due to a credit card glitch. ref http www.foxnews.com story 0,2933,532740,00.html Consumers Get 23 Quadrillion Credit Card Bill Because of Visa Glitch ref References reflist See also creditcards Category ... more details
Image Mint Logo.png frame right Mint logo Mint CreditCards is an online financial services brand and part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group s Retail Direct Channels Division. The Mint credit card was introduced as a replacement for the RBS Advanta card. Mint are known mainly as an online provider of credit card s, but also offer a variety of personal finance products Mint products Mint offers insurance for Vehicle insurance cars and Home insurance homes , unsecured loan s and creditcards to UK customers. The Mint MC2 Card In 2003 Mint introduced the Mint credit card, which by 2004 had taken a 3 share of the UK credit card market. ref cite news title Marketing chief quits RBS post. url http www.accessmylibrary.com coms2 summary 0286 8531091 ITM work Marketing date 2004 08 25 accessdate 2008 06 25 ref The card was offered as two versions, a standard credit card and the MC2 card which has the bottom right hand corner removed. The card cannot be read by a minority of older machines, ref cite news title RBS blunder forces firms to reject Mint. url http www.accessmylibrary.com coms2 summary 0286 21986477 ITM work Precision Marketing date 2004 06 25 accessdate 2008 06 25 ref but does work in all Automated teller machine ATM s. This was the first change to the shape of creditcards in the UK for 37 years. ref cite news url http www.accessmylibrary.com coms2 summary 0286 18490954 ITM title RBS card division wins innovative ad award work Europe Intelligence Wire date December 31, 2004 accessdate 2008 07 01 ref Other Products Additionally, under the banner of MINT , Mint offers travel services and a wine club. MINT Gift Card In September 2006 MINT launched a pre paid debit card. Costing an initial fee the card can be prepaid for any amount between 10 to 250. Used in a similar way as the gift vouchers offered by a number of retailers, it is not, however, tied to any one store ... for creditcards loans and insurance. References reflist External links http www.mint online.co.uk ... more details
Image WSGyounger.jpg thumb right center W.S. Gilbert in about 1870 center No Cards is a musical piece in one act for four characters, written by W. S. Gilbert , with music composed and arranged by Thomas German Reed . It was first produced at the Royal Gallery of Illustration , Lower Regent Street, London, under the management of German Reed, opening on 29 March 1869 and closing on 21 November 1869. The work is a domestic farce of mistaken identities and inept disguises, as two men desperately compete to marry a wealthy young lady. One is young and poor, and the other is a rich miser. Each disguises himself as her guardian. No Cards was the first of Gilbert s six pieces for the Gallery of Illustration. It was also Gilbert s first libretto with prose dialogue and the first stage work for which he wrote lyrics to be set to music, rather than lyrics to pre existing music. No Cards was played on a double bill with Arthur Sullivan and F. C. Burnand s Cox and Box , although Gilbert and Sullivan ... music article6916651.ece Revival of Gilbert s No Cards dates from a time before Sullivan , The Times ... Druidess . ref Stedman 1967 , pp. 24 25 ref Music publisher Joseph Williams & Co. reissued No Cards ... s Hall in 1902. ref http math.boisestate.edu gas other gilbert html no cards home.html No Cards at The Gilbert .... ref name Smith Shepherd, Marc and Donald Smith. http gasdisc.oakapplepress.com no cards.htm No Cards ... opera Utopia, Limited , written 25 years later. Compare these lyrics from No Cards Civilization ..., the libretto of No Cards , as in Gilbert s later works, includes topical references to subjects ... gas other gilbert no cards.doc Introduction to No Cards , Ian Bond, 1996, accessed 14 ... links http math.boisestate.edu gas other gilbert html no cards home.html Information about No Cards ... Review in The Times , 30 March 1869 Category Works by W. S. Gilbert No Cards Category English comic operas No Cards Category English language operas No Cards Category 1869 operas No Cards Category Operas ... more details
