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Like all good stories, the story of Slayer Off-Road starts on a dark back road in the Texas Hill Country with two guys, some beer, and a little bit of napkin math.
Honestly, I don't make this stuff up. They could make a movie out of this.
Disclosure: Consideration of products and services were provided by Slayer Off-Road Custom Design & Fabrication to Jeepsies in exchange for this article. All opinions remain my own.
Slayer Off-Road: Origins
The founders wanted their company name to signify the conquering of anything that might stand in their way. Basically, total domination.
Today, these Texas boys literally brainstorm and design their Slayer Off-Road mods in a barn in Burnet, Texas. It doesn't get more authentic than this.
Now before y'all go thinking that this company is just a couple of back road country boys, read on.
The skill of their designs will have you wanting to learn more about these two Texans who are already starting to make waves in the Jeep aftermarket world.
So we'll start with a photo, since a picture is worth a thousand words:
When first meeting co-founder Ben in March of 2017, my favorite part of our conversation was when I asked him if his products were built in the U.S.A.
He responded, "No." Then he paused, smiled, and said, "They are built in Texas."
Nailed it.
Slayer Off-Road: The Men Behind the Brand
When I asked the founders of Slayer Off-Road to send me a photo of the two of them (of which they have many), this one to the left is the one they chose.
This decision on their part should tell you a little about who they are at their core.
They aren't afraid to look you in the eye or get their hands dirty. Ultimately, they are just like the rest of us.
This isn't some big conglomerate; these are simply two Texans ready to make their mark in the Jeep aftermarket world.
Ben Rountree, Founder, Slayer Off-Road
Ben Rountree's official title is Chief of Operations for Slayer Off-Road. He's a graduate of Tarleton State University and he's also an avid Jeeper. Ben spends a lot of time out on the trails. As a result, he tends to guide the direction of what Slayer Off-Road is going to design next. His main role is to make sure that the mass production shop (located in Fort Worth, TX) is on time and building their designs to spec. He's also responsible for overall customer service and satisfaction.
Ben has been known to personally bring Slayer Off-Road products to customers and install them himself on site. He considers his customers friends and is happy to answer any questions about Slayer Off-Road's products and processes.
I have to say that Ben is quite a character. When asked to show his products to potential buyers in person, typically he simply says, "Just take a good look at it." Then he stands back and lets his products do the talking.
Ben has a swagger that isn't pretentious, but is solidly based on the confidence of what Slayer Off-Road designs and builds.
Mason Ballard, Founder, Slayer Off-Road
Mason Ballard's official title is Chief Designer for Slayer Off-Road. He is a professional design engineer by trade. His impressive resume shows that he has led some rather large projects with MacPro, Samsung, and a couple of Nike factories internationally.
At his core, however, Mason longs to be at home in Texas, focusing solely on Slayer Off-Road.
Mason grew up working on a ranch in a tiny little town of 452 souls called Gustine, TX. It was here where he initially learned design. Because on a ranch, if it is broke, you need to fix it. Mason was not only the kind of person to fix things, but he always wanted to improve them.
Now with Slayer Off-Road taking off, Mason has a ton of work on his design plate. Ben keeps throwing ideas his way, and Mason keeps executing excellence.
Slayer Off-Road: Behind the Scenes
Although Slayer Off-Road's initial portfolio focuses only on JK front and rear bumpers, along with a couple of tire racks, Mason shared with me that they are working on much more behind the scenes. He said that what you see right now on their website barely scratches the surface of what they have in the pipeline.
He added that they've recently brought on another designer who is working on items such as rock sliders, LED brackets, top racks, and more.
When I asked him what, "and more" meant, he was careful with his response.
Ultimately, he said that Slayer Off-Road is working on products for some of the older Jeep models. He also hinted at the fact that they will be busting into the truck market very soon. And in Mason's own words, "We might even be working on some things that don't necessarily get mounted to a vehicle, but instead will be pulled by them."
These guys are on fire right now. Expect really good things.
Slayer Off-Road: The Vision and Philosophy of the Brand
Having spoken with both Mason and Ben, I've learned a few things about their vision and philosophy when it comes to their company.
First of all, they are all about the customer. They want Slayer Off-Road to be more of a lifestyle brand than a Jeep mod shop. It is all about personal interaction for them.
If you are in Central Texas, they'll literally come out and personally help you install your Slayer Off-Road mods. They'll probably even bring beer.
If you see them at an event, they'll want to share a beer with you under their display tent, and hear your wheeling stories.
And if you're just going wheeling, they'll want an invite. No joke. This is who they are.
Secondly, they are all about quality. Sure, everyone says this about their products, but I've seen the quality first-hand. These are extremely well-designed and solidly built products, with attention given to every detail.
Finally, they are dreaming big.
Ben and Mason hope to centralize all of their efforts into one "campus" that not only designs and builds vehicle accessories, but also does complete vehicle builds. This campus would have enough offices to house everyone on their growing team, and a showroom that displays all of the world-class products their team is designing.
Slayer Off-Road has a huge vision, and these guys are the ones who can do it. They are Texas strong.
But if you want to get to know them personally, my advice is to do it now.
I have a feeling that it won't be long before they simply can't travel to customers one-on-one, though I know they'll try.
Slayer Off-Road: The Products
The stated goal of Slayer Off-Road is: To build the best looking, most durable products on the market, and sell them at a price that is affordable for the people who want to use them.
One thing that you will not know just by looking at these products is that, along with the deep welds, their bumpers are cut out of a single piece of 3/16" steel. Also, to increase integrity, instead of cutting every surface out independently and then welding it to the assembly, they dash cut the steel at the bend lines, bend the faces into place, and then weld over the dashes and bends with a solid seam. It is all about the details.
But for now, take a look at these images from their catalog. Keep in mind, this is just a sampling of what they offer. For a full listing of their products, visit the official Slayer Off-Road website.
Like I said, they have many other products, including The Patriot rear bumper, which is already on my Jeep Rubicon. But I'll be writing a separate article about The Patriot because I've got one on my Jeep and want to share my full thoughts on it.
Here's a sneak peek, though…
For now, I'll just suggest you get follow Slayer Off-Road on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Get to know them. You'll be glad you did.
