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Brendan Joel Kelley June 8, 2006 4:00AM
Recently I was at a show at the Real Bar early in the evening, when the young'uns are out to rock. A two-person band had just finished its set when a crowd of tween and early teen kids with screamo hair (long bangs in their faces, cut short in the back, varying colors), girls' pants (which fit the boys' prepubescent physiques) and all the other requisite junior high hipster fashions rushed to scoop up tee shirts from a free pile near the front door of the club. Soon there were 20 or so shorties running around in black tees with the words "Gay By Default" emblazoned in bold pink letters.
I wondered what the hell their parents would think when they picked up the kids, knowing it was unlikely that the 'rents would know that Gay By Default was the name of the duo we'd just seen onstage.
Gay By Default is a joke band conceived by 21-year-old Joe DeFuria (referred to in local musician circles as Joe by Default), an occasional standup comic who went to high school in the 'Nix but now works in Southern California repairing telephone lines, and uses his considerable income to commute back and forth to the Valley on weekends to play shows with his, ahem, partner, Josh Halvorson, 22.
The "band" came to be after DeFuria lost a bet playing the video game Halo with local impresario Tim Harmon (of HourZero Records), his friend Toivo Mikkola, and the boys from Bless the Fall. The payment was that he had to make a joke band and play a show with Bless the Fall early this year, which DeFuria did with Mikkola's musical assistance, to an audience of about 400 kids at the last show ever at Neckbeard's.
As DeFuria tells it, at a later show at the Real Bar, Mikkola didn't want to be there, so DeFuria kicked him out of the band, and ended up drinking next to Halvorson at the bar. DeFuria told him the story, Halvorson volunteered to play with him, and the current Gay By Default incarnation was born.
I watched Gay By Default play twice, once acoustic and once electric (the duo switches back and forth between playing guitar and drums; DeFuria sings, improvising most of his lyrics). The second time I brought along a contingent of friends around my age -- late 20s to early 30s. While the teenagers were going bonkers for the band, my crew obviously didn't appreciate the irony at all. That's what intrigues me about Gay By Default. Are adults too jaded to appreciate the funniest thing to hit the music scene in ages?
Sadly, I think the answer is yes.
Despite the fact that DeFuria favors pink shirts (think polo with the collar turned up), has a pink cell phone, and wears eyeliner, neither he nor Halvorson is actually gay. By phone from Mission Beach, DeFuria tells me, "Someone was like, 'Dude, you're gay,' and I'm like, 'No, I'm not gay. The only thing that makes you gay is lovin' dudes.' And he's like, 'Then you're gay by default.' I was like, 'Wow, that's an amazing idea.'"
Halvorson doesn't share DeFuria's effeminate stylistics. "He's the one that's gay by default," he tells me. I suppose that just makes Halvorson gay by association.
What I find so fucking hilarious about the band is that DeFuria, for the most part, isn't a musician and doesn't pretend to be. "I don't know how to play guitar," he says. "I know how to play power chords -- that's what they call it when you hold your fingers two spaces apart. It makes a better sound than if you wouldn't have done that. And I know how to play the keyboards, which I just got, so now we'll be featuring a keyboard. I definitely don't know how to make anything sound good on a guitar." Perhaps this is what annoyed my adult friends: They expected more from the music and less juvenile lyrical improv.
Despite the resulting simplicity of Gay By Default's songs -- rhythmic but just interesting enough to carry a lyric, simple rock riffs with declarative vocals that sound like the Dead Milkmen if they'd been a duo -- DeFuria's improvisation guarantees that they're funny.
"Back at my pad, bitches all over me, I'm like R. Kelly but without the pee," he sings on "Wrapping Paper" (which they've recorded and posted on www.myspace.com/gaybydefault). On another song, DeFuria sings, "Black guys make up words that have a lot of z's; they roll up on dubs with diamonds on their teeth. If I was black I'd drink lots of Crown Royal, and my grille would be fly instead of tin foil."
"We got fat chicks, rednecks & people that are gross; our clientele is the thing I hate the most. You get a lot of crap for not a lot of cash, and that's why Wal-Mart is white trash," DeFuria sings on one of Gay By Default's tracks -- but on the printed page it doesn't come across nearly as funny as it does live onstage with his dry, straight-faced delivery. It's juvenile humor, sure, but in a rock-show context, the material scores.
Halvorson tells me, "He sang a song about my ex-girlfriend one night when she was there -- pissed me off."
"The crowd and Josh know as much about what's going to go on as I do," DeFuria says. "Maybe I'll find a fat person in the crowd and I'll make fun of fat people, or a black person and I'll sing a song about black people. Someone's wearing short pants, then I'll make a song about 'spants.' I look around and find something and I sing about it." He's careful not to be too deliberately offensive, though, and from what I've seen, the subjects he targets are flattered to have been singled out. I don't think my adult homies who witnessed the show would have been so thrilled if they'd been ribbed gently from the stage.
DeFuria credits alcohol for much of his inspiration. "We get a couple shots before the show, then a pitcher of beer, and finish that. Then onstage we get a pitcher of beer, we tag that during the show, and I basically kind of . . . he makes a beat, then I think about whatever I feel like thinking about on the spot."
Though booze intake (their own) plays a large role in Gay By Default's dynamics, the band has gained most of its fans from the all-ages set, hence the gaggle of shorties sporting the homo-declarative tee shirts. "I'm doing this specifically for the kids," DeFuria tells me. "I'll have conversations with them -- I'll go out for coffee with any of these kids, if they ever want to hang out. I'm more than willing to have fun with them. I don't think there's a lot of good influences -- I guess this is my soft side -- there's not a lot of cool musical influences for kids that they can identify with and hang out with. They can always hang out and talk to the Gay By Default."
Perhaps this is why my friends didn't get it. The kids appreciate the duo's humor and look up to these guys who are just looking to have a good time with music and do something funny. Seems to me that most adults are past being able to value the connection the band makes with its audience, even if it's by poking fun at them. They don't seem to get that comedy blended with simplistic music can assimilate comfortably into a rock show unless it's Tenacious D (of whom I'm definitely not a fan). That's fine with DeFuria, though -- "Drinkers stay at the bar, the kids get into the shows; that's way more gratifying for me."
Too bad for the grown-ups. They're missing one of the most unique and ingenious acts to hit Valley stages in recent memory.
Brendan Joel Kelley


