Topic: WERBUNG - on February 1, 2007 at 2:45:00 PM CET
When Celebrity Endorsements Go Bad.
Some product endorsements and celebrities go well together - but these didn’t: let’s take a look at some where the pairings went horribly, horribly bad.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 1, 2007 at 1:49:00 PM CET
World Bank President's Visit Toe-tally Embarrassing
Apparently, being president of the World Bank can't get you new socks.
It was an embarrassing moment for Paul Wolfowitz, the head of the World Bank this weekend.
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Topic: STRANGE - on February 1, 2007 at 1:46:00 PM CET
Variety Is The Spice Of Life
Nestle is proud to announce the addition of a bold new flavor to it’s Nestle Crunch lineup. Nestle with Ketchup.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 1, 2007 at 1:43:00 PM CET
Mexico marvels at super-sized baby
As the picture clearly shows, Antonio Vasconcelos - he's the one at the back - is no ordinary new-born baby.
Dubbed "Super Tonio", he startled staff at the Jesus Kumate Rodriguez hospital in Cancun, Mexico, not to mention his mother, by arriving via caesarean section on Monday weighing a whopping 6.6kg (14lb 8oz), roughly twice the average weight for a newborn baby.
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Topic: TV - on February 1, 2007 at 12:37:00 PM CET
Jack Bauer Gear
There's simply no denying that 24's Jack Bauer is the biggest bad-ass on television. For six horrible days now, Jack and the CTU team have been there for the fictional United States, saving all the sinners in real-time from terrorist after terrorist. In order to stop all of those bad guys, Jack uses a few essential items. Below you can find his most-used gear so you too can stop any threat to national security.
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Topic: NEWS english - on February 1, 2007 at 12:36:00 PM CET
Calif. lawmaker: Turn off old-fashioned bulbs
A California lawmaker wants to make his state the first to ban incandescent lightbulbs as part of California's groundbreaking initiatives to reduce energy use and greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
The "How Many Legislators Does it Take to Change a Lightbulb Act" would ban incandescent lightbulbs by 2012 in favor of energy-saving compact fluorescent lightbulbs."
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Topic: ART - on February 1, 2007 at 12:20:00 PM CET
Two held after ad campaign triggers Boston bomb scare
Authorities have arrested two men in connection with electronic light boards depicting a middle-finger-waving moon man that triggered repeated bomb scares around Boston on Wednesday and prompted the closure of bridges and a stretch of the Charles River.
Meanwhile, police and prosecutors vented their anger at Turner Broadcasting Inc., the parent company of CNN, which said the battery-operated light boards were aimed at promoting the late-night Adult Swim cartoon "Aqua Teen Hunger Force."
cnn.com woostercollective.com boston.com Arrest Made In Boston's Hoax Device Incident Media Censors/Alters Photos This is NOT the Work of the GRL Aqua Teen Hunger Force LED art shuts down Boston makezine.comTV Network Takes Responsibility For 'Hoax Devices'Turner Broadcasting "regrets" Boston security scarefoxnews.comCartoon promo causes panic in BostonBoston devices a cartoon marketing ployMooninite TeeAqua Teen Hunger Force
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Topic: Bastard pop - on February 1, 2007 at 12:11:00 PM CET
Negativland: Illegal Art
Media reappropriation wizard Mark Hosler of Negativland recently gave a talk at NYC's New School, relating the band's run-ins with lawyers, record labels, and Marky Mark in a multi-media extravaganza bursting with songs, videos, mass murder hoaxes, and copyfight tactics.
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Topic: Bastard pop - on February 1, 2007 at 11:48:00 AM CET
Eminem Vs Manson Music Video "Enjoy"
Music Mash up Never Seen Else Where Before
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Topic: TV - on February 1, 2007 at 11:29:00 AM CET
BBC's download plans get backing
TV shows like Doctor Who are expected to be available for download later this year after the BBC Trust gave initial approval to the BBC's on-demand plans.
Under the proposals, viewers will be able to watch popular programmes online or download them to a home computer up to a week after they are broadcast.
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Topic: DRUGS - on February 1, 2007 at 11:27:00 AM CET
Drugmaker to test fat-fighting marijuana drug
Britain's GW Pharmaceuticals Plc said Tuesday it plans to start human trials of an experimental treatment for obesity derived from cannabis.
Cannabis is commonly associated with stimulating hunger. Several other companies, including Sanofi-Aventis with Acomplia, are working on new drugs that try to switch off the brain circuits that make people hungry when they smoke it.
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Topic: DRUGS - on February 1, 2007 at 11:25:00 AM CET
Pot Produces Munchies... and Maybe a Fat Pill
"The cannabis plant has 70 different cannabinoids in it, and each has a different effect on the body," GW Managing Director Justin Gover told Reuters. "Some can stimulate your appetite, and some in the same plant can suppress your appetite. It is amazing both scientifically and commercially..."
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