| John McCain Sounded Alarm on Global Warming, Campaign Ad Claims | | 2008-07-02 23:40:15 | | McCain speaks in New Hampshire during a campaign event. Photo by (Flickr) According to an ad released by the McCain campaign in June, “John McCain stood up to the president and sounded the alarm on global warming, five years ago.” It was not the scientists who researched the problem beginning in the 1950’s, or the environmentalists and activist, or politicians who spoke up long before him, it was John McCain that sounded the alarm on global warming. Al Gore held the first hearings on global warming in the late 1970’s while he was serving in the U.S. House of Representatives. When Al Gore first ran for president in 1988 he spoke of the dangers that loomed if we did not act on the issue of global warming. “The carbon dioxide and other pollutants we have already let out of the bag ensure that no matter what we do, the problem will get worse before it gets better,” Gore said in 1988. This was 15 years before McCain’s claim of telling Bush to do so | | By: The Mersman Political Blog | | |
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| Eco Campaign | | 2008-07-02 05:45:00 | | Japan is a little bit fanatic about its ecological campaign recently. To curb the emission of carbon dioxide in the environment the citizens themselves are doing their part in helping the country achieve its goals this year. The campaign states that most employees of offices and other industries are encouraged to wear light clothes so that air-conditioning units in their workplaces will be turned on only at a minimal cooling capacity or to entirely being shut off. As a result of this, Japan has to respond to a demand of eco-friendly clothing. Shops in central Tokyo now sell neckties that are of mesh composition around the neck part and some inner clothes have been redesigned to resemble that of cool colors such as blue, aqua, white and the like. With the adherence of Japan to the Kyoto Protocol, which was signed by most leading industrial nations, Japan has been the leader in promoting Eco-friendly practices. Schools have circulated memoranda on turning off their lights and shutting do | | By: Rey Ian\\\\\\\'s Personal Blog | | |
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| Obama's Campaign Mistreats Unity Crowd | | 2008-07-01 00:56:04 | | MANNERS OR REAL LIFE?Even though I am acting like a crazed you know what this week, trying to make due with limited internet connections, limited air conditioning, and having to get my FOX via an annoying XM system, I try to be polite to people. As cranky and you know what-chy I've been lately, I am not rude to people. If I am, you will know it, big time. I dislike people who aren't fair. I dislike people who take advantage of others. And - one of the things I dislike most is someone who talks a big game ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
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| From the Campaign Trail | | 2008-06-30 05:47:30 | | The Washington Post interviewed Obama on consumer debt and the housing crisis.
A Taking Charge article revealed that while the McCains pay zero percent interest on the American Express credit cards with the majority of their $200,000+ credit card debt, they pay a 25.99 percent interest rate on their Chase credit card - ten percentage points [...] | | By: Credit Card Debt Law | | |
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| Obama Campaign Informs Supporters on Strategy | | 2008-06-29 13:09:43 | | The Obama campaign has been a hybrid of excellent staff, online supporters, and grassroots volunteering. The Obama campaign has been able to raise more money online than any other candidate and they have been able to build a bigger network of supporters through the internet than any other campaign. The Obama campaign’s ability to utilize the internet to organize a nationwide grassroots effort is unprecedented. David Plouffe, Obama’s campaign manager, gave a personal video presentation that was sent to supporters and displayed on BarackObama.com as to what the current strategy for November was. David Plouffe and the Obama campaign are trying to show how important their network of internet supporters are by keeping them informed of the campaign’s strategy. Obama’s massive online network of volunteers and supporters are an vital part of their strategy against McCain in November. More than 1 million people have volunteered for Obama through his grassroots | | By: The Mersman Political Blog | | |
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| Obama's Self-Righteous Campaign & Supporters | | 2008-06-29 11:05:08 | | WHY DO LIBERALS HATE MUSLIMS?Let's be honest here. Religion and politics are getting out of hand. I feel sorry for the good honest athiest who one day decides to run for President of the United States. She doesn't stand a snowball's chance, even if she is a liberal. The reason I say this about liberals is there's a dirty little secret out there. Evidently liberals are more prejudiced againt religion - all religions, than we previously thought possible. Case in point: Chickenhawk Express treats us to one of the most luscious and remarkable "exposes" to date. Some self-righteous Obama ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
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| Fiat participates as Technical Sponsor in 'Green Schooner' campaign | | 2008-06-27 07:01:00 | | Fiat Group Automobiles, with the brands Fiat and Fiat Professional, are participating as Technical Sponsor in the "Green Schooner" initiative, which will run from 27th June to 18th August. The initiative is a summer campaign run by Legambiente, which has been travelling the Italian coastlines since 1986, providing information on seawater cleanliness and organizing events linked to safeguarding the marine and coastal ecosystem. Leading roles on the tour will be played by the two famous boats “Catholica“ and “Delphin”, and a fleet of cars and commercial vehicles (the Doblò Cargo, the Multipla and the Panda Panda Climbing), which will accompany the “Green Schooner” technicians along the Italian coast, visiting the resorts chosen for water sampling and testing.Fiat is one of the international automotive brands responding most effectively to the need to limit the impact of transport on the environment. Fiat is proposing specific solutions that are within the reach of everyone a | | By: Male Fertility Testing | | |
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| Obama Campaign well underway in Jersey, Rothman says | | 2008-06-26 05:25:00 | | U.S. Rep. Steve Rothman, northeast regional co-chair for Obama for America, issued the following statement Wednesday:
"The Obama campaign in New Jersey is up and running. There are 10 paid Obama staffers currently in the state working on voter outreach and registration efforts. There is leased office space in Trenton, Cherry Hill and Hackensack. There are also 95 Obama Fellows operating in New Jersey today. These folks have been through an extensive training program and are working closely with the New Jersey State Democratic Committee to organize the hundreds of thousands of new Democrats generated in our Feb. 5 primary and register new voters. In the weeks to come, the campaign will be opening additional offices, bringing in more staff and appointing a New Jersey State director.
