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عنوان مقاله [English]
Urban spaces are the living places of a wide range of people, individually and collectively. Markets are considered an urban space, the center of economy, culture and historical heritage of every city, which simultaneously with the profound physical and social changes of the modern era in Iranian cities, with a decrease in value, and have faced economic, social, and physical continuity. Examining and studying the factors that cause these changes in historical markets is necessary so that the traditional market, as a manifestation of the Iranian urban space, will be able to bring the concept of the collective spirit of the place in the best way, because it is the focus of cultural heritage and historical preservation. As an example of an urban space with ancient history, Vakil Bazaar of Shiraz is an injury resulting from the incorrect imitation of the western urban planning culture, ignoring the structure of Iranian-Islamic urban planning. In general, the Vakil Bazaar and the Zandiye complex in Shiraz are among the places that bear the burden of the city's mental life and memories. Many of the characteristics and features of this market have suffered a sharp decline in quality, or in some cases, they have disappeared altogether. Investigating and analyzing how the behavioral patterns of users change in old and historical urban spaces, such as Vakil Bazaar, is of undeniable importance; because these spaces can greatly contribute to the endogenous and sustainable development of the city in various cultural, social and economic dimensions by taking advantage of the valuable heritage capabilities and capacities in addition to their social capital. Therefore, the current research has been carried out with the aim of interpreting and explaining the evolution of behavioral patterns in the Vakil Bazaar. In line with the main goal of the research, two questions are raised:
- What behavior patterns have emerged from businesses, customers, and passers-by in the Vakil Bazaar?
-In what direction have the changes in the behavioral and action system of people using the Vakil Bazaar gone in the last few years?
In order to achieve the goal of the research, in general, in this research, the questioning strategy was used to analyze the meaning of the actors' actions and understand their mental world. Collaborative observation and in-depth interviews (41 people, including 19 men and 22 women) were considered with the aim of empathetic introspection with the activists. In-depth interviews of 45 to 120 minutes were conducted in a semi-structured manner with the main carriers of the Bazaar, including various business groups and citizens present in the space, which were recorded during the interview and implemented afterward. In the selection of the interviewees, having lived experience in the Vakil Bazaar environment and being more prepared to be involved in the research were considered general conditions. Along with the gradual formation of data and the achievement of content richness, they have been implemented to categorize the findings of the interviews, and in the next step, the hidden content of the interviews was interpreted with the help of the qualitative content analysis method, and the researchers went beyond the words or the objective content of the interview texts and extracted the mentioned themes or patterns of behavior. Then, the stages of determining the initial coding, finding the relationship between them and the categories (in relation to the conceptual model of the research) took place. In general, the method of qualitative content analysis was carried out in three key phases: a) preparation, b) organization, and c) reporting of results.
Results and discussion
After extracting the unit of meaning, compressing words or similar sentences in a phrase, and coding, codes were extracted, which were placed in different classes (categories and subcategories) according to conceptual and thematic relevance. The codes extracted from interviews with marketers and other market carriers were generally divided into three categories: 1) the field of seller-customer interaction, 2) the field of seller-seller interaction, and 3) the field of passerby interaction. The findings show that the subcategories of "duality of overt and implicit encounter" and "feeling of security and intimateness" in the field of seller-customer interaction, subcategories of "socialization" and "socio-emotional bonding" in the field of seller-seller interaction and subcategories of "cultural age" and "sense of belonging and ownership of space" in the field of the mutual action of passersby in the present and past have differences. In order, the subcategories of "socialization" with 387 codes, "cultural age" with 305 codes, and "socio-emotional relationship" with 147 codes had the highest weight among the extracted subcategories, which are included in the components of the social relations network, sustainable patterns of activity and semantic perceptual system, respectively, and show changes regardless of the nature and historical values of the environment that should be included in the executive plans and urban management decisions.
In general, the identified behavioral patterns are the most interesting, unique, and valuable institutionalized behaviors among the country's Bazaars; each of these behaviors, from the smallest to the largest, carries an extensive meaning that has become an unwritten mission or an identity style of urban collective life. The position of the current research, among other researches in the field of behavior in historical environments, is valuable because it has changed behaviors by comparing and examining contemporary behaviors with past behaviors in the environment. Discovering and systematizing these behavior patterns (before the main actors have not disappeared) makes possible the permanence and emergence of desirable behavior patterns as a part of the subculture of traditional markets. The need to pay attention to the collection of what has been achieved in the executive plans and decisions of urban management should be placed on the agenda, so that this field is not only viewed as a heritage body, but also as a place for the emergence of an ancient behavioral system. Future research can be done by emphasizing historical studies to identify the exact physical changes and people's mental meanings when faced with historical images in traditional samples.


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October 2021: Book Month
October 22, 2021
WHEREAS, books play a crucial role in our lives, stimulating our imagination, expanding our knowledge of the world and each other, and helping us to develop language skills; and,
WHEREAS, reading books is also associated with early childhood learning and development, as it helps children to learn sounds, words, and language, expand literacy skills, and develop the ability to focus, concentrate, socialize, and communicate; and,
WHEREAS, reading books has long-lasting health benefits for individuals of all ages, including increased cognitive function, memory, empathy, and decreased levels of stress; and,
WHEREAS, reading books is important for mental health - regular readers sleep better, have lower stress levels, higher self-esteem, and lower rates of depression than non-readers; and,
WHEREAS, according to U.S. Department of Education estimates, more than half of United States adults (54 percent) between 16- and 74-years of age lack proficiency in literacy, reading below the equivalent of a sixth-grade level; it is proven that as literacy rates go up, so do wages; reading is intrinsic to a strong economy; and,
WHEREAS, the right to literacy for all children in Michigan depends on providing access to quality books and literature; literacy is a priority of the Michigan Department of Education, and books are our vehicle to literacy success; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Gretchen Whitmer, Governor of Michigan, do hereby proclaim October 2021 as Book Month in Michigan. During this time, we should encourage each other to read books every day, spend time reading our favorite books, and discover new materials. Let us recommit ourselves to encouraging children and each other to read diverse literature as it positively impacts all facets of our shared quality of life.

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Michigan State Police and area firefighters responded to a motorcycle crash about 10 p.m. in Newaygo County's Bridgeton Township Friday night.
The crash occurred near the intersection of South River Drive and Maple Island Road just southeast of the Muskegon River.
A heavily-damaged motorcycle with its back wheel torn off lay in the ditch as Michigan State Police Troopers and area firefighters responded.
Authorities would not comment on the severity or nature of the crash.
Witnesses on the scene said they heard a loud crash and saw the motorcycle on its side near a man on the ground.
The collision was only a few hundred feet down the road from where Walter Wojahn, a Newaygo man, was found dead after his motorcycle collided with a tree in late July.


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After a years-long saga of cost overruns, project delays and a flurry of lawsuits, Londoners are getting the chance to sound off about the future of Springbank Dam.
The city is hosting two public information sessions about the Thames River master plan – specifically the plan for the embattled, long-busted dam – Wednesday and Thursday evening.
The two sessions are the latest part of the environmental assessment (EA) the dam is undergoing. The meetings are drop-in events that will have poster boards explaining the alternatives.
Three options for the massive infrastructure project are being considered: doing nothing, decommissioning the dam entirely and fixing it up so it works again.
Input and comments from the public will be reported back to city politicians.
Mayor Matt Brown had campaigned on repairing the dam, but has since said a decision has to be based on the evidence.
Polling done in 2016 by Mainstreet for Postmedia found 41 per cent of respondents wanted to see the dam turned into a footbridge. Only 18 per cent wanted the dam repaired.
Springbank Dam Public Meetings
Wednesday Oct. 18 from 4 to 8 p.m.
London Public Library -- Central branch
251 Dundas St.
Thursday Oct. 19, 4 to 8 p.m.
255 Horton St.
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Joe DeRosa | Fat Edge
An episode of Robert Kelly’s You Know What Dude
This week Bobby is joined by Joe DeRosa, they talk about how great college gigs used to be, how Joe became good friends with Sal, and they talk argue about what the best kind of bagel is.
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Don Marcos Ground Arbol - sold in 5 pound and 25 pound containers
Ground Arbol is made from dried De Arbol chile peppers. Season favorite Mexican dishes with this bold and spicy chili powder. De Arbol chili peppers are preferred in Southwestern and Mexican cuisine for their strong heat and smokiness.
Season salsa, soups, tacos, chili and sauces with this Chile powder.

