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    By Sarah Gilbert

    | 3:00PM 6/27/2009
    In Tokyo, it's called "Operation Flower." I, too, have observed the phenomenon: Pretty flowers deter crime. And in Suginami City, a district of Tokyo, there's pretty amazing data to back up the theories. After a shameful year of break-ins in 2002 -- 1,710 in an area with a population of about...

    By Gary E. Sattler

    | 5:00PM 6/30/2008
    Inspired by two other Walletpop bloggers who wrote; Mad about gas prices? Light your car on fire! and Mad about gas prices? Go to a dunking booth, I thought I'd weigh in on the subject with my idea. If you're mad about gas prices, stop mowing your lawn!Although your local municipality might take...

    By Gary E. Sattler

    | 11:00AM 5/26/2008
    Smartware products, a division of F&M Tool and Plastics Inc., is in the business of recycling discarded industrial and consumer waste into useful and beautiful new products. Utilizing everything from computer monitor cases to discarded water jugs and running shoes, Smartware products reclaims...

    By Gary E. Sattler

    | 12:01AM 2/24/2008
    The Daily Deal for February 24, 2008 You've waited for him and he's here at last. A garden gnome in realistic full color is shooting the moon. As if the pose isn't great enough by itself, this little pointy capped pixie can be had for the astounding price of just $12.95 plus $5.95 for UPS ground...