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Q: Как значение bool сделать как два разных чекбокса и сделать поиск? Есть поле в БД и модели, которое имеет булево значение.
Написать в ActiveForm или GridView один чекбокс для этого значения и организовать поиск
$query->andFilterWhere(['is_manager' => $this->is_manager,]);

не проблема.
Но как правильно вывести в ActiveForm и потом организовать поиск ПО СПИСКУ элементов в модели, если в визуальной части элемент представляет из себя два чекбокса? Пример:

То есть в итоге человек может выбрать поиск по людям

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*Являющиеся управляющими

*Не являющиеся управляющими

*Оба варианта

*Ни одного из вариантов

A: Подумал, и сделал так:

В основной модели я создал виртуальное поле:
public $isManagerArray = [];

В модели поиска SearchModel добавил правило:
public function rules() {
    return [
        ['isManagerArray', 'in', 'range' => [true, false]],
    ];
}

В метод search добавил условие фильтрации:
public function search($params) {
    ....

    if (count($this->isManagerArray) > 1) {
        $query->where(['AND',['OR',[ 'is_manager' => true],['is_manager' => false]]]);
    } else if (count($this->isManagerArray) > 0) {
        $query->andFilterWhere([ 'is_manager' => $this->isManagerArray[0] ]);
    }

    ...
}

мой шаблон с поиском _search.php будет иметь поле:
<?php $form = ActiveForm::begin(); ?>

<?= Html::checkboxList($model->formName().'[isManagerArray]', null, [1 => 'Да', 0 => 'Нет']); ?>

<?php ActiveForm::end(); ?>

Если  есть решение лучше - пожалуйста поделитесь.

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It's not a new program, but it's also probably not something many people know about. Through the national Museums for All initiative, the Grand Rapids Children's Museum offers discounted rates for families with an EBT or WIC card.
The Grand Rapids Children's Museum posted the reminder this past week on their Facebook page, as they reminded parents that if you are on the assistance programs you can get in the children's museum for just $1.75.
The children's museum has been a part of the national program since February 2017. The program helps all kids and families experience the city's museums. Their Facebook post says UICA and Grand Rapids Art Museum are also a part of this initiative, all though I couldn't find anything about it specifically on their websites. The Grand Rapids Art Museum offers free admission on Tuesdays 10a-5p and Thursday nights sponsored by Meijer.
Now in fairness, there were negative comments from people who don't receive assistance but struggle living paycheck to paycheck, and good news, I did some investigating (I simply went to their website) and found that on Thursdays they do family night from 5 pm to 8 pm (also the only night they're open past 5:30 pm) and the admission price is just $1.75.
I'll say it again without all the sentences before it, Thursday night from 5-8 pm you can go for $1.75 – it's called Family Night and it's a super affordable way to hang with your kids midweek at the children's museum.


Join us for an afternoon complete with cookies, cocoa, and music on 12-13-14 from 2PM to 4PM. We're also hosting a silent auction of festive wreaths made by our very own associates, to benefit the Food Bank of the Rockies. Bring the whole family because Santa himself will make an appearance.


My family's prayer lives have grown remarkably since we began praying the rosary together about seven or eight years ago.
Being the impatient 10-year old that I was, I couldn't help but groan internally. As far as I was concerned, the rosary was a time for my brain to take a nice, long nap. Reluctantly, I said yes to reciting the rosary with them. And yet, unknowingly, I had just said yes to what was to become one of the most powerful influences in my life.
Every Sunday evening, we pray the rosary together. It was awkward and uneasy at first, but as the months went on, we were beginning to understand the significance of the mysteries and the prayers.
Stressing over exams? Pray the rosary. Going on a road trip? Pray the rosary. Fighting with friends? Losing a loved one to cancer? Forgetting to keep God at the centre? Pray the rosary.
Throughout the years, this act opened up many new doors. It forced us to ask new questions, seek new answers. We were forced to question why we were even praying it in the first place.
We found that the answer was to exalt God, to honour Mary, to be sanctified and to obtain salvation for souls. We learned that devoting this special time to prayer pleased God and increased our faith. We grew closer in our trust, understanding and love for each other.
We eventually wanted to become more involved in the Church to do more for God. I think that every major step we've taken in our faith lives has stemmed from praying the rosary and, of course, the Sacraments.
My mom and sister joined the Legion of Mary at our parish. My dad joined the Knights of Columbus. My brother, despite being swamped with a heavy university workload, still does his part by openly praying the rosary on the train. I became involved in youth ministries, both as a participant and a leader.
Whenever we're all together, during meals, in the car or during rosary time, we often discuss the faith.
These are just a few examples of how, ever since we started praying the rosary, we have been blessed abundantly and inspired by the Holy Spirit to do more for the glory of God.
Of course, there are still a few times when I dread those 20 minutes of repetitive prayer. There are times when my mind wanders and there are times when I can't process the words that I'm speaking. It's not easy, but prayer is not meant to be easy. It's meant to build our relationship with God. And as with any relationships, it takes constant effort to keep it strong.


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Workers Needed: Are Extended COVID Benefits To Blame?
By Editor | June 9, 2021
By MARK EVANS
Both Luke 10:2 and Matthew 9:35-37 quote Jesus as saying that the harvest is ready, but the laborers are few.
Employers in Ste. Genevieve County and across the nation are having a similar problem some 2,000 years later.
Restaurants are having a particularly difficult time.
"As an owner of a business, I'm struggling to find employees to work," said Jami Inman, owner of Cafe Genevieve. "I know almost every restaurant in Ste. Genevieve is looking for workers."
Many believe the extended unemployment benefits and stimulus checks resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic are leading to potential workers opting to stay home and collect that money.
"I think the reason is, they're getting extra unemployment and they're making more money by saying at home," said Rosie Huck, manager of the Old Brick House Restaurant. "I'm not saying I wouldn't do that. If you're making more money staying at home than you are if you went out and got a job, it's the reason they don't want to work."
"I do believe that has to have something to do with it," Inman said. "There are a lot of places in Ste. Genevieve looking for people and I just can't see that that can't be a reason for some of it."
She said she suspects things will improve when Missouri Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation (PEUC) ends Sept. 6.
"I think there will be a lot more people getting out," she said.
"Every company, business owner I talk to, has had trouble getting people to come back, the restaurants, the private clubs," Ste. Genevieve County Presiding Commissioner Garry Nelson said. "People can make twice as much money at home.
"Why would they go back?"
Workers reaching middle age often begin to consider their Social Security withholdings and how much their annual contribution to the pot will allow them to collect each month after retirement. Younger workers, Nelson believe, have not yet started to consider things like this.
"Mostly the younger half of the population's not looking at retirement later on down the road," he said. "They're too young to think about it. They want that money right now."
Midway Bar & Grill near Weingarten raised people's eyebrows when it closed down for about one week this spring, for the first time in 18 years. A pair of signs were posted on the door, "Closed until we can better serve our customers – sorry for the inconvenience," and "Closed until further notice due to lack of help."
"We shut down and regrouped and had some meetings on what we were going to do to try to fill the voids that we had," owner Keith Bieser said.

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Major transformation after completion of Sabah Pan Borneo Highway: Musa
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KUALA LUMPUR: Sabah will experience a major transformation after the completion of Phase One of the Pan Borneo Highway project in 2021.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman (pix) said the mega project would have a huge impact on Sabah's economy and its people's well-being.
"The Sabah Pan Borneo Highway is upgrading of the network from R3 level to R5 based on the Public Works Department standards with features for safe and comfortable travel of its users.
"This is proof of the Barisan Nasional (BN) government's commitment to spurring the state's economic growth through the development of more systematic, efficient and safer infrastructure," he said when interviewed by Malaysian National News Agency (Bernama) deputy editor-in-chief Datuk Mokhtar Hussain at his office in Kota Kinabalu recently.
Musa said the 706km highway would, among others, be upgraded from two-lane dual carriageway to four-lane including bypass, hence shortening the time and distance of travel.
He said Phase One of the project involved a cost of RM12.86 billion.
The construction of this highway is contained in the manifesto of BN led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak in the 13th general election, which is part of the highway development efforts in Sabah and Sarawak.
"The manifesto and planning were followed by several discussions and signing of agreements. Today, the Pan Borneo Highway is being constructed in phases and packages," Musa said.
The chief minister said the BN government had also promised that this highway would be toll-free.
"The people of Sabah will not have to pay toll when using this highway because they have no alternative route or road.
"This highway will also stimulate Sabah's economic growth as it eases communication for the people and industries.
"The Sabah Pan Borneo Highway as a people's infrastructure will indeed greatly benefit the people of Sabah," he said.
Borneo Highway PDP Sdn Bhd had been appointed as the implementing partner of Phase One of the highway project. The agreement was signed by the federal government and Sabah government on April 11, 2016.
Musa said the state government would also build a new coastal road in Sabah's north-west to boost the tourism sector in this region. — Bernama
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I don't understand how these two codes work and how it finds the greatest number. Let's say the example is 2,5,3,4,1. Then "greatest" is list.get(0) which is the first number which would be 2 from example. Then, "number" is list.get(i) which is the array list itself. How is 2 < 4 then become 2 = 4 finds the greatest number? Stuck on these two lines for a long time. Would appreciate someone helping out. Thanks!