"Obama will compete vigorously for New Jersey's 15 electoral votes and be a full partner with Senator Frank Lautenberg's campaign and our other important races across the state. Stay tuned for more n | | By: The Hudson Line Blog | | |
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| Grassroots Campaign to Strip Lieberman of His Rank in Democratic Party Launches Website | | 2008-06-25 22:43:00 | | On Wednesday, a grassroots effort to remove Senator Joseph Lieberman from his high ranking chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee launched their new website campaign. Liebermanmustgo.com contains a YouTube video showcasing why he should be stripped of his rank in the party. The site is focused around gathering signatures to send to the Senate Democratic Steering Committee which makes recommendations to the Senate leader of the party. Senator Harry Reid is currently the Senate Majority leader and has the final say on committee assignments but the steering committee makes their recommendations before these assignments are made. Lieberman has been the leading Democratic supporter of the Iraq war and for the 2008 campaign has endorsed Republican candidate John McCain. Lieberman has discussed military action with Iran on numerous occasions and has even discussed a war with Syria. The video on the website highlights the re | | By: The Mersman Political Blog | | |
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| BRAND: Airtel - Jai Hai Campaign | | 2008-06-25 02:02:00 | | CREATOR: A.R. RahmanBASELINE: A salute to the nationDESCRIPTION: A banner of ‘Jana Gana Mana’ and we see Lata Mangeshkar (aptly tagged as the Nightingale of India) singing the first two lines of India’s national anthem. Next, India’s tricolour is shown flying high and then Asha Bhonsle joins sister Lata and sings the next two lines of the anthem. Finally, both melody queens sing the rest of the anthem together, in perfect harmony. The caption reads, ‘One billion hearts. One voice.’ In the end, Airtel’s logo appears on the screen with the tagline:A salute to the nation.4Ps TAKE: With Airtel communications, the one thing that always comes naturally is the desi connect. In this ad, for instance, there is not a sign of the services that the brand offers (other than the company logo that is!) – but what great mass connect and what amazing branding! Earlier, the brand had a campaign that featured grabs of highly emotional historic moments from across the globe but this time | | By: IIPM-World | | |
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| India will start their Asia Cup campaign against Hong Kong | | 2008-06-25 01:21:00 | | Indian team will start their Asia Cup campaign with the game against minnows Hong Kong. Hong Kong has already lost their first game against Pakistan by big margin of 155 runs but they will be looking to put up a good performance against the Indians. India is one of the favorite’s team to win the title and if they do so then it will be their fifth Asia Cup win. The last win came thirteen years
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| Campaign Missteps Highlighted in Blooper Reel | | 2008-06-24 22:47:00 | | Presidential campaigns require 20 hour days 7 days a week. Non-stop political events and campaign stops result in candidates who are tired and likely to say something they did not mean to. The grueling campaign schedule can be especially difficult for someone like John McCain, who would normally be in bed by 7 PM.. Rather than spending his days wondering where the remote (clicker) is and finishing his latest puzzle, he is speaking around the country. Funnyordie.com has highlighted the campaign missteps and “foot in mouth” statements made during this campaign so far. Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, Rudy Giuliani, and John McCain made the video with a few of their gaffes. However, you may notice that McCain appears quite frequently. Campaign Bloopers Volume 1 on FunnyOrDie.com | | By: The Mersman Political Blog | | |
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| The Daily Buzz: McCain Advisor Says A Terror Attack Before November Would Help Their Campaign & James Dobson Accuses Obama Of "Distorting" The Bible | | 2008-06-24 12:31:00 | | -Apparently one of John McCain's top advisors believes that a terrorist attack on American soil would be a "big advantage" for their campaign.-James Dobson of Focus on the Family is accusing Barack Obama of "distorting" the Bible.-For some reason, the United States thinks that deporting Christian pastors is a good idea.-American gets more perverse every day: Texas town reels from a child abuse club scandal.-Many Dutch believe that the end of the world is coming in the year 2012.-The U.S. Military is actually demanding bonus money back from soldiers who have had their arms and legs blown off.-Finally, we might actually be getting some truth about why we are really in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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| How Using a Back-story Will Improve Your Marketing Campaign and Brand Identity | | 2008-06-23 15:56:58 | | In every narrative there is inevitably information omitted for various reasons, sometimes in order to intentionally obscure/simplify the plot or because specific agendas cannot be made known to the public. The background information or history behind the story, video or news report you are viewing is known as a back-story.
