A marriage of convenience plural marriages of convenience is a marriage contracted for reasons other than the reasons of relationship, family, or love. Instead, such a marriage is orchestrated for personal gain or some other sort of strategic purpose, such as political marriage. The phrase is a calque of lang fr mariage de convenance a marriage of convention, or marriage of suitability. In the cases when it represents a fraud , it is called sham marriage . Legal loophole Marriages of convenience ... 1325 , the consequences of entering into a marriage in order to evade the law include incarceration for up to five years, a fine of up to 250,000, or both. ref The term marriage of convenience has also ... publicly and legally married on the University s lawn in a so called marriage of convenience so ... The phrase marriage of convenience has also been generalized to mean any partnership between groups ... political camps. Political marriage Some marriages in medieval times were marriages of convenience, such as that of Agnes of Courtenay . Also called a marriage of state . See also Heqin References ... commonscat inline Marriage of convenience Category Family law Category Types of marriage Category Fraud ... title9 crm01948.htm 1948 Marriage Fraud 8 U.S.C. 1325 c and 18 U.S.C. 1546 , US Attorneys Manual, Title 9, Criminal Resource Manual. blockquote The Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments Act of 1986 amended ... for any individual who knowingly enters into a marriage for the purpose of evading any provision of the immigration ... ref ref Fraudulent marriage is any marriage that has been entered into with the sole purpose ... of convenience is to hide one partner s homosexuality in cases where being openly gay is punishable or potentially detrimental. A sham marriage of this type, known as the lavender marriage ... The Immigration Marriage Fraud Amendments Sham Marriages or Sham Legislation? , Florida State ... t You Tell Me Your Name Inside the Green Card Marriage Phenomenon , Center for Immigration Studies ... more details
For the racehorse Convenience horse Weasel date March 2009 Unreferenced date April 2007 Convenience is anything that is intended to save resources time , energy or frustration . A convenience store at a petrol station , for example, sells items that have nothing to do with gasoline petrol , but it saves the consumer from having to go to a grocery store . Convenience is a very relative term and its meaning tends to change over time. What was once a convenience e.g. an automobile is today regarded as a normal part of life. Likewise today s luxuries may be perceived in the same way in the future. Some have criticized Western culture , particularly American culture , for its reliance on such conveniences and the Eastern culture, particularly the Middle East for its lack of conveniences. The Amish such as the Pennsylvania Dutch shun all modern conveniences, including electricity . Some conveniences can also sometimes turn out to be nuisance s, including personal computer s can be difficult to use, though this is improving gradually and mobile phone s with annoying rings and conversations in what would or should be a quiet place . Conveniences also cost time and money to fix when they break down, and may cause much greater costs if something else that depends on them cannot take place. On the other hand, conveniences such as direct deposit can save everyone money, though this may or may not be passed along to the consumer. See also Consumerism Convenience food Convenience store Flag of convenienceMarriage of convenience Public convenience Category Consumer behaviour econ stub da Convenience ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 A convenience function is a non essential subroutine in a library computing programming library or Software framework framework which is intended to ease commonly performed tasks. These convenience functions may be added arbitrarily based on the creator s perception of what these menial tasks will be, or they may be the result of a process of refactor ing by the developers and community feedback on what could be made into a convenience function. A convenience function s task may almost always be expressed in terms of other operations, though this will likely have increased verbiage and reduced abstraction computer science abstraction and possibly maintainability. From this perspective, any programming language above assembly language is a convenience language to avoid writing machine code . DEFAULTSORT Convenience Function Category Subroutines Compu prog stub ... more details
Orphan date September 2008 A convenience translation is either when an entity displays its financial statement s or other financial information in a currency that is different from either its functional currency or its presentation currency simply by translating all amounts at end of period exchange rates. A result of making a convenience translation is that the resulting financial information does not comply with all Generally Accepted Accounting Principles . It is also referred to as a convenience translation when a language translation is rendered for the convenience of reading a text in a different than the original language however, the original text remains the only legally binding text. Unreferenced date June 2007 Finance stub Category Financial accounting ... more details
