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#1 Rozwell Kid- Too Shabby:
A fantastic romp through the modern age of punk, Rozwell Kid's "Too Shabby" is an album that could easily be a modern 17 year old's formative introduction to the punk world or a sweaty alcoholic 28 year old's anthem for his crusade against Pitchfork and Taylor Swift. Simple concepts are executed perfectly by Rozwell Kid in this album that seems like it could have easily come out right alongside a Pavement or Jawbreaker album in the 90's and whatever DIY label they were on would have been thrilled about it. It seems that Rozwell Kids classic sound may be why this album has been passed over this year by many critics but if one is being honest with themselves, "Too Shabby" reiterates just enough Weezer without going too far down that rabbit hole while bringing just enough Archer's of Loaf to the table without being insanely corny. Rozwell Kid does 90's rock better than 90's rock did it and somehow seems incredibly fresh in the process, there's genius in that and "Too Shabby" is a perfect expression of that genius.
2. Run the Jewels- Run the Jewels 2
I talk about Hip Hop constantly. Discussing the future of a fairly new art form that has expressed the genius of several incredibly interesting personalities over the course of thirty years has proven incredibly interesting. This has been a terrible year for hip hop. While there are two albums that came out this year that have easily set new precedence for the landscape of the art form and progressed it further than I had ever hoped for, the amount of quality records in the genre have been close to nil when compared with years previous.
All of this is said is not to qualify the best rap album of the year, to be honest it is all in a reeling reaction to a contrast of a year when Good Kid M.A.A.D. City came out and a year when it did not. Kendrick changed everything that rap music should ever be about and I knew when I finished listening to that album I would never hear rap music in the same way again. It's not that every rapper needs to stand up to Kendrick's genius, it's just that the face of the rap scene, in my opinion, needed to change. The impossibility of this scenario hit me immediately and I knew I would be disappointed with 2014's rap scene.
So Run the Jewels 2 is an amazing album. It showcases how well El-P and Killer Mike gel, dynamics between rappers are hard to find these days as most aren't willing to work together in any meaningful way other than being featured. The political commentary coming from both rappers is striking and cutting and displayed in a way that keeps one engaged in the slight of hand style storytelling they keep up throughout the album. El-P's classic semi humorous word play is ever prevalent in RTJ2 and both of the rappers classic stylings are given plenty of room to shine throughout this excellent album.
3. Joyce Manor- Never Hungover Again
Hey you guys, stage diving is ridiculous. To be honest I've been guilty of some jumping off of stages into people who may or may not have been ready to receive me, but Joyce Manor does not appreciate it and I a can appreciate their stance, it's stupid and pointless. I'm sure that most of this amazing band's notoriety has come from that bit of logic but they are much more than that bit of faux controversy drummed up by indie music websites as click bait.
"Never Hungover Again", is a beautiful little piece of punk artistry. Joyce Manor deftly navigates from late wave emo territory and old punk tropes to create a fresh little sound that can produce anthem worthy pop punk songs throughout their album. The band seems to have an uncanny ability to pull songs back from the brink of being absolutely Blink 182esque and take us into a territory of Joyce Manor's own design. "Never Hung Over"'s second half gives off a distinct 80's alternative vibe with very distinct Smith's and The Cure influences running throughout. Joyce Manor has shown some true diversity and flashes of genius with this album.
#4 D'angelo- Black Messiah
An unexpected incredible release by one of neosouls most influential artists, "Black Messiah" has heaps of political influences running deep through it's funk riffs but if released in any political climate, D'angelo's first album in almost fifteen years would have probably still been just as impactful. "Black Messiah" is the most Prince like albums released in recent memory. The jazz, funk, pop fusion and balance of each on this album are positively unmatched, it shows both a fortitude of artistry and unique sense of self awareness for all of the genre tropes displayed throughout the album that is unmatched in any of the respective scenes.
