In 2008, nearly 12,000 people in the U.S. were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes - and during the periods around Christmas and New Year's, this number was particularly high, with 316 people killed in alchol-impaired driving crashes. In 2007, 162,493 women were arrested for a DUI, an increase of almost 29% since 1998. You can't help but wonder if lives could have been saved if people thought twice before getting behind the wheel. With the holidays approaching, it's important that drivers be reminded about the dangers of buzzed driving. Who knows...it could save a life.
Please listen to Emily's story about how Buzzed Driving changed her life. Feel free to share this video and the following information with your readers.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA) and the Ad Council are asking everyone to drive smart this holiday season and to pledge not to drive buzzed. Help spread this message during the holiday season by posting about the dangers of buzzed driving, sharing a story or experience you might have had with buzzed driving and encouraging readers to follow Buzzed Driving on Twitter (@buzzeddriving) and Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/buzzeddrivingisdrunkdriving) to get the latest updates and news. You can also visit the Buzzed Driving website (http://buzzeddriving.adcouncil.org/) where readers can sign a pledge to not drive buzzed, play an interactive game which demonstrates the difference between buzzed and drunk, and hear personal stories from people who have driven buzzed.
While at holiday events, it's easy to lose track of a drink here or there - but this can be fatal. This holiday season, keep you and your family safe by spreading this message.
Have a safe and happy New Year, and remember that buzzed driving IS drunk driving.
The first time I saw the advertisement for The Princess and The Frog, I didn't really pay any mind to it. But then I kept seeing it and realize that it wasn't just another rinky dinky play. So now I really want to go watch it. I might just have to go on my own since the hubs don't really have time or show much interests in theatres. We are more netflix people or library movies.
I will have to take my two children with me. I hope it's kids friendly or I wont be able to go. Any tips would be great from others who have seen it already.
I mean, how many times do you get to see a movie like this?! (Yes I have read the book and all from years ago, but this movie...)
Some information about the movie:
Walt Disney Animation Studios presents the musical THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, an animated comedy set in the great city of New Orleans. From the creators of "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin" comes a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana (ANIKA NONI ROSE), a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana.
GlassesUSA is sponsoring this giveaway for a fashionable, high quality prescription single vision (distance or reading) eyeglasses!
Here is some information about the company from their website:
GlassesUSA.com is the premier online retailer of prescription eyeglasses and sunglasses.
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Giveaway:
A fashionable, high quality prescription single vision (distance or reading) eyeglasses!
ENTER:
1. Visit GlassesUSA and tell me which eyewear you'd choose if you won
7. Tweet this giveaway - (You can tweet once a day for an extra entry) you can copy and paste:
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Giveaway ends Jan 25th 2010, 11pm Cst
Thank you to GlassesUSA for this giveaway opportunity. I did not receive any form of compensation for this blog post. For more information on this blog and my posting practices, please refer to the disclosure policy below at the bottom of this page.
Over the Christmas holidays I got to sample some Pillsbury honey butter biscuits! I don't always do biscuits with all my meals, but I knew that they would be apart of the menu over the holidays. It was just nice to get mine for free and one less item to worry about making to accompany the big meal!
You don't need butter or honey or jam, these biscuits are just good. At my house it was a turkey gravy dipper! hm hm hm.
You can have these with breakfast or dinner or just a midday snack. Eat them with whatever you desire. They are super easy to make and just delicious! Just pop them in the oven for a few minutes and out comes the yum!
How many times have you seen a Pillsbury advertisement and just want to pull it through the tv? Well resist that urge because Pillsbury through MyBlogSparktm is giving one of you a Pillsbury Honey butter biscuits Prize pack!
Giveaway:
Pillsbury Honey Butter Biscuits Prize Pack
How to enter:
Main Entry:
1. What is one essential ingredient you use for family breakfasts?
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Giveaway ends Jan 27th 2010, 11pm Cst
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I have very dry, ashy skin and it's hard for me to find a lotion that really work at keeping my skin moisturized and soft.
I've found Aveeno for a little while now and I love them! I'd like a little more scent, but quality is better than scent to me and I can always mix in a little scent from a body works lotion too :)
Aveeno moisturizing lotion does keep me soft and I also use it on the kids. Especially now in the winter months when we get dried out even more! This is the one I use.
AVEENO® DAILY MOISTURIZING LOTION
Best Drugstore Body Product, Glamour Beauty Awards, September 2009
Best Body Lotion, Women’s Health 2009 Beauty Awards, July/August 2009
50 Best Products, Siempre Mujer Excellence in Beauty Awards, February/March 2008
This naturally nourishing, non-greasy lotion with natural colloidal oatmeal and rich emollients, helps heal and protect dry skin and is clinically proven to moisturize for a full 24 hours.
