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1. International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER) www.ijmer.com Vol.2, Issue.4, July-Aug. 2012 pp-1814-1818 ISSN: 2249-6645 A New Three Phase Seven Level Asymmetrical Inverter with Hybrid Carrier and Third Harmonic Reference Johnson Uthayakumar R.*, Natarajan S.P.**, Padmathilagam.V.*** *Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Annamalai University, India ** Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Annamalai University, India *** Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Annamalai University, IndiaABSTRACT: Carrier based techniques have been used conventional sinusoidal reference signal and an inverted sinewidely for switching of multilevel inverters due to their carrier to produce better spectral quality and a highersimplicity, flexibility and reduced computational fundamental component compared to the conventionalrequirements compared to Space Vector Modulation (SVM). Sinusoidal PWM (SPWM) without any pulse dropping. AA novel carrier based Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) survey of topologies, controls and applications of MLIs hastechnique for three phase Asymmetrical Multi Level Inverter been carried out by Rodriguez et al [6]. The common(AMLI) with Third Harmonic Injection (THI) reference is topology is the cascaded inverter shown in Fig.1 for threeproposed in this paper. The technique is based on the phase structure. The three multilevel modulation methodscombination of the Control Freedom Degrees (CFD). The most discussed in the literature include multilevel carrier-combination of inverted sine carrier and triangular carrier based PWM, multilevel space-vector PWM and selectiveis used as hybrid carrier in order to produce pulses for the harmonic elimination [6]. Analysis of multicarrier PWMpower switches used in the proposed seven level three phase methods for a single phase five level inverter was proposedcascaded inverter. This paper investigates the potentials of by Calais Borle and Agelidis [7]. A novel clew for thehybrid carrier based cascaded multilevel inverter in the research on carrier based PWM methods for multileveldevelopment of medium power AC power supplies with inverters is proposed by Wu et al [8] based on the conceptspecific emphasis on Power Conditioning Systems (PCS) for of combination of the Control Freedom Degrees (CFD). Sunalternate sources of energy. The performance of chosen [9] have presented a new asymmetrical multilevel inverterinverter is evaluvated based on MATLAB/ SIMULINK topology. The new topology can improve the number ofsimulation. The performance indices used are Total output voltage levels greatly using a bidirectional auxiliaryHarmonic Distortion (THD), RMS value of output voltage switch. Further they have proposed multicarrier PWMand DC bus utilization. It is observed that Carrir over method for the asymmetrical inverter [9]. Taleb et al [10]lapping PWM provides better DC bus utilization and Phase have proposed a neural implementation of a Harmonicopposition Disposition (POD) technique creates less Elimination Strategy (HES) to control a Uniform Stepdistortion for ma=0.7-1 Asymmetrical Multilevel Inverter (USAMI). Mihalache [11] has proposed an asymmetrical PWM modulation technique which is known to offer lower harmonic content asKeywords: APOD, COPWM, PD, POD, ISPWM compared to the symmetrical modulation. Nami et al [12] have optimized asymmetrical arrangement compared with a I. INTRODUCTION conventional four level inverter and found that it exhibitsIn recent years, multi-level Voltage Source Inverters (VSIs) lesser switching losses and lesser harmonics. In someare widely used as static power converter for high-power application with different DC input sources such as electricapplications. MLIs can operate at both fundamental vehicles, a modular H-bridge asymmetrical inverter can beswitching frequency and high switching frequency PWM. used to drive a traction motor from a set of solar cells or fuelThe topologies of MLIs are classified into three types: the cells. A seven level output voltage is achieved with twoflying capacitor inverter, the diode clamped inverter