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Remington makes 20ga buckshot rounds with a number 3 shot. Thats 20, 25 caliber pellets at 1200fps. Federal makes rounds in number 2 and 3 buckshot also.
You may have to order what you want online but thats no big deal.
This is a discussion on Shotgun for Girlfriend? within the Defensive Rifles & Shotgun Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; While I've used guns all my life (handguns all the way up to howitzers!) my use of shotguns has been limited to sporting use. I ...
While I've used guns all my life (handguns all the way up to howitzers!) my use of shotguns has been limited to sporting use. I live in an apartment, and while I feel safe enough there with my Sig P229 and Ruger SP101 I worry about my girlfriend. I often have to work nights and leave her alone, plus apartment doors tend to be even less strong than most house doors. Her knowledge of firearms is about nil (something I hope to cure with time) but in the meantime I worry about her safety when I'm gone.
For these reasons I'm thinking about buying a shotgun for additional defense. It should be a lot easier to teach her to be proficient with a shotgun in a short amount of time compared to getting her up to speed with a handgun.
She's not a big girl, so I'm thinking recoil is likely going to be an issue. I was thinking of getting a 20 gauge to lesson the recoil but after a quick search of the web I found there isn't much available as far as buckshot rounds are concerned for the 20 gauge.
Are the "low recoil" 12 gauge buckshot rounds much lower than the non "reduced recoil" load? Do they still maintain a high level of effectiveness? Any thoughts on high quality recoil pads? Or should I go with a 20 gauge and just put up with having a low selection of defensive rounds?
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Remington makes 20ga buckshot rounds with a number 3 shot. Thats 20, 25 caliber pellets at 1200fps. Federal makes rounds in number 2 and 3 buckshot also.
You may have to order what you want online but thats no big deal.
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The low-recoil 12 Gauge rounds are nice and easy-shooting for someone who is accustomed to shooting a shotgun, and can even group and penetrate better than full-power shells, but I think it might still be a bit much for a small woman. The 20 Gauge would be the preferable gun for your girlfriend.
Buckshot choices for the 20 are a bit more limited than for the 12, but they are still out there. Like itschuck recommended, go with buckshot smaller than the "standard" 00 used by military and law enforcement. No. 1 and No. 2 are about optimal for situations like the apartment where you want good penetration on target but want to lessen the risk of over penetration.
On the other hand, if you have the money to spend, getting a recoil-reducing Knoxx stock and putting it on a 12 and using reduced-recoil ammo would turn it into a pussycat that even your girlfriend would enjoy shooting, and you would have the best variety of personal defense ammo to choose from.
There is nothing wrong with going with a 20 gauge shotgun, but as mentioned before there are reduced recoil loads that come in 12 gauge. There are also several recoil reducing stocks and butt pads available for popular shotguns like the Remington 870 and Mossberg 500. I know the Knoxx Spec Ops stock is popular due to its recoil reducing capabilities as well as allowing the shotgun to fit different sized individuals.
This is my 870 with the Knoxx Spec Ops stock, and it really does work as advertised!
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Im going to start keeping a shotgun loaded for my girl to. Its not that she cant shoot pistols. Shes pretty good. Its that shes blind as a bat without her glasses on and if she was woke up and had to shoot she couldnt hit anything. Also note she is very safe and would know if its a bad guy she was shooting at.
My wife's favorite is my Stoeger Coach gun in 20ga. Very simple manual of arms and reduced recoil... She would be in our safe room behind a locked door... I don't worry too much about the limited capacity for this situation...
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I have some opinions on the topic, but here's the facts. Got to make some assumptions for total weight of the shot, wad, and buffer. Calculations with the Mossberg 500 in 12, 20, and .410 Ga (my wife has access to a 500HD in .410) Federal ammo.
12ga low recoil OO buck recoil energy:
33.4 Ft/lb at 3.8lb/sec
12ga full power buckshot energy:
43.4 Ft/lb at 4.3 lb/sec
12ga #8 low brass birdshot:
22.7 Ft/lb at 3.1lb/sec
12ga 3" magnum slug (wow):
78.7 Ft/lb at 6.0 lb/sec
20ga #3 buckshot:
23.0 Ft/lb at 3.1 lb/sec
20ga #2 magnum buckshot:
20.5 Ft/lb at 2.9 lb/sec
.410 OO buckshot (the "judge" load from Federal):
11.2 Ft/lb at 2.1 lb/sec
.410 #6 birdshot, 1/2 oz load:
6.2 Ft/lb at 1.5 lb/sec
My wife has a 12 ga. Stoeger Coach gun as well and loves it. She prefers the Federal LE Low Recoil shells in 00 buck. It is her HD weapon of choice.
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Now, on to your question. I made exactly the same assumption as you when buying my son his first shotgun and I was wrong. I had never owned a 20 ga. but decided when my son was 12 to do him a favor and buy him a 20 instead of a 12. Bought him a Winchester Ranger 20 ga. and it was the biggest mistake ever. It will literally beat you to pieces. The problem is two-fold. Most modern 20 ga. ammo comes very close to equaling the 12 ga. counterpart. For home defense, look at a couple of choices. First, 9 pellet Federal Premium Vital-Shok Ammunition 12 Gauge 2-3/4". Those 9 pellets weigh approx. 484 grains at 1290 fps. Second, 20 pellet Federal Power-Shok Ammunition 20 Gauge 2-3/4" Buffered #3 Buckshot. Those 20 pellets weigh approx. 468 grains at 1200 fps. With projectile weights and velocities so close, it's easy to see that the recoil generated by the ammunition is going to be very close. The real kicker comes when you look at the guns in the different chamberings. Looking at a typical HD shotgun, the Remington 870 Express, you'll see that the 20 gauge version is 3/4 of a pound lighter than the 12 gauge version. This lighter weight combined with ammunition that is almost identical in recoil energy results in as much if not more felt recoil with the 20 than with the 12.
So, my recommendation is to go with the 12 ga. unless you can find a 20 ga. version of the gun you want that weighs the same as the 12 ga. version. (I'd still choose the 12, but it makes your decision more difficult) Now, to getting her familiar with the gun. There is absolutely no need to practice with heavy HD loads. You should fire some just to pattern the gun and it wouldn't hurt for her to fire a couple of rounds just to know what to expect, but for general practice get some of the Winchester Low Recoil target loads. These are very mild loads and will work just as well to familiarize her with the gun as punishing her with heavy HD loads. And I'll make her a promise. If she ever has to use that shotgun with a HD load in an actual defensive situation, she'll never remember how hard the gun recoiled.
