Archive for May, 2006

Wildfire-damaged range needs proper grazing caretaking

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

A Texas Cooperative Extension range expert in Uvalde said landowners should exercise caution when grazing livestock on recently-burned pastures. Robert Lyons, Extension range specialist, said proper management is a must to prevent serious grass damage after a fire. “As with any fire, prescribed or wild, ensuring grass survival is a primary management goal,” Lyons said. [...]

We must reinvent marketing for empowered consumers

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

In a changing media climate where consumers are ever more demanding, the key to continued success for brands is to meet their information needs When Rupert Murdoch speaks, media owners and advertisers listen. So when Murdoch announced a few weeks ago that the media world is being turned upside clown, what was previously a matter [...]

Dear Louisiana: A Note From Sari–I Am Back From Africa!!

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

By Karen Lynn Vidra , The Texas Tornado Late Tuesday night, 14 June, 2005, Athens, Greece~ Dear Louisiana~ Hai! Miita kuuluu? Kiitos hyvaas! Or, as they would say in Africa, Jambo! Habari gani? M’zuri sana, asante sana! As you can probably surmise, this is Sari, Sari Constantinos, writing. Nikky and I just got back from [...]

This is Me

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

By Danielle Mundy I look in the mirror and I see a young woman. She has a full, heart-shaped face framed with very curly brown hair that has wheat colored streaks through it. The hair is cut at different layers beginning at the cheekbones and ending at the lower back. Her eyes are almond shaped [...]

Commercialisation of childhood? The ethics of research with primary school children

Thursday, May 25th, 2006

The 7–11 market has never been more attractive; British children in this age group are estimated to have a personal disposable income (pocket money, gifts, odd jobs) of around $2.7 billion and their US counterparts $20 billion. They influence family purchases to the tune of ?30 billion in the UK and $300 billion in the [...]

A gift for his survivors

Monday, May 15th, 2006

In case the worst should happen, a young submariner wanted to make sure his wife and children would be prepared. The year was 1983. The Cold War was still raging, and Robert Fisher, a young graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, had been assigned duty aboard a nuclear submarine. Fisher thought about his young wife, [...]