Image Needs btn 2.png 100 100 right Needs Convenience is a chain of convenience stores throughout eastern Canada . The Needs logo and trademark are owned by Sobeys Sobeys Inc. . Individual stores are operated by independent franchising franchisees . Sobeys is the exclusive supplier to the chain. Many stores operate from 6AM midnight, however there are some 24 hour locations in larger urban centres. In recent years, the Needs chain has begun installing gasoline station s at a limited number of locations using either the Ultramar Ultramar Limited or Sobeys Fast Fuels brands. History The Needs Convenience chain developed out of a series of small acquisitions by Sobeys, beginning with the TRA wholesale business in Middleton, Nova Scotia . By the mid 1990s, Needs stores were being branded throughout the Maritime provinces and Newfoundland and Labrador. The Sobeys owned Green Gables chain was changed over to Needs by the late 1990s as part of a final effort to consolidate the region s up scale convenience store market. During the early 2000s, Sobeys experimented with converting several Needs stores to the Sobeys Express brand on a limited trial basis. The trial was unsuccessful and the stores reverted back to the Needs brand, however several stores are now being branded as Needs Convenience Extra or Needs Convenience Plus . See also Foodland Canada Foodland and Price Chopper for other Sobeys owned small grocery stores. Riteway , Kwik Way , and Clover Farm for other Sobeys owned convenience store brands operated by franchisees. References Unreferenced date November 2007 Category Canadian brands Category Convenience stores of Canada Category Companies based in Nova Scotia Category Franchises business stub ... more details
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename Convenience image caption sire Fleet Nasrullah grandsire Nasrullah horse Nasrullah dam Moment of Truth damsire Matador sex Stallion horse Stallion foaled 1968 country United States colour Bay horse Bay breeder Caper Hill Farm, Inc. owner Glen Hill Farm trainer Willard L. Proctor record 35 15 9 4 earnings United States dollar US 648,933 race Vallejo Stakes 1971 br Santa Paula Handicap 1972 br Sequoia Handicap 1972 br Vanity Handicap 1972, 1973 br Hollywood Park Racetrack Hollywood Park Match race 1972 br Wilshire Handicap 1973 br Santa Maria Handicap 1974 awards honours updated Convenience foaled foaled May 29, 1968 in Florida was a Thoroughbred racing mare . She was sired by Fleet Nasrullah, a son of Nasrullah horse Nasrullah , and her dam was Moment of Truth. Bred by Caper Hill Farm, Inc. and raced by Glen Hill Farm , she was trained by Willard Proctor . ref http www.pedigreequery.com convenienceConvenience s pedigree ref During her racing career, Convenience won fifteen of thirty five starts and retired with earnings of 648,933. Among her wins, Convenience twice won the Graded stakes race Grade 1 Vanity Invitational Handicap Vanity Handicap ref http news.google.ca newspapers?id uKNUAAAAIBAJ&sjid tI8DAAAAIBAJ&pg 1770,3759031&dq convenience vanity handicap&hl en Ellensburg Daily Record June 5, 1972 ref ref http select.nytimes.com gst abstract.html?res F30813FB3A5C13728DDDA10894DF405B838BF1D3 New York Times July 8, 1973 ref and in 1972, under jockey Jerry Lambert jockey Jerry Lambert defeated Typecast horse Typecast in a 250,000 winner take all match race in front of 53,575 fans at Hollywood Park Racetrack . ref http hollywoodpark.com about history Hollywood Park history ref References reflist Category 1968 racehorse births Category Thoroughbred racehorses Category Racehorses bred in Florida Category Racehorses trained in the United States Category American racehorses ... more details
Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Kings of Convenience image Kings of Convenience in Bangkok.jpg caption Kings of Convenience live in Bangkok, 2010 image size 250 landscape ... www.kingsofconvenience.com Kings of Convenience are an Indie music indie folk pop duo from Bergen , Norway ... of convenience title Art by Ron English, 2012 Live at KCRW on Morning Becomes Eclectic 05.18.05 ... of Convenience album Versus , an album of remixes of tracks from Quiet Is the New Loud , came out .... ref http www.emi.no nyheter 2009 juli kings of convenience med nytt album.aspx dead link date April ... web url http norwegiancharts.com showinterpret.asp?interpret Kings Of Convenience title Discography Norway Kings of Convenience in Norwegian Charts publisher norwegiancharts.com accessdate March 21 ... http italiancharts.com search.asp?cat a&search kings of convenience title Kings of Convenience Album ...?interpret Kings Of Convenience title Discographie Kings of Convenience Kings of Convenience ... web url http www.billboard.com artist kings of convenience chart history 400229 title Kings of Convenience ... artist kings of convenience chart history 400229?f 324&g Albums title Kings of Convenience Chart History ... of convenience chart history 400229?f 326&g Albums title Kings of Convenience Chart History Independent ... style text align left Versus Kings of Convenience album Versus small First remix album Released October ... in a Room 5 track CD Virgin 2000 Kings of Convenience s Live Acoustic Sessions Milan 2009 4 track ... links http www.kingsofconvenience.com Kings of Convenience official site http www.erlendoye.com Erlend ye official site Kings of Convenience Category Astralwerks artists Category Norwegian indie rock groups af Kings of Convenience ar da Kings of Convenience de Kings of Convenience es Kings Of Convenience fr Kings of Convenience id Kings of Convenience it Kings of Convenience ka Kings of Convenience nl Kings of Convenience ja no Kings of Convenience pl Kings ... more details