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SIMON Corbell says school students have taken centre stage as members of the SEE-Change Parliament of Youth on Sustainability to develop strategies on tackling climate change.
“The Parliament of Youth on Sustainability created space for students to think beyond the negatives of climate change and to focus on positive solutions,” Simon said.
“As members of Parliament of Youth on Sustainability, school students from kindergarten to year 12 had the opportunity to share, develop and present their ideas for taking action to reduce Canberra’s ecological footprint to a group of ACT politicians.
“Schools across Canberra have worked on the Parliament of Youth on Sustainability project since the start of the school year working with students learning about climate change, its causes, its effects, and coming up with proposals for action.
“This project provides a unique opportunity for young Canberrans to come together, to share their concerns about climate change, to develop concrete plans for taking action to reduce Canberra’s ecological footprint and to present their ideas to real world policy and decision makers.
“Importantly, it also gives decision makers like me a chance to learn from the minds and voices of our young people.”
The Parliament of Youth on Sustainability project is an initiative of SEE-Change and is supported by the ACT Government Education and Training Directorate, the Catholic Education Office, the Association of Independent Schools of the ACT, the Environment and Planning Directorate, and the Australian National University.


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I badly want to say I enjoyed Davido’s Pere video featuring Rae Sremmurd and Young Thug but unfortunately, I didn’t. I’m not sure where the problem may have stemmed from- maybe the song did not inspire Sesan enough to create a dope treatment or Davido’s arrogance got in the way. Nevertheless, I believe paying more attention to these 4 things would have somehow served as CPR…
- More creative use of the space: If you are going to shoot a video featuring the Black Beatles and Young Thug ( especially one with a dope summer ’17 beat), I’m not sure being cooped up in some abandoned and dreary warehouse-garage looking space is the best way to go. At the very least, the space could have been worked creatively to achieve a number of better set options.
- More Chemistry between Davido and his featured guests: It is not just enough to slap on big names on your song. It needs to be believable.There is a reason why it is called a collaboration. There was too much disconnect among the acts and my baby Swae kept acting like Davido annoyed him.
- More focus on the dancers: For a video with absolutely no high points and no viral video, meme or gif worthy scene (except for Jimmy jumping upandan like a distressed frog), giving the dancers some more screen time would have made quite some sense. One bob-a$$ choreography may have avoided this entire conversation to be honest.
- A relatable story: As mentioned earlier, maybe the song did not get Sesan’s creative juices flowing but besides being a music marketing tool, a video should somehow (no matter how brief) tell a story. All that could be seen in Pere, were a number of highly disconnected elements. Burning furniture, one fine girl, a couple of dancers that were not allowed to shine, a large puddle deep enough to swim in, a Ferrari, Davido, Swae Lee, Young Thug and of course jumping Jimmy.
I understand that a lot of circumstances can affect the end product of an artistic piece and I know Sesan can do much much better so…let’s hope that his future offerings have more substance than this.
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Needles//Pins, B-Lines, Defektors Hit Up Victoria's Earthquake Shake Festival
Published Jun 01, 2011With another year comes another packed schedule of music festivals, as our comprehensive Summer Music Festival Guide can attest. Still, despite the busyness across the board, it's exciting to see more and more new festivals pop up. Such is the case with Earthquake Shake, a Victoria, BC-based punk and garage festival.
Now in its second year, the festival will bring some of Western Canada's brightest and best punk acts to Logan's Pub on June 10 and 11.
On June 10, the festival will enjoy the fine music of Needles//Pins, Timecopz, the Mandates, Topless Mongos and the Spastic Panthers, while June 11 will see Defektors, the Moby Dicks, B-Lines, Sheglank'd Shoulders and Juvenile Hall hit the stage.
Tickets for the entire weekend are available now right here for $28 each, with individual day passes available for $15. When you consider that all of these bands are travelling from either Vancouver, Calgary or Lethbridge, it's a steal of a deal.