A back-story usually involves the history of the individuals involved, their environment, socio-cultural [...] | | By: Dosh Dosh | | |
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| Humor Hero's Presidential Campaign Continues | | 2008-06-21 22:16:57 | | Though I haven't seen a single vote in a single primary election, in the spirit of Billary, I hereby vow that my campaign for the presidency will continue until I have no dignity left! (In other words, my last speech will be given in my birthday suit.) I will not unveil any additional presidential plans, however. The Obama-Clinton race has sucked the political will out of me. In any case, | | By: Humor Hero | | |
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| Rep. Ben Swan's campaign kicks off/ Mayor should hide his head | | 2008-06-20 08:44:30 | | My sister and I went down to the Keg Room late Thursday afternoon to go to Ben's first fundraiser of the season. I'd call it a successful event-- maybe a hundred people, a minimum of speeches, and enough food to keep people happy.I ran into Juan Gerena, director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center, and we chatted for a while. I told him I thought it was a good move to cancel the Puerto Rican Festival this year. He said that if people didn't behave at this year's Puerto Rican parade, it would be the last year for the parade, also."We've got too much other important business to spend our time and energy on a festival right now," he said.Juan asked how come I wasn't at Springfield's legislatively-sponsored hearing about Gov. Patrick's proposed bill for Springfield. (I was in Boston all day for my job.) The bill, which will take the form of a binding referendum on November 4th's election ballot, proposes an extension of our $52 million loan from the state to twelve years from our curre | | By: Michaelann Land | | |
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| Obama Campaign Prevents Two Women With Muslim Head Scarves From Sitting Behind Barack Obama During A Rally | | 2008-06-19 11:47:00 | | On Monday, the campaign of Barack Obama prevented two Muslim women who were wearing head scarves from sitting behind the candidate during a rally in Detroit.This comes at a time when Obama's campaign is going into overdrive trying to control the image Obama presents to the American public.Obama's campaign later apologized, but it just goes to show to what great lengths the campaign will go to try to distance themselves from the type of allegations that we have previously reported on:http://shatteredparadigm.blogspot.com/2008/06/closer-look-at-new-barack-obama-photo.html
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| Join Energy Independence Campaign | | 2008-06-18 12:25:00 | | Our Declaration of Energy Independence this 4th of July: Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less By Newt Gingrich For Americans, the 4th of July is about more than the birth of our country. It's about the will of the people triumphing over the will of the elite.It's a day that celebrates a document, the Declaration of Independence, with a revolutionary premise: Governments are created to secure the God-given rights of citizens, not to grant them their rights. On the 4th of July, we all remember what Ronald Reagan told us, that we are a nation with a government, not the other way around.This 4th of July, as the price of gas tops $4 a gallon, the will of the people is triumphing over the will of the elite once again. As I write this, over 800,000 Americans have gone to AmericanSolutions.com and signed our "Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less" petition.Send a Message to Washington This Independence Day - One Million StrongOur goal for this 4th of July is to have one million Americans sign the petitio | | By: Inner Circle of Friends | | |
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| Dropping Out of School - Ad Campaign By Winkler+Noah | | 2008-06-17 14:40:28 | |
Sometimes, pictures speak for themselves. The “Dropping Out of School” campaign, shot by award winning, Italian photography firm Winkler+ Noah, aims to succinctly create awareness about the possible pitfalls of not having a proper education.
Two more pictures after the jump. As always, click on pictures to view them in a higher resolution.
Client: Provincia di Brescia
Agency: Enrico Bonomini
Art: Alice Pozzi
Photographer: Winkler & Noah
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| 3 months after being defeated, Ron Paul ends campaign | | 2008-06-16 10:05:00 | | Sadness aside, I meant to comment on another recent happening only to have it escape me - the ending of Ron Paul's campaign for Republican nominee on June 12. Despite that John McCain hit the magic number to secure the GOP on March 4, Paul continued on the trail with no media coverage whatsoever. With Mike Huckabee in the underdog spot leading up to McCain's victory, Paul was overshadowed in those months, then ignored altogether when McCain took the win. It seemed like the only people that cared that Paul was still running was the hardcore supporters.And were they ever assholes about it.I've seen the term 'Paultard' used in several places in referring to Ron Paul, and in some cases the label fits. At GOP conventions around the country, Paul supporters would show up in full protest mode, yelling that their candidate deserved to be on the ticket. They caused panic in some areas and tried to block people in others. It made for minor news stories, but these people were consistent. And in d | | By: (Beyond the Nation) | | |
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| Who Is Sending Death Threats from Obama’s Campaign Site? | | 2008-06-14 22:58:00 | | THREATS?Someone from the Obama campaign sites is sending death threats under the name of Michelle Obama and David Axelrod. Steve Corbett of WILK News Radio has been the recipient. It is something rather unique, considering the fact that death threats are alleged to have been aimed at various members of the Obama campaign, not the reverse. I’ve heard rumors that others have received death threats. “…What makes this threat to kill me all the more mysterious is that it appears to have been sent through Barack Obama’s official campaign website – barackobama.com – the website that sends me ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
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| Triumvir Summer Tees & Victorian Thieves Campaign | | 2008-06-14 19:26:03 | | Triumvir has a couple of new things for their fan base. First is the Victorian Thieves Campaign that includes a Estate LA fitted in black only and the t-shirt in white. Limited quantities and will be available online and at Avenue, Fountain Valley. The other info is the new summer tees that includes the explicit [...] | | By: Individual Sole | | |
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| New Hampshire Governor Refuses to Agree to a Campaign Spending Cap | | 2008-06-13 22:18:51 | | Today was the last day to file if a person decided to run for office in New Hampshire. No more Republicans filed so our nominee is Joe Kenney. Joe Kenney agreed to a voluntary campaign spending cap of $1.2 million and he challenged our liberal spend-aholic governor to do the same. He refused. Big [...] | | By: Wake Up America | | |
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| Your travel tips featured in Safe Travel Campaign | | 2008-06-10 03:05:54 | | Your travel tips could be featured an online downloadable leaflet on the Travel Rants site, in conjunction with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s “Know before you go” campaign, which aims to help ensure that British citizens stay safe and healthy during their travels. So if you have any great tips which could assist other [...] | | By: Europe a la Carte Blog | | |
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| Libs Try to Smear McCain via Campaign Blog | | 2008-06-10 00:34:23 | | GET A LIFE“…McCain's Web site talks about the anti-Christ being 'a Jew,' Hillary being a 'bitch,' Obama being a 'Muslim fag,' and America bringing 9/11 on itself…”John Aravosis of AmericaBlog says the above. Give me a break, we all know good and well that comments people make are not the same as the official position of a web site, or a newspaper, or a magazine. Any THINKING person knows this. The problem is we are dealing with Barack worshiping liberals, so let's also be honest in expecting reason and thought. AmericaBlog is trying to come up with some ... | | By: The Pink Flamingo | | |
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| Tagboard / Shoutbox Campaign - Master List | | 2008-06-09 10:29:26 | | - - - - - Start Here - - - - -
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Objective: To gather all bloggers who use tagboards like cbox or shoutmix. (at the same time, increase technorati...
