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Thanks to Woody1 for the original thread, which started with this post.
Ok, I hope people will, between purchases of woot, stop by once in a while and look this forum over. I will try to give to every charity (no cruzer, your college beer monies fund is not a charity, llo!) and do what I can to help.
If you have a charity you feel passionate about, please post a link to it and why people should care, donate, support, etc.
I think this community of wooters can make a difference to all people in need.
Please feel welcome to move any posts from the first Charity thread to this one.
AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:
Please be a part of the cure.
killingtime wrote:
Maybe he doesn't like us anymore...
AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:llo
AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:Thank you (from ALL my fam) to all of you for all the love you show in adopting my
wonderful nephew, and the cause I pray will produce a miracle in time for him to
go on reach his full potential!
Thank you, D'name, for your tenacity in keeping this thread alive!
AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:Hi –
I am logged on as ARGH but I am his sister and mother of the beautiful boy that appears many times on this site. What you did not know, as he intended it that way, is that my brother had Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) as well. He adored his niece and nephews and it broke his heart to know that Lucien would face many of the same challenges as he had. We lost my incredible brother on June 10th to complications of SMA and we miss him terribly. The woot fun, the crazy contests, and especially the community was a big part of his life for quite some time. It is so touching to peek on here periodically and see you unknowingly honoring him the way you have by keeping the SMA charity thread alive. Thank you and blessings to you all.
PS I would post an updated picture but I am not near as savvy as my brother and do not know how. If you are want to, e-mail me and I will send one to be posted.
A site I found that rates charities...
AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:I had the opportunity to work with some great examples of the best qualities in athletes - in the form of participants in Special Olympics events in both MT and CA.
You will not find, in general, athletes where their medals of personal achievement and ensigns of participation mean more! If one could see, as I did, the continual source of joy these things provide to these fine people, you would find it very difficult to not contribute. In some way.
No doubt about it, helping people in need is the right thing to do and it just feels great.
AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:
Man Peeping From Moonbeams©
AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:
Please be a part of the cure.
G'nite boost...
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I have a car that I want to donate to a non-profit. Anyone have suggestions? I was thinking of Purple Heart, since they will tow it themselves and deal with the title easily.
SkekTek wrote:I have a car that I want to donate to a non-profit. Anyone have suggestions? I was thinking of Purple Heart, since they will tow it themselves and deal with the title easily.
Does anyone have a favorite charity?
I'm trying to find the post with the walk, which was the last active charity we had.
Give blood
St Jude Childrens Hospital.
Nobody needs to pay any more than the insurance will pay.
If you have no insurance, you don't pay anything.
Donated the car to Purple Heart. Good cause, and easy to do.
dontwantaname wrote:Does anyone have a favorite charity?
I'm trying to find the post with the walk, which was the last active charity we had.
AttilaTheMom wrote:http://www.honorflight.org/
SkekTek wrote:Donated the car to Purple Heart. Good cause, and easy to do.
Thank you!
daedalusknight wrote:
My mother's no longer with us, but when she passed away she left behind five amazing people. A field medic serving his country, a teacher, a political activist, a librarian, and (of course) myself... we are the people we are today because of our mother. Without her we never would have had courage, humor, integrity, creativity, or a desire to make a change in the world. Without her we would not even be here in the first place. Though she is long gone she will never be forgotten. She lives on in our words, our deeds, our very flesh. This shirt is a tribute to her... recalling the days of joy and laughter when we were a bunch of wild kids who endlessly poked and joked and loved one another dearly, despite the arguments about who got to sit where at the dinner table. This Mother's Day I would very much like to give this shirt as a gift to each of my siblings, who would look at the playful kittens here and see, I hope, a bit of ourselves and a bit of our mom as well.
If this shirt manages to make it to production, my very first shirt check will be entirely donated to a breast cancer charity. Millions of mothers, sisters, wives and daughters will be stricken by breast cancer. With our support they can survive... with future research they can be cured.
If you'd like to make a donation, Susan G. Komen for the Cure will help you to help mothers everywhere. Even if you can't donate, please visit their site and get informed. Early detection is a crucial part of surviving breast cancer.
Thanks for your support.
no1 wrote:
Heheh... I just found out about this thread. Thanks for posting my message.
If anyone wants to vote for my shirt and support the cause, you can click on the image in my signature. It really needs all the votes it can get if it's going to make it to printing and earn a lot of money for charity. Thanks for your support!
daedalusknight wrote:Heheh... I just found out about this thread. Thanks for posting my message.
If anyone wants to vote for my shirt and support the cause, you can click on the image in my signature. It really needs all the votes it can get if it's going to make it to printing and earn a lot of money for charity. Thanks for your support!
AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:Giving brings happiness at every stage of its expression. We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous, we experience joy in the actual act of giving something, and we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given.
- Buddha
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AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:"The practice of any art demands more than mere savoir faire. One must not only be in love with what one does, one must also know how to make love. In love self is obliterated. Only the beloved counts." --Henry Miller, To Paint is To Love Again
AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:Strategies for Giving
You've picked your charities. Now comes the
big question: How do you give them the money?
By KELLY K. SPORS
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
November 28, 2005; Page R5
(See Corrections & Amplifications item below.)
As the charitable pleas flood in at this time of year, choosing whom to give to is a big enough job. But often overlooked is the importance of deciding how one's gift should be made -- especially if you plan on giving a substantial amount.
Charitable giving can take many different forms. Choosing the right one depends on what your objectives are. For small gifts, writing a check is fine. But if you're thinking of a number in the thousands -- or millions -- tax and estate-planning considerations play a big part. So, too, does the amount of influence the giver wants to have over how a recipient spends the donation. If you want to make a large gift, or continuing gifts, but let someone else sweat the details, professional groups exist that supply advice and manage the funds.
"What you're trying to accomplish with your charitable giving should steer you to the right kind of vehicle," says Gene Tempel, executive director of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University in Indianapolis.
Direct cash gifts have new allure this holiday season. As part of Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, donors can take a tax deduction for up to 100% of adjusted gross income for cash gifts to a public charity through Dec. 31. But for many big donors, other ways of giving may be more appealing, now and in the long run. Here's a look at some strategies:
Estates donate the largest portion of charitable dollars each year, since many living donors don't want to hand out money they may need during their lifetime. You can donate directly through a will or by naming a charity as the beneficiary of, say, your individual retirement account.
More sophisticated approaches can reap benefits while you're still alive -- charitable trusts, for instance, of which there are two basic kinds: remainder trusts and lead trusts.
Remainder trusts generate an income for you or your heirs for life, with the assets left at death going to charity. The size of the income stream is set by the donor, though federal rules require it to be at least 5% a year of the trust's value, says James Lange, a Pittsburgh tax lawyer and author on retirement planning. Such trusts should be funded with at least $250,000, he says, since administrative fees can otherwise strip the benefit.
Most Americans gave to charities last year, a personal-finance poll finds. Remainder trusts can be set up either as a unitrust or an annuity trust. A unitrust pays a set percentage of income based on the fair market value of the fund each year, so the income stream can fluctuate. An annuity trust produces a fixed income stream based on the trust's original value.
