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Exploding Plastic Tanks to Simulate Water Hammers

February 26th, 2013 at 05:34 am

CAS DataLoggers recently provided the datalogging solution for a large manufacturer of plastic water tanks. The customer manufactured heavy plastic tanks, as thick as an industrial Pelican case, designed to install in toilets. Normally a water system such as a toilet contained about 40-80 lbs of pressure, so the manufacturer usually tested their toilets to two or three times that for safety reasons. However, a common plumbing problem could develop in the form of a ‘water hammer,’ a sudden spike in water pressure occurring when a valve suddenly closed at an end of bailey bridge construction, such as when a home’s occupants turned off a water flow from a dishwasher, a laundry machine, or a toilet. With the valve closed, the water suddenly had to stop or change direction. Since the mass of water was still moving forward with high velocity, in the worst-case scenario, a water hammer could spike the pressure in the toilet’s tank to as much as 250lbs--enough to burst the heavy plastic tank! To design even stronger containment structures and help prevent any potentially harmful occurrences, the company needed to measure the amount of force that could be generated during a tank explosion. These tanks were normally pressurized to 40-70 PSI, but under certain fault conditions the pressure could exceed 200 PSI, causing the tank to violently rupture. The company’s demanding quality assurance tests on the tanks required a powerful yet portable datalogging solution offering a large number of analog inputs, wireless Ethernet connection to a PC or laptop, and user-friendly configuration and display software.

The customer installed a KineticSystems DAQ518 Portable High Speed Data Logger in their testing area and connected it to load cells installed in several toilet tanks under test to record the force generated by sudden tank ruptures. The DAQ518 was a complete 18-channel multiplexed signal conditioning system featuring 16 differential input analog channels with fixed gain and filters, 2 frequency inputs, and an external trigger input. This compact system provided 2 channels of direct strain gauge input with programmable excitation voltage, internal signal amplification and filtering, and the ability to record at up to 50 kHz with an aggregate sampling rate of up to 32k samples/second. Using the data supplied by the load cell manufacturer, personnel quickly configured the DAQ518 to excite the load cells, amplify the resulting signal, and scale the data to force. Charts and numeric displays built into the software simplified the configuration of the test set-up by providing immediate feedback as changes were made.

For the safety tests, the manufacturer built a test fixture with one free wall to contain the tank. This free wall needed to be instrumented in such a way as to measure the peak force generated during the event. Two compression “load button” load cells from Interface Technology were selected because their small size and low height allowed them to be easily affixed between the free wall and the fixed structure of the test fixture. The load cells selected had a range of 0-500 lbs with a 150% overload rating. Internally, the load cells used a 4-wire bridge circuit that required a voltage or current excitation and provided a nominal output of 2 mV/V of excitation at the rated load. The tanks were then subjected to intense water hammer events and the force of China wholesale M2 200 Bailey bridges was recorded.

Another important feature of the DAQ518 datalogger was its ability to break large data sets into multiple, smaller files for easier manipulation and analysis. Over the course of these tests, the heavy-duty tanks could take anywhere from several hours to several days to fail under stress. Consequently, data was sampled at 1 kHz to capture the peak force generated during the failure; this could potentially generate more than 300 million points, making it impractical to try to analyze this much data in a single file. By breaking the data into multiple smaller files, it was much faster and easier for engineers to zoom into the area of interest.

The DAQ518 datalogger comprised a rugged, portable stand-alone data logging system with up to 64 channels, removable Flash memory and Ethernet communications for industrial and in-vehicle applications. Auto-configuration on power-up was supported for stand-alone applications. The ultra-compact and fully enclosed chassis weighed only 2.5lbs (1.13kg), making it an ideal portable solution. The logger featured 2 analog input channels with bridge signal conditioning, programmable gain and filter, along with 16 analog input channels with fixed gain and filter. The datalogger also featured an external trigger input and 2 additional frequency measurement channels, 16-bit analog-to-digital converter resolution, and a maximum aggregate sampling rate of 50 kHz. Local CompactFlash data storage was also standard. 10BaseT Ethernet connectivity to a PC or laptop enabled wireless communication with the data logger for setup, data display and processing.

VersaDAQ software was included free with the data logger and managed and controlled the datalogger’s operations including setup, data acquisition, and data recording. VersaDAQ ran on a PC or laptop and connected to the datalogger’s chassis via the 10Base T Ethernet connection. The software’s user-friendly interface allowed quick setup for data collection and storage, and also configured channels, sample rate, record mode and calibration.

