Permanent link to MTA daily media newsThe Rich are not different from you and me… (by Tengrain at Mock, Paper, Scissors) …they eat ramen noodles too. Harrod’s Pot Noodles ($43) come in a hand-flocked gold leaf cup.America Is in Need of a Moral Bailout (by Chris Hedges at TruthDig, thanks to Susie at Suburban Guerilla) We live in an age of moral nihilism. We have trashed our universities, turning them into vocational factories that produce corporate drones and chase after defense-related grants a

Firstly, I am doing really great right now - the weekend away to the Christian Women's Conference - Colour - in Sydney was awesome, but I will get onto that in another post. SO..... On Sunday the 1st of March, Amelia had her 5th birthday party - a Princess Afternoon Tea - great theme and I was in my element in party organising mode!!! So I created the invits in photo shop with (shock horror) digi princess elements I downloaded. they were printed onto card and bling was then added and

Here’s a charming new way to way to celebrate springtime! Making an egg basket is a great project to do with children—have them decorate the “eggs” while you make the basket. After Easter, the basket becomes a handy holder for decorative soaps, candies, or other small items. SUPPLIES 3 or 4 Ready-to-Go!® Blank Board 1-1/2″ Blocks (available at papercrafts stores or www.ctpub.com ). Quilter’s Vinyl (available at quilting stores or www.ctpub.com ). Shredded paper or plas

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This April, the Playoff Pack from Nike Basketball will come out which are available in white, black and red colorways. The six shoes in the Playoff Pack includes a Zoom Flightclub, Air Max Shot, Zoom MVP, Zoom Soldier 3, Foamposite Lite and the Zoom Kobe 4. Each dunk has their own badge representing an NBA Player. For the Zoom Kobe 4 obviously it’s Kobe Bryant, LeBron James for the Zoom Soldier 3, Steve Nash for the Zoom MVP, Tony Parker for the Zoom Flightclub and Dirk Nowitziki for the Air Max

Welcome to BME’s Big Question ! In this feature, we ask a handful of the community’s best and brightest piercers, tattooists, heavy mod practitioners and shop owners for their opinion on one question or issue that’s affecting the body modification community. Many, many thanks to all of the contributors. If you’d like to be a part of future editions, or if you have an idea for an issue or question you’d like to see addressed, please e-mail me . This week’s topic: Do you support gover

I was presented with an interesting situation last night. Some of you might remember Warbull. It ends up he decided to transfer over to Silver Hand to play with the real-life friends that started playing. And this provided us with an opportunity to make some gold. Silver Hand has royally screwed up prices in comparison to high population servers with a relatively balanced economy. On Silver Hand you still see Frozen Orbs selling for over 150 gold consistently. I’ve seen maybe 2 guilds that hav

TITLE: Frosty GENRE: YA (Fantasy) I’d give anything on earth to be twelve again. Or thirteen. Even fourteen. But fifteen? “No.” “Why not?” she asked, elbows pressing into the table. A bulb swayed above us, casting her face in shadows as the weak light reflected off her badge. A second Officer stood against the wall with his arms crossed, watching in silence. I had no answer. Never did, never would. What use were words when no one believed anything I said? In the darkened mirror across fro

I’m all for a green conference - save energy, water, re-usable materials - but I have to say that the conference bag was just not up to past standards. In a way I feel bad for all those first-time attendees because they will never know the golden years of ACRL conference bags . Here’s what we got in Seattle: ACRL2009 Conference Bag This bag is described as being made from 51% recycled material. I’m all for recycled material. This bag might work for a fast 15-items or less trip to the g

Ah, it is upon us in all its glory, Resident Evil 5 brings all us fanboys back to our knees with the re-introduction of Chris Redfield and the brand new introduction of Sheva Alomar. RE5 fallows after Leon Kennedy’s scrape with Las Plagas and Las Ganados and the new look at the new bio-weapon since the Raccoon City zombies. The RC zombies were slow, lumbering and dumb and possessed little threat alone, but a mild threat in numbers. In both RE4 and RE5 with Las Plagas, your advantages of

