Blue Monday (date)

Blue Monday is a name given to a day in January (typically the third Monday of the month) reported to be the most depressing day of the year. The concept was first publicised as part of a 2005 press release from holiday company Sky Travel which claimed to have calculated the date using an equation.

The idea is considered pseudoscience, with its formula derided by scientists as nonsensical.

History

This date was published in a press release under the name of Cliff Arnall, at the time a tutor at the Centre for Lifelong Learning, a Further Education centre attached to Cardiff University. Guardian columnist Dr. Ben Goldacre reported that the press release was delivered substantially pre-written to a number of academics by public relations agency Porter Novelli, who offered them money to put their names to it. The Guardian later printed a statement from Cardiff University distancing themselves from Arnall: "Cardiff University has asked us to point out that Cliff Arnall... was a former part-time tutor at the university but left in February."

Blue Monday

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Blue Monday (comics)

Blue Monday is a comic book title by Chynna Clugston. It is published by Oni Press in the form of one-shots and several miniseries, which have also been collected into trade paperbacks, with the first four-issue mini-series being published in 2000. The series follows the adventures of Bleu L. Finnegan and her friends as they attend high school during the early 1990s, specifically between the years 1991-93.

Plot summary

The series follows the main characters through several scenarios, which include high school events such as dances and detention. The first volume has Bleu and Clover seeking revenge on Alan and Victor for putting them in detention over the two boys giving them cookies that had been baked for a fundraiser. Other storylines in the series include the guys filming Bleu naked while she takes a bath; masturbation; Alan trying to get Bleu to go out with him; and a murder mystery dinner gone haywire after three different attendees independently spike the punch. There is also an overlying story arc of Bleu's crush on one of her teachers and the romantic tensions of several of the other characters interacting.

Oy

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Ona, Hordaland

Ona or One (sometimes Oøy or Oni) is an island in Øygarden municipality in Hordaland county, Norway. The 6.8-square-kilometre (2.6 sq mi) island lies in the Øygarden archipelago just north of the island of Blomøyna and south of Alvøyna. The Hjeltefjorden lies east of the island and the North Sea and some smaller island lie to the west. The southern portion of the island of Ona is dominated by the Kollsnes natural gas processing facility. The island is low, rocky, and barren, with its highest point being the 53-metre (174 ft) tall Vareidet hill.

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Olympia and York

Olympia & York (also spelled as Olympia and York, abbreviated as O&Y) was a major international property development firm based in Canada. The firm built major financial office complexes including Canary Wharf in London, the World Financial Center in New York City and First Canadian Place in Toronto. It went bankrupt in the early 1990s and was recreated to eventually become Olympia & York Properties.

History

Early years

The company was founded by Paul Reichmann and his brothers Albert and Ralph in Toronto in the early 1950s as an outgrowth of their flooring and tile company. It first built and operated warehouses and other commercial buildings in Toronto. Its first major project was the development of the vast Flemingdon Park project on Don Mills Road.

The company then took a major gamble winning the fierce bidding war for the final undeveloped property at the corner of King and Bay street (the geographic heart of Canada's financial district). The Reichmans won the contract to build Canada's tallest building, First Canadian Place in 1971. The project almost collapsed, however, when reformist mayor David Crombie put a halt to major development projects. After three years of lobbying the project finally went ahead to great success.