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Big College Vs. Small College: How to Choose the Right One
It's an important call. The big college vs. small college choice changes a student's entire education experience. Here's what to factor into the decision.
Amanda Rahn
When your child imagines his or her ideal college, does it feature a sports arena packed with thousands of cheering student fans – or a small classroom where every professor knows your name?
The big college vs. small college decision can be as important to some students as choosing a major. The size of the school can affect a student's entire experience.
Vicki Baker, a professor of economics and management who researches liberal arts colleges at Albion College, says it's important to understand that the ideal size of a college is different for each student.
She says parents should ask two key questions – "What's best for the student?" and "How best do they learn?" – when helping their child tackle the big college. vs. small college conundrum.
Benefits of a smaller university
Smaller universities sometimes come with smaller class sizes, Baker says. When she was a student herself at Penn State University, she says she remembers class sizes reaching over 400 students – while at Albion, a class might have 20 students.
"You get more one-on-one time, more opportunities for closer, long-lasting relationships and mentorships with faculty," she says.
Twelve years after teaching her first class at Albion, Baker says she still knows every single one of her students from her first class.
"I've been to their weddings, held their babies," she says. "It's amazing, and it's why I continue to stay."
Baker also recognizes not every student flourishes in an environment that small.
"You can't hide at a small institution," she says. "Professors notice when students are engaged and disengaged. For some who want to blend in, it's harder to do on a small campus."
Because there are fewer students, smaller colleges are also sometimes able to individualize majors in a way that would be harder for larger universities, Baker says.
"At Albion, we have interdepartmental majors where a student can design his or her own major – we can tailor it," she says. "You can individualize different elements of the experience and still finish in four years."
Going big or going home
Many of the biggest colleges in Michigan are in populated city centers, like Wayne State University in Detroit.
"There is lots of culture – museums, pubs, craft beer places – near campus, and we're just a few miles down from Comerica Park, Little Caesars Arena and Ford Field," says Theodore Montgomery, associate director of communications at WSU.
A bigger college lends itself to bigger on-campus events, too, he adds.
"There are a lot of fun events scattered throughout the year, and the turnout and support for those events are fabulous," he says. "The buzz on campus is constant. There's always something going on."
He says, "Having roughly 27,000 students here is part of the reason why the university is such a hub of activity and fun."
Aside from the social aspect of having more people around, Montgomery says larger schools sometimes have more resources to help students.
At WSU, "We support our students academically in a lot of different ways," he says. "We have support resources like financial aid and the human resources, for example, if you needed tutoring, one-on-one counseling or psych services."
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Baker says it's imperative that students see the campus and have a tour before making any decisions.
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The suburb is on the traditional lands of the Dharawal and Gundungurra people. Mount Annan is the name given to a high point in the western part of the locality and is 190 metres above sea level. It only appears on published maps after 1834. This point was part of Glenlee which was owned by William Howe, who built a fine Georgian house (1824) on the property. Glenlee was acquired by James Fitzpatrick in the 1850s and his descendants ran it as a dairy farm until 1978 with associated cropping and grazing.
The first land release for housing at Mount Annan was in late 1980s for first home buyers and low income families. Later land releases such as Garden Gates were aimed at second and third home buyers. The population growth encouraged the establishment of new shopping facilities, a leisure centre and schools.
The Mount Annan Botanic Garden is the highlight of the suburb. It is a native plant botanic garden and arboretum in an attractive garden and parkland setting and is managed by the Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust.
Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan, 1989.Ceremonial opening of the memorial sundial in the Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan donated by the Macarthur Onslow women in memory of their mother Winifred Macarthur Onslow (nee Owen) widow of Edward Macarthur Onslow. L to R Pamela Harrison; Annette Macarthur Onslow; Phoebe Atkinson. Copyright: Camden Historical Society.
On the eastern side of the Mount Annan Botanic Gardens is a little piece of history which was constructed in 1880. It is a water canal (aqueduct) which is partly made of sandstone blocks thought to be quarried from Mount Annan. It is part of the Upper Nepean Scheme which supplies water by gravity from the dams on upper Nepean River to Prospect Reservoir along a course of 62 km. Until Warragamba Dam was finished in 1960 this canal supplied most of Sydney's water.
Glenlee Coal Washery, viewed from top of Mount Annan, 2007. Copyright: Camden Historical Society.
In 2001 Mount Annan had a population of 6,761, and which was an 85 per cent increase from 1996. The demographic profile of Mount Annan is predominantly young families, with 35 per cent of the population under 18 years of age.


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NUTFIELD PARISH CHURCH
The Church of St Peter and St Paul
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This Sun 1st Dec at 6.30pm. All Welcome!
Welcome to our website, which we hope will give you a flavour of the parish of St Peter & St Paul, Nutfield.
Nutfield Church is part of a united benefice with St Mary the Virgin, Bletchingley maintaining its own distinctive style of worship based upon the Book of Common Prayer. The benefice is connected through a group ministry with Christ Church, South Nutfield. We are also linked to the parish of St. Cuthbert's Cathedral, Gweru, in the Diocese of Central Zimbabwe, where we support a group of AIDS orphans under the auspices of Cuthaids.
Our traditional forms of service commend themselves to a wide range of people of all ages within the village of Nutfield as well as from the surrounding areas. Our less formal acts of worship are also appreciated by a growing number of young families. The key aspect of whatever we do is excellence - whether it is in music or words - as we strive to do all to the true glory of God and to make it a worthy offering.
There has been a place of worship on the site in Church Hill from Saxon times and although it is now quite close to the expanding town of Redhill and within easy reach of the M25, M23 and Gatwick Airport it retains all the charm and simplicity of a typical English country church, set in a magical churchyard. The interior of the church has many historic monuments and wonderful examples of Burne-Jones stained glass windows.
A website can only give you a glimpse of parish life but we hope it will whet your appetite to find out more about us by coming to join us on a Sunday or at one of our recitals and	concerts.
If you are looking at the website with a view to enquiring about a Wedding, Christening, Funeral or other Pastoral Matter please contact Reverend Phaedra Pamphilon-Green on 01883 743252 or click here to email.
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Q: Spring Integration DSL - Outbound Gateway with access to Headers I'm having an issue with Spring Integration. I'm using Spring Boot 1.4.0.RELEASE, Spring Integration 4.3.1.RELEASE, Spring Integration DSL 1.2.0.M1.
What I'm trying to do:
I'm writing an application that will read files from FTP and local file system (using inbound channel adapters), transfer the files to a local working directory (using file outbound gateways), process, then move them to a final destination (file outbound gateway/adapters).
EDIT: The original issue stemmed from incorrect usage of the OutboundGateway. For details of what I was doing wrong, look at the edit history.
I'm having a problem with wiring an OutboundGateway that needs information from the message header.
My basic flow is:
@Bean
@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
public IntegrationFlow fileSystemReadingFlow() {
    LOGGER.debug("Building fileSystemReadingFlow.");
    // Create a FileInboundChannelAdapter

        return IntegrationFlows.from(s -> s.file(new File(StringUtils.cleanPath(Paths.get(directoryProperties.getLocal() , UNKNOWN).toString())))
                        // Add a Filter to restrict which files are retrieved
                        .filter(fileListFilterBuilder.buildFileListFilter(File.class))
                // Add a poller to continually watch the directory
                , endpointConfigurer -> endpointConfigurer.poller(poller)
        )
                .enrichHeaders(h -> h.header(FOLDER_NAME, LOCAL))
                .handle((message, headers) -> Files.outboundGateway(new File( StringUtils.cleanPath(Paths.get(directoryProperties.getWorking()
                                    , (String) headers.get(FOLDER_NAME)).toString()))).deleteSourceFiles(true).autoCreateDirectory(true) )
                // Send the files to the aggregatingChannel
                .channel("aggregatingFileChannel")
                .get();
  }

The issue is the handle((message, headers) -> Files.outboundGateway(...) section. Using the lambda method above spits out this error over and over.
ErrorMessage [payload=org.springframework.messaging.MessagingException: failed to resolve channel name 'org.springframework.integration.dsl.file.FileWritingMessageHandlerSpec'; nested exception is org.springframework.messaging.core.DestinationResolutionException: failed to look up MessageChannel with name 'org.springframework.integration.dsl.file.FileWritingMessageHandlerSpec' in the BeanFactory.; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: No bean named 'org.springframework.integration.dsl.file.FileWritingMessageHandlerSpec' is defined, headers={id=e3f5f341-6379-0dd0-11e6-e4bff8f455b0, timestamp=1471619276894}]

The documentation and my testing show that defining it like below works. But, how do I get access to the headers?
.handle(Files.outboundGateway(new File( "someDir"))).deleteSourceFiles(true).autoCreateDirectory(true) )

I've tried using a SpEl expression, which may be the right method, but I didn't get it to work.
.handle(Files.outboundGateway("StringUtils.cleanPath(Paths.get(directoryProperties.getWorking()" +
                                    ", headers[FOLDER_NAME]).toString())").deleteSourceFiles(true).autoCreateDirectory(true) )

A: After re-reading the SpEL reference, I was able to figure out my problem. I needed to explicitly reference the static methods I needed to call and then escape the literals properly.
.handle(Files.outboundGateway("T(org.springframework.util.StringUtils).cleanPath(T(java.nio.file.Paths).get('" +directoryProperties.getWorking() +"'" +
                                    ", headers['"+FOLDER_NAME+"']).toString())").deleteSourceFiles(true).autoCreateDirectory(true) )

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= Status of the Power Sector =
Uttarakhand was formed in the year 2000 after the bifurcation of Uttar Pradesh. This separation from Uttar Pradesh catapulted Uttarakhand on an upward growth trajectory. However, the status of an independent state brought in pressures on Uttarakhand in terms of the development and infrastructure needs of the state and the capital Dehradun to meet the increasing economic and political activities. This lead to an increase in the energy demand of the state too but the current power situation does not seem to be meeting it. As per the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the anticipated demand of the energy for Uttarakhand for the year 2011-12 is 10480 MU and the available energy is 8363 MU; while the peak demand of the state is 1600 MW and the availability is of 1430 MW.[http://igen-re.energypedia.info/index.php/Uttarakhand_Energy_Situation#cite_note-0 [1]]
Uttarakhand was formed in the year 2000 after the bifurcation of Uttar Pradesh. This separation from Uttar Pradesh propelled Uttarakhand on an upward growth path. However, the status of an independent state brought in pressures on Uttarakhand in terms of the development and infrastructure needs of the state and the capital Dehradun to meet the increasing economic and political activities. This lead to an increase in the energy demand of the state too but the current power situation does not seem to be meeting it. As per the '''Central Electricity Authority (CEA)''', the anticipated demand of the energy for Uttarakhand for the year 2011-12 is 10480 MU and the available energy is 8363 MU; while the peak demand of the state is 1600 MW and the availability is of 1430 MW.<ref>Central Electricity Authority, Ministry of Power. load generation Balance Report. 2011-12</ref>
While Uttarakhand has certainly showed signs of growth in the last decade, the growth has not been a homogenous one. The growth process in Uttrakhand has been limited to the plain districts eluding the hilly areas, as most of the manufacturing units are located in the plain districts. 40% of the population of the state still lives below poverty line. Uttarkhand is a unique case of poverty as the state has a very low rate of unemployment and yet the incidence of poverty is very high. This hints towards the low wage and income rate in the state leading to a peculiar problem called 'a problem of the working poor'.Thus there is an ask for meeting the productive employment demands of the rural popultaion in the state.[http://igen-re.energypedia.info/index.php/Uttarakhand_Energy_Situation#cite_note-1 [2]] This can be achieved through an efficient and reliable access to energy for the rural population. Also the development approaches are heavily dependent on the conventional energy sources that worked for the plains, might not prove much effective in the hills due to the associated difficult terrain.
While Uttarakhand has certainly showed signs of growth in the last decade, the growth has not been a homogenous one. The growth process in Uttrakhand has been limited to the plain districts eluding the hilly areas, as most of the manufacturing units are located in the plain districts. 40% of the population of the state still lives below poverty line. Uttarkhand is a unique case of poverty as the state has a very low rate of unemployment and yet the incidence of poverty is very high. This hints towards the low wage and income rate in the state leading to a peculiar problem called 'a problem of the working poor'.Thus there is an ask for meeting the productive employment demands of the rural popultaion in the state.<ref>Mamgain. P.R. Growth, Poverty and Employment in Uttarakhand. Journal of Labour and Development. Volume 13 No. 2 & 1, June 2008 </ref> This can be achieved through an efficient and reliable access to energy for the rural population. Also the development approaches are heavily dependent on the conventional energy sources that worked for the plains, might not prove much effective in the hills due to the associated difficult terrain.
== [ Energy Capacity
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Installed Capacity of Uttrakahand Power Utility (in MW)
== Energy Capacity ==
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2453.74

