Is fresh always the best? And what should you never eat frozen? Produce at your grocery store may not be as "fresh" as your think. Find out how it measures up to canned and frozen, and how you can shop better the next time you're at the ...
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A box-bed (or closed bed, close bed, enclosed bed) is a bed enclosed in furniture that looks like a cupboard, half-opened or not. The box-bed is closed on all sides by panels of wood. One enters it by removing curtains, opening a door ...
LED control gear The ability to specify and develop the right control gear is an essential part of ERCO´s competence in optoelectronics. ...
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In the 17th century, which has been called "the century of magnificent beds", the style a la duchesse, with tester and curtains only at the head, replaced the more enclosed beds in France, though they lasted much longer in England. Louis ...
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The ancient Germans lay on the floor on beds of leaves covered with skins, or in a kind of shallow chest filled with leaves and moss. In the early Middle Ages they laid carpets on the floor or on a bench against the wall, placed upon them ...
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Early beds were little more than piles of straw or some other natural material (e.g. a heap of palm leaves, animal skins or dried bracken). An important change was raising them off the ground, to avoid drafts, dirt, and pests. Bedding dated ...
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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 base, ...
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In psychology there something known as associative learning whereby you get to know something by associating it something else similar to it. This is something that marketers try to take advantage of. If you are able to associate their ...
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The Pneumatic valve was first introduced in the mid 1980's. These are the metals bellows filled with the compressed air and hence it is also known as air valves. The introduction of this technology brings a great change in the concept of ...
When it comes to production of certain substances, there is that specific company that you can trust to give you the best products. If it is washing detergent, there is that specific brand you prefer, margarine the same thing. It goes on ...
Ancient world Early beds were little more than piles of straw or some other natural material (e.g. a heap of palm leaves, animal skins or dried bracken). An important change was raising them off the ground, to avoid drafts, dirt, and ...
The RAF Museum in north London has carried out an extensive retrofit lighting project, which is seeing it enjoy energy savings of 70 per cent, with a return on investment in just one to two years. Over the last three years, the site has ...
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Everyone needs lighting, especially ice climbers that choose to climb at night. Professional climbers Alex Luger and Hanno Schluge take to climbing an ice wall in Avers, Switzerland at night. The results… well fantastic! Source ...
This 19 year old Kenyan designer new that there was a better alternative than kerosene. In Africa kerosene lamps are still used in many areas and cause great harm to children and adults in rural African villages. Evan Wadongo created the ...
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Spring is here and so is the time for gardening. Designers are taking the bull by the horns with a new way of planting. Seed bombs, the idea originated from animals scattering the seeds of plants by ingesting them and then well, read the ...
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