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sharperthewriter · 5 years

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Chapter 3 - Stoppable Family Vacation

Chapter 3 - Stoppable Vacation Curse - Part II

"Kim, girl, don't you remember the last time you had a vacation with the hubs?" Monique said before pulling out her smartphone and scrolled down to the last family vacation the Stoppables had.

It read "MS Gulf Coast, May 2018."

"Ah...yes. The second worst family vacation we ever been on!" Kim groaned, recalling the memories of that vacation while hooking back up the undone strap of her overalls. "The one where we had to do a photoshoot for Club Banana for their summer swimwear AND the same weekend we had to take care of Mr. Barkin's prized 200-pound hog, Princess AND his cat, Lady Whiskerboots."

__________________________________________________________________________________ (May 4, 2018, Gulfport, Mississippi) The Stoppables were driving along in the 1996 Drudge Tangerine minivan in downtown Gulfport. It was in ugly avocado green and had fake wood paneling on the doors. Kim had known to call it the Stoppable-mobile. The Tangerine's only damage was a bit of rust on the roof of the car and the lovebugs that perished on the bumper of the car. In that car, on the third row, were also seven bikinis of different designs that Kim was going to try out on the beaches of the Gulf Coast and that Ron was going to photograph for the CB website, courtesy of Monique. Princess was also belted in the third row. Lady Whiskerboots was also in the third row as well. Kim was in a white shirt, baggy denim overalls, both straps hooked combo while Ron was in the 3 Wolves shirt and jeans combo. The windows, however, were all rolled down for a reason.

"Ah, KS, can you feel the warm breeze in the air, the roar in the ocean...." Ron said with a smile before his wife chirped in, holding her nose desperately while trying to drive.

"...the awful smell of that hog waste and the smell of cat litter?" Kim retorted. "I've been trying to hold my nose in for about 700 of the 1300 plus miles on this drive from her! And I've also had it up to here with the lovebugs being splattered against the bumper!"

It showed that the front bumper of the car was covered in the remains of lovebugs splattered at a high speed.

"Princess is a him, Kim." Ron countered on the pig's gender, "Don't ask why Barkin named him that way. Although I can see why Lady Whiskerboots is a she. She's quite feisty like yourself!!"

"Whatever..." Kim muttered, "It's bad enough that we get Barkin's pet duty while HE'S on vacation in Hawaii, but why did it have to be the same weekend as the CB Annual Swimsuit Extravaganza that Monique is going to hold tonight? And when did Princess do his business?"

"Two hours ago. And can you cut...." came Ron's reply. Princess snorted and Ron could hear a rumble in her stomach.

"Kim, she has to go again!" Ron said.

"Ron, I am NOT going to get out of this vehicle!" Kim retorted, "We have to make it in time for the CB Summer Gala tonight, for Martin Smarty is going to be there!"

Princess got up from his position and came up to the front seat.

"The piggy is smelly!" Alexa complained from her car seat. "And the cat is all fluffy."

"I don't wanna get my clothes muddy!" Justin agreed with her sister.

"Kim?! That's no way to talk to a pig like that, isn't that right, Princess?" Ron exclaimed as he petted Princess on his head. Princess squealed with delight and rubbed Ron's face.

"See? Even though he's technically Barkin's, he's like family to me! We raced him with Rufus back at the Middleton Smarty-Mart a couple years ago." Ron said, reflecting on the bonding experience they had before hearing Rufus chittering in protest over that remark.

"Ooops....I mean, an extended family member, but Rufus is the most important one that I have!" Ron corrected himself.

Rufus smiled and hugged his owner.

Kim groaned. "Just as soon as we get done with the photo-shoot for Club Banana this evening, we'll celebrate on the beach on Saturday and Sunday and then drive back for Monday and Tuesday!" Lady Whiskerboots, meanwhile, moved from her position on the third row onto the bikinis.

Ron replied, "Sounds like a good plan to me!"

Then they noticed, along the corner of Highway 49 and 14th St., a line of protesters to either side of the street. "Oh no...." Kim groaned. "Not these people again!!"

"Why do they have to follow us everywhere we go?" Ron whined.

They numbered about 25 even on both sides of the street, roped off by police. As it turned out, the left side of the street were filled with protestors for the KP live-action movie and the right side of the street were protestors against it. Police barricaded the protestors on both sides to prevent a riot.

Signs on the pro-LAM said "She's 17, just deal with it!" "Don't over-sexualize her!" and "She is NOT working for a secret agency" while the anti-LAM side had signs that said "She is NOT our Kim Possible! Why can't they choose someone else?!", "She has to work for a secret agency! It's what the show stated from the beginning!" and "She has to be a 26-year old actress to play the role of a 14-year old girl!"

"Kim, let's get out of here!" Ron exclaimed.

"I'm right behind ya, Ron!" Kim yelled, slamming on the gas and avoiding the protesters. They got onto US 90 and headed east.

"Ron, can you check the bikinis to make sure they're all right?" Kim asked. Ron turned his head and saw that the bikinis were over Lady Whiskerboots claws. She began to immediately shred into them but Kim couldn't see the damage because she was focused on the road.

in the box slid on over to Princess. He also placed his buttocks over them.

"Uh...KS? You may wanna stop now." Ron said, knowing what was going to happen to the pig. "Princess can't keep it any longer."

"Ron?! Can Princess hold it in for 20 minutes?" Kim asked, still not looking behind and concentrating on the road.

"Actutally...."

Kim slammed on the braked at a nearby beach parking lot and looked behind. Her jaw dropped at what Lady Whiskerboots did to the bikinis.

"OH NO!!! LADY WHISKERBOOTS SHREDDED THE BIKINIS!!! MARTIN SMARTY IS GOING TO KILL US!!!!"

And then she looked at what Princess was going to do. Princess raised his buttocks in the air over the bikinis.

"DON'T DO IT, PRINCESS!!!!"

But it was too late.

"NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!" ______________________________________________________________________________ (back to the present day)

"Had it not been for Ron's call to Mr. Smarty, we wold've had to pay $4,000 in damages to those bikinis, and the Stoppable-mobile still reeks of hog waste." Kim sighed.

"Mmm...hmm." Monique muttered, "Thankfully, no bikinis smelled of pig manure in the gala."

"That's always the thing. It's either Ron or me that has managed to at least salvage those vacations." Kim said.

Ron knocked on the door and asked, "Hey, everyone. And hey, KS! I was wondering where ya went to after dinner. Can I come in?"

"Sure you can, Ron!" she smiled, opening the door for her husband.

Ron came in alongside with Rufus also saw Tara, the Halls and Rentons.

"What's going on here?" he questioned.

"It's the ish of the family vacation, Ron." Kim replied.

Ron sighed, "Yeah, I kinda feared that part was going to come up."

Rufus shuddered at that..."Vacation!"

"You do?" Kim asked.

"Yeah, I saw it from the look of your eyes at the dinner table, Kim." Ron said, reading his wife like a book. "It's the Stoppable Vacation Curse, isn't it."

"Yes." Kim admitted.

"Yeah...." Ron replied, scratching his back, "...it's always been an issue for me even before we said our 'I dos'."

"I'm gonna use the little girls room for a bit." Kim whispered to her husband, pointing to her overalls bib, "The bib's really irritating my skin."

"Okay, hon!" Ron smiled, kissing Kim on the lips before she headed to the bathroom.