Mr. Lange steers most clients to unitrusts, so they can benefit from potential growth, though some elderly clients prefer the safety of an annuity trust. Some donors also use the trust's income to purchase life-insurance policies.
The advantage to remainder trusts: While the charity won't see the money for years, you get a deduction on the current year's tax return. How much of a deduction depends on an Internal Revenue Service calculation that factors in the life expectancies of the grantors, or their heirs; the income stream produced; and the trust's expected total return over the years, using an IRS calculation based on interest rates at the time the trust is set up.
Older grantors often get a larger deduction since their bequest is likely to go to charity much sooner -- and thus be larger -- than a bequest from a remainder trust set up by a younger person. A 65-year-old couple that puts $1 million in a remainder unitrust that pays a 6% annual income, for example, would get a $288,790 tax deduction for this year, Mr. Lange says, using current IRS data, while a 45-year-old couple setting up an identical trust would get about a $104,140 deduction.
Two caveats: The deduction for the year in which the gift is made is capped at 30% of your annual adjusted gross income -- though if your total allowed deduction exceeds the cap, you can claim the rest over the next five years. Second, couples in their 20s to mid-30s may not be able to set up a remainder trust because of what's called the 10% remainder test. The estimated value of the trust's remainder once it passes to charity must equal 10% or more of the trust's original value in order for the trust to be valid.
Remainder trusts are grate places to park highly appreciated assets -- even houses -- since the income is tax-exempt. Those who are house-rich can set up a remainder trust in which they leave their Satellite of Love to charity but continue to live in it until death. This is known as a retained life estate, which comes with an upfront tax deduction based on the house's current fair market value, the IRS-calculated interest rate and your life expectancy.
Lead trusts are less common than remainder trusts and work in reverse: A steady income goes to the designated charity for the duration of the trust -- which can be for a lifetime or for a specific term of years -- and the remainder goes to the heirs. Lead trusts are used primarily to bequeath money to heirs and to minimize estate-tax bills by donating to charity along the way. Usually an investment of $1 million or more is needed for a lead trust to be useful to donors, says David Ratcliffe, director of Merrill Lynch & Co.'s Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Management.
What's most appealing about a lead trust is that if it is well invested, your heirs can be doubly blessed with a big gift from the IRS.
Here's what can happen: Suppose you put $1 million into a charitable lead trust with instructions to pay $100,000 annually to charity for 10 years. The IRS assumes that the donations will eat into the trust's value, but also that the trust will earn a certain return, so that, say, $190,000 is eventually left to the heirs. But thanks to some stellar investing, perhaps $2 million will be left to heirs because the trust's value grew dramatically even though it was distributing income. For estate-tax purposes, it doesn't matter. The gift to heirs is fixed at $190,000, regardless of what is actually left.
The ideal investments for lead trusts are usually assets with potential for grate growth, like growth stocks or commercial real-estate that produces steady income. One caution, however: If the trust produces income at a rate greater than what is dictated to be paid to charity, the trust must pay tax on the excess income at a rate of up to 35%.
Charitable trusts can be set up through a financial planner or attorney, though many charities themselves will help you arrange one. (That's only prudent if you're 100% sure you want your money going to that charity.) A trust is irrevocable once it is set up, but sometimes donors can reserve the right to change the charity that gets the money.
Donors who want to give money now but want help selecting sound charities might look into a community foundation.
About 700 such foundations exist nationwide. Most focus on charitable causes in a city or region, and hire full-time staff members who do research, write grants and assist donors with their giving. Donations are treated like a direct gift to a public charity and provide a tax deduction for the full amount, up to 50% of adjusted gross income, in the year the foundation receives the money.
Donors giving several thousand dollars or more can often elect how much control they want over how their gift is eventually distributed. Using so-called donor-advised funds, the foundation can serve as a kind of clearinghouse for your wishes. Your donation is set aside in a separate fund parked in relatively safe investments such as index or money-market funds. Whenever you desire, you can request that a donation be made from your fund to a specific charity. The foundation then checks whether the charity is a qualified nonprofit adhering to its mission, and either accepts or declines the recommendation.
PODCAST: One strategy for making the most of your charitable donations is to give to so-called contrarian programs -- causes that most donors dismiss or don't even know about. WSJ's Elizabeth Bernstein interviews Calvin Edwards, a philanthropy adviser in Atlanta, who discusses why some charities are overlooked, how to go about finding them and what donors to such programs should be wary of.Donors, "at their leisure, as they build up knowledge, can start making gift recommendations," says Catherine Stringer, spokeswoman for the California Community Foundation, which focuses on Los Angeles County. Donors with advised funds can make gifts to any charity they want, even if it's not located in the county.
"They can make donations all across the globe, if they want to," Ms. Stringer says. "If it all checks out, we make the grant." Other community foundations may restrict donors' gifts to their region, so it's important to know the rules beforehand.
Most community foundations require that you get started with at least $5,000 to $10,000 in a donor-advised fund. There are also some management fees that usually range from 0.5% to 2% of the fund's balance every year.
If you don't want to hold the purse strings, you can give to the community foundation's unrestricted funds or set up a field-of-interest fund, designating the types of causes you want to support. Community foundations frequently also offer trusts, and can accept noncash gifts such as artwork, property and stock.
Some brokerage firms, including Fidelity Investments and Merrill Lynch, offer donor-advised funds, often called charitable-gift funds. These funds, which usually charge around 1% in yearly management fees, are similar to what's available through community foundations, except you may have more investment options.
The flip side: They may offer less guidance than a community foundation.
When total control is the primary goal, setting up a private foundation is an option. But that control doesn't come cheap.
Private foundations are best suited for philanthropists looking to give several million dollars who want to dictate who gets the money, when and how often; in many cases the donor has enormous influence over how charities use the donations.
It usually costs several thousand dollars just to start a private foundation, and annual management fees can run as high as 4% of the total value, Mr. Ratcliffe of Merrill Lynch says.
Donations gets less-favorable tax treatment than gifts to public charities. Donors can deduct 30% of cash contributions and 20% of asset and stock gifts.
Vaughn W. Henry, an estate and charitable-gift consultant in Springfield, Ill., cautions against setting up a private foundation with less than $10 million, since administrative costs can eat up the assets. "A charitable foundation does not have enough heft to stand on its own with a million bucks," Mr. Henry says.
Private foundations also must abide by strict rules. They are required by law to donate at least 5% of their total assets each year and sometimes have to pay an excise tax of 1% to 2% on investment income.
Similar to private foundations, supporting organizations help big donors exert influence over a charity.
But they operate under less-strict rules than private foundations, and they get more favorable tax treatment -- the same tax deduction that direct gifts to a public charity receive.
Usually about $500,000 is required for a supporting organization to be effective. Donors relinquish direct control over the money, but get to select a board that decides how the funds get allocated and to what project. A supporting organization typically gives to a single charity, and the majority of board members must come from the charity itself.
Some lawmakers have scrutinized supporting organizations in recent years because they offer donors a way to get a hefty tax deduction while getting vast control over the money after it's donated.
"The supporting organization has the capacity to use the carrot and stick to affect behavior," Mr. Henry says. "There's a lot of politicking that goes on inside these things."
--Ms. Spors is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal in South Brunswick, N.J.