D'Angelo shows such grace and wanton abandon on an album that many had already wrote off as a ploy to remove himself from debt that if this piece of art was truly only produced to get him out of a bind that it makes it even more incredible, because in that case, he just created some piece of terribly consumable art, simply to prove he can and that he could make some serious cash on it. Either way, D'Angelo deserves all the credit in the world and "Black Messiah" comes at just the right time as to make it the soundtrack of whatever mediocre revolution our society is still able to muster.
#5 Crying- Get Olde/ Second Wind
As much as video games are a part of my every day existence, I never thought that I would ever actually enjoy a band that used 8 bit stylization predominately in their music, much less come to love a band that used it. Crying is not what you would expect from it's name, most people I suggest the band to think that it will be some super twinkly, self indulgent shit. The reality of Crying is a band that exists on it's own merits separate from it's influences. Yes they have 8 bit aspects, yes they have 90's indie aspects, but they stand far apart from any implications that those statements might brand them with. Crying is a band that stands on it's own merits, and while this two ep combo (one of which came out last year), may not revolutionize the face of music it certainly pushes aesthetics of rock in weird and interesting directions that it may never have explored without Crying.
6 Hightide Hotel- Naturally
Hightide Hotel is a band that started out in a fairly strong place. They are somewhere between Snowing, Brand New, and Algernon Cadwallader that place them in their own specific niche within a specific niche of music. Bringing along with them and the music that they choose to make are all the horrible connotations that come with making an album that you can easily call "Emo" with a capital "E." Breaking out of this norm is difficult, however reaching a broader audience of people, like those who like rock music for the art of it, is becoming much easier as the stigma behind genre defining words becomes softer and softer as the years go by and members of the music elite come to accept "Emo" or "Twinkle" or "Skramz" or "Emocore" or "Emotive Hardcore" as something we should all listen to and consider legitimate music. Hightide Hotel is one of those bands that I feel I can easily point to as one that I can introduce music lovers to the world of twinkley madness with and Naturally is significantly their strongest album to date.
PUP makes maybe the strongest punk debut of all time with their self titled album. PUP is a gorgeous arrangement of perfectly crafted punk songs that are filled to the brim with energy while maintaining an air of apathy, the perfect blend of which, is a difficult find in the atmosphere developed in the age in which we exist. PUP is a perfect amalgamation of what makes pop punk beautiful, hardcore punk disturbing, and emo catchy. PUP showcases a perfect sense of the art of downplaying key moments and going overboard in others in order to create an insatiable sensibility for song crafting one can usually only find in the finest pop artists. To call PUP a new Nirvana might be going a bit too far and also slightly insulting for PUP at the same time. This is an incredibly interesting band with an even more interesting aesthetic to them. To call this the strongest debut of the year barely gives the record it's due.
#8 Alt J- This Is All Yours
Alt J brings a unique artsy style to every song on this record. His unconventional and conventional wisdom collide in a way that brings absolute joy to the listener and challenges one to think about music in different ways. Alt J is an incredibly deft hand at saying a mountains worth of things without actually saying them out loud, he creates a space for us to live in with a song and then further carves it with a velvety voice that broadcasts a deep feeling within ones heart that can only be expressed as ephemeral. While keeping his art on the highbrow level of things he has still been able to create songs that could easily be placed on pop radio with little fight from the leather seated executives.
#9 FKA Twigs- LP1
I don't know whether to call this girl neo soul or deeply funky electronica or some kind of chill wave hybrid but I do know that her album is a wonderful mess of beats and vocal stylings that will be hard for anyone to outwit. FKA has placed several potential sleeper hits on LP1 and I don't think that we have heard the last of this brilliant artist by any means.
#10 Pears- Go To Prison
If you want the best hardcore punk of the year look no farther than "Go To Prison." It's incredibly hard to find albums within this genre that have any speck of originality anymore but "Go To Prison" holds the most sonically interesting moments of hardcore in the past 10 years and should be a staple on the vinyl shelf of punks around the world for years to come.
11. Spoon- They Want My Soul
12. Caddywhompus- Feathering a Nest
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I help shape the reading experience at ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom dedicated to investigative journalism in the public interest, where I'm lucky to work with a lot of incredibly smart people. In the past, I've also helped make books for web designers and developers at A Book Apart, games for music-lovers at Harmonix, and websites for a wide variety of clients at Happy Cog. Most of my free time is spent beginning art projects I'll never finish, obsessing over music and film, and occasionally winning air guitar competitions.
