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13 Aug 5 Reasons Why You Should Stop What You Are Doing (and Register for the Transform Symposium!)
Let's get straight to the point...we are all busy. And for those reading this you are probably very busy thinking about ways to improve healthcare in-practice, by design, etc. Realizing this we would like to invite you to register for the Transform Symposium - a chance to think differently.
So we aren't really asking you to stop what you are doing to improve healthcare, but to improve upon your current work by registering for the Mayo Clinic's Center for Innovation Transform Symposium– to participate in workshops, networking opportunities and conversations needed to transform healthcare from the ground up.
Here are five reasons why you should stop what you are doing and register today for the Mayo Clinic Transform Symposium!
1. Connections Aren't Made Sitting Down
How about connecting with leading-edge innovators from the East and West coasts and others who work around the globe, through interactive design workshops?
From coast to coast, San Francisco and Boston-based health tech accelerator, Rock Health, will lead Start-Up Boot-Camp for those interested in digital health and new ventures. Interested in Global Health? How about a workshop with Gene Buckham, M.D., Ph.D., Harvard Medical School's director of Global Noncommunicable Disease and Social Change, and Aaron Shakow, Ph.D., a historian and health policy expert for Partners in Health.
Spanning both foreign and domestic projects Thomas Fisher, Dean of University of Minnesota's College of Design, will moderate the "From Tents in Missouri to Buildings in Rawanda" discussion with Wendy Deibert and Michael Murphy will highlight stories about building health care spaces after the Joplin, Missori tornado to community designed spaces in Rwanda.
2. Lessons Aren't Only Learned in Lectures
Transform breaks it down, by breaking it up! Five minutes on Social Media health care trends or a new care model for palliative care to a half- hour with Garrison Keillor or an hour and a half brainstorming workshop. Themes, topics, insights and personal stories will be presented in a variety of ways. Transform moderator, journalist and commentator, John Hockenberry, will keep the symposium flowing with his usual insightful commentary and behind-the-scene quips.
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3. Being In a Hotel Won't Teach You Much About Healthcare
Why have Transform in Rochester, Minnesota? It's where the Mayo Clinic is… dontchaknow? Not only will you enjoy the space of the symposium, but also you can explore the Mayo Clinic campus. Whether it's the Mayo Clinic's art tour, a historical campus tour through Chihuly glass collection, Warhol prints or a special tour of the Mayo Clinic's Center for Innovation.
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Breakthrough innovation at Mayo Clinic will also be spotlighted on Science Sunday, with scientists presenting on leading edge research in Gastroentology, Oncology, Hematology and Gerontology. For those interested in healthcare design research CFI designer researcher Krisa Ryan and Amy Williams M.D. at Mayo Clinic will discuss design research applied in a clinical setting. Marc Matthews, M.D. will also host a 'Design for Doctors.' Workshop sharing his viewpoint on how working with designers has changed some of his perspectives and practices.
4. Interesting Topics Don't Make Provocative Speeches
Let's flip that - provocative speakers make topics interesting. Topics like 'Elephants in the Room' and 'Designing Ahead of the Problem' are a reflection of the speakers' passion and their intended takeaways for the audience. Phil Satow will tell the personal story of why he founded The Jed Foundation, and Michael Wolff, renowned journalist, will discuss his recent experience of caring for his terminally ill mother.
VIDEO: View the 3 Minute Transform Symposium 2012 Video!
Discussing 'New Perspectives' on-stage, John Hockenberry will interview Alex Jadad M.D., Chief Innovator and Founder of the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, Laura Adams President and CEO of Rhode Island Quality Institute and Reed Tuckson M.D., Executive Vice President and Chief of Medical Affairs of UnitedHealth Group - as they offer their insights and experiences.
5. Being Quiet Doesn't Create Change
But starting new and different conversations with new and different people does. The planning team at Mayo Clinic's Center for Innovation knows that true innovation requires looking outside and bringing in many points of view to work together. To kick off Transform, Dick Gephardt, former house majority lead, will be interviewed by Tane Danger, the co-creator of the Theatre of public policy, on the landscape of healthcare outside of Washington, D.C. The Theatre of Public Policy troupe will then use the interview as content for several improvisation skits and soliciting audience participation. The GE HealthyImagination team will also work with the diverse attendees to create a narrative around a hot topic in health care with a series of workshops, presenting what they collectively discovered on the main stage.
VIDEO: View GE HealthyImagination's Brain Bowl at Transform 2011!
Transform attendees are encouraged to laugh, talk and yes…tweet throughout the three-day symposium. Tweet at and converse in-person with Lee Aase, Director of Mayo Clinic Social Media and Audun Utengen co-founder of Symplur and the Healthcare Hashtag Project.
Various networking sessions will allow you to bridge connections, not just bring back business cards. Check out the Transform website for event details and an updated schedule! Those interested in sitting around waiting for healthcare innovation to happen – need not apply.
Those interested in being a part of transforming healthcare – register today!
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Imagining #MrDarcy: The Faceless Man and the Book Cover
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When other authors mention the name of someone they had in mind as Mr. Darcy while writing their Austen-inspired fiction, once in a while, I'm able to visualize their version of the hero while reading. It's not easy. Otherwise, the closest Mr. Darcy image that comes to my mind for Mr. Darcy is that of a Disney hero.
Disney Princes (from The Disney Wiki http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Disney_Prince)
The odd time, glimpses of a faceless man similar to the rear view of Colin Firth in the 1995 A&E/BBC adaptation occur. Of course, there have been other actors in other adaptations, and I like some better than others.
From the BBC/A&E 1995 mini-series Pride and Prejudice. Colin Firth, as Mr. Darcy, walks along the gallery at Pemberley.
Austen herself is no help. She just said he was tall and handsome, with a noble mien and fine figure. He could be bald! Of course, the costume people would put a dark, curly wig on him. Is it a wonder dreamy-eyed JAFF authors persist in mentioning those slightly unruly curls?
David Rintoul as Mr. Darcy in BBC's 1980 mini-series "Pride and Prejudice." Mr. Rintoul wore a hairpiece for the role.
I try very hard to imagine Mr. Darcy as eye-candy actor Henry Cavill (before the Superman bulk), even if he's almost too pretty. A story I posted on Jane Austen fan fiction mega-site A Happy Assembly (Studio 54) "cast" the inimitable Christopher Reeve as Darcy, since he was the right age for the story's era. I like the late Gregory Peck in mid-20th century stories. But none of their faces come to mind when I'm writing.
As part of my addiction to Pinterest since the Thrift Shop Regency Costume Experiment, I've pinned some portraits of terribly handsome real Regency gentlemen, and maybe… but try as I might, no Darcy. I look at book covers that supposedly have Mr. Darcy on them, and to me, none of those gentlemen are quite right.
This is a problem when you want Mr. Darcy on your own book cover.
New Letter from Ramsgate character, Lady Edwina Moore, is easy to imagine. Georgiana Darcy can be a young Caroline Murat. And there's sneaky Mr. Wickham bothering her, and Elizabeth Bennet in the background with her dizzy parasol. But where's my Mr. Darcy for Letter from Ramsgate's cover?
Lady Edwina Moore from Suzan Lauder's "Letter from Ramsgate" (artwork: Henri-Pierre Danloux, Portrait of a Young Lady in a White Dress, from Sotheby's)
Miss Georgiana Darcy from Suzan Lauder's "Letter from Ramsgate" (Artwork: François-Pascal-Simon, Baron Gérard's painting "Caroline Murat walking in the gardens of Château de Neuilly," 1807, from Versailles)
Mr. Wickham from Suzan Lauder's "Letter from Ramsgate" attempts to woo Miss Georgiana Darcy while Miss Elizabeth Bennet wanders around in the distance, spinning her parasol. (Artwork: Debucourt, Modes et Manières du Jour no. 34)
I suppose one could have a worse dilemma than having to peruse artwork in search of Mr. Darcy! In any case, the wonderful Zorylee Diaz-Lupitou is the cover designer for Letter from Ramsgate, and whether or not Mr. Darcy's face appears, I love her covers, so I know it will be fantastic.
Suzan Lauder's latest novel, Letter from Ramsgate, will be published by Meryton Press in the autumn of 2016.
