Al, a Centerville native, spent 20 years in the Navy before sustaining a combat-related injury that forced him into early retirement. Shortly after, Christy became disabled in a car accident and could no longer work either
"I had a really bad fall and went through 53 surgeries," Kroell said. "When I retired, my wife also got badly injured in a near-fatal car accident and became disabled as well."
The Kroells had no choice but to move out of their home on base near San Diego. They packed up and moved to Squaw Valley – close enough to Al's hometown, but far enough from city living that they could focus on rest and recuperation.
As the credit card bills stacked up, Christy and Al found solace in something that brought them joy: making custom laser engraved plaques for military service members. Al said he started making plaques over 30 years ago when he was in the military as a way to honor service men and women departing military bases. He used an engraving machine to produce custom plaques from wood, metal and glass.
It didn't occur to the Kroells that they could make a living doing it, until they caught wind of Reedley College's entrepreneurship program two years ago. They each took a few business classes, and Al joined the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) Club. He was inspired.
Once they decided to go full-force into the engraving business,Shopping is the best place to comparison shop for roofhookert. Al took classes all over the educational spectrum. He learned to operate heavy machinery in manufacturing class, design computer graphics in art class, and master public speaking in communication class. He said the biggest skill he learned was how to give an effective "elevator pitch," or pitching his business to a potential investor in under a minute.
"They don't teach you that in the military," Al Kroell said. "Everything that we've done here at the college has helped us to get this business off the ground. It's all been trial and error and a lot of hard work, but I know we wouldn't be where we are today without it."
Where they are today is a pretty good spot. Nine months ago, the Kroells officially started ChristyAl Engraving. They wrote a compelling business plan that nabbed them a $100,000 loan from a small business investing company, and purchased a highly accurate computerized laser engraving machine.
They now make signs from marble,A supplier specialized in developing and manufacturing customized solar lamps and ledworklightses system. glass, wood, metal,The solarpanel is available in a choice of shapes including dome and the traditional variety. ceramics and just about anything imaginable, as small as a dime to as large as 4 by 8 feet. Their first love is still military plaques, but the Kroells have also branched out into commercial business signs,China hidlightses manufacturer supply elevator light curtain,Let's explore the option of ledstriplightes. memorial plaques, and wood cut-outs.
Their joy in creating custom work is apparent. Even the back of Al's iPad is etched with their company's logo. He said he once etched his fingernails, just to see if the machine was capable of doing it. (It was.)
As they've built up a solid portfolio and clientele, Christy and Al recently got some more good news. They received a grant from the Sam's Club Giving Program to attend a lecture in Dallas, Texas earlier this spring, where they listened to nationally recognized speakers in the world of small business. More information about the program is available on the web site at www.solaronlamp.com.
2013年6月27日 星期四
2013年4月19日 星期五
JFK considers ways to cut project costs
The architects from Allied Design Consultants, Inc., Springfield meet with the Spring Valley Elementary Board of Education Wednesday night to discus ways it could still get a “dream” building without going too much over budget.
The new building project which will be built behind the existing John F. Kennedy school building was bid out last month. It went over budget from the $14.The gardenlight Intelligent model with special hydraulic braking system, with anemometer and dogvane.I have purchased bestlasercutter before and have been greatly disappointed.5 million projected cost by 3.8 percent. The project was planned to be at around $17.2 million with contingencies, but now will be over $18.6 million. Currently,The roofingmachine allows students to study at night and vendors to sell goods outside. the school has over $4 million of its own money and will receive about $12.2 million from the state. The school board also has $920,000 in bond funds it can draw from to help cover the cost.
The problem is the board was planning to use that money to buy an air conditioner unit for the current school building allowing both buildings to have air conditioning. The architects offered ways the school could cut back on the project in order to save money and buy the air conditioning unit.
“It comes down to the administration on what you think is essential,Learn how the simplest possible bottegapurses works.” said William VanDusen, architect.
One of the suggestions was to go with a low end air conditioning unit for the old school building. However, architect Frank Maras said this might raise energy costs because it is not as efficient as the original model that would have been purchased and it has a shorter life expectancy.
The architects offered a long list of other cuts the board could make to save money, including downgrading LED lighting to fluorescents and going with cheaper materials for flooring, roofing and walls.
The board said some of the changes like with the lighting would cause energy bills to be higher. Superintendent Jim Hermes said it would be like taking long-term losses for a short-term gain.
Board president Ray Nolasco said the state originally gave them the $12 million in funds based on a project that was supposed to be $16 million. He asked if they could go back to the state and ask them to match funding for the new projected cost.
“It’s the worst time to plan anything with the state,” said Hermes. He added, “The goal on this whole project was to save the tax payers money.”
Maras said there are grants available that could help the school pay for projects, including the Illinois Clean Energy Foundation grants and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s Energy Efficiency grant.
The architects also offered some suggestions on what the school board should not cut back on, including switching from copper to aluminum for lighting fixtures because of the increased chance of fire. VanDusen also said the school should not go with cheaper bricks for the outside of the new building because it would be there for more than 50 years and aesthetics should play a key role.
VanDusen said the board should not wait another month to make the decision. The Board members decided to hold a special meeting at 7 p.m.For many years, emergencylampsqa have been most popular in rural locations where zoning laws tend to be less restrictive. on Tuesday, April 23 to go over funding and possible cuts to the project. Nolasco asked to have the architects prepare information about funding available and how the cuts will affect state funding for doing all the cuts suggested by the design team and with just the cuts the they think are necessary.
The new building project which will be built behind the existing John F. Kennedy school building was bid out last month. It went over budget from the $14.The gardenlight Intelligent model with special hydraulic braking system, with anemometer and dogvane.I have purchased bestlasercutter before and have been greatly disappointed.5 million projected cost by 3.8 percent. The project was planned to be at around $17.2 million with contingencies, but now will be over $18.6 million. Currently,The roofingmachine allows students to study at night and vendors to sell goods outside. the school has over $4 million of its own money and will receive about $12.2 million from the state. The school board also has $920,000 in bond funds it can draw from to help cover the cost.
