Aside from appearing in numerous radio and television commercials in the St. Louis area since retiring from baseball, Smith authored a children's book in 2006 and launched his own brand of salad dressing in 2008.

Examples of the groups commercial tie-ins include " and I love you ", " Bokura no Oto ", and " Tagatame " for Nissin Cup Noodle no Border commercials, ' Gift ' for the 2008 Beijing Olympics on NHK, and " Tabidachi no uta " for the 2007 Japanese movie.

In January 2008, Whitmore appeared in television commercials for the First Freedom First campaign, which advocates preserving " the separation of church and state " and protecting religious liberty.

" Tick Tick Boom " was also used in many different advertisements including: the 2007 season of the NFL Network, commercials for the CBS series Jericho, and the USA series Burn Notice, as well as the films Jumper ( 2008 ), MacGruber, and Get Smart, and was also the official theme song for WWE Survivor Series 2007.

The original track is featured in humorous situations in commercials for the Subaru Impreza sedan and E-Trade financial services ( 2008 ).

In 2008 the sketch was parodied in two UK television commercials, for PG Tips and Aunt Bessie's Yorkshire Puddings.

In March 2008, Ose's campaign commercials criticized McClintock for receiving payments totaling over $ 300, 000 in per diem living expenses during his time in the California State Senate, despite the fact that he lived in Elk Grove, near Sacramento, for most of the year.

In 2008 Hindustan Unilever made former Miss World Priyanka Chopra a brand ambassador for Pond's, and she then appeared in a mini-series of television commercials for another skin lightening product, White Beauty, alongside Saif Ali Khan and Neha Dhupia ; these advertisements, showing Priyanka's face with a clearly darker complexion against the visibly fairer Neha Dhupia, were widely criticized for perpetuating racism.

* Campaign commercials from the 2008 election

In 2008 he filmed the " Keep It Real " series of commercials for the Namibian lager Windhoek.

The National Republican Trust PAC sponsored a campaign commercials against Obama in 2008 which FactCheck. org described as “ one of the sleaziest false TV ads of the campaign .” One of Newsmax Media owners " was among the most insistent endorsers of the Obama birth certificate myth " and a popularizer of the canard that Bill Clinton's White House counsel Vince Foster did not commit suicide -- as determined by five official investigations -- but was murdered.

From the get-go, MLB demanded that the commercials be taken off the air, but the popular commercials were subsequently re-released in December 2007 and ran through January 2008.

As of September 2008, his voice was heard in a few television commercials for Range Rover cars.

In September 2008, Cartoon Network began to run more commercials for Boomerang, including two that were seen on January 1, 2009.

In 2008, Chalke became the spokesperson for a line of women's underwear by Hanes that included a series of commercials directed by her Scrubs co-star Zach Braff.

As of April 2008, a series of commercials featuring a large red animated fox advertising home-based business opportunities have been running on American television.

In 2007, Long provided voice-overs in Hanover Finance advertisements ; the Commerce Commission investigated the commercials in 2008 for misleading statements.

* Located in Hollywood's " backyard ", the Coliseum and Sports Arena are frequently used as locations for commercials for numerous national and international companies, television series and major motion pictures including 1966 film Fantastic Voyage, the 2008 video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles, the 2001 film Ali, multiple editions of the Rocky series, the 1974 Alice Cooper film Good to See You Again, Alice Cooper, the 1979 film North Dallas Forty, and the 1980 film Roadie.

Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa appeared in TV commercials prior to 2011, starting with the change from Commerce Bank in 2008.

The phasing out of Digital Max in 2008 was followed by the introduction of the current Cox mascots, the " Digeez ," little digital helpmates featured in many of Cox Communications brand commercials.

From August 2007 through July 2008, Del Taco featured " The Beast " in their commercials.

MTV, since 2008, features a music ticker for the musical works and artists used in commercials.

In 2008, the park started work on creating the Magic of the Mountain museum at the top of the Sky Tower with memorabilia throughout the park's history, including old television commercials, park maps, models, and parts of rides.

In early 2008, the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition named 60 companies having " dominant positions " in Armenia.

Bilateral trade with Russia stood at more than $ 700 million for the first nine months of 2010 – on track to rebound to $ 1 billion mark first reached in 2008 prior to the global economic crisis.

11 ( 2008 ) Only Yerevan's Zvartnots International Airport and Gyumri's Shirak Airport are in use for commercial aviation.

As of early 2008, the wholesale price for abalone meat was approximately US $ 40. 00 per kilogram.

In 2008, effective January 1, 2009, the ADAAA broadened the interpretations and added to the ADA examples of " major life activities " including, but not limited to, " caring for oneself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, and working " as well as the operation of several specified " major bodily functions ".

In 2008, 22, 500 students came to Acapulco for spring break.

On January 17, 2008, NYSE Euronext announced it would acquire the AMEX for $ 260 million in stock ; on October 1, 2008, NYSE Euronext completed the acquisition.

The building work for the stadium which has a capacity of 32. 960, began in May 2008 and was completed by the beginning of 2009.

According to Alexei Nakamura, as of 2012, there are only 205 Ainu living in Russia ( up from just 12 people who self-identified as Ainu in 2008 ) and they along with the Kurile Kamchadals ( Itelmen of Kuril islands ) are fighting for official recognition.

* 7 markers, one for each of the hotel chains: American, Continental, Festival, Imperial, Luxor ( or Sackson in the 2008 version ), Tower, and Worldwide.

The campaign by the name ' Tree Day-Plant Your Future ' was first organized on 12 March 2008, when an official non-working day was declared and more than 150, 000 Macedonians planted 2 million trees in one day ( symbolically, one for each citizen ).

Since the start of the 2008 season, the Falcons have recorded four consecutive winning seasons for the first time in franchise history.

The Falcons have qualified for the playoffs three times ( 2008, 2010 and 2011 ) during this period, but lost all three in the first round

On December 21, 2008, Atlanta beat the Minnesota Vikings 24 – 17 to clinch a wild card spot, earning a trip to the playoffs for the first time since 2004.

The Atlanta Falcons hold the record among all major American sports leagues for the longest streak of seasons without consecutive winning seasons, a streak that lasted from 1966 – 2008.

The Falcons also wore their all-black uniform in 2007 against the New York Giants, and in 2008 against the Carolina Panthers and against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ( for the second time ).

On August 5, 2008 Dan Haren signed a four-year, $ 44. 75 million deal with the Diamondbacks worth a guaranteed $ 41. 25 million through 2012 and including a $ 15. 5 million club option for 2013 with a $ 3. 5 million buyout.

On August 11, 2008, Dallas Buck, RHP Micah Owings, and C Wilkin Castillo were traded to the Reds ( in last place in the NL Central at the time ) in exchange for OF Adam Dunn.

In the 2008 book The Star-Spangled Banner: The Making of an American Icon, Smithsonian experts point out that accounts of the event appealed to Americans eager for stories about the revolution and its heroes and heroines.

* 2008 – ATA Airlines, once one of the 10 largest U. S. passenger airlines and largest charter airline, files for bankruptcy for the second time in 5 years and ceases all operations.

In 2008, psychology professor Benny Shanon published a controversial hypothesis that a brew analogous to Ayahuasca was heavily connected to early Judaism, and that the effects of this brew were responsible for some of the most significant events of Moses ' life, including his vision of the burning bush.

In November 2008, the UK based think tank Demos published an influential pamphlet entitled ' It's a material world: caring for the public realm ', in which they argue for integrating the public directly into efforts to conserve material culture, particularly that which is in the public, their argument, as stated on page 16, demonstrates their belief that society can benefit from conservation as a paradigm as well as a profession: