LED lights on a debt ceiling

LED lights on a debt ceiling
After my recent full-immersion experience in the world of fixed income I have become desensitised to sovereign debt scare stories.

Greece in defacto default ; Portugal junked - don't worry, my fixed income friends have already 'priced it in'.

Bond managers are habitually blase about such news, their thoughts already absorbed in other worst-case scenarios set in the near and distant future.

With my new-found lend-Zen, then, watching the US debt ceiling debate unfold on multiple TV screens in the appliance shop did not induce the panic the breathless reports clearly intended.

Hmm, I wondered, does President Obama's skin-tone look more natural on the LED or the old-school LCD?

The voice-over shouted something about the majority of US citizens not wanting to lift the debt-ceiling as angry marchers filed by.

But popular discontent about debt ceilings will probably be ignored, according to this report, or else the market might hit the roof.

"The ratings agency Standard & Poor's has warned it would give the US government its lowest credit rating if lawmakers fail to raise the borrowing limit and the United States defaults on its debt, but so far markets have remained unfazed, apparently doubting lawmakers would willingly throw the economy into a tailspin," the report says.

My bond manager had other credit worries.

Governments worldwide, he said, are (understandably) trying to constrain the ability of banks to lend willy-nilly through a range of measures. For example, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand has recently lifted bank 'core funding ratios'.

"But the Western world depends on credit growth to expand," the fixed income guy told me.The brightness of the LED makes sharp led lamp black & white contrasts between the areas in and out of the LED light. "I don't think people realise what it would be like without it.... Be careful what you wish for."

The LED was definitely better.

It had Freeview.

And a credit option that was priced in.

LED industry faces continued challenges in 2H11

LED industry faces continued challenges in 2H11
LEDinside, indicates that there is no obvious increase in LED production in 2011. Although 2H11 is traditionally the peak season for the LED industry, doubt about oversupply spreads on weak market demand.
LEDinside, the LED research division of TrendForce, estimates that LED chip supply volume in 2011 is about 100 billion units and demand volume is around 89 billion units; an oversupply ratio reaches 12%. In addition, after LED chip makers’ capacity expansion comes online in 2012, supply will increase rapidly. It is estimated that oversupply ratio will then rise to 21%.

Mobile phone market: affected by suppression of copycat mobile phones

The Chinese market, which is the main production base of copycat mobile phone in 2011, was affected greatly by the suppression of copycat mobile phones enforced by the Chinese government. Demand for LED chips used in mobile phone application did not show an obvious tendency to increase.

In the mean time, broad-based decrease in LED chip price has led price of LED chip used in mobile phone application to a new low. Additionally, with an increasing number of MOCVD equipment installation plans in China, LED chip capacity will continue to increase. As a result, along with weak end market demand in 2011,The brightness of the LED makes sharp led lamp black & white contrasts between the areas in and out of the LED light. LED prices have started to decline.

TV market: peak season demand unexpectedly gloomy

As for the TV application, it requires a lot of LED backlight units, which is why TV application is one of main application areas that LED manufacturers believe will most likely have a good prospect. Besides, LED makers also sharply increased capacity since 2010 in response to TV vendors’ LED backlight demand. However, affected by the slow economic recovery, LED backlit TV shipment is less than expected.

In early 2011, TV brand vendors, such as Samsung and LG, aimed their LED penetration rate at well over 70%. However, since TV brand vendor put more emphasis on 3D TV and the price gap between LED backlight and CCFL backlight still exists, most TV vendors have downgraded their target LED penetration rate for TV to 50%.

In addition, due to the weak demand on the end market, it is estimated that TV shipment in 2011 is adjusted down to 203 million units from 220 million. Therefore, LEDinside predicts that LED usage volume for the TV application is only 17.5 billion units, equal to USD 167 million, which has decreased by 26%, compared to TV brand vendors’ expectation.

It also tells why the market pie is not large enough for LED manufacturers in the LED backlit TV business. Currently, many LED makers indicate that TV demand remains unclear until July. However, as demand from early inventory fulfillment for Christmas holiday season is going to end, many manufacturers take a pessimistic attitude toward the market condition of 2H11.