RES: Renewable Energy Souces (includes: small hydro, biogas, biomass, waste and wind energy)
*RES: Renewable Energy Souces (includes: small hydro, biogas, biomass, waste and wind energy)
(Source: Ministry of Power as of 31st December 2011)
== [] Energy Consumption
 ==
== Energy Consumption ==
Energy, particularly, power consumption in the state of Uttarakhand has grown more than 5 times in the last eight years (2002- 2010). Electricity consumption in the domestic sector of Uttarakhand has been quite substantial and higher than the country's average, but over the years this proportion has shifted in favor of the industrial sector. In 2001-02 around 45 per cent of the total
electricity consumption was in the domestic sector which dropped to 29 per cent by 2006-07. With the increasing demand from the industrial sector, in 2006-07 almost 40 per cent of the total electricity consumption was by industries (Table 38). The share of
electricity consumption for farming purposes has declined substantially from 14.4 per cent in 2001-02 to 9.9 per cent although the total actual electricity consumption has marginally increased.
'''Electricity Consumption by different sectors in Uttarakhand'''
'''Electricity Consumption by different sectors in Uttarakhand<ref name="Indiastat (www.indiastat.com) from Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, GOI and Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited">Indiastat (www.indiastat.com) from Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, GOI and Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited</ref>:'''
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*Others include street lighting, water works and traction & railways.
{Source: Indiastat (www.indiastat.com) from Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, GOI and Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited}
It can be duduced from the table above that the percentage share of electricity consumption has increased only for commercial and industrial sectors. Since both the types of activities are usually concentrated in the urban settlements and industrial areas (plains in case of Uttrakhand), this tells us about the grim picture of the electricity consumption in the hilly rural areas.
It can be deduced from the table above that the percentage share of electricity consumption has increased only for commercial and industrial sectors. Since both the types of activities are usually concentrated in the urban settlements and industrial areas (plains in case of Uttrakhand), this tells us about the grim picture of the electricity consumption in the hilly rural areas.
== Energy Supply ==
== [] Energy Supply
 ==
'''Share of Electricity of Uttarakhand: 8936 MU for 2009-10'''<ref name="UERC">UERC</ref>:
Share of Electricity of Uttarakhand: 8936 MU for 2009-10
(Source: UERC)
As is evident from the table above, the state is able to meet only 52% of its power needs through its own resources. Although, currently, Uttarakhand is an exporter; it plans to become an importer of power in the coming years.
= Rural Electrification =
= [] Rural Electrification
 =
As per 1991 census, there are 15681 villages in the state of Uttarakhand. As of 31st march 2005, out of these 15681 villages, 13783 have been electrified which amounts to 85% of the total villages.<ref>CEA Data March 2005</ref> Whereas, as per the 2001 census, 50.35% of rural households have been electrified.<ref>http://recindia.nic.in/download/uttaranchal.pdf</ref> Around 96 per cent of the rural villages in Uttarakhand are provided with electricity by Uttarakhand Power Corporation Ltd. UREDA, Micro-Hydel and Kuteer Jyoti connections are also prevalent but in less so in villages.
As per 1991 census, there are 15681 villages in the state of Uttarakhand. As of 31st march 2005, out of these 15681 villages,  13783 have been electrified which amounts to 85% of the total villages.[http://igen-re.energypedia.info/index.php/Uttarakhand_Energy_Situation#cite_note-2 [3]] Whereas, as per the 2001 census, 50.35% of rural households have been electrified.[http://igen-re.energypedia.info/index.php/Uttarakhand_Energy_Situation#cite_note-3 [4]]  Around 96 per cent of the rural villages in Uttarakhand are provided with electricity by Uttarakhand Power Corporation Ltd. UREDA, Micro-Hydel and Kuteer Jyoti connections are also prevalent but in less so in villages.
= Constrains and Opportunities =
== Constrains ==
= [] Constrains and Opportunities
 =
Power supply through the grid system to interior villages in mountainous terrain is expensive and challenging due to:
== [ Constrains
 ==
Power supply through the grid system to interior villages in mountainous terrain is expensive and challenging due to:
#poor load characteristics
#adverse topographical features
#low population density
== Opportunities ==
Though there are problems related to the financial viability of decentralized power generation by the public sector, non-government community efforts have proved to be promising. Poor people, who cannot afford electricity under government schemes, contribute labour and marginal cash as their contribution to their community's efforts to get access to reliable and cheap electricity.<ref>"Development Strategy for the Hill Districts of Uttarakhand",Mittal.S,Tripathi.G,Sethi.D, Working paper No. 217, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, July 2008</ref>Renewable Energy options (given below) can be particularly effective given the constrains mentioned above.
== [] Opportunities
 ==
Though there are problems related to the financial viability of decentralized power generation by the public sector, non-government community efforts have proved to be promising. Poor people, who cannot afford electricity under government schemes, contribute labour and marginal cash as their contribution to their community's efforts to get access to reliable and cheap electricity.[http://igen-re.energypedia.info/index.php/Uttarakhand_Energy_Situation#cite_note-4 [5]] Renewable Energy options (given below) can be particularly effective given the constrains mentioned above.
=== Hydro Power ===
=== [] Hydro Power
 ===
Uttarakhand has got enormous potential for hydropower generation. Apart from its large and medium hydropower potential, which is estimated to be 20,000 megawatts, it also has huge potential for small, mini- and micro- hydropower generation.<ref> http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/CH-8.pdf</ref>Hydropower potential of the state can be harnessed and used for its development.
Uttarakhand has got enormous potential for hydropower generation. Apart from its large and medium hydropower potential, which is estimated to be 20,000 megawatts, it also has huge potential for small, mini- and micro- hydropower generation.[http://igen-re.energypedia.info/index.php/Uttarakhand_Energy_Situation#cite_note-5 [6]] Hydropower potential of the state can be harnessed and used for its development.
=== [] Power through Watermills
 ===
=== Power Through Watermills ===
As per UREDA estimates, some 15,000 traditional watermills called Gharats exist in partially functioning or defunct condition in the State of Uttarakhand. After upgradation, they hold the potential of providing 5 KW of electricity which can not just light the neighbouring areas; but can also be sued for some productive applications like milling, drying and thrashing of grains or for fibre- processing activities like spinning, dyeing, drying, etc. If these water mill resources are upgraded and amnaged ina planned and organized manner they can be a significant source of cheap power for the rural population of Uttarakhand.
=== [] Pine Needle Gasification
 ===
=== Pine Needle Gasification ===
Uttarakhand, being a state located in the Indian Himalayas, is dominated by pine forests. Pine needles, although being used for cooking purposes occasionally, are not a favoured fuel due to the release of nitrogenous compounds during combustion. However, a new process to utilize the pine needles, while avoiding the nitrogenous emissions, has been developed i.e. electricity generation through the gasification of pine needles.
=== [] Power for Cooking & Heating
 ===
=== Power for Cooking & Heating ===
Due to the difficult terrain and inaccessibility of many of the remote areas of the state, providing CNG or LPG is a difficult task. However, the cooking wand water heating requirements can be met through solar cookers and solarw ater heaters respectively. The alternative in the form of the use of improved cooskstoves could also be lucrative to meet the cooking needs in the villages of Uttarakhand. The briquettes of charcoal which is a residue of the pine needle gasification process can be used for cooking purposes.
= Policy Framework, Laws & Regulations =
= [ Policy Framework, Laws & Regulations
 =
*[http://www.windpro.org/Sector/State Government Policies issued by IREDA17.pdf Uttarakhand State Government Policy for harnessing renewable energy sources][http://www.windpro.org/Sector/State Government Policies issued by IREDA17.pdf 2008]
*[http://www.uerc.gov.in/Rules and regulation/UERCRegulations/Regulations2010/English Regulations 2010/UERC (Compliance of Renewable Purchase Obligation) Regulations, 2010.pdf UERC (Compliance of Renewable Purchase Obligation) Regulations, 2010]
*[http://www.uerc.gov.in/Draft documents/2012/Amendment _ RPO Reg 2012.pdf Proposed amendment (2012) to UERC (Compliance of Renewable Purchase Obligation) Regulations, 2010]
*[http://www.windpro.org/Sector/State%20Government%20Policies%20issued%20by%20IREDA17.pdf Uttarakhand State Government Policy for harnessing renewable energy sources][http://www.windpro.org/Sector/State%20Government%20Policies%20issued%20by%20IREDA17.pdf 2008]
*[http://www.uerc.gov.in/Rules%20and%20regulation/UERCRegulations/Regulations2010/English%20Regulations%202010/UERC%20%28Compliance%20of%20Renewable%20Purchase%20Obligation%29%20Regulations,%202010.pdf UERC (Compliance of Renewable Purchase Obligation) Regulations, 2010]
*[http://www.uerc.gov.in/Draft%20documents/2012/Amendment%20_%20RPO%20Reg%202012.pdf Proposed amendment (2012) to UERC (Compliance of Renewable Purchase Obligation) Regulations, 2010]
= Institutions Involved =
*[http://ureda.uk.gov.in/ Uttarakhand Renewable Energy development Agency (URDEA)]: is the state nodal agency for RE programmes. EnergyConservation and DDG projects under RGGVY, implemention of various renewable energy programmes by involving local panchayat, Districtadministration etc. are its key areas of work.
*[http://www.uerc.gov.in/ Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC)][http://www.uerc.gov.in/ :] promotes generation of electricity from RE by providing connectivity to the grid and setting measures for sale of electricity and fixing the percentage of RE generated electricity in the total electricity supply by a dsitributor.
*[http://www.upcl.org/index.html Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL)]: is the state power distribution utility. UPCL executes the Power purchase Agreement (PPA) with the power generating company, be it through RE, cogeneration or conventional sources.
= [] Institutions Involved
 =
= Further Information =
*[http://ureda.uk.gov.in/ Uttarakhand Renewable Energy development Agency (URDEA)]: is the state nodal agency for RE programmes. EnergyConservation and DDG projects under RGGVY, implemention of various renewable energy programmes by involving local panchayat,  Districtadministration etc. are its key areas of work.
*[[India_Energy_Situation|India Energy Situation]]
= [] References
 =
= References =
#[http://igen-re.energypedia.info/index.php/Uttarakhand_Energy_Situation#cite_ref-0 ↑] Central Electricity Authority, Ministry of Power. load generation Balance Report. 2011-12
<references />
#[http://igen-re.energypedia.info/index.php/Uttarakhand_Energy_Situation#cite_ref-1 ↑] Mamgain. P.R. Growth, Poverty and Employment in Uttarakhand. Journal of Labour and Development. Volume 13 No. 2 & 1, June 2008
#[http://igen-re.energypedia.info/index.php/Uttarakhand_Energy_Situation#cite_ref-2 ↑] CEA Data March 2005
#[http://igen-re.energypedia.info/index.php/Uttarakhand_Energy_Situation#cite_ref-3 ↑] [http://recindia.nic.in/download/uttaranchal.pdf http://recindia.nic.in/download/uttaranchal.pdf]
#[http://igen-re.energypedia.info/index.php/Uttarakhand_Energy_Situation#cite_ref-4 ↑] "Development Strategy for the Hill Districts of Uttarakhand",Mittal.S,Tripathi.G,Sethi.D, Working paper No. 217, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, July 2008
#[http://igen-re.energypedia.info/index.php/Uttarakhand_Energy_Situation#cite_ref-5 ↑] [http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/CH-8.pdf http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/CH-8.pdf]
[[Category:India]]
[[Category:Uttarakhand]]
[[Category:Grid]]
1 Status of the Power Sector
1.1 Energy Capacity
1.3 Energy Supply
2 Rural Electrification
3 Constrains and Opportunities
3.1 Constrains
3.2.1 Hydro Power
3.2.2 Power Through Watermills
3.2.3 Pine Needle Gasification
3.2.4 Power for Cooking & Heating
4 Policy Framework, Laws & Regulations
5 Institutions Involved
[edit] Status of the Power Sector
Uttarakhand was formed in the year 2000 after the bifurcation of Uttar Pradesh. This separation from Uttar Pradesh propelled Uttarakhand on an upward growth path. However, the status of an independent state brought in pressures on Uttarakhand in terms of the development and infrastructure needs of the state and the capital Dehradun to meet the increasing economic and political activities. This lead to an increase in the energy demand of the state too but the current power situation does not seem to be meeting it. As per the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the anticipated demand of the energy for Uttarakhand for the year 2011-12 is 10480 MU and the available energy is 8363 MU; while the peak demand of the state is 1600 MW and the availability is of 1430 MW.[1]
While Uttarakhand has certainly showed signs of growth in the last decade, the growth has not been a homogenous one. The growth process in Uttrakhand has been limited to the plain districts eluding the hilly areas, as most of the manufacturing units are located in the plain districts. 40% of the population of the state still lives below poverty line. Uttarkhand is a unique case of poverty as the state has a very low rate of unemployment and yet the incidence of poverty is very high. This hints towards the low wage and income rate in the state leading to a peculiar problem called 'a problem of the working poor'.Thus there is an ask for meeting the productive employment demands of the rural popultaion in the state.[2] This can be achieved through an efficient and reliable access to energy for the rural population. Also the development approaches are heavily dependent on the conventional energy sources that worked for the plains, might not prove much effective in the hills due to the associated difficult terrain.
[edit] Energy Capacity
Installed Capacity of Uttrakahand Power Utility (in MW)[3]:
Total Installed Capacity
RES*
[edit] Energy Consumption
Energy, particularly, power consumption in the state of Uttarakhand has grown more than 5 times in the last eight years (2002- 2010). Electricity consumption in the domestic sector of Uttarakhand has been quite substantial and higher than the country's average, but over the years this proportion has shifted in favor of the industrial sector. In 2001-02 around 45 per cent of the total
electricity consumption was in the domestic sector which dropped to 29 per cent by 2006-07. With the increasing demand from the industrial sector, in 2006-07 almost 40 per cent of the total electricity consumption was by industries (Table 38). The share of
electricity consumption for farming purposes has declined substantially from 14.4 per cent in 2001-02 to 9.9 per cent although the total actual electricity consumption has marginally increased.
Electricity Consumption by different sectors in Uttarakhand[4]:
2229.09 MW
Others include street lighting, water works and traction & railways.
[edit] Energy Supply
Share of Electricity of Uttarakhand: 8936 MU for 2009-10[5]:
State Generation
Central Share
[edit] Rural Electrification
As per 1991 census, there are 15681 villages in the state of Uttarakhand. As of 31st march 2005, out of these 15681 villages, 13783 have been electrified which amounts to 85% of the total villages.[6] Whereas, as per the 2001 census, 50.35% of rural households have been electrified.[7] Around 96 per cent of the rural villages in Uttarakhand are provided with electricity by Uttarakhand Power Corporation Ltd. UREDA, Micro-Hydel and Kuteer Jyoti connections are also prevalent but in less so in villages.
[edit] Constrains and Opportunities
[edit] Constrains
poor load characteristics
adverse topographical features
harsh weather conditions
scattered households
low population density
[edit] Opportunities
Though there are problems related to the financial viability of decentralized power generation by the public sector, non-government community efforts have proved to be promising. Poor people, who cannot afford electricity under government schemes, contribute labour and marginal cash as their contribution to their community's efforts to get access to reliable and cheap electricity.[8]Renewable Energy options (given below) can be particularly effective given the constrains mentioned above.
[edit] Hydro Power
Uttarakhand has got enormous potential for hydropower generation. Apart from its large and medium hydropower potential, which is estimated to be 20,000 megawatts, it also has huge potential for small, mini- and micro- hydropower generation.[9]Hydropower potential of the state can be harnessed and used for its development.
[edit] Power Through Watermills
[edit] Pine Needle Gasification
[edit] Power for Cooking & Heating
[edit] Policy Framework, Laws & Regulations
Government Policies issued by IREDA17.pdf Uttarakhand State Government Policy for harnessing renewable energy sourcesGovernment Policies issued by IREDA17.pdf 2008
and regulation/UERCRegulations/Regulations2010/English Regulations 2010/UERC (Compliance of Renewable Purchase Obligation) Regulations, 2010.pdf UERC (Compliance of Renewable Purchase Obligation) Regulations, 2010
documents/2012/Amendment _ RPO Reg 2012.pdf Proposed amendment (2012) to UERC (Compliance of Renewable Purchase Obligation) Regulations, 2010
[edit] Institutions Involved
Uttarakhand Renewable Energy development Agency (URDEA): is the state nodal agency for RE programmes. EnergyConservation and DDG projects under RGGVY, implemention of various renewable energy programmes by involving local panchayat, Districtadministration etc. are its key areas of work.
Uttarakhand Electricity Regulatory Commission (UERC): promotes generation of electricity from RE by providing connectivity to the grid and setting measures for sale of electricity and fixing the percentage of RE generated electricity in the total electricity supply by a dsitributor.
Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited (UPCL): is the state power distribution utility. UPCL executes the Power purchase Agreement (PPA) with the power generating company, be it through RE, cogeneration or conventional sources.
[edit] Further Information
India Energy Situation
[edit] References
↑ Central Electricity Authority, Ministry of Power. load generation Balance Report. 2011-12
↑ Mamgain. P.R. Growth, Poverty and Employment in Uttarakhand. Journal of Labour and Development. Volume 13 No. 2 & 1, June 2008
↑ Ministry of Power as of 31st December 2011
↑ Indiastat (www.indiastat.com) from Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, GOI and Uttarakhand Power Corporation Limited
↑ UERC
↑ CEA Data March 2005
↑ http://recindia.nic.in/download/uttaranchal.pdf
↑ "Development Strategy for the Hill Districts of Uttarakhand",Mittal.S,Tripathi.G,Sethi.D, Working paper No. 217, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations, July 2008
↑ http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/CH-8.pdf
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The Houston Association of Realtors calls this the biggest drop in home sales since at least 1996. But they say there's a silver lining to even the most grim of housing numbers.
When Demetrice Saulsberry decided to put the for sale sign outside her Missouri City home earlier this year, she never expected it would take as long as five months to find a buyer.
"It just sat on the market for a while," she told us.
She had to lower the price from $83,000 to $79,000 and had to install all new appliances just to make the deal more attractive. She finally got a contract signed last week.
"Oh definitely, it's a huge relief," said Saulsberry.
Saulsberry's experience is not uncommon among home sales in the greater Houston area. According to the Houston Association of Realtors, sales of all properties are off more than 33% compared to a year ago. Sales of single family houses are down more than 31%. The average home is selling at nearly $188,000 and that, too, is down 7%.
"I think you're beginning to see the market slow down," said Shad Bogany with Era Bogany Properties.
Year to date, however, home prices are two percent above 2007 levels, proof that the Houston market is on a much more solid footing that those in California, Florida and Nevada, where homeowners endured double digit depreciation in the housing downtown that started more than a year ago.
Bogany says sellers can really use the market conditions to their advantage if they lower sales prices even the slightest of amounts.
"If we give here, you're gonna make it on the other end because you're gonna take advantage of the lower prices and the builder discounts so do not sit and hold your house hostage," he said.
So right now, many realtors, sellers and even homebuilders are offering huge incentives.


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Deraa suicide blasts 'kill Syrian forces'
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports at least 20 deaths of government troops in southern city.
At least 20 Syrian soldiers have died in twin suicide bombings in the nation's south.
Saturday's early morning blasts in Deraa targeted an encampment for forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, in the city, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
"I heard two very loud explosions and a third smaller one followed by bursts of gunfire," said Mohammad Abu Houran, an activist in Deraa.
He said the first two were likely car bombs and the third a mortar shell or rocket propelled grenade.
The Britain-based observatory said the explosions were followed by clashes between forces loyal to Damascus and opposition fighters wanting to topple al-Assad.
Rami Abdul-Rahman, chief of the monitor group, said the 20 deaths had yet to be independently verified.
State-run news agency SANA said the explosions caused multiple casualties and heavy material damage, but did not provide further details.
Abu Houran said black smoke could be seen over the high-security area, which was sealed off. Heavy shooting could be heard from the area for about 10 minutes after the explosions, he added.
The targeted area is considered a security zone that houses a branch of the country's Military Intelligence as well as an officer's club where dozens of al-Assad forces are based.
Around 30 tanks that government forces use to shell Deraa and surrounding areas are also stationed in a nearby stadium, activists said.
Deraa was the birthplace of the uprising against Assad, which erupted in March 2011.
The Deraa bombings come a day after as many as 11,000 people were said to have fled Syria over just 24 hours, to escape fierce fighting between opposition fighters and government forces - the latest surge of refugees fleeing the civil war.
The flood of Syrians into neighbouring Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon was "the highest that we have had in quite some time," said Panos Moumtzis, regional co-ordinator for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
About 2,000 to 3,000 people are fleeing Syria daily, and the recent surge brings the number registered with the UNHCR to more than 408,000, Moumtzis said.
The largest flow into Turkey came from the fighting at Ras al-Ayn in the predominantly Kurdish oil-producing northeastern province of al-Hasaka, where the opposition was fighting government forces.