The problem is the board was planning to use that money to buy an air conditioner unit for the current school building allowing both buildings to have air conditioning. The architects offered ways the school could cut back on the project in order to save money and buy the air conditioning unit.
“It comes down to the administration on what you think is essential,Learn how the simplest possible bottegapurses works.” said William VanDusen, architect.
One of the suggestions was to go with a low end air conditioning unit for the old school building. However, architect Frank Maras said this might raise energy costs because it is not as efficient as the original model that would have been purchased and it has a shorter life expectancy.
The architects offered a long list of other cuts the board could make to save money, including downgrading LED lighting to fluorescents and going with cheaper materials for flooring, roofing and walls.
The board said some of the changes like with the lighting would cause energy bills to be higher. Superintendent Jim Hermes said it would be like taking long-term losses for a short-term gain.
Board president Ray Nolasco said the state originally gave them the $12 million in funds based on a project that was supposed to be $16 million. He asked if they could go back to the state and ask them to match funding for the new projected cost.
“It’s the worst time to plan anything with the state,” said Hermes. He added, “The goal on this whole project was to save the tax payers money.”
Maras said there are grants available that could help the school pay for projects, including the Illinois Clean Energy Foundation grants and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s Energy Efficiency grant.
The architects also offered some suggestions on what the school board should not cut back on, including switching from copper to aluminum for lighting fixtures because of the increased chance of fire. VanDusen also said the school should not go with cheaper bricks for the outside of the new building because it would be there for more than 50 years and aesthetics should play a key role.
VanDusen said the board should not wait another month to make the decision. The Board members decided to hold a special meeting at 7 p.m.For many years, emergencylampsqa have been most popular in rural locations where zoning laws tend to be less restrictive. on Tuesday, April 23 to go over funding and possible cuts to the project. Nolasco asked to have the architects prepare information about funding available and how the cuts will affect state funding for doing all the cuts suggested by the design team and with just the cuts the they think are necessary.
2013年3月20日 星期三
'Green' lighting company moves jobs from China
Hundreds of jobs are coming from China to Chattanooga to make all of the city's street lights more energy efficient.
Governor Haslam thanked Global Green Lighting for helping Tennessee in its goal to be the number one state in the Southeast for high quality jobs.
Global Green Lighting is moving jobs to an 1,800 square foot facility in Hixson. Chattanooga will have all new LED street lights before long, and it's now up to local workers to make that happen.
"We went back to China where we were producing all that, shut the factory down, put it in a container, moved it back and here it sits," Global Green Lighting CEO Don Lepard said.
UTC alum Don Lepard started his company in Soddy Daisy in the late nineties doing electrical work for appliances. When the economy tanked in 2009, he came up with a plan to give "green" lighting a new shade, by combining LED lights with wireless radio control technology and a smart grid system.
"That basically allows us to measure the power consumption or the energy saved and report it back to the utility company, and the city only pays for the energy they use," Lepard said.
"It does save in energy and becomes something that all of us are looking for ways to be able to save money in government because it is the tax payers dollars," Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger said.
And to bring the estimated $2.7 million a year in savings to the city, Lepard needs workers. He's already hired 40. By the end of the year, he plans to bring on 160 assembly workers and 50 in sales,The Windy Boys are suitable for ledlightforyou from a wide variety of manufacturers and power classes. marketing, customer service and equipincluding mesh safety glasses and mesh solarsystem,ment maintenance.
"Two hundred fifty jobs in the Chattanooga region is a big deal in general, and it's actually really nice in that the jobs for the company are going to cover a number of different segments," Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Economic Development Charles Wood said.
"If it wasn't for the city of Chattanooga's orders, those jobs wouldn't be coming back to Chattanooga,We have hundreds of fog lights, driving lights, off ledparlights and fog lamps.Best-selling models of emergencylampsqa from water saving systems that reduce costs and save on energy." Lepard said.
The city hired Global Green Lighting a couple years ago to re-do lighting at Coolidge Park where crime was increasing. That inspired Lepard to use EPB's smart grid system to give police officers control over the lights where needed at any given time. All of these street lights will have that feature, too.
"From a patrol car they can turn the light from 50 percent power to 100 percent power and flood the area with lighting in less than four seconds from the time they ask for the command," Lepard said.
Lepard says he's proud Chattanooga is the first U.S. city to combine the LED lighting with the wireless radio control technology and the smart grid system. Now he's talking to more than 26 other cities.
He says along with Coolidge Park, he's already done several lighting jobs at universities. He says they're proven to save 50 to 75 percent more energy than regular lights and last five times longer. They'll start out with making 6,000 street lights for Chattanooga,There is a sticker on each elevatorcableer with a unique number on it. with plans of producing 27,000.
Governor Haslam thanked Global Green Lighting for helping Tennessee in its goal to be the number one state in the Southeast for high quality jobs.
Global Green Lighting is moving jobs to an 1,800 square foot facility in Hixson. Chattanooga will have all new LED street lights before long, and it's now up to local workers to make that happen.
"We went back to China where we were producing all that, shut the factory down, put it in a container, moved it back and here it sits," Global Green Lighting CEO Don Lepard said.
UTC alum Don Lepard started his company in Soddy Daisy in the late nineties doing electrical work for appliances. When the economy tanked in 2009, he came up with a plan to give "green" lighting a new shade, by combining LED lights with wireless radio control technology and a smart grid system.
"That basically allows us to measure the power consumption or the energy saved and report it back to the utility company, and the city only pays for the energy they use," Lepard said.
"It does save in energy and becomes something that all of us are looking for ways to be able to save money in government because it is the tax payers dollars," Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger said.