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| In Case of Emergency Campaign | | 2008-06-09 02:20:41 | | We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory but nobody, other than ourselves, knows which of these numbers belong to our closest family or friends. If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn’t [...] | | By: Rons Crib | | |
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| Hillary Clinton Makes Gracious Exit From Campaign, Endorses Obama | | 2008-06-08 00:09:00 | | On Saturday afternoon, Senator Hillary Clinton gave what had to be the most difficult speech of her career. Clinton’s speech before thousands of people packed into the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, marked the official end of her campaign. Clinton announced that she would be suspending her campaign and pledging her full support to Senator Barack Obama. After 16 months of hard fought campaigning, Clinton told the crowd at the beginning of her speech, “This isn't exactly the party I'd planned.” Clinton found a message in Saturday’s speech that may have helped her earlier in the campaign. Clinton spoke of the glass ceiling that her 18 million supporters helped to chip away at and said she will keep fighting for them. Clinton said, “[today] the 50th woman to leave this Earth is orbiting overhead. If we can blast 50 women into space, we will someday launch a woman into the White House.” “Although we weren't able to shatter that high | | By: The Mersman Political Blog | | |
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| It’s Official: Clinton’s Campaign is Dead, Long Live Obama’s Campaign | | 2008-06-07 17:39:51 | | Slightly after noon today, Senator Hillary Clinton publicly ended her historic campaign for the U.S. presidency and encouraged her 18 million supporters to back the presumptive Democratic nominee, Senator Barack Obama. Parts of her speech (full text here):
Now when I started this race, I intended to win back the White House, and make sure we [...]
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| The right keywords for your campaign | | 2008-06-07 01:37:18 | | One major aspect of search engine optimization is the selection of keywords and key phrases. These phrases are terms that searchers use when typing into search engines like Google or Yahoo. An example of this would be when a searcher uses a term like "antique furniture". The search engine use this term to find the most "relevant" web pages.What gives a webpage relevancy for a particular term or phrase is a whole different subject. But certainly the appearance of related keywords in a webpage wil | | By: Powerful SEO - Effective SEO | | |
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| Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness Campaign | | 2008-06-06 01:48:00 | | CrossRef Search | Successful SearchDiseaseKnokkelkoortsFatigueCrossRef Search | Recent PostsBaby, Breastfeeding and BottleConfidence in Doctor and PrescriptionThe Connection between Eczema and GenesYuppie Flu. We all get tired. Many of us at times have felt depressed. But the mystery known as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is not like the normal ups and downs we experience in everyday life. The early sign of this illness is a strong and noticeable fatigue that comes on suddenly and often comes and goes or never stops. You feel too tired to do normal activities or are easily exhausted with no apparent reason. The profound weakness of CFS does not go away with a few good nights of sleep. Instead, it slyly steals your energy and vigor over months and sometimes years.Chronic fatigue syndrome afflicts more women than men, causes overwhelming fatigue, sleep disorders and other severe symptoms. Under the most widely used case definition, a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome requires six mo | | By: The Health Archive | | |
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| Clinton Will Suspend Campaign on Saturday | | 2008-06-04 20:45:00 | | CNN is reporting that Hillary Clinton will officially suspend her campaign on Saturday. Hillary kept her promise and stayed in until all the votes were cast. It's upsetting to not see Hillary as the nominee, but everything happens for a reason. This just wasn't her time, and I respect that.
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| Regime Campaign Against "Perverts" In Dubai Streets | | 2008-06-04 05:38:00 | | Dubai police have launched a campaign against "sexual perverts" and against men dressing as women (and vice versa) in public places.Dubai police chief Dahi Khalfan said that the campaign was expected to last a few weeks, and that the police were acting in the capacity of UAE punitive law to protect society's values and customs.From The Memri Blog | | By: THE NEW BABYLON TIMES | | |
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| ‘Rainbow (R)’ MSN Campaign in China | | 2008-06-03 23:12:01 | | Read from Chinese blog Danwei, MSN China has initiated a new MSN Messenger campaign allowing Chinese netizens to express their “prayers and blessings” toward the “Sichuan / Wenchuan earthquake disaster area” by changing their MSN signatures to display a rainbow.
According to MSN, the rainbow represents hope and a good things to come: “We MSN believe [...] | | By: Asian Entertainment | | |
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| Day of Silence For An Historic Clinton Campaign | | 2008-06-03 22:54:27 | | Senator Barack Obama of Illinois has claimed the Democratic Party’s nomination tonight in Minnesota. While the future of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton remains unclear at this time, we are observing a day of silence on Wednesday, June 4th, to salute the historic implications of her hard-earned, hard-fought campaign.
