Four-bedroom detached in popular area
2013年1月18日Benefiting from gas central heating and double glazing, it features a lounge, separate dining room, family room/study, kitchen, utility room and conservatory.There are four bedrooms, one with en suite, a family bathroom and a guest cloakroom. The property is set well back from the road behind a driveway, and there is a garage and an enclosed rear garden.
In brief, the accommodation comprises porch, hall, lounge, dining room, family room/office, breakfast kitchen, utility room, cloakroom and conservatory on the ground floor; with four bedrooms, one with en suite, and a bathroom upstairs.
The hallway has an under-stairs cupboard and the lounge, which measures 16ft 6in x 16ft 3in (5.03m x 4.96m), has an integrated surround sound speaker system.
The dining room has a feature fire surround with marble effect hearth and matching inset incorporating a Living Flame gas fire.Our typical product line of laser marking machine and laser engraving has been growing manufacturer’s speeds. The family room/office has French doors to the rear garden.
The extended breakfast kitchen has a range of wall, base and drawer units with worktops, a sink unit with mixer tap and side drainer, ceramic tiled surrounds, space for range cooker with extractor hood over, further range of eye-level cupboards and display cabinets with concealed lighting, wine rack and full-height larder unit, integrated Zanussi dishwasher, tiled flooring and space for fridge freezer and further appliances.
The utility room has a range of wall and base units with worktops, acrylic sink unit with mixer tap, space and plumbing for washing machine and a tiled floor. The conservatory has laminate flooring, two Velux skylights and French doors to the rear garden.
Upstairs, the master bedroom has a range of double wardrobes, a built-in cupboard and an en suite with a pedestal wash basin with shaver light over, low-level WC, tiled splash-backs, fully-tiled enclosed shower cubicle and an extractor fan.
Two of the other three bedrooms also have built-in wardrobes. The bathroom has a white suite comprising panelled bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, pedestal wash basin, low-level WC,LED street lighting is the ideal solution for torch light due to their long life, tiling to walls and a fitted extractor fan.
The driveway provides ample off-road parking and access to garage, and there is a front lawn with shrubs and pebbled inserts.Watch and Play model of solar system Planets and Constellations moving over the Night Sky. The garage has an up-and-over door, light and power.
The private rear garden has two cold water taps, security lighting, a paved patio, lawn with borders, mature shrubs and trees, a water feature and perimeter fencing.
The extended and refitted breakfast room/kitchen has a ceramic tiled floor and a range of light wood fronted units with pale granolithic-effect work surfaces, matching breakfast bar. inset sink unit with mixer taps, inset four-ring electric hob with cupboards beneath. There are two built-in tower units, one housing the electric oven and grill with storage above and below,The world’s leading supplier of residential wind turbines & wind-solar hybrid systems for homes, flanked by a tower unit with recess for microwave and storage above and below. A further tower unit houses the refrigerator and freezer. There is also plumbing for a washing machine.
The master bedroom measures 12ft x 11ft 6in (3.66m x 3.51m) and has three double door wardrobes, a double mirrored-door wardrobe,The City provides municipal street lighting on most City and Regional Roads. high level linen cupboards above bed recess and a five-drawer dressing table with two three-drawer bedside tables. There is also a wide picture window to the rear garden. Bedroom two also has a wide picture window and bedroom three has built-in high-level cupboards and open-fronted hanging rail.
In brief, the accommodation comprises porch, hall, lounge, dining room, family room/office, breakfast kitchen, utility room, cloakroom and conservatory on the ground floor; with four bedrooms, one with en suite, and a bathroom upstairs.
The hallway has an under-stairs cupboard and the lounge, which measures 16ft 6in x 16ft 3in (5.03m x 4.96m), has an integrated surround sound speaker system.
The dining room has a feature fire surround with marble effect hearth and matching inset incorporating a Living Flame gas fire.Our typical product line of laser marking machine and laser engraving has been growing manufacturer’s speeds. The family room/office has French doors to the rear garden.
The extended breakfast kitchen has a range of wall, base and drawer units with worktops, a sink unit with mixer tap and side drainer, ceramic tiled surrounds, space for range cooker with extractor hood over, further range of eye-level cupboards and display cabinets with concealed lighting, wine rack and full-height larder unit, integrated Zanussi dishwasher, tiled flooring and space for fridge freezer and further appliances.
The utility room has a range of wall and base units with worktops, acrylic sink unit with mixer tap, space and plumbing for washing machine and a tiled floor. The conservatory has laminate flooring, two Velux skylights and French doors to the rear garden.
