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Gender inequality isn't funny. But 'The Man Who Has It All' is absolutely hilarious.
We've been following this gem of a social media account for some time and love the way its author makes serious points about the blatant sexism woven into our culture, poking fun as he goes.
The creator describes himself as a man 'helping busy dads to juggle a successful career and fatherhood'. The satire has proved so successful he's now got a book, entitled 'From Frazzled to Fabulous'.
Followers – of which there are 140k on Twitter and 147k on Facebook – can expect helpful advice (so commonly pumped out to women) around the correct number of almonds to eat when snacking, the perfect moment to grab some 'me time' (whilst the husband and children sleep), and important debate questions such as "is a man talking out loud in a meeting a sign of his promiscuity?"
MEN! Accentuate parts of your body you like, e.g. nice hair to draw attention away from problem areas, e.g. behaviour
— manwhohasitall (@manwhohasitall) October 21, 2016


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Hirudo medicinalis (a European medicinal leech) was earlier used in Leech Therapy ( classified as Blood Letting). Leech Therapy was used for the removal of blood from a patient body. The first description of Leech Therapy was found in the text of Sushruta Samhita, written by Sushruta in 800 B.C. who was also considered "the father of plastic surgery". Diseases, where leech therapy was indicated, were skin diseases, sciatica, and musculoskeletal pains.
Hirudo Medicinalis was considered essential in the 19th century. A unique 19th century Leech House in Bedale, North Yorkshire, was used to store medicinal leeches until the early 20th century. In 1832, Leeches accounted for 4.4 % of total expenditure of hospitals. The prices of leech varied between one penny and three pence half penny each.
The Leech is now making a comeback again, with European plastic surgeons using it as last-ditch effort to stave off tissue death or necrosis following reconstruction procedure including those for cancer.
French hospitals have been using leeches to prevent blood clots after surgery.

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As I'm sure all of my fellow fashionistas are well aware it's about to become one of the most exciting times of the year; London Fashion Week!
Whilst I haven't been lucky enough to attend a LFW (…one day!), I do love to follow it on social media and see what people are wearing and what the designers are showing on the runway.
In the lead up to LFW there are quite a lot of various events going on in and around the city to kick start this time off and get everyone prepared. One of these events is the Pure London Trade Show, which I was fortunate enough to go to.
Pure London is held at Kensington Olympia and is the perfect opportunity to network with up and coming designers, brands and fellow names in the fashion industry, whilst also being able to explore and discover new trends that will be popular in later seasons (mainly AW17) and to get some inspiration.
On Sunday, when we visited, I was able to hear a speech from Alexandra Shulman – who has recently stepped down from her role as Editor of Vogue. That's a pretty big deal. It was amazing to be able to hear about her time in the fashion industry and how it evolved throughout her career with the leading magazine company. (Did you know before she started at Vogue – she didn't have ANY fashion related experience?! Whatttt! Who'd have thought?)
It was an incredibly interesting and inspiring experience to meet so many like-minded people and look at all the collections brands were showcasing. Certainly a priority event for your 2018 diary!
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following up on the post before the previous one, today I asked one of my friends how important she thought she was to me. She actually answered exactly right, which was a little bit surprising to me…I was pleased~
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sound familiar?
It's always interesting to ask people how important they think they are to you, because usually it's actually very difficult to get a good sense of how much you mean to someone. Different people care about others in different amounts and different ways, and you don't really know the details of their interactions with others, so it's difficult to get a good sense of things.
I'm a good example of this, of course. I write really long and thoughtful hand-written letters to my friends, and I call them up and ask how they're doing and everything…which goes beyond what a lot of other people do, both male and female. But I write letters to a -lot- of different people–people who I'm not particularly close with too. So even though I'm taking the time and effort to write you this nice little letter, it still doesn't really tell you much about how much you mean to me. Which is interesting. Add that on top of the fact that I'm generally really quiet in a group setting, so people often only get to know me through one-on-one interactions, and I think it makes it seem perhaps even more important to show those few people who are truly important to me that I care. There's no way they can tell otherwise, really.
"Do you think love is an illusion created by society which can coherently be explained away with biochemistry and analysis of social behavior or do you lean more towards the idealized & romantic conception of love?"
This question is flawed because it assumes that if love can be explained by "logical" means (biochemistry, neurology), then love is an illusion. And of course, this assumption is totally false!
I can't seem to find a way to "fix" the question and make it interesting to me. It seems to be getting at the difference between love stemming from the heart and love stemming from the brain, I guess. But in my view, "love stemming from the heart" is just an expression anyways, and the fact that feelings of love can cause physical reactions in the region around your heart can presumably be explained through some logical process. But everything here is still real!
You might question my definition of "love", but even THAT doesn't make the question interesting. To me, the question "what is love" is totally nonsensical. It's the same problem as the question "what is life". It's totally uninteresting. Love and life are both words that represent concepts. The concepts that they represent can be different things in different contexts and to different people. Perhaps the only real answer I can give to "what is love TO YOU?" is "different things." Either that, or the smartass answer of "it's a word that represents blahblahblah…".
"what is happiness" is also uninteresting, for same reasons.
Perhaps the essence of the question still has some merit though. It's essentially asking whether or not you buy into romanticism. …which is too big of a question. Instead you could ask something like "do you believe in soulmates?". That's easier–I would argue that it's a more interesting question, but still painfully simple for me to answer. The answer is essentially no, but that doesn't mean that the idea of a soulmate doesn't have any merit.
Without going into that in any more detail, I could ask you whether it would really be advantageous for soulmates to exist at all. Let's say every person has one other soulmate in the world, and this is all predetermined.
The first thing you have to realize is, you have to have some way of -knowing- who your soulmate is (i.e. it has to make some appreciable impact), otherwise IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE WHATSOEVER. So, to make things interesting, let's assume that once you encounter your soulmate in person, you instantly know, beyond a doubt, with 100% certainty, that that person is your soulmate.
If it's guaranteed that you're always going to meet your soulmate at some point in life, then is that good? Well, yes and no. Yes because that means you can simply wait around until you meet them and then be happy (yay.). No, because there's no guarantee that the waiting around will be worth that happiness (imagine waiting around for 90 years).
If it's not guaranteed that you're ever going to meet your soulmate, then is that good? Well, probably not. You can either wait around hoping that you'll meet them, in which case you may never find them anyways, or you may decide on someone else, -then- meet your soulmate, and then that's problematic as well.
So, it's really a good thing that soulmates don't exist.
(explanations have not been drawn out for brevity's sake, blahblahblah)
From wikipedia:
In astrology, Taurus is considered a "feminine", negative (introvert) sign.
In Western astrology, Aries is considered a "masculine", positive (extrovert) sign.
Since I'm on the cusp between Taurus and Aries, it almost makes sense to have both a feminine and masculine sign. The negative/positive juxtaposition fits too. But it doesn't really work out, since there's no part of me at all that's extroverted…
This says something about me that NEITHER fb's "about me" nor its "favorite quotations" have the capacity to fit what I want to put in them.
Side note, I'm now up to NINE url links that I can give people:
And, of course, typing ddrkirby, ddrkirbyisq, or ddrkirby(isq) into google will now bombard you with results for ME. whee!~
another note: I recently broke 2,500 xanga posts.
My first thought upon walking out of class to find the entire sky filled with cloud cover, haze obscuring the buildings in the distance:
"Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, Zip-a-dee-ay…my oh my, what a wonderful day~"


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Bay Pines VA Healthcare System
Visiting Hours
The Bay Pines VA Healthcare System respects the patient's right to make decisions about his or her care, treatment and services. Patients also have the right to involve family in care, treatment, and visitation.