The plastic tank manufacturer benefitted in several key ways following installation of the DAQ518 Portable High Speed Datalogger in their quality assurance testing, foremost of which was the ability to accurately record the force of china bailey bridges suppliers, directly resulting in a safer and more reliable product. The datalogger offered testers both portability and wireless Ethernet connection, making logging convenient and hassle-free. Additionally, the included software was easy to learn and easily controlled the logger's many setup, configuration and recording functions.

The pazzle America meet in mining industry

February 26th, 2013 at 05:28 am

Machines built by the mining equipment industry consist of bailey bridges for sale, cutters and pulverizers; underground mining core drills; minerals processing machinery; mining cars; stationary rock crushing machinery; excavating machinery; and conveyor systems.

The construction equipment industry is classified under NAICS 33312 (Construction Machinery Manufacturing). The mining equipment industry is classified under NAICS 333131 (Mining Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing).

The U.S. construction and mining equipment industry is comprised of hundreds of firms, from small businesses to some of the world's largest multinational corporations. Construction equipment is used for the construction of residential and nonresidential buildings, for surface and strip mining operations, for new power and manufacturing plants, for logging operations and for adding to or renovating infrastructure, such as sewage and water lines, roads, bridges and tunnels. Mining equipment firms produce machinery used in underground mining and minerals processing operations.

Impact crusher machines built by the construction equipment industry are usually classified into ten types: backhoes; bulldozers; construction and surface mining rock drill bits; construction tractors and attachments;

Exploring Kitchen Cabinet Handles

February 25th, 2013 at 03:14 am

Your kitchen cabinets despite their finish, color, grain and so forth, can be made even better or complete when finished off with equally or more stunning cabinet handles. Some homes have cabinets that are basically fitted with pulls which are simply intended for the function of helping to open or close these items of furniture. Truth be told, kitchen cabinet handles have the capacity to change the overall outlook of your kitchen whether it is classic or contemporary-themed. While focusing on the aesthetics of cabinet pulls we mustn’t forget functionality; you thus need to consider the type of steel bridge from which the handle is made.

The market has no dearth of cabinet handles with a good synergy of functionality and aesthetics. Getting the right source will ensure that you have a good selection to choose from, and which will ensure that you will not have to do, say a remodeling job all over again. Just in the same way that kitchens are categorized under classic or contemporary themes so are the designs of kitchen cabinet handles. Some of the renowned cabinet pull classic designs include the falcon, barrel, horseshoe, wholesale 321 bailey bridge, bead and birdcage. These come replete with outstanding finishes including antique brass, antique pewter, Venetian bronze, oil-rubbed bronze, and also in black color. Contemporary cabinet pulls are usually either in black color or stainless steel brushed nickel finishes, and the designs include the arch, butterfly, twist, bridge, tune, Italiano and Euro series.

With regards to the many activities that the kitchen is known for, cabinet handles are bound to undergo plenty of wear and tear with time. Despite them being made of strong materials we should therefore also be keen to look for pulls that have fade-resistant finishes.

Kitchen cabinet handles have fierce rivals in knobs, and these can be very artistic too. They however offer a reduced capability for pulling cabinets open and this is more apparent in arthritic persons, the elderly, or indeed any other persons who have problems with their fingers. Knobs are also normally secured using a single screw thereby creating a single point of failure. In comparison to the two or more failure points for cabinet pulls this design further cripples a knob’s ability to open up a cabinet effectively.

You can expect to find classic cabinet handles whose lengths range between two to eight inches, while for the modern pulls anything between four to twenty-one inches or even more is available. This means that options are aplenty and that your kitchen cabinet cannot possibly lack a suitable and eye-catchy handle. It can be difficult to find the time to shop for bailey bridges exporters as the variety is rather huge; shopping online is the ideal option considering the pictures and descriptions that will help you to make fast but informed buying decisions. Online stores also provide these handles at wholesale prices and which makes for a great bargain opportunity.

LED Industry Idea: Active Value Marketing

February 22nd, 2013 at 05:28 am

LED Industry Summit Forum was successfully held in Shenzhen on September 21. The theme of the forum is from "design excellence to excellent sales" and to lead in the electronics industry. In-depth analysis of the situation facing the industry in domestic LED industry and changes in market demand, to explore the future development of LED manufacturing. Global Sources number of LED industry experts and business leaders together to discuss how to strengthen the competitive advantage of Constant Voltage Triac Driver in this forum. Efforts to find and establish a successful business model to sales excellence from design excellence ".