A: The line greatest = number; doesn't compare the values. It assigns the value of number to the variable greatest. So you have to read the line like greatest = 4;.


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Books by Linda Brooks Davis
My roots are buried in farm land, as are the characters' in The Calling of Ella McFarland.
The character Betsy McFarland's roots are buried in similar soil. Betsy, Ella's mother, is a composite of strong, faith-filled family members and friends, farm women who left bits of themselves in my memory bank. If you check out THE CALLING OF ELLA MCFARLAND, I think you'll see what I mean.
My mother, Goldie Banks Brooks, was a farm hand's wife at the age of 16. When she walked into her "new" one-bedroom house with no electricity or running water on the edge of a field, she thought she had moved into a palace. She had just moved out of a barn.
Mother's new husband Wilson and first home.
Mother owned two dresses–one for day wear, the other for church. My father earned $5 per week in 1935 and from that paid back his employer the money he borrowed to buy their wedding clothes. Mother raised chickens, processed them, and sold them to a local grocer. In time and with good stewardship of the funds Daddy earned through his contribution to the war effort as a carpenter in the construction of the naval air station in Kingsville, Texas, they bought a farm of their own. And because Mother had dreamed of a brick home from the time she lived in the barn, Daddy managed to do so in 1951.
Some farm workers experienced tragic life events: births and deaths of newborns; accidental drowning of a toddler; death in car accident; and the severe burns sustained by a 12-year-old who had gone out to burn the trash. Mother was beside them at such times.
Mother's hours at the sewing machine were incalculable, as were those she devoted to handwork and bending over the table cutting out dress patterns.
She sewed and altered so many pieces of my clothing she could look at the product and know if it fit. "I know how you're made," she said. Mother was certain about her faith, certain about her principles, and certain about what she taught her children.
Then there was "Mama", my maternal grandmother, Ella Pyle Banks Knox, who married a one-armed farm worker. Every bit as strong as Mother but in a quiet way, she was soft-spoken and humble and possessed simple wisdom–like Start out Like you can holdout, which she advised Mother when she married.
William Tribble and Ella Banks, 1910
Mama never bought a quilt. She made her own. She did not buy vegetables at the grocery store. She raised and canned her own. She did not pick out frocks at a dress store. She sewed her own. And she picked cotton with a child riding along on the cotton sack. She made a home out of a barn; she swept the dirt floor. Later on, she ran a laundry business in her home. Her daughter, my mother, gathered the customers' dirty laundry before daybreak … and start of school.
My paternal grandmother, Ona Mae Hancock Brooks, took over as the woman of the house at age 11 when her mother was committed to long-term hospitalization. As the eldest child, she helped her father George rear her three younger siblings. She married George H. Brooks, a farmer on the High Plains of Texas, a man eighteen years her senior who never advanced beyond "dirt-poor."
She knew her Bible like she knew the back of her hand, and she could sing alto like nobody's business. She taught a children's Bible class as long as I can remember, rolled out bread dough on a floured cup towel, lived without air conditioning and an indoor toilet years after the rest of us considered them necessities, never drove a car but walked to neighbors' homes to invite them to church, and reused buttons. She saved saved them in jars and tins.
Grandmother sometimes hung laundry on her screened-in porch.
All three women washed clothes on rub boards in tin tubs with the "modern convenience" of a hand-powered wringer and hung them to dry in the sun or on screened-in porches. Neither grandmother owned a dryer. My mother purchased her first when her last child was born in the late '50s, a welcome sight for me, the elder 11-year-old sister who hung diapers on the line. I, the daughter and granddaughter, learned to launder using an electric washing machine and to iron before the advent of modern steam irons by dipping clean shirts and pants into liquid starch, hanging them to dry, sprinkling and rolling up each piece, and setting them in a dark closet overnight. The next day the moisture had permeated the fabric, ideal for ironing.
Mother's friends, mainly other farmers' wives, shared many of her experiences: pacing the floors when rain pelted ready-to-pick cotton … or when boll weevils devoured the crop … the price of onions plummeted … or a violent storm left the latest crop hailed out. Minnie made the best fresh creamed corn you ever put in your mouth; Annie Mae, pecan pie that melted in your mouth; and Ruth, biscuits and gravy that made your mouth water just smelling them.
Betsy McFarland represents the best of the women who cling to my memory. She's the sort of woman who anchors a family in solid faith and love and casts a vision of how ordinary lives become extraordinary through Jesus for women of later generations, women like me.


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Inktober 2017 is over, but the daily habit of creating will continue.
This was a great challenge for me, not only for trying a new medium and honing my rusty skills, but mostly, because I found a new, creative community from which I have so much to learn. The talent, ideas, skill level and creativity was simply mind-blowing and inspiring--and as a result...another challenge has emerged in front of me: to up the ante and catch up to all of these gifted artists!
That said, here is the final collection of 31 days of my creative work. Looking forward to next years challenge.
One of my goals this year is to not only revive my love of art and creativity, but sharpen my once-fine-tuned skills of drawing and painting. I have set up various challenges for myself to rebuild the tools I used to have when I was getting my B.A. in Studio Art / Etching.
How do you ignite dormant creativity?You have to start somewhere—draw, write, dance, play, sing, doodle.
Looking for a way to kick start my own creativity--knowing my artist self had long since hidden behind the door--I decided to start small. Literally 1-2" drawings drafted on a stack of colorful notecards with random scenes—some real, some imagined, some embellished, all quirky. Nothing serious, or was it?


Streatham has come a long way since its high street was named the worst in Britain in 2002 and we think part of that is to do with the exceptional food establishments that have opened up. With Indian, Chinese, Tapas, Pizza and classic British food all on offer, there is nothing that Streatham hasn't got covered. We think it is about time you got out there and tried it all so we've compiled a handy list of 9 spots where you are guaranteed to have a delicious meal. And it's all right on your doorstep.
As people arrive back from their holidays and are launched back into the routine of cooking their own dinners, they begin to miss the fantastic food they tried on their travels. Sometimes it is easy to forget the delicious cuisine surrounding you that can perhaps match your holiday dishes, but we're here to remind you. Hither Green is a hub of divine food, offering fantastic burgers, authentic Vietnamese, classic British dishes and fragrant curries. Have we got your attention? We thought so. Banish those holiday blues, scrap packed lunches and cooking and head out for a treat.