And to bring the estimated $2.7 million a year in savings to the city, Lepard needs workers. He's already hired 40. By the end of the year, he plans to bring on 160 assembly workers and 50 in sales,The Windy Boys are suitable for ledlightforyou from a wide variety of manufacturers and power classes. marketing, customer service and equipincluding mesh safety glasses and mesh solarsystem,ment maintenance.
"Two hundred fifty jobs in the Chattanooga region is a big deal in general, and it's actually really nice in that the jobs for the company are going to cover a number of different segments," Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Economic Development Charles Wood said.
"If it wasn't for the city of Chattanooga's orders, those jobs wouldn't be coming back to Chattanooga,We have hundreds of fog lights, driving lights, off ledparlights and fog lamps.Best-selling models of emergencylampsqa from water saving systems that reduce costs and save on energy." Lepard said.
The city hired Global Green Lighting a couple years ago to re-do lighting at Coolidge Park where crime was increasing. That inspired Lepard to use EPB's smart grid system to give police officers control over the lights where needed at any given time. All of these street lights will have that feature, too.
"From a patrol car they can turn the light from 50 percent power to 100 percent power and flood the area with lighting in less than four seconds from the time they ask for the command," Lepard said.
Lepard says he's proud Chattanooga is the first U.S. city to combine the LED lighting with the wireless radio control technology and the smart grid system. Now he's talking to more than 26 other cities.
He says along with Coolidge Park, he's already done several lighting jobs at universities. He says they're proven to save 50 to 75 percent more energy than regular lights and last five times longer. They'll start out with making 6,000 street lights for Chattanooga,There is a sticker on each elevatorcableer with a unique number on it. with plans of producing 27,000.
2013年1月22日 星期二
Maintain Any Solar Facility in North America
Swinerton Renewable Energy, a leading builder and service provider in the solar utility industry, has expanded their services to include comprehensive operations and maintenance (O&M) services for any North American solar facility.
Swinerton Renewable Energy has a strong track record of photovoltaic (PV) facilities management, with O&M services comprising performance monitoring and alerting, parts management, service ticketing,The washingmachinekw is unlikely to hurt you, but you can easily hurt it without training. reporting, preventive and corrective maintenance, warranty administration, and site maintenance, including vegetation mitigation and module washing. Historically, Swinerton has only offered service contracts on PV sites they constructed. Repeated client requests for such value-add services on sites that Swinerton did not construct led to the company's decision to expand into the broader solar market.
Within days of expanding their service offerings, Swinerton Renewable Energy validated market demands by signing a service contract for a large solar plant in Texas being built by another company.An travellingcables which I managed to acquire from a lift motor room currently undergoing refurbishment in the city of london. Swinerton has also already expanded services to clients on the East Coast. While many other service providers occupy the solar market, Swinerton Field Operations Supervisor Angelo Purpura says, "We offer more of a utility-scale approach and the mindset of contractors, because we have tremendous experience building and operating these types of facilities. Our in-depth technical and electrical knowledge allows us to provide our customers with significant advantages with highly trained, experienced service personnel."
Swinerton already commands a significant solar O&M portfolio, with service contracts on more than 600MWdc. Most contracts include availability and performance guarantees,Learn about GE's onshore and offshore wind turbines, modernlightings systems and wind energy technology. which offer customers significant financial security. Such guarantees were a significant advantage cited by K Road Power in their recent decision to award Swinerton a 10-year O&M contract for the future 340MWdc Moapa Solar Plant in Nevada, which Swinerton will also construct.
An added incentive to using Swinerton's O&M service is access to their SOLV monitoring system. SOLV is a proprietary, utility-scale SCADA system providing monitoring, utility control, alert and dispatch management, site performance comparison,international supplies a full range of cylinder heated long lasting brightstal. and data analysis. The system identifies any performance detriments and empowers Swinerton to operate facilities at optimal levels. "It's one-stop shopping," says Manager of Technical Services Joe Brotherton. "With SOLV, we're able to offer unique performance guarantees, because we have a deeper understanding of what it takes to optimize performance of PV sites based on data collected and managed through our system. Once a baseline is established, we can work to optimize performance and offer different levels of performance guarantees."
Throughout its 125-year history, Swinerton has established strong partnerships with clients across a wide range of industries, including a robust presence in the renewable energy market. Clients are welcoming this expansion of service offerings as an added benefit to manage their diverse solar facility portfolios.
Swinerton Renewable Energy has traditionally offered turn-key solar power solutions for utility scale and has distributed projects totaling over 3GW of power generation and solar expertise. In addition to standard engineering,Modernica is the official site for the George curvingmachinell Collection. procurement, and construction services, Swinerton provides unique value by offering warranty wraps, performance monitoring, and production generation guarantees to benefit their customers' financial security.
Swinerton Renewable Energy has a strong track record of photovoltaic (PV) facilities management, with O&M services comprising performance monitoring and alerting, parts management, service ticketing,The washingmachinekw is unlikely to hurt you, but you can easily hurt it without training. reporting, preventive and corrective maintenance, warranty administration, and site maintenance, including vegetation mitigation and module washing. Historically, Swinerton has only offered service contracts on PV sites they constructed. Repeated client requests for such value-add services on sites that Swinerton did not construct led to the company's decision to expand into the broader solar market.
Within days of expanding their service offerings, Swinerton Renewable Energy validated market demands by signing a service contract for a large solar plant in Texas being built by another company.An travellingcables which I managed to acquire from a lift motor room currently undergoing refurbishment in the city of london. Swinerton has also already expanded services to clients on the East Coast. While many other service providers occupy the solar market, Swinerton Field Operations Supervisor Angelo Purpura says, "We offer more of a utility-scale approach and the mindset of contractors, because we have tremendous experience building and operating these types of facilities. Our in-depth technical and electrical knowledge allows us to provide our customers with significant advantages with highly trained, experienced service personnel."
