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According to holistic experts, achieving and maintaining good health and fitness involves looking at the body in its entirety rather than simply dealing with specific parts. From the Greek word "holos" meaning all or entire, the goal is not just to be well in the physical body, but also to be in harmony with the environment and ourselves at all levels – mind, body, and spirit.
While many say holistic services have been around for thousands of years, it is still a relatively for thousands of years, it is still a relatively young phenomenon in the United States. Growing over the last 30 years, holistic services and medicine are becoming more accepted in today's society. Offering unique holistic services can help you differentiate your salon. From reiki and reflexology to hot stone and oil therapies, learning more about holistic services might just be your way to salon enlightenment.
Jade Stone Therapeutic Massage & Green Tea Detoxifying Foot Bath
Salon: Le Petite Retreat Day Spa
Location: Los Angeles
Owners: Ben and Lysa Kustek
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Details: The Jade Stone Therapeutic Massage is a Swedish-deep tissue combo massage that incorporates hot and cool jade stones that are massaged into the body. Heat helps to relax muscle tissue while the coolness helps reduce inflammation and flushes out toxins through the results that last longer than other massages.
The Green Tea Foot Bath is done in a large copper tub where chamomile essential oils and sea salts rich with trace minerals create an exfoliating treatment that cleanses and removes toxins from the skin.
Both services can be done outside in the bungalow with dim, natural light, or in the "getaway" rooms, with quiet ambiance and soft colors.
Holistic Foot and Leg Treatment with Hot Stones
Salon: The ESPA at the o
Location: Galway, Ireland
Owner: Gerry Barrett
Length: 1 hour and 10 minutes
Details: This holistic foot, leg, and nail treatment includes a gentle exfoliation and relaxing acupressure point massage with the appropriate aromatherapy massage oil incorporating hot stone therapy. The warm stones are lightly rubbed over the skin to ease muscle tension. The feet are then enveloped in warm paraffin wax to soften, deeply nourish, and condition the skin. An application of nail color is optional.
Clients can also enjoy one of the tepidariums offered at the ESPA. The tepidariums are warm lounge areas with nearby heated whirlpool baths where guests can relax before and after treatments.
Salon: Spirituality Spa, The Holistic Therapy Group
Location: Los Angeles
Owner: Sheryl Bard
Length: 45 minutes
Details: The word Reiki is made up of two Japanese characters, Rei, which is most often translated as "spiritually guided," and Ki (or chi), which means "life-force energy." It is one of the more widely known forms of energy healing, and involves unblocking "chi" to balance a person's energy system.
During the treatment, a Reiki practitioner places her hands gently on the client's clothed body or above it in the client's energy field. As the practitioner moves her hands through a series of specific positions, the flow of energy is shifted and past trauma stored in the body is released. The client then moves toward experiencing a more balanced state of mind. Reiki sessions are experienced differently by everyone but overall they are extremely relaxing. Clients report feeling some tingling, pulsating, or warmth in their bodies as their energy flow is unblocked. Reiki energy is often subtle, but major changes can be noticed over time
"Mohonk Red" Manicure and Pedicure
Salon: The Spa at Mohonk Mountain House
Location: New Paltz, N.Y.
Owner: The Smiley Family
Length: 40 minutes each
Details: This indulging treatment for the hands and feet begins with a refreshing soak with hazel extracts to symbolize the abundant hazel plants that are found throughout the property surrounding the Mohonk House. An herbal neck wrap is applied to relax the client, and a two-step exfoliation and rejuvenation treatment featuring a "Shawagunk Grit" mixture is applied as well. (The grit mixture is made from crushed rock of the Shawangunk mountain ridge where the house is located). Clients are then given a zen-inspired masque while their hands and feet are warmed by mitts and booties to further soften their hands and feet.
Nail buffing and a multi-step polish complete the service, and guests are invited to relax out on the veranda as the day comes to an end. A flacon of Mohonk's signature oil is given out as a gift to each guest as they leave.
Holistic C-Spa Pedicure
Salon: Le Cachet Holistic Day Spa
Location: New York City
Owner: Laszo Friedman
Length: 45 minutes
Details: The Holistic C-Spa Pedicure is administered while the client sits in a comfortable Jacuzzi chair that massages the entire back while jets in the footbath relax the feet.
A sea salt and organic seashell scrub is then applied to remove dead skin cells. The natural magnesium from the seashells helps heal wounds and damaged skin, and the sea salt acts as a natural exfoliator.
A seaweed mask with essential oils is spread over the feet and calves, and the mask is massaged into the skin to remove toxins and stimulate circulation.
An invigorating foot and leg massage caps off the service, with an end-result that leaves feet soft, well-groomed, and revitalized.
Ginger Lemongrass Thai Herb Ritual
Salon: Hair Apropos
Location: Chalfont, PA
Owner: Michael LaMaina
Length: 90 minutes
Details: The Ginger Lemongrass Thai Herb Ritual is an aromatic exfoliation that invigorates and energizes the body. During the treatment, the body is first wrapped in a ginger/lemongrass combination to both exfoliate and moisturize, and a scalp massage is also given to relax the client. The body is then rinsed lightly in a raindrop shower, and finally the heated Thai Herbal Poultice Massage is administered.
A heated rice cooker is used to warm up the herbal poultice (which is flown in from Thailand) and a sake candle is burned for ambiance. The ritual is performed in a signature Japanese soak room with a raindrop shower.
Chakra Balancing Aromatherapy Massage
Salon: The Crossings
Location: Austin, Texas
Owner: Ken and Joyce Beck
Length: 50-80 minutes
Details: The Chakra Balancing Aromatherapy Massage is a gentle and relaxing massage infused with aromatherapy to heal the body, mind, and spirit. The massage cleanses and balances the chakras using seven essential oils that are displayed in decorated clay pots. Each essential oil corresponds to one of the chakras.
The service is performed in one of the spa's standard private treatment rooms, and according to the owners, clients from all demographics enjoy it on a regular basis.
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Puff n' Stuff is the preferred caterer of the Orlando Science Center and we thought we'd tell you a little bit about them from our perspective! Our Event Coordinators are on-site events all evening and have to eat at some point. We get to try many different kinds of food from all of our certified caterers so we know our catering!