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If Goodwood did the Revival every day, and they didn't charge for it, it would be something like this
A wonderfully original 930 911 Turbo in silver with blue leather has just rolled into the car park. Sporting a little Cotswold mud on its arches and alloys, it's effortlessly cool. On any other day, and at any other place, it would be the sort of car you'd spend several minutes admiring. Today, it's all a bit, well, meh. That's because we're at the Classic Motor Hub – and there are only so many hours in a day.
Shed would no more be seen at a motor show or a car museum than he would at a zoo. For him, animals and cars are meant to live and move. A dog's home, however, that's different. There, the inmates have a chance to escape and to bring vitality and pleasure to a new owner's life.
This is what makes The Hub special. There are no dogs here, but the air is rich with pedigree, and not all of the metal on sale is at silly money. For the casual visitor, someone who wants to buy or sell, or someone who wants their existing vehicle detailed, a visit to CMH really is a Willy Wonka golden ticket experience.
Now that it's being used for vehicle and ephemera sales and storage and as a venue for regular events, the 5-acre ex-RAF Bibury WW2 fighter command base in the Gloucestershire countryside could easily be described as a kind of condensed Goodwood. Unlike Goodwood, there's no racing, but also unlike Goodwood it's free for all motoring enthusiasts to visit. You can spend half a day or half your life here and never get bored.
Nothing that is for sale in the 'blister' aircraft hangar is roped off. Go in there with the vague air of a potential buyer – and the motorbikes start at mid-four figures – and you'll find none of the stuffiness that you might expect. The staff are fired up, full of knowledge and friendly – and that goes double for the boss, Martin Chisholm, a highly approachable chap who cut his classic car teeth in the London mews motor scene (think Coys, Nick Mee, Gregor Fisken, Dan Margoulies, Chris Drake) and who has huge auction experience with all the biggest names in the industry.
His partners at Classic Hub Motor Sales are Sales Manager Angus MacCurrach, who has an enviable collection of historic specialist-framed Japanese racebikes, and Richard Wrightson, who has been working with Martin for the last 12 years.
Right, it's time to get stuck in on this feature. Plans have been carefully laid. PH's man of many talents Sam has arrived with the official PH Box Brownie camera. We'll be in and out in an hour. It will be a surgical strike. That plan lasted for less than a minute. Several hours later, with very few of the scripted questions asked and eyes stuck on max goggle, your PH servants are not only spent but also looking at a mammoth pic editing task and transcribing hours of fascinating but totally unstructured recorded chat.
One thing we did manage to stick to was the plan to ask every member of staff to nominate two fantasy take-home vehicles from CMH's on-sale stock. One to be a cost-no-object Lottery win choice, the other something at least vaguely affordable.
The first bod we put that question to was workshop manager Eddie Williams. Like most of the people working here, he looks young enough to be Shed's grandson, but without hesitation he became one of several staff members to choose CMH's D-Type Jaguar as his Lottery win car. His fantasy daily was a steam-powered Edwardian riverboat (now converted to electric).
Charlie Metcalfe, son of a motoring journalist you may have heard of, is a bit of a biker and was gutted when a rather lovely 2500-mile 1975 Morini 3½ went out of the door recently for very sensible money. He totally understood his CMH colleagues' love for the D-Type, and would happily have signed up for that as his money-no-object choice, but in the spirit of being different he opted for the Aston Martin 1932 LM8 works Le Mans car, winner of the Rudge Whitworth Cup that year and in single ownership since 1955, when it was bought for £50 plus a Fiat Topolino. It's worth a bit more than that now. Charlie also has a soft spot for the elegant Lancia Aurelia B50 Cabriolet, the 1951 Geneva Motor Show car, up for £50 short of £200k, and for a stunning Jersey-based 9900-mile 1972 Maserati Ghibli at just under £160k.
Fans of CAR magazine in the glory days of Nichols and Cropley might remember Adam Stinson. He was the mag's art director. His son Ben is CMH's Marketing and social media man. Ben's choices from the CMH stock? At the real-world end, a horribly tempting 13k-mile Ferrari 355 Spider manual at a whisker under £80k and, for about seven and half times that, a superb OSCA 1600 GTS Zagato, the jewel-like 1962 Le Mans works entry car and the only Zagato without that style house's trademark double-bubble roof. Here's some evocative home movie footage of it rubbing shoulders with the odd 250 GTO in the Le Mans pits.
Content guy Will Stoneham wasn't alone in expressing a real-world preference for a recently arrived and nicely restored 90,000 mile 1988 Porsche 911 Supersport Cabriolet in black. How can a 30 year old open-top car still have such crisp door shuts? "I never really got the Porsche thing until I saw cars like this."
Martin's PA and Event Organiser Angie Ponting plumped for the £140k Alvis B20 VDP Tourer "for its Downton Abbey feel" and the $3 million 1969 Ferrari 365 GTS V12 as her money-no-object choice. One of just 20 built, the GTS isMartin's prime choice too, partnered by a sumptuous black Alfa 8C Competizione with fitted luggage. These cars might not be the best-driving Alfas ever, but their spec and rarity means they command strong money: in this case, £200k.
All these picks were made from CMH's existing on-sale stock, but some of the cars at the main Gloucestershire site (there are loads more at another facility in Oxfordshire) aren't for sale. They're in storage or being worked on by CMH, a service that's on offer to those storing or selling cars through The Hub.
Leant against the wall of the private collection room that contains an assortment of these NFS classics are two enormous engine blocks built by Delage for the 1924 10.5-litre V12 Land Speed Record car next to which we are now standing. This is one of the few cars ever to be awarded a Brooklands 130mph badge. The thought of piloting this bellowing leviathan around that track at that speed is sobering to say the least. You may have seen the iconic shot of it in period with all four wheels off the ground. Martin has driven this beast at Montlhéry and tells an amusing story about the steering wheel's unexpected role as a safety belt when negotiating large bumps at speed.
Next to the Delage is a pre-war 8-litre Bentley, for which the only word is magnificent. The Bentley's exhaust would comfortably enclose the propshaft for a medium-sized ship, making it perfect for a Crocodile Dundee-style 'that's not a knife' riposte for any Subaru owner foolishly bragging about the size of his beancan tailpipe. This split-pin chassis car, one of very few such Bentleys, is – in Martin Chisholm's informed opinion – the best one anywhere. Totally original and with under 40,000 fully documented miles, it may not be the easiest car to parallel park, but once you've got going in such a beast, why the hell would you ever want to stop? "A fabulous motor car."
Chisholm believes that pre-war cars suffer from unreasonable expectations of unreliability. "People are frightened of pre-wars, they think there's a lot more work required to keep them going, but there isn't." One monster that looks built for the long haul in every sense is CMH's 1926 Hispano-Suiza H6B Double Phaeton. A singular choice of maharajahs and movie stars, and as much a large piece of jewellery as a car, this exquisitely restored and wonderfully detailed creation features a 6.6-litre straight six engine with a 35lb crankshaft milled out of a 600lb steel billet. Eeeh, they really didn't mess about in the old days.
Who's this smiley silver-haired gent polishing an Aston Vanquish? It's Colin. He ran his own butchery business nearby until Martin offered him a job he couldn't refuse. Like everyone else here, Colin wears the permagrin of someone who has found nirvana. "Working here is sheer paradise," he says. "Martin is a lovely man, so fair. Don't tell him this, but I'd probably work here for nothing," he whispers. No worries Colin, your secret is safe with us. His own sparkling 39,000-mile non-turbo Lotus Esprit (on sale at £20k) sits alongside a deeply desirable Aston DBS V8 manual in sea green with black leather. That's got a £250k ticket on it, but in this dreamlike atmosphere that seems entirely reasonable.
When he's not helping with the storage side of the business or buzzing around the showrooms with his microfibre, Colin supplies the bacon butties for the Coffee & Classics events that take place here on the first Sunday of every month. The first C&C day of 2019 is happening on April 7th, but the unexpected success of these events means you now have to pre-register to get your car onto the 250-berth hard standing space – a situation you suspect Martin wishes he could have avoided, but on balance he's happy because everybody else is happy turning up in the certain knowledge that they'll be getting in.
The same spirit of inclusiveness has driven Martin's decision not to charge an admission fee for their 'open' events, even though he certainly could, given the fabulous experience on offer. "People get events like concours d'elegance and the like off the ground, and spend the first two or three years getting all the big hitters to come along, and then they think 'there's an untapped gold mine here' and they start charging for the actors to be in the play. It just feels wrong to me. Why charge the people to be on the stage? We're here to sell cars. As long as this place washes its face, we should be viewing the audience as potential customers at some point, so why charge? You don't charge people to come into a showroom."
Walking on through the complex we find ourselves in a room that, with the simple addition of a couple of real ale pumps and the appropriate licence, would surely be the world's finest motoring chin-waggers' pub. Leather chairs and sofas dot the entire premises. Memorabilia is literally everywhere. "I'm going to be one of those people found in their house with all the stuff piled up around them, buried under memorabilia," laughs Martin. What with that and all the rolling metal on display, you could easily spend a week in there (fuelled by excellent coffee and snacks) and still be left wondering what you've missed.
That's OK though. There's always a next time to go back and look at the real fantasy tackle – like a pre-war Bentley – or cars like the 355 Spider that could almost be within reach after a spot of light remortgaging. On everyday affordable ones to nab now, here are a few recommendations from one of CMH's sales gurus, Nigel Bowen-Easley: Mercedes W124 and W140, R230 SL500s, BMW 6 and 8 Series, E30 BMWs, Capris, early modern-era Jaguar XJRs and XJSs, DB7s.
You may think we're overselling Classic Motor Hub here, and of course you should always form your own opinion. Don't go there if you're trying to hang on to whatever bit of cash you might have and you aren't that strong willed. Otherwise, it's massively recommended. This really is the sort of place that will get you thinking about selling your house and trying life in a motorhome. Or possibly a tent.
The next Classic Motor Hub Coffee & Classics event is 10am-1pm on 5 May and is Italian-themed. After that there's an unthemed C&C on 2 June, followed by a British-themed day on 7 July and a German one on 1 September. Between those last two you've got a summer BBQ between 5pm and 10pm on Saturday 20 July. To pre-register for any of these events, go to their website. Do it quick though.
craig_m67
Anybody know the colour code (paint) for the blue Ferrari ... I have an Alfa Duetto going into paint shortly and would like to get some paint outs of this, thanks
swiveleyedgit
Ghibli looks down back of sofa for spare change
jon-yprpe
Been on a few of the 'open days' - if the weather is right there is barely a more glorious petrolhead morning out.
If it's raining, then all indoors.
And the car park is as interesting as the stuff in the halls.
Plus some WW2 history!
406dogvan
I know it's throwing stones inside a greenhouse but every time I see a VW Camper in a 'Classic Car' showroom, a bit of me dies inside.
Their value (considerable) is buoyed entirely by people who missed the 60s and want to see if they can buy it back - otherwise they're impossibly crap.
They're ridiculously slow even with 1 person aboard (you will seriously have to ask your family to walk uphill!), they're noisy, steering is 'by suggestion only' and the brakes are 'maybe - maybe not' (and that's on a good one) - it's also worth remembering that they're all on their 3rd "restoration" at this point (e.g. Theseus wouldn't even recognise his ship)
They're entirely impractical as campers or even as vans or - indeed - as a form of transport IMO - 'classic' is not the term which should be used.
All they do is fulfill the 'look at me, I'm trying to relive a youth I never bothered having' thing which is also fulfilled by (equally useless) original Beetles and Fiat 500s - and in that comparison, the 500 is by FAR the best actual form of transport (which says a lot!!)
Baldchap
Monday 8th April 2019
406dogvan said:
Sometimes people like things you don't. Don't let it upset you.
DailyHack
As an owner of a '66 original Beetle, I feel your pain, I never understood the value these campervans command and agree on all your comments regarding their performance etc, but, the Beetle is in a different league and cant be compared to the campervan, my beetle can quite happily buzz along at normal speeds with modern traffic with its 1300cc engine, as its alot smaller than the campers.
The was and still is the original car of the people, and if it wasn't for this I doubt we would see such variety we see today, and I am not biased, but I think the Beetle did alot for the car world in general, so i must get a little respect surely
aeropilot
DailyHack said:
The was and still is the original car of the people, and if it wasn't for this I doubt we would see such variety we see today
Respectfully, I think that honor jointly goes to the Ford Model A and Austin Seven.
aeropilot said:
Ex Boy Racer
Well, I just took a look at the British day as i thought it might be a nice day out for my 1937 Rover.
£5.00 fee (thought you said they were free?) and unfortunately Rover was not listed under their British brands
Edited by Ex Boy Racer on Monday 8th April 12:14
bunjiweb
Ex Boy Racer said:
My oversight for missing off Rover - I'll update that now!
As for the charge, all our regular Coffee and Classics are free, whilst our Italian, British and German days are £5 a car, which helps us to cover the addition costs incurred on these special themed days.
Look forward to seeing your Rover in July!
Jerseyhpc
The yellow Ducati half way down was my bike! Spent an absolute fortune on it and loved it to bits. Nice to see it again.
Wednesday 19th June 2019
Happily, I live pretty close to the CMH. And that's a very good thing!
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KYRGYZ FOLK MUSIC: USTATSHAKIRT
Venue: AUCA Forum
The Ustatshakirt music ensemble was established under the Ustatshakirt Traditional Music Center, with the support of the Musical Initiative Program of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Founded in 2005, the Center is dedicated to the preservation, development, and promotion of traditional Kyrgyz music. The musicians of Ustatshakirt have performed in North America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and won various national and international music competitions.
WALKING HISTORY WORKSHOP
There is no fee for this tour
Description: Walking, or wandering, being aware of landscape and the land, is a well-established methodology for understanding or critiquing life. Walking allows to unearth obscured spaces, to pursue experiences both physical and metaphysical, and to uncover pleasure, freedom and meaning. Walking has also shaped the city.
This two-hour walking workshop will be led by Yuri Boyarin. It will encourage the participants to open their senses and to see, hear, smell and feel things: things previously unnoticed. Let's see how much of Bishkek's past can be uncovered by walking down only one of its (key) streets: Chuy avenue. We will take photographs, sound recordings and notes about things that seem oddly out of place, or about things that fit right in their place.
Then we will discuss about what we saw, experienced and felt during our physical walk at a panel on "Walking History" on July 1, right after the second walking history tour.
Please register by June 20, 2017 at https://goo.gl/B0mdzQ
Guided Tour 1: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (by STAB)
Price: 500 som per person
Duration: 2 hours (please, consider wearing comfortable footwear)
Description: The tour explores the Soviet productive utopia and its physical reminisces, buildings and structures that have shaped the city. "Science and Technology" is one of the most influential utopias of the last century, the formula of development of the Soviet society to a triumphant overcoming of alienation, suffering, diseases and even death. The tour presents urban facilities in Frunze/Bishkek that furthered the idea of science as a total organizing power – the building of the Academy of Sciences, experimental "Albanski" house, factory "llbirs," Planetarium, Society "Znanie" (Knowledge).
