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Given the need nationwide for more energy efficient and cost effective street lighting systems it is no surprise that we are now seeing the emergence of new technologies in LED lighting systems popping up on our streets. They promise to offer lower power consumption and can easily be powered through solar or wind energy generation systems and as a result the City Street Lighting operational costs associated with their use are relatively low. This is one thing city administrators and managers are very interested in seeing given many cities budgetary short falls. However, these systems are only as good as their weakest link and in this case it is the LED’s themselves that make these systems second rate.

Nearly all LED bulb assemblies used in the US today have been in one respect or another manufactured in China which to date has proven through a multitude of quality issues on various products that these are no better. This technology has been plagued with quality issues ranging from poor power board quality failure rates as well as only being capable of producing suitable light for a maximum of 50,000 hours. Their use in traffic signal lights has resulted in failures in operational control of traffic at intersections in snow prone areas of the US due to lack of heat to prevent snow buildup in their fixtures. The standard work around for this problem was to install resistance based heating circuits to keep the fixtures above freezing temperatures in order to melt away any snow that might otherwise blind the fixtures lighting from oncoming drivers.

Considering these most basic problems it becomes easy to see why these systems should most certainly not be used in mission critical applications. The short term energy savings are giving way to frequent replacement costs and warranty issues which ultimately will be the death of these systems which would be far better used for minor outdoor property lighting of homes or lots. At least in this case their failure would not likely cause or contribute to any traffic accidents that could potentially cost someone their very life. There is new lighting technology which is certain to rise above that of the LED and offers far greater energy savings as well as greatly extended operational and warranty life. Induction lighting systems which are manufactured right here in the good old US of A have come to the forefront in every aspect and they have done so without any of the severe quality issues suffered by that of the LED.

With everyone now inclined towards saving energy and reducing energy consumption every way possible, the LED technology has gained popularity. This is because these lights not only last much longer compared to other traditional light bulbs, but they are also energy efficient. The lights also come in a sleeker design easily adding beauty to an area and offering the much needed illumination at the same time.

LED canopy light fixtures are some of the options you led canopy light have in the market. When you have selected these lights for the perfect area on your property, you will then need to think about the fittings that are most suitable. They are designed for mounting above lighting area so you get direct even light in your area. They serve so many applications, but you would need to be careful when selecting them because they could be designed for certain purposes. There are different types of fixtures, but looking at the three most important elements you will be able to make the right choice.

Installation – LED canopy light fixtures can be designed for interior or exterior uses. This means that the LED canopy light fixture that is best for the garage might not be the best for an interior space in your retail shop. Exterior fixtures come tougher so they are more resistant to environmental elements. Think about where you want to install the fixtures so you are able to make the best choice for the space needs.

Design – They have a way of representing your design philosophy. When making your selection, therefore, you need to think about accenting all design cues that you want to emphasize in the area. LED canopy light fixtures come in a wide variety of designs and by looking at the options you will be in a better position to select the one that best suits existing visual themes in the lighting area.

Situation – The truth is that you will have more freedom making a LED canopy lighting fixture choice if you are starting from scratch compared to if you have existing LED canopy light fixtures you need compatible fixture designs for. Deco LED canopy light fixtures are usually designed with retrofit considerations and hence they will easily fit into ready layouts. It therefore should not be that hard to choose fixtures that are perfect with so many model types, sizes and shapes available in the market. The fixtures come with lots of flexibility, efficiency and aesthetics so you will be able to choose from the best whether you are starting out on your LED project or you are looking for important upgrades.

They are cost effective, long lasting and durable. The lights are also safer and when you complete them with the perfect LED canopy light fixtures you will also enjoy greater lighting and aesthetic benefits. The market has so many options so you can match the LED canopy light fixtures you select with the most suitable fixtures.

How beautiful are the works of the Lord!

The earth from its crust with all God’s creation and wonders gives an abundance of rocks for different uses.

While time evolves, through science and changes these rocks form new elements.

Jewelry, food, industrial and healing equipments are birthed from these earth gems and stones like decorations and colors pouring out from a pot of gold, coming from rainbow and stars as adornment for human hands and neck.

A famous and kind professor /noted playwright Tony Perez gave us, his students, a stone to absorb negative energy from the body. So I believed him. And then, every time I went out, that time I started to do mind exercises and alignments. Some people say colors and the earth affect moods of the body, and how about the moon changing its phases?

How about the werewolf that eats when the moon is full?

And the vampires that sucks blood under night shadows?

The earth is full of stories. The forests, the mountains and into the deep are mysteries and wonders. Fiction culls from God’s creation, earth and time (God’s works).