Infobox company company name Convenience Valet company logo Image Convenience Valet Logo.jpg 200px center company type Private company Private company slogan Experience CV foundation 1997 location Melrose Park, Illinois , United States area served United States , Canada , Macau key people David Baum br small President, Chief Executive Officer CEO small num employees 120 2008 sales industry Product repackaging, convenience products & services, distribution products Blister packed OTC drugs, health & beauty care, general merchandise, automotive products and travel kits homepage http www.cvalet.com www.cvalet.com Convenience Valet , based in Melrose Park, Illinois , is a provider of nationally branded blister packed convenience sized trial and travel Health & Beauty Care products, Over the counter ... In 1995, Mechanical Servants began testing its merchandising methods in convenience store s and found a very receptive audience. Within two years, Mechanical Servants founded Convenience Valet, a division of its parent company specializing in convenience store retail product lines. This line would offer color coded cards, by category, for easy merchandising. Convenience Valet specialized primarily in convenience stores, but added Grocery store grocery in 1998 and drug in 2000, while the Mechanical ... services . New Identity By 2007 Mechanical Servants Convenience Valet was recognized as a leader in blister packaged trial size consumer products. ref name Convenience Store Decisions cite web url http ... CSD Staff date 2007 accessdate 2008 09 17 ref In 2008, Convenience Valet s well recognized brand ... simply under the Convenience Valet imprint. Today, the company continues to offer innovative packaging & category management, and has expanded all classes of trade. ref name Convenience Store News cite web url http www.csnewsbuyersguide.com company 40128 Convenience Valet.aspx title Convenience Valet publisher Convenience Store News date 2008 accessdate 2008 09 16 ref Convenience Valet s distribution ... more details
VPS Convenience is an American convenience store chain, currently headquartered in Wilmington, North Carolina . History Village Pantry was founded as a convenience store chain division of Marsh Supermarkets , founded in Yorktown, Indiana . Village Pantry sold Marathon Oil Marathon branded fuels, and had 190 convenience stores in Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan as of June 2009. ref name IBJ cite news title Village Pantry moving HQ out of Indianapolis first Scott last Olson url http cms.ibj.com ASPXPages 6iframes FrontEndArticlesDetailPage.aspx?ArticleID 40136&NoFrame 1 newspaper Indianapolis Business Journal date 2009 06 22 ref In 2006, Sun Capital Partners purchased Marsh and its divisions, including Village Pantry. ref cite news title Sun Capital Partners Affiliate Completes Acquisition of Marsh Supermarkets url http www2.prnewswire.com cgi bin stories.pl?ACCT 104&STORY www story 09 27 2006 0004440871&EDATE agency PR Newswire publisher Sun Capital Partners date 2006 09 27 ref In May 2007, Sun announced that they were splitting Village Pantry from Marsh, making it its own company reporting directly to Sun Capital Partners Sun Capital . ref cite news title Village Pantry Disconnects from Marsh url http www.suncappart.com index.php?page news3&article 204 newspaper Convenience Store Decisions date 2007 05 07 ref In October 2007, Village Pantry purchased 33 Next Door Store locations in Michigan and Indiana. In Spring 2009, Village Pantry and three other Sun owned convenience store chains Young s , Li l Cricket , and Scotchman began reorganizing to consolidate accounting and administration with Young s and Scotchman parent company Worsley Operating Corporation. ref name regroup cite ... 2009 09 08 accessdate 2009 01 03 ref As of June 2009, the combined operation runs a total of 400 convenience stores as VPS Convenience Store Group. ref name IBJ ref name regroup Notes and references ... Partners Convenience stores Category Convenience stores of the United States Category Companies ... more details
