The history of cooking vessels before the development of pottery is minimal due to the limited archaeological evidence. The earliest pottery vessels, dating from 19,2000–20,000 BP, were discovered in Xianrendong Cave, Jiangxi, China. ...
Ghost chairs are made injecting polycarbonate into a mold. The incredible design has no junctions or seams; just a continuous shape. The most popular chairs are the Louis ghost chair which was first manufactured having no color, hence the ...
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Jacking up prices after an emergency is not acceptable. That's the message New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent to gas station owners this week, six months after Superstorm Sandy struck. Price gouging was common in the ...
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A bed is a piece of furniture used as a place to sleep or relax. It has a secondary use as a location to engage in sexual relations. Most modern beds consists of a mattress on a bed frame, with the mattress resting either on a solid ...
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It pays to be careful about which apps you download to your smart phone. More than 5 million smart phone users experienced symptoms of malicious software on their phones in the past year, our latest survey projects. Even a nonmalicious app ...
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So you cracked your iPhone screen. A quick Web search can turn up a host of do-it-yourself kits to replace it, most priced a lot lower than what repair shops charge. Yet many people may prefer to leave the job to the pros, we found in an ...
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Upon peering into the depth of Roll & Hill’s Stella Wall Sconce you may begin to have feelings of hypnotized thought, visions of light and layers of mirrors may seem to surround you. Created by the Brooklyn lighting company Roll & ...
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The designer Dennis Parren has created a remarkable light bulb that mysteriously displays the different colors of the light spectrum. Appropriately named the CMYK light bulb, this colorful design casts red, blue and green colored shadows. ...
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The designers at Situ Studio worked with the renowned fabric company Sunbrella to create a monumental fabric display for the Brooklyn Museum. In an effort to show visitors and designers that fabric can change a space they created giant art ...
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SUVs remain the most popular car type at ConsumerReports.org. And it is no wonder, with their all-weather, and, for some, all-terrain capabilities; command seating; interior versatility; and towing ability. But with the market overflowing ...
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Parents need to catch up to the safety advances in car seats and learn how to install them correctly, according to a study released this week by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Although all vehicles and car seats made since 2002 ...
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With states in the Midwest bracing for flooding and a rare May snowstorm predicted in the Plains states, other parts of the country have been unusually dry this spring. It's been a tough start to the growing season for some lawns. During ...
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The Exchange; Waco, Texas Size: 650,000 square feet Products: General merchandise SKUs: 18,000 Throughput: Ships 25,000 cases per day Shifts: 2 shifts a day/5 days per week Employees: 400 A new conveyor and sortation system ...
Distracted driving is a serious epidemic on the road with over 3,000 people killed each year and nearly 400,000 injured. A recent Consumer Reports National Research Center survey found widespread use of cell phones behind the wheel. Despite ...
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It may come as a shock to newlyweds, but husbands and wives are surprisingly prone to lie to each other--at least when it comes to damaging their car. According to a survey from car-insurance adviser Insure.com, more than a third (35 ...
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