Promotional Items in the UK Hardcover 1st Edition Some High Street booksellers have additional exclusive promotional material glued under the inside of the dust jacket: Borders include an Ankh-Morpork cheque book Waterstone's include a few Ankh-Morpork bank notes ...
Half a century of research into inoculation theory has found that the way to neutralise misinformation is to expose people to a weak form of the misinformation. The way to achieve this is to explain the fallacy employed by the myth. Once people understand the techniques used to distort the sc...
Not all windows have the outlook you’d want – sometimes it’s dull, or it may be downright ugly. In this room, rather than frame a view to the house opposite, the window’s been dressed to maximise its appeal instead. The striped Roman blind has a smart, tailored finish and its wa...
Also historically the act to taking an oath, i.e., 'swearing' typically includes the raising of one hand and the placing of the other hand on a sacred object such as the Bible. Oath making in western society has largely been limited to the ancient Roman and Greek patterns of special, ...
If you were Roman, you had a love/hate relationship with the wilderness. On the one hand, there wereSilvanus— woodland deities — but then there was theTeutoburg Forest. The natural world was not something to be trusted or admired, only an obstacle to or opportunity for wealth. Thus the...
A wine bar doesn’t have to be everything for everyone, but it should be everything for your target market. For instance, coming up with distinct promotions such as “blind tasting happy hours” can differentiate you from the common price-offs of others in your industry. ...
“Night night, darling.” I whisper to my sleeping son on my way up to bed. He stirs. “Night, Dad” Awwww! “Dad? I need to go to school dressed as a Roman tomorrow.” He rolls over and with a snuggle into his quilt, he’s asleep again. I press the button which sets off ...
Also, I regularly say Mass for my regular benefactors and special Roman Sojourn Donors. HERE for the form I use. YOUR RECENT COMMENTS dallenl on Martin Scorsese presents The Saints: my 1st impression:“This is really no surprise when dramatizing spiritual matters in a largely secular medium....
Caslon’s Etruscan type, as seen in a 1766 specimen book. Larger view. (Image source: Typefoundry) Strangely enough, the first “sans serif” type was created not for the Latin alphabet, but for use in 18th-century academic works on Etruscan culture, which preceded the Roman Empire in the...
Our KPIs must be based on a joint perception of what constitutes success. Believe me, in large organizations, CMO-life isn’t straightforward: It’s analogous to the story of the three blind men and the elephant in which each blind man touched a different part of the elephant (trunk, leg...