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Monique Idlett Biography 2021 - Businesswoman

Monique Idlett is an American Social advocate, businesswoman, and celebrity. The powerful woman is also the founder of Reign Venture Capital, a company that focuses on start-ups led by women and minority-led businesses. She is the former CEO of Mosley Music Group and Mosley Brands. According to various sources, Monique Idlett net worth is estimated to be about $200 million. She is a famous businesswoman, investor, entrepreneur, advocate, and renowned celebrity. Her experience and expertise in various fields have helped Monique earn a lot of money. The American TV star has also worked her way up in the entertainment industry while still focusing on many business opportunities.

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Devin Dawson and Leah Sykes are married.

The “All on Me” crooner and the singer-songwriter tied the knot in Franklin, Tennessee on Sunday in front of 200 guests at the Carnton historic plantation house and museum — and PEOPLE has all the exclusive details.

Ahead of their big day, Dawson, 30, told PEOPLE that he and Sykes, 22, chose the sprawling farm (which played an important role during and immediately after the American Civil War’s Battle of Franklin in 1864) as their venue because it was the ideal setting for an autumn ceremony.

“The property has a perfect set up for a fall wedding with the garden, foliage and a 250-year-old oak tree serving as an incredibly gorgeous and natural altar,” said the couple, who added that they chose a color scheme of Dawson’s signature black, as well as merlot and champagne, to decorate the space.

Standing beside Dawson on the big day was a bridal party made up of seven groomsmen: his best man and twin brother Jacob Durrett, his childhood best friends Kyle Fishman and Daniel Kutch, his best friends from college Grant Blevins and Matt Roberts, his band’s right-hand man and collaborator Austin Taylor Smith and music industry confidant Josh Tomlinson, who was the first friend he made when he moved to Nashville.

Sykes’ older brother, Jacob, married the couple, who wrote their own wedding vows.

“We wanted to recite our own written vows in addition to traditional wedding vows,” Dawson said. “You better believe that two songwriters and artists wanted to write our own vows and promises!”

Along with reciting their own vows, the couple sang a worship song called “How Deep the Father’s Love” during the ceremony because “faith is a huge part” of their relationship. Dawson anticipated that they would cry during the special moment, joking, “We could flood the Cumberland with the tears of joy and love that will fall.”

View this post on Instagram Just got the okay from Uncle Sam

#10Days #sykedtobedurrett @zdevin

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Dawson also hinted that he has something special in store for Sykes.

“I have a small surprise for when Leah and I are announced,” he said. “It’s something very big for me as a man who hasn’t worn anything but black in five years.”

RELATED: Devin Dawson Is Engaged to Leah Sykes — All the Details on His Romantic San Francisco Proposal

Sykes wore a gown for the ceremony and reception designed by Monique Lhuillier, which she described as a “form-fitting, solid lace” dress “with a low back.” Her veil was chapel length.

“Honestly, I said I wanted to feel like a fairy princess and that is exactly how the dress makes me feel,” she told PEOPLE ahead of the ceremony.

Dawson wore a custom tux for the ceremony and reception which he designed with Aaron McGill of Fior Bespoke and Only One Tailoring in Nashville.

As for the engagement ring and wedding bands, Dawson designed them with Tim Stammen, the owner of BEZALEL in Nashville. Dawson and Stammen spent months designing the engagement ring to be “simple, elegant and timeless” while adding a small, unique touch by embedding Sykes’ great-grandmother’s wedding diamond in the band (underneath the main diamond) “as a reminder to always keep something for yourself in a world full of spotlight and access.”

The wedding band was custom designed to match and fit perfectly with the engagement ring, which features a 1.75-carat diamond and full platinum setting and band.

View this post on Instagram We’re getting married!!!!! Yesterday we celebrated 2 years together and I said YES to giving him the rest of them. Devin, I’ve known for a really long time that you were my forever. From calling my dad after 9 days to treating my family like your own, there has never been a doubt in my mind. I’m under no delusion that forever is going to be easy, but I wouldn’t want to spend it and grow through it with anyone else by my side. I love you, for the rest of my life and beyond. @zdevin

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At the reception, the couple incorporated small touches to represent parts of their story, including tequila shots for toasts, handmade margaritas and a coffee bar featuring roasts from his native California, her native Florida and their current home of Nashville.

For their first dance as a married couple, Dawson and Sykes picked “Wouldn't Mean a Thing” by Bruno Major. Dawson anticipated that their wedding guests would “burn holes in the dance floor and sweat through tuxes and dresses” at the reception.

RELATED: From Death Metal to Country, Why Devin Dawson Moved to Nashville to Get Away from Himself

Dawson and Sykes have been together for two-and-half-years and met while both attending Belmont University in Nashville. They made their red carpet debut as a couple at the Academy of Country Music Awards, but Dawson knew Sykes was the one from the jump.

“After our first date I told my brother I didn’t want to let anyone else be with her,” he said. “He told me to lock it down then! This is big because we never really talked love or relationships together at all.”

Sykes, on the other hand, knew Dawson was the one “when he continually made what mattered to me a priority: my family, music and faith.”

“I knew that he would always point me towards the things that were important and challenge me to be a better sister, daughter and wife,” she said.

Dawson — who’s nominated for song of the year for writing Blake Shelton‘s No. 1 hit “God’s Country” at next month’s CMA Awards — proposed to Sykes while celebrating their two-year anniversary of dating on a trip to San Francisco in March.

“Sunday was the two-year anniversary of our first date, and I’ve known for a while now that I wanted that to be the day I propose to her. I wanted to set that day in stone so we could always remember how important March 10th is to us,” Dawson told PEOPLE at the time. “I grew up around San Francisco and she’s never been, so we made a trip out of it and I got to show her around one of my favorite cities in the world.”

“I think she might have suspected that I would pop the question this weekend when I took her to all my favorite spots — Ocean Beach, The Presidio, Twin Peaks — but I wanted to try to surprise her when she least expected it,” he continued. “So I waited until late Saturday night… When it turned midnight (our anniversary), our good friends at Virgin Hotels let me take over their rooftop bar.”

View this post on Instagram I have the coolest wedding task today of having to go through all the pictures that exist of Dev and myself and picking my favorites… this was seconds after I said “hell yes” to forever. Dev, I could not be more excited to be your wife.

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As to why now seemed like the perfect time to get married, Dawson said, “We both knew we wanted to promise each other forever.”

“There was no doubt,” he added. “We wanted to take our love to the highest level and shout it from the mountain tops and celebrate it with our closest loved ones.”

RELATED: Devin Dawson Had to Get Sneaky to Complete His Debut Album: ‘I Wanted to Write Something About Me’

Dawson — who has previously opened for Brett Eldredge, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill as well as headlined his own tour — credits “understanding and respect for the difficult but rewarding career paths we’ve both chosen” for keeping his and Sykes’ relationship strong.

“Music allows us to be there for each other but push each other to be our best,” the “Dark Horse” singer, who will have new music out soon, said. “As a traveling and sometimes long-distance couple, we try to not go longer than two weeks seeing each other. We try to FaceTime at least three times per week when we are apart for a long period of time. Other than that, it’s just having fun — enjoying life and experiencing ‘firsts’ together for the rest of our lives.”

View this post on Instagram 75 days.

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When it comes to marriage itself, Dawson said he’s excited to take their love to the “ultimate level”

“I’m excited to celebrate with our family, to grow together even stronger, to work through the hard times, to start a family and to always have someone closer than close,” he said.

But before forever comes the honeymoon — or, in Dawson and Sykes’ case, the “mini moon.”

“We are spending our mini moon at Blackberry Farm,” Dawson said. “It’s a private mountain resort and farm in the hills of Tennessee. We picked it because it’s close (we love road trips) and it’s gorgeous. It’s the perfect place to relax and treat ourselves in luxuries that we don’t usually afford ourselves. We will take a full honeymoon abroad at the top of the year.”

