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CouchSurfing: Finding Friendship Worldwide
By Dominic DeGrazier
In today's social climate, virtual encounters are more trusted and popular via increasingly well-honed websites geared for easy navigation. This creates more legitimate opportunities to meet other individuals that earlier could have only happened by pure chance.
More specifically, sites such as CouchSurfing.com promote meeting face to face, making experiences together, or helping one another. This is not an online environment that people tinker on for endless hours to chat or kill time, but one which members use to learn from others and transform themselves into flesh and blood friends or acquaintances. And I just experienced this myself.
This is a free membership website helping travelers of the world connect with each other. Members post a profile displaying a brief introduction of themselves, some basic personal information, their geographical location, and whether they are willing to host others in their homes (or shacks if it be).
The site is carefully organized, displaying how active each member is in responding to emails, their past experiences with other members, and friends made via CouchSurfing.com who "vouch" for their character and trustworthiness.
It is very easy to be suspicious of people met solely on the internet, for me at least, but on this.com my fears are substantially reduced. Past visitors can comment on their stay, the member's personality, and what type of friend they now are considered to be - from an acquaintance to a best friend.
Members can participate in any of three ways: 1) to host travelers in their homes 2) to mingle with other members who live in the same geographical area or 3) to travel around sleeping on others' couches.
Hosting Travelers
I have hosted four foreign travelers and each experience was positive and without any hassles. It felt great to give a traveler a free place to crash, and also advice on where to go in my hometown (and at times showing them myself around town).
Each experience warranted a "giving back" sensation to a world that has already welcomed me in my past travels. As a wanderer, I know the value of having accommodation waiting in a country I'm visiting that it is free (!), and, more importantly, the value of getting to know locals so easily.
Meeting Fellow Locals
About two months ago I was contacted by another "couchsurfer" (as the members of the community call themselves) in my area of Long Beach, California. This couchsurfer leads a group of local members who meet up at various times each week for dinner, concerts, house parties, learning pilates from a fellow member, and more.
I attended a CS (Couchsurfing) meeting at their house and met 15 other members ranging in ages from 18 to 45. All had an openness to them, allowing for an inviting atmosphere.
The immediate bond was apparent as all were there talking, eating, drinking, learning about one another and past experiences, and relaxing together in a welcoming environment.
Time to Surf
Last week arrived the true test: a five-day visit to Mexico City, Mexico. Hosting and meeting other couchsurfers had been fantastic, and at the same time very relaxed, because I didn't have to count on anyone else. I was in my house or my hometown and for that had no reason to be dubious of situations.
Now the other side of the coin was to show heads or tails. A month before leaving for Mexico I contacted ten couchsurfers in Mexico City asking if we could meet for coffee or if I could stay at their place.
Out of those ten attempts, five emailed back and three offered me a home to sleep in. Two weeks before arriving in a city in which I had heard was quite dangerous, I had already made five Couchsurfing friends – talk about a soothing feeling.
I made the final couchsurfer host decision when accommodation for all five nights of my trip was offered.
During the month prior to takeoff this Couchsurfer and I emailed back and forth; by the time I arrived at the Juarez International Airport in Mexico City, I knew the city's metro map, how to get to my new Couchsurfing friend's apartment (paying $0.20 versus $20), the areas of the city that I wanted to explore the most, and I had improved my Spanish two-fold thru their detailed emails.
This individual clearly went over and beyond any expectations for helping out a fellow traveler.
Wednesday night at 6:30 PM my flight landed in Mexico City - check. For three hours prior, my airline-seat-neighbor had been warning me of the dangers of Mexico City. When I told her I was taking the metro, her eyes opened wide along with a few words of warning.
Unsettling as it was, I trusted my Couchsurfing friend would not have entered me into any extraordinarily dangerous setting. OK, so maybe I trust people a bit too easily, but I also pride myself on having a good sense of others' characters and after a month of emailing my decision had been made in my Couchsurfer's favor.
Some Uneasy Moments
I took three lines on the metro to reach the neighborhood in the south of the city while meeting a few nice locals along the way with no incidents at all – check.
I stood at their doorstep earlier than planned, hence knew that I had 30 minutes to kill. What does a gringo wearing two backpacks do in a new part of town that he has heard is ridden with crime? Hide, or at least look like he is not lost – check.
The 30 minutes of waiting turned to 45 and my mind began slowly mulling; then the hour mark hit. What was I thinking to trust someone via the internet in a foreign land? Why didn't I check hostel locations or have a backup plan with other couchsurfers should something go wrong?
I tried making a few calls to find a hostel, but my telephone card wasn't working properly and I had no money on me to buy another.
It was almost dark, and I wasn't as comfortable on the streets any longer. I started speaking with a man who ran the bakery on the street, he didn't know how to use the telephone card either, and I was about to have to make a decision.
I casually looked left and then saw the glorious smile from my Couchsurfing friend approaching. They had been caught up at work, apologized profusely, and off we went up to the apartment before running to a Lucha Libre [masked wrestling] match to meet their waiting friends. The surfing mission then slid along effortlessly.
Cuban Dominoes and Fried Grasshoppers
The anxiety that rushed through me in waiting helplessly (or so it could be construed for a story) for my CS friend was nothing compared to the extremity of emotion I felt the following five days.
I was introduced to a Mexico City that only residents know. I learned how to play Cuban dominoes. I ate and drank at some of the favorite restaurants and local venues of the town.
I consumed fried grasshoppers in a tasty taco. I learned to sip tequila rather than shoot it down quickly. I was talked into going to a beach for the weekend where we feasted with the locals for 15 dollars a day.
Ultimately, a group of Mexican friends had completely accepted me as one of their own.
CouchSurfing.com allowed me to step into the real culture of Mexico City, and to a small hidden beach town on the Pacific.
It didn't take me months of travel and chance encounters to meet these wonderful people, but merely a few minutes searching a website and sending out a few short emails.
I now have real (read: not virtual) friendships in Mexico City, and I look forward to returning their kindness in the future.
It was truly a blessed experience and I thank my new friends, along with the deftly designed CouchSurfing.com. If you are looking to find a true glimpse of a town and meet locals, there is no better way to do it than with CouchSurfing.com.
Go surfing!
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Dominic Degrazier is a freelance writer and photographer. Growing up in Southern California, he then moved east to Texas for the university and kept on moving east to London, Copenhagen, and San Sebastian after graduation. Hooked on the world, he then lived in Australia for a year and traveled through parts of South America for another year.
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The Best Gifts For Our Children
December 23, 2001
This Christmas, as is our tradition every year, we will give our daughter three gifts. This is because the Baby Jesus received three gifts on the day He was born, one from each of the three kings. My wife was born in Cuba, so we combine the Spanish tradition of Three Kings Day with our Christmas celebration. In Cuba toys were strictly rationed, so the children each received one "big" gift and two small ones. We do the same with Sarah, partly because of tradition, but mostly because we don't want our daughter to be a "material girl." We see so many children who receive so many expensive gifts that they don't appreciate any of them.
But today I don't want to talk about the kind of gifts that we wrap and put under a Christmas tree. I want to share with you the best gifts we can give to our children. These are gifts you won't find under any tree. These gifts don't come from us. Rather they come from our Heavenly Father in answer to our prayers for our children.
We pray that she will come to know Jesus as her Lord and Savior at a young age, so that she will not have to go through the trials that children who don't know the Lord in a personal way will experience. We pray that we will be good examples to her, and that we will raise and discipline her in a way that is consistent with His teachings. We pray for health and protection for our little girl.