We encourage all of our patients to have visitors during their stay at the medical center. Visitors can be family, friends, or any person who plays a significant role in the patient's life. 'Family' is defined as a group of two or more people united by blood, or adoptive, marital, domestic partnership, or other legal ties. Family may also be a person or persons not legally related to the individual (such as significant other, friend or caregiver) whom the individual considers to be family. Our patients are given the freedom to choose their visitors unless the presence of a visitor(s) violate rights, safety or is medically or therapeutically inadvisable for the patient. Visitors may or may not be the patient's delegated decision-maker or legally authorized representative. All visitors will be treated with dignity, compassion, and respect as an individual. Consistent with Federal law, VA policy, and accreditation standards of The Joint Commission, you will not be subject to discrimination for any reason, including for reasons of age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression.
NOTE: Many of our rooms are not private rooms, please be considerate to those sharing a room with your loved one while you are visiting. Children under 12 should remain under adult supervision at all times and be free of obvious infection when visiting patients.
- General Hospital Visiting Hours (Bldg. 100)
Daily: 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Accommodations may be made for overnight and extended visiting hours by asking the patient's healthcare team.
- Hospital Intensive Care Units (ICUs) (Bldg. 100)
Daily: 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
We usually request that only 2 visitors at a time visit patients in the ICUs. Other arrangements can be made by asking the healthcare team. Visitors can use the phones in the ICU waiting rooms to speak with a member of the healthcare team to determine if it is an appropriate time to visit. Children under 12 are generally not allowed in the ICUs.
- Acute Mental Health Services (Bldg. 1 Floor 4 & 5)
Daily: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Visitors' are not permitted in the bedroom areas. Staff may restrict visitors if it is not in the therapeutic interest of the patient.
- Community Living Center (Bldg. 71)
Visiting hours in our Community Living Center (CLC) are at the discretion of the resident. The healthcare team will support the resident's choice for visiting hours while ensuring respect, safety and privacy for our other CLC residents.
- Residential Treatment Programs (Domiciliary Bldg. 102)
The Domiciliary is closed to guests from 9:00 pm to 7:30 am daily. Visiting hours in the Domiciliary are at the discretion of the resident and dependent on scheduled treatment activities.
- Emergency Department
Visitors should use the Emergency Department (ED) waiting areas. The Healthcare team will determine when visitation is appropriate for the patient.
Things to Know
ATM Machines
ATM machines are located on our main campus in the dining area of the Food Court in Bldg. 1, in the vending area by the front lobby of Bldg. 100, and outside the Bay Pines Federal Credit Union building.
- Do not use alcohol or illegal drugs and do not gamble while on VA property.
- Do not enter areas that are posted "No Patients Beyond This Point."
- Please be considerate of others while you are here. Keep your voices quiet and the television and radio volumes low so you do not disturb other patients. If anyone bothers you by using a loud voice or bad language, let a nurse know.
- Do not tape record or videotape any conversations with the health care team or other patients without their written permission.
Fire and Disaster Drills
Fire and disaster drills are practiced so that the staff will know what to do in a real emergency. If you hear the fire alarm, be calm and follow the instructions given to you by the staff in your area.
Do not give gifts or money to any of our employees. It is our privilege to take care of you.
Homeland Security
Homeland Security guidelines require certain measures to protect you and our staff, including limiting access to our grounds and buildings. The doors are open 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. After hours you may enter the main hospital building only through the Emergency Department. Our west main gate (Bay Pines Blvd. and 100th Way N.) is usually open. Our east gate (Bay Pines Blvd. and 95th Way N.) is closed on weekends, holidays, and on weeknights from 7:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.
Lost and Found
Read about our Lost and Found here.
Newspapers and Periodicals
Local newspapers are sold throughout the medical center. Additional periodicals are available from the Patient Library on the first floor of Bldg. 100. Volunteers may also distribute reading material to inpatients.
Pets are not allowed on VA property, except for service animals or those involved in pet therapy programs sponsored by Recreation Therapy. Do not leave pets in your car.
Post Office
The US Postal Service office at Bay Pines is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays and is closed for lunch from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The Post Office is located on the first floor of Bldg. 20.
Shuttle Service
The shuttle service program consists of passenger carts which make continuous loops to and from the visitors' parking lots and the Medical Center. All shuttle stops are clearly marked. There is also a separate shuttle that runs between the VA Regional Office and the Medical Center's Outpatient Entrance. The shuttles run Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., excluding holidays. We use volunteers to operate our shuttles. If you are interested in volunteering, please visit our Volunteer Information page.
Do not smoke anywhere in our buildings or near the entrances to the buildings. We are a smoke-free environment. Designated smoking areas are located outside the buildings. If you smoke within the hospital, you are subject to fines and other disciplinary actions.
Do not bring any weapons onto VA property. Everyone is subject to inspection of all packages in their possession. Refusal of consent to inspection is basis for denial of entry onto VA property. If you have any weapons, you must give them to the VA Police to hold during your stay here. In accordance with Federal regulations, you may not leave weapons in your vehicle while it is parked on VA property.
VA General Visitation Policy
The medical center respects the patient's right to make decisions about his or her care, treatment and services, and to involve the patient's family in care, treatment, and services decisions to the extent permitted by the patient or surrogate decision-maker. "Family" is defined as a group of two or more persons united by blood, or adoptive, martial, domestic partnership, or other legal ties. The family may also be a person or persons not legally related to the individual (such as significant other, friend or caregiver) whom the individual considers to be family. A family member may be the surrogate decision-maker, as defined in VHA Handbook 1004.02, if authorized to make care decisions for the individual, should he or she lose decision-making capacity or choose to delegate decision making to another. The medical center allows a family member, friend or other individual to be present with the patient for emotional support during the course of stay. The medical center allows for the presence of a support individual of the patient's choice, unless the individual's presence infringes on other's rights or safety, or is medically or therapeutically contraindicated. The individual may or may not be the patient's surrogate decision-maker or legally authorized representative. The hospital prohibits discrimination based on age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression.


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Australian political forum to discuss politics and current affairs from an Australian perspective.
A special telephone Morgan Poll, conducted over the last six nights (December 4-9, 2009) shows the ALP (53%, unchanged since December 2/3, 2009) maintaining its two-party preferred lead over the L-NP (47%, unchanged), but slightly increasing its primary vote (42%, up 1%) at the expense of the L-NP (41.5%, down 1.5%).
Looking at the minor parties shows support for the Greens was 9.5% (down 1%), Family First, unchanged at 1.5% and Independents/ Others 5.5% (up 1.5%).
On a two-party preferred basis the ALP 53% (unchanged) retains a lead over the L-NP 47% (unchanged).
The Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating is now at 123 (up 2pts) with 52.5% (down 1.5%) of Australians confident that Australia is 'heading in the right direction,' compared to 29.5% (down 3.5%) that say Australia is 'heading in the wrong direction.'
The weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating for December 5/6, 2009 is 126.8, up 3.6 points.
Gary Morgan says:
"This week's telephone Morgan Poll taken after the Coalition formally rejected the Rudd Government's amended Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme — shows support for the major parties unchanged with the ALP maintaining a two-party preferred lead of (53% cf. 47%) over the L-NP."
"A small rise in ALP primary support (42%, up 1%) is accompanied by rises in both the Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating (126.8, up 3.6pts) and Government Confidence (123, up 2pts). Rises in these indicators usually lead to a strengthening in support for the Government of the day.
"Results from the telephone Morgan Poll also reveal a deepening split between ALP & L-NP supporters about the issue of Global warming with 69% (up 5% since November 2009) of ALP supporters saying that 'If we don't act now it will be too late' while 51% (up 5%) of L-NP supporters say that 'Concerns are exaggerated.'"