Lastly, if you really want to make life easy on her and you don't mind the extra expense, look into a gas operated semi-auto like the Remington 1100 Tactical or the Benelli M4 Tactical (my dream HD shotgun)
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My daughter did not like the 12 gauge pump I got her,but she was shooting her M&P9c like she was born with it in her hand in her first range session.One thing about recoil is Semi's have less recoil than pumps,I got my wife a mossberg 930 semi and it will handle everything from low recoil to magnum loads
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My money's on the .410 pump or semiauto. You can load it for the 00 or 000 or slugs and she's not going to develop a flinch with it. I believe Mossberg made a "Home Defense" model at one time that ought to be ideal. The .410 slug is roughly .45 caliber. The 00 or 000 is very nasty stuff. I doubt a perp would be able to tell whether he was shot with four or six or nine .32 caliber steel balls. Hold your fire! Lets see..... thats two, three, four, five, dang I lost count. And heck! Those look like .32 caliber holes in my chest I'm gonna keep going to see if I get three or four more!
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It doesn't get much simpler than a coach gun...
I have the 12 ga, but in a 20 ga...it would work for her.
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I have bulging discs in my neck due an accident in 1995 and am VERY recoil sensitive and often have migraine headaches following a short (5-10rnd) session with the shotgun.
After the accident I made the mistake of getting a 20g Mossberg 500 and hated it. It "kicked" worse with buckshot & slugs than my 12g with standard Federal 2 3/4" 00 buckshot @ 1325fps.
With that experience I started trying 12g 'reduced recoil' loads.
To date I have found the Federal 2 3/4" 9 pellet 00buck @ 1140fps & Remington 2 3/4" 8 pellet 00buck @1200fps give me the best results with less "felt recoil" than the 20g did.
The Federal provides a slightly tighter pattern than the Remington from the 18.5"bbl on my Mossberg 500; but the Remington gives slightly less "felt recoil".
I also have a Remington 1100 that I have used for HD. The Federal 9 pellet RR buckshot will cycle the action while the Remington 8 pellet RR buckshot does not.
The part #'s of my preferred 00 buck loads:
Federal: H132 00(5rnd box)
Remington: RR12BK-00(5rnd box) or RR12BK8-00(25rnd box)
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Harbor Freight has a combo pan box brake, roller, shear with a 36" 20 ga. capacity for about 329.00. Has anybody bought one? Are they any good? Sometimes things like these just look like tools but don't work like tools. Any feedback would be appreciated.
HF Shear roll brake.
I've got one but the 30 inch model. No way will it shear 20 gage, press brake and roll works ok. If you want to do Aluminum it'll work ok. Just expect it to be a P.O.S. and what ever you can do on it will be a plus.
Thanks, That is what I was afraid of. I listed it as a 36 in. but I think it is a 30 in.
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Bought one last year. Havent used it in a couple of months, so I don't remember if it is 30 or 36. 36 I think.
Have only used it on 16 / 18 gauge. Won't shear of course.
Even bending a full width piece was work, but it worked. (I added a second handle and two of us applied pressure. At least it didn't break). Shorter pieces were easy. The roller seems to work real well, but I haven't used it much, mostly playing around.
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It should be a big help when we start doing the interior panels which will be much lighter.
Count me as satisfied, for the price.
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I have got 1 and it is a really good brand. It is a "Hafco Metalmaster". I have used quite a bit and it cuts, folds, and rolls really good. I have no complaints with it. I have only used .8mm material (which is what is recommended). Apart from that, I have nothing bad to say about it. Here is a pic of mine.
I have the HF brake roll sheer. I got it when it was on sale for $250 a couple years ago. I never expected it to be a anything beyond what it is and for that I am happy with it. I use it routinely for body metal, brackets, and a 1000 little items.
It works great for me because I don't ask it to do what it frankly can't do and I have a lot of work for what it is good for so it is well worth it to me.
Besides metal I have found it is a great tool for cutting posterboard to mock up parts. I keep a foot thick stack of posterboard here I constantly am mocking up parts with. It is dreadfully handy to make a mark, drop the chop and keep on going.
If you understand what it is and it is what you need, it has value. It is a tool I use on a daily basis.
I couldn't agree more about what has been said by gow589.
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I found build info for a slip roll on My tractor.com It takes a while to figure how it works since everything is painted green. My brother owned a printing company and I have some 36 in wide solid steel rollers from his spare parts for a newspaper press. I looked at our old farm machinery pile and saw enough screw adjusters , beaings , gears, sprokets chain. angle and flat iron, I won't have to buy anything but welding supplies. I now use a hand held HF shear, It was cheaper than repair parts for my Black and decker shear. I have a home made break but it's only 18 " wide, time to build a big one.
Well I work on shears alot and some friendly advice. Gap between shear blades should be set to 10% of material thickness, the entire length. I have never worked on a H.F. shear but usually they have 4 sided blades, sometimes two.
Feel the edge of your blade with your fingernail and look for nicks, this will transfer into your material. If the blade is not gapped correctly, it will either crash blades, or try to fold the material. It doesnt appear that this model has a way of setting the gap other then shimming the blade from the housing.
Use a feeler gauge and check the gap the entire length jogging the top blade down manually to where it just passes the bottom blade. We normally set the gap within +-.002 . When tightening a blade, start in the middle working out, this ensures there is no wave in the blade. Also honing with a stone and lubricant, and making sure there is no trash behind the blade and mating surface is very important.
A friend has a 48" one of these. I don't think it willl even cut 16 ga over 36 in. but again I doubt he has tuned the shear blades. I would guess a good tune on the shear and you might get a 16 ga cut. Be carfeull. Bending might be a problem too as the handles are pretty short. Even a good break will have more leverage than these do.
I'm looking at a 48 in just for aluminum. I still haven't justified the cost vs just going over to the sheetmetal shop.
I have dealt with shears for 30 years or so and am familiar with the big boy stuff, Striene, Halden, etc.
I too own the HF 3 in 1 machine. Mine is a classic example of bad qc. The holes in the shear blades did not line up with the holes in the castings. Therefore the bottom (anvil) blade had a rather large bow in it (0.053").
I removed the blades and set them up in my friends vertical mill and we remachined the holes onto a true center line. The blades were easily machined with a tool steel end mill cutter so they definitely are not a hardened steel.
Once the blades had the holes on center I was able to set the shear up at .002" gap. This did require shimming the bottom blade away from the casting. .001" - .005" shim stock was required.
It now shears 18 gauge adequately, naturally narrower is easier. It takes a lot of force to shear metal.