2016 May 17 Edited to add a note: For some reason, readers have flocked to my blog for this post, yet none have left comments on my blog, road trips with the redhead! I wonder if you all saw the hot Regency guy and clicked to discover who the heck he is! If someone asked, I'd tell, but I'm not sure that's the reason this post is so extremely popular! Can anyone give me a hint?
Thanks! Suzan
Christina Boyd
Lately the face I imagine is David Gandy as Mr Darcy. (Swooning)
K Berlin
None of the media Darcys fit my image and I have not seen a portrait or a photo of anyone who quite fills the bill. He remains elusive and maybe that is for the best. My own Mr. Darcy is like him in character and that is what counts, the essentials.
One trick some designers use to good advantage is to show a figure without showing the face—back-to, in profile, torso but not head, etc. I do like things like faces left to the imagination!
Thanks for the comments, my friends! Mr. Gandy looks too world-weary and about ten years too old for my Mr. Darcy. (I've used the word grizzled before, but I think he's had some "work" done!) He does have a fine figure: fit yet not too bulky.
I'm not super-fond of most headless covers. Many make me suspect a slip during cropping of the portrait during drunk photoshopping, then the person hit send without checking, with no way to take it back! I do prefer headless to the smarmy Darcys with 90's hair and orangish tans, though. In addition there are some very nice headless covers in the case where the rest of the artwork says a great deal."Undeceived" has partial profile in silhouette from behind, and that's a cool cover, so faceless is possible with a head!
But Zorylee confided she likes Eric from the Little Mermaid! I trusted her before that mutual appreciation! This just adds to my excitement about the cover! Thing is, the Darcy she chooses will be the right one. I feel it in my bones.
Gail W
My Darcy's face remains elusive, but CF has the general mien – the stature, the figure, and definitely the walk.
Gail, I love P&P '95, and like many, when I watch it or see the still photos, Colin Firth IS Mr. Darcy. I agree on your list of attributes, plus I add the voice. Other actors have one or two key attributes, but don't fit the image quite so well. I first became smitten with Colin in "Love Actually," and didn't see the P&P adaptation until years later. But he refuses to be in my head when I write my novels. Who is the shadowy fellow destined for LfR? Only Zorylee knows!
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# immense pressure
Florist driver awarded €20,000 for dismissal after 'impossible' requests and hours
The WRC said that there was "no doubt that the driver was under immense pressure to get through his deliveries each day".
Oct 25th 2018, 6:15 AM
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A FLORIST SHOP driver has been awarded €20,000 for being dismissed after expressing concern over the amount of bouquets that needed to be delivered on Mother's Day.
The complainant was engaged as a van driver with a parent company of at least two retail florist shops in Cork and Dublin, and told the Workplace Relations Commission that he often worked up to 50 hours a week in order that all deliveries would be made.
He stated that he might sometimes be contacted after he got home in the evenings to get back out and re-deliver flowers where someone who had not been at home earlier had rung in looking for the delivery.
He said that Valentine's Day and Mother's Day were particularly challenging.
On Mother's Day last year, 24 March, the complainant started extra early. While still delivering his morning round of deliveries he was called back into the shop to pick up another 30 bouquets just prepared.
When back at the base, he said he pointed out the difficulty with being expected to deliver 50 or 60 bouquets in the remaining hours of the working day. The complainant raised the inappropriateness and impossibility of the expectation.
The complainant says he was dismissed on the spot, relieved of his van and was forced to take a taxi home.
The branch manager sent the complainant a note saying that he had been let go due to the unavailability of work. But after this, the company's general manager subsequently sent an email to the complainant setting out a disciplinary history going back a year before the dismissal, recorded as 26 March.
Management appeared to be at cross purposes. The complainant had never seen any such previous allegations and never received the verbal warnings described therein.
In an email dated 2 April, the complainant had requested the reasons for his dismissal, but says he was a stranger to the matters that were set out in reply and prepared by the general manager.
In correspondence with the general manager, the complainant categorically refuted all the allegations made and the veracity of the suggestion that he had a history of needing to be disciplined within the workplace.
Dismissed and rehired
In May that year, the company asked the driver to return to the company, in what the WRC called "a surprising turn of events".
The WRC continued:
"This may or may not have been in recognition of some fault on their part or to somehow persuade the complainant not to bring this matter before the WRC. Equally it may have had something to do with the respondent not being able to recruit another driver.
The reason for the change of heart has not been disclosed and I must therefore operate on the premise that there was a continuity of service and that any dismissal which took place in March was invalidated.
The driver then worked with the company for another three months.
During that period there appears to have been "an uneasy truce", as the WRC called it, though the issue of bringing the employer before the WRC "was never far from the surface".
On 19 August 2017, the driver was taken aside by the shop manager and was once again dismissed.
The van driver subsequently received a letter which attempted to justify the dismissal.
The letter purports to outline a number of incidents which had occurred in July and August and which had cumulatively given rise to the dismissal. However, the driver had not been disciplined in respect of these alleged instances nor were there any warnings placed on his file such that would allow for an instant dismissal in the manner alleged.
In its decision, the WRC said that "given the perishable nature of flowers… there can be no doubt that the complainant was under immense pressure to get through his deliveries each day".
"As no one from the company was available to rebut the complainant's sworn testimony and/or provide paperwork which documents any disciplinary history – including attendances at meetings, warnings, sanctions imposed etc – I find it difficult not to accept the complainant's evidence in its entirety," the final decision said.
I find the complainant to have been unfairly dismissed by the respondent and taking into account the lack of evidence regarding mitigation and the passage of time, I award a sum of compensation in the amount of €20,000.
The WRC also awarded the driver €400 over his claim about the hours worked per week, and €250 over the lack of provision of the terms and conditions of his employment.
Gráinne Ní Aodha
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IMMENSE PRESSURE MOTHERS' DAY WORKPLACE RELATIONS COMMISSION WRC
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Workshop: Honour and Admiration After War and Conflict
Bergsmannen, Aula Magna, Stockholm University
30 – 31 January, 2019
We honour and admire friends, teachers, artists, sportspeople, and intellectuals for who they are as people and the acts they perform. We also honour and admire politicians and combatants for their conduct before and during war and conflict. We give them medals, build statues in their honour and even (in the case of Winston Churchill) put their faces on our banknotes.
But when is such admiration appropriate? Churchill, for instance, is widely admired for his leadership and actions during World War 2. And yet Churchill was guilty of atrocities. For example, in 1943 he denied the pleas of British officials in Bengal for direct supplies of food to the region whilst famine, caused by Britain's imperialist policies, raged. Millions died as a result.
Indeed, many of those who continue to be honoured have committed atrocities. Cecil John Rhodes, whose wealth funds the Rhodes Scholarship, continues to have a statue at the Oriel College, Oxford, despite the fact that Rhodes was an English supremacist who contributed to the deaths of tens of millions of people as part of his colonist campaigns and policies in Africa. And many states in the United States of America continue to have statues of Confederate generals who fought to keep slavery legal.
10.00-11.00 Alfred Archer (Tilburg) and Benjamin Matheson (Stockholm) "Honour, Commemoration and Emotional Imperialism"
11.15-12.15 Sarah Hitchen "Blossoming Ambiguity"
14.00-15.00 Anja Berninger (Stuggart) "Commemoration and Admiration"
15.15-16.15 Daniel Abrahams (Glasgow) "Like Him or Not: Defences of Sir John A. MacDonald and How to Resist Them"
16.15-16.45 Refreshment Break
16.45-17.45 Zofia Stemplowska (Oxford) "Remembered Enough?"
19.00 Dinner
09.00-10.00 André Grahle (Munich) "Admiration for the Witness: Positive Emotions in Response to Refugees' Testimony"
10.30-11.30 Macalester Bell (Bryn Mawr) "On the Ethics of Publicly Dishonoring the Contemptible"
11.45-12.45 Joanna Burch-Brown (Bristol) "Would Renaming Our Schools Erase History?"
If you would like to attend, please contact benjamin.matheson@philosophy.su.se
Abstracts can be read here
Organisers: Benjamin Matheson & Alfred Archer
This workshop is funded by the Society of Applied Philosophy, the Stockholm Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace, Tilburg Centre for Logic, Ethics, and Philosophy of Science (TiLPS) and the NWO.


CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO – (October 2nd, 2015) – In what can only be described as the happiest of announcements, Shawn Achor, one of the world's leading experts on the connection between happiness and success, has joined forces with Canadian business leader and workplace culture warrior John Stix, to help spread their shared message on how an engaged and happy workforce improves both business and day to day life.
Jordon Brock Partner Good Think Inc.
Introduced in mid-2014, his award-winning "I'm In!" culture Initiative enabled Fibernetics employees to take a more proactive approach to their work, with a focus on maximizing customer care and the highest levels of service. The results speak for themselves as Fibernetics, one of Canada's fastest growing telecoms, has posted record month-over-month sales in its residential, business and wholesale divisions.
Now backed by Shawn Achor, John is taking his passionate mission to a broader Canadian audience.


Plattsburgh, NY–After a high scoring game on Friday, the Ephs (9-4-1) shutout the Plattsburgh State Cardinals (6-7-2) 4-0 and swept the weekend.
Characteristic of many of this season's games, there was a goal within the first five minutes of the game. This game's early first period goal came from Williams senior, Marcus Mollica at 3:03. Mollica was assisted by classmate Roberto Cellini. With the early lead, the Ephs set out to extend their lead just as they had done in Friday's game against Manhattanville.
The Ephs' second goal came at 10:07 to bring them to a two-goal lead against the Cardinals. Getting the assist off of Mollica's goal, Cellini was able to deke a shot past Cardinal goaltender, sophomore Lawson Fenton, to score a goal of his own. Sophomores Daniel Woolfenden and Nick VanBelle got the assist on Cellini's goal.
Some intense play erupted halfway through the second period and Cardinal sophomore, Liam Lawson, was issued a major and disqualification penalty at 11:28. Lawson was called for hitting from behind and was sent to the locker room, with classmate Mike Falanga serving his five minute infraction. The man advantage gave the Ephs another opportunity to further extend their lead to three goals. The Cardinals were well into killing the five minute penalty when Eph junior Will Somers, assisted by junior Max Fuld and VanBelle, scored the Ephs' third goal at 14:31.
The Eph squad had one more goal in them before the end of the game. Sophomore Bobby Beniers was assisted by freshman Niko Karamanis and sophomore Julian Detmar to score the fourth Eph goal at 7:33 in the third period.
Eph senior gaolie Michael Pinios' made 24 saves in recording the fifth shutout of his career.
The Ephs will return home for a conference matchup against Bowdoin College January 18 at 7pm.


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He later worked as Conservation Officer with the RSPB, concentrating on the North Antrim Coast and Rathlin Island, working on habitat management projects on priority species such as chough, corncrake and twite. He is the coordinator of an ongoing raptor research project in Inishowen, Co. Donegal and assists with research projects into both buzzard and red kites in NI. He has presented work at the Irish Ornithological Research Conference in Cork and was co contributor to several other reports presented there. He is also responsible for the Northern Ireland section of the State of Nature Report published by the RSPB and several other UK NGOs.
He has worked as an Ornithologist for several years, working on many bird studies of birds on sites across Ireland. He is currently involved with ecological and ornithological surveys on a number of wind farm sites across the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Aside from avian research Michael is also experienced several areas of professional Ecological surveying techniques.


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Facebook, Twitter fail latest security assessment
By Angela Moscaritolo on Nov 8, 2010 2:52PM
Lack of SSL authentication a major drawback.
A nonprofit security think-tank's 'report card' has failed Facebook and Twitter for neglecting to implement safeguards that are available on other popular online services.
Digital Society recently doled out grades for the security of a number of widely-used online services, including Facebook, Twitter, Gmail and Hotmail.
The services were graded on whether they use full Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protection and if they are susceptible to attacks that can expose user's credentials or authentication cookies.
Out of the services graded, Facebook and Twitter came out on the bottom, both receiving the lowest grade of 'F'.
According to Digital Society, the most pressing security problem affecting the social networking sites is that they do not use SSL authentication, a means of verifying the site's identity to users through visual queues such as a padlock or 'HTTPS' in the website URL, George Ou, policy director at Digital Society, told SCMagazineUS.com.
"They are not verifying to users who they are before they ask for a username and password," Ou said.
As a result, attackers can create a fake Facebook or Twitter login page that is indistinguishable from the real thing and trick users into handing over their credentials, he added.
Moreover, both Facebook and Twitter do not use end-to-end encryption to safeguard users' sessions, leaving them vulnerable to an attack known as 'HTTP session hijacking', in which an attacker steals a user's cookie to take over the account, Ou said.
The danger of unencrypted websites garnered widespread attention late last month with the release of a free tool called Firesheep. The Firefox web browser plug-in lets anyone scan open Wi-Fi networks and hijack accounts belonging to sites such as Twitter and Facebook. Since its release, the extension has been downloaded more than 600,000 times.
A Facebook spokesman told SCMagazineUS.com in an email that the site recently has implemented a number of safeguards and is working to further improve security.
"We appreciate Digital Society raising awareness about the dangers of surfing over unsecured networks, and we have been making progress testing SSL access across Facebook and hope to provide it as an option in the coming months," a company spokesman said. "However, the report fails to include many important security metrics that place Facebook as a leader in this industry and doesn't even mention many of the unique security features we offer to make accounts more secure."
Those security features include login notification, remote session management, one-time passwords, and internal spam prevention systems, the spokesman said.
A Twitter spokeswoman said the microblogging service takes security seriously but does not have a comment on Digital Society's report card.
Meanwhile, in Digital Society's assessment, Gmail received an 'A' grade for implementing safeguards, such as SSL authentication and browsing.
Hotmail, on the other hand, received 'D-' grade. Security issues on the webmail service could allow an attacker to view every message a user has received and sent, or send messages on behalf of a user, Ou said.
Microsoft, however, plans to upgrade the security of Hotmail by enabling SSL browsing, he said.
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Winter weather hits Israel
Snow in the Hermon causes the ski site to close; rains throughout the country; fear of flooding in the Judean desert.
By JPOST.COM STAFF
Published: JANUARY 8, 2011 12:24
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Israel braced itself for winter weather on Saturday as heavy rains and temperature drops hit the country.
In the north, a snow storm hit Mount Hermon closing down the ski site to visitors.
Mt. Hermon ski slopes open for the winter
Storm produces more wind than rain
Heavy storm causes disruptions throughout country
According to the Hermon website, the lower slopes have already accumulated up to 15 cm of snow and the upper slopes were reported to have gained 20 cm of snow. The site is expected to reopen on Sunday.
Rains swept throughout the country from the northern regions to the Negev starting on Friday and continuing into Saturday.
The meteorological service warned of risks of flooding in the Judean desert and issued a warning not to enter the Mediterranean sea due to danger of high waves.
No delays were reported at Ben Gurion international airport.
Netanyahu should take the plea deal - editorial


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Woonsocket, Rhode Island is a City with a proud history and a bright future. It's currently undergoing a renaissance of sorts, and this new mural is further proof of the many wonderful things that are happening in the City!
The large retaining walls on East School Street are next to the City's Splashpad in the WWII Veterans Memorial State Park. The new playground is a mecca for the children in the community, so featuring them in the mural was an obvious choice!
The mural on the east side of the street features a happy boy running to the City's Splashpad. Behind him his dog, a Boston Terrier, is running to catch up. Both the boy and his dog are casting large shadows on the 9½' foot wall behind them. It's a whimsical fun mural that captures the joyful innocence of youth!
Artist Charles Clear painting the boy's striped shirt. Here you can see the size of the boy in the mural.
The mural on the west side of the street features a happy girl in a swimsuit jumping as she nears the City's Splashpad. Behind her are her two dogs. One dog, a terrier, is running, and the other dog, a border collie, is sitting and looking out at the viewer. The Happy Girl and her two dogs are all casting large shadows on the 8' foot wall behind them. It's a fun mural that celebrates the children in the community!
Artist Bonnie Turner painting the little girl's swim goggles.
Murals by The Art Of Life are not only eye-catching and attention-getting, but they are also a great way to fight graffiti! We would love to paint more murals for local Cities and Towns. If you would like a positive life-affirming mural in your community – contact us today!