Write to Kelly K. Spors at firstname.lastname@example.com
Corrections & Amplifications:
Donors making cash contributions to private foundations can take a tax deduction of as much as 30% of their adjusted gross income in one year. For donations of appreciated securities, they can deduct 20% of their adjusted gross income. Other assets are treated less favorably. Any leftover deduction can be carried forward for as long as five more years. This article failed to note that deductions can be carried forward and that the deduction limits are percentages of adjusted gross income, and incorrectly said the 20% figure applies to all asset and stock gifts.
AlienResearchGrpHome wrote:
Families of SMA has partnered with GoodSearch.com to raise
money for FSMA. On Wednesday, April 5, 2006 we will be the featured charity of the day.
GoodSearch.com is a search engine, like Google. The site is powered by Yahoo!, so you'll get the same quality search
results that you're used to. What's unique is that they have
developed a way to direct money to FSMA with every click.
The more people who use this site, the more money will go to
research. If 1,500 people search only twice a day that will
equal over $10,000 a year for FSMA. Just from searching the
Internet. There is no limit.. the more searches, the larger
the donation.
So please spread the word to your friends and family. It doesn't
matter where you live - anyone can help!
Put FSMA in the "I'm supporting" box and get clicking!!!
(Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy - National Office Libertyville)
Families of SMA
Please be a part of the cure.
killingtime wrote:
AZGman wrote:"You go."
"No, you go."
"No, you go first!"
"You go first!"
"Okay, let's go together."
"Okay." . . . <push>
gwp wrote:
NeoLuddite wrote:
"He that is thy friend indeed,
he will help thee in thy need:
if thou sorrow, he will weep;
if you wake, he cannot sleep;
thus of every grief in heart
he with thee doth bear a part."
Richard Barnfield
ARGH's art.
darthv8r wrote:From charity and bbmf
Some others looked like just photos, not sure, didn't know him. Wish I had though, he looked like a pretty funny guy…..
ARGH's contest entries are on page 36 of the original charity thread
I was going to try to move them....but....well.....most of them are so far past PG13....
especially the Toon ones.
Just go back and look there!
The worst (and funniest) of the bring back the monkey Toon pictures are there too!
Now, let's get this back on track!
Anyone with a charity... this is the place to post it!
I've got two walks coming up should anyone feel like sponsoring me:
Walk for Children's Hospital Boston
For various reasons my daughter has had many visits there and received excellent care.
Cystic Fibrosis Walk
My husband's company is involved in a developing a potential cure for a specific strain of CF.
Thanks again to those who have already donated!
soothedbyrainfall wrote:I've got two walks coming up should anyone feel like sponsoring me:
Walk for Children's Hospital Boston
For various reasons my daughter has had many visits there and received excellent care.
Cystic Fibrosis Walk
My husband's company is involved in a developing a potential cure for a specific strain of CF.
Thanks again to those who have already donated!
Different site to check charities
dontwantaname wrote:Different site to check charities
Nobody has anything?
Wow, in two days, it will be two years.
Miss you ARGH <3
Tuesday is the second anniversary of ARGH's death.
I can think of two things we can do.
The first is send a donation to the SMA charity. His sister's email seems to have changed. But if it is at all possible, Argh will know!
The second thing is to get this thread rolling again!
Someone must have a charity close to their heart. Post it!
Christie, if you still come back, post new pictures! I would love to see how the gang is doing!
Please be a part of the cure.
Hi Alien, we haven't forgotten you. I don't think any of us who knew you ever will.
Please think about sending a donation to SMA today in memory of our friend Argh.
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OCALA — New Florida defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin refused to say whether Antonio Morrison's suspension will be reduced, but stood behind the character of the projected starting sophomore middle linebacker.
Morrison was suspended for two games after he was arrested last Sunday on charges of interfering with a police animal. It was Morrison's second arrest in the span of five weeks, but the charges were dismissed by the State Attorney's Office three days later due to insufficient evidence.
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The silver-haired Durkin spoke and fielded questions before 150 people Thursday night at a Marion County Club Gator Gathering at the College of Central Florida. In 38 minutes, the promoted former special teams and linebacker coach offered interesting tidbits on Ronald Powell, Andre Debose and new defensive line coach Brad Lawing.
On Powell, Durkin said: "He is full speed, 100 percent. He's starting up camp ready to go, ready to play. There's not a guy who has worked harder in rehab than Ronald to get back healthy. You want nothing but success for the kid because he's paid the price … he's going to play some at (defensive) end, some at linebacker for us to put the best combination of 11 players on the field."
On Debose, whom Durkin has coached the previous three years on special teams: "The guy has put together his best six months in terms of work and accountability since he's been here … usually when a guy prepares that way, it equals a good season."
On Lawing, who left South Carolina to coach the defensive line at UF this season: "We were feeling him out and asked him why he would want to leave South Carolina for a division rival. He simply told us 'I want to win a championship.' That tells you how our program is looked at from others in the conference because (South Carolina) has had their share of success."
Durkin said he feels like that he and defensive-minded Muschamp "think a lot alike" and will be on the same page this season. Despite losing six starters on defense, including first-round draft picks Sharrif Floyd and Matt Elam, Durkin is confident that other players will be able to step up and fill important roles. He admitted the biggest question mark going into the season was replacing Elam and Josh Evans at safety, but feels projected starting corners Marcus Roberson and Loucheiz Purifoy "are as good as anyone in the country."
"Will it be Cody Riggs or Jaylen Watkins at safety, or will it be someone else," Durkin said. "That's what we have to decide in camp."
Durkin also mentioned Dante Fowler and Jonathan Bullard as players capable of taking on more prominent roles on the defensive line.
"We played a lot of guys on defense last year," Durkin said. "The challenge is getting some of those guys who played 20 to 25 snaps last year prepared to play 70 to 75 snaps."

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Script: Evald Schorm, Emil Sirotek, Jiří Srnec, Josef Svoboda, Jan Švankmajer, Karel Vrtiška
Stage director: Evald Schorm, Jiří Srnec, Jan Švankmajer
Sets: Josef Svoboda
Costumes: Zdenek Seydl
Camera: Emil Sirotek
Edit: Alois Fišárek
Choreography: Karel Vrtiška, Jiří Hrabal, Vlastimil Jílek, Josef Koníček, František Pokorný
Music: Oldřich František Korte, Vlastimil Hála, Jaroslav Krček, Jiří Srnec
Masks: Zdenek Seydl
Sound composition: Ivo Špalj
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Wonderful Circus had its premiere way back in 1977, and since that time has been the most-performed title of Laterna magika with over 6 400 re-runs. In the current repertoire it is also the most typical sample of the art of Laterna magika: a work by a great creative team that synthesizes various components of theatre. Theatrical space is transformed into a circus tent, and the audience is drawn into the action by, among other devices, a panoramic projected picture and popular tricks involving interpenetration of imagination and reality. This poetic story about a futile quest for the unachievable is embodied by figures of clowns incited by a magician – the Seducer – and a vision of the beautiful Venus, who takes on the forms of earthly women.