primarysources date April 2010 Infobox television episode Series Star Trek Deep Space Nine Title In the Cards Image Episode 121 Production 525 Airdate June 9, 1997 Writer Ronald D. Moore Director Michael Dorn Guests Jeffrey Combs br Brian Markinson br Aron Eisenberg br Chase Masterson br Louise Fletcher Prev Empok Nor Next Call to Arms Star Trek Deep Space Nine Call to Arms In the Cards is the penultimate episode of the fifth season of Star Trek Deep Space Nine . This episode marks Michael Dorn s television director directorial debut. It is one of the series most lighthearted episodes, standing in sharp contrast to the dark and violent events in the Call to Arms Star Trek Deep Space Nine season finale and the List of Star Trek Deep Space Nine episodes Season 6 1997 1998 sixth season s opening six episode story arc arc . This is one of few episodes of Star Trek that discusses the economics of the 24th century, specifically humans perspective on currency and how that perspective is sometimes problematic. Plot Events do not bode well, both on and off the station between Odo Star Trek Odo s stark security report and word of missing starships, Deep Space Nine space station the station s command staff is depressed, most notably Benjamin Sisko Captain Sisko . Jake Sisko decides to buy a 1951 Willie Mays rookie baseball card at Quark Star Trek Quark s upcoming auction and to present it to his baseball loving father in an attempt to cheer him up. As a United Federation of Planets Federation citizen, however, Jake does not have the funds to buy the card he enlists Nog Cadet Nog s help and gold pressed latinum to acquire the antique. However, the oddball Dr. Elias Giger wins the lot that includes the card. Giger offers to give the card to Jake in exchange for a strange melange of equipment material to help finish the cellular regeneration and entertainment chamber , which the doctor ... In the Cards StarTrekDS9 article 69020 In the Cards Category Television episodes directed by Michael ... more details
wiktionary credit credited crediting Credit may refer to Debits and credits , a type of book keeping entry Credit creative arts , acknowledging the ideas or other work of writers and contributors Course credit , a system of measuring academic coursework Credit finance , the granting of a loan and the creation of debt. It is any form of deferred payment. Credit rating , assessment of credit worthiness Credit score , a representation of credit worthiness Zombie credit , a credit given to a later highly leveraged company left to operate in default by lenders Credit casino , a marketing tool that, when used appropriately, can result in significant casino revenues Credit science fiction , a form of currency in some fictional works Game credits, a count of the current number of games that can be played in pinball and arcade game s See also lookfrom intitle Credibility or cred , for short , refers to the objective and subjective components of the believability of a source or message disambig cs Kredit de Credit id Kredit ja pl Kredyt pt Cr dito desambigua o ru simple Credit sk Kredit uk ... more details
. The most commonly thought of transactions are the use of credit or debit cards through a POS ... The first commercial manufacturer of cleaning cards for transaction devices was Head Computer ... types of Cleaning Cards and Cleaning Sheets for facsimile machines, copiers, printers . Some Cleaning Cards were colored, others changed color, some had material that reached up and cleaned ... manufacturer of Cleaning Cards in the world. In 1992, KIC Products was founded by an ex employee of Clean Team and distributed similar cleaning cards on the east coast. In September 2004, KIC Products ... cards, KICTeam, Inc., maintaining offices in the United States, Canada, Singapore and the United Kingdom ... the device. Patents Notable US Patents on cleaning cards 5824611, D420658, D410457, 5832566, 5824611 .... External links http www.kicteam.com US manufacturer of cleaining cards See also Slot Machine ... References reflist DEFAULTSORT Cleaning Cards Category Solid state computer storage media Category Cleaning ... more details
Merge American Greetings discuss Talk Carlton Cards Retail Merger proposal date March 2009 Unreferenced date March 2009 Cleanup date March 2009 Carlton Cards Limited is a Canada n greeting card company. Their lines of cards include Carlton, Gibson and Tender Thoughts. They also distribute the American Greetings line of cards in Canada. This is not to be confused with Carlton Cards Retail , Inc.. History The company was originally founded by Harry Harshman in Toronto , Ontario in 1920. It was immediately successful and by 1933, became incorporated. In 1956, Carlton Cards was purchased by American Greetings . In 2010 May, Carlton Cards was bought out by Schurman Retail Group. External links http www.carltoncards.ca Carlton Cards Limited http www.papyrusonline.com Schurman Retail Group Category Greeting cards Category Companies established in 1920 ... more details
