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In light of a few recent posts by David Westphal and others I thought it would be worth getting a list of phone apps that benefit people learning trad music. I will kick the ball off with what is I consider an indispensable app

Developed by fellow Dubliner Bryan Duggan who I have the pleasure of playing with from time to time Tunepal is the result of years of work. Ever sat in a trad session and wondered what was the name of that great tune someone just played? Well now you can search a database of over 17,000 tunes from your iPhone/iPod BY PLAYING!

Just hold your device up to a melody instrument such as the tin-whistle, flute, concertina, uilleann pipes, accordion or banjo, hit record and the melody will be extracted and submitted to the search engine for matching.

Matching tunes are downloaded to your device, where you can view and edit the notation or the stave, email the tune, post it to facebook or play it back. Check it out  Tunepal

Also great if you have forget the first few notes of a tune you want to play. Simply type in the name of the tune and it will find it and play it back to you on your phone.

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My friend, Mike, in Atlanta (who I believe knows Bryan Duggan) has adapted TunePal for Windows 7 phones, if anybody's curious.

Thanks for the tip!

Only app i have this far (music related) is Cleartune, an IMO excellent tuner i use at sessions/home. Comes in very handy since i have a couple of 'combo' whistles (one head, two tubes, like D/Eb and B/Bb)

Two good iPhone / iPad apps for slowing down tunes (and keeping pitch the same) to help learning:

  • TheAmazingSlowDowner
  • Anytune

I prefer Anytune as it allows you to import tunes from iTunes, PC via wireless, email, or Dropbox.

  • Audio Memo's

You can record tunes with Audio Memo's (e.g. if you are in a session), then send them directly to Anytune or Dropbox, from there you can slow them down.  A useful combination if you are at weekend workshop, and dont have access to your computer.

AmazingSlowDowner has really helped me learn new tunes much quicker, there are also some good ear training apps which I am working my way through. I love all this new tech!!

This is another great App  Tune In Radio that I have on my phone. I actually started using it to listen to Americana stations in the US, another music passion of mine, but I am sure it will work in reverse with people stateside able to listen to even local Irish stations that do an hour of trad music here and there.

I simply plug my phone into my stereo and let it play through there. There are lots of ways of doing this though streaming or having a digital radio as part of your stereo system, but this is free. Worth checking out if you only wanted to dip into a couple of hours a weeks, and not be tied to your PC.

Forgot about clear tune, also mandochords, keysignature quiz, play by ear & relative pitch (not sure if these are as useful for more experienced musicians) Also TabToolkit very useful for keeping all your music & lyrics in one place- much better on tablet than phone though!
Ah gadgets & tech - love them!

Here is another one. Not music as suchbut it is usefull. Its called Evernote and you download it as an App to your phone and also download it to any computer you use. You could simply use it to write down tune names etc at sessions or to capture an image such as the first few bars of a tune you forget or sheet music generally. Worth having on your phone for a whole range of reasons. It then automatically syncs the information to all other associated PC's

I have tune pal and will check this out

Tunebook is another nice one with a 1000+ tunes in ABC and standard notation, if you are looking for the second part f a tune and you don't know it just use the search function and you can either play the tune or read it.

Getting back to Tune In Radio app. You can buy in to a record facility on this app which is very useful, as you can record any tune during the broadcast and learn it later.

I just downloaded tunepal...awesome....

one of my favorite apps is a must have for musicians that play fretted instruments, especially if you're self taught..

FRETBOT displays a diagram of a fretboard up to the 14th fret, and allows you change the fretboard to display 6, 5, or 4 strings/courses.  For the 6-string you can adjust for multiple guitar tunings (including DADGAD)..and the four- string diagram allows for mandolin/tenor banjo (GDAE),  and Irish Bouzouki (GDAD). These are the most common for ITM, but you can also dial in bass guitar, banjo (5string), ukelele, etc.

once you dial in the right instrument, you can then dial in the root note and any scale or chord with that's a spectacular reference tool.

Micheal Eskin has many apps for trad musicians;

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Master Uilleann piper Liam O Flynn presents 'The Sailor's Cravat' & 'I'm Waiting for You'(reels) and finishes with the lovely 'Queen of The Faeries' (hornpipe). Also discusses influences of Leo Rowsome (master Uilleann piper, manufacturer and teacher).