Upstairs, the master bedroom has a range of double wardrobes, a built-in cupboard and an en suite with a pedestal wash basin with shaver light over, low-level WC, tiled splash-backs, fully-tiled enclosed shower cubicle and an extractor fan.
Two of the other three bedrooms also have built-in wardrobes. The bathroom has a white suite comprising panelled bath with mixer tap and shower attachment, pedestal wash basin, low-level WC,LED street lighting is the ideal solution for torch light due to their long life, tiling to walls and a fitted extractor fan.
The driveway provides ample off-road parking and access to garage, and there is a front lawn with shrubs and pebbled inserts.Watch and Play model of solar system Planets and Constellations moving over the Night Sky. The garage has an up-and-over door, light and power.
The private rear garden has two cold water taps, security lighting, a paved patio, lawn with borders, mature shrubs and trees, a water feature and perimeter fencing.
The extended and refitted breakfast room/kitchen has a ceramic tiled floor and a range of light wood fronted units with pale granolithic-effect work surfaces, matching breakfast bar. inset sink unit with mixer taps, inset four-ring electric hob with cupboards beneath. There are two built-in tower units, one housing the electric oven and grill with storage above and below,The world’s leading supplier of residential wind turbines & wind-solar hybrid systems for homes, flanked by a tower unit with recess for microwave and storage above and below. A further tower unit houses the refrigerator and freezer. There is also plumbing for a washing machine.
The master bedroom measures 12ft x 11ft 6in (3.66m x 3.51m) and has three double door wardrobes, a double mirrored-door wardrobe,The City provides municipal street lighting on most City and Regional Roads. high level linen cupboards above bed recess and a five-drawer dressing table with two three-drawer bedside tables. There is also a wide picture window to the rear garden. Bedroom two also has a wide picture window and bedroom three has built-in high-level cupboards and open-fronted hanging rail.
Recently when working with a client, I realized I was bringing up terms she was not familiar with. Designing for more than 25 years, I unfortunately use some terms without thinking. So whether you’re working with an interior designer or shopping on your own, it wouldn’t hurt to know a couple of designer terms.
As in any industry there are certain words that are part of its terminology and jargon. To get in-the-know, here are some typically, "Designer EZ" terms.
118-inch goods: You can find fabric and wallpaper in 118-inch goods. From selvage edge to selvage edge the fabric or wallpaper measures 118 inches. Most 118-inch fabrics are sheers, so you can have a seamless window of sheers; 118-inch wallpaper is typically commercial, which allows wall-to-wall wallpaper without any seams.
Book match: When two adjacent sheets of veneer are glued side by side for a symmetrical pattern. This is something you also must consider when using any slabs of granite,Our typical product line of laser marking machine and laser engraving has been growing manufacturer’s speeds. marble or travertine when you will be butting any pieces together. The name comes from the final appearance, which resembles the pages of an open book.
COM or customer’s own material: When you use your own fabric, typically for upholstery, instead of using the fabrics available from the furniture manufacturer. Many times the upholstery piece will be priced the same or even more, since they are taking responsibility for using your fabric.
Diptych: Artwork on two panels that are hung together, where the image continues from one to the other. Essentially one piece of artwork cut in half.
Double rubs: Refers to the durability of a type of fabric. The double-rub testing method uses a special machine that passes a testing pad back and forth over the fabric until it is worn out. Each back and forth pass is known as a double rub. The higher the number, the better the durability.
Dye lot: The lot number that the bolt of fabric came from. Fabrics are dyed in varying quantities of yardage, so consistency of color will vary. Always ask for a memo sample of current stock and a cutting for approval if you are ordering a large amount of fabric that is not coming off the same bolt
Lead time: How long something will take to ship after it is ordered. Notice it is when the item will be shipped not when it will arrive. You still have to figure in shipping and delivery time for how long it will take to arrive. And if it is coming from overseas, include its time in customs. I’ve had fabrics sit at the dock for two to four weeks waiting to clear customs.The world’s leading supplier of residential wind turbines & wind-solar hybrid systems for homes,Solaronlamp offers solar module for any PV system design requirement.
Left and right arm facing sectionals: Unless you are ordering a sectional that is the same dimension from arm to arm on both sides,Learn how Laser engraver work and how you benefit from it. you need to be very aware of this. When ordering custom sectionals, the industry standard is to tell the manufacturer what section you want as you are facing the sectional. So if you are standing looking at the sectional and want the chaise on the right side, you order a right arm facing chaise.
But be careful when shopping in retail stores as many order them from the direction as you are sitting. So the same piece could be a left arm sitting chaise. This is an important and expensive lesson I didn’t learn in design school.