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sekerenews · 5 years

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Advertising Week Africa Reveals Speaker Line-Up

Advertising Week, recently revealed the speaker line-up for the upcoming event in Africa. The global brand Advertising Week announced the preliminary list of global thought leaders coming to Johannesburg for inaugural Advertising Week Africa.

About Advertising Week Africa

This will be the first time Advertising Week will be holding an Advertising Week Africa. The event will be held at 1Fox, FerreirasDorp, in centre-city Johannesburg. It will hold from 28th October to 31st October 2019. The event will be a four-day programme and it is expected to attract 4,000 attendees. It will include more than 100 curated events and involve over 200 leading speakers. Each day of the Advertising Week Africa will feature the Global Keynote Series. The Global Keynote series is a selection of thought leaders from around the world. They will share their high-level perspectives ranging from brands to cultural icons, agencies to tech companies. There will also be the #AWLearn workshops which will offer intimate teaching and learning experiences. It is bringing a new, outstanding destination, joining five other global cities as a place to recognise, celebrate and amplify Africa’s contribution to the global industry.

Advertising Week Africa Speaks

Advertising Week’s CEO Matt Scheckner spoke about the upcoming event. He stated that many of the positive cultural shifts that they have seen in art, music, entertainment and film originate from Africa. He talked about how it’s the perfect time to provide the international platform to share authentic African stories and showcase thought-provoking marketing and technological innovations sweeping the continent. Schenckner explained that it’s an exciting opportunity to bring internationally recognised professionals together with emerging talent to exchange ideas about how the continent is shaping global trends.

Advertising Week Africa Reveals Speaker Line-Up

Among the inaugural edition’s confirmed speakers include: Jean Marie Dru - chairman, TBWA Worldwide Kwame Acheampong - CEO, Mall for Africa Lolu Akinwunmi - Group CEO, Prima Garnett, Africa Faheem Chaudry - managing partner, MC Saatchi Abel, SA Colleen DeCourcy - co-president and chief creative officer, Weiden + Kennedy Jeff Goodby - co-chairman and partner, Goodby Silverstein & Partners Enver Groenewald - Africa director: media, marketing & enterprise digital transformation , Unilever Thebe Ikalafeng - founder and Group CEO, Brand Leadership Monique Nelson - CEO, UWG Ikechi Odigbo - managing director, DDB Lagos Asha Patel - head of marketing, Google SA Boniswa Pezisa - group CEO, Net#work BBDO Thabang Skwambane - managing director, FCB Africa Jimmy Smith - founder and CEO, Amusement Park Wole Soyinka - author and Nobel Laureate Read the full article

#AdvertisingWeek #AdvertisingWeekAfrica #Sekere #SekereNews

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hello monique!!

can i have a 💍 with oliver please <3

you were probably waiting for this one too

Hii again sweet Jess and yes I was <33

💍- You were a bit of a clothing thief, Oliver was quite aware of your little habit. It began at Hogwarts when you'd arrive wearing one of his jerseys and then leave with another, whether just his general Gryffindor jumpers or his extra quidditch jerseys- he had come to the realization that you believed his clothes to be both of yours and that he would not be doing anything to object.

This didn't end after Hogwarts either, he'd find you walking around in his clothes quite often, especially after he'd been whisked away for long weeks of quidditch matches around the world- not only did they smell of him, but they were much more comfortable than anything you owned.

So, upon deciding that he'd be quite lucky to spend the rest of his life with his little clothing thief, Oliver decided to be creative with his proposal. He had bought a plain jersey from a store and sent it to one of those places that stitched logos and whatnot on them. He had the words "marry me?' stitched in gold over the back of the jersey and he planned to give it to you as soon as he returned from tour and he couldn't wait.

You'd been very excited to see your boyfriend sauntering into your shared apartment, almost tackling him to the floor with a hug as he laughed into you ear, gripping onto you with one hand as the other held his luggage and a single shopping bag with your future hiding inside of it. The two of you took some time together to catch up and when you felt enough time had passed, you finally inquired about the shopping bag, knowing that Oliver loved buying you presents from other countries.

You were giddy as he handed you the bag and even more so when you felt the jersey under your fingers, lifting it in the air to look at it. "Turn it around," Oliver commanded lightly, attempting to keep his own excitement at bay. You reread the sentence far too many times as your eyes slipped between the golden words and Oliver's now very much unhidden eagerness. "So?" He questioned and you squealed, moving over to his side of the sofa as you fell into his chest.

"Yes," you giggled and his arms tightened around you.

#monique's 200 celebration #the lovely jess #i think this is one of my faves so far #oliver wood

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‘You just can’t erase them’: Migrant families separated at border get help to battle trauma

The nightmares and flashbacks are still there.

By Monique O. Madan - Sept 01, 2020 10:36 AM , Updated Sept 01, 2020 07:05 PM

Before bed, the migrant mother of two triple-checks that the doors and windows in her home are locked as painful memories make their nightly rounds:

It was around 1 a.m., Maria recounted in a phone interview from her Orlando home. She and her 5-year-old daughter were sleeping side by side in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection jail cell days after the two had journeyed from El Salvador and illegally crossed the Texas border.

“They woke her up and just took her — snatched her,” Maria said of the 2018 incident when Customs agents took her daughter. “I never saw her again until two months later.”

She paused to hold back tears: “You just can’t erase them, the memories. I always worry that my kids will be taken in the middle of the night. ”

Due to the immigration status of the migrants interviewed for this story, the Miami Herald is not using their last names.

Maria is the parent of one of at least 2,700 children who were separated from their families at the border since 2017 under the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy. The policy, which ordered the prosecution of all parents caught crossing the border with children, was intended to deter illegal immigration and to encourage tougher legislation.

Parents were sent to jail and their children were detained in separate detention centers or foster homes for months at a time by the government, something a California federal judge ruled caused “psychological harm” to the separated families, calling it a “state-created danger.”

As a result, the judge mandated that the U.S. government pay for mental health services for those who were separated to battle mental trauma brought about by its policies.

That’s where Seneca Family of Agencies, a California-based nonprofit, comes in. The mental health and education group was contracted to connect families with therapists for mental health services in their respective cities.

Since March, coordinators with Seneca say they have connected with about 350 families out of about 2,500 across the United States who are potentially eligible for services. So far about 200 nationwide — 30 in Florida — have accepted the services, which will be available until June 2021.

“It’s challenging because there’s already a stigma when it comes to mental health,” said Seneca’s executive director, Paige Chan. “Especially now with COVID, mental health may not be the primary focus for families. Instead, staying physically healthy and making ends meet during this financial crisis might be.”

She added: “Combine that with the fear and distrust many of them carry.”

But fear hasn’t been the only hurdle mental health coordinators have had to overcome when trying to get families to accept the free help during a global health pandemic.

“Telehealth is challenging; it’s not the same as being in person, but we’ve had to make it work. Technology is also a big one since many of these families don’t have access to a phone, tablet or Wi-Fi networks,” said Johanna Navarro-Perez, one of Seneca’s program directors, noting that the organization had to fundraise to cover those extra costs.

The biggest challenge?

“Tracking families down,” Navarro-Perez added. To try to find families before the deadline, Seneca created a hotline, has partnered with legal and community-based organizations, and has even made videos of celebrities — like Pedro Pascal of “The Mandalorian” — highlighting the initiative.

“Many of the families are unfindable; they go off the grid and become ghosts. Some of their last known addresses were actually detention centers.”

Servando was one of them. The now 38-year-old father crossed the border in May 2018 with his teenage son after being denied asylum twice, he says.

“That’s when they grabbed me,” he said. “That’s when they separated me and my child and things remain complicated.”

