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Dakoda Armstrong Martinsville Speedway Advance
Tough Time Away: After just over a month off from racing, the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competitors will head back into battle this weekend at Martinsville Speedway. With a short-lived appearance at Daytona in February to put behind him, ThorSport Racing rookie Dakoda Armstrong is more than ready to get back behind the wheel.
"The hardest part about having so many off weeks at the beginning of the season, besides watching everyone else race on TV while sitting on the couch, is just feeling rusty once you do get back to the track. It's really hard to build and carry any momentum even if you have a good run somewhere because you're just sitting around and waiting.
"I did recently get back into iRacing and bought a new steering wheel mostly out of boredom, but at least I'm getting some kind of practice on the tracks that I haven't been to before," Armstrong said.
Sandusky Testing: Preparing a brand new chassis for this weekend, the No. 98 EverFi team and Armstrong visited Sandusky Speedway last week with their new Toyota Tundra to work out some kinks and test some setups. Though Sandusky isn't exactly like Martinsville, the test proved beneficial.
"I'm happy we were able to work out the kinks in this new Tundra before they happened at the track when it really counts," Armstrong explained. "We were able to get the truck to rotate and get good drive off, so we should have a good baseline to start with this weekend."
Come Say 'Hi': Armstrong and his ThorSport Racing teammates Matt Crafton and Johnny Sauter will be appearing at the NCWTS autograph session this weekend in Martinsville. The session will be held on Friday, March 30th from 4:00-5:00 PM ET by the track's main ticket office outside the track behind Richard Petty Tower.
A Look Back: In his eighth career NCWTS attempt for ThorSport Racing, Dakoda Armstrong qualified 18th in his No. 98 EverFi Toyota Tundra at Daytona International Speedway for the NextEra Energy Resources 250. Pleased with his truck from the drop of the green, picked his way through the field towards the front with little to no drafting help. Armstrong's climb would come to a halt unexpectedly as a lapped truck spun directly in front of him on lap 18. In an attempt to avoid the other truck, Armstrong's Tundra spun as well and brushed the wall. Enough damage was done in the incident to eventually end the team's night short of the scheduled distance and relegated Armstrong to a 35th place finish.
Dakoda Armstrong on Martinsville Speedway
This will be your first trip to Martinsville. What are your goals for your debut?
"I really just want us to have a strong day. It's a different type of racing at Daytona and seems like forever since we've been to a short track. We're still building this team and we have a lot of new guys and a new truck, so staying out of trouble and bringing the EverFi Tundra home in good shape with a solid finish would be a huge momentum builder for us."
What are your keys to short-track success from your past experiences?
"It's important to not make any mistakes at short tracks like Martinsville because everyone is fighting for the bottom and you can easily get freight trained on restarts or if you get stuck in the high line. Even though we had a good test at Sandusky and I've raced at other short tracks, there's no other track that we run on that's quite like Martinsville so I'm excited to get there. "
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If you are like me, and dive around websites that offer data entry jobs or related, either work from home or locally, you may have come across some listings like this one on career builder.
It does specify survey in the description, so there was no misdirection here, but once I clicked on the listing, I was given the impression that the job was through USASurveyJobs. Once I tried to apply, however, I have redirected toward Opinion Outpost, which is another questionable survey site, that advertises the ability to make money via surveys. USASurveyJobs was nowhere to be seen or heard from again.
Also Read: EasyCash4Ads Review – Don't Fall For This Cash Gifting Scheme
So I did some digging to find the company
USASurveyJobs is actually a non-secured website that shares information about other survey sites so you can sign up for them. So far that does sound legit, right?
Not so fast.
Because what USASurveyJobs is not telling you is, is that the only way to make actual real money from these survey sites (and that goes for most survey sites) is, to get people signed up to those sites.
You see, USASurveyJobs makes money of the referral to those sites, which in itself is not a bad thing. However, it is not clear that they make money like this, unless you click on the individual posts, which have a small disclaimer at the end of the post, stating that they may have been paid for there opinion. Nowhere in the listing mentioned above – that redirected me from CareerBuilder to Opinion Outpost was any affiliation mentioned.
This practice is at best questionable, and unethical.
The sad part is, that Survey sites on their own, are not a scam. They are by far not a good way to make more than pennies, unless you want to do something similar (with hopefully more disclosure) than USASurvey did, and direct people toward those sites, however, they are legit. Also, survey sites like Opinion Outpost and Fusion Cash, often share surveys with you to complete, that after entering some information, you are told you no longer qualify. This, of course, it a big waste of your time, but again, there is nothing fishy about the entire process, it is simply an inefficient way to make any money.
What you should do instead
If you are only looking to make a few dollars here and there – which is what I hope you have in mind, if you are looking at survey sites, then join web testing sites instead. I am not affiliated with any of them, however, I have made as much as 400 Dollars within a month, just simply participating in those tests, in my spare time. If you are willing to do live tests (meaning, testing a website, while being on camera with a representative of the company that the website belongs to), you can make even more. These moderated tests pay anywhere from 30 to 60 Dollars, and the most time I have ever spent on a test has been 1 hour.
You can read more about my experience with Website testing here.
In my opinion, USASurveyJobs.com itself is not a scam, however, they have questionable practices that makes me not trust them. Survey jobs, in general, do not make you more than a few dollars every few weeks (the most I have ever made was 40 Dollars over a three month period), so they are pretty much a waste of time. Join a legit company like UserTesting to make some extra cash, that actually adds up to something.
However, if you are looking for an actual way to make start a more consistent income than you should learn more about Affiliate Marketing.
Read: The Cons Of Affiliate Marketing
You can check out this free starter course, that will talk you through finding a niche, and setting up your own website to get you started. Completely free.