The percentage of light that is reflected from a surface, typically seen in paint. All manufacturers have this number available. The higher the percentage,There is a sticker on each solar street lighting with a unique number on it. the more light is reflected. Most whites are 80 percent or more, whereas dark, deep colors are less than 10 percent, therefore absorbing light .
In Italian it means "thin strip." In simple terms, it is a decorative border piece that we use as an accent in tile design. They come in a variety of widths from 1 inch to 6 inches and lengths normally measuring 6 inches or 12 inches.
Knocked down or KD: Furniture that is sold unassembled or partially assembled. Think of a hundred little pieces, small print instructions and the little hex wretch that comes in the package with the screws.
As in any industry there are certain words that are part of its terminology and jargon. To get in-the-know, here are some typically, "Designer EZ" terms.
118-inch goods: You can find fabric and wallpaper in 118-inch goods. From selvage edge to selvage edge the fabric or wallpaper measures 118 inches. Most 118-inch fabrics are sheers, so you can have a seamless window of sheers; 118-inch wallpaper is typically commercial, which allows wall-to-wall wallpaper without any seams.
Book match: When two adjacent sheets of veneer are glued side by side for a symmetrical pattern. This is something you also must consider when using any slabs of granite,Our typical product line of laser marking machine and laser engraving has been growing manufacturer’s speeds. marble or travertine when you will be butting any pieces together. The name comes from the final appearance, which resembles the pages of an open book.
COM or customer’s own material: When you use your own fabric, typically for upholstery, instead of using the fabrics available from the furniture manufacturer. Many times the upholstery piece will be priced the same or even more, since they are taking responsibility for using your fabric.
Diptych: Artwork on two panels that are hung together, where the image continues from one to the other. Essentially one piece of artwork cut in half.
Double rubs: Refers to the durability of a type of fabric. The double-rub testing method uses a special machine that passes a testing pad back and forth over the fabric until it is worn out. Each back and forth pass is known as a double rub. The higher the number, the better the durability.
Dye lot: The lot number that the bolt of fabric came from. Fabrics are dyed in varying quantities of yardage, so consistency of color will vary. Always ask for a memo sample of current stock and a cutting for approval if you are ordering a large amount of fabric that is not coming off the same bolt
Lead time: How long something will take to ship after it is ordered. Notice it is when the item will be shipped not when it will arrive. You still have to figure in shipping and delivery time for how long it will take to arrive. And if it is coming from overseas, include its time in customs. I’ve had fabrics sit at the dock for two to four weeks waiting to clear customs.The world’s leading supplier of residential wind turbines & wind-solar hybrid systems for homes,Solaronlamp offers solar module for any PV system design requirement.
Left and right arm facing sectionals: Unless you are ordering a sectional that is the same dimension from arm to arm on both sides,Learn how Laser engraver work and how you benefit from it. you need to be very aware of this. When ordering custom sectionals, the industry standard is to tell the manufacturer what section you want as you are facing the sectional. So if you are standing looking at the sectional and want the chaise on the right side, you order a right arm facing chaise.
But be careful when shopping in retail stores as many order them from the direction as you are sitting. So the same piece could be a left arm sitting chaise. This is an important and expensive lesson I didn’t learn in design school.
The percentage of light that is reflected from a surface, typically seen in paint. All manufacturers have this number available. The higher the percentage,There is a sticker on each solar street lighting with a unique number on it. the more light is reflected. Most whites are 80 percent or more, whereas dark, deep colors are less than 10 percent, therefore absorbing light .
In Italian it means "thin strip." In simple terms, it is a decorative border piece that we use as an accent in tile design. They come in a variety of widths from 1 inch to 6 inches and lengths normally measuring 6 inches or 12 inches.
Knocked down or KD: Furniture that is sold unassembled or partially assembled. Think of a hundred little pieces, small print instructions and the little hex wretch that comes in the package with the screws.
Taiwan LED Lighting Alliance formed
2013年1月9日Members of the Taiwan LED Street Lighting Alliance, in view of large growth potential for indoor LED lighting demand, on December 24 announced its transformation as the Taiwan LED Lighting Alliance to boost application of LED lighting.
Its main tasks are to promote vertical integration in LED lighting industry as well as international and cross-strait industry cooperation, keep an eye on global development of LED lighting specifications, consult with the Taiwan government for setting industry standards and policies, and provide LED lighting education and consulting services.
