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Tennessee is always the favorite in Knoxville, but the Volunteers will be the favorite in Las Vegas when they host Florida on Saturday.
The No. 23 Volunteers (0-0, 2-0) will try to stop a seven-game losing streak to the 18th-ranked Gators (1-0, 2-0), and UT's favored by a field goal to end the skid in the 6 p.m. matchup. ESPN will televise, and is sending its College GameDay crew.
GameDay hasn't been to Knoxville since coming for the Auburn game in 2004, two weeks after freshman Erik Ainge engineered a 30-28 comeback victory over the Gators.
Tennessee hasn't beaten Florida since. In fact, it seems like the Volunteers only triumph over Florida after that was Lane Kiffin's unseemly snatching of Gators commitment Nu'Keese Richardson in the midnight hour, which turned out to be prophetic on multiple levels.
The Big Orange Nation's energy level this week seems like it's the highest it's been since Kiffin's Vols were scaring a quality Virginia Tech team in the 2009 Chick-fil-A Bowl. Certainly, the level of optimism is the highest its been since Derek Dooley arrived shortly after Kiffin left for Southern Cal a couple of weeks after that prime-time matchup with the Hokies.
"Well, it's hard for me to really speak on that, because we're really insulated in preparing for the game as coaches," Dooley said during a teleconference Wednesday. "But I'm sure, you know, the fans are excited. Of course, they should be. We've had a four-year stretch where we haven't really performed to Tennessee's standards, and you know, for the first time, we're at least getting talked about. But that excitement isn't gonna stay if we don't go out and play well, and that's what matters the most."
Much of the excitement is rooted in the productivity of quarterback Tyler Bray and receivers Justin Hunter and Cordarrelle Patterson. At 6-foot-6, 6-4 and 6-3, respectively, Bray, Hunter and Patterson loom large for defensive coordinators.
Patterson has nine catches for 164 yards and touchdown, has rushed three times for 90 yards and a TD and returned a kickoff 61 yards.
Hunter, who was lost for the season after tearing an ACL in the first quarter at Florida last year, caught three TD passes last week and has 17 receptions for 219 yards.
Second-year Florida coach Will Muschamp is impressed with the receivers, tight end Mychal Rivera and Bray, who he thinks looks more comfortable operating a no-huddle and responding to defensive alignments on the fly. Yes, Bray piled up numbers (18-for-20 passing) during a glorified scrimmage against Georgia State, but he was productive in a season-opening 35-21 win against an N.C. State defense that held Connecticut to 239 yards total offense in a 10-7 win Saturday in East Hartford.
"I thought he did a great job against N.C. State of getting rid of the football when he needed to, uh, not taking sacks, not taking negative plays," Muschamp said. "And certainly that was a defense that tried to create some."
Muschamp compared Patterson to Da'Rick Rogers, who was indefinitely suspended by Tennessee and transferred to Tennessee Tech the week before the North Carolina State game. Rogers had five catches for 62 yards and a TD in UT's 33-23 loss in Gainesville last year.
"(Patterson) is very similar to Da'Rick," Muschamp said. "He's a 6-3, you know, 200-plus pounds, extremely fast. He sticks his foot in the ground, is good with the ball in hands, carries the ball well, you know, catches the ball down the field.
"He's a strong guy. He handles press (coverage) well. So I mean, he's a very similar type of guy, as far as Rogers was concerned."
Dooley doesn't see UT's drought in the series as a potential distraction.
"We don't even really talk about that, because the last seven games had nothing to do with what's gonna happen this week," he said. "Whether we've won seven or lost seven the only thing that matters is how these teams prepare and focus day in and day out, play in and play out. And that's what's gonna be the difference in the game – not what's happened historically."
Notes: Tennessee starting linebackers Herman Lathers (shoulder) and Curt Maggitt (toe) continue to be listed as questionable after missing the Georgia State game. Florida lost linebacker Jelani Jenkins and defensive back Cody Riggs for approximately a month to injuries sustained in Saturday's 20-17 win at Texas A&M. …
Tennessee's four-star athlete from Florida, Alton "Pig" Howard, has been cleared to play Saturday after returning from a foot injury he suffered this summer. The 5-foot-8 speedster was rated the No. 29 overall prospect in Florida by ESPN, and Rivals rated him the No. 47 receiver nationally. …
Offensive coordinator Brent Pease is in his first season with the Gators after previously having the same position at Boise State. Pease was Montana's offensive coordinator when it beat East Tennessee State in Missoula in the quartefinals of the FCS playoffs in 1996 and advanced to the championship game, which it lost handily against Randy Moss-led Marshall.


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The local American Cancer Society hosted the 19th Annual Cattle Baron's Ball at the Brazos Valley Expo Center.
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The event ended at midnight. Last year the ball brought around $96,000 thousand dollars. This year organizers hope to raise more than $100,000 dollars.
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ASHBOURNE Golf Club ladies' golf season got underway at the weekend as sunny and pleasant conditions made for good scoring in the first major competition of the ladies calendar, the Inaugural Cup, played in a stableford format.
Rachel Robinson (pictured) started where she left off last year with her first win of the season, scoring an impressive 39 points off her 23 handicap, which was reduced by two shots in the process.
She played to her handicap on the front nine but scored an impressive 21 points in the more difficult back nine, including pars at the third, fifth and 12th holes.
Anne Weaver was only one shot behind on 38 points and she played very steadily, scoring 19 on both the front and back nines.
The highlight of her round was the second hole, where her beautifully struck third shot pitched and rolled towards the flag and agonisingly stopped millimetres away to deny her an eagle three.
Gill Lockwood, in third place on 36 points, also got a birdie at the second and followed it up with another on the ninth.
However her round was not quite consistent enough as she had two none scoring holes.
The ladies' teams have made a promising start to the season too.
Last Thursday, with snow still lying in some of the north facing areas of the course, the bronze team took on Chevin in their first league match.
Ashbourne were represented by Jean Bissell, Chris Perry, Marilyn Sumper, Angela Hunt and Rachel Jenkinson, who all received shots from their lower handicap opponents.
However, it proved to be a tightly-contested encounter, and with four matches complete the tally was two-all, with Rachel Jenkinson still out on the course.
She came in with a well fought two and one win, giving Ashbourne a pleasing 3-2 win overall.
The ladies have also progressed to the fourth round of the national Mail on Sunday singles matchplay team competition after two very close matches.
In the first round, Ashbourne had a bye, but faced Beedles Lake from Leicestershire in the second round.
Initially the match should have been away but unfortunately Beedles Lake had too many closed holes on the day of the match and as it had to be completed it was moved to Ashbourne.
With the score standing at 2 -2 after four games, captain Weaver came in with a win to take the match 3-2.
On Sunday, Ashbourne hosted Handsworth Golf Club in the third round and although this too proved to be a close encounter, the match was decided after the first three games as Lockwood, (4 and 3), Sandra Maxwell (3 and 2) and Weaver (2 up), all came in with wins.
Lisa Gregory lost 3 and 2, while Kay Jones had a close match, losing at the 17th hole 2 and 1.


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After going 8-3 in the regular season but losing a heartbreaker in the first round of the playoffs (47-46) to Central Davidson, the Yellow Jackets have made some changes in the offseason.