Electors were asked: "If a Federal election for the House of Representatives were being held today — which party would receive your first preference?"
This telephone Morgan Poll was conducted on the evenings of December 4-9, 2009, with an Australia-wide cross section of 493 electors. Of all electors 5.5% (up 2.5%) did not name a Party.
This week's Essential Report comes in with the primaries running 46 (steady) /35 (up 1) to Labor, washing out into a two party preferred of 58/42 the same way. The Greens are on 10 (up 1) while the broad "Others" come in on 9 (down 2). This comes from a two week rolling sample of 1875, giving us an MoE that maxes out around the 2.3% mark.
The latest face-to-face Morgan Poll conducted last weekend, December 5/6 & 12/13, 2009, shows the ALP (59%, up 0.5% since the last face-to-face poll conducted on November 28/29, 2009) maintaining a strong two-party preferred lead over the L-NP (41%, down 0.5%).
The ALP primary vote 49% (up 2%) remains well ahead of the L-NP (35.5%, up 0.5%), while looking at the minor parties shows support for the Greens (8%, down 1.5%), Family First (1.5%, down 1.5%) and Independents/ Others (6%, up 0.5%).
The Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating is now at 136.5 (up 3pts) with 59.5% (up 2%) of Australians confident that Australia is 'heading in the right direction,' compared to 23% (down 1%) that say Australia is 'heading in the wrong direction.'
The weekly Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence Rating for December 12/13, 2009 is 122.4, down 0.8 points over the period of interviewing for this poll.
Gary Morgan says:
"Today's first face-to-face Morgan Poll taken since Tony Abbott became the new Opposition Leader shows little change to the two-party preferred vote with the ALP (59%, up 0.5% from November 28/29, 2009) maintaining a strong lead over the Opposition (41%, down 0.5%).
"Although early indications from the Morgan telephone poll last week suggested Mr. Abbott would make a difference to the L-NP's support, today's face-to-face Morgan Poll shows Australians' voting intentions have not been strongly influenced in either way by the election of Abbott to the Liberal Leadership.
"The next month, when most Australians will be enjoying their holidays and not paying close attention to the nation's politics, gives the Opposition some time to unite behind their new leader and develop a policy platform to take to next year's Federal Election."
Electors were asked: "If a Federal election for the House of Representatives were being held today — which party would receive your first preference?"
This face-to-face Morgan Poll on Federal voting intention was conducted on the weekend of December 5/6 & 12/13, 2009, with an Australia-wide cross-section of 1,867 electors. Of all electors surveyed, 3.5% (up 0.5%) did not name a party.
Polls before and after Tony Abbott's elevation.
Newspoll prior 57/43 post 56/44
Essential prior 58/42 post 58/42, 58/42
Morgan FTF prior 58.5/41.5 post 59/41
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As this world continues to get more and more crazy. As there are sex scandals, gun scandals, and racial scandals which continue to flood our newspapers, television programs, social media feeds, and minds – we have to ask what can stop the madness? For me, it is first being like Kevin Costner in "For the Love of the Game" where he quiets the mechanism. Where his mind focuses, shuts out the noise, and says enough is enough. My next thought is to be thankful. Yes, thankful. As the world is blowing up around me, I stop, listen, and say a word of thanks. Not thanks for the pain, the anger, the frustration, the numbness, or the crazy, but thanks for the moment, thanks for my blessings, and thanks for hope.
To be honest, thanks has not always been part of my vocabulary. Actually, when my Faith was nonexistent, when 9-11 was screaming over every station, or when our baby Hope didn't live a day on this Earth, thanks was a blurred word in my mind. Then two years ago, a friend challenged me to write one thing new I am thankful for each day on Facebook for the whole month of November. At first, it was an easy ask, but after the first few days I had to think of something new. What this exercise taught me is to appreciate the little things. It also taught me I don't say "thanks" enough to my family, my friends, myself, to strangers, to my dog, to God, to the world, to life. My prayers were really good at asking for my heart's desires, but not so good at being thankful for what I have. I was also not good at saying thanks when times are tough. Believe me, not every day of the thirty one days I said thanks was a perfect day yet it was the challenge to say "thanks" everyday. The rules didn't say skip a day just because it was hard. At times, it was enough to say "thanks" for having milk in my refrigerator, but it was still thanks.
After doing this exercise, it was soon apparent not only I was on the "thankful" train, but there were many people such as Oprah, Maya Angelou, Mother Teresa, and Ghandi (just to name a few) who have a daily appreciation diary. When listening to their stories of "thanks" their learnings were similar to mine. They said when they weren't thankful is when they most felt alone, had their biggest challenges, felt lost, or couldn't cope. When they were thankful is when they felt they could climb mountains, feel at peace, and were larger than life. They said some of their best ideas, times of wisdom, and life lessons came when their hearts were full of thankfulness. They also said these times were not necessarily the times everyone else would feel thankful. For Ghandi, he said he was thankful even when he was imprisoned. Paul, a dsiciple, who was also wrongly accused and who spent years of his life in a treacherous prison wrote psalms of thanks.
So, why is it so hard for most of us to be thankful, but easy for us to concentrate on all of the muck, sin, and crud life throws our way? For one, life is not easy. We lose loved ones, we work hard and are not always appreciated, we age, we watch shows which tell us all of the bad that is happening, we are self consumed, and we run on all cylinders without a breath. Yet, I promise you if you take the challenge of being thankful, you'll be amazed at the weights that come off your shoulders, you'll love how you see life from another perspective, and hate and anger will eventually lose their luster. What's great about the thankful journey is everyday gets to be Thanksgiving and it's not an impossible challenge. Where most challenges, you have to have an ice bucket poured on you, you have to do some crazy dare, or you have to gather a bunch of money – this challenge is a challenge of the heart and mind. It's a challenge that will take you less than five minutes a day, but a challenge that can last a lifetime. Slowly, but surely saying one thing you are thankful for each day will begin to make you go through your own transformation of going from the "Grinch" with a heart ten times too small to living life with joy and with eyes wide open. Where many will say love is the answer to all of the greediness, selfishness, and hurt being poured into the world, my belief is before love comes thankfulness. With thankfulness, love is a positive side effect. So my question is if you're ready for more joy, abundance, and peace for this upcoming holiday season? If you are, then I challenge you to create your own daily "thanks" journal.


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Pueblo Chieftain | June 29, 2018 | Unions expected setback from Supreme Court
Public-employee unions were stung by the U.S. Supreme Court decision this week barring them from collecting dues from non-member workers, but it was not unexpected, according to Hilary Glasgow, executive director of the Colorado WINS union for state employees.
"We've seen (this decision) coming for a long time," Glasgow told a small Pueblo audience of both public union employees and local candidates for office. "But we're not giving up. Where unions are strong, everyone benefits from higher pay and benefits."
She was referring to the 5-4 high court ruling this week that collecting union dues from non-member employees was unconstitutional.


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Automated Testing in Embedded Software – Why?
Automated testing in embedded software has many benefits. When implemented in your organization it can:
- Reduce the number of bugs discovered late in the development cycle.
- Help you refactor your code with confidence.
- Reduce recovery time for post-production failures.
- Improve time to market and build a more productive R&D cycle.
- Increase features delivery and drives business initiatives.
Yes, it sounds promising, and it is! (check out the transformation HP made)
In this blog post, we'll discuss the five steps you must go through to move from manual to automated testing in embedded software. I'll try to help you make it fast and easy.
Let's start then.
1. Internal evangelism
As with any transformation, this transformation starts with convincing the decision makers, stakeholders, and developers (they must be your allies). From my experience, this is the hardest and the most significant task.