WOONSOCKET – It's been two years since the city's splash park first opened at World War II Veterans Memorial Park, and the play area has already become a summer staple for children who love nothing better than to jump in puddles and squirt their siblings with a water sprayer on a hot summer day.
Now, the joy of children running through the spray is immortalized in a new mural titled "Dog Days of Summer" taking shape on two concrete retaining walls along East School Street on the park's northern side. The mural, painted by Bonnie Lee Turner and Charles Clear of Lincoln, features children running in full splash gear as they enjoy a summer day at the park with their canine friends following along behind.
Last Friday, Turner and Clear could be found putting the finishing touches on the scene in a street bordered mainly by industrial warehouses on the opposite side from the park. Turner said they approached Mayor Lisa Baldelli-Hunt's office about doing a mural after reading about an ongoing graffiti problem in the city. The two artists have completed public art projects in a number of cities around Rhode Island and find residents are far less likely to vandalize a public space if a work of art already occupies the wall.
"If you do something, it becomes a part of the public consciousness. It's theirs," explained Turner.
After showing several possible designs to Baldelli-Hunt, she asked if the pair could do something to incorporate the city's splash park on the blank concrete walls adjacent to the World War II Veterans Memorial Park. The play area, located in a space that once hosted the "Social Ocean" swimming hole, has been a centerpiece of the park since the city took over ownership from the state in 2016.
Working through 90-degree days the previous week, Turner said she often observed children playing at the nearby park to cool off in the heat. A Woonsocket native, she said the mural has a special significance for her as a positive art project in the city.
"It looks like a blast, and I wish they had stuff like this when I was a kid," she said.
Despite it's isolated location, the road sees a lot of foot traffic as it connects one city neighborhood to the next, and several passersby stopped to comment or take photos of the mural as the artists worked last Friday. One little girl pointed excitedly at the dogs as she held on to her father's hand, while Peter Sarrazin, a resident of Rathbun Street, paused to admire the work with a nod of appreciation.
Turner and Clear opened their Lincoln-based studio, The Art of Life, in 1992, and have since completed projects that range from a tropical scene on the walls of a Venezuelan restaurant in Pawtucket to the mosaic that adorns the altar of St. Agatha Church on Joffre Ave. Clear was also part of a group of artists and architects contracted to restore the State House dome in 2016. Turner spent this past summer at an artist residency in Starzach, Germany, and only recently returned to continue her work in Rhode Island.
While the mural features a simple scene with only a gray backdrop behind the running children and pets, Turner said she thinks the piece is more powerful in its simplicity and a fitting subject for the park-side location. Upon hearing Woonsocket High School students recently painted another mural on Cass Ave., she expressed hope more new murals might pop up around the city and prompt visitors from other parts of the state.
"It gets people to want to come for something positive and then if they do, maybe they'll want to go for lunch in the city," she said.


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SWAN | Chuck Berry and the Things We Ignore
By Nick Swan | March 21, 2017
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MUSIC 1101, Elements of Music, begins with a rather thorough discussion of the Voyager Golden Records. Each record contains a somewhat lengthy selection of music, which was compiled in 1977, by a committee chaired by Cornell's Carl Sagan, then professor of space sciences. Of course, this spurs the musicological debate on archival selection and canon formation. Is it even remotely fair that an American professor, grounded in Western culture, is in charge of leading the effort to select music representing societies of the entire world? The final lineup is indeed unjustly skewed towards the inclusion of Western musical examples and traditions.
However, there is one justified choice among the numerous inequities on the Voyager Golden Record and that is Sagan's inclusion of "Johnny B. Goode," by Chuck Berry. With Berry's recent death on March 18, I have noticed many references around various social media to his inclusion on the record, all exclaiming that his music will live forever. So many celebrities over the past several decades have praised Berry's extensive influence over the inception of rock and roll and its subsequent development. Nevertheless, it is Elvis Presley who has been canonized as the "King of Rock and Roll." This supreme idolization of Elvis is, at worst, an acceptance of Jim Crow era social norms, a time when only a white man could front the image of an emerging musical genre. Early rock and roll was not the creative experiment of white people. On the contrary, it emerged from the blues genre, which stemmed from the musical traditions of African-Americans. It was musicians like Chuck Berry who invented the artistry and attitude of rock music. Fortunately, Chuck Berry has been given much credit in the years since his prime period of popularity, many asserting him to be the chief pioneer of rock and roll. Any sole reference to Elvis as being the King is completely ignorant of the black originality of the genre, and I am glad that Carl Sagan was aware of this fact in 1977, when he chose "Johnny B. Goode" instead of "Jailhouse Rock," for the Golden Record.
Chuck Berry's career was not without its problems or questionable occurrences. In 1959, he was arrested and charged, under the Mann Act, with moving a fourteen-year-old Native American girl across state lines — it was additionally alleged that he had sex with her. On these charges he was found guilty and served three years in jail during the early 1960s. Furthermore, in 1990, a group of women sued him on allegations that he installed video cameras in the women's bathroom of a club he owned. On this matter he ultimately settled out of court. Yet, to merely label Berry a sexual offender would be contrary to the general purpose of this column, by laughably asserting judicial impartiality of the criminal justice system in the American South during the twentieth century. I bet that there was a degree of racism and white resentment present in both legal settings, and the antiquated language of the Mann Act was certainly ambiguous at the time. But, we all know that rock and roll — and popular culture in general — has a tendency to objectify people, those objects being its own vanguard of stars or women in its lyrics and mindset. Many characterize the inception of rock and roll as the initiation of a rebellious, teenage state of being. I believe that this characterization is rather innocent and much too white. If rock music really stems from African-American musical traditions, then its inception is not of mere teenage angst but anger. This nearly thirty-year-old man did not turn the volume of his guitar up so loudly and duck walk and shout across stages to pander to some young Americans, whose caricatures one observes in Hairspray or American Graffiti. Chuck Berry was asserting his humanity in the face of Jim Crow America by inventing gritty, expressive riffs and mocking the ridiculous physicality of the Al Jolson, black entertainment mentality. Unfortunately, he did so by calling on the already ingrained societal subjugation of women by playing songs like "Sweet Little Sixteen" and "No Particular Place to Go," even embodying this mentality through questionable behavior with women outside of his music career.
Rock is indeed a profound mode of artistic expression and its development in the twentieth century is a fascinating subject to study. Its early years may have been dominated by male artists and questionable lyrics, but soon after a profound group of women began to use the genre's expressive powers for their own assertions. In its truest form rock music can be used by all, and for that, anyone affiliated with the genre must owe a degree of thanks to Chuck Berry.
Nick Swan is a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. He can be reached at [email protected]. His column Swan's Song runs alternate Tuesdays this semester.
TEST SPIN: Depeche Mode — Spirit
By Viri Garcia March 22, 2017
I knew pop music reached a turning point when Depeche Mode released their single "Where's the Revolution" and Katy Perry followed, a week later, by releasing "Chained to the Rhythm." Ever since the presidential election, everyone became "woke," including artists. I expected Katy Perry to buy into this, but not Depeche Mode.
TEST SPIN: Pitbull — Climate Change
By Jessie Weber March 21, 2017
Well-worn but never quite worn out, Pitbull classics like "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" and "Hotel Room Service" are always a go-to for playlists if you want a song everyone can sing along to. He's been around for a while now, having released his first album M.I.A.M.I. in 2004 and been on an up and up trajectory with many collaborations with big-name artists. In Climate Change, released Friday, Pitbull has (once again) gathered artists like Enrique Iglesias, Robin Thicke, J-Lo and Kiesza to do a lot of the heavy lifting in most of his tracks with their vocals.


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GREENSBORO, N.C. - The North Carolina Credit Union League has weighed in on two of the state's most competitive upcoming election races. NCCUL is endorsing Elizabeth Dole, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate; and U.S. House candidates Frank Balance (D-1st district); Robin Hayes (R-9th district); and Brad Miller (D-13th district). NCCUL...