The growth in the LED market has been less than expected in 2012 but firms have been optimistic about the growth of corporate LED indoor lighting in 2013. Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight predicts LED lighting revenues to account for 15-20% in 2013 while Delta Electronics expects LED lighting shipments to increase by 200% in 2013. Genesis Photonics believes the high-end LED product market will not see oversupply in 2013, hence the firm plans to target medium- and high-price ranges and high-value LED lighting products for the commercial lighting market.
According to market research, the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the global LED lighting industry from 2010-2020 is 32%. By 2020, the global LED lighting market output value will reach EUR55 billion (US$72 billion). In particular, the market output value of products with higher price such as LED lighting fixtures and systems will reach EUR36.6 billion in 2020. In addition, due to government policies, economic development, and preference, Asia will become the world’s largest LED lighting market.
Chiang-Hsiung Tong, vice president and general director of Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), pointed out that having household LED lighting is an inevitable trend and in the future, Taiwan-based LED industry players need to have advanced technology, standards, distribution channel and brand to lead the global market.
Genesis noted that the industry has been expecting possible oversupply in the LED chip market as China-based capacity continues to expand but China’s LED has been focused on low-power product. Taiwan-based firms cannot compete in this category but still have competitive advantage in medium- and high-power, high value-added products. Genesis stated that the overall LED market does not have to worry about low demand because with rising demand for large-size LED TVs and lighting applications, there is a good chance that the market will not see oversupply. Nevertheless, price fluctuations are inevitable, said Genesis.
Genesis added that fourth-quarter capacity utilization rate has been around 70-80% and expects the figure to rise in first-quarter 2013. LED lighting will be the key for market development, according to Genesis. The backlight business current accounts for 30-40% of total sales in Genesis, while lighting has been accounting for 30%.
Everlight noted that due to rising demand for LED street lamp and Christmas decorative lighting, November revenues have been relatively well.
Its main tasks are to promote vertical integration in LED lighting industry as well as international and cross-strait industry cooperation, keep an eye on global development of LED lighting specifications, consult with the Taiwan government for setting industry standards and policies, and provide LED lighting education and consulting services.
The growth in the LED market has been less than expected in 2012 but firms have been optimistic about the growth of corporate LED indoor lighting in 2013. Taiwan-based LED packaging house Everlight predicts LED lighting revenues to account for 15-20% in 2013 while Delta Electronics expects LED lighting shipments to increase by 200% in 2013. Genesis Photonics believes the high-end LED product market will not see oversupply in 2013, hence the firm plans to target medium- and high-price ranges and high-value LED lighting products for the commercial lighting market.
According to market research, the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of the global LED lighting industry from 2010-2020 is 32%. By 2020, the global LED lighting market output value will reach EUR55 billion (US$72 billion). In particular, the market output value of products with higher price such as LED lighting fixtures and systems will reach EUR36.6 billion in 2020. In addition, due to government policies, economic development, and preference, Asia will become the world’s largest LED lighting market.
Chiang-Hsiung Tong, vice president and general director of Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), pointed out that having household LED lighting is an inevitable trend and in the future, Taiwan-based LED industry players need to have advanced technology, standards, distribution channel and brand to lead the global market.
Genesis noted that the industry has been expecting possible oversupply in the LED chip market as China-based capacity continues to expand but China’s LED has been focused on low-power product. Taiwan-based firms cannot compete in this category but still have competitive advantage in medium- and high-power, high value-added products. Genesis stated that the overall LED market does not have to worry about low demand because with rising demand for large-size LED TVs and lighting applications, there is a good chance that the market will not see oversupply. Nevertheless, price fluctuations are inevitable, said Genesis.
Genesis added that fourth-quarter capacity utilization rate has been around 70-80% and expects the figure to rise in first-quarter 2013. LED lighting will be the key for market development, according to Genesis. The backlight business current accounts for 30-40% of total sales in Genesis, while lighting has been accounting for 30%.
Everlight noted that due to rising demand for LED street lamp and Christmas decorative lighting, November revenues have been relatively well.
Flying high for Emmanuel
2012年12月28日A VERWOOD school is celebrating a double achievement after getting a ‘good’ rating from Ofsted and finally raising the 14,000 needed for special equipment.
Emmanuel Middle School was one of the first to be inspected under the new, more rigorous Ofsted guidelines.
While the school received an ‘outstanding’ grade last time it was inspected in 2009, staff are thrilled with the good grade because it comes after a much more stringent framework was introduced in which schools are judged.
The school was visited by inspectors in the first full week of the autumn term and was judged to be ‘Good’ in every area.
Headteacher Jill Watson said she was particularly pleased inspectors said: “Warm and trusting relationships are the hallmark of the school’s ethos and the climate for learning is highly supportive. The consideration that pupils extend to each other is often exemplary.”
