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First Carl's Jr. Restaurants Open in the Russian Federation
Oct 9, 2006
First Two of 50 Franchise Restaurants Open in St. Petersburg
CARPINTERIA, Calif., Oct. 9 -- CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) announced today that the first two restaurants of its subsidiary hamburger chain, Carl's Jr.®, have opened in the Russian Federation. The franchise restaurants opened in St. Petersburg over the weekend and are the first two of 50 that will be opened over the next eight years as per an agreement inked with Russia-based franchisees Bright Star LLC last year.
"We are so pleased to see Bright Star LLC open their first Carl's Jr. franchise restaurants in the Russian Federation. This is a dynamic, emerging market with a strong appetite for western food, and the premium hamburgers offered at Carl's Jr. will be a perfect fit," said Ned Lyerly, senior vice president of global franchise development for CKE Restaurants, Inc. "We are equally pleased to have such a strong partner in Bright Star LLC -- their knowledge of the Russian foodservice market and their passion for the Carl's Jr. brand are a winning combination."
Global franchise development for CKE Restaurants, Inc. subsidiary chains Carl's Jr. and Hardee's® is a focus for the company, and international restaurant presence currently exceeds 235 restaurants in 14 countries. There are approximately 3,000 franchise- and company-owned restaurants between the two chains system wide.
The 50-restaurant development agreement was reached in July 2005, and provides for Bright Star LLC to open restaurants across the Russian Federation over the next eight years. The first two to open this past weekend are part of a larger plan: "Our goal is to take a leadership position in the Russian fast food market," said Alexandra Mikhailova, general director of Bright Star LLC. "As we researched the proper venue for this goal, Carl's Jr. stood out among competitors as having a vision for its business and a strong product to stand on. We look forward to many more restaurant openings over the next few years."
About Carl's Jr. and CKE Restaurants, Inc.
This year, Carl's Jr. celebrates 65 years in the quick-service industry. What began as a lone hot dog cart in Los Angeles, Calif. in 1941 is today an international organization that employs nearly 30,000 people worldwide. Carl's Jr. is a wholly owned subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) of Carpinteria, Calif. As of the second fiscal quarter ended Aug. 14, 2006, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,131 franchised or company-owned restaurants in 43 states and in 13 countries, including 1,072 Carl's Jr. restaurants, 1,945 Hardee's restaurants and 98 La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill® restaurants. For more information, or to find a Carl's Jr. near you, go to www.ckr.com or www.carlsjr.com.
Safe Harbor Disclosure
Matters discussed in this news release contain forward-looking statements relating to future plans and developments, financial goals and operating performance that are based on management's current beliefs and assumptions. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that are often difficult to predict, are beyond the Company's control and which may cause results to differ materially from expectations. Factors that could cause the Company's results to differ materially from those described include, but are not limited to, whether or not restaurants will be closed and the number of restaurant closures, consumers' concerns or adverse publicity regarding the Company's products, the effectiveness of operating initiatives and advertising and promotional efforts (particularly at the Hardee's brand), changes in economic conditions or prevailing interest rates, changes in the price or availability of commodities, availability and cost of energy, workers' compensation and general liability premiums and claims experience, changes in the Company's suppliers' ability to provide quality and timely products to the Company, delays in opening new restaurants or completing remodels, severe weather conditions, the operational and financial success of the Company's franchisees, franchisees' willingness to participate in the Company's strategies, the availability of financing for the Company and its franchisees, unfavorable outcomes in litigation, changes in accounting policies and practices, effectiveness of internal controls over financial reporting, new legislation or government regulation (including environmental laws), the availability of suitable locations and terms for the sites designated for development, and other factors as discussed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law or the rules of the New York Stock Exchange.


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It's pretty clear that Obama's post-election high is waning.
A new Wapo-ABC poll confirms some other polls which show The president's approval is on the decline, a fact that won't help him in fights with the GOP.
The first two questions concerning the poll relate directly to him. The first is general approval. The second is approval on handling the economy.
Both show a few point dip in approval and a jump in disapproval from when the poll was last conducted in January.
Importantly, a majority still feel that at least for them personally, the economy has begun to recover.


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December 30, 2014
Year End Sale at Pikku-Kota
Pikku-Kota is open for 2 more days only! Go and grab a bargain at www.pikkukota.com !
Image by 1kertaa2
Labels: Pikku-Kota
December 19, 2014
My Top 3 Books in 2014
One word: obsessed. For someone who barely has time to get past the first page of a magazine, let alone a whole book, managing to devour this book in just a couple of days was nothing short of a miracle. I absolutely love Erin's blog and she stays true to her style in this masterpiece as well. Not only is her book full of great advice for anyone interested in interior design and decorating, she adds a very personal touch, something you don't often find in books of this genre.
Every page of this book is swoon-worthy. Greg's style is luxurious and polished, but he offers invaluable expertise advice and inside to the sometimes seemingly glamorous world of interior design. This is a great coffee table book!
This is such a beautiful book and full of inspiring tips for successful entertaining at home. I love how achievable and welcoming Camille's style is. There are plenty of recipes, styling tips and other useful advice. Great gift even to bring along to a host or get inspiration for your own party. I love it!
December 01, 2014
It is time to start preparing for Christmas again. They say "the days are long, but the years are short" and this year that has been exactly the case. We are keeping the decorations minimal again this Christmas, tucked away from curious little hands. I doubt I'll get a chance to do much baking, but a couple of treats are still a must. Like these traditional puff pastry tarts filled with prune jam for which you can find an old recipe right here.
Labels: Baking, Christmas, Decorating, Dessert, Finnish Food, Sweet pastry
November 30, 2014
Shop Small Business!
Shop small this Christmas!
My online shop has a wonderful selection of handmade items from small businesses in Finland and Sweden.
Most items are now discounted, visit www.pikkukota.com for all details. Happy Shopping!
Photo credit: http://instagram.com/cautiouslyobsessed
My online shop has a wonderful selection of handmade items from small businesses in Finland and Sweden.
Most items are now discounted, visit www.pikkukota.com for all details. Happy Shopping!
Photo credit: http://instagram.com/cautiouslyobsessed
Labels: Christmas, Pikku-Kota
November 15, 2014
DIY Copper Napkin Holders
I've been sucked in to thinking that the silly season is just around the corner and a quick glimpse at my diary tells me that is in fact the case. I love planning different table scape scenarios; textures, colours and all the little details, including napkin holders! I grabbed a stack of copper plant labels from a near-by hardware store, thinking they could make fun gift tags. I might end up using them for that purpose as well, but for now they will serve as super-stylish napkin holders.
What you need
Copper plant labels (mine are from Bunnings, pack of 10 for $3.23!)
A hole punch (just a regular will do, these labels are thin and soft)
Simply punch a hole on the other end of the label (they already have one hole), loop the label around the napkin and tie up using the copper strings. And you're done!
Labels: Christmas, Crafts, Decorating, DIY
October 30, 2014
Wild for Wallpaper
Here's an idea I've become a little bit obsessed with of late: wallpaper in our hallway. This room is (obviously) the point of entrance in to our apartment and one I'd like to make a bit more interesting. It's a smallish space with beigy-grey walls (this colour, to be exact) and off-white/cream build-in cupboards and a desk. I am not sure why choosing the perfect wallpaper to cover just one wall in this space feels like such a major commitment. Also, if you've ever searched for wallpapers you know what a colossal task it is; there are literally thousands to choose from with a huge variety of prints, textures, finishes and colours available. I feel dizzy just thinking about it.
When I was little, my parents let me choose a wallpaper for my room. I remember how I loved browsing the big folder with wallpaper samples and how fascinated I was with all the pretty patterns. I ended up choosing a light pink paper with white clouds on it, not such a bad decision even if I think back to it now! For our hallway, however, I think I have to go with something a bit more mature than that; elegant and timeless even.
I don't want anything too colourful or bold, that's just not our style. I also don't want the print to be too small because I'm afraid that in such a small space it might end up looking too busy and clustered. I am drawn towards grey and metallic prints, like this ones from Florence Broadhurst.