"We're in a new system and it's working OK," said John Lowery, who is entering his 28th season as FH's head coach. "We have to shore up some spots. We have to do a better job on the edge. We didn't do a good job of containing the edge. We had some bad coverages. Some of that is recognition by the staff and some of that is recognition by the kids. They have to see things on the field. That's just maturity and growing up."
Lowery tries to give his team as many challenges as he can find when it comes to scheduling. He wasn't thrilled by what he's seen in the Jackets' two preseason scrimmages, but likes it when his team's weaknesses are exposed.
"I don't know maybe sometimes my philosophy, I want to make sure we're getting what we're supposed to get done," Lowery said. "Maybe I need to push them a little bit harder and get somethings done a little quicker."
Forest Hills has made the playoffs 25 years in a row, and have produced Union County's only football state championship in the 50-plus years (1984).
But the program's rich history doesn't overcome the bitter taste of losing the last game of the regular season with the conference championship on the line to archrival Monroe the past two years.
The Yellow Jackets have enough fire power to challenge the Redhawks for the RRC title this season.
The journey begins Friday night when Fh travels to Anson County.
With fourth-year starter Jared Lee behind center and junior tailback CJ Carelock, the Yellow Jackets return one of the more potent running games in the county.
The two combined for 2,257 rushing yards and 35 touchdowns in 2012.
The Yellow Jackets are moving to a pistol offense.
It's been an adjustment for Lee, but he feels this could be a high-octane offense.
"Most of the change is in the boots and things like that," Lee said. "Our offense is good. Everybody is learning and picking it up well. It's going to be fast this year."
The Yellow Jackets reached the endzone three times in their final scrimmage. Lee noticed how much of an adjustment it was for the players against outside competition.
"Going against somebody else is kind of new to us. We have to get used to it, especially with the formation we're running," Lee said. "The scrimmages went pretty good we just have to get better."
Among Lee's targets in the passing game are senior BJ Ashcraft and Quan Davis.
Ashcraft is the Yellow Jackets' top returning receiver after making 15 catches for 122 yards and two touchdowns last year.
The Jackets had just 694 passing yards and seven aerial TDs in 12 games last season, and Lowery knows those numbers must increase to keep the safeties from keying on the run.
"(Lee)'s a good player," Lowery said. "He threw the ball poorly (in Friday's scrimmage) and I don't know why he did that. We didn't catch the ball; we had some easy tosses that we dropped. You've got to start getting in the flow of the game. Overall, I'm pleased with what we're doing."
Carelock is a bruising back (6-2, 220) with the speed to break away. He burst onto the scene as a sophomore in 2012 by gaining 1,088 yards (7.6 yards per carry) and rushing for 16 scores.
The Yellow Jackets' defense is a veteran group with five seniors and six juniors starting.
Forest Hills gave up 23.5 points per game on the defensive side of the ball last year.
Junior safety Tyler White had three interceptions and 28 tackles last season, and cornerback Tyrus Huntley had 21 tackles and one interception.
"I feel really confident this year," White said. "We have most of our defensive backs back. I feel confident in this defense. We have little tweaks here and there but we're running. We'll be good."
Lowery wants to see better communication on defense.
"We just have to learn to play together," he said. "We have some kids that are pretty decent football players over there but they have to learn to play together. They have to trust each other. We have some things that they didn't recognize that they're supposed to (in the second scrimmage). Part of that is being able to scrimmage against other competition. We're going to make mistakes and you expect everybody to make some mistakes early."
White saw some of those problems but expects them to be fixed in practice in the week leading up to the first game.
White has been impressed with the Jackets' defensive front, which averages just over 6 feet and 232 pounds.
"The DB's have to make sure we are playing pass first," White said. "Our line is really good so I am not complaining. We just have to get better every day."
White, who will also run the ball and catch passes on offense, thinks the defense will be the backbone of the team.
"I feel like this defense could go a long way this year," White said. "I feel like we can do some real special things with this defense. I'm just trying to make sure we're in the right place. I'm trying to make sure I stay ahead of the game and bring my team with me."
The Yellow Jackets will also lean on linebacker Deshaw Coffey, who had 39 tackles and 2.5 sacks as a defensive end a season ago.
Lee will also help as a safety and CJ Carelock will play some linebacker, but probably not as much in the first half of the season.
Forest Hills Yellow Jackets Projected Starters
17^WR^Quan Davis^6-2^180^Sr.
10^WR^BJ Ashcraft^5-9^165^Sr.
1^TE^Xavier Bivens^5-10^170^Sr.
56^LT^Boo Chambers^6-2^250^Sr.
72^LG^Christian Cauthen^6-0^200^Sr.
78^C^JB Helms^6-1^225^Jr.
65^RG^Steven Sweatt^5-11^200^Jr.
54^RT^Zeb Davis^6-3^260^Sr.
3^QB^Jared Lee^6-0^175^Sr.
7^FB^Timmy Howard^5-9^180^Jr.
6^HB^CJ Carelock^6-2^220^Jr.
45^DE^Luther Jenkins^6-0^180^Sr.
68^NT^Kendall Rushing^6-0^240^Jr.
56^DT^Boo Chambers^6-2^250^Sr.
63^DE^Trenton Rogers^6-1^240^Jr.
16^LB^Krishon Carelock^5-10^170^Jr.
44^LB^Deshaw Coffey^5-10^215^Sr.
42^LB^Chase Ruppe^6-1^220^Sr.
7^Rover^Timmy Howard^5-9^180^Jr.
33^CB^Michael Cuthbertson^6-1^170^Jr.
2^FS^Tyler White^5-9^175^Jr.
11^CB^Tyrus Huntley^6-0^170^Sr.
Special teams
3^P^Jared Lee^6-0^175^Sr.
Forest Hills 2013 schedule
Aug. 23^at Anson
Aug. 30^Weddington
Sept. 6^Central Pageland
Sept. 13^at Piedmont
Sept. 20^Cuthbertson
Sept. 27^North Rowan
Oct. 4^Open
Oct. 11^at Mt. Pleasant
Oct. 18^Parkwood
Oct. 25^West Stanly
Nov. 1^at Central Academy
Nov. 8^at Monroe
Forest Hills 2012 results
Forest Hills 32, Anson 26
Weddington 47, Forest Hills 19
Porter Ridge 38, Forest Hills 6
Forest Hills 31, Parkwood 12
Forest Hills 51, West Stanly 0
Forest Hills 37, Cuthbertson 31
Forest Hills 32, Piedmont 20
Forest Hills 42, Union Academy 6
Forest Hills 74, Central Academy 20
Forest Hills 52, North Stanly 7
Monroe 28, Forest Hills 23
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Editor's NoteANIMAL HOUSE is the film that launched National Lampoon as a comedy powerhouse. Developed by the editors at the Harvard Lampoon, the film is a collection of true-life experiences and memories with a great deal of embellishment. Nothing is sacred in this film, in which every gesture, phrase, and song became de rigueur in fraternity houses nationwide after its release. Decadence, debauchery, and delinquency prevail at Delta House, the scourge of the fraternity system at Faber College in 1962. In an effort to rid himself of the troublesome brothers, Dean Wormer (John Vernon) hatches a plan in cahoots with the brown-nosing Greg Marmalard (James Daughton) of rival fraternity Omega to have the Deltas kicked off campus. Unfortunately for them, the determination and drive of the Deltas is more than anyone counted on. In their last stand against the uptight dean, the antiheroes of Delta drink, smoke, romp, frolic, and dance--going out with a bang. This outrageous, much-loved comedy classic features the first major film role of the late, great John Belushi as John "Bluto" Blutarsky, the hard-partying, beer-guzzling champion of Delta house.