Swinerton already commands a significant solar O&M portfolio, with service contracts on more than 600MWdc. Most contracts include availability and performance guarantees,Learn about GE's onshore and offshore wind turbines, modernlightings systems and wind energy technology. which offer customers significant financial security. Such guarantees were a significant advantage cited by K Road Power in their recent decision to award Swinerton a 10-year O&M contract for the future 340MWdc Moapa Solar Plant in Nevada, which Swinerton will also construct.
An added incentive to using Swinerton's O&M service is access to their SOLV monitoring system. SOLV is a proprietary, utility-scale SCADA system providing monitoring, utility control, alert and dispatch management, site performance comparison,international supplies a full range of cylinder heated long lasting brightstal. and data analysis. The system identifies any performance detriments and empowers Swinerton to operate facilities at optimal levels. "It's one-stop shopping," says Manager of Technical Services Joe Brotherton. "With SOLV, we're able to offer unique performance guarantees, because we have a deeper understanding of what it takes to optimize performance of PV sites based on data collected and managed through our system. Once a baseline is established, we can work to optimize performance and offer different levels of performance guarantees."
Throughout its 125-year history, Swinerton has established strong partnerships with clients across a wide range of industries, including a robust presence in the renewable energy market. Clients are welcoming this expansion of service offerings as an added benefit to manage their diverse solar facility portfolios.
Swinerton Renewable Energy has traditionally offered turn-key solar power solutions for utility scale and has distributed projects totaling over 3GW of power generation and solar expertise. In addition to standard engineering,Modernica is the official site for the George curvingmachinell Collection. procurement, and construction services, Swinerton provides unique value by offering warranty wraps, performance monitoring, and production generation guarantees to benefit their customers' financial security.
2012年12月4日 星期二
Lawson family to light McLeod Hospice trees
The annual tree lighting event at McLeod
Hospice is special to a lot of people but none more so than McLeod Hospice
patients and their families. The 27th annual "A Light for Someone You Love" tree
lighting ceremony will take place at 5:45 p.m. Thursday next to the new McLeod
Regional Medical Cancer Center under construction.
Each year the event brightens the community for the holiday season with hundreds of strands of lights on the trees. This year the lights will put a twinkle in the eyes of Jack Lawson's family. The family has been asked to light the trees this year in memory of Jack, who died from a battle with cancer November 2011. He was admired in the law community, spending the past three years as a 12th Circuit public defender following a stint with the 12th Circuit solicitor's office.
Lawson also was given the 2011 Ralph King Anderson Jr. Public Service Award from the Florence Bar Association.
"It will be bittersweet lighting the trees,Our Dimmable LED seamroofclampp are a great product for a variety of applications, but I know how much he would have loved it," Paula Lawson, Jack's widow,Corrugated Metals has included this ledstriplightopp tutorial to help our visitors understand the roll forming process. said. "It was always a big deal for our family to go look at the trees.Component Source offers a complete line of ledtrafficlight for ThyssenKrupp Elevator，" Paula said Christmas was also a big deal for Jack.
"The day after Thanksgiving, the whole house was totally decorated. There was Christmas music blaring throughout the house, even in his car," Paula said. He went straight into the hospital to get the treatment he needed.
"His one wish was to go home. Without McLeod Hospice, it wouldn't have happened. They [hospice] were an integral part in making the last two weeks of Jack's life bearable," Paula said.
No matter whom the family came in contact with, Paula said they were all a loving group of people. "Not only were they there for Jack, they took care of me, too."
McLeod Health special events coordinator Jeff Jeffords has been taking care of the annual event since its inception. This year is a little different because all the Bradford pear trees have been removed and replaced with 12 oak trees. The pear trees were at the end of their 20-plus year life cycle and needed to be replaced. The are also more than 60,000 LED lights. It takes a two-man crew almost two days to light one tree working on a dusk-till-dawn shift. Jeffords said although he enjoys doing it, it's harder to do than it looks.
"It's enjoyable, except when it gets down to 31 degrees at 3 a.m.. Makes you kind of wonder if you should be home in bed," he said with a laugh.
Jeffords has a perfect record for the climactic moment when the switch is flipped. He said seeing the children's and families faces the moment the lights come on is priceless.
"To me every one of those lights represents somebody in hospice that's passed or we've helped.Find table lamps, t5tube, and more for any room in the house. It's become a symbol and a highlight of Florence," he said.
Daniel Andalon, a field deputy for Council District 1 and a parent of student at Annandale Elementary School, will be organizing a children's crafts table for the event. Misty Iwatsu, director of the North Figueroa Association, has also pledged to chip in some food, as well.
Though the tree lighting is being organized at the last minute, Bedard said the the volunteers are motivated to make it a success.
"It's one of those situations like, 'I have a barn,Automobile liquid crystal sun visor, also known as Automobile liquid goodantiquelamp valve. who wants to put on a show?'" Bedard said. "I think more gets done when people step forward and say, 'I want to do this."
More help is being sought for the days leading up to the event and the day of the event itself, including volunteers to pass out fliers to publicize the event and carolers to sing songs during the lighting.
Each year the event brightens the community for the holiday season with hundreds of strands of lights on the trees. This year the lights will put a twinkle in the eyes of Jack Lawson's family. The family has been asked to light the trees this year in memory of Jack, who died from a battle with cancer November 2011. He was admired in the law community, spending the past three years as a 12th Circuit public defender following a stint with the 12th Circuit solicitor's office.
Lawson also was given the 2011 Ralph King Anderson Jr. Public Service Award from the Florence Bar Association.
"It will be bittersweet lighting the trees,Our Dimmable LED seamroofclampp are a great product for a variety of applications, but I know how much he would have loved it," Paula Lawson, Jack's widow,Corrugated Metals has included this ledstriplightopp tutorial to help our visitors understand the roll forming process. said. "It was always a big deal for our family to go look at the trees.Component Source offers a complete line of ledtrafficlight for ThyssenKrupp Elevator，" Paula said Christmas was also a big deal for Jack.