Without fail, Puff n' Stuff consistently delivers excellent service and delicious food, from the first contact to the end of your event, Puff n' Stuff is always there to please. These displays were for a recent wedding reception in our DinoDigs exhibit, catered by Puff n' Stuff. As you can see, Puff n' Stuff's attention to detail begins from the first client contact to the last minute of your special event.
Puff n' Stuff is notorious for some delicious food stations that we've had the pleasure of having on-site. Most recently they dazzled us with a flaming doughnut station. Glazed doughnuts were sauteed in a rum sauce, then served with a coffee ice cream – the perfect combo!
At another event, they amazed us with glowing ice cubes in our interactive exhibit, Our Planet Our Universe. The glow of the ice cubes matched the blue uplights in the room, creating an amazing atmosphere around our suspended globe exhibit piece which was the focal point of the dinner reception.
Be sure to contact Puff n' Stuff for your next special event!
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Sarah's intrigued to hear that Karl is going to the concert in place of Martin. Gail is delighted to be asked to babysit Bethany. Steve desperately tries to find another wedding venue at such short notice. Fiz tricks Les into admitting that there's nothing wrong with Chesney. Fiz threatens to tell everyone how Cilla tried the same trick to get money out of a shopkeeper when Fiz was nine. Steve manages to book Walcot Manor, Karen's original choice of venue. He'd refused as it was too expensive, but now tells a delighted Karen that he's changed their plans as she deserves nothing but the best. Todd is reluctant to discuss Karl when Sarah quizzes him. Maria hijacks Claire for a drink and tells her that Ashley's been missing her. Norris is frustrated when Rita refuses to change her mind about selling The Kabin via the Estate Agents. Rita is amazed when Cilla tells her that she's dropping the compensation claim. Tracy admits to Steve that she was the one who'd cancelled the wedding. He warns her to stay out of his life when she suddenly starts having intense labour pains.
Regular cast
- Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
- Karen McDonald - Suranne Jones
- Gail Platt - Helen Worth
- Sarah Platt - Tina O'Brien
- Blanche Hunt - Maggie Jones
- Tracy Barlow - Kate Ford
- Hayley Cropper - Julie Hesmondhalgh
- Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
- Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
- Fiz Brown - Jennie McAlpine
- Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
- Les Battersby - Bruce Jones
- Cilla Brown - Wendi Peters
- Chesney Brown - Sam Aston
- Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
- Todd Grimshaw - Bruno Langley
- Martin Platt - Sean Wilson
- Katy Harris - Lucy-Jo Hudson
- Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
- Maria Sutherland - Samia Ghadie
- Claire Casey - Julia Haworth
- Joshua Peacock - Benjamin Beresford (Uncredited)
Guest cast
- Coronation Street exterior
- Rovers Return Inn - Public
- 5 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 7 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 8 Coronation Street - Downstairs rooms
- 12 Coronation Street - Living room
- The Kabin
- Street Cars
- 17a Victoria Street - Living room/kitchen
- 18a Victoria Street - Living room/kitchen
- From this episode Benjamin Beresford took over the role of Joshua Peacock from Brandon Jackson, who had made his final appearance as the character on 21st January 2004. Beresford had previously appeared in the role for a number of episodes in November 2003.
- TV Times synopsis: Steve and Tracy both end up getting more than they bargained for; Fiz gives Cilla a taste of her own medicine; and Sarah becomes suspicious about Katy's date.
- Viewing Figures: UK broadcast - 13,980,000 viewers (5th place).
Notable dialogue
Karen McDonald: "What do you think of that? I've got a bridesmaid that used to be a bloke! I'm telling you, my wedding has got everything!"
Les Battersby (to Cilla Brown): "You don't get it do you? People like Rita. She's lived round here for ages. She's a popular woman."
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Highland Park Subdivision
Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia
Sandy and Judy Hines
Location: The subdivision is located towards the end of Hammonds Plains Road, not far from St. Margaret's Bay, about 25 kms from the edge of Halifax city limits and 12 kms to Bedford. Located about 3 kms to the Hubley Center Shopping Center and St. Margaret's Bay Arena and Community Center .
Advantages: Well established subdivision. Large lots of at least half an acre. Lake in subdivision.
Age of houses: Some houses here were built late 1970's and early 1980 but many have been built since. Some new construction still available in the subdivision. One of the first subdivisions in Hammonds Plains.
Style of housing available: All single family detached houses are available here including split entry, side split and two storey homes. Some are on the lake.
Some of the streets in subdivision: Pinetree, Chalamont, Juniper, Westwind, Old Mill, Sylvania, Carmel, Shelby, Weaver, Haverstock, Blue Jay, Sunnyview, Kingsway, Kimara, Kata, Timberlane
Schools: Hammonds Plains Consolidated (p-5), Madelaine Symonds Middle School (6-9), CP Allen High in Bedford (10-12).
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Sunday, June 21, 2015
State Of Mind - Original Hate 7"
If anybody has any additional info on this band, please leave a comment. Thank you!
State Of Mind - Original Hate 7"
8 comments:
- A.J. said...
Thanks, it's quite good, I only knew the dutch State of Mind (great and very underrated band).
Offtopic: is there any chance that you could post a digital rip of your Grin - Part Of Me 7"? It's almost impossible to find anywhere on the internet so I checked Discogs for any familiar names among those who have that record and it turned out that you have it. I found it in a few distros and on eBay, but I don't collect vinyls, and Soulseek didn't find any mp3s.
- June 23, 2015 at 12:28 AM
- XhcnoirX said...
The Dutch State Of Mind was awesome yes, both live and on record.
I'll put the Grin 7" on my to-post list. My Discogs list is far from complete, so don't hesitate to request stuff here, you never know :)
- June 23, 2015 at 12:44 PM
- A.J. said...
Thank you!
- June 23, 2015 at 2:08 PM
- Anonymous said...
Another request: Mindset 7" please! :)
- June 23, 2015 at 10:49 PM
- AVERSIONLINE said...
The fun fact here is that the vocalist is actually Steve Makita, later of Apartment 213 and Lockweld. I believe this was their only release.
- June 25, 2015 at 12:09 PM
- XhcnoirX said...
Ah, awesome! That's indeed a 'fun fact', thanxxx for mentioning it!
- June 25, 2015 at 12:19 PM
- Anonymous said...
Please reupload.
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- XhcnoirX said...
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2016 has proved to be another successful year for the Irish funds industry. Notwithstanding increased geopolitical uncertainty, an increase in both (i) asset levels and (ii) number of funds are each reflective of the Irish funds industry's continuing and sustained growth.