world spades , hearts Red , diamonds Red and clubs . In playing cards , a suit is one of several categories into which the cards of a deck are divided. Most often, each card bears one of several ... cards in the deck that belong to no suit, often called jokers. Western card decks use hearts, clubs, spades, and diamonds as the suits. Traditional Western playing cards Image Set of playing cards 52.JPG thumb A set of 52 playing cards. Many different types of deck have been used in Europe since the introduction of playing cards around the 14th century, and several types of deck are still used ... suits, and numbers or other symbols indicate which cards within a suit are better , higher or more ... given rank in any given suit. The differences between European decks are mostly in the number of cards ... 21 numbered cards known as tarock s or trumps, sometimes considered as a fifth suit, but more properly regarded as a group of special suitless cards, to form what is known as a Tarot, tarock and tarocchi games Tarot deck. Image Baraja 40 cards.jpg thumb upright The 40 cards of a Spanish deck The Italo ... because cards using those suits were less expensive to manufacture Citation needed date February 2011 ... to know , while with the French suits the pip cards&mdash the cards containing only a certain number of the suit objects&mdash could be made by stencils or stamps, and only the court cards, the cards ..., merchant trade, and agriculture. The four standard symbols were first used on French playing cards , made in Rouen and Lyon in the 15th century, around the time that playing cards were first mass produced ... title Four Kings in a Deck of Cards date 2007 09 29 url http www.snopes.com history world cardking.asp ... table class wikitable style margin 1em auto 1em auto colspan 5 Traditional Western Playing Cards ... with 52 cards normally use the international French suits. Skat and Doppelkopf decks are available ... commonly used in Italy but the symbols vary greatly depending on the part of the country the cards ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 In card game s, a meld is a set of matching cards, typically three or more, that earn a player points and or allow him to deplete his hand. Melds typically come in sequences of ascending cards belonging to the same suit 8 9 10 or groups of cards of identical rank 8 8 span style color red 8 span . Melding is typical in games of the Rummy Rummy family , such as Canasta and Gin Rummy Gin . It is also used in other games such a mahjong . Melds are also made in some trick taking games, such as Pinochle and Bezique . DEFAULTSORT Meld Cards Category Card game terminology card game stub ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2009 In card game s, to be void in a Suit cards suit of Playing card card s is to not have cards of that suit in one s hand. This is useful in games such as Contract Bridge . For instance, one player can lead with the suit in which his partner is void so as to give a Ruff cards ruff . Category Card game terminology ... more details
see also Oracle Oracle card decks claim to provide insight and positive outlooks to people. They are conceptually similar to divinatory tarot cards, but they are often not divided into playing card suits. They often lack what is often seen as the darker images of traditional tarot cards . Unlike the Tarot, oracle cards are not known to be used for card games . Oracle decks often differ in the number of cards. Common themes used in oracle card decks involve the power of positive thought and metaphysical beings such as angels , fairies , mermaid s and unicorn s. These cards are sometimes called fortune telling packs Some of the earlier Oracle or fortune telling cards are similar to conventional playing cards and may even carry the French suit system. ref http www.wopc.co.uk switzerland lenormand.html ref These fortune telling cards often claim a Gypsy tradition of cartomancy and pre date the New Age movement by a great many years. ref http www.wopc.co.uk uk margary lenthall.html ref ref http www.wopc.co.uk tarot divination.html ref One type of early fortune telling pack named after famous cartomancer Marie Anne Lenormand is popular in Europe. ref http autorbis.net tarot biography tarot history researchers anne marie lenormand.html ref In recent history tarot cards have been used for divination, however this is not known to have been their original use. The earliest uses of tarot cards are for trick taking card games which are still enjoyed today in Europe. References reflist Tarot Cards DEFAULTSORT Oracle Cards Category Occult Category New Age practices Category Divination Category Cartomancy da Englekort de Wahrsagekarten sv nglakort ... more details
