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ARCAA Project Partner Awarded 2015 International Edison Award

ROAMES Project Team

Congratulations to ROAMES project partner, Ergon Energy on being awarded the electric power industry’s highest honour – the International Edison Award.

Well done to the Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation ROAMES project team, this is a great example of industry collaboration that has led to this disruptive technology positively impacting spatial and electrical markets.

Ergon earned the International Edison Award for developing and implementing the innovative ROAMES Virtual World Asset Management System. With a highly dispersed network spanning varying climatic conditions, Ergon was challenged in managing the network’s safe interaction with the surrounding environment, including vegetation, ground levels, buildings and storms. To meet these challenges, Ergon developed the ROAMES Virtual World Asset Management System—a commercially attractive solution around spatial intelligence and automated analytics designed to improve risk management, disaster response and safety performance, while reducing costs and enhancing its customer service and value proposition.

The ROAMES system allows infrastructure managers to investigate and monitor the condition and performance of the network in extremely high fidelity—all without the need to deploy workers in the field. This system improves safety and efficiency and lowers costs, all of which benefit customers.

“Ergon’s ROAMES system offers a cutting-edge solution to many of the challenges of managing the company’s transmission and distribution system, which spans across a vast and geographically harsh area,” said EEI President Tom Kuhn. This innovative technology will benefit customers and has the potential for broad application within and beyond the electric power industry. Ergon is truly deserving of the Edison Award.”

Find out more about ARCAA’s contribution to the ROAMES project here.

Original content sourced from Edison Electric Institute press release titled ‘Ergon Energy and SaskPower Awarded EEI’s’.

View the Latest Episode of Scope

It’s time to roll out the red carpet and watch our resident celebrities Felipe Gonzalez (Senior Lecturer) and Gavin Broadbent (UAV Technician) starring in the latest episode of Channel Ten’s Scope program. Fast forward to section 16:25 and you’ll find out how drones are being used for conservation.

Kansas State researchers team with Australians in using unmanned aircraft in agriculture

MANHATTAN — Nearly 8,500 miles lie between the cities of Brisbane, Australia, and Manhattan, Kan., but a common enemy 2 mm in length is bringing the cities’ researchers together.

The Russian wheat aphid is an invasive pest that has wreaked havoc on wheat crops in the United States for nearly three decades. Australian government officials and wheat growers hope to prevent the same from happening on their island nation.

In their attempt to stave off an aphid invasion, researchers are employing a modern piece of technological equipment — an unmanned aerial system.

Brian McCornack, an associate professor of entomology at Kansas State University, is the principal investigator of a project formally titled “Optimizing Surveillance Protocols Using Unmanned Aerial Systems.” Read more.

Fire fighters to be using drones by the end of the year

One of Australia’s favourite new high-tech toys could have shaved hours off the emergency response to Tropical Cyclone Marcia, a Brisbane drone expert says.

His comments come as the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services looks to start using the unmanned aircraft to respond to emergencies by the end of the year.

Drone researcher Professor Duncan Campbell said the exciting new technology, versions of which were a popular Christmas gift, could have allowed authorities to get eyes in the sky much earlier to get a snapshot of the damage.

(After a cyclone) there’s going to be a period of time where there’s a bit of uncertainty, are there people in trouble, are there assets and infrastructure which is damaged and what do we have to do to get them back online?” he said.

“Until the winds really die down it’s difficult to get manned crews in there. The ability to fly in unmanned craft, with cameras, with vision and try and get an assessment of people who may be in trouble (is invaluable).

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Drones with heat-tracking cameras used to monitor koala population

Queensland researchers are hoping drones will aid in the conservation of threatened species like koalas.

Traditionally, koalas were counted by people on the ground but now they can be tracked by robots from the air.

Researchers fitted drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), with infrared cameras to better detect the creatures.

QUT drone technician Gavin Broadbent said they were a little bit sceptical it would work, but they were filled with confidence when the images came through.

“We saw the koalas were very distinct compared to the trees and the environment so we thought, yes this is absolutely a proof of concept,” he said.

Hovering above the tree tops, the cameras detect the animals’ body heat and beam pictures straight back to the team of researchers on the ground.

Computer software helped distinguish koalas from other creatures that might be in the trees.

The first test flight was in bushland surrounding Australia Zoo on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast earlier this month.

“So this will drastically reduce the manpower, will greatly increase the area that can be covered to survey koalas and in areas where people may not be able to walk through because of dense undergrowth,” Australia Zoo’s senior vet Amber Gillett said.

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On the Road

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Kunstformen der Natur (1904) by Ernst Haeckel
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On the Road is a novel by Jack Kerouac, written in April 1951, and published by Viking Press in 1957. This largely autobiographical work, written as a stream of consciousness and based on the spontaneous road trips of Kerouac and his friends across mid-century America, is often considered a defining work of the postwar Beat Generation that was inspired by jazz, poetry, and drug experiences. As the inspiration came from real life, hundreds of references in On the Road have real-world counterparts.

The book became an overnight success, and gathered an epic mythos that was worthy of its fame. As the story goes, On the Road was written by Kerouac in three weeks while living with his second wife, Joan Haverty, in an apartment at 454 West Twentieth Street in Manhattan, which he typed on one long scroll of teletype paper, which Kerouac called "the roll." The roll does exist — it was purchased in 2001 by Jim Irsay, owner of the Indianapolis Colts, for $2.4 million — and it was indeed typed in a blazing three weeks, with no margins, singlespaced, and no paragraph breaks. But the myth of the story overlooks some of the finer points of the novel's composition. Much of the book was actually written as it happened, over the seven years of Kerouac's travels, in the small notebooks that he always carried with him and wrote in during his spare time. The myth also overlooks the tedious organization and preparation that came before Kerouac's creative explosion, as well as the fact that Kerouac revised the novel several times before Malcolm Cowley of Viking Press agreed to publish it.