I have been absolutely obsessed with Erin Gates' new book 'Elements of Style' (more of that later) and amongst a ton of inspiration I saw this beautiful Katie Ridder 'Leaf" wallpaper covering one wall of a powder room Erin designed.
Another grey, but very classic design is this one by Sandberg. I think this is going to go on to my Top 5 as it is definitely timeless and one I can't see myself getting bored with anytime soon. Porters Paints here in Sydney also has a good selection of classic designs, along with Eurowalls (their Nordic Home collection is especially pretty and not just because of the name!)
Hygge & West have a great collection of wallpaper, including prints by Rifle Paper Co. Very on-trend, yet classic, like this grey 'Diamante' by Laundry. This print to me is borderline busy, so it might not be a real option, but something to put in the 'someday' files.
And then there is Vallila. They have some really pretty floral prints, but how cools is this one! I know, it's not exactly timeless (or is it?), but there's something so whimsical about it that I love.
The search continues! I will give you an update when I've made a decision, but it might take a while! In the mean time, please let me know of any other great sources of wallpaper and I'll add them on to my (long) list of bookmarks - thanks!
October 26, 2014
DIY Faux Leather Wall Hanging
I am always looking for new things to hang on our walls, but rarely feel like spending too much money on a piece of art I might end up getting bored with in a few months. I've wanted to make something for the longest time, something like this seemingly simple piece, but deep down I knew I could not pull it off. I know I'm not a painter, but perhaps I am a bit of a crafter, so I thought of creating a wall hanging using some of the metallic faux leather I picked up on a recent trip to Japan. I love working with faux leather fabric; it doesn't fray so you don't need to hem it, especially if used in something like this that doesn't get fiddled with too often. This fabric is quite readily available in all major craft stores, but I've even ordered some on Etsy. There is a great array of colours available so it is easy to get carried away!
As a background I used a canvas I had picked up from a discount store ages ago. I thought of using a scallop pattern to create a bit more interest and the material I used added an extra layer of texture. You could use a variety of colours and/or different materials to create a more interesting look, but I wanted something quite subtle to hang atop a dresser in our guest room.
I cut the pieces using a stencil and drafted a rough sketch on the canvas as a guide. Double-sided tape was great for attaching the pieces and way less messy than hot glue! Adding fabric around the edges of the canvas gave the piece a more finished look.
I'm quite happy with the result and I can't wait to try making another piece with different shapes and colours!
Labels: Crafts, Decorating, DIY, Home
October 18, 2014
Pink October
It's no secret that I love pink all year around, but supporting Pink Ribbon Day in October makes this colour all the more special. There are lots of different ways to get involved, so please check it out and show your support!
October 06, 2014
Updated Workspace
Updating my desk with bright accessories and pretty stationery is a great way to keep the inspiration flowing! Add a bunch of pink roses from the growers markets and I'm all set and ready for a new week.
PS. The gorgeous black and white woollen throws (peeking from a basket under my desk) are now on sale at my online store! Check out www.pikkukota.com for more information.
Labels: Decorating, Home, Interior, Stationery
September 19, 2014
Polka Dot Love
Labels: Crafts, Decorating, Home
September 16, 2014
Spring Inspiration
Labels: Decorating, Home, Spring
August 07, 2014
Good Morning Smoothies
I never get tired of smoothies, no matter what time of the year it is! Lately I've been loving a combination of banana, spinach and vanilla or a strawberry one with just banana and vanilla. Such a delicious start for the day!
Labels: Drinks, Fruit, Healthy living
August 04, 2014
A New Week
Labels: Decorating, Inspiration
August 01, 2014
Bathroom Styling
A couple of new things in the bathroom and the overall look is a bit more colourful, glam and girly. I am obsessed with Australian brands MOR and Glasshouse at the moment; their products smell amazing and feel luxurious without being overly expensive.
Large rattan hooks (in natural colour) are sold at my online store www.pikkukota.com
Labels: Decorating, Home, Interior
July 29, 2014
Reading #GIRLBOSS by Sophia Amoruso
Couldn't resist this pretty donut...
Found here
and this beautiful print, found here
Labels: Decorating, Inspiration
July 26, 2014
Inspired By - Pink & Gold
I am obsessed with pink and gold at the moment and my work space, the ever changing mood board of mine, is reflecting the latest craze. I am the first one to admit my love for pink and now that I'm desperate for some colour in our home I try to incorporate it with our current decor. I love the pop of colour and golden accents add just the right amount of glamour in to the space.
Labels: Decorating, Home, Interior, Stationery
July 16, 2014
Roasted Cauliflower and Quinoa Salad
Every time I have cauliflower I realise how much I love it, but I don't have it often enough. This roasted cauliflower and quinoa salad was perfect for a sunny winter's day. I got the inspiration from this recipe, but since I didn't have most of the ingredients I just used what I happened to have in the fridge. The original recipe sounds amazing though, so I might just give that a go next.
Roasted Cauliflower and Quinoa Salad
(serves 4)
1 whole cauliflower, cut in to florets
1 red onion, cut into thin wedges
olive oil
1 cup quinoa (I used white)
vegetable stock
1/4 lemon, juiced
baby spinach
slivered almonds
1. Preheat the oven to 200C. Scatter cauliflower and onion on a roasting pan, add olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 30 minutes or until tender.
2. Rinse quinoa and cook in vegetable stock until tender and fluffy. Add lemon juice and mix with a fork.
3. Combine quinoa with the vegetables and sprinkle with almonds. Serve warm.
Labels: Gluten-free, Vegan, Vegetarian
July 13, 2014
DIY Make Up Bag
I've been looking for a new make up bag for quite a while, but never seem to find one that ticks all the boxes. I came across this pattern and decided to give it a go. The size is just perfect (I made mine a bit smaller than the original pattern) and I love the pastel colours. These are so quick and easy to make I might just have to make a couple more!
July 10, 2014
A Quest for Colour
I'm done with the black and white look and on a quest to add some colour and patterns to our home. I'm starting quite conservatively with these water colour cushions. I love the subtle hues and the unsymmetrical splashes. Although I don't mind winter in Australia, these colours remind me of spring to come.
Labels: Colour, Decorating, Home, Interior
June 26, 2014
Save 30-50% on KERO leather products,
Iris Hantverk brushware and much more!
Check out www.pikkukota.com
Labels: Pikku-Kota
June 06, 2014
Pikku-Kota Weekend Sale
10% off all Lapland collection (the leather ipad case in the photo included), this weekend only! Check out the whole collection at http://www.pikkukota.com/collections/lapland-collection
Use code "LAPLAND" at the checkout.
Labels: Lapland, Pikku-Kota
June 01, 2014
First Day of Winter
Lentil Soup
(serves at least 6 people)
olive oil
3-4 carrots, peeled and finely chopped
1 brown onion, finely chopped
200g (1 cup) red lentils
2 tins of chopped tomatoes
2 vegetable bouillon cubes (or vegetable stock)
black pepper
1. Heat oil in a large pot, add carrots and onion and cook for a few minutes.
2. Add lentils, chopped tomatoes and vegetable stock. Add water as much as necessary (I like thick soups and lentils will thicken the soup as they cook).
3. Simmer for 20 minutes or until vegetables have soften. Serve warm.
Labels: Soup, Vegan, Vegetarian, Winter
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Handcrafted banana fibre boxes - set of three
Material: Banana Fibre
Small: 17 x 16 x 10 ; Medium: 19 x 18.5 x 11 ; Large: 23 x 22 x 13
The agricultural sector in India produces a vast range of natural fibres that can be utilized to produce both fiber and paper. Among these, banana fiber has emerged as a new eco-friendly innovation since it is produced from banana stem, which is a waste material after harvesting the banana fruit. Banana fibre products are made by differently-abled people who are part of an occupational and rehabilitation training centre based in North Karnataka. Natsy By Design supports this endeavor by promoting these eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable products.
Every time you buy a hand-crafted product, you support a tradition and a heritage which is being kept alive by artisans under adverse circumstances.
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CLEVELAND — Bright lights bring out the best in Kyrie Irving.
