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Stimulusol XR
Posted by avideditor on February 28, 2009
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THIS DAY March 1
Posted by Shiva on February 28, 2009
Near the end of the 19th century, the color yellow was often associated with mental illness, specifically including insanity, and with other sorts of mental problems (e.g. depravity).
Similarly, in Malay the term budaya kuning (lit. "yellow culture") is used to refer to lewd or uncouth behaviour.
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THIS DAY February 28
Posted by Shiva on February 27, 2009
Febuary 28 2009 PARIS,
"Princess Hijab knows that L'Oréal and Dark & Lovely have been killing her little by little. With her spray paint and black marker pen, she is out to hijabize advertising. Even Kate Moss is targeted. By day, she wears a white veil, symbol of purity. By night, her black veil is the expression of her vengeful fight for a cause," states Princess Hijab (princesshijab.org) in her manifesto.
What is that cause? In a nutshell, it is to subvert consumer images—especially of women—and to push cultural boundaries.
And few are spared the Princess' black marker and spray paint in her artistic Jihad.
In the online gallery of her "hijabizing" of ad campaigns, lightly clad models in ads for Virgin Music and various clothing companies have been re-dressed by the Princess in veils and chadors (body-length veil), their eyes popping out of face-covering hijabs.
They are striking as much as they are irreverent, and they have caused anger in both Muslim and secular circles.
Cinderella in chador and hijab men
Even Cinderella dancing with her prince in an animated advertisement for the popular fairytale turned film has had her dress changed to a black chador/abaya.
Next to the "hijabized" Cinderella is an ad of a man with a black medieval-style helmet painted over his head, only his bright blue eyes sticking out of the artistic arrangement.
Princess Hijab told MENASSAT that her hijab campaigns are not plastered on the streets of Paris as an act of "art for art's sake," but instead represent a part of what she calls "art propositions for a more global idea."
In this global idea, Princess Hijab means she pursues what she calls her "noble cause," or her "anti-advertising movement" in an attempt to fight today's mainstream and sexist consumerism.
But what she calls her "subverting visuals" are done in a manner that puts it in opposition to a Western-style advertising format, with its images of scantily clad women and underweight men and women used to sell anything from deodorant to coffee.Seeing this reminds me of a post I done last year
WARNING the rest of this post contains naughty pix
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January 2009 Demonstrations Againt Israel in Blackburn, England
Posted by Glezele Vayne on February 26, 2009
I found this video at the following site: British National Party
Here is the caption they put above their copy of the video —
You can see the BNPtv footage from Blackburn (note that the first section is silent) here:
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Following are some excerpts from a letter sent to Chief Constable Finnigan, Lancashire, a Mr. Nick Griffin:
"Dear Chief Constable Finnigan,
"I wish to make a formal allegation of incitement to racial hatred, contrary to S.5 of the Public Order Act, whereby it is an offence to use words intended or, having regards to all the circumstances, likely to incite racial hatred.
"The offence was, I believe, committed by Lauren Booth …
"I have no doubt whatsoever that there is a prima facie case against Ms Booth. In particular, her use of the plural in the phrase "you are the criminals we detest", juxtaposed with comments such as "we want Israel out of this country", (not, please note, "the Israeli Embassy", but simply "Israel") are clearly likely – if not intended – to be taken by those present as a green light for hatred, indeed quite possibly actual physical violence, against individual Jews and against Jewish businesses in our High Streets.
"That she intended mischief is indicated by her deliberately setting out to enrage the audience with stories – totally fictitious as far as any news reports coming out of Gaza would suggest – of "chemical weapons" being used by Israel in the targeted attacks on Hamas terrorists which she presents as random attacks aimed at innocent women and children."
"Given the deep-rooted traditional hostility to Jews, simply on account of their being Jews, in the Koran and the Haddith, to make such a speech to a large Muslim audience can only incite hatred against Jews; the legal threshold of 'likelihood' cannot fail to be crossed."
There is more BNP footage at the site linked above. I also have many similarly disturbing videos from around the world and in America, on my Video Page.
Europe is indeed in a mess.
From Schmoozing with Elya & Ellie Katz
Posted in anti-semitism, Eurabia, Israel, jihad | Tagged: anti-Israel demonstrations, Blackburn, Britain, Chief Constable Finnigan, England, Gaza War, incitement to antisemitism, Lauren Booth, Mr. Nick Griffin, Pro-Hamas demonstration, UK | 1 Comment »
Yes! Now you can virtually nuke Mecca.
Posted by avideditor on February 26, 2009
Posted in Islam | Tagged: mecca, nuclear, nuke, nuke mecca, virtually nuke mecca | 24 Comments »
Creedocide from Important Things with Demetri Martin
Posted by avideditor on February 26, 2009
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THIS DAY February 27
Posted by Shiva on February 26, 2009
26 February 2009 Little Baghdad
The industrial city of Sodertalje — home to truck maker Scania AB — has received worldwide attention for its acceptance of nearly 6,000 Iraqi refugees. Last year, the mayor of the city — nicknamed "little Baghdad"
Arsonists destroyed three supermarkets in a city south of Stockholm and tried to attack a fourth in what may be an anti-American attack, Swedish police said Thursday.
Spokeswoman Kia Samrell said police have no suspect in the fires but are investigating whether an anti-American group was responsible. The Swedish security police said it is assisting on the case.
Samrell said more than 100 firefighters were called in to put out the fires overnight at supermarkets in Sodertalje. Three of the stores were destroyed while the fourth was not damaged. No one was injured.
The fires were in two large branches of Willys, and smaller Ica and Tempo stores. The supermarkets are all Swedish but sell American goods.
The group "Global Intifada" has previously claimed responsibility for smaller fires at other stores in Sodertalje and has urged people to set fire to stores selling American goods, Samrell said. Read the rest of this entry »
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THIS DAY February 26
Posted by Shiva on February 25, 2009
February 26, 1978:In the Philippines, Islamic terrorists from the Moro National Liberation Front kidnapped French Finance Ministry official Pierre Huguet. He was taking pictures with his tour group in Zamboanga when he was pushed off a bridge and plucked out of the water by jihadists lurking in a boat below.
The terrorists released Mr. Huguet unharmed two weeks later when the Philippine authorities agreed to reimburse the Muslims for the expenses incurred during their crime. It's one thing to pay some arbitrary ransom, but to ask for and receive a terrorism expense check in some sort of cordial business agreement is a special kind of whacky. Reimbursing a criminal for their out of pocket costs makes terrorism seem like a legitimate enterprise. This is not a game. The stakes could not be higher. Read the rest of this entry »
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Hamas is Guilty of Child Abuse
Posted by Glezele Vayne on February 25, 2009
Good, loving parents all over the Western world are harassed by government agencies because they believe in disciplining their children, because they may place restrictions on what they watch on television, or Youtube, or the sort of peer influences they allow. These same parents will be blamed if their children do get into trouble as a result of what they watch on television, learn from the internet, or bad peer influence. They'll be accused of not disciplining their kids. Can't win for losing.
On to even more absurd inconsistencies. Everyone is gasping over the carnage of Gaza. I agree. It is horrible.
The question is: Who is responsible for these horrors? Isn't it obvious that Hamas wants these children to die? It's great PR for them…to make Israel look like the monster. That has been the strategy since the Arab world refused to settle the Arab refugee population they created in 1948.
"The Arab armies entered Palestine to protect the Palestinians from the Zionist tyranny but, instead, they abandoned them, forced them to emigrate and to leave their homeland, and threw them into prisons similar to the ghettos in which the Jews used to live."
— Palestinian Authority (then) Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) (Falastin a-Thaura, (March 1976)
I don't see Israeli parents dressing their toddlers up like suicide bombers and encouraging them to murder Arabs. Israeli parents nurture their children for life, not death. A necessary fact of Israeli life, due to overwhelming and unceasing Arab aggression, is the military draft, which takes effect at eighteen years of age. Like all civilized nations, Israel focuses on legitimate self-defense against the unprovoked belligerency of their enemies, not on the glorification of blood and gore.
