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Lancome Tresor
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54% would repurchase
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on 8/25/2014 3:24:00 AM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
My first experience with Tresor was my first trip to Branson, MO in 2001. I was 21 at the time and went to a real nice perfume store in the red roof mall which was a new experience for me. I smelled this and thought it was so classy that I picked up a bottle for my mom which she truly loved. I have bought her a couple bottles since and I'm not quite sure why I never bought one for myself for I think it's a fabulous scent. I don't get all the "old lady" comments for I don't smell that in this scent at all! It's not overwhelming either and on my skin it's very soft, just lovely. Don't let the negative comments scare you off if you want to try this one. There is a reason it's still popular after almost 25 years.
on 3/23/2014 7:45:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Neutral
Hair: Other, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Blue
One of my favourite scents from Lancome. The bottle is gorgeous and the fragrance is even prettier! It most noticiably has a scent of rose and peach to it, in a very natural blend. It lasts all day for me, but it does fade to a more subtle scent after a few hours. It is a very elegant scent but definetly not too overwhelming, even though I can be sensitive to different fragrances. A must have in my books.
on 1/21/2014 10:15:00 AM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Very Oily, Other, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I have used this fragrance before in the past and was not wowed or turned off by it. I misplaced my BBW Paris Amour one day prior too work and grabbed whatever scent sample I had in my purse to spray on. Oh My Lord!!!! I could not wait to get to work to scrub this off. I smelled like someone doused me with insecticide. I am not kidding, I could not believe how bad this stuff smelled on me. I threw the sample in the trash and was happy that I left my BBW in a work drawer. Not for me, never again.
on 1/18/2014 9:34:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Normal, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Red, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
A powdery Floriental, very much of its time in 1990, that has aged remarkably well and become truly classic. While it shares the same apricot-lipstick-rose character as YSL Paris and Arden Red Door, Tresor avoids the foofy saccharine overload that makes those two so dated & sickening to my nose. I really love Tresor, for everyday wear as well as dress-up, and while I'm too much of a collector to ever have an HG fragrance, this one comes dang close.
Both the bottles I own are pre-reformulation (I own the mid-'90s "Voile de Parfum" spray and a large EDP splash), so I can't speak to the current version. At first application, there's a heavy dose of boozy, half-fermented apricot, followed quickly by velvety rose and powdery benzoin. Tresor is soft, bosomy, almost ethereal in its sillage; yet the spiced apricot sticks around to remind you this stuff is old-school Woman and is here for the day and all night long. It's beautiful and eminently wearable. YUM.
on 1/3/2014 8:09:00 PM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
It smells too mature on my skin, but I still like it for a classy, grownup perfume. The bottle is beautiful. Maybe I need to grow into this scent? I still love my young, girly perfumes even though I'm not a teenager or college-age anymore, but I am trying to get more into sophisticated scents. This is a good one. I'd recommend it for a gift, and I would still buy it even for myself if I find a good deal. I think it's great for occasions when you want to feel romantic, sophisticated, sensual, and need a break from the fruity young scents.
on 12/27/2013 5:11:00 AM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Combination, Dark, Warm
Hair: Black, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I have been wearing Tresor for 20 years now, and no fragrance can compare to this timeless classic. I worked as a police dispatcher for a number of years and was one of few females in the department. The police officers would come to me in the control room and ask what I was wearing. They said they followed my heavenly scent throughout the department and wanted to purchase it for their wives. I am always getting compliments while wearing this perfume and my husband keeps me stocked. It is my signature fragrance.
on 11/18/2013 12:04:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Dry, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Blue
Wearing Tresor is like being suffocated in cotton candy drenched with Aqua Net Hairspray. It is sickeningly sweet, with sharp, synthetic, chemical notes.
It was a gift and normally I would wear it at least few times around the giver but I don't think I can stomach it.
The bottle is nice though.
PS: I'm not sure why some who don't like it call it an "old lady" fragrance. There are just as many fans among young women here as in the oldest age group. As a woman who will soon been in the '56 and over' group, I'm getting more sensitive to such remarks.
on 11/18/2013 2:39:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
Such a timeless true classic, it holds so many memories for me.
It is sophisticated and grown up, yet has something about it that does not conform, some whimsy and zest that is that once you've lived a bit and know more. It is not a sugary, flowery teenage perfume at all. It is a very cleverly crafted fragrance that was one of my most worn fragrances for years and I lived a far from proper life! it is equally at home at the office as it is at a party.
The bottle is so elegantly chic, it is like a little architectural design, with the elegance of a Lalique, timeless.
I have an unopened bottle of this stashed away, kept cool and dry, I think I'm going to open it up and allow memories to race back to me. This is a comforting and sophisticated fragrance and unfairly gets the 'old lady' label. There is nothing old lady about this. I think people need to realise we live in a world of cookie-cutter, mass produced, candy shop, artificial thoughtless scents these days, that anything 'real' seems foreign. Remember how perfume is supposed to be worn, let it breathe and mingle with your skin..let it work it's magic. There is something a little bit magic about this perfume and people might be surprised to find it's not what they 'think' it will be.
on 11/9/2013 6:23:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
Are you kidding me? This smells like rocks. I don't understand how ANYONE could find this appealing. If you are under 65 you prbly won't like it.
on 9/25/2013 11:52:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Red, Relaxed, Coarse
Eyes: Hazel
This was another fragrance used by the women in my family since years ago. I am spanish and this is sort of a huge thing where I live. I wouldn't use it, since I am in my early 20's and this is right just for older ladies. The smell is STRONG! Just like Elizabeth Arden's Red Door, this is one of those perfumes that you just require a few drops rather than a full spray application to make it work.
It's not bad, it's actually floral and nice, but it's just too strong. The company should tone it down a lot.
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Attacks in Islamic lands are causing terrible damage. Countries' administrations, unity and order are rapidly falling apart, and thousands of innocent people are dying. Yet there is another more destabilizing development, at least as harmful as exploding bombs in Islamic lands.
