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As press accolades grow for San Francisco based interior design firm Jonathan Rachman Designs highly personal interiors, Rachmans private collection of curiosities expands to Marin, now exclusively available at Mill Valley Interior furnishings boutique, Revelation.

Mill Valley, CA (PRWEB) October 08, 2012

Jonathan Rachman burst onto the San Francisco Bay Area interior design scene with his Collectors Library at the 2012 San Francisco Decorator Showcase winning him much press attention and praise. Featuring an elegant European sensibility meets a touch of industrial design that was classic but current, timeless but also contemporary, his distinctive choice of objects evoked curiosity and conversation. Jonathan believes in preserving artifacts and found objects from the past for the enjoyment of the future generation. His design style is a harmonious collection of artifacts from Asia, Europe and America, be it antique, vintage or industrial. As Jonathan says, I believe in telling a story with every room I design.

A few examples of pieces available at Revelation include:

Jonathan and his work have recently been featured in the highly regarded interior design blog The Style Saloniste by Diane Dorrans Saeks and in the San Francisco Chronicles Stylemaker Spotlight. His interior design portfolio can be viewed on his website at http://www.jonathanrachman.com.

About Jonathan Rachman

Jonathan Rachman brings an international story to his firm. Born in Sumatra, educated in Switzerland and having lived in Europe, he now makes his home in San Francisco.

He has developed an appreciation for Indonesia's beauty and craftsmanship in its furniture and textiles. While living in Paris and Switzerland, Jonathon traveled Europe, becoming enamored with its antiques and architecture. His travel influences infuse his interiors, reflecting a thoughtfully elegant, global style. The collection and furnishing in this showcase collectors library tell the story of his journey.

Jonathan Rachman Design creates timeless, artful, interiors: interpretations of clients' personal styles and collections. Seamlessly blending the past and the present with thoughtful elegance, his designs are individually curated spaces with a bespoke point of view.

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PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Interior design bloggers, hopeful design stars and amateur decorators have long wondered: "What really happens on the reality TV decorating shows?"

Philadelphia interior decorator Susan Hopkins ASID, CID spills the beans in a new Kindle e-book, called "An Interior Designer Behind The Scenes On A Reality TV Show" which shared her exploits on the popular NBC home-makeover show, "George to the Rescue".

On the show, she did a home makeover for breast-cancer survivor Brenda Jones, who creates "Hug Wraps" to help comfort cancer patients from children to adults. She donates the wraps to entire wards of children with cancer. Her house grew into a veritable factory for making the comfy clothes with matching stuffed animals and blankets.

The custom chair and desk she designed for the show is part of her new line of furniture Susan Hopkins Lifestyle http://www.susan-hopkins.com/lifestyle

"Brenda actually reminds me a little bit of my grandmother who died of cancer. And October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The story made me feel like that sixteen-year-old hopeless girl who wanted to help. I knew at that time that I wanted to do something for cancer and to just help people in the future. And this was my way of helping, while doing something that I am passionate about," said Hopkins, who likes to work on home decorating ideas with affluent clients in Philadelphia and California.

"The show is so different than how people expect it to be. They were so supportive of me and they respected my expertise. I was able to take on a lot of responsibility," said Hopkins, who describes her vision as clean and elegant. "I don't like clutter at all. My style is aesthetically pleasing with an edge."

She said the show was a great experience.

"I absolutely loved it! I've done theater before a lot of it - and this is totally different because you're walking around with cameras following you. It was so natural without scripts. It's all organic," she said.

Getting on the show was a bit of mystery.

"The producer called and left a voice mail for me while I was in a client meeting late one evening. The voice mail said, "Hi, Susan. This is Andy S. at 30 Rock..." I couldn't believe it was real. I believe that they found me just from searching through Google.I have a photo on my website. The producer told me that he felt that I had the right look for the show," she said.

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Cequent Consumer Products exhibits at 2012 AAPEX Show in Las Vegas Oct.30 - Nov.1st. announcing new innovative products and brands as main attractions for the exhibit during Automotive Industry Week in Vegas.