However, if you do sign up for the premium membership (no obligation), I will get a small commission if you use any link to that platform on this site. In return, you will have access to me, and I will personally assist you on your journey to becoming an affiliate marketer. This offer only applies to those signing up via the links on this site, and if you are a premium member
What are your experiences with survey sites? Have you ever actually made any money from them? If so, how long did it take you to do so? Leave your comment below!

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The U.S. Air Force has agreed to buy four Cessna Caravans in a $12.4 million contract that further cements the 208's reputation as a versatile and rugged multi-role aircraft.
The deal, which includes training for 16 pilots and 14 maintainers to be conducted at Cessna's Wichita facilities, stems from the Special Defense Acquisition Fund, set up to allow for the transfer of aircraft and services to international allies.
Cessna 208B Caravans have proven a popular trainer in various areas throughout the world, including both Iraq and Afghanistan, where the aircraft's 675 shp turboprop engine meets the demands of the country's high-altitude terrain well. Iraq has even used some of the aircraft for reconnaissance missions and as attack vehicles after outfitting them with Hellfire missiles.
The new contract, to be fulfilled by November 2013, follows a July 2011 deal won by Cessna that included the sale of 26 Caravans slated for Afghanistan.


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These pancakes are a bit life changing.
I know I've touched on this before, but like, I am obsessed with breakfast food. No joke. I want all the breakfast foods, sweet or savory, all the time. Eggs, pancakes, waffles, hash. You say the words and I am SO. GAME. What makes that hard is most breakfast food is hard to take to work, ya know? And I am at work for a considerable portion of my week. So even if I want breakfast food for lunch (aka, that is most days) it is damn near impossible to make my dreams a reality.
If you've ever had a cold fried egg, you now exactly what I am talking about.


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We provide mounting crane services across Southern Finland, along with transport services with our platform fleet across the Nordic countries. Our range of services also includes swap bodies, hauling, and storage & space rental.
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We want to leave a lasting impression as a high-quality, safe and reliable supplier. We take pride in showcasing our beautiful, well-maintained vehicles on the road. At the site, you will be greeted by our friendly professional with a presentable appearance – with customer satisfaction at heart.
We always welcome your feedback. If you have any lingering concerns, please contact us and we'll sort it out. And when you have a good experience, please spread the good word!
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- Established in 1987 as Eilola Ky with just one mobile crane.
- The first truck with a loading crane purchased in 1998.
- Current name adopted & rearranged as a joint-stock company in 2006.
- Mobile cranes sold to E. Helaakoski Oy in 2007.
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- Profitable growth
- To be best-in-industry in safety culture and quality
- Maintain a dedicated fleet of premium vehicles
- To be the most desirable employer in our industry


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Source: American Policy Center
You and I both know the United Nations is the greatest threat to freedom in the world. In fact, it's a tyrannical global threat.
- Agenda 21.
- The destruction of our public schools.
- Massive government corruption.
- Attacks on the free enterprise system.
- Social engineering.
- Propping up brutal dictators.
- And much more…
Yet our government continues to treat the UN like a sacred cow. Immune from criticism. Protected. The very idea of doing away with the UN is not even a question to be considered in today's political debates.
As a result of this coddling of the UN too many people in this country still believe that the UN is vital to protect us from wars and poverty.
Of course the exact opposite is true. Since the UN was created we have had more wars than any time in history. And we have more poor every day.
It's the UN's fault!
I have to tell you very bluntly – I am sick of it!
And I know you are, too.
Do you want to do something about it? I have an idea. And it's dramatic!
Picture this:
The U.S. Congress is holding a hearing on the UN to consider if our nation should end its membership.
What if there were several experts to testify – detailing the dangers of the UN! Exposing how the UN is a massive fraud that forces its global agenda on nations; creates poverty and suffering in the world; and wastes billions of dollars every year as it gives power to dangerous despots and terrorists.
Can you imagine the impact that would have across the nation?
But…you say… it will never happen!
I disagree. In fact, I think the timing has never been better!
Let me explain why I think this is true.
We have a major tool to help us get those dramatic hearings.
Congressman Mike Rogers from Alabama has introduced H.R. 193, the American Sovereignty Restoration Act. This bill calls for ending American membership in the United Nations.
This Bill is our chance to demand those hearings and expose the UN.
H.R. 193 has been sent to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
It's the duty of the Foreign Affairs Committee to consider the bill and pass it on to the full House for a vote. It is in this committee where our hearing can and should be heard!
With enough pressure we can force the committee to hold the hearings.
Will you help me make that happen? Here's how.
I have enclosed a special document. It's called the "Citizen's Appeal for Legislative Consideration." This document calls on the Committee on Foreign Affairs to hold the hearings.
Will you please sign your copy of the Appeal? I need thousands of these quickly. So, if you can also share this email with friends and family - perhaps your local Tea Party group – we can make this happen.
Let me level with you.
The reason bills like H.R. 193 rarely get any attention in Congress is because our side doesn't apply pressure on Members of Congress. But the other side does. They pile on the phone calls and letters and make certain Congress won't even consider any idea like getting out of the UN.
But things are a bit different right now in Washington – perhaps you've noticed. President Trump is fighting this left wing establishment with everything he has. He has even demanded that we cut our UN payments by 50%.
It's been a long time since we had a President this determined to put Americans first. Now is our chance to get rid of our greatest threat – the UN.
Congressman Rogers has taken a brave step forward for us by introducing H.R 193. He even has 7 co-sponsors of the Bill – each willing to stand up against the UN.
These co-sponsors include Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona; Rep. Walter Jones of North Carolina; Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri; Rep. Jimmy Duncan of Tennessee; Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida; Rep. Raul Labrador of Idaho; and Rep. Alex Mooney of West Virginia.
If any of these Representatives are from your state please send them a note and thank them.