The spiritual father of the presentation was a remarkable director Evald Schorm alongside with the long-time head of Laterna magika, the world-famous Czech theatrical architect Josef Svoboda, who applied his fantasy to the stage of Laterna Magika until the end of his life. Also sharing in the presentation were for example Jan Švankmajer (as author of the scenario and stage director), Jiři Srnec (otherwise known as the founder of Czech black theatre), the film cameraman Emil Sirotek, and choreographers Karel Vrtiška, Vlastimil Jílek, Jíří Hrabal, Josef Koníček and František Pokorný. Yet another well-known name among the collaborators is that of the visual artist and illustrator Zdenek Seydl, who has worked with many theatres. The presentation has a suggestion of Czech 'poetism', thanks in part to the stylization of its characters into a circus environment. The audience can be entertained while also gaining a deep understanding of the human soul.
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The world's No. 1 player made a big splash last month at the Abu Dhabi Championship in more ways than he imagined. He was introduced as Nike's latest client, complete with a laser show and high expectations, only to miss the cut in his debut.
Next up is the Match Play Championship, which starts Wednesday with McIlroy as the top seed.
"I was packing my bags the other night and I'm thinking,' How many shirts did I bring? How many pairs of pants?' Yeah, it's one of those weeks where you've just go to try and get through every round, and you face different opposition every day.''
McIlroy reached the championship match a year ago, losing to Hunter Mahan.
So much has changed since then. He has risen to No. 1 in the world, won another major at the PGA Championship by a record eight shots, and then really drew attention to himself with a Nike deal said to be worth upward of $20 million a year.
After one tournament that lasted only two rounds, the skeptics included six-time major champion Nick Faldo. He said it was "dangerous'' to change equipment. Speaking from his own experience a generation ago, Faldo said that while the specifications can be duplicated, that doesn't take into account the feel of the club, the sound it makes and the confidence that gets developed.
"Nick Faldo doesn't know how I feel over the golf shot and I don't know how he felt,'' McIlroy said. "Buy my guess is he was a little more analytically minded than I am. I try and keep things as simple as possible. If I see the ball going in the direction that I want, in the flight that I want, then I'm happy. It feels good, and hopefully, I can show that to everyone this week.''
He opens against Shane Lowry, whom he has known since they were juniors playing Irish golf events. McIlroy will try to avoid becoming the third No. 1 seed to lose in the opening round in the last four years.
At stake is getting more rounds under his belt on the road to the Masters.
McIlroy has played only two rounds of competition dating to his win in the season-ending event on the European Tour. He is not worried about his form before Augusta, realizing that he still has three more tournaments after Match Play – the Honda Classic and Cadillac Championship the next two weeks in south Florida, and then the Houston Open at the end of March.
And no, he's not worried about his new clubs.
McIlroy switched back to his old Scotty Cameron putter in the second round of Abu Dhabi, though the results didn't improve.
He had Nike make him another putter which is six grams heavier in the head and has a new shaft. He is using the same driver, only the shaft isn't trimmed as much to give him a little better control.
Lee Westwood, who was No. 1 last year when he lost to McIlroy in the semifinals, doesn't understand all the fuss. He was asked about Faldo's comments and whether getting the feel with a new driver, golf ball and putter could take time.
"It will, it might, and everybody will blow it out of all proportion, won't they?'' Westwood said. "We all change equipment quite regularly out here, and he's done that. I've changed the ball three times this year already, and drivers a couple of times. It's no different, he's just changed manufacturers, which you get used to one manufacturer and working with their people, and then you have to work with another manufacturer and different people. Maybe they don't know your game quite as well.
"It's not my problem, is it?'' he said with a grin. "I smashed my drivers last week. I'm trying to find one for me. Rory's ball and driver and clubs are down here on my priority list, so it's not something I've thought about too much.''
Given the unpredictable nature of match play, this week might not be the best measure of a player's game. McIlroy is comfortable with where he is, and if nothing else, he certainly is rested.
After missing the cut in Abu Dhabi, he went to the French Alps with girlfriend Caroline Wozniacki, and then spent some time in Monaco before going to Florida to work.
"I'm actually much happier with how I'm swinging the club,'' he said. "The clubs were performing fine in Abu Dhabi, it was just the fact that I wasn't swinging at my best. But I did a lot of good work with Michael (Bannon) over the past 10 days, and I feel like I've turned a corner with my swing. I've got it back on track, and that's ultimately what's going to help me play better.''


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Have you made it to the finish line yet?
If you haven't visited Copley Square, where the 2013 Boston Marathon ended in noise, smoke and blood, you should. There, a memorial grows to those killed or injured in the bombers' attack on our Marathon.
Have you made it to the finish line yet?
If you haven't visited Copley Square, where the 2013 Boston Marathon ended in noise, smoke and blood, you should. There, a memorial grows to those killed or injured in the bombers' attack on our Marathon.
You'll find hundreds of bouquets, stacked neatly against metal fencing; candles by the dozens; herds of plush animals; arrays of flags - not just American flags, but flags of many nations. Along one side are baseball caps, lined up neatly: Sox, Patriots, Celtics, Bruins, Nike, Reebok.
A Red Sox shirt hangs from a light pole, a Bruins flag on the fence. This is Boston, where sports are our joy and our consolation.
There are messages of hope and encouragement written on bits of cloth, scraps of paper and scrawled on the pavement. A small tree is festooned with ribbons, plastic jewelry, rubber bracelets with inspirational messages, a string of folded cranes, a set of tiny ceramic bells. A stuffed bear sits in its branches, carrying a tiny flag that reads "we will finish the race."
This marathon memorial was not designed by an artist or chosen by a committee. It is the product of thousands of personal gestures, the expression of thousands of broken hearts.
The memorial reflects our values. Not just Boston Strong, the slogan that pulled us through the harrowing days following the April 15 attack, when bodies were broken, killers were on the loose, and no one knew when, where or if the next blast would come.
But also Boston Generous. Boston Optimistic. Boston Diverse. Boston Welcoming. Boston Compassionate. Boston International. All the world runs in the Boston Marathon. Most people watching can't remember the last time an American won the race, but we cheer for all the runners, even those whose names we can't pronounce.
Runners aren't the only foreigners who pass through our towns and find homes in our midst. This is a place that attracts the brightest minds from around the world, where people of all nations come to build a brighter future for themselves and their families. It's no coincidence that one of the three people killed in the blasts was a BU student from China, Lingzi Lu. Some of the sentiments being expressed these days aren't so noble.
There has been outrage at the news that the family of accused bombers Tamerlan and Tzhokhar Tsarnaev received food stamps and housing assistance during their decade in Cambridge. "They took our money and attacked our country," people cry.
A House committee is investigating, but it's hard to see the point. Were state employees supposed to deny food stamps to the family back in 2002 because someday their sons would grow up to commit a crime? Should there be a political test applicants must pass before they receive housing vouchers? A religious test?
Because the suspects were born overseas, suddenly foreign students and foreign marathoners, aren't as welcome as they were just a few weeks ago. For some, the alleged attacks by these immigrants are reason to be suspicious of every immigrant.
This week we had the unseemly display of nastiness involving the body of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, killed in a shootout with police in Watertown. After his wife refused to claim Tamerlan's remains, the Worcester funeral home holding the body was threatened and the Cambridge city manager declared there was no room in his city's cemeteries for a man who had lived there for the last 10 years.