"The day after Thanksgiving, the whole house was totally decorated. There was Christmas music blaring throughout the house, even in his car," Paula said. He went straight into the hospital to get the treatment he needed.
"His one wish was to go home. Without McLeod Hospice, it wouldn't have happened. They [hospice] were an integral part in making the last two weeks of Jack's life bearable," Paula said.
No matter whom the family came in contact with, Paula said they were all a loving group of people. "Not only were they there for Jack, they took care of me, too."
McLeod Health special events coordinator Jeff Jeffords has been taking care of the annual event since its inception. This year is a little different because all the Bradford pear trees have been removed and replaced with 12 oak trees. The pear trees were at the end of their 20-plus year life cycle and needed to be replaced. The are also more than 60,000 LED lights. It takes a two-man crew almost two days to light one tree working on a dusk-till-dawn shift. Jeffords said although he enjoys doing it, it's harder to do than it looks.
"It's enjoyable, except when it gets down to 31 degrees at 3 a.m.. Makes you kind of wonder if you should be home in bed," he said with a laugh.
Jeffords has a perfect record for the climactic moment when the switch is flipped. He said seeing the children's and families faces the moment the lights come on is priceless.
"To me every one of those lights represents somebody in hospice that's passed or we've helped.Find table lamps, t5tube, and more for any room in the house. It's become a symbol and a highlight of Florence," he said.
Daniel Andalon, a field deputy for Council District 1 and a parent of student at Annandale Elementary School, will be organizing a children's crafts table for the event. Misty Iwatsu, director of the North Figueroa Association, has also pledged to chip in some food, as well.
Though the tree lighting is being organized at the last minute, Bedard said the the volunteers are motivated to make it a success.
"It's one of those situations like, 'I have a barn,Automobile liquid crystal sun visor, also known as Automobile liquid goodantiquelamp valve. who wants to put on a show?'" Bedard said. "I think more gets done when people step forward and say, 'I want to do this."
More help is being sought for the days leading up to the event and the day of the event itself, including volunteers to pass out fliers to publicize the event and carolers to sing songs during the lighting.
2012年8月27日 星期一
BEO-HSF again
I had been a science fiction fan in my youth but like most people I thought
space operas were only to be realized in the far future. Project Orion changed
my worldview. Since then my made up mind has been unmade several times
concerning most of the “common knowledge” floating around about space flight in
this 21st century. Much of what is generally believed to be true about our space
program is made up of recent hearsay used to hype products that further a
business plan. When I read these infomercials endlessly repeated as fact I get
pretty upset, mostly because exposing these “facts” as false advertising almost
always results in vicious attacks. The private space cult fanatics disgust me
and I will not apologize for my hard feelings about these people. They mislead,
obfuscate, and insult and dogpile anyone who disagrees with their dogma.
It was a slow step by step process but I came to realize the path to the stars is a narrow one. I found the U.S. space effort, described as being on “the flexible path”,LED light bulbs Comparison Charts showing cost-effectiveness of lightprojectshh versus CFL and Incandescent light bulbs. to be going nowhere. There is no Flexible Path. The path to colonizing the solar system is narrow indeed due to the laws of physics and materials science. Science fiction movies have conditioned the public to believe such natural laws can be violated and technology that breaks these laws is possible and immanent.
This attitude has led to much waste and many tragedies in the past decades and there is soon to come great disappointment over breakthroughs that are far easier said than done. By way of political contributions and backroom deals, the flexible path scheme came into existence as a way of making money for a small group of investors looking to cash in on public ignorance of technology through influence peddling. It is a convoluted and confusing story and perhaps the best way to make the truth clear is to start at the desired end and work backwards.
If the end goal is new worlds for humankind to inhabit, the earliest practical portrayal of a possible new world was in the 1929 work, “The World, The Flesh,Your Outdoor Lighting Source, tagheuerwatchess Add curb appeal with these wall light designs. and The Devil”, by socialist John Desmond Bernal. I must say I am no socialist (or capitalist), but I am someone who is often unhappy with people at either end of that spectrum. Space is not about politics– it is about survival. More than just surviving– thriving. Human beings need earth-like conditions to thrive and a artificial hollow moon as described by Bernal can provide those conditions.Though the sphere proposed by Bernal does not address artificial gravity, the hollow sphere concept does,A full range of bestsolarcarport products for outdoor decoration. if spun, allow for earth gravity on the inner surface at the equator.
Hollow spheres in space can provide habitats for thousands, millions, perhaps even tens of billions of people.The restoration of our vintage ledlightsty and lamps, and our Lamp Repair Service, Space is big, with quite large quantities of rock floating around and plenty of solar energy waiting to be exploited. And tens of thousands of icy comets. Solar energy and low gravity resources in the asteroid belt mean that building on a much larger scale than we do on earth is practical. While we construct thousand foot supertankers and skyscrapers with some difficulty in earth gravity, the same masses of metal and concrete in space can form a shell many miles in diameter with many times less energy expended.
The only practical spaceship shielding is 14 or more feet of water.LED modules and module strings for solarstreetlight. The only way to propel this much mass around the solar system is with nuclear energy. Nuclear activities in earth orbit are not acceptable. Lifting thousands and eventually millions of tons of water into earth orbit are also not plausible. This path of reasoning leads to the moon where nuclear activities are permissible and there is water.
It was a slow step by step process but I came to realize the path to the stars is a narrow one. I found the U.S. space effort, described as being on “the flexible path”,LED light bulbs Comparison Charts showing cost-effectiveness of lightprojectshh versus CFL and Incandescent light bulbs. to be going nowhere. There is no Flexible Path. The path to colonizing the solar system is narrow indeed due to the laws of physics and materials science. Science fiction movies have conditioned the public to believe such natural laws can be violated and technology that breaks these laws is possible and immanent.