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Smokers can puff electronic cigarettes in a new smokeless lounge in Bloomington.
The Minnesota-based business Smokeless Smoking opened its first store and vapor lounge at 8563 Lyndale Ave. S. in Bloomington. The store mimics a cigar shop, said co-owner Angie Griffith.
"It's just a more casual environment," she said. "We experienced over the years that our customers like to hang around and chat."
Before the vapor lounge opened Saturday, the business sold electronic cigarettes at mall kiosks in Maplewood, Roseville and Burnsville.
Now customers can enjoy electronic cigarettes while lounging on sofas, playing games and watching television at the company's new location, Griffith said. The store also features a wider selection of electronic smoking products.
Griffith says electronic cigarettes are a safer alternative to traditional cigarettes because they don't contain tobacco. Instead, users inhale water vapor and nicotine.
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America's Next Top Model: The Ladder of Model Success
Of course Hannah is an idiot; she's the small town girl that ends up on the show every season and goes through the competition completely unrepentant in her ignorance. While the other girls in the house usually just go with this, this season they're actually confronting her about her stank behavior, which includes pushing Isis and saying that since she's the "stereotypical white girl," she doesn't come into rooms screaming, (like black people do).
When they have the confrontation, which to me, seems very calm and respectful, Hannah actually likens it to "gang rape," and says it's "like gang violence." She is a ridiculous individual. A ridiculous, horrifying, ugly individual.
Good thing 90210 is saving The CW, because Top Model sure isn't
Top Model, which began its 11th cycle, but not, as Tyra said, it's "second decade," didn't have viewers glued to their TVs. The two-hour premiere only nabbed 3.5 million viewers, with 1.7 million of those in the coveted 18-49 demographic. This is down 11% from cycle 10, which premiered in February of this year, and down 32% from last September's cycle 9.
America's Next Top Model: The Notorious Fierce Fourteen; Top Model Inauguration (season premiere)
The best part of any America's Next Top Model premiere is to see whatever wacky way Tyra chooses to introduce herself to the semi-finalists. This year, she sent the girls to be scanned at the "Top Model Institute of Technology," with Alpha J. and Beta Jay. Eventually, Robot Tyra enters the room to a chorus of ear-shattering squeals. All I can say is that Robot Tyra is no Psycho Homecoming Queen Tyra.
New America's Next Top Model promo reminds me why I love this show
For instance, the ad for Cycle 11 of America's Next Top Model featured in the September issue of Vogue doesn't look like a picture of Tyra Banks surrounded by fashionista wannabes, so much as the idea of Tyra Banks surrounded by fashionista wannabes ... as imagined by an unholy union of Pixar artists and caricature-drawing carnies after a 72-hour absinthe and 'shroom binge that featured Jesus Christ Superstar stuck on a loop in the DVD player.
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A day hasn't gone by where we haven't received some sort of tip or email asking us, the TV Squad, how to get on [insert reality show here]. Unfortunately no, Simon Cowell does not work for us, and Donald Trump isn't my BFF, so we really can't help all that much.
The folks at RealityWanted.com often send us a list of new and existing reality shows that are looking for new, er, talent, and they've given us permission to make mention of them here. We'll try to make this a regular feature as often as we get a new list.
This time we have America's Next Top Model, Don't Forget the Lyrics and a lot of new shows.
CW announces an early Fall premiere schedule
The idea behind the move is that you're already going to be hooked on Gossip Girl and Top Model by the time the other networks get around to premiering their fall shows, sometime around mid-to-late September. The season isn't the only thing the CW is starting early, however. Starting in November, they're also extending prime time, with original programming beginning at 6:30 on Sunday nights.
Check out CW's full premiere schedule after the jump.
Reality show casting calls
A day hasn't gone by where we haven't received some sort of tip or email asking us, the TV Squad, how to get on [insert reality show here]. Unfortunately no, Simon Cowell does not work for us, and Donald Trump isn't my BFF, so we really can't help all that much.
The folks at RealityWanted.com often send us a list of new and existing reality shows that are looking for new, er, talent, and they've given us permission to make mention of them here. We'll try to make this a regular feature as often as we get a new list.
This time we have America's Next Top Model and a lot of new shows.
A history of reality television (part four): Show me your talents - VIDEOS
Television and the talent show have been partners since the very first days of the industry. Taking the best (and sometimes worst) performers and putting them in front of the camera, these shows introduced viewers to personalities that either faded into the background or became household names. Usually, these personalities had a talent that would entertain the public -- singing, dancing, telling jokes -- that they would use once they left the talent show stage to increase their fame.
It continued in this fashion throughout the decades. Until, of course, the 21st Century and the Reality Revolution. While standard, yet bigger and bolder, talent shows continued, network programmers began to realize that there were more talented people than just performers. There were models, clothing designers, chefs, hair stylists, and businesspeople out there ready to show their stuff and make it big. So, they turned some of their attention away from singers and dancers and focused on the others. The result? A schedule full of top models, top chefs, top businesspeople, and top inventors.
In other words, the talent show had returned to television in a big way.
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Mrs. Brady says that her son's marriage is a sham
Of course, by "Mrs. Brady" I mean the woman with Wessonality, Florence Henderson, and by "son" I mean her TV son Christopher Knight, who played pork chops and applesauce-lovin middle kid Peter on The Brady Bunch.
Henderson was speaking at a press conference at the Television Critics Association tour for a new Hallmark Channel movie when she mentioned that she thinks that VH-1 pressured Knight into getting married to America's Next Top Model's Adrianne Curry so they could create buzz and more reality show goodness.
TV Guide talks to Fatima from Top Model
Ben Katner of TV Guide interviewed third place finisher Fatima Siad. In the interview, Siad talks about the photo shoot that never happened, the front she put on for the show, the plus-size winner, why she can't stand people who act "ghetto," how she looks like Iman, and much more.
Katner remarks at the beginning of the interview that he was pleasantly surprised by how much he actually liked talking to Fatima. But I think the interview gives us the same Fatima we got on the show. And I think JJ would agree, judging from his reviews. For example, Katner asks if Fatima thinks the judges were trying to find reasons to keep Whitney Thompson, just so Top Model could have a plus-size winner. She answers, "Um, yeah. I was very perceptive in terms of knowing who was going to go home every week. So I kind of knew from the beginning that Whitney was going to win, but I was in denial at the same time. I think Tyra has been dying to get a plus-size model."
Cat fight! Janice Dickinson trashes Tyra Banks
Dickinson told Page Six: "And she's using my book. I mean, the thing looks so worn it's like she's been reading it on the toilet. It's pathetic. Where's her originality? Does she have no shame?"