If you have used a stomp shear you will know how hard you have to come down on the pedal to shear 18 gauge steel.
You can literally stand on the pedal once the blade contacts the metal and nothing will happen.
You have to stomp on it to get a cut. the same thing applies to the HF 3 in 1, only thing is you can't stomp.
Lots of force with a fast initiation seems work best.
As for the brake function, I find it adequate and feel it requires no more force than a box and pan break . Either requires force to bend the metal.
All that said, the Hf 3 in 1 is a crap shoot at best, it might work out of the box, it might not.
If you don't have the resources to "tune" it then it isn't for you. I do not believe any of the Chinese 3 in 1 are any different - a crap shoot.
I think that the c shaped arms will fail first. I am going to remove one and have it copied, being cut on a water jet out of hot rolled steel, then machined as necessary.
a 2:1 reducer on the handle would go a long ways to making this a more user friendly machine.
Hope this and the previous post help.
edit; the blades on my 3-1 only have 2 cutting edges, you cannot flip them over, just turn them end to end.
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are u kidding? Jake Ballard, Kevin Boss did just as good for teh most part.. Those are 5th rd draft picks outta W.Oregon who did nothing after leaving NY, and a UDF who did very little at Ohio St.. Like BParcells said, we can do better...
He wasn't talking about the past TEs we've had. No disrespect but do you believe any undrafted or late round pick will pan out just because Boss and Ballard did? Thats a risky way to make personnel decisions. The question is who can we get to replace Bennett next year? Seem like the only legitimate choice is to draft a rookie. I'd rather re-sign Bennett but obviously only if the cost is right and use the draft pick else where. No one is listing possible choices, other than the 4th round rookie that you expect to play as well or better than Bennett in his rookie year.
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The apartment is located in the heart of the city center, few meters far from the river Danube. It can accommodate 4 people. 2 in double bed in separate sleeping-room and 2 extra people in fold out sofa situated in the living-room. The apartment has all equipment (oven, fridge, microwave, kettle, wash-machine, etc.). The apartment was fully renovated in new modern style.
House rulesThe apartment is situated in the residential building so it is necessary to keep the silent hours during night.
The price doesn't include the city tax 1,70 eur per person and night, this will be charged at check-in.
We provide to the guests also a transfer from the airport or bus/train station for extra fee, this could be arranged upon availability.
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Great place. We liked it a lot. We got the chance to be given the appartment that is right in the middle of everything.. It was fantastic to be in the core of the city. The appartment had all the equipment for washing your clothes and cook a meal. The bed was very big and comfortable too.
The thing we didn't like: we had to pay 6.6€ for taxes for staying there and we didn't know anything about it when we booked the appartment, it should be included in the price or explicitly specified in the description of the room.
very clean and spacious apartment just some steps away from the Danube river and within walking distance to the Old Town and other attractions, fully equipped with everything one needs for a short or long stay, busses and tram station nearby as well as food stores and restaurants, host was very helpfull and provided extra transfer from/ to airport for a good price, highly recommend this apartment!
We stayed for the night in Bratislava in the apartment - it's very neat and surprisingly spacious. Our host was very helpful and offered some sightseeing tips, and was really flexible about our time of arrival.
We would definitely stay here once again :)
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This is a great book for diehard fans of Downton Abbey with lots of pictures and history of the characters. Unfortunately the book was written at the beginning of season 3 so there is a great deal that has happened since its publication but it was nice to revisit previous storylines. Along with the fictitious characters there is a great deal of information about England and the aristocracy during the same time period of the 1920's. The actors add their impressions of the person they are portraying and I found it interesting to read their input. The photos are lovely and there are quite a few pages of objects, magazines, and fashion from the era
Again, great reading for Downton Abbey fans, of whom there are legions. This will help bridge the gap between seasons.
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The Optimist 12-and-under Bullets traveled to Kansas City to compete in the USSSA Memorial Day NIT tournament this past weekend. It was the biggest fastpitch event in the Midwest so far this season, drawing teams from all over Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Kansas.
In the first pool game, the Bullets got off to a rocky start, and were unable to protect a two-run lead in the final inning against the St. Jo Rockers. A couple of defensive errors would allow three runs to score and hand the Bullets their first loss on the season, 5-4.
The team responded to this loss by going 3-0 in its remaining pool games. The Bullets defeated the Kansas Titans 13-1, followed by a 13-2 win over the Diamond Gems II, and then added another win against the Fire and Ice Chill, 10-2.
Against the Chill, Bullet captains Rachel Allen and Mady Trujillo both had solo home runs.
Two consecutive losses in bracket play would eliminate the Bullets from a higher finish in the tournament. The Bullets lost to Swat/Bryan (Columbia, Mo.) by a score of 6-0. The Bullets were next shutout 5-0 by the Megan Willis Crunch from Olathe. The Swat would go on to finish runner-up in the championship game.
The Bullets finished 17th out of the 46 teams in the field. Lauren Campuzano and Saige Van Sickle led the team with three doubles apiece. Breanna Schroeder scored six runs. Rachel Duer, Van Sickle and Allen followed with five runs apiece.
The rest of the Bullets include Ashlynn Bledsoe, Hailey Franson, Giselle Thirakul, Alex Hoelscher and Gabrielle Nelms.
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In his most recent appearance for the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox, former big league pitcher Daniel Bard experience another painful outing in relief. He faced four batters without recording a single out, hitting two batters with pitches, surrendering a two-run double and an RBI single to the Minnesota Twins Triple-A affiliate in Rochester.
In the majors this season Bard was viewed as an experiment, attempting to transition from the bullpen where he was a dominate eighth inning pitcher for two years.
He made ten starts this year before being demoted to the minor leagues, as he held a 5.24 ERA, mainly due to his awful strikeout-to-walk ratio. In 55.0 innings of work, he struck out 34 and walked 37. He also hit eight batters, more than he had in the big leagues in the three years prior.
There's no doubt that the concept of moving Bard into the rotation was a failure, and now the pitcher appears to have completely lost everything that made him special coming out of the bullpen. As the team attempts to get him back on track in the minor leagues, it's very possible that Bard could be moved in a trade if another team entertains the idea of working on this experiment, namely the Chicago Cubs given the familiarity of Theo Epstein, who has plucked his former prospects from other teams before, such as first baseman Anthony Rizzo.
It's hard to think right now that the future for Bard as a pitcher is anything but unclear. One of the pitches he threw in the outing was so wildly high that it glanced off the catcher's mitt and struck the home plate umpire.