Check these rocks:

Emerald is grass-green, unflawed stone exceeding six carats. It commands high prices and ranks with diamond and ruby as the most precious stone ( abundant in Columbia).

Zircon Zirconium silicate Besides being a gemstone, zircon also provides the Zirconium Rod used in refractories and ceramics. Zirconium metal is used in steel alloys and wireless valves.

Diamond is the hardest known mineral – crystallized deep down at high temperature and pressure, and brought to surface in “kimberlite” pipes. Photograph shows a crystal in kimberlite. Most diamonds are used in industry, for cutting or abrasive purposes ( abundant in Kimberly, South Africa).

Sulphur (brimstone) essential to modern industry, used in manufacture of sulphuric acid, paper, insecticides, and vulcanizing rubber goods ( Texas, USA).

Silver Specimen carries come milky-white quartz. Used as alloy with copper in coinage, plate and jewelry. Used in the electrical, photographic and chemical industries and in brazing solder (Mexico).

Platinum Natural platinum usually contains variable amounts of the other platinum group metals – palladium, iridium, osmium, rhodium, and ruthenium. It is hardened with iridium or ruthenium. It is used in jewellery and laboratory equipment, the electrical industry, dentistry, and several important industrial processes (Urals).

As you look down at your left hand, you smile as your tungsten rings gleam catches your eye. Even years later, you marvel as the ring still looks as luminous as your wedding day. Amazing! Especially considering you work with your hands and frequently remark how you “really beat your ring up”.

But imagine if that same symbol of your love could cause you to lose a finger in an accident. Unable to cut off the ring, doctors must instead remove your ring finger to save your hand. It’s not too far-fetched. In fact, many couples opt not having tungsten wedding bands for this very reason. But is this fact or fiction?

In terms of jewelry and wedding bands, tungsten carbide is the “new kid on the block.” As a result, many rumors and misconceptions are branded about by uneducated jewelers and consumers alike. A deeper look can shed some light on a few of the most common “tungsten myths.”

“I heard Tungsten Carbide was an indestructible metal, is this true?”

This is really a two part myth. Words like “indestructible” and “scratch-proof” are used all too often in conjunction with tungsten rings. Whether it is the jeweler making it their key selling point or your best friend just bragging about his wedding band, this is certainly myth.

Let’s start with the indestructible claim. While Tungsten Carbide is a rugged and durable metal, to say it is “indestructible” would be misleading and erroneous. No material is indestructible, but when it comes to wedding bands, tungsten might just be the closest any metal comes to this attribute. The major benefit of a tungsten ring lies in its “no-hassle” wearing. Your ring’s polish and shine will outlast any similar wedding band of gold or platinum even. All without the need for frequent cleaning or visits to your local jeweler for touch-ups. While gold and silver bands tarnish and scratch, your ring will look as good as it did the first day you put it on. This brings us to our second major myth.

“Tungsten Rings are scratchproof right?”

Much like the term “waterproof” with watches, “scratchproof” is a word that is used to incorrectly describe many items of jewelry. For many people, nothing is more unsightly than a deep scratch on the surface of their ring. Tungsten carbide wedding bands almost eliminate this problem. But no material is completely scratchproof, not even diamonds. When you are talking scratches, you are really talking the hardness of a material. Scratches only occur when a substance comes in to harsh contact with a material that is “harder” than itself, and in terms of hardness tungsten carbide is the top of the current jewelry market.

Just to put it in perspective. A diamond is the hardest substance known to man and subsequently rated as a 10 on the Mohs Scale of Hardness (the scale used to rate the scratch resistance of materials) while tungsten is an 8 to 9. In comparison, gold and platinum are only 2 to 4 and titanium is 5 to 6. So while no ring can be “scratchproof”, in your daily on-goings a tungsten rings will be the best choice for scratch resistance.

Now to our original myth; and the myth many couples worry the most about. For good reason too!

“Can Tungsten Carbide bands be removed in an emergency? Or would have to lose my finger?”

It has almost become an urban legend; one that causes many couples to avoid tungsten wedding bands in hopes of keeping all ten digits intact. However, like many other urban legends it is complete myth. Although it is true tungsten rings cannot be cut off in the way gold and silver rings are, medical professionals are able to remove any Tungsten Plate in an emergency. Instead of cutting the ring, they are able to crack it off. Using a vice clamp like mechanism, they apply enough pressure to the outside of the ring until they hear it crack. Allowing for easy removal, and letting you keep your finger!