Owing to Irsay's ownership of the scroll, it was on display in sections at Indiana University's Lilly Library in mid-2003. In January 2004, the roll began a 13-stop, four-year national tour of museums and libraries, starting at the Orange County History Center in Orlando, Florida. From January through March 2006 it was on display at the San Francisco Public Library with the first 30 feet unrolled. It will spend three months on display at the New York Public Library in 2007, and in the spring of 2008 will be on view at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

As of 2006, the book is to be the subject of a forthcoming film, also titled On the Road. Walter Salles is signed to direct, and casting is scheduled to begin later in the year.

Viking Press hopes to publish an uncensored version of the book, containing elements that were deemed unsuitable when it was first published, by the end of 2007, the 50th anniversary of its original publication. Also, Viking plans to fulfill Kerouac's unrealized desire to "...reinsert my pantheon of uniform names..." or in other words exchange the pseudonyms used for the characters throughout the book for those used in the rest of Kerouac's semiautobiographical novels (known collectively as the Duluoz Legend), thus the opening sentence, "I first met Dean Moriarty..." would be changed to "I first met Cody Pomeray..." as the character based on Neil Cassady is called in other works by the author.

Film adaptation

A film adaptation of On the Road has been in the works for years and is being released in 2012. Russell Banks wrote a screenplay for producer Francis Ford Coppola, who bought the film rights for $95,000 in 1980. The Brazilian director Walter Salles directed the movie. After seeing Salles's The Motorcycle Diaries, Coppola decided on Salles and the production is underway. In preparation for the film, Salles traveled the United States, tracing Kerouac's journey and filming a documentary on the search for On the Road. Jose Rivera adapted the book into a screenplay. Coppola's American Zoetrope is producing the film, in association with MK2, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, Film4 in the U.K. and Videofilmes in Brazil. Sam Riley starred as Kerouac's alter ego Sal Paradise. Garrett Hedlund was cast as Dean Moriarty. Kirsten Dunst will be playing Camille. Filming started on August 2, 2010. Filming took place in New Orleans, Montreal, Mexico and Argentina with a $25 million budget.

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A Quilt Piece -a New Direction

Mannie has begun a rather large piece that could become a quilt piece or another wall hanging.  She began with a dyed piece of fabric and painted a reflective face in black.  After applying a doily around round mirrors she spent time to arranging them in a composition.  Once the composition has been established she will begin the embroidery.

Mannie has been cutting the back of the canvass to insert batting to puff out parts of the image.

And so another series begins.  Mannie has determined a theme but as she works things evolve serendipitously of their own.

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Sunday, December 28, 2008

29th exhibit: COLOR BY DIGITAL juried by Toru Nakanishi

A Digital Photography Exhibit Featuring 31 Artists Who Explore And/Or Abuse The Possibility Of Inkjet Printing Technology. Exhibition Dates: September 10 - October 8, 2005. You’re cordially invited to a reception with the juror and artists on Saturday, September 17, 12noon - 5pm. Gallery talk beginning at 3pm. Exhibition opens to the public on these scheduled Saturdays: September10 & 17, October 1 & 8, from 12noon - 5pm.

Postcard image by Toru Nakanishi.

Featuring 31 Artists

  1. Michael Barsanti - South Royalton, VT
  2. Nadine Boughton - Medford, MA
  3. Elsa Campbell - East Boston, MA
  4. Gloria Carrigg - Jamaica Plain, MA
  5. Michael Cirelli - Londonderry, NH
  6. Ryan Cheney - Malden, MA
  7. Monique Cousineau - Jamaica Plain, MA
  8. Mark Dyer - Colorado Spring, CO
  9. Tomislava Franicevic - Toronto, Canada
  10. Eric Gould - Pawtucket, RI
  11. Leah Guzman - Worcester, MA
  12. Donald Jacobson - Portland, OR
  13. Michael E. Jewell. Jr., Framingham, MA
  14. Liz Johnson - Canon City, CO
  15. Fred Levy - Watertown, MA
  16. Mark Lies - Beverly, MA
  17. Joan McCandlish - Medford, MA
  18. Denyse Murphy - West Newbury, MA
  19. Leah Oates - Brooklyn, NY
  20. David Powell - Winchester, MA
  21. Todd Prussman - Haverhill, MA
  22. Cristina Pujol - Somerville, MA
  23. Andrew Rapp - Medford, MA
  24. Sandra Salamony - Cambridge, MA
  25. Isabel Seliger - Berlin, Germany
  26. Patric Shurden - Norman, OK
  27. Chen Su - Malden, MA
  28. Milos Toth - Somerville, MA
  29. Dotty Tribeman - Lexington, MA
  30. Lynn Wiles - Somerville, MA
  31. Ian Winters - Berkeley, CA

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*Guest juror, Toru Nakanishi has been invited to show his recent work in this show.

Guest juror for COLOR BY DIGITAL, Toru Nakanishi claims, “When I decided to explore digital media, my intention was to use and/or abuse the media, and try to take advantage of the disadvantage of the media.” A native of Nagoya, Japan, Toru Nakanishi currently lives in Somerville, MA. He received a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Boston in 1992 and has been actively exhibiting his photography work in the States and Japan. In Nakanishi’s opinion, “the combination of digital and inkjet technology is a dramatic technological revolution with which the creators are now completely free to generate any colors and images that they can imagine.”

In COLOR BY DIGITAL, Nakanishi has gathered 31 artists who explore and/or “abuse” the possibility of inkjet printing technology. The theme of COLOR BY DIGITAL is open to artists’ own interpretations. Works were selected by the juror from jpeg submissions on the basis of originality, technical quality and thematic depth. This exhibit includes images originally captured by conventional (film) cameras, digital cameras, filters, flatbed scanners or images that are created with the combination usage of computer with other mediums. The images have been completed (printed) with the use of archival inkjet printers.

Special attention was held for black and white entrants, for the juror’s understanding of the problem artists are facing with black and white printout from digital files. His very intention is to encourage those who are trying to succeed in that field.

Several approaches are apparent in this body of selected work. For this reason, the exhibition is presented as a consequence. It’s our intention in putting forward this installation to inform and share with the viewers what great possibilities digital photography technology can take us to.

Somerville based photographer Lynn Wiles created a series of still life compositions including “Orchid Swim” after experimenting with Photoshop and scanning different types of objects using her flatbed scanner. This series of still life were covered with tissue paper or plastic to create a background and to add another dimension to the image. The image, “Orchid Swim” has an ethereal quality, photographic yet not.