The roots of this development began to show themselves in Europe some 500 years ago, and led to endless sectarian conflicts because of major social and political upheavals.
These upheavals in Europe began when the German Catholic monk Martin Luther questioned certain practices of the Church in 1517. Protestantism, which began with the growth of a movement critical of the Catholic Church, ushered in a major turning point in world's history; this transition gave birth to new economic and political models, such as capitalism, secularism and nationalism.
Another result of the turning point brought about by Protestantism, at least as important as those mentioned above but less frequently noted, was the creation of deep-rooted changes in Christians' lives and moral conceptions.
Before Protestantism, Christians believed that the Bible addressed the human soul and that salvation was possible through the training of the soul. According to Christians, the Bible revealed that this world is transitory and worthless and that human beings' true abode is in the hereafter, and called on people to avoid thinking in a worldly manner. In addition, Catholic teaching told people to regulate every area of their lives in the light of the faith.
With Protestantism, Europe adopted a mentality that attached more importance to 'this world,'; that looked to material things and not the soul, as a result of which the importance of the hereafter was forgotten. A similar process has been taking place in the Islamic world for some time now. The one result of that process is Muslims' adopting worldly values.
Puritanism is a religious movement that was born out of Protestantism and is still influential in the USA. It is most interesting how Puritans and some influential communities in today's Islamic world adopt the same methods.
One of the reasons for the current strength and influence of Puritanism is that it attaches special importance to the securing of "influential professions." The famous German sociologist Max Weber also emphasized this in one of his books; "Owners of capital and employers, and even the upper, educated layers of the working class, personnel who have received a high level of technical or commercial education in modern fields of work bear Protestant characteristics." Just like the Puritans, some Muslim communities in various parts of the world attach great importance to their members assuming professions and thus securing posts at senior levels within the state.
Another common factor is business. Puritans were strongly encouraged to take part in trade. Puritans were even enabled to start their own businesses against the possibility of failing to attain promotion in other enterprises. They were thus encouraged to ensure their businesses made as much money as possible for the sake of Puritanism. One can see a similar development today in some Muslim communities in Islamic lands. Indeed, things have progressed so far that each community has established trade associations by combining the businesses of their members under a single roof.
Protestants (and Puritans), who achieved great success in producing highly-qualified personnel and achieving material strength, also took an interest in politics. Protestants in Europe were influential enough to bring about deep-rooted changes in the structures of states. It is possible to interpret what is happening in Egypt in terms of Muslims taking an interest in politics in much the same way Protestants do. However, the end of a political movement that regarded increasing Egypt's trade and tourism revenues as more important than achieving unity among Muslims, was very different to what they expected.
The real issue to be stressed here is not only the parallels in the management of Protestant and some Muslim groups, but the effect that parallel has on Muslims.
An increase in the wealth and strength of Muslim communities has led to a decrease in the influence of Islam on their members. Encouraged toward business, these people have come to regard profit and earnings as the reason for their existence. When they think that Islam and religion may harm their business and the profits gained from it, they are capable of acting out of purely commercial interests or concerns for the future; as a result, they prefer to act as a business community rather than a Muslim community when they think their investments are threatened.
This way of thinking has led to a Muslim model that prays and fasts but that model is generally made happy by possessions and lives a life far removed from religious moral values.
People who know Islam and believe in Allah must not forget that the reason for their existence in the world is to serve Allah and the faith. We come into this world in order to live by moral virtues, love and loyalty, not in order to manage factories or guarantee our futures. Of course Muslims can also be wealthy, but they must use their wealth in order to earn Allah's approval, to cause people to admire Islamic moral values and to provide a more pleasant world for the people. Every Muslim who strives on the path of Allah must know that Allah helps those who help His faith. Sincere Muslims exhibit moral values opposed to the "fear of poverty" or "desire for wealth" encouraged by satan and always behave in favor of Allah. They never choose worldly interests over Allah's pleasure, but always submit themselves to Allah.
Wealth is certainly not something to be condemned for Muslims. Allah has created all worldly blessings for believers. Indeed, the Prophet Solomon (pbuh), praised by Allah in many verses of the Qur'an, prayed to Allah for riches. Allah heeded the Prophet Solomon's (pbuh) prayer, and the Qur'an always speaks of the very wealthy Prophet Solomon (pbuh) in terms of great praise:
"We gave David Solomon. What an excellent slave! He truly turned to his Lord." (Surah Sad, 30)
He said, 'I have put the love of good things above the remembrance of my Lord…' (Surah Sâd, 32)
The important thing is to use all wealth in a way that will be pleasing to Allah. Shying away from acting like a Muslim out of a fear of losing one's possessions is something that true believers will never do. While believers benefit from and enjoy Allah's blessings in this world, they enjoy using what is given to them on Allah's path even more as that is the real goal.
Muslims must be careful that methods similar to those of the Puritans in America or the Protestants in Europe do not distract them from their true aims. It is not money or rank that give Muslims strength in this world, but, always and only, sincere faith and living in a manner pleasing to Allah.
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The entire OpEd section of the Sunday New York Times has been taken over by an article jointly written by Michael Lewis and David Einhorn, titled The End of the Financial World As We Know It.
Its this morning's must read piece . . .
"OUR financial catastrophe, like Bernard Madoff's pyramid scheme, required all sorts of important, plugged-in people to sacrifice our collective long-term interests for short-term gain. The pressure to do this in today's financial markets is immense. Obviously the greater the market pressure to excel in the short term, the greater the need for pressure from outside the market to consider the longer term. But that's the problem: there is no longer any serious pressure from outside the market. The tyranny of the short term has extended itself with frightening ease into the entities that were meant to, one way or another, discipline Wall Street, and force it to consider its enlightened self-interest…
The instinct to avoid short-term political heat is part of the problem; anything the S.E.C. does to roil the markets, or reduce the share price of any given company, also roils the careers of the people who run the S.E.C. Thus it seldom penalizes serious corporate and management malfeasance — out of some misguided notion that to do so would cause stock prices to fall, shareholders to suffer and confidence to be undermined. Preserving confidence, even when that confidence is false, has been near the top of the S.E.C.'s agenda…
The commission's most recent director of enforcement is the general counsel at JPMorgan Chase; the enforcement chief before him became general counsel at Deutsche Bank; and one of his predecessors became a managing director for Credit Suisse before moving on to Morgan Stanley. A casual observer could be forgiven for thinking that the whole point of landing the job as the S.E.C.'s director of enforcement is to position oneself for the better paying one on Wall Street."