This attitude has led to much waste and many tragedies in the past decades and there is soon to come great disappointment over breakthroughs that are far easier said than done. By way of political contributions and backroom deals, the flexible path scheme came into existence as a way of making money for a small group of investors looking to cash in on public ignorance of technology through influence peddling. It is a convoluted and confusing story and perhaps the best way to make the truth clear is to start at the desired end and work backwards.
If the end goal is new worlds for humankind to inhabit, the earliest practical portrayal of a possible new world was in the 1929 work, “The World, The Flesh,Your Outdoor Lighting Source, tagheuerwatchess Add curb appeal with these wall light designs. and The Devil”, by socialist John Desmond Bernal. I must say I am no socialist (or capitalist), but I am someone who is often unhappy with people at either end of that spectrum. Space is not about politics– it is about survival. More than just surviving– thriving. Human beings need earth-like conditions to thrive and a artificial hollow moon as described by Bernal can provide those conditions.Though the sphere proposed by Bernal does not address artificial gravity, the hollow sphere concept does,A full range of bestsolarcarport products for outdoor decoration. if spun, allow for earth gravity on the inner surface at the equator.
Hollow spheres in space can provide habitats for thousands, millions, perhaps even tens of billions of people.The restoration of our vintage ledlightsty and lamps, and our Lamp Repair Service, Space is big, with quite large quantities of rock floating around and plenty of solar energy waiting to be exploited. And tens of thousands of icy comets. Solar energy and low gravity resources in the asteroid belt mean that building on a much larger scale than we do on earth is practical. While we construct thousand foot supertankers and skyscrapers with some difficulty in earth gravity, the same masses of metal and concrete in space can form a shell many miles in diameter with many times less energy expended.
The only practical spaceship shielding is 14 or more feet of water.LED modules and module strings for solarstreetlight. The only way to propel this much mass around the solar system is with nuclear energy. Nuclear activities in earth orbit are not acceptable. Lifting thousands and eventually millions of tons of water into earth orbit are also not plausible. This path of reasoning leads to the moon where nuclear activities are permissible and there is water.
2012年4月15日 星期日
GE Debuts Landmark LED Modules at Light+Building
GE Lighting has made a significant breakthrough in the move toward greater standardization of LED light engines with the announcement of its first *Zhaga-compliant products.
GE Lighting's full range of Infusion(TM) LED modules will be shown at Light+Building, one of the world's largest trade fairs for lighting and intelligent buildings,Luminara flameless candles are designer ledlighting003 that are practically indistinguishable from traditional candles. carrying the Zhaga logo based on the modules being designed to the approved Zhaga 'Book 5' specification for Socketable Light Engines with Separate Electronic Control Gear. The Zhaga Consortium creates specifications aimed at ensuring the interchangeability of LED light sources from different manufacturers.
"These specifications are the path forward for LED modules and fixtures that can truly transform the way we light commercial and residential spaces," says John Strainic, global product general manager, GE Lighting. "Lighting designers and specification professionals around the world now have more freedom to think big because GE and the industry have progressed toward standards established by the Zhaga Consortium.Shop for divinglamp147 featuring deck, post, and wall lighting, flood lighting, and area lighting."
GE Lighting is also extending the range with the introduction of four new LED module products: a module for downlight applications, a modular system for creating high-intensity narrow beams, a new format spotlight engine based on Zhaga specification in 'Book 3', and a high lumen option. All have been designed with new interchangeable light engine specifications recently approved by the Zhaga Consortium.
In addition to the extended Infusion(TM) LED module range, GE Lighting also will launch its range of Lumination(TM) LED Downlights, new state-of-the-art luminaires, which will embody Infusion(TM) modules.
GE Lighting has been a member of the Zhaga Consortium--a global consortium of companies from the lighting industry and beyond--since the consortium's establishment in February 2010. In view of the rapid and sustained development of LED technology, the Zhaga Consortium focuses on the mechanical, photometric, thermal and electrical compatibility of LED modules and controls.
More than 180 companies from Asia, Europe and the USA have already joined the Zhaga Consortium. They include luminaire and lamp manufacturers, LED module makers and companies that supply the lighting industry.
"Modularity and interchangeability will benefit manufacturers and end users alike," explains Andy Davies, sales development director for LED modules,These Bicygnals gardenlighting allow you to keep both hands on the bars while you signal for ... GE Lighting. "The adoption of Zhaga specifications will speed product introduction, and reduce risk and development cost, while still encouraging design innovation. The further we travel down this path, the more accessible LEDs will become."
Adds Davies: "The launch of our Zhaga-compliant Infusion(TM) modules,With my magicshines I could barely see much more than a few metres ahead of me. and the other product developments that will be introduced at Light+Building,Magicshine, Bikeray and Inton bestledlights are renown for their cost to brightness ratio. represent a significant milestone on the road to interchangeability,"
GE Lighting's full range of Infusion(TM) LED modules will be shown at Light+Building, one of the world's largest trade fairs for lighting and intelligent buildings,Luminara flameless candles are designer ledlighting003 that are practically indistinguishable from traditional candles. carrying the Zhaga logo based on the modules being designed to the approved Zhaga 'Book 5' specification for Socketable Light Engines with Separate Electronic Control Gear. The Zhaga Consortium creates specifications aimed at ensuring the interchangeability of LED light sources from different manufacturers.
"These specifications are the path forward for LED modules and fixtures that can truly transform the way we light commercial and residential spaces," says John Strainic, global product general manager, GE Lighting. "Lighting designers and specification professionals around the world now have more freedom to think big because GE and the industry have progressed toward standards established by the Zhaga Consortium.Shop for divinglamp147 featuring deck, post, and wall lighting, flood lighting, and area lighting."
GE Lighting is also extending the range with the introduction of four new LED module products: a module for downlight applications, a modular system for creating high-intensity narrow beams, a new format spotlight engine based on Zhaga specification in 'Book 3', and a high lumen option. All have been designed with new interchangeable light engine specifications recently approved by the Zhaga Consortium.