People are accustomed to their old methodologies and beliefs.
From the decision maker and stakeholders, you'll be hearing a lot of:
- What's the ROI of test automation?
- Do you want me to stop developing features and build a testing infrastructure?
- Let's start on the next project.
- We must focus all our effort on the current version.
- I don't have the personnel to start a test automation initiative.
- Why fix it if it's not broken?
From developers and test engineers, you'll get a lot of:
- Automating tests on the physical hardware is hard.
- I don't have enough testing equipment for the job.
- How am I going to trigger physical inputs of an embedded device?
- We have a noisy environment; I can't rely on the output as it's not consistent.
- There's no proper testing infrastructure for embedded systems.
- Hardware is flaky and noisy – how are you going to automate on non-stable hardware?
In my last position, I was the CEO of an embedded systems startup company. I was focused on features delivery and suffered from production bugs all the time. But only when a production bug almost shut down our business, I understood that test automation is a must-have – no matter the initial investment.
If you'd like to convince the decision makers in your organization, show them some devastating outcomes for software bugs, studies on the ROI of test automation and continuous integration and successful case studies, or tell them to contact me! And… don't forget to learn about tools and frameworks for automated testing in embedded software that are specific to your domain. When pitching to decision makers, you must come prepared.
To handle the R&D team concerns some of the essentials are in the next steps. Stay tuned to our next posts for more information.
2. Automatic builds
Every big revolution starts with a first step. In my opinion, it must be an easy one. The first step for test automation is automated builds. Here you need to have a script that upon a specific Git event will issue a build task for your code and will report the result. This simple step will let you know if your changed code can compile and produce an executable. This executable will also become handy on the next steps of your test automation process.
When you show your peers and decision makers a report of all the automated builds, they'll start seeing the bigger picture. Use the posts below to learn how to set up automated build process:
- Four tools for automated build in embedded software.
- nRF52 build server – how to setup?
- STM32 build server – how to setup?
3. Small and automated test cases
The next step is building three types of tests. Note that these tests must be small, have reproducible inputs and consistent results. Remember, in this phase, we aim for small successes with minimum risk of failure. The test types will be:
- Unit test – choose one unit, mock the interfaces, automate the test execution.
- Black box test (for your embedded device) – choose a flow you want to cover, trigger the inputs, monitor the outputs, automated the test execution.
- System test (embedded device with the backend and other components) – choose one flow you want to cover from your backend to your device, trigger a scenario, record the outcome, automate the test execution.
This is the first tricky step, it will require the building of a small testing infrastructure but it worth your time!
If you are using Segger tools and want to learn how to use it for test automation in embedded software, read here.
4. Build an automated report system
You now have an automated build and three test cases that run automatically upon specific Git events. The next step will be to build a reporting system. This reporting system can be an email being sent after each run with the status of each step – again start with something small that doesn't require much effort. As I already noted think fast, think easy.
With a reporting system in place, you, your team and the decision makers can get a visual notification of how each code change is affecting the quality of the system.
5. Zero tolerance to a failing test
This step is more of a mindset change. To start with test automation you and your organization must get used to fixing the code or the test when a test is failing. I can't emphasize enough on how important this is – this is something you must practice. False positives and flaky tests are the main reason your team members will reject the use of automation. If you start cutting corners here, your entire automated test initiative will fall.
Let's Recap
In this blog post, I've covered the five must-have steps towards an organizational change from manual to automated testing in embedded software. I've not covered the tools yet, but I did cover practical methods you can start with. The goal here is to show your organization a better way of testing embedded systems. To learn about the tools, stay tuned – it will be covered in my next posts.
On a personal note, back in in the time when I lead an embedded systems company, I wish that someone from my R&D team would have pushed the initiative of test automation.
Now it's up to you to drive this change (from there you can move to continuous integration)!


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The roof of the Burrda Sport Stand at Franklin's Gardens has been home to a flurry of activity this week with the installation of 200 solar panels.
The panels have been installed as Northampton Saints makes the move towards a smaller carbon footprint and a greener future for Franklin's Gardens.
Once installation has been completed by Buckingham-based SolarTech, the 200 panels will, between them, generate 50kW of electricity for every hour of sunshine.
This is not the first 'green' initiative to be utilised by the Saints. The Franklin's Gardens lake, which was a major feature of the Weedon Road site back in the days when it was a Victorian pleasure gardens, provides David Powell and his groundstaff with their irrigation water for the club's pitches. And when the rain does fall, the drainage system is designed to feed water back into the lake.
Chief executive Allan Robson says that looking at renewable energy is important for a club like the Saints.
"We're fortunate to have our own stadium, rather than having to groundshare, so we can explore options that will benefit the club in the longer-term," he commented. "In an era when electricity prices are continuing to rise, looking into alternatives which generate renewable energy is something which makes a lot of sense.
"The Burrda Sport Stand was the perfect location, and the technicians from SolarTech tell us that they have rarely worked on a better site for solar panels. The stand is one of the highest buildings in the area, so it doesn't come under that much shade, and on clear days like we've had this week it has direct sunlight for the vast majority of the day.
"Of course we know that the weather will change, but these solar panels have been installed with a long-term view and we're very happy to be reducing our carbon footprint in the process."


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JIRA Reference: https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-587 (see also https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-429)
Proposed: (from original issue DS-429) "The current implementation of tombstoning does not appear to show any item information in the tombstone. To extend the metaphor, it would be good to provide something along the lines of "Here lies item [title of item]", rather than a blank/generic tombstone -- or at least have the option to do so. We implemented a local customization that does two things. First, it continues to display metadata for the item, while preventing access to the downloadable bitstreams. This alerts the requestor that they have indeed arrived at the right place. Second, it allows the administrator to choose from a menu of withdrawal messages -- stored in dc.description.withdrawalreason so it's customizable after the fact -- that displays in the "Files in This Item" block.
Here are some examples in our system:
Our standard phrases are "Removed from view by legal order." (haven't had to use that one yet!), "Removed from view by the University of Michigan," and "Removed from view at request of the author."
DCAT review: While we rarely withdraw content, when we do, it's always been a problem that there is not a way to notify the public why an item was withdrawn. I believe that adding a reason would allow better trust of the repository (i.e. the item hasn't just been withdrawn for a random reason). Also, we sometimes have duplicate items deposited and tend to withdraw a duplicate item. It would be useful to be able to include a link to the remaining item. This would also be true for items that are withdrawn because a final copy has been made available.
The ticket is already assigned to Jose Blanco (University of Michigan) who developed a patch for this for the jspui at Michigan. I don't know though if that is still a current assignment.
DCAT initial assessment: Relevant; High priority
Next steps: I think that we need to restart the discussion with the committers about this change. There are some added complications that were added by the committers (see the JIRA ticket) so I think it's worth a conversation about where this sits.
- If you agree with the above assessment and have no additional comments, you can simply respond with a +1.
- If you disagree but have no comments, a -1 works, and if you have no opinion at all, 0 is fine. (And encouraged, since that means we know you've had a chance to weigh in.)
- If you do have comments or other ideas, you're not limited to the numbers, of course. So please do share your thoughts!
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+1 (with an obvious bias; I agree that additional discussion with committers is a good idea)
I had a conversation with Tim Donohue about this on Friday. He suggested that it would be helpful to pull together the comments from JIRA and develop a better set of requirements.
+1 -- this has obvious good karma. This would be great to implement.
+1 We definitely have a need for this at Dryad.


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Ah, Frank. What can we say about him that hasn't been said already? No, seriously. When Frank finally gets around to visiting his father, the town of Highbury already feels like they know all about him…because they've been talking so much about him that he seems almost real. The entire town knows all about him: "Mr. Frank Churchill was one of the boasts of Highbury, and a lively curiosity to see him prevailed, though the compliment was so little returned that he had never been there in his life."