Asset levels in Irish domiciled funds now stand at approximately €6.3 trillion across 1,980 funds.[1]
Contributing to this success has been the Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicle ("ICAV"). The ICAV was introduced in March 2015 and has quickly established itself as the most popular vehicle for asset managers forming Irish funds. Approximately 70% of all funds authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland (the "CBI") since its introduction last year have been incorporated as ICAVs. Maples and Calder ("Maples") are the leading ICAV legal adviser with approximately 32% market share for all ICAVs authorised to date by the CBI.
2016 Irish Funds Report
Maples have maintained the ranking as the number one legal adviser to Irish serviced funds, as set out in the recently published Monterey Insight Ireland Fund Report 2016 (the "2016 Irish Funds Report"). This marks the fourth consecutive year that Maples has been ranked first in this category.
Maples are the acknowledged market leader in the establishment of new Irish domiciled funds with a 27% share of new business, according to the 2016 Irish Funds Report. Maples have advised on more new Irish fund launches than any other law firm for the seventh consecutive year.
Maples now advise 950 Irish domiciled funds (21% of the overall market) and added 187 funds during 2015-2016. This represents 25% growth, year-on-year, in terms of the overall number of Irish funds advised – making Maples the fastest growing firm in the Irish funds market.
Key Trends
Advising on more new Irish funds than any other law firm places Maples at the cutting edge of product innovation, market trends and regulatory policy issues. It also enables us to generate our Key Trends Report on the Irish Funds market.
2017 Outlook
We expect to see the growth levels in Irish funds continue in the form of further fund launches during 2017. In particular, we have seen a significant rise in UK-based deal flow in 2016 and we expect that trend to continue strongly in 2017.
We also look foward to potential reforms to Irish private equity rules and partnership legislation. Other trends are likely to include continued growth in UCITS, liquid alternatives and AIFMD compliant master-feeder structures for global marketing.
[1] Central Bank of Ireland, Q3 2016 statistics.
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Tragic details emerged today of the troubled lives of the two teenage girls who leaped to their deaths from a bridge after going missing from a care home near Glasgow.
Niamh Lafferty, 15, from Helensburgh, and Georgia Rowe, 14, originally from Hull, died after jumping hand in hand from the Erskine bridge over the river Clyde, a few miles from the Good Shepherd residential care home in Bishopton where they had been staying.
Both, it has emerged, had lived chaotic and difficult lives. Friends and family of Niamh told reporters she had been deeply affected by the death of her boyfriend in February. Jonny McKernan, who was also from Helensburgh and also known to social services, died at the age of 16, reportedly of a drug overdose.
A friend of the Lafferty family told a local news agency that an incident in which Niamh's father was badly hurt in a fight and a subsequent court case had also taken its toll on the teenager, who more commonly used the anglicised spelling of her name, Neve.
A report in a local newspaper in 2006 said Paul Lafferty was cleared of murder following a fight in which a man died. Lafferty, the report said, suffered 17 stab wounds as he defended himself during the altercation, and his heart had stopped twice. He had claimed self-defence and was found not guilty by the court.
"The lassie had to go through her dad being in court for murder and then her boyfriend dying. It was no wonder she was mixed up," said the friend, who didn't want to be named. "She went off the rails a bit and was hurting herself. That's how she ended up getting counselling at that school."
Today, Niamh's mother, Collette, was said to be too distressed to talk about her daughter's death but, through a friend of the family, said she had yet to hear a proper explanation as to what had happened and was waiting for more details.
"Collette is in pieces," the friend told a local news agency. "She is completely devastated and just isn't ready to say anything yet, she's too upset."
Roy Walker, the manager of the secure unit where Georgia had lived in Hull before moving to the Good Shepherd centre, spoke of a "larger-than-life young woman" who had "a range of difficulties in her life".
She had been placed in the now closed Sutton Place secure children's centre for her own protection, Walker said.
"Georgia had a number of difficulties in her life but she was dealing with them very well. She was beginning to face up to the issues in her life, she was beginning to move forward."
Asked about whether he could have anticipated her suicide, he said: "Georgia was one for making a bit of a show at times and talking very openly at times but I didn't see anything in her that would indicate she would do something like this. I can't put together what happened on Sunday night with the girl we knew and her love of life."
A spokesman for Max Clifford Associates confirmed that the PR firm had been engaged to represent Georgia's family.
Expressions of shock and emotion have centred on the girls' pages on Bebo, where friends, relatives and strangers left messages of sympathy. Niamh's page carried prominent photos of the teenager with her late boyfriend, along with tributes to him which she had apparently penned herself. One read: "Me Nd Yhoo Are Friends … Yhoo Fight, I Fight … Yhoo Hurt I Hurt … Yhoo Cry ,I Cry … Yhoo Jump Off I Bridge ill Miss Yhoo!!" The couple have been described as "inseparable" before his death. David Rowe wrote on Georgia's Bebo page: "georgia a know we havent spoke in a very long time but u'll always be ma wee cousin an a love u. Hope ur in a better place now. R.I.P".
Other posts on the sites, dating from before their deaths, hint at exuberant if chaotic lives.
A spokeswoman for Argyll and Bute council said it had been involved in the care of McKernan in the past and was still in touch with him on a voluntary basis when he died.
Hull council confirmed that Georgia had been known to the city's social services from a very early age, though she had spent much of her childhood in Scotland. It added that her return to the Strathclyde area in April had formed part of her care plan.
A spokeswoman said the teenager had "quite a complex set of circumstances, which we are not at liberty to go in to".
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Setting foot in Taiwan
We gathered a list of tool and services to help you to tap into the Taiwan market
Set foot in the local ecosystem
with our Immersion & Mentoring Programs
Business France Taiwan aims at supporting French startups and SMEs to develop strategic partnerships and market positioning in Taiwan through a variety of services provided by our experts in the Tech sector. We organize full programs on BtoB meetings or press conferences for single companies upon request as well as some collective missions and a yearly major event in connection with our colleagues in Japan and Korea: the French Tech Tour North east Asia.
Participating start-ups attend mentoring sessions regularly held at each local city. The sessions invite mentors from industry experts such as entrepreneurs, executives, VCs, and designers based in Asia, Europe, and the US. The topics covered in the mentoring sessions are diversified including marketing, advertising, product growth, product design, legal, fundraising, hiring, and pitch.