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Category: Breakfast Dessert
Time: 5 min
Yield: 4
Difficulty: 1
• 3 containers (5.3 ounces each) plain nonfat Greek yogurt
• 5 tablespoons honey
• 1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon zest, plus 1 tablespoon juice
• 1 piece fresh ginger (about 2 inches)
• 1 papaya (1 pound), peeled, halved lengthwise, seeds discarded, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
• 1 package (6 ounces) fresh blackberries
• 1 package (6 ounces) fresh raspberries
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh mint, plus sprigs for garnish
• 1/2 cup granola
1. In a small bowl combine yogurt, 3 tablespoons honey, and zest; set aside.
2. Using the large holes of a box grater, grate the ginger (no need to peel) into a small bowl.
3. Squeeze ginger through a fine-meshed sieve or strainer placed over a medium bowl to get a total of 1 tablespoon ginger juice.
4. Discard pulp. To the bowl with the juice, add remaining 2 tablespoons honey and lemon juice; whisk to combine. Add papaya, blackberries, and raspberries and toss gently to coat.
5. To serve: Spoon half the fruit and juices among six 8-ounce tall glasses.
6. Sprinkle chopped mint over the fruit. Top with half the yogurt mixture and half the granola.
7. Layer with the remaining fruit, yogurt, and granola. Garnish with mint sprigs.

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The Hideout
"So mom, want to go with us to our hideout?" – Sure. "Yippee!"
My children have asked me to tour their hideout and I was always busy or honestly not that interested. As part of my campaign to kick the kids out of my home for as long and often as possible I suggested they trek through our "backyard" which is not ours nor a backyard. I had previously scoped out the area, but not in detail. I knew it was an abandoned ranch and after today's stroll, I must say a pretty nifty hideout.
Behold the entrance.
Please note that all of the stones you see in the photos are stacked and not held together by mortar. This leads to many a rock slide under one's feet at the risk of twisting an ankle and to my children't delight the option to remodel as though they were Lego blocks. So for now it is a tie: Mom's nerves 1 vs. Kid's cool factor 1.
We suspect "Romana" is the name of the horse who once rode with the cowboy in charge of this land; this land that in the last several years was literally split by a fancy new highway. On the one side a hill and on the other side the ranch slowly being invaded by hundreds upon hundreds of new homes, including mine.
When I first moved here the cattle grazed in this part of the ranch and still do nearby. The cowboys have had to be very creative in maneuvering around the construction boom. It is not uncommon to walk right into some stray cows, leisurely resting on a freshly manicured lawn whilst cars zoom by. As of late my kids have taken to bringing stray dogs to this spot so they can have some shelter. Loose rocks, stray dogs… I know, I am keeping count.
"…and there is a basement." Mind you that "basement" was previously covered and like the great explorers that they are they found a way to get in. So naturally I asked what exactly was down there, because you know, I was not feeling that adventurous. No bodies, good, just don't linger because you know, we have earthquakes on a regular basis here and mommy doesn't want, oh you know the speech. So let's review the count: Sprained ankles, rabid dogs and crushed children.
As we strolled past the hideout onto the ranch the eldest reminded the youngest ones to watch out for tarantulas. "You see mom just yesterday we got to watch a full wrestling match between two of them right here where we are standing! " He wasn't kidding either, they are native to Chile and referred to affectionately as "Baby Chick Spiders" since they too are fuzzy and um adorable? Keep walking kids!
Not only is this an escape for my children it is also for our dogs. I love that my pets can also sneak away, off the leash and romp. Somehow I know the "pack" is safer with the four-legged ones in tow.
…and now for the anxiety driven parent test. How many objects in this shot set off your "Hover Parent" alarms?
Just in case you were wondering, note the rusty nails on the log, the coil of rusty barbed wire and the fresh pile of horse manure. Yes, the cowboys, or huasos as they are referred to locally still patrol the area, but rarely by daylight. They still herd the cattle by weaving them in and out of the suburban sprawl throughout the night when the traffic and pedestrians are least likely to get in their way. We have learned to drive very slowly when coming home late in the evenings. Once we managed to get ourselves completely surrounded by a herd and all we could do was wait, they were here first you know.
Signs of life at the ranch featuring the unforgiving thorn bush. It is absolutely everywhere and at all ranges of height. I ONCE made the mistake of zoning out while jogging in this area, not realizing the sidewalks were lined with them … at eye level.
Like a moth to a flame the piles of dirt were calling. We ran as fast as we could up those hills, yes we, I still find them irresistible. Our feet sank in up to our knees, the shoes left buried underneath the freshly dumped earth. During the week truck after truck from the new developments dump earth once held together by the roots of this ranch to its new resting place. I doubt it is the final one.
The pleasantly cool part of the day was ending. The temperature here swings from sweater to shorts weather within hours. Now how do we get out of here? They had no clue, they had not dared stray so far from their hideout before. Point for mom. So the kids found the space in the barbed wire fence where they agreed I would most likely fit and off we went down the somewhat beaten path.
So the next time my kids ask me if they can go out and play what do you think goes through my head? Sprained ankles from the rocks, rabies from the dogs, buried alive in the hideout by earthquakes, tetanus thanks to rusty nails and barbed wire , eyes poked-out from thorn bushes, bacterial infections from horse and cow feces and tarantulas swallowing them whole. " Yeah, sure, go out and play!"
Back To School in Chile
I would love to compare notes with fellow expat parents in Chile. People often ask me about the education system here, which are the best schools and how to handle many dilemmas. Of all of the adjustments I had to make to a new culture, life as the parent of a school-aged-child was the most challenging. I still can't answer questions about the schools here because I am but one parent with kids at one school. This time around I do have a much better understanding of how my children's school functions after getting a degree at the " University of Trial And Error" consisting primarily of errors on my part.
Within one household my relationship with the school was totally different based on which of my children was involved. On the one hand everything was smashing and on the other a nightmare. This is to be expected anywhere as each child's personality and academic ability present a totally different picture of life at school. Never had I felt so isolated or at times insane, because quite frankly I began to think it was all in my head. Nobody else seemed to have the same problems, then again nobody else had the same child.