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Analyst Charles Lynch told Standard & Poor's MarketScope that Odyssey is the second-largest provider of hospice service in the U.S.; the company has grown rapidly since its formation in 1995, expanding its revenue base from $1 million in 1996 to an estimated $128 million in 2001and $164 million in 2002. Lynch notes the hospice industry is a relatively small part of the broader healthcare services industry; he sees expenditures for end-of-life services at about $4.2 billion this year. Lynch expects industry expansion to continue, driven by the aging of the U.S. population, increased recognition of the availability of end-of-life service, and other factors. He sees Odyssey posting EPS of $0.78 in 2001, rising to $0.95 in 2002.


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ENGAGEMENT: Caitlin Black and Charles Berkey
Caitlin Gabrielle Black and Charles Dean Berkey, of Gillette, Wyo., have announced their engagement.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of John and Victoria Black, of Gillette. She will graduate in May from Gillette College with a business administrative certificate. She is employed as a shift supervisor at Starbucks.
The future groom is the son of David and Mary Berkey, of Gillette. He will also graduate in May from Gillette College with a degree in diesel technology. He is employed as a diesel technician at Interstate Power Systems.
Caitlin is the granddaughter of Earl and Joann Blystone, of Marion Center, and Clyde and Lois Silvis, of Kenwood.
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Depth a concern for Lakeview baseball
LAKEVIEW — The Lakeview baseball team was under high expectations from their coach, Ryan Vellanti.
The Wildcats finished the season 9-20, which was better than the two wins they had in 2012, but not quite up to what Vellanti had in mind.
"I thought we would do a little better this year," he said. "We saw improvement from quite a few guys. Overall, I thought we'd finish higher in the league this year."
Vellanti said there wasn't one thing that kept the Wildcats from winning more games.
"I don't know if there was one specific thing," he said. "We need to get better on the mound and get more depth on the mound. That's the biggest thing we need to overcome."
Vellanti mentioned a couple of players who he thought were standouts on the team.
"The two that I think improved the most were Joey Cole, who did a better job playing right field every day, and Brad Hamlin," he said. "He (Hamlin) kept getting better on the mound and was one of our leading hitters at the end of the year."
If Lakeview can fix their pitching problems, Vellanti thinks next year could be better than 2013.
"Our top six hitters are all back. We ended up losing four seniors, but for the most part pretty much we have seven of our nine starters back," he said. "The biggest thing we';re going to have to overcome is we lose a couple from the mound. So hopefully we can find some pitching from the JV."
Vellanti also noted there are players who are currently working on their baseball game.
"We have some things going on this summer," he said. "Some are playing now and some are playing in the fall league in Newaygo. They're working and I think the biggest thing is getting them on a throwing program this summer and do our normal winter thing."


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I won't speak for free
Thursday, May 13, 2010
In March of 2008 I had a pair of 'firsts' that were both scary as hell for me at the time. First, I flew on an airplane for the first time in my life, and second, I spoke at SXSW. Actually I moderated a panel, but it was the first time since graduate school 5 years prior, that I spoke in front of an audience.
Now as an introvert, an introvert that had never spoken professionally at the time, my first thought when I was contacted about moderating a panel at SXSW was "There's no way I can do this!"
My second thought was "There's no way I can't do this!"
So although I was literally worried sick about speaking at SXSW, I went ahead with it. It ended up being one of the best decisions I've made in the last 2 years, and now I actually love speaking at social media conferences, something I would have never imagined this time two years ago. And I've gotten to be a pretty good speaker, I get good reviews every time I speak, and at every event I have had at least one attendee tell me afterward that my presentation alone justified the cost of the event for them.
For each event I speak at I spend on average 10 hours creating the slide deck, and about 20 hours rehearsing the presentation, unless it's an existing presentation/deck, then that time is much less. The end result is that I spend anywhere from 15-30 hours preparing/rehearsing the presentation, and lose a minimum of one day due to travel, usually two days.
So there's a pretty big time commitment necessary for me to speak at an event. And yet even with the time investment required, even though I have spoken at most of the biggest social media events and get rave reviews when I speak, I still have conference organizers that contact me expecting me to speak at their event for free.
And when I say 'free', I don't mean that they won't pay a speaking fee. I mean that they won't cover a speaking fee OR any of the speaker's travel costs TO the event.
About a year ago, I adopted a strict policy for speaking at events: I won't speak for free. If you want me to speak at your event, the bare minimum requirement is that you cover my travel. I'll probably require a speaking fee as well, but one certainty is that I won't be paying to come speak at your event so you can sell more tickets. I have turned down a lot of speaking requests in the last year because the event organizers wanted me to speak for free.
I won't. Period.
I'm sorry, but if you are an event organizer, my expertise and time are both worth money, and I'm going to ask for it. I've worked with event organizers before, so I understand that very few social media conferences are cash cows. But a lot more could be compensating their speakers, even if it's only their travel to the event.
Besides that, it's the right thing to do.
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Experiencing social media vs monitoring it
Monday, May 10, 2010
Over four years ago, I wrote this post about the importance of companies understanding their customers. I wanted to focus on this section:
What happens when you better understand your customers is that you can better serve them by anticipating their wants and needs. And the best part? As we correctly anticipate the consumers' wants and needs, and fill them, a trust is developed, which leads to the consumer lowering their defenses and letting us interact with them on a deeper level. This leads to a greater understanding of their needs, which means we can more quickly and effectively meet these needs, and thus the cycle is created.
Understanding your customers is general is obviously incredibly important, but you should also understand how your customers are using social media. This is something that often is overlooked when we advise companies on how to get started with social media. We teach them of the value of monitoring social media, of tracking company and industry mentions. Of knowing what's being said and where it is being said.
But that's only half the battle. The 'why' gives meaning to the numbers. What social tools are your customers using? Why are they using them? What information are they looking for, and how do they want it to be delivered to them?
The numbers alone don't tell the whole story. For example, last year a couple of studies came out that challenged Twitter's popularity. The studies claimed that people were flocking to Twitter, but then they stopped using the service after a few months. But the studies were looking at how Twitter users used the Twitter WEBSITE. Many Twitter users move on to a Twitter client such as Tweetdeck or Seesmic after becoming comfortable with the service. So the numbers suggested that people were leaving Twitter, when in fact they may have simply been leaving the Twitter website, for a Twitter desktop client.
