The Librarian

I wish I could complain to them about selling the book but that would be the wrong thing to do as I would then be imitating other extremist religions which become political when they try to exert pressure on communities to follow what they morally feel obligated to do. 
To illustrate: If Walmart today sold a book with only 'one' chapter in it that is anti-Islam they would have a bunch of people on their back threatening them with islamophobia law suits - especially organizations affiliated with CAIR (even though Islam is not a race but is an ideology/religion).  
Does Walmart not realize that we are living in a world at present where "offending another religion" has now become an offence? The united nations Resolution 18/20, which promotes religious tolerance has been adopted by most western countries and it is now part of America's official policy. 
I personally will do nothing about this but I do feel somewhat offended because I know the reasoning in the book (like others before it) is most probably not logical at all, will be full of dogma, and will depend on spreading deception to get its point across. That is what irks me...Walmart being an accomplice in spreading falsehood.
The only thing one can do is: buy the book, read it, and write an excellent review on their website which exposes all its flaws.....(and then hope they have stock they cannot get sold as a result of their injustice).

As of 1956, pioneers began receiving a reduced rate on the magazines. (See "Informant" February 1956, p.2.) At that time they were sold for a nickel, and yes, we were still using the word "sold" into the 1950's. The reduced rate was a penny. The magazine quota for Special Pioneers was 110 per month, and for Regular Pioneers, it was 90. If they made their quota, that was about $4 per month they could now "pocket" but it usually went to transportation expenses.
[Edited to add that I don't think there was a Pioneer School in 1960. Even in 1973, you just became a Pioneer if your application was approved, and there was no school.]

Jesus had no home. 

No, nothing was said publicly as far as I can remember. The branches responsible for their own language mastheads had to be informed, and I don't recall any discussion or reasons given in those communications either. These changes weren't even well publicized within the headquarters.
Suggestions for changes began when phototypesetting became available -- and a new masthead became easy. Artists pushed for more room on the front cover for artwork, now that art could become much more detailed, and there was talk of getting a complete press changeover to "offset" which would make it much easier to make the changes in record time. The new "Photoplate Department" was started over in the 8th floor of factory #1 (117 Adams) to fit into this new process. That department was located just below the Computer Department.
(The computer department was also set adjacent to the new MEPS typesetting equipment which had a feed built right down into the darkroom area of Photoplate..Note however that MEPS had nothing to do with the masthead changes; it was only a new part of a new defined process where changes were to be made more quickly. For a few years it just created an expectation of a faster process. It took a while to get fully implemented.)
Still, the ease of changing the masthead was in place, and it could be changed almost as easily as artists could order specialty fonts (headline fonts) for article titles. You'll notice that in the late 1970's we started using dozens of different fonts for the first time that weren't hand-drawn. (A few hand-drawn titles kept being made into the 80's.)  The process was not as easy as using a computer, since every font was actually a set of characters set onto a negative filmstrip on a long "stick". The "stick" was positioned in a machine over a light source and a couple lenses so that it shined the light directly through the character, and onto a piece of "stat camera" film. The light exposed the shape of the letter, and that portion of the film turned black, and then the next letter was found on the stick and positioned onto the film. The font size was made by repositioning the light. "Kerning" -- the space between letters -- was all done manually, so that we could overlap letters if we wished. We could play with the exposure and switch between negatives and positives on the stat cameras to create outline fonts, or manipluate the letters into the artwork. Artists from the home art department would go over to the factory and play with this equipment when it was new, but soon started letting Photoplate personnel do all the work when the novelty wore off.
But back to the masthead changes. A couple of the early customizations were driven by an artist. When it seemed easy (it wasn't) it drove a more official "branding change" to look more modern, we were told internally. But that turned out to be a big problem for other branches and languages. (In the 70's the Spanish magazine came out a few weeks after the English, but other languages were sometimes a few months behind. So their masthead changes were sometimes a version or two behind, or they just ignored the change.) So it was decided (one more time) to make a "final" masthead decision from the top down with more consensus. Naturally, not everyone liked it even after voting for it. So it changed again. I forget how many  changes there were from 1975 to 1980, but there were several obvious ones and a couple more subtle ones. 

I saw this photo today from Indonesia (at an assembly) and it made me think about our Watchtower symbol.
The old Watchtower Icon vs. the New (newer c. 1990) Watchtower icon shown above.