The report also said pupils “make good progress in their time at school to secure attainment that is consistently above average at the end of Year 8” and “pupils with disabilities and those with special educational needs are making good progress and the school takes care to match additional support to pupils’ needs and to evaluate its impact thoroughly”.
Mrs Watson said: “We are extremely pleased with the report.
“It is a testament to all the hard work by staff, pupils and governors. The new framework has much higher expectations than before so we are very proud of what we have achieved.”
Inspectors also said: “Pupils are extremely well cared for. They feel secure and appreciated as individuals. The values of mutual respect and consideration are ingrained in a supportive learning environment where most|flourish.
“Pupils’ behaviour is typically good and sometimes outstanding.”
They said an outstanding grade would be achieved when all teachers were up to the same high standard, saying: “There is variation in the quality of teaching and some lessons where teachers do not challenge pupils appropriately.”
The news came as Verwood mayor Simon Gibson officially presented a laser cutter to the school from the PTFA (Parents, Teachers and Friends Association).
The cutter will be used by all the pupils during their design and technology lessons and will enable the students to come up with design ideas for the 21st century.
These designs are created on a computer and can then be cut out precisely from a variety of materials including plastic, cardboard, acrylic, wood and cloth.
The cost of the laser cutter was nearly 14,000 and the money for it was raised by the PTFA over the last two years with a variety of fundraising events.
The last 3,000 was raised in March with a sponsored abseil from the top of Poole Water Tower, in which teachers, parents and children took part.
Sophie Trim, chairman of the PTFA, said: “This was a wonderful event with fantastic support from parents, friends, staff and the children.”
A plaque has been made using the laser cutter to show that it was presented by the PTFA, and this has been attached to the machine.
Emmanuel Middle School was one of the first to be inspected under the new, more rigorous Ofsted guidelines.
While the school received an ‘outstanding’ grade last time it was inspected in 2009, staff are thrilled with the good grade because it comes after a much more stringent framework was introduced in which schools are judged.
The school was visited by inspectors in the first full week of the autumn term and was judged to be ‘Good’ in every area.
Headteacher Jill Watson said she was particularly pleased inspectors said: “Warm and trusting relationships are the hallmark of the school’s ethos and the climate for learning is highly supportive. The consideration that pupils extend to each other is often exemplary.”
The report also said pupils “make good progress in their time at school to secure attainment that is consistently above average at the end of Year 8” and “pupils with disabilities and those with special educational needs are making good progress and the school takes care to match additional support to pupils’ needs and to evaluate its impact thoroughly”.
Mrs Watson said: “We are extremely pleased with the report.
“It is a testament to all the hard work by staff, pupils and governors. The new framework has much higher expectations than before so we are very proud of what we have achieved.”
Inspectors also said: “Pupils are extremely well cared for. They feel secure and appreciated as individuals. The values of mutual respect and consideration are ingrained in a supportive learning environment where most|flourish.
“Pupils’ behaviour is typically good and sometimes outstanding.”
They said an outstanding grade would be achieved when all teachers were up to the same high standard, saying: “There is variation in the quality of teaching and some lessons where teachers do not challenge pupils appropriately.”
The news came as Verwood mayor Simon Gibson officially presented a laser cutter to the school from the PTFA (Parents, Teachers and Friends Association).
The cutter will be used by all the pupils during their design and technology lessons and will enable the students to come up with design ideas for the 21st century.
These designs are created on a computer and can then be cut out precisely from a variety of materials including plastic, cardboard, acrylic, wood and cloth.
The cost of the laser cutter was nearly 14,000 and the money for it was raised by the PTFA over the last two years with a variety of fundraising events.
The last 3,000 was raised in March with a sponsored abseil from the top of Poole Water Tower, in which teachers, parents and children took part.
Sophie Trim, chairman of the PTFA, said: “This was a wonderful event with fantastic support from parents, friends, staff and the children.”
A plaque has been made using the laser cutter to show that it was presented by the PTFA, and this has been attached to the machine.
For nearly 40 years, “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood” took young viewers on factory tours, showing them the origins of objects they used every day like crayons and plastic balls. Those videos are the centerpiece of the traveling exhibit How People Make Things, which was developed in the show’s hometown by the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh and is now open at the DuPage Children’s Museum.
“Children today can feel removed from common items in their lives,” said DuPage Children’s Museum marketing manager Bri Bromberek. “It’s kind of easy to wonder ’Where does that originate from?’ We’d like children to understand that even though there are machines that make these materials, there are real people on the floor. It gets them to appreciate how the objects were made through human ingenuity.”
