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A Growing Trend If you check the tag or sticker on products while out shopping, you will notice that most say “Made in China” or maybe Taiwan, Mexico or even India. Though it is still rare, products are beginning to say “Made in America” again.  The Reshoring Initiative, founded in early 2010,  is a nonprofit that focuses on restoring American manufacturing jobs and training suppliers on how to sell against lower-priced offshore competitors. This organization’s founder and president, Harry Moser, reported that about 170,000 U.S. manufacturing jobs were announced to come back from offshore in 2017, which is up 2,800%...

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The Benefits of Cots The most important benefit of sleeping cots is that they get you off the ground. Being elevated keeps you off the cold, hard ground during the winter months and it allows air to circulate around the cot bed to keep you cool in the summer. It is also ideal to be sleeping off the ground during the rainy season. Another benefit of sleeping off the ground is that terrain isn't as big of an issue. As long as you can find a relatively flat surface, you can set up your portable cot. You won't have to worry...

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