| Super Bowl XLIII Ad Reaction- Part 3 Posted: 05 Feb 2009 02:30 AM PST I had to say that I was honestly disappointed by the e*trade baby ads this year. I think they knocked it out of the park last year with the clowns and cute baby spit up. I think they set themselves up to fail by staying with the same campaign then finding some fresh new angle. Don’t get me wrong, these were very cute, and I love singing babies. But I don’t think anything could top underestimating the creepiness of the clown. “E*Trade Singing Baby” “E*Trade Golf Baby” Did you like these ads? Were you disappointed when comparing them to last year’s?  |
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| Greenlandic Inuit with high levels of certain, long-lived industrial pollutants in their bodies also have DNA with altered function. Inuit with higher blood levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) also had decreased methylation of their DNA. Although long-term health consequences are not known, altered methylation patterns have been associated with cancer. More... Keeping the crescent fertile. Water doesn't recognize borders. If one nation drains or pollutes the Jordan River, then Israel, Jordan and Palestine will all suffer, which increases health risks and creates border tension while decreasing tourism and economic security. Toronto National Post, Canada. Peru to drain hill of mine waste to avert disaster. Peru is starting to build a system of tunnels this week to drain a soggy hillside that engineers fear could collapse and pour thousands of tonnes of toxic mine tailings into Lima's main source of drinking water. Reuters Chile takes steps to rehabilitate its lucrative salmon industry. Persistent problems, critics say, reveal that neither the industry nor the government has fully grasped the need for the far-reaching changes required to protect consumers and the environment -- and the salmon industry itself. New York Times [Registration Required] India's drug problem. Waste flowing out of a treatment plant near Hyderabad in India pollutes the region's waters with some of the highest levels of pharmaceuticals ever detected in the environment. Nature Parched Perth embarks on water rescue. Turning the sea into drinking water is at the heart of Western Australia's multi-faceted approach to satisfying the thirst of a booming population that lives on the edge of a desert. BBC South Africa: The quiet water crisis. Concerned with a cholera threat from its northern neighbour, Zimbabwe, South Africa could be overlooking a creeping water crisis of its own, as ageing infrastructure and rising demand spew potentially deadly bacteria into its water systems. UN IRIN Projecting the future of nitrogen pollution. Heavier rainfall due to climate change will exacerbate the effects of increased fertilizer use for corn-based ethanol production, causing a significant increase in nitrogen levels in rivers, a new study finds. But there's good news too. Environmental Science & Technology Experts in U.S. and China see a chance for cooperation against climate change. Two reports being released today propose ways for President Obama and Chinese leaders to begin addressing together, as a major priority, how to curb emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. New York Times [Registration Required] Interior secretary scraps Utah drilling leases. Scolding the Bush administration for rushing in its final days to drill near treasured Utah national parks, President Barack Obama's new Interior secretary Wednesday shelved oil and gas leases sold during a chaotic December auction. Salt Lake Tribune, Utah. Oakland port truck pollution burdens public health, study says. Air pollution from diesel trucks visiting the Port of Oakland places an economic burden on the Bay Area by increasing the risk of people getting sick; missing work, school and other activities; and even dying prematurely Contra Costa Times, California. Pesticide panel on chopping block. A small state panel that tracks pesticide exposures and is considered a national pioneer -- but caused political heartburn for Gov. Chris Gregoire -- is being eliminated just as research it supported is revealing pesticide spraying close to homes harms residents. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Washington. Two firms liable for Passaic River clean-up file countersuit. Two companies sued by the state to recover clean-up costs for decades-old dioxin dumping in the Passaic River filed legal action today to expand the scope of the suit vastly, a legal maneuver that may again derail clean-up. Newark Star-Ledger, New Jersey. Where there's fire, there's smoke. The wood-burning stove, long associated with warmth, romance, and the cozy nostalgia of summer campfires, is facing a regulatory fire extinguisher in Montreal. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. Safety rules on lead in kids' products perplex and polarize. A federal law in effect Tuesday makes it illegal for anyone to sell children's toys, books, clothes and jewelry if the items contain virtually any lead or phthalates, chemicals found in plastics. But testing whether the products contain either is not required for a year. USA Today Child care goes 'green'. The Oregon Environmental Council endorses day-care providers who strive to reduce a wide range of environmental toxins — such as pesticides and lead. Now the Oregon program, the first of its kind in the nation, is launching pilots in seven states. Salem Statesman Journal, Oregon. World's major fishing nations failing on sustainability. More than 40% of the world's fishing is carried out unsustainably and largely in defiance of international codes of conduct, according to a new study. London Guardian, England. Trashing the fridge . A small segment of the green movement has come to regard the refrigerator as an unacceptable drain on energy, and is choosing to live without it. These advocates say the refrigerator is unnecessary, as long as one is careful about shopping choices and food storage. New York Times [Registration Required] Working toward guidelines for a truly green garden. 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| Super Bowl XLIII Reactions- Part 2 Posted: 04 Feb 2009 02:30 AM PST I recently visted SeaWorld in Orlando Florida and was able to visit the Clydesdale Horses. I had been around horses before, but never clydesdales. They are HUGE, beautiful creatures, which allowed me to enjoy the Budweiser Clydesdale ads even more. Budweiser “Clydesdale Stick” This one especially made me laugh out loud, because I’ve seen my black lab attempt to carry around sticks, or logs, this big. Budweiser “Clydesdale Generations” A modern day clydesdale reflects on his ancestry. I think this ad really highlights the majesty of these horses. Budweiser “Clydesdale Circus” The circus and a Clydesdale’s love leaves town, but love and clydesdales know no boundaries! Did you like this year’s Budweiser Clydesdale ads? What ones did you like from the past?             |
| Where Were the Miller High Life 1 Second Ads? Posted: 03 Feb 2009 08:00 AM PST A few days before the Super Bowl, I caught this commercial of the burly High Life delivery guy talking about the ridiculous $30 million that advertisers are spending on 30 second commercials in this year’s Super Bowl. He started talking about how all Miller High Life would need is a 1 second commercial, along with copy asking us to watch for these 1 second ads during the big game. Miller High Life Superbowl 1 Second Ad Intro AdvertisementThat’s the last I heard of it, although I was very excited. I visited the site, www.1secondad.com and previewed all of the “1 Second Ads,” the day of the game. I eagerly watched, or listened for them during the game, but I missed them. Or, they didn’t air in my local market, because, apparently, “MillerCoors must buy the commercial time through local market NBC affiliates because the brewer’s top competitor, Bud Light brewer Anheuser-Busch of St. Louis, has an agreement that makes it the exclusive national alcohol advertiser for Super Bowl XLIII in 2009″ (The Business Journal of Milwaukee, 01/20/09). I was disappointed, and wished I had seen the ads during the actual game, but I am still excited about the campaign, as this is something unlike I’ve ever seen before, and an excellent example of achieving attention through viral or word of mouth means. The Official Miller High Life 1 Second AdA Collection of Miller High Life 1 Second Super Bowl Ads That Didn’t Make the CutWhat do you think about this technique? Do you think it worked? Do you think it didn’t work because it had to purchase ad time through local markets? What would you have done differently or the same?  |
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| Dust in used cars contains high levels of potentially toxic flame retardant chemicals, known as PBDEs, reports a study that measured them in older autos found at US dealerships. The findings show that car interiors represent another source of exposure to the compounds. Levels of one type of PBDE -- called BDE-209 -- were particularly high. Its levels varied by the vehicle's year, manufacturer and country where it was made. More... Europe leads effort to push for design of European Union requires environmental review of new drugs. Sweden leads the way, creating database so doctors can check whether medications are "green" before prescribing them. Environmental Health News Cancer rates soaring in developing countries. Cancer now kills more people in developing countries each year than AIDS, tuberculosis or malaria, health experts said here on Monday. Agence France-Presse Study finds possible cancer link. Researchers have found a potential link between incidents of a rare blood cancer in northeastern Pennsylvania and environmental contaminants in areas with hazardous material, including waste-coal power plants and EPA Superfund sites. Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, Pennsylvania. Mountaintop mining. One of the last things the Bush administration did was change a rule to allow coal mining companies to dump debris into streams. That means one mining company will be able to remove one of the last mountaintops in a West Virginia county. Environment Report, Michigan. 