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This is a super tasty store cupboard recipe that will make you look like a domestic god/ goddess when your partner whines at you that all there is to eat in the house are two uninspiring potatoes. You can whip this dish up in around 40 minutes and then let them clear up the kitchen while you settle down with a well deserved glass of wine
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- 2 large potatoes - peeled and diced into 2 centimetre cubes
- 1 tablespoon light tasting vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- 1 medium onion - diced
- 1 large clove garlic - crushed
- 5 grams root ginger - peeled and grated
- 1 small green chilli - finely chopped
- 300 grams canned chopped tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon coriander-cumin powder
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- 1/4 teaspoon chilli powder
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 100 millilitres water
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- Par boil the potatoes for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large pan.
- Add the mustard seeds and cumin seeds and let them sizzle for a minute or two.
- Add the onions and let them cook on a lowish heat until they are soft and transparent.
- Add the garlic, ginger and chilli. Mix well and let it cook for a minute.
- Now add the potatoes, tomatoes, coriander-cumin powder, garam masala, chilli powder, turmeric, salt and water. Stir well.
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The most popular form of entertaining a gathering seems to be outdoor barbecue. Basically there are two types of grill for the choice of a barbecue chef. This includes gas barbecue grill and charcoal barbecue grill. The gas barbecue grill is quite expensive but it is convenient to use. Most of the gas grills are easy to assemble and also simple to operate and easy to clean.
The taste of the food prepared using the charcoal grills will be better than that prepared using gas grills. The reason is that the gas grill can not give the smoky flavor to the food which is produced by the charcoal grills. If you want to cook in a bulk the gas grill will be convenient.
The charcoal grills will be a better option for cooking less quantity of food and it is easy to transfer too. The charcoal grills are less expensive as well. There are some disadvantages for charcoal grills. In a rainy day it will be difficult to light the grills and also to keep it lit till the end of cooking. After igniting the grills one has to wait till the flames die out and the coals are hot.
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5) Spray some vegetable oil over the grill before lighting it.
6) Small pieces can be placed in skewers.
7) All the things needed for grilling should be assembled in a tray before starting. This includes the tools, utensils and raw ingredients.
8) If the outdoor barbecue is lit once, do not leave it unattended.
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Gal Gadot's 'Wonder Woman' is Banned in Lebanon
The new Wonder Woman film has been banned in the country of Lebanon.
The Lebanese group Campaign to Boycott Supporters of Israel-Lebanon is opposing the movie because star Gal Gadot is a former Israeli soldier, and those two countries are at war.
Grand Cinemas announced the ban on Twitter, writing, "#WonderWoman has been banned in #Lebanon."
Wonder Woman follows Diana, princess of the Amazons, "who is trained to be an unconquerable warrior. Raised on a sheltered island paradise, when an American pilot crashes on their shores and tells of a massive conflict raging in the outside world, Diana leaves her home, convinced she can stop the threat. Fighting alongside man in a war to end all wars, Diana will discover her full powers…and her true destiny."
#WonderWoman has been banned in #Lebanon.
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We all want our schools to be safe for our kids so that they can focus on learning so that they can become the leaders of tomorrow. Yet, both our schools and our kids are left defenseless against the threat of mass shootings. Active shooters are able to strike at will against our schools and in minutes cause mass causalities largely without having to face any real consequences until the police are able to arrive in full force. We can only solve this problem if we come together as a nation and foremost respect each others views. While acknowledging our nation's 2nd amendment and fundamental right to bear arms for law abiding citizens we must also acknowledge that there are those who every reasonable person would agree should not have access to guns. The unfortunate truth is that those people we fear, will always find a way to get a hold of a weapon, even with the strictest laws. The goal is to make schools safe quickly, and in the most cost-effective way so that no parent ever again has to see their child brought out from a school in a body bag.