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| Clinton Campaign Capitulating? | | 2008-06-03 00:32:45 | | Obama needs only forty two delegates to wrap up the nomination. Odds are tomorrow he'll pick up fifteen more from the South Dakota primary. In response to both the recent Michigan / Florida Decision by the Dems and the math it looks like the Clinton campaign is gearing down. Bill Clinton announced today that he will no longer be stumping for his wife, the campaign has asked that all volunteers submit their outstanding expense receipts for reimbursement, and finally they are dropping staff members. Sounds like the beginning of the end doesn't it?Additionally the Telegraph reported yesterday that Clinton has been offered the Secretary of Health as a consolation prize/olive branch: The former First Lady would get the chance to pilot Mr Obama’s reforms of the American healthcare system if she agrees to clear the path to his nomination as Democratic presidential candidate. Senior figures in the Obama camp have told Democrat colleagues that the offer to Mrs Clinton of a cabinet | | By: Dyre Portents | | |
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| Groundhog day in Burundi as Rwasa declares an end to his campaign of violence - again | | 2008-05-30 16:48:00 | | Rwasa (r) promising to stop killing people in 2005Rwasa (l) promising to stop killing people in 2006Rwasa (c) promising to stop killing people in 2008It happened in 2005, it happened again in 2006, and now we're back here for round three: the FNL leader Agathon Rwasa has declared his intention to stop killing people, and affirmed his commitment to peace, democracy etc. while the UN and the international media look on and applaud. Strangely absent, as usual, from the media coverage of Rwasa's latest rebranding exercise, are the names of his many victims: - Pasteur Jacques Rutekereza, one of the 156 Congolese Tutsis murdered by a coalition of FNL, Mai-Mai and FDLR killers in the August 2004 Gatumba refugee camp massacre. Arthur Kabunda, Charlotte Wilson and Richard Ndereyimana, three of the 21 passengers who were massacred after the Titanic Express bus was ambushed close to Bujumbura in December 2000. The thousands of others killed in other bus ambushes around Bujumbura between 1993 and | | By: Agathon Rwasa | | |
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| Judicial Watch Wants Nancy Pelosi Investigated for Campaign Finance Violations | | 2008-05-29 19:15:50 | | Judicial Watch, a government watchdag group, wants Nancy Pelosi and Al Gore investigated for the commercial that ran featuring her and Newt Gingrich talking about global warming. As I first wrote about here, this commercial appears to have broken the restriction of free speech bill otherwise known as McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform. The problem lies [...] | | By: Wake Up America | | |
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| Start Your Adwords Campaign With a Killer CTR!! | | 2008-05-27 22:22:00 | | Keyword AdsOne of the main problems advertisers on Google have is getting a good CTR from the start of a campaign. Often, you start your ad and have to wait for the clicks until your CTR is high enough to be given good placement in the sponsored listings. Want to be sure you’ll get a killer CTR right off the bat?Here's what you do...-Go to Google and search on a keyword or niche you’re looking to advertise on.-Take note of which ads come up on both the paid and above the organic listings.-Search for your keyword again, this time type a random string of numbers after the search term. (ex: keyword 2452456454)-Google should say “Your search - “keyword 2452456454 - did not match any documents.” If you see this, good, but we’re not done.-Did you notice that you still see ads displayed on the right under paid listings, and maybe a few above the organic listings? (left side of Google)-Google can’t show you real results because of your random character string, but it does still d | | By: Keyword Ads - Your Next Alternative Income | | |
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| Campaign to assist unemployed graduates. | | 2008-05-27 09:36:00 | | Thanks to Global Voices we learn that the Moroccan Bloggers' Association has launched a campaign to draw attention to treatment jobless Moroccan graduates with higher degrees are being subjected to when they protest at the lack of job opportunities.Unemployment among graduates is high and it is not unusual to meet holders of degrees driving taxis, working in small Medina shops or simply unemployed. Such a waste of young energetic talent is a shame and it is hoped the Moroccan authorities will act to remedy the situation.Tags: Moroccan Morocco Fes, Maghreb news | | By: THE VIEW FROM FEZ | | |
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| AdWords Marketing - Preparing For Your First Profitable AdWords Campaign | | 2008-05-26 22:29:00 | | Keyword AdsAdWords is often a tricky marketing avenue to get started with for the first time. It is a complicated marketing system and if you don't do it right, you could lose a lot of money if you are not careful.1. Get A Product Or A Website ReadyWhether you are promoting your own product or an affiliate product, be sure that your product is top quality. Always read the sales letter of an affiliate product to see if it will sell well. If you are using your own website, make sure it is professionally done (it's also a good idea to build a list of subscribers from your own website, as it is a source of repeat traffic).2. Build A List Of KeywordsGet a list of keywords ready. Do your keyword research by going to Wordtracker or using Google's own keyword tool (you can find it within the Google AdWords control panel). Try to build a big keyword list of possible. But do make sure the keywords are targeted to your market if you want profitable keywords.3. Write 2-3 Ads For Your CampaignWhy 2 | | By: Keyword Ads - Your Next Alternative Income | | |
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| From War Resisters Support Campaign... | | 2008-05-23 12:10:13 | | War Resister Corey Glass Faces DeportationU.S. Iraq war resister Corey Glass was told on May 21, 2008, that his application to stay in Canada has been rejected and he now faces deportation. Glass would be the first Iraq war resister to be deported from Canada. Last December the House of Commons' Standing Committee on Citizenship & Immigration passed a motion calling on the Canadian government to "immediately implement a program to allow conscientious objectors and their immediate family members […] to apply for permanent resident status and remain in Canada; and … the government should immediately cease any removal or deportation actions … against such individuals".For more information about the fight to stop his deportation and for other war resisters news please check here...http://www.relaywave.com/pingRelayWave.php
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| Reliance owned BigFlix Launches an Ad campaign | | 2008-05-23 04:07:29 | | Lots of internet websites are using TV to generate brand recognition and create initial push and the latest in this field is Reliance ADAG owned BigFlix which has launched a well executed Ad campaign to promote itself. Bigflix is a take on the very successful Netflix in US but is targeted at Indian users in India via DVD rentals and NRI's through movie downloads and hopes to be the first professional movie renting service in India. For India its strategy consists of a mix of offline stores in 10 major Indian cities through which one can collect the DVD and from online medium through which one can get free home delivery of chosen DVD. It looks to be an interesting venture and worth a watch.The campaign is titled ‘Ab Aam Zindagi Ban Jaye Filmy’ and is a take on popular films such as Om Shanti Om, Saawariya and Matrix, with a promise to inspire and change people’s daily routine life. It uses a good combination of humor and parody scenes and will definitely create a brand recall Enjo | | By: Marketing & technology in India | | |
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| The Perfect Campaign Email | | 2008-05-22 16:08:30 | | Luigui Montanez at Tech President critiques the anatomy of a Clinton campaign email, dubbing it “top” of its game.