Over time I slowly started to learn which circumstances were unique to my child, my child's classroom or my child's school. Now I want to know what is unique to our school population's social circles, our geographic location, ethnicity and generation (Remember our fellow Chilean parents grew up under Pinochet).
Whenever something comes up over the school year please share it with me in the comments section below. Any questions, complaints or anecdotes i.e. Supply lists requesting "jockeys"and "panties". It's all good. Gracias.
Welcome To Bedrock
Welcome to Bedrock, Chile.
For the longest time I wondered what on Earth was going on in that hill across from my home. "Boom! Boom! Boom!"several times a day followed by the rumbling of stones down the hill. The dust it raises forms a cloud that settles on every vehicle, in every home and even some lungs… cough cough. I sometimes wish I could just hose down my home the way they do an industrial bathroom. You know, the ones with the stainless steel doors and a drain on the floor; much easier. As it is when I do hose down the outer walls it looks like the bleeding tears of the Madonna. Everything in our area appears as if it went through one of the Instagram or Flikr filters to make it seem like the old west.
I was not a fan of this hill. It represented filth and noise to me. There is constant movement on it. Maybe it is a small mountain. You can run up a hill. You can't run up this thing. There are winding roads, dirt roads of course, wrapping themselves around it like the grooves of a top. Every now and then a tarp appears for workers to take refuge underneath. Day in and day out that anthill of tiny people on tiny trucks setting off explosions gives me cause to mumble like a crazy person as I wipe down everything, knowing full well a fresh coat will land within hours. "Progress", I grumble. Blowing up a mountain to reshape it into modern day suburbia. That would be my neighborhood. At the foot of that hill are hundreds upon hundreds of brand new gated communities that depend on this rock for attractive landscaping and whatnot.
One day I decided to jog to the other side of the mountain, to see what I could see. Not that I was earnestly curious. I had to add some kilometers to my jog and according to http://runkeeper.com I could do so with a nice circuit around whatever was back there. Off I went down a lonely road until at some point I think I stepped through a worm hole. When I landed on the other side I arrived in the town of Las Canteras – The Stone Quarry, or better yet "Bedrock".
Piles and piles of stone lined the street; each pile categorized by size and color. The contrast of humble wooden homes with stone sidewalks, entrances and even a stone ping pong table was a feast for my eyes. I don't know who stared the most during that jog, the residents at me or myself at my surroundings. I was giddy. I had to come back and take this area in, give it the attention it deserved, garner even more stares from the locals. I did look odd. I was a gringa with flaming red hair (In one of the 2 available colors in the country) running for sport in a town where people use their feet for transportation. At least I gave the packs of dogs something to chase. Ah yes, the dogs, the local home security system. I made sure to warn my kids about them. "Now stick together! We need to look like a pack so they don't come after you." You see for my second trip I brought my kids and my dogs and of course Chocolate . Chocolate is a street dog who has adopted us. So off I went leading my little ones on what ended up being a 4.5 hour walk through the town of Bedrock.
The walk went by quickly as the kids were as excited about this town as I was. It had variety, color, creativity. This is the country that gave us the Moai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai of Easter Island. In fact there were several modern renditions of them standing guard on the sidewalk. The kids wanted one. Mind you, it was hand carved stone and twice my height. "Someday and smaller." I promised. I meant it too. Hunger started calling so we marched up to a local snack shop.
Past the now customary pile of stones there lay a garden and quite the porch. I asked the owner and yes, her family designed and built all of it. Each stone carefully selected and cut to interlock as a mosaic of strength and beauty. I mentioned that somehow, I didn't think this fortress of a home had any trouble handling http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Chile_earthquake the big quake. Oh, no, nothing she said with pride.
I guess we won her over when my son told her this was his dream home. Soon after she waved us through the door for a tour. If you have ever lived in Chile, you will appreciate that this is a great honor. They are very private people and it may take years to reach this point in a relationship with some folks. Then again, she had the chance to brag to a family of expats dragging their jaws on the floor in pure admiration of her home. Right on the other side of her door was her quincho which is a separate BBQ grill area in the back yard. Her quincho of course was B.C. chic, because, well, we were in Bedrock and Wilma was showing off her kitchen.
We hugged and kissed and waved good-bye to Wilma. It was time for our picnic. A little while down the road we found of course, stone picnic tables next to… yes a hopscotch game; with each number represented by a carved stepping stone. While the kids ate and played I heard the "Clink, clink" of a mallet and chisel. There he was, parked underneath a tarp, surrounded by piles of rock and a wheelbarrow: Fred Flintstone. Well Luis actually. Poor Luis, he had no idea what hit him when I marched up to him and promptly sat down. I sat face to face with him, munched on my sandwich and yammered away about my day's adventures, life story and littered in between, questions about his craft. Rain started to fall which sent my picnic crew, dogs and all, creeping over, politely so as not to kick any stone out-of-place. There we were, huddled under the tarp in the rain, watching Fred Flintstone measure and trace the lines of each stone with chalk and carefully chip away at it. Not for some impressive sculpture, no, for use as a brick in a wall or on an entrance way. Each stone, hand measured and carved.
The rain let up long enough for my motley crew to head home. We all said our goodbyes. No doubt we gave Fred and Wilma something to talk about at the dinner table. Man, that must be some dinner table. My kids slept well that night. They not only had a lengthy walking tour through time, they had plenty to dream about.


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Victoria recalls the moment she fell for husband David Beckham
Everyone romanticizes "love at first sight" but for Victoria Beckham it actually happened.
The Spice Girl-turned-fashion designer recalls the moment she fell for husband David Beckham in a letter she wrote to her past self – titled "What I Wish I'd Known" – for the October issue of Vogue UK, which she graces the cover.
"Yes, love at first sight does exist. It will happen to you in the Manchester United players' lounge – although you will get a little drunk, so exact details are hazy," Beckham, 42, wrote about the couple's meet-cute.
And what made Posh fall head over heels wasn't the fact that he was a soccer superstar in the making.
"While the other football players stand at the bar drinking with their mates, you will see David standing aside with his family. (He's not even in the first team at this stage – you are the famous one.) And he has such a cute smile. You, too, are close to your family, and you will think how similar he feels to you," she said.