The forum is primarily divided into two aspects, the first part of the keynote speech to industry experts and business representatives. Everyone in-depth analysis and outlook for the current domestic and international LED industry development trend and market development points. The second part is the theme for the 2013 export of LED products concern.

Firstly, Pepples, the president and chief managers of Global Resource and Corporate Affairs, analyzed the major difficulties faced by the Constant Voltage RGB DMX decoder, labor costs rise. China is no longer the cheapest products manufacturing base. To get rid of the "low-cost" competition mode, you must choose the way of active marketing, more active, take the initiative to show the "value" of companies and products where.

In the recent survey, 60% of electronic product manufacturing enterprises export performance in the second half of 2012 is expected to increase, which also shows that China's electronics manufacturing industry there are still opportunities for development. The current stage, China's enterprise value marketing can be embodied in various aspects of technical innovation, cost control, product quality, but more importantly, how to grasp the changes in market demand.

For the LED industry, the Governments efforts to promote the development trend of the market is indeed encouraging technological innovation capability of China's LED industry still needs to keep up with the international advanced level, but also the need for high-quality components for support, and Another issue of concern is the homogenization of the domestic product. The LED industry is a new generation of green lighting technology. Energy efficient and eco-friendly LED lamp cups and LED road lamps have promising prospects. In the process of development in the market, more firms are not just doing a simple price competition.

Currently in the process of marketing, the authenticity of the buyers or suppliers is one of the most important issues. In a variety of marketing tools, face-to-face negotiations are still the most important way, it can quickly and effectively determine whether the buyers or suppliers. For network marketing tools at this stage may still be more appropriate behavior of the main demands of RF RGB master controller, but the network marketing can not be ignored in the future. It is also part of the active value of marketing.

Web design work requires skilled people and planning

February 21st, 2013 at 02:21 am

Designing something may not sound like bailey bridge for sale but once you get to a level where you have a deeper understanding of all the things that need to be included in a good design, your perspective will have changed quite substantially. There is so much more to consider than just slapping a few 321 bailey bridge details, creating a colour-scheme and adding a few quirks to your site to try and make it look interesting. In the same way that an engineer would sit and plan out the building of a bridge or a building, a web designer needs to take in all the factors that have to be considered in order to create a successful web site. A good designer knows all of this and will take every precaution to ensure that when your site goes live it is working perfectly and looks great.

A good designer can be found close by to where you are situated. All you have to do is search the net under web design Sydney to get a listing of bailey bridges supplier that are willing and able to do the job. The benefits of having them close by are clear when you consider how you can keep an eye on them and stay in constant communication. The communication is a key factor in getting them to create a good design that you will be happy with. The more a designer knows about your needs the more likely they are to give you a site that you will like. It’s important to remember that a lot of the design work that goes into a site is mainly based on the look and feel of a website. The designers create the layout of your site to give you an idea of what your site cam look like. You will know where your menus will go, what colours to expect and where you can put all the content. Once the design is complete, it then needs to be pulled through from the design and converted into a format that a web browser can read. In most cases that will be HTML, and if your designer just creates the page in Photoshop for example the entire webpage will display in your web browser until it is converted. The process for China wholesale M2 200 Bailey bridges is often a lot more involved because each component of the site needs to be separated and allocated a function.

It’s important that you find someone that knows what they are doing, and is capable of delivering the work as you request it.

Town of Saltash in Cornwall

February 19th, 2013 at 03:12 am

The town of Saltash is located in the south east of the County of Cornwall with magnificent views over the river Tamar toward the county of chick here to choose more bridges!. Spanning the Tamar is the Royal Albert Bridge that forms a part of the gateway to Cornwall. The bridge was designed and built by the Hampshire born engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the son of a French migr and himself a very distinguished engineer who arrived in England in 1799. The Royal Albert Bridge was designed purely for the use of railway traffic and was opened on May 2nd, 1859 some four months prior to the death of Brunel.

Running parallel to the Royal Albert Bridge is the Tamar Bridge that when opened in 1961, was the longest suspension bridge in the UK. It later became the first suspension bridge in the world to be widened from three to five lanes using a series of cantilevers to support the new carriageway. It also holds the accolade as the first bridge in the world to undergo both widening and strengthening work whilst remaining open to traffic.