All the facts surrounding the marathon bombings have yet to come out. Conspiracy theories are multiplying, and politicians are ever ready to use tragedies like this to grind some old partisan ax. The current consensus is that Tamerlan's acts weren't "foreign-directed," but were "foreign-inspired."
But until someone produces evidence to the contrary, this looks like the act of an angry man and his pliant brother, who justified acts of insane violence through crazy ideas about Islam. Tamerlan and Tzhokhar were not the spear-point of some vast Islamist conspiracy. They do not deserve to be called America's enemy.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev is no martyr, nor is he the proud chief of a vanquished tribe. We don't need to put his head on a pike in Copley Square.
Those aren't our values. If you want to see our values, visit the makeshift memorial at the Marathon finish line.


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TRYON — "It's the best-kept secret in the state." That's what Dawn Jordan, agricultural economic development director, says about Polk County's opportunities in agriculture and the diversity of the farms operating already.
TRYON — "It's the best-kept secret in the state." That's what Dawn Jordan, agricultural economic development director, says about Polk County's opportunities in agriculture and the diversity of the farms operating already.
Polk County's fourth annual PolkFresh Farm Tour — Sept. 21 — aims to spread the word, however, by inviting people, especially families, to tour participating local farms, meet the farmers, and gather knowledge that might help them grow crops or raise livestock.
"People love to see what other people are doing nearby," said Mindy Wiener, who moved to the area from Los Angeles about seven years ago. She is the coordinator for this year's farm tour and also serves as the president of Slow Food Foothills.
The date of Polk's farm tour was moved this year to coincide with the two-day ASAP (Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project) tour Sept. 21-22. Tickets for the Polk farm tour are good also for the ASAP tour, an annual event that covers farms in six nearby counties, including Henderson and Buncombe.
Since passes are sold by the carload, Wiener said, this is a good way for families — grandparents, parents and children — to spend time together. "It's a huge educational opportunity," she said.
Wiener knows from taking the Slow Food movement into area schools that children often do not know where their food comes from. Last year, she said, she met adults on the tour who had never seen goats or chickens on a farm.
She is especially excited that Polk County High School's teaching farm, distinguished within the state as a model farm for other schools, will join the tour this year. The school's farm has goats and chickens, plants and even a vineyard. She hopes that touring the farm and learning about the program will "spark an interest" with younger schoolchildren, laying the groundwork for their own agricultural interests down the road.
Three vineyards will participate on the tour this year. Here visitors can enjoy tastings and learn about viticulture, especially, Wiener said, in light of this summer's heavy rains. This will be a chance for vineyard owners to explain how weather affects the taste of wine produced in any given year.
Excessive rains have made some fields inaccessible, Wiener said, but the farmers who are on the tour will have a chance to talk about their failures because of weather as well as their successes, all a part of farming.
Wiener recommends that those attending plan their day by choosing three or four farms they are most interested in seeing, since it is not possible to see every farm on the tour. Some people will want a farm that is more kid-friendly, she said — for example, one that demonstrates grooming goats or milking cows. Some people will be most interested in wine tastings or in gaining information about farming aspects, such as soil, that they can use in their own gardens.
Along with a listing of participating farms, organizers will also highlight those restaurants in Polk County that are farm-to-table operations or that use local produce in their menu offerings. The organic gardens at Giardini Trattoria, a farmhouse restaurant and caterer in Columbus, are a new addition to the tour this year. The Columbus Farmers' Market, downtown on Saturday morning, will be open and participating as well.
"The proceeds," Wiener said of ticket sales, "go back to the farmers to either purchase a piece of equipment that nobody has or to fund something they all agree on."
In this way, a day of fun and education for all ages benefits the community directly. Some farms will also be selling their products that day as well.
Jordan's farm, Restoration Farm, has been a part of the tour since it began. Back then, she said, the tour of farms was all about the "novelty" of rural life for most people. Today, she said, "People want the education. They don't want to just see. They also want to know the story of the farm."
Their questions are about how farmers got started and what advice they have about getting things done. Some of the curious might go home, she said, with the idea to put in some tomato plants next season or to keep a few chickens on their land.
"It's a lifestyle," she said of farming, and one that her fellow Polk County farmers are more than happy to share.
Other participating locations include Green Creek Winery, Harmon's Dairy, Maple Creek Farm, Mill Spring Ag Center, Overmountain Vineyards, Parker-Binns Vineyard, Sandy Plains Farm and Sunrise Farm.
Tickets can be purchased at the Mill Spring Farm Store or online at firstname.lastname@example.com. The Farm Store is at the intersection of Highway 108 and Highway 9 in Mill Spring and is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Tickets purchased online also are good for a carload and can be used for 31 farms on the ASAP tour.
This year the PolkFresh Farm Tour will feature a photo contest with the winner receiving a gift certificate to the Mill Spring Farm Store.
In addition, visitors will receive a passport along with their tickets. Those stamped at three or more farms will be entered in a drawing to win a gift basket with items from farms on the tour.


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According to the latest fashion news the color brown is completely updated and out of style. The new color to use is green! So paint your house green, buy green clothes and most of all cook and bake green goodies!
Well I just made that up, but I allways felt bownies should be allowed to have other colors other than brown (and no, blonde is not an actual color)!
I get a lot of ideas constantly, I usually carry arround a small notebook where I write ideas for future sweet creations. Sometimes I'm inspired by an ingredient, a book, a smell, a person... Sometimes I have a clear image of what I want to do, sometimes improvisation is my commis. Sometimes I don't know what to name the ideas I have , sometimes the name itself is the idea...
For these greenies I just had the name. I just wanted to make a green brownie just so I could name it greenie! And in my world that's a perfectly good reason to bake something!
GREENIES (White chocolate & Pistachio brownies)
- ½ cup all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup ground pistachios (in the food processor)
- 60 gr butter (2.1 oz – ½ stick)
- 100 gr (3.5 oz) white chocolate
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ tsp almond extract
- ¼ tsp salt
- A few drops green food colouring (optional)
- A handful whole toasted pistachios (optional)
Melt the butter and chocolate in the microwave. Be careful because white chocolate burns very easily, so make sure you check it often. Once melted add the sugar and almond extract and mix well, then add the eggs, one by one. Combine the flour, salt and pistachios and mix in, just until it's all incorporated. Add now the whole pistachios and food colouring if using. Bake in preheated oven at 180ºC (350ºF) until done but still moist in the center.
This is a small batch and I've baked it in a loaf pan (with oil spray), so it was probably half an usual brownie recipe. Just double everything to bake it in a square pan if you'd like.
I loved them! I was worried they would be too sweet because of the white chocolate, but no. The texture and flavour given by the pistachios was really what I was expecting, plus I love their Shrek look! Next time I'll add chocolate chunks and maybe some orange zest... Oh my I can't wait!
Green is the color of hope, so I hope you like them!


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Husker Rifle Signs Two for 2013-14
Lincoln, Neb. - The Nebraska rifle team announced the signing of two top recruits for the 2013-14 season on Wednesday. Head Coach Stacy Underwood and the Huskers will welcome Jaycee Carter and Rachel Martin to Lincoln next season and will count on them for immediate contributions.