Until this day, they’ve never seen each other again, speaking only on the phone.According to Servando, who lives in Orlando, social workers in Michigan, where his son was detained, told the teen “he’d be able to stay in the country if he confessed that he was abused in his home country.”

“Up until I started therapy, he wouldn’t talk to me. But now, it’s been about a month that I’ve been able to develop better communication skills to cultivate a better relationship with my son. We have conversations of joy. They taught me how to confront and battle what we went through and taught me that I can use trauma for good.”

He added: “I wrestled guilt for even coming to this country because I lost my son. But through therapy that’s being redeemed.”

According to Vanessa Ramirez, who leads the migrant mental health program at Kristi House, the main mental health care provider in Miami working with Seneca, psychologists paired with parents or children use “culturally modified trauma-focused treatment,” a culturally adapted intervention based on trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy developed for use with Hispanic children.

“We basically make sure that we incorporate culture, that we bring in cultural aspects like values, rituals, religion into therapy in order to help strengthen the family relationships,” Ramirez said.

“Sometimes we incorporate different dichos [Spanish for “sayings”], or different Bible verses or Spanish proverbs to help process trauma and build resilience,” she added.

Ramirez said most, if not all, of the clients, have backgrounds of having experienced violence, sex abuse or physical abuse in addition to the family separation: “What we see generally see is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, major depressive disorders and anxiety disorders and childhood traumatic separation.”

If not treated, those issues could turn into psychiatric disorders or develop long-term mental health issues like chronic depression, substance abuse issues or suicide, Ramirez said.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says that information about the families discovered by Seneca is not shared with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or any other government agencies.

“It’s a gamble I had to take,” Maria, the migrant who had been separated from her daughter, said. “When they knocked on my door I thought it was ICE, but what it really was was hope.”

Migrant families separated at the border can access mental health services by emailing [email protected] or calling or texting Seneca’s confidential and toll-free hotline at 844-529-3327.

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mastcomm · 5 years

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Questions for a Wedding D.J.

Monique Proctor became known as DJ Smiles Davis 11 years ago.

“My career as a D.J. happened organically,” said Ms. Davis, 35, who grew up in Grand Rapids, Mich., in the 1980s and was introduced to music at her grandparents’ record store there.

In her early 20s, she began working at Amoeba Music, where she was in charge of organizing cassettes and doing inventory at one store. “I’d take home 10 CDs a day and burn them,” she said. “During that time, my neighbor had a turntable and I become obsessed with mixing vinyls. It was stimulating and exciting. I started doing parties and that took off.”

At 24, Ms. Davis left Amoeba to become a D.J. full time. By then she had amassed a collection of more than 100,000 songs. And during the last seven years she has worked at more than 200 weddings. In addition, she has been a D.J. for various celebrities, including Martha Stewart, Gwen Stefani and Bruno Mars, and has performed at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

Last year Ms. Davis started her own creative agency, All the Favors, which represents D.J.’s, bands and designers who do installations for weddings. She lives in Silver Lakes, Calif.

How did you choose your D.J. name?

I was reading the autobiography of Miles Davis when it was popular to change your name to something iconic while giving it a new spin. I smile a lot. The second it came out of my mouth that was it.

What songs typically work well at weddings?

Aretha Franklin, “Respect.” Diana Ross, “I’m Coming Out.” Skee-lo, “I Wish.” Stevie Wonder, “Signed, Sealed, Delivered.” Redbone, “Come and Get Your Love.” Young MC, “Bust a Move.” Talking Heads, “This Must Be the Place.” And A-ha, “Take on Me.” They’re strong, iconic and legendary with sing-along value. Even if you didn’t know the lyrics when you hear the repetitiveness, it’s easy for people to catch on.

Any pet peeves?

When clients send long lists of what to play, and what not to; when their parents make too many suggestions; and when they give me a Google document in real time and start crossing things off and adding more songs.

What are some of your rules?

I don’t play cheesy disco, the “YMCA,” “Macarena” or “Stayin’ Alive.” I don’t play hip-hop during dinner. I try to set a vibe early on. I play a little bit of everything during that first hour so I can determine what people are gravitating toward and then go hard with that later.

What distinguishes wedding music?

These are songs that resonate with people who are feeling love in the air. They don’t have to be love songs, but they have to create nostalgia and memories. You want music that attaches songs to certain moments. When people sing out loud collectively, there’s a shared connectivity. Shouting at the top of your lungs creates endorphins. I want to pull people out of their comfort zone and to dance like no one is watching.

What is the main job of the D.J.?

To read the room, pick up on energy cues, and if one genre is working to keep playing it. It’s knowing when to go high and low and when to increase the tempo and energy. When people make requests, I know a vibe needs to shift or something hasn’t been played enough. All of this has to be done while accounting for different ages and cultural and ethnic demographics on the floor without losing members of the crowd.

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What is your fee?

$1,000 per hour, minimum of three hours of playtime. I don’t charge for set up or breakdown, which can take an additional three hours. Gear can cost an additional $1,000 or more, and includes a basic sound system, two speakers, two turntables, a wireless mic, a mixer, and an assistant.

How many songs will you play throughout the night?

About 200. During the dancing hours I’m mixing one song per minute.

What should couples ask a D.J.?

Do you M.C.? Some D.J.’s don’t feel comfortable on the mic. Can you play genres that speak to me? If a D.J. can only play Top 40 they may not be for you. Do you have video content on your website I can watch? Do you have playlists from past weddings, and examples of how you transition, like going from dinner to dancing, that you can send me? You can ask them to make you a custom playlist, too. They should be willing to meet you in person before you hire them. If the gig is local they should be open to bringing their own sound system and open to traveling for work.

What differentiates you from others?

My song selection and personality. I’m a former dancer, so I may come out from behind the booth and dance with you. I bring more feminine energy in the room. I want people to feel sensual. I use my music knowledge and music history to connect dots sonically. That keeps people connected to the music even if they don’t know the song. That’s always a goal: getting people on the dance floor. I’m really good at creating the right energy for the moment.

What’s your favorite part of the night?

The last hour when ties have been undone and the bride has slipped into a more comfortable outfit. The energy is relaxed. Drinks have been poured and guzzled. I can go on a musical journey and play whatever I want and guests will go with me. There’s a sense of emotional high. I see my clients at this part of the night. We got through the hard stuff and we got to this point together and everyone is satisfied.

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Muse announces charity performance to aid The Passage in London!

Muse have announced a charity performance taking place in London next month. Fans will be able to decide on the night’s setlist.

The band will play a more intimate show at The O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on August 19 in an effort to help The Passage, a London center where homeless and vulnerable people can get help.

The show is described as “By Request,” meaning fans will be able to choose up to ten of their favorite Muse songs, which is how the final set list will be made and followed during their performance.

Matt Bellamy opened up about the event and the work that The Passage’s work is “vital.”

“We have admired The Passage’s work for a while now. Their work is vital to the community in London. We are looking forward to doing our bit to help the amazing staff and volunteers and the homeless people who benefit from their tireless hard work.”

Muse recently dropped a one-off single called “Dig Down.” They have also opened up about their plan to release more new music, which is separate from their most recent album set to drop.

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“The good thing is we’re gonna put out songs like ‘Dig Down’ ahead of the album,” Bellamy has said. “We’re going to put out at least another three songs… or even more ahead of the next album coming out. People are going to see into the creative process as we’re writing and recording the songs, and we’re going to put them out quite soon after.”

Fans will have to wait a little while longer for the full release of a second new album because it’s still being worked according to Bellamy.

“Even though the overall album will be a long wait some of the songs are going to be available way ahead of that.”