Unreferenced date April 2007 Convenience cooking is the practice of streamlining recipes for simplicity and speed of preparation. It is a common practice in Western cultures, where both men and women work outside the home and elaborate meals are difficult if not impossible to pull off given the usual time constraints. Though seemingly a recent phenomenon, guides to convenience cooking go as far back as 1930 French Cooking in Ten Minutes by Edouard de Pomiane , which tried to minimize the time put into much French cooking of the day. Current well known practitioners of the art include Rachael Ray and Sandra Lee cook Sandra Lee in addition, Cook s Illustrated magazine has often incorporated convenience cooking principles into their recipes. Ingredient simplification A significant amount of convenience cooking revolves around simplifying recipes to five or fewer ingredients. There is a substantial genre of cookbooks devoted to such dishes, often, though not always using other prepared foods as ingredients. In this division, ingredients generally does not include such things as spices and water. Time economy Another important skill in convenience cooking is time management. This genre of cooking focuses largely on process and technique rather than ingredients, and is aimed at getting the best quality out of a quickly prepared meal as possible, especially using common kitchen tools rather than specialized equipment such as convection oven s and microwave oven s. Some recipes remove certain steps that take large amounts of time. Sometimes kneading dough is removed from the process of making bread because it requires large amounts of time and effort. A common adjunct to this school of food preparation is the slow cooker , which allows unattended preparation of braises, soups, and stews. See also Convenience food Category Cooking ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 A convenience yield is an adjustment to the cost of carry in the non arbitrage pricing formula for forward prices in markets with trading constraints. Let math F t,T math be the forward price of an asset with initial price math S t math and maturity math T math . Suppose that math r math is the continuously compounded interest rate for one year. Then, the non arbitrage pricing formula should be math F t,T S t cdot e r T t math However, this relationship does not hold in most commodity markets, partly because of the inability of investors and speculators to short the underlying asset, math S t math . Instead, there is a correction to the forward pricing formula given by the convenience yield math c math . Hence math F t,T S t cdot e r c T t math This makes it possible for backwardation to be observable. Example A trader has observed that the price of 6 month math T math gold futures price F is 1,300 per troy ounce, whereas the spot price S is 1,371 per troy ounce. The not compounded borrowing rate for a 6 month loan math r math is 3.5 per annum, and storage cost for gold is negligible 0 . Since we know we have the relation math F S left 1 r c T right math What is the convenience yield implied by the futures price? From the formula above, we isolate the convenience yield math c math , and we obtain math c r frac 1 T 1 frac F S math math c 0.035 frac 1 0.5 1 frac 1300 1371 0.13857 13.9 math per annum, not compounded For information, if we had a continuously compounded 6 month borrowing rate and if we were looking for the continuously compounded convenience yield, we would have the formula math F S cdot e r c T math And the convenience yield would ... 14.1 math per annum, continuously compounded Why should a convenience yield exist? Users of a consumption ... . This implies that math r c 0 math . Consequently, the convenience yield is inversely related to inventory levels. DEFAULTSORT Convenience Yield Category Financial markets ca Convenience yield de ... more details
File Jarittos flavors.jpg thumb Jarritos soda File SnackfoodRackDF.JPG thumb A rack of convenience foods Seealso Snack food Convenience food , or tertiary processed food , is commercially prepared food designed for ease of consumption. ref name Nutrition Bible cite book author Jean Anderson coauthors Barbara Deskins title The Nutrition Bible publisher William Morrow & Co date October 1995 edition 1st isbn 0688116191 accessdate 2009 05 18 language EN authorlink Jean Anderson cookbook author ref Products designated as convenience foods are often prepared food stuffs that can be sold as hot, ready to eat dishes as room temperature, shelf stable products or as refrigerated or frozen products that require ... Home gid2 2434 title Convenience Foods date 2003 05 08 work Swiss Association for Nutrition ... and on the go eating. Convenience food can include products such as candy beverages such as soft ... s and pasta dishes. History Modern convenience food saw its beginnings in the period that began ... many product introductions, not all were successful convenience food staples such as fish sticks ... 2009 07 14 ref Criticisms Critics have derided the increasing trend of convenience foods because ... issues According to a page on the website of the Cleveland Clinic Most convenience foods on the market ... title Convenience Foods A quick and healthy guide for those on the go author Melissa ... blood pressure . A single serving of many convenience foods contains a significant portion of the recommended ..., and regulation In response to the issues surrounding the healthfulness of convenience and restaurant ... found in many convenience foods, encouraging self regulation over government intervention through ... 4732504 64 002 12 Convenience Foods Factors Affecting Their Use Where Household Diets are Poor http ... DEFAULTSORT Convenience Food Category Food and drink terminology Category Convenience foods de Convenience Food es Plato preparado fr Aliment industriel ko ja simple Convenience food ... more details