Read more at www.art-initiatives.org
Please register by June 20, 2017 at https://goo.gl/U0cg1d
GUIDED TOUR 2: FRAGMENTED DREAM: MONUMENTAL MOSAIC 1960-1980 (by STAB)
Price: 500 som per person (+ free map)
Duration: 1 hour 30 min (please, consider wearing comfortable footwear)
Description: A map of the Soviet mosaics in Bishkek was published as the result of a two-year (2012-2014) project of STAB, «Fragmented Dream». In those two years STAB carried out a research, which included the attribution and interpretation of Soviet monumental art. The map of mosaics includes virtually every major mosaic in Bishkek, located both in the city center and in suburban areas (microrayons). The map includes seventeen mosaics, six of which are connected into a walking route. The map is accompanied by cultural commentaries and details about the mosaics, which makes it a full-fledged tool for self-guided exploration of these pieces of monumental art. Additionally, STAB offers the guided tour. The purpose of the tour and the map is to draw attention of the residents and visitors of the city to the artistic heritage of the socialist modernization project of the 60-80's. It also offers new forms of urban activism – urban exploration, — as well as helps to preserve these mosaics in Bishkek, since many of them, despite being under the state's protection status, are in poor condition.
Please register by June 20, 2017 at https://goo.gl/ir3OoM
OPEN WORKSHOP – COOPERATION BETWEEN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, PRACTICE AND ACADEMIA
The work of academic researchers, social activists and practitioners has many commonalities, ranging from the motivation to bring about social change to questions about the best ways to engage with people and to understand contemporary social dynamics and challenges. Still, despite good examples across disciplines and geographic contexts, it appears that the potentials and limitations of cooperation between academia and social movements have not been subjected to sufficient, let alone systematic consideration, especially in the case of Central Eurasia. This workshop will serve as a dialogue platform between social researchers and representatives of NGOs and social movements from Kyrgyzstan and other countries, who will share their experiences, observations, expectations and ideas about cooperation with one another. The event will facilitate community outreach by providing an open space accessible to both conference participants and external visitors.
In order to make the event as productive as possible, we would like to ask those interested in participation to register beforehand and to limit participation to two or three representatives per organization as a maximum.
For registration please contact Philipp Lottholz and Tobias Marschall (lottholz_ph@auca.kg; tobiasmarschall25@gmail.com)
The working language of the event is Russian, but we will aim to provide English translation to a limited number of participants.
Photo/Multimedia Exhibition: A journey into Central Asia's biocultural diversity
Photographer: Nicolas Villaume
Venue: AUCA, 4th floor
The exhibition is part of Villaume's project on "People and plants" which aims at the preservation of the knowledge, unique connection to the land and traditional respect for the surrounding ecosystems that local farmers and traditional healers in Central Asia have acquired and passed down over many generations.
ATA-BEYIT NATIONAL HISTORICAL AND MEMORIAL COMPLEX
Price: 500 som per person (transport included)
Description: Ata Beyit, Kyrgyz for "Grave of Our Fathers," is a memorial complex located in Chong-Tash, a village in the Chui Province about 15 miles south of Bishkek. The site honors two dark episodes in Kyrgyzstan's history: the mass murders that occurred in 1938 at the hands of the NKVD during Stalin's purges, and the deaths of those who fought in the Kyrgyzstan's 2010 Revolution.
Read more at http://students.sras.org/ata-beyit-memorial-complex-in-chong-tash/
Please register by June 20, 2017 at https://goo.gl/QCqQ8X
ONE-DAY TOUR TO ALA-ARCHA GORGE
Ala-Archa is the most visited gorge and national park in Kyrgyzstan located 35 km away from Bishkek. 200 square kilometers are covered by coniferous forests and crystal river framed with mighty mountains. The gorge is flanked by tall, snow-covered peaks with steep-sided, forested, mountain slopes.
Transfer to the Ala-Archa National Park after breakfast.
Hiking in the gorge.
Return back to the alpine camp.
Transfer to Bishkek.
Prices for 2017:
Tour price per person in USD:
Standard tour price includes:
Transportation throughout the whole trip.
English speaking guide;
Entrance fee to the national park. Camera/video fees are not included and paid separately;
Tour price does not include personal insurance, meals and items not mentioned above.
Read more at http://www.advantour.com/kyrgyzstan/tours/one-day.htm
Please register by June 20, 2017 at https://goo.gl/txw0zQ
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A Hope Beyond Borders: Estimated 22,000 Hear About Jesus in Cúcuta
By Tiffany Jothen • April 18, 2019
More than 400 buses brought people to FestiKids, a Gospel-centered event for children, on Thursday morning.
Bus after bus lined the sidewalks, windows down with children hanging their heads out into the humid Colombian air.
Gray clouds gathered over nearby General Santander Stadium as thousands of kids hiked up its 70-year-old concrete steps, some holding hands so they wouldn't get lost in the crowd. Several ate arepas from street vendors as they curiously waited for FestiKids, a kid-friendly evangelistic event, to start.
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For months, Franklin Graham has been asking people to pray over this particular weekend in Cúcuta, a Colombian city a few miles from Venezuela. His heart is with the tens of thousands of Venezuelans facing economic hardship in their home country, many who have made their way into Cúcuta.
He will preach at the Festival de Esperanza (Festival of Hope) in this city Friday and Saturday, but Thursday morning was all about the kids.
The threat of rain held off as dancers in neon orange, blue and green sang and waved flags to worship songs.
"Cristo vive!" Christ lives! the children shouted from their seats in the stands.
Soon, actors took the stage for a skit that explained the Gospel in simple terms. Afterwards, a Venezuelan mother and her three children—ages 5, 9 and 11—stood shoulder to shoulder with hundreds of others who came down from the stands in response to Christ.
Normally, this soccer stadium in Cúcuta, Colombia, is filled with people cheering on a team. Thursday, it was full of people hearing about hope in Christ. John 14:6 was posted along a stadium wall: "Jesus said, 'I am the way, the truth and the life.'"
With a tired desperation in her eyes, the mother explained how she's been going through a tough time. Back home, she said, it's hard to find basics like milk and flour. There's often violence as so many struggle to provide for their families.
Her family took a bus from the Venezuelan border to get to FestiKids and "receive the blessing of God," the mother shared. By the end, she and her three children all came forward in surrender to Christ.
The 11-year-old said it felt good to pray for God's forgiveness and that she wants to follow Him. Her mom spoke of the uncertainty her family faces each day and said she needs to look to God for direction.
Ana* can understand that. Her husband moved from their home in Venezuela to Cúcuta two years ago. Ana followed last December, leaving behind their house, cars and her two jobs as a teacher and lawyer.
She said they went "from the top" to starting all over in a city where they have no family. She hasn't found a job yet, and in the meantime, prays the government in her home country will change.
Actors illustrated the Gospel. They showed how Satan tries to tear us away from God and tells us we can be happy living for ourselves, but only Jesus Christ can give us true freedom. It's Christ who releases us from our sins and gives us power to live for Him.
Ana openly shared a lot about her life, but when asked if she'd like to return home, you could see the hint of tears in her eyes.
"Of course," she said quietly.
As her electricity and water bills add up in the home she's renting with her husband, she said she's trusting God's plan for her family.
"Without hope, I don't know where I would be," she said. She wanted to come to FestiKids—and plans to attend this weekend's Festival of Hope—"to find peace."
Like so many Thursday, Ana came to FestiKids on a bus. She brought along her 9-year-old son, Elianger, who invited Christ into his life before the morning was over.
Above them, hanging from the stadium lights, hung two giant yellow banners with "Jesus te ama" ("Jesus loves you") written in bold.
Please pray more will come to know that truth during the Festival of Hope.
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RTE's Mary Kennedy and sister Deirdre pose for photoshoot as they release a new book Journey To The Well
Inside the family life of Mary Kennedy and Deirdre Ní Chinnéide as both ladies launch their latest venture, an inspiring book called Journey To The Well, which sees Mary share some of her personal life experiences which Deirdre then interprets
Jane Lundon
17:55, 9 OCT 2021
Mary Kennedy and her sister Deirdre may be very different but a love of their heritage is in their DNA. Mary is a much loved TV presenter working with RTÉ for over 40 years while Deirdre is a retreat leader and singer who lives a simple life on the Aran Islands when she is not travelling the world.
Yet the siblings joined forces during the pandemic to write a book about Celtic spirituality 'Journey To The Well' – a nod to St Brigid's Holy Well in Clondalkin, southwest Dublin, where the sisters grew up – sees Mary share some of her personal life experiences which Deirdre then interprets.
Mary Kennedy and Deirdre Ní Chinnéide photo Kieran Harnett no repro fee
The sisters admit to being very different but they enjoy spending time in each other's worlds and this is how the book was born,
"I spoke about how I liked to visit my sister Deirdre on the Aran Islands in an interview. She owns a retreat on Inis Mór and is very involved in Celtic spirituality. Hachette Publishers, who I have published five books with, got in touch and asked about the two of us coming together to write our own book based on our own journeys. So we did it, via Zoom! Deirdre was on Inis Mór and I was in Dublin so we would start every Monday morning with a Zoom session." Mary told RSVP Live.
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She continued, "We both appreciate Celtic spirituality and feel it is in our DNA, so we based the book around the four seasons of the year: Samhain, Imbolc, Bealtaine and Lughnasadh. It was also the journey of Covid, winter emerging into spring, which offers us a time of hope and renewal but you can also have disappointments – and that is exactly what happened with Covid. It gets more optimistic with the summer and then Lughnasadh is about the harvest and reaping the rewards. So the story was about emerging from this reality we were all living, and connecting with the Celtic attributes and characteristics that we share and which inform our lives."
Mary Kennedy and Deirdre Ní Chinnéide photo Kieran Harnett no repro fee (Image: Kieran Harnett/RSVP)
Both sisters found writing the both difficult at times but overall a wonderful achievement and a nice distraction from living through a pandemic. Former Nationwide presenter, Mary, said she found the third lockdown particularly difficult,
"I loved the first lockdown – it was therapeutic and restful – and we got the garden and house sorted. But the third lockdown in January and February was shocking. After Christmas there was nothing to look forward to, there was a sense of déjà vu and the weather was awful. We all need to heal after the pandemic, I don't think we realise fully the depth of what we went through. I didn't lose anyone in my family, but I did lose two friends to Covid and my first cousin was very ill with it at the start and he says he has 75% to 80% energy now. It does leave a mark, and God knows what it has done to the children."
Journey To The Well by Mary Kennedy and Deirdre Ní Chinnéide
While living on an island might feel locked in for some people, Deirdre said lockdown on Inis Mor was every bit as isolating as anywhere else in the world.
"Early lockdowns were lonely and isolating. I remember the very first lockdown walking around the island and when the boat would come in there was no-one on it. The only people using it were the nurse and the guard as they were changing shifts. I did find that people who were usually very busy on the island were suddenly free so you got to meet them. One man said to me, "This is how the island was 20 years ago when people had time for each other."
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Deirdre explained, "There is a locked-in experience on the island so we are used to being in a slower pace and slower rhythm. It wasn't a bad place to be during the pandemic, you had beautiful weather at the start and scenery but it has its edges also, dealing with the fear of what is happening, and how will my family be?
"Once I settled into realising it was a good place to be creatively, it was grand. A group of women started to swim on a daily basis and that was great fun and a great exit. We would celebrate anything with a flask or a bottle of wine which was so good to have for your physical health and mental health, just connecting with others."
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Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean Comes to China in 'Top Funny Comedian The Movie'
BY Fergus Ryan
The British comedian brings back his signature character for his first appearance in a Chinese film.
Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean character has a new lease on life in a new movie alongside some of China's top comedians and crosstalk actors.
Atkinson's character, which is known as 憨豆先生 Hān Dòu Xiānshēng, or "Mr. Foolish Bean" in Chinese, will star in Top Funny Comedian The Movie or 欢乐喜剧人 Huānlè Xǐjùrén, which premieres on January 28, the first day of Spring Festival/Chinese New Year.
The film (watch the trailer here) is based on a popular variety show in which China's top comedians compete, so it's anybody's guess how it's been adapted for film. Early reports suggest it takes place in Beijing and Macau.
His Chinese co-stars include Guo Degang 郭德纲, Yue Yunpeng 岳云鹏, Xiao Fei 小斐, and other comedians and cross-talk luminaries.
Guo claims he was forced to communicate with Atkinson through body language during the shooting, as he speaks very limited English and Atkinson speaks no Mandarin.
Mr. Bean's mute, slap-stick humor travels well around the world because it doesn't need any translation. Mr. Bean's Holiday (憨豆的黄金周), released in 2007, earned RMB 22 million (US$3.2 million) at the Chinese box office.
It's not the bumbling Brit's first time in China. In 2014, Atkinson visited the Shanghai Expo Center and shot a Snickers commercial while in character.
— This article originally appeared on the Beijinger.
TAGS Comedy, Guo Degang, Mr. Bean, Rowan Atkinson, Top Funny Comedian
About the author Fergus Ryan has worked in media, communications and marketing roles in China and Australia for close to a decade. Most recently, Fergus was a journalist for the News Corp. publications China Spectator and The Australian. He has also been published in The Guardian and Foreign Policy. Prior to that, Fergus worked on business development for the A-list star Li Bingbing at Huayi Brothers, and on celebrity engagement and social media for the WWF and DMG Entertainment.
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James "Jim" Ipekjian (b. 1949 Pasadena, Ca) established Ipekjian Custom Woodwork in 1972. He graduated from Pasadena City College with training as a machinist and subsequently worked in the aerospace industry. This provided a valuable skill set which would later strengthen his woodworking capabilities by enabling him to fabricate custom hardware and tooling for his work. His early career involved building custom furniture in a variety of styles including early American, French, contemporary, and Greene and Greene.
In 1994, the owners of the Blacker House (designed by architects, Greene and Greene in 1907 ) hired Jim to reproduce all of the light fixtures from the house while they began an extensive home restoration. Jim became their project manager and oversaw all of the trades throughout the restoration. He was also commissioned to reproduce all of the furniture and lighting for the house which continues to this day.
The most famous Greene and Greene home is the Gamble House. It is the only G & G home open to the public for tours. Jim volunteers his time to guide a special tour at the Gamble House which focuses on the construction of the house and its furnishings.
Today, Jim continues designing and building furniture and lighting. He is also available as a consultant for historic home restoration projects.
John "Jack" Ipekjian (b. 1983 Pasadena, Ca) graduated from UC Santa Cruz with a degree in American history and then joined ICW in 2006. Since then he has tried to learn as much as he can from his father. Today he designs and builds furniture and lighting.
In 2014, Jack established his own business called Pasadena Woodworks. Jim and Jack continue to work on projects together. Ipekjian Custom Woodwork focuses strictly on custom projects while Pasadena Woodworks focuses on limited production furniture and furniture-related products.