CCEs share their expertise with companies, in particular with SMEs, whom they mentor and support on a voluntary basis in their international development. They contribute their hands-on knowledge and enable SMEs to understand more easily all aspects of an export strategy and how to exploit the channels which will facilitate their international development.
We are qualified to do prospection, identification and linking with potential clients, partners or any other commercial entities. We provide sourcing, interpretors, market studies, mentoring and advices for SME and sartups.
Find a place to work
Co-working spaces & Incubators - Our partners in Taiwan
First private accelerator & incubator in Asia, AppWorks was established in 2010 to first support the development of Taiwanese (early stage) startups in the software development sector, and to help them find their business model and target their market.
Innosquare is the one-stop service incubator of New Taipei City for entrepreneurs in the mobile sensor, APP, Media marketing, Gaming, ICT, IoT... sectors
Center for Innovation Taipei
CIT offers some small offices and coworking space to international startups (Plan B), maker space (Fablab Taipei) and acceleration and access to investment services (MOX).
IAPS provide accelerator program for high-tech startups to develop domestic and international networking cross varied industries and countries. Over 100 startups per year will participate MOEA project, MOE project and Innosquare carried by IAPS. We offers one on one mentoring, CEO pitching, CxO joint diagnosis, angel investors matching , startups road show, IoT startups ranch...etc. Since 2016, IAPS Award recognize excellent startups within our entrepreneurial ecosystem to celebrate their successful stories.
Our Business Center can provide space and comprehensive services for 25 SME and startups, from which 12 in open desk configuration. We offers visa/working permit assistance, company incorporation, payroll, recruitment services...
A unique and inspirational space where resources can be clustered and shared by like-minded creators who can support each other . Not just another shared office space or café, but a growing community with networking events, talks, and other fun social activities.
ITRI's Incubation Center in Hsinchu is the first incubator founded in Taiwan. Since its establishment in 1996, the center has taken on the mission of offering assistance to high-tech startups.


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At Leonard Law, our goal is to use every available tool to ensure the protection of your rights as a consumer. Whether we accomplish our goal via the bankruptcy process, by building a debt settlement plan, through stopping harassing calls from creditors or by helping you keep your home is unimportant. What is important is that we get to the root of your financial issue and guide you in making the right decisions for your future.
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1. The group in the North which was most dangerous to the Union cause was the
A. Peace Democrats.
B. Radical Republicans.
C. War Democrats.
D. Free Soil Party.
E. African Americans.
2. After the Civil War, the South gained more representation in Congress because
A. the three-fifths compromise was repealed when slaves were freed.
B. the South lost fewer voters in proportion to the North as casualties in the Civil War.
C. carpetbaggers moving south artificially swelled the population.
D. blacks voted in higher percentages than whites.
E. more states were added to the Union in the South than in the North.
3. "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the states wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of the of citizens of the United States, nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
The above quotation is a key clause in the
A. Black Code of South Carolina.
B. Gettysburg Address.
C. 13th Amendment to the Constitution.
D. 14th Amendment to the Constitution.
E. 15th Amendment to the Constitution.
4. As a result of the Civil War, the Northern economy d, 477-8
A. emerged more prosperous than ever before.
B. became dependent upon international trade.
C. became so prosperous that unscrupulous business practices were dramatically reduced.
D. greatly helped the day laborer.
E. saw industrial profits improve but agricultural profits fall.
5. The Civil War resulted in which of the following?
A. expanded federal powers in taxation.
B. increased influence for the federal courts.
C. the creation of the first federal social welfare agency.
D. the end of slavery.
E. all of the above are true.
6. The purpose of the Force Act of 1871 was to
A. ban the use of terror, force, or bribery by the Ku Klux Klan to prevent blacks from voting.
B. force South Carolina to accept the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
C. force the last Federal Troops from the South in exchange for acquiescence to the election of Rutherford Hayes as president.
D. collect the last of the Plains Indians and remove them to reservations in order to enable white settlement of the Great Plains.
E. ban the use of the crop-lien system to re-enslave blacks.
7. Radical Republican state governments
A. did little of value.
B. passed much desirable legislation and badly needed reforms.
C. were more corrupt than Northern state governments.
D. had all their reforms repealed by all-white "redeemer" governments.
E. collapsed before the end of the 1860s due to lack of tax revenue.
8. Which state declared its neutrality in the Civil War?
A. Oklahoma
B. Nebraska
C. Nevada
D. Indiana
E. Kentucky
9. In the 1866 congressional elections,
A. President Johnson conducted a highly successful "swing around the circle" tour.
B. radicals replaced moderates as the dominant faction in Congress.
C. voters endorsed the congressional approach to Reconstruction.
D. Republicans lost majority control of Congress.
E. the South voted strongly Democratic.
10. Robert E. Lee decided to invade the North through Pennsylvania in order to
A. deliver a decisive blow to strengthen the Northern peace movement.
B. force the Union to ease its blockade of the South.
C. cut Northern supply lines.
D. stir northern draft resisters to revolt.
E. seize Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.


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It is time to submit proposals for Tracks, Practice Spaces and Network Gatherings for the 15th annual Allied Media Conference, June 20-23, 2013 in Detroit. This is your opportunity to shape the major content areas of the AMC and make sure that this year's conference is awesome.
Ready to apply now? Head over to AMPtalk to submit your proposal.
The experience of coordinating an AMC Track was truly awesome. I loved feeling so welcome and that all coordinators seemed to be totally invested in the common goal of making the AMC awesome. I got so much support outside of our network gathering coordinators group - everyone helped!
- AMC2012 Coordinator
Before you submit your proposal, consider the questions:
- What seeds were planted at AMC2012 that could be nurtured into an amazing Track, Network Gathering or Practice Space at AMC2013?
- How can we build upon the amazingness of returning Tracks, Network Gatherings and Practice Spaces?
- What are some brand new ideas for Tracks, Network Gatherings and Practice Spaces will embody AMP Network principles and advance our practices of media-based organizing? (we define "media-based organizing" as any collaborative process that uses media, art or technology to bring about a more just and creative world.
Once you have considered these questions, decide which content umbrella makes the most sense for your idea.