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| Nancy Pelosi may Have Violated Campaign Finance Laws | | 2008-05-21 18:31:23 | | As much as I would love to use this news to bash Nancy Pelosi, I am going to use it to bash John McCain instead. I am sure I may be able to find a little time to bash Nancy Pelosi before I am done writing.
Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich have been running a national commercial [...] | | By: Wake Up America | | |
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| Mobile advertising: Pizza Hut launch campaign | | 2008-05-21 07:24:07 | | There are lot of activities happening in India in mobile advertising space and now Pizza Hut has launched a mobile campaign in six cities, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Pune. They claim that the WAP campaigns on mobiles are receiving click-through rates of about 3 per cent and Pizza Hut have received more than 300 memberships to our club per day. The campaign has been developed and executed by the mobile marketing agency, Mobile2win, and includes promotions on both SMS and the mobile web (GPRS). Interestingly Pizza Hut is also giving out an offer on Youngistan microsite in association with Pepsi's youngistan online campaignThe objective of the campaign is to get people to register for the VIP Club, a virtual club, either on their mobiles or the WAP site created by the agency. The membership entitles members to free coupons and a chance to win prizes and discounts. They can download wallpapers, participate in contests and locate stores.Pizza Hut is promoting its VI | | By: Marketing & technology in India | | |
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| New Hampshire Rep. Carol Shea-Porter Breaks her Campaign Promise | | 2008-05-18 07:31:35 | | Carol Shea-Porter beat Jeb Bradley in 2006 using a grassroots effort. Retail politics is what she called it. With little organization and money behind her she was able to pull off a huge upset because of the anti-Bush, anti-Republican mood in New Hampshire.
She promised that she would always run this way because Washington needed to [...] | | By: Wake Up America | | |
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| Borderline Personality Awareness Campaign | | 2008-05-17 07:57:00 | | Well this month is officially over halfway done so lets recap the campaign so far.The Official Declaration1. BPD SERIES ONE - Borderline Personality DSM Criteria. All of the official qualifications needed to get this lovely disorder using examples from my own life.2. BPD SERIES TWO - Highs and lows of Borderline Personality Disorder. The goal was to show how one person can have two completely different views on the same subject with a shift of perspective.3. BPD SERIES THREE - A crash course on manipulation and Borderline Personality Disorder. A post that tries to make sense out of a negative behavior.4. BPD SERIES FOUR - Borderline Personality Disorder. Basically the difficulty of living with this disorder and how it makes smart people stupid.5. BPD SERIES FIVE - How I diagnosed myself. BPD is so obvious that my doctor never realized it then I did something stupid and opened my mouth.6. BPD SERIES SIX - Rage? Want to see a rage? The reasons why an extreme reaction seem necessary | | By: UNTREATABLE' S BLOG - Borderline Personality Self | | |
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| What to consider when launching advertising campaign | | 2008-05-16 18:00:02 | | CPM and PPCMost of the advertising campaign used can be in the form of 1.CPM (cost per impression), where the advertiser had to pay a cost of page imperssion , measure on cost per thousand impressions .2.PPC campaigns(pay per clicks), pay when a user has clicked on your link.Some Advertising Agencies will only offer PPC(pay per clicks), and some offer both ,for example Google AdWords. by:http://earningsources.byinter.net/Two important things when investing in your PPC campaign While you are investing in your PPC campaign ,I can tell 100 things your should take care of but primarily you only need to take care of two important things:1.Selection of keywords. Your keywords must be the most relevant keywords to your ad campaign.. I mean it useless to bid on the inrelevent keyword for instance"lose weight" and you are selling skin care product.Furthermore,do not opt for too common keywords, as they will be highly competitive and getting a listing for them will be very costly unless you are | | By: source of global earning© | | |
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| Nokia Millan of the Villains Online campaign | | 2008-05-14 14:09:53 | | Nokia is the presenting sponsor of Shah Rukh Khan’s Kolkata Knight Riders IPL team and have realized rather late that if they have developed a contest for developing engagement with online viewers they should also promote it online and have now turned to online marketing on Rediff to increase visitors when the contest date is over. The campaign consisted of an innovative consumer contest titled ‘Millan of the Villains’ and blog with Shahrukh. Through this contest they were asking for people’s help in helping players perform well together.” Aimed at creating platforms for consumers to ‘connect’ with the Kolkata Knight Riders team, the contest invites people to send in their ideas on how they would make the ‘millan’ of Shah Rukh's players possible.The winners were to get the chance to watch the Kolkata Knight Riders match in Eden Gardens, Kolkata on May 16, 2008 from the Nokia Pavilion, with Shah Rukh Khan himself and an opportunity to meet Shah Rukh and his team mem | | By: Marketing & technology in India | | |