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Pick n Save
1847 Egg Harbor Rd. - Sturgeon Bay, Wi 54235 (920)743-8830
Full service supermarket with these departments: produce, meat/seafood, bakery, deli/cheese, floral, liquor/wine/beer/spirits, gluten-free, grocery/dairy/frozen.
Piggly Wiggly Super Market
Country Walk Dr. - Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-2391
Red Oak Vineyard
3017 Enterprise Rd. - Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 743-7729
Come and experience the bistro setting of our wine tasting room, and relax while you taste and enjoy award winning wines. Our knowledgeable and friendly staff will ensure your visit to Red Oak is memorable. Red Oak offers a variety of red, white, dessert and cherry wines. Many of our wines have won awards at national wine competitions. Our techniques result in premium wines to be enjoyed by all.
Simon Creek Vineyard & Winery
5896 Bochek Rd. - Jacksonport, Wi 54235 (920) 746-9307
The ultimate experience in Door County Wineries. The countys largest vineyard and most modern winery. Featuring free wine tasting and tours. Guided winery tours feature a complete review of the winemaking process from harvest through bottling and casing. The tour ends at our extremely popular and ever expanding retail shop. Open May 15-October 31 10am-6pm daily. November 1-May 14 11am-4pm.
Stevenson Pier Sport & Gift Shop
8654 County Rd. C - Little Sturgeon, Wi 54235 (920) 824-5222
We are known for our fresh Bakery, quaint gift shop and large selection of sporting goods including live bait. We offer ice and snowmobile conditions in winter and summertime fishing hot spots. We also offer maps, bakery, sandwiches & pizzas made fresh daily, ATM, large liquor and beer selections, Hunting and fishing licenses, and a 24 hour visitor bureau kiosk. We have wifi and fax available too! Open 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Stones Throw Winery
3382 County E - Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 (920) 839-9660
Just 2500 miles northeast of Napa Valley, youll find a whole other wine country. Peaceful. Unspoiled. Undiscovered. There, nestled in the beauty of Door County, youll find Stones Throw Winery. We invite you to sample our fine wines made here from premium California grapes in the traditional one-barrel-at-a-time manner. Explore our vineyard. Shop our marketplace. At Stones Throw, youll experience a whole other wine country. Discover it for yourself, before everyone else does.
Top Shelf Cafe & Gourmet
10588 Country Walk Dr - Sister Bay, WI 54234 (920) 854-5040
Top Shelf Cafe and Gourmet is an unexpected culinary surprise! We invite you to pick up a cup of coffee, browse through the store, sample their cheese, pate, or olives, and take home items selected from their unusual variety of gourmet treats. And now, you can grab a made-to-order sandwich with your choice of our finest gourmet ingredients & one of our great salads and relax on our deck (in the warmer weather, of course) or take it home or to your vacation spot.
292 County Rd. S - Southern Door County, Wi (920) 743-7014
Family owned and operated for over 40 years, Wienkes Market offers fresh in-season produce, homemade pickles, jams, pie filling and fresh bakery. Enjoy Door County cherry pies, homemade fudge and Norwegian lefse. Theres something for everyone! Conveniently located six miles north of Algoma and nine miles south of Sturgeon Bay on County Road S. Open daily year round. We ship!
8813 Hwy 42 - Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-3406
Just south of Fish Creek on Hwy 42 is Door Countys original roadside market established in 1949. Enjoy free sampling of locally produced products and free wine tasting. A must stop for anything cherry. Also the home of Fish Creek Olive Oil Company. Sample from over 30 different olive oils and balsamic vinegars, infused with unique and seasonal flavors. Best prices in Door County and bottled for you on site.
Door 44 Winery
4020 Hwy 42/57, Unit 2 - Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 388 4400
Positioned at 44 degrees North Latitude are many world renowned grape growing and wine making regions, such as Tuscany, Bordeaux, New York, and Oregon. Follow this line through Wisconsin, and you will find Door 44 Winery, which specializes in wines made from grapes grown in Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest. View our barrel aging room, taste our wines, and experience a Taste of the Tundra!
Door County Distillery
5806 Hwy 42 - Carlsville, Wi 54235 920-743-7431
Visit the newest tasting venue in Door County and enjoy samples of locally distilled spirits. Hand-crafted near the canal city of Sturgeon Bay, find Door Countys premiere vodka, gin and cherry vodka among other spirits produced on site. This first lighthouse series release provides a seamless blend of botanicals infused in a beautiful copper column. View the production area below from our beautiful bridged foyer. Celebrate Door Countys spirit, stay for lunch, and taste wine too.
Door County Wine Trail
185 E. Walnut - Door County, WI 54235 (920)746-9307
The Door County Wine Trail, nestled between Lake Michigan and Green Bay, winds its way through the Door County peninsula. Featuring 7 distinct wineries, each stop on the trail is sure to make your trip more memorable. Each winery is different and features unique wines: from cherry and other fruits to cold hardy grape varietals producing estate-grown wines. Spend a day, spend a weekend, exploring this unique wine experience. Sip, swirl and savor the flavor of Door County.
Door Peninsula Winery
5806 Hwy 42 - Carlsville, WI 54235 (920) 743-7431
Discover Door Peninsula Winery, located in the historic school house in Carlsville. Shop for wine accessories, wine related house wares, glassware, bar accessories and the largest selection of wine racks. Sample any of our wines and Fish Creek Olive Oil Companys olive oils and vinegars. Enjoy sampling of Door County spreads, jellies, cheeses, mustards, and find your favorite Door County souvenirs. Taste, shop and tour the winery. 1-800-551-5049
1250 N. 14th Ave. - Sturgeon Bay, Wi 54235 (920) 743-8896
A full service supermarket with excellent bakery, deli, meat, produce and floral departments. Econo also offers many extra services such as UPS, copies, Fuji Photo, propane exchange, lottery tickets and much, much more.
Fish Creek BP
3871 Hwy 42 - Fish Creek, WI 54212 (920) 868-2858
Car Wash plus air and vacuum. Firewood, ice, propane exchange, DVDs, lunch specials, hot & cold sandwiches, Renards Cheeses, dry cleaning pick up, ATM, cold beer, wine, liquor, soda & snacks, camping & picnic supplies including cups/plates/napkins/coolers, health/beauty, newspapers/magazines, greeting cards, books, souvenirs, automotive, coffee &cappuccino, popcorn, lottery tickets; more groceries than the average convenience store! Next to Peninsula state Park. Fast & Friendly Service.
Grandma Tommys Country Store
4020 Hwy 42/57 - Sturgeon Bay, Wi 54235 (920) 743-2800
Grandma Tommys has all of your Door County specialty foods, wines, and micro brews. We have homemade fudge, pies, cookies, hand dipped ice cream and cherry or root beer floats. Locally grown apples, cherries and berries available in season. Also cheese, sausage, and olive oil sampling bar. Homemade jams, jellies, and fruit butters are also available in no sugar added. Grandmas also has cherry or apple cider, maple syrup, salsas, mustards, and pie fillings.
Greens N Grains
7821 Hwy 42 - Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 868-9999
Greens N Grains is Door Countys first and only full service natural food store. Located in a historic building in the heart of Egg Harbor which housed one of the Countys first mercantile stores, Greens N Grains provides a natural, organic option. GNG carries a full line of natural groceries including local, organic produce, poultry and meat, supplements, personal care items and educational materials. Better health begins by walking through our door... Greens N Grains.
Harbor Ridge Winery
4690 Rainbow Ridge Ct. - Egg Harbor, Wi 54209 (920) 868-4321
Harbor Ridge Winery is Door Countys newest winery. Although our name is new we are entering the scene with years of experience with the help of von Stiehl Winery, Wisconsins oldest licensed winery. We are excited to bring you the sophisticated taste of wine in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. This fall we will be presenting our premier productions: Knockin Heads Red and Mademoiselle White. Stop in for complimentary wine tasting and to shop our extensive wine market.
Island Orchard Cider
Ellison Bay Cider House - Ellison Bay, Wi 54210 (920) 854-3344
We specialize in a Normandy Style Cider. Our family produces a handcrafted traditional French cider, which has a lighter texture and is more wine-like. The ciders are dry, crisp and refreshing; richly complex with fruit, natural tannins, sugars and higher acidity. These all come together to create a cider that is delicious with food.
Koepsels Farm Market
9669 State Hwy 57 - Baileys Harbor, WI 54202 (920) 854-2433
Our farm market is a must stop for all Door County visitors. We are the oldest farm market in Door County & the recipes used to make our jams, jellies & canned goods date back even earlier than the year we opened for business in 1958. Our selection includes home-made jams, jellies, fruit butters, canned goods, as well as fresh bakery items, meats, smoked fish, cheeses, fresh vegetables & fruits, Door County wines, Door County maple syrups, antiques & souvenirs. Check out our online store.
Lautenbach’s Orchard Country Winery & Market
9197 Hwy 42 - Fish Creek, WI 54212 (866) 946-3263
Since 1955, the Lautenbachs have been producing quality fruit products in Door County. The 100 acre family estate is home to a winery, cider mill and market. The winery resides in a restored dairy barn, producing most of its award-winning wines from fruits grown on the property. Estate-grown fruits include cherries, apples, grapes, raspberries, and pears. Styles of wine offered for tasting and purchase, range from dry to sweet, pure fruit and grape varietals, sparkling and spiced.
Liberty Square Shops
7755 State Hwy 42 - Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 868-4800
With two unique restaurants, a deli, pub and 8 interconnected shops, Liberty Square Shops in Egg Harbor is a charming village within a village. Honored as Best Shopping Experience 2009 by Door County Magazine, you can find exclusive toys, womens clothes and accessories, natural cosmetics, art, Door County products, wine and more. With healthy and tasty kids menus, pet-friendly areas, plus great prices and exceptional service, were the perfect place for you to Spend Less. Live Deliciously.
Louie DOr Olive Oil & Wine Shoppe
23 N. Third Ave. - Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 (920) 818-0713
Located in Sturgeon Bays Historic Third Avenue, this is your new one-stop shop for your favorite wines from Door Peninsula Winery, beers from Shipwrecked and olive oils and vinegars from Fat Louies. Many fine artisan cheeses and hot sauces are also available to purchase. Stop in for free samples of wine and oils. Open 7 days a week for your shopping convenience.
Made in Britain, Ltd.
7828 Hwy 42 - Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 868-1933
The next best thing to being there! We carry a wide variety of foods, bath & body products, teaware, jewelry, London and Underground themed products - signs, prints, clothing, gifts, collectibles, tableware, books, videos - and more! Imported from Britain.
Madison Avenue Market Wine & Olive Oil
25 S. Madison Ave - Sturgeon Bay, Wi 54235 (920) 746-0872
Door County Olive Oil Company is located with the Madison Avenue Wine Shop in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Our in store tasting taps offer a large variety of the worlds finest olive oils and balsamic vinegars. If you cant make it to the store, check out the online shop offering a convenient way to purchase the same extra virgin olive oils, flavored oils and balsamic vinegars.
Main Street Market
7770 Hwy 42 - Egg Harbor, WI 54209 (920) 868-2120
Full service grocery store - family owned and operated since 1987. Over 16,000 square feet of product in a clean, bright store. Fresh meats and seafood, bakery daily. Large produce, local when available. Extensive wine, beer and liquor. Large deli with sandwiches, salads, cheeses, party trays. Winner of Best of Door County-Food Store, Wine Store and Specialty Food Store. Propane, ATM, DVDs. Great customer service! Open daily in downtown Egg Harbor.