But the news is even better.
The House committee on Foreign Affairs has 26 Republicans and 21 Democrats serving on it.
These include Rep. Jeff Duncan from South Carolina and Rep. Dana Rohrabacher from California.
I know both of these Representatives and can tell you they are two of the most conservative and pro-American Members serving in Congress.
If you and I can raise enough of a ruckus by putting strong pressure on the Foreign Affairs Committee, then I know Rep. Duncan and Rep. Rohrabacher will lead the way to assure the right questions are asked and the truth will be exposed to the American people.
Image how dramatic that will be!
You and I can make it happen. But we must act today while the "iron is hot" as they say.
First, please help me send thousands of these "Citizen's Appeal for Legislative Consideration" to Committee Chairman Ed Royce's to demand that he schedule a hearing on H.R. 193.
Second, along with this email I have included the names of all of the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Please call and/or write to each of them to demand hearings on the American Sovereignty Restoration Act.
America needs to know the truth about the UN. The Congress needs to fully discuss the details of this bill and expose the danger and corruption of the United Nations.
Will you please help me lead this effort and get thousands more of these documents signed to apply maximum pressure on the Committee?
Your contribution to my American Policy Center (APC) is vital to help me do that. If you can send as much as $100, $50, or even $25 it will make an incredible difference in my ability to fight. But whatever amount, I need it today.
We can win this fight and pass this vital legislation. I know for a fact that the majority of the American people do not support the United Nations.
Let me tell you why I know that.
Just a few years ago I worked side by side with Congressman Ron Paul to pass his version of the American Sovereignty Restoration Act.
APC generated over one million petitions. We even sponsored a Capitol Hill News conference that featured Rep. Paul and was carried live on CSPAN. Several other major organizations joined my efforts to pass the bill. I was even invited to England to debate the UN issue before a 200-year-old debating society at Cambridge University.
As our campaign grew polls were taken showing that more than 60% of Americans wanted us out of the UN.
What happened? The 9/11 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center. Congress panicked and all of our hard work was lost.
Now you and I have a new chance to win the fight. We have a President who opposes the UN and would surely sign H.R 193.
England has shocked the world by leaving the European Union – sending shock waves to the UN as Globalism is finally coming under attack.
That's why now is our time to strike.
As I said in my debate at Cambridge, "The United Nations is not 'dysfunctional' as some 'reformists' have claimed. It is a criminal enterprise in which no moral nation should ever participate, let alone perpetuate.
Help me force Congress to hold the hearings that will reveal the truth!
In Liberty,
Tom DeWeese
American Policy Center


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Creative Critical Reflection 3
This is our CCR3.
Creative Critical Reflection 2
This is our CCR2.
Creative Critical Reflection 1
This is my CCR 1. The title of this CCR is: "How do your products use or challenge conventions and how do they represent social groups or issues?"
Evaluation of Web Design Application
The below screenshot shows our home page of the website that we have produced to go alongside our music video and digipak. Our website was created on Wix and we learnt several new skills on this online platform.
When initially creating our website we began with a blank template then I added several pages and titled them as shown above. A preset navigation bar was available for me to drag onto the page and as I did this the different navigation buttons each became the titles of my pages. It is vital for a website to have a navigation bar in order to provide easy access to all pages of the website whenever requested. The social media links found next to the navigation bar in the top-left of the page are also crucial links to have. It is important for websites to have social media links for interactivity purposes – if audience members want to see more about their star and attempt to form a connection with her, they will almost always look at the artists social media pages to see the types of posts that they put up and to see if they are relatable.
My website also featured an albums & videos page as well as a lyrics page and these showed all of our artists previous work. On the albums page, we created several mock-up digipak covers to illustrate our star as well established, this was important as we wanted our star to be represented as highly relatable with a large fan base. On the lyrics page, we had several landing pages linked to buttons and these landing pages showed us the lyrics of the song named on the button. We also had landing pages linked to our tours page and our albums page as purchasing platforms.
On the final page of our website, we listed several news stories which could be clicked and the audience would be taken to an article, these were again created to encode our star as well-established and popular. Our final page, 'News and Gallery', also featured a slideshow presenting pictures of our star where she appears carefree, this helps to solidify our star image of her as a free-spirited individual.
Production Skills Evaluation 3
Whilst creating our digipak, my group developed several new production skills in a variety of software. For example, as a logo for our digipak, we decided to create a graphic of a compass – as shown below. We chose to use a compass as our logo as it relates to the overall title of our album 'bearings', relating to ship bearings, and it relates to one of the overarching themes of our brand, being lost within your relationships and within yourself. In order to create our compass, we used Adobe Illustrator which neither of us were confident with. The outline of the compass was created simply using the line tool but the lines would not fill in to make the spokes of the compass stand out. In order to overcome this obstacle, we highlighted the entire graphic and used the bucket fill tool to fill in the sections which we wanted to be emphasised.
We have also learnt how to use a new tool on photoshop whilst producing our digipak. This tool is called the 'Camera Raw Filter' tool and it enables us to edit the contrast, exposure, shadows, highlights, whites, blacks, saturation and clarity of an image. We mainly used this tool to add filters onto our images, giving them an overall colder tone before placing them into our digipak document. This colder tone was added to the images in order to portray that our star is feeling isolated and alone – she is lost and unsure of where to turn so she feels coldly towards mainstream society and these fake friendships that she has recently escaped. These tools were not only used to add coloured filters over our images though, if an image was too dark to use but we liked the overall aesthetic of the image, we could increase the exposure to try to brighten up the image and make it suitable for use.
Production Skills Evaluation 2
Throughout my time in media studies I have gained many useful production skills on the programme Premier Pro. We have recently had Lenny who is the Creative Director at Specsavers back in to help us learn some more production skills that we may wish to use when adding the final touches to our music video.
Due to our music video featuring some flashbacks, we felt it was important to ensure that these shots could be distinguished from present time shots, we therefore decided that we should add a transition into these shots and a filter should be overlapped with them so that they would stand out amongst the others. In order to ensure that the filter over all three flashbacks was exactly the same, Lenny taught my group how to add an adjustment layer. This is a colour correcting layer which can be copied and dragged over several different points in a video, it could have even covered the whole video if we had wanted it to, however; we chose to stick to just the flashbacks in order to fully differentiate them as part of the past rather than the present. To create adjustment layer you select 'File' in the top left-hand corner of Premiere Pro, then select 'New', then choose 'Adjustment Layer' from the drop-down menu. Once this has been created, coloured filters can be added to the filter then to drag it and ensure it applies to other sections of the video, you would hold the layer, hold down the alt key then drag away from the layer and this will create a copy of the adjustment layer.
Prior to creating this adjustment layer, we decided that we wanted the coloured filter to have a pink hue, much like the filters used in Clara Mae's music video for 'I'm not her'. We felt that this colour represented flashbacks and had a clear vintage feel to it. In order to add this filter to our adjustment layer, we used the 'Lumetri Colour' tool and messed around with highlights and shadows as well as the colour curves. These tools gave us the opportunity to add warm or cold tones to our video, my partner and I chose to use warm tones to convey the false sense of warmth and friendship that our star had felt towards these girls in the past.
Production Skills Evaluation 1
Whilst planning and producing our music videos, I have learnt some useful production skills on the program Adobe Premier Pro. I have also learnt production skills on the DSLR camera's, some of these skills include: how to shoot in slow motion, framing, recording and different camera angles with their connotations.
Several skills have been learnt on Premier Pro. One of these skills is: slowing down shots to make them play in slow motion. Below is a screenshot showing how to decrease the speed at which a clip plays. Putting videos into slow motion helps to create enigma, emotion and dramatic effect. This means that it is more effective at showing that our star is feeling many heavy emotions throughout the duration of the video. One of the slowed down shots is of our main star's eyes, this shows that she is struggling; she is in pain and so she is making eye contact with the audience to connote this. To change the speed of shots you right click on the shot you would like to change, press 'Speed/Duration' then where it says 'Speed', you change this to whatever speed you would like the clip to play at.
Another production skill that I have learnt throughout the production process is how to reverse videos. Below is a video showing how this is done. Reversing videos can be used to confuse the viewers or to show that the main star of the narrative is confused and/or feeling mixed emotions. They do not know which way to go and so in some parts in the video we are including waves playing through normally, followed by reversed waves. To do this you right click on the shot that you want to change, go to 'Speed/Duration' then toggle 'Reverse speed'.


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Wednesday, 29 November 2017
Robert Burke Motion
The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: To sum up, I would like to acknowledge the contributions of my parliamentary colleagues: the Hon. Mr Hanson, the Hon. Ms Franks of course, and the Hon. Mr Wade. As others have done, I acknowledge the presence in the chamber of Judy Burke, the wife of the late Bob, other members of the Sanctuary support group, and friends as well. Thank you for honouring us not just with your ongoing advocacy but also with your presence here today.
I would like to pick up on a few comments that have been made by my colleagues and also to reiterate, I suppose, the very genuine intent with which many of those comments have been made. Of course, today we are not just honouring but unfortunately remembering the late Bob Burke, a winner of the Dr Margaret Tobin Award for his work, together with his wife Judy, in establishing and for many years, since 2012 until the time of his death, running the Sanctuary support group, a support group for carers, friends and family of people with a borderline personality disorder diagnosis.
First, I want to touch on one particular comment from the Hon. Mr Hanson in which he stated that as many as 80 per cent of people with a BPD diagnosis have experienced trauma in their lifetime. While I acknowledge that trauma can be a common factor in the development of BPD, I think it is important to acknowledge that that statistic is somewhat debated. It is important to acknowledge that BPD does not always result from trauma and neither does trauma always result in BPD. It is a far more nuanced and complex issue than that. While I do not believe that there was any malice from the Hon. Mr Hanson in making that statement, I want to acknowledge that that statistic is somewhat open to debate. Other than that, I thank him for his contribution.
The Hon. Ms Franks reminds us that BPD is often regarded as the Cinderella of mental illnesses, unfortunately not for glamorous reasons. It is not as glamorous as it might sound because of course Cinderella was always the bridesmaid and never the bride, if you like, when it came to Disney princesses. She was often shunned, hidden away, told not to seek help or seek support or to go out into the community, and there are many parallels with the common experiences of people with BPD.
There are those within the medical profession who still deny the existence of borderline personality disorder as a mental health issue in its own right. There are those who see those with BPD as simply being attention seeking or perhaps reaching out because of trauma they have experienced, as the Hon. Mr Hanson touched on—again, with the best of intent. But at the end of the day, no matter what the reason that somebody is in pain, no matter what the reason that somebody is reaching out for help, it is up to us to acknowledge that experience and acknowledge that need and provide that support and that help.
I am pleased to see that it is gradually changing, not as quickly as any of us in this chamber today would like, I am sure, and we certainly have a long way to go. Of course, the Hon. Ms Franks also reminds us that, as much as there is room for improvement, there is already a cure, namely, most commonly, dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT). DBT is an interesting form of therapy for many reasons, not least of which is the fact that it was developed by a woman called Marsha Linehan. I have never been 100 per cent sure how to pronounce that name and I have not yet had the pleasure of meeting her, so she has not yet been able to correct me.