Israeli parents lose sleep while their children do their required service in the IDF. Israelis don't pass out candies if, chas v'shalom, one of their precious children dies. They do what normal parents do. They weep. They also weep over the death of their enemy's children. But Israelis, by and large, are not foolish enough to blame themselves. They didn't create this mess just because they insist on living.
Why don't these same Western governments, so quick to point fingers at responsible parents, start casting their critical eye towards Hamas? Why, instead of begrudging Israel her legitimate right to protect her own children, don't these concerned governments condemn Hamas for it's obviously callous use of innocent Arab children? How is teaching children, some who have only mastered walking, that their highest purpose in life is to murder Jews — if necessary by suicide — not the most serious form of child abuse??
Hamas is what has to go. Arab belligerency is the problem.
Not Israel.
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"Gas the Jews"
Posted by avideditor on February 24, 2009
From EOZ. I highly advise against any Jews going to Europe. If some one gave me a free trip to Europe I might go but seriously Europe looks like it has all ready fallen to the Jihadis.
"Gas the Jews"
On Sunday, an IDF reserves captain spoke in Holland, and before he even said a word three protesters threw shoes at him. The venue for the speech had to be changed because the original hotel received threats about hosting it, and decided in that typically European way that anyone who threatens free speech is far more important than free speech itself.
But one detail in the story that got overlooked by most media reporting it: This has become a fashionable statement among the "pro-Palestinian" crowd. Even as they insist that they are not anti-semitic, the number of times that this or similar phrases have popped up at protests is increasing. In Germany last month: |
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The Obama Middle East Policy: Double-Cross Israel And "Stimulate" Hamas
Posted by avideditor on February 24, 2009
From Pat Dollard.
The Obama Administration Sacrifices Israel
by Anne Bayefsky
The cover-up on Durban II's anti-Semitic agenda.
The Obama administration's decision to join the planning of the U.N.'s Durban II "anti-racism" conference has just taken a new twist: cover-up. On Friday, State Department officials and a member of the American Durban II delegation claimed the United States had worked actively to oppose efforts to brand Israel as racist in the committee drafting a Durban II declaration. The trouble is that they didn't. Read the rest of this entry »
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THIS DAY February 25
Posted by Shiva on February 24, 2009
This I posted one year ago 26/02/08 on my old blog (Illustrated PIG To Islam)
The Maldives is like a string of pearls – 1192 islands and atolls, none more than 6′ above the sea level. The country stretches 600 miles north-south with no island more than a couple of miles long as it dangles below the Indian sub-continent.
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My Way – Frank Sinatra
Posted by avideditor on February 24, 2009
It is funny that one of the best songs ever was written so long ago. Read the lyrics or pay attention to them they are great IMHO
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Akbar in Hebrew Means "mouse"
Posted by Glezele Vayne on February 24, 2009
Hehehe. I've always been entertained by that when Mohammedans scream their bellicose claim — "A-hu akbar!", often before murdering innocents. You may be right fellas.
Reminds me of a small, obviously underfunded Holocaust museum I once visited in Israel. It was a moldering, sad little place, but it had one display I will always remember: A jacket.
A Nazi had forced a Jewish tailor/prisoner to use the Torah as lining for his jacket, obviously thinking himself clever in his cruelty, forcing the desecration of our most treasured, holy possession.
The tailor made sure he used sections from the Torah that contained all the curses that would befall Israel's enemies. He who laughs last….
Below is an article by Dr. Bulldog & Ronin.
Another of a long list of reasons to say "no".
Credit to Ron English — Link
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The BNP is not a Nazi party, Right? Why does Infidels Bloggers Alliance so against the BNP?
Posted by avideditor on February 23, 2009
I am against all jihadis on an ideological ground. It has nothing to do with race. It seems IBA is wagging a "jihad" against the BNP. It seems they have been reading LGF too much. I am an American and I admit that I do not know that much about the BNP. To my knowledge some of the BPN leaders are pro Nazi. McCain was old and for open borders it does not mean all the republicans that supported him where old and for open borders. He was just the lesser of two evils IMHO. To my knowledge the BNP party is not a Nazi party. I think Meline Philps is wrong in saying this
"For the BNP is truly a racist party which stands for a racially pure Britain. Pretending that it merely wants to preserve British culture, it actually believes that anyone who is not white or is a Jew will pollute that culture."
Is my instinct right and is Melanie wrong or is the BNP really so misguided? Why is the IBA waging a "jihadi" against the BNP? Until I get answers I am now longer going to link to one of my favorite sites, the IBA. But feel free to read "What does Losing Really Mean?" if you want. IMHO it is one of the best blog post I have ever read.
Posted in Eurabia | Tagged: BNP, IBA, Infidels Bloggers Alliance, melanie Phillips, nazis, The BNP is not a Nazi party | 24 Comments »
THIS DAY February 24
Posted by Shiva on February 23, 2009
February, 24, 1568. Akbar had ordered massacre of 30,000 plus unarmed captive Hindu peasants after the fall of Chitod
Despite nearly five centuries of Muslim occupation of India, Rajasthan in 1567 CE was still almost entirely Hindu. Akbar infiltrated the area by marrying into Rajasthan's ruling houses and by steadily capturing various forts on the eastern fringe of Rajputana. But the senior house of Rajasthan, Rana of Mewar proudly refused any alliance with Mughals.
Akbar's army started a campaign for Chitod in 1567. Rana of Mewar, Uday Singh left his capital, the great fort of Chitod to be defended by 8,000 Rajputs under an excellent commander,Jai Mal, and took himself and his family to the safety of the hills. Akbar arrived on October 24, 1567 and laid a siege of Chitod. Akbar's huge army's camp stretched for almost ten miles . Akbar planned two methods of assault -mining and building a 'sabat', a structure which provides the invading army a cover of a high wall as it progresses 'infinitely slowly' towards the fort wall and tightens the noose around the fort. The mining proved disastrous since an explosion of a mistimed second mine claimed Akbar's nearly 200 men including some leading nobles.
As the noose of 'sabat'tightened, Akbar forces lost nearly 200 men a day to musket fire from the fort. Almost four months after the siege, on February 23, 1567, a musket shot fired from the Mughal army killed Jai Mal.
Some chroniclers claim that this shot was fired by Akbar himself. With the death of their leader Jai Mal, the Rajputs for a while lost heart. That night flames leapt to the sky as THOUSANDS OF RAJPUT WOMEN PERFORMED JAUHAR (act of self-immolation, the term is a corruption of Jay Har – meaning Hail Shiva). They preferred jumping into a roaring fire, to being captured by Mughal Akbar. Later events do lend credit to their astute judgement. This was the THIRD JAUHAR IN THE HISTORY OF CHITOD. Read the rest of this entry »
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THIS DAY February 23
Posted by Shiva on February 22, 2009
A strict teetotaller went berserk after downing a bottle of bourbon to take away his grief at his mother's illness.A friend advised Muslim non-drinker Dolshad Mohammed that alcohol would ease his mental pain, Bradford Crown Court heard.
Mohammed, 25, proceeded to drink almost a whole bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey, prosecutor Dave MacKay said.
He then went on a drunken spree of window-smashing at his lodgings in Park View Road, Manningham, Bradford.
Police, who had to force their way into Mohammed's bedroom to arrest him, found him jumping up and down on the bed, the court heard.
He seized a knife but dropped it when a police dog was used to restrain him.
Mohammed, who did £600 damage, apologised to police officers, saying he had "drunk too much vodka".
His barrister, Anastasis Tasou, told Judge Peter Benson it was Jack Daniels whiskey.
Mohammed downed almost a full bottle after learning his mother was gravely ill.
Mr Tasou said Mohammed, a strict Muslim who had never touched alcohol before, was advised that liquor would take away his pain.
"He drank almost a whole bottle and it obviously had a dramatic effect," Mr Tasou said.