So while many jewelers will give you the slick salesman pitch, we’ve busted three key myths associated with tungsten jewelry. You can now consider yourself to be a bit of an expert. All while, keeping yourself, and your friends, clear of the common misconceptions associated with this great new metal on the market. And you won’t even have to lost a finger for it!

Fashion is a term used to describe the latest clothing trends. Most of us might think that fashion is only for those who have perfect bodies. Of course, this is very wrong. There is always fashion for everyone. In fact, large womens clothes, are always hot in the market.

However, we seem to think that big lady dresses are always generic. In other words, we have had that believe that dresses for large women are without style or class. Again, this is wrong. In fact, the top fashion designers the world has ever produced are also making dressed for big ladies. This article will talk about the top five fashion designers of the world. It must be understood that they create artistic creations for men and women of all ages, of all races, and of all sizes.

First is Valentino Garavani, the most prominent fashionista Italy has ever produced. He is known as a ‘magician’ to some because of his ability to transform women into goddesses and ladies of affluence. A very detailed and a very meticulous person, he is highly favored by his fans and critics alike. Indeed, he has even created dresses for the famous and the elite alike like Julia Roberts and Elizabeth Taylor. Of course, he also favors making dresses for women who are of size.

The second is the American Tom Ford. A native of Southern Texas, he is able to create fashion style that will make anyone drool over. Indeed, he is sometimes considered as one of the patriarchs of the fashion industry.

Of course, how could we forget Donatella Versace? The name Versace itself has become part of the language and we have come to associate the name to the highest fashion designs. She is largely known all over the world because of her inherent gift to make even the largest and the fattest ladies prim and sexy.

Alexander McQueen is considered to be one of the most creative couturiers. Basically, he is identified as one of the founding figures of the fashion world because of his uniquely creative styles. He is a designer who is not afraid to experiment on new styles and combination of colors.

The last, but by no means the least, is the New Yorker, Betsy Johnson. Of the designers mentioned here, Johnson is the most hip. She is able to create dresses for the old and make them look young, and she can turn stout individuals seem small and sexy.

So, if you are looking for wholesale women clothing, you will surely find something of your taste if you look for the designs and the products of the world’s top designers.

If you have been keeping close tabs on Nike, you are probably aware that the sportswear giant has unveiled (through new product launches and ‘old product’ re-launches) a number of what have been dubbed as new exciting products in the recent past. These include the Nike Dunk High Pro SB, the Nike Dunk High Premium Customs and the Nike Dunk High Premium Baroque Brown, as well as the Nike Air Yeezy, a pair of shoes I have gotten particularly enchanted with since I got the opportunity to use them.

The pair of yeezy slide reps in question here is the black pink variety, whose base color (in keeping with the name) is black, but with a conspicuous pink patch towards the top of the shoe which adds what may be termed as the alluring feminine touch to it all. In addition to the conspicuous black and pink, there is also a small layer of white on the front-bottom of the shoe, perhaps an ‘outgrowth’ of the shoe’s white sole further down. This small white sole ‘outgrowth’ later on shows up, admittedly even less conspicuously, at the back of the shoe – once again at the very bottom of it all.

The signature Nike tick in the Nike Air Yeezy is quite a small affair, unlike the case with most other new Nike products where the tick has tended to be elongated, typically stretching from one side of the shoe, all the way to the back of it and round the back to terminate at the other side of the shoe.

Like most new Nike products, Nike Air Yeezy is quite a tall shoe, though the tallness of it is not too obvious when viewed from afar, thereby making it the ideal shoe for the Nike wearer who doesn’t want a shoe that creates or accentuates the illusion of height ( like say a naturally tall wearer). Talking of height, it is notable that the Nike Air Yeezy is only frontally tall, an arrangement where the ‘Dunk’ starts off as an ordinary-sized shoe at the area where the toes go, but then gets taller as one goes towards the middle, so that the shoe is tallest where it meets the ‘shaft’ of the foot. Beginning from its central highest point, the Nike Air Yeezy starts receding in height, again in quite a high gradient, so that by the time we get to the back of it, it turns out to be quite an ordinary height shoe.

The Nike Air Yeezy’s sole, as mentioned earlier, comes white – with portions of it showing of at the very front and back ends of the shoe. It is quite a thick sole, by the way. For a tying mechanism, the Nike Air Yeezy employs both a shoe-thread/hole mechanism and a ‘flap’ mechanism. The shoe-thread mechanism is quite an elongated affair like the shoe itself, so that in case you opt to thread the whole shoe up, you can quite easily end up with up to 18 individual shoe-thread holes to thread. 18 shoe thread holes, plus the flap mechanism – and shoe tying couldn’t get any securer.