Medford artist Joan McCandlish looks for surprises in the plant forms she scans on flatbed. On display is “Sputnik”, started out as a fairly regular potato, chosen at the market for its distinctively patterned skin. She scanned it again, after it was discovered a few days later happily sprouting a whole new personality. Her work reveals new ways of seeing the ordinary in exciting new ways.

“Jell-O People” and “Soft Landing”, two of Nadine Boughton's startling collages in the show were created by scanning images from advertising and romance fiction found in 1940's and '50s women's magazines. As a free-lance photographer in Medford, Boughton looks at food as an object of culture. In this case the sensuous and wildly colorful forms of Jell-O, which she then transforms digitally into narratives that have humor and bite.

Michael Barsanti of South Royalton, Vermont, a fulltime faculty teaching in the ceramics department at the Museum School, is among the exhibiting artists who use digital photography as tools of narration, as archives, or commendation. Through photographed constructed raw clay narratives, found and created objects, Michael probes the irony and hypocrisy of the human species. He examines the disconnect between the potential intelligence of humans and their misguided use of technology and myth, in the struggle for power and obsession. This attempt manifests as “WMD Series: Run Away” presented in the show.

Barsanti explains, "I was first drawn to Digital Photography in order to avoid the toxic photo chemicals of traditional photographic processing. I then found myself drawn to and excited by the limitless options for the formal aspects of the digitally printed image. I have used printers from the days of dot-matrix to now, the finest inkjet technology. These are only tools, challenging me to master them in expressing my ideas."

Brooklyn New York based multi-disciplinary artist Leah Oates documents artist’s books she created digitally. One of her two pieces in the show “Territory: a poem” explores issues surrounding the structure of the self and the projections and limitations placed upon individuals by the media and other individuals.

Andrew Rapp
is a photographer and writer working out of Boston. He presents three commendation pieces in this exhibition. They are part of a series titled "First Steps" that imagines a near future when people have the option of integrating technologies into their bodies. Each work is similar to a page of a graphic novel and profiles a character who has received implants that expand their ability to work, sense, or play. These somehow gloomy text and images invite viewers to question “what-would-it-be-like-to-live-this-way?”

"Though I have worked in film, I much prefer shooting digital images because of the seamless transition it provides to my digital editing and printing environment. Working with film made me feel like a technician. Working in digital makes me feel like an artists," Andrew Rapp says.

Tomislava Franicevic, a graphic designer and photographer from Toronto Canada presents two digital assemblages entitled “Do You Still Walk on Your Toes?” and “A Room in Oregon” in this show. Both works are from her “Honesty is Best Left Unread” series, a reflection on a recent tumultuous experience of love and illness that has found its release in the digital layering of photographs, words and illustrations.

Among the exhibiting artists who use the digital camera in documenting environs we usually overlook is East Boston based artist Elsa Campbell. She presents exceptional glimpses of these environs in “DC Reflections”. Campbell’s photographs are a mysterious blend of landscape and space travel. Her window reflections show a world that is at once soft and futuristic. The layering of images is a technique Elsa also uses in her other artwork to create poignant or funny meanings by things taken out of context.

Beverly artist Mark Lies' piece "Waking Up", is a single frame narrative depicting the sometimes arduous transition from an unconscious state to a conscious one. Muted colors and hazy intersecting lines define the stages of a person rising from bed. The overall feeling is one of soft hesitancy at this daily crossing from one world to another.

Lies says, "The ability to practice photograph inexpensively and effectively from home is probably the greatest advantage of the digital revolution. The opportunity for image manipulation and the ease of execution by contrast to the darkroom is also of great value. The range of different surfaces to print on makes experimenting with paper just as exciting as altering in Photoshop. With so many choices now at our fingertips the most challenging part of an artist's work is having a clear vision and effective editing."

“Precipice”, is one of Ian Winters’ recent landscape series. An overhanging cliff fogged up by a disappearing image of a concrete jungle. Currently based in California, Winters says, “I’m interested in these traces, the residue of what is, will be or was or isn’t, or could be that inhabit every bit of lived landscape.” Ian Winters was trained in photography, film and performance at the Museum School, Boston. His recent work has encompassed both still photography, video, site-specific installations, performance and training in improvisational theater both in the US and Europe.

Michael Cirelli is a fulltime photography teacher at Merrimack High School in New Hampshire. His recent photographs of the beaches of “Hampton beach, NH” explore the constant visual changes that take place throughout the seasons of beach life. Michael’s color photographs represent the beautiful hues and tones that cover the skies and landscapes surrounding the ocean. Michael has depicted these colors in the photograph “White House”, where a house with a grass driveway, sits oddly on top of a hill.

Michael Cirelli of New Hampshire says, "I am very excited about digital imaging and inkjet technology as long as the companies making this new technology support and keep alive the silver halide process. My fear is that in ten years there will be only one type of photography. It is very exciting now to know that an artist can use pinhole camera, large format 8x10 camera, holga or a new Nikon D2X and get amazing photographic results.”

“To me that is creativity at its finest. Having every medium available offers artists many different tools to use and create their vision. The new Digital Lift Style has made creating hundreds of prints at any size with exceptional results, very easy. But I remember just 3 years ago when I spent 10 hours a day, working in the darkroom on my personal artwork...there was definitely something in that process that got me addictive to photography and it would be sad to see it go," Cirelli adds.

The art deco photograph Gloria Carrigg presents is a hood ornament of a Duesenberg classic automobile from the early 1900’s - proving that the roads and streets of America and Europe were once outdoor galleries. The automobile craftsmanship from the 1900’s was art built with elegance, style, power and speed. Currently living in Jamaica Plain, MA, Carrigg is one of today’s contemporaneous artists trying to recreate those expressive and graceful ornaments digitally.

Worcester artist Leah Guzman is a mostly self taught artist who’s recently discovered the flexibility and uniqueness of digital photography. She has two works in the show, “Shimmer” and “Swirl”. "Swirl" highlights the division of the world above and the world below in this intriguing picture of a tern on a koi pond in Orlando, Florida. The often hidden activity below water's surface shows in fascinating swirling patterns that lend an air of mystery and activity to an otherwise peaceful scene.