Coming off an impressive showing during All-Star weekend in Houston, Irving carried the Cleveland Cavaliers to a 105-100 win over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night.
Irving scored 20 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter, including 11 in a row and 18 of 20, to help the Cavaliers break away from an 83-all tie in the final 4:23.
"In the fourth quarter especially when it's winning time, obviously I want to win and my teammates want to win," he said. "Luckily, some shots went in."
Cavaliers coach Byron Scott sensed something big was about to happen when he put Irving back into the game with 7:08 remaining.
"You can see it coming," Scott said. "He gets a little bit of a gleam in his eye. He hits one or two shots and just kind of gets going."
The Hornets were obviously impressed.
"Kyrie had a real good game," New Orleans coach Monty Williams said. "He got to the basket whenever he tried to, especially late."
"Kyrie really took the game over and put his team on his back," guard Austin Rivers said. "We did a bad job trying to be physical with him. We just let him walk in the lane and get buckets. You've got to take some hard fouls and make guys earn it at the line, and we didn't."
Irving's performance brought the crowd at Quicken Loans Arena to its feet during the final minutes and had Irving pumping his fist on several occasions.
The game featured two former No. 1 overall draft picks: Irving and Hornets center Anthony Davis. Irving made 13 of 22 shots and all seven of his free throws while having seven assists. Davis had 12 points and four rebounds.
The Cavaliers placed five players in double figures in breaking a three-game losing streak, but the night belonged to Irving. After his fall-away jumper gave Cleveland a two-point lead, he hit a 3-pointer from a couple of steps behind the arc to put the Cavaliers ahead 88-83 and prompt New Orleans to call a timeout. It didn't help. Irving was just getting going.
New Orleans missed again on its ensuing possession and Irving converted a layup between two defenders on a fast break for a 90-83 lead. He added another basket after driving the lane and two free throws.
Irving drew national attention with his performance over the weekend. He scored 15 points in his first All-Star game, won the 3-point contest and put up 32 points in the Rising Stars Challenge.
Dion Waiters scored 16 points for the Cavaliers while C.J. Miles added 11.
Rookie Brian Roberts led New Orleans with 17 points, tying a season high. Robin Lopez scored 15 points before fouling out, while Greivis Vasquez added 13.
Irving had his worst performance of the season in the final game before the break against San Antonio with six points on 2-of-15 shooting. He admitted before the game he was still catching up on his rest, but it didn't look that way with the game on the line.
"He was just kind of making shots everywhere," Scott said. "He made some great shots, did some great things and the crowd was fantastic."
"It stems off the trust that my teammates have in me and the coaching staff has in me," Irving said.
Cleveland played the finale of a seven-game homestand, which began with three wins. The Cavaliers then lost the last three games before the break.
New Orleans lost at home to Chicago on Tuesday and then made the trip to Cleveland for an unusual back-to-back set.
Hornets guard Eric Gordon didn't play for precautionary reasons as he continues to recover from knee surgery.
He has yet to play on back-to-back nights on orders of the team's medical staff. Gordon, who is averaging 16.6 points, missed the final game before the All-Star break with a sprained right hand, but scored 20 points Tuesday in a 96-87 loss to Chicago.
New Orleans F Al-Fasrouq Aminu had 10 rebounds in 36 minutes. ... Gordon has appeared in 19 games, but it's unclear when he'll be able to play on consecutive nights. "I wish that (policy) was over, but we don't see it ending anytime soon," Williams said. "For whatever reason, the doctors feel that's best for Eric. But he's healthy, so it's tough." ... Scott will attend funeral services for Lakers owner Dr. Jerry Buss today in Los Angeles.
Irving scores 35 as Cavs defeat Hornets 105-100
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Directive on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing04 February 2014
by eub2 -- last modified 04 February 2014
New rules on music copyright approved by the European Parliament on 4 February 2014 aim to make it easier for online providers to get licences to stream music in more than one EU country. The Directive on collective rights management and multi-territorial licensing of musical works for online use, already informally agreed with Council, should stimulate the development of EU-wide online music services for consumers and ensure that artists' rights are better protected and that they receive adequate royalties promptly.
1. What is copyright and what are the related rights?
These are rights granted to authors (copyright) and to performers, producers and broadcasters (related rights) to ensure that those who have created or invested in the creation of music, or other content such as literature or films, can determine how their creation can be used and receive remuneration for it. Copyright is both an incentive to and a reward for creativity.
Copyright and related rights include so-called "economic rights" which enable rights-holders to control (license) the use of their works and other protected material (such as performances, records, audiovisual productions and broadcasts), and be remunerated for their use. These rights normally take the form of exclusive rights and include the right to copy or otherwise reproduce any kind of work and other protected subject matter; the right to distribute copies to the public and the right to communicate to the public performances of such works and other protected subject matter. These rights are, to a large extent, harmonised at EU level.
Authors are also granted so-called "moral rights". Moral rights may include the right to decide on when or whether to make the work public, the right to claim authorship of the work and the right to object to any derogatory action in relation to the work. Moral rights are not harmonised at EU level.
2. How important are copyright and related rights for the European economy?
Copyright is a spur for growth: it has significant economic and social importance. The European Competitiveness Report of 2010 showed that the creative industries (1) accounted for 3% of EU27 employment (around 6.7 million jobs). On the global stage, the contribution of these industries to GDP and national employment is much higher, reaching a contribution of 5.4% to GDP, and representing 5.9% of employment on average (2). There is therefore still more economic potential to be drawn from the creative industries in Europe, which legislative changes like the one proposed today would help to tap.
In Europe, the value of the EU recorded music market amounted to approximately €4.1 billion in 2012. (3)
Collective management organisations
3. What is the collective management of copyright and related rights?
An author (for example an author of a book, a song composer, or lyricist), a performer, record or film producer or broadcaster (the holder of a copyright or a related right) can normally choose between individual management (management by the author of a book or by a publisher), or collective management of their rights.
Collective rights management is mostly carried out by collective management organisations (often also referred to as "collecting societies"). Their key activities are:
to grant licences to commercial users (TV channels, radio stations, online music service providers) on behalf of the rights-holders; and
to collect royalties and redistribute these to rights-holders.
Collective management organisations make it possible for commercial users to clear rights for a large number of music tracks or other works, where individual negotiations – such as with individual composers and lyricists, in the case of musical works – would be impractical. Collective management is mostly used by authors and performers (as opposed to producers or publishers), and it is particularly important in the licensing of rights for musical works.
4. What is a collective management organisation?
Collective management organisations are organisations traditionally set up by authors, performers, and other kinds of rights-holders, to collectively manage their rights. They aggregate the rights of one or several types of rights-holders for licensing purposes to grant licences to commercial users (TV channels, radio stations, online music service providers) on their behalf. They also provide services such as monitoring the use of rights and collecting and distributing royalties. They provide services to rights-holders, to users and to other collective management organisations.
Collective management organisations are historically established on a national basis and, in particular as regards off-line uses, they license rights for their own territory (although there are important exceptions to this principle).
5. How many collective management organisations are there in the EU?
There are more than 250 collective management organisations in the EU. In general, there is one collective management organisation representing all or some of the rights of a category of rights-holders in a given Member State: a collective management organisation for authors, another one for record producers, another one for audiovisual producers, another one for performers, and so on. Examples of collective management organisations are SACEM which handles rights for musical works in France; PRS for Music, the association of composers, songwriters and music publishers in the UK, and GEMA in Germany.
In some cases, it is possible that a collective management organisation manages the rights of more than one category of rights-holders (for example, there are often joint collective management organisations for performers and record producers, such as PPL in the UK). In a few cases, it is possible to find competing collective management organisations which represent the same category of rights-holders in the same country (for example, SGAE and DAMA in Spain both manage the rights of authors in audiovisual works).
6. What is the size of the market: how much money do collective management organisations manage?
Collective management organisations collect around €6 billion in the EU every year. The vast majority of this income is in the hands of approximately 70 EU collective management organisations managing authors' rights (for over one million authors). Most of this income is derived from musical creations (more than 80% in the case of authors' societies).