 
And the one I was most familiar with:

I notice that it is still used among us but not really promoted. JW.org has really taken center stage.
Yet I do notice that the icon has become less "warlike" over time and now the "Watchtower" at Patterson (c.1990) is more like a lookout than part of a fortified military castle.
Although it does remind me of the Watchtowers on the demilitarized zone in South Korea (DMZ) (at least the ones I have seen on TV)
Anyways... just something of interest I just thought I would pass down.
Oh.. and here is where we almost got rid of the logo completely... and just went with the outline:

This wonderful couple, brother and sister Honey are both 87 and still power along in the full time service in the Kalgoorlie congregation Western Australia . They are so encouraging to us all and much loved! http://ift.tt/2aZTVRu
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Young sister offers a flower to a householder thanking her for listening. http://ift.tt/2bdxiGQ
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South Africa http://ift.tt/2bchQh3
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I can't believe how biased and one-sided the media is towards Donald Trump they should be talking about Hillary Clinton inviting a terrorist to her rally  and having sitting right behind her just to let Muslim people to see him so she can collect vote from the Muslim people outraged but they'd rather talk about Donald Trump 2nd Amendment comment that meant nothing they don't mention Hillary Clinton i campaign office are getting  raided by the FBI all over United States and that she collect money from people to get jobs it was called pay to play where is the media on this stuff 

The 2015 Watchtower Library on DVD for Windows has an update available.  If you clicked on the box to update and you are connected to the internet, it will bring up a box and ask you if you want the current update (212 MB).  It adds the 2016 Wt and Awakes , some brochures, the Meeting Workbooks and other things.  
As of the 2015 DVD release, the plan is to release updates twice a year: in July and in January.
 
As of the 2015 DVD release, the plan is to release updates twice a year: in July and in January.

While the Watchtower may be the beneficiary of such investments currently, once the assets are TRANSFERRED TO the control of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania (JW.org) they would be sold off and invested in large banks such as JP Morgan Chase Money Market funds in order to avoid the appearance of impropriety.
I think that is the correct thing to do and I'm sure they would do the same at HQ
Notice that Watchtower is not itself doing the actual investment only reaping the rewards of such investment.
This is not a new problem and has been handled for decades in this way I believe from my past readings.

The 2015 Watchtower Library on DVD for Windows has an update available.  If you clicked on the box to update and you are connected to the internet, it will bring up a box and ask you if you want the current update (212 MB).  It adds the 2016 Wt and Awakes , some brochures, the Meeting Workbooks and other things.  
As of the 2015 DVD release, the plan is to release updates twice a year: in July and in January.
 
As of the 2015 DVD release, the plan is to release updates twice a year: in July and in January.

Four Christian (Javed Jounis Masih and his wife, Nazia, and two other women "Rose Marry and kiran) have been taken into custody against spreading religious Disarray through pamphlets at Railway station Mirpur on Saturday afternoon.
Hundreds of islamic religious workers were gathered outside the police station and security was high alerted. Police reached on incident and arrested them when a worker of an Islamic organization, Ahl e Sunnat wal Jammat, informed police. Police has registered a case against accused under (A-298-506(II- 295 for dishonoring and disrespecting religion.
The case is under investigation and women have been transferred to woman jail Hyderabad under tight security. Stand Against Blasphemy Law in Pakistan. 

jw.org Olympics preaching in Brazil

Paris, #france #fashion - #jworg cart witnessing style via social.jw-archive.org #jehovahswitnesses http://ift.tt/2aqsGAj
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Very Dutch #jehovahswitnesses in #utrecht via social.jw-archive.org #jworg #jwnederland http://ift.tt/2aKksz4
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#jworg fashion show @ #utrecht #netherlands via social.jw-archive.org #jehovahswitnesses http://ift.tt/2bbdd4r
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Market Witnessing in Guatemala #jworg via social.jw-archive.org #jehovahswitnesses http://ift.tt/2aKlwTN
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21 regular pioneers, some have the potential to join...San Antonio, West Philippines Sea (formerly south China Sea)

(Micah 4:13) 13 Get up and thresh, O daughter of Zion; For I will change your horns into iron, And I will change your hooves into copper, And you will pulverize many peoples. You will devote their dishonest profit to Jehovah, And their resources to the true Lord of the whole earth.”
Any questions?