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Seventeen year-old Rhoda Williams receives an acceptance letter from MIT and she celebrates with her friends. On the same night, a planet similar and close to Earth is discovered and called Earth 2. Rhoda drives her car looking at Earth 2 and crashes with composer John Burroughs, killing his pregnant wife and his baby son. Rhoda goes to prison and four years later she is released and moves to her parents’ house. She finds a job as high-school janitor, but tries to commit suicide. She survives, however, and submits an essay to a contest where the prize is a ticket to travel to Earth 2. Meanwhile the scientists discover that Earth 2 is a mirror of Earth and the synchronicity between the dwellers was interrupted when the planets were seen by each other. One day, Rhoda decides to visit John Burroughs, whose life was destroyed after the death of his family, to admit to him that she had killed his family. However she does not have the nerve to tell him the truth. So she lies and tells him he has won a free cleaning service of his home. Rhoda wins the writing contest, but meanwhile John and she have fallen in love with each other. Rhoda has to take a decision whether she goes or stays, but she wants to tell John the truth first.
Eva Khatchadourian is trying to piece together her life following the “incident”. Once a successful travel writer, she is forced to take whatever job comes her way, which of late is as a clerk in a travel agency. She lives a solitary life as people who know about her situation openly shun her, even to the point of violent actions toward her. She, in turn, fosters that solitary life because of the incident, the aftermath of which has turned her into a meek and scared woman. That incident involved her son Kevin Khatchadourian, who is now approaching his eighteenth birthday. Eva and Kevin have always had a troubled relationship, even when he was an infant. Whatever troubles he saw, Franklin, Eva’s complacent husband, just attributed it to Kevin being a typical boy. The incident may be seen by both Kevin and Eva as his ultimate act in defiance against his mother.
We Need to Talk About Kevin is a 2011 British-American psychological thriller drama film directed by Lynne Ramsay, and adapted from Lionel Shriver’s novel of the same name. A long process of development and financing began in 2005, with filming commencing in April 2010.
Tilda Swinton stars as the mother of Kevin, struggling to come to terms with her son and the horrors he has committed. The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and was released in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2011.
Swinton was nominated for the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild, and the BAFTA for Best Actress in a Leading Role. It was given positive reviews by both critics and audiences alike.
A regular family – Maria (Naomi Watts), Henry (Ewan McGregor) and their three kids – travel to Thailand to spend Christmas. They get an upgrade to a villa on the coastline. After settling in and exchanging gifts, they go to the pool, like so many other tourists. A perfect paradise vacation until a distant noise becomes a roar. There is no time to escape from the tsunami; Maria and her eldest are swept one way, Henry and the youngest another. Who will survive, and what will become of them?
The Impossible is a 2012 English-language Spanish disaster drama film directed by J. A. Bayona and written by Sergio G. Sánchez. It is based on the experience of María Belón and her family in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The cast includes Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor and Tom Holland.
The film received positive reviews from critics for its direction and its acting, especially for Watts who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role.
Response from victims
Simon Jenkins, a British survivor from Portsmouth, wrote to The Guardian, stating the film is “beautifully accurate”. This was in response to critics commenting that the film is “overdramatic” and “whitewashed”. He says of the comments, “As I must, I’ve never been the sort of person to revisit and analyse events of the past, but some of these articles frustrated me. Had this film been purely about the tale of a western middle class family’s ‘ruined’ holiday then I would have agreed. For me, it was the exact opposite. Rather than concentrating on the ‘privileged white visitors’, the film portrayed the profound sense of community and unity that I experienced in Thailand, with this family at the centre of it. Both for my (then) 16-year-old self and the Belón family, it was the Thai people who waded through the settled water after the first wave had struck to help individuals and families… The Thai people had just lost everything – homes, businesses, families – yet their instinct was to help the tourists.”
Support UK, a support group for survivors of the tsunami, lobbied to have the trailer screened with a warning notice beforehand. A spokesman for Odeon Cinemas stated that it had no control over the content of the BBFC-approved trailer, saying, “We can only apologise for any offence caused on this occasion.”
Choreographing and picking dancers for his current show whilst editing his feature film about a stand-up comedian is getting to Joe Gideon. Without the chemical substances, he would not have the energy to keep up with his girlfriend, his ex-wife, and his special dancing daughter. They attempt to bring him back from the brink, but it’s too late for his exhausted body and stress-ravaged heart. He chain-smokes, uses drugs, sleeps with his dancers and overworks himself into open-heart surgery. Scenes from his past life start to encroach on the present and he becomes increasingly aware of his mortality.
In his review in The New York Times, Vincent Canby called the film “an uproarious display of brilliance, nerve, dance, maudlin confessions, inside jokes and, especially, ego” and “an essentially funny movie that seeks to operate on too many levels at the same time… some of it makes you wince, but a lot of it is great fun… A key to the success of the production is the performance of Roy Scheider as Joe Gideon… With an actor of less weight and intensity, All That Jazz might have evaporated as we watched it. Mr. Scheider’s is a presence to reckon with.”
Variety described it as “a self-important, egomaniacal, wonderfully choreographed, often compelling film” and added, “Roy Scheider gives a superb performance as Gideon, creating a character filled with nervous energy… The film’s major flaw lies in its lack of real explanation of what, beyond ego, really motivates [him].”
TV Guide said, “The dancing is frenzied, the dialogue piercing, the photography superb, and the acting first-rate, with non-showman Scheider an illustrious example of casting against type . . . All That Jazz is great-looking but not easy to watch. Fosse’s indulgent vision at times approaches sour self-loathing.”
Film critic Leonard Maltin gave the film two-and-a-half stars (out of four) in his 2009 movie guide; he said that the film was “self-indulgent and largely negative,” and that “great show biz moments and wonderful dancing are eventually buried in pretensions”; he also called the ending “an interminable finale which leaves a bad taste for the whole film.”
Upon release in 1979, master director Stanley Kubrick (who is referenced in the movie) reportedly believed it to be the “best film I think I have ever seen”. In 2001, All That Jazz was deemed “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant” by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. The Academy Film Archive preserved All That Jazz in 2001. In 2006, the film ranked #14 on the American Film Institute’s Greatest Movie Musicals list.
The film would be the last musical nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture until Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (1991) and the last live-action musical nominated until Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! (2001).
Based on Charles Dickens’ timeless tale, this is a story of the love of a man for an unreachable woman. Updated to modern day New York City, the story concerns a man of modest background who falls in love with a rich girl. But when a mysterious benefactor greenlights the man to make his dreams come true, everything done has the ultimate goal of making Estella fall in love with him…
A “story inside a story,” in which the first part follows a woman named Susan who receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion. The second element follows the actual manuscript, called “Nocturnal Animals,” which revolves around a man whose family vacation turns violent and deadly. It also continues to follow the story of Susan, who finds herself recalling her first marriage and confronting some dark truths about herself.
Owen Gleiberman of Variety praised the film, stating “Tom Ford’s first film since A Single Man is another winner”, and complimenting the performances of Gyllenhaal, Adams, Shannon and Taylor-Johnson. Steve Pulaski of Influx Magazine gave the film a perfect A+, saying, “Nocturnal Animals is one of the best films of the year. A layered, masterful work of interwoven storylines mixed with crime-drama craft, infused with the same kind of pulsating, West Texas-vibes we saw so beautifully in Hell or High Water, and multilayered storytelling at its finest, the film features gifted actors throwing themselves into performances that require massive versatility between scenes.”
Patrick Bateman is handsome, well educated and intelligent. He is twenty-seven and living his own American dream. He works by day on Wall Street, earning a fortune to complement the one he was born with. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence.
American Psycho debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, where it polarized audiences and critics; some showered the film with praise, others with scorn. Upon its theatrical release, however, the film received positive reviews in crucial publications, including The New York Times which called it a “mean and lean horror comedy classic”. Roger Ebert gave the film three out of four stars and praised Christian Bale’s performance as being “heroic in the way he allows the character to leap joyfully into despicability; there is no instinct for self-preservation here, and that is one mark of a good actor”. In his review for the Los Angeles Times, Kenneth Turan wrote, “The difficult truth is that the more viewers can model themselves after protagonist Bateman, the more they can distance themselves from the human reality of the slick violence that fills the screen and take it all as some kind of a cool joke, the more they are likely to enjoy this stillborn, pointless piece of work”. Newsweek magazine’s David Ansen wrote, “But after an hour of dissecting the ’80s culture of materialism, narcissism and greed, the movie begins to repeat itself. It becomes more grisly and surreal, but not more interesting”. In his review for the Village Voice, J. Hoberman wrote, “If anything, Bale is too knowing. He eagerly works within the constraints of the quotation marks Harron puts around his performance”.