The most effective way to ensure schools are as safe as possible from the moment that a shooter is spotted to the moment the police have a chance to arrive is to have a suitable number of well trained & well vetted armed security guards proportional to each school's size. These can be veterans, retired police officers, or experienced security contractors who have the know-how, the temperament, and physical capabilities to engage shooters if necessary, and therefore give our kids a chance to barricade themselves in class rooms until the police are able to neutralize the threat. For Example, the very presence of 10 armed guards in a large high school would act as a strong deterrent, making any would-be shooter have to think twice about attacking any school.
The costs involved are minimal and work out to about $2-$3 per week per household to fully fund the $15 per hour salary, the health insurance and workers compensation costs and the employer taxes that each school district would have to incur to support suitable numbers of armed security personnel per school. The weekly costs can be cut further with support from business.
This change can only be brought forth with support for legislation from the State legislature, including the State House of Representatives, the State Senate and the State Governor and from broad support by all those who care! Without everyone coming together, all of our kids lives are at stake when they really shouldn't have to be!
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You structure the book around the concept of "transmedia organizing." How are you defining this term? How does it relate to the forms of transmedia storytelling, entertainment, and branding that have surfaced in recent years?
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process of the Transformative Media Organizing project. Our definition of transformative media organizing is as follows:
"Transformative media organizing is a liberatory approach to integrating media, communications, and cultural work into movement building. It lies at the place where media justice and transformative organizing overlap. Transformative media organizers begin with an intersectional analysis of linked systems of race, class, gender, sexuality, ability, and other axes of identity.
We seek to do media work that develops the critical consciousness and leadership of those who take part in the media-making process; create media in ways that are deeply accountable to the movement base; invite our communities to participate in media production; create media strategically across platforms, and root our work in community action." –
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Continuously variable driving speed with the Vario drive and a blade brake clutch that disengages the mowing deck with the engine running are the features of the MB 650 VS. Add to this the powerful, smooth-running OHV engine that ensures excellent mowing performance on lawns up to approx. 2,000 m² and the aluminium housing with integrated skirting protectors and impact protector for high value retention. Here you can find more Information about the lawn mowers of series 6.
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Hey, I saw on Have Genes Will Travel that it's important and fun to drink milk. So I thought I would try it.
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neat! one of my guitar straps is a *feature item* on etsy today! Now to upload the rest of my product photos...oh there's never enough time.
Happy omg it's so cold winterlude day! If you go to see Stars on the canal tonight, let me know how long it takes before everyone's frozen!
PS - if you haven't heard of etsy yet...do check it out. There is so much lovely stuff it's nearly overwhelming. But some lovely lovely things by amazing crafters.
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As the UK increases its use of wind power, the power grid will come under growing pressure to balance the load, as E&T discovers.
Today, the UK is committed to European Union targets to deliver 35 per cent of electricity from renewables by 2020.
Starting from a base of around 5 per cent, this is an ambitious target with a good many ramifications. Perhaps the greatest of all is over how many gigawatts the UK's electricity grid can reasonably integrate, given most of the 35 per cent will have to be intermittent wind power.
So far, the debate has been fairly academic because the UK still only has 3.2GW of wind turbines working at around a 25 per cent load factor. Load-balancing a shortfall of up to 800MW - a near-negligible 2 per cent of average demand - when the UK can draw on a theoretical 75GW of power stations is no big deal.
That all changes massively if future projections are to be believed. According to a recent scenario by the National Grid, there will be 19.4GW of offshore wind and 12.9GW of onshore wind, delivering 98TWh in 2020.
Not everyone believes that such targets are achievable - far from it. But the debate on load-balancing wind has come a long way since 2003. The leading authority on intermittency and wind at the time was David Milborrow, and his views shaped prevailing opinion on the matter.
At the time, he had been funded to participate in studies by the European Commission, two by the DTI and one by the Cabinet Office, and had been studying the integration of wind energy into the electricity networks since 1988.
In a submission to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, he estimated that for the UK to reach the 10 per cent 2010 target, 12,000MW of wind would require around 700MW of extra reserve plant. However, it would also displace around 3,300MW of thermal plant.