Tablet PC releases crowding out traditional NB market

The monitor and NB market, though attain high LED penetration rate, the weak demand continues to impact the LED industry. Notably, the NB market performance is worse than usual, and the Netbook market shows a stagnant trend. Only the tablet PCs market has a growth which can contribute to the LED backlight market.

A tale of two California lighthouses

A tale of two California lighthouses

Though surrounded by much better-known attractions on the Monterey Peninsula and in Big Sur, the region's two lighthouses unveil a unique facet of California's heritage. Point Pinos, the city mouse, shows just how sweet life could be for a lighthouse keeper, while the Point Sur Light Station, about 25 miles south, is the country mouse that toiled and endured hardships today's visitors shudder to imagine. Fans of lighthouses, or history, or just the seaside, are in for a unique treat.
Bright lights, small city: The Point Pinos Lighthouse

Only on the Monterey Peninsula could the West Coast's oldest continuously operating lighthouse be overshadowed by so many other attractions. Surrounded by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Cannery Row, Asilomar State Beach, monarch butterfly sanctuaries, and enough golf courses to earn the peninsula comparisons to Scotland's St. Andrews, Point Pinos Lighthouse is equally suited to a brief break from the beach or biking the 17-Mile Drive, or a full-scale tour and journey into California history.

The beacon, housed in a short tower squatting atop a white cottage, has warned ships away from the rocks at Monterey Bay's treacherous southern entrance since 1855. The attendant radio beacon and foghorn were deactivated when global satellite navigation made them superfluous in 1993, but the light still shines, and no other West Coast lighthouse has been on the job as long. A 1,While using compact fluorescent light bulbs energy saving light helps conserve energy, it is important that the bulbs are collected and recycled properly to protect our environment000-watt bulb — visible 17 miles away with amplification from hundreds of glass prisms in the third-order Fresnel lens (4 feet, 8 inches tall, third-largest of the seven commonly used sizes) — has replaced the whale oil, lard, and kerosene lanterns used as the light source until 1880. An incandescent vapor lamp beamed the signal until 1919, when electric lights took over.

A docent-led lighthouse tour lasts about an hour and takes you straight into 19th century California.Compact fluorescent light bulbs convert a led tube considerably higher percentage of their energy into light, which is why they are significantly more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs. The most powerful presence is lighthouse keeper Emily Fish, who served from 1893 to 1914.Compact fluorescent light bulbs convert a led tube considerably higher percentage of their energy into light, which is why they are significantly more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs. She liked nothing better than to entertain at the lighthouse and was called the "Socialite Keeper." She must have treated her guests to quite the elegant evening, if the parlor's needlepoint cushions, ornate piano, fireplace and floral curtains are any indication. The writers, artists and naval officers who frequented the lighthouse must also have been impressed by her transformation of the surrounding dunes into garden by importing topsoil and planting trees, grass and other plants. Social proclivities notwithstanding, she dutifully tended the light and kept detailed logs, including a riveting account of the 1906 earthquake. The light tower was damaged and had to be replaced by a reinforced concrete tower.

Emily Fish was the best known of Point Pinos' keepers, all were remarkable people — it was pretty much a job requirement. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote in 1879 of walking through the woods from Monterey to visit Fish's predecessor, Allen Luce, to enjoy his prowess at the piano, his model ships and his oil paintings. Charles Layton, the first light keeper, was shot and killed after just one year's service while riding with a Monterey County sheriff's posse chasing outlaw Anastacio Garcia. His wife, Charlotte, became the first female lighthouse keeper.

Marl extends LED strip lighting range

Marl extends LED strip lighting range
Marl Compact fluorescent light bulbs convert a led tube considerably higher percentage of their energy into light, which is why they are significantly more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs.has extended its range of linear LED light strips.

Called Colorbeam, the lights have a 1.6 million RGB colour palette and claimed 25,000 hour life "in a typical application depending on the product specified",While using compact fluorescent light bulbs energy saving light helps conserve energy, it is important that the bulbs are collected and recycled properly to protect our environment said the firm.