We also pray every night for someone who none of us know yet. We pray for Sarah's future husband. We ask the Lord to give him a loving family who will teach him the same things that we are teaching Sarah, a family who cares about eternal things and will point him to the Lord. We pray for his health and protection, too.
We pray that both Sarah and the boy who will one day become her husband will remain virgins until they marry each other. Some day when Sarah reads this, she may be embarrassed that I have written about such things in a publication read all over the world. But I like to think that she will be glad I have shared a concept her mother and I feel is vitally important. By the time she reads this, she will understand how important it is that two people be able to trust each other completely in marriage. She will understand such trust is greatly enhanced when each one knows that the other had the self-control to wait until their wedding night.
You see, my wife and I believe in the power of prayer. We believe that God cares about every aspect of our lives, and He has the power to answer our prayers. We believe that the reason many children don't receive the gifts I am talking about is simply because their parents don't ask the Lord for them. Some people reading this have so much money that they can afford to buy their children anything they ask for materially. But the poorest among us in terms of the world's wealth can afford to give our children the best gifts.
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The Southeastern Conference's six-year streak of national championships could be in jeopardy. And the SEC has expansion to thank for making it happen.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Southeastern Conference's six-year streak of national championships could be in jeopardy.
And the SEC has expansion to thank for making it happen.
No. 9 Texas A&M and Missouri are making their presence felt since the SEC invited them into the fold.
The Aggies (8-2, 5-2 SEC) rolled into Tuscaloosa and knocked off defending champion Alabama 29-24 and now the SEC is by no means a lock to get into the BCS title game. The Tigers (5-5, 2-5) have beaten Kentucky and Tennessee, adding to the coaching chaos at those schools.
Auburn's Gene Chizik is one of several SEC coaches who aren't surprised by either school's impact. He said the signs were there even before they left the Big 12.
"If you go back to SEC media day and what I said there, I don't change one thing that I said then," said Chizik, a former Texas defensive coordinator who also was Iowa State's head coach. "No one's teaching (coach) Kevin Sumlin how to coach football; no one's teaching Texas A&M how to play or win; no one's teaching Texas A&M about tradition.
"Missouri's had their ups and downs this year at times but they're another good football team. (Coach) Gary (Pinkel) does a great job. ... They're here to compete and they're here to win championships just like the rest of them. That's why I said it was a good fit."
Actually, the Aggies have become quite comfortable in the SEC.
Texas A&M was picked to finish fifth in the seven-team SEC West and has raised a few eyebrows with just how well its playing.
"I don't think a lot of people expected Texas A&M to do what they're doing now," Tennessee wide receiver Justin Hunter said. "They've got a real good quarterback (Johnny Manziel), a freshman coming out and running the ball like he did and beating the No. 1 team. It's real exciting."
The Aggies are a game behind West-leading Alabama entering Saturday's contest against Sam Houston State. They are tied with the Crimson Tide for the league-lead in scoring at 36.3 points per game. Texas A&M stands alone in several other offensive categories, including rushing offense (236.3 yards), passing offense (295.6) and total yards (531.9).
Sumlin said his Aggies benefited from the disappointing close home losses to Florida (20-17) and LSU (24-19) and that knocked Texas A&M out of any national championship discussions.
"I think in a way we drew some confidence from those games because those were top-tier teams, not only in this league but in the country," Sumlin said. "We didn't have the offense available in the first part of the year that we do now."
Leading the way is redshirt freshman phenom Manziel, also known as "Johnny Football."
Manziel is second in SEC rushing (631 yards, eight touchdowns) and passing (1,917 yards, eight touchdowns, five interceptions).
"Obviously, he did a great job against us," Alabama coach Nick Saban said. "To a large degree some of those plays he was able to make made a huge difference in the game."
Missouri's transition into the SEC has been tougher.
The Tigers lost their first four SEC games, but their two conference victories have contributed to Kentucky's Joker Phillips being fired and are part of the reason why coach Derek Dooley's future at Tennessee is uncertain.
Missouri's first SEC victory Oct. 27 was a 33-10 rout of Kentucky, which also entered the game winless. The Wildcats fired Phillips on Nov. 4.
The Tigers' victory Saturday at Tennessee (4-6, 0-6) might have sealed Dooley's fate.
After seeing Missouri firsthand and watching Texas A&M last weekend, Phillips believes both schools just came in prepared to compete in the SEC.
"It's a really tough, tough league," said Phillips, who will coach Kentucky's final two regular games. "All of them that are winning have


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Jill ( Hirshfield's Edina) tells me their customers like the idea of using gray and try to use gray in their homes. Guess what? A number of customers return to the store enveloped in a cloud of gray ennui. Gray ennui? The gray is either too green, too cold, too brown, too something, and it just doesn't look "right." Those sneaky undertones. The chameleon among colors, gray is a classic, refined neutral that works well with any color scheme. Depending on the shade, it can be cool and calming or, with a little bit of silver, energetic.
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First off, thank you. I've been struggling with a lot of aspects of working "inside" the publishing industry lately. I found your blog following a link trail one day last week. I sat down and promptly started reading from 2009 (when you dove into self-publishing) until present. You make a ton of sense.
Unfortunately, you didn't do anything to make me feel better about my current position (although, that's not your job). I've been struggling with my role as an advocate for authors. I have been working on one contract now for almost four months. I keep going back to fight for my client and each round feels like I'm getting both closer and farther away from an agreement that will make either one of us any money. I work mainly with small presses that offer better terms that the large houses, but even those terms feel unfair to my clients.
The challenge comes in continuing to seek out contracts for my clients when I keep doubting that it is the best path for them. At the same time, I know many of my clients have no desire to self-publish. They don't want to mess with the back-end aspects, even if that costs them money in the long term. Will they change their minds after a few contracts have run their course? Maybe, but only time will tell.
I love your estribution model, but I don't think it's feasible for me. Neither I nor my agency have the kind of liquid capital to invest heavily in multiple clients when it comes to things such as editing, cover art, etc. I want to help my clients, but I don't personally have the money to invest in their careers. What I do have is time, skills and a deep desire to give my clients the best chance at success.
You have so many great ideas about publishing and I admire the way you innovate. I'm wondering if you have thought of any other models, similar to estribution, that would allow me to help a client who is hesitant to self-publish without tying up money I don't have. I want to do what's right by my clients, but right now any path feels like a loss when I know they don't want to self-pub, but are unlikely to be happy in the years to come with most traditional deals.
I know you get a metric ton of email, so I understand if you can't answer this. If you decide to address this topic on your blog, I just ask that you keep me anonymous. I do plan to discuss this with the owner of my agency, but don't want to blindside her. I appreciate your understanding.
Joe sez: I've said before that no one owes you a living. That goes for agents as well as authors.
In the past, agents filled an essential role in the legacy publishing industry. If you convinced a good literary agent to represent you, it improved your odds at getting your book read by a publisher, and consequently improved your odds at getting published.
I couldn't have gotten pubbed without my agent. And besides helping me land my legacy contracts, she has also fought to improve their terms, and sold dozens of subsidiary rights (audio, foreign, movie).
Since I began to self-pub, my agent has helped me in an estributor capacity, especially when it comes to my collaborations. I find the percentage she recieves is well worth the work and monetary investment she puts in.
