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Careers
Common wisdom is thai job*
hupping is the new norm. But
research published in ihe February issueof the American
ON
BUSINESS
SHIPPING IIVIN&PUNTSAU
that hunkering down with it
company may bea better route
tohighcreamingiL People who
frequently dian#e employers
ultimately earn less money
than employees who stick with
one company, according to
Sylvia Fttllerof theUnwwsirv
of British Columbia, who
tracked nearly &0Q9 workers
during thetrfirst 12 wars in
the labor market Every job
change can reduces worker*
income by * little over 1 p*rcent. Fuller concluded. Job
hopping can pay off in the
early atagea <tf acareer, but
after that, tenure is more
valuable.-5
AROUND THE GLOBE MUST BE
PWOLIIPJEHKIN6S
TRICKV. HOW 00 YOU MAINTAIN
PKiBip Jerminf s Tuff Farms
ON tm ROAD 100 d*yi a year
qUALITY CONTROL'
We luivcdata recorders that
6rNfR4UYSPtA«NG.iutMS AiocAi PRODUCT WHY ARE WACKSUCHAS
CHINA, AFRI r A, VIETNAM AND SAUDI ARABIA COMING TO YOU IN SOOTH
tell useverythingabout the*
Journey: temperature spikes ((though] everything is refrigerated)
delays, etc, Ifo a blackbox for sod transport. Bight now we ran receiv^ an orderonMonxlayand have turf landing Friday inChina.
GEORGIA FOR 1H1 IS SQO?
WHO is YOOR nfifiEST cwKmtm
We wH washed and shredded sod mainly for golf development in
I*i racy.,.. We huve a sTsLem i n ptace to protect us. but peopfe are
si ill i^i line iitlryaadgrowniirtjni-H'illri;;!!!!.
HOW MANY SQUARE MIUSOF >WR SOD MtE 6BOWIN5 ON THE GLOBE MOW?
come tousbecauscof our revolutionary Paspaltimt\utff&&
mow. HOW CAM GRASS w RtvoiunonARif?
Well, it's uuiqw in that it is h ighh' saJt-loterant andean thrive in
poor water quality situations. Nations with unreliable water re-
Not sure about^^ square mileage, but in 2007 we had our turf s<rass
growim|in tn-n«r35di{Terf nt ^TtMntries,
sourre^suchas Africa, China.Saudi Arnbiaund Vic (nam.afi-
THEM A GOOD TIME IN SOUTH GEORGIA'
able ht construct golf courses now because of the grass we have
culth'ated.
EMERGING TREWS IN THE 500 IMKTHV?
We generally invite Ihcr.i intouur home for a traditional Sou then
meal On one occasion we invited the local sheriff, and ourChine*
visitors kept rrfemng to him as "John Wayne." We forget how
much of America's identity is forged by television.
tCr<nvinSJiltl«.-xjx-riint"ntiniifwithnunicr!>usvarivtie»c>f}JrasM.'s—
WMTCTMEiECTTMmiAimaTWVEEVnREtEtteir
TVo tttartinis and a »iueping pill (ha-ha). But seriously, I need my
uniwrsitks.
long-haul flights,
$oro«« MASS B, IN FAft, GREENS R HOW oo YOU STAY CURRENT ON
WHEN YOU HOSI &UE5IS f-ROM BIFFf RENT NATIONS, HOW DO YOU SHOW
I AM SUMMCff, THF U.S. SOUTHEAST SWFtREQ A ORQU6HT OF FPIC
WHERE IS THE BEST EM.F IN HC WDRLO?
PBOPOtnoNS K wf RF A OROUGKT TOURANT &aAS<; IN THF WORKS?
Ve^Uwre Is, Right nowwvarew^rlangwithseveraj major wniv%>mU^ on a fB^^s that u^es 50 percent less water than a typical
Bermuda jjrass: it also needs less fertilizer and pesticide,
HOW DID rou WEATHER tAM SBMMErs OROUEHT7
Long aj^> we constructed our
owiireservoireinordcrlonot fcl*:ri.|,i „,
The&M in theL>o«ninican Republic is.TS jjoodas it gets, Dubai is
, il):1; , , ! , , , , ,
Attentafor water these past
sunuuer^, we would have had
to give up the business,
SkViut.uiii.p6oa
coming «(on|C% a dose second,
WHATSQN iHitiuiHoustMiNuof IHICOU touRbti w WNW CAN*.
umiNlCAN RtPUBi.lt?
Rice andlx-ans. lotsof seafood-great conth. toot
ragit now we are working \Mtn
that uses 5() percent less water
than a typical Bermuda gniss.j
SCVeral Ilia Or UnU'erSltlCS On a
ISTHtR£0*fHIMBEFW>OTHAT
RtMWPs YOU OF 5000 oi' SOUTHTheyactualryfryokraowr
how to fry tomatoes one day.
-KatieBe