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text: Using tracking radars, we investigated the variability of flight directions of long-distance nocturnal passerine migrants across seasons (spring versus autumn migration) and sites at the southern (56A degrees N) and northern (68A degrees N) ends of the Scandinavian Peninsula (Lund versus Abisko). Whilst most migrants at Lund are on passage to and from breeding sites in Fennoscandia, the majority of the migrants at Abisko are close to their breeding sites, and migration at Abisko thus to a large degree reflects initial departure from breeding sites (autumn) or final approach to breeding destinations (spring). The radar data were used to test predictions about differences in orientation and wind drift effects between adult and juvenile birds (a large proportion of autumn migrants consists of juvenile birds on their first journey), between situations far away from or near the goals and between different phases of migration (initial departure, en route passage, final approach to goal). The concentrations (both total and within-night concentrations) of flight directions differed significantly between seasons as well as sites, with the highest concentration at Lund in spring (mean vector length of track directions, r = 0.79) and lowest at Abisko during spring (r = 0.35). Partial wind drift and partial compensation were recorded at Lund, with a similar effect size in spring and autumn, whilst possible wind drift effects at Abisko were obscured by the large directional scatter at this site. The results from Lund support the prediction that the high proportion of juveniles in autumn contributes to increase the directional scatter during this season, whilst there was no support for predictions of differential wind drift effects between seasons and situations with different goal distances. The most striking and surprising result was the exceedingly large scatter of flight directions at Abisko, particularly in spring. We suggest that such an exaggerated scatter may be associated with final approach orientation, where migrants reach their specific goals from all various directions by final navigation within a more wide-ranging goal region. The larger scatter of autumn flight directions at Abisko compared to Lund may be due to exploratory flights in variable directions being more common at initial departure from breeding sites than later during migratory passage. These surprising results highlight the importance of studying and analysing orientation during final approach to (and initial departure from) migratory goals for understanding the orientation systems of migratory birds.

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Yes, you can get you some canned or frozen biscuits and smack them in the oven but I can GUARANTEE they won’t last like these. Not to toot my own horn but beep beep ahhhh toot toot. There’s nothing, I mean nothing like some good thick southern biscuits chile! Add honey for a Popeyes feel or jelly for that belly in the morn’ting! Simple and easy.
When I cook, I just eyeball amounts. However, if I say you need about two shakes of flour you mayyyy not know what I’m talking about. Thus, the hardest about making these biscuits were making sure to capture the correct measurements. You will love the simplicity of this recipe
First things first, I poppa — I mean, first things first, pre-heat the oven to 425°. Work with me y’all! I jams on the 90’s. Preparation is key! Lay out all pf your ingredients, measuring cups and allow butter to begin softening on counter. Trick, place butter right on oven top as the heat will begin to help it melt.
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 stick of softened butter
- 3/4 cup milk, ( feel free to add less or more per the consistency more)
- Rolling Pin or (Wine Bottle wrapped in plastic wap. Hey, you gotta make sum shake! 💁🏽)
Using a large mixing bowl, combine all of your dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. It is best to mix them when they are all dry to ensure the ingredients blend well. One of the worst things is biting into a patch of flour or salt! Blend it like you blend that makeup hunt!
If your butter still isn’t softened, fill a glass with water and microwave until boiling. Use a mitten to remove the glass from the microwave, pour out the water and place the butter under the glass with the opening towards the counter. Let it set to soften the butter for about 60 seconds. Repeat if needed.
After ensuring your butter is softened, cut the butter into cubes by cutting it vertically and horizontally. Then, take the butter knife in small sections to make cubes. You will then use a fork to smash the butter into the dry mix until it is a consistent texture. The butter should look like flakes in the mixture. DO NOT USE A MIXER! You want to butter to melt in flakes for that soft fluffy taste.
Now, you will need to slowly add milk into the middle of the mixture. You can use a large mixing spoon for the consistency until thick enough knead with your hands. The mixture should feel thick like dough and slight sticky. If still too dry, slowly add more milk only as needed.
Sift flour on a open countertop to create an even layer of flour by using a sifter or a cheese grater. (Queen of improvising taught you.) Place the dough on the flour and begin to roll. The thinner you roll the dough, the thinner the biscuit. The thicker you roll it, the thicker the biscuit.
Once you have gotten it to your desired thickness, use a round glass to cut the dough. Tap the glass into the flour first to create a coating which will prevent it from sticking to the dough. Try to cut the biscuits as closely as possible to avoid any left overs. Look, you bet not waste those leftovers! Take the scraps, roll it in a ball and you got yourself a big ole biscuit. Waste not will not.
Bake for 10 minutes, spread butter on the top and bake another 2 minutes or until golden brown. Now, you can get down on it. Hannnnn.
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Boonboon2 wrote:He is now really playing some top class football
Every run is high quality, he is now starting to be given the ball a little earlier before the line which is making hime more dangerous. He makes great meters after contact and in defence they avoid him but when he hits he hits prob better then anyone in our pack
Great game tonight and has been playing great since he came back from injury
Def getting the ball earlier which is allowing him to use his footwork and passing game.
It was madness using him as a battering ram...a total waste of his skills.
Is Taylor wising up?
This is the big question. I'm worried he goes back to being a fool next year and starts back with the spin.simonthetiger wrote:Is Taylor wising up?
At the moment we are giving ourselves a chance of winning games. This style of play and getting the most out of our players needs to continue.