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A week in Singapore works quite well for sightseeing. The Chinatown area was interesting enough with a decent museum that had plenty of olden-day photos. We went to the zoo, which was very good by zoo standards, but when you’ve recently spent a couple of years in Africa it’s hard to get excited by a pair of zebras in a pen.

Down at the harbour we took a boat trip past some of the older quayside areas and had lunch at a roof-top restaurant that gave us a view of most of the Singapore, including the Formula One circuit just below us.

Whilst all that stuff was very enjoyable, the sightseeing that I really wanted to do involved taking in a local game. The fixtures worked in my favour as there was an AFC cup match between Tampines Rovers and a team from the Philippines, Ceres La Salle, taking place during our visit. The Asian Federation Conference Cup is a bit like the UEFA Cup although it seems that rather than being for the not-quite top teams from the best footballing countries as it is in Europe, it’s for the best teams from the not-quite top footballing countries in Asia.

Jen and I had plenty of time before the 7:30 kick-off and so we took the subway to the Little India area and had our tea there before walking the remaining half hour or so to the Jalan Besar stadium.

I’d hoped to be following the crowd, but whilst the streets were busy it was with people going about their business rather than heading for the match. In fact we was almost at the ground before I spotted anyone who looked like they might have any interest in football.

There were separate ticket offices for the home and away fans and as we came across the away office first, that’s what we bought. Six dollars a pop and apparently at the swimming pool end.

We were directed towards the swimming pool but ended up entering the ground a little too soon and we found ourselves among the home fans in the main stand. There were stands down both sides, with the seventy or so away fans opposite, the swimming pool to our left and a fence behind the goal to our right that didn’t really look suitable for preventing the ball bouncing across a busy road and causing an accident. I wonder how often an irate motorist threatens to “stick a knife in it”.

Tampines had Jermaine Pennant playing on the right of an attacking midfield three behind a lone striker. Yes, that Jermaine Pennant, he of the electronic tag, the spouse who poses in her smalls and the former owner of the car found at a railway station covered in five month’s worth of parking tickets after he had forgotten that he’d left it there.

The ex-Liverpool player certainly put the effort in, although at times he must have wondered what was going on as the standard of football was, unless he had ever turned out for his prison team, way below anything he would have encountered elsewhere.

At half time the drinks options were lychee juice or chrysanthemum tea. Wonderful. Don’t they know I’m on my holidays? I’ll never complain about the John Smith’s Smooth at the Boro again, or at least I won’t until I next order a pint of it.

Pennant dropped a lot deeper after the break, possibly hoping to have more of an influence by starting moves off, rather than waiting out wide in the hope of a pass. The change might very well have made a difference as midway through the second half the home side took the lead when the Ceres keeper fumbled the ball and someone was on hand to knock the loose ball in to the net.

It all looked to be in the bag for Tampines until a couple of minutes from the end when a floaty cross wasn’t cleared and one of the visitors stabbed it home from close range. The point apiece seemed fair and left both sides with a decent chance of qualifying from their four-team group.

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Another reason why blended learning is important

As my New Media course draws to a conclusion, I am reminded again by my colleagues how important it is for educators to recognize and meet the varying needs of their learners.

Yes, I am a proponent of integrating technology in teaching but not always is it the right choice.  Technology will not always meet the needs of certain students.  Having some level interaction with instructors and other learners is needed to clarify points, exchange ideas and/or explore further application of the content learned.

In his interview with CNN, Bill Gates talks about delivering content via technology but still having labs or study groups.  He believes not only this would be cost effective but also allows students to personalize their learning by focusing on information that they need.

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2. Course designers need to be clear on the key objectives of the course and their instructions so learners are not confused about what they need to do and why

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4. Learners need to take comfort that should they need access to someone to get help or just bouncing ideas with others, that they may do so without having to complete the online module

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Transfer Galaxy reaches one billion Swedish kronor in transaction volume

Transfer Galaxy wants to digitize the way the world's migrants send money to their loved ones in their home countries. They are challenging traditional financial institutions by letting users send money through a digital platform, instead of going to physical agents' offices. On Midsummer Day, Transfer Galaxy reached a transaction volume of SEK 1 billion.

A large part of the world's population lacks access to financial institutions. To be able to send money to them in a smooth way, digital solutions are needed in a historically traditional industry.

