Online sneaker retailer Flauge and Japanese sneaker label Cause, best known for their superior comfort and quality footwear, will be teaming up for their take on the traditional moccasin boots. Due to popular demand in Japan, these moccasin boots were released last year by Cause but now fans will be pleased to know that this time they will be collaborating with Flauge for this exclusive, limited release.

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South Africa's Top Deejays Unite for AIDS Marathon

Artists such as Eazy-E and Jean Grae have respectively kept the topics of AIDS and South Africa relevant in Hip Hop's collective consciousness. As the United States celebrates Thanksgiving on Thursday [November 27], a collection of South Africa's top deejays will be halfway across the globe participating in a 100-hour deejaying marathon, in efforts to raise awareness about the country's AIDS pandemic.

The participants--DJ Azuhl, DJ Eazy, DJ Ready D, DJ E20, and DJ Intelligent Design, who represents the U.S.--will each spend a portion of the 100-hour marathon taking up residence on Cape Town's V&A Ampitheatre stage in hopes of inspiring a dialogue about HIV and AIDS among South Africa's youth.

"South Africa has one of the highest infection rates in the world, and this is an opportunity for Hip Hop to raise awareness and open discussion to different communities in Cape Town," DJ Azhul tells HipHopDX. Collectively, the DJ's have lent their skills to the likes of Public Enemy, Akon, Coolio, Jazzy Jeff and Ice-T.

"Musicians and artists are leaders because youth listen to us before they listen to teachers and even their parents," says DJ Eazy. "Kids will let a CD tell them how to dress and how to act. This deejay marathon is a way to put out a positive message with a high level of youth involvement."
The deejay marathon will be part of a the five-day Red Rhythms event, organized by the non-profit organization ConsciousFlowz. Admission is free, and more information for those both in and outside of South Africa is available at www.consciousflowz.org.

Bruce Lee x Nokia N96 Phone

We are huge Bruce Lee students here at BOOKiDO and saw this and found out that the phone cost $1,300.

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Lead Belly Book Commercial

JCDC Vs LEGO Video

Creative way to promote a new clothing line!

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Nike Nintendo Air MaxTerra Ninety Hybrid

70 Journalist Arrested in Sudan

Source: AllAfrica.com

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the arrest and detention of about 70 journalists on Monday, as they were demonstrating against the censorship practice and tactics employed by the Sudanese government.

"We consider the arrest of the journalists on Monday by the Sudanese authorities as an act of intimidation aimed at preventing the media from reporting the truth in Sudan," said Gabriel Baglo, Director of the IFJ Africa office. "The Sudanese government must respect the rights of journalists and their independence. Censorship is not acceptable in modern journalism and the media in Sudan must be allowed to exercise its duties without any form of interference."

According to a statement issued by the Eastern Africa Journalists Association, the journalists were arrested together with politicians and other members of civil society who had joined in the demonstration at the Parliament to register the journalists' discontent because of the government's censorship. "The Sudanese government has posted officials to newspaper houses that vet the content of all these papers and determine what should be published," said EAJA.

The IFJ urges the Sudanese Government to respect the right to press freedom and freedom of expression, and to create an environment which enables journalists to operate according to internationally recognized standards of journalism.

For further information about ongoing censorship in Sudan, see:http://www.ifex.org/en/content/view/full/98208

"Way of Design"

"Way of Design"

"Way of Design"

Entrepreneurs Need Social Networking

Dan Schawbel, a leading expert in social networking and a Gen-Y branding expert, explains what business owners need to know about the trend. 

Read the article here

Obama Gets Own Baseball Cards Collection

Topps Inc. normally releases baseball cards has announced it will release a special Inaugural edition for Barack Obama.

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BOOKiDO x digg Air Force 1s

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Here is a good article on Kevin Rose and how he is building a multimedia empire.  Digg staff members got a chance to vote on their favorite design.

Kimbo Slice keeps releasing videos on YouTube

Kimbo Slice may not be the baddest mixed martial arts fighter anymore, but he's still the king of YouTube, right? Well, maybe not. 