The exhibit puts kids in the shoes of factory workers. It starts by having children don white jackets, boots and hard hats in a locker room style area. The Mr. Rogers videos play throughout the space along with displays of the products being made, whether it’s a carousel horse or a red wagon.
Kids can also press buttons to hear people talk about how they make products, guessing what the result will be — whether it’s a guitar or a chocolate bar. The exhibit was partially sponsored by Navistar, and displays show how the company builds school buses and trucks.
“These are all items that children come into contact with every day,” Bromberek said. “It’s not really specific and technical where they wouldn’t understand.”
The educational experience takes visitors through the major steps in the creation of many products: cutting, molding, deforming and assembling. Kids can make a 3-D paper horse by using a die-cutting machine to create different pieces and then matching them together.
Children can use cranks to deform wire into a spring shape and manipulate wax with both hand tools and machines along with pouring warm liquid wax into molds to make spoons.
Toy trolleys can be assembled and kids can then test their work on a ramp.
“With this exhibit the children will not only see the process of manufacturing, they are making things with their own hands,” Bromberek said. “The exhibit tells the story of how everyday items are manufactured and brings to life all the things that are involved in that process.”
Kids can safely interact with plenty of machinery, seeing how a vacuum deformer will shape a plastic sheet around a stencil and how by using one’s own strength and a roller a penny can be stretched and stamped.
By pulling levers, liquid plastic fills a mold and becomes a comb or a hanger. Various signs show how things would be done at a real factory, like using a variety of fasteners or an assembly line.
“This exhibit really encourages kids to make things and know that they can do this as a career as an adult,” Bromberek said. “They can learn to be inventors.”
Bromberek said that while the museum typically caters to younger visitors, How People Make Things has expanded its appeal to 5- to 12-year-olds plus parents who grew up watching “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.”
“There are definitely kids that are growing out of some of the exhibits and they want something new and different,” she said. “It’s still good for the younger kids because there are so many hands-on experiences.”
“Children today can feel removed from common items in their lives,” said DuPage Children’s Museum marketing manager Bri Bromberek. “It’s kind of easy to wonder ’Where does that originate from?’ We’d like children to understand that even though there are machines that make these materials, there are real people on the floor. It gets them to appreciate how the objects were made through human ingenuity.”
The exhibit puts kids in the shoes of factory workers. It starts by having children don white jackets, boots and hard hats in a locker room style area. The Mr. Rogers videos play throughout the space along with displays of the products being made, whether it’s a carousel horse or a red wagon.
Kids can also press buttons to hear people talk about how they make products, guessing what the result will be — whether it’s a guitar or a chocolate bar. The exhibit was partially sponsored by Navistar, and displays show how the company builds school buses and trucks.
“These are all items that children come into contact with every day,” Bromberek said. “It’s not really specific and technical where they wouldn’t understand.”
The educational experience takes visitors through the major steps in the creation of many products: cutting, molding, deforming and assembling. Kids can make a 3-D paper horse by using a die-cutting machine to create different pieces and then matching them together.
Children can use cranks to deform wire into a spring shape and manipulate wax with both hand tools and machines along with pouring warm liquid wax into molds to make spoons.
Toy trolleys can be assembled and kids can then test their work on a ramp.
“With this exhibit the children will not only see the process of manufacturing, they are making things with their own hands,” Bromberek said. “The exhibit tells the story of how everyday items are manufactured and brings to life all the things that are involved in that process.”
Kids can safely interact with plenty of machinery, seeing how a vacuum deformer will shape a plastic sheet around a stencil and how by using one’s own strength and a roller a penny can be stretched and stamped.
By pulling levers, liquid plastic fills a mold and becomes a comb or a hanger. Various signs show how things would be done at a real factory, like using a variety of fasteners or an assembly line.
“This exhibit really encourages kids to make things and know that they can do this as a career as an adult,” Bromberek said. “They can learn to be inventors.”
Bromberek said that while the museum typically caters to younger visitors, How People Make Things has expanded its appeal to 5- to 12-year-olds plus parents who grew up watching “Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood.”
“There are definitely kids that are growing out of some of the exhibits and they want something new and different,” she said. “It’s still good for the younger kids because there are so many hands-on experiences.”
Economic Abundance, Real and Imagined
2012年12月18日“American companies,” reports The Wall Street Journal, “have led the world in discovering how to coax gas and oil from shale rock formations from Ohio to Texas, sending U.S. natural-gas production up 28% between 2005 and 2011.” These U.S. energy firms “are racing to export natural gas from the U.S. as they search for more-profitable markets amid a continent-wide gas glut that has depressed prices to the lowest levels in a decade.”
