USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), the starship in the original Star Trek TV series

To boldly go where no man has gone before, you’d need a really good starship – and to launch Star Trek, the pop culture phenomenon that entertained and inspired millions, you’d need a pretty darned good one! And that is exactly what the United Space Starship Enterprise delivered. Here are 8 Starship Enterprise facts every Trekker should know: Link

I wonder, if they come in different colors.
I wonder about the fragrance.
I wonder, if it would help to put those preservative packets in the water.
I wonder, if they bloom.
I wonder whether they would look better on the kitchen table or in the entry.
I wonder, if they're cheaper by the dozen.
I wonder, if they come long - stemmed.
   
The sign is real and was up for two hours before someone
stopped and told them how to spell PEONIES !!! 

Thank you Sandra.

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The common thread running through all of these portraits is superlative design. Each is a masterpiece in its own right, from the medieval painted portraits right up to the most current photographs. 100+ portraits of iconic people.

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The Brainstormer is a fun little application designed by Andrew Bosley to generate random sketch topics by combining random words

Borrowing from science fiction and fact, Insect Lab customizes real insect specimens with

antique watch parts and other technological components.  From ladybugs to grasshoppers,

each is individually hand adorned, and original- a unique celebration of the contradictions

and confluences between nature and technology. Link

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Do you want to avoid buying products made in certain countries?

Can you differentiate which one is made in Taiwan or China?

If the first 3 digits of the barcode are 690, 691 or 692, the product is MADE IN CHINA.

471 is Made in Taiwan.

Nowadays,  Chinese businessmen know that consumers do not prefer products “MADE IN CHINA”, so they don’t show from which country it is made.

However, you may now refer to the barcode.

Remember if the first 3 digits are:

690-692 . then it is MADE IN CHINA .
00 – 09 . USA & CANADA
30 – 37 . FRANCE
40 – 44 . GERMANY
47 … Taiwan
49 . JAPAN
50 . UK

BUY USA by watching for “0″ at the beginning of the number.

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