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Retreat to take in severely ill kids
According to the Japan Times, pediatricians and other members of a nonprofit group are preparing to open a retreat facility in Oiso, Kanagawa Prefecture, next year for children with serious illnesses or disabilities.
Relatives taking care of children suffering from serious diseases at home can't take a break because there are no such facilities in Japan where they can temporarily leave their children, she said.
Minoru Mizusawa, 44, said: "Families with sick children tend to stay home a lot. I hope there will be more facilities like this."
Unlike conventional hospices that accept terminal-stage patients, it will accommodate children with illnesses of varying degrees.
Once the facility opens the organizers are planning to provide stays of around one week during which nurses will be always on hand to help.
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Do you remember these bed parts I got recently for $5.00? The one in the front is painted, while the one in the back had never been painted. I used my sawzall to cut the posts off of the headboard. (I used my compound miter saw to even up the ends after I cut them with the sawzall) This sign was made with the bottom of the piece that was not painted.
I used some contact paper in my Silhouette SD to make some stencils. (I still have the positive pieces to stencil another sign someday.)
The word was very large and difficult to work with because the font was very "frilly".
I used some ScotchBlue Painter's tape to tape off the edges of my repurposed headboard sign.
I used some Krylon Dual, paint and primer in one to spray paint the piece black.
Several light coats work best. I did it basically like I did the Welcome headboard bench.
I removed the stencils and was thrilled with the results. The fleur-de-lis were so crisp, they almost looked like stickers.
To give the sign a little shine, I applied some wipe-on poly right over the paint.. I wasn't sure if it was going to work, but it did just fine.
This might be one of my favorite signs. I really like the natural wood tone with the black paint. I made a Home–Where your story begins out of the larger top board.
Are you a wood tone lover? Or do you prefer painted signs?


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I caught Black Panther last weekend.
A solid contribution to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Strong performances and a solid yet unique approach to establishing the character.
I thought it fell flat in the 3rd act, and not even a strong performance from Michael B Jordan was enough to make me overlook the Panther vs Anti-Panther climax, so overused in Marvel films.
Iron Man vs Iron Monger, Ant Man vs Yellowjacket, US Super Solider vs Nazi Super Soldier. Hulk vs Abomination. Its part of what I think makes Loki Marvels best villain. He isn't just an evil version of Thor. Thor is bravado and strength. Loki is cunning and guile. Makes for a far more interesting villain.
Something that could have been achieved with the Mandarin. Mysticism vs technology. But that let down is why Iron Man 3 is probably my least favourite Marvel film.
Black Panther features an unexpectedly fresh car chase scene that alone makes the film worthwhile. But backed up by several strong acting performances throughout the core cast, goodies and baddies both, just a little too much reliance on predictable tropes hold Black Panther from challenging for the best of the MCU family.
Avengers Infinity War trailers abound. The next great question. Can a Marvel film cram in dozens of name characters under the one movie title and not regret the result?
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Church Endorses Message of Hate?
Outraged Jewish groups are demanding Edward Cardinal Egan speak out against Nazi-glorifying rockers set to take the stage Friday night in a Catholic Church-owned concert hall.Well, yeah. I don't expect or want the band to be banned outright in this country - as has occurred in Canada and the Netherlands. But the fact that a church can be so clueless as to host an act that glorifies Nazism is stunning. I am holding on to hope that the church booked the act not knowing anything about their sympathies, and that now that it has been brought to their attention, they will do the right thing. It's one thing for this country to allow this band a forum that allows this group to freely express themselves, no matter how offensive I might find their views. It's another thing entirely for that freedom of expression to take place in a house of worship, with what seems like tacit approval from at least some members of the Catholic Church. Here's hoping the church has the good sense to politely ask the group to find a new, non-religious venue.
Croatian singer Marko Perkovic and his band Thompson extol ethnic cleansing - and their fans often greet them with the Nazi salute.
Now they're taking that message to a stage in the community center adjoining the Croatian Church of St. Cyril & Methodius on 10th Ave. in midtown.
...Thompson frontman Perkovic is hugely popular in his native Croatia, where thousands turn out for his shows, many wearing the black caps of the country's vicious Nazi-era military regime, the Ustasha.
Critics say Perkovic's ultranationalist act glorifies those Nazi ties, and both the Netherlands and Canada have banned him.
That he's been permitted to appear at a Catholic church in the heart of New York City left several prominent Jewish leaders fuming Tuesday.
"They should know better," said Abraham Foxman, director of the Anti-Defamation League. "People should not go to a church to hear hatred or the glorification of Nazism. No place of worship should host it or welcome it."


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Someone reported this to me some time ago, but it seems that when the renderstyle changes (e.g.: with partial invisibility), weapon overlays that use PSPF_FLIP have their sprites unflipped.
To quickly see this in action you can load up abort_m, give yourself OuchWeapon, then Blursphere, and see for yourself how the right hand draws incorrectly.


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Hotel Villa Steno has 16 rooms. All our rooms have been recently remodelled.
Almost every room has a balcony or a small private garden with a view of the old village and the sea.
At our Hotel every room has private bathroom, shower, w.c., hairdryer, telephone, safe, refrigerator, tv(cnn), air conditioned. On 16 rooms, 14 have a private balcony or a small garden.
The type of rooms are:
Each room offers:
• private bath with shower
• hair dryer
• free WiFi
• hair dryer
• free WiFi
• air conditioning
• telephone
• telephone
• satellite TV
• safe
• safe
• fridge
• kettle
• kettle
The hotel has an elevator.


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Dear Son, Do not underestimate the power of a handwritten letter.
When I was a freshman in college, I walked to the Liberty University Post Office to check my mailbox every day. Most days it was empty, but oh the joy that filled my soul when I peeked through the little mailbox window and saw something inside.
It could be anything; a bill, magazine, grades, or the highly-prized "care package" from home. Whatever it was, it was a connection to the rest of the world. You must remember, this was way back in the 1900's before we had the intsa-gratification offered by the modern-day smart phone.
It was a brisk fall morning. One particular piece of mail caught my attention.It was a white envelope containing a handwritten letter from my grandfather on my father's side. The letter spoke of his days in college at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. I still have the letter to this day in one of my Bibles. The content was not as important as the time and attention it took to write and mail the letter.