7. What is a repertoire?
A collective management organisation normally represents and licenses the rights of a high number of rights-holders (authors such as song-writers and composers, performers such as singers and musicians, and so on). The sum of the rights of all the rights-holders a collective management organisation represents directly constitutes the society's own repertoire. This is often limited to domestic works.
8. What is a reciprocal representation agreement?
Collective management organisations from different countries traditionally grant each other the right to license their repertoires in each other's territory through a network of reciprocal representation agreements. Through these bilateral agreements, a collective management organisation can license its own repertoire and the repertoire of other collective management organisations in its own territory, thus facilitating access by domestic users to a broader repertoire. In the case of authors' rights in musical works, the reciprocal agreements are normally limited to the territory in which the collective management organisation operates.
Legislative proposal – key changes
9. Why did the Commission propose legislation?
Firstly, the functioning of some collective management organisations has raised concerns as to their transparency, governance and the handling of revenues collected on behalf of right-holders. Cases of risky investment by certain collective management organisations of royalties that should have gone to rights-holders highlighted the lack of oversight and influence of rights-holders on the activities of a number of collective management organisations, contributing to irregularities in their financial management and investment decisions.
Secondly, the collective management of rights is also important for the licensing of online service providers (music download services, streaming services). This is particularly the case as regards authors' rights (the rights of those that compose the music or write the lyrics). Online service providers often want to cover a multitude of territories and a large catalogue of music. They also often want to test new business models. All this makes online licensing very demanding. Many collective management organisations today are not ready for this: they do not have the capacity to process data from service providers (like Spotify or Nokia Music) on music downloads and streaming, or to match this data with their repertoire of songs. This can lead to incorrect invoicing, dual invoicing, or sometimes no invoicing at all. To address this, collective management organisations need to set up proper databases to be able to keep better track of their own repertoire – one of the requirements in today's legislative proposal.
The result is fewer music services available to consumers across the EU (in particular in certain Member States - Malta, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Slovenia, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Greece and Romania), a slower uptake of innovative services and poor allocation of revenue to rights-holders.
10. Why did the Commission propose to impose rules on collective management organisations?
Collective management organisations need to modernise their operations to meet the challenges of a fast-evolving digital economy. An underlying problem is the insufficient transparency and control of the way collective management organisations are managed. It is necessary that they provide a more efficient service to rights-holders and users (service providers) alike: better collection and redistribution of revenue, accurate invoicing and more granting of multi-territorial licences for aggregated repertoire.
11. What are the specific objectives of the Directive?
The specific objectives of the Directive are to:
- improve the way all collective management organisations are managed by establishing common governance, transparency and financial management standards;
- set common standards for the multi-territorial licensing by authors' collective management organisations of rights in musical works for the provision of online services; and
- to create conditions that can expand the legal offer of online music.
12. Who will benefit from the Directive?
rights-holders, service providers and consumers will be the main beneficiaries.
It will be easier for service providers to clear rights (by lowering transaction costs) with better functioning and more transparent collective management organisations adapted to the challenges of the 21st century. This should facilitate the rolling out of new services, in particular in the online world across the single market. European consumers would thus benefit from access to a wider variety of creative content.
rights-holders will exercise more control over collective management organisations than today and will be able to exercise informed choices as to who manages their rights. While in principle rights-holders can choose to have their rights managed by any collective management organisation, the Directive would enshrine this in law. Thus, they would be able to reap the full benefits of the Single Market. Moreover, increased business opportunities and better managed collective management organisations should result in increased revenue distributed to rights-holders. This, in turn, should provide additional incentives for creativity.
13. What are the expected impacts on collective management organisations?
Firstly, all collective management organisations will have to improve their standards on governance and transparency:
- They will have to ensure adequate participation of rights-holders in the decision-making process.
- They will have to ensure adequate financial management of the revenues collected on behalf of the rights-holders they represent.
- They will have to increase their transparency vis-à-vis rights-holders, other collective management organisations, service providers and the public at large.
Secondly, collective management organisations managing authors' rights in musical works, for the licensing of those rights for online uses, will be subject to modern requirements adapted to the digital era, such as enhanced capability to process large amounts of data, accurate identification of the works used by the service providers, fast invoicing to service providers and timely payment to right-holders.
14. How is music licensed for use on the internet today? What will change?
Today, if an online music provider like iTunes wants to provide a music track for download, it needs to obtain a licence to do so from three separate entities: the track's author (the composer and lyricist), the record producer, and the performer. Collective management organisations manage one of these: the author's rights. (The record producer and the performer's licences are usually both managed by the record producer). It is the functioning of the licence of authors' rights for on-line use which is set to be improved by the Directive.
15. Why not one entry point – a single European licence?
A single entry point would require that collective management organisations pool their repertoire for licensing online rights to a centralised organisation. This would create an organisation with a de facto monopoly power. There is a high risk that this could create restrictions to competition, such as customer allocation or price fixing. This behaviour would not be allowed by the competition rules of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU.
Bear in mind that today's collective management organisations can issue licences for use of music tracks across the EU. The problem is that many still do not do so, or do not do it in an accurate or fast enough manner. The Directive will improve this situation. For example, a French collective management organisation which seeks to make its repertoire available in other countries will have four choices: It could either license its entire repertoire for the whole EU or in certain Member States of its choice, if it is able to comply with the new requirements for efficiency and transparency.
- If it finds it difficult to comply with these requirements, it could outsource the back-office function to a different company which would e.g. operate the electronic database for the French collective management organisation,
- If it finds it difficult to comply with these requirements, it could ask, for example, an Italian collective management organisation (which does comply and which already aggregates repertoire i.e. licenses not only its own repertoire but also the repertoire of other societies) to license the repertoire of French songs on its behalf, across all the territories where the Italian society licenses its own Italian repertoire - whether this is three countries, or 27. This is aggregation of repertoire.
- Or finally, the French collective management organisation could create a subsidiary e.g. with a Swedish, British, and Dutch collective management organisations. This new subsidiary would aggregate, and license across multiple territories, the French, Swedish, British and Dutch repertoire.
What is important to note is that if a Polish collective management organisation, say, were to ask for its Polish repertoire to be licensed across multiple countries by the Italian collective management organisation in the example above which aggregates its own and the French repertoire, or the French-Swedish-British-Dutch subsidiary which also aggregates repertoire and licenses it across multiple territories, they could not refuse to do so.
Furthermore, if a collective management organisation does not do any multi-territorial licensing, through any of the four methods just described, then the rights-holders it represents will have the right to withdraw from their original collective management organisation their rights to the extent necessary for multi-territorial licensing for online uses and leave the same rights with their original organisation for purposes of mono-territorial licensing. They can entrust the withdrawn rights to another collective management organisation or another entity to do multi-territorial licensing on their behalf, or to do it themselves, without losing of the possibility that their original collective management organisation continues to grant mono-territorial licenses for them. These measures would ensure that no national repertoire of music remains locked in to one territory.
16. What is the expected impact on access to cultural content and cultural diversity?
Safeguarding innovation and intellectual creation, notably through an effective protection of copyright and related rights, is particularly important from a cultural point of view. It is one of the main ways of ensuring that European cultural creativity and production receive the necessary resources, as well as a way of safeguarding the independence of artistic creators and performers.
More efficient collective management organisations should be better able to promote their different repertoires and the new rules should foster the development of online services providing cross-border access to all kinds of musical works (see Question 15). Consumers would have easier access to national and niche repertoires, beyond the traditional national boundaries. This would make cross-border access to cultural content easier and cultural diversity would thus be enriched.
Article 167 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union requires the Union to take cultural aspects into account in its action, in particular in order to respect and to promote the diversity of its cultures.
17. Which are the key measures to improve the governance of collective management organisations?
First and foremost, rights-holders should be free to choose a collective management organisation to manage their rights (or categories of rights or types of works) regardless of the country of establishment of the collective management organisation or of their own residence. They should also be free to terminate the authorisation they gave to a collective management organisation for the management of their rights or withdraw only some of their rights. Collective management organisations should not discriminate between rights-holders.
Secondly, the general meeting of the members of a collective management organisation should decide on the key matters within the collective management organisation. In particular, they should decide on the key policies such as the distribution and the investment of the collected revenue and the rules on deductions from the collected revenue.