Refimprove date August 2008 Jersey cards are baseball , football , basketball , hockey , and other sports Collectable collector cards that have a small piece of the featured player game player s or players jersey in the card. Jersey cards are a type of Memorabilia cards , which were invented by Adrian Gluck P.E., Ph.D., a noted inventor with several issued and pending patent s, who has two patents on this invention. ref United States patents 5,803,501 filed for in 1994 and issued in 1998 and 6,142,532 filed for in 1998 and issued in 2000, both titled Memorabilia card see www.uspto.gov ref Both these patents were thoroughly re examined by the United States Patents & Trademarks Office during 2006 2007 and they were once again found valid, thus making them superpatents . Gluck is also the inventor of the very popular fan photo system used at many sports venues for MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL and NCAA games, for which he holds United States patents 6,532,345 6,698,943 7,077,581 and 7,301,558, all titled Imaging system and method . Types of Jersey Cards The average size of a jersey swatch is about 3 4 of an inch, but the size may differ by product. One of the types of jersey card is a jumbo swatch . This gigantic piece of jersey is about 5 times the size of a regular jersey card. The serial numbering is low usually 50 copies or fewer . Another type of jersey card that is often eye catching is the jersey patch. It is a jersey card that has at least 2 different colors of jersey on it. These cards ... in a special event, such as a draft, all star game , championship game, or other events. These cards .... Apart from the average jersey card, there are other cards, of which there are too many to name. There are basketball shorts jersey cards, hockey skate cards, baseball bat cards, basketball ball cards, etc. Some jersey cards even have pieces of a hat that was worn in the NBA draft, some of which ..., meaning that only 1 copy was made. Notes Reflist Category Trading cards ... more details
Cards speak for themselves is used in two poker contexts First, it is used to describe a high low split game without a Declaration poker declaration . That is, in a cards speak game, players all reveal their hands at the showdown, and whoever has the highest hand wins the high half of the pot and whoever has the lowest hand wins the low half. ref http dictionary.pokerzone.com Cards Speak Poker Dictionary Cards Speak ref The other context is as a Public cardroom rules poker house rule in casino cardroom s. Cards speak means that any verbal declaration as to the content of a player s hand is not binding. If Mary says she has no pair, but in fact she has a flush, her cards speak and her hand is viewed for its genuine value, that of a flush. Likewise if John says he has a flush, but in fact he does not, his hand is judged on its actual merits, not his verbal declaration. ref http www.playwinningpoker.com poker rules cards speak Cards Speak Rule ref At the discretion of management, any player miscalling his hand may have that hand fouled, but this is not required. The cards speak rule does not address the awarding of a pot, player responsibilities, or the similar one player to a hand rule. It merely means that verbal statements do not make a hand value. The cards do. See also Public cardroom rules Notes references Category Poker gameplay and terminology ... more details