Solon, OH (PRWEB) October 08, 2012

Retail buyers, automotive industry professionals, manufacturers and industry media make this the biggest show for the automotive aftermarket each year. Cequent Consumer Products announces that their exhibit will be at the same location as last year in booth # 3616.

Cequents AAPEX exhibit planning begins in July for the October/November show. This year we will have many new additions and updates to our booth including a new double decker conference room, a new in-booth product showcase, the new and newly branded Laitner product line and some unique displays from Reese Towpowers latest innovation, said Francis Bernart, Cequent Consumer Products, VP of Marketing and Business Development.

Expect REESE Towpower to be one of the main attractions of the exhibit this year, said Eric Yukich, Marketing Director, Towing line, Cequent Consumer Products. REESE Towpower continues market leadership for Towing and Trailering products and we will be unveiling a new Reese Towpower product that will change the towing products industry.

The AAPEX show is a great opportunity for Cequent to showcase the latest products and take advantage of quality time with key account buyers. Cequent is anticipating many new visitors to this years exhibit with the NEW line of Laitner products. Laitner quality cleaning tools, a company Cequent Consumer Products bought in January 2012, has already been recognized with an award for its Innovative brooms and brushes by the home improvement industry.

Besides traditional towing products and new cleaning tools, Cequent Consumer Products has been developing new products for cargo securing and organizing. At the booth this year including a new bike rack from SportWing and expanded lines from Reese Power Sports and Highland.

We are excited to announce that we have extended our Marine product line under the Reese Power Sports brand, said Cynthia Eubank Marketing Director, Cargo Securing and Management lines. Reese Power Sports Marine will now consist of Tie Downs, Winches, Jacks, Boat Guides, and Accessories. We are dedicated to providing consumers with quality products to ensure that their boats make it to the water and back safely.

Cequent also is thrilled to present Reese Power Sports Extreme. Reese Power Sports Extreme consists of products specifically designed and engineered for the Power Sports enthusiast. One of the featured products is the Adjustable Motorcycle Chock which provides the perfect solution to securely support a motorcycle in an upright position in the garage or on a trailer.

New from our bike rack line is our SportWing 2 Bike Trunk mount rack. SportWing Bike Carriers provide a simple solution for transporting bicycles. The innovative design supports bikes by their wheels, rather than by their frames. Foam padding protects the bicycles and the vehicle from damage. The SportWing eliminates the need for adapter bars and is ideal for any active family. SportWing is also available in a hitch mounted two and four bike carrier option.

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IRVINE, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 9, 2012) - Bivar, a leading specialty provider of LED indication products, has announced the L2 family of starboard light engines.All products in this new family are optimized for high output, high color rendering index (CRI) and uniformity, making them ideal for directional lighting applications in both indoor and outdoor environments.

The L2 family features Cree's XLamp design, which provides efficient, environmentally-friendly LED lighting and high light output in a small form factor.Additionally, the L2 family has a unique case temperature test point for engineers to confirm the effectiveness of their thermal management, while maximizing the luminous output with the junction temperature under control.Optional pin headers allow for quick hook-up, thus eliminating the delicate soldering process.

"We have created a product line that delivers consistent color in a compact package and enables true halogen performance in a thermally-constrained design," said Tom Silber, Bivar president and CEO."The combination of Cree's XLamp LEDs with our expertise in designing LED solutions brings a new product family that exceeds standards for brightness and efficiency for a wide range of applications."

The L2 family is comprised of three product series: the PG Series, ML Series and TG Series.

The PG Series is suitable for applications such as parking areas, head lamps, bike lights, emergency lights, and solar powered lighting.Specific product features include:

The ML Series is suitable for applications such as track lighting, accent lighting, solar-powered lighting, high and low bay, LED light bulbs, and roadways.Specific product features include:

The TG Series is suitable for applications such as recessed ceiling lighting, retail display lighting, landscape lighting, locomotive lamps, aircraft landing lights, and theater/concert lighting.Specific product features include:

For more information about the L2 family, please visit http://www.bivar.com.For application assistance and samples, please contact Bivar Sales at sales@bivar.com.