and the bridges in asymmetrical inverter whereas only five levelmodular H-bridge inverter. Seyezhai and Mathur [1] have output voltage will be achieved with three bridges in case ofdescribed a technique that combines the advantage of conventional cascaded MLI. In AMLI with lesser numberinverted rectified sine wave and variable frequency carriers switches more voltage levels can be achieved. Fig.1. showsfor a seven level inverter for balancing the switch utilization the chosen asymmetrical three phase inverter. Each cell hasand have also stated that the switching losses for the chosen two pairs of complementory switches S1 and S3 and S2 andmodulation scheme is very less. Chandra and Kumar in [2] S4. There are six cells used in the three phase inverter eachpresented an automatic switching pattern generation for leg containing two cells each. Since the carrier basedmultilevel cascaded H-Bridge inverters with equal DC method have good CFD, this paper focusses on the hybridvoltage sources based on the Space Vector Pulse Width carrier arrangement using triangular carrier in the positiveModulation (SVPWM) technique. Seyezhai and Mathur side and inverted sine carrier waveform in the negative side[3,4] have done a comparative evaluation between hybrid with Phase Disposition (PD), Phase Opposition Dispositionmodulation strategy and the conventional Phase Disposition (POD), Alternate Phase Opposition Disposition (APOD),(PD) PWM method in terms of output voltage quality, Carrier Overlapping (CO) and Inverted Sine (IS) strategies.power circuitry complexity, Distortion Factor (DF) and Fig.2. shows a sample SIMULINK model developed forTHD. Jeevananthan et al [5] have proposed an Inverted PWM strategy of a three phase inverter.Sine Carrier PWM (ISCPWM) method which used the www.ijmer.com 1814 | Page
International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER) www.ijmer.com Vol.2, Issue.4, July-Aug. 2012 pp-1814-1818 ISSN: 2249-6645 Fig.3.Carrier arrangements for PDPWM hybrid carrier strategy II (b) PODPWM hybrid carrier This technique employs (m-1) carriers which are all Fig.1. A three phase asymmetrical cascaded seven level in phase above and below the zero reference. In seven level inverter converters all the six carrier waves above zero reference are phase shifted by 180 degrees with the ones below zero reference. The PODPWM is explained in the Fig.4 in which Phase-A all the carriers above the zero reference are in phase and Pulses carriers below the zero reference are also in phase but are phase shifted by 180 degree with respect to that above zero reference. Fig.4 illustrates the POD PWM hybrid carrier and THI reference arrangements for a phase leg of a three phase Phase-B seven level cascaded structure with ma = 0.8. Pulses Phase-C Pulses Fig.2.A sample SIMULINK model developed for PWM strategy of a three phase inverter II. HYBRID CARRIER BASED BIPOLAR Fig.4. Carrier arrangements for PODPWM hybrid carrier MODULATION SCHEMES WITH THI strategy REFERENCE The maximum modulation index of a three phase II (c) APODPWM hybrid carrier strategyinverter can be increased by including a common mode third This technique requires each of the m-l carrier waveformsharmonic term into the target reference waveform of each for an m-level phase waveform to be phase displaced fromphase leg. In this method, the modulation index ma can be each other by 180 degrees alternatively. In The APODincreased beyond ma=1.0 without moving into over hybrid carrier and THI reference arrangements for a phasemodulation. leg of a three phase seven level cascaded structure with ma=0.8 are illustrated in Fig.5.II (a) PDPWM hybrid carrier strategyThis technique employs (m-l) carriers which are all in phasefor a m level inverter. In seven level converter all the sixcarrier waves are in phase with each other across all thebands as described in Fig.3 for a phase leg of a seven levelcascaded structure with ma = 0.8. Fig.5. Carrier arrangements for APODPWM hybrid carrier strategy www.ijmer.com 1815 | Page