You should definitely monitor social media, but ultimately, you should strive to understand the people, not the numbers. If you can reach the point where you understand how and why your customers are using social media, then you can begin to use social media to connect with them on terms that they are comfortable with. And when their comfort level increases, then your customers will more freely connect with you, and this helps you better understand them. And when you better understand them, you can better meet their wants and needs, which in turn will prompt them to more easily understand you. And thus a cycle is created and eventually the understanding on both sides reaches a point where trust enters into the equation.
But it all starts with focusing on the people, not the numbers. Be aware of the numbers, but understand the people behind them.
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How 'social' should companies be?
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
My policy on who/how many people I follow on Twitter has become much more lax in recent months. These days, I follow back most of the people that follow me. The downside to this is that a lot of these people will immediately unfollow me as soon as I follow them back, I guess in an attempt to 'pad' their follower count.
So every few weeks, I like to go through my Twitter network and 'cleanse' it. I will unfollow a lot of the people I am following that aren't following me, and at the same time I will try to follow back people that followed me that I somehow missed. I was doing this today (using Twellow), and I began to notice a trend as I was going through the people I was following, that weren't following me.
I was following a LOT of people that write for Mashable, that weren't following me back. I finally found SEVEN people that identified themselves as writers for Mashable, that weren't following me back. I'm not talking about people that occasionally write for Mashable, these are seven paid writers for Mashable, not counting Cashmore (he isn't following me either).
I checked the ratio of people they follow to those that follow them. The 'best' ratio I found was one writer that was following back roughly 33% of the people that follow him. The worst was less than 10%.
I got to thinking about this, and honestly I'm not sure of the significance. Will I stop promoting Mashable on Twitter because none of their writers will follow me back? Probably not. Now do I think it's hypocritical for the site to bill itself as 'The Social Media Guide' and only follow back a fraction? Yeah, a little. Is that enough to make me change how I share their content with my network? Probably not.
So at the end of the day, who cares? That's what I'm wondering about. If a company is at all connected to social media, whether it's via content they aggregate, or create, or distribute, or services they offer, are these companies held to a higher 'standard' when it comes to using social media? If an agency brands itself as being 'experts in making companies social', and they aren't using social media to be social themselves, is that a disconnect? Are they expected to be more 'social'? Should they be? At the end of the day does it really matter?
What do you think?
UPDATE: As I continued to go through the people I am following that aren't following me back, I noticed that I also had several from Twitter. Which is really ironic.
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My seven month old puppy loves to be snuggle in bed. At night I actually tuck in him snug as a bug. He loves to be covered with a couple blankets. I made him his own fleece one too. LOL so I tuck him in and hug and kiss him oh don't forget I continue to rub behind his ears and off to lullaby he goes and snores. LOL yes I know he is quite spoiled. But I love him and he loves it.
Treat people the way you want to be treated!!
I make everyone of our dogs a quilt of their very own......I started this when I got my first small dog and have continued the tradition, after all, they are part of the family!
When you give a quilt to someone and they give it to their dog, remember to some people, a dog is an animal not a substitute for a family member. They probably wouldn't let that dog have their very best expensive coat to lie on and ruin but they gave it your quilt! It doesn't sound like a compliment to me. I know some people treat their dogs like people, but some people treat their dogs like dogs and just any old thing - but usually a dog bed brought for that purpose- is for the dog. Know who your people and dogs are before you decide it is a compliment that your quilt has gone to the dogs.
The only way I'll drop 10 pounds is to go shopping in England. - Maxine-
I would be upset if I gave a quilt to someone and they gave it to their pet. If they want a quilt for their pet ask and I could make one. I don't give many quilts away for that reason. I have donated to the veterans and nursing home. They are used for the people!!
I wonder how they would feel if you did something similar with an expensive gift they gave you.
"Did you like that diamond tennis bracelet I gave you, Mom?"
"yeah, I gave it to the neighbor's 2 year old to play with."
I made my English Springer Spaniel, Lucy, a quilt and wrote all around the border with quilting "Lucy in the sky with Diamonds". She sleeps on her bed beside mine and is covered with it on cold nights. She loves it - doesn't move all night long. In the morning I can hear her get up dragging the quilt along with her until it falls off. She knows it's bedtime when she sees me hold up her quilt. She jumps on her bed, lays down and waits for me to tuck her quilt around her.
Beth in Maryland
Maybe the dog always gravates to the quilt when looking for a place to sleep and it is on the couch or a bed and not in the dog's bed. And the family jokingly calls it the dog's quilt. When looking for the dog they usually find him on the quilt where ever it might be. You never know what a kid might say out of context. Just a thought that crossed my mind.


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A real life Idol
Kris Allen had so much fun at last year's Dolphins game, he's coming back and doing it again Sunday. The American Idol season 8 winner has a new album under his belt and he talked to us about it and other stuff:
Tell us about the new record.
Right after you get off the show you rush into starting the album. I worked on it through the Idol Tour and after with different writers. It was an interesting process that I learned a lot through. I met some awesome people and had a fun time putting the album together.
Do you have a favorite track?
It's always hard to pick a favorite but I would probably have to go with Red Guitar. It's a song that I wrote a couple years before the album came out and it was nice to bring that song on the first album.
Tell us about your single "Alright With Me"?
The song is a fun and catchy tune. I wrote the song with Joe King from The Fray. He came up with the initial idea and we worked from there.
What are you looking forward to most? Just the time that I've been able to write for this one has felt incredible. Hopefully well get into the studio soon and start really diving into the new album.
How different is this year from last – personally and professionally? I don't exactly remember much of last year but the one thing that feels different is just everything has calmed down. Last year there was so much going on. Now things have slowed down a little bit and they just feel better. A little more my pace, I would say.
What can fans expect from the Fins game Tailgate concert?
It's going to be an acoustic show with a couple of guys from my band. The guys are really talented and even though it may sound a little bit more chill we will still get the crowd involved and people will have a gold time. Hopefully the Dolphins can win this one!


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In 2009, I self-published a book of poetry through Lulu.com, having agreed to terms & conditions and a royalty rate. After setting the price at $11.95, and paying extra for it to be sold on Amazon.com, I was very embarrassed when on the first day of sale it was steeply discounted to $8.95 and less. And also on the first day, other sellers in the "used & new" section on the Amazon.com page had a copy they were selling for $500.
After emailing Lulu.com about this, they said that was their prerogative to set the price at whatever they felt like.
Nonetheless, I sold 72 copies of the book, and Lulu.com has not paid me one cent in royalties. After trying to contact them multiple times, I was ignored or received short dismissive statements. I removed my book from publication, and now I'm filing a Ripoff Report on them.