The British Wind Energy Association's own briefing sheet 'Wind Power and Intermittency: The Facts' cites David Milborrow frequently, and he is now a technical consultant for the association. Its view is generally that "operating power systems is all about managing risks and what matters is the overall risk", which as they see it is pretty low because "there is, as far as we are aware, no evidence that demonstrates that windless days regularly coincide with peak demands on the UK electricity network".
Even the National Grid itself are pretty sanguine about load-balancing wind. This is odd, when some question whether they have the resources to connect the transmissions of up to 30GW of offshore and onshore wind generation by 2020.
Some people speculate whether with £16bn of net debt on their balance sheet, National Grid cannot afford to keep going to the debt markets and keep raising more capital at exorbitant 'credit crunch' prices and continue to make the investments everyone expects of it. It is all too possible that it will be forced to curtail its investment programme to repair the balance sheet and focus instead on making grid investments in America.
Load balancing sceptics
Perhaps the most sceptical towards load-balancing wind though are the Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) and the Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG).
According to a report published in September 2008, 'UK Electricity System at Severe Risk 2010 to 2020', the plant balancing demands of large quantities of wind power would require two additional developments;
First, development of high-voltage interconnections with Norway, Germany, the Netherlands and France to permit trading of wind power surpluses and deficits, and to add power capacity. Second, deployment of widely distributed onshore electricity storage of all types.
The report also makes the salient point that National Grid and the Distribution Network Operators are legally prevented by the regulator from owning commercial storage, as this would constitute generation plant and competition for the existing electricity providers. Storage has to be the answer (see storage, right) but no one is yet building it and this regulation may have to be looked at again.
Jeremy Nicholson of the EIUG, meanwhile, pulls no punches on the load-balancing optimists, saying, "Wind energy is fundamentally insecure. It is delusional to the point of recklessness to assume it will ever meet 30 per cent of UK electricity consumption with an acceptable level of reliability. As events this winter have demonstrated, we are prone to periods of low wind speeds across the whole of the British Isles when the output from all our wind turbines combined is close to zero for days at a time, so nearly all of its generating capacity needs to be backed up by fossil fuelled power stations. The more wind we have on the system the greater the problem will be. For the wind lobby to fail to acknowledge this is intellectually dishonest."
Notional limit
When all is said and done, we have to be honest and admit that no one really knows precisely what the safe limit of gigawatts of wind power connected to our national grid is until we actually reach the moment of danger leading to blackouts. The best way ahead may be to create a notional limit - say 12GW, to be reviewed annually - and demand energy storage and/or additional inter-connections with Europe after that point for any additional wind turbines. But all that requires a new energy policy, a new investment framework and a realistic vision from our politicians which thus far, is not on the table.
That's why, regrettably, the UK seems destined to continue along this dangerously experimental path and just might be sleep-walking into a load-balancing crisis.
Dan Lewis is research director of the Economic Research Council [new window].


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There are 5 of us altogether, it's the young ones who are more interested than the older ones. I'm running it immediately after our normal session to make it as easy as possible for our students to attend (sometimes afterwards they practice anyway) but at the moment we just have a small group. It's great that our young ones are blazing a trail for our club.
However we made some breakthroughs in our knowledge today, mostly thanks to Master Worsfold's insights into both martial arts technique and understanding of disability. For example, he pointed out that practising low blocks is not important for someone in a wheelchair compared to higher blocks because it is less likely that someone would attack them at such a low level – they would either hit wheels or have to be lying down to have any kind of impact.
Excuse the pics, I was trying to be artistic and get an idea of angles but failed, however they show a little – or at least where arms and eyes are likely to be focusing on using a wheelchair.
Also that a ready stance will not be appropriate with hands nearer the body, but nearer the front of the wheelchair. I attempted the first poomsae and realised that other blocks don't work – Master Worsfold suggested that after a punch, the hand does not return to belt / waist but instead lower to be parallel with the wheel on that side. With a small adult – a mid section kick is roughly shoulder or head height for an adult in a wheelchair or chest height for child/young adult. This gives an excellent idea of adult – adult, showing the advantages that a wheelchair user has such as stability and enhanced vision at that height:
In an adapted wheelchair e.g. in wheelchair rugby, you can spin faster which also increases the options for punches / strikes but it's interesting to note that in the wheelchair taekwondo, the student did not need to move the wheelchair too much either side in order to carry out a strike and push the attacker away.