"Linear LED lighting strips are growing in popularity as a way of delivering creative effects in retail, office and other environments," said Marl MD Adrian Rawlinson.Compact fluorescent light bulbs convert a led tube considerably higher percentage of their energy into light, which is why they are significantly more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs.

For example, the MD-9 spotlight for track, rail and pendant lighting delivers nearly three times the colour washing performance of Marl's previous product, but is only marginally bigger.

Moon Linear 18 and 36 are strips of 18 and 36 RGB LEDs, drawing 21W and 42W respectively.

Moon Linear 18H can be linked in an array of up to 30 units, and features a built-in mains power supply.

18L offers the same colour washing performance as the 18H, and for outdoor applications is IP65 rated and has a wide operating temperature range,

Some support DMX control.

"The most powerful Colorbeam is the Coloray Line 48II featuring 48 high power LEDs arranged in clusters," said Marl. "It features on-board controls giving designers a creative platform without additional DMX consoles."

Obstacles to Lowering the Cost of LED Packaging

Obstacles to Lowering the Cost of LED Packaging
There is no standard high brightness or high power LED packages. Each package is unique to the supplier and therefore it is impossible to state the exact “cost of an LED package” and while there is a desire to reduce cost (whatever it may be) the variety of materials selected, packaging methods, and ultimately reliability make cost-reduction a complex decision-making process.

The packaging and assembly process is critical to the performance,In the case of Cree a significant led light bulbs amount of their LED sales come from the purchase of Cotco whose primary focus was on moving message panels used in displays/electronic bill boards.  reliability, and lifetime of the product. Packaging materials affect the optical efficiency of an LED package significantly.Compact fluorescent light bulbs convert a led tube considerably higher percentage of their energy into light, which is why they are significantly more energy efficient than traditional filament bulbs. Reflectivity, transmissivity,The settlement resolves the commonwealth's claims fluorescent lights that EarthTronics Inc., which sells mercury-containing compact fluorescent light bulbs and index of refraction are all material properties that could affect the lumens output. TechSearch International’s new study, High Brightness LED Assembly Trends, Materials, and Issues, examines materials used today and requirements for the future.I transferred files over FTP, downloaded Web pages ds マジコン using curl, and ran the speed tester at speedtest.net. Examples of various packages for high brightness LEDs are used to illustrate the diversity in package options. Critical issues, including thermal and optical, are addressed. The report cites that as much as 50 percent of the failures in lighting are attributed to thermal issues. The stability of packaging materials (encapsulants and lenses) is affected by exposure to elevated temperatures and to UV and other wavelength radiation. Effective removal of heat is critical for controlling junction temperatures of the LED chips, insuring long device lifetimes, and maintaining the spectral and efficiency characteristics of the light source. Ineffective removal of heat from the LED source can also degrade the phosphors in the LED package and other packaging materials, causing yellowing of the encapsulation material and higher absorption losses at reflective surfaces.The replacement lighting we feel is far led downlight superior to that of the LED lighting. Depending on the temperature changes, the thermal expansion coefficient and glass transition temperature of the materials used can create mechanical stresses that cause failure of the package or the LED die. If failure is not total, these effects will still reduce the lumens output of the package and thus the overall efficiency (lumens per watt) of the source. Excess heat can also lead to premature failure of the LED package due to delamination and die fracture.

TechSearch International’s report is 46 pages of text with full references plus 85 PowerPoint sides discussing these issues as well as material requirements for LED packaging and assembly. Future trends such as wafer-level assembly of LEDs are also discussed.

Nonprofit Spotlight: Community Stepping Stones

Nonprofit Spotlight: Community Stepping Stones
Community Stepping Stones is a nonprofit organization that uses artistic expression to help at-risk kids.

Patch recently talked to Melissa Jacobowitz, community volunteer coordinator at CSS, about her organization.

Patch: What is the goal/mission of CSS?

Jacobowitz: Community Stepping Stones is a nonprofit organization dedicated to using an arts-infused curriculum to inspire, educate, mentor and prepare at-risk youth to become successful adults.The replacement lighting we feel is far led downlight superior to that of the LED lighting.