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Encouraged by the successful alliance between Nissan Motor Co. and French automaker Renault SA, Japan will try to attract more foreign firms into the country as part of efforts to boost the economy.
Foreign firms and individuals hoping to strike it rich by investing in the world’s second-largest economy will soon be hearing good news from Tokyo.
Japan is planning to launch a new program to attract more foreign investment this year in a move that experts say will make it significantly easier for foreign companies to set up businesses in Japan.
The core part of the program is the launch as early as April of an institution tentatively called the Investment Japan: One-Stop Service Center.
The center plans to provide foreign concerns with business-related services and those linked to daily living, such as housing, visas, health care, language training and children’s education.
It will be the first time Japan has set up a system to offer support services for daily living to foreign companies, said Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry officials.
The center, to be launched in Tokyo and run by the government-affiliated Japan External Trade Organization, plans to work closely with local governments and regional business bodies to allow investors to receive these services even outside Tokyo.
“The new program represents Japan’s serious effort to become one of the major investment destinations in the world,” said Jean Barthelemy, president of Jean Barthelemy Consultancy K.K. in Tokyo.
According to the International Monetary Fund, the ratio of foreign direct investment to gross domestic product stood at a paltry 1.1 percent in Japan in 2000, far lower than the 32.4 percent in Britain, 27.7 percent in the United States and 22.4 percent in Germany.
Barthelemy, formerly the Asia representative of the French foreign investment promotion agency DATAR, said a rise in foreign investment will bring substantial improvement to Japan’s economy, citing a recent comment by Nissan Motor President Carlos Ghosn.
Ghosn told the Investment Japan Forum, a private-sector forum to spur foreign investment in Japan, on Dec. 16 that if the ratio of FDI in Japan rises to 20 percent of GDP, it will bring about “economic effects worth 100 trillion yen and create 2 million jobs.”
Behind the new initiative, JETRO officials said, are jitters over the rise of China as the world’s largest potential market and powerful support organizations for foreign investment in Asian economies, such as South Korea’s Korea Investment Service Center.
Underlining these concerns, a top diplomat of a European Union member state said Europeans, like Americans, would now prefer investing in Shanghai over Tokyo, given China’s huge economic potential and Japan’s decade-long recession.
The EU is Japan’s largest investment partner in terms of value, followed by the U.S.
But industry experts said the new investment program will shift foreign investors’ attention back to Japan as it will be of a great help to small and midsize companies that do not have business bases in Japan.
The program is also expected to help investors sharply reduce time-consuming procedures for daily living, especially for foreign employees who are accompanied by their families.
“Some still see China as a difficult place for investment for a number of reasons, such as weak protection of intellectual property copyrights, a lack of transparency in tax systems and limited freedom in choosing employees,” Barthelemy said. “Japan should have more confidence in its economic potential given its highly skilled workforce, technological prowess and rich infrastructure.”
JETRO wants to increase the number of investments from abroad through the semigovernmental body to 100 per year from the current 30, said Keizo Tsuchiya, director of JETRO’s Investment Promotion Department.
JETRO also hopes it will help expand the overall number of foreign investments into Japan, which currently stands at roughly 600 per year, he said.
A key to achieving these targets, said Barthelemy, is to build a good interface between the one-stop center and local bodies, such as METI’s regional offices, JETRO’s local offices and local chambers of commerce, and between the center and Japan’s foreign diplomatic establishments and JETRO’s overseas networks.
“And listen carefully to what kind of support foreign investors really need before and after entering Japan,” he said.
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Many opportunities come with becoming an Australia permanent residence. For these reasons, lots of migrants are looking for a way to obtain Australian citizenship. The ever-growing economy in this country is amazing, and this also brings different investors to reside in this country permanently. This country has rich extensive cultures like other Northern European countries. If you have ever yearned to live in this country till infinity, the Australia permanent residence permits can do it.
There are different reasons for people migrating to Australia, in the same way; people have numerous reasons why they want to obtain an Australia permanent residence. Many times people do get into confusion on how they should get Australia citizenship. The people or immigrants who get things right are those who know the right steps to follow in this permanent citizenship of this country.
Who is an Australia Permanent Resident?
This is an immigrant who has acquired Australia permanent residence that can enable them to live in this country till infinity. Generally, they are not born in Australia, and the only condition that has made them eligible for this type of residency is based on the fact of habitual residence in Australia, and also meeting up all the requirements. These immigrants can travel in and out of Australia as they want, but they shouldn’t stay away from the country for more than the stipulated years by the Australian immigration officer.
What are the Benefits of Australia’s Permanent Residence?
Various things can be done with having Australian citizenship, and here they are:
1. Reside in Australia Permanently:
There are some conspiracies about staying in Australia after obtaining Australian citizenship. There’s no fixed time frame for any immigrants to reside in Australia permanently. Things like this are being considered as an erroneous belief. The truth of the matter is this type of residency permits the immigrants to live in this country till they die.
2. Enroll in Australia Medicare:
Being a permanent immigrant in this country can grant one the opportunity to gain access to quality healthcare. The Australian government has contributed to the growth of healthcare, and this has created a way of obtaining good healthcare at a reduced rate. Therefore, as a citizen of this country, you can get free medical consultation from medical specialists.
3. Acquire Residential Properties:
In most countries, the people who are allowed to own or buy large properties (estates) are the citizens or permanent citizens in the country. The reason for this is to control the way foreigners enter the country to buy large properties in Australia. Permanent citizens can acquire large properties of their choice without any extra charges.
4. Securing a Job:
In countries such as Singapore and Malaysia, the immigrants need to have a valid approval before they can be considered eligible to live and work in there. In Australia, it is different, because one has to become a permanent resident in Australia before employers can employ them to fill in vacant positions.
Steps to Australia Permanent Residence
The following are steps immigrants have to follow before they can be given Australia citizenship:
1. Finding the Right Visa Option:
There are lots of Australia immigration visas that will allow one to live and work for any Australian employer. Immigrants have been using these different immigration visa options such as family-based permanent residency, and work-based permanent residency. For the former type of residency, this can either be from partners, dependent relatives, children, etc. While the latter has different categories such as employer-sponsored workers, skill selection, general skilled migration, etc.
2. Having the Right Required Criteria:
Immigrants who want any permanent residence visa they want to use to live in Australia permanently must check either it has the criteria that will qualify them for this residency. One should check the outlined criteria before they start applying in order not to waste their time. A better way of doing is using the website as a yardstick to measure your requirements.
3. Applying for the Migrant Visa:
After you have stayed for more than five years in this country, and also possess the requirements. It is expected of the immigrants to download the Australia permanent residence online and fill it with the required information. It will be wise for immigrants who want their application to be treated to attach supporting documents to their permanent residence application form.
4. Waiting for Response:
After submitting the permanent residence application, the immigrants have to wait for some time for the application to be processed. The waiting period for this application can take several weeks or months based on various factors such as the number of immigrants who applied for the same type of migrants visa, date of submission of the application, and among others.
5. Getting the Permanent Residence Visa:
After everything has been approved, the permanent residence visa is given to the immigrant, and in no time they become Australian citizens who can enjoy different benefits that fellow Australian citizens do enjoy.
General Documents for Australia Permanent Residence
The following are documents that immigrants can use in applying for this permanent residence:
- Australia permanent residence application form
- Birth certificate
- 2 passport photographs
- Result of IELTS to show English proficiency
- Police clearance certification
- Character certificate
- Business reference letter
How to Maintain Australia Permanent Residence?
It is one thing to have this residency, and it is another thing to know how to maintain it to avoid losing it. Immigrants who travel out of this country for more than five years are going to lose their citizenship. The only way they are going to be pardoned is when they provide compelling reasons for their action. The following are compelling reasons immigrants can use as their reason for migrating out of Australia for more than five years:
- Political matters
- Natural disasters
- Critical illness
- Deceased of a family member
- Job opportunities
- Academic purposes, etc.
Other Interesting Contents
- Everything You Need to Know about Australia Visa Lottery
- Full List of Immigration Lawyer and Law firms in Australia
- Today’s Big Q: Why Study in Australia?
Australia’s permanent residence is like any other permanent residency that requires the applicant or candidate to know what it entails before they take the bold step to obtain it. Therefore, it is one thing to obtain this citizenship, and it is another thing to maintain it.