Mohammed, who needed a Kurdish interpreter in court, "behaved in a wholly bizarre and uncharacteristic way," Judge Benson said.
Mohammed, who pleaded guilty to affray and criminal damage in June last year, hung his head in the dock.
Judge Benson said it was obvious he was thoroughly ashamed.
He trusted he had not touched alcohol since.
Mohammed was sentenced to a community order with 100 hours' unpaid work and six months' probation service supervision.
Now to the more sober but no less insane reality of Islam
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The Kicukiro Church of God headquarters located in Kigali, Rwanda, was recently dedicated to the glory of God in a beautiful service at the conclusion of the 1st National Conference of the Church of God in Rwanda. The theme for the conference was taken from Nehemiah 2:17, "Come, let us build the walls of Jerusalem."
The trauma suffered by the nation of Rwanda is well-known. Although the genocide of 1994 is slowly moving into history, the pain and suffering of the people of Rwanda lingers. The Church of God in Rwanda was dealt a double blow when almost immediately following the genocide, bad decisions by trusted leaders left the church with a bruised self-image and no place in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda, to call its home.
In 2004, Charles Karangwa began working with the remnant to rebuild the Church of God in Rwanda. Later Laval Marivel served as leader for the struggling church. For several years, the congregation was nomadic, moving from one rented location to another. People became discouraged, believing they had been forgotten by their brothers and sisters outside Rwanda. Gradually, the number of people attending the services dwindled. When Bishop Joseph Ndashe was appointed overseer of Rwanda, he found a small disheartened group of believers. Ndashe began to preach hope and healing to his sheep. He adopted "Do Not Cry" as a theme for the worship services. The road to healing in Rwanda has not been easy. Members, when giving their testimonies, naturally mentioned their extensive losses. Many of them lost every member of their family and were left absolutely bereft as a result of the genocide. Others testified of losing mother, father and siblings. The grief has been palpable.
Ndashe continued preaching hope and healing. After some months, the group felt ready to purchase a property with existing buildings, which would become their permanent place of worship, with national offices and a functioning secondary school. Such a purchase would not be possible, though, because the amount needed was beyond their means.
The determined little group was growing, not only in numbers but more importantly, in hope and in faith. They continued in prayer and fasting, believing they would receive word that the purchase would take place. Following much agonizing prayer, many discussions, many negotiations and meetings, the Church of God in Rwanda, with help from World Missions, finalized the purchase of St. Patrick's Secondary School, with all its existing buildings (and a functioning high school), as its permanent home. The biggest financial support for this center came through the 2009 YWEA Project. Through this project, $350,000 was raised for use in Rwanda. In addition, in 2007, World Missions purchased a large piece of property that has been subdivided and sold to cover the purchase of St. Patrick's Secondary School with all its finished and functioning buildings.
This story is a shortened account of months and years of hard work, commitment, perseverance and above all, HOPE. The dedication on Aug. 20, 2012, gave affirmation to the great faith of this group of believers. Surely, the words of Paul in 2 Corinthians 4:8-9 (NIV) are appropriate:
"We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed."
In preparation for the conference and dedication services, the excited congregation planned for approximately 650 people to attend. Their expectations exceeded that number, but there was plenty of food for everyone.
Sermons and lessons by leadership, included Peter Thomas, Jurgen Rudolph and Joseph Kagarama who reached this group of hurting, hopeful people.
One of the Rwandan pastors only attended one service during the conference. His personal grief was heavy and he decided not to attend other meetings. On Sunday, he returned to hear the message delivered by Peter Thomas, field director of Church of God World Missions in Africa. After the service, the pastor told Overseer Ndashe that the words of the message brought healing to his soul.
May the Lord continue His healing in this community, which now has a permanent place of worship and renewed hope. One of Ndashe's themes he preached was, "Can anything good come out of Rwanda? Come, and see." Many people came; many people saw; many people were blessed. The future for the Church of God in Rwanda is bright, and those who have seen and been blessed are now sharing their own stories of healing and hope with others in their neighborhoods.
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BRYANT, THELMA SCOTT (1905–2008). Thelma Scott Bryant, author, historian, and educator, was born Olga Thelma Scott on September 26, 1905, in Houston's Third Ward. She was the only child of Walter Elmo Scott and Ella Bell (Wall) Scott, pioneer Houstonians. She attended Douglass Elementary School and was a lifelong member of Trinity East United Methodist Church, which she joined at age fourteen. As a child she played the piano for the church Sunday school and took part in all church-sponsored youth activities.
Thelma Scott graduated from the Colored High School (later known as Booker T. Washington High School) of Houston in 1922. Four years later she graduated with a degree in biology from Howard University in Washington, D.C., and returned to Houston. After her return, she taught English at the Houston County Training School in Crockett, Texas, for a year. She then returned to the city of Houston once more and got a job as a science teacher at Phillis Wheatley High School in 1928. As a young woman, she enjoyed membership in the Cinderellas, a women's club, and engaged in a dynamic social life of shopping, dancing, movie-going, and other activities.
On September 8, 1932, she married Ira B. Bryant, who taught social science at Phillis Wheatley. Her husband went on to become principal at Booker T. Washington High School and later at Kashmere Gardens High School. In her autobiography, Thelma Scott Bryant noted that the happiest times of her life were those "Spent as the wife of Ira B. Bryant." In 1941 she took early retirement to serve as a full-time assistant to her husband who authored several books, beginning with The Development of the Houston Negro Schools (1935). She helped Ira Bryant with the research, organization, and typing of his works. The couple traveled extensively, mostly to educational meetings. Bryant shared her husband's activism in the community. She served on the board of the local YWCA, was a volunteer for the Lighthouse for the Blind, and later was a member of the Houston chapter of the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History.
Thelma Bryant also shared her husband's love of history. After his death in 1989, she began to document the history of Houston and remembered in great detail her experiences growing up in the city. In 1993 Bryant received the Good Brick Award from the Greater Houston Preservation Alliance for her documentary narrative, "Pioneer Families of Houston (Early 1900s)" (1991). Her other narratives included "Our Journey through Houston and U. S. History" (1996), "Methodism in England, In America, and at Trinity East" (1998), and her autobiography, which she authored at the age of ninety-four.
Bryant was a dedicated member of the Wesleyan Service Guild, which became the Woman's Society of Christian Service and later United Methodist Women. She received a "Service Pin" from each group in recognition of her work.
She was very proud of her family heritage which included many educators and other professionals including her uncle Emmett Jay Scott, who was secretary to the famed educator, Booker T. Washington, founder of Tuskegee University. E. J. Scott authored several books and other publications, and Emmett J. Scott Elementary School in Houston is named in his honor.
Bryant and her husband did not have any children, but they mentored hundreds of students. During Thelma Bryant's later years, history professors and other educators from Texas universities, including Texas Southern University, conducted interviews seeking her extensive knowledge of Houston and Texas history. Thelma Scott Bryant died on September, 15, 2008, at the age of 102. She was buried in Golden Gate Cemetery in Houston.
Thelma Scott Bryant, Interview by Patricia Smith Prather, August 3, 2007, Houston Oral History Project, Houston Public Library Digital Archives (http://digital.houstonlibrary.org/oral-history/thelma-scott-bryant.php), accessed May 28, 2013. Thelma Scott Bryant and Ira B. Bryant Papers, African American Library at the Gregory School, Houston Public Library, Houston. Houston Chronicle, September 18, 2008. Teresa Tomkins-Walsh, "Thelma Scott Bryant: Memories of a Century in Houston's Third Ward," The Houston Review (Fall 2003) (http://houstonhistorymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/thelma-scott_NEW.pdf), accessed May 28, 2013.
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Built in 1884-5 by F W Tarring, the fourth church to be built on this site and named after the influential English Puritan cleric Richard Baxter (1615 - 1691) who lived and worked in Kidderminster. Constructed of red ragstone and Box Hill stone dressing with a 140 feet tall spire. Interior contains notable stained glass and a three manual pipe organ by Walker & Sons.