Transfer Galaxy was established just over four years ago by entrepreneurs Yosef Mohamed, Khalid Qassim and Ali Mohamed in Örebro, Sweden. With roots in Somalia, they often sent money to relatives in their home country through a local agent in a convenience store. Aggravated by how expensive and complicated it was to send money, they decided to start their digital service.

Today, the company has raised capital from venture capital firms BackingMinds and Alfvén & Didrikson. It has established its service in 25 European countries and has 30 employees.

1 billion Swedish kronor transferred via Transfer Galaxy

Transfer Galaxy has sent SEK 1 billion worldwide since the company was established. Thanks to the automated process, their customers have saved SEK 40 million in transaction fees compared to the average transaction cost to developing countries as per the World Bank. This 40 million could instead go to education, healthcare and other means of combating poverty.

- When we ask our customers why they send money, the majority answer that they do it to support their loved ones. The money goes to education, healthcare and food, says Yosef Mohamed, co-founder and CEO of Transfer Galaxy.

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The DVD set  „Pintilie. Cineast” was awarded the Best Special Features on DVD Award during the 11th edition of the DVD Awards, part of Il Cinema Ritrovato festival (June 29th- July 6th), organised by the Cinémathèque in Bologna and dedicated to classical film, arhive masterpieces and restaured films. The bonus DVD of the box comprises more than three hours of video excerpts selected by Lucian Pintilie, together with Mihai Chirilov, reworked and reedited by Dana Bunescu.

The DVD Awards jury consisted of Lorenzo Codelli (vice-director of the  Friuli Cinémathèque Gemona), Alexander Horwath (director of the Austrian Film Museum), Mark McElhatten (selector, founder and director of the avantgarde film section of the New York Film Festival), as well as the renowned film critics Paolo Mereghetti and Jonathan Rosenbaum and was chaired by Peter von Bagh (Il Cinema Ritrovato’s artistic director).

DVD Awards is the worldwide most important event of the kind, trying to encourage and to create awareness for quality home entertainment by selecting every year the most valuable and best crafted projects worldwide. About 30 DVD and Blue- Ray collections were shortlisted, among them the restaured version of Michael Cimino’s controversial „Heaven’s Gate”,  „Lost And Found: American Treasures From The New Zealand Film Archive (UK – USA/1914 – 29)”, a project of the National Film Preservation Foundation  (US), „Polish Cinema Classics Volume II” , an anthology produced Second Run. „3 Films by Roberto Rossellini starring Ingrid Bergman”, produced by The Criterion Collection, was awarded Best Blue- Ray Box Set, whereas the „Jean Epstein Coffret” produced by the French Cinémathèque and Potemkine Films was declared Best DVD Box Set. Eureka Entertainment’s „Late Mizoguchi – Eight Films” was elected for the category Best Special Features on Blue- Ray.

Conceived and coordinated by Mihai Chirilov, the artistic director of Transilvania International Film Festival, the DVD Box „Pintilie. Cineast” is a cinefile’s collector’s item. Launched at TIFF 2013, in presence of Lucian Pintilie, and distributed by Transilvania Film, the box comprises 11 films of the much appreciated Romanian filmmaker and a bonus DVD featuring never before published materials that put together a portrait of the director: cinema lessons, press conferences, round tables, TV interviews, hommages, retrospectives etc.

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Street Art In Krakow, Poland

Street Art In Krakow, Poland

“Creativity takes courage.” Henri Matisse

 The first thing I did in Poland was a private street art tour. I was told to meet the guide at Ghetto Heroes Square.The Ghetto Heroes Square is in the center of the old Krakow Ghetto.This square was called the Umschlagplatz by the Nazis. it was the place where the Jews had to assemble before being transported to the Belzec death camp, Auschwitz- Birkenau or the Plasnow Forced Labor Camp just outside the city. Iron and and bronze empty chairs commemorate this place. It is a holiday and the square is eerily empty.  It is a deeply moving memorial.

 I meet up with Joanna Switala who explains the memorial. She knows a lot about the area and the artists.

Street art in Poland and other ex Soviet countries derives from the spirit of protest. In the last several years, there is trend to improve the quality of public spaces with commissioned  street art murals. Street art is the uncensored, unofficial, egalitarian voice of the people.

In the districts of Podgorze and Kazimierz, public art is both encouraged and controlled, and street artists are often invited to create elaborate works of art that celebrate the city’s history, culture and revitalization.

