Actually, two examples in today’s New York Times*, and in the Arts section of all places.
1. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt solve a big problem — the illicit distribution of photos of their new baby — by distributing the pictures themselves and donating the proceeds to charity, thereby thwarting the paparazzi free market and potentially setting a new model for future celebrity photo ops.
2. City officials in Sydney, Australia have found a way to clear out the hooligans who gather at night in parking lots and discourage solid citizens from frequenting restaurants: they’re going to play Barry Manilow music, really loud. This may attract an undue collection of “Fanilows,” the worldwide guild of women who love Barry, but they are presumably better customers than the existing hooligans.
Also in today’s Times, the most entertaining lead paragraph I’ve read in years, by Nicholas Wade: The first American to be able to claim descent from Genghis Khan has been discovered. He is Thomas R. Robinson, an associate professor of accounting at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla.
*Both of these stories were first reported yesterday by Reuters.
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“The first American to be able to claim descent from Genghis Khan has been discovered.”
Oh please. I went to school with a direct descendent of Genghis Khan. The guy in question MAY have been the first American who had the genetic test that matched him up with Khan, but starting the article with that isn’t merely hyperbolic, it’s misleading.
And as was alluded to above, Khan spread his DNA far and wide.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_6_163/ai_97997816
“The first American to be able to claim descent from Genghis Khan has been discovered.”
Oh please. I went to school with a direct descendent of Genghis Khan. The guy in question MAY have been the first American who had the genetic test that matched him up with Khan, but starting the article with that isn’t merely hyperbolic, it’s misleading.
And as was alluded to above, Khan spread his DNA far and wide.
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_6_163/ai_97997816
The McDonald’s in Hyde Park employs a similar method. They blast big-band style swing and jazz outside the restaurant, assumingly in order to keep young hooligans from gathering in the parking lot. It seems pretty effective, but I have only been to that McDonald’s a hand a full of times.
Maybe we should start doing that outside my apartment building…………….
The McDonald’s in Hyde Park employs a similar method. They blast big-band style swing and jazz outside the restaurant, assumingly in order to keep young hooligans from gathering in the parking lot. It seems pretty effective, but I have only been to that McDonald’s a hand a full of times.
Maybe we should start doing that outside my apartment building…………….
* Reminder *
Create an environment that’s perfect for your ideal clients. Not only will you attract the people you want to your business, but you will also chase the ones you don’t want away.
http://www.billbaren.com/blog/
* Reminder *
Create an environment that’s perfect for your ideal clients. Not only will you attract the people you want to your business, but you will also chase the ones you don’t want away.
http://www.billbaren.com/blog/
It seems that Brad and Angelina’s great idea didn’t work out, since their “exclusive” pictures are already all over the Internet. They’ll probably keep their $5 million, but I doubt magazines will keep thinking this is a great idea…
It seems that Brad and Angelina’s great idea didn’t work out, since their “exclusive” pictures are already all over the Internet. They’ll probably keep their $5 million, but I doubt magazines will keep thinking this is a great idea…