International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER) www.ijmer.com Vol.2, Issue.4, July-Aug. 2012 pp-1814-1818 ISSN: 2249-6645II (d) COPWM hybrid carrier input DC sources are asymmetrical i.e one of the cascadedFor an m-level inverter using carrier overlapping technique, bridge is fed with Vdc/2 and other by Vdc. Figs.8-12 illustrate(m-1) carriers with the same frequency (fc) and same peak- the output voltages of three phase asymmetrical cascadedto-peak amplitude (Ac) are disposed such that the bands they seven level multilevel inverter for ma=0.8 only. The Rootoccupy overlap each other; the overlapping vertical distance Mean Square (RMS) value, Total Harmonic Distortionbetween each carrier is 0.5Ac. The reference waveform has (THD) and Form Factor (FF) of output voltage are evaluatedamplitude of Am and frequency of fm and it is centered in the with suitable formula and for various hybrid modulationmiddle of the carrier signals. schemes such as PD, POD, APOD, COPWM, VFPWM statergies for various ma (0.7-1) as in Tables I-III. Fig.13-18Fig.6 shows the COPWM hybrid carrier and THI reference display the frequency spectra and %THD for chosenarrangements for a phase leg of a three phase seven level strategies. It is found that the DC bus utilisation of the threecascaded structure with ma =0.8. phase seven level cascaded multilevel inverter is much better in case of COPWM as in Table II. POD technique is formed to create less distortion. It is seen that 3 rd,37th, 39th harmonics are dominant in PD and POD PWM where as 3rd,27th,31st,33rd,35th,37th,39th harmonics are dominant in APOD PWM. VFPWM creates only 3rd,harmonic dominant energy where as in COPWM 3rd,35th,37th,39th harmonics are dominant.The following parameter values are used simulation: Vdc1 =100V, Vdc2 =50V Ac=1, mf=40 and R(load) = 100 ohms for each phase. Fig.6. Carrier arrangements for COPWM hybrid carrier strategyII (e) VFPWM hybrid carrier strategyFig.7 illustrates the VFPWM hybrid carrier and THIreference arrangements for a phase leg of a seven level threephase cascaded structure with ma = 0.8. Fig.8.Output voltage of hybrid carrier THI-PDPWM strategy Fig.7. Carrier arrangements for VFPWM hybrid carrier strategyThe frequency modulation index Fig.9.Output voltage of hybrid carrier THI-PODPWM m f = fc/fm strategyThe amplitude modulation index ma = 2Am/ (m-1) Acwherefc – Frequency of the carrier signalfm – Frequency of the reference signalAm –Amplitude of the reference signalAc – Amplitude of the carrier signal ma =Am / (m / 4)* Ac (COPWM) III. SIMULATION RESULTSSimulation results have been obtained by using Fig.10.Output voltage of hybrid carrier THI-APODPWMMATLAB/SIMULINK power system toolbox software. The strategy www.ijmer.com 1816 | Page
International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER) www.ijmer.com Vol.2, Issue.4, July-Aug. 2012 pp-1814-1818 ISSN: 2249-6645Fig.11.Output voltage of hybrid carrier THI-COPWM strategy Fig.15. FFT spectrum for hybrid APODPWM strategy for ma=0.8 and mf =40 with THI reference Fig.12.Output voltage of hybrid carrier THI-VFPWM strategy Fig.16. FFT spectrum for hybrid COPWM strategy for ma=0.8 and mf =40 with THI referenceFig.13. FFT spectrum for hybrid PDPWM strategy for ma=0.8 mf =40 with THI reference Fig.17. FFT spectrum for hybrid VFPWM strategy for ma=0.8 mf =40 with THI referenceFig.14. FFT spectrum for hybrid PODPWM strategy for ma=0.8 and mf =40 with THI reference Fig.18.%THD Vs ma for all strategies. www.ijmer.com 1817 | Page
International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER) www.ijmer.com Vol.2, Issue.4, July-Aug. 2012 pp-1814-1818 ISSN: 2249-6645 Table-I REFERENCES%THD of output voltage of AMLI for various values of ma [1] R.Seyezhai, B.L.Mathur "Implementation and Control ma PD POD APOD VF CO of Variable Frequency ISPWM Technique for an Asymmetric Multilevel Inverter" European Journal of 1 19.69 19.6 19.9 19.67 22.72 Scientific Research ISSN 1450-216X Vol.39 No.4 0.95 21.3 21.48 20.89 21.46 24.07 (2010), pp.558-568 0.9 23.07 22.95 22.75 23.1 25.38 [2] K.Chandra, J.Kumar, A Simple and Generalized Space Vector PWM Control of Cascaded H-Bridge 0.85 24.82 24.84 24.49 24.72 26.78 Multilevel Inverters. IEEE Trans. on Industrial 0.8 25.88 27.37 27.15 26.05 29.59 Electronics, (2006). 