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Goods at NOON website offers hand-crafted, limited edition products. Designed to encourage an awareness of how we can be more efficient and caring for our planet, these artisan items are ecology-conscious, practical, locally produced and rather fetching.
NOON:REUSE Tote Bags, Finite Ts and posters.Goods at NOON website offers hand-crafted, limited edition products. Designed to... more
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Freeganism is a total boycott of an economic system where the profit motive has eclipsed ethical considerations and where massively complex systems of productions ensure that all the products we buy will have detrimental impacts most of which we may never even consider. Thus, instead of avoiding the purchase of products from one bad company only to support another, we avoid buying anything to the greatest degree we are able.
Freegans are people who employ alternative strategies for living based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources. Freegans embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/recent-news/42951-freegan-Freeganism is a total boycott of an economic system where the profit motive has... more
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In the past decade, dollar stores have popped up in every neighborhood, large or small. Whether you live in an urban area with an independent dollar store or in the suburbs where dollar store chains roam free, there’s a good chance that you’re missing out on some serious savings if you’re walking buy the store without checking it out.
link: http://www.affordableonlinecolleges.org/42-items-you-should-be-buying-from-the-dollar-store/In the past decade, dollar stores have popped up in every neighborhood, large or... more
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The following is Tenth Amendment Center approved legislation to nullify federal overreach into virtually everything through a distortion of the “Interstate Commerce Clause” (Art I Sec 8 Cl 3). Activists, we encourage you to send this to your state senators and representatives – and ask them to introduce this legislation in your state.
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Provides that all goods grown, manufactured or made in (STATE) and all services performed in (STATE), when such goods or services are sold, maintained, or retained in (STATE), shall not be subject to the authority of the Congress of the United States under its constitutional power to regulate commerce.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of (STATE):
http://www.tenthamendmentcenter.com/legislation/intrastate-commerce-act/The following is Tenth Amendment Center approved legislation to nullify federal... more
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Tang Hui earned $10,000 a year at his manufacturing job in China. Now, he and his family have nothing. Falling demand for goods coming from China has left many workers in a similar situation. In the past months, around 70,000 factories in China have closed, leaving an estimated 20 million migrant workers jobless.Tang Hui earned $10,000 a year at his manufacturing job in China. Now, he and his... more
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – A Dutch court has convicted two youths of theft for stealing virtual items in a computer game and sentenced them to community service.
Only a handful of such cases have been heard in the world, and they have reached varying conclusions about the legal status of "virtual goods."AMSTERDAM, Netherlands – A Dutch court has convicted two youths of theft for... more
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The shock of $4-a-gallon gas is like a psychological thunderbolt. But less-obvious damage to our paychecks is starting to trickle in from a hidden flood of petro-fueled price increases.
Whether they pay for fuel used to ship bananas from Central America, natural gas or crude oil used to create a plastic milk jug or myriad oil derivatives used as ingredients in beauty products, price jumps at the wellhead are eventually reflected at the consumer level.
Few retail prices have increased dramatically so far because of petro-prices. But at least one has already gone through – and on – the roof.
Consider asphalt shingles. (Asphalt is some of what's left when crude oil is refined.)
Bill Bicksler, president of Academy Painting and Roofing in Plano, has been in the business for about five years.
"Typically we'll get one or two price increases a year from my roofing suppliers," he said. "Last month they went up 10 or 15 percent, and we're told they will be going up every month now."
Shingles are sold in 10-foot-by-10-foot squares. A square now costs about $185, Mr. Bicksler said.
Which means he's getting caught between his costs and what his customers want to pay.
"I'm having to contact all my customers and say, 'If you want to do this at the price I gave you, pull the trigger now,' " he said.
Hard as it may be to believe while focused on the panic at the fuel pumps, it won't take much for nongasoline petro-costs to add to the gas-driven pain. . .
more @ linkThe shock of $4-a-gallon gas is like a psychological thunderbolt. But less-obvious... more
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Hermès International, S.A., or simply Hermès (IPA: French [ɛʁmɛs] [3], typical American English [ɛɻˈmɛz], typical British English [ɛːˈmɛz]), is a prestigious, highly-respected, French high fashion house specializing in leather, ready-to-wear, lifestyle accessories, and perfumery luxury goods. The company is highly renowned in the fashion world, along with other exclusive fashion houses, and it's recognized by its legendary duc carriage with horse logo. Products are exclusively available via Hermès authentic boutiques worldwide and online at hermes.com.[4]
First established in 1837, the saddle shop of Thiery Hermès in Paris, France grew in renown reputation. The company entered the 20th century with a fresh outlook into its potential growth, entering the fashion industry, and, thus, claiming classic renown status in the fashion world. Today, in the 21st century, Hermès continues to implement its traditional techniques into its creations, subtly balancing and blending the past, present and future tenses into every aspect of its image.[5] Recognized clientele of Hermès include: Nicole Kidman,[6] Julianne Moore,[6] Elle McPherson,[6] Elizabeth Hurley,[6] and Madonna.[6]
Competitors of Hermès included the houses of Chanel; Gucci; Louis Vuitton; and Christian Dior.[7]Hermès International, S.A., or simply Hermès (IPA: French [ɛʁmɛs]... more
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Journalist Bongiorni, on a post-Christmas day mired deep in plastic toys and electronics equipment, makes up her mind to live for a year without buying any products made in China, a decision spurred less by notions of idealism or fair trade-though she does note troubling statistics on job loss and trade deficits-than simply "to see if it can be done." In this more personal vein, Bongiorni tells often funny, occasionally humiliating stories centering around her difficulty procuring sneakers, sunglasses, DVD players and toys for two young children and a skeptical husband. With little insight into global economics or China's manufacturing practices, readers may question the point of singling out China when cheap, sweatshop-produced products from other countries are fair game (though Bongiorni cheerfully admits the flaws in her project, she doesn't consider fixing them). Still, Bongiorni is a graceful, self-deprecating writer, and her comic adventures in self-imposed inconvenience cast an interesting sideways glance at the personal effects of globalism, even if it doesn't easily connect to the bigger picture.Journalist Bongiorni, on a post-Christmas day mired deep in plastic toys and... more
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