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I was a little stumped on the new color challenge this week at Create with Connie & Mary:
After lots and lots of talking to myself (do you do that too?), I decided to go with Clean & Simple with lots of White Space:
I cut the stamped layer using the Banners Framelits Dies with Whisper White Cardstock and got myself to work stamping:
I used the Happy Watercolor stamp set and added the background images first using Summer Starfruit and Pistachio Pudding Inks. I then added the dots and flower image using StazOn Jet Black Ink. I used a Blender Pen and the ink from the Summer Starfruit Ink Pad to fill in my flowers and then finished them off by adding Pearl Jewels.
The card base measures 11″ x 4 1/4″, scored and folded at 5 1/3″. The 2nd layer measures 5 1/4″ X 4″ and is embossed with the Woodgrain Embossing Folder. The sentiment is from the Chalk Talk Framelits Dies and the coordinating Chalk Talk stamp set. All of my layers are glued in place using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Cardstock: Whisper White
- Inks: Summer Starfruit, Pistachio Pudding, StazOn Jet Black
- Accessories: Pearl Jewels, Summer Starfruit Ribbon
- Stamps: Chalk Talk, Happy Watercolor
- Tools: Big Shot Machine, Woodgrain Embossing Folder, Banners Framelits Dies, Chalk Talk Framelits Dies, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Blender Pen
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Company first to appeal liability on cover pricing and win
The Competition Appeal Tribunal has reduced the fines imposed by the OFT on Durkan and Concentra by 64% following a ruling that the companies were not liable for all areas originally alleged by the OFT.
The companies had originally faced fines of £6,720,551 after the OFT found that they had engaged in cover pricing, a sum that has now been reduced to £2,436,000.
Durkan and Concentra were among seven companies that had sought to dispute a number of points, including liability and the ways in which the fines were calculated.
The Tribunal found that the OFT was right to hold Durkan jointly liable because at the time it exercised “decisive influence” over Durkan Purdelek (now called Concentra) but that the OFT had failed to establish that the cover price payment came from the Durkan employee named in the decision. It also ruled that the OFT had made a mistake in calculating the fine on the basis of the last business year prior to the decision.
Alan Davis, a partner at the law firm Pinsent Masons, said: “This was a liability case, the companies were challenging the OFT’s finding of fact and Durkan have won in relation to one of OFT’s points. This is the first case in which the OFT got it wrong.”
The percentage reduction is not as high as that achieved by lawyers acting for Kier and John Sisk, which reduced the amount these companies must pay by up to 94%. The reason for the disparity was that the Durkan case also involved compensatory payments, so the percentage of relevant turnover was maintained at 7%, rather than being reduced, as was the case of Kier, from 5% to 3.5%.
Davis said:”There’s a clear message here that compensatory payments are regarded as a more serious infringment to competition law than cover pricing.”
The other companies contesting liability are:
- AH Willis and Sons
- Crest Nicholson
- GMI Construction
- ISG Pearce
- North Midland Construction
- Quarmby Construction


PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC, is proposing the PennEast Pipeline Project to bring low-cost natural gas, stable supplies and overall reduced energy costs to consumers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The pipeline will originate near Dallas, Luzerne County, in northeastern Pennsylvania, and terminate at an interconnection with Transco’s pipeline near Pennington, Mercer County, New Jersey.
PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC, announced today FERC approval of its request to initiate the pre-filing review process. The pre-filing process includes a formal structure for interested parties along the proposed route to provide input regarding the proposed PennEast Pipeline. It also creates the framework for the environmental analysis required of the location, design and permitting of the proposed natural gas pipeline.
PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC, today announced that PSEG Power LLC, a subsidiary of the Public Service Enterprise Group, has joined the project to develop a 100-mile pipeline from Pennsylvania to New Jersey that will transport lower cost natural gas to homes and businesses.
PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC (PennEast), announced today the successful close of its binding open season for a proposed interstate natural gas pipeline designed to transport approximately 1 billion cubic feet per day to the northeast markets – or enough natural gas to heat more than 4.7 million homes.
PennEast Pipeline Company, LLC, today announced plans to construct a 100-mile pipeline intended to bring lower cost natural gas produced in the Marcellus Shale region to homes and businesses in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. PennEast is a joint project of AGL Resources, NJR Pipeline Company, a subsidiary of New Jersey Resources, South Jersey Industries and UGI Energy Services (UGIES), a subsidiary of UGI Corporation.


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2013 has easily become one of gaming’s banner years. Filled with dozens of great game releases, video game fans around the globe have had plenty of reasons to eschew work and studying in favor of this year’s best titles. Of course, one video game has overshadowed just about every other game that has hit shelves this year – Grand Theft Auto V. GTAV’s top notch gameplay, writing, and record shattering sales have made it the hot topic since its recent release. While the gaming media and general population alike are showing not signs of slowing down in terms of GTAV talk, it is important to remember that the year isn’t over yet. 2013 still has a bunch of great releases ahead of us.
Spread out across handhelds and consoles – both current and next-gen alike – the following games are some of the most promising video game releases for the rest of the year. These seven certainly aren’t the only games being released in the next couple of months, feel free to leave us a comment with any other games you think should have made the list.
Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl (Nintendo 3DS – October 1, 2013):
The newest offering in Atlus’ handheld Etrian Odyssey series, The Millennium Girl has had both RPG fanatics and handheld lovers alike very excited. Touted as both a re-imagining and remake of 2007’s Etrian Odyssey, The Millennium Girl offers two complete game experiences in one. The series’ signature dungeon crawling and intense battles return will return in Classic Mode, but the all new Story Mode takes Etrian Odyssey Untold in the direction of more traditional JRPGs. Those looking for a challenging game that they can sink hours upon hours into need to look no further – Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl is available October 1st both in stores and the Nintendo eShop.
Pokemon x/y (Nintendo 3DS – October 12, 2013):
The first fully 3D handheld Pokemon game, Pokemon X/Y, is packed with new features and additions that are sure to take the long running series to new heights. Adding customizable trainers, Mega Evolutions for Pokemon, a new Fairy type, and a other new gameplay elements, there is no doubt that the team at Gamefeaks is planning to make X/Y the definitive Pokemon experience.
Batman: Arkham Origins (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U – October 25, 2013):
The Arkham games have been some of the most loved and highest rated games of the current video game generation. Batman: Arkham Origins is slated to take the Caped Crusader to a whole new level, building upon the previous titles’ tight controls and combat, while telling the origin of Batman’s Arkham-related adventures. Featuring dozens of recognizable Batman characters, including Alfred, the Joker, the Mad Hatter, and Penguin; as well as Deathstoke and the diabolical Black Mask – Arkham Origins looks to be the biggest and best of the Batman games.
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 – October 29, 2013 / PlayStation 4 – November 15, 2013 / Xbox One – November 22, 2013 / PC – TBA):
Assassin’s Creed IV seems in many ways to be a departure from the previous entries in the series – with a focus more on corsairs and swashbuckling than stealthy assassins – but the potential new direction of Black Flag does bring a lot to the table. Pirates have been remarkably underrepresented in video games, and Ubisoft Montreal’s brilliant character models and locations capture the very essence of the high seas. While recent Assassin’s Creed titles – specifically the third entry in the series – were met with middling reviews, Black Flag has a lot going for it and may just be the revitalization the AC series needs.
Watch Dogs (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U – November 19, 2013 / PlayStation 4 – November 15, 2013 / Xbox One – November 22, 2013):
Another highly anticipated title from the team at Ubisoft Montreal, Watch_Dogs is at both an open world adventure and a commentary on the current state of technology. Placing players in the shoes of vigilante Aiden Pearce, Watch_Dogs features a fully realized version of Chicago, loaded with places to explore and technology to hack. Watch_Dogs’ gorgeous visuals, state of the art tech, and innovative gameplay have earned the game a considerable amount of pre-release buzz. The open world genre is sure to be taken to a whole new level with Watch_Dogs’ next-gen release.
The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (Nintendo 3DS – November 22, 2013):
A new Zelda release is always a sure-fire way to get people talking. Nintendo’s legions of fauthful fans have a lot to look forward to with the upcoming release of A Link Between Worlds. Set in the same world as A Link to the Past, A Link Between Worlds features an all new story that takes place six generations after ALttP, and will feature the game’s fabled Dark World. A spiritual successor to one of the most beloved Zelda games isn’t the only reason to be excited for A Link Between Worlds, however. Packed with completely new dungeons and a new ability for Link – entering walls as a drawing, allowing the camera to shift perspectives, allowing for Link to traverse new areas – A Link Between Worlds looks to keep Zelda’s spirit of adventure alive in a way like never before.
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Greek designer Yiannis Ghikas has created a brilliant customer-favorite - The Soda Table. It's an extraordinary round glass coffee table that never gets tired of winning.
Soda has collected six Awards that has made it world famous, the Archiproducts Design Awards, Azure, ADI Design Index and Dezeen Awards.
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Only a handful of artisans on the island of Murano have the technical knowledge and expertise required to produce something like this. This is why an all glass coffee table such as this one is extremely short in supply.
The making of each Miniforms Soda table starts with one unique piece of Murano blown glass. It is placed in a Murano furnace where each table is blown, drawn-out and shaped by three master glass-makers. They are equipped with a complex system of burners to keep the same temperature throughout the mold, which is essential to creating a hammered feeling to the texture. The result is a single volume of glass with three large petals forming the stem.
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Over the past couple of months, the mogul has gone to great lengths to try to secure the Purple One's catalog. Not only was he shot down, but he was also hit with a lawsuit from Prince's estate during the process. In a new report, specific details regarding exactly why Hov believes he would be the best suited to control Prince's music vault have now surfaced, and the whole thing is pretty darn impressive.
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The gross sales to equity ratio, or GSE ratio, compares the relationship between an organization's sales and its financial leverage. It is a performance ratio, which indicates how well the business is meeting its sales targets, and it is also an efficiency ratio, which lets the business know how well it is doing in managing its money.
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To calculate the GSE ratio, simply divide gross sales by total equity. Gross sales means the amount of sales a company makes before it deducts customer discounts or taxes. It is calculated by adding together all of the sales invoices. Equity is the total amount of stock or other shareholder interest. If your business has $25,000 in gross sales and total equity of $10,000, then the GSE ratio would be 2.5.
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Business owners and managers can use the GSE ratio to set sales targets and stakeholder investment goals. Your company might wish to get its GSE above 1.0. To do this, it would need to increase its sales and perhaps lower the amount of outsider investment it obtains. Conversely, increasing the sales targets dramatically will allow the business to retain its current level of investment. To an employee-owned business or sole proprietorship, the GSE ratio serves as a warning to the owners to improve their gross sales in order to help keep the company solvent. Increasing marketing and advertising activities, discounting products or merging with another organization are ways to dramatically change the GSE.
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What a trickster Banksy is. First he puts up this image on his Instagram page yesterday, Oct. 25, 2013.
Then he puts up,this on his website:
Along with this video that includes a soundtrack of the Blue Oyster Cult’s “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper.”
And this text:
“Tonight through Sunday, dusk until midnight.”
And this audio guide:
If you missed my previous Banksy posts, here’s an easy way to check them out: Day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight, day nine, day ten, day 11, day 12, day 13, day 14, day 15, day 16, day 17, day 18, day 19, day 20, day 21, day 22, day 23, day 24,. Plus: “A Consideration Of The Politics Of Banksy’s Syria Video,” “Source For Banksy’s ‘Concrete Confessional’ Revealed,” and “Banksy Update: NYC Mayor Attacks Street Artist.”