About Bivar Bivar is a leading specialty provider of LED indication products and solutions with a long-standing history of more than 40 years of innovation in the optoelectronics industry.With a global base of customers in 35 countries, Bivar's products are designed to meet the increased demand for point-to-point indication and address a growing range of industrial markets and applications.Bivar's focus is on moving and positioning light.An employee-owned company, Bivar's corporate headquarters are located in Southern Calif., with manufacturing in Calif., China and Taiwan.

Bivar's Asia Pacific production and logistics centers offer scalable capacity, execution, control and movement of product around the world.Bivar is widely supported by a highly-qualified network of authorized representatives and distributors. For more information, please visit http://www.bivar.com.

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With almost 1000 LED luminaire upgrades, the company was able to achieve an estimated 86 percent reduction in electricity consumption for its lighting systems between two jobsites.

PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. - With the goal of reducing maintenance, down time and overall energy use, Cameco Corporation, one of the world's largest uranium producers, began investigating new lighting solutions for both its McArthur River and Cigar Lake mines. Working alongside Cooper Lighting, an industry leader committed to delivering innovative products and driving transformational technology in the lighting industry, Cameco was able to achieve those goals by replacing more than 973 HID wall packs with LED solutions to reduce energy consumption for its lighting systems by almost 86 percent.

Before simply selecting and installing new fixtures, Cameco was presented with solutions from Cooper Lighting's entire LED product offering. In addition to showcasing its wide range of options, Cooper was also able to illustrate just how much time and money the company has invested in LED technology. After testing and reviewing the options, Cameco settled on Cooper Lighting's Lumark Wal-Pak LED Series.

Cooper Lighting's Lumark Wal-Pak series combines traditional architectural style with high-performance energy efficient illumination. All luminaires feature a rugged die-cast aluminum construction, hinged removable door, stainless steel hardware and a sealed and gasketed optical compartment making them virtually impenetrable to contaminants. Ideal for pathway illumination, tunnels or loading docks, they utilize highly reflective anodized aluminum reflectors to provide high efficiency illumination and are UL 1598 wet location listed. Optical assemblies include impact resistant borosilicate refractive glass, Solite(TM) flat diamond patterned glass and full cutoff IESNA compliant configurations.

"Replacing traditional metal halide lighting with our energy-efficient LED options is one of the most practical upgrades a company can make to save energy and reduce its overall environmental footprint," said Cooper Lighting President Mark Eubanks. "We are confident that Cameco will enjoy the cost and energy savings, impressive illumination and environmental benefits these great products have to offer."

Cooper Lighting has made a significant investment in people, resources and technology to ensure the company provides first-class solutions to its customers' lighting challenges. The Company offers a range of indoor and outdoor LED lighting products and controls, all of which are specifically designed to maximize energy and cost savings. For additional information on Cooper's LED product offering, visit http://www.cooperlighting.com.

About Cooper Lighting Cooper Lighting, a subsidiary of Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE), is the leading provider of world-class lighting fixtures and controls to commercial, industrial, retail, institutional, residential and utility markets. As lighting technologies have advanced over the years, Cooper Lighting has been at the forefront of the industry in helping businesses and communities leverage the latest technologies to improve efficiency, reduce costs and enrich the quality of the environment. For more information, visit http://www.cooperlighting.com.

About Cooper Industries Cooper Industries plc (NYSE: CBE) is a global electrical products manufacturer with 2011 revenues of $5.4 billion. Founded in 1833 Cooper's sustained success is attributable to a constant focus on innovation and evolving business practices, while maintaining the highest ethical standards and meeting customer needs. The Company has seven operating divisions with leading market positions and world-class products and brands, including Bussmann electrical and electronic fuses; Crouse-Hinds and CEAG explosion-proof electrical equipment; Halo and Metalux lighting fixtures; and Kyle and McGraw-Edison power systems products. With this broad range of products, Cooper is uniquely positioned for several long-term growth trends including the global infrastructure build-out, the need to improve the reliability and productivity of the electric grid, the demand for higher energy-efficient products and the need for improved electrical safety. In 2011 sixty-two percent of total sales were to customers in the industrial and utility end-markets and forty percent of total sales were to customers outside the United States. Cooper has manufacturing facilities in 23 countries as of 2011. For more information, visit the website at http://www.cooperindustries.com.