Wait a second, he's never even been to Highbury? Yup. So how does everybody know so much about him? Well, that's one of Austen's brilliant moves: she uses Frank to emphasize how important gossip can be in a small town. No one has ever seen Frank, but everyone's heard about him. And really, that's exactly the same thing. Right?
Here, for example, is Mr. Weston talking about Frank to Emma:"'…you must not be expecting such a very fine young man; you have only had my account you know; I dare say he is really nothing extraordinary:'—though his own sparkling eyes at the moment were speaking a very different conviction." OK, so we don't really hear anything in particular about Frank, but it's precisely this ambiguity that makes him seem so fascinating. At least, that's what Emma thinks.
Let's focus on the word "seems" for a second here: Frank seems to be a lot of things. He seems handsome (OK, we admit, he actually is pretty cute). He seems to be compassionate, witty, the perfect gentleman, and interested in anyone and everyone he meets. In other words, he seems perfect. And like your mother always told you, anything that seems too good to be true…probably is.
But wait – if he's perfect, why does Emma immediately think that he's not quite as wonderful as she imagined him to be? And, more importantly, why does Mr. Knightley hate his guts? Well, we know that Mr. Knightley might be jealous of all that young hotness, but Emma should be head over heels in love. She doesn't even have a good reason for it herself – like she tells the Westons, it's strange that she seems to have fallen out of love with Frank before he got engaged to Jane. Maybe this is a neat coincidence, but we're laying bets that Austen wants us to feel the same way Emma does. If you don't quite trust Frank, but can't put your finger on why that's the case, you're in good company.
Perhaps Frank seems less than ideal because he's totally dependent on his aunt, Mrs. Churchill, for cash. We all understand that a man needs to pay the bills, but, well, let's face it – you can't really respect a man who can't be bothered to work on his own. Or maybe it's because he drives sixteen miles (that's a whole day on horseback, mind you) to get a haircut. Or maybe it's because, now that we think about it, Frank is actually a lot like…Emma. Which makes you wonder why Emma is so likeable, doesn't it? Let's set that thought aside for a second, though, and return to Frank.
Frank is, in many ways, the perfect gentleman. He's accomplished (meaning that he can sing with Emma and ride with Mr. Knightley) and he's obviously smart (although he seems to be directing all those smarts at getting Jane to conceal their engagement). He's got street smarts, too – he can charm his way into just about anything. For all that intelligence, though, he doesn't realize how much pain he's putting Jane through – or how flirty he may seem to everyone else. Remember Box Hill?
We suspect that Frank enjoys his own sense of humor so much that he can't resist putting people into awkward situations. He continually feeds Emma's witty remarks about Jane and Mr. Dixon, even though he knows that they're completely unfounded – and that they'll probably embarrass Emma (not to mention Jane) once the actual truth come out. In other words, if Emma contains characters which are all variations on the theme of social smarts, Frank's the guy who's got everything figured out…but he never seems to understand the consequences of his knowledge. Perhaps, returning to our question a few paragraphs ago, we can now propose a difference between Frank and Emma's characters. Sure, Frank seems contrite at the very, very end, but only Emma learns that her actions can (and have) hurt others.
In the end, Frank and Jane seem happy together. We here at Shmoop agree with Emma, however – Frank totally doesn't deserve Jane. We're not sure why she stuck with him. Frank can only declare his love once his aunt dies. Perhaps Frank's just a realist. Or perhaps he's a jerk. Either way, he's still charming. And if Emma (and Jane and Mrs. Weston) still like him, we might as well join the love-fest, right?


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In 2010, Diana spoke with CBC Radio about the importance of trees, you can listen to the interview here.
In February 2012, Trees Ontario released A Healthy Dose of Green: A prescription for a healthy population, which "highlights the direct links between the natural environment – especially trees and forests – and human health. These links include the physical, physiological, and rehabilitation benefits of forest environments, the physical activities they promote, and the many ecosystem services they provide."
Trees in the city mitigate the effects of climate change, contribute to water retention, add beauty to our urban landscapes and provide us with food, shade, recreation, and noise barriers. They reduce the amount of dust and pollution in the air and replace them with sweet fragrances and fresh oxygen. Urban trees are homes to a multitude of animal species, supplying food, shelter and habitat year round. Trees are significant and integral components of our urban ecology. Caring for our existing trees and planting more trees will benefit all of us.
In recent years, however, trees have been under attack, by invasive pests like the Emerald Ash Borer, by the effects of climate change, drought and severe storm events, as well as by the increasing number and scale of urban developments that replace natural, treed landscapes with pavement and buildings. It is more important now than ever before that we value the trees in our urban landscape and work to increase their numbers and prevent further degradation of this valuable natural resource.
A social enterprise launching this (fall 2012) harvest season, Hidden Harvest Ottawa will support our urban orchard by connecting tree owners with volunteer harvesters and community agenHidden Harvest Ottawacies who can make good use of the bounty. They will be selling fruit and nut trees for planting this fall to keep on doing their good work.


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Seattle Game Developers and Startups Go Social and Mobile, As Industry Shifts
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since its birth in 1998, may be in good shape, thanks to its diverse strategy of letting some users pay, while others play for free and are supported by advertising—and the company has had some success as of late in distributing games and acting as an ad network for other games. (See the interview I did with founder Alex St. John here.)
There are two main opportunities for startups in all of this, says Early, who is leading the Founder Institute in Seattle, a mentorship program for entrepreneurs. One is pure game development. It has become easier than before to create a game and distribute it through existing social and mobile channels. "If you make a great game, it could take off and go," he says.
The other opportunity is in game infrastructure and services—the technological plumbing that allows games to be developed, played, and shared across different platforms and devices. One example in Seattle is Z2Live, which has developed a free, multiplayer platform for social and casual games on mobile devices like the iPhone, and has raised $4 million from Madrona Venture Group.)
But lately I haven't seen much investment in gaming from locally-based venture capitalists, with the exception of Madrona and Vulcan Capital, which has funded Bellevue, WA-based Smith & Tinker. Early suggests that may be changing. "There is interest from investors," he says. "I have to explain myself a lot less these days. Familiarity breeds desire and investments."
"The quick, easy-to-play games are one of the things that will pull the game development market and industry out of the economic crisis quicker than anything else," Early says. "You can get in and get active with a small group of people, host it on virtual servers, and have a better-than-average shot at making a great business."


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Production using aerial/drone shots
The use of drone cinematography in recent times has opened up a whole new avenue for video projects, from the biggest budgets to the smallest.
Using drones to capture aerial and elevated photos commercial properties, real estate, even golf course and sporting complexes is viable alternative to very expensive helicopter shots.
While drones are coming down in price there's a tendency for the "do it yourselfers" to say "I'll just go out and buy one and slap on a camera an make my own video."
Take it from those who know. Pay the money to get a professional who knows what he or she is doing. The high quality pictures will repay you over and over and do much to enhance your brands' image.
The Video Professionals use drone cinematographer Greg Dunstan whose work, as you can see here, is outstanding.
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I am looking forward to returning to Banff this coming January to present at the 2017 Banff Photography Summit as the Keynote Speaker. Amongst other speakers joining me at the Summit will be Outdoor Photography Canada Magazine's editor Roy Ramsay for which I have been writing and illustrating a feature called 'Discovering Canada' for the last 10 years. Incidentally, there is a great SPECIAL currently offered to new Outdoor Photography Canada Magazine subscribers.