 The Jewish Cultural Festival invited one of Israel’s most famous street artists, Pil Peled, to create an image to watch over the district. Entitled ‘Judah’, the mural is said to represent both the vulnerability of the Jews and their strength to overcome.

This black and white mural was created by the Israeli group, Broken Fingaz was for the same festival to honor the memory of the Bosak Family, who lived in this area for four hundred years until World War ll .

The woman in the painting is Irene Sendlar. .In 1941, .Irene Sendlar was recruited to head the Underground Council to Aid Jews, which was credited for protecting children by working with orphanages and welfare agencies to change their identities. They also smuggled an estimated eight to ten children out of the ghetto monthly by hiding them in suitcases, packages, and sometimes even coffins. Approximately 2,500 children were saved .

This mural was created by Marcin Wierzchowski, and is visible on the wall of the Galicia Jewish Museum. It represents pre-war Kraków and modern Jerusalem.

101 Murals for Krakow was put together by Krakow street artists who created the mural by bringing together multi-format paintings and connecting them with urban, historical, and architectural contexts of the different districts of the city in Kazimierz and Podgórze.

 City officials are forever trying to erase the playful and political stencils of  street artist Kuba .

 Mythical murals are painted across many of the city’s abandoned buildings by Mikolaj Rejs.

The mural at Joseph Street shows various people that are associated with the district: King Kazimierz the Great and his Jewish lover, Esterka; Prince Joseph II, who became the patron of this area during Austrian times; the architect of the district, Karol Knaus; and Helena Rubinstein, the Jewish queen of cosmetics who lived in Kazimierz before WWII.

 Though i didn’t see it that day, we talked about the internal feuding culture of football graffiti in Poland which might more accurately reflect some of the views here. Patriotic white-and-red colors, swastikas, Celtic crosses, football club emblems, Stars of David hanging from gallows, fans who died in fights with rival supporters and the Fighting Poland symbol are found on walls throughout Poland.

The city-sponsored  ArtBoom festival invited Bolognese artist Blu to create this giant mural called  Ding Dong Dum.

 Street art as a form of protest remains, even in the publically sanctioned events. When the street artist Pikaso was invited to paint a mural as part of the 2012 ArtBoom festival the authorities refused to allow him to create his original design. Instead, he painted the giant and symbolic mural “For God’s Sake the Censorship is Everywhere.”

The dark history of Poland is always there but maybe the urban culture of street art in a country that didn’t have that freedom before, shows that change is possible.

Thanks Joanna for making my first day, interesting, informative, fun and full of art. I highly recommend her street art tour in Krakow.

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Provincially, 51% are open to more trade with China but wary about China generally, with a further 31% indicating that Canada should avoid becoming more entangled and dependent on trade with China altogether. Only 18% of respondents would like to see Canada push for closer relations including free trade. Opinions in the Tri-Cities mirror those provincially, but came out slightly more polarized.

Those numbers show a divergence from previous surveys of Canadians attitudes towards free trade with China. According to the Asia Pacific Foundation, support for free trade with China had been growing among Canadians from 2014 until 2018 when it peaked at 59% (1). A similar survey conducted by UBC showed moderate or strong support for a free trade agreement with China at almost 70% (2). Those numbers likely reflected the more pragmatic approach that many Canadians wanted to pursue in the aftermath of Canada-US trade tensions during 2017-2018.

The Collective Perspective Report supports the narrative of a trend shift in Sino-Canadian relations that started with the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou, and has since escalated with the detention of two Canadians in China, Chinese freezes on Canadian canola exports, and questions around Huawei’s risk to Canada’s national security. After a turbulent 2019, businesses are becoming increasingly concerned about how China’s growing global influence could impact Canada, even while recognizing the economic benefits of a deeper trade relationship with the rising Asian power.

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This is the first Dale Enzenbacher Dragon Belt Buckle. I met Dale at the World Science Fiction Convention in Toronto, 1973. I was coming from Kashmir, India where I had just spent the summer. When I was there I bought the carved carnelian along with several other antiques. It is very old, and says in Sanskrit: “Unto the feet of Lord Krishna Kali Ram dedicates himself”

I made friends with Dale in the artist’s exhibition, where he had intricate, award-winning pieces of sculpture on display. He also was selling jewelry and even casting the heads for walking sticks. I showed him the carved carnelian and asked him if he could create a belt buckle around it. He had never made belt buckles before, though he would become famous for them over the next few years.