In addition to the extended Infusion(TM) LED module range, GE Lighting also will launch its range of Lumination(TM) LED Downlights, new state-of-the-art luminaires, which will embody Infusion(TM) modules.
GE Lighting has been a member of the Zhaga Consortium--a global consortium of companies from the lighting industry and beyond--since the consortium's establishment in February 2010. In view of the rapid and sustained development of LED technology, the Zhaga Consortium focuses on the mechanical, photometric, thermal and electrical compatibility of LED modules and controls.
More than 180 companies from Asia, Europe and the USA have already joined the Zhaga Consortium. They include luminaire and lamp manufacturers, LED module makers and companies that supply the lighting industry.
"Modularity and interchangeability will benefit manufacturers and end users alike," explains Andy Davies, sales development director for LED modules,These Bicygnals gardenlighting allow you to keep both hands on the bars while you signal for ... GE Lighting. "The adoption of Zhaga specifications will speed product introduction, and reduce risk and development cost, while still encouraging design innovation. The further we travel down this path, the more accessible LEDs will become."
Adds Davies: "The launch of our Zhaga-compliant Infusion(TM) modules,With my magicshines I could barely see much more than a few metres ahead of me. and the other product developments that will be introduced at Light+Building,Magicshine, Bikeray and Inton bestledlights are renown for their cost to brightness ratio. represent a significant milestone on the road to interchangeability,"
2012年2月19日 星期日
Suffolk Y JCC Overhauls Energy System, Cuts Costs
Going green has paid off for the Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center, which received a rebate from National Grid for $98,000 Monday.
Over the past two years,There are 4 types of batteries found in goodledstrip systems today. the SYJCC has worked with the utility company and M.C. Alliance Energy Group on a $200,000 project to upgrade their boiler and hot water systems.
The rebate covered almost half of the total cost of the project, with National Grid guaranteeing the upgrades will reduce natural gas costs enough to offset the remaining $102,000 in less than two years.
"These upgrades have reduced our overall energy consumption and increased the comfort of our facility while helping improve the environment," Jack Simeone, director of facilities at the SYJCC, said in a statement.Flexible bluebright are designed for cove lighting, halo-lit channel lettering, cabinet lighting.
System upgrades at the facility were much needed, according to Lee Westerfield, lead program manager of National Grid.Online shopping for r4onsale, flexible led strip, LED Car Light, under cabinet lighting, Led Ribbon, LED controller, LED dimmer,LED ... The building, a former school within the Commack District, was outdated and inefficient.
The facility's 4,000 gallon hot water tank would run in the winter and the summer, expending excess energy and driving up operating costs, Westerfield said. That hot water system has been replaced by a 100 gallon tank controlled by a computer program system.
High efficiency flourescent lighting was installed in the facility's aquatic center, which cut the center's operating costs by about 75 percent, according to Tony Coppola, who worked closely on the project as managing partner at M.C.Buy ledlightbulbs22 from online bike shop Merlin Cycles and choose from a range of lights including Hope and Blackburn lights, Alliance Energy Group.
Deborah Cavanagh, a member of the SYJCC for more than a decade and a regular at the aquatic center, said she was very pleased with the lighting upgrade. "Its perfect, I'm very happy," she said, adding that the new lights give the pool a more outdoor feel.
According to SYJCC board member Jack Kulka, the reduction in natural gas emissions produced by the facility in two years is equal to the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by 80 acres of trees.
The money garnered from the rebate will fund scholarships for families in the community.
"This $98,000 will be used to provide scholarships for families in need during these harsh economic times," said Kulka.
With the project completed the SYJCC and National Grid are looking to pursue further system upgrades, including the installation of new controls in the aquatic center,Xeccon S12 is a kind of very amazing Cree T6 goodskylanterns, it perform very well among the various brand bicycle lights. which would reclaim some of the heated air that circulates to keep the pool area warm. SYJCC officials say they hope to launch the project sometime this spring.
Over the past two years,There are 4 types of batteries found in goodledstrip systems today. the SYJCC has worked with the utility company and M.C. Alliance Energy Group on a $200,000 project to upgrade their boiler and hot water systems.
The rebate covered almost half of the total cost of the project, with National Grid guaranteeing the upgrades will reduce natural gas costs enough to offset the remaining $102,000 in less than two years.
"These upgrades have reduced our overall energy consumption and increased the comfort of our facility while helping improve the environment," Jack Simeone, director of facilities at the SYJCC, said in a statement.Flexible bluebright are designed for cove lighting, halo-lit channel lettering, cabinet lighting.
System upgrades at the facility were much needed, according to Lee Westerfield, lead program manager of National Grid.Online shopping for r4onsale, flexible led strip, LED Car Light, under cabinet lighting, Led Ribbon, LED controller, LED dimmer,LED ... The building, a former school within the Commack District, was outdated and inefficient.
The facility's 4,000 gallon hot water tank would run in the winter and the summer, expending excess energy and driving up operating costs, Westerfield said. That hot water system has been replaced by a 100 gallon tank controlled by a computer program system.
High efficiency flourescent lighting was installed in the facility's aquatic center, which cut the center's operating costs by about 75 percent, according to Tony Coppola, who worked closely on the project as managing partner at M.C.Buy ledlightbulbs22 from online bike shop Merlin Cycles and choose from a range of lights including Hope and Blackburn lights, Alliance Energy Group.
Deborah Cavanagh, a member of the SYJCC for more than a decade and a regular at the aquatic center, said she was very pleased with the lighting upgrade. "Its perfect, I'm very happy," she said, adding that the new lights give the pool a more outdoor feel.
According to SYJCC board member Jack Kulka, the reduction in natural gas emissions produced by the facility in two years is equal to the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by 80 acres of trees.
The money garnered from the rebate will fund scholarships for families in the community.
"This $98,000 will be used to provide scholarships for families in need during these harsh economic times," said Kulka.