Winner of Top Model talks about being first plus-size model to win the show
Of course Thompson said exactly what you'd expect about the judges and the editing. She only saw the judges for ten minutes a week, so they really didn't get to know the real Whitney. And of course, like everyone else on reality TV, she was the victim of good editing. However, Thompson maintains that she was friends with most of the girls in the house and had good connections with the other contestants.
America's Next Top Model: And the Winner Is... (season finale)
(S10E13) The above screencap is the photographic equivalent of a horizontal suck sandwich.
Okay, that's not entirely accurate. The photos of Whitney and Anya are perfectly fine, but my hatred for the individual in the center pretty much taints the picture for me.And in a broader sense, that's been the overarching flaw with cycle 10 of America's Next Top Model.
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America's Next Top Model: Ready for My Close-Up
(S10E12) This cycle of America's Top Model has made me want to start up a debilitating heroin addiction.
Week after week my favorites have flown out the door starting with the "excitable" Amis and ending with that travesty of an episode two weeks ago when the distractingly beautiful Kataryzna was yanked for "too being vapid." My words, not theirs.
I can't seem to figure out what the hell the judges are looking for this go around, but I sure can tell you what they got. Want to hear it? Here it goes.
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CHARLESTON, S.C. – University of New Hampshire senior running back Nico Steriti (Toms River, N.J.) was named to the College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) FCS Running Back Award watch list on Monday, June 16.
The list comprises 38 returning running backs that are competing for the CFPA award as the one who increases the overall effectiveness of their team the most within the Football Championships Subdivision.
In the Wildcats' previous season Steriti led the way in the backfield by gaining 1,028 yards on 197 rushes while active in all 15 games. This marked the first time since 2002 that a UNH running back ran for more than 1,000 yards in a season. The 5-foot-11, 224-pound running back finished the season leading the team in rushing yards, attempts, and touchdowns (eight). Named to the All-Conference Second Team, Steriti placed fifth in rushing yards, attempts, and TDs within the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).
Recipients are selected exclusively based upon objective scientific rankings of the extent to which individual players increase the overall effectiveness of their teams. All players are eligible for awards at their respective positions; players are not preemptively eliminated from consideration. For more information, visit www.collegefootballperformance.com.
Steriti had a big game against CAA rival University of Maine (Nov. 23), where he ran for 139 yards including a season-long 68 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. On 18 rushing attempts and averaging 7.7 yards per carry, Steriti helped lead the Wildcats past the fourth-ranked Black Bears, 24-3.
Other notable performances came against Lehigh University (Sept. 28) and the University of Rhode Island (Oct. 12), where Steriti ran for 116 yards and season-best 150 yards, including two TDs, respectively.
Steriti is the fourth Wildcat named to a CFPA watch list this summer. The previous honorees were Shane McNeely (Whitehall, Pa.; linebacker), Steven Thames (Fort Washington, Md.; defensive back) and Sean Goldrich (West Haven, Conn.; quarterback). Continue to follow Wildcat football to see if more UNH football players are honored.
After ending a record breaking 2013 campaign, the University of New Hampshire Wildcats open the 2014 season Saturday, August 30 (time TBA) at University of Toledo.
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Craving cocktails?™ Indulge LA Sweetened our Saturday by Brittney Rae
With over 56 different chocolatiers, pastry chefs, and confectioners, Indulge LA sweetened our weekend at the Olympic Collection in West LA on Saturday February 11th, 2012. The third annual affair raised thousands of dollars for the St. Jude Children's Hospital and is but one of many luxurious events brought to us by Alan Semsar's Barcelona LA. In addition to the most sinful of sweets, we tried some of the world's top champagnes, wines, and spirits used to enhance the flavors of the chocolates.
When I walked in the first thing I was drawn to was the large display of fresh berries skewered and hooked to a triangle of chocolate from event supporters Cacao Barry, the world's largest supplier of chocolate. I was in heaven; this was going to be a very good day! I headed to Le Grande Courtage French Champagne and grabbed a glass. It was heaven; the tickle of the bubbles mixed with the bittersweet chocolate and berries was perfect and my Craving Cocktails? AND Chocolate went into high gear.
To the right I noticed the large line from the display of friend and pastry hero, Carlos Enriquez. The smoking, liquid nitrogen bubble gum meringues they were making created intrigue. He and fellow chef-testant Craig Poirier from Top Chef Just Desserts presented us with donuts, not to sweet and served with chocolate milk.
Cupcakes were fully represented at the event and on the first floor we were greeted by Gourmet Cupcakery located in Glendale, CA, winner of Food Network's Cupcake Wars. Cupcakes at Kira's Kiss gave me the rich taste and luscious flavor you look for, but Alex Damsker CEO and former attorney was quick to explain that I wouldn't have to feel guilty about my samples; 2 small cuppies are less than 100 calories and can be found at Tiato, Santa Monica.
Barbara Batiste started B Sweet Catering by supplying Ocean Park Café. She offered me her first original creation: chocolate chip banana bread. Its moist flavor was not too sweet and not skimping on the chips. Before I left she asked if I liked carrot cake, one of my mother's specialties. I was worried hers wouldn't hold up and I would be stuck in an uncomfortable moment. Not only was I delighted by the moistness of this vegan treat, I was surprised that I preferred the tofu frosting – sorry Mom! These not-so-sweet treats would be perfect with the Banana Daiquiri or Bahama Mama made with Rum served by El Cortez Caribbean Rum.
The handcrafted Mad Men inspired chocolates by internet based Choclatique offered a sample box of 15 and would make the perfect hostess gift for your next cocktail party. These include flavors of an Old Fashioned, Grasshopper, Gin Fizz, and Singapore Sling. I tried the Chocolate Martini and Pina Colada (fabulous daal-ling!)
I had imagined I would be tasting red wine with my chocolate, so I was excited to see the Patron, XO Café. The coffee colored tequila was offered in the Sweet Indulgence which combined the mocha flavored liquor with soy milk, tasting like a vanilla latte. The XO Creamsicle reminded me of a summer afternoon. You would be a hit bringing this tequila to the next BBQ pot-luck.
Sweet Indulgence
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Served on the Rocks
Indulge LA brought together cupcakes, truffles, chocolates, and other unique twists by the pastry masters in attendance paired with liquors like rum and tequila. It was a good cause that raised appreciation for sweets and spirits. I'm looking forward to Craving Cocktails? AND Wine at Barcelona LA's next event, the upcoming Beverly Hills Wine Festival on February 26 at the Beverly Hilton with over 100 wines, beers, and spirits. See you there!
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How to avoid losing digital photos
Move digital pictures to other software for preservation
We probably take more pictures now than we ever have before, thanks to a camera in every cellphone.
It's made photography a new hobby for many, but danger lurks if you don't take an extra step.
Kristi Rogers knows this all too well. She is a self-proclaimed shutterbug, and the walls of her home are covered with pictures. But the photos she wants to see the most, she can't.
"This hard drive has my daughter's make-a-wish trip on it," says Rogers. "It has pictures of my mother-in-law and father-in-law that have passed."
Fifty-four gigs of photos, five years of her life, are locked away in a crashed hard drive. It is frustrating, to say the least.
"I can't get to them, and I can't look at them," she says.
Sadly, Rogers is not alone. A recent study by Harris Interactive found nearly 30 percent of computer users have never backed up their data.
"You just have to do it," says IT specialist Don Benson.