I would add to this the contributory factor of the disastrous rein of Harvey Pitt as S.E.C. chairman. He took an SEC that had some serious problems and damaged it enormously.
A Bailout Nation excerpt:
"In an era of corporate accounting scandals, Pitt had close ties to the accounting industry. And for inexplicable reasons, Pitt met with the heads of companies under active SEC investigation. As a Wall Street lawyer, Pitt had "recommended that clients destroy sensitive documents before they could be used against them – advice that seemed to find echoes in the SEC's investigations into Enron and its shredder-happy auditor, Arthur Andersen." Pitt had to recuse himself from many of the SEC's votes — they were frequently about the clients he had represented as a defense attorney. By July of 2002, Senator (and future GOP presidential candidate) John McCain was calling for Pitt's resignation." Pitt, not surprisingly, demoralized the agency. To investor advocacy groups, having Pitt as SEC chief was like putting Osama bin Laden in charge of Homeland Security.
The End of the Financial World As We Know It
MICHAEL LEWIS and DAVID EINHORN
NYT, January 3, 2009
How to Repair a Broken Financial World
MICHAEL LEWIS and DAVID EINHORN
NYT, January 3, 2009
Category: Bailouts, Credit, Derivatives, Legal, Really, really bad calls, Regulation
The first full week of 2009 will be a busy one in the world of business and financial news, beginning with a House hearing into the alleged Bernard Madoff ponzi scheme and ending with the unemployment report. Stacey Delo reports.
Category: Markets, Regulation, Video
I'm fascinated by this huge article in the Washington Post called The Beautiful Machine. Its about AIG's Financial Products divisions, a hugely profitable operation specializing in derivatives, with roots in Drexel Burnham, that traces its AIG affiliation all the back to 1987. Its the first of three parts, and I'll pull excerpts from each. Here's…Read More
Category: Bailouts, Corporate Management, Derivatives, Regulation
Some toothless watchdog: This year, the S.E.C. has brought the fewest number of securities fraud prosecutions since 1991. That's according to the data that the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), a research group at Syracuse University, has amassed. Soft on White Collar Crime, by the Numbers: • 2008 had 133 prosecutions for securities fraud (thru…Read More
Category: Bailouts, Legal, Markets, Regulation
I am trying to figure out who is the biggest jerk in this story. It is a challenge, given the collection of utter clowns and ne'er-do-wells that run that office.
First, you have some moron who helped cost the taxpayers a hundred large ($100B) back in the 1980s. How this idiot ever ended up in a position of responsibility in any regulatory agency again is beyond my comprehension. There are some who would point to all government regulation as the root cause, but crony capitalism and the disbelief in and and all regulations is what leads to putting someone so unsuitable in this position of authority.
Second, you have to wonder about just how frickin' dumb the idiots who run the office of Thrift Supervision have been the past 8 years. These were the clowns that blamed Schumer for the collapse of Indy Mac, after backdating their capital levels. As you will see below, if the OTS weren't incompetant boobs, Indy Mac should have been shut down months before their run!
That the OTS is run by such half-wits and morons, that they blamed a US Senator — for having the temerity to ask how much money the criminally incompetant managers running Indy Mac were going to cost the taxpayer — rather than their own inadequate supervision. (BTW, the answer to Schumer's question was about $9 billion).
Recall that when James Gilleran took over the Office of Thrift Supervision, he took a chainsaw to a stack of regulations to symbolize how his agency was going to "cut red tape" for thrifts (a.k.a. S&Ls), which were heavily involved in mortgage lending. The ideologue in him declared: "Our goal is to allow thrifts to operate with a wide breadth of freedom from regulatory intrusion," Gilleran said in a 2004 speech.
Nice work.
This wasn't mere malfeasance by Gilleran — as we have been repeatedly noting, it was nonfeasance — the intentional failure to perform a required legal duty or obligation.
As for the FBI, the division in charge of enforcement, after sounding the warning bell, subsequently made a "strategic alliance" in 2007 with the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) the trade association for (then) major industry players like IndyMac and Countrywide Financial. Imagine if the FBI division in charge of organized crime set up a joint venture with the Cosa Nostra. That's what this was the equivalent of at the FBI.
It all comes back to the radical deregulatory philosophy we discussed Sunday: Appoint cabinet level people who share that same belief system, who think government can never work — and voila! – this is what you get.
Anyone who thinks that really bad behavior in the corporate world needs no proscribing should not be put in charge of Regulatory agencies.
Excerpts after the jump . . .
Category: Corporate Management, Legal, Markets, Regulation
Won't be the last one, either: Thierry Magon de La Villehuchet, who ran a fund that invested with Bernard Madoff, was found dead at his Madison Avenue office today, a New York City police officer at the scene said. The death appeared to be a suicide, he said. De la Villehuchet, 65, was a founding…Read More
Category: Hedge Funds, Legal, Markets, Regulation
Here's one of the simple truisms that gets lost in the political (i.e., bumper sticker) discussions. Don't regulate the free markets! Don't interfere with innovation! Don't stifle incentives! What bullshit. One of the best ways to win a debate is to control the language used. This was one of the elements George Orwell was discussing…Read More
Category: Bailouts, Legal, Regulation
Tom Toles: via Washington Post
Category: Bailouts, Humor, Markets, Regulation
In 2001, reporter Erin Arvedlund wrote an article for the financial weekly Barrons that was skeptical of Bernard Madoff's strategy and performance on Wall Street. She questioned how Madoff was able to offer good returns. She talks with Steve Inskeep about the impetus for her story and what she learned in the process.