In these days of text, tweets, email, and facebook, a handwritten letter may seem old-fashioned or obsolete, but you would be missing a golden opportunity. The handwritten letter is still very powerful – if not more powerful than it was in the past. The scarcity and novelty only increase its effectiveness.
You would be hard pressed to find a more powerful way to say "thank you", "I'm sorry" or to show someone you care. It is a great tool in building relationships in your life and future business ventures.
Just think of your own experiences of receiving handwritten letters and notes. They become highly valued objects kept in special places physically and in your heart.
Your mother and I have guided you in this art and hope you will continue to practice it for the rest of your life.
Who are 3 people you should write a handwritten letter to this week?
Click here to find out the story behind Dear Son, Words of Wisdom and to find other Words of Wisdom.


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In 1990, designer and founder, Mr. Raviani, established
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A BUSINESSMAN hopes to open a tapas bar in Golcar later this summer.
Chris Townend was today given approval for a premises licence for the venue at 117, Town End.
It means the end of a long-fought bid to open the Golcar tapas and wine bar.
Plans for the tapas and wine bar got underway in 2010 when Mr Townend was given the approval of the Planning Inspectorate to open a restaurant at the former heating engineers building.
After Kirklees councillors backed him today he said: "I hope it will be open in six to eight weeks.
"There's a bit of work to finish and I need to take on a chef and organise staff, but I hope it will be open soon."
Mr Townend, of Scapegoat Hill, appeared before Kirklees Licensing Panel members – Clrs Mumtaz Hussain, Phil Scott and Christine Smith.
He told them: "My vision is to have a small establishment where members of the Golcar community and further afield will come to enjoy some good food.
"My application to sell alcohol is to make sure customers have a full dining experience."
His restaurant will seat up to nine customers downstairs and up to 35 upstairs.
Mr Townend, a builder by trade, is involved in the Golcar Winkle Club, the Allotment Society and Golcar JIN School. He said he hoped his venue could be used to support those organisations.
Six people objected to the application for a premises licence and while none attended the meeting their representations were seen by councillors.
Lisa Farrand, who spoke on behalf of Mr Townend, said no-one objected when the adjoining Co-op sought to sell alcohol from 6am.
And Mr Townend allayed councillors' queries about a designated manager, saying one would be employed once he knew what their licence permitted.
The application was permitted with the usual conditions set by police about CCTV, a notice asking customers to leave quietly and that Mr Townend gives his details to neighbours if noise problems arise.


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On a sunny spring day, Alison Henry, MBA'16, sits outside Tomasso Hall as a pickup truck loaded with mulch drives by, a rich, earthy smell trailing behind it. Henry takes a breath. "I love mulch," she says. "I love the smell of it."
Henry has spent all morning digging and sweating as part of Babson's annual spring planting event. "Everything that involves the environment on campus, I like to be involved in," Henry says. "I'm a tree hugger. It's close to my heart." Hours of work have left her tired and dirt splattered, her once pink sneakers now looking smudged. "I kind of need to buy new ones anyway," she says.
More than 30 volunteers, mainly students but also a smattering of staff, participated in the Earth Day event, which is now in its sixth year. In the past, new trees were planted at Woodland Hill, Mattos and Mandell Family halls, and other campus spots. This year the focus was on planting trees, shrubs, and flowers around Tomasso, which had some landscaping damaged by the construction of nearby Park Manor West.
The work began at 8 a.m., and by noon the volunteers were finished and chowing down on pizza. An assortment of shovels, rakes, and picks were stacked nearby. The volunteers had planted four trees, 79 shrubs, 127 perennials, and a slew of ground-cover plants. "This will be a very full landscape as it eventually grows," says Erik Shaw, grounds supervisor. The area also will fill with color, as flowers in a variety of hues, from purple to blue to yellow, will bloom during different times of the year.
The planting made the volunteers appreciate just how much work goes into beautifying the campus. "I'm feeling tired, but it's a good kind of tired," says Sheen Hui '18. "It's satisfying. It will be cool to come back later and see how everything has grown." —John Crawford


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Baby P boss in £1m sex bias claim as we reveal explosive report Ed Balls refused to make public
- Vital legal meeting delayed for six weeks
- Interim care order agreed but not issued
- Baby P returned to his home though dogs were still there
- Social workers did not believe mother had live-in lover
- And now disgraced council boss could win £1m in claim for 'sex discrimination'
An attempt to cover up the full horror of the death of Baby P was exposed last night after a secret report on the blunders that caused the tragedy was leaked to The Mail on Sunday.
The report shows how the true scale of incompetence by the authorities - and the appalling injuries suffered by the little boy - were censored by the disgraced social services chief blamed for the tragedy, with the full backing of the Government.
Victim of abuse: Baby P died in August 2007 aged 17 months
Schools Secretary Ed Balls has refused pleas to publish full details of the Serious Case Review of Baby P's death in August 2007. But The Mail on Sunday has learned that it shows:
- A vital legal meeting that failed to decide to take the child out of his home days before he died had been delayed for six weeks because of 'workload pressures' - and was a shambles when it took place.
- It was agreed there were legal grounds for issuing an 'interim care order' to withdraw the child six months before he died - but nothing was done.
- Instructions not to let the child return home until dogs had been removed from the house were ignored.
- Police were accused of letting their investigation into child abuse claims 'drift'.
- Social workers did not believe the mother had a live-in lover - even though she announced she was pregnant in a parenting class that they told her to attend.
- A doctor who failed to notice Baby P had a broken back believed the boy had been sent for treatment because of his 'behaviour' - not child abuse.
- When the police officer in charge of the case changed, the new officer was not told of Baby P's background.
- Health, welfare and legal experts missed vital meetings to discuss the child's welfare.
The Serious Case Review was supervised by sacked Haringey social services chief Sharon Shoesmith - who, it can be revealed, is accusing the council of sex discrimination over her dismissal and could win as much as £1million if successful.
The review was completed last November after Baby P's mother, boyfriend and a male lodger were convicted of causing or allowing the baby's death.
However, it has never been made public. Instead, an 'executive summary' - in effect a censored version - was published.