He says photos need to be backed up on a regular basis daily, weekly, or monthly, and there is no substitution for what he calls cloud services or photo hosting sites.
"Getting it up in the cloud, what you're really doing is you're giving the responsibility to a third party," says Benson. "You're saying OK Microsoft, Apple, or Google, you worry about doing all the backups because I've given you my data, and so they handle it."
But maybe the best and safest option is to simply hit print. You can print on your home computer, or go online to a retailer's site, upload the pictures, then pick them up in person or have them mailed to you.
Rogers has always known the value of a photo, but it took losing them to learn the value of backing them up.
"Life is valuable, and sometimes all you end up with is a picture," she says.
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By Kelly Bertrand on 14th January 2014, in Celebrity, Interviews, Kiwi celebrities
You must be the fittest woman in New Zealand!
God no. I don't know, I've never worried about it. I am what I'm like. This is me, so I just roll with it.
Did you struggle with having so much muscle from such a young age?
Yeah, I look at photos from back then and think, "Man, I was a bit of a weed." Now, I'm quite muscly, but I have to be for my job. I have to look like this for me to do what I do. It does the job, it gets me from A to B.
Growing up, what did you think of yourself?
I used to give my mum a lot of stick for not letting us have any junk food but, seriously, the key was learning good food habits early on. This is coupled with the fact I was an active kid and got into sport early – they go hand in hand. I'm not a gold-class eater, I still have my daily treats, but learning good habits meant I wasn't that worried about my body. In high school it was a bit different. Your body changes and it takes you by surprise. I think I was quite fortunate that sport picked up for me then. You always have that fifth-form fat phase!
What do you love most about your body?
I love my lungs. They must be massive! I don't have a specific feature that I love. Sometimes I get self-conscious when people comment on how muscly my arms are. I love running, being active. I'm just glad that everything still functions and I don't have netballer's knee yet.
How much training do you do?
I cherish Sunday; it's usually my day off. I do social sports, too – touch and tennis. Your body is your tool, everything I do is geared towards playing great netball.
Do you think Kiwi women are an active bunch?
We've always been an active nation, but we've got a whole lot more active. It's starting to filter down now. The younger kids are becoming more active. It's ingrained in your lifestyle – 30 minutes a day. Girls want to be strong, not skinny. Muscle tone isn't a bad thing these days, whereas in the past girls hated it. It has kind of evolved, which is great, and everyone's into CrossFit, the boot camps – there's something for everyone out there.
How would you describe the real Kiwi woman?
Active and attractive. Everyone is different, but everyone is beautiful in their own way. Look at the team – we all look completely different. I love how Kiwi women just get in there and give it a go!
About Kelly Bertrand
"I started at the Weekly after a two-week internship in 2011, which was part of my journalism studies. Basically, I hung around and annoyed people long enough to land a job as a staff writer, and I've been here ever since. I'm lucky enough to get to write stories ranging from the Kardashians through to the Queen, but my real passion is telling the stories of New Zealand's sporting stars. Sometimes I can't quite believe it's my job to hang out with All Blacks and Silver Ferns! I absolutely love working at the Weekly, and feel really privileged to be part of this 83-year-old Kiwi institution. I'm also fond of Instagram, coffee and animals dressed as humans!"more of this author


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May 21 2012
My Instagram Life
I'll never not love Instagram.
I'll never not love double negatives, either.
Los Angeles, when my sister Betsy and I landed there a few weeks ago.
It's very sprawly.
They're peppery.
This is a spray plane that had to make an emergency landing in our pasture after its engine blew.
The pilot is fine.
So are the cows, who were definitely wondering why that big yellow pterodactyl was making all that noise.
Never mind.
This is the reason you should never speed down our road at night.
Moo. Again.
I'm going to call this photo "Corn. Interrupted."
A certain ranch horse is definitely on a certain ranch wife's bad side right now.
It's going to take a long time before I can forgive.
75 Comments and 8 Replies
Mary Connealy On Monday, May 21 at 10:54 am
You're right on the not speeding thing. I once hit a black cow on a black night on the blacktop. The bratty rogue cow survived. My car…….not so much.
Beki - TheRustedChain On Monday, May 21 at 11:01 am
Those chicken quesadillas need to be in my belly right now. ("Make yourself a dang quesadilla!")
So does the radish.
You can keep the cows. They're stinky.
nancypants On Monday, May 21 at 11:14 am
I'm with you on the quesadillas. YUMMO.
Beki - TheRustedChain On Monday, May 21 at 12:00 pm
Nancypants, we really need to get together someday and eat some dang quesadillas.
Kelleykay On Tuesday, May 22 at 8:09 am
Ok, are there boots on the table or quesadillas on the floor? I also feel like you have way more energy then me. Your garden looks awesome…even the half eaten corn. I haven't even prepped my garden for plants yet!
Marie M.C. On Wednesday, May 23 at 10:22 am
A question: Why are those wonderful looking quesadillas SQUARE? Mine are round. Hey, they look so delicious I'd eat them all!
nancypants On Wednesday, May 23 at 4:56 pm
I agree. Ree is hosting. I'll bring some backdrops and do some glamor shots.
nancypants On Monday, May 21 at 11:12 am
Did Snip snip the corn?! I love Instagram. I just wish I had a better phone/camera!
tinajo On Monday, May 21 at 11:19 am
It´s super great fun with Instagram, I truly love it!
Allyn On Monday, May 21 at 11:24 am
Here's my Instagram life (including a photo of the best chicken biscuit OF ALL TIME): http://lollingabout.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/things-we-love-local-food/
So so so glad Android finally got Instagram!
Rhea On Monday, May 21 at 11:25 am
I enjoy your Instagram photos!
Kristin S On Monday, May 21 at 11:29 am
Here's what I want to know. Did you know how to spell "pterodactyl" or did you have to look it up?
Kristin S On Monday, May 21 at 11:32 am
OK, here's what I want to know. Ree, did you already know how to spell "pterodactyl" or did you have to look it up?
Nicole On Monday, May 21 at 11:40 am
I am an Instagram addict!! If you want to add me my Instagram name is @chloechica
I love your pics you posted here, especially the long horn!!
Angie D in Ohio On Monday, May 21 at 11:41 am
oh my gosh…. the picture of the dog (is that Charlie) is just priceless.
Kathy On Monday, May 21 at 11:52 am
I'm so tech illiterate I don't know what Instagram is. All I know is I love your pictures. And one thing I don't know is why that bovine would choose to lay on the road instead of nice soft grass.
Kara Lee On Monday, May 21 at 11:55 am
Is it likely that Longhorn coiuld have hurt you? Looks like you were pretty close.
What about the Wild Horses? Are they dangerous to be around or are they scared of you?
Lisa On Monday, May 21 at 12:00 pm
Your dog's smile made me smile! And oh my gosh, scary to see the cow/bull in the road at night! Glad you didn't hit it and are always careful, of course! LOL on a ranch horse being your black list
Bobbi On Monday, May 21 at 12:32 pm
OMG!! This is my worst fear…. except in my case it would be cows and not horses. Gees… so sorry about your corn. That Radish looks quite lovely though. And, those quesadillas look absolutely amazing!!