Because of their many advantages over traditional incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs, LED lights are poised to transform all forms of lighting. Selecting and purchasing LED lights requires buyers to learn new terminology and take into consideration factors that they don’t have to think about when buying traditional types of lighting. This brief article provides some basic background and purchasing considerations for first-time buyers of LED replacement lights.

As most people probably know by now, LED stands for light-emitting diode. LEDs are actually semiconductors (just like computer chips) that produce light more efficiently than traditional light sources. When electricity is passed through them, they emit energy in the form of light. These semiconductors are doped or injected with chemicals that determine their light color. LEDs convert the majority of energy passed through them to light, as opposed to incandescent bulbs that produce light as a by-product of being heated. For this reason, bay led light can be up to 90% more efficient than traditional household filament light bulbs.

LEDs have been widely used in as displays and indicator lights for nearly 40 years. Only recently, though, have engineers figured out how to make and mass-produce bright, white LEDs that can be used for general-purpose lighting. The high brightness and point-source characteristics of LEDs have made them the first choice for traffic lights and car tail lights, where visibility and dependability are essential.

So, what should you know when purchasing LED lights bulbs? The following list provides some basic guidelines:

1. While the initial cost per bulb is still high, the total lifetime cost of an LED light bulb is actually lower than that of equivalent incandescent and CFL bulbs. Taking into consideration energy costs as well as time and resources required to replace incandescent and CFL bulbs, an LED bulb that lasts 80,000 hours has a much lower lifetime cost.

2. LEDs are diverse, and – as unlucky purchasers are all too likely to find out the hard way – many types are useless for general lighting applications. The finest LED chips emit light with a Color Rendering Index (CRI) of 85%. The CRI, by the way, is a quantitative measure of the ability of a light source to reproduce the colors of various objects faithfully in comparison with an ideal or natural light source. LED light bulbs that use top-quality LEDs will last much longer than the novelty bulbs that many are selling and 60% longer than many competing bulbs that use inferior LEDs.

3. Contrary to what you may read some places, LEDs do generate heat, and this heat is actually the biggest problem that manufacturers face developing LED lighting applications. Manufacturers can now produce individual LED chips that are as bright as a 100-watt incandescent bulb, but these LEDs are practically useless for general lighting because installing them in a fixture creates ventilation problems that have not yet been solved. LEDs installed in fixtures and bulbs must be ventilated properly, and the better the chip, the more difficult it is to properly cool. There are many LED light bulbs on the market that do not take this into consideration and either use cheap chips so they don’t have to ventilate them, or do not ventilate their chips properly, significantly reducing its lifespan. While the typical LED light bulb is barely warm to the touch, if the chip is not properly ventilated, it can fail prematurely.

4. While LED light bulbs do last much longer than conventional bulbs, look closely at manufacturer claims for bulb life. The life-span of an LED light bulb should be its “half-life.” LED light bulbs do not burn out; rather, they gradually fade out. When a vendor says an LED bulb will last 80,000 hours, they mean that at that point, the chips will have reached 50% efficiency, and the bulb ought to be replaced. So, the bulb might last 100,000 hours or more, but its efficiency will have degraded greatly by that point. Using this 100,000-hour life as a selling point is therefore misleading. While LEDs don’t last forever, they will last 50-75 times longer than a comparable incandescent and 6-8 times longer than a CFL.

5. Searching the web, you will quickly find that the LED light bulb market is inundated with product. Many of these bulbs are relatively inexpensive (less than $20); however, you may find that many of these LED bulbs consist of questionable materials and dubious craftsmanship. Good LED light bulbs cost more than these cheap ones because they use high-quality chips with prices firmly set by reputable manufacturers like Cree. This means that though these LED light bulbs are more expensive, they are far superior.

6. LED light bulbs can’t be dimmed with traditional dimmers. LEDs require constant current to operate. Because of this, if a standard dimming method is applied, it will flicker at regular intervals, or worse, simply not work. In order to dim an LED light, a 0-10V dimming module is required in order to “trick” the LED into emitting less light. In theory, all LED lights are dimmable with this module.

7. When comparing LED light bulbs, you need to understand lumens. The lumen is a standard unit you can use to compare LED light bulbs to standard bulbs, such as incandescents and halogens. Roughly, a lumen is a measure of brightness. Lumen quantity is important, but maybe more important is lumen quality, i.e., luminous efficacy (lumen/Watt). Today’s quality LEDs have a luminous efficacy between 60-70 lumens/watt.