The decision not to publish the full report was supported by Mr Balls, who said it could deter people from co-operating with investigations into similar cases. However, critics say it is a cover-up.
The Serious Case Review shows how the summary played down the catalogue of blunders by the authorities - and watered down the scale of brutality inflicted on the child as a result of their failures.
Schools Secretary Ed Balls refused pleas to publish full details of the review of Baby P's death
One key aspect of the full report concerns a legal review held on July 25, 2007, a week before Baby P died. It was called to decide whether to apply for a care order to remove the child from the mother's home and whether to launch a police investigation.
The summary suggests it was conducted properly. Yet the Serious Case Review shows the legal advisers who had been dealing with the case were not present and a 'locum' lawyer who knew none of the background details dealt with it.
She merely 'noted the medical report and details of the police investigation - no proper minutes were taken', says the report. It says the scandalous six-week delay in organising the meeting was caused by 'workload pressures'.
Furthermore, those present appeared unaware that as early as December 29, 2006 - weeks after abuse of Baby P was first suspected - police had agreed that the threshold for issuing an interim care order had already been met. 'Meeting decided threshold had been met but it was not worth pursuing,' it states.
The summary suggests the authorities could not be blamed because the toddler's mother had 'co-operated with child protection plans'. This is contradicted by the uncensored version.
It reveals that after the child was briefly withdrawn from the house, social services were advised that he should not be allowed back with his mother until dogs had been removed from her home. The advice was ignored.
At last year's trial, it emerged that there were a number of dogs in the house and that the mother's lover treated Baby P like a dog.
The full report states: 'Jan 21. Police objected to presence of dogs in the child's home. A meeting was convened to discuss the child's return home but no paediatrician was present.
'Jan 26. Child went back to live with his mother.'
In addition, the mother 'disappeared' for a week in July, weeks before Baby P died, without telling the authorities.
The failure to realise that the mother's boyfriend lived with Baby P is also laid bare. The full report says Baby P's father told the authorities 'he was convinced the child's mother had a boyfriend. The mother denied the allegation the next day. The father's claim was not properly checked'.
The mother announced she was pregnant when she was sent to parenting lessons by the council. Yet social services were still unaware she had a lover.
The report says police allowed the investigation into Baby P to 'drift' and when one officer was replaced by another, case notes were not passed on.
'No photographs were taken of child's injuries when police visited. Investigation drifted for two months. Specialist doctor emailed police re calling an independent review but received no reply.'
It was decided in March that there should be an urgent 'paediatric assessment' but it did not happen until two days before Baby P died.
When it did occur, the doctor failed to spot that Baby P had a broken back and believed the child had been brought in for treatment because of his 'behaviour' - not suspected child abuse.
The summary says there was 'extensive involvement' of professionals in the months up to Baby P's death. But the full report says they were missing from vital meetings and did not speak to each other.
'June 4. Meeting held to discuss child. Police and child protection people there but no doctors or medical experts.
'June 8. Case review meeting. Agreed case was urgent but no health professionals present. Legal review did not happen until six weeks later.'
Most harrowing of all, the full report contains more details of Baby P's injuries including 'haematoma [internal bleeding], scabs, blood marks, an infected finger, hives [a skin rash] and blueish bruises'.
Last night Fergus Smith, the independent child welfare expert who wrote the Serious Case Review, called for all such reports to be published in full.
He did not comment on the Baby P report, but said: 'These reports should be in the public domain, suitably anonymised to protect those involved and frontline staff.'
A source close to the inquiry said: 'Getting information from Haringey was like getting blood from a stone. The inquiry team contemplated walking out.'
A Haringey Council spokesman said: 'Publication of Serious Case Reviews is governed by statutory guidance. Any change is a matter for the Government.'
'Scapegoat': Lawyers say Sharon Shoesmith is in line for a huge payout if she wins her tribunal claim
Details of the full report were revealed as it emerged that Mrs Shoesmith, the head of children's services who was sacked over Baby P's death, is claiming that she was the victim of sexual discrimination by Haringey.
In combining a claim for unlawful dismissal with an allegation that she was treated differently because of her gender, Mrs Shoesmith, 55, stands to maximise her potential level of compensation over the loss of her £133,000-a-year job as Haringey's Director of Children and Young People (DCYP).
There is a £63,000 cap on unfair dismissal payouts but there are no limits on compensation for discrimination claims.
Should Mrs Shoesmith be successful, she would be eligible for a year's loss of earnings leading up to the tribunal date, loss of future earnings and further compensation for her alleged 'injury to feelings and for personal injury'.
She has put no figure on her claim but the total payout could potentially surpass £1million, according to experts in employment law.
John Quigley, of William Sturges Solicitors, said: 'If she won hands down it could be a huge payout on the basis that she is only 55 and she would otherwise have had ten more years of employment and salary.'
Mrs Shoesmith was dismissed without notice last year after the review of the case ordered by Mr Balls.
The review blamed Mrs Shoesmith, who had 1,000 staff and oversaw an annual budget of £100million, for 'insufficient' management oversight. She subsequently lost an internal council disciplinary hearing in January over her sacking.
In her claim, lodged at Watford Employment Tribunal and seen by this newspaper, Mrs Shoesmith says she has 'suffered and continues to suffer from clinically recognised psychiatric illness and has had suicidal thoughts following the severe stress and trauma caused by the termination of her employment'. It alleges that there was no lawful reason for her dismissal.
She claims the disciplinary procedures she went through were unfair and that her fate was predetermined by the intervention of Mr Balls in a televised Press conference in which she was described as 'not fit for purpose'.
Mrs Shoesmith further claims she was 'unlawfully discriminated against on the ground of her gender' in that she was replaced by men as both Chairperson of the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) and as DCYP.
The submission adds: 'The claimant will say that she was treated less favourably by the Council than a man would have been treated in similar circumstances in that she was summarily dismissed from her job without compensation whereas a man would not have been so dismissed.'
She claims that she was made the 'scapegoat' for Baby P's death.
Mrs Shoesmith is also claiming breach of contract in the High Court, where she could win a year's salary for the council's failure to pay her in lieu of notice.
Mrs Shoesmith declined to comment. A spokesman for Haringey Council said: 'We will contest all her claims vigorously.'