A series of 11 stealth marketing videos for Nike featuring Slice and NFL star Ladainian Tomlinson, "Train Like LT with Kimbo Slice," haven't quite made the viral splash that Kobe Bryant or Ronaldinho did.

Mama Africa Rest in Freedom (1932-2008)

The world mourned as South African singer Miriam Makeba passed away in Italy on Nov. 9th 2008.  She is popularly known for her exile during Apartheid South Africa, the first African to win a Grammy award and often referred to as "Mama Africa".  

From wikipedia:

Makeba  travelled to London where she met Harry Belafonte, who assisted her in gaining entry to and fame in the United States. She released many of her most famous hits there including "Pata Pata", "The Click Song" ("Qongqothwane" in Xhosa), and "Malaika". In 1966, Makeba received the Grammy Award for Best Folk Recording together with Harry Belafonte for An Evening With Belafonte/Makeba. The album dealt with the political plight of black South Africans under apartheid.

She discovered that her South African passport was revoked when she tried to return there in 1960 for her mother's funeral. In 1963, after testifying against apartheid before the United Nations, her South African citizenship and her right to return to the country were revoked. She has had nine passports, [3] and was granted honorary citizenship of ten countries.[4]

Her marriage to Trinidadian civil rights activist and Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee leader Stokely Carmichael in 1968 caused controversy in the United States, and her record deals and tours were cancelled. As a result of this, the couple moved to Guinea, where they became close with President Ahmed Sékou Touré and his wife. Makeba separated from Carmichael in 1973, and continued to perform primarily in Africa, South America and Europe. She was one of the African and Afro-American entertainers at the 1974 Rumble in the Jungle match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman held in Zaïre. Makeba also served as a Guinean delegate to the United Nations, for which she won the Dag Hammarskjöld Peace Prize in 1986.

After the death of her only daughter Bongi Makeba in 1985, she moved to Brussels. In 1987, she appeared in Paul Simon's Graceland tour. Shortly thereafter she published her autobiography Makeba: My Story.

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Salute to the Buffalo Soldiers

Since today is a day of saluting Veterans of war then it is only right to give a warrior salute to the Buffalo Soldiers.

 Read Here for a detail history of the Buffalo Soldiers

Some lyrics from Bob Marley:

Buffalo Soldier, dreadlock rasta:
There was a Buffalo Soldier in the heart of America,
Stolen from Africa, brought to America,
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival.

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Common on OKPTV

Interview with Common on Okay Player TV

Common Interview w/ OkayplayerTV from Okayplayer on Vimeo.

Sherman Alexie vs Colbert

What happens when a white talk show host goes against a Native writer! The famous Sherman Alexie gives Colbert the truth.

Clean water for Haitians project

400,000 residents of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and three nearby towns now have access to clean, safe water thanks to a new chlorine system.

Starting in May of 2006, a U.S. -- non-governmental group International Action working with a Haitian group Dlo Pwòp (Clean Water) has installed 100 tablet chlorinators in 23 of the poorest neighborhoods for Port-au-Prince.

These neighborhoods include Tokyo, Trou-sable, Simmond Pelé, Cité Soleil, Carrefour and Delmas -- some of the poorest and most dangerous parts of the capital. These chlorinators protect the water supply for some 400,000 residents, including 250,000 children. For some, it is the first help they have had in many years.

The joint Haitian-American team just installed a larger chlorinator in the coastal town of Arcahaie -- hard hit by the three recent hurricanes. With the new water system, Arcahaie's 100,000 residents have access to clean, safe water for the first time. A local leader of the Women's Organization -- Rosemilla St.Vil -- asked for the chlorinator weeks ago, saying:

"People drink the water where all the animals bathe and people wash clothes. Children get sick and many die. It's a serious problem. We need help." The Clean Water team responded to her plea.

to learn more go to www.Haitiwater.org

Obama Team Weighs What to Take On First

Barack Obama at a news conference in September. After nearly two years of campaign promises, Mr. Obama and his advisers face the complex task of setting priorities for his presidency.

On a lighter note....

VICTORY!!