Monie On Monday, May 21 at 1:16 pm
I am sorry for the loss of your corn…but the picture did make me chuckle just a little bit…I bet that horse was thinking that you planted that corn just for him/her!
Cheryl Barker On Monday, May 21 at 1:19 pm
Now I want some quesadillas bad They are the only thing I order when I go to Cheddar's. They have bacon in theirs. Need I say more?
the farmer's wife On Monday, May 21 at 1:31 pm
Maybe Charlie ate the corn : ) You could never be truly mad at Charlie, so let's just say Charlie at the corn.
Yvonne On Monday, May 21 at 1:33 pm
I understand about the corn!! I have been there and suffered thru that!
Mary Connealy On Monday, May 21 at 1:34 pm
I left a comment earlier–more than an hour ago–but it didn't post. I wonder why not?
AngAK On Monday, May 21 at 2:07 pm
it's the first comment.
Greg @ Gregory Erickson Art On Monday, May 21 at 2:04 pm
I always love the photos of Charlie with his teeth showing and him contorted in some weird way.
PenPen On Monday, May 21 at 2:04 pm
Where's the picture of the horse? How can you be sure he/she at the corn. My husband would say innocent until proven guilty. I complain all the time its deer, or rabbits, or raccoons, or the squirrels, or the chipmunks. One of them did it.
Susan in the Boonies On Monday, May 21 at 2:05 pm
Charlie!!! Or is that Walter?
Donna J. On Monday, May 21 at 2:12 pm
Yum! Fresh corn! Chomp, chomp, chomp, chomp…….gone!!!
Emily On Monday, May 21 at 2:40 pm
Those Barbecue Chicken Quesadillas look delicious!
Cyndi On Monday, May 21 at 3:05 pm
I wish I had Charlies flexibility!
Melissa M On Monday, May 21 at 3:37 pm
Why are there boots on the same tray as the chicken quesadillas? Which, btw, look umscrumptious!
Corn Interrupted! hee hee hee snort!
Melissa M On Monday, May 21 at 8:01 pm
For some reason, my eyes would not communicate with my brain to figure out "Why you should not speed down our roads at night"!
It took me 3 tries to see that that was not a cow head floating in the night!
Cheese n crackers!
Oh by the way, it's going to rain. That's what a laying down cow means
Denise S. On Monday, May 21 at 3:43 pm
I love Instagram!
SnowCat MacDobhran On Monday, May 21 at 3:47 pm
::snort:: The horses are the reason why the chain link fence between our property and theirs has a permanent bend in the top of it. They were constantly stealing the entire stalk of corn until my father figured out what they were up to and planted it in a different section of the garden.
Mountain Mama On Monday, May 21 at 3:50 pm
The cow in the road is ok right??
dan's wife On Monday, May 21 at 4:52 pm
I'll never not love P-dub's corny captions.
JennyD On Monday, May 21 at 5:08 pm
Oh my goodness that Longhorn cow is so funny! (sorry Mr. Moo… but I just can't help the laughter!)… and that sleepy calf? on the road… yikes! look out Mr. Moo! oh… and thanks for telling us the pilot is fine… my hubby used to fly and had to land in a big ol field once… I'm happy it was there to save him… or he wouldn't be called my man today! =) Your field saved someone's spouse! =) blessing! the end.
Bamanan On Monday, May 21 at 5:16 pm
We have one of those yellow kamikaze planes in North Alabama. And I have had to slow to a crawl on a country road at night, when a farmer was herding his cow down the road back home. I didn't realize we were so much like Oklahoma!
Oklahoma On Monday, May 21 at 5:37 pm
I can't help but wonder why you never properly center your photos. You DO know that you can do the pinch-to-zoom thing on Instagram, right??
Kelsey Payne On Monday, May 21 at 5:53 pm
Totally did an Instagram post last month! It's a compilation of my favorite 38 pictures. Out of over 200 pictures I've taken, 38 is a pretty good selection.
Noël On Monday, May 21 at 6:00 pm
I follow you on IG… and how could I have missed the cow in the middle of the road. Swear to my Dog Barley… I have almost run over a deer several times here on our street. It's so scary. They are harder to catch on camera though, but next time I do catch one on camera I will tag you on IG.
Bev On Monday, May 21 at 6:11 pm
Oh Yes! A few nights back called our neighbors. You have an Angus calf on the road. Black and night go together. Around our neighborhood you never speed down the road. Even in the daytime. Sorry about your corn. We just planted ours today. You are way ahead of us, I am envious.
Betsy On Monday, May 21 at 6:41 pm
The good news is that it looks like the corn is immature enough to still have the growing tip far below the "munch line" so they should bounce back.
nicci On Monday, May 21 at 6:46 pm
LOL! 'Corn Interrupted' oh, a title can sure make a picture!
SueDeeSue On Monday, May 21 at 6:53 pm
Wow…the cow in the sink hole! You just never know what you can experience in life and have an opportunity to photo shoot IF you carry an phone camera or a regular camera.
magnolia On Monday, May 21 at 7:04 pm
glorious life sharing…..i have to say this was fun….my tag along.
thank you, for sharing.
Ana On Monday, May 21 at 7:13 pm
Love the pictures… and Charlie. :o)
Paula P. On Monday, May 21 at 7:28 pm
The longhorn picture is so beautiful. Such a sweet looking baby!
Sorry about the corn, but don't hate the ranch horse. I'm sure he/she's sorry… or would be if the corn hadn't tasted so good!
Traci@TotalMomsense On Monday, May 21 at 7:56 pm
Oh, I feel your pain with the corn. We had a couple of raccoons massacre our corn a couple of years ago. It was beautiful peaches and cream corn- just a day or two before they were to be picked. STILL not over it.
Julie On Monday, May 21 at 8:19 pm
That last pic is one I can totally relate to…the unforgiveness that is. Last fall I hatched out twelve chicks in the incubator, let them stay indoors for over a month, then put them in the coop. That night our large odorous farm dogs worked the coop wire up and then dined on all twelve six-week-old chicks. I'm still holding a grudge.
Lisa On Monday, May 21 at 8:22 pm
When I was 16 I became vegetarian in an instant when I hit a mama cow on our country road in Northern Arizona. She had, apparently, been behind one of those big cattle-drinker tanks and ran at my headlight. I had to go tell the rancher that I had killed one of his cows but on the way there, as if I weren't already traumatized, I was startled out of my wits by gunshot! My younger brother –thinking he may have to put the poor cow out of her misery, but more likely thinking "Oh boy I get to shoot something!"– pulled the 22 rifle from the gun rack in the cab of the pickup I was driving (people in AZ drive around with rifles on racks that span the rear window of the cab of the pickup, never understood that!) and, in trying to cock it, shot a hole through the floorboard! Yes, I know, it could have been much worse but, fortunately, he did know never to point a gun at anyone and WAS pointing it at the floor at the time. This was not knowledge that I had before the gun went off and scared me almost the rest of the way to an early death!
Once the rancher was informed of the cow's demise, he asked me to go back to the scene of the crime with him to shine my (one remaining) headlight so they could butcher her. When we got back there were 20 or so cows standing in a circle around the fallen mama cow and they all looked up at me as if to say "YOU! You did this!" OK so the rancher and his helpers brought a winch truck and hoisted her up and…. well…. When it was all done he asked me "Do you want some steaks?"