0.75 29.29 29.27 29.4 29.21 30.67 [3] R. Seyezhai "Investigation of Performance Parameters For Asymmetric Multilevel Inverter" Using Hybrid 0.7 32.9 32.27 32.8 32.86 33.98 Modulation Technique. International Journal of Engineering Science and Technology (IJEST) (2011)., Table-II 3(12), 8430-8443. RMS(Fundamental) value of output voltage of AMLI for [4] R. Seyezhai, B.L.Mathur "Hybrid Multilevel Inverter different PWM strategies and various values of ma using ISPWM Technique for Fuel Cell Applications" ma PD POD APOD VF CO International Journal of Computer Applications (0975 1 160.2 160.1 160.1 160 168.6 – 8887) Volume 9– No.1, November 2010 [5] S.Jeevananthan, R.Nandhakumar and 0.95 154 153.6 153.9 153.6 164 P.Dananjayan,"Inverted Sine Carrier for Fundamental 0.9 147.4 147.6 147.7 147.2 158.1 Fortification in PWM Inverters and FPGA Based 0.85 140.3 140.3 140.5 140.4 153.8 Implementations", Serbian Journal of Electrical Engineering, Vol. 4, No. 2(2007), pp. 171-187. 0.8 133.1 133.1 133 133 147.9 [6] J.Rodriguez, J.S.Lai, and F.Z.Peng,"Multilevel 0.75 125.2 125.1 125.2 125.4 141.4 Inverter: A Survey of Topologies, Controls and 0.7 116.4 116 116.4 116.3 133.8 Applications", IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, Vol. 49 (2000), No. 4 pp. 724-738 . [7] Calais, M., Borle, L. J. and Agelidis, V. G. (2001)"Analysis of Multicarrier PWM Methods for a Table-III Single-phase Five Level Inverter", in Proc. 32nd IEEEFF of output voltage of AMLI for different PWM strategies Power Electronics Specialists Conference, pp. 1351- and various values of ma 1356. ma PD POD APOD VF CO [8] H. Wu, Y. Deng, Y. Liu, and X. He, "A New Clew For 1 432.97 1.6E+09 1.6E+09 2286 337.2 Research on PWM Methods of Multilevel Inverters: 0.95 389.87 1.6E+09 1.6E+09 903.5 117.43 Principle and Applications," vol. 2, no. 1, 4-12 IEEE Trans. Industry Applications, pp. 1251-1256, 2002. 0.9 1179.2 1.6E+09 1.6E+09 320 2.08E+09 [9] X. Sun, "Hybrid Control Strategy for A Novel 0.85 7936 1.6E+09 1.6E+09 322.8 2197.14 Asymmetrical Multilevel Inverter," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics pp. 5-8, 2010. 0.8 1064 1.6E+09 1.6E+09 682.1 870 [10] R. Taleb, A. Meroufel, and P. Wira, "Neural Network 0.75 1001.6 1.6E+09 1.6E+09 928.9 523.7 Control of Asymmetrical Multilevel Converters," 0.7 280.48 1.6E+09 1.6E+09 422.9 557.5 Leonardo Journal of Sciences, no. 15, pp. 53-70, 2009. [11] L. Mihalache , "Asymmetrical PWM Technique for A Three-Level Hybrid Inverter," Leonardo Journal of Sciences, pp. 609-615, 2007. IV. CONCLUSIONA new hybrid modulation strategy is proposed for a threephase AMLI which achieves improvement in line to linevoltage harmonics compared to the conventional modulationtechniques. It is observed that COPWM provides better DCbus utilization and POD technique creates less distortion forma=0.7-1. www.ijmer.com 1818 | Page


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Wrapping Up the Expos: You Asked, My Thoughts
In a word, the last couple of weeks have been brutal—too much to see, do, and write about. I haven't had the opportunity to share most of my personal thoughts on what's taken place at CES or Macworld Expo, but wanted to do so, particularly because there have been requests from readers like you. So, here they are while I'm in-between other projects, in unfiltered and unedited form, in the general arrangement of the Apple keynote speech at Macworld Expo. Feel free to add your comments below.
The Shows, Overall: A friend summed it up properly: "meh." The entire consumer electronics industry was bracing for gut punches at the Macworld keynote speech, but that never happened; between Steve Jobs' four "huh?" announcements and the lack of a "One More Thing…" biggie, this year started out with a dull thud rather than a bang. I watched a massive crowd of media assemble to see Jobs' keynote, rush inside to take seats, and wait with bated breath through a Randy Newman performance for some surprise, then trickle out with amazingly limited enthusiasm. In the media room after the keynote, the people around me were too busy moving up their flights home to even care about anything on the show floor; after snapping their photos and writing 20-minute long first "reviews" of the MacBook Air, there was nothing to keep them there.