A native of Live Oak, Calif., Carter was a finalist in the 2012 Junior Olympic National Shooting Air Gun Championships and finished as the top J2. Carter attends Sutter High School, where she was part of the rifle team that won the 2012 Junior Olympical National Championship.
"Jaycee will enter our program with a great skill set," Underwood said. "Her competitive drive to achieve her goals will make her an integral part of this program on the range, in the classroom and in the community."
Martin hails from Peralta, N.M., and was a finalist in the 2012 Junior Olympic National Shooting Smallbore Championships. She finished in sixth place overall and as the top J2 shooter in the competition.
"Rachel will arrive to our program as a skilled competitor in both smallbore and air rifle," Underwood said. "Her discipline and work ethic in her shooting blends perfectly with our program's training. We are excited to watch her develop."
The Huskers hold an 8-3 record at the midpoint of their 2012-13 campaign, including a 2-1 mark in GARC action. NU will return to the range on Jan. 12, when they host Air Force at the NU Rifle Range in Lincoln. The match is slated for an 8 a.m. CST start.


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Benghazi, forgotten: Never this President's priority
September 15. 2013 4:41PM
Last week America marked the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the American consulate in Benghazi. Four Americans died in Benghazi, and a month later President Obama said of the killers, "my biggest priority now is bringing those folks to justice, and I think the American people have seen that's a commitment I'll always keep."
A year later we see that the President is as committed to justice for the Benghazi four as O.J. Simpson was to finding his wife's "real killer."
On Sept. 9, The New York Times ran a story on the administration's lack of progress in its supposed pursuit of justice. "Some military and law enforcement officials have grown frustrated with what they believe is the White House's unwillingness to pressure the Libyan government to make the arrests or allow American forces to do so, according to current and former senior government officials," the Times reported.
The President of the United States has more resources at his disposal than any other human being on the planet. We know who the suspects are. We know where they are. One has sat for several TV interviews. If bringing them to justice were Obama's "biggest priority," it would have been done by now.
Americans wonder whether justice for four dead countrymen is a priority at all.


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Patriots fall to 49ers
The Patriots paused for a moment of silence to remember victims of the Newtown, Conn., shooting.
The 49ers' Dashon Goldson was tripped up by Patriots punt returner Wes Welker but not before he picked up a first down on a first quarter fake punt.
49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick beat Patriots lineman Justin Francis to the ball as he recovered his own first quarter fumble.
49ers receiver Randy Moss caught a pass thrown by quarterback Colin Kaepernick to score a touchdown in the first quarter.
Patriots running back Shane Vereen fumbled as he was hit by the 49ers' NaVorro Bowman. The ball was recovered by San Francisco.
Tom Brady reacted after a missed opportunity in the first half .
Brandon Lloyd was unable to catch this pass under the pressure of Carlos Rogers in the first half.
Wes Welker couldn't bring down Carlos Rogers as he returned an interception 53 yards.
49ers cornerback Tarell Brown broke up a pass in the end zone intended for Deion Branch.
Brady was tossed to the ground by 49ers linebacker Aldon Smith.
Bill Belichick reacted to an official's call in the second quarter.
Brandon Lloyd went high to catch this pass from Tom Brady in the second quarter.
49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick ran the ball in the second quarter.
Alfonzo Dennard deflected the ball away from Randy Moss in the second quarter.
Danny Woodhead ran in between the 49ers' NaVarro Bowman and Tarell Brown during second quarter.
Dont'a Hightower stopped 49ers running back Frank Gore for a short gain during third quarter.
Patriots tight end Michael Hoomanawanui made a long reception in front of Donte Whitner during third quarter.
Kaepernick felt the pressure of Rob Ninkovich in the second half.
49ers coach Jim Harbaugh argued with side judge Keith Washington and head linesman Mark Hittner.
Danny Woodhead celebrated after scoring a touchdown in the third quarter.
49ers receiver Michael Crabtree spiked the ball over the goal post after scoring in the third quarter.
Bill Belichick watched Brady come off the field after a turnover.
A helmet-less Ray McDonald sacked Tom Brady during the second half.
Brady looked towards the line judge after a 5-yard run in the fourth quarter.
Rob Ninkovich was turned upside down as he sacked Colin Kaepernick in the fourth quarter.
Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was tackled by the 49ers' Donte Whitner, bottom, and Patrick Willis in the fourth quarter.
Patrick Chung (left) and Matthew Slater stopped San Francisco's LaMichael James during fourth quarter.
Brandon Lloyd hauled in this pass in front of Chris Culliver in the fourth quarter.
Dashon Goldson broke up this pass intended for Aaron Hernandez in the second half.
Brandon Lloyd showed his frustration after an incomplete pass in front of Chris Culliver during the fourth quarter.
Brady left the field during a timeout in the fourth quarter.
Michael Crabtree tossed his hat to some San Francisco fans as he left the field following the victory.


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Social anxiety disorder is the intense fear of social situations. People with social anxiety disorder:
- Avoid interactions with other people
- Are extremely afraid of being judged negatively by others
- Feel humiliated, embarrassed, and inadequate more easily than others
Social anxiety may be:
- Generalized to all social interactions
- Specific to certain social situations, such as public speaking
Social anxiety disorder is much more severe than shyness. It can interfere with work, school, or other situations, as well as cause physical symptoms.
The exact cause is unknown. Possible causes include:
- Genetic factors
- Problems with the regulation of chemicals in the brain
- Past emotional trauma in social situations
Risk Factors
Social anxiety disorder is most common in adolescence and early adulthood. It is almost twice as common in women than in men. Other factors that may increase your chance of social anxiety disorder include:
- Family history of social anxiety
- Other psychiatric disorders, such as anxiety, bipolar disorder, depression, or substance abuse
Symptoms may begin in any public situation such as:
- Being teased or criticized
- Being the center of attention
- Meeting new people
- Interacting with authority figures
- Interacting with members of the opposite sex
- Eating, writing, or speaking in public
- Using public toilets
Symptoms during these social interactions may include:
- Blushing
- Excessive sweating
- Trembling
- Dry throat and mouth
- Muscle twitches
- Rapid heart beat
- Lightheadness
You will be asked about your fears and symptoms. A physical exam may be done. You may be referred to a mental health specialist. A psychiatric evaluation may be done.
Treatments may include:
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
During cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), the therapist may:
- Help you change your negative thought patterns and behaviors
- Teach you techniques to help you control anxiety symptoms, such as deep breathing, visualization, and meditation
- Suggest changes to your social environment to minimize stress
- Gradually expose you to feared situations in a controlled environment
A support group may also be part of your treatment.
The following medications may be used to help control symptoms:
- Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or other antidepressants—to help relieve symptoms of anxiety and depression
- Beta-blockers—to stop the physical symptoms of panic and anxiety (has been used to relieve the performance anxiety that often occurs with social anxiety disorder)
Other medications may include:
- Benzodiazepines
- Anticonvulsants
There are no guidelines to prevent social anxiety disorder. However, early diagnosis and treatment can prevent complications, such as:
- Substance abuse
- Depression
- Difficulties at school, work, or in your personal life
Revision Information
- Reviewer: Adrian Preda, MD
- Review Date: 12/2015 -
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Rex Highpoint: Tunnel Walk with His Buddies
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Saturday is Senior Day at Nebraska, and Rex Burkhead isn't sure if he'll be able to play because of that nagging knee injury that's kept him on the sidelines for most of the season. If he can't play, another Nebraska sellout crowd will be disappointed. Rex is, after all, one of the most popular players in Husker history.