Thirdly, as the general meeting is usually convened only once a year, collective management organisations should establish a supervisory function to monitor the activities of the management in the interest of the rights-holders. Supervision could be carried out within the board by non-executive board members or via a separate supervisory board.
Finally, the senior management of the collective management organisation should make sure that the society is managed in a sound and prudent manner, using sound administrative, accounting and internal control procedures.
18. How will the financial management of collective management organisations improve?
Since collective management organisations collect and handle revenue that ultimately belongs to rights-holders, they need to establish sound financial management practices. In particular, they have to keep and manage these amounts separately from their own assets and cannot use them for their own account. They should also ensure sufficient transparency on any deduction they make. Finally, collective management organisations should regularly and diligently pay royalties to rights-holders - no later than nine months from the end of the financial year in which the amounts were collected.
19. What will improved transparency mean for rights-holders, users and for the public?
rights-holders can only exercise their rights if they have sufficient information available from the management of the collective management organisation. Therefore collective management organisations should provide rights-holders and other collective management organisations on whose behalf they manage rights under a representation agreement, with detailed information on the collected revenue and the deductions.
Transparency towards users and rights-holders would also have to improve; in particular they should be able to receive information on the repertoire a collective management organisation represents.
Finally, collective management organisations should make public on their website information on their structure and their financial management. As regards their structure, they will have to publish their statute, the membership terms, the available dispute resolution mechanisms, etc. As regards financial management, they have to draw up and publish an annual transparency report including detailed accounts, financial information and a special report on the use of the amounts deducted for purposes of social, cultural and educational services.
20. How will innovative online services benefit from the Directive?
New services on the market will, as all users, benefit from the increased transparency and better functioning of collective management organisations and from the obligations to base licensing terms on objective and non-discriminatory criteria. The Directive has a number of provisions that will allow collective management organisations to be more agile and flexible when providing licences to innovative services. At the same time, the creation of hubs aggregating the repertoire of different collective management organisations should reduce transaction cost and increase legal certainty for service providers.
21. Why are different dispute settlement mechanisms foreseen for rights-holders, members and users?
Disputes between the rights-holders or members or other collective management organisations and the collective management organisation most often concern the authorisation by rights-holders to have their rights managed by a collective management organisation, membership terms, deductions or the collection or distribution of royalties. These issues can often be resolved within the collective management organisation through a complaint-handling mechanism or externally, via court, mediation or other forms of dispute resolution.
The disputes between collective management organisations and users mainly concern licensing conditions or breach of contract. In these cases, the resolution of a dispute can only be achieved through an independent and impartial dispute resolution body, i.e. via mediation, arbitration or a court. On the other hand, due to the specificities of multi-territorial licensing, the proposal foresees the submission of related disputes to an alternative dispute resolution procedure (such as arbitration). This however does not prevent the parties from going to court.
Multi-territorial licensing
22. What is a multi-territorial licence of authors' rights in musical works for online uses?
It is a licence granted by a collective management organisation which includes authors' (for example composers or lyricists) rights in musical works for online uses (such as for a service provider offering streaming services) and which covers the territory of more than one Member State (and possibly the whole of the EU).
23. Who needs to get the multi-territorial licences of authors' rights in musical works, and for what purposes?
The providers of online services which make use of musical works in more than one Member State, such as music services that allow consumers to download music or to listen to it in streaming mode, as well as other services providing access to films or games where music is an important element, must first obtain the right to use such works.
These rights are the exclusive right of reproduction and the exclusive right of communication to the public of musical works, which includes the right of making available. While record producers (who often have the rights of performers) and music publishers tend to manage their rights individually, music authors generally rely on collective management organisations that provide collective management services to them.
Any service provider wishing to provide an online service on a multi-territorial basis across EU Member States including a wide choice of musical works to consumers, needs to aggregate rights in works from different rights-holders and collective management organisations.
24. Which collective management organisations will be able to grant multi-territorial licences of authors' rights in musical works for online uses?
In order to be able to grant multi-territory licences covering authors' rights in musical works, a collective management organisation will need to comply with certain quality standards: it has to be able to accurately identify to the service providers the music repertoire it licenses on a per-work basis, to rapidly invoice online service providers on a per-work basis and to pay the amounts due to each right-holder on time. This requires the capacity to appropriately and accurately handle data electronically.
25. Why would only a limited number of collective management organisations be able to grant multi-territorial licences of authors' rights in musical works for online uses?
Any collective management organisation complying with the quality standards will be able to grant multi-territorial licences of authors' rights in musical works for online uses. However, it is possible that given the need to invest in appropriate ICT equipment and data processing (such as databases) some collective management organisations decide not to undertake such an investment. All collective management organisations will have in any event the possibility to aggregate their repertoire with the repertoire of a collective management organisation that complies with the quality standards and is involved in the aggregation of repertoires (that is, licenses not only its own repertoire).
26. How will Member States evaluate whether a collective management organisation has the capability to grant multi-territorial licences of authors' rights in musical works for online uses?
The Directive will not require Member States to set up a prior authorisation or licensing system for collective management organisations. However, it requires them to have competent authorities to monitor compliance with the requirements laid down in the Directive by collective management organisations established in their territory when granting multi-territorial licences for online rights in musical works.
These national competent authorities must be empowered to impose effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions. However, the Directive does not require Member States to set up supervisors specifically dedicated to the oversight of collective management organisations (for example, a national ministry may undertake the monitoring function).
27. What happens if a collective management organisation is not equipped to provide multi-territorial licences of authors' rights in musical works for online uses?
A collective management organisation may decide not to grant multi-territorial licences for authors' rights in musical works for online uses, but it could continue to grant national licences for its own repertoire and/or national licences for the repertoire of other societies, provided it is authorised to do so through reciprocal agreements.
However, in order to ensure that repertoires can be easily aggregated for the benefit of online service providers who want to offer a service as complete as possible across Europe and for the benefit of cultural diversity and consumers at large, specific safeguards will apply to ensure that the repertoires of all collective management organisations have access to multi-territorial licensing:
a collective management organisation may request another organisation granting multi-territorial multi-repertoire licences to have its repertoire represented for the purpose of multi-territorial licensing. The organisation receiving the request may not refuse if it is already representing (or if it offers to represent) the repertoire of one or more collective management organisations for the same purpose;
following a transitional period, rights-holders may withdraw the online rights for multi-territorial licensing and grant such licences (either directly or through another intermediary, such as another collective management organisation) for their own online rights if their collective management organisation does not grant multi-territorial licences and does not enter into one of the agreements mentioned above.
28. Why the requirements of the Directive on multi-territorial licences for authors' rights in musical works for online use partially do not apply to the licensing to broadcasters?
Broadcasters generally rely on a licence from a local collective management organisation for their broadcasts which include musical works. They increasingly include in such licence agreements the clearing of the rights required for the making available of such broadcasts online. It seemed clear when discussing with all stakeholders, including the users that this system of licences for so-called "ancillary uses" is working, based on the voluntary aggregation of the required rights in the local collective management organisations. That is the reason why the Commission proposed a particular provision for these licences and the Parliament and Council endorsed it.
29. Who will benefit from multi-territorial licences of authors' rights in musical works for online uses?
The aggregation of rights and territories by the collective management organisations granting this type of licence will allow service providers ("users" or "licensees") to use a large amount of musical works in several territories with a single licence. The licensing process will thus be simplified, more cost efficient (fewer licences, faster procedures, more territories covered). This will make it easier for service-providers to launch new services, for the benefit of consumers, who will have a wider choice, and also for the benefit of rights-holders, who will see their content used more often and would be remunerated for this.
30. When will the new rules come into force?
Once the Council has formally adopted the new legislation, the new rules will enter into force on the twentieth day following that of the publication of the Directive in the Official Journal of the European Union. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with the Directive within 24 months after its entry into force.
Further information
1 : Creative industries include information services such as publishing activities (books, periodicals and software), motion pictures, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities, programming and broadcasting activities, computer programming, architectural and engineering services, advertising, design activities, photographic activities, translation and interpretation activities, creative, arts and entertainment activities.