Tracks are series of up to 12 AMC sessions (aka workshops, strategy sessions, presentations or caucuses) that explore a focus area of media-based organizing. They should contain a mix of hands-on skill-sharing, strategy and theory. For example, last year's Webmaking Track included the sessions "Bake Your Own Website" (skill-sharing), "Keeping Track:Surveillance and Organizing" (strategy) and "Civic Hacking for Self-Governance" (theory). A track must be open and broadly relevant to the AMC community as a whole.
Network Gatherings are day-long mini-conferences on the Thursday before the AMC for focused strategy conversations within networks. They may be a convening point for established networks or the launch pad for brand-new ones. They also provide an 'orientation' for groups to get their bearings and to plan how to get the most out of the AMC, before diving in. A track may be open to the whole AMC community or closed to specific groups.
Practice Spaces foster collaborative art and media projects, hands-on sessions and open studio time for participants throughout the weekend. It is a physical space in which to implement a practice that makes the conference more accessible, transformative and wonderful for everyone.
Review the descriptions of last year's Track, Network Gatherings and Practice Spaces, here.
Contact firstname.lastname@example.com if you have any additional questions, or if you'd like to bounce ideas off AMP staff before submitting your proposal.
Without further adieu, let the proposing begin!


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Bournville Parish Church
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Bournville Parish Church
The Parish Office, St Francis Centre, Sycamore Road, Bournville, Birmingham, B30 2AA
Parish Office : 0121 472 7215 (Ext. 2)
Vicarage : 0121 472 1209
Prayer of St. Francis Window
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The St. Francis Window faces west and spends a proportion of the year receiving direct sunlight and a further part of the year in the shade due to the surrounding trees and elements of the church in which it is situated. At night it is lit from without by flood lights which shine on the church after dark and in all these circumstances, whether seen from within, without or at any time of day or night, the window shows a different character. The colours chosen - the blues in particular - are traditionally regarded as being very spiritual in essence and were used a great deal in Chartres Cathedral and many other places in the medieval period. They resonate with the colours within and add to the peace and tranquillity of the church.
The Artist – Catherine Pinnock - writes:
"Painting with light" is the description that the artist Lawrence Lee, who produced the aisle windows of Coventry Cathedral, gave to the act of producing a stained glass window. It is very apt as glass is a highly kinetic medium with the changing seasons, weather and time of day all having a profound effect upon the finished work and upon the person who sees it. Glass is a wonderful medium for transcending what we take for granted and lifting our experience to new heights.
The St. Francis Window is a rendition of the first lines of the Prayer of St. Francis: "Lord Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace..." The window depicts doves ascending or descending with outstretched hands at the bottom and the words of the prayer etched into the glass as an integral part of the whole.
The window uses blues and purples in English antique glass - a form of glass made locally in nearby Alvechurch and the last remaining English glass-making workshop in the country. In addition the more humble and commonly available float glass is put to use - it has been taken and kiln-formed to produce uniquely textured glass for the doves and hands. The whole effect is one of rich colour and suggested motion which changes with every alteration of light.
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A study by MSCI on behalf of the South African Council of Shopping Centres (SACSC) shows that the current size of the South African retail market is estimated at around 23.4 million square metres of gross lettable area (GLA) across 1 959 individual shopping centres – ranking it in 8th position among the 43 countries forming part of the survey – just behind Australia and France. The top three countries in terms of shopping centre supply – the US, China & Canada – contribute a combined 77% to the overall figure.
South Africa also ranks as sub-Saharan Africa's most saturated retail market, representing 88% of the available space in the region. It has been established that around 69% of the aggregate shopping centre floor space can be attributed to multi-tenanted centres with gross lettable areas of 5 000 to 49 000 sqm while Regional and Super Regional Malls (those larger than 50 000 sqm) account for 22% of total shopping centre GLA. Other retail types account for the balance of around 9%. These include big-box retailers, airport retail as well as smaller freestanding and local convenience centres.
Commenting on the survey, Phil Barttram, executive director of MSCI, said; "MSCI's latest research, based on SACSC's shopping centre directory, provides a unique perspective of the linkage between expected retail mall space, economic activity and population densities. Our intention with this research is to provide an ongoing update on expected supply to the domestic market. It's always difficult to identify exactly which centres will complete, particularly within the smaller format shopping centres, but we felt it would be valuable to start the exercise. In addition, we feel that the SACSC Shopping Centre Directory is best placed to provide a consistent picture of upcoming supply when compared to previous years. The key take-outs of the analysis for me are finding that the centres being developed are substantially larger today than they were in 1990's and 2000's and secondly, that much of this space is coming into the larger metropoles and thereby competing with existing centres."


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Canada's top court will not weigh into the debate over whether Prime Minister Stephen Harper broke his own law setting fixed dates for federal elections.
The Supreme Court has denied leave to appeal to the group Democracy Watch, which contends Harper broke the law when he called a snap election in 2008, two years into his first mandate.
The court gave no reasons for its decision not to hear the case, which is its custom.
The law - introduced by Harper's government shortly after it won the 2006 election - set fixed dates for elections every four years.
The Federal Court rejected the group's argument in a ruling that was upheld by the Federal Court of Appeal.
Democracy Watch says the appeal court found the law is too vague to prevent the prime minister from calling an election whenever it suits his purpose.


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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Thousands of people voted across South Dakota on Tuesday for president, U.S. House and various ballot initiatives. Here's what they said about why they cast their votes:
- "I think we need change," said Brian Sather, 63, a Sioux Falls dentist who voted for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
- "There's nobody to vote for. I'd have voted for Mickey Mouse," said Russell Olson, 48, a Sioux Falls brewery owner who voted for Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson.
- "It's hard to lose a job, especially a job you loved," said Feras Derany, 30, a naturalized U.S. citizen from Syria and Sioux Falls resident who has been laid off. He said he voted for Romney because he thinks fewer jobs would be shipped overseas with Romney as president.
- "It's good to get them in the habit of voting," said Brendan Johnson, the U.S. attorney for South Dakota, who brought his 6-year-old and 9-year-old sons to the polling site he voted at and said his wife planned to take the boys with her when she voted later in the day.
- "He's smart. Obama wasn't handed anything great, but the country can't keep going like this," said Jan Fisher, 54, who works with the disabled in Sioux Falls and voted for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.
- "I like what the president is doing. I don't like Romney's ideas on taxes," said Chris Dorhout, 24, a book seller in Sioux Falls who voted for President Barack Obama.