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Pictures of Someone
Amy Blakemore's color photographs are reminiscent of old family photos. You know, those blurry, haphazard images -- shots where somebody's head is cut off or they've just turned from the camera, shots of nondescript, unidentified backyards populated by long-dead pets. You squint at the pictures and try to puzzle out who's in them, where they were taken and why. That information may be lost forever, but you hold onto the random little images because they're artifacts of someone else's memories.
For "Amy Blakemore: Recent Pictures" at Inman Gallery, Blakemore has photographed her subjects with a delicate, subtle skill, capturing lovely images that feel like accidents and have a warm, faded nostalgia about them. Blakemore uses a plastic Diana camera, whose low-tech cheapness imparts a hazy aesthetic to Blakemore's subjects. Diana cameras tend to blur and to vignette, causing the images to go dark and fuzzy around the edges. Blakemore chooses to use the camera for these qualities, but she also uses the darkroom to mediate its effects. The images are square-format, which, in our world of four-by-six Walgreens prints, enhances their vintage associations. Blakemore prints her photographs at 20-by-20 inches, a size that allows them to remain intimate but lets you really explore the images.
Little Garage (2004) is exactly the kind of picture you might find in the bottom of the family photo box. The blurry image depicts a tiny white single-car garage whose design seems to have been modeled on a Monopoly house. Neat square windows wink out of the door on the toylike structure. Whose tidy little garage is this, and why was it photographed? A fuzzy green orb of studiously trimmed shrub protrudes from the foundation of the house in the foreground. Aspects of the photo -- the white square of the garage, the gray triangle of its roof and the deep green sculptural shapes of the shrub and trees -- become like abstract compositional elements. You flip back and forth between viewing Little Garage formally and trying to construct a story around the image.
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Boston Street (2004) is a ridiculously banal neighborhood scene that somehow grabs and holds the viewer's attention. In it, an "L" of pale purple-gray asphalt is bordered by a right angle of muted green lawn and a thick rectangular hedge, imparting a satisfying geometry to the photo's composition. A van is parked down the street, and a delivery truck is just entering the picture. You can't really see enough details to figure out when it was taken, but the image makes you feel like you're spying on the past. It's not that you're seeing anything inherently interesting, but the aura of another place and another time makes it so.
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The CompTIA study also indicates SMBs are placing increasing importance on technology solutions that drive revenue, produce immediate results to the bottom line and have a direct, positive impact on the customer's experience. This is reflected in their growing adoption of enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM) and other such solutions in 2009.
"Between 70 percent and 80 percent of the SMBs we surveyed consider the usage of ERP, CRM and online e-commerce capabilities as strategic to their business," said Tim Herbert, vice president, research, CompTIA. "IT solutions that are tied to instant return on investment in business communication and customer outreach efforts have the highest likelihood of adoption."
At the same time, SMBs are looking to "stretch the buck" by making better use of existing technologies, people and budgets. Though SMBs are somewhat upbeat about business prospects in 2010 – with seven in 10 expecting positive revenue growth – they also expressed a desire to keep current IT systems operational for a longer timeframe. SMBs are challenged by lean IT budgets and are looking to reduce the complexity and cost of maintaining their IT infrastructure. The inability to integrate existing legacy products and services with emerging technologies also causes them anxiety.
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Isabella Mongoose
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Isabella Mongoose is is the widowed wife of Arthur Mongoose and mother of Mobius' biggest celebrity pop singer, Mina Mongoose.
Early Life During the Great War
During the Great War, Isabella was chased into the forest by a group of Overlander troops. Cornered against a tree, she found herself surprised when a soldier came between her and the enemy, protecting her from harm. The soldier Arthur Mongoose, defeated the Overlanders and returned her home to safety. The two eventually fell in love and conceived a child, Mina.
Life as a Robian
When Robo-Robotnik recaptured the city of Mobotropolis with his Shadowbot horde, Isabella was one of the many Mobians who was captured and subsequently roboticized. Her daughter desperatly attempted to find and free her, but was stopped by Sonic the Hedgehog, who realized Mina could not save her mother alone and that by that time Isabella was likely already roboticized.
Mother & Daughter Reunited
Some time later, Isabella had her free will restored along with the rest of the Robians by the Sword of Acorns. Returning with the others to Knothole, Isabella was reunited with her daughter.
With her free will restored, Isabella began looking after her daughter once more. When Mina was trying to find out how to get Sonic's attention, Isabella told her of how Arthur got her attention during the Great War. When she realized Mina intended to become a Freedom Fighter just to get Sonic's attention, she went to tell Sonic how much her daughter cared for him, and asked he warned her of the dangers of being a Freedom Fighter. Their conversation was interrupted by an attack from Dr. Eggman's robot, and after this Mina realized she was not Freedom Fighter material.
Pop-Star Daughter
When Mina decided to take up singing, Isabella fully supported her daughter. Attending her first concert, she realized how much Mina had grown up, and wished her late husband was there to see how grown-up Mina had become.
Back in the Flesh
She was reunited with Mina again after being deroboticized by the Bem like most of the other Robians. She appeared to have been deroboticized at around the same time as Armand D'Coolette, Sir Charles Hedgehog, and Bernadette Hedgehog, and with no memory as to how it all happened.
Isabella was seen after Sonic's return from space beside her daughter while a celebration was taking place in Knothole, and later played host to her daughter's band, the Forget Me Knots, and allowed them to practice their new music..
Councilor Mongoose
Following the resignation of Rotor from the Council of Acorn, Isabella was elected as his replacement. Her first motion as their newest member would be to overturn Nicole's exile. Ixis Naugus, acting as king, furiously rejected this and stated that the council had already decided and that he protected the city. Isabella argued that Team Freedom had saved Naugus from Dr. Eggman and that Nicole could have given them advanced warning. All of them discussed about bringing Nicole back when a mutating Naugus leaves the council to decide unless he is needed for the tie-breaker. Her motion was carried out later that day with Nicole returning to the city under monitored conditions. (StH #241)
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10-08-2012, 11:58 AM | #26 (permalink) | |
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I listed all black parallels, silks, and autos on Thursday night as 3-day auctions, sold about 30% of everything and did well on prices. Relisted everything else as 3-day last night. |
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10-08-2012, 12:08 PM | #29 (permalink) |
Congrats on your break. Hopefully it will be profitable as many case breakers are reporting losses for Update this time due to the high number of breakers among other things, but a smaller break like this where you can list the bigger hits fast helps, and I think you will do well. Nice hits on the Harper & SSP by the way. In my 50 cases I hit just 3 Harper autos (all sold $100 or less), and none of those SSP...so you had some nice pulls.