If you are an author considering putting an important book out, please avoid Lulu.com at all costs. I do not want anyone else to be a victim of this demoralizing scenario perpetrated by the lowlife predators at Lulu.com
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I set the price of the book at $11.95, and it was slashed to $8.95 and less on the first day of sale, after I paid extra for it to be sold on Amazon.com. So when you say "Lulu does not set pricing, an author sets the price", that turned out to not be true. I've had many case numbers with Lulu.com, all of which went nowhere. One recent case number is "00884277".
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Loudmouthed Latino Demonstrators...
Posted in the Columbus Forum
Hugh Victor Thompson III
"Larchmont's Leading Citizen"
Since: Dec 12
#1 Feb 16, 2013
This week some Latinos in Florida detected an ethnic slur on the wall of the ritzy South Beach Hotel Ws lounge. Within minutes all hell broke loose. A few stormed over to the manager and DEMANDED it be taken down, promptly and ceremoniously! The rest got on their BlackBerrys and iPhones to burn up the wires. Word spread throughout this tightly-knit Latino community and soon the hotel was blitzed with scathing e-mails, phone calls and tweets.
This Latino groups powerful Latina Congressperson even jumped into the fray, firing off a letter to the Hotel owners, denouncing the insensitivity of the picture on the wall.
Just the thing to warm the hearts of the current White House team and their media auxiliaries, you might think? Just the thing to get Republicans and Teabillies grumbling about kow-towning to uppity and ungrateful furrr-ners!(most of them probably illegal!) right?
But both Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson were missing in action on this minority sensitivity issue. And both La Raza and The Congressional Hispanic Caucus were conspicuous by their absence.
More amazing still, the Hotel W is rated among the top for celebrity sightings, with such as Sean Penn, Naomi Campbell, Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta Jones Leonardo Di Caprio as regular hangers-out. So how could such peoplenormally so hyper-sensitive to ethnic issues, normally so excruciatingly politically-correct, and normally so eager to condemn any such bigotryhave patronized this place and befriended the owner?
Easy. The aggrieved Latino group, you see, were Americans of Cuban heritage (the most loyal Republicans in modern U.S. history). The quick-acting Congresswoman was in fact Cuban-born Republican Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. And the cause of their complaint was a picture of Che Guevara on the lounge wall.
Need I go further?....Probably not, but I will anyway:
As often explained here at Townhall: that Che iconography remains an (almost) exclusively Cuban-American grievance says much about our media and education. So please write this down on you palm or wrist, amigas and amigos (better yet, save it on your iPhones): Che Guevaras hate-obsession was actually the U.S. Got it?
He murdered and tortured (defenseless) Cubans because of their supposed affiliation with the U.S.("U.S.--Backed" Batista, the CIA, etc.) As a public service to Americans of other ethnic heritages, here are some reasons, in the form of Che Guevaras ravings, why Hotel W (and many, many others) should also apologize to you:
The U.S. is the great enemy of mankind!
The U.S. is a carnivorous animal feeding on the helpless!
Against those hyenas there is no option but extermination!
We will bring the war to the imperialist enemies(Americans) very home, to his places of work and recreation. The imperialist enemy (Americans) must feel like a hunted animal wherever he moves. Thus well destroy him!
We must keep our hatred (against the U.S.) alive and fan it to paroxysm!
The U.S. is the perpetrator of exploitation and oppression against all the peoples of the world!
If the nuclear missiles had remained (in Cuba) we would have fired them against the heart of the U.S. including New York City. The victory of socialism is well worth millions of atomic victims."
Hugh Victor Thompson III
"Larchmont's Leading Citizen"
Since: Dec 12
#3 Feb 16, 2013
And heres the probable reason--despite Fidel Castro and Che Guevaras genocidal lust-- why many tens of thousands of Americans are alive today:
What! Khrushchev gasped on Oct. 28, 1962 upon a message from Cuba, as recalled by his son Sergei.Is he (Fidel Castro) proposing that we start a nuclear war?! That we launch missiles from Cuba?! But that is insane! Remove them (our missiles) as soon as possible! Before its too late.
Before something terrible happens.(Please note that Nikita Khrushchevs own son, an eye witness to the near calamity, presents a radically different version of the solution to the Cuban Missile Crisis than do Kennedy court scribes and publicists, most latterly in the form of Chris Matthews.)
According to the Cuba Archive, the regime co-founded by Che Guevara with firing squads, forced-labor camps, torture and drownings at sea has caused an estimated 102,000 deaths, mostly Cuban of course. But whenever they could get their hands on an American hyena they really spit on their hands, rolled up their sleeves, and indulged. To wit:
When during the summer of 1960 Castro and Ches gunmen stormed into almost 6000 U.S. owned businesses and stole them at all Soviet gunpoint, a few owners resisted.(Did the MSM inform you that this was the cause of the so-called embargo? And that it remains eminently pertinent today because the Castro regime has not compensated a penny of the almost $7 billion they stole? Didnt think so.)
At any rate, one of these looted businessmen was Howard Anderson who owned a filling stations and Jeep dealership (not a casino or brothel, which were relatively rare in pre-Castro Cuba, by the way.) Ill quote from Anderson v. Republic of Cuba, No. 01-28628 (Miami-Dade Circuit Court, April 13, 2003). "In one final session of torture, Castro's agents drained Howard Anderson's body of blood before sending him to his death at the firing squad."
Since: Sep 10
#4 Feb 16, 2013
Informative! Another reason this country will
never be as great! a nation It once was.
#6 Feb 16, 2013
Hence why all castro supporters should be zkinned....alive then tossed into burning piles
Hugh Victor Thompson III
"Larchmont's Leading Citizen"
Since: Dec 12
#7 Feb 16, 2013
Che Guevara Flags in Obamas Houston Office
#9 Feb 16, 2013
Have I not said Hussein Obama should hang for treaspon? Sorry I left out that it should be with a loose enough noose to take hours for him to die.
#10 Feb 16, 2013
Its time for all good men to fight back against the barbarian hordes and send them back to the Third World hell holes they crawled out of.
"Tenured Marxist Radical"
Since: Jan 13
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#11 Feb 16, 2013
It's worth noting, that Guevara was not Cuban, he was actually Argentinian and died in Bolivia.
#12 Feb 16, 2013
This sounds like you guys screaching because the government wants to require background checks for all gun purchases.
Hugh Victor Thompson III
"Larchmont's Leading Citizen"
Since: Dec 12
#13 Feb 16, 2013
You really aren't too bright.
#14 Feb 16, 2013
Neither are you.
Not quite as eloquent as Che, but the same advocating of violence to change what is perceived as an oppressive government.
