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		<title>The Geography of a Recession</title>
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Latoya Egwuekwe created an interactive map as a graduate student at American University which shows the impact the economy has had on the jobless rate by county.  The map is a time lapse from January 2007 until September of 2009.  The most recent unemployment rate for the US is 10.2% (boing-boing Referer).


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		<title>Theme Park Maps</title>
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In honor of a very wet couple of days and the power bouncing up and down, here is a site that contains a number of theme park maps dating from 1931 to the present.  The only theme park I have been to recently is Busch Gardens Williamsburg for which the site has maps from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>17 Biggest Buddhas on Earth</title>
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Environmental Graffiti posted the 17 Biggest Buddhas on Earth listing the various statues in increasing height ranging from 169 feet to the proposed 500 foot tall Maitreya Buddha that will be build in Uttar Pradesh, India.  Pictured to the left is the Great Standing Maitreya Buddha which resides near Beipu at Emei Lake in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The World&#8217;s 18 Strangest Bridges</title>
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Popular Mechanics ran an article today containing the world&#8217;s 18 strangest bridges.  All of the bridges are interesting for one reason or another.  Pictured to the left is the Henderson Waves which is a pedestrian bridge in Singapore&#8217;s Southern Ridges national park that connects Mount Faber Park and Telok Blangah Hill Park.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Cloud</title>
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An artist, Stuart Semple, released 2,000 pink smiley faces into the air over London today outside the Tate Modern gallery.  The Happy Clouds were composed of helium, soap and vegetable dye.  The artist wanted to &#8220;make a piece of work that would cheer people up a bit.&#8221;  The pictures look poorly Photoshopped, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lighted Garden Nozzle</title>
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For your after hours gardening needs, Restoration Hardware has a Lighted Garden Nozzle.  It features a universal-fit pistol grip rain sprayer lit with an LED bulb.  The light is powered by two AA batteries which are not included.  I don&#8217;t really enjoy gardening when the sun is out, I cannot imagine I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 x 5 Rubik&#8217;s Professor Cube</title>
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I haven&#8217;t ever tried to solve a Rubik&#8217;s Cube.  I do recognize that it is a classic, and changes to the venerable cube interest me.  I am not sure why anybody save the most hardcore cube fans would be interested in upping the difficulty to 5 x 5 x 5.  There is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Survival Straps</title>
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Survival Straps makes a variety of different products out of wound 550 pound paracord including bracelets, watch straps, dog collars, and even rifle slings.  In a pinch, the bracelets can be unwound for eight feet of paracord if you order the full cord version.  Most of the products can come in either solid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Casio Calculator Watch In Purty Colors</title>
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Remember the old school calculator watches from back in the 80s?  If you need a refresher, PocketCalculatorShow.com has a Nerd Watch Museum for your perusal.  Casio has recently added color to their pocket calculators in its Databank 32 series.  The watch itself features a eight digit calculator and a stopwatch accurate to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://roclar.net/archives/1565</link>
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		<title>BBC Box</title>
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BBC News decided to follow a shipping container around the world for the period of a year to &#8220;tell the stories of globalisation and the world economy&#8221;.  Referred to as &#8220;The Box&#8221; the container is painted with the BBC News logo and the URL of the container&#8217;s web page.  Thus far the Box [...]]]></description>
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