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...destined for greatness from the get-go. The video, in which a young child copes with the disorienting effects of anesthesia after having a tooth removed, has ricocheted around the world at warp speed, amassing 8 million hits. In fact, the most surprising thing about the video's success was the outrage it provoked, as critics charged David's father with exploiting his son's obvious discomfort by sharing it with the world. YouTube viewers seethed; media-types parsed the inherent ethical dilemmas with Kantian nuance. The tempest subsided when eight-year-old David, reached at his Florida home...
David's declaration hasn't deterred mashup artists and satirists from piggybacking the clip's runaway success. The latest entrant in this category is "Chad After Dentist," a parody that shows Chad Vader, the star of a popular fan film series, playing the part of David. For some reason Chad sounds a little like the Governor of California, but his suit is pretty neat. We're approaching backlash threshold - another Internet inevitability - on the David After Dentist meme, but this spin-off snuck in under the wire...
...notes that carbon intensity - the amount of greenhouse gases emitted per unit of GDP - decreased by 0.6% in 2008, the smallest decrease since 2002. (The faster carbon intensity decreases, the more output businesses get for their carbon.) The failure of green business so far to produce a Google-like success story - a company that crushes in the stock market - hasn't helped either. "We're not moving the needle fast enough when it comes to climate, toxicity, energy use," says Makower...
...Crimson’s recent success has come along with better team play, which in turn leads to a greater contribution by Vaillancourt...
...beginning of the season, but now it’s going in,” she said. “Everyone else [on the] team is getting open, and I think the lines are really clicking together right now, and I think that’s where the success is coming from...I think we’re in a pretty good position right...