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Srinagar: A day before Pakistan's acclaimed Sufi singer Amjad Sabri was shot dead, a sufi-rap music video was released on 101 India website; India's first Sufi-rap mix music, according to a Time report. The video released online is titled 'Like a Sufi' and has already gone viral on social networking sites. Muhammad Muneem, a Kashmir-based engineer and member of a Sufi-rock band group in Pune called Alif, has already won hearts with his performances in MTV's Coke Studio and on stage. With Muneem, features Kashmir's MC Kash (a rapper who shot to fame during 2010 public unrest with his song 'I protest'). Although Rap music originates from the West, Sufi form of music, which is essentially a devotional one, has its origins in the Indian sub-continent, deriving inspiration from some great poets such as Rumi, Bulleh Shah, Hafiz and Amer Khusrow. Although the singers sing in Kashmiri and English, the reviews are mostly from non-Kashmiris and they seem impressed. The song essentially portrays everyday life in a place of conflict like Kashmir where Sufi music is still going strong. The unique West-Asian music combination will leave you asking for more.


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Starhawk on Katrina
Posted on September 15, 2005 by lsaboe Posted in Uncategorized
A PAGAN RESPONSE TO KATRINA
By Starhawk
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/174/story_17489_1.html
As Pagans, as worshippers of nature, how do we respond to an event like Hurricane Katrina, one of the most destructive natural disasters in the history of the United States? What does it mean to 'worship' something that, with one breath, can wipe out a major city? Do we see this as punishment, retribution for some Pagan sin? As an object lesson in the reality of climate change and global warming? As an overheated Goddess batting away some of the oil rigs contributing to her fever?
Of course, no one can speak for all Pagans. There is no overall Council of Pagan Thealogy to hand down an official dogma. But here is my own answer, as a priestess, teacher, writer, activist and thealogian.
Pagan religions are not punishment systems. We don't worship Gods of retribution, but a Goddess — or Gods and Goddesses — of mystery, in many aspects. The Goddess has immense power, both creative and destructive: the power that pushes a root out from a tiny seed and sends its shoot reaching for the sky, the power of the earthquake and the volcano, the rain that feeds the crops and the hurricane. We respond to that power with awe, wonder , amazement and gratitude, not fear.
The great powers of nature have an intelligence, a consciousness, albeit different in magnitude and kind from our own. Everything in nature is alive and speaking: the deep, crystalline intelligence of the rock heart of the planet, the fungal threads that link the roots of trees into the nerve-net of the forests, the chattering birds and the biochemistry of plants and mushrooms are all communicating. Our spiritual practice, the practice of magic, is about opening our eyes, ears and hearts to be able to hear, understand, and communicate back. And those powers want us to communicate with them. The Goddess is not omnipotent — she is co-creative with human beings. She needs human help to create fertility and regeneration. The elements, the ancestors, the spirit beings that surround us want to work with us to protect and heal the earth, but they need our invitation.
Nature is also human nature. Our human intelligence, our particular, sharp-pointed ability to analyze, think, draw conclusions and act, our esthetic/emotional capacity to thrill at a beautiful sunset, our deep bonds with those we love and our empathy and compassion for others, are all aspects of the Goddess Herself. Indeed, she evolved us complicated, contradictory big-brained creatures precisely to experience some of those aspects. Or to put it simply, she gave us brains and she expects us to use them.
As a Witch, as a priestess of the Goddess, I make daily time to meditate and listen, ideally in some place where I have direct contact with nature. I rarely use an indoor altar any more — instead I sit in the woods, or at least, in my garden, quiet my thoughts, open my eyes, look and listen. And what I've been hearing lately, in company with every other person I know who is in tune with the deep powers of the earth, is anguish, distress, deep rage, and dire warnings. The processes of environmental destruction, in particular, the overheating of the earth's climate, are already underway. A few weeks ago, when we were preparing for the Free Activist Witch Camp that Reclaiming, our network of Witches, offered in Southern Oregon, I asked, "Is there any way to avert massive death and destruction." The answer I got was an unequivocal 'no'.
"The process has gone too far," was the answer. The image that came to me was river rafting and shooting the rapids. There was a point where we as a species could have chosen a different river, or a different boat, or a different channel. But now we're in the chute. We can't turn back. We can't stop.
There's a command in river rafting, used in extreme situations: "Paddle or die." If you paddle, you have some power — not enough to change the flow of the river, but enough to steer a course and avoid crashing on the rocks. If you give up, the river will most likely flip your boat, and you will drown.
When we emerged from the woods, a little-reported item in the news media, hidden away on the back pages, informed us that vast stretches of the tundra were melting in Siberia. If we were collectively using even a minimum of our human intelligence, this news should have been trumpeted on the front page with all the alarm of a terrorist attack, for it is far more dangerous.
Global warming increases the intensity of storms. Turn up the fire under a pot of water, and the bubbles will be bigger, faster and stronger.
Hurricanes draw their energy from the heat in seawater. The Gulf of Mexico is abnormally warm — and hurricanes have doubled in average intensity in the last decade and a half. Hurricane Katrina was a natural phenomenon, but Katrina's progression from a Category Two up to a Category Five as she crossed the gulf was a human-caused phenomenon, a function of our choices and decisions, our failure to steer a different course.
The forms and names we put on Goddesses, Gods, and Powers help translate those forces into terms our human minds can grasp. And so the Yoruba based traditions that originate in West Africa have given the name 'Oya' to the whirlwind, the hurricane, to those great powers of sudden change and destruction. Santeria, candomble, lucumi, voudoun, all include Oya in some form as a major orisha, a Great Power. Offerings are made to her, ceremonies done in her behalf, priestesses dance themselves into trance possession so that she can communicate with directly with the human community.
No city in the U.S. has more practitioners of these traditions than New Orleans. On the night the hurricane was due to hit, I made a ritual with a small group of friends to support the spiritual efforts that I knew were being made by priestesses of Oya all over the country. We were in Crawford, Texas, at Camp Casey, where Gold Star mother Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Itaq, camped near Bush's ranch to confront Bush with the painful reality of the deaths his policies have caused. Many of the supporters there were from New Orleans, worried about their homes, their friends and families. The overall culture of the camp was very Christian — we found no natural opening for public Pagan ritual, although a number of people did indicate to me quietly that they were 'one of us.' But our little group gathered by the roadside, cast a circle, chanted and prayed.
We prayed, speaking personally in the way humans do: " Please, Mama, we know what a mess we've made, but if there is any way to mitigate the death and the destruction, to lessen it slightly, please do." That same night Christians were praying and Orisha priestesses were 'working' Oya, and the hurricane did shift its course, slightly, and lessened its force, down to a Category Four.
And New Orleans survived. Not without loss, and death, but without the massive flooding and destruction that was feared. We all breathed a sigh of relief.
And a day later, the levees failed, and the floods came. They failed not from an Act of Goddess, but from a lack of resources. The Bush Administration had systematically cut funding for flood control and for repairing and increasing the strength of the levees. The money went to Iraq.
Much of the Louisiana National Guard was also in Iraq. FEMA, the Federal Agency responsible for responding to natural disasters, had been gutted, defunded, refocused on terrorism, and its directorship given to a Bush political crony with no experience in disaster response.
Now, weeks later, New Orleans remains under martial law. Official efforts at relief have ranged from inept to brutal, and the lack of planning and concern for human life, the punitive quality of the official response, seem deeply linked to prejudice and racism which devalues the lives of the poor, especially if they're black.
But ordinary people of all faiths have responded to this disaster with caring and compassion, with massive donations and relief efforts, and with shock and rage at a government which so completely fails to embody the values of human decency and respect for life that it claims to represent.
The Goddess does not punish us, but she also doesn't shield us from the logical consequences of our actions. Katrina's destructive power was a consequence of a human course that is contemptuous of nature. A Native American proverb says, "If we don't change our direction, we're going to wind up where we're headed." Katrina shows us a glimpse of that awful destination.
And she also shows us hope. We can change, and if we truly awaken to the need, maybe we will, before it is too late. The outpouring of concern and efforts to help, the hope, determination and vision of some of the citizens of New Orleans who remain, the grief we feel for the dead and the losses and the compassion that a huge tragedy evokes are the tools we need to set a different course, one that honors nature and human life, that uses our human intelligence to restore and regenerate the natural world, awakens our compassion, and kindles our passion for justice. When we set a new course, all the powers of life and growth and regeneration will be flowing with us.
And when we ally with those powers, miracles can happen.
SOME PAGAN RESOURCES:
THE PAGAN CLUSTER — the group of Pagan activists I work with, will be sending a team to the area in October. For information and donations, see .
THE BLANKET PROJECT is an ongoing spell of compassion with the goal of providing handmade blankets to survivors, symbolizing the intention to blanket the country with compassion and caring. For information, see or email .
E-WITCH PAGAN AUCTION
Look for items marked NOLA PaganRelief
I will be donating an original manuscript and a limited edition, signed, numbered leather-bound 10th Anniversary Spiral Dance
HOUSING BOARD FOR PAGAN HURRICANE SURVIVORS and those who can offer housing .
OFFICERS OF AVALON
An organization of Pagan police officers and emergency service providers, they have already made one supply run to Mississippi, reports are on their webpage as well as information on how to donate.
TEMPLE OF DIANA is accepting financial donations to be sent to the best organizations involved with hurricane relief efforts. Send your donations in any amount, and payable to Temple of Diana, with "hurricane relief" in the memo, and send to:
Temple of Diana
SOME GENERAL PLACES TO SEND AID:
REBUILD GREEN
Hurricane survivors who have remained in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans are determined to remain, rebuild their city with environmental awareness and a social conscience. They have set up the first functioning medical clinic for ordinary people, and have other projects in hand. They desperately need funds.
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS OF LOUISIANA'S INCARCERATED CHILDREN are doing intense work among the shelters and prisons with displaced youth, mostly African American. Believe me, the Red Cross and the Christian charities won't be pouring out relief to this group! They can also use some volunteers (especially African American) and many gifts in kind. Send a check to the "FFLIC Hurricane Relief Fund" to:
920 Platt Street
Sulphur, Louisiana, 70663
THE VETERANS FOR PEACE BUS that was at Camp Casey in Crawford, TX has now gone down to Covington, Louisiana to do relief work. They also need donations of money and computer equipment.
Make a donation to Veterans For Peace Chapter 116
Tax deductible cash donations can be send to:
Veterans For Peace Chapter 116
28500 Sherwood Rd
Cell PH 707-536-3001
FOOD NOT BOMBS will be providing food for refugees. They can use volunteers to prepare and serve food, and, of course, donations. You can make a financial donation on line or mail checks to:
Please call (1-800-884-1136) or email us if you can join them on the bus or help with gas money.
Starhawk Feel free to post, forward, and reprint this article for non-commercial purposes. All other rights reserved.
Starhawk is an activist, organizer, and author of The Earth Path, Webs of
Power: Notes from the Global Uprising, The Fifth Sacred Thing and other books on feminism, politics and earth-based spirituality, including the co-authoried Pagan Book of Living and Dying. All are available at . She works with Reclaiming , a network that offers training in earth-based spirituality and ritual. She teaches Earth Activist Trainings that combine permaculture design and activist skills, and works with the RANT trainer's collective that offers training and support for mobilizations around global justice and peace issues.