Through my reading, I have come to understand that Dr Linehan herself, if not diagnosed with BPD, at least experienced something very similar herself and I think that goes to the Hon. Mr Wade's point about the authority of lived experience and how it is often the lived experience that can lead to the most effective treatments and therapies because it has actually been developed by people who understand deeply what it is to go through this and what does and does not work.
Often in this place, I am talking about people with disabilities or people with mental health challenges or elderly people or people from other minorities or with other challenges, and I often state that people need to be recognised and respected as the experts in their own lives. That is never more true than in the case of effective treatment for a host of mental health issues, not just BPD but others as well, and that is why it is fantastic that we are seeing a gradual increase in the use of strategies like peer mentoring and peer networking in the mental health community.
Long may that continue, but we have a long way to go, which leads me nicely to the next steps. The Labor government has finally joined me and my parliamentary colleagues from the Greens and the Liberal opposition in committing funding to a borderline personality disorder centre of excellence in South Australia—a spoke-and-hub specific model, which the Hon. Ms Franks touched on the importance of—for the treatment of people with borderline personality disorder.
It is incredibly frustrating that it is only after six or seven years of lobbying that we have finally got to this point and got the government to see not just the sense but also the dollars and cents—it is an old one but it works well—the money that stands to be saved from getting people well again, from getting them back into employment, back into community, back into family life and not presenting repeatedly to hospital and to emergency departments, which alone are incredibly expensive. Even a one-off event presenting to an emergency department is incredibly expensive, so when you have repeat presenters the bills certainly do add up.
I do not say that to make people who might be listening to this presentation who are themselves diagnosed with BPD feel any sense of guilt about racking up that bill, because absolutely I understand that the only reason they need to do that is because their current effective therapies are not readily enough available. I do not want anyone listening to this speech to feel guilty for that, but I think it just goes to show how poor the recognition and response to borderline personality disorder in this state has been that people feel they have no other choice often but to report that they are at imminent risk of self-harm and present to hospital or, even worse and even more tragically, go through with self-harm in order to feel able to present to hospital.
It is hard to put into words exactly what kind of a place you have to be in to take that course of action and exactly how terrible it feels when you are so far down in that deep place of darkness and emptiness and despair that you feel that is the only course of action available to you. To then have family members, friends or, even worse, health professionals turn to you and say that your experiences are not valid, that you are just attention seeking and that you should be able to control these urges or the experiences—to say it is kicking people when they are down is insultingly simplistic, but I struggle to think of another analogy.
As my colleagues have reminded us, as we have together done many times in this place, there is a cure. That can only be available though with effective, holistic investment from all levels of government, from all parties and wherever necessary to ensure that that is readily available and that people no longer feel the need to go through with those desperate courses of action and to seek out the appropriate support.
As colleagues have already reminded us, as many as 10 per cent of people with a BPD diagnosis will end their lives by suicide. I do not know the exact statistics, but from my experiences, both personal and working with constituents, I dare to say that often that is not even intentional suicide. That is not to say that makes it any better or any worse, but that is to say that there are people who are crying out for help who feel that their only option is to go through with these drastic measures.
As is the case with many people who are considering suicide, they do not actually want to die; they just want the pain to die. They cannot see any other way, currently, without effective treatment, than to take these drastic measures that no person should ever be in a position to have to even consider let alone carry through.
Other colleagues have labelled themselves eternal cynics. Others have labelled themselves eternal optimists. I might go as far as to label myself a chronic optimistic cynic. We do know that the government has finally publicly come to the fore and agreed to commit funding to this important project over the next few years to finally catch up with what other states, like Victoria and New South Wales through Project Air and also Spectrum, have had in place for many years and have had great success with.
Of course, implementation is the next challenge and the devil will always be in the detail, but there is a meeting between myself and representatives from the Department of Treasury and SA Health, as well as many of the good people behind me this evening, to ensure that we get the ball rolling in making sure that this project does get underway absolutely as soon as possible so that we do not lose any more people to this horrific—unnecessarily horrific, I might add—illness. I am very much looking forward to that work. I thank those behind me who have put up their hand to be a part of those ongoing discussions because, again, I think that goes back to the importance of lived experience being the only way to achieve effective, holistic results.
If nothing else, I think the last thing I need to do today is, of course, once again place on the record my thanks to Bob for his ongoing work. I only wish he was here to see what is happening now and what will happen since. My thanks to Judy and other members of Sanctuary for carrying on in some very difficult times, not the least of which was the loss of dear Bob, and also to remember those constituents, family members and friends who have already lost their lives to this terrible experience.
It is perhaps most important to say to those who are still waiting that there may well be people out there who do not believe that what you are going through is genuine, and do not believe that what you are going through is worth investing in, but I hope that what has been said in this chamber here today and, indeed, before and hopefully long beyond, shows you that there are many, many more who do and will continue to fight for you. So, please, know that you are worth it, know that we are fighting for you and hold on. Thank you.


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Actor Bill Murray's clumsy attempt to glorify the Parkland gun control activists by comparing them to Vietnam protesters was shockingly ignorant and insensitive for an elderly man who was actually alive during the Vietnam War aftermath and the Cambodian genocide. The truth of that history provides a powerful argument against gun control fantasies.
In remarks to NBC News on Thursday, Bill Murray wrote:
You've got to surround a deeply political issue like gun control or a war, to come at it from every single direction. You can't just focus on one thing, or aim for just the one goal.
Ending the Vietnam war was not a simple thing, either: You had to make sure that all our people were safe; we had to make sure that they were as safe as you could be. And, you might remember, people thought it was going to be the end of the world if we lost Vietnam. But that war had to stop.
And now, well, Vietnam is one of the most wonderful places to go in the world. People love going there; they love the people. And we all survived: they survived, we survived. People will survive. If you can just stop shooting at them, they really do pretty well.