But how about agents, like the one who sent me the above email, who want to work with authors but can't invest money in cover art and formatting?
I have some advice. And the advice is the same as it is for authors who don't want to self-publish:
Find another line of work.
I'm not trying to be flippant, or harsh. I'm being entirely realistic. Allow me to use some analogies.
"I want to be a mechanic, but don't want to learn how to work on engines."
I suppose you could limit yourself to just brakes, or transmissions, but you won't be able to find work as easily, and you're missing out on a big part of what the title mechanic means.
"I want my art to hang in museums, but don't know how to get it in there."
Before you create a key, study the lock. Working on something and expecting the world to embrace it doesn't happen too often.
"I want to be a surgeon, but am afraid of the sight of blood."
Maybe you can become a tree surgeon.
"I want to play poker for a living, but not with my money."
No one is going to stake you until you prove yourself. And once you prove yourself, you probably won't need anyone to stake you.
"I want to manufacture wagon wheels, but there isn't a market for them anymore."
You can still make all the wagon wheels you want to. Just don't expect to sell any.
"I want to be a contract lawyer, but my contracts are never accepted by either negotiating party."
Sounds like you won't get a lot of business.
My point is that the roles of writers, and agents, have changed. The industry has changed. Expectations have changed. What was once the norm is now the exception.
Writers, and agents, if they want to thrive (or even survive) have to develop new skills, take on new responsibilities, and take different chances.
This means learning about the current state of the industry, doing things outside your comfort zone, and ponying up a few bucks.
I expect contract negotiations with publishers to get even harder as more and more publishers become aware that they aren't needed. Since there continue to be writers who insist on going the legacy route, publishers will make those writers pay.
Consider the taxi cab. There are many alternatives to getting around town, and all of them are cheaper. Yet cabs can command a premium, because they provide a service for those who want it. Just like publishers.
You can't negotiate with a cab driver for a lower fare.
Consider textbooks. As a student, you're forced to pay $200 for a single book. The publishers know this, and they price accordingly. The school bookstores also know this, and they make used books almost as expensive as new books. They gouge. It's human nature. If you can get more for something, you will.
Publishing, as of April 2014, is a market still controlled by publishers. They can set the terms, because there are still plenty of eager authors willing to give up 70% royalties and rights forever. When more authors catch on that signing a legacy deal isn't in their best interests, publishers will begin to leverage everything they can from those who remain.
One might think the opposite will happen: that publishers will try to lure authors to them with better terms.
I don't see that happening. Profit margins are already too thin, and while the Big 5 keep posting record sales figures thanks to ebooks, the trend won't last forever. As paper sales dwindle and their monopoly on distribution ends, and more and more authors leave legacy to self-pub, publishers will squeeze the suppliers (authors) they still have. Right now advances are shrinking, some acquisitions aren't even getting paper releases, and print runs are down. When belts begin to tighten, the last thing publishers will do is offer authors more of the pie. Like starving dogs, the Big 5 will viciously fight over the scraps that remain.
Or maybe I'm wrong. Maybe publishers will start treating authors fairly, and become more open to negotiation with agents. And then Satan and I will go ice-skating in hell.
One might think the opposite will happen: that publishers will try to lure authors to them with better terms.
I don't see that happening. Profit margins are already too thin, and while the Big 5 keep posting record sales figures thanks to ebooks, the trend won't last forever. As paper sales dwindle and their monopoly on distribution ends, and more and more authors leave legacy to self-pub, publishers will squeeze the suppliers (authors) they still have. Right now advances are shrinking, some acquisitions aren't even getting paper releases, and print runs are down. When belts begin to tighten, the last thing publishers will do is offer authors more of the pie. Like starving dogs, the Big 5 will viciously fight over the scraps that remain.
Or maybe I'm wrong. Maybe publishers will start treating authors fairly, and become more open to negotiation with agents. And then Satan and I will go ice-skating in hell.
There are only two essential groups in the reader/writer relationship: readers and writers. Everyone else is a middleman who has to prove their value.
Some writers don't want to self-publish, so there will be some agents and some publishers who can assist them for a piece of the pie. But as more and more writers learn how easy it is to reach readers, I see those who pursue careers as agents, or those who work in the publishing industry, becoming a niche.
Unless publishers and agents offer authors something they really want, at a cost authors are willing to pay, we're going to see their numbers dwindle.
If you are an author who doesn't want to get your hands dirty by self-publishing, your choices are going to be limited. If you are an agent who can't assist writers by becoming an estributor, your choices are going to be limited.
It doesn't have anything to do with what's fair. Or how things used to be. Or what authors and agents want.
It has everything to do with how readers are finding books to read.
If you want to be a part of the reader/writer business transaction, there is no magic bullet or formula or business model that I'm aware of which doesn't involve either legacy publishing or estribution. If you want to work with authors, you have to give authors something they want.
It would be great if we could shape the world into what we want it to be, but mostly we have to figure out how to work with how things are.


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21 Erykah Badu - New Amerykah: Pt. One (4th World War)19 Katy Perry - One Of The Boys
― Trik Turner Fan Club President (Tape Store), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 04:44 (ten years ago) Permalink
the motherfuckers
― Mikaael Jackson (The Reverend), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 04:49 (ten years ago) Permalink
yall didnt know matt armstrong was the editor of blender?
― racist (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 04:52 (ten years ago) Permalink
was considering this for my list, but who turned (MOJO) on to something like this???
For all the Boomer Rock worship and Beatles covers the MOJO writers have actually been right there in terms of championing great bands early on.
― Cunga, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 05:15 (ten years ago) Permalink
"One Of The Boys" is an abortion
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 05:30 (ten years ago) Permalink
No Gym Class Heroes, no dice
― Dimension 5ive, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 05:39 (ten years ago) Permalink
yes but MOJO have never really been into experimental electronic or minimal composition in the past have they?
the bryars/jeck/alter ego project is not a band, it's actually jeck and alter ego re-working the classic bryars piece into something almost akin to 'the disintegration loops'
― psychgawsple, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 05:48 (ten years ago) Permalink
this is starting to be like in high school when jocks would ask, "Wait, you like rap? I thought you were into alternative."
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 25 November 2008 06:30 (ten years ago) Permalink
it's just that that album, and maybe Peter Broderick as well, are far more experimental/esoteric than the rest of that list. no need to call names matos, just wondering if this type of dabbling was something MOJO did more often
the previous lists had a predictable aesthetic (at least with Paste and Blender), i thought this was part of why writers contributed different lists to different magazines?
― psychgawsple, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 06:57 (ten years ago) Permalink
I have to recuse myself from commenting on the metal lists, but otherwise, Blender's is by far the best of these so far.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 06:58 (ten years ago) Permalink
I don't know what the staff's iPod's look like but they seem to have an in-house expert on everything. (And if they don't have one for something they usually know where to find a good one)
Their canonizations and monthly covers can obscure that finer point though.
― Cunga, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 07:28 (ten years ago) Permalink
It's probably a bit like Pitchfork's 2000 list where Gas' Pop stood out like a sore thumb amidst all the indie-rock (obv. Pitchfork's end of year lists are a bit different now). I queried this at the time and Mark Richardson (who obv likes a lot of electronic music) explained that he'd loved that album and converted several other writers. Pitchfork weren't trying to say this was the only good electronic album of that year, it's just that several writers happened to vote for it. I'm sure that Mojo has its equivalent or equivalents to Mark.