Morning Edition, December 18, 2008
Category: Financial Press, Legal, Regulation, Video
Columbia Journalism Review interviews the Miami Herald reporter whose series we have highlighted here many times. JD: I expected there would be some criminal histories. There's gonna be a few pot possessions and stuff like that. The law said that they were supposed to screen brokers for crimes involving fraud, dishonesty, and "moral turpitude", which…Read More
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Azerbaijan is an overwhelmingly Muslim country. Estimates include 91.6% (CIA),[3] 93.4% (Berkley Center, 2012),[4] 99.2% (Pew Research Center, 2009)[5] of the population identifying as Muslim.[4] Most are adherents of Shia branch (approximately 85% Shi'a according to Berkley Center, 2012);[4] with a minority (15%[4]) being Sunni Muslim, differences traditionally have not been defined sharply.[3][6] Most Shi'a are adherents of orthodox Ithna Ashari school of Shi'a Islam. Following many decades of Soviet atheist policy, religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan and Muslim identity tends to be based more on culture and ethnicity than religion. Traditionally villages around Baku and Lenkoran region are considered stronghold of Shi'ism. In some northern regions, populated by Dagestani (Lezghian) people, Sunni Islam is dominant. Folk Islam is widely practiced but there is little evidence of an organized Sufi movement.[citation needed]
The rest of the population adheres to other faiths or are non-religious, although they are not officially represented.[3] Other traditional religions or beliefs that are followed by many in the country are the Armenian Apostolic Church (in Nagorno-Karabakh), the Russian Orthodox Church, and various other Christian denominations.
Azerbaijan is a secular state; article 48 of its Constitution ensures the liberty of worship, to choose any faith, or to not practice any religion, and to express one's view on the religion. The law of the Republic of Azerbaijan (1992) "On freedom of faith" ensures the right of any human being to determine and express his view on religion and to execute this right. However, a 1996 law states that foreigners have freedom of conscience, but are denied the right to "carry out religious propaganda", i.e., to preach, under the threat of fines or deportation.[7] According to paragraphs 1-3 of Article 18 of the Constitution the religion acts separately from the government, each religion is equal before the law and the propaganda of religions, abating human personality and contradicting to the principles of humanism is prohibited. At the same time the state system of education is also secular.
According to a 2010 Gallup Poll found 49% of Azerbaijanis answering no to the question "Is religion an important part of your daily life?", one of the highest rates in the world and especially among any Muslim-majority country.[8] A 1998 poll estimated the proportion of ardent Muslim believers in Azerbaijan at only 7 percent.[9][10]
Bahá'í Faith[edit]
The Bahá'í Faith in Azerbaijan crosses a complex history of regional changes. Before 1850, followers of the predecessor religion Bábism were established in Nakhichevan.[11] By the early 20th century, the Bahá'í community, now centered in Baku, numbered perhaps 2000 individuals and several Bahá'í Local Spiritual Assemblies[12] had facilitated the favorable attention of local and regional,[11] and international[13] leaders of thought as well as long standing leading figures in the religion.[14] However under Soviet rule the Bahá'í community was almost ended[15] though it was immediately reactivated as perestroika loosened controls on religions[12] and re-elected its own National Spiritual Assembly in 1992.[16] The modern Bahá'í population of Azerbaijan, centered in Baku, may have regained its peak from the oppression of the Soviet period of about 2000 people, today with more than 80% converts[17] although the community in Nakhichevan, where it all began, is still seriously harassed and oppressed.[18]
Christianity is represented by Orthodoxy, Catholicism and Protestantism as well as a number of minoritary communities in Azerbaijan.
Christians who estimated between 280,000-450,000 (3.1%-4.8%)[19] are mostly Russian and Georgian Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic (almost all Armenians live in the break-away region of Nagorno-Karabakh). There is also a small ethnic Azerbaijani Protestant community most of them came from Muslim backgrounds.[20][21]
Orthodox Church[edit]
Orthodoxy is currently represented in Azerbaijan by the Russian and Georgian Orthodox churches. The Russian Orthodox Churches are grouped in the Eparchy of Baku and the Caspian region.
Azerbaijan also has eleven Molokan communities related to the old rituals of Orthodoxy. These communities do not have any church; their dogmas are fixed in a special book of rituals. They oppose the church hierarchy which has a special power.
Armenian Apostolic Church[edit]
The Armenian Apostolic Church currently has no community outside the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Before the outbreak of the war, Armenians formed the largest Christian population. The Armenian churches in Azerbaijan remain closed, because of the large outmigration of Armenians and fear of Azerbaijani attacks.[22] During the Nagorno-Karabakh War, despite the constitutional guarantees against religious discrimination, numerous acts of vandalism against the Armenian Apostolic Church have been reported throughout Azerbaijan.[23] At the height of atrocities against the Armenian minorities in Baku in 1990, the Armenian Church of St. Gregory Illuminator in Baku was set on fire,[24] but was restored in 2004 and is not used anymore. The Church of St. Gregory Illuminator is the only remaining Armenian church in Baku, all other Armenian churches were demolished in the 1990s.
Albanian-Udi Church[edit]
Approximately 6,000 of the 10,000 people of the Udi ethnic community live in Azerbaijan including 4,400 people residing in Nij village, Qabala district.[25]
The Udis who resided on the territory of the Caspian sea shore, later accepted Christianity and spread this religion in the Caucasus Albania. The church of Kish (the Kish village of Shaki district) is one of the major examples of this cultural heritage.[25]
Roman Catholicism[edit]
There is a tiny Roman Catholic community in Baku and surroundings, with less than a thousand members.