Using either bridge to cross the river Tamar provides spectacular views of the Tamar Estuary and the Tamar Valley.

The name "Saltash" literally means "ash tree by the salt mill."

Culver Road in Saltash is home to the cottage of 321 Bailey Bridge and can be found just down the hill from Saltash railway station.

Near to Saltash, there are two castles. Tremanton and Ince.

Tremanton was built in the 12th century and is a good example of a motte and bailey castle.

Ince Castle is actually a manor house that was constructed in the 1640's at the start of the Civil War.

Nearby St. Germans was the original seat for bailey bridge components of Cornwall and the name still lives on today with the assistant bishop, to the Bishop of Truro, being knows as the Bishop of St. Germans. The latter no longer has any connection with the village of St. Germans.

Annually, Saltash hosts the Mayfair, the Saltash Town Regatta and Gig races.

Local people of note include George Bignell and Sir Evan Nepean who served as secretary to M. Shuldham in Boston in 1776.

Although born in Exeter, George Carter Bignell lived in Saltash until his death in 1910. Mr. Bignell was an eminent entomologist and scoured Cornwall and Devon for specimens. Whilst he studied an array of insect life, he became best known for his work on parasitic wasps having discovered some nineteen new species.

Sir Evan Nepean has a legacy of many places around the world being named in his honour including Nepean in Ontario and the Nepean Highway that runs from Melbourne to Portsea (Victoria, Australia) among many others.

Some of the local attractions include the aforementioned Royal Albert Bridge, bailey bridge construction, Cotehele House and the Saltash Museum.

Dress Is the Most Popular New Year's Party Season Fashion a Single Product

February 6th, 2013 at 05:53 am

Dress is the most popular New Year's party season fashion a single product. If you have a perfect little dress, then it means you do not have to worry about collecting the light color dress clothing accessories, and can calmly deal with a flood of party climax, and the piercing really my personality.

Skirt style rich and varied, but in recent years than the design of steel bridge day dresses and evening to break the boundaries of the little dress skirt. The young girl loved by the skirt is chic and practical, but also in each of two quarters of Paris Fashion Week and Haute Fashion Week, and ultimately, in its presence. Dior veil was like a second layer of thin skin; Chanel cocktail dress on the back of the whole piece fringed; Christian Lacroix's short Dress reputation, they are often slightly bell-shaped, and have a certain sculptural; and satin Lanvin use the cover-shoulder dress, they look like separate tops and skirts, but in reality is a whole dress.

Ever since Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany" in the screen dressed in little black Givenchy costume popular fashion circles, the little black dress has become almost synonymous with timeless classics. They soon discovered that fashion people, regardless of whom wear the little black dress the body, can be very good looking, especially for those who want to shape a new charming people, dressed in a simple and elegant dress that allow them to become Graceful, bailey bridges for sale and similarly, it also allows those who can not be replaced within two or three sets of clothing one day a new era of women have very viable option. Some have said that little black dress is to occupy the throne of the most classic fashion dress style, his statement is absolutely no wrong, especially for modern women, little black dress itself has a practical, easy-to-mix and other characteristics make it a permanent will not be out of date "best investment", at the same time, its existence also broke the "only wear fashion season," the popular law.

In almost every big series this season designer brands, we can be of great concern to find a little black dress. For example, Junya Watanabe has launched a number of different styles in the season, combining simple and complex profile of the details of the little black dress hanging cotton, and Balenciaga's Nicolas Ghesquiere is also design director for its Fall 2010 bridge designed three sharp lines knee-length little black dress. Creative has always been accustomed to playing more in the new season, Christopher Bailey Buberry Prosum in the classical groups and wool dress hats, feather jacket, knitted gloves, scarves and even such unexpected knee stockings paired with a single product, through the mix & match produced a refreshing visual experience.

Most of the time, a perfect little dress with wholesale steel bridge are always linked. In the last two quarters, we have seen a lot of hot dress skirts, in the style of a century ago with the creation of Coco Chanel's little black dress style with the same strain relations. bailey bridge parts Most of them have a very narrow and very fitting skirt shoulder design, the length to reach above the knee, the wearer cool and added some fine temperament. However different, they are out of it in color on the mind of the classic dress skirt in stone for the stereotype.