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| Shoppers Stop : Start Something New Campaign | | 2008-05-14 13:19:34 | | Fashion and lifestyle retail chain Shoppers Stop has undergone a rejuvenation: a new logo, a new base line, new uniforms for its staff, an anthem and a whole new philosophy.With the changed identity, Shoppers Stop has upgraded its positioning to a 'bridge to luxury' store a concept which I found hard to understand. They are probably trying to highlight the fact that luxury brands have a flaunt value that symbolizes ''having arrived" and they are the shop that provides a bridge to these brands.Shoppers Stop today have a lot of international premium brands like French Connection, Tommy Hilfiger, Esprit, CK Jeans, Gas, Lancome, MAC, Chanel etc which are meant to highlight this positioning.The company says its new logo's look and appeal is a reflection of Shoppers Stop brand's character of being a trusted and inspiring guide' in the world of fashion, and a progressive and dynamic brand.What I like about this campaign is the new baseline of the brand, 'Start Something New' it encourages | | By: Marketing & technology in India | | |
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| Namibia: Tourism Environmental Campaign Launched | | 2008-05-14 04:21:00 | | Unmanaged and poorly planned travel and tourism is said to pose serious threats to the future of Africa, especially on the environment, cultures, local customs and the natural resources of host countries.This has also resulted in the industry posing a seriously impact on the sustainability of Africa and its communities.As a result, an international campaign to raise awareness of the impact that travel and tourism have on Africa was yesterday launched in South Africa.
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| Babies Should Sleep Alone Campaign | | 2008-05-13 00:30:24 | | Normally, parents would not want their babies to be left out alone when they sleep. However, due to the rising cases of baby deaths due to sleep, a campaign has been launched to provide awareness and added safety for infants who unknowingly become endangered species due to overlooked parenting tactics.
This is not really to [...] | | By: Sleepzine | | |
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| Clinton Campaign Deep in Debt | | 2008-05-12 23:51:42 | | to the tune of twenty million dollars.From the WaPo:Clinton Team Acknowledges $20 Million DebtCLARKSBURG, W.Va., May 11 -- With her campaign falling ever deeper into debt, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton spent a rainy Mother's Day seeking votes ahead of Tuesday's primary here, turning a deaf ear to calls for her to leave a Democratic presidential contest she has little hope of winning.Clinton aides continued to insist that she will remain in the race even while confirming that she is $20 million in debt. "The voters are going to decide this," senior adviser Howard Wolfson said on "Fox News Sunday," acknowledging the $20 million figure. "There is no reason for her not to continue this process." Wolfson said he has seen "no evidence of her interest" in pursuing the second-place spot on the Democratic ticket, contrary to rumors that she is staying in the race to leverage a bid for the vice presidential nomination.In part this shows exactly how badly she wants the nomination. But in my mind I' | | By: Dyre Portents | | |
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| Clinton Running Hard in Campaign’s Last Laps | | 2008-05-12 23:18:38 | | Political Memo : By PATRICK HEALY
Forget the calls for her to quit the presidential race: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is determined to rack up two big primary victories in the next eight days — in West Virginia and Kentucky — as she seeks to prove her continued political viability and claim bargaining chips that might [...] | | By: ArticlesModern | | |
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| Canine Cancer Campaign Poster | | 2008-05-09 03:29:00 | | Dog owners, veterinarians, pet product store owners and manufacturers are invited to obtain a color, 18x28 inch canine cancer poster, including photos of the dog breeds most likely to get cancer and other information about how cancer is the number one cause of death in dogs over the age of two. The poster is available free from Morris Animal Foundation (MAF), which has launched a canine cancer cure campaign, including research to find cures while helping dogs suffering today.Link Here | | By: Free Stuff | | |
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| Artist: “Louis Vuitton is trying to stop my Darfur campaign!” | | 2008-05-07 23:58:12 | | Artistic expression, social responsibility, and corporate property rights hardly ever (IF ever) mix. More often than not, the entity with the biggest money bag wins. A story has been slowly snowballing for the past couple weeks: Last October, Danish artist Nadia Plesner started an image-driven campaign called “Simple Living” to help raise public support for [...]
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| Chevrolet Spark Innovative Viral Campaign | | 2008-05-03 08:04:16 | | Interactive marketing is something that every one is experimenting with and Chevrolet has taken a brave step in India by promoting Chevrolet Spark through an interactive parking game making use of advergaming. Seen on Rediff and Cricinfo are ads inviting users to play a game called Park the spark where users play a game to park the spark car. This seems to be an effort to promote its compact nature which makes it suitable for city driving.A very brave and interesting campaign which could have potential to become viral also however the problem is that game which has been designed is very amateur in design and doesn't really hold attention. Still a good effort to create a viral campaign through use of advergaming.