Malden artist Chen Su’s working mediums include documentation digital photography. Chen Su documents her observations in her photo journals as she travels. Her work entitled “West Carry Pond” is a close-up of pond water habitat. In this quiet image, cotton ball -like green algae mingle with rocks and aquatic weed. Where shallow, glass-calm water and a mud-covered pond bottom collide.

Lexington artist Dotty Tribeman works in printmaking and photography and often combines the two with alternative techniques. "As a printmaker, I have become enamored of the digital print and images achieved through both scanning and digital photography. The immediacy of the result and the opportunity for continued manipulation are a happy counterpoint, but not a replacement, to the process-oriented work of traditional printmaking." Her subtly beautiful photographs of water in undefined space are part of her investigation into the concept of "nothing" in our culture. In her work, "nothing" always means "something."

Among the 31 exhibiting artists, the following are those who bring out eccentric vibrant colors in their images through manipulation in Photoshop.

Milos Toth from Somerville, MA has called out the theatrical colors in “Decay” and “Music Machine” by mere manipulation in Photoshop to highlight contrast of blue and orange hues. These images are striking indeed.

Portland Oregon artist Donald Jacobson has an electrical engineering background and has been a glassblower for the past 28 years and recently merged into digital photography. Jacobson presents "Solitary Geyser #1" exemplifying his love of color and design in nature. The image's bold colors, found in Yellowstone National Park, portrays what he saw. The digital darkroom was used sparingly, only to make the image true.

The strong, simple geometric composition and dramatic colors of Todd Prussman's “Four Square” presents surprising complexity. The garish, decayed pink and green paint of this wall's past, its commercial animation, are fading as the natural brick re-emerges -- as if the bones have been revealed in a corpse. Prussman, who is a Haverhill based free lance assignment photographer says, “Four Square”, is not a rallying image, however. Instead, it captures the effect of time, the decay of past ambition and the simple truth of structure.”

Mark Dyer’s “Shilorna” is a part of his larger body of work called “Transparent Boundaries.” Dyer who currently lives in Colorado captures these still-life images, mostly fruit and/or flowers through rapid camera movement using a single exposure. Though the boundaries of each object are amorphous and not well defined, the essential ingredient of rose petal or tulip, tangerine or nectarine holds true. Dazzling colors and the fluid quality in his work intensify our visual experience.

A Principle Photographer for BlackLight Studios in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Monique Cousineau thinks in color. She sees colors hiding between other colors and sees an inherent sexuality in color that compels her to reach out to it. Much of her work delves into the saturation of color, colors draped in shadow and dappled with light, calling out the architectural principles of form and applying that to people and nature these essential qualities manifest in her vivid color work called “Blue Hair”.

Rhode Island of Art Museum photographer Erik Gould's work "untitled diptych" reflects an interest in responding to color found in the environment intuitively. Digital technology allows Gould to extend this process beyond the capture of the image. Images are sorted and shuffled over a period of time, combined and divided until the juxtapositions of a pairing resonate. The final work is then realized as an archival ink jet print.

Subdued colors can be found in Isabel Seliger’s "Interfaces (Screens/Satellites)" Seliger is currently a visiting student at University of the Arts (UdK) in Berlin focusing on Digital Arts and Visual Studies. Her work explores the structure of artificial image reception, as well as the way in which the human eye negotiates electronic stimuli.

In this particular sequence, image information such as pixels, dots and grids recreate colors, surfaces and landscapes as perceived by electronic devices, posing the rhetorical question: Where does photographic image formation begin, and to what extent do electronic images mimic human vision and nature?

Seliger states, "I use different methods in order to generate "photographic" images although I still predominantly rely on shooting with analog film, using a Hasselblad and Nikon. However, I go 100 percent digital when it comes to the printing process, and, before that, to making corrections and manipulations in Photoshop. Inkjet printing technology has given me maximum control as far as colors and overall image quality are concerned, and it also provides me with the option to print on non-photographic papers such as Hahnemuhle, which greatly enhances my art."

Those who follow the traditional photography approach will never crop their images. In contrast, the process of digital imaging is always there pushing the boundaries. It gives room to experimenting, manipulating, correcting, distorting, deconstructing and reconstructing the image(s). The flexibility of this approach is manifest in these mixed medium college assemblages in the studio and the help of Photoshop.

Currently an assistant professor teaching Computer Animation in the Art Department of Colorado State University, Liz Johnson’s digital collage work is more about risk taking and what the digital tools can do. “Swirl” is an example of the aforesaid, experimenting with digital photographs and combining them, and manipulate with Photoshop.

Cambridge artist Sandra Salamony works behind the digital camera, in front of the computer and in the studio. In “Monty Ikebana” she forces the inclusion of fauna with flora under the guise of the beautifully spare Ikebana flower arrangement that is both humorous and delightful. Her process incorporating archival printouts on acid-free papers, coats them with layers of encaustic medium, and then tones them with layer of tissue paper, tea or oils to add depth.

Mike Jewell’s digital print entitled “GOD WAS A BOY ONCE PLAYING WITH FIRE” is created in layered sheets with vellum. This image, which is part of a series of prints, is based on the artist's relationship with God. The Framingham based artist stated, “There is an effort in trying to humanize God, to become closer to Him, to understand Him, to believe that He is like us.”

A founding member of The Art Room in Merrimac, MA, Denyse Murphy also evaluates collages made by students for a study conducted through the Psychology department at Harvard University. Murphy is interested in the dynamic of change occurs in belief and in identity. This is revealed in her work “IMMOLATION #6”, a dynamic conversion of cool blue cyanotype to the warm orangey flames of digital print indeed is an act of killing for sacrifice thus gave birth to this vigorous print.

Long-time avid amateur film photographer Dave Powell shoots atmospheric infrared photographs using filter and digital camera. But while traditional infrared photos are normally black-and-white, Winchester based “photoartist” Powell often adds color to create dramatic "infrared dreamscapes." His work, “Ghost Arbor,” was actually taken at high noon (at the Tower Hill Botanic Garden, in Boylston, MA). The raw image was converted to black-and-white, copies were toned amber and blue. The colored copies were then combined in the digital darkroom to reveal a ghost illuminated by an eventide lamp. The "ghost" is actually Dave's wife Kate, who was blurred by a 3-second exposure through the black infrared filter. Powell’s technique, literally is “painting” these atmospheric images using light and structures within the photos. The result is magnificent.