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Rogue Won: Episode 169: Jason 'THE' Ward dishes on his LAST THREE articles detailing massive HYPE for #TheRiseofSkywalker
Solo: A Star Wars StoryStar Wars Stories
Is Lando Calrissian: A Star Wars Story on the horizon?
Jason Ward (EIC) May 16, 2018
Update: Source of this quote Premiere.fr has updated their article after being contacted by Lucasfilm:
Translated from French:
Update from 16/05 to 16:20: Following the publication of our article, Lucasfilm informs us that there would have been a misunderstanding between our journalist and Kathleen Kennedy. "We would love to tell a story about Lando Calrissian one day, but it's not relevant, it would be fun to tell the story of Han and Chewie …"
ComicBook.com is reporting that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has stated she thinks the Lando Calrissian film will be the next movie Lucasfilm begins working on. There were recently rumors that an Obi-Wan film is in pre-production at Pinewood Studios. If all of the outlets in this are correct, it would seem Kennedy is inferring that a Lando centric movie would be what is next to begin development, not the next movie to come out in the "A Star Wars Story" line of stand-alone spin-offs.
ComicBook.com shared this quote from Kennedy:
"We think that the next spin-off will be dedicated to Lando Calrissian," Kennedy said. "Of course, there are still many stories to tell about Han and Chewbacca but Lando will be next."
I think Lucasfilm would be wise to generally move into this direction as Donald Glover's Lando showed so much promise in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Glover is a star, a great artist, and the demand for a Lando film is going to arise after general audiences get to take in Solo: A Star Wars Story this month.
In my review for Solo: A Star Wars Story, I say as much:
The powers that be would be wise to head down to the Disney ATM and withdraw two hundred million dollars tonight to start making Lando's film as soon as possible.
Hopefully in the next few hours or days as the promotion for Solo: A Star Wars Story moves forward Lucasfilm has the opportunity to clarify how far out this movie is or if that was even exactly what Kathleen Kennedy meant to say in the quote. I want it to be true because I could use more Lando and L3 on screen. Also, a Lando movie is another excuse to use Han and Chewbacca again too. If they make it, I'm all in.
Jason Ward (EIC)
Owner, Editor and content supervisor of MakingStarWars.net
By Jason Ward (EIC)


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Scotland's infrastructure includes 3000 km (1800 mi) of rail lines that inter-link all of the top four cities (Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, and Aberdeen) as well as most of the smaller towns, although no rail lines as yet cross over onto any of the northwestern coastal islands. Major trunk road networks inter-connect all of Scotland and link it extensively to England to the south. There are five major international airports: at Edinburgh the Capital, Glasgow the largest city, and at Aberdeen, Inverness and Prestwick. Edinburgh Airport is Scotland's largest and busiest, Dundee Airport is a major hub for commercial flights to London, and Aberdeen's heliport is among the busiest in the world.
Port facilities at Aberdeen handle the 95 percent of British oil that lie within Scottish waters, Hunterston terminal in the Firth of Clyde is a deep water port that specializes in coal shipping, and Newcastle upon Tyne near Dundee also serves as a major international shipping location. King George V Dock in Glasgow is the only dock left in town since the rise of container shipping methods led most docks to be placed in the deeper waters of the Firth of Clyde- an area that handles 7.5 million tons of freight annually.
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Quadratic factorization using splitting of middle term : In this method splitting of middle term in to two factors.
In Quadratic Factorization using Splitting of Middle Term which is x term is the sum of two factors and product equal to last term.
⇒(3x – 2 ) ( 2x – 3) are the factors.
3) Product of two consecutive positive integers is 240. Find the integers.
Let x and x + 1 are consecutive positive integers.
So the positive integers are 15 and 16.


