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micro-loan is as little as a few hundred dollars invested into a one-person business with minimal qualifications. That tiny borrowed amount can launch a vegetable stand, repair shop, or bicycle taxi -- a living in other words. As each micro-loan is repaid
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Small flecks of fluorescent material are embedded into hollow, hand-blown glass orbs. During the day, they absorb sunlight to shimmer and glow after sundown.
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Seconds that tick by on a rotating display, squared-off face and numbers that reveal Deco-era design inspirations.
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Worn antique panel doors are salvaged for their fine grain and aged finish, then cut to create these hand-painted signs.
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Reproduced from an original classic dating from the 1940s, this distinguished watch has many fine features: easy-to-read raised numbers and markers, a large second hand, and a center seconds chapter called the "doctor's dial" because physicians used it to
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Hidden beneath the compass rose are these words by poet William E. Henley: "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul."
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As a child, your conscience never even blinked when you captured dozens of fireflies. We offer this humane-but no less captivating-alternative: a retro-styled jar with faux fireflies that will never lose their warm glow
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A wind chime that evokes lace curtains and player pianos, dark wood and floral carpets. The top is a tortoise-glass dome with an intricately cut antiqued aluminum band. Clear and amber glass and acrylic beads surround the hand-tuned copper chimes.
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A faucet floats in mid-air while water flows into a can that never fills. A bit of wit and whimsy for your garden, porch, or sunroom, the watering can is the genuine article, made from galvanized steel.
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Left empty or planted with flowers or greens, these fanciful pots are sure to please.
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Pi: the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. Mathematically inclined chefs will adore this baking dish with the first few dozen digits of the ratio trimming the rim.
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Beloved by generations of readers, in print for over 50 years, Caps for Sale is an easy-to-read story about a peddler and a band of mischievous monkeys.
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Inspired by vintage advertising signs found in his hometown of New Orleans and rural areas throughout the South, artist Bruce Jope creates unique and nostalgic wall art.
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This is the source of much frustration in debates with me, because I always go to number 2 first, but it's hard to take other people there.
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"Take the No-Contact jacket, a waterproff nylon parka that shimmers with 80,000 volts of electricity. You arm it by turning a key in the lock on the outer left sleeve. If you get groped, hit the switch in the palm of your hand." Oh, yeah. That's what I'm
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