There is no way to describe the amount of time it takes or the back pain, lol, you described. I have written similar articles on breaking on cardboard connection. I get turbolister all pre-filled ahead of a release which saves time BUT still takes time ahead and planning. Not everything pre-sells well, and base Topps usually does, but there were so many new breakers listing sets for $10 below market value at pre-sell it hurt early on. Tearpeak data or experience will help with that as the sets have climbed and Update is a strong checklist with no factory sets coming. Anyhow, I have done this on ebay for 16 years and open over 500 cases a year. As far as sorting. I threw out the sorting trays, they are nice, but slowed us down over time and it was hard to find the right one unless you custom make them, and even then we decided against, but that is our preference, and we are dealing with 150,000 cards with 340+ sets sold that must be sorted. I switched to sorting in 10s 2 years back and it has cut our sorting time down by 20-25%, BUT I sort the 0's & 100's by teens and my wife will sort the 200s and 300s by teens, so that may be where the time difference is since it is very slow and difficult to do all 330 in 10s with one person PLUS a back killer. Also, it is so key to sort sets FACE UP, not card back with number down. This has cut out 99.5% of mistakes. You can visual see the wrong card AND you can find any MISSED SP this way. This was how I first found the 2011 Heritage ARod reverse negative that sold for $400...no one even knew about it for a couple days at that point. TL is ok, but has flaws and can crash. I do highly recommend it, BUT only if you use it for it's max potential like importing checklists etc. Manually it is very time consuming, and while many single auctions do need to see be done manually, some things especially for a large break can benefit from importing excel files. Case breaking is not easy, and the NUMBER ONE issue I see with new case breakers over and over and over is that they get in too deep for their britches. They order too much or dive in too deep. They start dumping stuff to cheap because they have to pay for the cases or get concerned with how much they are going to lose and that makes them lose more. Also, NOT every product that comes out is a rip/flip winner, in fact most aren't...takes years of experience and research. And knowing prices, accurate prices, ahead of tiem will help you and others...thsi time it hurt. But on top of all that, they order too much rather than slowly build up. It takes years to build a name & gain customers, especially off ebay. Of the 340+ sets I sold already (which are sold out), only 10% were sold on ebay. The rest to direct customers. I don't order X number of cases because I am crazy about opening, I do because of my customers. I have a precise method of ordering X number to cover orders then add 10-15% to sell some on ebay to have that exposure and gain new customers, etc. Each release is different, and not all do well. Also, if you order Case #1 for $500 and sell your 1 master set for $100 and your 5 base sets for $125, BUT on case #10 which also costs $500 because you are slower at selling for whatever reason, your master set goes for $75 and the 5 base sets sell for $75, you then have to ask yourself if it is worth it for 10 case or whatever the number may be. I expect the decreasing prices as they always do, but want the extra 10% and may need to build tougher sets like gold sets for customers. But if you are looking at what you are getting paid by the hour IF it is profitable it may only be a few bucks. On Update I will spend over 500 man hours myself on the release and my wife and another friend will add about 600 more hours. This includes numerous hours of shipping (I have already shipped over 1,100 packages for Update and will ship close to 3,000 when done), and scanning/listing, and then comes sorting which is the beast For update this whole process must occur within 18-21 days to get orders out and be ready for the next break, and smaller breaks MUST be done within 2 weeks tops or you won't be prepared for the next one and you will be doubling up on shipping, etc. It is organized but chaotic at the same time, lol. This is not to be discouraging but to present the challenges of case breaking, it may sound like fun, and is, but after awhile it is a job, a chore, and there will be many parts of it you won't enjoy. For me, I have not even mentioned it. It is the lack of outside life. I do not get to go out at all during the breaks, I eat less healthy, I don't work out, I am less involved in church than I would like, I can't go to the movies when I want or out to eat, I miss my son's soccer games at times, severe lack of sleep, etc. eBay wants you to be shipping daily, etc. I receive anywhere from 100-500 emails a day, then maybe 300-800 tweets. It adds up, and takes away, so that has been my struggle with growth. I am finding ways though. It takes sacrifice, and it is still fun in many ways, and I am glad to be home with my family, but it can get busy, stressful...and honestly I would not recommend it to most people due to the commitment it takes to do it well and try and turn a consistent profit. Speaking of which....the ROI curve tends (at least for me and many breakers of new bb I know) drops off starting after June/July. Products do not perform as well. Part has to do with release timing, another part is the same players/same autos/same rc over each release, and another part has to do with the products themselves that are released. I have been gathering data on this for years now, and most breakers will get 80-90% of their profits from the first 1/2 of the year on bb, and the other half they have ethier stopped opening the products because of losses or the make some here but lose some there, & is why you won't see me opening as much the 2nd half of the year. That does not mean there aren't good or exciting or popular products, just means tougher to rip/flip, maybe better to hold cases or to pick up singles for next spring (hint hint - especially cheaper prospects). There are still ways if you diversify. PS- For many and many like me, FB and BKB has not worked, sure there are a small % that do ok, BUT night/day difference if compared to BB, but FB is RC driven and the same RC all season long, which many aren't playing or don't perform well. BB has set collectors which fuel it, FB and BKB does not really have that hence retro and set building has failed when it comes to those 2, like a heritage, etc....anyhow, I am off topic, and on a message board so much can be left out or misunderstood as not always easy to show/explain. I have been thinking this will be my last year doing this, and I am on the fence still, but there is much to consider and several possible changes to postal system, taxes (including maybe sales taxes), ebay policies, Topps products, etc. I will be taking a break after T-C FB until at least S1. Speaking of which, when looking at a product to break don't just look at how it did the year before look at what has been changed/taken out/added to. Many folks see what has been added but not was removed, and that is where losses also occur. If S1 does not have a wrapper redemption & code cards stay at $1, then there could be big issues. GQ changed drastically last year and saw a huge production increase which killed it off for most. Museum was nice for some, but will it do the same this year with basically the same design and auto cards? Questions to ask, no one knows, but look back, and study. I spent hours/days/weeks studying what to buy and how much and planning a strategy of how I was going to do each product back years ago, and constantly tweaked it, especially if losses occurred. There are products I LOVE TO OPEN & COLLECT but have stopped because they weren't profitable or worth the time. I opened 60 cases of Bow draft for 4 straight years before only doing 32 last year and this won't do any. There is a reason. It still may do well even with weaker class, because there is much added content and the jumbos, but with the crazy allocations I decided to pass and enjoy Thanksgiving and Christmas this year with my family. If there were no jumbos I was passing as I lost on Draft last year for the first time, and it can be a lot of work (jumbos will help that). Anyways, I could go on for days, lol, and have hijacked enough. Best of luck to all.
Brent Twitter: @brentandbecca eBay: brentandbecca My ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/brentandbecca?_rdc=1 |
10-08-2012, 12:13 PM | #30 (permalink) | |
I would never recommend sorting during busting if doing a break for profit or a break over say 4-5 cases. That does not make you $ back. Listing does. Also, I do have help and am grateful, but not near the help that anyone thinks. I have no employees an am not like a TNT. I am here working by myself from 8am-6pm and then at midnight or so my wife goes to bed, she still has house chores and the kids, and I have a good friend that helps when can. I stay up super late and work hard, and the hep is necessary as is time off of your job IMO, at least a couple days if breaking 8-10+. 4-6 cases seems to be a sweet spot for most, and will max profits per case if you have them, and will minimize losses if there are those.
Brent Twitter: @brentandbecca eBay: brentandbecca My ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/brentandbecca?_rdc=1 |
10-08-2012, 12:15 PM | #31 (permalink) | |
Totally agree. Find a rhythm that works. It will get a little faster. 10s may not have worked but it is a change and must get used to it, but you are touching each card 50% less by doing so...which should save time
Brent Twitter: @brentandbecca eBay: brentandbecca My ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/brentandbecca?_rdc=1 |
10-08-2012, 12:17 PM | #32 (permalink) | |
he did the right amount and did much right to ensure good results, but sometimes it is the product that isn't as great or the hits aren't as lucky
Brent Twitter: @brentandbecca eBay: brentandbecca My ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/brentandbecca?_rdc=1 |
10-08-2012, 12:19 PM | #33 (permalink) |
PS- one thing I hate more than sorting is scanning, lol, does nothing for me, lol...
listing & sorting I can see the cards at least, lol scanning even with best scanners takes up time and makes no return back, lol, unless your pic gets you bids, which is debatable as I have seen great pics of cards sell for less than cruddy pics, sometimes depends on seller and ending time
Brent Twitter: @brentandbecca eBay: brentandbecca My ebay store: http://stores.ebay.com/brentandbecca?_rdc=1 Last edited by brentandbecca; 10-08-2012 at 12:32 PM. |
10-08-2012, 01:25 PM | #34 (permalink) | |
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As for the SP/SSPs ... we didn't double-check for these at all. I had planned to going into it, but the SPs were one per box (and I ended up with 36), and the SSPs were inserted into the "goody pile" in the middle of the jumbos. My wife was very keen on this, and anytime she noticed something 'different' about the way things were sorted, she paid close attention. She spotted both SSPs immediately. Once we knew this, we decided not to double-check. So to the issue of sorting the cards face-up ... well, I'm not following how that works at all. Last edited by calculusdork; 10-08-2012 at 01:28 PM. |
10-08-2012, 01:32 PM | #35 (permalink) | |
if you continue to do this you will understand it but i may not have been clear, we sort the cards by the card number but when we build sets we build at least 50-100 at a time or in your case all 30+ and make them face up, this way it should prevent you from missing cards or placing double cards, as the cards will be different if you sort one set at a time , no it does not help, but I don't know any breaker that only does a set at a time, sorting in bulk saves so much time and not hunting for cards etc
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10-08-2012, 01:38 PM | #36 (permalink) |
Brent, as one of the premiere case breakers out there, it's always cool to read your posts, thanks for sharing.