Which is totally fair enough. But it still points to the problem with tabulated lists generally: one reads meaning where in fact there is only statistical randomness.
Having said this, the "nine similar things plus one different thing" approach to individual end-of-year listmaking is always (to my mind) a sign that one should not take said list too seriously. The presence of the one different thing can only be seen as perplexing, ultimately meaningless - remember all those indie rock + Outkast album lists of 2003.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 07:35 (ten years ago) Permalink
ultimately meaningless
No, not at all. All those indie rockers came to the album for that one song. I think it was "Ghetto Musick."
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 07:51 (ten years ago) Permalink
i mean, "hey ya" was no pushover either
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 25 November 2008 07:55 (ten years ago) Permalink
I queried this at the time and Mark Richardson (who obv likes a lot of electronic music) explained that he'd loved that album and converted several other writers.
I think the exact same thing happened the next year with Fennesz's "Endless Summer" at #2!
I agree with Tim for the most part, but statistical randomness in poll results is somewhat dependent on the point tallying system for the poll (yeah, I harp on this every year) ... so for example, one person might convert a bunch of colleagues to something completely new (to them), but chances are they'll toss that album in at #8 or #9 on their list, not #1 or #2, so if pollmakers choose an unweighted (50, 49, 48, ... 3, 2, 1) point scheme or even a mildly weighted scheme, then they're opening themselves up to having a poll that's inexplicably dominated by a bunch of #9 throw-in votes.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 09:48 (ten years ago) Permalink
The statistical-randomness bit is much closer to what I was referring to w/my high-school crack: it would be more unusual to not see those kinds of deviations on long lists like these ones.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 25 November 2008 11:28 (ten years ago) Permalink
OTOH the very fact that a single record stands out as a "deviation" on a list tends to suggest that the reigning ideology at that publication is a little too well entrenched.
(metal mags tend to be more honest about this - no non-metal whatsoever)
― Tim F, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 11:33 (ten years ago) Permalink
Surely Lil Wayne will be the main beneficiary of the 9th/10th votes this year. People who like hip hop but don't listen to it all the time tend to feel odd about not including at least one example in their top 10, even in a weak year, but what they intend to say - "I like hip hop even though I haven't heard much good stuff this year" - reads more as "I don't really like hip hop but feel obliged to include one album in order to seem eclectic", ie a sincere motive (at least in some cases) reads as a bogus one. Hence an album which even most Lil Wayne fans admit is patchy ends up, once the votes are tallied, looking like a masterpiece for want of any serious competition. Like Tim says, the same thing happened with OutKast in 2003, although I unfashionably still think that was genuinely deserving.
Anyway, the lists so far prove that my theory about Portishead placing highly in P&J obviously derives from hanging out with an unrepresentative number of Portishead fans.
― Dorianlynskey, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 12:52 (ten years ago) Permalink
Q Magazine
1 Kings of Leon - Because of The Times2 Fleet Foxes - s/t3 Coldplay - Viva La Vida...4 Vampire Weekend - s/t5 Glasvegas - s/t6 Duffy - Rockferry7 TV On The Radio - Dear, Science8 Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid9 The Racontuers - Consoluers of The Lonely10 Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!11. Sigur Ros - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust12 Keane - Perfect Symmetry13 MGMT - Orcular Spectacular14 Kaiser Chiefs - Off With Their Heads15 Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III16 Hot Chip - Made In The Dark17 Adele - 1918 British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?19 Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree20 The Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound21 Razorlight - Slipaway Fires22 The Killers - Day and Age23 Beck - Modern Guilt24 The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of The Understatement25 Metallica - Death Magnetic26 Conor Oberst - s/t27 Neil Diamond - Before Home28 Paul Weller - 22 Dreams29 AC/DC - Black Ice30 Portishead - Third31 Black Mountain - In The Future32 Oasis - Dig Out Your Souk33 Hercules & Love Affair - s/t34 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago35 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive36 R.E.M. - Accelerate37 Lykke Li - Youth Novels38 John Mellencamp - LifeDeathLoveAndFreeedom39 Santogold - s/t40 My Morning Jacket - Evil Urges41 Lindsey Buckingham - Gift of Screws42 Liam Finn - I'll Be Lightning43 Joan As Police Women - To Survive44 Black Kids - Partie Traumatic45 Jack Johnson - Sleep Through Stattic46 Jenny Lewis - Acid Tounge47 The Verve - Forth48 Randy Newman - Harps and Angels49 Emmylou Harris - All I Indented To Be50 Dido - Safe Trip Home
― Mitchell Stirling, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 12:53 (ten years ago) Permalink
How can all these mags release their best-of-2008 lists now, when there's still more than a month left of 2008?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 12:55 (ten years ago) Permalink
― Dorianlynskey, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 12:57 (ten years ago) Permalink
wish these mags would show some balls for once and just do a Top 50 Albums We Feel Deserve More Love ignoring anything that went top 40 or sold over a certain amount. what is the point of a list like Q's? they could do something a lot more interesting and useful to their readers but no.
― GSOHSHIT (blueski), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 12:57 (ten years ago) Permalink
32 Oasis - Dig Out Your Souk
― GSOHSHIT (blueski), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 13:03 (ten years ago) Permalink
what is the point of a list like Q's?
So that people who buy five albums a year and Q once or twice in a year can feel like they're catching up?
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 13:21 (ten years ago) Permalink
Including The Killers (this week no doubt) 28 of those albums made the UK top ten.
― Mitchell Stirling, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 13:23 (ten years ago) Permalink
why cater an EOY list for people who only buy your magazine once or twice a year? why fill it with best-selling albums when those same people could just go into Tesco and see the same albums there in the actual chart?
― GSOHSHIT (blueski), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 13:41 (ten years ago) Permalink
On further analysis if The Killers make #1 this weekend the list will have 15 chart toppers. You can see 13 of those records in this weeks Top 75. I also don't see why have a top 50 like that, has they gone down to 100 and put something you might not see in Tesco it might have been worthwhile.
― Mitchell Stirling, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 14:05 (ten years ago) Permalink
I hear Uncut went with Portishead, haven't seen it myself but that's good to hear.
― Mitchell Stirling, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 14:51 (ten years ago) Permalink
why cater an EOY list for people who only buy your magazine once or twice a year?
"Cater" might be too strong a word, but there's def. a market for people who won't follow music all year-round but will pay closer attention at the end of the year because they know they everything they want to know will be condensed into convenient summaries. It's kind of the music equivalent of people who don't watch much sports, but stay glued to the TV during the Olympics, or even people who don't watch too many movies, but will watch the Academy Awards to check out the winners and make sure they haven't missed out on anything big.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 15:16 (ten years ago) Permalink
Perhaps the Q list will convince them that they don't need to bother anymore.
― GSOHSHIT (blueski), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 15:23 (ten years ago) Permalink
Those annual Q lists are the only ones which seriously raise my suspicions re. authenticity.
― mike t-diva, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 15:46 (ten years ago) Permalink
mass outrage at middle aged music lists in magazines aimed at middle aged readers, News at Ten
― Brother Belcher (Marcello Carlin), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 15:54 (ten years ago) Permalink
Before Paper Thin Walls shut down, we picked Portishead as our Album Of The Year...
