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1. screenanarchy.com › 2023 › 09Toronto 2023 Review: SHAME ON DRY LAND, A Sweaty And Oblique ...

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   Sep 19, 2023 · Joel Spira (Snabba Cash) has a visage that is a perpetually moist 5-o’clock shadow. Dimman is out of his element, but fleet with his wits. He is not above killing two birds on one rock. On...

2. www.sensesofcinema.com › 2023 › interviewsShame on Dry Land: An Interview with Axel Petersén and Joel Spira

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   Nov 5, 2023 · The film, which had its World Premiere at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, is as slippery as its protagonist, Dimman (Joel Spira), who committed fraud and fled years earlier, leaving his business partner, Fredrik (Christopher Wagelin), in the lurch.

3. moveablefest.com › axel-petersen-joel-spira-shameInterview: Axel Petersén & Joel Spira on "Shame on Dry Land"

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   Sep 18, 2023 · TIFF 2023 Interview: Axel Petersén and Joel Spira on Making a Different Kind of Getaway in “Shame on Dry Land” The director & star of this Malta-set thriller discuss how paradise becomes hell on earth for a criminal trying to make amends for his past.

4. www.npr.org › 2015/10/24 › 451170011A Light Bulb Moment: How The Dimmer Switch Set Lusts Ablaze

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   Oct 24, 2015 · It was in 1959, tinkering in his Manhattan apartment, that Spira came up with a device that helped change the very way humans see each other: the dimmer switch. It was a new type of transistor ...

5. www.nationalgeographic.com › science › articleInventor Turned Up Energy Savings by Dimming the Lights

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   Jun 6, 2010 · Joel Spira was aiming for mood lighting when he invented the solid-state light dimmer switch. More than 50 years later, his company, Lutron, is recognized as an energy efficiency pioneer.

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6. www.architectmagazine.com › technology › lightingThe Solid-State Electronic Dimmer - Architect Magazine

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   Dec 6, 2016 · But no matter the control device or suite of sensors and digital readouts, lighting controls would not be what they are today without the contribution of Joel Spira (1927–2015), chairman and founder of Lutron Electronics and his invention of the sold-state electronic dimmer.

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   Who was John Spira?

   • John Spira was a St. Charles man who was recruiting investors for business opportunities and startup companies when he disappeared. More than 13 years after his disappearance, investigators in DuPage County are trying to contact people who invested money with him.

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   How did Joel Spira save energy?

   • Joel Spira wasn’t thinking much about saving energy when he began experimenting with the idea of interrupting the flow of electricity to a light bulb. It was the late 1950s, and not only were Americans buying lots of new homes, they were hosting dinner parties with mood music.

   Inventor Turned Up Energy Savings by Dimming the Lights

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   How did Spira become famous?

   • Spira became—as a result of his discovery—best known for his initial, seminal invention: the first successful solid state-electronic dimmer. He filed for a patent on July 15, 1959 (U.S. 3,032,688).

   Joel Spira (businessman) - Wikipedia

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   Who was Ruth Rodale Spira?

   • He remembers his wife, Ruth Rodale Spira, wearing safety gloves and patiently testing his device on light bulbs for hours at a time, trying to find just the right balance of bright to dim. Spira, a U.S. Navy veteran, had interrupted his physics studies at Purdue University to work in a top-secret World War II radar program.

   Inventor Turned Up Energy Savings by Dimming the Lights

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   How does Spira work?

   • Spira still goes to work every day, to a spacious yet simple corner office that’s scattered with books, papers, framed photographs, sculptures and the occasional slide rule. The window shades are set to rise and lower automatically, depending on the level of sunlight.

   Inventor Turned Up Energy Savings by Dimming the Lights

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8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Joel_Spira_(businessman)Joel Spira (businessman) - Wikipedia

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   Joel Solon Spira (March 1, 1927 – April 8, 2015) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and business magnate. He invented a version of the light-dimmer switch for use in homes around the United States and led his Lutron Electronics Company into the production of lighting controllers.