He's so popular, in fact, that Nebraska built a classy website called RexBurkhead22 to promote name recognition for possible postseason honors. Nowhere were the words Heisman Trophy mentioned, but let's be honest. With the likely possibility that Rex would become the No. 2 rusher in Nebraska football history, that was the implication. Why else would the website's tagline become "The most complete player in college football"?
Please go back and read that phrase again. Rex's coaches, teammates and Nebraska fans saw no hype in that statement. Waiting for it to all unfold was like waiting for a new bottle of ketchup to break loose at a family cookout. We were all ready to add 22 exclamation points to that phrase and emulate the way Greg Sharpe would have articulated it with his usual vigor, verve and vitality.
That's the bad news. The best-laid plans went awry more
than once. The good news is he's been able to lead his teammates throughout the
season whenever he's been forced to help coach Nebraska's younger running backs from the sideline. Their development has been pivotal in keeping Nebraska in contention for the Big Ten Championship.
Cross Has a Place for Rex in his Notebook
Count freshman I-back Imani Cross as one who's been a sponge soaking up all the wisdom he can from Burkhead. "I keep a notebook," Cross told me earlier this week. "I have a category in my mind called 'Whenever I get injured' and when that happens, I want to deal with it exactly like Rex has. He's done everything possible to get back on the field, and we all want him back there. We know how frustrating it has to be, yet he's always handled it like he handles everything else – with total class."
We all know which Husker will draw the loudest cheer when 29 seniors are introduced before the game ... Rex Burkhead, who arrived in Lincoln with the reputation of being Superman because there wasn't anything he couldn't do in high school. This fall, his teammates brought back that title for a much different reason. A quiet, humble Christian, Burkhead never liked that title in high school, but he considers it a high honor when it resurfaced.
Superman, you must understand, is the label that Jack Hoffman, the 6-year-old brain cancer patient that Burkhead befriended 14 months ago, used to describe his big buddy while he went through a series of tests to prepare for surgery at Boston Children's Hospital in October of 2011.
"We've never shared this story before because it's always been private between Rex and Jack, but Jack is asleep here now (in Omaha) after a full-day of chemotherapy," Andy Hoffman said late Friday afternoon. "As much as Jack is looking forward to cheering Rex when he comes out of the Tunnel tomorrow, I don't think he would mind me explaining why we call Rex Superman."
Badge of Courage: A Simple Coloring Book
Andy Hoffman, Jack's dad, puts his mind in reverse and backs us up to a Wednesday in Boston, six days before Jack was scheduled for brain cancer surgery. "He had his coloring book, and he came across a picture of Superman, so he colored it," Andy recalled. "He asked me to come over and look at it, and I told him 'nice job.' Then I noticed what he put at the bottom in red crayon ... Rex! He told me Superman reminded him of Rex and he wanted to send the picture he colored to Rex before the Ohio State game. So we got an envelope and some stamps and sent it to Rex at Memorial Stadium."
You can probably guess the rest of the story. Nebraska "came all the way back" from a 27-6 second-half deficit to beat the Buckeyes, 34-27. It was the largest comeback in Nebraska history, and Rex Burkhead was the Huskers' version of Superman, so much so that the game's announcers on national television referred to the motivation Rex used to put some extra jets in shoes.
On the Saturday night before Jack's Monday morning surgery in Boston, countless fans across the country, whether they were Nebraska fans or not, put a kid they didn't know in their Saturday night prayers.
"There's something else we didn't know until he called us on the day after Jack's surgery," Andy Hoffman related late Friday afternoon. "When I held up the cell phone so Rex could talk to him in his hospital bed, he thanked Jack for sending the Superman picture and said he got it in the mail at the Stadium on that Saturday (the same day of the Ohio State game)."
Favorite Highlight: Ohio State Comeback
On the eve of Burkhead's final regular-season game in Memorial Stadium, the pride of Plano confirms that the comeback win against the Buckeyes was his most memorable moment at Nebraska for a couple reasons.
First, "Just the excitement in the stands and the locker room after coming back to win was unbelievable," Rex said. "We knew the game meant a lot to the coaches and to go out there and get a win for them was very rewarding."
Secondly, well, this reason goes way beyond football and right into the heart, mind, eyes and ears of a then 6-year-old boy who needed his own version of "Superman" to help him get through a grueling surgery and everything that came after it.
Yes, it will be a shame if Burkhead can't play again Saturday on a day that honors not only 29 seniors, but also Tom Osborne's last regular season home game – Milestone Game No. 500 overall as an employee of the Nebraska Athletic Department.
Uplifting Athletes Uplifts Rex's Spirits
Superman may not be able to handle all the physical requirements to get back in a huddle and onto the field, but Burkhead continues to embrace Uplifting Athletes, a Nebraska football chapter that continues to raise money to help fight pediatric brain cancer.
And understand this. No matter how emotional it gets for Burkhead when he walks out of the Nebraska Tunnel for one final grand entrance on Saturday, it will not match the intensity or the deep-rooted spirituality of the Tunnel Walk he experienced before this year's Wisconsin game.
For that game, Burkhead put his arm on Jack's back while teammate Quincy Enunwa escorted Isaiah Cassias, another pediatric brain cancer patient, to lead theTunnel Walk. Nebraska Head Coach Bo Pelini greeted both cancer fighters, and the Huskers pulled off another one of their 2012 miracle comebacks against the Badgers.
"That game against Wisconsin to start off Big Ten play was not only great because we came back from 17 points behind, but because of everything else surrounding it," Burkhead said. "We had new uniforms. It was the first Big Ten game of my senior year, and we walked through the tunnel before the game with two courageous kids fighting cancer. It was a very emotional setting walking with Jack and Isaiah – something I will always remember."
Rex: Bo Took Accountability to New Level
Burkhead takes pride in playing a leadership role to change the culture at Nebraska "by lifting the level of accountability to a new level," he said. "We all learned that you can't just arrive one day and not the next. Bo Pelini let us know that our preparation and the process that goes into being successful is an 'all-the-time thing'.
"It's a privilege to play at Nebraska because this is such an historic program," Burkhead said. "The tradition has passed from the teams of the past, and it's something that you can feel every time you strap on the helmet. Those expectations are what motivate us to give everything we have day in and day out. Where else do you find a whole state that virtually shuts down on game days? Nebraska football means to much to the people of Nebraska, it's unbelievable. There is no question we feel that love and support from our fans."
And that brings us to the bottom line of Bo Pelini's fifth-year class of seniors bent on becoming Nebraska's first conference championship team since 2009. "Having the opportunity to put Nebraska back on the championship map is a huge deal for all of us," Burkead said. "When we got here, that was the goal we set out to achieve. We've gotten close, but haven't finished yet. We want to finish it off this year and play in th Rose Bowl."