Image Slavicwelcher.jpg right thumb 200px The first studio cards were created in 1946 by Fred Slavic and Rosalind Welcher, seen here in 2002 at their Mount Monadnock home in New Hampshire. Studio cards were tall, narrow humorous greeting cards which became popular during the 1950s. The approach was sometimes ... greeting card companies. Pioneer publishers of studio cards were Rosalind Welcher , Fred ... it difficult to compete after Hallmark Cards bought up shopping mall franchises so only Hallmark Cards ... the business and manufacturing aspects. They initially silk screened their cards because they were unable to afford a printing press. ref http www.amazon.com dp 1412017009 Norman, Dean. Studio Cards Funny Greeting Cards and People Who Created Them . Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Trafford, 2004 ... 200 cards a year, many in contrast to the saccharin sentiments expressed by established card companies ... drinking herself under the table. Some of her greeting cards are in the print collection of the Metropolitan ... Hampshire West Hills Press ref Bop Cards Image Billkbox.jpg right thumb 200px Bill Kennedy l. and Bill Box in 1960. The cartoonist Bill Box first experimented with his 1951 Bop Cards showing hipster ... soared at the USC and UCLA student stores. His cards were tall, explained Box, because he was more .... Box Cards Bill Kennedy and Box met in 1954 when both were working as Los Angeles parking lot attendants. After they launched Box Cards in the mid 1950s with a few California accounts, they attended ... was perfect, since Box Cards introduced humor and vitality to the moribund greeting card industry ... giving a prominent display to Box Cards with such lines as Now that you re older... go play ... Company , and she became the first artist hired by Box Cards. Only a few years before he first published Penthouse magazine Penthouse in 1965, Bob Guccione drew cartoons for Box Cards. Other cartoonists who contributed to Box Cards were Harry Crane, Jerry Lee and National Cartoonists Society Bill ... more details
Infobox Film name The Miracle of the Cards image The Miracle of the Cards.jpg image size caption director Mark Griffiths producer writer Lee Wilson narrator starring Thomas Sangster br Kirk Cameron br Karin Konoval br Catherine Oxenberg br Peter Wingfield br Richard Thomas actor Richard Thomas music cinematography editing distributor released November 10, 2001 runtime 89 minutes country USA br CAN language English budget gross The Miracle of the Cards is 2002 Cinema of the United States American Television movie television drama film distributed by Cloud Ten Pictures . ref cite web url http christianfilmnews.com 1033 the miracle of the cards title The Miracle of the Cards released from Cloud Ten work ChristianFilmNews.com accessdate November 30, 2008 ref It starred Kirk Cameron , Karin Konoval , Catherine Oxenberg , Peter Wingfield and Richard Thomas actor Richard Thomas . It first aired on November 10, 2001 on Ion Television PAX now known as Ion Television . The Miracle of the Cards tagline s were Witness the power of faith and Can the whole world s prayers work a miracle? ref cite web url http www.imdb.com title tt0292109 taglines title Taglines for The Miracle of the Cards work Internet ... Media Analysis Report work Capalert.com accessdate November 30, 2008 ref Plot The Miracle of the Cards ... cite news url http tv.nytimes.com show 55266 Miracle of the Cards overview title Miracle of the Cards ... a plea to everyone in the world, Marion is successful in bringing 350 million cards to Craig s door. One of those cards provides the key for Craig s ultimate salvation. A cynical reporter Josh ... links IMDb title id 0292109 http movies.msn.com movies movie the miracle of the cards The Miracle of the Cards at MSN http movies.nytimes.com movie 255921 The Miracle of the Cards overview The Miracle of the Cards at The New York Times Rotten tomatoes id miracle of the cards 2000s drama film stub DEFAULTSORT Miracle of the Cards Category American television films Category 2001 television films ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 For marked playing cards Card marking Image Wcii2a.jpg thumb right The 1994 Baen printing of Marked Cards , featuring Bagabond and Bradley Finn. Illustration by Barclay Shaw Marked Cards is the fourteenth volume dubbed Book II of a New Cycle in the Wild Cards shared universe fiction series edited by George R. R. Martin . Published in 1994, it followed Card Sharks on the story of the conspiracy to kill all people infected with the Wild Card virus, with the development of a massive biological weapon called the Black Trump . Stories Marked Cards contains the following short stories class wikitable style background efefef scope col Story scope col Author s scope col Description scope row The Color of His Skin Stephen Leigh Hannah Davis and Gregg Hartmann work together to expose the Card Shark conspiracy. Serves as interludes between the other stories. scope row Two of a Kind Walton Simons Jay Ackroyd and Jerry Strauss joint detective agency finds out a dirty secret. scope row My Sweet Lord Victor Milan Victor Mil n In Free Vietnam , a false god with sadistic