While teaching art at a public school in Oklahoma, Patric Shurden has been developing his artistic imagery by merging the Polaroid SX-70 print with the digital realm. His spontaneous interaction with the surface of the SX-70 print filled the images with energetic lines and organic distortions that set the stage for his subtle digital manipulations. The artist has presented a view of environments where the components are constantly changing through everyday use. This art expresses a passing moment in which the mundane becomes grandeur and the overlooked becomes the focus of energy.

Fred Levy shows three pieces “Mean Faces” commenting on how clean and refined people’s actions are expressed in current society. Levy, who has been teaching Introduction to Photoshop at The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University since 1998, says, "The camera alone limits the expressions of my models.” By using Polaroid scanned into the computer and heavily manipulated in Photoshop, Fred Levy brings out that inner mean face that is inside.

Somerville based photographer and dancer Cristina Pujol captures black and white body movements that may go unnoticed to the spectator’s eye with her digital camera . In “Feeling”, Pujol succeed in capturing the dynamic and emotional expressions on this fascinating dancer’s face, and strength and control is demonstrated in the dancer’s body movements. The costume emphasizes and amplifies the grace, power and independent control of this feminine form.

“Two Men Walking” by Mike Jewell; is part of a black and white print series based on the artist's relationship with God. “We want to feel He has the same issues as we do with growing up, with love, hate, loneliness, friends, and with life. If this can be achieved, then maybe we were created in His image." Jewell stated, and he hopes his work would spark discussion among the people who view it.

Malden resident, Ryan Cheney who is currently a graduate student at the Museum School shows one black and white digital print in this exhibit. In the work entitled "Soldier Boy", Cheney is bringing the chaos, entropy and disorder of the desert into the digital realm. His work explores the themes of pollution, habitation, and desolation by ascribing these desert characteristics onto the otherwise perfect realm of digital photography.

A native of Nagoya, Japan, Toru Nakanishi lives in Somerville, MA. He received a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Boston in 1992. In his art works, Nakanishi intends to create images that are indeed Beautiful yet accessible and have the ability to draw the viewer in to ponder many layers of meaning, commentary and context. In his recent work, Nakanishi focuses on food items using a flatbed scanner instead of a conventional style camera. His homage theme is ramen noodles, which addresses the status and positioning of this food in popular culture in the US as well as in Japan. Toru Nakanishi has also been working in collaboration with numerous other artists in the areas of photography, printing, installation, and jewelry making. Collaborations have been done with Lesley Nakanishi, Melissa Shook, Robert Markey, Bart Uchida, Malcom Goldstein, Taylor McLean, Stella McGregor, and Nora Valdez. He was a guest lecturer at Massachusetts College of Art in 1999, and was invited to speak at Montserrat College of Art in 1998. Nakanishi's photography works are exclusively represented by Gallery Kayafas, Boston. He has participated in the DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park's Corporate Program since 1998.

artSPACE@16 (Malden, MA) is a non-commercial art space est. in 1998. This alternative art space is operated on a voluntary basis. It has been making today's art accessible to the community-at-large by donating space for ongoing art exhibitions and collaborating on related events within the community. artSPACE@16 has created a common ground for everyone to come together for art appreciation, an educational experience, and information sharing as well as networking. It distributes information regarding artist studio space through postings on the artSPACE@16 website and e-mailing list. It also provides information on art resources and exhibition opportunities in and outside of Malden. Through these ongoing voluntary art initiatives, artSPACE@16 hopes to continue making its contribution in strengthening the connection between artist communities in the neighboring cities. artSPACE@16 encourages others to come play a vital role in establishing a vibrant artist community in Malden.

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Conjoins and challenges: A rejoinder to Packard

23rd May 2014

Bernard M.J. Huchet

In a recent article Packard (1989) documented his reconstruction of a 47 piece conjoin. In bringing his report to an end, Packard posited two questions: ‘is this a record? and does anybody care?’. Regarding the first query, the answer is NO. If one takes the world as a basis for comparison, it becomes obvious that larger conjoins have been refitted. For instance, Van Noten (1982: Plate 14) reported a 102 piece conjoin recovered from Gombe, Central Africa. Within Australia, conjoins exceeding 47 pieces have also been refitted. For example, a knapped boulder collected by Stephen Sutton near Mount lsa and conjoined by myself (Sutton and Huchet 1988) comprises, as far as I can remember, a minimum of 85 pieces and very possibly 100 pieces or more. The exact number is beyond recall since counting the number of pieces did not matter to me.

*Note that an abstract was not included with this paper, and so the introductory paragraph has been included here instead of the abstract.

Huchet, B.M.J.
Conjoins and challenges: A rejoinder to Packard
June 1991
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Dreams: Your imagination at work or a glimpse of the future?

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Join Elizabeth (Lizzy) Bennet and Fitzwilliam (Fitz) Darcy on their journey through life. The first, two of the stories are told from their points of view. Share their frustration and joy as they follow their dreams.

Lizzy and Fitz are guided by their dreams and during the first half of their life together, and they make decision’s based on their dreams. After their children are born, those dreams are there in the form of comfort and guidance.

The first story is about their courtship and understanding their dreams. The second story is adjusting to the first year of married life. The last story is about the joys and challenges the Darcy’s find being parents.

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Sunday, November 30, 2014

Sickness has invaded our family

Thanksgiving week has been such a whirlwind. It all started with Ava and I getting sick the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Saturday morning I woke up feeling like I had the flu. I rushed to urgent care thinking that if I catch it early they will give me tamaflu. Turns out it wasn't the flu just a virus of some sort. So rest and fluids for me. In the meantime Ryan took Ava to the doctor and they said she had croup and put her on a steroid. I felt terrible and laid in bed all day. Sunday morning aiden started throwing up but seemed to be better by late afternoon. Keep in mind we are suppose to leave to New Orleans early Tuesday morning. I had not done any laundry or even attempted to pack for the three of us.