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2. iPhone/iPod touch Software Updates: Other than the leak of the iPhone's software prior to the event, this was the most impressive iPhone update yet; I can't tell you how much I love the pseudo-GPS location finder and the ability to reposition icons on the iPhone's menus. While I'd like to see the iPhone get dedicated Music and Videos buttons like the iPod touch—perhaps other individual music/audiobook/podcast buttons, too—this could hardly have been a more welcome addition.
Regarding the iPod touch, my unit is still completely screwed up from trying to run the update, and I haven't had the chance to go to an Apple Store yet to get it fixed. Combined with the $20 asking price for those applications, and the iPod touch screen problems, et cetera, you can probably guess why I'm so underwhelmed with the way Apple's been handling the iPod touch and iPod touch customers. It's hard to recall an Apple product that so consistently reminds me of all the strings that are attached, and makes me wish for something better, soon.
3. iTunes
On-Demand, and Apple TV: This is what happens when Apple has to (a) make nice with Hollywood and (b) deal with too many devices at once—a messy, confusing jumble of offerings that defy almost any attempt at understanding. So now some iTunes movies are available at full DVD quality, while others are at sub-DVD quality, and others are at HD quality, and you can only buy, rent/transfer, and watch the different types of movies on certain devices, at different prices? What ever happened to the "get a file, watch it on everything, it just works!" model?
Most of the time, I use iLounge editorials to propose "works best for everyone" solutions to situations like this one, but something tells me that this particular set of issues isn't going to be resolved any time soon. When Steve Jobs gets on stage and tells people that iTunes will be getting videos 30 days after their DVD releases, that there are three tiers of variable pricing, and one format that can't even be downloaded by iTunes—only Apple TV—it's obvious that something's wrong; Jobs knows that average people hate confusing rules, files that don't play on all of their devices, and variable prices. Surely, this is another one of those baby steps towards a smarter, simpler iTunes Movie Store; the company had to do whatever it could to win over all the major film studios to an Apple-sponsored service.
Apart from the content boost it received from movie rentals, Apple TV continues to come across as a messy product that the company can't quite get a handle on. After the botched launch, it's my feeling that the $229 price drop isn't going to be enough at this point to move these off of shelves and into living rooms—Apple must be planning for future hard drive capacity bumps at the same price—and the new Apple TV interface strikes me as a real work in progress, too. The new features are impressive, but the way they've been integrated into the device lacks for the intuitiveness and class Apple built into the first version of the UI. Certain parts, like the way you're supposed to browse the iTunes Store via unlabeled images, strike me as downright scary omissions if they're going to be in the 2.0 software that actually ships a week from now. Regardless, I'm going to need to spend more time with the software before I decide whether the units here are going to continue to gather dust, or are going to come into their own sometime later this year.
4. MacBook Air: In short, this wasn't the Macintosh computer that any of iLounge's editors wanted, and none of us intends to buy one. I could go through the list of reasons in an amusing and/or exhaustive way, but three concepts basically sum it up: 13.3", low-speed I/O, and $1799. Everyone expected something smaller, cheaper, and/or breakthrough in features. Apple went with last year's performance in a thinner, more expensive shell. The "impossibly thin" pitch has become almost predictable at this stage, and apparently isn't impressing people as much as it did when the iPod nano arrived in 2005.
But I'm not ready to write MacBook Air off quite yet as a "Cube 2." First, lots of people (including me) wanted the Cube, but wouldn't buy it because of the price. Whether or not we are interested in it, MacBook Air has plenty of people ready to make the purchase—specifically, well-off Mac owners who are extremely style-conscious, and want them for business applications. Sure, there's another group who wouldn't buy Air's feature set no matter what it was priced at, but that's the difference between a product that succeeds in appealing to a niche audience, and one that fails because it can't even get its target audience to buy in. We'll see how it does, but as little as we want this version, it's easy to see Apple hitting a home run with a smaller, cheaper version down the line.
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A grandfather fears the lack of safe road crossings outside a local school could be putting young lives at risk.
George Howard says Wattle Downs has grown substantially since he moved there in 2006.
Traffic around nearby Reremoana School, where his five grandchildren go to school, has increased to the point where roads are getting congested during peak school hours.