It’s great to see that they love helping The Passage, they aim to help provide homeless people with support to turn their life around for the better.

“The Passage runs London’s largest voluntary sector resource centre for homeless and vulnerable people: each day we help up to 200 men and women.

Our eight-strong team of Outreach Workers makes contact, often late at night or early in the morning, with those sleeping rough in Victoria as they are bedding down or getting up each day.

Our 40-bed hostel, Passage House, was officially opened on 1 March 2000. In the financial year 2015-2016, 67 rough sleepers moved off the streets and into Passage House.

Our 16 self-contained studio flats in Montfort House have staff support on site and specialise in helping very long-term rough sleepers.

We welcome and treat clients with respect and dignity, and find out what they need and want. We offer professional and appropriate advice and help according to the client’s needs and aspirations. We agree an action plan with clients which is time limited with the aim of supporting clients out of homelessness.”

It costs £4 million a year to keep The Passage alive. And donations come from statutory sources, donations, church organizations, charitable trusts and companies.

It’s important to remember, many homeless people didn’t choose for their life to take that path. Life can turn bad quickly for some and a little help can go a long way. Muse will be helping people turn their life around for the better and couldn’t be prouder.

Be sure to check out The Passage’s official website [ HERE ]. If you can share the page and spread the word, more eyes can see it and learn. But if you can donate even a small amount of money, that too will go a long way in helping the homeless people of London.

Blessed be.

Muse at Shepherds Bush for “The Passage” in 2017!

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Stanley Morgan's motivation goes beyond record game; NU wide receiver ‘owes everything’ to mother

LINCOLN — Dec. 9, 2013: New Orleans.

Cyril Crutchfield called a timeout and motioned for his offense to huddle around him.

The St. Augustine High School drumline tapped a cadence into the muggy evening. Air horns chirped and fans danced on the metal bleachers, adding a constant clang to the ESPN broadcast.

Crutchfield’s offense leaned in close.

St. Augustine hadn’t beaten John Curtis High School in eight tries the past decade. And down 28-21 with two minutes to go, 87 yards from the pylon, live on national television, this moment was as good as any.

Crutchfield scanned his players’ eyes. He looked at his running back, Leonard Fournette, the No. 1 recruit in the country. He panned over to his junior wide receiver, Stanley Morgan Jr. He’d need both.

“When we score, we have a choice to either tie it and go to overtime, or go for it,” Crutchfield yelled.

Everyone nodded in agreement. And then above the sound of the drumline and air horns, Morgan piped up again.

“We’re going for it. And you’re gonna throw it to me.”

It took eight plays before the Purple Knights found the end zone. Fournette rumbled over a safety on a screen pass to make it 28-27 with a minute remaining.

The two-point conversion play was disrupted almost immediately. A John Curtis defensive end flushed the quarterback out of the pocket. Morgan saw, broke off his route and shuffled in the back of the end zone. The quarterback flipped the ball to Morgan, who’d found a small opening.

Morgan sprinted, with both arms raised, directly to the sideline, leaping to chest-bump teammates as the scoreboard lights flicked from 27 to 29, running until he found the clanging metal bleachers.

Morgan’s mother, Monique Jason, pointed to her only son and screamed in joy. Parents flocked around Jason, who was sporting a custom-made and bedazzled “Stan The Man” jersey.

They knew what she’d done to bring Morgan to this point. What she’d had to navigate her son through while his namesake sat in a Mississippi prison cell.

And Morgan knew, too. That muggy December night and still today.

It’s why he has a tattoo on his wrist. Why he knows Etta James songs by heart, and why the pursuit of one of Nebraska’s oldest records won’t be his focus in the Huskers’ final game on Friday against Iowa.

On the final day of Nebraska’s disappointing season, Morgan could paint a silver lining by eclipsing Johnny Rodgers’ 1972 receiving record of 942 yards. Morgan’s currently at 912.

But he also knows that kids like him don’t make it to places like this. And he knows why he’s here. He knows why he plays.

“After God,” Crutchfield said, “he owes everything he has to his mom.”

That stuffy Louisiana night, as Morgan celebrated in front of the bleachers, he pointed at his mother in the crowd. She pointed back.

Before Morgan spent Friday nights in hotels in Big Ten cities or shared high school fields with future NFL running backs, Friday nights were movie nights with mom.

The routine stayed the same for years. Morgan and his mother would drive to Blockbuster or Hollywood Video and pick out a VHS tape. One week, she would pick a movie. The next, it was his turn.

In their apartment in downtown New Orleans, they’d eat popcorn and watch the tapes.

Morgan always ended up liking the movies his mom chose.

“I would pick like ‘E.T.’ or ‘Herbie Fully Loaded,’ movies I knew he’d like but he’d never pick,” she said.

For most of Morgan’s life, it’s been just him and his mom, plus his two grandparents. And from birth, his mom has been trying to lead him in the right direction. And Morgan’s usually followed.

She likes old music, so as a child Morgan sang Etta James at family parties. She likes reading, so he got into books at an early age, and begged his mom to read to him before bed. She loves the outdoors and being active. As a young boy, Morgan had so much pent-up energy that in church, someone usually had to hold him in their lap to keep him from breaking out into the aisles to dance to the hum of the organ.

His mom drove school buses to put food on the table and pay the rent. They didn’t ever have much, Morgan said. But it was always enough.

In second grade, he pleaded for a black toy motorcycle for Christmas. And sure enough, on Christmas morning, there it was under the tree.

“She always makes it happen, and it don’t matter what she has to do,” Morgan said. “It’ll always be there.”

When she caught her son running around the neighborhood in elementary school with a football, she and her cousin asked him if they should sign him up to play football. It was a way to get that energy out, she thought. Provide him with strong male role models. Keep him busy down the road when he was old enough to realize what happened on the streets at night.

Morgan said yes. For his first game, his mom bought a white T-shirt and bedazzled it.

“Stan The Man” the back read, with Morgan’s number below it. She has an entire closet full of those jerseys now. One for every season.

Turned out Morgan was pretty good at football. Especially as a quarterback. By the time he was in middle school, he was nearly 6 feet tall and had hands the size of a legal pad.

Every high school in Louisiana was recruiting him, his mom said. One school in particular, St. Augustine, caught Morgan’s eye. One of his mom’s cousins attended and talked it up to Morgan. It was one of the perennial football powerhouses in the state, alma mater of NFL player Tyrann Mathieu and former Nebraska players such as wingback Tyrone Hughes.

But tuition was $8,000 a year. And Morgan confided in his cousin that he wasn’t sure if he should ask his mom about attending. He didn’t want to pressure her into a situation they couldn’t afford.

When she caught wind of Morgan’s desire to go to St. Augustine, she approached her own mother. Then a few cousins. Then sat Morgan down.

The family would chip in, she said. The village would take care of tuition.

“It was just the right thing to do,” she said.

But she had one caveat for her son. Was football just something he was interested in for now, or was football really something he wanted to chase? Was this his lifelong dream?

He smiled. And she remembered the conversation the two had a few weeks prior.

On Nov. 19, 2006, Morgan and his mom took in the New Orleans Saints vs. Cincinnati Bengals game from the field of the Superdome. Morgan had such a good season on his youth football team he was named an all-state all-star for his age group. Field tickets were one of the perks.

At halftime, Morgan and his mother walked around the field. Morgan kept looking up to the rafters, around the arena at all the fans. He fell in love with the lights, the cheerleaders, the fans, the crowd, the cheers. That day, Saints quarterback Drew Brees threw for 510 yards. Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson caught three touchdowns and had nearly 200 receiving yards.

Morgan was in awe of it all.

His mom remembers that he tugged on her shirt watching the halftime show.