Monday morning Ava's cough seemed worse so Ryan took off work to take her to the doctor but before he could make it to the sitters he was sick. I ended up leaving work early and meeting them at the doctor. Low and behold Ava's RSV test came back positive. I thought really not again. They said that she didn't need to be hospitalized at this point and to start breathing treatments every four hours and gave us the "go ahead" to travel. I contiplated on if I should still go out of town and decided to go on. That night the kids and I stayed at my moms so Ryan could rest and we could leave bright and early. However Ava had a reaction to the medication so we spent over an hour in Tennessee Tuesday trying to find a pharmacy that carried the new drug they called in for her. Three pharmacies later we found one! Yay on the road we were.

Ava just wasn't feeling so hot and cried the majority of the way to Birmingham. We had originally planned to make it to Mississippi but decided to stay in Birmingham that night and get up and drive the rest in the morning. After the new breathing treatments she seemed to be doing better and Wednesdays car ride went a lot smoother. We arrived in New Orleans around lunch and met aunt Sarah.

Wednesday night my mom woke up with the stomach virus and in turn I got it Thursday. Ava starting throwing up and high fever Friday and Angie Friday night. So my Thanksgiving was spent in bed at my sisters house and at the hotel. I now have a new respect for single mothers and thank god I have family willing to help out. Luckily it only last about 18 hours total and then you feel back to normal.

Friday and Saturday we were able to get out of the hotel for a little while and explore the city. But guess what...Sarah got sick Saturday night! I have never been so glad to see Sunday. Not that I don't love being with family but I was ready for this trip to be over and ready to get home. We are now on the road and I couldn't be more excited. I'm hoping we can all stay well until we get to kentucky.

Ava still isn't feeling very well. We continue breathing treatments every four hours and suction three times a day. We go back to the doctor Wednesday. Hopefully no more RSV!

Here are a few pics from the trip (more to come later)

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Wearable computing

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  • foreign-currencyI wonder if a watch could change the world. The introduction of Apple Watch could be such a game changer but not in the way you might expect. A straight line analysis of the Watch’s importance might tell us to expect greater efficiencies in business with all the reminders it can deliver but let’s face it, reminders come at us all the time on our computers and phones.

    Another device doing the same thing is not going to change the world by emulating older technology. That is the way of technology introductions though. First they do what older tools did, just better, faster, and cheaper but soon enough we all realize that old processes are not what the new device is for. Just as information is the addition of data to other data and information to produce some new insight, an accumulation of the newest technologies might offer a glimpse into the uncharted future.

    I am thinking of the combination of the Watch and Apple Pay or any other payment service that uses the hardware for instant payments. That’s not enough though, I am also thinking about the European continent and specifically the self-inflicted economic malaise brought on by the euro and austerity budgets. This is complicated and I will try to be brief.

    The euro is a currency without a nation, which has caused all sorts of problems. The greatest is that no user of the euro can do much to adjust naturally occurring differences from nation to nation such as GDP, inflation, productivity, and spending. This has placed a straight jacket on the member states of the European Union with some doing well, like Germany, while others suffer.

    Southern European countries like Italy, Spain, Portugal, and especially Greece are having to run severely austere budgets that are crippling their economies and hurting a lot of people. For sure there is no common agreement on the root causes of the problem but my lying eyes and Nobel laureate Paul Krugman both tell me that the European experiment is going at least sideways because we can’t figure out the euro.

    So what’s the Watch’s connection?

    Simply this. The common currency was established to create a common trading area across Europe to facilitate exchange and trade and bring the nations closer together. It has too, though but at the price of austerity, which might be too much to bear.

    But I suggest that a common currency to speed transactions by individuals and businesses is no longer needed. As the Euro has grown up, technology to effect transactions in any currency has matured to the point that today, you can pay in one currency such as the euro but still keep your wealth in another currency.

    We see this all the time. You use your credit cards in any country and the back end computing apparatus does the conversions for your monthly statement. The Watch and Apple Pay can do the same thing with the result that you could pay your international debts in euros but still maintain a domestic currency.

    Doing this would enable Eurozone countries to have their own currencies again and to let them float in the marketplace. Inflation is a big scary thing for many European countries like Germany and they’d want to hold it down. But countries like Greece, Italy, Spain and others could significantly benefit from having the ability to manage their own currencies again.

    While it’s true that countries would be exposed to currency risk from other countries’ inflation, it would be limited to new purchases; old debts in euros would be unaffected and debtor nations would be on the hook to pay back the euros they borrowed by buying euros with their less valuable sovereign currencies. Thus a more natural control apparatus emerges.

    It sounds complicated but the point is that we have the ability to reintroduce some of the benefits of national currencies while still preserving the euro and its trading area. Skeptics will say that paying for gum and a newspaper with something like Apple Pay isn’t going to solve the problem of business-to-business commerce but I disagree. Currency transformations already happen in those larger deals.

    For instance, a French company buying British goods still has to convert euros to British Pounds at some point. That mechanism is alive and well. Introducing personal technology and services that enable individuals to manage their spending and conversions would provide the necessary stimulus to get many economies moving again. Of course the rub is that they’d need more hardware and software than many people currently have. But as a wise woman once told me, that would be a high-class problem.

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Wordle on Beespace

I foolishly assumed that by giving Wordle the feed to my blog, it would automatically scan ALL the posts for word frequency and I would be able to visualize the most common semantic fields covered. Not yet there but  Jonathan Feinberg (and IBM) are on it. Like George says on the Connectivism Course Forum:

Given the pace of info development, we’re going to increasingly rely on tools that provide some indication of the patterns evident in the abundance…

Although word meanings do not have clear boundaries, the picture below gives you a fuzzy idea of what I has been in my mind in the latest posts (front page not counting this post :-)). It will be interesting to take the screenshots every x weeks to check how it changes like Tom Whyte is doing in What Wordle Shows about the Connectivism Course.