Donations to help support Starhawk¹s trainings and work can be sent to:
1405 Hillmount St.
To get her periodic posts of her writings, email Starhawk-subscribe@lists.riseup.net and put subscribe in the subject heading.
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westlinwind says:
That was a good read, dear one. I adore the sensibility of Starhawk. Where'd you find this?
justine, susun weed's daughter posted it on the weedforums. i included the url to the original site…and at the end there's an email link where you can subscribe to receive occassional postings from starhawk.
here ya go…she has a website… http://www.starhawk.org/
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Celebrity News November 10, 2022
Nick Cannon Is Going to Be a Father Again — to Baby #12
Nick Cannon's brood is nearing 12!
Abby De La Rosa has confirmed that Nick is the father of her third child.
She posted a meme on Instagram Stories that said, "1 night with a Libra can turn into 3-4 years 😮💨 be careful," and then replied, "😂damn! lol 1 night turned into 4 years and 3 kids real quick…I see no lies here smh. y'all be safe out there 😂."
The pair share 1-year-old twins Zion and Zillion, and Nick's birthday is October 8, making him a Libra.
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Abby announced in June that she was expecting, but never confirmed Nick was the father.
She did, however, post family photos with Nick and the twins in October and included a sweet shot of Nick touching her baby bump.
It is unclear if she has welcomed the child, which was due October 25.
Meanwhile, Alyssa Scott announced earlier this month she was also expecting a child with Nick. So these two babies are expected to be Nick's 11th and 12th children.
De La Rosa, 31, recently opened up about her polyamorous relationship with Cannon, 42, on the "Lovers and Friends" podcast.
"Being in a polyamorous relationship doesn't mean you have low self-esteem or self-worth. I become hypersensitive when people attack me and my motherhood," she said.
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Alyssa Scott Confirms She's Pregnant with Nick Cannon's 11th Child
De La Rosa went on, "Me being open in my relationship does not change or take away from the type of mother that I am to my kids and the wholeness that I am to them and the strength that I share with them."
While she considers Nick her primary partner right now, she added, "I love where I'm at at this very moment. It's just not my forever."
In February, Nick had a no-holds-barred conversation about sex on "The Love Language Podcast."
While chatting with Dr. Laura Berman, Cannon got candid about whether his children were planned and his thoughts on monogamy.
Berman asked Nick if "most of these pregnancies were unplanned."
Nick Cannon Welcomes Baby #10
The "Masked Singer" host insisted, "I'm never gonna say that… I'm going to take full responsibility. Any woman that I know that I have unprotected sex with, there's the potential to have a child."
He went on, "So I feel like if I have unprotected sex with anyone I know — because one, I value everything about me so much, if I've gotten to that point where I say, 'I can take off this condom,' I'm gonna say, 'She could be the mother of my child.'"
"The Masked Singer" host described himself as "the biggest germ freak in the world," saying he doesn't have unprotected sex with everyone.
Cannon told Berman, "Every woman that I have a child with, there is definitely a conversation about, 'Wow, how amazing would this be?' I feel like every woman I have a child with are amazing mothers, and there was a thought process going into like, 'Man, she would be an amazing mother, she's desired children, I can't wait to see what type of mother she would be.'"
Nick added, "So, in saying that, I would say that they're all planned."
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A redesigned iMac with desktop-class Apple A14T chip should drop in the first half of 2021
Christian Zibreg ∙ October 27, 2020
According to a new report published this morning in Chinese-language newspaper The China Times, Apple will release its first iMac all-in-one desktop featuring the company's in-house designed A14T chip, code-named Mt. Jade, in the first half of next year.
The new A14T chip is probably an enhanced version of the A14 chip that debuted in the iPad Air 4 this fall before making its way inside the iPhone 12 family. Compared to the current A14 chip, the A14T should have additional CPU/GPU cores and possible other tweaks. The report adds that the Cupertino tech giant is also working on its own graphics chip, code-named Lifuka. The GPU will be probably paired with the A14T chip for the upcoming iMac update. Both pieces of silicon will be fabbed on TSMC's enhanced five-nanometer N5P process technology.
Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has predicted that Apple's first iMac powered by its own silicon will feature a 24-inch screen and an overhauled appearance. The computer should launch at the end of this year or early next year following a refresh to the current Intel-based iMac lineup, Kuo said. Apple is rumored to hold an online-only product presentation in November.
The China Times report adds that TSMC is now mass-producing the five-nanometer A14X chip, code-named Tonga, for the first Apple Silicon-powered MacBook notebook which is thought to launch by year-end featuring a twelve-inch display and lightweight design.
Bloomberg thinks Apple is developing three different processors for Macs, all based on the 5-nanometer A14 chip. The iPhone maker Apple said at WWDC this summer that the move to its own chips for Mac computers will happen over the next two years. After the transition is complete, Apple will continue building and supporting Intel-based Macs for years to come.
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CHARLES ORMOND EAMES, JR. (1907-1978)
BERNICE ALEXANDRA (RAY) KAISER EAMES (1912-1988)
Charles Eames and Ray Eames were married American designers who worked in and made major contributions to modern architecture, furniture, industrial and graphic design, fine art and film.
Charles Eames studied architecture for two years at Washington University in St. Louis on an architecture scholarship. Many sources claim that he was dismissed for his advocacy of Frank Lloyd Wright and his interest in modern architects. While at Washington University, he met his first wife, Catherine Woermann, whom he married in 1929. A year later, they had a daughter, Lucia Atwood. Her son is Eames Demetrios.
In 1930, Charles began his own architectural practice in St. Louis with partner Charles Gray. They were later joined by a third partner, Walter Pauley. Eames did several projects with Robert T. Walsh in another partnership Eames + Walsh.
Charles Eames was greatly influenced by the Finnish architect Eliel Saarinen (whose son Eero Saarinen, also an architect, would become a partner and friend). At the elder Saarinen's invitation, Charles moved in 1938 to study at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, where he would become a teacher and head of the industrial design department.
In 1941, Charles and Catherine divorced, and he married his Cranbrook colleague Ray Kaiser. He then moved with her to Los Angeles. In the late 1940s, as part of the Arts & Architecture magazine's Case Study Program, Charles and Ray designed and built the groundbreaking Eames House, Case Study House #8, as their own home.
Charles Eames died of a heart attack on August 21, 1978 in St. Louis, and was buried in the Calvary Cemetery there. He has a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame.
Ray Eames was born in Sacramento CA to Alexander and Edna Burr Kaiser, and had a brother named Maurice. She spent her early childhood years with her parents in their apartment, and then moved to a Bungalow outside of the town. Her parents taught her the quality of enjoyment which later led to inventions in furniture design and toys. In 1933 she graduated from Bennett College in Millbrook NY and moved to New York City, where she studied abstract expressionist painting with Hans Hofmann. She was a founder of the American Abstract Artists group in 1936 and displayed paintings in their first show a year later in 1937 at Riverside Museum in Manhattan. In September 1940, Ben Baldwin, an architect and friend, recommended she began studies at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She learned a variety of arts, not limiting herself to abstract painting. She worked with Harry Bertoia, Eero Saarinen, and others on the display panels for the exhibition "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" at Museum of Modern Art.
The design process between Ray and Charles was strongly collaborative. After marriage the couple moved to California to continue their molded plywood furniture design and, in a later period, plastic. The graphic and commercial artwork can be clearly attributed to Ray, she designed twenty-six cover designs for the journal Arts & Architecture during 1942 to 1948, and a major part of the Eames furniture advertisements at Herman Miller (since 1948).
In the 1950s, the Eameses continued their work in architecture and modern furniture design. As with their earlier molded plywood work, the Eameses pioneered technologies, such as fiberglass furniture, plastic resin chairs, and the wire mesh chairs designed for Herman Miller. From the beginning, the Eames furniture has usually been listed as by Charles Eames. In the 1948 and 1952 Herman Miller bound catalogs, only Charles' name is listed, but it has become clear that Ray was deeply involved and was an equal partner with her husband in many projects. In 1979, the Royal Institute of British Architects awarded Charles and Ray the Royal Gold Medal. At the time of Charles' death they were working on what became their last production, the Eames Sofa, which went into production in 1984. They are best known for the Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, circa 1956.
Charles and Ray produced several short films. From their first film, the unfinished Traveling Boy (1950), to Powers of Ten (re-released in 1977), their cinematic work were vehicles for experimentation and education.
The Eames also conceived and designed a number of exhibitions. Mathematica: A World of Numbers... and Beyond (1961), was sponsored by IBM, and is the only one of their exhibitions still extant. The Mathematica exhibition is still considered a model for science popularization exhibitions. It was followed by A Computer Perspective: Background to the Computer Age (1971) and The World of Franklin and Jefferson (1975–1977), among others.
The design office of Charles and Ray Eames functioned for more than four decades at 901 Washington Boulevard in Venice, Los Angeles CA. After Charles' death in 1978 the Eames Office was disbanded. She worked on several unfinished projects – e.g. a German version of the "Mathematica" exhibition, was as consultand to IBM, published books and was administer of the Eames archive and estate. Ray Eames died in Los Angeles in 1988, ten years to the day after Charles. She is buried next to Charles in Calvary Cemetery in St. Louis.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia.
1932 - 7470 Kingsbury Boulevard, University City, Missouri. Sold several times since 1988. Sold in 2018 to Cory and Sydney Bailey.
1936 - The Carlton M. Dean House, 101 Mason Avenue, Webster Groves MO. Designed with Robert T. Walsh. Built by A. B. Spradling.
1938 - The John P. and Alice Meyer House, 4 Deacon Drive, Huntleigh MO. 7000sf on five acres. Designed with Robert T. Walsh. For sale in 2019.
1939 - The Daniel S. and Jean Dinsmoor House, 335 Bristol Avenue, Webster Groves, MO. Designed with Robert T. Walsh.
1949 - The Charles and Ray Eames House, aka Case Study House 8, 203 Chautauqua Boulevard, Pacific Palisades CA.
The first plan for the Eames' home, known as the Bridge House, was designed in 1945 by Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen. The design used pre-fabricated materials ordered from catalogues (a continuation of the idea of mass-production). The parts were ordered and the Bridge House design was published in December 1945. Due to a war-driven shortage, the steel did not arrive until late 1948. By then, according to Ray, she and Charles had "fallen in love with the meadow," and felt that the site required a different solution. Using the same off-the-shelf parts, but notably ordering one extra steel beam, Charles and Ray re-designed the house and built it. They moved into the House on Christmas Eve, 1949, and lived there for the rest of their lives.
In 2004, Charles's daughter, Lucia Eames, created a not-for-profit organization called the Eames Foundation to preserve and protect the Eames House and to provide educational experiences that celebrate the creative legacy of Charles and Ray. The house (exterior only) can be visited by appointment.
1949 - The John Entenza House, aka Case Study House 9, 205 Chautauqua Boulevard, Pacific Palisades CA. Designed by Charles Eames and Eero Saarinen. Has been remodeled. Sold to Jacob and Sandra Terner. Sold in 2008 to the Terner Family Trust. Sold in 2010 to the Stiffleman Family Trust. Sold in 2012 to Winfield Holdings LLC.
1949 - The Billy Wilder House, Sunset Boulevard, Beverly Hills CA. Unbuilt. The space afeatured high ceilings and glass walls that flooded the interior with natural light.
1954 - The Max and Esther DePree House, 271 South Division Avenue, Zeeland MI. DePree's father founded Herman Miller.
Additional Resources: Eames Demetrios, Eames Foundation.


