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  • The Delectable Kaleidoscope of Candy Bars

    • 8 Dec 2011
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    "A charting of the very many bars wherein chocolate intersects with delightful compatriots, such as gooey caramel, sprightly nougat, and cookie crunch. Our Delectable Kaleidoscope of Candy Bars is the definitive guide to a universe of delights."
    Rollover and Zoom-in via popchartlab.com

     

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  • Microworlds

    • 8 Dec 2011
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    by Daniel Stoupin

    "A movie about microscopic life showing some of the freshwater microscopic fauna under high magnifications.   

    We are surrounded with various living creatures, but how often do we notice the tiniest ones and how small can they be? Such common but inconspicuous organisms like water fleas, seed shrimps, and hydras are less than a centimeter (0.4 inches) in size but they are very important components of the freshwater ecosystems."

    via microworldsphotography.com

     

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  • The Vertical Gardens of Flora Grubb

    • 8 Dec 2011
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    "For the patient, growing a succulent vertical garden allows you to create your own painterly designs that you can watch grow and change over time, like a happier version of The Picture of Dorian Gray. Much happier."
    via Flora Grubb Gardens.com

     

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  • Enormous Driftwood Washes Ashore in Washington

    • 8 Dec 2011
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    Drift log at La Push, Wash.
    Amanda Lachman, at 6 feet tall, is standing in front of the tree.  
    Credit: Phillip Lachman.

    "In a part of the country accustomed to towering trees, a massive piece of driftwood washed ashore recently in La Push, a small community on the northwest coast of Washington's most westerly peninsula.  

    "It's not uncommon to find one as tall as I am, but that's pretty big," said Barb Manse of Olympic National Park, which surrounds La Push."

    via ouramazingplanet.com

     

     

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  • Flamboyant Cuttlefish

    • 8 Dec 2011
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    "Metasepia pfefferi, also known as Pfeffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish, is a species of cuttlefish occurring in tropical Indo-Pacific waters off northern Australia, southern New Guinea, as well as numerous islands of the Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia. Mark Norman of Museum Victoria in Victoria, Australia, discovered that this unique species of cuttlefish is poisonous."
    via youtube.com

     

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  • The Vertical Chess Set

    • 8 Dec 2011
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    "This is the chess set that mounts to a wall, allowing games of indefinite length. Generating a sense of intrigue and anticipation--"did they move yet?"--it allows for weeks-long play without interruption. An included "last move" marker hung around a recently promoted pawn-turned-Queen signals to an opponent that without an equally crafty counter, the game will end soon."  
    Available at hammacher.com

     

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  • Find US Made - Directory of Made in USA Consumer Goods

    • 8 Dec 2011
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    "Find US Made.com is a consumer built, shopper friendly resource for Made in USA consumer products. We present thousands of individual locations - departmentalized & categorized. We also list 17 online malls filled with only U.S. made products. Moreover, we list other helpful resources which can now be simultaneously searched from one location. Our newest tool for consumers is a dynamic search of the prime locations across the Internet filled exclusively with Made in the USA goods. We've dubbed this search the Gateway to the American Made Marketplace©. It's virtually 100% free of imported products. 

    By combining for the consumer the varied options mentioned above, we hope to produce a powerful tool that will introduce the consumer to the bounty of American manufacturing. Our goal is to create ease for our fellow consumers who seek Made in the USA products. This site will remain apolitical to better serve our goal.

    Some of us seek U.S. made goods because of economic, patriotic, environmental, labor or moral concerns. Some of us seek U.S. made products because of their superior quality or because of health concerns resulting from the lack of regulation and inspection of many foreign made products.

    Whatever your reason to seek U.S. made goods we hope you find our site comprehensive & useful."

    via findusmade.com

    See also Buy Made in the USA

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