Mr Howard regularly walks his grandchildren to and from school along Turnberry Drive behind the school and says he's noticed a worrying trend.
Children instinctively start to cross the road when a car on one side stops to let them pass but cars in the opposite lane sometimes don't see them and don't stop.
"It's an accident waiting to happen," he says.
"Who wants that? I don't wish it upon anyone for their kid to get injured."
Mr Howard contacted Auckland Transport about installing a kea crossing, which are operated by school patrols with Stop signs, on Turnberry Drive.
He was told the volume of traffic on the street was not great enough to install a crossing and it was not a transport priority.
The school's board of trustees says there have been concerns about increasing traffic around the school for the past nine years but it is not aware of any children getting hurt on the roads.
Judder bars have been installed on the school's drop-off zone to discourage speeding, and staff are proactive in monitoring traffic, the board says.
The school has also operated a walking school bus, which travels along Turnberry Drive, since 2007.
The board says Auckland Transport contacted the school in January asking if staff would operate and monitor a kea crossing if one was made, to which the school responded that it would.
An Auckland Transport spokesman says there are already kerb extensions on Turnberry Drive to help pedestrians crossing the road but traffic volumes and speeds during school peak periods are not high enough to warrant a crossing.
"If Reremoana School approached us with a desire to operate a kea crossing on Turnberry Drive, then we would look at it again," he says.
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Bitter pre-Christmas campaigning has broken out in marginal seats, after Labour mounted an offensive against the autumn statement's benefit cuts.
Chancellor George Osborne announced a package of measures designed to help the Treasury achieve £10 billion of welfare savings on December 5th, prompting Labour to seek out the 60-odd marginal seats where the number of people losing out is greater than the Conservative MP's majority.
The opposition party launched a new website last week highlighting 'the price of Tory failure', which offers countless examples of benefit claimants complaining about being "almost on the bread line" and asking: "When will it ever end?"
Now the Tories have responded with a leafleting campaign of their own, posing their own question: "Who do you think the government should be giving help to?"
The strategy is an extension of the survey approach used by party chairman Grant Shapps in his own constituency, the ConservativeHome blog suggested.
A Tory leaflet also being distributed argues the Tories are pursuing "a welfare system based on fairness", in which benefits are capped, the increase in benefits is limited to just one per cent a year and taxes are cut.
"Everyone in work will be better off. Labour will borrow more and add more debt to fund unlimited benefit rises," the leaflet states.
"The Conservatives believe benefits should be a lifeline, not a way of life."
Labour party vice chair Michael Dugher called the Tories' campaign a "new low", suggesting the Conservatives' efforts were deliberately misleading voters.
Doing so, he claimed, "is not only dishonest, it is also offensive to all those hard-working families who make up the majority of the people the government is choosing to hit".
Dugher added: "This is a tax on strivers, whilst at same time they are giving a tax cut for millionaires.
"Once again this is the out-of-touch Tories, making the wrong choices and standing up for the wrong people."
The Tories had made the strategic decision to take on the benefits argument before the autumn statement as a way of explaining the cuts to the rising welfare budget, which are essential if Osborne is to give himself a chance of meeting his fiscal mandate of deficit reduction by 2015.
The chancellor triggered outrage from opposition MPs in the Commons chamber during the autumn statement, when he contrasted "the person who leaves home every morning to go out to work and sees their neighbour still asleep, living a life on benefits".
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Celtic boss Neil Lennon backs under-fire striker Leigh Griffiths despite fans' anger
Neil Lennon reiterated his support for Leigh Griffiths after the striker was the subject of a rebuke from Celtic fans inside Parkhead yesterday.
Banners unfurled in front of the Green Brigade fan group section before the 6-0 win over Inverness didn't name Griffiths but their target seemed clear.
One showed a Celtic crest and insisted refugees are welcome at a club founded by immigrants. The second stated: 'A man must be a Celt on and off the field. Otherwise he is of no value to this club.'
In memory: Celtic fans hold up a banner for Jardine ahead of the game
The display appeared a thinly-veiled reference to the controversy surround Griffiths, who has been charged by the SFA for allegedly joining Hibs fans in a song branding former Hearts player Rudi Skacel a 'f***ing refugee'. Investigations by Police Scotland and Celtic are also ongoing.