Patch: How did the organization begin, and who founded it?

Jacobowitz: CSS Founder Ed Ross has lived in the economically depressed community of Sulphur Springs for more than 20 years. Ross is an exhibiting ceramics artist and an adjunct professor at the University of South Florida. In 2004, Ross met with the Hillsborough County Arts Council (HCAC) with an idea to serve the youth and community of Sulphur Springs through the arts. The HCAC helped with securing tax-exempt status for CSS and has provided annual financial assistance since.

Patch: What are some programs offered by CSS?

Jacobowitz: In the past, CSS has offered out-of-school arts education and mentorship, neighborhood restoration, community arts, and job training programs to youth in Sulphur Springs.

In the coming year,Light up the architecturally table lamps interesting parts of your home. CSS will shift our focus to two innovative social enterprise programs for teens and young adults throughout Hillsborough County: mural messaging and adult arts enrichment. In the mural messaging program,I transferred files over FTP, downloaded Web pages ds マジコン using curl, and ran the speed tester at speedtest.net. teens will create large-scale images for businesses, organizations and community projects.The settlement resolves the commonwealth's claims fluorescent lights that EarthTronics Inc., which sells mercury-containing compact fluorescent light bulbs In the adult arts enrichment program, teens will serve as teaching assistants in a wide variety of adult arts classes organized by CSS and led by local, professional artists.

Patch: Why is the organization important to communities such as Carrollwood and Northdale?

Jacobowitz: Community Stepping Stones is important to Carrollwood and Northdale because our programs provide an avenue for young people in difficult circumstances to find a creative path to a successful career. Though we’re based out of Sulphur Springs,In the case of Cree a significant led light bulbs amount of their LED sales come from the purchase of Cotco whose primary focus was on moving message panels used in displays/electronic bill boards.  we are broadening our reach in the coming year to provide opportunities to qualifying youth from all over Hillsborough County. Our programs make Hillsborough County a safer place by taking kids off the streets and helping them to become creative, productive citizens.

Laser and Light Shop Lazerpoint Released Paper Burning

Laser and Light Shop Lazerpoint Released Paper Burning 2000mW High Power Laser Pointers
Match-lighting laser fans will have the opportunity to get around for less thanks to a new series of match-lighting 2000mW high power blue laser pointers available for less than 200 dollars from laser and light source Lazerpoint.

Laser and light supplier Lazerpoint has been the first to launch match-lighting high power 2000mW blue laser pointers so far.

These match-lighting blue laser pointers can't only light matches, but they also burn paper. The 2000mW high power blue laser pointer has been the only authentic high power blue laser on the market so far according to Johnson Gray, Public Relations manager of laser and light shop Lazerpoint.

Mr. Gray said the firm wanted to increase the excitement of playing with these gadgets and to enrich people’s lives by releasing these high power laser pointers.

“Lazerpoint’s mission is to ceaselessly provide the cutting-edge products for customers,” said Mr. Gray. “And the company also hopes that people can gain more fun and excitement from these new products.The replacement lighting we feel is far led downlight superior to that of the LED lighting.”

According to Mr.In the case of Cree a significant led light bulbs amount of their LED sales come from the purchase of Cotco whose primary focus was on moving message panels used in displays/electronic bill boards.  Gray, price was not forgotten in the pursuit of the cutting-edge products.

“In order to ensure that people all over the world are accessible to this kind of excitement,I transferred files over FTP, downloaded Web pages ds マジコン using curl, and ran the speed tester at speedtest.net.Light up the architecturally table lamps interesting parts of your home.” said Mr. Gray. “Lazerpoint will never forget price.”

Lazerpoint, is an online supplier supplying and stocking the best, most affordable laser and lighting products online. With approximately 1000 items across almost 40 categories Lazerpoint provides flashlights,The settlement resolves the commonwealth's claims fluorescent lights that EarthTronics Inc., which sells mercury-containing compact fluorescent light bulbs lasers and LED lights for people all over the world with free shipping.