I did not eat meat for at least another 10 years!
Shelia in TX On Tuesday, May 22 at 10:39 pm
Jeepers!! Scared me just reading it!! Glad it turned out ok…mostly.
Staci On Monday, May 21 at 8:25 pm
Oh my goodness. The pterodactyl comment killed me. I'm dead. So funny.
patimk On Monday, May 21 at 8:51 pm
I'm just getting the hang of instagram but I do love following my kids and seeing their pics and knowing what's going on in their lives:)
Shasta On Monday, May 21 at 8:51 pm
I'm in love with Instagram too. I've been ordering a bunch of prints of my Instagram pics (through PostalPix), because I want to create a fun collage, or some wall art out of them. I've just got so many wonderful candid shots on there, it's a shame not to have them printed.
Elena On Monday, May 21 at 9:37 pm
Love that first shot; it's making me giggle over here :o) Love the title of that last shot too!
Alecia On Monday, May 21 at 10:42 pm
Next year you need to plant some hot pepper plants in amongst the corn as a deterant. Then you might figure out which horse it is too : )
CheyAnne Sexton On Monday, May 21 at 10:48 pm
I would totally not be able to forgive either. I love corn
Brooke On Monday, May 21 at 11:11 pm
"So are the cows, who were definitely wondering why that big yellow pterodactyl was making all that noise."
I just peed a little. It happens. I have kids. And I laughed. Hard. Thanks for that.
RES On Tuesday, May 22 at 4:43 am
As the daughter and sister of crop-duster pilots…I love the big yellow bird sitting in the field.
Alison On Tuesday, May 22 at 8:12 am
Instagram is amazing. I follow you there, too, and love seeing what you (and others, for that matter) come up with on the fly.
Eileen On Tuesday, May 22 at 8:47 am
I have never seen a cow sleeping on the road, only deer in protected areas. So wonderful that the cows feel safe enough on your land that they can rest where they want. Love all of the photos.
Nezzy (Cow Patty Surprise) On Tuesday, May 22 at 8:59 am
Yep, this Ozark Farm Chick knows for sure that one should not go blastin' down a country road for sure! Ya just never know what kinda wild~eyed bovine ya might meet up with!!!
Oh booger~bite Ree, I'm dang sorry 'bout your corn…stinkin' horses!!! I hope it give 'em gas!!! Heeeeheehhe!!! :o)
From the bright and sunny hills and hollers of the overworked Missouri Ponderosa, ya'll have yourself a blessed and glorious spring day!!!
Woohoo!!! I'm gonna…………… :o)
Rene Foust On Tuesday, May 22 at 9:44 am
I love Instagram!!!!
Sandra in Texas On Tuesday, May 22 at 9:56 am
I LOVE the pic of Charlie (or Walter). I love them both! I also love radishes. And Longhorns. Especially Texas Longhorns. You're a wonderful photographer!
JulieD On Tuesday, May 22 at 10:08 am
I love following your instagram feed. Favorite things to see on instagram are food & dogs.
Miss Britt On Tuesday, May 22 at 10:47 am
That dog picture cracked me up!
Jayne On Tuesday, May 22 at 10:54 am
You take great pictures no matter what camera you are using! My phone is so old I don't have instagram. One day I will be able to afford an update. Only problem is that by then instagram will be a thing of the past. haha!
forever montana On Tuesday, May 22 at 10:58 am
I understand completely how you feel about your corn….I had a barrel of geraniums planted, apparently to close to the corral, and, again, a certain horse thought they had his name on them….he was not my favorite for a few days.
jmposti4 On Tuesday, May 22 at 11:22 am
Ree you gotta try the snapseed app. It is now my new favorite!
Lauraq On Tuesday, May 22 at 12:48 pm
Are those black boots I see sitting right beside the Barbecue Chicken Quesadillas? Please explain.
Brittany On Tuesday, May 22 at 1:23 pm
My horse ate a bunch of corn in my garden last year too! This year the corn isn't going to go along the fence line!
Amanda On Tuesday, May 22 at 3:34 pm
Fun shots!!
I was totally going to do a post like this as well… i feel absolutely positively the same way about Instagram!
Debbie in OK On Tuesday, May 22 at 4:04 pm
That last pic and your comments on it are too funny! I'm sorry for your loss, hopefully they weren't damaged beyond being able to produce for you.
Diane S. in San Diego On Tuesday, May 22 at 4:46 pm
Just think how much that ranch horse must've enjoyed those luscious, growing corn plants. Plus, the joy of finding something good. Just walking up and finding it probably gave him a certain amount of joy, too. Doesn't that give you reason to forgive him? I always love to give animals moments of self-esteem, free-will and happiness like that.
I guess it sounds good until you have to serve store-bought corn instead of your own good stuff!
Nuria On Tuesday, May 22 at 4:56 pm
I love love love instagram, I can not live without it.
What is your name there? I am @nbadilla
Patricia On Tuesday, May 22 at 5:20 pm
I love to look at your photos, Ree. Especially Charlie and Walter. I had a basset hound when I was little.I love bassett hounds.They are hilarious……
Jo-Anne On Tuesday, May 22 at 6:46 pm
Yes people should not speed down country roads they may hit a cow or a kangaroo………neither would be any good to the car involved…………lol Love the photos
Shelia in TX On Tuesday, May 22 at 10:42 pm
Love the fact we can now get INSTA pictures! Of any and everything!! I'm more one to document the moment rather than create a masterpiece. Remember the Polaroid?? Wonder what tech will come up with next??
Carla On Wednesday, May 23 at 6:30 am
Am I the only one that doesn't know what Instragram is? LOL I'm so behind the times!!!! Love the pictures though….and I must be crazy but I love the smell of cows, cow pastures, horses, barns, fresh hay, etc. It is one of my safe smells
Lisa On Wednesday, May 23 at 6:38 am
I need your raised beds!!! I am always showing my husband pictures saying, " See, PW has a step by step way to do it!" This is his question…Where do you guys get all that dirt to fill them? (cause you def want it to be good dirt, right?) So you don't buy bags of dirt do you? They are beautiful!!! Maybe someday when we own our own house
Christy Harper On Saturday, June 2 at 6:45 am
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Savers, Inc. headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, is a privately held for-profit thrift store chain offering second hand shopping. An international company, Savers has more than 315 locations throughout the United States, Canada and Australia, and receives its merchandise by paying money to non-profit organizations for donated clothing and household items, and through direct donation by individuals. Savers is known as Value Village in the Pacific Northwest of the United States and most of Canada, and Village des Valeurs in Quebec. In Australia and other regions of the United States, the stores share the corporation's name. Main owners are Tom Ellison, son of the founder Bill Ellison, and Freeman Spogli & Co. a private equity company (May 2009).[1]
The Savers' business model, involves partnership with local non-profits and purchasing and reselling donated items. The non-profits collect and deliver donated goods to Savers, which pays them for the items at a bulk rate regardless of whether they ever make it to the sales floor. Savers has more than 160 non-profit partners throughout the United States, Canada and Australia, which it pays more than $117 million annually.[citation needed] As of 2012, the company had 315 stores worldwide and reached $1 billion in revenue. [2]
Items deemed resellable are displayed for purchase in stores. Savers also has a recycling program and attempts to recycle any reusable items that cannot be sold at the stores, as well as any items that do not sell over a period of time to make room for fresh merchandise. Savers has buyers for its recyclables throughout the world and attempts to keep as much donated product out of the waste stream as possible.[citation needed]
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In the United States and Canada the business model for many non profits was that the organization would call homes for donations, and a truck would pick them up. By the early 2000s many organizations, like the Association of Community Living, partnered with Value Village because they believed it was too expensive to do the pickups and resell to used goods merchants. Many of the contracts these organizations signed with Value village provides a very small return compared to the (perceived) large amounts of money Value Village/Savers retains. According to an article that appeared in the Alberta Report in 1996 "According to the Times, for every $1.00 that went to undersigned charities from some Ellison-owned thrift stores, $2.55 went to the Ellison associates".