Lennon has already fined and warned Griffiths after footage emerged of him chanting about Hearts 'going bust' ahead of last month's Edinburgh derby. But he remains adamant the 23-year-old striker – who scored yesterday – can have a successful future at the club.
'I can't comment on the banner because I wasn't sure who it was aimed at for a start,' said Lennon.
'If it was aimed at Leigh then we are going through a process at the minute and we will be able to speak more about it when the process finishes.
Under attack: The banner was possibly aimed at Leigh Griffiths, who scored Celtic's fourth
'We've all made mistakes. But I think the kid will come good. I think he'll learn from it and have a good career here.
'I don't know if he was aware the banner was aimed at him. If he did then then we expect those kind of performances from him anyway. I think that's seven goals in 11 games so he's doing exactly what we brought him in to do.'
Griffiths also provided two assists for hat-trick hero Anthony Stokes in the biggest win of the Premiership season, leaving Lennon delighted at the progress being made by his new forward partnership.
'For a long time now, Anthony has been playing very well. Now he's getting the goals that his all round play is deserving. He's improving all the time.
Paying tribute: Celtic Park stops for a minutes applause before the game for Sandy Jardine, who died on Thursday
'He has a good relationship now with Commons and Griffiths and that augurs well for the future.
'His form dropped a bit round about October, November but since January he's played very well again. Probably the best I've seen from him in my time here and he is far more consistent.
'I have no idea why it's all starting to click. It might just be maturity. It might be the arrival of Griffiths has kicked him on again after Gary Hooper left.'
Efe Ambrose and Teemu Pukki were also on target, while Fraser Forster saved Aaron Doran's penalty.
'That was up there with our best performances of the season along with Hearts away in the cup and Motherwell at Fir Park,' said Lennon.
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Inverness counterpart John Hughes was dismayed by the way his side collapsed, outstripping last month's 5-0 defeat at Parkhead.
'When the third goal went in we started to feel a bit sorry for ourselves and lost our shape a bit,' he said. 'That's not us. It is disappointing but we have to try and learn from it and respond in the right way.'
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The Milwaukee Art Museum today announced the opening of a special presentation, "Art and the Global AIDS Crisis: Eggs Benedict."
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After months of planning and a week of preparation, community members and students from the Hopkins-Lloyd Community Learning Center painted an intersection mural in one day. According to a report from Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, it is located in the intersection of 15th and Hadley Streets, outside Hopkins-Lloyd Community School, an elementary school at 1503 W. Hopkins St.
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In the motorcycle and car world, saying that someone "has gas and oil in their veins" means those are folks are either gear heads, or at least have some gear head in their DNA. If anyone is actually capable of painting with gas and oil, Milwaukee artist Mathew "boo" Hintz is the guy to do it. Hintz is building an impressive professional and artistic career combining his passion for painting, drawing, design and motorcycles at Harley-Davidson.
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People create art for many different reasons including out of desire, with the intention to heal, for the sake of entertainment or out of sheer compulsion. Malachi Schmidt, a 13-year-old who has drawn since he was about 5, has his own reasons. Schmidt says painting and drawing make him feel "normal," good and like everyone else.
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Dave Hansen was born in California but his family moved away when he was very young and before he could remember living there. Today, Hansen lives in Cudahy with his wife and 2-year-old son and works as a full-time, freelance artist who creates tiki carvings and other "Polynesian pop" pieces. He also surfs on Lake Michigan.
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Jones-Drew, who missed the entire preseason due to a contract holdout, lost his starting job to his backup Rashad Jennings. While Jones-Drew sat at home waiting for a new contract that he ultimately did not receive, Jennings impressed the new Jaguars coaching staff as the teams featured running back in the preseason.
Jennings was so impressive that new Jaguars head coach Mike Mularkey felt comfortable in making him the starting running back despite Jones-Drew's return.
Jones-Drew will eventually be the Jaguars starting running back, but he knows he has to earn his reps in the backfield.
"I have to work to get my job back," Jones-Drew said before practice on Wednesday. "Nobody has ever given me anything so I'm used to it. I like it because the competition is going to be great."
The Jaguars are not concerned about Jones-Drew's conditioning, but how quickly he can absorb Mularkey's new offense. Jones-Drew has spent extra time this week with Jennings and running backs coach Sylvester Croom trying to learn the new playbook.