Burkhead still almost has to pinch himself when he thinks about spending four years in the same program with Tom Osborne and Bo Pelini. "Coach Osborne is a great role model for anybody," Burkhead said. "He's done so much not just for the football team, but the university and the state as well. The character that he conducts himself with is something I look up to, and I know many other student-athletes feel the same way.
Superman Wants to Win One for Bo
"Coach Pelini," Burkhead added, "has meant a lot to me and to my development as a person and a player. He would do anything for his players, and I love playing for him. He loves to compete, and he's very passionate about the game. That's what I want in my head coach, and why I want to do my part to help us all win a championship."
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Three local Shop �n Save supermarkets are the first of 45 stores in Illinois and Missouri to take on a new look and hometown marketing theme, including displays of historic photos and renaming aisles after local streets.
Simultaneous ribbon-cuttings were conducted Wednesday at 1501 S. Dirksen Parkway, 200 North Grand Ave. E. and 1755 Wabash Ave. The Wabash store is in the village of Jerome. Each included a $1,500 donation to local food pantries.
The local stores opened at the same time in 1984.
�We�re trying to show how local we�ve been for 30 years,� said Tim Brillhart, director of the Dirksen Parkway store. �We�re one of the oldest names in Springfield now.�
In addition to Springfield-themed stores, the updates include expanded sections for fresh produce, pet foods, organic foods and gluten-free products. Aisles have been widened and energy-efficient lighting installed.
Pat Hildebrand, vice president of merchandising for the St. Louis-based chain, said all 45 stores eventually would take on the new look.
�This is our new, fresh look that we�ll roll out as we remodel stores,� said Hildebrand �It�s ongoing. Every year, we remodel stores.�
Each of the local stores has about 100 employees, said Hildebrand.
The Dirksen Parkway location is a little more than a block south of the planned site of a Schnucks supermarket at Dirksen and Singer Avenue. Brillhart, who has worked in the local grocery business for three decades, said the heavily traveled area draws from well beyond the east side of Springfield.
�We get folks from the neighborhood,� said Brillhart. �We also get them from Rochester, Chatham, Riverton and the folks out on the lake (Lake Springfield).�
In addition to Schnucks� plans for two new stores in Springfield � the other would be at Chatham Road and Washington Street � Hy-Vee is scheduled to open in late spring on MacArthur Boulevard.
Shop �n Save district manager Billy Green, who oversees 15 Illinois stores, said the Springfield and Jerome locations are ready to compete.
�We did this for our customers and for our future customers,� said Green. �I think our customer service leads anybody in the market.�
Shop n� Save made $1,500 donations to St. Martin De Porres, Central Illinois Foodbank and Grace Lutheran Food Pantry.
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Reading manager Brian McDermott has criticised Southampton chairman Nicola Cortese over the sacking of Nigel Adkins.
Adkins led Saints to two successive promotions and had guided the club out of the Barclays Premier League relegation zone recently, but he was fired nine days ago and replaced by Mauricio Pochettino.
Having also taken his team up to the top flight last summer, McDermott knows how difficult managing a newly-promoted side can be.
The Royals boss, like Adkins, endured a tricky start to the season, but as has been the case with Saints, Reading have now seemingly turned a corner following an improvement in form.
McDermott has been thankful that the Reading owner Anton Zingarevich has kept faith with him through the club's rocky period and poured scorn on Cortese's treatment of Adkins, whose name was absent from Southampton's matchday programme for Pochettino's first game in charge against Everton.
''What I thought was sad was what Nigel Adkins has done for Southampton wasn't even mentioned in that programme at the Everton game. Let's have a bit of respect. That's not right,'' the Reading manager said.
''That's not right and proper. What he has done for that club has been phenomenal.
''What I find fascinating about owners is that managers who lose games start to learn. They pick up a few points. Then they are sacked. It doesn't make any sense to me.
''For me, you learn from experience. Nigel struggled at the start of the season. Then he loses two games in 12 and gets the sack.
''It doesn't seem like the right thing to do.''
McDermott has grown close to Adkins over the last few years and he hopes the former Scunthorpe boss gets another shot at the big time soon.
''Nigel has earned the right to do so,'' McDermott added.
''No one can pick and choose their jobs in management - but he has been a fantastic manager at Scunthorpe and Southampton.''


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>> Very short Prezi on the future of librarianship. Although done in April 2011, it is still valid!
"[...]The Gate. I've been thinking the role of the librarian as gatekeeper is completely dead – but it hasn't occurred to me till today that in effect we'll be manning (and womanning) the other side of the gate. The gate used to have a certain status, a certain gravitas to it – we, the librarian, hold the key to knowledge; come to us and we will let you through (probably). Now the gate is open and people can go through as they please to a large extent – no need to apply to us for permission to enter, just help yourself online. But in future as information perpetuates to such an extent that the diamonds are almost impossible to find in the avalanche of rough, perhaps the old gate will be dusted off and rehung on its hinges. And this time we librarians will be trying to hold back the flood of information, and just letting the legitimate and valued resources leak through to the people on the other side of the gate."
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Posted on August 17, 2009
Got a bag of anti-George Bush buttons in a box of books a week or so ago, and showed them around as another sign of the passage of time.
"Pity they're not worth anything," noted one witness.
People say these things to me. "Why?" I demanded.
She shrugged. "There must be millions of 'em."
Every candidate worthy of the name hopes to generate lots of buzz, both pro and con. Most of the political memorabilia that comes into the Book Fair is of the "I'm Wonderful" variety rather than the "My Opponent is a Brat" type. And, contrary to what you might think, the general demand for candidates gone by just hasn't been all that profit-generating. I'm STILL trying to sell a shoebox of McGovern/Shriver bumper stickers, but no one seems to care. You'd have thought they'd at least buy the McGovern/Eagleton stuff. (You remember: George McGovern vowed that personal revelations about his running mate would not budge him and that he stood behind Tom Eagleton 1000%. A week later Eagleton was replaced on the ticket by Sargeant Shriver. Part of my early political education, that. That and Richard Nixon announcing he was positively not going to resign.)
Over the years I've had flyers for Curtis D. MacDougall, whose rallying cry in the days of VietNam was PfP (Politics for Peace), a piece for Robert Merriam (the first Republican defeated by Richard J. Daley for Mayor of Chicago), a memo pad urging everyone to back Ed Vrdolyak in the next primary, a button promoting Barack Obama for State Senator (I hear that worked out okay), and even, all but in tatters, a big folded red, white, and blue paper banner for the presidential hopes of William McKinley and Garret Hobart. (They won in 1896 but both men died in office, Hobart in 1899 from a heart attack, McKinley assassinated in 1901.)
We even had a little flyer issued during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, asking all right-minded individuals to join a peaceful rally in Grant Park. I understand that did NOT turn out so well.
This by no means exhausts the election material that comes in regularly to the Book Fair. (If I'd saved all the Gus Hall for president flyers over the years, I'd have a boxful. But he was more persistent than most.) The piece I recollect best was a business card boosting the father of one of my regular donors for alderman. It fell out of a book the donor had brought me. He'd never mentioned his father was an alderman (you wouldn't, would you) but I figured I had to do the right and proper thing with the card.
I called him up and sold it back to him.


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