We also spent a bit of time today looking at space on either side of opponent e.g. in a taekwondo session there are a lot of repeated drills and you don't realise how close your foot can come to a wheel even when you think you're doing a series of blocks in a straight line. I was asked whose fault it would be if there was a clash, I replied that it's kind of both, but the more experienced martial artist should have greater awareness and take responsibility. You could have a least one wheelchair in our club room where we have rows of 4 and manage to avoid clashes.
Looking forward to the final two sessions.


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International Planned Parenthood Federation: Grants for Global Health/
OVERVIEW: The International Planned Parenthood Federation's (IPPF) global health spending predominantly funds its affiliates — reproductive health service providers in countries around the world; however, on occasion, the IPPF awards smaller grants to organizations whose missions and projects complement the IPPF's.
IP TAKE: Because the IPPF has its own service providers to carry out its mission, it is unlikely to fund an organization that duplicates its efforts. However, if you can enhance its standing, consider the foundation's occasional calls for proposals.
PROFILE: The International Planned Parenthood Federation is a renowned funder of reproductive health. Established in 1952 by eight national family planning associations, the IPPF seeks to "[l]ead a locally owned, globally connected civil society movement that provides and enables services and champions sexual and reproductive health and rights for all, especially the underserved." Practicing accountability and an intersectional approach, the IPPF devotes a majority of its annual budget to member associations around the world. These sister associations include Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Each organization carries out IPPF's core mission: making sexual and reproductive health services safe and accessible to all, regardless of sexual orientation, race, or religion.
The IPPF names four focuses in its global health grantmaking: women and girls, youth, the poor and vulnerable, and humanitarian work. Although it focuses on funding its affiliated associations, the IPPF also funds organizations whose work aligns with its reproductive health focuses. For a closer look at the IPPF's 2016-2022 funding priorities, read its detailed Strategic Framework.
Although the IPPF predominantly funds reproductive health and justice-related projects, it also supports grantmaking in other areas of global health as they relate to reproduction and innovation, such as the Innovation Fund, which supports grantees that innovate in the area of reproductive and sexual rights. Grantseekers are advised to closely read the IPPF's Approach page, which offers an in-depth look at its most recent programs, partnerships, and related work.
The IPPF funds its affiliated associations, and sometimes funds large INGOs (in the millions) whose work complement's and raises the profile of its own. The IPPF does not accept unsolicited proposals.
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Windsor Smith/
I have a huge design crush on designer Windsor Smith. As in, I look through her portfolio and cry that I don't live in LA and can't beg her for an internship (well, I COULD, but moving and whatnot....) Unfortunately a lot of pictures of her designs (which you've probably seen in most major magazines) are very small online. So this little collection does not in any way exhaust my list of favorite Windsor Smith rooms!
Ms. Smith also has recently debuted a new project called The House of Windsor. I gather it is a showhouse that she designed, had built, and then had other designers decorate various rooms. It's been getting a lot of press lately. I'll check it out and maybe share some pictures next week.
As you can see, Ms. Smith has an amazing knack for strong masculine spaces - for some reason those are my favorites of hers. Although clearly from the second picture (I believe this was a bedroom/dressing room) she can do pure feminine spaces with just as much ease. I think the final picture is a beautiful mixture of masculine and feminine, and the kind of design that I would love to see in my home one day.
What do you think? Is my design crush warranted?
All photos from Pawley's Island Posh. She has a few more too!


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Hi There.
Currently, when you create a new assembly, it shows the list of BOM items, and shows the sub-components of Auto-Assembly items, but not which Auto-assembly item it relates to.
It would be good if you could swap the views between 1) showing the actual auto-assembly item with the ability to click on an expand/drop-down to see which sub-components relate to it and 2) just the currently available view.