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The North Carolina Credit Union League has weighed in on two of the state's most competitive upcoming election races. NCCUL is endorsing Elizabeth Dole, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate; and U.S. House candidates Frank Balance (D-1st district); Robin Hayes (R-9th district); and Brad Miller (D-13th district). NCCUL President/CEO Larry Johnson said the league recognized that decisions made in Washington, D.C. have a direct impact on credit unions' ability to provide affordable financial services. "By supporting targeted candidates, we're helping to ensure that our members will have representatives in Washington, D.C. that care about their issues," said Johnson. NCCUL Assistant Vice President, Governmental Affairs Dan Schline added: "These are competitive campaigns where our direct involvement could help make a difference in the outcome of the races." According to NCCUL annual polling data, more than one-third of the voters at the polls in North Carolina this fall will be credit union members.


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Andrew Cuomo's free-college program rejected 70 percent of applicants
Cuomo's Excelsior free college program might still be out of reach for many low-income New York residents.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., promised to make public college free for many low-income students at public colleges in New York. But now it appears his Excelsior free college program might still be out of reach for many low-income New York residents.
A new report by the Center for an Urban Future found that, of the 633,543 undergraduates enrolled in public colleges across New York State for the 2017-2018 academic year, just 3.2 percent, or roughly 20,000 students, actually received the Excelsior scholarship during the school year.
While the relatively low numbers of students receiving Excelsior money is surprising given that Cuomo essentially promised free public college to middle-class families, these numbers pale in comparison to the extraordinarily high rejection rate for families seeking financial assistance through the Excelsior program. According to the report, of the 63,599 students who applied, 43,513 were rejected, for a roughly 70 percent rejection rate.
According to the authors of the study, the actual numbers of students receiving Excelsior aid are rather low given the initial promises made by Cuomo regarding free public college.
"That's pretty modest for a college promise program that basically says every student can attend a public college or university for free," said Tom Hilliard, who is an employee of the Center for an Urban Future and one of the study's co-authors.
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The size of direct contribution in reducing CO2 emissions through our energy-saving products in fiscal 2018 was 38.65 million tons due to steady sales of home appliances in overseas, especially air conditioners in China. In the breakdown of the size of contribution in reducing CO2 emissions by global product category, 84% was from air conditioners, lighting equipment, TVs, and refrigerators. By region, Japan, Southeast Asia & Oceania, China & Northeast Asia made up approx.
79%. CO2 emissions from the use of our major products*1 in fiscal 2018 is estimated to be approx. 64.49 million tons. We will continue to further reduce the CO2 emissions from the use of major products by making energy-saving products even more widely available.
Also, improvement in energy efficiency of major consumer electronics by 35% compared to the fiscal 2006 level is our numerical target for fiscal 2019 under our Green Plan 2018. The results for fiscal 2018 marked 44% due to an increase in sales of high energy-saving performance models. The Green Plan 2018 also includes a numerical target for fiscal 2019 to achieve a 75% sales ratio for LED lighting (residential and non-residential buildings), and the fiscal 2018 results marked 77%.
*1 Lifetime CO2 emissions from major products*2 with large amounts of energy use.
security cameras, projectors, production modulars etc.
*3 For each product category, the model that was sold in the largest quantity in the region was selected.
*4 Number of years during which spare parts for the product are available (defined by Panasonic).
*5 Regional CO2 emission factors (kg-CO2/kWh) used: 0.410 (Japan); 0.487 (Europe); 0.579 (North America); 0.740 (China & Northeast Asia); 0.927 (India & South Asia); 0.527 (Southeast Asia & Oceania); 0.332 (Latin America); and 0.599 (Middle East & Africa).
Following the changeover in products for the North European market in 2015, the refrigerant used in room air conditioners for the European market has been changed to low GWP R32 refrigerant. This work was completed in single split air conditioners in 2016 and in multi split air conditioners in 2017. R32 refrigerant is now used for all room air conditioner products for the European market.
XEPHY 6 series drastically enhanced APF compared with that of conventional X4 series and realized the industry's top level energy-saving performance by thoroughly improving the efficiency of low load operation of four direction ceiling cassette type indoor units, which accounts for a high sales ratio as office and shop air conditioners and G6 series, which is high performance outdoor units that adopts low GWP R32 refrigerant. The four direction ceiling cassette type indoor units are equipped with "nanoe X", in which the amount of ion emissions that reduce virus, pollens, smells, etc. was massively improved, to enhance comfortability. In addition, newly developed "datanavi" system that utilizes a smartphone's camera and optical ID transmission enables users to see power consumption and do energy-saving management on their own.
In recognition of realizing these energy-saving performances and comfortability, XEPHY 6 series won the Chairman's Prize of the Energy Conservation Center (Japan) in the 2017 Energy Conservation Grand Prize.
EcoCute is an energy-saving heat pump water heater that boils water using atmospheric heat energy. Its energy consumption is approx. one third that of when using electrical energy only, achieving an outstanding energy-saving performance. Panasonic's JP series equipped with ECONAVI*6 saves energy by a maximum of 35% when keeping bathwater warm. Additionally, its "Nukumori-charge" function, which saves energy when re-boiling water during the night by using the heat of the remaining warm water, reduces the energy used when boiling water to fill a bathtub on the following day by up to approx. 10%. Furthermore, the "Onyoku-select" function lowers the water temperature to the desired temperature without adding water, simultaneously conserving water.
*6 ECONAVI is an intelligent sensor that detects the movement of humans and automatically determines most appropriate operation.
Absorption Chiller "Energy-Saving Natural Chiller, Type PR"
An absorption chiller refrigerates chilled water by using the heat of vaporization of refrigerant under vacuum without a compressor. It uses water as refrigerant and has less energy consumption due to the use of thermal energy such as waste heat produced from factories and combustion of natural gas as operating power source. It is also an eco-friendly air conditioning equipment and suitable for large-scale facilities including domed stadiums. The advantages of absorption chillers are reducing the peak of electric power load when the cooling load is high; using water as a natural refrigerant; and saving space of outdoor units compared with other air conditioning equipment with the similar capacity.
Energy-Saving Natural Chiller, Type PR cuts down the cooling water flow rate by 35% and power consumption of cooling water pump by 72.5% in comparison with those of the conventional chiller, enabling to reduce power consumption of cooling water pump that consumes large electricity as much as possible. In recognition of realizing energy-saving performances through the whole equipment, the product won the Chairman's Prize of the Energy Conservation Center (Japan) in the 2017 Energy Conservation Grand Prize.
Panasonic's Blu-ray disc recorders pursue eco-conscious and energy-saving designs. Standby power consumption of the FY2018 model DMR-BRS530 for Japan is approx. 0.15 W*7. Together with that of during operation, we achieved annual power consumption approx. 14.4 kWh*8. The energy-saving performance of this model is higher than that of the previous model DMR-BRS520. Further energy saving can be automatically achieved by connecting the Blu-ray disc recorders to "Viera", our TVs equipped with ECONAVI that detects unconscious waste of energy. In addition to these energy-saving performances, we achieved downsizing of the equipment (height: 41.5 mm, depth: 179 mm) for resource-saving.
*7 Data using the following settings: Quick start: Off; Energy-saving standby: Mode 2 (clock turned off); Digital terrestrial attenuator: On; BS & 110-degree CS digital broadcasting antenna power: Off; BS & 110-degree CS digital broadcasting antenna output: Off; External connections (LAN & USB): Disconnected.
*8 Annual consumption electric power values were calculated based on JEITA formula, for reference purposes only.
Panasonic's household refrigerators pursue eco-conscious and energy-saving designs.
NR-F603HPX, the FY2018 model for Japan, is equipped with advanced ECONAVI functions. ECONAVI memorizes 3 weeks' worth of the changes in the frequency of door opening and closing and storage amount; then analyzes and predicts the frequency of door opening and closing and the storage amount per day of week and an hour. Based on these results of predicts and usage on the day, it automatically chooses appropriate operation. By detecting the storage amount with lighting and detecting the storage amount in the vegetable compartment with humidity, the operation is finely controlled while appropriately cooling each compartment, and the refrigerator achieved energy saving of approx. 21% in winter and approx. 16% in summer*9. Additionally, "Flat cooling system", a new cooling system that pursues high efficient cooling, and the increase in coverage rate of U-Vacua, a vacuum insulation material, realized further energy saving.