I gave him free rein to design a fantasy buckle in his own way. The result featured a ‘princess’ loosely-based on his wife. One interesting feature was the fact that the buckle is left-handed – since Dale is left handed himself, that was the way he designed it. Luckily I am ambidextrous and, to this day, even with the symmetrical silver and lapis buckle I usually wear now, I always wear it left-handed since that is what I am accustomed to.

This is a one of a kind bronze, lost wax casting. Dale went on to win the Best Artist of the Year Award at the 1979 World Fantasy Convention. This .pdf is an article about him from Star Log #25.

Dale Enzenbacher Article

There is not much current information about him available on the Internet today, but all clues seem to point to him living in Eugene, Oregon.

Dale, if you happen to see this while cruising the Net, give me a shout!

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Trump’s first wife was Ivana Marie Trump. She also is the mother of three of Trump’s children. She was born in Gottwaldov (now known as Zlín) in Czechoslovakia. On April 7, 1977, she married Trump. They had three children: Donald John (born December 31, 1977), Ivanka Marie (born October 30, 1981), and Eric Fredrick (born January 6, 1984). Yet, Ivana did not become a U.S. citizen until 1988. Thus, all three of Trump’s children were born to a non-U.S. citizen immigrant.

Thus, what Trump really is saying about immigrants is: “I don’t like immigrants unless they are beautiful, blond, women, that I can have sex with, and then have an attractive daughter with who I can fantasize sleeping with. All other immigrants must stay out of the country because I don’t want to have sex with them.”

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During Saturday night’s debate, Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders distanced himself from Hillary Clinton by placing the bulk of the blame for ISIS on the shoulders of those who voted for the Iraq war.

Sanders may be edgy in his political views, but his rhetoric often comes off as a mix between too angry and too docile. As shown in his famous “damn emails” comment, Sanders does not take advantage of opportunities to smear his candidates, choosing instead to focus on the issues for better or for worse.

Last night, though, Bernie used his calm demeanor to attack Hillary for her war-mongering past.

“Let me have one area of disagreement with the secretary,” asked Sanders. “I think she said something like the bulk of the responsibility [for ISIS] is not ours. Well, in fact, I would argue that the disastrous invasion of Iraq, something that I strongly opposed, has unraveled the region completely and led to the rise of al Qaeda and to ISIS.”

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“We’re going to solve your water problem. You have a water problem that is so insane. It is so ridiculous where they’re taking the water and shoving it out to sea,” Trump told the crowd made up of mostly California farmers.

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  • Use a style that could be used on the “Jeopardy” TV show — Answer is a short phrase or sentence.  Question is a word or two that begins with “what is…,” “who is…,” etc.
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  • Look up “Jeopardy TV Show” on YouTube if you are unsure of the format of questions/answers they use.  Or speak to Mr. Truex, if you have any other questions about the assignment.

U.S. History Assignment: End of Course Exam Study Guide (Apr 25-26)

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  2. Read Florida “Keys” to Understanding, page 340
  3. VOCAB: Names and Terms You Should Know (Textbook, page 339); Do ANY 20 terms with short definition
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This is the new daily (The in-laws 88 toyota camry has had another failure so the RX {Delilah} will be transferred to them as originally planned)  and Dotty (See other thread) will be my project (Previous discussions were around me having a 2 door classic more track orientated spec and build) I am under strict instructions that this is to remain close to an original spec to clear speed humps, pot holes in the car park when visiting hairdresser etc.

Still working through compiling the spec but this is what I have so far

82k on the shell so needs some correction in places

Ringland failure 2 years ago meant a rebuild using a 2015 STI engine with 19,500 on the clock.

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Soooooo initial plans,

As with all my motors - PIAA wipers

The pops and bangs need to be taken out of the map

The ride height needs putting back to original clearance

The yellow stickers are to go replaced by red or old gold..... Doooo love the JPS Lotus formula one car livery 😍.

On the way back I tried a traffic light launch and the clutch turned into a smoke generator - I received feedback to say I looked a right wally from the missus who was following. So the clutch needs looking at, CC or Exedy stage 2 should hold things in place without making things intolerable.

Oil and filter change

Gearbox and diff oil change

High beam upgrade

LED side lights

Rear parking sensors

Front and rear parking cameras

Work out what this switch does - Already established it is not an "ejecto seato cuz". There is a clifford alarm install so might be something to do with that?