Paper Thin Walls1. Portishead - Third
― i'm whine btw (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 16:05 (ten years ago) Permalink
I like your approach.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 16:07 (ten years ago) Permalink
Ned's ballot:
1. Portishead - Third2. The Cure - Disintegration Pt IV
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 16:10 (ten years ago) Permalink
The Voyage Home
― da croupier, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 16:12 (ten years ago) Permalink
Sad thing is that's not too removed from the truth, which is another reason I'm not drawing up a list this year.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 16:19 (ten years ago) Permalink
These lists need more Matmos, methinks.
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 16:50 (ten years ago) Permalink
Don Cavalli album's pretty good tho it's like a parody on old blues albums done with electric gtrs
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 17:01 (ten years ago) Permalink
The only list I really get excited for anymore is probably THE WIRE list
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 17:04 (ten years ago) Permalink
Surprised to see Bon Iver and Okkervil pop up but not Shearwater.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 25 November 2008 17:09 (ten years ago) Permalink
w/r/t to what Dorian said above, I just realized that I haven't voted for a single rap record this year, in all the various year-end lists I've submitted (they're different for diff publications for criteria reasons and the fact that I actually vote for "national" and "local" CDs for one outlet).
nothing was AWESOME in hip-hop this year, you know? and the likeliest candidates all got pushed back from late 2008 to early 2009.
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 17:16 (ten years ago) Permalink
simon otm
Q's list is really just depressing and is surely some cruel joke
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 25 November 2008 17:21 (ten years ago) Permalink
nothing was AWESOME in hip-hop this year, you know? and the likeliest candidates all got pushed back from late 2008 to early 2009.― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, November 25, 2008 12:16 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
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I mean, it wasn't the best year for hip-hop sure...
But The Roots, ABN, TI, Jeezy, Webbie and Guilty Simpson are all pretty awesome in my eyes.
― i'm whine btw (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 17:27 (ten years ago) Permalink
Whiney, I'm going to go ahead and fess up that I haven't heard ANY of those!
Wait, who are ABN?
I spend waaaay too much time and energy listing to avant-garde and noise...
― Beatrix Kiddo, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 17:29 (ten years ago) Permalink
ABN are Assholes By Nature, Houston diehards Z-Ro and Trae together. I think all those records I mentioned are better than the Lil Wayne record.
If you like avant-garde and noise, i suggest starting with the Roots record, which is pretty apocalyptic and unforgiving and moving on to Guilty Simpson, which is Madlibby stuff that The Wire readers could prolly fuck with.
― i'm whine btw (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 17:42 (ten years ago) Permalink
Also, since you're here, can we talk about the best NOISE noise records (ie, harsh noise, not Fuck Buttons) of the year?
The only ones I've really loved are (in order)
1. Carlos Giffoni - Eternal Noise2. Emeralds – Solar Bridge3. Prurient - And Still Waiting4. Burning Star Core - Challenger5. The Goslings – Occasion6. Robedoor - Rancor Keeper7. Wold - Stratification8. Skull Defekts - The Drone Drug
But I'm sure there's some I haven't copped. Supposedly Jason Crumer on Hospital is supposed to be ill.
But I'm sure there's a bunch
― i'm whine btw (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 17:46 (ten years ago) Permalink
scratch that last line
― i'm whine btw (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 17:47 (ten years ago) Permalink
also feeling nappy roots and bun b, in terms of hip-hop
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 17:53 (ten years ago) Permalink
Oh yeah, add Nappy Roots to that list, definitely!
― i'm whine btw (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 25 November 2008 17:54 (ten years ago) Permalink


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Marble, granular limestone or dolomite (i.e., rock composed of calcium-magnesium carbonate) that has been recrystallized under the influence of heat, pressure, and aqueous solutions. Commercially, it includes all decorative calcium-rich rocks that can be polished, as well as certain serpentines (verd antiques).
Petrographically marbles are massive rather than thin-layered and consist of a mosaic of calcite grains that rarely show any traces of crystalline form under the microscope. They are traversed by minute cracks that accord with the rhombohedral cleavage (planes of fracture that intersect to yield rhombic forms) of calcite. In the more severely deformed rocks, the grains show stripes and may be elongated in a particular direction or even crushed.
Marbles often occur interbedded with such metamorphic rocks as mica schists, phyllites, gneisses, and granulites and are most common in the older layers of Earth's crust that have been deeply buried in regions of extreme folding and igneous intrusion. The change from limestones rich in fossils into true marbles in such metamorphic regions is a common phenomenon; occasionally, as at Carrara, Italy, and at Bergen, Norway, recrystallization of the rock has not completely obliterated the organic structures.
Most of the white and gray marbles of Alabama, Georgia, and western New England, and that from Yule, Colorado, are recrystallized rocks, as are a number of Greek and Italian statuary marbles famous from antiquity, which are still quarried. These include the Parian marble, the Pentelic marble of Attica in which Phidias, Praxiteles, and other Greek sculptors executed their principal works, and the snow-white Carrara marble used by Michelangelo and Antonio Canova and favoured by modern sculptors. The exterior of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., is of Tennessee marble, and the Lincoln Memorial contains marbles from Yule, Colorado, Alabama (roof transparencies), and Georgia (Lincoln statue).
Even the purest of the metamorphic marbles, such as that from Carrara, contain some accessory minerals, which, in many cases, form a considerable proportion of the mass. The commonest are quartz in small rounded grains, scales of colourless or pale-yellow mica (muscovite and phlogopite), dark shining flakes of graphite, iron oxides, and small crystals of pyrite.
Many marbles contain other minerals that are usually silicates of lime or magnesia. Diopside is very frequent and may be white or pale green; white bladed tremolite and pale-green actinolite also occur; the feldspar encountered may be a potassium variety but is more commonly a plagioclase (sodium-rich to calcium-rich) such as albite, labradorite, or anorthite. Scapolite, various kinds of garnet, vesuvianite, spinel, forsterite, periclase, brucite, talc, zoisite, wollastonite, chlorite, tourmaline, epidote, chondrodite, biotite, titanite, and apatite are all possible accessory minerals. Pyrrhotite, sphalerite, and chalcopyrite also may be present in small amounts.
These minerals represent impurities in the original limestone, which reacted during metamorphism to form new compounds. The alumina represents an admixture of clay; the silicates derive their silica from quartz and from clay; the iron came from limonite, hematite, or pyrite in the original sedimentary rock. In some cases the original bedding of the calcareous sediments can be detected by mineral banding in the marble. The silicate minerals, if present in any considerable amount, may colour the marble; e.g., green in the case of green pyroxenes and amphiboles; brown in that of garnet and vesuvianite; and yellow in that of epidote, chondrodite, and titanite. Black and gray colours result from the presence of fine scales of graphite.
Bands of calc-silicate rock may alternate with bands of marble or form nodules and patches, sometimes producing interesting decorative effects, but these rocks are particularly difficult to finish because of the great difference in hardness between the silicates and carbonate minerals.
Later physical deformation and chemical decomposition of the metamorphic marbles often produces attractive coloured and variegated varieties. Decomposition yields hematite, brown limonite, pale-green talc, and, in particular, the green or yellow serpentine derived from forsterite and diopside, which is characteristic of the ophicalcites or verd antiques. Earth movements may shatter the rocks, producing fissures that are afterward filled with veins of calcite; in this way the beautiful brecciated, or veined, marbles are produced. Sometimes the broken fragments are rolled and rounded by the flow of marble under pressure.