2 : cf. Copyright + Creativity = Jobs and Economic Growth, WIPO studies on the economic contribution of copyright industries, WIPO 2012
3 : IFPI, Recording Industry in Numbers - The Recorded Music Market in 2012


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Just wanted to share my experiences so far and discuss some opportunities for improvement. I'm very happy with the changes in this version! Attached is a picture of the new weborbiter on my iphone running (480x320) in full screen mode.
Things I've noticed:1) the status bar (reception, time, battery level) covers the top of the image making the top buttons unusable. I would think we could introduce some white space at the top of the page to shift everything down appropriately. Would this best be implemented in weborbiter or within the rendered images?
2) there is whitespace on the bottom and right of the rendered image. I would think we should ideally have have the 480x320 rendered image fill the screen (but not fall under the top status bar) with the home,back,refresh,exit,logout buttons appearing only when scrolled to.
3) a working 16:9 UI1 variant would make much better use of the real estate.
Otherwise, aside from the sometimes difficult to read text (I assume due to image compression) it looks and works great, MUCH better than v1.0!
That screen resolution looks like 320x240 too me - you need to add the 480x320 resolution to your system (its not there by default - yet) or wait for it to appear in future update.
Quote from: totallymaxed on July 07, 2010, 10:49:36 pmThat screen resolution looks like 320x240 too me - you need to add the 480x320 resolution to your system (its not there by default - yet) or wait for it to appear in future update.Hmm... The one I'm using is actually listed in webadmin as "320x480" (I didn't add it). I'll take your word for it though that the correct iPhone resolution is yet to be added
Andrew,I set up the weborbiter for my iPhone4 at the resolution 960x640 (iPhone4), however when I use that resolution this is what it looks like.If I use the old iphone resolution, it fits just fine on the screen but the image is blurry.any ideas why the 960x640 only shows the top corner of the orbiter?Also, one pretty cool thing i stumbled upon was that the iPhone4 weborbiter resolution works nicely on the iPad since I assume you coded it to remove the address bar. This prevents me from having to scroll down on the iPad(like is necessary when I use the 1024x768 setting) which makes the buttons unusable. Would it be possible for you to make a 1024x768 option for the iPad that has the code to remove the address bar like you did for the iPhone?Thanks,Krys


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Meat: i use chicken breast in my fesenjan. you can use a whole chicken chopped up, or just your favorite parts. many persians like to make small meatballs, brown them and then add them in.
Nuts: walnuts are traditional, but you can always try mixing walnuts, cashews, almonds, etc. for a different type of flavor if you want.
The pictures below demonstrate the difference between pomegranate pastes:
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Creationism AND Evolution: Both Of Them, Are True
I am a devout life long Christian yet I have for most of my adult life debated how Christians (for the most part) are so oblivious to reality and to the Truths that are shown us in the Bible. So many people who believe in the Bible as the Holy Spirit Inspired Word Of God (as I also do) tend to read the Bible with 'Church Doctrine' blinders on. Back in the time of the Apostles and the time that Jesus walked the Earth when they taught in the Synagogues the people studied the Scriptures to see if what they were being taught was the truth or not. Just because your Preacher or a Church Elder, Bishop, or if you are Catholic, even the Pope, tells you something it is your Christian obligation to search out the Scriptures to see if what you are being told is Biblical truth.
Reality is that the ignorance of Christians/Churches have convinced millions if not billions of people throughout history to turn their backs on the Jewish and the Christian faith. Right from the very first book of the Bible (Genesis) Christians and Jews do not understand what we are so plainly being told. Yes the world and all in it were created in six days, but those six days are not, were not, human days, they were God's days. I nor any other human knows what one of God's days represent compared to a human day but Scripture tells us over and over again that God's days are not our days yet humans keep trying to make that be so anyway. Even in our own solar system every single planet that circles the sun has a different amount of our hours in one of their days. Some will, through their ego's say, well why didn't Moses just lay it all our for us so we could know exactly everything? Folks, almost all of the humans that were alive about 3,600-3,700 human years ago calculated time through their own ancestors which normally only traversed back 3, 4, or 5 generations at best. Do you honestly think if Moses had started teaching them of thinks that happened 3 or 4 billion years ago that these people would have listened to him? What if Moses had started laying out the lineage of Dinosaurs, what do you think they would have done? My guess is that the people would have shunned him for being a crazy man.
Most all of us know some about the story of Adam and Eve from the first two chapters of Genesis but my question to everyone is, just how well have you read it? Have you just taken the word of the Church you attend as to what the Scripture actually is telling us all? Please reread the first two chapters. If you will notice in the first chapter Adam was created but before His creation God created 'men and women, and, God created He them'. After God had created multiple 'men and women' God created Adam. Now in the first chapter, after God did all of His creating of those 'Six Days', God rested from His work on the 7th day. Then after all His work was done and He had created the first group of people (the Gentiles) and Adam, then in chapter #2 God then created Eve to be a help mate for Adam. Folks, the 'promised one, the Messiah, Jesus The Christ' lineage is traced back through the 'Royal Blood Line' to Adam, actually to Eve. There were two human creations, the gentiles, and the Royal Blood Line of Adam. Adam and Eve were about 5,500 human years ago yet humans were on this planet many thousands of years before this time. Jesus Himself referred to us Gentiles as "people before this time whom were not a people". Jesus was pointing out that before His time here on Earth, before His Resurrection that salvation was only to the Jews and to no one else. So, people who were not a people, Gentiles! These are simple truths laid out in writing for us all to see yet we choose to remain blind. Think about a few things we are told here in the beginning of Genesis. After Cain had murdered his brother Able God banished Cain to the East of Eden in the land of Nod. God put a mark on the forehead of Cain so that "all who find him would not kill him", folks, all of who? There were only 3 people left on the planet right, just Cain, his Mom Eve and his Dad Adam, so all of whom? Then after Cain had been banished he took a wife, wait a minute, where did she come from? Moses wrote the first five books of the Bible/Torah through the guidance of God's Spirit, whom we tend to call the Holy Spirit from the New Testament. The Truth of the Scriptures are right before our eyes, but we have been trained not to see the real Truth. We have been taught Church doctrines instead which has run many millions of people away from God's teachings.
If Moses had told the people of his time that the world was about 4-5 billion years old and that the planet we call Earth had started with a big interstellar bang what do you think the people would have done to him? At the very least they would have thought him to be crazy and no one would have paid him any mind. To my Christian and Jewish brothers, yes there were such things as dinosaurs and there has been life on this planet for several hundred millions of human years. I did not say that there has been human life here on Earth for hundreds of millions of our years, just life itself. God does not want us to be ignorant for ignorance begets death, physical and spiritual. Science has pretty much discovered/proven that human life has been on this planet for hundreds of thousands of years, not just the 5,000-5,500 years since Adam and Eve. I am not an archaeologist even though I am a huge fan of history. I know that science has been looking for the so-called 'missing link' between Primates and Humans for longer than I have been alive. This is like trying to find that pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, it doesn't exist folks.
Evolution, is there such a thing? Of course there is folks. As an example I would like to use the people science calls Neanderthals. For most of my life time scientist have wondered what happened to them, why did they go extinct? Just like the people before them who bred with them the same thing happened to them, they were bred out of existence. You can breed cattle with buffalo and you get what is called beefalo. You can take oranges and breed them with tangerines and you get a product called tangelos. In Scripture the 'House of Israel' was forbidden to mix blood with any of the Gentiles, if they did then they were counted as not being pure. Humans did not crawl up out of the oceans and even though we have many of the same molecules of other creatures we did not derive from them and they did not derive from us. Today science can create a form of a human being through cloning and some would call this evolution, that we have evolved into a more pure condition but they are ignorant of reality. Science can play God, but they are not God. Just as if I could make an android and give it a human name like George, George is still not a human. The difference in these two creations of science and a real human being is that science can not create 'a Soul'. It is the Soul that makes the conscientiousness that makes one human and only God can create the Soul. Is there such a thing as evolution, of course there is, just not to the extent that some scientist believe and or are trying to find or create.