Hugh Victor Thompson III
"Larchmont's Leading Citizen"
Since: Dec 12
#15 Feb 16, 2013
After seeing your "grasp" of history and science, I have no doubts about your poor education.
#16 Feb 16, 2013
That is more non-responsive than usual. You are just itching to tell us all about your education some more, aren't you?
Hugh Victor Thompson III
"Larchmont's Leading Citizen"
Since: Dec 12
#17 Feb 16, 2013
No need. To even the casual observer, it's evident that mine exceeds yours by leaps and bounds.
#18 Feb 16, 2013
You can't help yourself.
#19 Feb 16, 2013
If your brain was as big as your ego you might accomplish more in life than posting on the Topix forum ad nauseam.
To any observer it is evident that you are a spluttering blowhard smugly cocooned in a racist paranoid fantasy.
"Tenured Marxist Radical"
Since: Jan 13
Ivy League-ISIS
#20 Feb 16, 2013
Can I have the number of the Census tract of your neighborhood?
Hugh Victor Thompson III
"Larchmont's Leading Citizen"
Since: Dec 12
#21 Feb 16, 2013
Some of us are capable of multitasking, girly.
Now, please provide examples of "racism."
"Tenured Marxist Radical"
Since: Jan 13
Ivy League-ISIS
#22 Feb 16, 2013
I simply want to know how many non-whites actually live in his neighborhood.
I doubt that he understands what "ghetto" really is.
#23 Feb 16, 2013
Even my retarded skunk has a higher IQ that che and Duke.
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May 17, 2011
Tonight's win snapped a seven-game Wolverine losing streak.
Freshman RF Michael O'Neill, who is hitting .297 (60-for-202) to share the team lead in hitting with CF Patrick Biondi, was 0-for-1 with a walk, a stolen base, a sac fly and one run batted in. O'Neill has hits in 41 of his 51 games.
O'Neill, who leads the team with 28 stolen bases, is one stolen base behind the U-M rookie record for steals in a season set by teammate Patrick Biondi (29, 2010) last season.
O'Neill's fourth-inning sac fly snapped a 4-4 tie and proved to be his third game-winning RBI of the season. O'Neill shares the team lead in 'gamers' with IF/OF Kevin Krantz and 1B Garrett Stephens. O'Neill is second on the team with 27 RBI.
Sophomore SS Derek Dennis, who is hitting .234 (32-for-137), was 2-for-2 with a game-tying two-run double in the third inning. Dennis has 10 multi-hit games in 2011 and 23 career multi-hit games.
Junior LF/catcher/DH Coley Crank, who is hitting .257 (47-for-183), was 1-for-3 with a two-run single. Crank leads the team with 31 RBI this season, pushing his career total to 106 as a Wolverine.
Crank has hits in 24 of his last 32 games and nearly half his 47 hits have been for extra bases (23), including 15 doubles, one triple and seven homers.
Freshman 1B Brett Winger, who is hitting .271 (16-for-59), was 1-for-2 with a fourth-inning single that started the game-winning rally. Winger has hits in eight of his last nine overall games.
Sophomore CF Patrick Biondi, who is hitting .297 (60-for-202) to share the team lead with RF Michael O'Neill, was 0-for-2 with a walk, a run scored and one RBI.
Biondi, who leads the team with 35 runs scored, has scored 104 runs in 108 games in his Wolverine career.
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Fulham manager Martin Jol insists nobody is complaining about the Cottagers' early return to competitive football and even backed his charges to repeat the Europa League exploits of two years ago.
The former Tottenham boss began pre-season with his new troops last week in preparation for his first match at the helm against NSI Runavik of the Faroe Islands in the Europa League first round tomorrow night.
Fulham have fond memories of the competition having defeated the likes of Shakhtar Donetsk, Hamburg and Juventus on the way to a final showdown with Atletico Madrid in the 2010.
The run surprised many but Jol believes the Cottagers could once again progress through the competition.
"I would imagine that there are quite a few teams that would like to be in Europe," he said.
"In Holland you play for Europe and I think it is the same in England.
"In the league you play for the support and yourself.
"You want to stay in the league firstly but secondly you want to finish in the first five or six spots. You want to be in Europe. That is the goal.
"Maybe that wasn't the goal for Fulham but because they are playing the way they did they did well in the Fair Play cup.
"If you can do that and if you're lucky enough you play in Europe so you can't complain.
"Two years ago they did unbelievably well, gave the club a good profile in Europe and the money was coming in as well."
Asked whether his side could repeat the exploits of 2010, he added: "You need a bit of luck but I remember Fulham playing against Shakhtar Donetsk and beating them.
"I can't remember Shakhtar losing a game at home so they certainly played a way that could be successful in Europe, so why not?"
Jol admitted that he would need a squad of more than 20 players to reach such heady heights again but refused to comment on the players he is looking to bring in.
The likes of Tottenham duo David Bentley and Jermaine Jenas have been linked with a move to west London, while West Ham striker Carlton Cole has also been mentioned as a target.
"I will never name names because in this business there are always other clubs watching you," he said.
"We will do that privately. I have seen eight or nine names linked with us and that was not true.
"Of course you know there are a few players without a contract now, like [Zoltan] Gera for example.
"We need a couple of additions but I won't bring players here for the sake of it because we still have young players as well.
"I have to give them a chance to play, to be happy and to develop themselves.
"I think there will be two or three players coming into my squad and I will give them a chance in the next couple of weeks to prove themselves."
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More than 12,000 tickets have already been sold for the tie and Jol is confident of success despite missing some of his key players.
"We have got a few youngsters in the squad so of course there are four or five players not here, they are on holiday so it is a nice opportunity for these youngsters to show and prove themselves," he added.
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the cutoff point on the lights is very sharp,a massive improvement over halogen.
if you can afford it and have a very lot of patience in finding a set i would go with the oem light set up.i spent over 18 month looking for the right set and quarry motors obliged @575 with the matching lcm.
the reason i went with oem is because of so many threads about aftermarket ballast failures and other probs.i also wanted the bi-xenon function.
hid kits in halogen reflectors tend to throw the light everywhere and some examples i see blind oncoming drivers.
does this compact look familiar?3771369187_9bc4c2e85f_b.jpg itsthe one from QM with the lights now in my car.


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Steamboat Springs It's big, it's mobile and it's green.
Yampa Valley Recycles' "Green Machine" recycling bin saved more than 10 tons of trash from entering the Milner Landfill during its first month touring Routt County.