Numerous media outlets have are reporting that the GMO labeling efforts in Oregon and Colorado have both failed. Though while the Colorado initiative did in fact fail with only 34.29% support, the Oregon measure is actually still alive. That's right, through 13,000 contested votes and 15,000 uncounted, the GMO labeling measure in Oregon still has a chance.
Oregon's GMO labeling Measure 92 was originally reported defeated thanks to Monsanto's onslaught of more than $22 million dollars in negative ads. But contrary to these reports, it isn't quite over. Right now about 6,000 votes separate us from winning Yes on 92!
Oregon Secretary of State's office recently reported that that there were 13,000 contested ballots outstanding that we now have a chance to chase down to find out how the voter intended to vote.
Monsanto may have spent 10's of millions to shut down this GMO labeling measure as they have done for so many other GMO labeling bills, but as the biotech giant is learning – we are not making it easy for our food rights to be crushed. We may lose some battles, but we will not lose the war for our food freedom.
That's right, approximately 6,500 votes separate us from winning another key GMO labeling initiative in the US. We now have 4 days to capture the challenged ballots and hopefully call it a victory. On November 18th, all ballots will be certified.
Contribute today through Food Democracy Now to help support the measure before it's too late. Show Monsanto that even tens of million in advertising can't sway us.
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The thiing that chaps my arse, is that people are so brainwashed to follow along the ad campaigns, the tv spots, the road signs, that they don't even know what they want themselves! I am so sick of people being sheep! It doesn't matter if it is gun control, GMO labelling, abortion, or the death penalty, people need to read both sides of ANY issue and make a decision based on their own personal beliefs not what is rammed down their throats!
I wish for one day that people would stop and think what is important the them and their families and forget about shopping, renovating, playing the he said she said games they do, shut down facebook, put down the cell phone, turn off the tv, and really look at what is going on in the world. People do not even realize the power we have. We assume that you can't fight the system, but we are the system! We have the power.
Man it is so simple. Do we want to show walmart that we mean business about their mistreatment of employees? Stop shopping there! Go to Target. Want to show Monsanto and Sygenta we want the truth, stop buying their seeds! People…vote with your wallet because that is all they listen to! You can scream and shout, block roads, wave signs…it doesn't matter! But walmart shares go down 10 percent becuase they lost 140 million this quarter…whoa, now they listen don't they!!
We have the power people use it!!!!!!!
I don't understand why people are not voting 100 percent on this issue. Regardless of whether or not GMO's are safe or deadly, regardless of if this is labelling mercury in computers, it doesn't matter! People should have the right to know whats in their food!! The law requires food manufacturers to label nuts, milk, bread, etc, but somehow does not require a label for GMO. Again, it matters not the rhyme or reason that GMO is safe or bad, just why are they fighting so hard to stop labelling? It kind of spews that they are hiding something doesn't it? If you got nothing to hide, who cares. Every dam thing in the world is labelled, cars, clothes, computers, bottled water, but why hide this?


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December 1, 2017 November 30, 2017 Author
Studio Visit: Tm Gratkowski, The Word – Space, Time, Memory
Tm Gratkowski. Photo Credit Gary Brewer.
By Gary Brewer
"Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication."
"Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens."
Images and words, ideas of space, time, and memory, are layered in intricately composed works. Collages of paper 'planes' recede deep into a visual space utilizing renaissance ideas of chiaroscuro and perspective to create layers of depth, whose characteristics capture and massage the viewer with the medium and the message. Tm Gratkowski seeks to slow the mind of his audience to create visually captivating collages whose complex interaction of fragmentary words, images and phrases refresh the brain and allow the mind to 'see' with a new perspective – words and their meaning. Tm spoke of his opinion that words have lost their weight and that people use words forgetting what they signify; and that they use language in a common way to quickly get to the next thing. He is interested in making work where one is drawn close, the details and layers of information holding one's attention. It is almost like a puzzle where one is compelled to figure out the words and images in a novel way, and gain a fresh appraisal of their meaning. It is not a specific narrative thread that he is trying to express, it is a way to engage the viewer to think about and feel these rich works that he composes and come away with their own interpretation.
Tm's collages are both an image and an object simultaneously. The history of its making is embedded in the material; layers of images and words on planes of paper, meticulously cut out from magazines, become metaphors of both space and time. Complexity is a form of energy; it draws one in to look carefully and to see. The information richness and visual activity become a method of engaging the mind and distilling one's thoughts. These myriad perceptual cues are informing each other – hiding certain things and revealing others. Words are loosened from their specific meaning to turn in shifting planes of ideation and design. He thinks about composition first, using his design skills to create spaces that have an architectonic quality. Within these interior spaces the semiotic deconstruction and rebuilding of words and images unfurls; the word becomes the image and the image becomes the word. These are works that hold your attention; they draw you in to take time to look carefully, to see the layers buried beneath- a ridge made by the edge of a piece of paper hidden underneath, or the thin transparent paper allows the colors and shapes of what is hidden to be seen in subtle shades. We look carefully and try to create meaning; the words and images are altered by these juxtapositions and by the layers of images and materials. Tm said of this space that it is a metaphor for memory; the space starts somewhere behind us and moves forward to the present where we stand and continues into the future, into the deep space in the work.
Tm made several specifically political pieces in reaction to the current political chaos we live with. In the process, his growing dismay at the flood of misinformation, lies and distortions caused him to want to find a way to speak in a clear voice and explore personal truths. He set out to write in his journal, private thoughts about himself, to edit and refine them until they became irreducible; he selected ones that spoke both to his personal feelings but were also feelings he believed were not unique, but rather a more common shared set of truths. Though he did not start with the intention of making work from these, they have become the basis for his next solo exhibit at Walter Maciel Gallery.
He created a size for the first set of works, 11×14 inches, the average size of a magazine page. Each 'truth' is cut out by hand with an exacto knife and glued over an image, which reinforces or questions the statement with a contextual image from magazines. These will be exhibited together in a grid format. Each one has an image of wallpaper on it, to suggest the interiority of domestic/private space, the private space of one's home for instance. From these small collages, where the words and images have a singular impact, he is building larger works, 4×4 feet, they are richly layered and complex. Passages of paper are left hanging unfixed to the surface; the vulnerability of exposing one's private space into public space expressed in the fragility of the physical objects. The working title of this series is "Domesticity, Vanity and Vices".
As we spoke he told me that these works are very personal; the truths that he is revealing about himself are almost embarrassing. He believes that most people, if they were honest with themselves, would say that they share these feelings. Tm is making these collages with a delicate openness and fragility to convey the subjective nature of their content, obscuring these phrases with little to no contrast, so that they are somewhat hidden. The complexity of redacting words and content in some areas, and framing them in others, pushing and pulling information around in rich layered spaces, allows one to find their own truths and to experience the words and images anew. It is a way to bring fresh meaning to the information, to engage one in thinking about words and what they mean in a personal way.
Art is a socio-political act. It is the untethered expression of an individual willing to go deep within themselves and to invest an object with content, and discover the complexity and slippery nature of meaning. From this unfixed space between the subject and object, one conveys their individual understanding or expression and releases it upon the world; it is a change agent that has the power to alter concepts and interpretations; to find the root and to dig deeper to unearth something that is true to the artist.
Meaning is a shape-shifting object of mind; words and images are affected by context, what comes before and after changes the interpretation. There is a filmic aspect to Tm's work as it frames and re-contextualizes words and images within planes of information, receding and coming forward. They play out in time in an episodic manner. These are serious and playful works of art; they are like a conceptual hide-and-seek that fractures and reconstitute the meaning of the imagery. One could say that these collages are like a model of consciousness, memory, and time. In the universe that Tm Gratkowski creates we can lose our fixed notions of meaning and discover novel understanding of words and images, and witness their deconstruction and rebuilding while traversing these information rich collages.
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Graduate student's multidisciplinary engineering experience leads to opportunities
August 29, 2022 By Michelle Revels
Amy Halbert
Assistant Director of Communications
ahalbert@tamu.edu
Whitney Mantooth '16 has joined the doctoral program offered by the multidisciplinary engineering department at Texas A&M University to accelerate her career in industry. | Image: Courtesy of Whitney Mantooth
After obtaining a graduate degree, Whitney Mantooth '16 began working in industry. A bachelor's degree in applied exercise physiology and a master's degree in occupational health and public safety from Texas A&M have served her well throughout her career. Still, she realized her desire to delve into engineering and decided to join the Department of Multidisciplinary Engineering at Texas A&M University.
"A doctoral degree in interdisciplinary engineering is open-ended in many ways, and there are many possibilities with the degree plan," said Mantooth. "Whether it's reliability, chemical or industrial engineering, you can tailor your degree to your needs, which is enticing to people like me who work in industry."
Mantooth has worked in several industry positions, beginning with paper production and then transferring to an ammonia production facility. She currently works as a health and safety manager at a methanol production facility for Koch Industries. In this role, she develops and implements employee process safety measures and programs.
"There's definitely a heavy emphasis on engineering in my field, from understanding facilities to the cyber safety realm," said Mantooth. "I want not only to understand regulations but also to know how the system works, so I can help develop and improve our processes."
Recently, Mantooth was accepted into the Advanced Study Course on Optical Chemical Sensors (ASCOS) in Obergurgl, Austria. An alternative to traditional conferences, ASCOS is an initiative that brings together researchers from around the world to unveil discoveries concerning optical and chemical sensors. Sponsored by Fran and George Ligler, professors at Texas A&M, Mantooth will travel to Austria for the conference in October.
"I thought the conference was a long shot, but now I am going to Austria in just a few months," she said. "It's truly amazing to be accepted, and it's an honor to travel outside of the United States for this once-in-a-lifetime experience."
Although Mantooth says she enjoys the fast-paced environment in industry, she would eventually like to obtain a role in academia, where she could focus on research. She would like to be a mentor to students and relay the insights she's gathered throughout her career.
Dr. Mark Benden, an affiliate of the multidisciplinary engineering department and the Wm Michael Barnes '64 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, works closely with Mantooth. Like Mantooth, he worked in industry and received his doctoral degree in interdisciplinary engineering from Texas A&M. As Mantooth goes through the doctoral program, Benden serves as her advisor and mentor.