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Whilst its at the mapper getting pops and bangs taken out it would be remiss (I believe) not to have s# mode with flat foot shifting, down shift blip and possible antilag option put in..............😁

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the buttons are a clifford blackjax, dont play with them untill you know exactly whats what as they can imobilise the car

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18 hours ago, Tidgy said:

the buttons are a clifford blackjax, dont play with them untill you know exactly whats what as they can imobilise the car

Thank you - noted 😁

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Nice one jay, you really do like to keep yourself busy, looking forward to seeing what you end up with 👍

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Basic once over completed.

PIAA wipers fitted

Uprated high beam fitted

LED sidelights fitted

Cosworth Panel fitted

Pollen filter changed

Dynamat lined the boot floor replacing the Subaru sound deadening panel that had lifted due to the oil leakage

Earth cables had disintegrated so made up some new ones with some amp cable

Engine oil and filter changed - Intention is to repeat every 5k from when 85k is reached in 3k time

Front Diff Gearbox and Rear Diff oil replaced with Motul 300

Started to adjust the ride height and hear a crunch as the jack met with the rear lifting point..... I dont think the £200 on underseal was preventative maintenance, the amount of mud in places I have not seen on my other hatches leads me to think it has been caught in a flood at some point

I will get the sills and arches repaired next year (Once Silver hatch is available) but in the mean time, wire brush followed by zinc primer then black hammerite paint to restrict the spread somewhat and get through the winter

Cossie Panel

Earth cables old and replacement

Moved the fog lights from Dotty to Daphne as being a daily more likely to get used and means I can put some brake cooler ducts in place and added a Zunnsport grill to hide the fact a little that the fog light plastics had been chopped along with a large portion of the front bumper to aid airflow to the FMIC on Dotty, plus a new numberplate - representing the S.O.C now.

Winge time - This is the second Hatch this has been done to - How hard is it to drill x2 holes in the right place instead of x2 in the wrong place which then start rusting!

x2 holes rusting under the paint - Oh and a reversing camera I installed - forgot about that, also replaced a defective interior mic for the hands free kit

Wirebrushed, Kurusted, red oxided & 3M taped to help seal

Number plate mounted with x2 holes aligned to the manufacturers pre drilled and tapped items - Its not rocket science and doesnt rust

Managed a headlight polish / de-glaze detail and partial paint correction - !Removed! rain showers and years of car washes meant I could not get as far as I wanted - New ride height, standard on rear, 10mm drop up front.

Also removed the Perrin wing risers for two reasons:

1. I kept hitting my head on the hatch which does not open fully with them fitted, no I am too old and stupid to learn so at the point it actually put me on my knees decision was made

2. At a certain speed the wind noise created is ridiculously loud

Boot dynamat lined

Old and new lamps

The 20Twenty led indicators whilst canbus friendly flashed too fast so will be replacing with some alternates when they are back in stock. Have also replaced the rear fog and reverse lamp with the same 20Twenty lamps (white) with no issues. High beam is the MTEC product proven before to remind the chelsea tractor drivers they have high beam on

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Surprised to see that sort of corrosion on a 12 year old car but nice work nipping it in the bud ,bud 👍

Already putting your mark on the new project too,  nice work chap 😉

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Yup - not seen the like of it on my other hatches and the amount of dirt I hosed out from the sills front and rear leads me to believe this has been sat under water for some time, it managed to get in places you wouldnt expect it to? But hey ho it will get sorted next year 😊

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Representing in the F1 Lotus stylee

Think that Perrin sticker will have to go....

Plus the force is strong with this one...

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Flexible Faith

A sermon on Ephesians 6:10-20

All month I’ve been carrying around an article clipped from the in-flight magazine during our vacation.  I was intrigued by the title. “A Shape-Shifting House that Transforms with the Seasons.” In it London-based architects tell of a house that literally changes its shape, opening and house articleclosing on itself to create eight unique configurations, each designed to take advantage of the conditions of changing seasons.  In the winter, the house is a compact insulated square like a tightly closed flower. But in the summer it stretches out like a housecat, rotating and opening towards a warm sun.  This is a house that is never static. It’s flexible. What if our faith were also not static but flexible?