Ah, it is upon us in all its glory, Resident Evil 5 brings all us fanboys back to our knees with the re-introduction of Chris Redfield and the brand new introduction of Sheva Alomar. RE5 fallows after Leon Kennedy’s scrape with Las Plagas and Las Ganados and the new look at the new bio-weapon since the Raccoon City zombies. The RC zombies were slow, lumbering and dumb and possessed little threat alone, but a mild threat in numbers. In both RE4 and RE5 with Las Plagas, your advantages

With all the buzz around the globe about global-warming and climate change, moving on to using recycled and re-usable or bio-degradable things will put us on the right track in saving our planet, doing this with some common things such as this Lanyard will not only save the planet but also serve the purpose of a harness.

These Lanyards can be customized and personalized with logos of companies or messages similar to the retractable badge reels. This again, serves as an interesting avenue for ultra-cheap or free advertisements. Depending on the needs, they come in different varieties such as flat, round, round break-away, flat break-away and patriotic.

Earth-friendly ones are specifically made out of 100% bamboo and the other is made out of 100% P.E.T. recycled plastic with recycled no twist wide plastic hook and safety breakaways. Colors for these lanyards are made with plant base dyes or a natural material and are available in stock unprinted or custom printed. They can be bought at http://www.compucardinc.com/earth-friendly-lanyards.html

Plastic retractable badge reels can be used to display ID’s and using a card scanner with ease.

Bonitas International, the home of BooJeeBeads Lanyards announces the winners of the “So You Think You Can Bead” design contest.

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Here are a selection of brief news items from this week’s paper edition, and possibly a few news briefs that didn’t make it in the paper.

The President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, has suggested that Bulgaria could receive EUR 500 M from preliminary payments through European Programs to help the country through the financial crisis, Bulgarian National Radio reported late Thursday.

TriMas Corporation today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2008. For the year, the Company reported sales from continuing operations of $1,021.3 million, a 1.8% increase over 2007, and improved earnings performance, excluding the after-tax impact of $155.0 million of non-cash goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment charges, and …

General Steel Holdings, Inc. , one of China’s leading non-state-owned producers of steel products and aggregators of domestic steel companies, today announced its financial results for the full year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2008.

MONDAY HAMMOND | The Northwest Indiana Small Business Development Center is offering a business feasibility workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Hammond INnovation Center, 5209 Hohman Ave. (next to the Towle Theatre). The workshop will help people in the process of starting and operating a business. Cost is $25 per person and registration is required. Call (219) 644-3513 to register.

Below the fold is the latest list of books, articles, and websites on public diplomacy from Bruce Gregory, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University. Intended for teachers of public diplomacy and related courses, here is an update on resources that may be of general interest. Suggestions for future updates are welcome. Tom Boellstorff, Coming of Age in Second Life: An Anthropologist Explores the Virtually Human, (Princ

UH-OH Based on what Chas Freeman’s Son Said this weekend , there are members of the Senate who are cruising for a bruising. Seven US Senators sent a letter to Dennis Blair the Director of National Intelligence, objecting to his pick of former ambassador Chas Freeman as Chairman of the NIC. The letter focuses on Freeman’s lack of experience as well as his controversial remarks regarding Chinese protesters and Israel to exclude him from the position: March 9, 2009 The Honorable Dennis Blair

Monday, Feb. 23 2009

Lauren Nicole Personalized Jewelry and Monogrammed Gifts has the best selection of gifts available. I recieved their Fine Silver Flower Girl Necklace with my initial S, birthstone color Ruby for July, and in a 22 inch chain. It even came nicely packaged so the chain wouldn’t get all tangled and in a very pretty tin. They make all of their jewelry hand made to order in the workshop. From their website: “We hand make and personalize many unique accessories and monogrammed gifts for all o