*9 Compared between ON and OFF of ECONAVI operation in type HPX. The percentages are just a reference and a figure is varied depending on such as the ambient temperature and brightness, the frequency of door opening and closing and its timing, the density in compartment, variety, position, and amount of stored food. The power consumption was calculated based on Panasonic's experimental conditions that differ from those calculated based on the Japan Industrial Standards (JIS C 9801-3:2015).
Number of parcels of Home Delivery redelivered in Japan has amounted to approx. 2 million times per day. This indicates that not only the same number of papers used as missed delivery slips increases, but also CO2 is emitted from trucks used for the redelivery; Approx. 1,150 ton per day of CO2 emitted from the redelivery trucks is estimated.*10 With such a background, Home Delivery Box was conceived. The box not only provides a convenient service for the user that the receiver, i.e. user, of a parcel can receive the parcel even when s/he is not at the receiving place, but also contributes to reducing environment loads such as CO2 emission, and the number of papers to be used for the missed delivery slips.
"COMBO-Maison" is a Home Delivery Box for Apartment that Panasonic launched. This box does not require any electrical installation work, nor does it consume electric power even when it is used, as the user can affix a seal and lock the key of the box without using electricity. With this box, municipal members of Kyoto city conducted a demonstration experiment as a part of this "Project: Reduce redelivery in Kyoto (Miyako)" from Nov. 2017 to Jan. 2018. For the experiment, the "COMBO-Maison" boxes were installed at apartments, as well as on campuses, in order to conduct research for redelivery rate. The experiment results show that the redelivery ratio was reduced from 43% to 15%, which is estimated that approx.105kg of CO2 emission was reduced.
*10 Panasonic calculated the value based on the values indicated on the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's survey in FY2014.
All-in-one LED Base Light iD Series is a LED light fitting for facilities such as offices, schools, and hospitals, which can be used for spaces in various facilities. 40W 10000lm type, which has been added to the LED lineup since April, 2018, features high efficiency of more than 170lm/W, and realizes approx. 56%*11 of energy saving, comparing with the ratio of Panasonic's conventional fluorescent light fittings with high lumen output. As for the products shipped from Sep. 2016 to March 2017, Panasonic will make a donation of part of their sales profits to KIKOU NETWORK, NPO, and will contribute to further energy-saving activities.
Air LOHAS is a house ventilation and air-conditioning system with new concept, using Panasonic "dedicated air-conditioner and ventilation system", which is the first commercialized system in industrialized housing industry*12. The Air LOHAS maintains comfortable temperature in the entire house by air conditioning the whole house, utilizing natural energy, i.e. geothermal heat, and enables individual user to set preferable temperature of each room according to own preference*13. With the Air LOHAS, both comfort and energy-saving are realized at the same time, and making the house a Net Zero Energy House (ZEH)*14 is easy.
This Air LOHAS has been equipped as standard equipment in "CASART PREMIUM", a flagship product of detached house since its launch in April in 2017. The Air LOHAS has been rolled out since Aug. 2017, as optional equipment to "CASART" series which feature a seismic vibration control structure with steel shaft assembly. In addition to functions of barrier-free in temperature with even temperature in the house, together with adjusted temperature according to user's preference per room, the Air LOHAS realizes high performance in energy saving by utilizing geothermal energy, high performance thermal insulation for the building, and the like.
One micrometer is equivalent to one thousandth of 1 millimeter.
*13 User is able to set temperatures plus/minus 2 degree Celsius from the temperatures initially set, per room.
*14 Net Zero Energy House: a house whose annual primary energy consumption is zero (net) or almost zero, by improving energy-saving performance in terms of structure and facility of the house, utilizing renewable energy, and the like. ZEH is promoted under Japan's government initiative aiming at realizing ZEH for newly build house as standard by 2020.
Panasonic has succeeded development and mass production of a heat-resistance vacuum glass which featured with industry's top class heat-resistance performance*15 for its approx. 6mm thinness, by applying technology that Panasonic has retained for developing and manufacturing Plasma Display panel. The glass has realized 0.7(W/m2·K)*16 of its overall heat transfer coefficient (Ug value) with approx. 6mm total thinness, whose heat-resistance performance is higher or equivalent to the triple-pane glass in which argon gas*17 is filled between the panes.
*16 Ug indicates overall heat transfer coefficient per glass, not including window frame, and the like (U value). Overall heat transfer coefficient indicates how easily heat transfers to parts (glass in this case). The less the overall heat transfer coefficient is, the higher its heat-resistance of the parts is.
*17 Argon (Ar) is a stable element as it does not easily react with other element. Because argon's overall heat transfer coefficient is low, high heat-resist performance is realized by filling it between multiple layers of panes.
Cloud-based energy analysis tool "SatTool Cloud"
"SatTool Cloud" is a cloud-based software to support advanced Eco-Tuning which is implemented by facility experts. With this software, the administrator is able to easily consolidate necessary data, such as energy consumption of current facilities, and status of air-conditioning facilities, to one graph for analysis from the operational data sent to the database on the cloud, simply by dragging and dropping. With the graph which visualizes correlation of each data, the administrator is able to check whether each facility is operated stably and efficiently without any waste; and in the case of NG, the administrator is able to extract issues from the data. Accordingly, optimum operations of facility equipment and systems are secured, maintaining comfort and productivity.
We actively develop our energy creation business to maximize the size of contribution in reducing CO2 emissions. By delivering photovoltaic power generation systems and household fuel cell cogeneration systems as means to create necessary electricity with few CO2 emissions, we reduce CO2 emissions in society.
The size of direct contribution in reducing CO2 emissions through energy-creating products in fiscal 2018 was 5.22 million tons due to the expansion of global demand for photovoltaic power generation solar panels. By region, Japan accounts for approx. 45%.
Other fiscal 2019 targets under the Green Plan 2018 include achieving 440,000 MWh of total power generation from dissemination of household fuel cells (fiscal 2011 to fiscal 2019), and 5 million MWh of total power generation from dissemination of photovoltaic power generation systems (fiscal 2013 to fiscal 2019). The results of total power generation up to fiscal 2018 were 382,000 MWh from household fuel cells and 4.51 million MWh from photovoltaic power generation systems.
Panasonic HIT® Photovoltaic Module is featured by high energy conversion efficiency and excellent temperature characteristics with a unique structure of a crystal silicon substrate combined with amorphous silicon films.
"P247αPlus/P252αPlus" is a new HIT® Photovoltaic Module for House that Panasonic launched in 2017, which has excellency also in high temperature characteristics. With this module, larger power generation output is expected from a limited area, as its power generation output per square meter is higher than the output with conventional module, and its output voltage drop is low at the time when temperature becomes high during daytime, because of its unique structure. In addition, its enhanced output has been realized by adopting "Interface Cleaning Technique for Heterojunctions"
Furthermore, it is possible to install the HIT® system for large power output amount on a roof whose shape is complicated, besides conventional hipped roof, by combining half-cut cells and trapezoidal-shape cells of HIT®.
A Solar & Wind Powered Streetlight converts natural energy from sunlight and wind into electricity using solar panels and a wind turbine generator, and stores the generated electricity in rechargeable batteries (secondary butteries). The streetlight enables stable charging, because it is equipped with a wind turbine generator which supplements the power amount generated on the day with less sunshine hours. During the night, the streetlight illuminates the street with bright and energy-saving LED lamps, utilizing the electrical energy stored in the batteries during the daytime. The streetlight also has a function to change over to the energy-saving mode with dim, after illuminating with full brightness for a certain period from sunset until sunrise. With the function, limited power stored on the batteries are efficiently output.
In this way, the Solar & Wind streetlight utilizes natural energy efficiently; at the same time, because there is no need to worry about its light-out due to power outage, it plays an important role by illuminating local areas as security lighting, or emergency evacuation sites for natural disaster. Moreover, the streetlight model with emergency power source is able to secure power to provide for other devises such as mobile phones, radios, and loudspeakers in case of emergency.
ENE-FARM Household Fuel Cell is a power generation system featured with high efficiency both in power generation and energy saving. The system generates electricity through electrochemical reactions between hydrogen extracted from methane which is a main component of natural gas, i.e. town gas, and oxygen in the atmosphere; at the same time, boils water by utilizing heat that is generated during the reactions.
