Label rewinders are used for many reasons in manufacturing and distribution. Have you ever tried to print a bunch of rack location labels in sequence only to drop the pile and have the order all messed up? How about running a large run of custom product labels for special barcoding and having a unmanageable pile of labels you are dragging around the shipping dock? Well, that is were the label rewinder comes into play. If you are using a thermal transfer, direct thermal or color label printer a external label rewinder comes in handy to keep your labels in order and on a nice roll so they are not able to get out of order or fall out of a stack.
Label rewinders can be internally installed in printers or placed externally in front of the printer. It all depends on the space you have as to which type of label rewinder to use. External label rewinders provide the most flexibility. With a external label rewinder, you can rewind right off of the printer and you can also use the rewinder to rewind off a existing core. An example would be if a sequential preprinted barcode label is run, you would have the lowest number in the center of the roll. If you want this number to be the first number used when labeling, you would have to rewind the entire roll so the highest number is in the center of the roll and the lowest number is at the end, ready to use. An external rewinder allows the operator to perform this action with ease.
Cat-2 label rewinders are heavy duty label rewinders made by Labelmate. These label rewinders come with many options to allow the flexibility of counting labels, stopping the rewinder when the labels run out, adjusting the tension of the rewinde and adjusting the core size that is being rewound onto. Mini-Cat label rewinders are less expensive and have a smaller profile. This restricts the size of roll you can rewind, but is a great choice if space and budget is an issue. There are many other makes and sizes of label rewinders made just to fit your needs.
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Graphics for Gaming
The die-hard gamer has some important features to examine when making a graphics card selection. Memory is probably the most important. For most gamers, a 128MB might be sufficient, but you have to check the specs on the game and think about what resolution you like to play it at. At a resolution of 1600 x 1200, you’re going to need a 256MB card. Bare in mind that the memory is used to store image data, the more data it can store, the faster the rendering of images. Also, make sure the board uses DDR memory. It’s not too much more expensive, but is much faster.
Clock Speed
For the most serious gamers, you’ll want a clock speed of at least 350MHz. This doesn’t mean that if you are a hard-core SimCity gamer you need speed like this. A 200MHz card would be fine for that, but the more processor intensive 3D rendering of games like Tomb Raider will greatly benefit from the increase in power. The clock speed alone doesn’t dictate how effective the card is, but it’s usually a good indicator of what it will be capable of.
Interface
The ultimate gaming rig will utilize AGP 8x or, if your PC supports it PCI Express. AGP is faster than standard PCI, but PCI Express is even faster yet. Again, make sure your PC supports it before you drop $500 on an Express board.
Connectors
Here’s one place it’s good to get only what you need. You’ll pay more for a lot of different in/out connectors, so if you’re not going to use them, find a board that only has what you need. Instead of spending money on all those connectors, you can get a faster 3D card for the same price, that only has the connector you need. If, however, you do want to do some video editing, all the options are available on the higher end cards.
Software
Microsoft has released DirectX 9, so you’ll want to find a card that supports the DirectX 9 API. As always, check the software that comes with the card. For example, if the card is a little pricey, but includes a $50 game you’re planning on buying, you could easily justify the cost of the card.
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Have you watched football players, sprinters and other athletes warming up and stretching before competitions? Two studies, one from Louisiana State University and one from Liverpool University in England, show that they may be harming their performance (Journal of Sports Science, May 2005).
In the first study, elite college sprinters were timed in 20 meter sprints, with and without prior multiple 30-second stretches of their leg muscles. As was expected, both active and passive stretching slowed them down. Many previous studies show that you cannot lift your maximum weight after a muscle is pulled and stretched. Other studies have failed to show that stretching prevents injuries. This study does not tell you to stop stretching completely because there is solid data to show that stretching makes you a better athlete. Stretching elongates tendons and the longer the tendon, the greater force a muscle can exert around a joint to make you stronger and faster. However, this study suggests that athletes should not stretch before competitions.
The English study shows that warming up limits how far you can run. Runners alternated 30 seconds of very fast runs on a treadmill with 30 seconds of running very slowly until they were exhausted. They tired earlier after having their legs heated passively and also after taking a long warm up run before testing. At ambient temperatures of about 69 degrees Fahrenheit, both active and passive heating raised both muscle and body temperatures, which uses up muscle glycogen faster and tires runners earlier. Since warming up has been shown to help prevent injuries, it may be good idea to warming up before power events of short duration, but not before competitions that last for several hours.
Dr. Gabe Mirkin has been a radio talk show host for 25 years and practicing physician for more than 40 years; he is board certified in four specialties, including sports medicine. Read or listen to hundreds of his fitness and health reports at http://www.DrMirkin.com
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