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| Youngistan and Pepsi's Online Marketing Campaign | | 2008-05-03 08:04:16 | | Pepsi has taken the whole Youngistan concept to a whole new level online First came the Youngistan Ad then the show Wassup Youngistan with MTV India and now a whole virtual world of Youngistan. For the Youngistan Camapign they have created a whole microsite depicting Youngistan as seen in the pic what's more is the presence of Pizza Hut, PVR and MTV in this microsite all of whom are actually youth brands and that might be the reason for this cobranding exercise. The virtual Youngistan offers mobile theme downloads, offers personalized Youngistan Pizza Hut cards offering discounts, offers Youngistan tips in the pathshala( school) and offers look at Pepsi ads.Pepsi has a pepsizone at Yahoo India which they had utilized very well during their Mycan Marketing campaign which garnered nearly 4 million pageviews during campaign period for them and they have used the same microsite again. Overall its a brilliant effort to build a community around the brand Pepsi and is a great use of internet | | By: Marketing & technology in India | | |
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| Tiny Pennsylvania college ad campaign attracts freshmen | | 2008-05-01 12:34:53 | | Wilkes University badly wanted 18-year-old Nicole Pollock to be part of its freshman class this fall - so much so that it made her the star of her own ad campaign.
The small, private school in northeastern Pennsylvania plastered Pollock’s name on billboards, pizza boxes and gas pumps - and even aired a commercial on MTV [...] | | By: SEO Authority | | |
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| MotoYuva W270 New ad campaign | | 2008-04-29 13:55:26 | | Motorola which is struggling internationally is banking a lot on Motoyuva series to entice the youth and gain in India and hence comes yet another phone and yet another ad. The idea has been to create a phone with very basic features which looks cool hence the flap and can play music and price it low to entice the youth and then follow it up with cool humorous ads. This strategy is an attempt to capture the mass Indian market one who won't be able to afford the MotoRazr but would like to have similar kind of phones take a look at specification of Motoyuva w270 hereThe advertising is definitely working in creating interest with the last ad for MotoYuvaW230 being well received. This time around they are extending Motorola's positioning as " Phones for the Young" and continuing with the flavor of the season called Youngistan targeting the young. The ad features a familiar father son story about which i had already debated earlier but in addition there is the attempt to create "oh to be | | By: Marketing & technology in India | | |
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| Direct mail campaign clanger story by Navtej Kohli | | 2008-04-29 06:47:41 | | Navtej Kohli business blog presents an interesting and factual story that again shows the basic human tendency of poking nose in matters of the other…
This is a true story. Some years ago a client...
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| D&G Pre-Fall 2008 ad campaign | | 2008-04-29 04:26:08 | | Take a mirrored room, invite a crowd of models, put them in suggestive positions, and you probably will get a D&G ad campaign, which have always been provocative, offensive sometimes, and we...
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| Reminder - April Giveaway Campaign Soon Over! | | 2008-04-28 15:51:06 | | Hey there, this is a reminder. Our April free giveaway campaign is soon going to be over. In April we are giving away Children of Bodom’s latest album “Blooddrunk”. Would you like to win that album for yourself? Would you like to win something else next month? Metal-Music-Videos.Com gives away valuable stuff every month. Subscribe [...] | | By: Metal Music Video Blog | | |
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| MS Dhoni Brylcreem Ad Campaign | | 2008-04-28 14:54:22 | | Indian Captain MS Dhoni is smart and stylish and represents the new aggressive face of small town India and his ever changing hairstyles makes him a good brand ambassador for Hair Gel which as part of male grooming category is one of the fastest growing categories and has lot of brands like Paras's Set Wet, Marico's Parachute and Godrej Sara Lee's Brylcreem vying for attention. I like the tagline of the ad "Style is for everyone" and the campaign's intent seems to reach out to small town India and tries to communicate that hair styling for youth is an expression of their attitude & personality.When I first saw this ad it caught my attention because of MSD and then with great execution it brought a smile to my face at the end. However when I got down to searching for the ad on Youtube I only remembered MS Dhoni and Gel but had no remembrance of the brand which makes me wonder whether celebrity endorsers remove the attention from the brand and this debate has been the focus of a rece | | By: Marketing & technology in India | | |
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| Parachute Aftershower ad Campaign | | 2008-04-25 07:34:05 | | Male grooming products is a hot market and one of the fastest growing in India especially in Organized Retail arena and a lot of companies are looking at it for growth and Marico has extended its Parachute brand into this arena. It has launched Parachute Advanced Aftershower which is a styling cream for men and I quite liked the ad which features Yuvraj Singh and Sreesanth. It makes use of personalities of both the celebs with Yuvraj acting cool and Sreesanth acting wild. It has also experimented with advergaming by creating a gully cricket game with Zapak.The game has Sreesanth bowling to Yuvraj and the objective of the game is to score as many sixes in 30 balls.Since it is a brand targeted at young males who usually enjoy gaming had they get the game right they could have developed good synergies and hence advergaming was a good option for them. For the moment enjoy this ad which is really funny and has Sree trying trying to improve his image
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| Global Warming Campaign | | 2008-04-24 22:32:25 | | Over the past several years of global warming awareness until now, it is still the favorite debate from different parts of the globe politically and economically.Global Warming is the increase in the average temperature of the earth's surface that causes climate change. Because of the human activity on earth, it helps increase the concentration of greenhouses gases in the atmosphere which is mostly carbon dioxide including coal, oil and gas.Everybody is aware of this now and a campaign worldwi | | By: My Journey | | |
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