“Over the past several days Warner Bros.’ California headquarters has received nearly 400 individual sheets of paper adding up to the more than 16,000 signatures the Harry Potter Alliance (HPA) collected in 2010 and 2011 to make all Harry Potter chocolate Fair Trade. The pages were sent by more than 200 members of the HPA from across the country, as a part of the ‘ Not in Harry’s Name Campaign ,’ to show WB how important Fair Trade chocolate is to fans of the Harry Potter series.” From the ” Muggle Howlers ” to the Fair Trade chocolate frogs , it gets better. [ HPA ]
American Idol Alumni, David Archuleta made a tearful announcement Monday night during his Christmas tour. He is taking time off from music to go do “what is in my heart.” Watch the video and be moved. Make sure to read: Why Khloe Kardashian Is Handling The Trade Great!
Kelly Clarkson wants us all to have a merry little Christmas – and one of our favorite singers has just gone a long way toward helping us accomplish that goal. The original American Idol has released a new music video, this one in honor of “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You).” Kelly Clarkson Music Video – Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) The incredibly talented 29-year old stages a global flash mob in the video, actually using footage provided to her by fans after she posted the following message on her blog, which accompanied the video’s choreography: “I’d like everyone to join me in my global flash mob… Learn it with me and get your cameras ready to record you and your friends rocking these moves in a unique location that shows where you are in the world. Submit your clip using the form below and maybe you’ll see it in my music video!!” Pretty cool, huh? Watch now.
While Kobe Bryant laments the loss of a key Lakers teammate, both Lamar Odom and Khloe Kardashian are being welcomed enthusiastically by members of the Dallas Mavericks organization. First, Mavs coach Rick Carlisle told the press that Khloe was his favorite Kardashian . Now, former Dancing with the Stars contestant/team owner Mark Cuban has come out and told Extra : “She’s welcome with open arms. We can’t wait to have the whole family, can’t wait to have Khloe and Lamar, we’ll go from there.” And it sounds like the team will have more family members to welcome soon. Odom told Us Weekly that Rob Kardashian will soon join him and Khloe in Dallas, while various sources report the Kardashians are psyched about the trade because it allows them to expand their DASH franchise to a new city. We’ll give NBA Finals MVP Dirk Nowitzki the final word on the trade for now: “[Odom] can bring the ball up, he can shoot, he can post. He’s a great decision-maker with the ball and one of the best passing big men in the league today. So, we should be able to have fun with each other.”
Lupe Fiasco is having the best week ever. His new album, Lasers , has defied all of the bad press heaped upon it by critics… and Lupe himself , to land a number 1 debut on this week’s Billboard chart. Celebrate Mardis Gras With Bob James Top 9 Music Videos Of The 2000s Lupe’s third album sold between 190,000 and 220,000 copies, according to the trade publication, making it Lupe’s best sales week ever. Lupe’s second album, The Cool , sold 143,000 copies in its first week. RELATED: Lupe Fiasco On New Album: “I Love And Hate This Album” RELATED: Lupe Fiasco Says B.O.B.’s “Nothing On You” Made Him Suicidal
A still from a video about trash pickers in Turkey. Image: ‘ Turkey’s Changemakers ‘ Before there were municipal sanitation workers emptying dumpsters into their big blue trucks , other garbage men gathered trash in Istanbul neighborhoods, picking out scraps of paper or empty bottles to resell. Those that continue plying their trade toda… Read the full story on TreeHugger
The CEO of one of the two companies licensed to sell full body scanners to the TSA accompanied President Barack Obama to India earlier this month, a clear sign of the deep ties between Washington politicians and the companies pushing to have body scanners installed at all US airports. Deepak Chopra, chairman and CEO of OSI Systems and no relation to the New Age spiritualist, was one of a number of CEOs who traveled with the president on his three-day trip to India, which focused primarily on expanding business ties between the US and the emerging Asian power. “I am honored to be selected to play a role in this very important cause,” Chopra said in a statement ahead of the trip. “Currently the trade between US and India is only one tenth of the amount of trade between US and China. There is substantial opportunity to improve the trade relations with India for mutual economic gain.” Chopra's company manufactures the Rapiscan brand of body scanners, currently being deployed across US airports. He joined the CEOs of such companies as GE, PepsiCo and United Technologies on the trip. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/body-scanner-ceo-obama-india/ added by: CarlosBobthe3rd
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Image courtesy of Tompkins Point Apparel. For those who call “The Official Preppy Handbook” a must read — if you missed it, the forthcoming follow-up called “True Prep” is coming soon — there’s a green (and pink) option for the classic polo with insignia on the left chest from new fair trade label Tompkins Point Apparel. In fact, this is the first third-party certified Fair Trade fashion available in the US. More: … Read the full story on TreeHugger
The latest image of the oil spill from NASA I have to admit that I’ve been trying to think beyond the ongoing environmental horror-show of the BP oil spill and get past blame and anger with it all. But a new piece in The Guardian brought anger right back to the fore. Apparently lawyers for the oil industry, in a grotesque stretching of words, are claiming that the current ban of deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico is destroying an “ecos… Read the full story on TreeHugger