The Vatican Foreign Minister Giovanni Lajolo visited Baku May 19, 2006. During the visit to last till May 25, he met with President Ilham Aliyev and chairman of the Caucasus Clerical Office, Sheikh Allahshukur Pashazada to discuss ties between Azerbaijan and the Vatican [1]
Giovanni Lajolo made the following statements: "We are satisfied with the level of friendly communications between Azerbaijan and Vatican". "Azerbaijan really is a place of merge of religions and cultures. We highly estimate tolerance existing here. And we are very glad with intensive development of Azerbaijan. Vatican is interested in expansion of relations with Azerbaijan, and the purpose of my visit to Baku consists in carrying out of exchange by opinions on the further development of our ties." [2]
Baku's Catholic church was demolished in the Stalin era but a new one, started in September 2005, was opened in summer 2007.
Hinduism in Azerbaijan has been tied to cultural diffusion on the Silk Road. In the Middle Ages, Hindu traders visited present-day Azerbaijan for Silk Road trade. The area was traversed by Hindu traders coming mostly from Multan and Sindh (Pakistan). The Hindus also have the Fire Temple of Baku. Today there are over 500-600 Hindus in Azerbaijan.
Until recently Islam in Azerbaijan was relatively low key. Although the vast majority of Azerbaijanis identified themselves as Muslims, surveys in the late Soviet and early post-Soviet era generally found that less than a quarter of those who considered themselves Muslims "had even a basic understanding of the pillars of Islam", according to researchers Emil Souleimanov and Maya Ehrmann.[26] According to a survey conducted in 2000, fewer than 7 percent of respondents considered themselves "firm believers," while just 18 percent confessed observance of salat (ritual prayer, one of the pillars of Islam).[27] Thus, for many Azerbaijanis, Islam tended toward a more ethnic/nationalistic identity than a purely religious one.[26]
An estimated four fifths of Muslims in Azerbaijan are Shi'as of the Twelver branch. The remainder are Sunnis belonging to the Hanafi branch and inhabit primarily the northern and western areas of the republic.[26] Folk Islam is widely practiced but there is little evidence of an organized Sufi movement.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union all religious organizations fell into depression and split into pieces while the Religious Organization of Transcaucasia Muslims headed by akhund Allahshukur Pashazade elected the Sheikh ul-Islam in 1980 intensified its operation and tried to spread its influence to the entire Caucasus under the name of the Caucasus Muslims Department. The measures to implement these attempts were undertaken at the tenth session of the Caucasus Muslims held in Baku in 1998. The opening of CMD representations in Georgia and Dagestan was one of the significant steps in this field.
The chair of CMD ensures the consequent contacts with Islamic organizations and manages to establish close religious relations with neighbor Muslim countries. To date CMD fulfills the religious needs of the Islamic communities of Azerbaijan, oversees the proper fulfillment of the rituals (in accordance with Sharia), progresses in training religious workers through the Islamic University of Baku, founded in 1991 and is responsible for all religious events occurring in the country. The faculty of theology of the State University of Baku has been training Islam and theology scientists since 1992.
Through the years of independence the worshipping of holies strengthened in Azerbaijan and the new holy places were set up along with old ones. Bakhailism created its own assembly and expanded yearly.
The relations of the state-religion are regulated by the State Committee for the Work with Religious Associations of Azerbaijan established by the decree of President Heydar Aliyev in 2001.
More recently, some Azerbaijani youths have been drawn increasingly to Islam.[28] Additionally, some young women in Azerbaijan have decided to dress in Islamic attire despite the risks associated including being rebuked by university personnel for wearing the hijab.[29]
Nowruz in Azerbaijan.
There are three separate communities of Jews (Mountain Jews, Ashkenazi Jews, and Georgian Jews) in Azerbaijan, who total almost 16,000 combined. Of them, 11,000 are Mountain Jews, with concentrations of 6,000 in Baku and 4,000 in Quba, 4,300 are Ashkenazi Jews, most of whom live in Baku and Sumqayit, and 700 are Georgian Jews. There are three synagogues in Baku and a few in the provinces. Sheikh-ul-Islam Allahshukur Pashazade has donated US$40,000 for construction of Jewish House in Baku in 2000.
Very little is known about pre-Christian and pre-Islam Azerbaijani mythology; sources are mostly Hellenic historians like Strabo and based on archeological evidence. Strabo names the gods of the sun, the sky, and above all, the moon.
The history of Zoroastrianism in Azerbaijan goes back to the first millennium BC. Together with the other territories of the Persian Empire, Azerbaijan remained a predominantly Zoroastrian state until the Arab invasion in the 7th century. The name Azerbaijan means the "Land of The Eternal Fire" in Middle Persian, a name that is said to have a direct link with Zoroastrianism.[30] Today the religion, culture, and traditions of Zoroastrianism remains highly respected in Azerbaijan, and Novruz continues to be the main holiday in the country. Zoroastrianism has left a deep mark in the history of Azerbaijan. Traces of the religion are still visible in Ramana, Khinalyg, and Yanar Dag and there are 2,000 Zoroastrians left in the country.[citation needed]
Freedom of religion[edit]
The constitution of Azerbaijan provides for freedom of religion, and the law does not allow religious activities to be interfered with unless they endanger public order. Cases of anti-Semitism in Azerbaijan are rare.
The 2004 U.S. Department of State report on Human Rights in Azerbaijan noted some instances in which freedom of religion was violated, such as interference with the Juma Mosque due to the political activism of its Imam. All religious organizations are required to register with the government, and groups such as Baptists, Jehovah's Witnesses, and members of the Assemblies of God continue to be denied religious registration.[31] The official web site of Jehovah's Witnesses has documented a number of acts of religious intolerance being committed by the Azerbaijan government against members of Jehovah's Witnesses.[32]
As a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh war, mosques in the Nagorno-Karabakh region have been abandoned or destroyed, and Armenian churches in Azerbaijan have likewise been inactive or damaged in the fighting.[33]
The position of the governmental authorities towards Islam is controversial. Men who grow beards more than normal are often viewed with suspicion by the authorities, for fear of the propagation of Wahhabism.[28] Despite the government's denial of the matter, the Azerbaijani police drew criticism from lawyers for infringing the rights of observant Muslims.[28]
However the 2009 Religion Law requires the compulsory re-registration of all religious groups.[34] The overwhelming majority of religious groups that have been granted re-registration are Muslim. Hundreds of others are still waiting to hear from the authorities.[34]
See also[edit]
- ^ Islam per beginning of the article.
