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It’s Halloween night, and scary sights lurk around every corner.  Ghosts and goblins, werewolves and witches, villains and vampires—all these frightful figures are so dark and spooky, especially during this haunting holiday.  Well, as the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) reports, there’s one creepy creature that’s been getting a bad rap.

Sarah Barnes, wildlife diversity biologist with ODFW, says that bats have been unfairly portrayed as scary or dangerous.  “Nothing could be further from the truth,” she says. “Bats play an important role in a healthy ecosystem.”

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The advantages of using LED technology abound and include uniform light distribution, low power consumption, and reduced maintenance requirements.  As a result, five large, lighted billboards have been installed at Barcelona’s airport in Spain.  Each billboard measures 3 x 4 meters (roughly 10 x 13 feet) and utilizes LEDs to produce backlight.  Traditionally, fluorescent tubes are used as backlight, but these lights have proved an inefficient system susceptible to shadows and dark spots, high-heat output,  and regular maintenance.

Photo: LEDs Magazine

Sakma, a local manufacturing company, was challenged with the task of developing a new way of backlighting traditional airport billboards that operated 24 hours per day, all year long.  Their solution was small, rectangular, LED-lit pads (see photo) that can be linked together to create a larger pad of any size and equal light distrubution with no spots or shadows.  The system requires only 4 centimeters  (1.5 inches) between the LED pads and advertisement transparency to produce optimal lighting.  This makes the overall size of the billboard display 10 centimeters (4 inches).  In addition to low power consumption, the system has a long lifetime and is virtually maintenance-free.

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An unprecedented 35 stories-high and visible at a distance of nearly one mile, TAMEER’s new architectural wonder will boast the largest LED screen in the world.  

TAMEER, a premiere middle eastern commercial and residential real estate developer, recently released its ambitions for Podium, a 700,000 sq. ft. commercial and retail center in the Majan district of Dubai.

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Coast recently published a new article on their web site dealing with hunting knives, specifically, how to sharpen them.  With hunting season just getting underway, the article is extremely timely.

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I spent the weekend camping in Oregon’s Willamette Valley.  It was cold, it was wet, and it was wonderful.

Being in nature energizes me, as I’m sure it does others, yet for many people the fall season can be a deterrent.  Even though I was bombarded by the Pacific Northwest’s normative weather (rain!), I was able to enjoy my time in the valley because I went prepared with the right essentials.  If you’re prepared, fall camping can be just as enjoyable as camping in the summer. (more…)

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