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Morgan Silver Dollars

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Morgan Silver Dollars

The Morgan Silver Dollar is one of the most popular and most beautiful of all classic United States coins.  First minted in 1878, it was a coin that was connected with the “Wild West.”  It was struck with silver from the Comstock Lode in Nevada (the most famous and most successful silver strike in American history), and it was respected everywhere because of its large size and large amount of silver.  It also became known as a “cartwheel” because of its large size.

The coin was named for its designer, U.S. Mint engraver George T. Morgan.  The obverse portrays Lady Liberty wearing a slave’s cap (an ancient symbol of freedom), a ribbon inscribed with the word “Liberty,” and cotton and wheat as a tribute to America’s agricultural heritage.  The reverse features an American eagle holding both the olive branch of peace and arrows of war.

Morgan was originally from England.  He studied with the most renowned English engravers of the era before coming to Philadelphia to work for the U.S. Mint.  He claimed that the model for Lady Liberty was a statue in a Philadelphia museum, but it was soon revealed that the model was, in fact, a Philadelphia teacher.  When the truth became known, the teacher lost her job – because being an artist’s model was considered “immoral”!

Each Morgan Silver Dollar contains over 3/4-ounce of pure American silver.  The coins were struck from 1878 to 1904 and again in 1921.  They were struck at five different U.S. Mints:  Philadelphia (no mint mark), San Francisco (“S” mint mark), New Orleans (“O”), Carson City (“CC”), and Denver (“D”).  Ironically, the Carson City coins are among the rarest despite the Mint being just a few miles from the Comstock Lode.  The Denver Mint opened in 1906, so the Denver coin was made only 1921.  The mint mark on coins struck at branch mints is located on the reverse, under the center of the wreath.

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LED High Bay Lights – Prudent Use of Your Lighting Dollar

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High bay lights are often used in areas that need to be illuminated from a distance of 15 feet or more. Sports arenas, gymnasiums, warehouses, factories, workshops and loading areas are some of the common areas illuminated by high bay lights. Metal halide, high pressure sodium, fluorescent tubes and LED lights are the common choices for high bay lights.

High intensity discharge (HID) lamps used to be a common choice for high bay lights. Mercury vapor, High pressure sodium, metal halide are all variants of HID lamps. These operate at high temperatures and are susceptible to moisture damage. Merely touching the surface of a cold HID bulb can leave traces of oil, which in turn can stress the glass of the bulb to breaking point when in operation. The result can be a bulb failure or in worse case scenarios can cause a bulb to explode.

High Pressure Sodium lamps have had limited success in displacing metal halide lamps largely owing to their limitation on light spectrum. The yellowish orange light emitted by HPS lamps has not helped endear itself to customers. A Fluorescent tube can provide good quality light and has fewer risks but its mercury content, ballast electricity consumption and susceptibility to on off cycling makes it a sub optimum choice.

The small profile LED lights, high lumen per watt output, long service life, reduced load on air-conditioning, high quality light and rebates under energy efficiency schemes have made them the topmost choice for high bay lights.

Advantages of LED high Bay Lights

With a light output of 75 Lumen per watt, LED high bay lights are thrice as effective as Metal halide lamps. 100 watts LED high bay light can replace 300 watt metal halide lamp or a 250-watt fluorescent high bay light.

1)    Flicker free, low temperature operation

2)    Up to 80% savings in electricity consumption

3)    15 to 20% reduction in air-conditioning expenses

4)    80% lumen maintenance over lifetime

5)    Service life of more than 50,000 hours and fewer maintenance challenges

6)    Better light uniformity (3 to 8 times better light distribution compared to HID lamps).

7)    Less static build up and less light distortion

Do I need LED high Bay lights?

If your answer in the affirmative to one or more of the criteria listed below you need to consider a combination of these strategies

Installing LED high bay lights, Re-lamping, De-lamping coupled with task lighting, retrofitting, upgrade of lighting fixtures and redesign of lighting placement.

A)    Your fixtures have HID or T 12 fluorescent lamps.