The conference takes place in the beautiful town site of Banff in Banff National Park in Alberta from January 13-15, 2017. Conference organizer Brian Merry has a variety of events planned and you may browse the itinerary and register at the Banff Photography Summit website. Personally, I plan on taking advantage of this conference by taking a little holiday to explore and photograph the beauty of the Majestic Canadian Rockies. I hope to see a few of you at the conference!


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Happy Wednesday! Todays post is this super cute and easy chalk-board mug. I love chalk paint {I mean who doesn't?}. You can do so much with it. The possibilities are endless! I have seen this craft all over Pinterest and have wanted to try it for some time now. So when I found these mugs at Michael's, I knew I had to share it.
-Chalk paint
-Decorative Mug {you can get them at any craft store}
-Paint brush
-Damp Washcloth
-Masking Tape
Step one:
Wipe off your mug with a damp cloth.
Step two:
After you clean your mug you want to tape off the section you want to paint.
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="590"] I chose to paint only half of my mug but you can do square, stripes, triangle, etc.[/caption]
Step three:
Now you paint! Apply two coats. One coat vertically and the second horizontally. Allow one hour drying between each coat.
Step four:
Once your mug is completely dry, lightly rub chalk over the entire section you painted. {sorry I don't have a picture for this step}
Now you are finished! You can put flowers, candy, markers {like I did}, or fill it up with treats and give as a gift.
If you try this out I would LOVE to hear about!
By the way I started an Instagram account for my blog! You can find me at nrousch. So go check it out!
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Southwestern News magazine recounts the expansion of seminary's archaeology program
FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS)- The fall issue of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's magazine, Southwestern News, features the seminary's expanding work in the field of biblical archaeology.
Biblical archaeology is an endangered species, Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Seminary said in his introductory letter to the magazine. "Biblical Archaeology is a discipline that for some years has been in serious decline," he said. "Most of our seminaries at one time employed an archaeologist, and these archaeologists in turn made serious contributions to the field of biblical archaeology." The magazine, he writes, captures the growth of the archaeology program at Southwestern.
The magazine recounts the seminary's past involvement in archaeology, represented primarily by former professor George Kelm. It captures the span of the current archaeology program and reports the impact that students and faculty are currently having at Tel Gezer, one of the major archaeological sites in Israel today. It also highlights the value of archaeology to the study of the Bible.
For nearly 30 years, Southwestern Seminary has been home to the Charles D. Tandy Archaeological Museum, located in the seminary's A. Webb Roberts Library. It is one of the greatest benefits to the seminary contributed by George Kelm, professor emeritus of biblical backgrounds and archaeology, and his wife, Linda. In the late 1970s, Kelm and Israeli archaeologist Amihai Mazar uncovered the biblical city of Timnah, known for the Israelite judge Samson. Archaeological finds from Timnah are currently exhibited in the Tandy Museum.
According to Paige Patterson, in his article titled "The Changing Face of Biblical Archaeology," Southwestern's archaeology program began to wane upon Kelm's retirement. It was another example of widespread loss in biblical archaeology.
"What had been lost in all of this was an understanding of what archaeology can produce, and the critical importance for evangelicals, especially Southern Baptists, to remain involved in the discussion and efforts of pursuing archaeology," Patterson said. However, he also announced that Southwestern has begun to take steps to strengthen the emphasis in archaeology once again.
The seminary took their first step in this direction by hiring Steven Ortiz as associate professor of archaeology and biblical backgrounds. He began to teach at the seminary in the fall of 2006. That summer, he reopened excavations at Tel Gezer, which is reported to be among the top five archaeological sites in Israel. Tel Gezer is especially known for King Solomon, who fortified the city (1 Kings 9).
The summer of 2007 marked Southwestern Seminary's first time to sponsor Tel Gezer alongside the Israeli Antiquities Authority. The project was also supported by several consortium members, including Ashland Theological Seminary, Lancaster Bible College, Lycoming College, Marian Eakins Archaeological Museum, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
Southwestern students, such as Clay Jacobson and Dessa Evans, participated in the dig, learning the value of archaeology both for its own sake and for the sake of biblical studies. The magazine reports their experiences and the lessons they learned at Tel Gezer.
The Tel Gezer Excavation Project is only one aspect of Southwestern Seminary's archaeology program. The seminary also offers a Master of Arts in Archaeology and Biblical Studies, one of the few programs of its kind among evangelical schools. The archaeology program at Southwestern will also involve the development of the Tandy Museum, a seminar room and artifact study collection, and conferences on archaeology.
Along with the feature on archaeology, the fall issue of Southwestern News also recounts some key points in the life of the seminary over the past summer: Southwestern students have traveled to countries such as Thailand and Siberia to share the Gospel; the seminary has reached its highest enrollment in the past five years; three former professors and their wives were recognized as L.R. Scarborough Award recipients; and more.
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I have a number of MGF parts I would like to part company with.
I wonder if any of your members would like to come and have a look.
There is a complete car less engine for free plus much more.
Engine short block , headlights, covers, bumpers, bonnet, radiators.
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I paid $1000 for it years ago. I'll put it on TradeMe with a starting bid of $400 but would accept $500 from a MGCC member now.
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The car was a class winner in the 2006 Nationals in Wanaka, a class winner again and second equal overall (only one point behind the winner) in the 2014 National Rally Concours event in Dunedin.
Details of the car are:
Condition: outstanding - it has scored well in local club concours events and National Rally Concours
The car has always been cosseted in a garage, has seldom been driven in the rain and heaven forbid it being driven on unsealed roads. The day the car was purchased it was immediately driven to an authorised agent for full rust proofing treatment. There are no modifications, everything is absolutely original.
The engine was taken out a few years ago to repaint the engine bay and put in a new clutch kit while the engine was out (not that it was required).
There was selective repainting of the body to deal with stone chips etc. It's looking particularly nice. Since the gentle restoration the car would have run less than 250 kms.
Yes, believe it or not this is indeed Russell Walker's car. Most of you will know the car and know its condition and authenticity. Would be one of the best rubber bumper BGT in NZ!
Why is he selling the car you might ask after owning it for 43 years? Well he has never owned a convertible MG and he has a hankering for one before he is too old to enjoy it.Contact Russell Walker on email@example.com or phone 027 309 4634 if you wish to talk to him.
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Car 4. 1957 Austin A95 $13,000 (compact body before A110) uprated 2.9 from 2.6 6cyl motor, twin SU's, starts well, 2 fuel pumps, all wheel cylinders with new s/s sleeves and new shoes, good tyres, new battery and new light green dulon paintwork by G Collett with dark green sash and sun visor. Drives really well with 3.54 diff ratio. Converted from column to floor change 4 speed. Interior un-restored. Very tidy, won 2016 people's choice award at Austin National Rally in New Plymouth, formerly owned by Stuart Dyke from Feilding where Den Williams Austin 4wd mini moke is on display. Has current reg and wof
Car 5. 1955 Austin A90 $6,500 (cow-hip model) 2.6 6cyl 4sp overdrive, no rust for 64 years, unrestored , drives well with 3.9 diff, comes complete with 3 spare gearboxes. Needs bushes in front anti roll bar for wof - reg on hold. Has also twin exhaust pipes same as Healey 3000 and wider 5.5 Chev L10 wheels and has seat covers. Good runner with zenith DD carb.
Contact Andy Lowe email@example.com
MG Midget Parts and Body
2. Complete Rivergate 5 speed conversion kit including,Custom rear engine oil seal eliminates the nasty crankshaft oil leak they all have, 7/8" CNC Clutch slave cylinder and hose, plus Speedo adapter kit for 1.25 ratio used with 3.9 diff. and 1.750 diameter wheel and tire.