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Thursday, May 2, 2019

The Mystery of the Missing Horse: “Taking Shergar”

Horseracing has suffered a black eye lately in SoCal. At Arcadia’s venerably beautiful Santa Anita Park, all racing was suspended in March of this year, following fatal injuries to 23 Thoroughbreds. The impact of heavy rains on Santa Anita’s dirt tracks may have contributed to the death toll, but its cause still remains a mystery. Not nearly so great a mystery, though, as the fate of the Irish-born Shergar, a onetime European Thoroughbred Horse of the Year who in 1981 won the Epsom Derby by ten lengths, a record that still stands.

After falling to fourth place in his eighth race, Shergar was retired to stud on an Irish farm called Ballymany (not a bad form of retirement, all things considered). But in 1983, on the cold dark night of February 8, three men roughed up stud groom James Fitzgerald and his family, then spirited the horse away from his stall. The best guess, and there have been many over the years, is that the men were foot soldiers for the Irish Republican Army, and that the abduction was a scheme to raise money for the cause by way of demands for ransom. In fact, some ominous phone calls did demand that Shergar’s owners cough up a major cash payment in exchange for the horse’s release. But, early on, the phone calls stopped coming. And from that day to this, Shergar’s whereabouts have remained unknown.

This is very much in my mind right now, because I’ve just finished reading Taking Shergar, written by my friend and colleague, Milton C. Toby. Milt, who’s currently the national president of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, hails from Kentucky, a state that has its own passion for horseracing. An attorney as well as an author, Milt is a recognized expert in equine law. He’s written about Thoroughbreds for forty years, The subtitle of the current book, which is part of the Horses in History series from the University Press of Kentucky, is Thoroughbred Racing’s Most Famous Cold Case. In it Milt thoroughly examines all the aspects of the crime, including its many colorful personalities. (One, an Irish police superintendent, bears an uncanny resemblance to Peter Sellers as Inspector Clouseau.) The one thing Milt can’t do, though, is provide an ending for the story. What happened to Shergar we’ll probably never know.

Filmmakers have tried their best to bring Shergar to the screen. There was a BBC television play in 1986, as well as a 1999 film starring Ian Holm and Mickey Rourke. The description of the latter, simply titled Shergar, sounds horribly treacly: “Shergar is based on the true story of a champion race horse, allegedly abducted by the I.R.A., then rescued by an orphaned boy.”  I don’t know where that orphaned boy came from, but it’s a sad fantasy to think that Shergar was ever rescued. Much more fact-based were two TV documentaries, the Irish-made Who Kidnapped Shergar? (from 2004) and last year’s Searching for Shergar from the BBC. What’s obvious from all of this is that in some circles, the racehorse has never been forgotten.

There’s something about horses on screen that warms many hearts. Remember a very young Elizabeth Taylor riding The Pie to glory in 1944’s National Velvet? Remember Kelly Reno and a wizened Mickey Rooney training a champion in 1979’s The Black Stallion? The most inspiring of the lot may be Seabiscuit, the 2003 equestrian biopic based on Laura Hillenbrand’s history of the undersized, overlooked racehorse whose triumphs helped Americans survive the Great Depression. Would that Shergar’s story ended on such a winning note.

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Save a life on World Blood Donor Day

Every day, over 41,000 blood donations are needed throughout the United States. In a year, about 15.7 million donations are collected in the country. While this is a phenomenal amount, it is not enough to fulfill the demand for blood donations. The issue is even larger in third world countries, which don’t have access to as much blood, but need it perhaps even more. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the rate of blood donations in high-income countries is about nine times higher than in low-in come countries; 36.8 per 1,000 versus 3.9 per 1,000 people.

This dearth of supply is a huge issue that harms people around the globe. However, it is one that does not require a huge change in the way we live. According to the Red Cross, about 38% of the United States population are eligible to donate. The other part of the population is ineligible to donate for any number of reasons Yet, less than 10% of the U.S. population actually donates.

According to Stefani F. Arcangelo, the External Communications Manager, for the Red-Cross, New York-Penn Blood Services Region, blood donations often drop during the summer. This is because schools and colleges, which bring in approximately 20% of all blood donations to the Red Cross, are out of session.

“On average,” she said, “during the months of June, July, and August, about two fewer donor’s schedule an appointment to give blood at each Red Cross blood drive than what people need.” While this may not sound like a lot, this can total up to over 100,000 fewer donations given during this time period.

Due to the importance of blood donation, the World Health Organization established World Blood Donor Day. This unofficial holiday, takes place every year on June 14th. Every year, the holiday focuses on a different group of people who benefit from blood donation.

This year’s theme is “Thank you for saving my life.” According to the WHO website, this year’s campaign aims to highlight stories from people whose lives have been saved through blood donation.

Rashgene Gazi-White, who works with the New York Blood Center said on a typical day the mobile van collects around 30 pints of blood, and each pint can save up to five lives.“I want to help save lives,” he said. He believes that if more people told their stories about donating their blood or having their own lives saved from blood donation, people might be willing to donate more.

The Red Cross will be partnering with Nexcare Bandages and supermodel Niki Taylor, for the Nexcare 7th annual Give Program. Nexcare will also be releasing a set of limited edition bandages, to help raise awareness about blood donation. Arcangelo, on behalf of the Red Cross also said, “The American Red Cross is proud to celebrate World Blood Donor Day in partnership with Nexcare Bandages. We would like to thank all of our generous blood donors who roll up their sleeves each day to help save lives.”

If you are looking to make a difference in somebody’s life, looking to do a good deed or want to participate in World Blood Donor Day, you can find a blood drive going on in your area through the Red Cross website. If you live in the New York area, find  the closest drive around you and donate some blood today. For more information click here

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Monday, November 30, 2020

What to Consider When Purchasing an Ultraviolet Light Disinfection Device

Ultraviolet light disinfection, or ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI), is a fast-growing and invaluable option for preventing the spread of hospital acquired infections. Since the pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, more consumers are interested in purchasing ultraviolet light products to disinfect surfaces in the home, office, transit, and other commercial spaces. This demand led to more UV manufacturing companies quickly forming to take advantage of the “opportunity.” While we encourage the utilization of this quick, reliable, chemical-free disinfection method, there is a combination of misconceptions and a lack of technical know-how that can lead to purchasing ineffective devices. Today, with so many UV light options on the market, how do you know what to choose? Here are some factors to consider when purchasing an ultraviolet light disinfection device.