Abundance is often a surprise — especially in the dismal science of economics, which gets its nickname from its ostensible definition: the study of the distribution of scarce resources.
“During the 1970s,” energy expert Mark Mills reminds us, “policymakers assumed that North American natural gas resources were so scarce that the Carter administration and Congress passed the 1978 Fuel Use Act to ban the use of natural gas for electric generation, preserving it for heating and industrial applications.”
These hydrocarbons of course lay in the earth for millions of years. To find and retrieve them and to conceive creative ways to use them has required know-how, investment, and technology. Indeed, the new energy boom is largely the result of yet another abundance — information technology — which is key to managing complex energy exploration and extraction processes.
In 2012, the world will produce around 200 quintillion (1018) transistors, the basic logic devices of computer chips. As recently as 1968, the world produced a couple billion transistors in a full year. Today, a single chip may boast that many. More importantly, today’s transistors consume 5,000 times less power and have dropped in price by a factor of 50,000.
The results of transistor abundance are all around us: mobile broadband networks, iPhones, and Kindles; DNA sequencing and protein folding tools; automobile navigation systems and back-up cameras; automated assembly lines, efficient supply chains, and high-frequency trading; 3D modeling of under-earth energy pockets and horizontal drilling mechanisms; sonic toothbrushes; annual U.S. Internet traffic of 100 exabytes; and, most importantly, high-definition tennis replays, GPS golf caddies, and realtime fantasy football updates.
Abundance makes possible the piddly and the profound. It lavishes us with superfluous toys and life saving medicines. And yet our understanding of abundance is paradoxically complicated. We take these fruits for granted, but we aren’t very good at extrapolating exponential change. Policymakers’ spending habits presume limitless resources, yet they craft tax and regulatory policies that are both based upon, and cause, scarcity.
Yale economist William Nordhaus examined the history of lighting technologies, from open fires and stone animal fat lamps in ancient times to modern incandescent and fluorescent bulbs. He found that the conventionally measured nominal price of light, metered in dollars per lumen per watt, rose by a factor of three to five between 1800 and 1992. That was a good bargain compared to an overall consumer price index that rose tenfold. Nordhaus, however, concluded that the conventional measure didn’t remotely capture the technological pace of advance, nor the dramatic impact on living standards. The “true price” of light in 1992, Nordhaus estimated, was perhaps one-sixteen-hundredth (1/1,600) the conventionally measured price.
Abundance is often a surprise — especially in the dismal science of economics, which gets its nickname from its ostensible definition: the study of the distribution of scarce resources.
“During the 1970s,” energy expert Mark Mills reminds us, “policymakers assumed that North American natural gas resources were so scarce that the Carter administration and Congress passed the 1978 Fuel Use Act to ban the use of natural gas for electric generation, preserving it for heating and industrial applications.”
These hydrocarbons of course lay in the earth for millions of years. To find and retrieve them and to conceive creative ways to use them has required know-how, investment, and technology. Indeed, the new energy boom is largely the result of yet another abundance — information technology — which is key to managing complex energy exploration and extraction processes.
In 2012, the world will produce around 200 quintillion (1018) transistors, the basic logic devices of computer chips. As recently as 1968, the world produced a couple billion transistors in a full year. Today, a single chip may boast that many. More importantly, today’s transistors consume 5,000 times less power and have dropped in price by a factor of 50,000.
The results of transistor abundance are all around us: mobile broadband networks, iPhones, and Kindles; DNA sequencing and protein folding tools; automobile navigation systems and back-up cameras; automated assembly lines, efficient supply chains, and high-frequency trading; 3D modeling of under-earth energy pockets and horizontal drilling mechanisms; sonic toothbrushes; annual U.S. Internet traffic of 100 exabytes; and, most importantly, high-definition tennis replays, GPS golf caddies, and realtime fantasy football updates.
Abundance makes possible the piddly and the profound. It lavishes us with superfluous toys and life saving medicines. And yet our understanding of abundance is paradoxically complicated. We take these fruits for granted, but we aren’t very good at extrapolating exponential change. Policymakers’ spending habits presume limitless resources, yet they craft tax and regulatory policies that are both based upon, and cause, scarcity.
Yale economist William Nordhaus examined the history of lighting technologies, from open fires and stone animal fat lamps in ancient times to modern incandescent and fluorescent bulbs. He found that the conventionally measured nominal price of light, metered in dollars per lumen per watt, rose by a factor of three to five between 1800 and 1992. That was a good bargain compared to an overall consumer price index that rose tenfold. Nordhaus, however, concluded that the conventional measure didn’t remotely capture the technological pace of advance, nor the dramatic impact on living standards. The “true price” of light in 1992, Nordhaus estimated, was perhaps one-sixteen-hundredth (1/1,600) the conventionally measured price.
