NED who???

This turned up in our email, courtesy of our friend John, a retiree from the law enforcement arena.

(Regarding Ned Schmed aka; Nedly Schedly) Being suspicious in nature, a trait that carries over from my law enforcement days, I decided to do a background check on NED. Ned has many faces and plays many rolls, be careful – be very very careful…
1 Ned is a derogatory term Ned is a derogatory term applied to certain young people in Scotland, akin to the term chav in England. The stereotypical view of a Ned is a white adolescent male, of working class background, who wears fake brand names (particularly Burberry), who engages in hooliganism, petty criminality, loutish behavior, underage drinking and smoking or general anti-social behavior. Ned’s are often assumed to be unemployed. Wikipedia
2 Ned is a global, all-volunteer group Ned is a global, all-volunteer, member-governed, online social network (in combination with real-world locations) that is made up of social entrepreneurs, activists, artists, social purpose enterprises, grassroots nonprofit, non-governmental, and community-based organizations, and is collaborating and taking action locally, nationally & globally, in order to make the world a better place. NED.com
3 Ned is a quality elevation dataset The USGS National Elevation Dataset (NED) has been developed by merging the highest-resolution, best quality elevation data available across the United States into a seamless raster format. USGS
4 Ned is the National Endowment for Democracy NED the National Endowment for Democracy is a private, nonprofit organization created in 1983 to strengthen democratic institutions around the world through nongovernmental efforts. National Endowment for Democracy
5 Ned is a college book store
6 Ned is a company traded on the stock exchange NOAH EDUCATION ADSb(NYQ: NED)
7 NED (aka: Nedski - Ned Luberecki is a banjo picker. Welcome to Nedski.com, this is the web home of banjo player Ned Luberecki. Ned is currently the banjo player for Chris Jones and the Night Drivers, Larry Cordle and Lonesome Standard Time and occasionally tours as second banjoist with the Tony Trischka Double Banjo Bluegrass Spectacular Band. Ned was formerly the banjoist for The Rarely Herd, The Gary Ferguson Band, Radio Flyer, Paul Adkins and the Borderline Band and the Apocalyptic Cowboys.Ned is now teaching private banjo lessons exclusively at The East Nashville School of Music and is also a popular instructor at music camps such as Nashcamp, Camp Bluegrass, Acoustic Music Camp, The Smoky Mountian Banjo Academy, American Banjo Camp and the Midwest Banjo Camp. Check out the links section of this page for more information. Ned is now an instructor at BluegrassCollege.org.
8 Ned is a chaisaw guy (???) http://www.nedthechainsawguy.com/
9 Ned is an Engineering University in Pakistan The NED University of Engineering and technology is the oldest institution now in Pakistan for teaching and turning out Graduate Engineers.
10 Ned is popular School Assembly show. Ned is the character used by the SuperYo demonstrators to teach about character and becoming a champion in life at school assemblies. The "NED" program is done all over the US by many relatively unknown yo-yo players. NED is an acronymn for: Never give up! Encourage others! Do your best! http://www.thenedshow.com/

I've been aware that other cancer patients we know have found NED to be a fickle friend at best. Not necessarily reliable. I think NED's going to get fully onboard with Project Kevin. We're nice people. We're fun. We're smart, entertaining. If the good company doesn't do it, then the food will. Whole bran muffins. With blueberies. And pecans. I've offered NED my pillow, the center of the bed. Regular check-ups with Dr. Skinner.

Thank you, John, for the run down on NED, the encouragement, the prayers. And the laughs. Always for the laughs!