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Since a lot of people are reminiscing, I want to add that my favorite was always Catfish Cove. On the plus side you already have most of the scenery pieces you need, but on the down side we're missing critical water rides. I'm crossing my fingers that Frontier comes through on that.
Alright thats it! I have to get this game now! I have been slowly inching my way into this on and you really did it for me.
Did you use scenery over the path or are your pathing skills that good?
Were you thinking of incorporating any flat rides into this area? Or (sorry, I forget the name,) but the one where you used spongebob and those other characters as aliens? That was inspired!And for the record, Catfish Cove was always my favorite land! A little underdeveloped, but a beautiful area, muskrats and all! What plans are in the works for the shrieking shack??? Looking forward to the reveal of the Plantation restaurant.
Also just a little note, I swear I have never seen a rope fence like that in the game until now. Did you make it, or am I just missing it in the menus?
Oh! It must be the World of Tomorrow building... Or it could be the restaurant.. I don't remember my WWI history too well.
Does this game have the ability to do water features?
Yep, I was just curious if waterfalls or fountains are in Mr. Wonder's budget.
Youre using the custom shape pieces to make these awesome walls right? This is looking great!


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Earley parishioners enthusiastically helped to entertain wounded soldiers, while there was bad news of several local men.
Earley "Wounded Soldiers" Entertainment Fund.
In the first place, as Hon. Treasurer to this Fund, I desire on behalf of the committee to express their grateful thanks to all who have so generously assisted by gifts in money, provisions, flowers, fruit, vegetables and, last but not least, the loan of motor cars, without which it would not be possible to carry out the arrangements. To this must be added our thanks to those who have given their time and talent in providing music and plays, which our guests have greatly enjoyed.
List of Men Serving in His Majesty's Forces.
The following additional names have been added to our prayer list:-
William Durman, Edward Harris, Walter Bastow, Herbert Lovegrove, William Powell, Arthur Brereton, Harold Cooper, Herbert Carter, William Carter, Reginald Bluring, Henry Horwood, Jack Edwards, Thomas Watts, Frederick Lee, Albert Pocock, Fred Purver, Albert Spratley, William Nash, Albert Evans, Robert Newton, Frederick Wise, John Winchcombe, Edwin Taylor, Henry Stanbridge, Ashley Franklin, George Polden, Douglas Clarje, Walter Samways, Reginald Holtom, Ernest Fowler, Alexander Burden, Frederick Gardener, William Hooper, George Rooke, Benjamin Rickards, Thomas Bricknell, Harry Bricknell, Aubray Turner, Frederick Thompson.
The following we especially commend to your prayers:-
Missing – George Seymour, Percy Wyer, Charles Timbrill.
Wounded – Francis Mayl, Walter King (wounded and gassed).
Sick – Albert Hiscock, Reginald Sloper, Harry Borroughs, Joseph Marshall, William Clements.
Killed – Richard Jordon.
Prisoners – Charles John Fisher, Ernest Holtom.
In Memoriam.
We much regret to have to record the death of George Wright who was killed in action at Loos on the occasion of the great attack in October; he was a member of the Choir and a past member of the Church Lads' Brigade, and was much liked by all who knew him. We are sure all our readers deeply sympathize with Mr. and Mrs. Wright and family in their great sorrow.
Earley St Peter parish magazine, December 1915 (D/P191/28A/22)


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Supreme Court prostitution decision: 5 questions
Peter MacKay says Justice Department will explore 'all possible options'
The Supreme Court of Canada's unanimous decision striking down federal prostitution laws means that big changes are coming to the sex trade industry, but there are a lot of unanswered questions about what those changes will look like.
The top court found that current laws violate the guarantee to life, liberty and security of the person enshrined in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Parliament has been given a one-year reprieve to respond with new legislation, meaning the current laws against keeping a brothel, living off the avails of prostitution, and street soliciting will remain in place until December 2014.
Here are five questions about the landmark decision:
What did the Supreme Court say are the problems with the current prostitution regime?
The purpose of the living of avails of prostitution law "is to target pimps and the parasitic, exploitative conduct in which they engage," the court said. "The law, however, punishes everyone who lives on the avails of prostitution without distinguishing between those who exploit prostitutes and those who could increase the safety and security of prostitutes, for example, legitimate drivers, managers, or bodyguards. The living on the avails provision is consequently overbroad."
- Read about the Supreme Court's decision
- Europeans debate whether criminalization or legalization works better
In addition, the law on prohibiting soliciting was designed "not to eliminate street prostitution for its own sake, but to take prostitution off the streets and out of public view in order to prevent the nuisances that street prostitution can cause. The provision's negative impact on the safety and lives of street prostitutes, who are prevented by the communicating prohibition from screening potential clients for intoxication and propensity to violence, is a grossly disproportionate response to the possibility of nuisance caused by street prostitution," the court said.
The role of Parliament, it said, is "to regulate against nuisances, but not at the cost of the health, safety and lives of prostitutes."
What are the broad options before federal legislators?
Following the decision on Friday, Justice Minister Peter MacKay said his department will explore "all possible options" to ensure Canada's laws address what he calls the "significant harms" that flow from prostitution – and there are a lot of options to choose from.
John Lowman, a criminologist at Simon Fraser University in B.C. who has studied prostitution in Canada for more than three decades, said Parliament can either criminalize the sale of sex, the purchase of sex, or both. It can also choose to regulate "where and under what circumstances prostitution can occur."
Parliament could also do nothing, in which case the provinces and municipalities would likely develop their own provisions governing prostitution, creating a patchwork of different rules across the country.
In the event that Parliament has tabled legislation but can't pass it by the December 2014 deadline, it could ask the Supreme Court for an extension on the effect of the ruling.
How likely is it that Parliament will simply ban prostitution outright?
Although it's legal in Canada, many of the activities associated with prostitution are classified as criminal offences – and that arrangement was the focus of Friday's court's decision.
Parliament could choose to make both the purchase and sale of sex illegal, which is the situation in many U.S. states. But Angela Campbell, a law professor at McGill University in Montreal who has written about the sex trade, says that could easily lead to a new legal challenge.