In basketball, there's really no one doing large case breaks. (10-20 cases +) Sure there's some dudes in Asian busting a case or two, a few USA dealers busting a couple of cases. I bust 4-6 cases. There's another member on here who's just started busting in qty 4-6 cases. But there's no one like brentandbecca in the basketball card market. Sure the market is smaller, and Panini's MAPP prices are, well, looney tunes crazy out of la-la land. But if you can get Panini's case breaker status, and buy from a distributor (pay well below MAPP), the basketball card market is pretty ripe for case breakers. At least that is my experience. I'm making decent profit on Panini NBA case breaks. Anywhere from 20% net profit on up if I get lucky with some pulls. Gotta be careful though, the pricier products (Limited, Absolute, etc.) those are much harder to make a profit on because the cost is just too high, and the value of a sticker RC auto is generally the same weather the card comes from Hoops or from Limited. Not sure why I'd share this info because the last thing I want is twice as many case breakers in NBA. But then again, I almost wish I'd *have* to quit case breaking. Then I could have my life back. My friends back. My real job performance back. Get more exercise and lose the 25+ pounds I've gained. Get back into normal hobbies that bring me closer to other people. Get rid of the iron butt ass I've developed from sitting and sorting for hours on end. The list goes on and on... |
10-08-2012, 01:44 PM | #37 (permalink) | |
10-08-2012, 01:44 PM | #38 (permalink) | |
I never break to rip and flip. I sell a lot of what I break but that's just because I don't have room for everything. Based on what I've busted, I would think that something like Update is a lot more labor intensive than something like TTT or even BC. A lot more cards in Series 1/2/Update. And I can't imagine the PITA that multiple cases of A&G would be.
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10-08-2012, 01:48 PM | #39 (permalink) | |
I sold a lot of 250+ RC's for $222 or something like that. I sold 50+ Hopps sets 250 with RC's. I sold them at $30-$40 a pop. That's a ton of money right there. Critical if you are going to make a profit on a basketball break. There's some dealers too, that like to buy up base sets in bulk. Some guy in NY, runs a big shop or something, he'll buy any sets in bulk, 25, 50, 100+. But that you'd only want to do as a last resort because he's going to resale and wants a good price break. But still, it's better to sell 50 base sets for $300 than let those cards sit in your closet. |
10-08-2012, 01:54 PM | #40 (permalink) |
One of the best reads on BO in some time. Thanks to all.
Calculus, you've been a great addition to the boards. Knowledgeable and well spoken which makes your reads very enjoyable.
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10-08-2012, 02:00 PM | #41 (permalink) |
Nice detailed analysis
I did average with my 4 cases of Update. No big hits, no SSPs, biggest hit went for 50 bucks in the whole break, but I will still end up about 150 ahead AFTER fees, so Update was probably a success. It really helped that SPs were one per box. Question to Brent though, if he sees this. Heard that Series 1 is most likely going to be MASSLY overproduced. Do you still think it has some potential? I'm probably going to do 4 cases for that too, but is it really turning into too much of a risk for the reward?
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10-08-2012, 02:09 PM | #42 (permalink) |
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very nice read.
I am kind of going through the same thing with 4 cases of Jumbo broke. I am going to suffer a little as I did not scan and list the hits 'right away' I will lose out there but such is life and as I move along hopefully I will be able to be better about that. It is also a little harder on me when it is just me and my wife breaking and just me sorting. although after the first case. I let her break the rest while I sorted. Part of me wishes I would not have pre sold sets, or at least as many as I did as I have been going non stop since the break completing sets. ok of to starting reading the thread where Brent is replying...... |
10-08-2012, 02:16 PM | #44 (permalink) | |
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At. A. Time. That is how I sorted my sets. Never again. For a guy who's fairly decent at math, sometimes I don't have much common sense. Wait, I think that might be normal. |
10-08-2012, 02:21 PM | #45 (permalink) | |
Alex, you and I talked early on I recall, and I have been excited to watch you. You did something that no one else did...found your hot spot and made it work. Too many try to copy what has been done and it doe snot always work well b/c there are too many in that market space already. This is why some breakers sell on comc, or do shows, or sell off line in bulk & unsorted, or open an ebay store and list every single card as singles for $1-$2 and let it corm in over time like a TNT or do team sets, or whatever. That was very smart by you. I have seen folks go to group and team breaks and or to non-sports and non-tradtional sports and do very well because while the market is small it is strong and not much supply or breakers. Also I 10000000000% agree with your last statement, the list does go on and on...giving up my time, health, family, and life for this isn't worth it....must find balance always.
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10-08-2012, 02:24 PM | #46 (permalink) | |
series 1 is has been twice as produced as update and yes hearing the production again is very high, they always do it as it is biggest volume mover
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10-08-2012, 02:27 PM | #47 (permalink) | |
now imagine pre-selling 300+ sets and selling thru 340+ already lol such is life, but key is to gain direct customers that pay $22-$25 in bulk (some buy 5, some 10, some 50, some 100) and allow you to take 2 weeks to ship I can do a 6-8 case break in usually 4 days, all complete, sold, and sorted...but don't do many that small at this time any more but even after all this you must factor in other things that have not been brought up yet slow payers and non payers that will drag your break out, then followup emails from people that may return or not be happy...and it adds up and piles on, and always will cut into profit while adding more time spent on it
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10-08-2012, 02:31 PM | #48 (permalink) | |
but I am a part of case breaking community of 56 or so guys plus know many others I think most either do 20-50 sets at a time or all of them at once, first sorting each card into 1s, then building, it is much faster This weekend I was only able to build 30 sets do to the listings and shipping of 1,100 single card or multiple card packages on Saturday, so it did take all weekend still but is quite a bit faster than 30 mins per set Also made 20 add'l team sets Thankfully PO closed today so have more time today got to get back to it, just me here and all this typing isn't helping and one big reason to stay off the boards if breaking cases, it is huge distraction and not productive, lol so tip #1 avoid twitter and boards during breaks lol
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10-08-2012, 02:33 PM | #49 (permalink) | |
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Hahahaha ... totally! Get back to it man ... thanks again. As for the PO being closed today ... believe it or not guys, this was actually a dealbreaker for me choosing this release. Knowing I'd have an extra day to sort and ship put me over the top. |
10-08-2012, 02:40 PM | #50 (permalink) | |
besides, the other breakers get onto me for sharing info and tips as it brings more guys in and causes all of us to end up losing $ and time I just try to be helpful and if you are already breaking why not discuss it so it can help us all in the end is the thought...like you & I discussed via phone and yep, not all things pre-sell as well as after, plus you never know when Topps will throw a curve and have base be SP or set sizes change etc (Heritage has been the worse over the years at that)
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Giulio Raimondo Mazzarini | |
Also Known As: | "Jules Mazarin" |
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Birthplace: | Pescina, Abruzzes, ITALIE |
Death: | Died in Vincennes, 94300, Val-de-Marne, Ile de France, FRANCE |
Place of Burial: | Paris, Île-de-France, France |
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Son of Pietro Mazzarini and Hortensia Buffalini |
Occupation: | Cardinal |
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Jules Mazarin (French: [ʒyl mazaʁɛ̃]; 1602–1661), born Giulio Raimondo Mazzarino or Mazarini, was a French-Italian cardinal, diplomat, and politician, who served as the chief minister of France from 1642 until his death. Mazarin succeeded his mentor, Cardinal Richelieu. He was a noted collector of art and jewels, particularly diamonds, and he bequeathed the "Mazarin diamonds" to Louis XIV in 1661, some of which remain in the collection of the Louvre museum in Paris. His personal library was the origin of the Bibliothèque Mazarine in Paris.
