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    Woofers, Tweeters, and Crossovers: Understanding Loudspeakers

    Loudspeakers are critical to any audio system. From tweeter speakers to woofer speakers, loudspeakers are the components that provide movies, music, and sports with sounds that are often taken for granted. Microphones convert sound into electrical impulses that can be recorded onto some...
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    Pee Pad Training: Is It a Good Idea?

    Congratulations on your new puppy! Puppyhood is a fun stage of your dog’s life, where you’ll get lots of licks and laughs, but there’s also lots of work to do to set your puppy up for success. You want to make sure you show your pup how to be a well-behaved member of the family, and, if you...
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    Face masks

    What are face masks? Face masks such as cloth or fabric masks act as a simple barrier and work as “source control”. “Source control” refers to preventing the wearer’s respiratory droplets from travelling into the air and onto other people when the person wearing the mask coughs...
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    Types of Sewing Machines and their Uses

    Industrial sewing machines differ from traditional consumer sewing machines in many ways. An industrial sewing machine with embroidery machine parts is specifically built for long term, professional sewing tasks and is therefore constructed with superior durability, parts, and motors. Whereas...
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    What You Need to Know about Dietary Supplements

    Dietary Supplements can be beneficial to your health — but taking supplements can also involve health risks. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not have the authority to review dietary supplement products for safety and effectiveness before they are marketed. You’ve heard...
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    Benefits of Having A Beer Keg In Your Kitchen

    Drinking beer in moderation can provide several health benefits. For one, beer can actually protect your heart as you age and decrease the risks of cardiovascular diseases. Beer can also strengthen your bones, improve memory, and reduce stress. While you can always buy a bottle of ice-cold...
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    A COMPLETE GUIDE TO STORAGE RACK SYSTEMS

    INTRODUCTION A storage rack or racking is a structure that consists of at least two upright (vertical) frames, horizontal beams, and some form of decking (bars, panels, meshes or none) in order to store goods and materials. Storage rack is an essential component to material handling as...
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    Lithium, cesium and rubidium salts

    First proposed in the 1970s and produced commercially by Sony in 1991, lithium batteries are now used in mobile phones, airplanes and cars. Despite several advantages which have lead them to increasing success in the energy industry, lithium ion batteries have some drawbacks and are a topic that...
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    Cable Sheath Materials - What You Need to Know

    Insulation and sheath are the components of a cable that protect the conductor. The insulation isolates the flow of electricity, and the sheath wraps around the outside of the cable to protect the conductors inside. The choice of material used for insulation and sheath can have a significant...
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    Advantages of Bamboo Materials for Bags

    Around 5 trillion plastic bags worldwide are consumed every year. Let’s break that down. Five trillion plastic bags per year means: 160,000 plastic bags per second 700 plastic bags consumed per person Around 500 billion plastic bags in the ocean (based on the estimation that 10%...