process. I believe we are establishing a good working relationship with the other constituents. We hope that some of the procedures will eventually become routine.


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