unreferenced date July 2007 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Resist Convenience Type Album Artist Folly Cover Folly ResistConvenience.png Released February 21, 2006 Genre Hardcore punk Hardcore , Punk rock Punk , Ska Label Triple Crown Records Last album Insanity Later br 2004 This album Resist Convenience br 2006 Next album Resist Convenience is the second full length album from Folly band Folly . It was released on March 10, 2006, and follows on from their first release, Insanity Later . The songs False Evidence Appearing Real and The Wake have been featured on their MySpace page. The song Broken originally appeared on the band s 2002 Demo. Guest vocals include Logan Laflotte of Paulson . Track listing Brooks Wuz Here Bonfire of the Manatees False Evidence Appearing Real Odds Evens The Wake Human Bodies We Still Believe... Historian Broken Forfeit Sundials All the King s Horses Operation Work Lift Face Personnel Jon Tummillo Vocals Geoff Towle Guitar Agim Colaku Guitar Arben Colaku Bass Anthony Wille Drums Category 2006 albums Category Folly albums 2000s punk rock album stub ... more details
unreferenced date May 2008 A convenience package is a set of minor functional enhancements to a vehicle, sold and priced as a unit. Many of these items are now included as standard equipment in a step up model of a particular vehicle line. As vehicles imported to the United States do not generally include the lowest stripper model, many of these features are standard on such imports. For domestic manufactures, vehicles will often use a common wiring harness regardless of features installed and so the marginal cost of adding these enhancements can be quite low for the manufacture and so enhance profitability. This use of a standard wiring harness can make it relatively easy to upgrade an older car using components from salvage vehicles. Many of the features now taken as standard, such as the passenger compartment dome light were once extra cost features or only seen in higher end models. Some features listed below may not be available on lower priced vehicles. Typical convenience package enhancements include Automatic headlight dimmer may be part of a safety package Coming Leaving Home light activation to illuminate the surrounding of a vehicle when passengers and or the driver emerge. Automatic central rear view mirror dimmer may be part of a safety package Cruise control, either plain or adaptive the vehicle will automatically adjust its velocity to preceding vehicles when the feature is enabled. Convenience turn signal turn signal will automatically flash three times at a single tip of the turn signal lever. Bluetooth cellphone link Glove compartment light Ground light on lower edge of door Passenger assist strap or handhold Vanity mirror on sun visor Vanity mirror light Map light Umbrella holder in door pillar. Convenience items now generally included as standard include Passenger compartment dome light Trunk light Convenience items that are sometimes in favor include ... before bringing one s legs inside of the vehicle. Convenience items not generally included on modern ... more details
Convenience Technologies enable viewers and users of television, Internet, mobile devices, Digital Video Recorders DVR , Video on Demand VOD and Digital Versatile Disc DVD to more easily seek out specific content and view it in individualized patterns. These technologies increase viewers ability to choose when they want to watch a program with the use of DVR, VOD and DVD, and where to watch a program with the use of DVD, iPOD, tiVo ToGo and mobile phones. These technological enhancers provide the most comprehensive and varied adjustments in the technological potential of the medium Lotz, 2007, p.59 . Convenience Technologies encourage active selection instead of generally watching what comes on next or is on . Because of this, consequently, viewers focused more on programs they wanted to watch than on the networks that supplied them Lotz, 2007, p. 59 The main problem for networks is that the DVR using audience appears, by basically every measure that s vital to advertisers, more wanted than the non DVR crowds. According to a Horizon Media Study, early adopters of technology are usually above the national average in income, in a well off set. They are typically college graduates and white collar workers Lowry, 2010 . Lotz, Amanda D. The Television Will Be Revolutionized. New York University Press. Retrieved April 16, 2011. Lowry, Brian. Variet, September 27 October 3 2010, Vol. 420, Issue 7, p. 15 20, 2p. DVRS Along for the divide. ... more details