“Mom,” he said. “This is what I want to do.”

Three months after that moment in the Superdome, north about three hours in Greenwood, Mississippi, Stanley Morgan Sr. was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

The details are uncomfortable. Morgan and his mother don’t talk about it much.

The day before Valentine’s Day 2007, Stanley Morgan Sr. was convicted of sexual battery in Jasper County Court in Mississippi.

In March of the same year, he was sentenced to prison. He appealed the ruling but lost. Morgan Sr. is currently working with the Innocence Project on another appeal. In 2011, two more years were tacked onto his sentence for possession of an illegal object in prison.

His release date is tentatively set for July 27, 2038.

Morgan didn’t see his father much growing up. They spoke on the phone every now and then, and Morgan spent a few weeks for a few summers at his place in Mississippi, his mom said.

But when his father was put away, she said, she could sense there was something inside her son that broke.

What hurt, he said, was the simple fact he wasn’t there.

“He was there vocally on the phone but he wasn’t there in person. And then he wasn’t there vocally. And I always just wanted him physically there,” Morgan said.

Football became Morgan’s release. Where he focused his energy and angst.

His mom was able to gather enough money to send Morgan to St. Augustine. Entering him at the all-boys school was great for many reasons, she said. Especially a place like St. Augustine, known for churning out successful men such as former NBA coach Avery Johnson or the executive editor of the New York Times, Dean Baquet.

But at an all-boys school, there’s a constant reminder of fathers and sons. And throughout high school, Jason noticed the pain it caused her son to be without one.

“He had father figures. My stepdad, older cousins, coaches,” she said. “But he wished his dad was there. You could just tell.”

So she approached her son’s coaches and specifically instructed them to help guide her son if he needed it.

If Stan was acting up, make him run, she said. If Stan was talking when coach was talking, shoot him a look. Call him out. Build him up as a man.

“A lot of these schools, they’re easy on the kids that are good,” she said. “But I didn’t want that for Stan.”

“Basically,” Crutchfield said, “I was Dad away from home.”

It was an easy job for the most part. Morgan never caused any trouble, Crutchfield said. And after one season on JV, he became a star on varsity.

In his first few varsity practices, Crutchfield caught Morgan snagging passes one-handed during drills. Two hands seemed too easy, the coach said.

As a sophomore, Morgan reeled in 61 passes for 806 yards and 13 touchdowns. His junior year, he had 66 catches for 1,077 yards and 13 touchdowns.

Even with a guy on the team like Fournette, who would go on to be one of the most prolific offensive players in state history, Crutchfield knew who to go to when he needed a play.

Morgan, he said, “was that one individual that we knew if we needed anything, we’d have to dial up something for him.”

After his junior year, especially after the game-winner against John Curtis, the scholarship offers began rolling in. Michigan State was first, followed by Tennessee and Nebraska. Utah and Clemson also came calling.

When things got crazy, and Morgan started to think about taking college visits, his mom pitched the idea he needed to make one visit first: to see his father.

It would be a decade since the two saw each other face to face. And she thought it’d be good for her son to see him one more time before making that big of a decision.

So one spring day, Morgan and his mom drove nearly six hours north to the Marshall County Correctional Facility in Holly Springs, Mississippi.

She watched as the two Stanley Morgans spoke on the phone between a pane of glass. One whose life had hit a roadblock. The other with endless roads to travel.

“I wanted him to gain some perspective, get his mind clear,” she said of the visit. “I think it was good for them both.”

Afterward, a determined Morgan began looking seriously at a place to play football.

LSU pursued him, but Nebraska kept calling, too.

He chose Nebraska, those close to him say, because he wanted to get out of Louisiana.

There was another reason, too.

Former Nebraska receivers coach Rich Fisher kept telling Jason her son could be special. That he’d excel at Nebraska.

“If your son comes to Nebraska,” Fisher would say, “he’ll break records. I guarantee it.”

Nov. 18, 2017: State College, Pennsylvania.

The rain just wouldn’t stop.

It turned on and off like a shower head all afternoon. In the second half, it began to pour. But it couldn’t seem to slow Morgan. And on that rainy night, in a game that didn’t matter, against a team up four touchdowns, in a 106,000-seat stadium half-full, Morgan put himself in position to be historic.

In the fourth quarter against then-No. 13 Penn State, on third-and-1 from the 8-yard line, quarterback Tanner Lee’s pass nestled into Morgan’s fingertips just so, and Morgan reeled the pigskin in one-handed like he’s done so many times before.

He kept feet in bounds, controlled the ball despite slipping on the wet grass, and Nebraska cut Penn State’s lead to 56-31 in the fourth quarter. The game had been over before halftime, but the touchdown bumped Morgan’s career high up to 144 yards and his season total within 100 of Rodgers’ 942-yard record. He’d finish the day with 185 yards, just 31 yards from breaking the record with one game remaining.

And in a season full of lows, his teammates are now looking forward to seeing their teammate chase history Friday.

“He’ll get it,” receiver De’Mornay Pierson-El said matter-of-factly this week. “We want him to get it.”

They’ve been tracking it the past few weeks. During the Penn State game, Pierson-El even egged Morgan on.

“You going for 200 today?” Pierson-El would say.

Morgan is a special receiver, his coaches say. For a million reasons.

“He’s basically fearless,” coach Mike Riley said.

“He’s a dog,” wide receivers coach Keith Williams said.

The way he approaches the game pushes everyone else, junior receiver Keyan Williams said. He sets the bar. Which is why no one is surprised he’s on pace to break a 45-year-old record.

“He’s aggressive and he wants to get better,” Keith Williams said. “He has no ego. He’s what you want in a football player.”

When his mom first heard about the record, she thought he was on pace for 1,000 yards in his career. When she found out it was for the season, she was floored.

“I’m so very, very proud of Stanley,” she said. “For everything.”

She hopes he breaks the 942 record against Iowa. But Mom’s expectations are always a little higher. She’s hoping he cracks 1,000 yards.

After the Penn State game, Morgan spoke with the media for just the second time this season. Below the bleachers in the cold, he fielded questions while lights from video cameras gleamed off his face.

He thought his 185-yard performance was just all right. And the record? Yeah, it’s cool he’s close. But it doesn’t motivate him. It isn’t his goal to break it.

His goals are much simpler. To see his mom’s face after surprising her with a birthday gift of skydiving. To see her reaction when she catches him carrying groceries for a neighbor up the stairs of their apartment complex.

“I think about my mom before every day to do right by her and do everything she deserves,” Morgan said.

What motivates him isn’t the record, but what’s tattooed on his wrist.

In June 2014, it started to dawn on the mother and son that their days together were numbered. No more movie nights. No more cooking together. No more Saints games.

So three days before packing up for Lincoln, the two went to a tattoo shop.

As a kid, when he was feeling sad or hopeless, she would tell him she loved him. Loved him to infinity.

Quoting “Toy Story,” Morgan would always respond: “And beyond.”

Her wrist now reads “to infinity,” which is how many opportunities those close to Morgan say she’s given him.

“It was her sense of wanting greatness for him to put in position to be where he’s at today,” Crutchfield said.

On Morgan’s wrist, his tattoo reads, “and beyond.” Which, some might say, is how far he’s taken those opportunities and run with them.

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Nebraska 43, Arkansas State 36: Nebraska's JD Spielman returns a kickoff for a touchdown in the first quarter.

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Oregon 42, Nebraska 35: NU's De'Mornay Pierson-El grabs a pass for a touchdown to cap off a 95-yard drive in the first quarter.

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Oregon 42, Nebraska 35: NU's Aaron Williams makes an interception and brings there ball upfield alongside Dicaprio Bootle and Lamar Jackson during the third quarter.