14 cited in protests at Massey operations . Fourteen people were cited by State Police on Tuesday in two separate protests against Massey Energy's mountaintop removal operations in Southern West Virginia. Charleston Gazette-Mail, West Virginia. California farms, vineyards in peril from warming, U.S. energy secretary warns. California's farms and vineyards could vanish by the end of the century, and its major cities could be in jeopardy, if Americans do not act to slow the advance of global warming, the new Secretary of Energy said. Los Angeles Times, California. [Registration Required] Its clout waning, auto industry losing ability to steer policy. The ousting of Rep. John D. Dingell late last year from his chairmanship of the House Energy and Commerce Committee was a public step in what politicians and lobbyists say has been a gradual erosion of the auto industry's clout in Washington and in state legislatures. Washington Post [Registration Required] It's not easy being NIMBY. With members of Congress stuffing the economic stimulus with green energy projects, they may be overlooking one of the biggest obstacles to getting them in line: the NIMBY crowd. Politico Home renovation may expose kids to lead: CDC. Home renovation and related activities continue to be an important source of lead exposure for young children, health officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warn in their weekly bulletin. Reuters Inside 'nasty' nut processor. Former workers say rodents, roaches, and mold were commonplace at the Blakely peanut plant, and that problems were obvious and long-running, raising questions about why it took so long for inspectors to fully uncover them. Chicago Tribune, Illinois. Old appetites die hard. There has been a steady drumbeat of high-profile food safety scares in the past several years: spinach, ground beef, jalapeño peppers and now products traced to a Georgia peanut processor. But many Americans are not rushing to change the way they eat. Washington Post [Registration Required] 10 years after New Carissa, threat of new spill remains. It was the ship that wouldn't go away, or even die. Ten years ago today it spilled 70,000 gallons of fuel oil along Oregon's fragile coast, which cost tens of millions to clean up and spawned several lawsuits. And the same maritime calamity could happen today. Portland Oregonian, Oregon. Research center proposed for spill site. A group of seven scientists is proposing that the Tennessee Valley Authority turn the Kingston fly ash spill site into an independent educational and research center rather than try to completely clean up the sludge. Knoxville News Sentinel, Tennessee. Ailing West Virginia towns with bad water sue over slurry. The lawsuit filed recently in Boone County Circuit Court claims decades of surface and underground mining activities near the communities of Prenter and Seth fractured the geologic strata that had contained the slurry, a byproduct of cleaning the coal. Associated Press Groups sue Pittsburgh company over chromium pollution. A Pittsburgh-based corporation blamed by New Jersey environmental regulators for chromium pollution was sued in federal court today by an environmental group and a community organization claiming a stalled clean-up at a former industrial site that poses health risks for people in Jersey City. Newark Star-Ledger, New Jersey. KU to pay $1.4 million fine in Clean Air Act settlement. Kentucky Utilities will pay a $1.4 million fine, spend $3 million on environmental projects and install $135 million worth of pollution controls at a Mercer County power plant to settle violations of the federal Clean Air Act. Lexington Herald-Leader, Kentucky. New rules govern cleanup of tailings ponds. A controversial byproduct of oil-sands operations at the centre of an environmental scandal last spring involving 500 dead ducks will be subjected to tougher rules by Alberta's energy regulator. Toronto Globe and Mail, Ontario. Argentines pray for rain to end drought. Argentina’s agricultural heartland is suffering the worst drought in nearly half a century. It has not rained properly since November and at the edge of Sergio Paparini's parched field only the occasional tiny green leaf pokes through the hard ground. London Financial Times, England. Environmentalists' laments receive presidential backing. An impassioned plea by Tzipi Iser Itzik, director-general of the Israel Union for Environmental Defense, for the incoming government to make the environment an urgent priority, was fully endorsed by President Shimon Peres. Jerusalem Post, Israel. A company prospers by saving poor people’s lives. There are plenty of charitable foundations and public agencies devoted to helping the world’s poor. But private companies with that as their sole focus are rare. Even the best-known, Vestergaard-Frandsen, is not remotely a household name. New York Times [Registration Required] Smokeless tobacco to get push by venture overseas. Swedish Match AB and Philip Morris International Inc. announced a joint venture Tuesday to market smokeless tobacco world-wide, signaling the possibility of an intensified industry effort to lift government bans on sales of snuff. Wall Street Journal [Subscription Required] Bird flu virus still cause for concern. The H5N1 bird flu virus, which has now sickened more than 400 people globally, is infecting birds and people all across China and is still a cause for serious concern, flu experts said on Tuesday. Reuters More news from today Shortcuts to stories from today about The good news, Avian flu, Katrina, Climate, Children's health, Air pollution, Cancer, Reproductive disorders, Endocrine disruption, Birth defects, Learning and developmental disabilities, Immune disorders, Environmental justice, Superfund, Water treatment/sewage, Food safety, Integrity of science, Green chemistry. You can also read last weekend's news. 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