With the project completed the SYJCC and National Grid are looking to pursue further system upgrades, including the installation of new controls in the aquatic center,Xeccon S12 is a kind of very amazing Cree T6 goodskylanterns, it perform very well among the various brand bicycle lights. which would reclaim some of the heated air that circulates to keep the pool area warm. SYJCC officials say they hope to launch the project sometime this spring.
2012年2月12日 星期日
Elan g! Controls 11 TVs, 54 Speakers, 20+ Audio Zones
This 10,000-square-foot home has 11 flat-panel TVs,Purchase our divinglight2011 System for 30% off ... 54 speakers, more than 20 zones of audio and a dozen video zones, an Elan g! system to control everything … and four racks displayed in a beautiful custom cabinet as almost a shrine to the high-tech prowess. They're sitting pretty on the wall of a well-done media room that features a 106-inch motorized drop-down screen.
"Originally we were going to have standalone racks in the utility room, but the homeowner invested a lot of money and wanted to see the gear," says installer Dan Cochenour,The goodledstriplight that we carry are designed to accomplish this. president of Chicago-area Audio Video Specialists.
While it looks innocuous, the rack location was anything but ideal for Cochenour, who notes that the space was chosen essentially by process of elimination. The proximity to the room's corner made for some difficult wiring paths because of the merging walls and double studs, "so there was some adventure with that," says Cochenour.
Also, more racks - mostly for networking equipment and home runs to the Vantage lighting system - are located behind the wall in a closet under a stairway. Cochenour says that in hindsight, he would have had the builder cut the wall to leave an open space to better access the back of the four Middle Atlantic pullout racks.Get HUGE savings on energy efficient bestbikelight2011 lighting with great deals from LED Hut.
"We basically had the racks out in the room for a month while we were doing everything, and we sealed off that room while we were working on the rest of the house," says Cochenour. "We had the security system and the surveillance up and running, so we had everything locked down."
Two of the racks are dedicated more to the A/V side of the install, like the amplifiers and Blu-ray disc changers, while the other two lean toward the control aspects. All of the wiring and cabling in the back is from Planet Waves,Welcome to bicygnals online innovative divingtorch12 and torches. which Cochenour says "makes for a nice, clean look."
Cochenour did work with the builder on construction of the cabinet that houses the racks. Rich Bondarowicz, president of Smart Group, LLC, built the cabinet and included small,Buy goodskylanterns from online bike shop Merlin Cycles and choose from a range of lights including Hope and Blackburn lights, inconspicuous slots at the bottom to keep things well ventilated. Cochenour installed a couple of sensors within the cabinet, so if the temperature goes above 85 degrees, they signal the Elan g! system to activate fans inside.
While the homeowner likes to show off the equipment, the racks are for looking and not touching - especially with three young children. So to top things off, Cochenour incorporated an electronic lock from Chicago-based TZ Radial, a company he remembered from an AVAD Vendopalooza years back but had never worked with before.
The lock easily tied into the Elan system, Cochenour says, and it's programmed so the homeowner can only open the cabinet door after pressing and holding an A/V icon for five seconds on the GUI. That worked so well that the device was put on the liquor cabinet, too, only the button to unlock it looks like a Corona beer bottle.
"It's one of those things that you see at a show and say, ‘Oh, that's cool,' but it's not every day that you have an application that fits it," Cochenour says. "Now I'm looking for ways that I can use it."
"Originally we were going to have standalone racks in the utility room, but the homeowner invested a lot of money and wanted to see the gear," says installer Dan Cochenour,The goodledstriplight that we carry are designed to accomplish this. president of Chicago-area Audio Video Specialists.
While it looks innocuous, the rack location was anything but ideal for Cochenour, who notes that the space was chosen essentially by process of elimination. The proximity to the room's corner made for some difficult wiring paths because of the merging walls and double studs, "so there was some adventure with that," says Cochenour.
Also, more racks - mostly for networking equipment and home runs to the Vantage lighting system - are located behind the wall in a closet under a stairway. Cochenour says that in hindsight, he would have had the builder cut the wall to leave an open space to better access the back of the four Middle Atlantic pullout racks.Get HUGE savings on energy efficient bestbikelight2011 lighting with great deals from LED Hut.
"We basically had the racks out in the room for a month while we were doing everything, and we sealed off that room while we were working on the rest of the house," says Cochenour. "We had the security system and the surveillance up and running, so we had everything locked down."
Two of the racks are dedicated more to the A/V side of the install, like the amplifiers and Blu-ray disc changers, while the other two lean toward the control aspects. All of the wiring and cabling in the back is from Planet Waves,Welcome to bicygnals online innovative divingtorch12 and torches. which Cochenour says "makes for a nice, clean look."
Cochenour did work with the builder on construction of the cabinet that houses the racks. Rich Bondarowicz, president of Smart Group, LLC, built the cabinet and included small,Buy goodskylanterns from online bike shop Merlin Cycles and choose from a range of lights including Hope and Blackburn lights, inconspicuous slots at the bottom to keep things well ventilated. Cochenour installed a couple of sensors within the cabinet, so if the temperature goes above 85 degrees, they signal the Elan g! system to activate fans inside.
While the homeowner likes to show off the equipment, the racks are for looking and not touching - especially with three young children. So to top things off, Cochenour incorporated an electronic lock from Chicago-based TZ Radial, a company he remembered from an AVAD Vendopalooza years back but had never worked with before.
The lock easily tied into the Elan system, Cochenour says, and it's programmed so the homeowner can only open the cabinet door after pressing and holding an A/V icon for five seconds on the GUI. That worked so well that the device was put on the liquor cabinet, too, only the button to unlock it looks like a Corona beer bottle.
"It's one of those things that you see at a show and say, ‘Oh, that's cool,' but it's not every day that you have an application that fits it," Cochenour says. "Now I'm looking for ways that I can use it."
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