The so-called onyx marbles consist of concentric zones of calcite or aragonite deposited from cold-water solutions in caves and crevices and around the exits of springs. They are, in the strict sense, neither marble nor onyx, for true onyx is a banded chalcedony composed largely of silicon dioxide. Onyx marble was the "alabaster" of the ancients, but alabaster is now defined as gypsum, a calcium sulfate rock. These marbles are usually brown or yellow because of the presence of iron oxide. Well-known examples include the giallo antico ("antique yellow marble") of the Italian antiquaries, the reddish-mottled Siena marble from Tuscany, the large Mexican deposits at Tecali near Mexico City and at El Marmol, California, and the Algerian onyx marble used in the buildings of Carthage and Rome and rediscovered near Oued-Abdallah in 1849.
Unmetamorphosed limestones showing interesting colour contrasts or fossil remains are used extensively for architectural purposes. The Paleozoic rocks (from 251 million to 542 million years in age) of Great Britain, for example, include "madrepore marbles" rich in fossil corals and "encrinital marble" containing crinoid stem and arm plates with characteristic circular cross sections. The shelly limestones of the Purbeck Beds, England, and the Sussex marble, both of Mesozoic Era (from 251 million to 65.5 million years ago), consist of masses of shells of freshwater snails embedded in blue, gray, or greenish limestone. They were a favourite material of medieval architects and may be seen in Westminster Abbey and a number of English cathedrals. Black limestones containing bituminous matter, which commonly emit a fetid odour when struck, are widely used; the well-known petit granit of Belgium is a black marble containing crinoid stem plates, derived from fossil echinoderms (invertebrate marine animals).
Marbles are used principally for buildings and monuments, interior decoration, statuary, table tops, and novelties. Colour and appearance are their most important qualities. Resistance to abrasion, which is a function of cohesion between grains as well as the hardness of the component minerals, is important for floor and stair treads. The ability to transmit light is important for statuary marble, which achieves its lustre from light penetrating from about 12.7 to 38 mm (0.5 to 1.5 inches) from where it is reflected at the surfaces of deeper lying crystals. Brecciated, coloured marbles, onyx marble, and verd antique are used principally for interior decoration and for novelties. Statuary marble, the most valuable variety, must be pure white and of uniform grain size. For endurance in exterior use, marble should be uniform and nonporous to prevent the entrance of water that might discolour the stone or cause disintegration by freezing. It also should be free from impurities such as pyrite that might lead to staining or weathering. Calcite marbles that are exposed to atmospheric moisture made acid by its contained carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and other gases maintain a relatively smooth surface during weathering; but dolomite limestone may weather with an irregular, sandy surface from which the dolomite crystals stand out.
The main mineral in marbles is calcite, and this mineral's variation in hardness, light transmission, and other properties in divers directions has many practical consequences in preparing some marbles. Calcite crystals are doubly refractive—they transmit light in two directions and more light in one direction; slabs prepared for uses in which translucency is significant are therefore cut parallel to that direction. Bending of marble slabs has been attributed to the directional thermal expansion of calcite crystals on heating.
The use of explosives in the quarrying of marble is limited because of the danger of shattering the rock. Instead, channeling machines that utilize chisel-edged steel bars make cuts about 5 cm (2 inches) wide and a few metres deep. Wherever possible, advantage is taken of natural joints already present in the rock, and cuts are made in the direction of easiest splitting, which is a consequence of the parallel elongation of platy or fibrous minerals. The marble blocks outlined by joints and cuts are separated by driving wedges into drill holes. Mill sawing into slabs is done with sets of parallel iron blades that move back and forth and are fed by sand and water. The marble may be machined with lathes and carborundum wheels and is then polished with increasingly finer grades of abrasive. Even with the most careful quarrying and manufacturing methods, at least half of the total output of marble is waste. Some of this material is made into chips for terrazzo flooring and stucco wall finish. In various localities it is put to most of the major uses for which high-calcium limestone is suitable.
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metamorphic rock: MarbleRocks derived from the metamorphism of carbonate sediments containing calcite or dolomite are marbles. The main result of metamorphism is an increase in grain size. Because of the rather equidimensional habit of calcite and dolomite crystals, they rarely appear schistose unless they contain other…
Italy: Mineral production…which Italy is well-known is marble, especially the world-famous white marble from the Carrara and Massa quarries in Tuscany. However, the reputation of these exceptional stones is disproportionately large when compared with the percentage of gross national product (GNP) accounted for by their exploitation.…
Western architecture: Building materials…made by the Romans of marble was mainly decorative. It was set in cement and applied in slabs to brick and concrete walls. It was used for pavements either in slabs cut and arranged in patterns or as mosaic. Under the empire a great demand arose for coloured marbles and…
Western architecture: Italian Gothic (c. 1200–1400)…most common building material and marble the most common decorative material.…
furniture: Other materialsMarble and, to a certain extent, plaster of paris have been used, especially in the 18th century, for the tops of chests of drawers and console tables, and in the 19th century for the tops of washstands and dressing tables.…
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Summers were spent in New Orleans visiting his favorite aunt, Ann, who would buy art supplies for him. His grandmother had a cool, funky apartment in the Quarter, and he was inspired by the art and architecture of this section of the city. He developed a love of the old, interesting patina of time, which found a deep resonance in his heart, even as a young boy. Weekends growing up in Houston were spent at one of two places: sunny days at the Zoo, and cloudy days at the Museum of Fine Arts. Saturday art classes at the MFA encouraged him to think about spending his life making art. He was right.
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Another signal moment for bloggers is to occur at 9 a.m. today, when Garrett M. Graff, who writes a blog about the news media in Washington, is to be ushered into the White House briefing room to attend the daily press briefing.
Mr. Graff, 23, may be the first blogger in the short history of the medium to be granted a daily White House pass for the specific purpose of writing a blog, or Web log. A White House spokesman said yesterday that he believed Mr. Graff was the first blogger to be given credentials.
He is being given a press pass as the editor of FishbowlDC (www.mediabistro.com/fishbowldc), a blog that is published byMediabistro.com, which offers networking and services for journalists.
Increasingly, bloggers are penetrating the preserves of the mainstream news media. They have secured seats on campaign planes, at political conventions and in presidential debates, and have become a driving force in news events themselves.
Mr. Graff said he was inspired to try to seek access to the White House by the controversy over James D. Guckert, who used the alias Jeff Gannon. Mr. Guckert was granted daily passes to White House briefings while writing for a Web site run by a Republican operative in Texas. The episode raised questions about who was a legitimate journalist and how access to the White House was granted.Continue reading the main story
White House press officials and others said it was relatively easy to get a day pass, prompting Mr. Graff to test that premise. He set about trying to get one and chronicled his attempt on his blog.
He made 20 phone calls and got nowhere. Bigger blogs picked up on his saga, and traffic on FishbowlDC increased tenfold, he said. But it was not until the traditional media joined in, Mr. Graff said, that the White House relented.
"USA Today started making calls on Thursday. CNN mentioned it on 'Inside Politics,' and Ron Hutcheson, president of the White House Correspondents Association, raised the issue with the White House Press Office," he said. "I think a combination of all of that made the White House pay attention and decide to let me in."
Scott McClellan, the White House press secretary, said he had met with the White House Correspondents Association and they had decided to let Mr. Graff in. "It is the press corps' briefing room and if there are any new lines to be drawn, it should be done by their association," he said.
Mr. Graff said he was surprised at the help he received from "real" reporters covering the White House, given what he described as the animosity between some bloggers and the mainstream news media.