I just read that Aveeno won a few awards this year! I'm glad for them. They are really working on making great products. I like that.
Check out the rest of their awards.
About Aveeno
AVEENO®, the leader in ACTIVE NATURALS®, continues to develop breakthrough product formulations with new and existing natural ingredients that are clinically proven to deliver real skin care benefits leaving you with healthier-looking, beautiful skin. No wonder AVEENO® has been endorsed and recommended by dermatologists and pediatricians for over 60 years. Continue.....
This is not a review. I'm just talking about a product that I like.
I send out paper cards with photo of either the kids or all of us together and an update letter (because we have a huge family and everyone lives 2 days driving away or hours on an airplane!)
Merry Christmas my dear ones! Aloha!
Kailanisays "In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response."
If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link on Kailani's blog. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!
I read this most funny joke on this blog! I had a healthy laugh. You know the kind that makes your soul puff out like a flower:) Yes that. I needed that today.
I'm reading a book and it speaks of this song. It is how I want to feel like I feel to someone.
"Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean
Highter than any bird ever flew
Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens
I've been in love with you
Stronger than any mountain cathedral
Truer than any tree ever grew
Deeper than any forest primeval
I am in love with you.
--Dan Fogelberg, "Longer"
"God has given this Beauty to Eve, to every woman. Beauty is core to a woman -- who she is and what she longs to be--and one of the most glorious ways we bear the image of God in a broken and often ugly world. It's messy to talk about. It's mysterious. And that should not surprise us. Women are creatures of great mystery; not problems to be solved but mysteries to be enjoyed. And that, too, is part of her glory"
Do you use a bookmark when reading or do you just crease the page to mark your spot?
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I will hurt you if you hurt the book. That is all.
Ok. Seriously I rather use anything as a bookmark than crease a page.
Have a wonderful weekend! Aloha!
Kailanisays "In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response."
If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link on Kailani's blog. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends!
GORDONSVILLE, VA., December 2 , 2009—PBM Products, LLC, a leading infant formula company that supplies store-brand infant formulas to Walmart, Sam's Club, Target, Kroger, Walgreens, and other retailers, has received a favorable jury verdict and a $13.5 million damages award in its false advertising lawsuit against Mead Johnson & Co., the operating subsidiary of Mead Johnson Nutrition Company (NYSE: MJN) (“Mead Johnson”), the makers of the national-brand Enfamil® LIPIL® Infant Formula. Mead Johnson is 83 percent-owned by Bristol-Myers Squibb.
PBM’s lawsuit claimed that Mead Johnson engaged in false and misleading campaigns against PBM’s competing store-brand of infant formulas, suggesting they do not provide the same nutrition as Mead Johnson’s brands. PBM’s store-brand infant formulas cost up to 50 percent less than Enfamil® LIPIL®. The $13.5 million in damages awarded by the jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia is one of the largest damages awards ever for a false advertising case.
“This decision by a jury of the people confirms that Mead Johnson’s ads have been false in suggesting that there is a nutritional difference between our store-brand formula products and their products, when in fact the only major difference is price,” said PBM CEO Paul B. Manning.“Despite Mead Johnson’s scare tactics, parents are assured that PBM’s formula products are as high quality and nutritious as Mead Johnson’s.”
U.S. District Court Judge James R. Spencer issued his written rulings yesterday following the November 10th jury verdict. Judge Spencer’s written rulings permanently enjoined Mead Johnson from making any false statements concerning PBM's infant formula, including the claims Mead Johnson previously made in Enfamil advertising that "It may be tempting to try a less expensive store brand, but only Enfamil LIPIL is clinically proven to improve brain and eye development," and "there are plenty of other ways to save on baby expenses without cutting back on nutrition." The Court also ordered Mead Johnson to retrieve from the public domain all advertising or promotional materials containing these or any other false claims about PBM's store brand infant formula.
The details of the decision and the complaint are posted online in full at:
The nutritional supplements under examination in the case are two fats, DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and ARA (arachidonic acid), which Mead Johnson calls “LIPIL®” solely for marketing purposes and touts as promoting infant brain and eye development. PBM’s claim focused on Mead Johnson’s direct mailing to more than 1.6 million parents of an alarming blurry picture of a child’s cartoon duck next to a clear picture of the same image which suggested that anything other than the Enfamil LIPIL® blend of ingredients is inferior and will result in poor eye and brain development. Other parts of the false advertising campaign consist of statements that only Enfamil LIPIL has been proven to confer visual and mental benefits on infants, and store-brand formulas are a “cut-back in nutrition” compared to Enfamil.
PBM successfully argued that these advertisements were false and misleading especially since PBM store- brand infant formulas have the same nutrients at the same levels as Enfamil. PBM infant formulas are formulated to contain DHA and ARA, and are sourced from the same supplier in amounts which equal or exceed the DHA and ARA in Mead Johnson’s Enfamil LIPIL®.