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- "You don't take the general out of the Army just because he hasn't accomplished everything," said Darrell Duplex, 57, a Sioux Falls truck driver and veteran of Desert Storm who said Obama needs four more years to get the job done.
- "The repeal of Obama-care is important," said Tim Rabb, 53, a Sioux Falls chiropractor who voted for Romney for president.
- "I do believe teachers' pay should be based on how good a teacher they are, rather than how many years they've been there," said Christy Burrows, a 35-year-old hospital worker from Tea, explaining why she supports a ballot proposal for teacher merit pay.
- "I think if you're elected to that office, it's a requirement for you to attend those meetings, to listen to the debate," said Ryan Keller, a 32, an unemployed banker from Tea, explaining that he voted against U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem because she skipped some congressional committee meetings.
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Red Sake Opens Its Doors
A new stylish comfortable sushi restaurant, Red Sake, is now open along Fall Creek Road in the Fishers/Geist area, and if you haven't stopped in yet, it may be worth the trip to check it out!
Red Sake offers some of the typical sushi fare but with their own twist. The sushi rolls have some fun names, and there's also Vietnamese dishes and Hibachi grill items. But what sets Red Sake apart from some other sushi spots in the area is the bar — complete with its signature red wall and flat screen TVs!
"The bar has been a big hit," laughs owner Tim Breunig. "We make some special rolls for certain games such as our Buckeye and Spartan rolls for the Big Ten Championship game! We want it to be fun."
Geist resident Tim Breunig had been planning the opening of Red Sake with friend Dee (short for her long Vietnamese name) Balmorez for about two years after visiting her restaurant Kobe in southern Indiana. "I enjoyed her restaurant and thought we needed something like that here along this stretch of Fall Creek," says Tim.
On the night my daughter and I stopped in, they were serving up orders of Yakisoba, a Japanese dish, and Bulgogi, a sliced beef dish, but it was the sushi and names that stole the show!
We tried the "Fall Creek" sushi roll which is spicy crawfish wrapped in rice paper, the Red Sake roll which is a masterfully carved cucumber with fish cake inside and the 317 (yes, our area code) roll which was spicy crab with cream cheese and deep fried sweet chili, all ranging in price from $9-$15. My daughter's favorite roll was the "Crunch" which features shrimp tempura, crab and avocado topped with eel sauce.
You can get as crazy or as simple with the sushi rolls, so don't let some of the unique ingredients scare you off!
There's a great selection of hot and cold sakes including many of the new fruit flavored sakes. They also feature Cee Lo Green's favorite sake, TY KU (my favorite too).
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Rolta India Limited, a leading provider of innovative IT solutions for many vertical segments, including Federal and State Governments, Defence and Homeland Security, Utilities, Process, Power, Banking and Insurance, today announced unaudited financial results for quarter ended December 31, 2013 (Q2 FY-14).
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- Consolidated Revenue for Q2 FY-14 at Rs.759.17 cr (Rs.7.59 Billion) against Rs. 627.77 cr (Rs. 6.28 Billion) in Q1 FY-14, registering a Q-o-Q growth of 20.9% and Y-o-Y growth of 44.2%.
- Consolidated EBITDA for Q2 FY-14 at Rs. 285.06 cr (Rs. 2.85 Billion) against Rs. 239.34 cr (Rs. 2.39 Billion) in Q1 FY-14, registering a Q-o-Q growth of 19.1% and Y-o-Y growth of 32.5%.
- Consolidated Profit after Tax for Q2 FY-14 at Rs. 74.61 cr (Rs. 0.75 Billion) against Rs. 70.26 cr (Rs. 0.70 Billion) in Q1 FY-14, registering a Q-o-Q growth of 6.2% and Y-o-Y growth of 6.0%.
- Consolidated Revenue for six months FY-14 at Rs. 1,386.94 cr (Rs.13.87 Billion) against Rs. 996.62 cr (Rs. 9.97 Billion) in FY-13, registering a Y-o-Y growth of 39.2%.
- Consolidated EBITDA for six months FY-14 at Rs. 524.40 cr (Rs. 5.24 Billion) against Rs. 427.69 cr (Rs. 4.28 Billion) in FY-13, registering a Y-o-Y growth of 22.6%.
- Consolidated Profit after Tax for six months FY-14 at Rs. 144.87 cr (Rs. 1.45 Billion) against Rs. 133.60 cr (Rs. 1.34 Billion) in FY-13, registering a Y-o-Y growth of 8.4%.
- The Company had adopted July 1 to June 30 Financial Year as its accounting practice. The Companies Act 2013 has now prescribed a uniform Financial Year ending March 31 for all Indian Companies. The Company's Board of Directors has, therefore, decided to end the current financial year on March 31, 2014 (instead of June 30, 2014). Therefore, the current financial year will be for a period of nine months up to March 31, 2014. Subsequent financial years shall commence on April 1 and conclude on March 31.
Commenting on the results, Mr. K. K. Singh, Chairman and Managing Director said, "We are very pleased with the progress we are making in monetizing our investments in creating an IP-led business. We are now getting much larger orders, including repeat business from existing customers. These represent an expansion of the Company's footprint within customers' IT landscape, and include IP and annuity revenues, with on-going engagements for managed services."
The Company announced that its Promoters increased their share holding in the Company from around 40% to over 50% through creeping acquisitions over the last three years. The Promoters continue to increase their holdings further through creeping acquisitions in line with SEBI guidelines. This is evidence of the confidence that the Promoters have in the business model of the Company, the superiority of its offerings, and the growth potential of the Company.
Rolta's products and solutions are receiving increasing attention from industry analysts. Rolta OneView was positioned by NASSCOM/Frost & Sullivan in the top right "Exemplars" quadrant in their Product Excellence Matrix ("PEM") for Analytics products in their report published in November 2013. Exemplars are defined as: " vendors that have a well-defined growth strategy and successful execution plan". In a second PEM that reflects the market focus from "narrow" to "wide", and level of maturity in the market from "entry" level to "established", Rolta OneView was once again placed in the top right quadrant, conveying that it is an established product with wide applicability in many vertical segments.
Rolta's strategic partnership with SAP announced in this quarter is a noteworthy development not only because it is another testimonial of the Company's differentiated offerings for Business Intelligence (BI), Big Data and Analytics, but also for the scope of the alliance. Under the agreement, Rolta will provide customers across the world with cutting-edge solutions designed to exploit the power of SAP technology by combining Rolta's products with almost the complete database and technology portfolio offered by SAP. This effectively enables Rolta to sell SAP products cost-effectively, bundled with its own IP anywhere across the world without having to depend on SAP's distribution channels.