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Northern Illinois 21, Nebraska 17: Captains Luke McNitt, Joshua Kalu, Jerald Foster, Tanner Lee and Chris Weber huddle up prior to the game.

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Northern Illinois 21, Nebraska 17: Joshua Kalu celebrates after the Huskers recovered a Northern Illinois fumbled punt in the third quarter.

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Northern Illinois 21, Nebraska 17: Luke Gifford, right, celebrates being part of a sack in the third quarter.

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Northern Illinois 21, Nebraska 17: Nebraska's Chris Weber was the recipient of the Sam Foltz scholarship before the game. Weber is seen here talking with Sam's dad, Gerald, and mom, Jill.

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Nebraska 27, Rutgers 17: Husker fans release their red balloons after a touchdown in the first quarter against Rutgers.

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Nebraska 27, Rutgers 17: Rutgers' Jerome Washington makes unorthodox catch in the first quarter that was initially ruled an incomplete pass but was reversed on a review.

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Nebraska 27, Rutgers 17: Nick Gates lifts De'Mornay Pierson-El in celebration of his touchdown catch in the third quarter.

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Nebraska 28, Illinois 6: Ashland-Greenwood grad Ben Stille forces a fumble while taking down Chayce Crouch in the third quarter.

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Nebraska 28, Illinois 6: Stanley Morgan runs in a touchdown against Illinois' Nate Hobbs in the fourth quarter.

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Nebraska 28, Illinois 6: De'Mornay Pierson-El scores a touchdown against Illinois' Julian Hylton in the first quarter.

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Wisconsin 38, Nebraska 17: Former Husker coach Tom Osborne and the 1997 offense are introduced before the game.

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Wisconsin 38, Nebraska 17: Nebraska's Luke Gifford throws up the bones alongside Alex Davis after sacking Wisconsin's Alex Hornibrook during the second quarter.

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Wisconsin 38, Nebraska 17: NU's Heisman Trophy winners Johnny Rodgers, left, in 1972, Mike Rozier, center, in 1983 and Eric Crouch, right, in 2001, pose for a photograph during a timeout.

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Ohio State 56, Nebraska 14: JD Spielman delivers a stiff arm to Ohio State's Pete Werner during a kick return in the second quarter.

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Ohio State 56, Nebraska 14: Stanley Morgan catches a third-quarter pass for touchdown as Ohio State's Denzel Ward defends.

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Nebraska 25, Purdue 24: Nebraska's Tanner Lee cheers after throwing the game-winning touchdown pass to Stanley Morgan.

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Nebraska 25, Purdue 24: Nebraska's Stanley Morgan scores a touchdown in the final seconds of the fourth quarter as Purdue's Markus Bailey defends.

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Nebraska 25, Purdue 24: Nebraska's Tyler Hoppes catches a pass for a touchdown in the fourth quarter as Purdue's Kamal Hardy defends.

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Northwestern 31, Nebraska 24: Nebraska's Bryan Reimers celebrates a touchdown catch over Northwestern's Alonzo Mayo during the first quarter.

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Northwestern 31, Nebraska 24: Nebraska's Stanley Morgan jumps into the arms of Jack Stoll after Stoll scored a touchdown in the second quarter.

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Northwestern 31, Nebraska 24: Nebraska's JD Spielman runs the ball against Northwestern in the second quarter.

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Penn State 56, Nebraska 44: Stanley Morgan catches a touchdown pass while being defended by Zech McPhearson.

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Nebraska 43, Arkansas State 36: The Huskers take the field before the game against the Red Wolves.

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Nebraska 43, Arkansas State 36: Nebraska's JD Spielman returns a kickoff for a touchdown in the first quarter.

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Nebraska 43, Arkansas State 36: Nebraska's Tre Bryant rushes against Arkansas State.

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Nebraska 43, Arkansas State 36: NU's De'Mornay Pierson-El scores a touchdown in the fourth quarter.

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Oregon 42, Nebraska 35: NU's De'Mornay Pierson-El grabs a pass for a touchdown to cap off a 95-yard drive in the first quarter.

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Oregon 42, Nebraska 35: Stanley Morgan scores a touchdown in the third quarter.

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Oregon 42, Nebraska 35: NU's Aaron Williams makes an interception and brings there ball upfield alongside Dicaprio Bootle and Lamar Jackson during the third quarter.

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Oregon 42, Nebraska 35: Husker fans packed sections of Autzen Stadium.

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Northern Illinois 21, Nebraska 17: Captains Luke McNitt, Joshua Kalu, Jerald Foster, Tanner Lee and Chris Weber huddle up prior to the game.

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Northern Illinois 21, Nebraska 17: Joshua Kalu celebrates after the Huskers recovered a Northern Illinois fumbled punt in the third quarter.

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Northern Illinois 21, Nebraska 17: Luke Gifford, right, celebrates being part of a sack in the third quarter.

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Northern Illinois 21, Nebraska 17: Nebraska's Chris Weber was the recipient of the Sam Foltz scholarship before the game. Weber is seen here talking with Sam's dad, Gerald, and mom, Jill.

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Nebraska 27, Rutgers 17: Husker fans release their red balloons after a touchdown in the first quarter against Rutgers.

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Nebraska 27, Rutgers 17: Rutgers' Jerome Washington makes unorthodox catch in the first quarter that was initially ruled an incomplete pass but was reversed on a review.

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Nebraska 27, Rutgers 17: Nick Gates lifts De'Mornay Pierson-El in celebration of his touchdown catch in the third quarter.

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Nebraska 28, Illinois 6: Ashland-Greenwood grad Ben Stille forces a fumble while taking down Chayce Crouch in the third quarter.

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Nebraska 28, Illinois 6: Tyler Hoppes dives into the end zone for a touchdown as Tanner Lee celebrates.

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Nebraska 28, Illinois 6: Stanley Morgan runs in a touchdown against Illinois' Nate Hobbs in the fourth quarter.

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Nebraska 28, Illinois 6: De'Mornay Pierson-El scores a touchdown against Illinois' Julian Hylton in the first quarter.

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Wisconsin 38, Nebraska 17: Former Husker coach Tom Osborne and the 1997 offense are introduced before the game.

RYAN SODERLIN/THE WORLD-HERALD

Wisconsin 38, Nebraska 17: Nebraska's Luke Gifford throws up the bones alongside Alex Davis after sacking Wisconsin's Alex Hornibrook during the second quarter.

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Wisconsin 38, Nebraska 17: Stanley Morgan runs for a touchdown in the second quarter.

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Wisconsin 38, Nebraska 17: NU's Heisman Trophy winners Johnny Rodgers, left, in 1972, Mike Rozier, center, in 1983 and Eric Crouch, right, in 2001, pose for a photograph during a timeout.

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Ohio State 56, Nebraska 14: JD Spielman delivers a stiff arm to Ohio State's Pete Werner during a kick return in the second quarter.

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Ohio State 56, Nebraska 14: Devine Ozigbo gets tripped up by Ohio State's Damon Webb in the first quarter.

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Ohio State 56, Nebraska 14: JD Spielman runs in for a touchdown in the third quarter.

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Ohio State 56, Nebraska 14: Stanley Morgan catches a third-quarter pass for touchdown as Ohio State's Denzel Ward defends.

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Nebraska 25, Purdue 24: Nebraska's Tanner Lee cheers after throwing the game-winning touchdown pass to Stanley Morgan.

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Nebraska 25, Purdue 24: Nebraska's Stanley Morgan scores a touchdown in the final seconds of the fourth quarter as Purdue's Markus Bailey defends.