It will not be enough for Jones-Drew to surpass Jennings by the time they play the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, but he will have a role in the Jaguars offense this weekend. Mularkey expects to use Jones-Drew in third down situations as Jennings primary backup, a role that will eventually fall to Jennings as Jones-Drew becomes more comfortable with the offense.
Jones-Drew understands he has to be more patient in waiting for his turn than he has been in the past, however.
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The combination of Hamish Bond and James Lassche have recorded the second-fastest time in world rowing history in winning the premier men's pair at the national rowing champs today.
Representing the Southern Regional Performance Centre (RPC), Bond and Lassche raced down the 2000m course at Lake Karapiro with a light tailwind to record a time of six minutes 12.42 seconds.
Bond holds the world's fastest time in combination with New Zealand crewmate Eric Murray of 6:08.50, set during the 2012 London Olympics regatta in Eton Dorney when they won gold.
At this year's nationals, where the athletes represent their clubds and RPCs, Bond teamed up with
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Central RPC's Chris Harris and James Hunter chased the duo home in 6:20.72 with Waikato RPC's Alex Kennedy and Shaun Kirkham winning bronze in 6:24.52.
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Just know that whatever trades are coming down around the deadline, Brandon Jennings will not be part of them. Jennings is giving the Bucks 18.5 points a game (on just 40.9 shooting, which is still better than Monta Ellis) and 5.8 assists per game.
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Belonging to the colour spectrum which represents balance, harmony and wellbeing, 17-5641 Emerald offers us all the chance to sit back, relax and take stock. "Symbolically, emerald brings a sense of clarity, renewal and rejuvenation, which is so important in today's complex world," says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Colour Institute. "This powerful and universally appealing tone translates easily to both fashion and home interiors."
Taking their lead from Pantone, several designers have championed shimmering tones of emerald in their new season collections. And with backing from the likes of Gucci, Sportmax, Burberry and Valentino, it also comes as no surprise that the shade has made frequent appearances on the red carpet in recent weeks, thanks to style plates including Emma Stone, Camille Belle, Josephine de la Baume and Katy Perry.
The shade is also set to be big news in the beauty world next year. Backstage at the S/S13 shows, Stella McCartney swept emerald green liner across the lower lash line, while models at Christian Dior sported shining green gems on their eyelids. Colour-shy purists can also dip a toe (or fingernail) into the trend, as every varnish brand worth its lacquer is offering an array of glittering green polishes within their new season treats.
But fashion and beauty aside, the biggest influence on this year's choice is Mother Nature herself. "As the most abundant hue in nature, the human eye sees more green than any other colour in the spectrum," says Eiseman. Of course, we Londoners often need a little extra help in this department. After all, it's not every day that the Hobbit premier rolls out the green carpet. If you want to get more involved with the green stuff than the city of Oz, give your living room an emerald overhaul with a lick of paint from Tollens, which has teamed up with Pantone to launch a collection in March featuring the hue as its flagship colour, or update everything from bed linen to bath towels with the shade which, conveniently, suits every room.
Then again, it's not too late to add a Bulgari necklace to your Christmas list — diamonds may be forever but emeralds are for 2013.
The announcement that emerald is the colour of 2013 was particularly amusing for one Londoner, because it is her name. She is 26-year-old Emerald Fennell, an actress and author of new children's book Shiverton Hall. "It's funny having a colour of the year but I was absurdly pleased that it's emerald."
Fennell was nearly called Nancy, but then her parents, society jeweller Theo Fennell and author Louise, "decided to go the whole hog".
"It's a coincidence that my father is a jeweller. I'm named after Emerald Cunard, a mad 1920s society lady. The priest didn't want to baptise me because he thought Emerald was a sinful name. I suppose he was talked into it."
This has been a busy year for Fennell. She has been filming ITV crime drama Murder on the Home Front, set during the Blitz, editing Shiverton Hall on set, and writing the sequel. "It's been great. I hope 2013 is as exciting and my name being colour of the year isn't a curse."
For her emerald fix she is content with a pair of green pixie boots from Oxfam. Very 2013.
Shiverton Hall will be published by Bloomsbury in January 2013.
Susannah Butter
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