More Kelly Osbourne/KIND sightings!
Published under KIND Snacks, Media and Alternative Media, New York City Nov 18, 2009In addition to being in Us Weekly, Kelly’s love of KIND was featured in OK! Magazine, In Touch and Life & Style… 
Father-and-son Video
Published under Family, Interesting Random Stuff, Introspection, Life Nov 18, 2009This is a great little vignette…
Apple does it again!
Published under Advertising (good vs misleading), Art, Innovation, Marketing, Music Nov 18, 2009Check out this new ad from Apple for their new iPod nano with video. How is it that the Apple team ALWAYS gets ahead of all trends and pop culture and sets the tone for advertising coolness and standards? Everything in this ad is so perfect – colors, steps, shots, all.
The song on the ad is Bourgeois Shangri-La from Miss Li.
This earlier ad from Apple – with the song Bruises by Chairlift – is also awesome.
The Mofaz Plan
Published under Gaza, Israel, Middle East, Mideast Negotiations, Palestine Nov 17, 2009Questioning your predispositions and biases
Published under Innovation, Interesting Random Stuff, Science and Technology Nov 17, 2009Harvard has a pretty neat site – www.implicit.Harvard.edu – that offers people the opportunity to take tests that may surprise us with insights into subconscious biases we all have…
Even though some see David Brooks as the token “conservative” columnist for the New York Times, I have always thought he is more of an independent – a rare thought leader who can fairly analyze and criticize protagonists, issues and institutions from right to left, without dogma or ideology but more with thoughtful thinking, depending on the issue.
In this article, he points out that independents don’t tend to have a “home” or platform to advocate for them:
“Liberals and conservatives each have their own intellectual food chains. They have their own think tanks to provide arguments, politicians and pundits to amplify them, and news media outlets to deliver streams of prejudice-affirming stories. Independents, who are the largest group in the electorate, don’t have any of this. They don’t have institutional affiliations. They don’t look to certain activist lobbies for guidance. There aren’t many commentators who come from an independent perspective.”
Kelly Osbourne loves KIND
Published under Health, KIND Snacks, Media and Alternative Media, New York City Nov 16, 2009Paparazzi snapped Kelly snacking on a KIND bar and toting a KIND Healthy Snacks grocery bag! She was featured in USMagazine.com and X17online.com. 
Senator Lugar, Jason Alexander and OneVoice!
Published under Leadership, Mideast Negotiations, OneVoice Movement Nov 16, 2009Last week, Sen. Richard Lugar met with Jason Alexander and OneVoice youth leaders. Photos were featured on Roll Call website and on Reuters. 
Extremist factions snuff out moderation in Lebanese campuses
Published under Democracy and Freedom (or lack of), Leadership, Lebanon Nov 16, 2009As this article illustrates, looks like OneVoice could be a positive and missing ingredient in Lebanese soil.
Industry spin nothwithstanding, the prevalence and consequences of BPA in our food are alarming, as noted in this article by Nick Kristof.