Vietnam did not become a land of sweetness and light because crusading hippies convinced America to end the war. Instead, America's departure unleashed one of the most horrifying tides of murderous cruelty ever witnessed by the human race.
Bill Murray is not an oblivious twentysomething whose left-wing teachers just kind of forgot to mention the killing fields of Cambodia when they taught him about the Seventies, so he should not need anyone to remind him of what actually happened, but here goes.
South Vietnam was swiftly overrun by the savage North Vietnamese after the American withdrawal in 1975. The good guys with guns left, so the bad guys with guns rolled in and started murdering people on an industrial scale.
Pound for pound, Vietnamese Communism was one of the most bloodthirsty ideologies the world has ever known. They managed to kill ten percent of the national population by the time they were done with their wars and purges. The carnage was staggering. Up to 2.5 million South Vietnamese were marched off to "re-education camps," where at least 165,000 of them died of starvation, disease, exhaustion from hard labor, summary execution, and exploding land mines.
Another million South Vietnamese were thrown out of their homes to make way for the conquering Communists and forcibly relocated to areas so uninhabitable that a journalist described them as "a prefabricated hell and a place one comes to only if the alternative to it would be death." Up to 155,000 of them died out there.
Another two million gun-free Vietnamese decided to avoid the prefabricated hell their heavily armed conquerors planned for them, so they threw themselves and their families into just about anything that could float and set sail for Europe, America, and Australia. They were at sea for six months in some cases, facing everything from pirates and storms to malnutrition and disease.
Of the two million Vietnamese Boat People who fled the Communist horror, an estimated 200,000 to 400,000 died at sea or in refugee camps.
The Vietnamese Communists had a lively spinoff franchise in Cambodia known as the Khmer Rouge, managed by a fellow called Pol Pot, a Hall of Fame monster in the annals of genocide. Two years after America pulled out of Vietnam, the Khmer Rouge overthrew the U.S.-backed government of Cambodia.
A few days later, the gun-toting Communists marched the politically undesirable members of their gun-free captive populace into concentration camps even more brutal than those of Vietnam, or simply murdered them on the spot and shoveled them into mass graves.
There are individual fields in Cambodia where over 10,000 people were murdered. There is a concentration camp that took in 14,000 inmates, but only seven of them survived. The overall death toll from the four-year Cambodian genocide has been estimated at 2 million against a total national population of just 7 million.
Here is a little irony for Bill Murray to savor: the Khmer Rouge leaders were highly educated student activists who were absolutely convinced they knew what was best for society. They were positively brimming with youthful idealism! They told their critics: "To keep you is no benefit, to destroy you is no loss."
So no, Mr. Murray, we didn't all survive America's withdrawal from Vietnam. Peace and love did not blossom across the region as a result. And while Vietnam is doubtless much improved today over the first decades after the Vietnam War, and is becoming a significant U.S. strategic ally against China's regional ambitions, it remains a Communist tyranny with precious little political freedom or respect for basic human rights.
Freedom of speech, opinion, assembly, and religion are highly restricted in modern Vietnam. Dissidents are harassed by the police, detained, and assaulted. "Elections" are even more of a joke than the one Russia just held. Human-rights activists are detained to keep them from meeting with foreign leaders. Surveillance is pervasive. Members of disfavored religious groups have been forced to renounce their faith in public. Legal processes are dubious at best. Modest improvements are noted from time to time, but Vietnam has a long way to go before it fits any rational definition of a liberal democracy.
One of the biggest complaints lodged by Vietnamese human rights activists is that people like Bill Murray keep pretending the place is a reformist paradise where the commie stuff happened a million years ago. U.S. administrations under both Republican and Democratic presidents have muted their criticism of the appalling police state in Hanoi as they seek improved diplomatic and economic ties. Activists have expressed disappointment in the apathetic response from the United Nations as well.
"The thing that's so powerful about students is that, when you haven't had your idealism broken yet, you're able to speak from a place that has no confusion, where there is a clear set of values," Bill Murray said on Thursday.
The thing that is so dangerous about the Left's cynical manipulation of youthful idealism is that complex truth is replaced with simplistic fairy tales, symbolic gestures, and emotional appeals. If your "clear set of values" is based on deceptively edited history, then it is time to get a new set of values.
Bill Murray could start by apologizing to all the families he wronged by airbrushing the horrors perpetrated against them, brushing up on the real history of Vietnam from 1975 to today, and understanding how that history makes the exact opposite point about gun control than the one he intended.