Science has some things wrong, yet they do have many things correct. Churches have many things correct, yet they have many things wrong. It is the job of the Churches to teach the whole Truth but first the Churches must open their eyes to what the Scriptures actually say and to forget about 'Church doctrines'. The Earth is a special place for it is designated to be "God's Footstool". Earth is where Jesus will reign from once the New Jerusalem comes down from Heaven to replace the current city of Jerusalem once it has been totally destroyed after the Second Advent. Now, Christians, wake up to reality about other planets. Do you honestly think that if God is the Creator of all things in the Heavens and on the Earth that He created billions of planets for no purpose or reason at all? To the best of my knowledge I have never seen an alien yet I totally believe that they exist, it would be difficult to honestly believe other wise. Then again there is the issue of, what does an alien actually look like? Personally I have no idea, but I do doubt that they look like humans. Personally I believe in the existence of Angels, I also believe that I have seen and spoken with at least two in my lifetime. I also believe in the existence of Satan and of His Angels, to me, to not believe in both is Biblical ignorance. I personally do not know if I have ever spoken directly with any Demons but I think that there is a very good chance that I have several times. I know that I have experienced being in places and in the presence of a few people where the feeling of pure evil was like a stench in the air, you could feel it, you could almost taste it. Remember, if you spend your life trying to be good and trying your best to be the best follower of Christ that you know how to be, you make yourself a target for the hate of evil ones, humans and otherwise.


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Current Theme Song (aka what's playing on my ipod right now): A New Name... A New Life by John Williams [Memoirs of Geisha soundtrack].
So I promised you a contest, and boy will I deliver.
I have for you today, for your clamoring pleasure , a copy of FOR DARKNESS SHOWS THE STARS by Diana Peterfreund. And let me tell you, it was good. The kind of good where I stayed up until 3:00 in the morning to finish because if my family interrupted me one more time I was going to rip someone's head off. And that would have been messy. And I would have felt bad later. Probably. Yeah, that kind of good.
It hit every point of deliciousness that I've been craving in a book for the last little while. For those of you who don't know it is post-(post?)-apocalyptic retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion. So you already know there is going to be emotional turmoil! misunderstandings! sexual tension stretched to its breaking point! And of course a squee/swoon-worthy happy ending. After your heart has been crushed and wrung out through one of the old-fashioned laundry wringers, of course. There were parts in the book I was mentally screaming at the characters. I was inventing conversations everywhere of what they should be saying to each other because it was obvious they liked each other so why don't they just spit it out already? That doesn't happen very often and nothing I can remember to that degree. Guilty pleasure or not, this was exactly the book I needed right now.
And can I say this, and again very slowly? STAND-ALONE FANTASY. You have not IDEA how much I've needed one of these. No waiting for the next books, no agonizing cliff-hanger. I'll buy the book right there from those two words alone, thank-you-very-much. And as much as I hate to part with it (there may be claw marks in the ARC, I apologize), it can now be yours. Because this book deserves to get as much hype and attention before its release on June 12, 2012.*
I'm making this one simple. Just be a follower and leave a comment with your email below! That's it.
US only (I'm sorry my amazing international followers. I promise an international contest is coming!)
Ends 2/11/12 11:59 EST
*It's not required of course, but it would be wonderful if after you are done that you pass it on to someone else. You know, that whole karma thing. :)
Time For A Contest! For Darkness Shows The Stars ARC Giveaway!
Current Theme Song (aka what's playing on my ipod right now): A New Name... A New Life by John Williams [Memoirs of Geisha soundtrack].
64 comments:
- Life As Wife said...
You had me at "stand alone!" Yay for getting all of the story at once!
Samkanatzar (at) gmail (dot) com
- January 25, 2012 at 9:52 AM
- Heather Zundel said...
I know, right?! I love my trilogies something fierce, but there are so few stand-alone, self-contained fantasies for YA out there now (or in adult, come to think of it...) that is was an ABSOLUTE breath of fresh air.
And thank you for leaving your email! I need to go back in and edit it so I can contact the winners, haha.
(and boy! You were fast! Fastest fingers on the net) :)
- January 25, 2012 at 9:57 AM
- Truly Bookish said...
Thanks for the giveaway, this is on my must read list for 2012!
GFC: truly bookish
- January 25, 2012 at 10:29 AM
- Alysa Stewart said...
i haven't read any Diana Peterfreund yet. Sounds intriguing!
- January 25, 2012 at 10:35 AM
- Kim said...
Ohmygosh! I love Diana's unicorn books and I've wanted this book when it was just a whisper. Thanks for giving it away!
- January 25, 2012 at 10:55 AM
- Erinberry said...
I'm really looking forward to this one. It sounds so good. Thanks for the giveaway!
erinberry12 at gmail dot com
- January 25, 2012 at 12:08 PM
- Cajun Cutie said...
Woo hoo a stand alone!
My email is firstname.lastname@example.com
- January 25, 2012 at 1:35 PM
- ephrielle said...
Who wouldn't want to read this book after your props. I love the cover but wasn't in love with a past book I read by this author. As such this book while pretty hasn't made the cut. Well, that is until I read this. I am wondering if I don't win how else I can finagle a copy for myself. Hmm, must ponder this in great depth. . .
Hope, Love, and Happy Endings
- January 25, 2012 at 1:41 PM
- Drina said...
That sounds like exactly the kind of book I need right now. Thanks so much for the giveaway!
- January 25, 2012 at 1:45 PM
- Jaime said...
Omg I want this one sooooo bad! I love Persuasion and was totally excited to hear about the modern retelling of the story! Thanks so much for the giveaway! :D
-Two Chicks On Books
- January 25, 2012 at 1:48 PM
- Editor Cassandra said...
OMG, I will do ANYTHING for this book! SOOOOOO want!!!!!! Please please please please please!!!
I'm a new follower (hello!) and my email is irrelevantheart ATgmailDOTcom
- January 25, 2012 at 1:59 PM
- Lauren Goff said...
Awesome giveaway! :D I'm a new follower <3
- January 25, 2012 at 2:05 PM
- donnas said...
You definitely have me interested. Must check it out!
bacchus76 at myself dot com
- January 25, 2012 at 2:52 PM
- LifeOffTheRails said...
OMG now I want the book, how do you expect me to wait till June?!Anyway thanks for having the giveaway!
- January 25, 2012 at 2:56 PM
- nodizzies said...
Thanks for the awesome giveaway! I'm so excited for this book b/c it's a Jane Austen retelling! A post-apocalyptic retelling! I love that! I really can't wait for the book to come out!
GFC: nodizzies
jadedlittlegirlx AT gmail DOT com
- January 25, 2012 at 3:03 PM
- Meg said...
Ooo a stand-alone, and it sounds incredibly intriguing!...I need a good stand-alone now that I'm caught on so many cliffhangers (Beth Revis' series to name one of them!)
Thanks for the contest!
meghan dot herrod at gmail dot com
P.S. Have you read "The Scorpio Races" yet? It's a stand-alone!
It is by far Maggie Stiefvater's best novel yet...and the audio version is quite swoon-worthy as well! (I think I'm on my third re-read along with listening to the audio book on the way to and from work!) :)
- January 25, 2012 at 3:03 PM
- Kimberly said...
It sounds good! Thanks for being awesome!
- January 25, 2012 at 3:20 PM
- Marg @ Clockwork Reverie said...
I'm really looking forward to reading this one. Thanks for the awesome giveaway.
- January 25, 2012 at 3:27 PM
- Charlotte said...
Oh, this one looks so good! I've been following you for ages and ages, of course, but on google reader, but I'll become a Real Follower for this one!
- January 25, 2012 at 4:25 PM
- Christa said...
I'm so excited about this book!
Thanks for the giveaway!
ambience.of.rain {at} gmail.com
- January 25, 2012 at 5:23 PM
- Overlook Building said...
I would love tjhis book!! THe cover is gorgeous and I am sure the words inside match!
jenlam26 (at) gmail (dot) com
- January 25, 2012 at 5:41 PM
- Suey said...