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Zhongtian Lighting, a leading supplier of LED light, today releases 10W T9 LED tube light [ZT-F0906-04810A] with CE and RoHS approval. Its quality and lumens are improved by the advanced technology and experience of Zhongtian Lighting. It is widely used in meeting rooms, restaurants, office buildings, factories, shopping malls, schools, airports, subway, station, garage, hotel, home, hospital, library and teaching buildings and other indoor lighting.

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With Samsung LED chip, T9 tube light delivers 900-1000lm at only 10W consumption. It consumes only 10W and emits luminous intensity equivalent to a 25W halogen lamp. The lamps save 80% energy consumption and last up to 25 times longer. The technical specification is as following:

Model: ZT-F0906-04810A

Shade dimension: 26*600mm

Rated power: 10w

Lamp beads: 48pcs

Housing material: PC+6063 Aluminum

Input voltage: 85-264VAC/DC50-60Hz

Efficiency: 0.90

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LED holiday lighting has recently been added to the companys online web store for festive indoor and outdoor decorating.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) October 09, 2012

Like all LED light bulbs, LED holiday lights consume less energy than traditional holiday lights. Incandescent holiday lights typically use around five watts per bulb, equaling a total wattage of five times the number of bulbs per strand, whereas LED holiday lights only use around five watts for the entire strand. The LED holiday lights can operate for long hours using less energy, which allows customers to save money on their electric bills. Since households typically see an increase in electric bills around the holiday season due to the operation of holiday lights, the LED lights will help to eliminate some of those high costs. Households that use LED holiday lighting will also save money in replacement costs, as LED lights are more durable and will last significantly longer than traditional holiday lights.

Another advantage to using LED holiday lights is reducing or eliminating the risk of fire from Christmas trees. Once a Christmas tree is dry, it can become very flammable. The heat emitted from the lights can often cause the dry pine needles on the tree to catch on fire. LED Christmas lights emit very little heat, if any, allowing individuals to leave their Christmas tree lights on for long periods of time without worrying about fire hazards. LED holiday lights also reduce the risk of injuries since most contain a plastic exterior rather than glass. The reason plastic is used instead of glass is because of the very low heat output the LED lights produce.

Go Green LED Bulbs holiday lights collection has a huge variety of different options. Customers have the ability to choose exactly which type of bulb shape they prefer in any color. The bulb shapes offered include 5MM, C6, C7, C9, G12, and M5. Colors offered include all of the colors of the rainbow and many more. There are different types of whites individuals may choose from including warm white, neutral white, cool white and champagne colors. Some of the lights provided have the ability to blink, while some of them are color changing bulbs.

The company also offers strands of holiday lights for various lighting purposes. These lighting sets make for simple, energy-efficient decorating. The LED holiday net lighting can be placed on top of bushes and shrubs to create an evenly lit object in a fraction of the time of the strand lights. There are also net lighting sets to place around the trunks of trees that allow the lights to look even and professional. LED Icicle Lights can be hung from rooftops to make an elegant, wintery look. The icicle lights come in several different colors, as well as multi-colored for festive decorating. LED Cascading Tube Lights can be hung in large trees to give the illusion of snow fall, and come in a variety of sizes. Go Green LED Bulbs has gone a step further and offers lighting options for other holidays beyond Christmas, including LED Halloween lights, Mardi Gras, St. Patricks Day and more!

ABOUT GO GREEN LED BULBS

Go Green LED Bulbs is a leading distributor of energy efficient products including LED light bulbs, exit signs, flashlights, and more. Located in Round Lake Beach, IL, Go Green LED Bulbs works hard to inform the consumer so they can make the best decision on what LED lighting products are right for their residential or commercial space.