B)    Your fixtures make a buzzing sound and there is appreciable light flicker.

C)    Your facility is in an area prone to light outages and you would like lights that do not have a prolonged re-strike period and are not susceptible to on off cycling.

D)    Your building was built before 1978 in the pre Title-24 energy efficiency standard days.

E)    Your employees are reporting headaches and vision related challenges.

F)    You would like to reduce air-conditioning loads or make the working environment cooler.

G)    You would like to harness information technology for controlled switching off and switching on of lights.

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Make Your Kid’s 3 Year Old Birthday Party A Lifelong Memory

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Fond memories remain in the minds of impressionable kids for their entire life. So it is the responsibility of the parents to ensure that their kids have a happy and fun filled childhood. One of the ways of doing this by celebrating birthday parties in such a way that it becomes the best ever experience for the child. A birthday party worth remembering will give your child a little much more than a toy gift. The everlasting memories of his or her birthday party will stay with them till later life, and will bring the parents and the child closer. Here are a few fun filled ideas to help the parents in organizing the best birthday party for their 3 year old kid.

Do something that is close to heart

The best way to put together a memorable 3 year old birthday get-together experience is to do something related to your child’s interest. One of the biggest difficulties in organizing a birthday party for a kid is that the parents quite often try to integrate adult birthday party ideas. It should be taken into consideration that a child’s mindset is different from the adult’s mindset, so it is better to choose ideas that are favorable to kids and not to the adults.

Try to know from your kid

Try to read your child’s mind. Try to know about your child’s preferred comic strip characters, dream jobs, and other fantasies. Your child will be highly surprised if you throw a pirate themed birthday and will be thrilled to know that you remember that he dreams to be a pirate.

Match your home décor with the theme

Another important aspect that should be considered while arranging a 3 year old birthday party is that your home décor should match up to the theme. A 3 year old kid is creative, and is enjoying the best years of life, so organize a well planned theme party, with masks and toys. Shop for all the toy stores around for perfect accessories and home decor which can balance the selected theme. For instance if you have chosen a pirate themed celebration, then buy stuffed parrots as return gifts. You can also buy eye patches and decorate your home with ship, water, and artificial trees all around.

Add fun and games

Your 3 year old kid birthday party is incomplete without games and excitement. Children like to indulge themselves in games in their birthday celebrations. For example for a party based on the princess theme, the children can indulge in hunt for treasure around the house to search for of unicorns and princess glass slippers and tiaras.

You can make your kid birthday worth remembering with a little sensitivity and a sincere effort. Your child has all the right to have a good time on his third birthday party. So help him out in making this an awesome experience for him

Fun Packed 3rd Birthday Parties

You can arrange a fun packed 3rd birthday party for your kid even though it is very exhausting for the parent to keep up with these little devils. But you can make this occasion as thrilling as possible without over-doing it for your kid.

There is no need to go over-board. There are 4 must things for your 3 year old kid.

(1) Invite friends

(2) Family

(3) Presents

(4) and, most importantly the cake.

The following are some of the inexpensive yet innovative ideas to make the birthday party for your 3 year old worth a while.

3 Most Inexpensive Birthday Party Ideas Finger Painting – Children love being imaginative and spending time outdoors. If we coordinate these two activities together by organizing a “finger painting party” outside where children can paint on paper and cardboard it would be great fun for them. Outdoor Play – Children can unload trucks on the sand, construct castles out of sands, and release some amount of energy. These fun ideas are amazing for three year olds. Costume Contest – You can organize a costume party for the little princess. You can make them wear your old clothes and perhaps a little bit of make-up.

A happening party is not dependent on how much you spend but it depends on how you can make this event thrilling and unforgettable for your little kid.

Free birthday Party Invitations

Once you have chalked out the date and birthday party theme and it’s time to send out those invitations to the invitee. But an innovative way of announcing the party would be to construct an invitation web page Instead of penning out all invitations and distributing them out. The web page will include all details relating to the party like the date of the party, party theme, dress code and venue. You can also add images and photographs of your child.

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