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text: Dave Smith - March 30, 2012 Northern California Bass Fishing Forecast Photo by Ron Sinfelt Ish Monroe has been on a good run lately.The Bassmaster Elite Angler is No. 20 in the Bassmaster standings and ranked No. 48 in the world. He has knocked down Top 10 finishes in several major tournaments over the past year, capped by a wire-to-wire victory at the 2011 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open last September at Lake Oneida, near Syracuse, New York.I caught up with the affable pro recently for an interview and learned that no matter how good you are and where you fish, there's no place quite like northern California for bassin' action. While the tournament circuit takes him a long way from his home in the Modesto area, Monroe makes no bones about why he continues to live in the Central Valley of California. "Northern California bass fishing is phenomenal," said Monroe. "We have all three species — largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass — and I can catch them 12 months of the year. There are about 20 lakes within a three-hour radius of my home where, on any given day, I can catch a 20-pound limit or have a chance at a state record."The diversity of bass fishing here is incredible. There's the shallow water of Clear Lake and the Delta or you can go deep at Shasta, McClure, Don Pedro or Oroville. Turbid water, clear water; it's all available, and I truly believe that all the time I spend fishing in California makes me a better angler. In other parts of the country you may have one type of fishing. Alabama bass fishing is Alabama bass fishing. The beauty of northern California is that we have it all right here, so close."Monroe expects 2012 to offer incredible fishing in most of the region's bass waters due to back-to-back high water years in 2010 and 2011."When we get these kinds of water years — when Clear Lake floods and the reservoirs fill up — we always get good spawns. It puts nutrients in the water and the baitfish populations explode, and that produces lots of fish, and some really big fish. There were 25-pound limits of spotted bass coming out of Shasta last year, which is just amazing." Monroe's read on the whole chain of ecological events is well-supported by bass biology and California water facts.A series of wet years following a prolonged drought creates the perfect storm for super-charged productivity in the reservoirs of northern California — and that is exactly what happened.According to the California Department of Water Resources, Lake Shasta was at 61 percent of its capacity on June 1, 2008 and then was at 99 percent and 98 percent capacity, respectively, the last two years on that same date. The drought produced rings of vegetation along the shoreline that have been submerged and transformed into excellent habitat for bass, kicking into gear what seasoned anglers refer to as the turning over of a reservoir. It is shaping up to be a great year for NorCal anglers. Here's what to expect in some of the most promising waters, ranging from world-renowned lakes to small-water sleepers. This rundown devotes particular attention to the granddaddy of northern California bass waters — Clear Lake — due to the extraordinary size of fish it is currently producing. Don't miss it in 2012!SACRAMENTO VALLEY REGIONClear Lake may be the best big-fish bass lake in the country right now. The 2011 tournaments produced staggering results: It typically took 45 pounds (for 10 fish) to get in the real money and numerous tournament anglers produced a four-pound average and went home without a check! While that might be a bit frustrating for the ardent tournament angler, it makes for a wonderful place for a parent to take their children on a sunny spring or summer morning. The odds of a kid hooking a 4- to 6-pound largemouth may never be better than at Clear Lake from now through September.According to local fishing expert Terry Knight, Clear Lake hosts about 45-50 major bass tournaments each year. Knight closely examines the results of each tournament. The average fish weighed in over the last year is about 3.4 pounds, a remarkable average for any lake that receives much fishing pressure. The ecological changes taking place at Clear Lake following the last two years of high water should spur that trend further upward in 2012."The character of Clear Lake has changed the last couple of years with tremendous aquatic vegetation growth," said Knight, long-time outdoor columnist for the Record Bee newspaper in Lakeport, avid angler, and acute observer of the trends in Clear Lake as a bass fishery. "We had great spawns the last two years and there are lots of small bass, but the real draw is the number of 4- to 6-pound fish we had last year. They'll be even bigger this year. We were missing that age class of 8- to 10-pound fish but may have it again pretty soon."Knight explains that while the overall population size is still down a bit from years past when a recreational angler could easily catch 25-plus fish in a day, anglers with a reasonable understanding of the lake should be able to catch 15-20 fish a day this year.Swimbaits and frogs can be deadly at times, as are crankbaits and other topwater lures. The water has been crystal clear in recent years, a situation conducive to sight-fishing when the females are on the nest. Go with a small grub or lizard on a jig-head so you can see the fish pick it up. Drop-shotting around the docks can also be very effective, particularly for inexperienced anglers. I have had great days throwing grubs, Senkos, and small plastics around rockpiles and submerged islands. My brother and I caught a 7.25- and 6.5-pounder, respectively, in the same day a few years ago by working plastics slowly around rocks on the north end of the lake. Lastly, an essential Clear Lake bait is the Lucky Craft LV500 lipless crankbait, which is best fished using the "yo-yo" retrieve of letting it fall and then giving a sharp jerk. It will likely be the most reliable Clear Lake bait again in 2012.Lake Shasta, long the mainstay of spotted bass fishing in the north of the state, is also poised for a spectacular 2012. The spot fishing was outstanding last spring, with tons of fish in the 13- to 14-inch range and a good number of 3- to 4-pound spots showing up in tournaments this time of year. The reservoir filled up in 2010 and 2011, and appears headed for a similar condition in 2012."There will be a good topwater bite in April and May," said Tony Messer of Phil's Propeller Shop in Redding. "The spots are averaging about a pound and a half, but there are plenty of spots in that larger size-class."Shasta has become California's consummate spotted bass fishery due to a respectable average size of the fish, staggering numbers (it is not uncommon to catch 50-100 fish in a day when things are right), and the lake's consistency. Plastics are the bread-and-butter for most Shasta anglers due to the clear water and abundance of long, sloping shorelines with minimal cover. However, swimbaits, small cranks, topwater lures and even frogs can be effective when the water is high and fish have access to flooded willows in the backs of coves.Lake Oroville is a productive lake with an excellent population of spotted bass. With its 12- to 15-inch slot limit, it offers lots of action on most days. The fish can be finicky in the winter and sometimes during post-spawn, but overall it is a great place to wear out your arm hauling in chunky spots all day. Plastics, swimbaits and topwater lures are generally the top baits."Oroville is a great place to catch a 5-pound spotted bass," says Glenn Lockhart, 2011 Anglers Choice Pro/Am Pro Angler of the Year. "I've had some incredible days when the spots are suspended over deep water off points. Swimbaits can be very effective in those situations, but I also throw small tubes on 6-pound test line a lot."The sleeper for the Sacramento Valley region is Indian Valley Reservoir, located off Highway 20 on the way up to Clear Lake, which has a fantastic population