intentions charms Captain Trips Wild Cards Captain Trips ... and his daughter. scope row Paths of Silence and of Night Leanne C. Harper Bagabond meets Peregrine Wild Cards Peregrine s husband in Guatemala . scope row Feeding Frenzy Walter Jon Williams Black Shadow and Croyd Crenson seek revenge, each in their own way. scope row A Breath of Life Sage Walker Introduces Zoe Harris . A fugitive ace learns about her own powers. scope row A Dose of Reality Laura J. Mixon and Melinda M. Snodgrass Blythe Van Renssealer s granddaughter turns the Black Trump into reality... and then must destroy it. Start box Succession box title Marked Cards before Card Sharks book Card Sharks after Black Trump years 1994 End box Category 1994 books Category Science fiction anthologies Category Wild Cards anthologies ... more details
About still images, typically of pin up material, printed on cards and sold through vending machines the early motion picture device Mutoscope Mutoscope cards were 5.25 x 3.25 13.3 cm x 8.25 cm cards were published during the 1940s by the International Mutoscope Reel Company and other firms. They are not individual pictures from Mutoscope reels and have no connection whatsoever to the Mutoscope motion picture device. All carry the inscription A Mutoscope card. They were sold from coin operated vending machines in places such as amusement parks. Most Mutoscope cards are of pin up material, but some featured other kinds of images such as Jimmy Hatlo cartoons. ref cite web url http www.the forum.com EPHEMERA hatlo.htm title Jimmy Hatlo Comic Strip Mutoscope Cards publisher Online Antiques Mall year 2000 accessdate 2006 09 17 ref In the literature of cinematography, the phrase Mutoscope cards is also used to refer to the individual cards comprising a Mutoscope reel, corresponding to individual frames of the original film from which the reel was produced. ref e.g. Cite book title The King of the Movies Film Pioneer Siegmund Lubin first Joseph P. last Lubin year 1997 publisher Fairleigh Dickinson University Press isbn 0 8386 3728 0 , http books.google.com books?vid ISBN0838637280&id 54QeRLRM3jwC&pg PA85&lpg PA85&sig RskJm9WCcFZqnvumimM8p5GluJI p. 85 The only moving images of the event to survive would be a set of Mutoscope cards. ref References references External links http gameroomantiques.com kdCards.htm Mutoscope & Exhibit Cards http gameroomantiques.com kdVending.htm Mutoscope & Exhibit Card vending machines Category Film and video technology photo stub ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Safari Cards were a set of collectible cards featuring animal s, sold by subscription mail order from the mid 1970s through the early 80s. Each card featured a different animal, with 4,200 different Safari Cards produced in total. ref cite web url http www.atlaspicturecards.com safari cards.html title Safari Animal Wildlife Cards accessdate 2007 05 25 ref The front of each card has a color photograph of the animal, a map of the world showing where the animal lived, and several symbols that gave additional information about the animal. On the back of the cards feature several hundred words of text about the animal, as well the scientific Scientific classification classification of the animal including the phylum , Class biology class , Order biology order , Family biology family , genus , and species , and also information about the animal s size, weight, gestation period , and other information. The cards also came with index cards to help sort the cards, pamphlets explaining information about habitat and other relevant information, and a storage case for the cards. Some people received plastic storage cases that were either red or blue, but it was later switched to a cardboard storage case with wildlife images imprinted on it. For a while a jade elephant necklace was offered as an added bonus. Obsolete taxonomy Since Safari cards were created in the 1970s, some of the taxonomy that they used has become outdated. Some examples of this are The Coelenterata phylum no longer exists. One celled organisms are no longer part of the animal kingdom. The class Pisces no longer exists. See also Animals Scientific classification Taxonomy References references Category Trading cards Index cards Index card 1 was called Evolutionary Classification Of Animals. It has a chart showing the relationships between different animal groups. Index cards 2 through 24 were used to sort the animal cards. Also Additional Cards 25 36 were made. The index cards are as follows ... more details