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TOMASZ PADŁO
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[Greetings from Kazakhstan]
[Taqiyyah'79]
[Pinkish disaster]
[Pleasantfelde]
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"The exhibition "Pleasantfelde" was opened in the Villa Decius side by side by director Danuta Glondys and Tomasz Padło – geographer by profession, photographer by passion, lecturer at the Pedagogical University of Krakow. Giving his audience background information about his presented works, Tomasz Padło admitted that he was full of stereotypes about Germany when he arrived in Brandenburg to stay in an artistic residency in the Genshagen Castle in 2013. But his stay changed his attitude. A folder promoting the city Ludwigsfelde (which Genshagen is a part of) catched his interest – and he was inspired to explore the environment of Ludwigsfelde and to take some photographs which respond to certain phrases in the folder. So, his photographs reflect his own perception of space in striking contrast to folder presentations which, as he noted, "transmit uniformized information about space".
It was very appreciable that Tomasz Padło even made his photo exhibition an interactive experince: He shared out phrases extracted from a folder promoting Ludwigsfelde to the participants and let them find out which photograph responds to which phrase. Addressed themes were for example history, nature, education and employment. Altogether, it became quite explicit to the participants that Tomasz Padło's photographs speak a strong language – and that they make up a convincing example of the connection between geography (respectively "space") and photography."
by Jill-Francis Käthlitz
The project was realized during the artist residency programme "George Sand - Frédéric Chopin" in Genshagen, Germany
"The cultural calendar of events in Pleasantfelde and the surrounding area is filled to the brim year after year."
"Modern high-tech industries, work opportunities together with unspoilt nature ensure a high quality of life in this town."
"Pleasantfelde and the region of Teltow-Fläming work hand in hand to create the best possible conditions for your company."
"Pleasantfelde and its surrounding area present the chequered history of the 20th century."
"To successfully create the best possible living conditions for our inhabitants, that is our declared aim."
"Pleasantfelde possesses qualities of which Berlin is envious, such as the close experience with nature and the possibility of an escape from the hectic city lifestyle, all in immediate proximity to beavers and cranes."
"From preschool to proffesional training and continuing education, through to further education for seniors, there exists a wide range of educational institutions and opportunities."
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"Those interested in culture are also well cared for, by the cultural centers of Potsdam and Berlin and by a busy regional calendar full of cultural activities."