Tyna Lewis Go Green LED Bulbs 1-800-495-6370 Email Information

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Tuesday, October 9, 2012, by Sarah Firshein

The London-based Architects Registration Board has implored the British architecture newspaper Building Design to please, guys, stop referring to Renzo Piano and Daniel Libeskind as "architects." The move may solicit chuckles from those who'd love to see Libeskind's buildings demolished or those quick to take jabs at Piano's newly opened Shard building, in London, but ARB was serious: "All three [BD Online] articles make reference to either Mr Renzo Piano or Mr Daniel Libskind [sic] as 'architects', however, as they are not registered with the Arb they are not entitled to be described as such." Then: "In the light of BD's readership I would ask that you avoid referring to Mr Piano and Mr Libskind as 'architect's [sic] in any future publications."

In America, each state provides its own licensing requirements for architects, with the National Council of Architecture Registration Boards (NCARB) serving as the banner organization "leading the regulation of the practice of architecture through the development and application of standards for licensure and credentialing of architects," according to the official site. On the contrary, Britain's ARB is a 15-member national council that "regulate[s] the architects' profession in the UK" by "prescribingor 'recognising' the qualifications needed to become an architect" and "making sure that only people on our register offer their services as an architect." And so, the theory goes, because Libeskind and Piano aren't officially on the ARB register, they shouldn't be referred to as architects by a British architecture paper.

BD Online, of course, won't be complying with this request: "as far as BD is concerned Renzo Piano is an architect and that is how we will continue to refer to him," editor in chief Amanda Baillieu said in a statement. Something else: last February, Piano and Libeskind both signed an open letter to London Mayor Boris Johnson pleading for him to save Design for London, the architectural advisory body to the mayor, from budget cuts. How's that for karma!

Arb says BD cannot call Piano an 'architect' [BD Online via Architizer]

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The developers behind a planned $40 million restaurant and bar precinct in central Christchurch have short-listed four architects to draw up plans for the riverfront development.

Antony Gough, whose family owns most of the Oxford Tce Strip and several adjacent properties, is determined to be the "first off the block" with a major central-city development and has given the short-listed architects until the middle of next month to come up with a scheme for rebuilding the earthquake-damaged area.

Gough said yesterday that he hoped to be able to lodge resource consent applications with the Christchurch Central Development Unit by the end of November so work could begin early next year.

The project would cost about $40m and would initially involve building bars and restaurants along Oxford Tce. The rest of the development, including retail outlets at the rear through to the City Mall, would be done in stages, depending on demand and cashflow.

Gough's planned hospitality precinct will be the central city's first since The Strip, SOL Square and Poplar St were destroyed in the February 2011 earthquake.

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Kent State University is reaching for the stars to find a designer for a new building for its College of Architecture and Environmental Design.

Eight semi-finalists will soon be announced from a list of 36 teams from around the world that are vying for the $40 million job, said Douglas Steidl, dean of the design college.

The university will choose three to four finalist teams, which will then be paid a stipend to produce a preliminary design that will be vetted for cost, functionality, sustainability and aesthetics. A winner will be chosen by January.

He said the goal is to put KSU on the map with a distinguished piece of contemporary architecture.

Thats what were looking for, he said Tuesday.

Teams seeking the KSU assignment include a whos who of contemporary architecture. Among the world-famous firms on the list are: Eric Owen Moss Architects of Culver City, Calif.; Morphosis, of Los Angeles and New York; Farshid Moussavi Architects and Zaha Hadid Architects, both of London; Smith-Miller +Hawkinson Architects and Weiss/Mandfredi, both of New York.

Many Ohio firms are also seeking the KSU assignment, sometimes in the role of lead designer in partnership with a distinguished firm from outside the region, and sometimes in the role of partner to an outside firm in the lead spot.

Local and regional firms in the hunt include Richard L. Bowen Associates, Robert Masckhe Architects and Westlake Reed Leskosky, all of Cleveland; and Moody Nolan and NBBJ, both of Columbus.

Steidl said he thought the competitive process to choose the winning team will result in a building that has an image, that is sustainable and keeps us on track with what we preach to our students about quality and function and sustainable design and how a building contributes to a community.

The project will be financed through a $170 million bond issued by KSU earlier this year, which will also fund new construction and improvements to other academic buildings on campus.

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