About merchant shipping the general business strategy Flag of convenience business File Liberian flag ... 2010 ref The term flag of convenience describes the business practice of Ship registration registering ... s civil ensign on the ship. Ships are registered under flags of convenience to reduce operating .... Background The term flag of convenience has been in use since the 1950s cited below and refers ... and rising labor costs began to register their ships to Panama . The use of flags of convenience steadily ... under flags of convenience, and the Panamanian, Liberian, and Marshallese flags of convenience account ... Flag of convenience registries are often criticized. Ratification of maritime conventions as of 2009 ... regulations. A basis for many criticisms is that the flag of convenience system allows shipowners ... of convenience have been found engaging in crime and terrorism , frequently offer substandard ... fishing . Port state targeting as of 2009 , ships of thirteen flags of convenience are targeted ... on line at cite web url http www.thefreedictionary.com flag of convenience title Flag of convenience ... url http www.yourdictionary.com flag of convenience title Flag of convenience first last author Houghton ... of convenience lowers registration and maintenance costs, which in turn reduces overall transportation ... disaster caused by the 1978 sinking of the MV Amoco Cadiz , which flew the Liberian flag of convenience ... in the era of World War I , and the term flag of convenience came into use in the 1950s. ref Merriam ..., Greek shipping magnate Stavros Niarchos registered the first ship under the Liberian flag of convenience ... fell second to Panama s flag of convenience, but maritime funds continued to supply 70 of its total ..., Liberian, and Marshallese flags of convenience account for almost 40 of the entire world ... ten flags of convenience registered 55 of the world s deadweight tonnage, including 61 of bulk carrier ... 11 flags of convenience account for almost 55 of the entire world fleet. ref name review ref name wafoc ... more details
Canadian citizenship The term Canadians of convenience was coined by Canadian politician Garth Turner in 2006 in conjunction with the evacuation of Canadian citizens from Lebanon during the 2006 Israel Lebanon conflict . It is a pejorative term intended to refer to people with multiple citizenship who immigrated to Canada, met the residency requirement to obtain citizenship, obtained and moved back to their original home country while maintaining their Canadian citizenship , with those who support the term claiming they do so as a safety net . Statistics and analyses are unavailable on the distinction between evacuees who were long term residents of Lebanon and those who were not and on how many of the long term residents had returned to Lebanon immediately after acquiring their Canadian citizenship. Coining of the term Although the term was used by others such as Peter Worthington of the Toronto Sun earlier during the conflict in Lebanon, it was made most prominent by posts by Garth Turner , a then Conservative Party of Canada Conservative Members of the Canadian House of Commons MP for Halton electoral district Halton , on his blog , and the subsequent reactions. Turner questioned the fairness of paying CAD 75,000 for each evacuee, saying, among other things, that s a hell of a lot of money to donate to people who do not live here, don t pay taxes here, and may never come here again in their lives. ref cite web url http www.garth.ca weblog 2006 08 07 letter from egypt title Letter from Egypt author Garth Turner date 2006 08 07 accessdate 2009 08 14 ref The actual cost was about 6,300 for each evacuee 94 million for 15,000 people . ref cite news url http www.cbc.ca canada story 2006 11 24 lebanon cost.html title 94M for Lebanon rescue, but Canadian evacuee grateful date ... citizens. Other editorials supported the use of the phrase Canadians of convenience and said many ... Of Convenience Category Immigration to Canada Category Ethnic and religious slurs Category Canadian ... more details
Orphan date May 2012 Welcome to Convenience Store is a webcomic made by Ji kangmin . It began on February, 2008. In 2008, received the award in Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival . Paperback came out in October 23, 2008. Web animation was produced in October 30, 2009. Published on Naver . Convenience stores were in the background. See also List of web comics References references External links http www.wara.tv Welcome to Convenience Store http comic.naver.com webtoon list.nhn?titleId 26316 Naver Welcome to Convenience Store http comic.naver.com webtoon list.nhn?titleId 92106 Welcome to Convenience Store the Animation http blog.naver.com zardco Welcome to Convenience Store Blog http isile.blogspot.com Welcome to Convenience Store Blog2 Category South Korean webcomics Category Comedy webcomics Category Web animation Category Convenience stores Category NHN Corporation webcomic stub ko ... more details
Infobox Company company name Poplar Co., Ltd. br company logo Image Poplar logo ja.JPG company type Public company Public tyo 7601 company slogan Customer First foundation April 20, 1976 location Asakita ku, Hiroshima , Japan key people industry Convenience store Retail Convenience stores num employees parent products revenue homepage http www.poplar cvs.co.jp index.html www.poplar cvs.co.jp File Poplar Nagata Higashi5.jpg thumb right Poplar convenience store in Osaka, October 2009 Nihongo Poplar Kabushiki gaisha Popura is a convenience store Franchising franchise chain in Japan . There are 818 shops in the Ch goku region Chugoku , Kant region Kanto , Kansai region Kansai , Ky sh , and Shikoku regions. History Poplar was founded as a liquor shop in Naka ku, Hiroshima in 1976. The first Poplar shop was opened in Minami ku, Hiroshima in 1983. Poplar Foods was established in 1996. External links Commons category Poplar convenience store http www.poplar cvs.co.jp index.html Official website ja icon Convenience stores japan company stub Category Convenience stores of Japan Category Companies of Japan Category Companies based in Hiroshima Prefecture ja pt POPLAR Loja ... more details