Giulio Mazzarino was born in Pescina, then part of the Kingdom of Naples, where his parents were travelling, but was raised in Rome. His father Pietro was a notary with connections to the Colonna, who became chamberlain to the Constable Filippo I Colonna and gained an easy situation for his family; Mazarin never forgot that the basis of his fortune in life was the patronage of the Colonna, who had provided his father with a wife, Ortensia Buffalini, of a noble family of Città di Castello in Umbria with an ample dowry. He had a younger sister, Laura Margherita Mazzarini.
Mazarin studied at the Jesuit College in Rome, though he declined to join their order. At seventeen he accompanied Girolamo Colonna, one of the sons of Filippo I Colonna, to the university of Alcalá de Henares in Spain, to serve as his chamberlain. His stay was brief; a notary who had advanced some cash to cover gaming debts urged the charming and personable young Mazarino to take his daughter as bride, with a substantial dowry. Later Mazarin frequented the University of Rome La Sapienza, gaining the title of Doctor in jurisprudence but gaining loose habits of serious gambling in the meantime.
Papal service
Mazarin followed Filippo I Colonna as captain of infantry in his regiment during the war in Monferrato of 1628, over the succession to Mantua. During this war he gave proofs of much diplomatic ability, and Pope Urban VIII entrusted him, in 1629, with the difficult task of putting an end to the war of the Mantuan succession.
The Emperor Ferdinand II, the duke of Savoy, Charles Emmanuel I and Ferdinand II of Guastalla, the papal candidate for the duchy, were ranged against Louis XIII in aid of Charles Gonzaga, duc de Nevers, the opposing candidate. Urban VIII sent troops into the Valtellina, including Torquato Conti and it was Conti who was rumoured to have made favourable reports to Urban regarding Mazarin's military ability, which put Mazarin in good stead with the militaristic pope. At the time Anna Colonna, daughter of Filippo I Colonna, was married to Urban's nephew Taddeo Barberini, and the Pope now made her brother, Girolamo Colonna, archbishop of Albano and a new cardinal. The Cardinal was sent to Monferrat as papal legate, to treat of peace between France and Spain in the matter of Mantua, and insisted that Mazarin be attached to his legation as secretary.
In passing between the armed camps to achieve an accommodation, Mazarin detected the weakness of the Spanish general, the marqués de Santa-Cruz, and perceived that he desired to come to terms without exposing his army to combat. By emphasizing French strengths in the Spanish camp, Mazarin effected the treaty of Cherasco, 6 April 1631, in which the Emperor and the Duke of Savoy recognized the possession of Mantua and part of Monferrat by Charles Gonzaga and the French occupation of the strategic stronghold of Pinerolo, the gate to the valley of the Po, to the great satisfaction of Richelieu and the King of France. Richelieu was in particular impressed by the young man's resourceful ruses, and asked him to come to Paris, where he received him with great demonstrations of affection, promised him great things and gave him a gold chain with the portrait of the King, some jewels and a valuable ceremonial sword.
As papal vice-legate at Avignon (1632), and nuncio extraordinary in France (1634), Mazarin was perceived as an extension of Richelieu's policy. Under Habsburg pressure, Mazarin was sent back to Avignon, where he was dismissed by Urban VIII on January 17, 1636.
Serving under Richelieu
After serving in the papal army and diplomatic service and as nuncio at the French court (1634–36), he entered the service of France and made himself valuable to King Louis XIII's chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu, who brought him into the council of state. Richelieu, who felt the weight of his years, though he was as assiduous in the King's service as ever, detected in Mazarin a likely aide in carrying on government. He confided to the young man several sensitive missions, in which Mazarin acquitted himself well, then presented him to the King, who was well pleased with Mazarin.
Ever as deft at the gaming table as with diplomacy, one evening his winnings were so great that a crowd gathered to see the stacks of gold écus, attracting the attention of the Queen; in her presence, Mazarin risked all, and won. He attributed his winnings to the Queen's presence, and in thanks, offered her fifty thousand écus. The Queen demurred, Mazarin pressed, and she accepted. Several days later, Mazarin quietly received a great deal more than he had given. Thus he was affirmed in the favour of the King, the court and above all of Anne of Austria, who would soon be regent.
Mazarin sent to his father in Rome a great sum of money and a casket of jewels, for which he always had a great fondness, as dowry for his three sisters. Service to the King of France seemed to him the easiest route to a cardinal's hat, his constant ambition. Richelieu, in spite of his fondness and admiration for Mazarin, was loath to crown his career so early; he offered a bishopric worth 30,000 écus a year. Mazarin, who aspired to more, for his part, turned it aside amiably. In 1636 he returned to Rome, with the thought of attaching himself to Cardinal Antonio Barberini, nephew of the pope, with an eye to preferment by that route.
In 1640 Richelieu sent him to Savoy, where the regency of Christine, the Duchess of Savoy, and sister of Louis XIII, was disputed by her brothers-in-law, the princes Maurice and Thomas of Savoy, and he succeeded not only in firmly establishing Christine but in winning over the princes to France. This great service was rewarded by his promotion to the rank of cardinal on the presentation of the King of France in December 1641. Soon after, he returned to Rome.
Chief minister of France
His residence in Rome did not last long, as he returned to Paris in December 1642, after the death of Richelieu, succeeding him as Chief Minister of France.
King Louis XIII died in 1643. His successor, Louis XIV, was only five years old at the time and his mother, Anne of Austria, ruled in his place until he came of age. Mazarin helped Anne expand her power from the more limited power her husband had left her. Mazarin functioned essentially as the co-ruler of France alongside the queen during the regency of Anne, and until his death in 1661 at Vincennes, Mazarin effectively directed French policy alongside the monarch. His modest manner contrasted with the imperious Richelieu, and Anne was so fond of him and so intimate in her manner with him, that there were long-standing rumors that they had been secretly married and that the Dauphin was their offspring.
Policies as chief minister
Mazarin continued Richelieu's anti-Habsburg policy and laid the foundation for Louis XIV's expansionist policies. The victories of Condé and Turenne brought the French party to the bargaining table at the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War with the Treaty of Munster and Treaty of Osnabrück (Treaty of Westphalia), in which Mazarin's policies were French rather than Catholic and brought Alsace (though not Strasbourg) to France; he settled Protestant princes in secularized bishoprics and abbacies in reward for their political opposition to Austria. In 1658 he formed the League of the Rhine, which was designed to check the House of Austria in central Germany. In 1659 he made peace with Habsburg Spain in the Peace of the Pyrenees, which added to French territory Roussillon and northern Cerdanya— as French Cerdagne— in the far south as well as part of the Low Countries.
Towards Protestantism at home, Mazarin pursued a policy of promises and calculated delay to defuse the armed insurrection of the Ardèche (1653), for example, and to keep the Huguenots disarmed: for six years they believed themselves to be on the eve of recovering the protections of the Edict of Nantes, but in the end they obtained nothing.
Towards the pontificate of the successful Spanish candidate, Cardinal Pamphilj, elected pope (15 September 1644) as Innocent X (Cardinal Mazarin having arrived too late to present the French veto), there was constant friction. Mazarin protected the Barberini cardinals, nephews of the late pope, and the Bull against them was voted by the Parlement of Paris "null and abusive"; France made a show of preparing to take Avignon by force, and Innocent backed down. Mazarin was more consistently an enemy of Jansenism, in particular during the formulary controversy, more for its political implications than out of theology. On his deathbed he warned young Louis "not to tolerate the Jansenist sect, not even their name."