To read the reports on the difference this conversion makes go to the MG Experience website. The most common comment is " the best thing I have done to the car".
Syncro on first gear and overdrive. Save hours and hours of searching $4050.00 complete.
A great winter project while increasing the drivability and value of your pride and joy.
Also available 1974 MG Midget body off restoration receipts for $17K available, Ivory colour, many new parts 44000 miles nearly finished. New Lynn Rogers head. $14000.00 the lot.
For either or the total package contact
Richard Mackay
Mob: 021 943 601 or firstname.lastname@example.com
MG Parts for Sale
MG TC Parts:
1 x tow bar - offers
1 x hood header rail and rear rail - no windscreen clips - offers (new price approx $450)
2 x rear axles shafts with splined hubs
(new price approx $150 each)
MGB Parts:
Early MGB pack away hood bows - offers (new price approx $280)
If you have any queries please don't hesitate to contact me.
Contact: Graeme Oxley (Otago MG Club)
or 021 1406981
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This car was raced against Sybil Lupp in the late 1940s and there is a box of trophies won by the original owner, Hugo Hollis.
Bill Baxter raced it at Manfeild in the Whittaker Classic Race meetings and the car was depicted on the MG Race posters for two or three years. Last outing was at at the February 2017 Pre 56 Rally.
Plenty of spares including a brand new hood and side screens still in the box.
Ref: 1703DC
Price $36,000
Contact Gay Baxter
Phone 06 322 0978
Mob 027 279 9399
Wheels and Tyres
4 x MGF VVC wheels and tyres in excellent (unkerbed condition)
2 x 185 kingstars 5 mm tread
2 x 205 kingstars 3mm and 2mm tread
Ref: 1702DC
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Dear CIBRN Members,
Welcome to this year's curriculum!
This year, rather than utilizing structured questions to advance discussions around the changing biosimilar landscape in Canada, we're embracing a recommendation from our 2017 year-end survey, suggesting that we review key articles and perspectives from the literature. As such, we intend to host 4 Virtual ReViews (VRs), as we call them, in 2018.
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text: Q: Who is a Jew? A: Abraham is considered the Father of the Jewish nation. In Genesis, he was called from his birthplace to follow God. His descendants were originally called Hebrews from the Hebrew word "avar" or "pass over," because the children of Israel passed over the Jordan into the Promised Land. The word "Jew" comes from the Hebrew name "Judah" who was one of Jacob's 12 sons. It means "praise." Religious Jews today consider a person Jewish if they have Jewish mother or formal process of conversion conditioned on rabbinical laws. According to Jewish thought, being Jewish has nothing to do with what you believe or what you do. A Jew can be an atheist or a Buddhist and still be Jewish. That is why the MJBI believes that Jewish person does not need to become a "Christian" to become a follower of Jesus. "As many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name" [John 1:12]. For more information: "Can a Jew Believe in Jesus and Remain Jewish?" "Jewish and Christian: Can it Be?" Q: Who are Messianic Jews? A: Messianic Jews are Jews who have come to faith in Jesus as their Messiah. They call him Yeshua, meaning salvation in Hebrew. They retain their Jewish identity, lifestyle and practice but fully embrace the virgin-birth of Yeshua, his death, resurrection, and ascension. They accept him as the Jewish people's long awaited Messiah and Redeemer of Israel and all nations. Messianic Jews challenge the idea that when Jews come to faith in Yeshua that they should become Christians. Q: Why do Messianic Jews call Jesus "Yeshua?" A: Names are important. Everyone loves to be called by his/her given name or nickname. Using a person's correct name is a sign of relationship. Yeshua is the name that Jesus used when he lived here on earth, and Scripture tells us that it is much more than that—there is power in his name when two or three agree and pray in his name. The Hebrew language is very important the Jewish people; it is very difficult to separate their language, culture, and traditions. Although Hebrew is spoken in Israel today as a modern language, it is still and a tongue with ancient roots and a strong liturgical history. When a Jewish person comes to embrace the revelation of Yeshua, his name in Hebrew becomes sweeter, more intimate. Yeshua comes from the root word in Hebrew that means salvation. Another name from the same root is Joshua. Q: Why should Christians be concerned about the Jewish roots of our faith? A: Some Jews and Christians are stunned to discover that Jesus, the disciples of Jesus, and the apostles were Jewish. In fact, the first followers of Christianity were Jewish—although it wasn't called "Christianity" then! After the resurrection and ascension of Jesus, Greeks and Gentiles were added to the body of believers who embraced Jesus, but the first followers were Jews in every respect. Christianity and Judaism seem to be polar opposites, but Christian belief and lifestyle and practice is rooted in Judaism. Christians owe a debt of gratitude to the Jewish people. They gave us our Savior, the Bible, the patriarchs, the Ten Commandments, and the inspirational example of Jewish family tradition and blessings through the ages. Q: What is Christian anti-Semitism? A: In the early years after the ascension of Jesus and as Messianic Judaism began to grow, Gentile believers rejected Jewish believers. Sometimes they called them heretics because they continued to live as Jews, with Jewish traditions and practice. Things are biblical and generally not contrary to Scripture. e. g. the observance of Shabbat, and the keeping of the Jewish holidays, etc. This misunderstanding caused a huge barrier to grow between the Gentile Christians and Jews for centuries, causing thousands of Jews to be persecuted and killed at the hands of Christians. It culminated in the Holocaust in Europe in the 1940s. Although the world grew aware and sometimes ashamed, and especially Germany, for the deeds of the Holocaust; it certainly has not stopped anti-Semitism. It is on the rise in almost every country around the globe. It has a new name, "Anti-Zionism" and is perpetrated by new ethnic groups that claim to that Israel does not have the right to exist. But it is still against the Jewish people, and it is the same old battle. Believers in Jesus are admonished to bless the Jewish people. There is a blessing that comes with promise and a curse that comes with its disregard. Genesis 12: 1-3 tells us that God will bless those that bless Israel and curse those who do not. Q: How can I bless the Jewish people? A: Seven ways to bless the Jewish people: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Pray for Jewish believers living in Israel and around the world. Pray for God to bring Jewish people into your pathway. Learn about Jewish holidays. Tell your family and friends why they should stand with Israel. Stand against all forms of anti-Semitism in the church and outside. Give to Jewish poor and support Jewish ministries who believe that Jesus is the Messiah around the world. Q: Is Jesus the Jewish Messiah? A: Jews and Gentiles, even Muslims, say that Jesus was a good rabbi, a good teacher, a great prophet or an inspirational, historical figure. After the passing of more than 2,000 years, Jesus remains as controversial as he did in the first century. We at the MJBI believe that Jesus is exactly who he said he was. He is the way the truth and the life, as documented in Scripture and confirmed by the experiences of both thousands of Jewish and Gentile believers through the centuries. According to Scripture: Jesus was born of a virgin. Matthew 1:22-23 fulfills Isaiah 7:14. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Matthew 2:4-6 fulfills Micah 5:2. Jesus was from the line of David. Luke 3 fulfills Jeremiah 23:5, 33:17; Ezekiel 34:23-24; II Sam. 7:14; I Chr. 17:11-14, 22:9-10, 28:4-6. Jesus' side was pierced on the cross. John 19:33-37 fulfills Zechariah 12:10. Jesus was the Suffering Servant. John 12:37-38; Acts 8:30-35; 1 Peter 2:21-25 fulfill Isaiah 52-53. Jesus was God. John 8:58 fulfills Isaiah 9:6. Here are a few links to help answer questions: What Proof Do You Have the Jesus was the Messiah? How Can Jesus be the Messiah if He Didn't Bring Peace? Did Jesus Rise From the Dead? Videos: "Is Jesus the Jewish Messiah?" by Dr. Michael Brown and Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Part I and Part II Q: If Jesus is the Jewish Messiah, why don't more Jews believe in him? A: Through the centuries ten of thousands of Jews have come to believe in Jesus as their Messiah. In fact, a conservative guess of Israel alone is that there are over 15,000 Messianic Jewish believers. If Jews do not accept Jesus, they have not taken time to study for themselves the facts on his life, history, and legacy. Here are some book suggestions: "Who is Jesus?" by Dr. Michael Brown "There Must be Something More" by Sid Roth "They Thought for Themselves" by Sid Roth "Yeshua Who is He? By Dr. Michael Brown "Jewish Objections to Jesus" (4 volumes) by Dr. Michael Brown Video: Messianic Jewish believers in Israel Q: Why are Jewish people so successful? A: The Lord had said to Abram, "Leave your native country, your relatives, and your father's family, and go to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation. I will bless you and make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others. I will bless those who bless you and curse those who treat you with contempt. All the families on earth will be blessed through you Genesis 12:1-3. More In reality the Jewish people have become a blessing to all the families on earth! Here are a few statistics: The Global Jewish population is approximately 14,000,000 FOURTEEN MILLION or about 0.02% of the world's population. They have received the following Nobel Prizes: Literature: 1910 – Paul Heyse 1927 – Henri Bergson 1958 – Boris Pasternak 1966 – Shmuel Yosef Agnon 1966 – Nelly Sachs 1976 – Saul Bellow 1978 – Isaac Bashevis Singer 1981 – Elias Canetti 1987 – Joseph Brodsky 1991 – Nadine Gordimer World Peace: 1911 – Alfred Fried 1911 – Tobias Michael Carel Asser 1968 – Rene Cassin 1973 – Henry Kissinger 1978 – Menachem Begin 1986 – Elie Wiesel 1994 – Shimon Peres 1994 – Yitzhak Rabin Physics: 1905 – Adolph Von Baeyer 1906 – Henri Moissan 1907 – Albert Abraham Michelson 1908 – Gabriel Lippmann 1910 – Otto Wallach 1915 – Richard Willstaetter 1918 – Fritz Haber 1921 – Albert Einstein 1922 – Niels Bohr 1925 – James Franck 1925 – Gustav Hertz 1943 – Gustav Stern 1943 – George Charles de Hevesy 1944 – Isidor Issac Rabi 1952 – Felix Bloch 1954 – Max Born 1958 – Igor Tamm 1959 – Emilio Segre 1960 – Donald A. Glaser 1961 – Robert Hofstadter 1961 – Melvin Calvin 1962 – Lev Davidovich Landau 1962 – Max Ferdinand Perutz 1965 – Richard Phillips Feynman 1965 – Julian Schwinger 1969 – Murray Gell-Mann 1971 – Dennis Gabor 1972 – William Howard Stein 1973 – Brian David Josephson 1975 – Benjamin Mottleson 1976 – Burton Richter 1977 – Ilya Prigogine 1978 – Arno Allan Penzias 1978 – Peter L Kapitza 1979 – Stephen Weinberg 1979 – Sheldon Glashow 1979 – Herbert Charle s Brown 1980 – Paul Berg 1980 – Walter Gilbert 1981 – Roald Hoffmann 1982 – Aaron Klug 1985 – Albert A. Hauptman 1985 – Jerome Karle 1986 – Dudley R. Herschbach 1988 – Robert Huber 1988 – Leon Lederman 1988 – Melvin Schwartz 1988 – Jack Steinberger 1989 – Sidney Altman 1990 – Jerome Friedman 1992 – Rudolph Marcus 1995 – Martin Perl 2000 – Alan J. Heeger Economics: 1970 – Paul Anthony Samuelson 1971 – Simon Kuznets 1972 – Kenneth Joseph Arrow 1975 – Leonid Kantorovich 1976 – Milton Friedman 1978 – Herbert A. Simon 1980 – Lawrence Robert Klein 1985 – Franco Modigliani 1987 – Robert M. Solow 1990 – Harry Markowitz 1990 – Merton Miller 1992 – Gary Becker 1993 – Robert Fogel Medicine: 1908 – Elie Metchnikoff 1908 – Paul Erlich 1914 – Robert Barany 1922 – Otto Meyerhof 1930 – Karl Landsteiner 1931 – Otto Warburg 1936 – Otto Loewi 1944 – Joseph Erlanger 1944 – Herbert Spencer Gasser 1945 – Ernst Boris Chain 1946 – Hermann Joseph Muller 1950 – Tadeus Reichstein 1952 – Selman Abra ham Waksman 1953 – Hans Krebs 1953 – Fritz Albert Lipmann 1958 – Joshua Lederberg 1959 – Arthur Kornberg 1964 – Konrad Bloch 1965 – Francois Jacob 1965 – Andre Lwoff 1967 – George Wald 1968 – Marshall W. Nirenberg 1969 – Salvador Luria 1970 – Julius Axelrod 1970 – Sir Bernard Katz 1972 – Gerald Maurice Edelman 1975 – Howard Martin Temin 1976 – Baruch S. Blumberg 1977 – Roselyn Sussman Yalow 1978 – Daniel Nathans 1980 – Baruj Benacerraf 1984 – Cesar Milstein 1985 – Michael Stuart Brown 1985 – Joseph L. Goldstein 1986 – Stanley Cohen [& Rita Levi-Montalcini] 1988 – Gertrude Elion 1989 – Harold Varmus 1991 – Erwin Neher 1991 – Bert Sakmann 1993 – Richard J. Roberts 1993 – Phillip Sharp 1994 – Alfred Gilman 1995 – Edward B. Lewis TOTAL: ONE HUNDRED & TWENTY NINE Q: What did Albert Einstein think about Jesus? A: Albert Einstein's mental prowess made him an icon for the disciplines of Science. As a Jew, Einstein had distinct views on Jesus, the New Testament, and the Church. Below is a clip of an interview from the Saturday Evening Post, October 26, 1929: "To what extent are you influenced by Christianity?" "As a child I received instruction both in the Bible and in the Talmud. I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene." "Have you read Emil Ludwig's book on Jesus?" "Emil Ludwig's Jesus is shallow. Jesus is too colossal for the pen of phrasemongers, however artful. No man can dispose of Christianity with a bon mot [a witty remark]." "You accept the historical existence of Jesus?" "Unquestionably! No one can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life." In a letter to the Episcopal Bishop Edward R. Wells in 1945, Einstein wrote concerning the behavior of the Christian Church during the Holocaust. "Being a lover of freedom… I looked to the universities to defend it, knowing that they had always boasted of their devotion to the cause of truth; but, no, the universities immediately were silenced. Then I looked to the great editors of the newspapers whose flaming editorials in days gone by had proclaimed their love of freedom; but they, like the universities, were silenced in a few short weeks. Only the church stood squarely across the path of Hitler's campaign for suppressing the truth. I never had any special interest in the church before, but now I feel a great affection and admiration because the church alone has had the courage and persistence to stand for intellectual truth and moral freedom. I am forced to confess that what I once despised I now praise unreservedly" ~Baltimore Evening Sun, April 13, 1979. This is one Jew's view of Jesus. I am aware there are many views of Jesus in the Jewish world. Some despise Him, some admire Him from a far, some secretly believe, and some radically follow Him. The prophet Zechariah said of his own people that someday "They will mourn Him whom they pierced…" Jew or gentile, all our sins have pierced Him. It seems that Einstein was "almost persuaded" to believe in Jesus as King Agrippa in the book of Acts. In his "enthrallment with the luminous Nazarene," I wonder if Einstein ever considered "that He was pierced?"