missing citations date January 2010 Infobox Company company name Jiffy company logo company type company founders foundation location key people industry Convenience store Retail Convenience stores num employees parent PTT Public Company Limited PTT products revenue homepage http www.pttrm.com Jiffy is a Thailand Thai chain of convenience stores. There are a total of 150 Jiffy convenience stores, mostly in filling stations. The owner of the stores plans to open more stores in the future. Revenue Jiffy stores generate monthly revenue of Bt2.2 million each, while 7 Eleven Thailand 7 Elevens generate Bt1.2 million each, due to their different size. References http www.nationmultimedia.com search read.php?newsid 30105539&keyword jiffy Jet stations rebranded as PTT Jiffy TheNation.com Retrieved on June 19, 2009 Convenience stores Category Companies of Thailand ... more details
marriage A sham marriage or fake marriage is a marriage of convenience entered into with the intent of deceiving public officials or society about its purpose. Arranging or entering into such a marriage ... brides wishing to get immigration access to a mate s country Mariage blanc a marriage without consummation Marriage of convenience of which sham marriages are a subgroup Diplomatic Security Service ... marriage an attempted marriage which does not even meet the legal requirements for a marriage References Reflist Fraud DEFAULTSORT Sham Marriage Category Fraud Category Family law Category Types of marriage de Scheinehe fr Mariage blanc this may be marriage of convenience nl Schijnhuwelijk ja ru fi Valeavioliitto sv Sken ktenskap in contrast to Konvenans ktenskap marriage of convenience ...refimprove date September 2010 File Oxford sham marriage Would be bride is escorted away.jpg thumb right ... to the formal legal requirements for marriage. After a period, a couple often divorce s if the marriage ... owner sentenced for sham marriage scheme url http seattletimes.nwsource.com html localnews 2011129819 ... a defense against suspicions of homosexuality . So called Lavender marriage s, to conceal the appearance ... desirable country of the spouse. The couple marries with knowledge that the marriage is solely ... to clergy in April 2011 to help prevent weddings for visas. English and Welsh clergy may perform a marriage, according Marriage in England and Wales to the law there . They have been advised not to offer to publish Banns of marriage banns for any marriage which involves someone from outside Europe ... that a marriage is genuine they must make that clear to the person responsible for granting the licence ref http www.homeoffice.gov.uk media centre news sham marriage bishops ref . In Ireland in August ... Examiner date 2010 08 17 accessdate 2010 09 04 ref See also Arranged marriage Beard companion Green Card film Green Card film in which a fake marriage is the main plot Heqin Hollywood marriage including ... more details
A lavender marriage is a type of male female marriage of convenience in which the couple are not both heterosexual and conceal the homosexual or bisexual orientation of one or both spouses. In gay slang , a heterosexual wife in a lavender marriage is referred to as a Beard female companion beard . History Although there have been a number of prominent lavender marriages in history, the phrase itself ... clauses into the contracts of Hollywood actors caused some closeted stars to enter into Marriage of convenience marriages of convenience to protect their public reputations and preserve their careers ... male partner Jimmy Shields and enter into a marriage at MGM s direction, ref cite web url http ... Phyllis Gates title My husband, Rock Hudson the real story of Rock Hudson s marriage to Phyllis ... in their marriage but after the births of their two sons acknowledged their preferences for their own gender and engaged in love affairs. ref Nicolson, Nigel. Portrait of a Marriage . London Weidenfeld ... was reportedly abusive, friends speculate she preferred the idea of a marriage based on mutual respect ... Banquet , which centers around a lavender marriage between two Chinese American s. The 1996 episode of The Simpsons titled A Fish Called Selma , in which Troy McClure enters into a lavender marriage ... character Salvatore in the series Mad Men 2007 , who enters into a lavender marriage to conceal his ... agrees to enter into a lavender marriage with gay basketball player Tony Dane. In the 2008 Hindi ... a lesbian Playboy Bunny in a lavender marriage with a gay man. The two are members of the Chicago chapter of the Mattachine Society . See also Portal LGBT Alla Nazimova Boston marriage Doom Book Hollywood marriage Mariage blanc , an asexual marriage undertaken for the protection of one party Mixed orientation marriage Sham marriage References reflist Category Sexual orientation and society Category LGBT terms Category Types of marriage de Lavendelehe ru vi H n nh n m u t m ... more details