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One-way Rayleigh-Wood anomalies and tunable narrowband transmission in photonic crystal gratings with broken structural symmetry
Serebryannikov, A. E.
Özbay, Ekmel
053804-1 - 053804-5
In photonic crystal (PC) gratings whose structural symmetry is broken owing to one-side corrugations, the Rayleigh-Wood anomalies can appear in a one-way manner. In the combination with the vanishing coupling to the lowest Floquet-Bloch mode at the upper band edge, these anomalies lead to the appearance of the defect-mode-like, i.e., very narrow one-way transmission, peak, which cannot appear in the corresponding slab of PC without corrugations. Such a sole peak can be transformed into a one-way transmission band with a desired width by varying angle of incidence. The nonoverlapping and thus switchable one-way (higher-order) and two-way (zero-order) transmission bands can be obtained in both the frequency and incidence-angle domains. Adjustment of PC lattice and corrugation parameters allows one to obtain two subsequent one-way bands, every being connected with a certain higher diffraction order. Conditions required for the appearance of a narrow one-way transmission band in the vicinity of a Rayleigh-Wood anomaly are well consistent with typical dispersion features of a very large class of PCs and do not need unusual performances.
Unidirectional transmission
Photonic crystal
Rayleigh-Wood anomaly
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.87.053804
Department of Physics 2299
Nanotechnology Research Center (NANOTAM) 1006


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Dupont: Das Alte Gesetz
Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich
Daniel Grossmann, Dirigent
Film »Das Alte Gesetz« (Regie: Ewald André Dupont, D 1923)
Philippe Schoeller
Musik zu »Das Alte Gesetz« (Regie: Ewald André Dupont, D 1923) (2018) (EA)
Medienpartner Ray
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Links https://www.jcom.de
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The Fine Arts
Ewald André Dupont's "The Old Law" from 1923 is a classic of Weimar cinema. The story about a young rabbi's son named Baruch, who wants to become an actor against his father's will, takes us on an adventurous journey. Baruch's path leads from a small Galician Stetl via a windy traveling theater to the Vienna Burgtheater. The Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek, with the collaboration of numerous European and US archives, is responsible for the newly reconstructed version of "The Old Law". Inspired by the expressive film images, Philippe Schoeller composed music for 12-piece ensemble. In the concert, the Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich, conducted by Daniel Grossmann, accompanies Baruch on his way to stage stardom on the stage of all stages.


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Everyone needs a little heart-to-heart pillow talk every once in a while, so let's talk pillow cushions. The colder weather seasons are upon us, which means its time to make your home nice and cozy for family and guests. Pillowed cushions = cozy. Mission accomplished.
Rule #1 - There's no such thing as too many.
The more pillows and cushions that adorn your bed, couches and chairs, the more comfortable you will be. Use them to provide lumbar support, to elevate your feet after a long day and put a couple underneath your head for the perfect lounging angle. Use a mixture of plain and patterned materials so you can mix and match them accordingly.
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Or, more precisely, there's a pillow sham for every season. That's one of the best things about pillows, a simple change in pillow shams will transform your decor. You can be bold and sassy one day, and demure and delicate the next. There are holiday-themed shams to match any season.
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It is no secret that although beauty standards today are getting a much needed makeover, being thin is still perceived as a desirable body type to many people. However unfair and misguided the beauty ideals are, Americans still spend millions of dollars every year on diet supplements, books on weight loss, and gym memberships. For many, shedding weight is the magical cure to a litany of ailments and a supposed beginning to a new life full of friends and happiness. While we can agree now that weight is no definite indicator of health, success, or aesthetic achievements, people from the early 20th century had their own theories about what could cure even the most aggressive illnesses.
Food is an absolutely necessary part of survival. Every species requires it; plants require nutrient rich soil, sunlight, and water; bacteria feast on decaying organisms; humans need fats, proteins, and carbohydrates present in the plethora of vegetables and meats made available to us. Although fasting, the practice of abstaining from food, was common practice for rituals or religious ceremonies, it was not until the late 1800s that it was suggested as a practice to rid the body of deadly toxins.
Hazzard at Wilderness Heights. Trail and Hitch.
Doctor Henry S. Tanner fasted publicly for 40 days in New York City in 1880. Tanner was a proponent of what we would call today "alternative medicine". His public fasting was intended to showcase the positive aspects of abstaining from food and defy modern medicine's guidelines on healthy bodies. Tanner's theories were not new, he simply presented them differently than his well known predecessors. The Greeks practiced fasting for purification. Jesus and yogis both upheld the belief that fasting was important for spiritual progress. Cotton Mather, a prolific player in the Salem Witch Trials believed fasting would rid Massachusetts of its witch epidemic.
Linda Hazzard's Washington State Penitentiary mugshot. Smithsonian.
Perhaps the rich and involved history of fasting is what led Doctor Linda Hazzard to pursue a career capitalizing on an alternative medicine craze led by a desperate population in search of a miracle cure. Hazzard, whose last name is rather apropos given her actions, would turn a small, idyllic town in Washington state upside down in a legal case that shocked its citizens.
In Olalla, a ferry's ride across Puget Sound from Seattle, stood Wilderness Heights, owned by Linda Hazzard and her husband, Samuel Hazzard. The town was an otherwise forgetful place, but in the 1910s, Olalla's notorious Starvation Heights, the local name for the facility, became the headlining centerpiece in many newspaper publications. Hazzard would soon be implicated in as many as a dozen deaths. All victims were patients of Hazzard who had willingly paid great sums of money to be treated by her and her revolutionary fasting cure.