I totally agree with the above idea. Can I add, we also need fields for adding batch number and expiry date for the sub-assembled items on the production page . this is a very important requirement for assembly of medical devices.


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Connecticut recently announced a new marketing campaign, "still revolutionary." The campaign proudly nods to the state's historic past, but most importantly, seeks to highlight and remind us of all the revolutionary ideas, people and places that are very much a part of Connecticut's culture today. The Long Island Sound is one of those places.
Unlike many other waterfront destinations around the country that are built up with amusement parks and large-scale attractions, our coastline is dotted with villages, towns and small cities that are full of cultural treasures: art museums, theaters, historic districts, science centers and aquariums and vibrant neighborhoods.
Our new campaign, designed to attract tourists as well as residents to the state this summer, features imagery from these extraordinary destinations and more from around the state, including numerous shots of Connecticut's beautiful coastline and shores – from Hammonasset Beach State Park and Meigs Point to Mystic Seaport, along with aerial shots of Long Island Sound.
This summer is the perfect opportunity to see, explore, discover and re-discover these cultural treasures and hidden gems. Bring a friend or a loved one and take a sail on the Sound, dock your fishing boat for a picnic, check out a historic schooner at the Mystic Seaport, enjoy dinner for two with breathtaking views of gentle waves – there's something for everyone in Connecticut. That's what being still revolutionary is all about.
Be sure to stop by www.ctvisit.com for trip ideas or check out our Facebook page for daily updates on events and activities for all ages, all summer long.
Kip Bergstrom is the deputy commissioner for the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development


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Nemie opened her presents and she seemed to enjoy them. After we got dressed and went to my moms and mailman moms and Nemie got even more clothes. Santa brought her about 11 clothing sets to our house. I think they came from target and when went to the moms she got about 5 more outfits. Now we just have to get her some shoes. She is such a big girl.
At any rate Christmas has gone and now it's time to prepare for New Years. Normally the mailman and I go away and spend an evening out of town we order Chinese food and sleep and wake up in time to watch 106 and park and to see the ball drop. This year I'm feeling more along the lines of going to church which is strange because at first I was thinking maybe we could get a baby sitter and we could go to an elegant restaurant or something. Now, however I'm feeling drawn to go to church so maybe I really need to be there.
Overall, Christmas was a success for our unit and I hope All went well for you guys!


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World Population Growth
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1 3 World Population Growth Why is world population growing faster than ever before? Population dynamics are one of the key factors to consider when thinking about development. In the past years the world has experienced an unprecedented increase in population growth (Figure 3.1). Do you know why? Global Trends in Natural Population Increase A natural population increase occurs when the birth rate is higher than the death rate. While a country s population growth rate depends on the natural increase and on migration, world population growth is determined exclusively by the natural increase. Around the world, death rates gradually decreased in the late 19th and the 2th centuries, with death rates in the developing world plummeting after World War II thanks to the spread of modern medicine. In much of the developing world the decline in death rates preceded the decline in birth rates by 2 years or more, resulting in record-high rates of population growth of 3 percent or even 4 percent a year. Since the 196s birth rates have also been declining rapidly in most developing except those in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East. This trend in birth rates in the developing world is comparable to what took place in Europe and the United States in the 19th century (Figure 3.2). Figure 3.1 World population, 17 2 Billions Agriculture Total world population Services 2 Industry Developing 1 Developed
2 3 WORLD POPULATION GROWTH Figure 3.2 Trends in birth and death rates, 18 2 Births/deaths per 1, people 4 3 Natural population increase Death rate in developing Natural population increase Birth rate in developing 2 Death rate in developed 1 Birth rate in developed Note: Developed include high-income and present-day transition economies. Today s low-income still have the world s highest birth rates (see Map 3.1), although women tend to have fewer children than before. The reasons for lower fertility are varied, but most are related to developing economic growth and human development (Figure 3.3; see also Chapters 4 and 7). Parents choose to have smaller families when health conditions improve so that they no longer have to fear that many of their babies might die, and when they do not have to rely on their children