In today's society exercise has become a tool that many people use not only for weight loss but also for overall well-being. Past studies have shown that exercise can lead to better health, such as a reduction in anxiety and depression, and an increase in self-esteem and positive emotions. However, little research that has been conducted on the differences between exercise frequency and intensity on health outcomes. The current study used self-report measures to determine life satisfaction, happiness, social support, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, coping methods, positive emotions, and health behaviors of 108 college students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The correlational results of our study showed that higher levels of exercise intensity are associated with better health (less likely to smoke, p = ..005), less anxiety (p = ..017), more positive coping styles (p=.022), higher religiosity (p=.009), positive emotions (p=.001) and higher self-esteem (p=.024). However, frequency of exercise was not associated with coping styles or religiosity. Instead, exercise frequency was associated with more happiness (p =..298), higher life satisfaction (p = ..005), less anxiety (p=.000), and higher self-esteem (p =.010). Neither frequency nor intensity of exercise was associated with depression in the current sample. Although the benefits of exercise are well established on health, exercise intensity and frequency may make different contributions to overall health.


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The Merkur 38C Silvertip Badger Shaving brush is a great looking brush with fabulous styling. It features a classic 'barbershop pole' chrome handle which holds the luxurious Merkur Silvertip Badger loft. A perfect compliment to the Merkur model 38C Safety Razors! Exquisite design, attention to detail and long lasting quality are all standard Merkur qualities demonstrated with this high-end shaving brush. A traditionally styled brush with excellent performance. Made in Germany (Solingen).
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Stick On Notes - Reflect Trading - your one stop stationery centre!
Stick On Notes There are	13 products.
MP-1520 38x50mm Stick On Note (2pads) 1-1/2" x 2"
MP-2030 76x50mm Stick On Note 2" x 3"
MP-3030 76x76mm Stick On Note 3" x 3"
MP-3050 76x127mm Stick On Note 3" x 5"
MP-3030F 76x76mm Fluorescent Stick On Note 3" x 3"
MP-3030F/500 76x76mm Fluorescent Note 5 colours; 100pcs/colour 3" x 3"
MP-0620C 50x15mm Stick On Note 5 colours x 100sheets 6/10" x 2"
MP-0620F 50x15mm Fluorescent Note 5 colours x 100sheets 6/10" x 2"
MP-0620W 50x15mm White Stick On 5 colours x 100sheets 6/10" x 2"
MP-0516F 12x41mm Film Stick On Note 5 colours x 25sheets 0.5" x 1.6"