The Fronde
Cardinal Mazarin was not liked by ordinary Frenchmen. In Paris in 1648, popular discontent erupted into open violence. Paris was a city of about half a million people in the mid-seventeenth century. In 1644, Mazarin tried to prevent it growing further and to raise taxes by fining those who built houses outside the City Walls. This policy produced widespread resentment. The Fronde began in January 1648, when the Paris mob used children's slings, frondes, to hurl stones at the windows of Mazarin's associates.
Mazarin's continual need to raise money for the war against the Habsburgs provoked the troubles known as the Fronde of the Parlement. Mazarin proposed that the magistrates of the high courts forego their salaries for a number of years; they were outraged, as was the parliament of Paris, because although its deputies' salaries were not threatened, Mazarin wanted to create new offices that would undermine its powers. The Parlement joined with other government bodies to demand various reforms. These included suppressing the intendants, reducing taxation, and forbidding all new taxes without the consent of the parliament, no imprisonment without trial, and limiting the creation of new offices of state. Anne and Mazarin responded by ordering the arrest of several deputies of the parliament, including the popular Pierre Broussel. The Paris mob rioted and built barricades in the streets, forcing the release of Broussel and the others. Renewed disturbances in Paris led Anne to take Louis and leave Paris. In March 1649, the government confirmed the Declaration of October, in return for which Paris and the Parlement laid down their weapons and allowed royal troops to return. However, Anne and Mazarin did not yet consider it safe for themselves or the king to return.
Many frondeurs had been unhappy with the compromise reached in 1649 and one of their leaders, Jean François Paul de Gondi, had been trying for some time to recruit Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé to their cause. Mazarin feared that an alliance between Condé and the Fronde was imminent. On 18 January 1650 Mazarin had Condé, his brother Armand de Bourbon, prince de Conti and his brother-in-law, Henri II d'Orléans, duc de Longueville arrested. The agreements of 1649 had brought peace to Paris, but there was unrest in other parts of France where supporters and opponents of the government raised forces and disrupted tax collection and administration. The arrest of Condé provoked these areas to open revolt, as Condé's friends and allies spread out across the country recruiting forces to oppose Mazarin and liberate the princes. Condé's wife raised a revolt in Bordeaux, while his sister, and Henry de la Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne raised troops and sought Spanish help against the government. Mazarin and Anne were strong militarily, but when the Condéans, the Fronde and the parlement allied and demanded the princes' release, their political position collapsed. In February 1651, Anne freed the princes while Mazarin, fearing the parliament's vengeance, fled the country. The Prince of Condé, although a fine general, was an incompetent politician, who soon alienated nobles, parlement, and Parisians. In the Fall of 1651, Condé openly revolted against the crown. In July 1652 his troops entered Paris, but acted with such brutality that his cause lost credibility.
Although in exile, Mazarin had not been idle and had reached agreement with Turenne, a general as talented as Condé. Turenne's forces pursued Condé's, who in 1653 fled to the Spanish Netherlands. Louis XIV, now of age to claim his throne, re-entered Paris in October 1652 and recalled Mazarin in February 1653. The last vestiges of resistance in Bordeaux fizzled out in the late summer of 1653. The French people suffered terribly in the Fronde, but it achieved no constitutional reform. Royal absolutism was reinstalled without any effective limitation.
Mazarin died on 9 March 1661. The same day, Louis XIV received dispensation from Pope Alexander VII regarding the marriage of Philippe de France and his first wife Princess Henrietta Anne of England.
Family connections
Cardinal Mazarin's wealth (he collected benefices and amassed a huge fortune and a greater collection of art than the king's) and his nieces' beauty, made for notable family connections, marital and extramarital.
His three nieces Hortense, Marie, and Olympia, were famous for their wit, their beauty and their freedom. Olympia was the mother of the famous Prince Eugene of Savoy. Hortense was also a mistress of Charles II of England. Another niece Laura married Alfonso IV d'Este, Duke of Modena and was the mother of Mary of Modena, Queen of England. Altogether, his seven nieces were referred to as the Mazarinettes.
In fiction
A fictionalized Mazarin is a major character in Alexandre Dumas' novels Twenty Years After and Le Vicomte de Bragelonne. In them, Mazarin is portrayed as power-hungry, suspicious, and greedy. Mazarin is a character of some importance in 1634: The Galileo Affair by Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis. The "Mazarin diamond" is searched for in a November, 1899, Sherlock Holmes mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle, The Mazarin Stone.
Mazarin is a major character in the 2005 series Young Blades, portrayed by Michael Ironside. Mazarin serves as the mastermind antagonist in the Hallmark movie La Femme Musketeer. Personality- and ambition-wise, he is nearly identical to Cardinal Richelieu.
Mazarin appeared in the series Le Chevalier Tempête ("The Flashing Blade").
Umberto Eco's novel The Island of the Day Before takes place just after the transition from Richelieu's rule to Mazarin's. Its protagonist witnesses the death watch for Richelieu and is subsequently forced by Mazarin to undertake a bizarre mission to the other side of the world.
Little red riding hood was published as a satirical pamphlet making fun of Mazarin.
Cardinal Mazarin's Timeline
1602 |
July 14, 1602
Pescina, Abruzzes, ITALIE
1659 |
Age 56
1661 |
March 9, 1661
Age 58
Vincennes, 94300, Val-de-Marne, Ile de France, FRANCE
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Thursday, February 14, 2013
A Valentine's Giveaway: The Romantic Language of Flowers
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As you may know Jennifer I adore the Language of Flowers and include it in many posts...such a wonderful history of flowers through their meaning...looks like a fabulous book that I would love to add to my collection....the hyacinths just blew me away as they are my favorite spring flower and I can't wait to see them soon. Thanks for this fabulous giveaway!
ReplyDeleteIf you're going to the Success with Gardening show at the International Centre - don't forget to call in for your media pass - and if you are going, perhaps we'll meet. I'm interested in seeing how our club does in the competitions and hope to get some photos of their entries. Have to do a little investigating to see about timing of things and how next week plays out. I remember a fellow GWA member telling us that the Language of Flowers was an excellent seller - she was an editor and publisher and was trying to divine what made it so very popular. Barbarapc
ReplyDeleteJennifer girl I LOVE all of this PINK !!
The standard colour seems to be red .. but give me pink any time and it just makes me warm and fuzzy inside : ) LOL
That book looks wonderful .. good luck for the person who wins it, I am sure they will love it to bits !
Joy : )
PS Hope you had a great Valentine's Day/Evening, girl !


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I'd heard a bit about this movie before I watched it, and I was a little leery. But I liked it. Ellen Page is Juno, a 16-year-old girl who's pregnant by her nominal boyfriend (Michael Cera). She decides to allow a couple played by Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman. Complications ensue. That's about it for the plot. No explosions, no car chases. It's all about character.
I have no idea how I'd have reacted if my daughter had found herself in Juno's situation. I hope I'd have been as understanding and supportive as the parents (Jonah Jameson, er, J. K. Simmons, and Allison Janney) in this movie, and I'd also hope that my daughter would have a friend like Leah (Olivia Thirlby).
The script had some very funny lines, and the whole cast did a fine job of delivering them. I'll be interested to see what Diablo Cody comes up with in her next produced script.
All in all, a nice, quiet movie that I enjoyed spending some time with.
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- Ben Rehder said...
Maybe so, but I had a hard time with the fact that the baby was born with two heads.
- Bill Crider said...
Two heads are better than one.
- pattinase (abbott) said...
I really liked the way my initial take on the adoptive couple: he, cool, she a hardass, was turned on its ear. A cute movie with some depth to the writing and great acting. Only scene that bothered me was the one where her stepmother came down so hard on the tech. It seemed over the top to attack her because she was a working class woman rather than that she was judgmental.
- Bill Crider said...
That scene bothered me a little, too. It seemed a little out of character for the stepmother.
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