- ^ Christianity per percent of Russians and Armenians in Azerbaijan plus estimates.
- ^ a b c "The World Factbook". CIA. May 18, 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Berkley Center for Religion Peace and World Affairs". Georgetown University. July 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ MAPPING THE GLOBAL MUSLIM POPULATION| PEW FORUM| October 2009
- ^ Administrative Department of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan - Presidential Library - Religion
- ^ Corley, Felix (November 1, 2005). "AZERBAIJAN: Selective obstruction of foreign religious workers". Forum 18. Retrieved 2006-06-18.
- ^ Religiosity Highest in World's Poorest Nations August 31, 2010 - data accessed on 22 May 2015
- ^ Fereydoun Safizadeh, "On Dilemmas of Identity in the Post-Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan," Caucasian Regional Studies, vol.3, no.1 (1998).
- ^ Tadeusz Swietochowski. Azerbaijan: The Hidden Faces of Islam. World Policy Journal, Volume XIX, No 3, Fall 2002
- ^ a b Balci, Bayram; Jafarov, Azer (2007-02-21), "The Baha'is of the Caucasus: From Russian Tolerance to Soviet Repression {2/3}", Caucaz.com
- ^ a b "Baha'i Faith History in Azerbaijan". National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Azerbaijan. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ^ Stendardo, Luigi (1985-01-30). Leo Tolstoy and the Bahá'í Faith. London, UK: George Ronald Publisher Ltd. ISBN 978-0-85398-215-9.
- ^ Universal House of Justice (1986). In Memoriam. The Bahá'í World of the Bahá'í Era 136-140 (1979-1983). XVIII (Bahá'í World Centre). pp. 797–800. ISBN 0-85398-234-1.
- ^ Hassall, Graham (1993). "Notes on the Babi and Baha'i Religions in Russia and its territories". The Journal of Bahá'í Studies 05 (03). Retrieved 2008-06-01.
- ^ Hassall, Graham. "Notes on Research on National Spiritual Assemblies". Research notes. Asia Pacific Bahá'í Studies. Retrieved 2008-12-21.
- ^ Balci, Bayram; Jafarov, Azer (2007-03-20), "The Baha'is of the Caucasus: From Russian Tolerance to Soviet Repression {3/3}", Caucaz.com
- ^ U.S. State Department (2006-09-15). "International Religious Freedom Report 2006- Azerbaijan". The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affair. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ^ "Global Christianity". Pew Research Center's Religion & Public Life Project. 1 December 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "5,000 Azerbaijanis adopted Christianity" (in Russian). Day.az. 7 July 2007. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
- ^ "Christian Missionaries Becoming Active in Azerbaijan" (in Azerbaijani). Tehran Radio. 19 June 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ United States Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1992 (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, February 1993), p. 708
- ^ Memorandum from the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights to John D. Evans, Resource Information Center, 13 June 1993, p. 4.
- ^ Implementation of the Helsinki Accords: Human Rights and Democratization in the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union" (Washington, DC: U.S. Congress, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, January 1993), p. 116
- ^ a b "RELIGIONS IN PRESENT AZERBAIJAN". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ a b c Souleimanov, Emil; Ehrmann, Maya (Fall 2013). "The Rise of Militant Salafism in Azerbaijan and Its Regional Implications". Middle East Policy Council XX (3). Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ^ Anar Valiyev, "Azerbaijan: Islam in a Post-Soviet Republic," Meria, 9, no. 4 (December 2005), accessed June 20, 2012, http://meria.idc.ac.il/journal/2005/issue4/jv9no4a1.html (dead link).
- ^ a b c ISN Editors. "Articles / Security Watch / ISN". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "Spero NewsHeadscarves provoke controversy in Azerbaijan". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ The Korea Times Azerbaijan Cultural Week Hits South Korea
- ^ "Azerbaijan". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "Highlights of the Past Year". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ "2004 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Azerbaijan". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
- ^ a b Forum 18 News Service. "Forum 18 Archive: AZERBAIJAN: Communities to be forced to begin re-registration again? - 8 June 2011". Retrieved 23 August 2015.
External links[edit]
- Albanian-Udi Church restablished
- Vatican in Baku
- North American Azerbaijani Network - an organization of over 90 groups and churches committed to seeing the Azerbaijani people reached with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
- Charles, Robia: "Religiosity in Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan" in the Caucasus Analytical Digest No. 20


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Alta: Town Council (two at-large seats) — Mereba Danforth, Steven "Piney" Gilman (i), Mimi Levitt, Harris Sondak.
Bluffdale: City Council (three at-large seats) — C. Nick Berry, Craig L. Briggs, Troy E. Chisholm (i), Bruce M. Kartchner (i), Don Mortimer, Ty Nielsen, Heather Pehrson, Jewel K. Skousen.
Cottonwood Heights: City Council, District 1 — Richard "Dick" Fisher, Janet Janke, Todd Leeds, Crystal Perry, Mike Shelton; District 2 — Scott Bracken (i), James H. Thuet.
Draper: City Council (three at-large seats) — Claudia Anderson, Shawn K. Benjamin, Rod Besaw, Bill Colbert (i), Alan Summerhays (i), Troy Walker (i).
Herriman: City Council, District 1 — Stephen K. Roberts, Matt Robinson (i); District 2 — Rob Anderson, Raquel Hamilton DeLuca (i), Jeff D. Rifleman, CoraLee Wessman-Moser; District 4 — John Michael Day (i), David S. Holly, Troy Hooton, Jessica Morton, Janet Olander, Erik J. Schweitzer.
Holladay: City Council, District 2 — Lynn H. Pace (i); District 4 — David K. Broadbent, Steven H. Gunn, Robert "Bob" Neslen, J. Daniel Schoenfeld, Sandy Thackeray (w); District 5 — J. James "Jim" Palmer (i), Helen H. Redd.