In April 2017, Panasonic launched a new household fuel cell ENE-FARM model for LPG, equipped with a newly developed control system suited for LPG characteristics, as well as adopting reforming technology, for the first time as a Panasonic product.
This ENE-FARM is a build-in type system where a back-up heat source equipment is incorporated into a hot water storage unit whose installation is compact, equipped with a resilience function which enables use of electricity even in case of power outage. Moreover, it is equipped with enhanced functions that enable users to feel more comfortable in using the ENE-FARM, e.g. by supporting IoT, each user is able to know statuses of the equipment from any remote location by just connecting to the ENE-FARM via Internet.
These IoT support and enhanced resilience functions have been highly evaluated; as a result, Panasonic jointly won a Special Award in Technology Development field of the "FY2017 Cogeneration Award" hosted by the Advanced Cogeneration and Energy Utilization Center Japan (ACEJ), with 3 companies, i.e. Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., GASTAR Co.,Ltd. and Noritz Corporation.
Energy-storing products such as lithium-ion batteries can be used in various situations for electric power storage and contribute to CO2 reduction through installation in offices, homes, etc. In addition, our automotive lithium-ion batteries are one of the key devices that help promote the popularization of eco-conscious cars. Panasonic is actively engaged in the development of energy-storing products.
Under our Green Plan 2018, we have set the target as 200% for battery supply demand for increase in automotive battery supply (compared to the fiscal 2015 level). The results up to fiscal 2018 were 178%.
Panasonic is currently reinforcing its rechargeable battery business targets for eco-conscious cars, for which demand is rapidly increasing against a backdrop of the rising awareness of global environmental protection, including the prevention of air pollution and global warming.
Automotive lithium-ion batteries are a major product of our business, and are widely adopted by our global customers. The lineup covers cylindrical and prismatic batteries. We are improving the battery capacity and output in order to extend the driving distance of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles, as well as to enhance the acceleration performance of hybrid vehicles. In response to a significant increase in demand, we have now expanded our production sites over three countries-Japan, the U.S., and China.
Energy Creation-Storage Linkage System provides stored energy when needed, and plays an important role in the efficient and stable use of electricity generated through renewable energy such as photovoltaic power generation. With Panasonic's "Energy Creation-Storage Linkage System for Houses, Type R", storage battery can be installed on photovoltaic power generation system later without the replacement of an existing power conditioner, making it possible to easily shift the usage of surplus power from selling to self-sustaining use. Power conversion efficiency of the system is 96.5%, which is 0.5% higher than that of the conventional system, enabling to further efficiently use solar energy. In addition, self-sustaining electricity of the system is 2kVA at a maximum; thus even in case of electricity outage, it is possible to use high-power home appliances such as electric kettles and IH rice cookers without worry.
"Smart Cosmo®", a distribution board for houses with HEMS, has a function as a solar power net adapter that is required in areas where the output of solar-generated electricity is controlled, integrating the composition of photovoltaic power generation system and installation contents that were different depending on areas. Additionally, it enables to simplify the connection between the board and AiSEG®, which is the core equipment of Smart HEMS® that visualizes energy in houses and intelligently controls housing and air-conditioning equipment.
AI-equipped AiSEG2® predicts power generation and power consumption on a following day based on a weather forecast on the previous day. When surplus power is available, it is used for EcoCute, leading to reduce the purchase of electricity.


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TV show The Bridge is a swedish crime drama which is broadcast on Swedish SVT tv channel. This is one of the imdb top tv shows. TV show has alternative titles. Swedish – Bron and Danish – Broen. Often used the name Bron/Broen.
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The Bridge season 4 is the final chapter of the Danish-Swedish criminal thriller. The main intrigue of the season 4 - will Martin Rohde return, who was put in jail for Saga's denouncing. The action of the new season unfolds six months after the completion of the events of the season 3. The main character is still the weird Swedish policeman Saga Noren, played by actress Sofia Helin. Some details of her story will be revealed in the final episodes of The Bridge (Bron/Broen). In particular, it turns out, where she got the classic marsh-green Porsche 911 of the 1970s. The Bridge television series season 4, like all the previous seasons, will also begin with a terrible murder. A new terrible murder will happen on Halloween, on the Danish side of the Øresund Bridge. All because this holiday of evil spirits is very popular in Denmark. The creators of the series repeatedly return viewers to this place, because they consider it truly gloomy. The creators promise that this crime will not be such a significant event for the public, but the murder itself will be more horrible and terrible in the new episodes of season 4 The Bridge (Bron/Broen) tv series.


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Family of Tobias Molloy, shot dead by a British soldier in 1972, request a fresh inquest from Attorney General of Ireland.
PRESS RELEASE | 28 January 2021
Tobias Molly died on 16th July 1972, aged 18 years, as a result of fatal injuries received when he was struck by a soldier of the 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Lifford Road, Strabane, at the 'Camel's Hump' checkpoint. He was one of three people to die from the use of rubber bullets by the security forces in the north of Ireland.
Mr Molloy was taken to the nearest hospital across the border in Lifford, where he was declared dead.
An inquest was held into the death of Tobias Molly on the 22nd July 1972 in Lifford, County Donegal by Deputy Coroner for East Donegal Mr Larry Coyle, at Lifford Hospital, six days after the incident. There was no inquest held in Northern Ireland.
Tobias Molloy's mother took a civil action against the Ministry of Defence on behalf of her son. Key extracts from a document dated 5th September 1977 from a Ministry of Defence Legal Secretary, Mrs N. Painter to a number of others, is entitled "Mary Murphy v MOD (for Tobias Molloy deceased)" states:
"Tobias Molloy died after being hit in the chest by a rubber bullet during a riot in Strabane on 16 July 1972."
"It is not clear from the written statements which soldier fired the shot that hit Tobias Molloy. However it does seem that the round was aimed directly at the youth's chest rather than being bounced on the ground first. This practice was contrary to our own instructions for the use of baton rounds current at the time (which recommended that rounds be bounced off the ground) and represents a weakness in our case".
Tobias Molloy was the second of three people to die from the use of rubber bullets during "the troubles". The first was Francis Rowntree, aged 11 years, who died in April 1972 and the third person to be killed was Thomas Friel, aged 21 years, who died in May 1973.
A fresh inquest was held into the death of Francis Rowntree, following a direction from the Attorney General for Northern Ireland, in November 2017, by Coroner Mr Brian Sherrard who found: "There was no justification for the use of lethal force at the time Francis Rowntree was shot. The force ultimately used far exceeded that which was absolutely necessary to achieve Soldier B's stated objective." The Coroner stated: "I am satisfied that the state was fully aware of the potential lethality of the baton round long before Francis's death. From June 1970 the MOD understood that "Any attempt by any means to hit a rioter hard enough to discourage him significantly is bound to involve some risk of serious injury or possibly even death. (Medical Division, CDE, 16 June 1970.)".
An application was made by the Molloy family to the Attorney General NI and he determined in 2019 that it was 'less likely that Mr Molloy died in Northern Ireland than he died in Ireland' and therefore could not grant a fresh inquest as 'the jurisdiction of the Coroner in Northern Ireland does not extend to deaths that occur outside Northern Ireland'.
Commenting on the application by the Molloy family our Pádraig Ó Muirigh said:
'The original inquest proceeded in the absence of a an investigation into the death of Mr Molloy by An Garda Siochána or the RUC. Holding the inquest six days after his death meant there was not a sufficient amount of time for an investigation to be properly conducted. In fact, we received correspondence from An Garda Síochána in 2016 which confirmed that there was no record at all of a Garda investigation into the death.
The investigation carried out by the RUC was manifestly inadequate and the inconsistencies in the statements of soldiers and witness accounts were never challenged by the military investigation or by the RUC. In particular discrepancies over whether Mr Molloy was deliberately targeted and reports that the rubber bullet was aimed directly at Mr Molloy were not properly addressed.
New evidence, including multiple new statements recorded after a press appeal by the Pat Finucane Centre, media reports, a draft HET report and an expert report from Dr Laurence Rocke have been lodged with the Attorney General to support this application.
A fresh inquest could also benefit from the evidence of the potential lethality of the baton round which was addressed in Judge Sherard's findings in the Francis Rowntree inquest.
I would submit, in the circumstances, that this new evidence makes the holding of a new inquest advisable.