On the other hand, Rolta is working with SAP to have Rolta OneView included in their "Preferred Partner Solution" program as a precursor to its inclusion in the SAP global price-book. This will enable SAP's global sales force to sell the Rolta solution, which will dramatically increase the market penetration of Rolta OneView as it will reach SAP's 250,000+ customers.
Rolta has transformed its data center to a world-class private Cloud infrastructure with 100% virtualization. Besides providing scalability and agility to Rolta's own organization, it is also used for delivering Rolta solutions and IP on the Cloud. Rolta is working to make Rolta OneView and its many other solutions available on SaaS (software as a service) model by leveraging Rolta GeoCloud.
Rolta continues to win projects in the areas of Geospatial, Engineering, IT and Defence & Security, even more so when it is able to combine its strengths in these areas. This is true for all geographical regions, vindicating Rolta's strategy of offering preconfigured but customized solutions that leverage Rolta's deep domain knowledge, its intellectual property, IT expertise and industry focus. Rolta has strengthened its position in significant industry segments like Banking, Finance, Insurance, Manufacturing, Retail and Healthcare, apart from the traditional Rolta segments like, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Government, Infrastructure, and Defense & Security, where it remains strong. The pipeline is, therefore, steadily undergoing a qualitative improvement, with larger, more sophisticated projects and greater contribution from Rolta IP.
Defense and Homeland Security:
In the Defence and Homeland Security (HLS) sector, the Company has continued to strengthen its leadership.
For example, Rolta is one of the few companies who have been invited to respond to the largest C2 defence 'Make India' program being undertaken by the Indian Army (estimated to be worth over Rs. 30,000 Crores / $ 5.0 Bn). With its incumbent software provider status, state-of-the-art indigenous GIS and C2 software that has been deployed and proven operationally at various field formations and cutting-edge communication solutions, Rolta is in an exceptional position to address this project. In fact, some of the world's leading defence contractors have approached Rolta to not only partner the Company for this program but to also source Rolta software and solutions for their global projects.
Major HLS organizations have continued to repose confidence in Rolta's offerings with even more police forces in different cities/states, like Mumbai, Chandigarh, UP and Maharashtra finalizing on the Company's sophisticated solutions.
Enterprise Geospatial and Engineering Solutions:
Rolta continues to win projects for Engineering Information Management from various verticals within the process industry. These include assignments for as-built modeling to create repositories of validated data that serve as the foundation for enterprise level BI and Analytics.
Similarly, the Company continues to make significant inroads with its geospatial solutions. The Company won a prestigious $25M+ project for 3D city modeling from Abu Dhabi City Municipality. This is an ambitious project designed to fulfill the challenges of sophisticated analysis and simulation for town planning, infrastructure development, environmental management, homeland security and emergency response. Rolta will leverage its Geospatial Fusion solution framework and various special-purpose software tools.
Rolta is seeing increased traction in the area of 3D modeling, with focus shifting towards building a mapping infrastructure that can help to improve citizen services, including safety and security. There are many municipal and government bodies actively pursuing similar approaches. In fact, Rolta has already received another order for 3D City modeling in Saudi valued at $4M+. Similarly, another example is an innovative solution for a 3D Soil Mapping system built on the Rolta Geospatial Fusion platform in Dubai, which incorporates predictive analytics and 3D visualization capabilities. As an early mover in this complex field with a proven track record, Rolta is well placed to get significant business from other customers in in this specialized segment worth hundreds of millions dollars.


text: Deby fears the Central African Republic will be destabilised too Deby, speaking late on Monday after a two-hour meeting with Central African Republic President Francois Bozize, said: "I do not rule out the Khartoum government repeating another aggression against Chad." Such an attack was being planned at al-Ginana in western Sudan, "where Sudan has sent a motorised column some 50 vehicles strong", Deby declared. "We strongly fear that through these actions the CAR (Central African Republic) will also be destabilised," he added. Deby has called for an extra-ordinary meeting of the Economic and Monetary Group of Central African Countries to address the situation. De-escalation bidAljazeera reports that the African Union on Saturday said it sent a delegation to Chad and Sudan in an attempt to defuse the tension. The Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) had on Sunday urged Sudan and Chad to exercise self-restraint to defuse the rapidly escalating tension between the two neighbours. OIC's Ihsanoglu has urged Chadand Sudan to defuse tensions The secretary-general of the world's largest Islamic body, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, said the two countries should "demonstrate self-restraint and calm the situation", after Ndjamena's accusation that Khartoum was trying to destabilise its government. The AU said on Saturday it had sent a delegation to Chad and Sudan in an attempt to defuse tensions as Chad declared it was in a "state of belligerence" with Sudan. Accusations The mission was sent as already strained ties between the two nations plummeted on Friday with Chad's declaration, after increasingly bitter accusations have been lobbed back and forth by the two capitals. Ndjamena charges that Khartoum is trying to destabilise Chad by hosting rebels and a growing number of Chadian army deserters in western Sudan, from where an attack was launched on Adre on 18 December 2006. Several new rebel groups have sprung up recently in eastern Chad, a region ingulfed by about 200,000 refugees from the civil war in Sudan's Darfur region. Khartoum had accused Ndjamena of deploying planes and troops on its territory before the latest incident. SOURCE: Aljazeera + Agencies


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LLS drought information workshops help thousands of farmers
Many central west farmers experienced extreme hardship due to the drought last year and continue to do so in 2019.
But an organisation's drought information workshops in 2018 aimed to provide landholders with various resources needed to help get them through the difficult time and they plan to provide help this year too.
In the last six months, Local Land Services staff visited 3012 landholders for one-on-one consultations, 19,058 landholders sought advice over the phone and 13,556 landholders attended an event, workshop or course.
The sessions varies from workshops to courses and were held in places such as Wellington, Bathurst and Mudgee.
As of January 8, 2019, more than 99 per cent of NSW was impacted by the drought, according to the Department of Primary Industries Combined Drought Indicator map.
In the Central West, 59.5 per cent of the region was in drought and 35.7 per cent was in intense drought.
It wasn't much better in the Western region with 100 per cent of it drought impacted.
