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Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 14:41:15 -0800
To: "Cathy Colwell" <colwell@mindspring.com>
Subject: Re: attention: Neville Millar:  I need email for Spectra Cine
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At 05:45 AM 1/14/99 -0500, you wrote:=20

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<excerpt><excerpt><bigger>Could you please send me an email address ...
my  work e-mail is chcolwel@mail.volusia.k12.fl.us</bigger>=20
<bigger>Also, may we have permission to use a picture of these light=20
meters on our webpage for the competition?</bigger>=20
<bigger>Cathy</bigger>     <bold><bigger>-----Original Message-----


</bigger></bold></excerpt></excerpt><<<<<<<<

Hi Cathy,=20


Thanks for asking for permission to use one or more of our pictures on
your web page. We would be grateful if you could add language (in fine
print)  along the lines of: "photo courtesy of Friends in Photography".=20


You can communicate with us by e-mail at the following address:

photofriends@clubfree.com


I hope this helps you!


Best regards,



Neville Millar

Friends in Photography

A Division of Webster Enterprises


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<excerpt><excerpt><bold><bigger>From:    =20
</bigger></bold><bigger><<mailto:photofriends@clubfree.com>photofriends@club=
free.com
     <<photofriends@clubfree.com>

<bold>To:      </bold>Cathy Colwell <<colwell@mindspring.com>

<bold>Date:      </bold>Thursday, January 14, 1999 1:19 AM

<bold>Subject: </bold>Re: asssitance      with one of your products


</bigger><fontfamily><param>Arial</param>Hi Cathy,=20


Your project      sounds very innovative!=20


We would like to help. However, as we are a      dealer for Spectra Cine
and are not involved in the technical/engineering      side of the
business, I should refer you to Spectra Cine Research, the    =20
manufacturer of Spectra light meters.


They are located at 820 North      Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA, 91505
(telephone: (818) 954-9222).=20


I      hope this helps you!


Best regards,



Neville      Millar

Friends in      Photography

photofriends@clubfree.com




At 12:00 AM 1/14/99      -0500, you wrote:=20

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<bold>I          am the faculty advisor to a group of students involved
in an Internet          Science Fair research project at Mainland High
School in Daytona Beach,          FL. For the past six weeks, the
students have been researching light          meters, or other portable
light detection devices, which could measure          light pollution as
it affects endangered nesting sea turtles and their          hatchlings.
Sea turtles seem to be attracted to violets and ultraviolet        =20
lights irrespective of the light's intensity. Their physiology is less  =20
      sensitive to reds and yellows. Research has concluded that while
sea          turtles have color cones along their retinas, they do not
appear to have          color vision - that is red and green wavelengths
remain unique, not          blended to form shades of yellow. Lighting
pollution is a deterrent to          nesting "mother" turtles and a
distracter to hatchlings. Sea          turtle researchers would like to
be able to measure the lighting in          "nurturing beach
environments" and apply those standards to          areas where turtles
are being harmed. Unfortunately they have not been          able get
obtain a reference standard for lighting measurements in a          beach
environment with any light meters that are presently available        =20
commercially.         =20


Sources          of light pollution along the beach include:
streetlights, hotel          lighting, sidewalk lighting, and ambient
urban glow. Local streetlights          have been changed out to LPS
lights, and hotels in compliance with          lighting ordinances either
have amber shields on incandescent bulbs or          yellow bug lights.
Sidewalk lighting seems to primarily be incandescent          globe
lights. Urban glow is also present from local principalities.=20


Obviously there must be          a compromise between protecting sea
turtles and providing security for          human beings.

</bold>

I          am earnestly hoping that someone at your company can help us.
The last          day we have to work on our project is next Wednesday,
we have to cease          all improvements on our entry's website on
Thursday, January 21st.=20


(I) has anyone in your company received          any federal, state,
local, or private          grant monies to do research on measuring the
intensity of environmental          lighting          -- urban glow,
distant streetlights (beach to road, for example),          ambient local
light, light of only specific frequencies. There are          probably
other related topics about which I am unaware ... all        =20
suggestions are welcome.=20


Component #1 (http://istf.ucf.edu/screen68.htm)          requires that we
know the dollar amount of the grant, the funding          agency, the
principal investigator, the institution where the research          was
conducted, the duration of the grant and the outcome of the        =20
investigation. (We have found innumerable grants for turtle research;   =20
     none for light meter research and development).=20


(II) If          your company holds any patents for light monitoring
detectors? If yes,          could you please supply us with a list or
specifications to help us with          Component #3.
(http://istf.ucf.edu/screen68.htm) Ultimately,          in the
competition, we need to make a recommendation for an improvement        =20
in an existing patent. size=3D2>=20

<bold>(III) As one of the          components of this project (Component
#3:=20
<<http://istf.ucf.edu/screen68.htm>http://istf.ucf.edu/screen68.htm),   =20
     we need to obtain a review of a proposed product by a commercial
company          (the actual product does not have to be built). As an
established          manufacturer of light meters, we were hoping that
you could help us by          considering the product described below. It
is targeted at hotel owners          and beachside residents interested
in knowing if they are in accordance          with local sea turtle
nesting laws.


After          lengthy research through lighting sites on the Internet,
we were hoping          that you would help us base our product's idea on
your Spectra          Professional IV-A in combination with the the
Spectra One Degree          PhotoSpot: http://www.clubfree.com/spectra/ =20
       Our product is a variation of existing light meter technology,   =20
     incorporating various enhancements designed to mimic the vision    =20
    characteristics of sea turtles.         =20


(1) First,          there needs to be a way to display the intensity
values for the          wavelength ranges that are most attractive to
hatchlings. This          encompasses a large portion of the human range
from 400-660 nm          (specifically 525 nm and 645 nm wavelengths
which research has shown sea          turtles to be particularly
sensitive) as well as the lower frequency          ultra-violet
wavelengths (particularly those emitted by exterior          incandescent
lights illuminating hotels - yellow bug lights or globe          lights).=20


(2) Second, the          light meter should feature a vertical component
from 10 to 30, in          accordance with the loggerhead turtle's
acceptance cone.=20


(3) Also incorporated          into the meter will be an adjustable
aperature which will enable the          used to modify the meter's
horizontal field of detection. This will          allow for both wide
area and pin-point detection of problem lighting.         =20


We would be EXTREMELY          grateful if someone in your company could
help us complete these last          components of our project. We need
to obtain          a review of your proposed product or process from a
company that could          manufacture the product/process in the US. We
         would love to answer any questions that would help you clarify
our          project and its goals. Since we are not engineers, we invite
your          suggestions that will improve our product's description and
operation. I          am so sorry that we have only just now located your
company and          products. Your assistance will be acknowledged on
our project's website (          face=3DArial>http://mainland.cctt.org/istf
face=3DArial>).

</bold>size=3D2>         =20


Thank-you for trying to help us in our          endeavor,

Cathy Colwell =20

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