I would love a chance at this one please! Yes!
jenstusue AT yahoo DOT com
- January 25, 2012 at 7:01 PM
- Pica said...
I'm so excited to read For Darkness Shadows the Stars! Thank you so much for this giveaway!
picareads [AT] gmail [DOT] com
- January 25, 2012 at 7:05 PM
- Christina Reads YA said...
I've wanted to read this one for so long! Thanks for the opportunity.
- January 25, 2012 at 7:50 PM
- Emily said...
I can't wait to read this! Major Persuasion fan right here and I am so tired of trilogies. Thanks for a great giveaway!
emilyroundy (at) gmail (dot) com
- January 25, 2012 at 8:03 PM
- Valia Lind said...
Cant wait to read this! Thanks!
- January 25, 2012 at 8:56 PM
- LadyDamonayde said...
Sounds really awesome! Love a good fantasy and stand alone is definetly welcome.
- January 26, 2012 at 7:44 AM
- Connie Onnie said...
I follow Diana's blog and have been so excited to read this book!
- January 26, 2012 at 8:03 AM
- Cecelia said...
SO very excited for this one! Thanks for offering the giveaway!
- January 26, 2012 at 8:12 AM
- AmyG@YA-Sisterhood said...
I CANNOT wait to read this one! I love love love Persuasion and I love Diana! What could be better than putting them together!?! Thanks for the giveaway!
- January 26, 2012 at 8:14 AM
- Sara @ Forever 17 Books said...
This book sounds amazing!! Thank you for the giveaway!!
- January 26, 2012 at 8:17 AM
- Frea said...
Definitely been looking forward to this one since I heard she was writing it! It's so awesome that you're passing on your copy like that, claw marks and all. :)
- January 26, 2012 at 8:20 AM
- Allison said...
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- January 26, 2012 at 8:47 AM
- Allison said...
I've been looking forward to this book for a LONG time. Might as well throw my name into the mix! Thanks for your brief review, I'm all amped up now.
- January 26, 2012 at 8:48 AM
- Bookyurt said...
A SCI-FI PERSUASION?!? X-mas came early this year!
Thanks for the giveaway!
- January 26, 2012 at 9:29 AM
- Erin Clarkson said...
Sounds so good!
- January 26, 2012 at 12:51 PM
- Andie Z said...
Oh man, I would SELL MY SOUL for this book. It has been at the very tippy top of my wishlist ever since I first heard about it. I'm sooooo glad you loved it and thank you so much for the giveaway!!
I'm a new follower! :)
From A to Z
musingsfromatoz @ gmail.com
- January 26, 2012 at 2:32 PM
- HayleyAG said...
Holy amazing balls this is awesome! Thank you so much for this giveaway- i'm dying to read this book! :)
New follower!
- January 26, 2012 at 3:43 PM
- Bookish in a Box said...
This sounds great! And I'm excited that it's a stand-alone. Sometimes I get tired of slogging through 3 books to get my (hopefully) happy ending.
whatinabox at gmail dot com
- January 26, 2012 at 3:56 PM
- Beth said...
I'm dying to read this one. I love everything Diana does but I would've picked this one up even if she didn't write it!
- January 26, 2012 at 5:19 PM
- Beth said...
Oops! email@example.com!
- January 26, 2012 at 5:20 PM
- Jessy said...
Awesome! Thanks for the chance to win this.
Findjessyhere at gmail dot com
- January 26, 2012 at 6:14 PM
- Andrea said...
Thanks for the great contest! And I loved yoru review! It made me even more excited to read the book!
- January 26, 2012 at 6:38 PM
- JoLee said...
I would really love to win this! I'm so looking forward to this book.
jolee(dot)stephens gmail
- January 26, 2012 at 7:54 PM
- Ivy said...
I've been looking forward to this book!! Thanks for the giveaway!!
- January 26, 2012 at 8:59 PM
- Bethany Hope said...
Great book to giveaway! Persuasion had the best ending of all the Auten's and that's saying something. Now a dystopian remake? I can NOT wait!
- January 27, 2012 at 7:16 PM
- Emilia said...
I've been waiting for this one for a while! Thank the Lord for ARC giveaways!
- January 27, 2012 at 8:00 PM
- Betsy said...
I cannot wait for this book! Is sounds so great! Great contest. :)
- January 28, 2012 at 9:04 AM
- Jennifer said...
I am dying to read this book. I love that it is inspired by Austen's work because she is amazeballs! Also loving the cover for it. It's so pretty! Thanks for the giveaway. New follower, btw :)
- January 28, 2012 at 9:53 AM
- Anonymous said...
Wow, I've been waiting for this one. And just look at that cover, would you? Delish. Me wants to gobble it up right away.
Thanks for the contest!
- January 28, 2012 at 4:18 PM
- Rebecca Herman said...
awesome contest, thanks for the chance to win, I've been dying to read this book.
I'm a new follower.
rebecca191 at aol.com
- January 29, 2012 at 1:49 AM
- Anonymous said...
thanks for this awesome chance!
- January 29, 2012 at 11:14 AM
- Anonymous said...
I'd love this! New follower here. :)
lisa.asanuma @ gmail.com
- January 30, 2012 at 9:03 PM
- Sandy said...
a stand-alone fantasy? that's almost unheard of. But that makes sense based on the book's original source (jane austen<333). thank you for the awesome giveaway, Heather!
(I also linked your giveaway in a post--hope that's ok!)
- January 31, 2012 at 9:11 AM
- Angie said...
Thank you so much because I cannot wait to read this book!!!!!!!
I follow as Angie
ajiehuang1997 (at) gmail (dot) com
- January 31, 2012 at 3:59 PM
- Gisele said...
Thanks for the giveaway!! I would love to read it!
GFC: Gisele Alvarado
- January 31, 2012 at 4:25 PM
- Jenn (Books At Midnight) said...
So psyched for this, thank you for the giveaway! New follower too. (:
I've only read her book Rampant so far, and it was pretty good, I just had problems really getting into the series. So I'm glad that, yes, this is standalone and while Persuasion isn't my absolute favorite, it's still one of my top Austen books! I think I have two copies of it actually, haha.
- January 31, 2012 at 7:45 PM
- Em said...
I just can't wait for this book! I love Jane Austen, so Jane Austen + Sci-fi makes me very happy.
Following as: Emma
I also linked your giveaway in my Waiting on Wednesday post :)
- February 1, 2012 at 6:05 AM
- Teril said...
This author is nothing short of amazing. I cannot wait to see what is in store for is in this upcoming release. The concept of it is dazzling and that cover is freaking awesome.
Thank you for the giveaway.
GFC Teril
terilhack at gmail dot com
- February 1, 2012 at 8:25 AM
- Kaya H said...
After the amazing things that this author did with unicorns I cannot wait to see what happens with myth.
kasuranna at yahoo dot com
- February 1, 2012 at 8:29 AM
- brookea_2006 said...
Thanks for the giveaway! This sounds great!
gfc: brookea_2006
email: brookea_2006 at yahoodotcom
- February 1, 2012 at 5:09 PM
- Editor Cassandra said...
Oh my gosh, look t all the comments already! Ooooh, I want so badly!!!
Irrelevantheart ATgmailDOTcom
- February 2, 2012 at 11:09 PM
- Enna Isilee said...
That is all.
Enna Isilee
- February 3, 2012 at 12:08 PM
- Aurora said...
I am so looking forward to this book, I would love to get an ARC to read and pass on for others to love :D
Aurora Celeste
- February 8, 2012 at 12:23 PM


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Ariel and Cameron, 19, have since broken up. A hearing on Gray's petition to become Ariel's permanent guardian is scheduled for Nov. 20.


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..."Why, oh why... can't we rise above the politics of personal insult in Parliament?"...
Michael Ignatieff launched an aggressive attack on status of women minister Helena Guergis today, saying that she's a liar and doesn't deserve to be in cabinet.Nice. You kiss Ralph Goodale with that mouth?
"Maybe she should take Iggy to the HRC, she was insulted, called a liar with no proof. If a lesbian can be insulted by a comics remarks, why not a Minister of the Crown."Interesting.
"And she should hire Ezra to take it on."