Improving on Perfection
When we teach Marketing in one of our business classes,
along with Product, Price, Promotion, Placement we
add a fifth "P": Packaging. And when introducing the topic we always
[…]
Archive for June, 2006
You are currently browsing the Dowbrigade weblog archives for June, 2006.
If It’s OK with God and Fairies….
The police have arrested a Penacook woman who advertises
herself online as an "Amazing Goddess" and charged her with
prostitution. According to the police, Suzan Belanger, 38, was running
[…]
Cross Purposes
New York, NY (June 28, 2006)–In a country known
more for conflict than conservation, a joint effort by the government
of Afghanistan and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and funded
[…]
Clowns Attack Nuclear Warhead With Hammers
On Tuesday morning, a retired Catholic priest and
two veterans put on clown suits, busted into a nuclear missile launch
facility, and began beating the silo cover with hammers, in an attempt
[…]
AT&T: We Now Own Customers Private Data
ONCE
again, an online news outlet has published details about secret rooms
in AT&T buildings where government spies are
said to be gaining access to millions of private […]
PETA Claims Circus Cruel to Critters
PETA activists are cracking the whip on Springfield-based
Merriam-Webster, demanding that the definition of "circus" be rewritten
to label the big top as cruel to "captive" animal performers.
The dictionary currently defines a circus as "an arena […]
PETA Claims Circus Cruel to Critters
PETA activists are cracking the whip on Springfield-based
Merriam-Webster, demanding that the definition of "circus" be rewritten
to label the big top as cruel to "captive" animal performers.
The dictionary currently defines a circus as "an arena […]
Where’s the Fire?
An ocean speed limit proposed by the federal government
yesterday could help protect endangered right whales, but is expected
to face stiff opposition from the shipping industry.
The migration paths […]
Medical Care Costs Arm and Leg
Massachusetts has "the world’s costliest health care," with
average annual spending above $7,000 per person, according to an analysis
of federal data to be released today.
The report by Boston […]
Medical Care Costs Arm and Leg
Massachusetts has "the world’s costliest health care," with
average annual spending above $7,000 per person, according to an analysis
of federal data to be released today.
The report by Boston […]
Shell Game
Archaeologists say they have found evidence that in
one respect people were behaving like thoroughly modern humans as early
as 100,000 years ago: they were apparently decorating themselves with
a kind of status-defining jewelry […]
So Much Media, So Little Time
The Dowbrigade is old enough to remember
when we had more time than media. Long hot summer afternoons when we
ran out of the paperback Ace and Tor science fiction novels we borrowed by the armload
[…]