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George Lopez had a tough start in life and in golf. But funny how things change.
George Lopez's improbable life is built on the power of memory. In sold-out arenas, he packs his stand-up act with dead-on details from a deprived Mexican-American childhood: the presumed curative powers of 7-Up ("Drink it all and then burp it up -- the cancer comes out"), a garden hose turning uneven patio cement into impromptu wading pools, a parent's impatient rejoinder to a plea to go to Chuck E. Cheese ("You want to see a mouse? Pull the refrigerator out!").
" 'Memmer?" Lopez asks the audience, the Spanglish inflection intensifying the nostalgia. "You 'memmer."
Lopez's past has made him, at 46, a major success: the star of an eponymous and now-syndicated sitcom, a headlining stand-up who has cable specials, movie roles and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. But that same past -- what he calls "my cycle of negativity" -- was also the source of insecurity, anger, depression, bouts of excessive drinking and ongoing therapy.
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He has done it in large part by turning his power of memory toward golf. "I relive my rounds all the time," Lopez says before recounting a special one that occurred on the par-5 12th hole at Poppy Hills during the second round of last year's AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. "I was on this run of natural and net birdies. I hit my second shot into the woods, but against my caddie's advice, I decided to try to hit a pitching wedge over the trees. I caught it a little fat, but it got over, and when it hit the front edge of the green, it released. All I could see was the top of the flag, but as the ball kept rolling there was this crescendo from the gallery that exploded when it just missed the hole. I ran out of the trees with my arms up. When I pulled them down, I had to wipe my eyes because I was crying."
The tears came from the flip side of the reason he had so often wept as a child growing up in the gritty Los Angeles fringe town of Mission Hills. Lopez, who never knew his father and was abandoned by his mother at age 10, was usually rendered silent when his grandmother, a factory worker who became his chief guardian, would relentlessly ask him, "Why you crying?" The question would become the title of his autobiography and the recurring punch line in his 90-minute stand-up performances, Lopez portraying both his grandmother and young self as two people lost in the cycle of negativity.
But by the time Lopez emerged from the trees at Poppy Hills, the question had an answer.
"It hit me because that experience of people cheering, of succeeding, see, I never felt anything like that as a kid, and part of me is still starved for that," he says. "I was never encouraged or congratulated by anybody or included in anything. I didn't come from a home where people asked, "Did you have a good day?" or cared what I was doing or what I wanted to be. I fill some of that void with the laughs and adulation from doing comedy. But believe it or not, golf has fed me even more."
"George grew up an outsider, always excluded," says Ann Lopez, his wife of 14 years. "Golf gave him a true friend, a real sense of belonging, the only club he actually got to join. It's a positive place, and it gives him a place to be who he really is, deep down."
Since Lopez's first round, on a lonely Christmas Day in 1981 with rented clubs on an empty executive course, he has steadily immersed himself in the game. He's now an improving 10-handicapper who has played many of the world's great courses. The energy that will often lead to a 7 a.m. starting time after a stand-up gig that gets him to bed in the wee hours comes from the drive to improve himself.
Lopez is proud to take his journey public. He jumped at the chance to become, beginning last year, the first celebrity host of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic since the founder's death in 2003. Lopez has turned his attention to bolstering the celebrity lineup, making mainstays out of friends like Samuel L. Jackson, Ray Romano, Joe Pesci, Andy Garcia, Huey Lewis and Cheech Marin and reaching out to new recruits like Clint Eastwood, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Mostly he has raised the energy, installing an In-N-Out Burger stand on the practice tee that instantly became a lively gathering spot, making himself available for functions like a '70s-night party, throwing a dinner for the pros and tirelessly interacting with the on-course gallery.
"Bob Hope had it right," says Lopez. "He entertained the world and played golf, and brought the two together. I'm doing the same thing in my own way. You know, I respect and understand how a professional golfer needs to be focused and inward to perform. I'm the same before I go onstage. But I also think that's why golf needs entertainment now more than ever."
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In 1938, REI was founded by Clyde H. Hays as a local radio sales and repair store. Over the next few decades, REI expanded into a national distributor and service center for companies such as Panasonic, Sharp, Sony, Learjet and Delco Electronics. In 1970, Robert E. Hays inherited the business from his father. During Robert's tenure REI grew into the transportation electronics manufacturer it is today.
To celebrate the milestone, REI has planned a number of special activities throughout 2013 for customers, employees and friends. REI and the Hays family are honored to celebrate 75 years in business. They are thankful for their loyal customers and look forward to supporting the industry for many more decades.
Today's generation of REI family include Scott Hays, Terri Jukes, Jeff Hays and Lorri Taylor. Each is active in the day-to-day operations of the business they grew up in. When asked what the greatest lesson they learned from the father, they all unanimously stated, "treating the customer like family." It's that core philosophy that REI embraces today… taking care of the customer and keeping them satisfied for years to come.
Radio Engineering Industries (REI) provides a variety of safety solutions: mobile video surveillance, GPS/AVL solutions, camera observation systems and audio/video equipment. REI prides itself on designing, manufacturing, and servicing customer friendly electronic products for the school, transit, motor coach, shuttle and agriculture industries. Founded in 1938, REI continues its history of service, quality and value every day. Specify REI today: 800.228.9275 | radioeng.com


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Louisville, KY (SportsNetwork.com) - Tiger Woods showed up to play a practice round at the PGA Championship on Wednesday afternoon, though it was still unclear if he will be well enough to tee it up in the season's fourth major.
Woods arrived at Valhalla Golf Club driving his own courtesy car around 1:15 p.m. EDT, about an hour after the PGA of America said in a news release he was already there.
Golf Channel covered his arrival live, showing him walking from the parking lot to the range to begin warming up. He was expected to start his practice round at 2 p.m.
Woods showed up three days after withdrawing from the Bridgestone Invitational due to a flare up of his back injury.
The four-time PGA Championship winner has until his Thursday morning tee time to make a decision on whether or not he will play. He is scheduled to tee off with Padraig Harrington and Phil Mickelson on No. 10 at 8:35 a.m.
Woods missed almost three months after having back surgery in March to fix a pinched nerve, sitting out the Masters and U.S. Open. He said after he withdrew Sunday that he "jarred" his back on a shot, causing spasms.
He has a winning history at Valhalla. He captured his second PGA Championship title on the course in 2000.
Also up in the air for Woods is a potential spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team. American captain Tom Watson had said he will pick Woods if he's playing well.