This morning I’m closing up my sermon series “What’s in Your Faith Closet?”  It’s fitting to hold both the image of this unique house, and Paul’s letter to the believers at Ephesus.

It is an act of faithful flexibility to de-clutter and separate out those things that offer life from those that do not. Once we’ve let go of what we no longer or never did believe; and once we’ve rediscovered new things about our faith, there’s another question that awaits us.

How does what we believe inform the way we live? You’re committed to a life in Christ. What next?

Paul’s letter to the church at Ephesus offers a final extended metaphor for how belief in Jesus might shape the way we live their lives, illustrating his point with references to the armor that might be worn by an army.

THIS is one of those times when the old stories and our story intersect. You and I have more in common with the addressees of this letter than we may think.

Paul’s audience was a minority group.  Today the Christian share of the U.S. population is declining, while the number of adults who do not identify with any organized religion is growing. To be sure, the United States still remains home to more Christians than any other country in the world, however worldwide, Christians are still a minority.

Sadly most of the decline is in today’s young adult population—in part because churches have rigidly hung onto tradition, seldom offering a life giving way of talking about our ancient BUT STILL very relevant faith.   When we take one way of articulating our faith, we need to replace it with something where our spirit can go “ding-ding-ding-yes! Now that makes sense!”

So for those who, as an example, couldn’t swallow what it said about God, for God to sacrifice a child as a substitution for us—the alternative was to walk away. And walk away they did.

But for those who stayed, engaged and transformed their questions, deeper truths were revealed.   In love God provided Jesus to show us what a life lived in synchronicity with God looked like. God provided Jesus to walk with us, to teach us how to live and do the right things, EVEN if his countercultural life would result in humans to crucifying him. It is a game changer to follow Christ because he lived full out even to the point of death.  Jesus represents relationship, not patriarchal punishment. God is not an angry meanie.

Our faith is like a garden. If you don’t pull the weeds, the weeds will overtake the flowers. And frankly, I have to wonder if a good cleaning would move the “in name only” Christians from “yes I believe but I don’t much go to church anymore” to “I practice a life informed by my faith and I enjoy gathering with other pilgrims on Sunday to renew that faith these friendships.”  OK, it still doesn’t mean you have to come every Sunday says the pastor whose secret longing is for Sunday traffic, traffic due to so many people trying to get to church.

Now looking at Paul’s letter, it is quite remarkable the way it applies faith to life.  What if every day we put on our faith, like clothing? What if the lessons of our faith were so current, so alive, and so central, that it was like putting on a belt of truth? And what if even our shoes were metaphors for our walks of peace in the world.

I love when he writes about putting on a helmet of salvation. Salvation! Now there’s an archaic word. In progressive parlance salvation refers to “wholeness in God.” How awesome is it to regard our minds as the engine of a faith that is all about the wholeness of God?!  Word!

This is the difference between a flexible, evolving faith and a rigid, static faith, a faith.

And just as with Jesus’ example, Paul wraps everything in prayer. Pray in the Spirit at all times, he writes.  To live consciously- in continual prayer—do you agree that would be a very good way to live and be in the world?

My prayer it that we each fall in love anew with our faith, engaging those things that bring us new life.

And finally, using Paul’s own words.

Pray also for me, so that when I speak, a message may be given to me to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Because I am just that.  I am chained to the truth of Christ, convinced, convicted, and renewed not by fairytales but by the Spirit of what I know and believe.

Pray that I may declare it boldly.  Amen.

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  1. HI Pastor Robyn,

    Great post! I resonated with much of it but especially with the “Sunday Traffic.” I just had this conversation with a friend over beer and wine on Friday. The act of “Going to Church’ often doesn’t seem to be that important. Living God’s life is daily, by the minute, 24-7. Gathering with people on Sunday morning seems to be more of an affirmation in my life right now than it is a celebration or learning experience.

    I cherish the conversations that I have with friends, the groceries I pick up and deliver to the church, sharing things with my kids, and “Doing” God’s work.

    Is that enough rambling? Probably. Thanks for sharing your blog!

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IMG_2616 (2000x1378)The Government of Japan is providing funding of US$ 4,201,541 (Japanese Yen 507,000,000) through the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) for the sustainable resettlement of conflict affected people through community-driven improvement of the learning environment in Mannar District. Over the next 30 months, this project will support fifteen schools to construct and improve infrastructure facilities through a participatory process.

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