I would also again appeal to any witnesses to this incident to contact our office or the Pat Finucane Centre in Derry.
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Replay by Ken Grimwood - Lettered Edition
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When 43-year-old radio journalist Jeff Winston dies and wakes up in his 18-year-old body in 1963, he is given a great gift: The ability to relive his life with all his memories of the previous 25 years intact. Now, he can make different decisions. But when Jeff reaches the end of his life, the replay happens again. And again. Jeff's knowledge soon becomes as much of a curse as it is a blessing. As he plays out his life differently each cycle, he comes to discover that time is, in fact, shorter than he thinks—and that he is not alone.
One of the most elegant and gripping time travel stories ever written, Replay holds a mirror up to its reader, asking them to examine and re-examine their own existence. With each incarnation that Jeff lives through, we come to understand how short life truly is, and that to live each day to the fullest we cannot look backward, but must move forward.
First published in 1986, seven years before the release of the film Groundhog Day, Ken Grimwood's novel was a precursor to countless "time loop" stories that would follow.
In 1988, Replay won The World Fantasy Award for Best Novel.
The fine press limited edition of Replay by Ken Grimwood is presented in four states: Roman Numeral, Lettered, Numbered and Artist editions.
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Renee Branch Canady, PhD, MPA to Speak on Health Inequities at the 2016 Michigan Nursing Summit
The second day of the 2016 Michigan Nursing Summit, September 29-30, will open with a talk from Renee Branch Canady, PhD, MPA. Dr. Canady will discuss Achieving Health Equity: the Opportunity and the Mandate.
Renée Branch Canady PhD, MPA, serves as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Michigan Public Health Institute (MPHI); an academic, government, and research institute that strives to maximize positive health conditions in populations and communities through collaboration, scientific inquiry, and applied expertise.
Prior to joining MPHI in 2014, Canady served as Health Officer for the Ingham County Health Department, Michigan's first public entity local health department and federally qualified health center. In that role she provided oversight on innovative efforts such as the Ingham County Health Equity Social Justice program.
Canady has held faculty and in leadership positions within the College of Nursing and the College of Medicine, Program for Public Health at Michigan State University. Canady is a nationally recognized thought leader on health inequities, cultural competence, and social justice. She currently serves on numerous advisory boards including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) County Health Rankings Scientific Advisory Group, and the National Health Equity Index Advisory Committee.
Canady earned a PhD in Medical Sociology from Michigan State University, a master's degree in Public Administration from Western Michigan University and a bachelor's degree in Public Health Nutrition from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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by: Katherine Cann
Release date: Oct 1st, 2014
Full of drama and memorable heroes, Turning Point is an important and accessible volume about a key moment in our nation's struggle for freedom. Read More
(ISBN: 978-1-938235-08-5)
The British Army turned south in 1779, expecting to sweep through the region with their Tory allies, setting the stage for victory in the American in the war for independence. Upon entering the Old Spartan District in northwest South Carolina, however, they ran up against tenacious opposition from locals and their military leaders. In a series of small skirmishes here, the southern Patriots gained confidence and valuable combat experience that led to surprising victories at Kings Mountain and Cowpens, ultimately pushing the British back north toward surrender.
In Turning Point: The American Revolution in the Spartan District, historian Katherine Cann tells the compelling story of how inexperienced backcountry militiamen in the Old Spartan District bottled up the British and learned how to defeat a seasoned foe. George F. Fields Jr., a leading military heritage preservationist, provides color commentary as Fields' Notes throughout, capturing both the emotion and the commotion of the time.
As a bonus, there's a handy guide to the Spartanburg Revolutionary War Trail, a driving tour of twelve spots in the Spartan District that were central to the American victory.
Katherine Cann
Katherine Davis Cann is Professor of History and Chair of the Social Science Department at Spartanburg Methodist College. She is a graduate of Lander University and holds advanced degrees from the University of North Carolina (MA in History) and the University of South Carolina (PhD in History). Dr. Cann has published articles on the social structure of Abbeville District, the governorship of John P. Richards, and the career of Sarah Morgan Dawson.
Her essay, "Improving Textile Town, 1910-1929," appeared in Textile Town: Spartanburg, SC (Hub City Press, 2002) and her study entitled "Freedmen and Schools in Abbeville County, 1865-1875," was published as a chapter in Recovering the Piedmont Past: Unexplored Moments in Nineteenth Century Upcountry South Carolina History (USC Press, 2013). Dr. Cann is the author of Common Ties: A History of Textile Industrial Institute, Spartanburg Junior College, and Spartanburg Methodist College published by Hub City Press.
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Downsizing Review (61st BFI London Film Festival)
By Scott J. Davis
Director: Alexander Payne
Starring: Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Jason Sudeikis, Kristen Wiig, Matt Damon
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Alexander Payne is one of cinema's most brilliant and consistent directors to come into the fold in the last two decades with films that have not only balanced heart and humour to wonderful effects but bring us some of the most eclectic group of characters. Whether it was Miles & Jack as they made their way through the luscious vineyards of California, Warren Schmidt and his travelling RV or Tracy Flick's ambitions of being class President. So it's something of a crushing disappointment to report that the helmer's new venture, the eagerly-anticipated Downsizing, is perhaps his least likeable film thus far.
More high-concept than anything he has done so far (his script work on Jurassic Park III notwithstanding), Downsizing focuses on a near-future science breakthrough to revolutionise our over-populated planet – shrinking humans to around an inch in size and housing them in smaller surroundings to help reduce humans carbon footprint, amongst other things. Paul (Damon) sees the procedure as a way to a better life for him and his wife… (Wiig) but soon discovers that life at ground level isn't all it's cracked up to be.
What's evident as the film progresses is just how much this doesn't feel like a Payne/Taylor movie – it has the heart and humour you would expect but it's lacking a spark, both in conceit and in characters with no-one from the eclectic cast really making a mark. The first hour or so, with the Downsizing gimmick taking hold of the story, moves along a good pace with laughs aplenty coming from the absurdist nature of the conceit but as soon as Christoph Waltz is introduced to proceedings things take a sharp turn that only ever heads downwards.
Indeed, with the addition then of Chau's illegal political-activity immigrant and a forced love-story component, the whole thing loses any momentum it gained and pretty much disposes of the original concept as if the idea only spread so far. Damon, always a winning presence as the everyman, is on good form here but he struggles with tonal shifts of the film and ends up looking as lost as his character. The ambition is certainly to be applauded here and Payne has stepped somewhat out of his comfort zone in terms of ambition and scale, and coupled with some winning performances gets a lot right but sadly the story doesn't match its lofty dreams and it all falls a bit, well, short.
There are certainly things to admire about Downsizing, not least in both its scope and satirical edge about our planet's current status both on the ground and in the air as Payne and Taylor try to present such themes in a unique and arresting environment. But just as the film starts to settle into its point it decides to go off on a tangent and ends up lost in a sea of ideas that feel like they are from another movie and as such the film becomes something of a bore for its remaining moments. A big disappointment.
This entry was posted in Reviews and tagged Comedy, Drama on October 15, 2017 by Scott J. Davis.
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def read(fname):
    return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read()

# Hard linking doesn't work inside VirtualBox shared folders. This means that
# you can't use tox in a directory that is being shared with Vagrant,
# since tox relies on `python setup.py sdist` which uses hard links. As a
# workaround, disable hard-linking if setup.py is a descendant of /vagrant.
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# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7719380/python-setup-py-sdist-error-operation-not-permitted
# for more details.
if os.path.abspath(__file__).split(os.path.sep)[1] == 'vagrant':
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    version='2.4.0',
    packages=['multilingual'],
    url='https://github.com/sbaechler/django-multilingual-search',
    license='BSD',
    author='Simon Bächler',
    author_email='sb@feinheit.ch',
    description='A drop-in replacement for the Haystack Elasticsearch backend which allows '
                'multilingual indexes for Django.',
    long_description=read('README.rst'),
    platforms=['OS Independent'],
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    #     'haystack==2.3.1',
    #     'elasticsearch=>1.5.0'
    # ],
    classifiers=[
        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
        'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',
        'Framework :: Django',
        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
        'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Indexing/Search',
        'Programming Language :: Python',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.2',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',
    ]
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