This issue we present stories from both coasts: completed Schoodic Symposium sculptures go to their permanent sites in Maine, and we offer an exclusive interview with Donato Pompo, stone and tile industry educator and consultant out on the west coast. In this Holiday issue, we also present information on the upcoming trade shows and end-of-the year product reviews, industry news, and general good advice and tips. Have a good read, and all of us at the Slippery Rock wish a happy and prosperous new year to all our readers. 

December 2012 Issue Articles

Schoodic Sculptures Placed for 2012, by Peter J. Marcucci

Holiday Quote

Bellavita Tile Revamps Website 

Stranger than (Pulp) Fiction in PA  

A Festival of Light, by Ida Mae Knowes  

The Polished Perspective, by Tom McNall  

MIA Broadens Safety Initiatives with Canadian Outreach 

A Drunk on a Horse is Still Drunk, of Course  

McJordan Sauce Still Scores  

Presenting the River Rock Line from Mediterranea  

Radionic Hi-Tech LED Under Cabinet Lighting Offers the Best Quality and Price 

Surfaces Launches The Ocean Collection  

Stone Forensics Offers Stone Inspectors Training Program  

Rx for the Creepy Crawlies  

StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas 2013 Sees Strong Exhibitor Commitment  

Just in the “Knick” of Time 

Registration for 2013 Concrete Decor Show Attendees is Now Open  

Create a Lead Gen Machine in 3 Easy Steps, by Sean McCool  

Attending Next Year’s Trade Shows? Create a Plan to Maximize Your Results, by Richard Pierce Thomas 

I’m Ready for My Close-Up  

Don’t Talk with Your Mouth Full  

How to Polish Difficult Marbles, Part 2, by Dr Frederick M. Hueston  

Surfaces | StonExpo/Marmomacc Americas Makes Key Staff Promotions  

Book Review – Blue Ocean Strategy, by Aaron Crowley  

The Slippery Rock Interviews Richard Mann on G-Clip Inventor Glenn Davey, by Joel Davis  

I-Brace Comprehensive Installation Guide Now Offered on www.braxton-bragg.com  

That Ain’t No Doll Fly  

The Varmint County Chronicles, by “Boomer” Winfrey  

A Real Sting Operation  

The CIA is in My Attic  

Surfaces 2013 and NWFA Introduce Hardwood Flooring Pavilion  

Robber Raises a Black Flag  

The Slippery Rock Classifieds   

Something in the Water in NM?  

The Stone Detective, by Frederick M. Hueston, PhD 

There’s No App for That  

Presidential Quotes of the Month  

Ten Best of the Best Fabrication Products of 2012 – We Pick Our Faves!  

Autumn Color at the PO  

Chocolate Eggs Confiscated  

Surfaces Debuts The White Collection  

Got Goats? 

By the Numbers, by Sam Venable

Sports Quote of the Month  

Tile: Then and Now, by Peter M. Marcucci 

 

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