to work on the family farm or business or to take care of them in their old age. In addition, more parents are sending their daughters to school, which is important also because women with basic education tend to produce healthier children and smaller families. More women now have opportunities to work outside the home, so they are starting their families later and having fewer children. On top of all that, access to family planning is improving, so parents can control the number and spacing of their children. A lower fertility rate may not immediately lead to a lower birth rate and lower population growth if a country has a larger number of men and women in their reproductive years than before. Population growth caused by more women giving birth even though each has the same number of or fewer children is called demographic momentum. Demographic momentum is particularly significant in developing that had the highest fertility rates 2 3 years ago. The decline in birth rates over the past few decades has lowered population 17
3 BEYOND ECONOMIC GROWTH Map 3.1 Population growth rates, More than 3% 2. 3% 2 2.4% 1 1.9% Less than 1% No data growth rates in developing despite a continuing decline in death rates. Population growth is even slower in developed (Figure 3.4). Stabilizing birth rates and increasing death rates (the latter being a result of aging populations; see Chapter 8) have already led to a natural population decrease in Italy and Germany. Japan and Spain are expected to follow soon (see birth rates and death rates in Data Table 1). Over the past 3 years the worldwide population growth rate fell from more than 2. percent to 1. percent a year, and experts expect this trend to continue. But in absolute numbers the world s population is growing faster than ever before by about 23, people a day in mid-199. This is happening because of the larger than ever population base. In 199 there were about.7 billion people on earth, almost twice as many as in 197. The next 3 years are projected to add another 2. billion people 9 percent of them in developing. The share of developing in the world population is expected to increase from 84 percent to 88 percent. In the short run, rapid population growth in poor leads to lower 18
4 3 WORLD POPULATION GROWTH Figure 3.3 Average fertility rates, 198 and Births per woman Why are fertility and population growth rates different in different? Low- and middleincome Highincome Sub- Saharan Africa Middle East and North Africa South Asia Latin America and the Caribbean East Asia and the Pacific Europe and Central Asia Figure 3.4 Average annual population growth rates, % % % % %.6.4.4%.2..2 Low-income Middle-income High-income
5 BEYOND ECONOMIC GROWTH Why are demographic changes in transition of Europe different from those occurring in most developing? GNP per capita, allowing fewer resources to be invested in each person s human capital the key to increasing labor productivity. But in the long run, provided that labor productivity does in fact increase, having more workers could contribute to the economic strength of developing. Demographic Changes in Transition Countries of Europe The formerly socialist of Central and Eastern Europe present a major exception to the broad similarity of demographic trends in developed and developing. The rapid decline in death rates that occurred in the 19s and 196s slowed down in the 197s and 198s. In the 199s death rates actually increased in Russia and some other transition, including Belarus, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Romania, and Ukraine. In 199 the death rate in Russia equaled the average for Sub- Saharan Africa 1 deaths per 1, people while the average death rate for developing was 9 per 1, and for developed was 8 per 1,. This dramatic and historically unprecedented reversal in mortality trends is primarily explained by higher adult male mortality: among older men mainly because of the increase in cardiovascular disease, among younger men because of more accidents, suicides, and murders. Figure 3. Demographic changes in three with transition economies, Per 1, people Russia Latvia Czech Republic Birth rate Death rate
6 3 WORLD POPULATION GROWTH Many of these factors can be related to substance abuse heavy drinking and smoking, which in turn can be linked to worsening living conditions and the greater uncertainty and stress that have accompanied the transition. But rapid economic reforms have not necessarily been detrimental to people s health in all transition. For example, in the Czech Republic the death rate has continued to decline (Figure 3.), while in Hungary and Poland it has held steady. Birth rates in the transition of Europe have dropped sharply in the past 1 years. The reasons for that drop are different from those in most developing : they are believed to be closely associated with a lower quality of life caused by the social and economic crisis of transition. As a result fertility rates in these are now far below the replacement level (equaling slightly more than two children per family) and lower than those in most developed (see Figure 3.3). Because of these unusual demographic trends increasing death rates combined with dropping birth rates many of the transition of Europe (for example, Russia and Latvia, see Figure 3.) have experienced natural decreases in population. 21
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