Smithsonian Ecocenter ~ The Oceans

Smitshonian.com has a great collection of information and links here on the oceans.  I found my way there from the Gates of Paradise photos, which contained the following ad (animated file split into three stills):

It’s a catchy ad because coral reefs are a subject near and dear to many people’s hearts.  I tested this [...]

Zipcar announces merger with Flexcar

You might know of Zipcar if you live in cities like DC or Boston and of Flexcar if you live in places like Seattle, Atlanta, and Philadelphia.  Now it looks like the two companies are merging according to an announcement from Zipcar to its members on October 31st. 
Grab your sand pail and shovel, Flexcar [...]

Consolidated Credit Counseling Service ~ lifesaver?

 
My impression of freedom has been expanded just by looking at this picture.  It’s like they grabbed that woman in the lifesaver above and flung her out of the sea and across a field of sunflowers.  She promptly spread her arms so that she could fly, but little does she know she can’t.  Ploooomph.  Hi, [...]

Smithsonian ~ Gates of Paradise restored

I referenced the Gates of Paradise tour in the new "Out to See" section on the right of the page, and decided to actually post on it after going through the photos.  This restoration is amazingly beautiful, and if you can get to Chicago, New York, or Seattle while the Gates are on tour, you [...]

New Rapidsea section: Out to See ~ News & Views

Too many articles dock at my desk in a day to post as Rapidsea entries, so "Out to See ~ News & Views" will serve as a quick link to outside articles, posts, and images that I hope you’ll find interesting.  Enjoy!
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Political cartoon at the beach by Bertual Reality

Here’s a sliver of a funny cartoon from Bertual Reality at Blogspot.  Click to go to their post to see the dangers that are lurking:

Thanks to Debbie for sending along the link.
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FTC Consumer Fraud Top 10 ~ 70% of scams are often advertised with escape and paradise images

The Consumerist’s Ben Popken posted the "Top 10 Consumer Frauds" yesterday.  Of the ten listed at their post, seven of the scams frequently use images of escape and paradise to lure customers in.  Going by the FTC figures that The Consumerist lists, up to 16,800,000 people accounted for in the top ten list may have [...]

Full Sail Real World Education ~ Wings for sails

We have a double transportation escape whammy with a school called "Full Sail Real World Education" that uses its name along with a logo of an old prop plane.  It’s a mode of transportation that you may have taken on a weekend excursion to Cuba decades ago when prop planes were more widely used and [...]

Plentyoffish in the sea ~ and money in the wallet

We’ve all heard the saying that "there are plenty of fish in the sea," but did you know that there is a free dating website called plentyoffish.com that operates with only two people at the helm and earns thousands per day in ad revenues?  This is according to the post at Read/WriteWeb.  Richard MacManus writes [...]

Surf Rescue Concept Car ~ Volvo XC70

Rapidsea readers will be happy to hear that  Volvo has gone to great lengths to create a surf rescue concept car, as reported here at the 4 Wheels Blog.
According to the post, the vehicle’s paint scheme was "[g]uided by the surfing lifestyle and casual beach culture" by DuPont.  That’s just the visual side of the [...]

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