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Mr. Graff himself was executive editor of The Harvard Crimson. He said he became a blogger because "it's the newest trend in journalism."
In any case, Jay Rosen, a journalism professor at New York University and specialist in blogging, said Mr. Graff's odyssey was significant for two reasons. First, he showed that it was harder to get a pass than the White House said it was after the Guckert case.
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Five New Jersey high schools including one in Hackensack and one in Teterboro were named to Niche's 2018 list of the best publich high schools in the U.S.
Bergen County Academies in Hackensack was named No. 11 on the list, and came in at No. 1 in New Jersey. Bergen County Tech in Teterboro came in at No. 16 in the U.S. and No. 2 in New Jersey.
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Research, innovation and education — you'll hear these three words repeated time and again when describing what a visitor will find at the Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day.
Scheduled for Tuesday, July 10 the event is not only a preview for the Sunbelt Expo held in October, but it's also a unique opportunity for farmers to see future trends in agriculture.
"Field Day focuses on seed varieties, chemical applications, irrigation technology and precision ag technology," states Darrell Williams, Expo Farm Manager. "Farmers can receive first-hand information on these products from company representatives and university researchers. Some of the technology farmers will see here has yet to be placed on the market."
This year's Field Day will host 25 companies as well as university researchers with 120 to 130 plots focusing on traditional row crop varieties. These will include 35 varieties each of corn and soybeans, 50 for cotton and 21 for peanuts. A plot highlighting Pearl Millet as an alternative crop will also be included.
Research is what the Sunbelt Ag Expo was built on and there is no shortage of it in the fields this year. The UGA Cotton and Peanut teams will be in the fields along with the UGA Pearl Millet Team.
Working in conjunction with the USDA-ARS the Pearl Millet team will highlight new hybrids not yet available to Southeastern growers. Pearl Millet has traditionally been grown as a food source for quail. However, the team will be highlighting the crop as one that can meet the needs of the poultry and ethanol industries.
The UGA Cotton team will focus on production issues — soil fertility, weed management, entomology and agronomy.
The UGA Peanut Research team will showcase a side-by-side comparison of every cultivar that has a seed available in 2007. Alongside this variety showcase will be their Planting Date Trial.
Of other interest to peanut producers will be the field display by the National Peanut Research Laboratory of Dawson, Ga. The USDA scientists from the lab will be showcasing their "Field to Fuel Tank" research on peanuts for biodisel. Two years of research have identified three potential oil peanut varieties, as well as production practices.
Chip Blalock, executive director of the Expo says, "Our ultimate goal is to help farmers increase their yield and profitability. We aim toward providing the producers with timely, applicable information they can utilize. One such example of this would be the irrigation technology shown at Field Day."
According to Blalock there will be two major irrigation sites at Field Day. Reinke Mfg. Co. has partnered with AG Technologies and LLC/Trimble Navigation to show growers how applying GPS technology on a lateral irrigation system will enhance their watering efficiency while minimizing their costs.
The Georgia Soil & Water Conservation will be located adjacent to Medders Irrigation/Valmont. GSWCC will be focusing on its Agriculture Water Conservation Program. Aspects of this program that are of high interest are Ag Water Metering Program, Irrigator Pro and the Mobile Irrigation Lab.
The benefits of metering in relation to water conservation, improved efficiency and improved yields should provide valuable and timely information in light of the drought.
Trams begin departing for Field Tours at 8:30 a.m. and a complimentary lunch is served at 12:15 p.m. with door prize giveaways following lunch.
Field Day is a great opportunity to learn the about the latest in advancements in agriculture that can help farmers improve their economic efficiency so make your plans to attend — July 10 at Spence Field in Moultrie, Ga.
For more information go to www.sunbeltexpo.com or 1-229-985-1968.


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Front paw/leg amputation cost?
My cat was hit by a car quite a while ago and he's paw/lower leg is paralyzed. We were thinking of having it amputated and took him to a feline only vet. The first initial visit/xrays and cleaning of his wound (he started using his elbow as a crutch so the fur and skin rubbed off) came out to about $500.
We decided to ask about amputation and were quoted close to $4000. Now I don't expect it to be cheap and probably at least $2K but is this cost normal?
After doing some reading the price I was quoted seems to be on the UPPER scale of cost. $2K I can swallow 4 is a bit much.
I don't know about cost but your title gives me the impression you are considering amputating only part of the leg? Because of the "crutch" problem you have already encountered sometimes the whole leg is removed to prevent that happening. Did you discuss that with your Vet?
They told me there were two options, one to remove the whole limb at the body the other just to the next section down.
I did a lot of reading yesterday on the cost and there's quite a bit of price difference. Its range anywhere from $300 to $2K but never to $4K.
If it came to it I'd pay the $4K if it was a life death situation or a standard cost of an amputation but I'm thinking I'm getting shafted here. I did take the cat to a "feline" only vet thinking I'd get a more elaborate diagnosis but I guess time to go back to my regular vet who has been really good to us.
My current vet has sane prices, when I took my cat to the only local emergency room (2am) it was $1500 after 6 hours. 6 hours later we transferred him to our regular vet and three days later he only changed us $380 (not including x-rays which were done at the previous place)
I understand a vet is a business like any other but if I"m getting gauged screw them.
The price you've been quoted is high, for sure. You might want to seek out a different vet.
My cat, Fang, had his front left leg amputated about two months ago because of a tumor in his shoulder. I am looking for the bills (a few others have asked about price) but I would say, in the end, I spent about $2,000 ish all together. This included two X-Rays (one to see the tumor, and other to check his lungs for cancer spread), the surgery, and a night stay at the vets. Also we had pain medications, and Gabapentin to administer to him before the surgery (to prevent phantom limb pain in the future). We really went "all out" for him, and we didn't go anywhere near $4,000. And I would have spent that, so it didn't have anything to do with me looking for cheaper prices.
So yeah, a different vet might be the best option. Do note, though, that there are some major differences in the way that vets treat pain and you want to find a vet that will try to prevent pain from occurring rather than just treating the pain once it has occurred. This will make a huge difference in recovery and your cat's life after surgery, and many vets don't have that perspective. It's kind of scary. Talk to your vet at length about it before the surgery.
If you want to know more about Fang's amputation, check out the blog I set up to help people in what is a really scary process: http://cldavis.tripawds.com/ . You'll also find the blogs of two other kitty amputation (rear leggers, rather than front leggers) on the links to the right of that blog. Let me know if you have any questions! It's scary but it's totally worth it in the end.
Oh, about keeping the stub of the other leg -- A lot of vets remove the WHOLE leg to prevent the kitty from damaging himself/herself, etc. I have talked to a few owners who kept the remainder of the legs, and the cat's seem to be fine. Fang cannot easily clean the left side of his face without using other misc objects (furniture, floor), and he probably would be able to do so if he had some arm left. However, I would worry about him getting it caught in something, cutting it open, or who knows what. Really cat's do so amazingly well on three legs, you probably don't need to worry no matter which you choose.
Hope this helps!
So I got a quote from another local vet where I took Jake to and I was quoted $869 for the amputation vs alomst $4k from the "feline" only vet. Thats quite the price difference now matter how you look at it.
Hi end user - We are going back about 10 years but 10 years ago my mom's cat needed a (whole leg) leg amputation for the same reason as you, and at that time it was 550. at the emergency animal hospital in Montreal.