unreferenced date April 2012 File Zabka sklepWrocPlSwMacieja.jpg thumb One of abka means small frog nationwide network convenience store, here in XIX century s quarter of Wroc aw abka is the biggest fact date April 2012 chain of convenience store s in Poland . It runs more than 2.400 stores across the country and also has stores located in the Czech Republic . The retail turnover was about EUR 650 fact date April 2012 million in 2010. In 2007 abka was acquired by Penta investment group Penta Investment . fact date April 2012 In December 2010 Penta sold the Czech operations of abka and Koruna subsidiary to UK retail giant Tesco plc. fact date April 2012 The transaction was closed in April 2011. In February 2012 Penta signed an agreement to sell the remaining polish operations abka Polska, including the Freshmarket store format, to Mid Europa Partners . Fact date April 2012 See also List of convenience stores External links Official website http www.izabka.cz Czech Republic Official website http www2.zabka.pl Poland Convenience stores DEFAULTSORT Zabka Convenience Store Category Convenience stores Europe company stub cs abka nl abka pl abka sie sklep w ... more details
Infobox company company name Convenience Retail Asia Limited br company logo File convenienceretailasia.png company type Listed company genre foundation 1985 founder location city Hong Kong location country People s Republic of China location origins key people Chairman Dr. Victor Fung br CEO Mr. Richard Yeung ref http www.sctrade.com data ipo cra cra.htm Convenience Retail Asia Limited ref area served People s Republic of China br Hong Kong br Macau industry Retailing products services revenue operating income net income num employees parent Li & Fung divisions subsid Circle K , Saint Honore Cake Shop owner company slogan homepage http www.cr asia.com Convenience Retail Asia Limited File HK Cycle K shop Sheung Wan.JPG thumb 300px A Circle K convenience store in Sheung Wan , Hong Kong File Saint Honore Cake Shop Outlet01.jpg thumb 300px A Saint Honore Cake Shop in Chai Wan , Hong Kong Convenience Retail Asia Limited CRA hkex 0831 is a Hong Kong retailer which operates convenience stores Circle K and bakeries Saint Honore Cake Shop , Bread Boutique in Hong Kong, Macau and Mainland China . ref http investing.businessweek.com research stocks snapshot snapshot article.asp?symbol 8052 Convenience Retail Asia Ltd ref ref http www.corporateinformation.com Company Snapshot.aspx?cusip C344K8370 Convenience Retail Asia Limited ref ref http www.alacrastore.com storecontent Thomson M&A Convenience Retail Asia Ltd acquires Saint Honore Holdings Ltd from Hong Kong Catering Mgmt Ltd 1813600040 Convenience Retail Asia Ltd acquires Saint Honore Holdings Ltd from Hong Kong Catering Mgmt Ltd ref The company was established in 1985 and is headquartered in Hong Kong. It is a subsidiary of Li & Fung , one of the largest retailers in Hong Kong. The company was listed on the Growth Enterprise Market board stock code 8052 of Hong Kong Stock Exchange . The company subsequently transferred ... http www.cr asia.com Convenience Retail Asia Limited References reflist Category Li & Fung Category ... more details
Infobox company company name Mac s Convenience Stores, Inc. company logo Image Mac s logo.svg 180px Mac s Logo company type Wholly owned subsidiary foundation Richmond Hill, Ontario , Canada 1961 location Toronto , Ontario , Canada industry Convenience store Retail Convenience stores parent Couche Tard products Mac s Frost drinks homepage http macs.ca Index 1024.asp www.macs.ca br Eastern Canada br http mymacs.ca www.mymacs.ca br Western Canada Mac s Convenience Stores , Inc. is a chain of convenience store s in Canada . The Company is divided into three geographic business units Eastern Canada, Central Canada and Western Canada. It has been owned and operated by Alimentation Couche Tard since 1999. History Mac s Milk Limited was incorporated in Ontario on April 4, 1962 by Kenneth and Carl McGowen. The name was changed to Mac s Convenience Stores Limited on May 7, 1975. On July 5, 1963, Silverwood Dairies Limited acquired 40 of the shares of Mac s Milk Limited, and increased its holding to 80 on March 29, 1968, and 100 on January 12, 1972. Image MacsWITHgas ne.JPG left thumb 234px Southern Ontario Mac s with Gas Station In 1971, 18 convenience stores operating under the Little Z Convenience Stores banner were purchased from Zehrs Markets . In 1974, thirteen Mini Mart convenience stores in Vancouver were purchased from a subsidiary of the Weston organization. Also in 1974, seven Starlite Variety Stores operating in Windsor, Ontario Windsor were purchased. In 1976, shares of Royal Oak Dairy were purchased by Silverwood Dairies Limited, including operations of convenience stores ... named Hibou seen above , which was the mascot for the Winks chain of convenience stores and gas stations ... s Western Canada Convenience stores Category Alimentation Couche Tard Category Companies based in Toronto Category Companies established in 1961 Category Convenience stores of Canada Category Dairy products companies of Canada ru Mac s Convenience Stores ... more details
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