LLS Chair Richard Bull said the workshops tailored to suit the region they were run in, as landholders faced different issues in different parts of the state.
"Topics that were consistent across all regions included supplementary feeding advice in terms of rations and fodder advice especially in regards to trying different types of fodder," Mr Bull said.
"Animal health concerns were also constant, with our veterinarians providing advice and diagnose of diseases and conditions often common in drought years, such as acidosis (grain poisoning)."
Mr Bull said towards the end of the year many parts of the state received bad dust storms and continue to do so in 2019.
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"Our staff have been talking with landholders about what to keep an eye out for in their livestock following a storm event," he said.
"Our role during drought remains the same as any year - to assist landholders."
Local Land Services will continue to deliver events, workshops and courses in 2019 to ensure landholders have the information and advice to make informed decisions during drought, Mr Bull said.
"We have teams of veterinarians, livestock and pasture experts so for any land managers needing advice, please reach out to your closest office," he said.


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Bridesmaids signalled a small surge in female-lead movies.
If you're anything like me, then you probably like reading depressing statistics about the state of "women in film" and then whipping yourself into apoplexies of rage about it all. Fortunately it's been a banner year for discussions on that front, since the 2013 cinema landscape is one so heavily populated by men that in a Freudian typo I just wrote "ladscape".
You probably read Linda Holmes terrific - if grim - piece for NPR, At The Movies, The Women Are Gone back in June. (I have, many times, shaking my head slowly each time.) Holmes said, of the early summer releases of the year (pre female-led The Heat): "In many, many parts of the country right now, if you want to go to see a movie in the theater and see a current movie about a woman — any story about any woman that isn't a documentary or a cartoon — you can't. You cannot. There are not any. You cannot take yourself to one, take your friend to one, take your daughter to one. There are not any."
(Indeed, sometimes it feels as though the only place I can see films of this ilk - i.e. ones that feature women as protagonists - is on my laptop whenever Netflix comes up with hyper-specific custom genres like "Emotional Period Pieces Featuring a Strong Female Lead".)
Stinker ... Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds in R.I.P.D Photo: Scott Garfield
Spurred on by Holmes' piece, Vulture's Amanda Dobbins did some research: was 2013 significantly worse for women on screen than previous years? Her findings, which manage somehow to be simultaneously surprising and deadeningly predictable, are: no, it's been like this for about a quarter of a century.
Focusing strictly on wide-release films (ones that were shown on a minimum of 1000 screens across the USA in the more recent era, and on 500 or more from 1993 back through 1989), Dobbins assessed the percentage of films released that featured one woman in a co-starring role, more than one woman in a co-starring role, and women in starring roles.
You may be heartened to know that much like end of the world scenarios, alien invasions, animations about insects, and found footage horror movies, "women", it turns out, are just another Hollywood trend.
Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon in Thelma and Louise.
Dobbins says of her findings: "What's interesting to note here is that movies about women are essentially a trend, like movies about archery or the apocalypse. The 2011 peak was the year of both Bridesmaids and The Help (Bad Teacher was also in there, riding on Bridesmaids' girls-get-raunchy coattails); the 1992 peak was a year after the release of Thelma and Louise, as if studios suddenly realized that women could star in successful movies, too. And then the studios got excited about some other trend, and the starring roles for women disappeared again."
So far in 2013, just 32% of wide-release movies has a female starring role (in stark contrast to 1992's 53%, thanks to the aforementioned Thelma and Louise effect). Commenters and armchair commentators have already bleated that "you" should be happy with that percentage, which reminds me of those stats about perception of groups of women that the Geena Davis Institute on Gender In Media has often mentioned, as Davis herself did on NPR: "We just heard a fascinating and disturbing study, where they looked at the ratio of men and women in groups. And they found that if there's 17 percent women, the men in the group think it's 50-50. And if there's 33 percent women, the men perceive that as there being more women in the room than men."
In other words, there are probably some men checking out both the lineup at the local megaplex and Dobbins' graphs, and thinking that the 2013 cinematic "ladscape" is, in fact, being overrun by women in starring roles.
I've taken some comfort in knowing that James Wan's The Conjuring - which features terrific lead performances from Vera Farmiga and Lili Taylor (not to mention the five young actresses who play Taylor's onscreen daughters) - has been destroying the competition at the US box office this past week.
The period frightfest, which had a budget of $20 million, has already raked in over $41.5m in its first week of release. What of its mostly-male competition? As Brookes Barnes notes in a roundup of this summer's mega-budget bombs, "Universal's R.I.P.D., which starred Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds as ghost cops, took in a disastrous $12.8 million, for seventh place. Universal said the movie cost $130 million (not including marketing), but the Hollywood trade news site Deadline.com said the actual price was $154 million."
Already this year Steven Spielberg has discussed (in a talk given at USC's School of Cinematic Arts) the fact that repeated big-budget flops will soon "change the paradigm" when it comes to how the studios approach picking projects: "There's eventually going to be an implosion — or a big meltdown. There's going to be an implosion where three or four or maybe even a half-dozen megabudget movies are going to go crashing into the ground."
This could mean a lot of different outcomes - Spielberg reckons that cable television is the new frontier for imaginative "filmmaking" but I can't help thinking about that line in Holmes' essay: "You can apparently make an endless collection of high-priced action flops and everybody says 'win some, lose some' and nobody decides that They Are Poison, but it feels like every 'surprise success' about women is an anomaly and every failure is an abject lesson about how we really ought to just leave it all to The Rock."
Could this be, then, the year that - if we put the low percentage of films featuring women aside for a moment - Hollywood actually does decide that high-priced action flops are poison?
It's looking increasingly likely - and if films like The Conjuring and upcoming indies like Aubrey Plaza's teen sex comedy The To-Do List and Kristen Wiig's new low-key dramedy Girl Most Likely continue to do well, it might just become that little bit less impossible to get a studio, producer or distributor to sit up and listen to pitches about films featuring women.


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Once you have your Windows account, you still need to activate on the Linux server in order to get access to Email(Math.ucla.edu), Public printers in MS building, and software licenses for currently active accounts.
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Aloo GobiThis spiced cauliflower and potato recipe cooks in one pan, making it a hassle-free weeknight side dish.
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4 ears of corn, do not shuck (or 2 1/2 cups frozen corn for the non-grill option)
1 large red bell pepper
1 5-inch long zucchini, sliced in half lengthwise
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