Infobox Television show name Super Pay Cards image caption format Game show runtime 26 minutes creator ... September 14, 1981 br April 23, 1982 Pay Cards was an American syndicated game show created and produced ... Cards , ran from 1981 1982. Both versions were hosted by Art James and taped in both New York City .... Pay Cards 1968 1969 Three players, one of whom was a celebrity playing for a studio audience member, attempted to build poker hands from a board of 20 hidden cards. Five Card Draw In the first round, the first player called out three cards to reveal. If a pair or three of a kind came up, the player was required to keep those cards. If not, the player had the decision to either keep the cards or turn them back and pass control to the next player. If the cards were kept, that player called out a fourth ... a five card hand, the remaining player was required to complete his or hand by keeping whichever cards ... round. All players kept their money. Strategy Round The four corner cards were revealed at the start of the round. On their first two turns, each player called out two more cards and selected two cards for his or her hand from the six which were showing. After a player collected four cards, that player ... similar to Five Card Draw but also included Wild Cards hidden among the others on the board. This allowed ... to memorize twelve cards and their positions for twelve seconds. The cards were ten concealed ... Pay Cards 1981 1982 A new version, titled Super Pay Cards , aired in syndication again with Art James ..., only two contestants male vs. female competed, and faced a board of 16 playing cards ... cards from the board to add to their hand. Four cards were revealed to the players at the start of the round before being concealed. The player in control selected three cards and attempted to build ... automatically kept the three cards and tried to build the hand. As before, the player selected a fourth ... their opponent to select cards to complete their hand without having the opportunity to refuse ... more details
Refimprove date October 2007 Infobox Company company name Clinton Cards PLC company logo Commented out because image was deleted image 1312.gif company type Retail lse CC foundation 1968 location Loughton , Essex , br England homepage http www.clintoncards.co.uk main default.asp www.clintoncards.co.uk Clinton Cards is a chain of stores in the UK founded in 1968 by Don Lewin . Mostly selling greeting cards , as the name suggests, the chain claims 2004 to be the largest specialist retailer of greetings cards, plush merchandise soft toys and related products in the UK with over 700 shops. They used to be represented by concessions within Debenhams stores but pulled out in 2004. The chain also includes a few service station shops shared with Thorntons the chocolate specialist chain, as well as Birthdays retailer Birthdays , the party shop. History Image cardshoprugby.JPG thumb Clinton Cards shop in Rugby Clinton Cards was founded in 1968 when Don Lewin OBE, the present Chairman, opened his first shop in Epping , Essex . The business grew to 77 shops by 1988 and was then successfully floated on the London Stock Exchange . This enabled the company to increase its rate of growth and by the summer of 1994 the business comprised 277 shops. In October 1994 Clintons acquired 83 shops from Hallmark Cards and in September 1995 acquired 112 shops from Carlton Cards. In October 1998, the entire share capital of GSG Holdings Limited was purchased, adding a further 211 shops to the portfolio. These two important transactions and continuing organic growth were financed without recourse to shareholders. Clinton Cards operate shops ranging in size from its typical convert 1600 sqft m2 1 shop to its largest shop situated in White Rose Centre , Leeds . The Leeds shop contains convert 10750 sqft ... of the shop means that it can offer a large selection of greetings cards and gifts as well as wide ... See also Greeting Cards Me To You Bears External links http www.clintoncards.co.uk Official ... more details