The bin, which is placed in various Routt County locations on a rotating, weekly basis, collects No. 1 (drink bottles) and No. 2 (milk jugs) plastics, aluminum, tin and steel cans, and all paper products, including cardboard.
"We had very little contamination from people putting trash in there with the recyclables," said Jay Harris, site manager for Waste Management. "We were expecting some furniture, maybe some paint, but everyone seemed to be respectful of what to put in there."
This week, the Green Machine will be in Alpine Bank's parking lot off Pine Grove Road, where the bin can be found the first week of every month. The bin will be moved Nov. 12 to Yampa before returning to Steamboat on Nov.19 in the Safeway parking lot. The fourth week of the month, beginning Nov. 26, the bin will be in Oak Creek behind the Colorado Bar.
Yampa Valley Recycles, a volunteer-driven nonprofit agency, purchased the bin and placed it this summer near the baseball fields at Howelsen Hill.
"It was so successful and people kept asking when it would be back that we decided to have it traveling through the community this October as a pilot program," said Barb Parnell of Yampa Valley Recycles.
"We are so pleased at the number of people who used the container that we are going to keep it," she said.
Waste Management painted the container its signature green, and Parnell said Yampa Valley Recycles pays for the transportation costs - about $400 per month - of moving the bin from site to site.
Materials collected from the Green Machine are measured in terms of yards. The bin can hold about 20 yards of recyclables.
"Normally, when full, the bin weighs on average about 3 to 4 tons," Harris said.
Another development in Waste Management's recycling efforts was the company's move toward single-stream collection methods in which recyclables aren't separated.
"We are in the process of relabeling all the bins in town," Harris said. "The only thing I do that is not single stream are large volumes of cardboard and newspapers. I can ship that directly to the mills, and it doesn't have to go to a source center."
All recycled materials in Routt County are sent to Waste Management's Recycle America Center in Denver.
"We are shipping from up here anywhere between 240 and 300 tons per month, and that's three to four semi-truck loads per week," Harris said. "That's a whole lot of stuff not going into the landfill for sure."
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Souverain Winemaker's Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
Cabernet Sauvignon from Sonoma County, California
Winemaker's Notes
This Cabernet Sauvignon has a plush entry and opens with classic aromas of blackberry, boysenberry, bittersweet chocolate. Hints of floral, roasted coffee and baking spice carry over to the palate and meld with the wild blackberry and cassis flavors for which Alexander Valley is known. Extended aging in superbly coopered new barrels has integrated the fine grained tannins and created layers of cedar, espresso, and tobacco. This well-structured Cabernet has incredible fruit density and balance and will age well over the next 10 years, but has plenty of accessible ripeness to enjoy upon release.
Critical Acclaim
Wine Enthusiast - "Shows a return to the form of Souverain's glory days. Beautiful and complex, with luscious flavors of blackberries, currants and dried herbs, wrapped into soft, smooth tannins. Really classy. Best now and through 2012."
The Wine Advocate - "The finest of the group is the 2005 Cabernet Sauvignon Winemaker's Reserve. Aromas and flavors of espresso roast, sweet toasty oak, black currants, licorice, and spice box are present in this medium-bodied Cabernet. With soft tannins as well as a velvety, savory mouthfeel, it can be drunk now and over the next decade. "
Souverain Winery
Winemaker Ed Killian has been making wine in California's Alexander Valley for 25 years. he knows the vineyards in the valley inside and out and understands which blocks will give him the fruit he is looking for to create Souverain's signature style. Souverain's 120-year-old estate in the Alexander Valley is the primary source for grapes for the illustrious portfolio of Souverain wines. Killian consistently produces outstanding wines that represent the best of Alexander Valley, including an Alexander Valley Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, as well as the flagship Winemaker's Reserve Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. View all Souverain Wines
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Twice as large as Napa in size, Sonoma County only makes about half as much wine as its northeasterly neighbor. Because of its vast size, however, Sonoma is able to achieve far more diversity within its borders, which include sub-AVAs that are climatically varied. The atmosphere of Sonoma is decidedly laid-back and down-to-earth, but the wines are serious and well-made, ranging in style from subtle and elegant to rich and powerful. Grape varieties are more varied here, from Pinot Noir and Zinfandel to Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay.
Notable FactsThe largest sub-AVAs of Sonoma include Dry Creek Valley, Russian River Valley, Alexander Valley and Sonoma Valley. Each sub-AVA, with its own micro-climate, is unique in its grape varieties and styles of wine. Dry Creek makes a mean Zinfandel while Russian River produces stand up Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The Alexander Valley makes some of the better Cabernet Sauvignons in the county and Sonoma Valley creates excellent wines from all the above varieties. Other grapes found throughout Sonoma include Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot and Syrah.
About CaliforniaIt's not rare to see a wine's country of origin listed as "California." A country into itself in the wine world, California makes enough varieties and styles to match many European wine countries. It produces a diverse range of wines that span the quality spectrum.
The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but it's not as broad and diverse as its larger neighbor, Sonoma County. Down south, Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is well-known for its Rhône blends, as well as cool-climate varieties like Pinot and Chardonnay. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.
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I should have saved a couple of bottles back.15/25/2012What a waste. Yuck. Threw the rest of the bottle down the drain!Jacqui Gordon - Center Valley, PA55/22/2012
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Outstanding value. The 2005 vintage is a 93 rating in my book.Dave Muench - Perkiomenville, PA45/16/2012john logan - Sandy, OR45/2/2012
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I am pleasantly surprised. Especially for the price. I had to go back for more!44/18/2012
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I read the good reviews, and got a couple bottles. At $20, its a no brainer. I figure the wine is 6 1/2 years old, nad could age a little longer, so I decanted the wine for 45 minutes prior to serving. The wine visually shows an impressive color of various dark plum and craisin, as it splashes about in the decanter and in one's glass. The scent will transport you to a freshly emptied oak cask, as if wine had been there just an hour before. Dark fruits show in a moderate amount, and are in balance with a smoothfinish that is not overly tanic, but is quite nice. You can taste the earth from which the grapes came and a hint of soft cherry fruit, as the residual flavors of the wine come to a final flourish.13/23/2012Very disappointed. We opened two bottles both had no fruit flavor or smell. It was almost as if they were about to turn. I have had corked wine and this was not a corked musty taste. Just flat. Sending the other 4 bottles back.43/22/2012At this price very easy drinking cab53/21/2012
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I purchased this wine based on it's excellent rating and price, but really didn't expect to be head over heels with it and I AM!! I should have bought more of this and will if it is ever offered at 50% off again. I can't say enough about this wine. It was EXCELLENT! LOVED IT!43/21/2012
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