Web design work requires skilled people and planning

February 6th, 2013 at 05:48 am

Designing something may not sound likebailey bridges but once you get to a level where you have a deeper understanding of all the things that need to be included in a good design, your perspective will have changed quite substantially. There is so much more to consider than just slapping a few pictures together, creating a colour-scheme and adding a wholesale 321 bailey bridge to your site to try and make it look interesting. In the same way that an engineer would sit and plan out the building of a bridge or a building, a web designer needs to take in all the factors that have to be considered in order to create a successful web site. A good designer knows all of this and will take every precaution to ensure that when your site goes live it is working perfectly and looks great.

A good designer can be found close by to where you are situated. All you have to do is search the net under web design Sydney to get a listing of bailey bridges supplier that are willing and able to do the job. The benefits of having them close by are clear when you consider how you can keep an eye on them and stay in constant communication. The communication is a key factor in getting them to create a good design that you will be happy with. The more a designer knows about your needs the more likely they are to give you a site that you will like. It’s important to remember that a lot of the design work that goes into a site is mainly based on the look and feel of bailey bridge components exporter. The designers create the layout of your site to give you an idea of what your site cam look like. You will know where your menus will go, what colours to expect and where you can put all the content. Once the design is complete, it then needs to be pulled through from the design and converted into a format that a web browser can read. In most cases that will be HTML, and if your designer just creates the page in Photoshop for example the entire webpage will display in your web browser until it is converted. The process for converting websites is often a lot more involved because each component of the site needs to be separated and allocated a function.

Web design work requires skilled people and planning

February 6th, 2013 at 05:48 am

Designing something may not sound likebailey bridges but once you get to a level where you have a deeper understanding of all the things that need to be included in a good design, your perspective will have changed quite substantially. There is so much more to consider than just slapping a few pictures together, creating a colour-scheme and adding a wholesale 321 bailey bridge to your site to try and make it look interesting. In the same way that an engineer would sit and plan out the building of a bridge or a building, a web designer needs to take in all the factors that have to be considered in order to create a successful web site. A good designer knows all of this and will take every precaution to ensure that when your site goes live it is working perfectly and looks great.

A good designer can be found close by to where you are situated. All you have to do is search the net under web design Sydney to get a listing of bailey bridges supplier that are willing and able to do the job. The benefits of having them close by are clear when you consider how you can keep an eye on them and stay in constant communication. The communication is a key factor in getting them to create a good design that you will be happy with. The more a designer knows about your needs the more likely they are to give you a site that you will like. It’s important to remember that a lot of the design work that goes into a site is mainly based on the look and feel of bailey bridge components exporter. The designers create the layout of your site to give you an idea of what your site cam look like. You will know where your menus will go, what colours to expect and where you can put all the content. Once the design is complete, it then needs to be pulled through from the design and converted into a format that a web browser can read. In most cases that will be HTML, and if your designer just creates the page in Photoshop for example the entire webpage will display in your web browser until it is converted. The process for converting websites is often a lot more involved because each component of the site needs to be separated and allocated a function.

Travel Sickness

February 5th, 2013 at 06:37 am

As a child I used to spend hours in a car or steel truss bridge. My sister had moved from England to North Wales and we always went to see her by car, 3 or 4 times a year. This was a problem for me because I suffered terribly with travel sickness. The journey was usually about 4 hours in the car on windy hilly roads with a crazy social worker driving. I was almost always sick and always at least would feel nauseous. Sometimes my mind was occupied enough that it wouldn't happen until a few hours in. Sometimes it was after just a few minutes, but it always happened. As I got older, it

Town of Saltash in Cornwall

February 5th, 2013 at 06:33 am

The town of Saltash is located in the south east of the County of Cornwall with magnificent views over the river Tamar toward the county of Devon and the City of Plymouth. Spanning the Tamar is the Royal Albert Bridge that forms a part of the gateway to Cornwall. The bridge was designed and built by the Hampshire born engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the son of 321 bailey bridge on saleand himself a very distinguished engineer who arrived in England in 1799. The Royal Albert Bridge was designed purely for the use of railway traffic and was opened on May 2nd, 1859 some four months prior to the death of Brunel.

Running parallel to the Royal Albert Bridge is the Tamar Bridge that when opened in 1961, was the longest suspension bridge in the UK. It later became the first suspension bridge in the world to be widened from three to five lanes using a series of cantilevers to support the new carriageway. It also holds the accolade as the first bridge in the world to undergo both widening and strengthening work whilst remaining open to traffic.