Some products sold now that claim to be germicidal are actually the wrong wavelength. Ultraviolet light is divided into UV-A, UV-B and UV-C rays. UV-A radiation is less hazardous than UV-B but is also significantly (approximately 1000 times) less effective than either UV-B or UV-C radiation at inactivating bacteria or viruses. It is the wavelengths in the UV-C spectrum (200-280 nm) which offer the greatest germicidal potential. The peak germicidal output is found at 265 nm, however most high-output UV-C devices produce light at the 254 nm wavelength. UV-B takes significantly much more time to reach the killing capacity of UV-C.  As UV-C light makes contact with pathogens, photolytic processes damage the DNA or RNA code, triggering lethal mutations that prevent them from reproducing properly, causing cell death.

The degree of inactivation by ultraviolet light is directly related to the UV-C dose applied. The UV-C dose is the product of intensity and exposure time. Light needs to contact surfaces at the correct intensity for the correct length of time to get the right dosage necessary to achieve the log reduction needed for inactivation of your target organism. When analyzing a UV-C device, compare the intensity of each unit at a certain distance. This will remove the subjective claims such as effective, fast, etc. with specific and quantifiable claims like “Device X” has an intensity of 180 microwatts per cm2 at an 8-foot distance. Many of the UV-C lamps sold for non-commercial or home use have a very low intensity, so it will require a longer exposure on a given surface area to provide effective inactivation of a bacteria or virus.

UV-C can only inactivate organisms if they are directly exposed to the light. Therefore, the disinfection of surfaces may not be effective if the UV-C light is blocked or shaded, creating shadowed or hidden areas. Similarly, consider the size of the space or the equipment you are disinfecting because as distance from the lamp increases, effectiveness against microorganisms decreases. You may need to choose a light that is tall or angled to best reach areas of concern. Additionally, you may also consider the use of multiple lights at different angles and heights to maximize exposure.  If only utilizing one light, it may be necessary to relocate it to multiple locations in order to maximize UV-C exposure of surfaces within the space.

Some ultraviolet light companies sell handheld wands for swiping over surfaces to kill organisms. Such products are easy to find on sites like Amazon and eBay, and their product descriptions are definitely alluring. However, problems with the wands outweigh any potential disinfection benefits. Regardless of the product, UV-C should not be exposed to skin or eyes as it will inflict a severe “sunburn”. If wands are to be effective, they would need to put out enough UV-C intensity to be very hazardous to the operator. If the wand has a low enough output to be safe for operator presence, it would be too low to effectively kill organisms. Regardless of output, the operator needs to have very precise timing hovering over surfaces in order for a wand to be effective at all. For that reason, ClorDiSys does not sell or recommend the use of UV-C handheld wands.

Most glass and plastics have limited to no permeability, blocking the UV-C from disinfecting the surfaces and items on the other side. Quartz glass is the best material for bulbs and any shelving within an ultraviolet light device as it will transmit UV light from 180 nm to 400 nm right through it.  This characteristic allows UV-C to shine optimally and disinfect surfaces sitting on quartz glass shelving, rather than prevent those surfaces from being treated. Some devices utilize metal grills which still provide kill, but not to where the items are sitting on the actual grill wires.

Ultraviolet lights that are sold or distributed with claims that the product can be used for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any pest (plant, animal, virus, bacteria or other microorganism) are federally regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). Generally, without such claims, a UV-C light would not be subject to FIFRA. While UV-C devices do not need to be registered by the EPA and, in turn, are not subject to a premarket review by the EPA, if a manufacturer is making claims of preventing or disinfecting viruses, bacteria or other microorganisms, they could be unfounded. In 2015, the Federal Trade Commission went after two companies marketing UV-C disinfectant devices because of false claims about eliminating foot fungus, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli and Salmonella.  The most trusted UV-C products will be manufactured in a US EPA registered facility.

Some companies claim that pulsed xenon is a more effective way to kill harmful pathogens.  Claiming similarities to a punch of a fist on a wall, more punches will weaken it better than one punch. However, light is not a fist.  Light is a form of energy, and continual energy is more effective than rapidly turning it on and off. The US Veterans Administration commissioned an infection prevention research team led by Curtis Donskey, M.D., to conduct an independent study of continuous ultraviolet disinfection versus xenon pulse UV-C disinfection. The results showed surprisingly low pathogen kill rates for the pulsed xenon device, about .5 log for both C.diff and VRE, even as close as 4 feet.  The continuous UV-C device demonstrated a much higher CFU reduction for the pathogens C. difficile, MRSA and VRE.  The study states, “PX-UV was less effective than continuous UV-C in reducing pathogen recovery on glass slides with a 10-minute exposure time in similar hospital rooms” and “the UV-C device achieved significantly greater log10 CFU reductions than the PX-UV device”.

With a technology that’s been around for over a century, the efficacy of ultraviolet light against bacteria, viruses, fungi and spores is undeniable. However, in an unregulated market with new products and companies emerging often, consumer education is key. Intensity, bulb length, equipment quality, and price are the key factors to consider. Beware of subjective, attention-grabbing marketing techniques, and compare specific, quantifiable data. Read the product specifications, contact the seller with any questions you have, and if it is incredibly inexpensive, then it is probably too good to be true.

United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2020, October). EPA Regulations About UV Lights that Claim to Kill or Be Effective Against Viruses and Bacteria.

United States Food and Drug Administration. (2020, August). UV Lights and Lamps: Ultraviolet-C Radiation, Disinfection, and Coronavirus.

Erdmann, J. (2020, August). UV Light Wands Are Supposed to Kill Viruses. But Do They Really Work?

Infection Prevention Technologies, LLC. (2015, March). VA Funded Study Validates Continuous UV-C Technology For Pathogen Reduction.

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600 Clerical Vacancies in Andhra Bank

Recruitment Project 2012-13 ANDHRA BANK
  1. Eligibility criteria is revised as Graduation or a Pass in 10+2 examination in First Class or with aggregate of 60%.
  2. IBPS-TWSS cut off for candidates belonging to PWD and Ex-Servicemen Category is revised to 107 for all the States.
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