Given that it's been a decade, 869. seems reasonable to me. 4000. seems outrageous for this type of surgery imo.
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I was expecting up to $2k for the amputation and would have spend 4K if that was the going rate for amputations.
Now I did like the service of this vet and the fact that they specialized in felines. They did a pretty long consultation on the surgery and especially with pain management but I'm not willing to pay 4-5x more the average going rare because they specialize in cats.
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text: Guerrero Gallery in San Francisco is opening a big group show with tons of new work by some of your favorite artists such as graffiti icon Mike (Giant) LeSage, B/D featured artists Ryan Travis Christian and Cody Hudson, and even yours truly. If that's not enough Albert Reyes will also be presenting a new body of work in the galleries project space! A sneak peak of the work in the show, press release, and dates after the jump.


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- Companies with strong sustainability programs seen as popular
- Jobs that are 'flexible' and 'meaningful' increasingly attractive
- Opportunities to work for the greater good a benefit for companies and individuals
Experts agree: employees want to work for the good guys. And if companies want to attract and keep top talent, corporate social responsibility (CSR) matters.
But as it turns out, just working for one of the "good guys" is no longer enough; employees want to be good guys, too. Companies like Patagonia and Levi's are considered top of the game when it comes to corporate social responsibility. They take it seriously, and try to take their responsibility through their supply lines.
"For today's 'millennials' entering the workforce engagement in sustainability is a must-have, not a nice-to-have," says Kellie McElhaney, director at the Center for Responsible Business, Haas School of Business, University of Berkeley.
"They don't want to be told what the company is doing. They want to do it."
Don't be surprised to see more CSR projects popping up at offices near you. Employee engagement and CSR is a hot topic, and if you are wondering why, the answer may be in the numbers.
In a Society for Human Resources Management study, companies with strong sustainability programs were compared to companies with poor programs. The former had 55% better morale, 43% more efficient businesses processes, 43% stronger public image, and 38% better employee loyalty.
"CSR has proven to be one of top ways to keep people engaged and right now employee engagement levels are at an all time low," says McElhaney, also author of Just Good Business: the Strategic guide to aligning corporate responsibility.
"The top two criteria young people put on job selection today is 'flexible' and 'meaningful,'" she says. "We are looking for purpose. And these kids will go work for a non-profit or some sort of social enterprise to get it."
Mary Cullinane, executive vice president of corporate affairs and social responsibility at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, agrees: "My social upbringing was four or five blocks around my house. Their social awareness has no limit. So they start to be concerned about things outside their neighborhood and outside their block."
Some online initiatives are tapping into that desire to spend time working for the greater good. VolunteerMatch.org allows employees to connect to local non-profits and tracks the time spent working for them. In 2011, they logged more than 5.5 million hours of volunteering by employees from a network of major companies including Gap, Wal-Mart, and Morgan Stanley.
"We are just getting rolling," says Greg Baldwin, president of VolunteerMatch.org.
"There is no doubt in our experience that corporations are taking their employee engagement strategies more seriously, and they are using technology to make it smarter and more effective."
At UnitedHealth Group, the VolunteerMatch.org program enables employees to log-on and help non-profits during breaks and spare time even for as little as 15 minutes. The tasks include things like client management and web and software development.
Kate Rubin, vice president of social responsibility at UnitedHealth Group, says the program is very popular.
"We employ 99,000 people around the globe, and in the past year, 79% of our workers and 97% of our executives volunteered, putting us in an elite group of companies of our size," she says.
At Discovery Communications, the Discovery Impact: Creating Change program- also brings the specific talent of their workforce into play. Once a year, during a 12-hour-long day, employees put their specific skills to use at non-profits.
"It's a way to engage their creativity in a different way," says Michelle Russo, Discovery's senior vice president of corporate communications. As an added benefit, she notes that it brings people together from different departments.
Mindful that volunteering could simply be seen as a passing trend and good public relations for companies, businesses are keen to highlight the longer term benefits.
In 2010 sustainability accounting firm Ekos International was commissioned by Nike and Hewlett Packard to do a study on the strategic importance of employee engagement and CSR.
"What we found was that it is critical for competitive advantage and companies are seeing this as a way to improve their performance," says Cynthia Figge, co-founder of Ekos International.
It is also a key component in keeping ambitious and quality employees.
"There is no doubt it impacts bottom line in terms of employee retention and attraction," says Russo. "We don't lose productivity, we gain it. 80% of our employees volunteer. If we ever stopped it, they would revolt."
Many believe the case for CSR is not just internal, but together with price and quality, it could be the one of the top three qualities needed for a successful company's brand development. A study from earlier this year by public relations firm Edelman found that 87% of consumers around the world believe corporations should place at least equal weight on business and society.
"Some companies are just starting to understand the benefits of having their employees understand the internal CSR field," says Chris Coulter, president of Globescan, a research consultancy on reputation, brand sustainability and trends.
"To be a good employer is important, even to customers."


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Mark Trail Wilderness
IntroductionThe United States Congress designated the Mark Trail Wilderness (map) in 1991 and it now has a total of 16,618 acres. All of this wilderness is located in Georgia and is managed by the Forest Service. The Mark Trail Wilderness is bordered by the Raven Cliffs Wilderness to the south.
DescriptionThe logging roads that once ran along the streams, waterfalls, rocky outcroppings, and high peaks that distinguish the Chattahoochee Wildlife Management Area are rapidly returning to their natural state. The mountains (Horsetrough is the highest at 4,045 feet) are covered in second-growth upland and cove hardwoods in excess of 60 years of age. Trout fishing is top-notch, with 65 miles of streams chock-full of rainbow, brook, and brown trout. Some of the headwaters of the Chattahoochee River flow through here. Deer, squirrels, raccoons, grouse, and wild turkeys dominate among the landlubbing residents, with smaller populations of black bears, woodcocks, and doves. Most hikers take the Appalachian Trail (AT), which follows the crest of the Blue Ridge through this area for 14 miles. The two shelters on the AT are Low Gap and Blue Mountain. Jack's Knob Trail enters the Wilderness at Henry Knob and travels south before dividing and joining the AT in two places. Less than an hour's hike on a trail on the east side leads to Horsetrough Falls, which plunges year-round. Hunters and anglers are common sights, and hikers appear almost every day from spring through fall. Just across State Highway 75 lies Tray Mountain Wilderness. Hikers should be aware that encounters with black bears are common in the area. The use of bear proof food storage containers is highly recommended.
Planning to Visit the Mark Trail Wilderness?
- Print a fact sheet
- General things to consider when visiting any wilderness
- Regulations
- Contact the Forest Service
- Visit the National Forest wilderness website
Leave No TraceHow to follow the seven standard Leave No Trace principles differs in different parts of the country (desert vs. Rocky Mountains). Click on any of the principles listed below to learn more about how they apply in the Mark Trail Wilderness.
- Plan Ahead and Prepare
- Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
- Dispose of Waste Properly
- Leave What You Find
- Minimize Campfire Impacts
- Respect Wildlife
- Be Considerate of Other Visitors


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STAC(Supporting Technology Across the Curriculum), Missing and Passey, Don (1990) Mapping of IT: A View Across The Curriculum. (Four wall charts which collate all references to IT in programs of study in the National Curriculum, at each key stage). Lancaster University, Psychology Department, Lancaster.
Tight, Malcolm Peter (1990) Higher education:a part-time perspective. . ISBN 0335096115