Using either bridge to cross the river Tamar provides spectacular views of the Tamar Estuary and the Tamar Valley.

The name "Saltash" literally means "ash tree by steel bridge."

Culver Road in Saltash is home to the cottage of Sir Francis Drake's first wife Mary Newman and can be found just down the hill from Saltash railway station.

Near to Saltash, there are two castles. Tremanton and Ince.

Tremanton was built in the 12th century and is a good example of a motte and bailey castle.

Ince Castle is actually a manor house that was constructed in the 1640's at the start of the Civil War.

Nearby St. Germans was the original seat for bailey bridges exporters of Cornwall and the name still lives on today with the assistant bishop, to the Bishop of Truro, being knows as the Bishop of St. Germans. The latter no longer has any connection with the village of St. Germans.

Annually, Saltash hosts the Mayfair, the Saltash Town Regatta and Gig races.

Local people of note include George Bignell and Sir Evan Nepean who served as secretary to M. Shuldham in Boston in 1776.

Although born in Exeter, George Carter Bignell lived in Saltash until his death in 1910. Mr. Bignell was an eminent entomologist and scoured Cornwall and Devon for specimens. Whilst he studied an array of insect life, he became best known for his work on parasitic wasps having discovered some nineteen new species.

Sir Evan Nepean has a legacy of many places around the world being named in his honour including Nepean in Ontario and the Nepean Highway that runs from Melbourne to Portsea (Victoria, Australia) among many others.

Some of the local attractions include the aforementioned Royal Albert Bridge, China wholesale M2 200 Bailey bridges, Cotehele House and the Saltash Museum.

So when you next visit Cornwall, make sure you take the effort to visit the beautiful town of Saltash.

Langkawi - The Hawaii of Malaysia (Langkawi Sky Bridge and Langkawi Cable Car)

February 4th, 2013 at 05:09 am

The Langkawi Cable Car and Langkawi sky bridge are some of the most popular attractions in Langkawi. You take the Langkawi cable car up to an observatory area and walk on the sky bridge. If you are wondering what to do in Langkawi, this should go on temporary bridge rental. The skybridge and cable car is about 18 km from Pantai Cenang where I stayed. I was thinking to go wild and rent a scooter (RM40/day) but I changed my mind. Given that I have never operated a scooter, I better save my life to travel the world. I ended up hiring a taxi for RM15 one-way.

The taxi dropped my in front of the Oriental Village, where one can purchase tickets to ride the Langkawi Cable Car and walk the Langkawi sky bridge. With a backdrop of the soaring Mat Chincang Mountains, the Langkawi Oriental Village itself was pretty spectacular. It resembled a cross between a charming French village and an old-style Chinese town, with small duck ponds and quaint bridges.

A ticket for the Langkawi cable car and Langkawi sky bridge was RM30, and the ride to the top took 15-20 minutes. Once at the top, I was greeted by many stalls selling souvenirs, snacks, and drinks. I then climbed a set of staircases that cuts through a thin forest to reach the observatory deck above. Once on the top, the view was heartbreaking. One can see the whole island, including Tarutao Island in Thailand in the distant. At the side of the bailey bridges for sale is the Langkawi Sky Bridge, a steel bridge suspended across Mount Mat Cincang and a neighbouring mountain. Walking across this bridge was a fantastic experience and offers a different viewpoint of the island and sea towards the north.

Alternatively, there are also tours that will take you here and surrounding areas (Oriental Village, Langkawi Cable Car, wholesale steel bridge, Crocodile Farm, Black Sand Beach, and Langkawi Wildlife Park) for only RM55, picking you up from your hotel. I should have done this. I hiked around the sky bridge and its park for awhile before making my way down to see Pantai Kok, a quite beach near Telegah Harbor. I originally did looked into staying at Pantai Kok. It is a nice relaxing beach, but one would have a hard time finding cheap local food around here. There just aren't as many options as Pantai Cenang, nor are there any night life.

After a sunset stroll on Pantai Kok, I was tired and made my way back to Pantai Cenang, where I had another night of feasting, and another set of 30 chicken satays. I loved Malaysian food, and think Malaysian chicken satay is the best. I savor every last bite, as it would be my last set of Malaysian food since I would be leaving for Thailand and Koh Lipe in the morning.