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Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of traumatic workplace death, and more crashes causing worker injury or death occur between October and February, according to WorkSafeBC. New resources now available for employers and supervisors planning, implementing and monitoring a winter driving safety program.
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It has been estimated that almost 50 per cent of seniors still living at home receive care only from family and friends. For caregivers, this can result in decreased self-care and increased levels of stress and anxiety. According to Statistics Canada, around eight million Canadians are caregivers, six million of which are in the work force. Recognizing employee stress and burnout is important in maintaining a healthy workforce.
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Thirty per cent of Canadian managers work 11 hours or more per day, according to a recent survey.
Seeing the world, meeting interesting people and acquiring new skills: these are just some of the perks of travelling for business. Although it can be a hugely enjoyable and rewarding experience, frequent business travellers know that it can also be a tiring and demanding experience.
The ways that employers can support sandwich generation employees are truly endless. HR managers are poised to spearhead caregiving-friendly programs which are going to be one of the most important workplace issues in the next decade as retirement trends accelerate.
One in five people in Canada experience mental health problems, and this number is on the rise. It makes an ideal time for business organizations to take stock in how well they are supporting mental health initiatives in their workplace – and why they should do it better.


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Spring has arrived in the northern hemisphere – or so the calendar says, for those who seem to be experiencing extended winter weather this season. Here is a favorite menu I like to serve for friends and family, that uses some of the wonderful fresh produce appearing in the markets and gives an excuse to dust off the barbeque from its winter sleep.
Asparagus with Lemon and Olive Oil:
A simple and elegant way to serve either green or white asparagus. Use a vegetable peeler to peel the tough outer skin away from the white asparagus. Serves 6.
2 pounds asparagus spears, ends trimmed
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Steam asparagus or cook in a large pot of boiling salted water until crisp tender.
Drain; transfer to a large serving dish. Cut lemon in half. Squeeze juice from one half lemon over. Drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with sea salt.
Cut remaining lemon half in slices and arrange over asparagus as garnish.
Serve warm or at room temperature.
Grilled Butterflied Leg of Lamb with Rosemary and Garlic:
Ask your butcher to bone and butterfly the lamb. Serves 6 – 8
1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon Dijon-style mustard
4 garlic cloves, minced
3 tablespoon fresh rosemary
Coarse sea salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1 5-6 lb. (3 kg.) leg of lamb, boned and butterflied
Place lamb in a wide bowl or dish. Combine olive oil, mustard and garlic in a small bowl. Pour over lamb and distribute evenly with hands. Sprinkle with sea salt and black pepper. Allow to sit and marinate at room temperature for one hour. (Can be prepared up to 24 hours in advance. Cover and refrigerate. Allow to come to room temperature before grilling.)
Prepare barbeque. Grill lamb, turning, until meat thermometer inserted in thickest part of meat registers 130 F. for medium-rare, about 25 minutes. Alternatively, roast in a pre-heated 425 F. oven approx. 30 minutes. Transfer meat to cutting board, tent loosely with foil and allow to rest 10 minutes.
Cut lamb in slices and garnish with fresh rosemary sprigs.
Steamed New Potatoes with Italian Parsley:
Fresh, fast and deliciously simple – it doesn’t get easier than this.
3 pounds new potatoes, washed
Extra-virgin olive oil
1 bunch flat leaf parsley, washed, dried, stems trimmed
Steam the new potatoes until tender. Transfer to a bowl. Drizzle with olive oil (or toss with butter, if you prefer.) Sprinkle with sea salt.
Toss with parsley and serve.
Lemon Cheesecake with Strawberries
An easy version of a timeless classic. Prepare this cake one day before serving.
Serves 10 – 12
For the crust:
8 ounces graham crackers or digestive biscuits, in pieces
3 tablespoons brown sugar
1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
For the filling:
20 oz. (1 1/4 lb.) cream cheese, room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
8 oz. (1/2 lb.) Mascarpone cheese, room temperature
3 large eggs
2 tablespoons lemon zest
1 tblsp. fresh lemon juice
For the strawberries:
1 pound strawberries, hulled, halved
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
Preheat oven to 350 F. Wrap a 9 inch springform with foil.
Combine graham crackers and brown sugar in bowl of food processor and finely grind. Add butter and blend using on/off turns until crumbs are moist. Press crumbs onto bottom and 1 inch up sides of springform pan. Chill while preparing filling.
In a bowl of electric mixer, beat cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Add Mascarpone cheese; beat until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, beating 30 seconds after each. Mix in lemon zest and juice.
Pour filling into crust. Bake until cake is puffed at edges and center moves slightly when shaken, about one hour. Transfer to rack and cool completely. Cover and chill overnight.
In a bowl toss strawberries with sugar and lemon juice. Allow to sit one hour before serving. (Can be prepared 3 hours in advance. Cover and refrigerate. Serve at room temperature.)
To serve cake, run knife around sides of pan to loosen. Release pan sides. Place cake on plate and cut in slices. Serve with strawberries.


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