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Nebraska 25, Purdue 24: Nebraska's Tyler Hoppes catches a pass for a touchdown in the fourth quarter as Purdue's Kamal Hardy defends.

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Nebraska 25, Purdue 24: Nebraska linebacker coach Trent Bray celebrates the Huskers' 25-24 win.

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Nebraska 25, Purdue 24: Nebraska linebackers coach Trent Bray and the rest of the bench celebrate the win.

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Northwestern 31, Nebraska 24: Nebraska's Bryan Reimers celebrates a touchdown catch over Northwestern's Alonzo Mayo during the first quarter.

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Northwestern 31, Nebraska 24: Nebraska's Stanley Morgan jumps into the arms of Jack Stoll after Stoll scored a touchdown in the second quarter.

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Northwestern 31, Nebraska 24: Nebraska's Lamar Jackson celebrates causing an incomplete pass.

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Northwestern 31, Nebraska 24: Nebraska's Joshua Kalu celebrates his pick-six in the third quarter.

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Northwestern 31, Nebraska 24: Nebraska's JD Spielman runs the ball against Northwestern in the second quarter.

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Minnesota 54, Nebraska 21: Nebraska's Mikale Wilbon scores a first-quarter touchdown.

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Minnesota 54, Nebraska 21: Nebraska's Stanley Morgan makes a catch near the end zone.

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Penn State 56, Nebraska 44: Stanley Morgan catches a touchdown pass while being defended by Zech McPhearson.

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Penn State 56, Nebraska 44: Nebraska quarterback Tanner Lee exits the field following the loss.

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(CNN)Thousands of country music fans ran for cover as a gunman fired on them from a hotel on the Las Vegas Strip — a mass shooting that is now the deadliest in modern US history.

More than50 people were killed Sunday night when the shooter fired hundreds of bullets into the crowd, police said.

Over 400 others were rushed to hospitals after the mass shooting and ensuing stampede at the outdoor Jason Aldean concert.

The gunman, 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, unleashed a hailstorm of bullets from the 32nd floor of the nearby Mandalay Bay hotel, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Sheriff Joseph Lombardo said.

Inside his room, authorities found a cache of weapons, including 10 rifles, the sheriff said.

“We believe the individual killed himself prior to our entry,” Lombardo said.

Festival turns into massacre

The massacre started around 10:08 p.m. Sunday (1:08 a.m. ET Monday) at the Route 91 Harvest festival, Lombardo said.

Taylor Benge was enjoying the concert with his sister when he heard a relentless onslaught of “200 to 300” bullets.

“My sister, being as noble as she is, threw herself on top of me and said, “I love you, Taylor,” the 21-year-old said.

“Even after an hour and 30 minutes, I didn’t know if I was safe.”

Police said they believe Paddock acted alone. “Right now, we believe it’s a sole actor, a lone-wolf-type actor,” the sheriff said.

But why the massacre happened remains a mystery.

The investigation

So far, the massacre has no known link to overseas terrorism or terror groups, a US official with knowledge of the case said.

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And a woman described as a “person of interest” after the attack is not believed to be involved in the shooting, police said in a statement.

“Marilou Danley is no longer being sought out as a person of interest,” the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said. “LVMPD detectives have made contact with her and do not believe she is involved with the shooting on the strip.”

The gunman’s brother, Eric Paddock, said he was stunned to learn Stephen was responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history.

“He was my brother, and it’s like an asteroid fell out of the sky,” Eric Paddock told CNN outside his home in Orlando, Florida.

The last time he spoke to his brother was when Stephen texted him, asking how their mother was doing after losing power from Hurricane Irma.

Eric Paddock said he knew his brother owned a few handguns and maybe one long rifle, but said he did not know of any automatic weapons.

Blood donations needed

With hundreds of victims still hospitalized, officials feared the death toll will keep rising.

The sheriff implored the community to donate blood. And before dawn, throngs of donors had already lined up outside a blood bank.

Shanda Maloney tweeted a photo while she stood in line at 4:30 a.m.

“This. Is. Vegas. This is our community. These are our people. Thank you to everyone here donating,” she tweeted.

Maloney told CNN she also gave transportation to anyone who needed it after the attack.

“I just started picking people up and giving people rides,” she says.

Aldean speaks out

Aldean posted a statement on Instagram saying that he and his crew were safe.

“My Thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved tonight. It hurts my heart that this would happen to anyone who was just coming out to enjoy what should have been a fun night. #heartbroken#stopthehate,” he wrote.

Tonight has been beyond horrific. I still dont know what to say but wanted to let everyone know that Me and my Crew are safe. My Thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved tonight. It hurts my heart that this would happen to anyone who was just coming out to enjoy what should have been a fun night. #heartbroken #stopthehate

A post shared by Jason Aldean (@jasonaldean) on Oct 2, 2017 at 1:17am PDT

Two Las Vegas police officers are being treated at a local hospital for injuries during the shooting, Lombardo said. One is in critical condition, and the other had minor injuries.

“Pray for Las Vegas,” Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman tweeted. “Thank you to all our first responders out there now.”

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval said on Twitter that a “tragic & heinous act of violence has shaken the #Nevada family” and offered prayers to all those affected by “this act of cowardice.”

‘We just ran for our lives’

Rachel De Kerf filmed her escape from the venue using her cell phone, starting just after the first shots were fired.

She described ongoing gunfire, and played out the video she had recorded during which more than five minutes of gunfire were intermittently audible.

“The gunshots lasted for 10-15 minutes. It didn’t stop,” she said. “We just ran for our lives.”

De Kerf’s sister, Monique Dumas, said that everyone instantly crouched when they heard the shots.

“The band was rushed off the stage, the floodlights came on the crowd, and you see on the right hand of the stage the person who was injured, so they’re calling for medics, calling for security, then there was gunfire again,” Dumas said.

‘Go, go, go’

SiriusXM Country radio host Storme Warren was on the side of the stage as Aldean was performing when the shots rang out.

“I thought it was fireworks going off and maybe it mistriggered, and then it happened again. And when it happened the third time, we knew something was wrong,” Warren said.

Concertgoer captures chaos among the crowd

“The shells were hitting the deck of the stage when I was on it,” he said, adding that he could still hear the shells as he went under the stage for protection.

“It seemed there was a pause in the gunfire and the people in the yellow shirts were telling the people to ‘go, go, go, go’ … the gunfire never ended, it seemed like it went on and on and on,” Dumas said.

A concertgoer told CNN affiliate KLAS that everybody was lying on top of each other trying to get out of the shooter’s way.

“My husband and I ran out toward our car, and there were people hiding underneath my car for cover,” she said.

“There was a gentleman who was shot and he said, ‘Can you help me?’ And so I put him in my car and I had like six people in my car, people without shoes, running, just to get away.”

Read: Country music world stunned by shooting

‘Like shooting fish in a barrel’

Audio of the shooting suggested that the shooter had used a military-style weapon, CNN law enforcement analyst James Gagliano said.

Rapid-fire shots heard at Las Vegas concert

“Automatic weapon(s) like that — had to be numbers of magazines or a very large drum, it sounded to me like a belt-fed weapon, a military-style weapon and then to be shooting down, to use the analogy, it was like shooting fish in a barrel in that space,” Gagliano said.

MGM Resorts, which owns the Mandalay Bay, tweeted its condolences.

“Law enforcement and emergency personnel responded quickly to the incident a secured the scene,” it said in a statement. “Law enforcement requested that we put hotels in the vicinity on lockdown to ensure guest safety. We will provide more information as it becomes available.”

Those looking for information about loved ones still missing after the attack can call 866-535-5654. And Facebook has set up a crisis response page to help people determine whether their loved ones are safe.