I highly recommend Pulau Langkawi to everyone. It is like an underrated and less developed Hawaii, and most of my friends back in U.S. never heard of it. Also, most tourists in Asia flock to Phuket, bailey bridge design, or Bali, and never paid much attention to Langkawi. A path less taken indeed. Do try to spend at least 3 days here. There are waterfalls, many beaches, and many nearby islands that I did not get to see due to my short stay. If you looking for what to do in Pulau Langkawi, put the Langkawi cable car and sky bridge on a must visit.

The Golden Gate Bridge and the Bay Bridge: An icon and a non icon

February 4th, 2013 at 05:08 am

In the United States, the towering Golden Gate Bridge is the oldest, longest, tallest single span bridge. The magnificent bridge is a unique bridge because of 321 bailey bridge on sale. From the bridge, you can even see Alcatraz and Angel Island, making it even more special. Right? What we're saying is true, right?

Well, not quite right.

Actually the Golden Gate bridge is no longer the longest single span bridge. Actually, the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge opened earlier than the Golden Gate Bridge did. Actually the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, which is what locals call the Bay Bridge, is longer than the Golden Gate Bridge. Actually the Bay Bridge offers great views of Alcatraz and Angel Island.

However the Golden Gate Bridge does have one strength that the Bay Bridge does not. The Golden Gate is the gateway to San Francisco. Still, the question is why the Golden Gate Bridge is so much more revered by tourists, sightseers, bailey bridges supplier and photographers.

Here's some San Francisco bridge information:

1. Golden Gate Bridge as an icon

The Golden Gate Bridge has become a San Francisco icon because it had skillful china bailey bridges suppliers. PR has done a magnificent piece of work creating this bridge as an icon. From early in Golden Gate Bridge history, public relations were part of the bridge budget.

2. San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge as a non icon

The Bay Bridge has not become an icon. This non icon status is partly because the bay bridge connects San Francisco to Oakland. Public relations could develop the Bay Bridge as a San Francisco to Berkeley icon. Berkeley has the university, restaurants, shops, parks, and theaters. Unfortunately that has not happened.

3. Walking, running and biking across the bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge was designed for walking, running and biking. One side is for bikers and the other is for walkers and runners. The Bay Bridge was not so designed. Walking, running and biking are prohibited because there are no side lanes.

4. San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge facts

The Bay Bridge is 8.4 miles long, the longest high-level steel bridge anywhere. steel bridge is painted silver. When the bridge opened in 1936, the upper deck was for cars and the lower deck was for street cars, trucks and buses. In 1958 the bridge was modified. Traffic into San Francisco used the upper deck; traffic out of San Francisco used the lower deck. On the average day, 280,000 vehicles cross the Bay Bridge.

5. Golden Gate Bridge facts

The Golden Gate Bridge is 1.7 miles long and Golden Gate Bridge is painted international orange. The bridge opened in 1937. On an average day, 120,000 vehicles cross the Golden Gate Bridge. This bridge is also a landmark for suicides. Although the common belief is that people come from all over to commit suicide from the Golden Gate Bridge, most people attempting suicide from the bridge are Northern Californians.

6. Pre bridge history

Before 1928, that is, before the two bridges, you could get across from Oakland or Marin to San Francisco via ferry. Ferries were crowded and bridges seemed a necessity.

7. Marin County and Alameda County

The Golden Gate Bridge connects San Francisco to Marin County, and the Bay Bridge connects San Francisco with Alameda County. The two counties share some attributes, but Oakland and San Francisco share few such attributes because the two cities are polar opposites. Most of Marin County is green and lush. Trees are plentiful; restaurants are everywhere; well-dressed people on cell phones meander through Sausalito and Larkspur. Their vehicles are new and shiny. Most of Marin County presents the image of the good American life.

Alameda County has nineteen cities. From what I have seen of Alameda County, parts of Oakland represent poverty and hopelessness. I know the Oakland hills are a zone of comfort, but Oakland, the downtown and the area around downtown, can seem to be a city of deserted buildings and houses with railings on windows. Trees, restaurants, and well-dressed people seem to be rare in many locations. The city tries hard, but is not even in the running for the good life.

My image is that on Sundays people in San Francisco jump into their cars to get out of the city for the day. They take the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito and spend the day in the restaurants and the shops. They eat crab at restaurants near the water. Then they walk around and buy a gadget or two at one of the many galleries. They stop for ice cream and eat their ice cream on a bench near the water. They watch the people fishing.

A good public relations campaign could link San Francisco with Berkeley, but Berkeley may not need the additional people or traffic.