Midvale: City Council, District 1 — Robert M. Hale (i); District 2 — Paul Glover (i); District 3 — Alan C. Anderson, Paul Hunt, Neil W. Whicker.
Murray: City Council, District 1 — Phil Markham, David Nicponski, Michael E. Romero; District 3 — Jim Brass (i); District 5 — Krista K. Dunn (i), Brett A. Hales, Jim Harland, Michael J. Thomas.
Riverton: City Council, District 1 — Andy Bird, Bob Bowen, Dave Cooper, Jon Hagen, Sheldon B. Stewart; District 2 — Roy Tingey (i); District 5 — Cade Bryant, David Davenport, Brent Johnson, Galen K. Mills, Perry Newman, Scott Silcox.
Salt Lake City: Mayor — Ralph Becker (i), J. Allen Kimball; City Council, District 2 — Michael Clara, Kyle LaMalfa, Van Blair Turner (i); District 4 — Luke Garrott (i), Jack Gray; District 6 — Tracey Harty, Charlie Luke, JT Martin (i).
Sandy: City Council, at-large (two seats) — Steve Fairbanks (i), Gary T. Forbush, David Kingsbury, Linda M. Saville (i); District 2 — Dave Perry, Dennis B. Tenney (i); District 4 — Chris McCandless (i).
South Jordan: City Council, District 1 — Mark Seethaler, Jim Wright; District 2 — Craig Thomas Elder, Kathie Johnson (i), Elwin D. Mangus, Chuck Newton; District 4 — Steve Barnes, Dan Galli, Aleta A. Taylor (i).
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Bill and Tom Blake pose for a portrait inside their business, Blake Brothers Glass Co., in Newark. / Zach Gray/The Advocate
NEWARK -- Stepping into the showroom of a glass business, a person might expect to see the crisp lines of mirrors and framed photos.
But at Blake Brothers Glass, 324 E. Main St., there also is a comfy leather couch against one wall and an easy chair along the other. There are attractively framed duck posters on one wall, along with a mounted fish and a large deer head on the opposite wall.
The decor creates a welcoming and down-to-earth feel that comes directly from the owners, Tom and Bill Blake.
The business was started in the early 1950s by the brothers' father, Omer, and his brother, James.
The elder Blake brothers learned the business in Cochocton, along with four other men, who later split up, going to nearby towns to start glass businesses, most of which still are in business.
The younger brothers started working in the shop while in high school and took over the business in 1984.
Blake Brothers specializes in commercial and residential glass, auto and custom orders. About 70 percent of their business is commercial construction and 50 percent of that is out of county.
"We feel we know what we are doing," Tom Blake, 56, said. "We know what we are capable of doing."
The company installs storefront and entryway glass, mirrors, shelves, storm doors, plate glass, high-temperature (industrial) glass, as well as windows for buses, heavy trucks and bulldozers.
The business has a nucleus of eight employees, most of whom have been with the company between 15 and 25 years. At one time, the business had 15 employees.
While just a small company, Blake Brothers can compete with the larger firms because it has lower overhead: Instead of having one person do nothing but estimating and another person acting as a job foreman, Tom and Bill do it all.
"We do the estimating, we are the project manager and supervisor," Bill Blake, 54, said. "It would take five guys to replace us. Tom and I have the best set up as we cover for each other."
"We are more hands on," Tom said. "We help the guys install if we need to."
So being in business for 62 years, there should be some stability, right?
The brothers say that with the way the economy has been the past couple of years, business has changed. With the depressed housing industry, they are not seeing custom work like they did years ago. The biggest trend now is the heavy all-glass shower stalls and doors -- what Bill calls "show bathrooms."
With emphasis on saving money, the new key term in their industry is "value engineering," which are ways to give the customer what they want, but at a lower cost.
They also have accelerated schedules. The brothers have outlived some of their suppliers and it has become more difficult to find products, they said.
"The ongoing cost of everything hammers the small guys," Tom said. "I've always enjoyed getting up in the morning and going to work, and I still do."
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APP OF THE DAY: djay review (iPad / iPhone / iPod touch)
It's rare that we'll revisit a piece of software that has been awarded App of the Day status in the past, but just occasionally, there can be so many changes made with an update that it's worth taking a further look.
Algoriddim's djay is one such app. Awarded App of the Day almost a year ago (in December 2011) for the iPad version, it has since undergone a rejig that makes it both easier to use for platter spinners and naturally suited to the brand spanking new iPhone 5. Oh, and it's currently cheaper too...
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First, it must be said that djay on iPad and iPhone is an amazing tool whether you are serious about the art of disc jockeying or not. There's more than enough fine trickery in there to satisfy enthusiasts and professionals, while amateurs can happily fiddle around with mixing tracks and looping bars to their heart's content.
However, none of this is new, if you read our former review. What is new is great integration with the iTunes store, so you can buy tracks directly from within the apps; there's now support for 4G networks, including the forthcoming one from EE, so you can utilise the greater bandwidth to download and stream tracks; and it will now automatically detect whether it is running on an iPhone 5 in order to make use of the wider screen real estate.
This last feature allows an iPhone 5 user to see more options and modes on the screen while cueing a track. It's always been a criticism that you'd have to jump through several menus to get to specific options. Not so here: the pitch bending, sync button and beats-per-minute display read outs are all present.
The new version also makes use of some of the background jiggery-pokery in iOS 6. There's now support for multi-channel and multi-route audio. You can now pre-cue through headphones while outputting the mix through HDMI or vice versa. This eliminates the need for specific hardware, save for Apple's own HDMI lead, that is.
It also just runs smoother on the latest iPad and iPhone 5, in our opinion, so is well worth checking out.
Even if you only plan to make up a playlist for a wedding or birthday party and use the automatic mix mode, we'd still recommend djay every time.
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Agility's high-profile tiff with the US government continues. The firm is currently in talks with the US government to settle the matter out of court.