"I think we would end up back in the situation we were in before the Bedford litigation," she said, referring to the case that led the Supreme Court to strike down Canada's prostitution laws. A legal challenge on an outright ban would likely be successful in the wake of Friday's decision, Campbell said.
What are other alternatives to the current system?
There are a lot of different prostitution regimes around the world that federal legislators can look to, or they can devise a "made in Canada" system. Prostitution is legal in much of Europe and Latin America, and brothels are legal in numerous countries including Germany and Switzerland.
One option is to "regulate indirectly, through zoning for entertainment businesses, which keeps prostitution in certain areas of town," Lowman said. Another option is to have "direct regulation of prostitution like you do in places like Netherlands or Nevada," where brothels are legal with oversight from the state.
In Sweden, the government has made it illegal to buy sex but not to sell it, which is another approach that Parliament may consider.
Are there indications as to how Parliament may amend prostitution laws?
Lowman points to a 2006 report by the parliamentary subcommittee on solicitation laws, which proposes criminalizing the purchase of sex, and also criminalizing the sale of sex once a prostitute has been issued with a warning.
At the Conservative Party convention earlier this fall, Lowman said, there was also a motion adopted that was similar to the Swedish model, proposing a system of "asymmetrical criminalization" on the purchase of sex but not the sale of sex.
With files from The Canadian Press and Reuters


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Revenue and Liability Recognition, Inventory Valuation
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For Frantek's current year-end as well as subsequent year-ends, discuss the accounting issues raised by the amendment to the agreement between Frantek and Conte.
Include in the discussion:
1) Analyze the relationship between measurement and recognition
2) Explain recognition criteria in the context of this case.
3) A recommendation as to how Frantek should resolve issues relating to revenue recognition, inventory valuation, and liability recognition and classification.
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Revenue Recognition, Inventory Valuation, and Liability Recognition
Frantek, Inc. is a manufacturer of microcomputer parts and components. At the beginning of its fiscal year, Frantek entered into an agreement with Conte Technologies to manufacture microcomputer accessory boards according to Conte's specifications. The agreement provided that within the next 12 months Frantek was to deliver a minimum of 100,000 boards to Conte at a stipulated price per board. If Frantek failed to perform per the terms of the agreement, financial penalties were provided. In addition, the agreement
required that Conte make royalty payments to Frantek on the basis of a predetermined schedule of units shipped. The royalty payments actually constitute a deferral of the selling price. The agreement stipulated that in no case would the royalty payments be less than $2 million. To assist Frantek with its working capital needs during the development stage of the boards, Conte loaned Frantek $6 million, payable in 36 months with accrued interest.
Frantek encountered some technical difficulties in developing the boards according to Conte's satisfaction and was not able to meet the agreed-on timetable for the shipment of boards. The problem was that boards equipped with a certain manufacturer's chip did not meet Conte's operating standards. Frantek was able to solve the problem by having a third-party contractor replace the chip with a different manufacturer's chip that met Conte's standards. The contractor charged Frantek $7 per board to replace the chip.
As of Frantek's current year-end, Frantek had shipped only 38,000 boards and had 41,000 boards, with the unsatisfactory chip, in its year-end inventory. No royalty payments had been paid by ...
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Striker signs until January from Leeds to join brother Stephen in blue
Noel Hunt has joined Town on loan from Leeds until the start of January.
The move to Portman Road see the Republic of Ireland international, who trained with his new team-mates for the first time this morning, reunited with his brother, Stephen.
Noel joined Reading in the summer of 2008, with his older sibling already at the club and they were team-mates for a year.
The 31-year-old striker had spells at Dunfermline and Dundee United, where he scored 28 goals in 75 appearances, before heading to the Madejski.
He spent five years with the Royals, scoring 39 goals in 162 appearances and helped the club win the Championship title in 2012 alongside another current Blue, Jay Tabb.
A year later he joined his former Reading boss Brian McDermott at Leeds.
Born in Waterford, Noel has been capped three times by Ireland at senior level and he will wear the number 16 shirt during his time at Portman Road.
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A drama critic is a person who surprises the playwright by informing him what he meant.
Critics and Criticism
Quotations by Wilson Mizner
Quotes :
- Woodrow Wilson – 21/1/2018 Creo en la democracia porque da rienda suelta a las energÃas de todo ser humano. Frases de Woodrow Wilson - 21/1/2018
- "If I make a move, like raise my eyebrows, some… "If I make a move, like raise my eyebrows, some critic says I'm doing Nicholson. What am I supposed to do, cut off my eyebrows?" - Christian Slater
- Condoleeza Rice "Life is full of surprises and and serendipity. Being open to unexpected turns in the road is an important part of success. If you try to plan every step, you may miss those wonderful twists and turns. Just find your next adventure-do it well, enjoy it-and then, not now, think about what comes next." Condoleeza Rice quotes
- "He had that spooky bass voice meant to… "He had that spooky bass voice meant to announce that he had entered the kingdom of manhood, but Rosalie knew that he was still outside the gates." - John Cheever


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NPP > JOURNALS > JAC > Vol. 62 > Iss. 3 (1979)
Volume 62, Issue 3 (1979)
Table of contents, editorial board, and other front matter
Jim Shaner and Don Esslinger
Further Evidence on Using a Deadline to Stimulate Responses to a Mail Survey; Readership and Coverage of Science and Technology in Newspapers; The Uses and Gratifications Approach to Mass Communications Research
Larry Meiner and Lloyd R. Bostian
Three Studies: Use of Family Living News
Terence L. Day
Futures Panel: The Green Thumb Box
William Carnahan
Futures Panel: Telecommunications of the Future
Dean Gillette
Futures Panel: Education, Demonstration Needed for People to Accept the New Technology
Eric C. Hope
Graphics Overview
Edmund Arnold
Children's Television Workshop
Charlie Smith
Research Brief
Space Requirements for Justified Versus Unjustified Columns; Technical Writing Style: Attitudes Toward Scientists and Their Writing; The Use and Effectiveness of Paid Promotion for Extension Education Programs
Fred Berggren, LaRae H. Wales, Marguerite G. Ashman, John Aleong, and Chris Scherer
Back Matter
Agricultural Communicators in Education
Jim Shaner and Don Esslinger