With the crisis of electricity, it has become extremely necessary to install Energy Saving Lights everywhere. It not only saves a lot of power but also reduces the soaring electricity bills. The sudden decrease in the generation of electricity and the frequent power cuts has raised serious concerns throughout the globe.
The natural resources such as coal, petroleum and other fossil fuels have a limited stock and you cannot produce them artificially. It is high time and we need to take some positive initiative by averting a complete blackout when there will be no electricity.
If we stop and ponder for a minute regarding its aftermath, a fear surrounds us with an unanswerable question what will happen then? But man is an intelligent being; He has already begun preserving the vital sources of energy for the future. There are companies like Lumiga which manufactures energy saving lights like Light Emitting Diode and Compact Fluorescent Lamps. These lights have been able to save about twenty to thirty percent of electricity.
We know that there is a tremendous demand for the energy saving lights throughout the world. People have already started installing them at their homes, offices, shopping malls and several other places. Moreover, they are even being used in street lightings. They are more durable and last long than the ordinary high voltage electric bulbs. Lumiga has been successful in reducing the electricity bills too. We are capable of providing energy efficient lighting in any area or residential complex. We also provide lighting systems to the industries which consumes most power.
We also are aware of our responsibilities towards the environment. So while installing the lights it is our primary concern to do no harm to the ecological balance of the nature. It has been observed that most high voltage bulbs emit carbon which is polluting the environment to a large extent.
The energy saving lights is biodegradable that is they can be recycled again. Our work is up to the mark and we give special impetus to the safety. Our engineers and mechanics are highly qualified and well experienced. Moreover, our services are affordable and in the best requirements of the clients. We have been trying to improve our technology by bringing in new and more advanced items which is more capable of saving the energy.
Neon paint, made from almost pure pigment — hence its brilliance — is still produced by a handful of specialist trade-only manufacturers and used almost exclusively by theatrical companies; you’d be hard pushed to find them on a Dulux paint chart. But Conran, who has recently taken over from his father as chairman and creative director of The Conran Shop, is about to change all that by launching his own range in response to all the compliments the newly neon-painted store has been getting.
It’s not just paint though. Conran is one of several stores embracing dozens of highlighter bright home accessories, from French knife company Laguiole’s classic knives with fluorescent handles to hi-vis coloured skateboards and scooters.
The natural resources such as coal, petroleum and other fossil fuels have a limited stock and you cannot produce them artificially. It is high time and we need to take some positive initiative by averting a complete blackout when there will be no electricity.
If we stop and ponder for a minute regarding its aftermath, a fear surrounds us with an unanswerable question what will happen then? But man is an intelligent being; He has already begun preserving the vital sources of energy for the future. There are companies like Lumiga which manufactures energy saving lights like Light Emitting Diode and Compact Fluorescent Lamps. These lights have been able to save about twenty to thirty percent of electricity.
We know that there is a tremendous demand for the energy saving lights throughout the world. People have already started installing them at their homes, offices, shopping malls and several other places. Moreover, they are even being used in street lightings. They are more durable and last long than the ordinary high voltage electric bulbs. Lumiga has been successful in reducing the electricity bills too. We are capable of providing energy efficient lighting in any area or residential complex. We also provide lighting systems to the industries which consumes most power.
We also are aware of our responsibilities towards the environment. So while installing the lights it is our primary concern to do no harm to the ecological balance of the nature. It has been observed that most high voltage bulbs emit carbon which is polluting the environment to a large extent.
The energy saving lights is biodegradable that is they can be recycled again. Our work is up to the mark and we give special impetus to the safety. Our engineers and mechanics are highly qualified and well experienced. Moreover, our services are affordable and in the best requirements of the clients. We have been trying to improve our technology by bringing in new and more advanced items which is more capable of saving the energy.
Neon paint, made from almost pure pigment — hence its brilliance — is still produced by a handful of specialist trade-only manufacturers and used almost exclusively by theatrical companies; you’d be hard pushed to find them on a Dulux paint chart. But Conran, who has recently taken over from his father as chairman and creative director of The Conran Shop, is about to change all that by launching his own range in response to all the compliments the newly neon-painted store has been getting.
It’s not just paint though. Conran is one of several stores embracing dozens of highlighter bright home accessories, from French knife company Laguiole’s classic knives with fluorescent handles to hi-vis coloured skateboards and scooters.