December 29, 2009 11:20 by Dana El Baltaji
Kuwait-based Agility, the region's largest logistics firm, announced on Monday it was meeting with the US government to discuss a possible settlement in a high-profile fraud case. However, they have not struck a deal yet.
"A deal has not been reached until now, and there are no guarantees that these negotiations would lead to a solution," the company said in statement on the Kuwaiti bourse site.
A number of Kuwaiti newspapers reported that the logistics firm is seeking a maximum settlement of $600 million.
"Until now the final settlement has not been signed, as some of the points are still pending, however the amount is between $500 million and $600 million," al-Qabas reported, citing an unconfirmed source. The paper added that Agility will schedule the payout over five-years.
The US government has accused Agility of overcharging the US Army on contracts worth $8.5 billion to provide food to soldiers in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan.
If Agility is found guilty, it faces probation and a fine equal to twice its gains from its alleged fraudulent activities, or twice the US Army's loss.
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It cost the government much more than those hundreds of millions. if agility had been looking for best value suppliers instead of cousins of tehirs and us companies who paid them fat allowances in order to get their sales, agility could have saved the government a huge amt of money in liegitimate cost. justice dept must clean up and add transparency to the supplying companies who paid for the sales, paid bribes in effect, and it sends a message that these business practices are unethical. It is epidemic. It is not just a handful of bad people or some bad policy in one company! thye supplying companies who paid to keep others out were not doing so on their own nickel. They were inflating cost to the us taxpayer. lets know who they are. let them be accountable so they wont continue to do the same thing elsewhere.
How someone can blame somebody of overcharging? as once you pay you get agreed to something (rate) before you pay. it seems a joke
If you overcharge you must be willing to lose the business once it is found out that you duped the purchaser. That is what often happens. All the regulations in the world don't work if there are very greedy opportunistic people.
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Hannspree SN10T2 and SN10T3 Android tablets on their way to market
Novelty TV maker Hannspree is getting all serious on us and serious about tablets as it goes. Fresh from the launch of the SN10T Android 2.2 device that we spotted at IFA 2010, the market is to be hit with two more 10.1-inch machines - the first in Q2 2011 running Gingerbread and the second, and more premium, in Q3 sporting Honeycomb.
The SN10T2 and SN10T3 will be priced at €299 and €499 respectively, the former with a 1024x600px display, 8BG of storage and running a Texas Instruments chipset and the latter with an HD 1280x800px panel, the Tegra 2 system and 16GB to use as you will. If that's not enough for you, then a spokesman for Hannspree has announced at the IFA Global Press Conference 2011 that there will be more tablets to come before the year is out.
The reason behind the sudden injection of interest lies in the analyst figures, which Hannspree has commissioned, which suggest that tablets will be the second largest consumer technology segment in three years' time shipping 300 million units in 2015 and even displacing 30 per cent of PC units the year before. Naturally, the company wants to be riding that gravy train all way in.
Interestingly, it looks unlikely that we'll be seeing a tablet from Hannspree at any other size. Apparently, they were in talks over a 7-inch model but they have stalled do to doubts over the performance of those currently on the market. Anything larger than 10 inches was also dismissed as "unlikely".
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Guitarist DJ Ashba Exits Guns N' Roses
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Fans of Motley Crue should catch them playing on their Final Tour because Nikki Sixx says he'll never play a Crue song again once it's over.
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Motley Crue and Sixx: A.M. bassist Nikki Sixx recently sold his Los Angeles-area home for $2.4 million.
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Sixx: A.M. are digging deeper into the upcoming 'Modern Vintage' album, previewing the new song 'Let's Go.'
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TMN: Hey guys, thank you so much for taking some time to chat with us. There's quite a bit to talk to you guys about! From Love Death Immortality coming out on February 11th to the Coachella announcement, you guys have had a busy winter!
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TMN: Let's start off with talking about the Coachella announcement. Since starting in 2006, you've played at some of the most significant venues. How does it feel to come to Coachella this year?
Coachella is one of the most ridiculously awesome events on earth, and we're grateful to get to play for a second time. Some of our very first shows to massive crowds were at Coachella, playing unofficial shows on the The Do Lab's circus-freak misting side stage. So this will actually be our 5th Coachella. It's way too much fun.
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TMN: While Coachella is huge, you have to have some other large venues that are still on your bucket list. What's "the one" venue or festival that's you haven't played at just yet?
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Guide Price £945,000
6 bedroom detached house for sale Preston St Mary, SudburySWAN LAKE Close to historic Lavenham, the exquisite barn conversion overlooks about 1.6 acres of beautiful grounds, including a pond, which is home to ducks and a black swan More details ›
4 bedroom character property for sale Barn Street, CO10A very fine grade I listed timbered house set in one of the quietest streets in the very heart of medieval Lavenham. Wonderful timbered interior with Tudor and Georgian features, lovely big rooms with high ceilings, a wonderful sunny garden and rear access to a double garage and an excellent studio. More details ›
£725,000 Guide Price
Guide Price £725,000
4 bedroom end of terrace house for sale Lavenham, Sudbury, SuffolkThis is a rare opportunity to acquire a genuine slice of history given that St Peter and St Pauls Hall is thought to have been part of Lavenham for nearly 500 years. The property was the subject of a meticulous programme of restoration and finished to an exceptionally high standard to provide a ... More details ›
£650,000 Guide Price
Guide Price £650,000
4 bedroom semi-detached house for sale Long Melford, Sudbury, SuffolkThis splendid Grade II Listed house occupies a prominent position on Long Melfords famous village green. The property offers accommodation of considerable character (fireplaces, exposed beams, exposed floorboards etc.) with the large kitchen/breakfast/living room to the rear of the house being o... More details ›
5 bedroom terraced house for sale Hall Street, CO10Elegant and spacious Grade II Listed property in heart of village, with full residential consent, or as at present with ground floor commercial space. Courtyard garden, good parking. High quality residential rooms of character. 3/5 bedrooms, 2/3 baths. Over 3000sqft. A very rare opportunity. More details ›
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