This decision marks the third time PBM Products has sued Mead Johnson for false advertising claims. On the prior occasions Mead Johnson admitted that it made false claims about PBM’s products. It is also the first false advertising case to focus on the issue of DHA and ARA nutritional ingredients in formula, which were introduced into the market in 2003 and have become a staple in recent years by many brands as key components for infant development.
“This jury verdict should send a significant and clear message to Mead Johnson about the way it conducts marketing and advertising for its brands,” said Manning. “This lawsuit also demonstrates our complete commitment to defending our products and the valuable brands of our retail partners.”
“As a parent and supporter of children’s medical research, I take a personal responsibility in assuring our customers that the products we produce are healthy and nutritionally equivalent to brand names like Enfamil® LIPIL®. It is important, especially now, for parents to know that there are lower priced yet highly nutritious store-brand formulas that will provide the same benefit to their children as any national brand name formula product,” Manning added.
The U.S. infant formula market is estimated at $3.4 billion and the global market is estimated at $7.9 billion.
All of PBM’s formulas, and for that matter all of U.S. infant formulas, are subject to the exacting standards of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), pursuant to the Infant Formula Act of 1980. This legislation vested FDA with the authority to ensure that all infant formula products sold in the United States provide the necessary levels of identified nutrients required for the growth of healthy babies. For more information, visit this FDA link.
PBM Products was represented by the law firm Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP. Partners from the firm’s advertising practice, Harold P. Weinberger and Jonathan M. Wagner in New York, led the team.
About PBM
PBM is privately owned and based in Gordonsville, VA. PBM companies specialize in manufacturing, distributing, and marketing consumer food, nutritional, and pharmaceutical products. For more information, visit www.pbmproducts.com.
Enfamil® LIPIL® are registered trademarks of Mead Johnson & Co.
Thank you all for entering this giveaway. I do appreciate your time. The winner for the $50 GC is Cindy.
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The first time I saw this website I told myself that when I had my next baby, I'd visit and purchase something for my body. I did not realize that I could use the products at this stage in my life as a mother!
I was given the opportunity to review the bodyshaper and I was excited to do this because I still have my tummy pouch from my previous pregnancies. Of course I've been exercising! I even have an ablounge! Nothing works and well sometimes I'm just too lazy to keep it up, plus I'm wary of losing weight since I'm so skinny as it is :)
I've been wearing this cute little bodyshaper from Amon Maternity for the past couple of days, running around doing my errands and community duties etc, and I must say it's a really fun to wear and you don't even know it's there unless you think about it. I would love to say that I wore my cute tank tops and didn't have to hold my tummy in but I can't. It's winter so I will have to wait for summer to gallivant in them things again. However when it's warmer inside our home, I do a little dance in the mirror in my tanks! :) I know you know the dance :)
The bodyshaper fits quite nicely over underwear and doesn't cause a wedgie *giggle*, but then again, should I wear it as underwear or over my undies? Whichever way, I like it! :)
It does keep my tummy in and I can breathe! But it takes practice to relax your own gut when you've been holding it crunched for years!
The fabric is pretty nice too!
I will definitely be adding Amon Maternity to my list of places to go when searching for a gift for a mother or mom-to-be.
Amon Maternity's mission is to support expecting mothers in getting comfortable by creating a healthy and happy life. Amon symbolizes creation, fertility and life. They are an online maternity store dedicated to providing pregnancy belly support with revolutionary maternity support belts, pregnancy belly bands and bodyshaper undergarments.
Bodyshaper- for • give: to forego judgment or criticism of self or others; to give or love without condition or expectation.
After your baby is born, this new body shaper provides a firm yet comfortable fit around your tummy and mid-section. Helping you regain your pre-pregnancy figure. Fabric has remarkable stretch and breathability.
tummy firming support system
high-waist bodyshaper for added support and comfort
breathable microfiber fabric
Size chart:
small: fits pre-pregnancy sizes 2-4
medium: fits pre-pregnancy sizes 6-8
large: fits pre-pregnancy sizes 10-12
x-large: fits pre-pregnancy sizes 14-16
This is perfect for gifting to a new mom, or someone who have already had children, like me.
Amon Maternity is also sponsoring a $50 Gift Certificate to one of my readers! Isn't that exciting?!
And readers can use this 10% off coupon at www.amonmaternity.com. Just Enter the coupon code : SPICE10 - This coupon expires 1/31/2010.
Also From January 12th to January 15th Amon Maternity is having a 50% off SUPER SALE. The coupon code to use on www.amonmaternity.com is SUPERSALE.
Enjoy.
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Visit Amon Maternity and tell me what you'd get with your Gift Certificate
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