cards are not part of the regular numbering system of a set of sports cards and they tend to have a unique ... for insert cards is chase cards. Insert cards either have their own numbering system although some insert cards may have no number . Insert cards are found less frequently than base cards. Autographed cards, memorabilia cards and parallel cards are also classified as insert cards. Insert cards are randomly ... ref Types of inserts Non rare to rare cards that are randomly inserted into packs can be inserted ... these cards would not be possible without the approval of both Major League Baseball and the Major League ..., autographs or memorabilia swatches that the base card did not have. Such cards usually have smaller .... Serially numbered cards Insert cards, memorabilia cards and parallel cards may be serially ... 550 tiny pieces that could be affixed to limited edition collector s cards. These cards .... ref http www.efqreview.com NewFiles possessions.html ref These cards were part of Upper Deck s Pieces ... Bat set to be created as Upper Deck had already experimented with game used jersey material cards ... card Run of 350 and the Piece of History 500 print run of only 50 . These cards were scattered across various Upper Deck 1999 brands and into some year 2000 products. Upper Deck also issued cards of other members that have joined the club over the years. These have included cards of Mark McGwire, Sammy ... Series 1 Baseball. ref http sports.upperdeck.com news article.aspx?aid 3776 ref Other cards in the set ... will certify The Yankee Stadium Legacy as the largest baseball card set ever produced, once all the cards ... cards are released in Upper Deck s various baseball card launches throughout the year. ref ... cards were inserted into were Spectrum Piece of History SPx Upper Deck Series Two SP Legendary ... ref Alphanumeric codes found on the backs of Yankee Stadium Legacy cards can be entered ...?aid 5183 ref The first cards from the 20th Anniversary Retrospective set were found in 2009 ... more details
Infobox Book name Monster Cards image Image TSR8009 Monster Cards Set 1.jpg 150px image caption author genre Role playing game publisher TSR, Inc. TSR release date 1981 media type pages isbn Image TSR8010 Monster Cards Set 2.jpg thumb right 150px Image TSR8011 Monster Cards Set 3.jpg thumb right 150px Image TSR8012 Monster Cards Set 4.jpg thumb right 150px Monster Cards is an accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role playing game . Contents The Monster Cards were a Dungeon Master DM s aid, with each set containing twenty 3 by 5 cards, each with a color monster illustration on one side and statistics on the other side. ref name HW The DM could show the monster s picture to the players, while keeping the statistics hidden. ref name HW Publication history The Monster Cards Sets 1 through 4 were designed by the TSR Design Staff, with art by Jeff Dee , Erol Otus , Jim Roslof , Darlene Pekul , and Bill Willingham , and were published by TSR in 1981 as sets of 20 color cards in a small clear plastic box. ref name HW cite book last Schick first Lawrence title Heroic Worlds A History and Guide to Role Playing Games publisher Prometheus Books year 1991 isbn 0 87975 653 5 page 106 ref Additional contributing artists included Jim Holloway artist Jim Holloway , Harry Quinn, Stephen D. Sullivan Steve Sullivan , and David S. LaForce Dave LaForce . ref name Dragon61 A second group of four sets was tentatively scheduled for release in 1983, according to Harold Johnson game designer Harold Johnson , and those sets would have included several monsters from the Fiend Folio book. ref name Dragon61 cite journal title New AD&D aid Monster Cards journal Dragon magazine Dragon issue 61 page 51 publisher TSR, Inc. TSR location Lake Geneva, Wisconsin month May year 1982 ref Reception Reviews References reflist D&D stub Category Dungeons & Dragons books ... more details
distinguish Turn cards Turn of the Cards Infobox film name A Turn of the Cards image image size caption director producer writer narrator starring William Garwood br Howard Davies br William Lowery William E. Lowery music cinematography editing distributor Mutual Film Corporation released February 8, 1914 runtime country FilmUS language Silent film br English language English intertitles A Turn of the Cards is a 1914 in film 1914 American silent film silent short film short drama film starring William Garwood , Howard Davies, and William Lowery William E. Lowery . Cast J.W. Cornwall Howard Davies William Garwood Daniel Gilfether Lee Hill William E. Lowery William Nigh Jessalyn Van Trump Florence Vincent Edna Mae Wilson External links imdb title id 0468186 DEFAULTSORT Turn Of The Cards, A Category 1910s drama films Category 1914 films Category American drama films Category American short films Category American silent films Category Black and white films short silent film stub ... more details
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