of largemouth and smallmouth bass. It is tailor-made for small aluminum boats, kayaks and even float tubes. It's located in a lovely spot in the coastal foothills and has a nice campground. So if big-water bassin' isn't your game, throw the 12-foot aluminum on the car top and take your camping gear for a great spring weekend of fishing.THE MOTHERLODEThe foothill reservoirs of the gold country have all benefitted significantly from the massive Sierra snowpack and run-off the last two springs. The key to fishing these reservoirs is to recognize that each lake is slowly evolving toward a spotted bass and/or smallmouth fishery but that good largemouth fishing still exists in places.The most recent shift has been that that spotted bass have taken hold in New Melones, a reservoir that was primarily a largemouth lake as recently as 8-10 years ago. As such, it is important to adapt by using techniques and baits that are effective at, say, Shasta or Oroville. It is a fertile lake and still contains some monster largemouths, so will offer a unique opportunity for largemouths and spots over the next few years. Likewise, Don Pedro is not the exclusive largemouth lake that it was 15 years ago, but you can still catch some big bucketmouths by working the backs of coves and secondary points with worms, jigs, swimbaits and cranks. McClure has long since transitioned to a spotted bass fishery. While McClure spots aren't as big as in other lakes, the incredible numbers make up for it.Two sleeper lakes in this region are Lake Pardee and Lake Tulloch. Smallmouths are the prime draw at both lakes, but both also have largemouths and spots. The state record smallmouth, a 9.13-pounder, came out of Pardee. Monroe noted that he had some tremendous frog fishing at Tulloch last fall.CENTRAL CALIFORNIAOne of the premier big bass waters in the country, the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta offers an endless array of opportunities for legendary largemouth fishing. There were many instances of Delta tournaments producing five-fish limits of 25-30 pounds a day during 2011, and a three-pound average is commonplace for the average angler.According to Monroe, who spends a lot of time there using his trademark frog — the Snag Proof Ish's Phat Frog — the Delta is a remarkable fishery."I've really been throttling them on my frog in the Delta," said Monroe. "Using some of these new techniques like punching (using a weight to get the frog through thick weed mats), I've had lots of 30-50 fish days on the Delta lately."Other good bets in the region include Pine Flat and Millerton, long known as spotted bass strongholds. Keep an eye on Pine Flat over the next couple of years because it was a sustained drought followed by a wet cycle that produced some amazing spotted bass fishing in the 1990s. In fact, the state record, a 10.4-pound spotted bass, came out of Pine Flat in 2001. Millerton isn't known for big bass, but it can be a great place to get your line stretched by lots of spots this spring. Get Your Fish On. Plan your next fishing and boating adventure here. GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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Useful Model S Browser Links
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The peacemaker is great for those who regret the absence of buttons. Also great welcoming greetings backgrounds...
www.teslapage.com is my favorite. Neat in driving mode, can be customized to many countries and can show may useful items like local chargers, to-do lists, Tesla news, stocks and forums, and last but not least pictures of interest based on your location.
Charging Opportunities. http://tesla.plugshare.com/ Create a free account if you don't already have one. Allow the Website access to your location and it will display all the chargers within the map scale you select. Tap on a charger icon for location details. AFAIK, it doesn't interface with the MS navigation, but you can get written TBT directions to the charger. The page will refresh periodically and track your progress as you drive to the charger location.
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Chicago Bob Curry Fellowship
The Second City is proud to announce our 7th annual Bob Curry Fellowship with generous support from NBC. This ten-week master program offers up to 16 fellowships to qualifying actors and improvisers from diverse multicultural backgrounds to train and study at The Second City Chicago. Taught by Second City's top professional instructors and directors, this rigorous fellowship is designed for serious minded talent seeking a career in sketch comedy. The highly competitive program is tuition-free and awarded to exceptional talent selected by audition and adjudicated by Second City directors and producers. The program's culminating showcase is presented to industry execs, NBC casting and Second City producers and directors.
Since the inaugural launch in 2014, over 50% of the graduating fellows have been hired by various Second City divisions, including The Second City Touring Company, Resident Stage Ensembles, Theatricals, and as teachers for The Second City Training Center.
The Bob Curry Fellowship is highly committed to increasing access, visibility and training development to underrepresented voices in respect to race/ethnicity, gender, ability and sexual orientation by awarding a gratis master program of study without any financial burden to talent.
Talent must audition to be accepted into the Bob Curry Fellowship program. To be eligible, talent should be a graduate of a Conservatory-level improv program e.g., Second City, iO theatre, Annoyance theatre, UCB, etc. Professional actors with a degree in theatre with extensive stage experience on resume with some improv training from college or institution are eligible to apply. Stand-up comedic performers are also highly encouraged to apply and should participate in improv audition workshop offered during the "Diversity Weekend." Headshots and resumes will be reviewed for audition consideration and scheduled appointments on a first-come basis.
Chicago submissions now open until Jan. 7, 2020
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Saturday Delivery
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Delivery Cut Off Time
Please make sure to place your order before 2.00pm on any working day (Monday to Friday) to have your order dispatched on the same working day, whilst we may pack orders after this time we cannot gurantee it leaving us if your order has been placed after this time. If you place your order on a friday after 2.00pm your order will not leave us until the following working day (monday if not a bank holiday), also the same applies for orders placed at the weekend or during holiday periods.
We offer a no Quibble Returns Policy, If you receive an item and would like to return it please contact us on 0203 490 1413.
please note we cannot accept returns if the product has been opened / used as the item will not be fit for resale.
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If you have not received your parcel within the time frame specified, there may be a problem with the courier delivering your parcel to your chosen location - please email us via the contact form for all tracking enquiries so we can look into the whereabouts of your parcel as quick as possible, you can also contact us on 0203 490 1413 but the phonelines are extremely busy during working hours and we recommend emailing us via the contact form for us to deal with your query swiftly.
Tracking details and numbers are usually sent to you via the courier company to your email or mobile phone number ( if provided ) you can use this number to track the whereabouts of your parcel and if further help is needed you can contact us directly.
If an item you receive is faulty or the wrong item we will pay the return postage costs and send out the correct items or give you a full refund including original postage costs. Occasionally information can be delayed at the depot which can set back the shipping of an item, if this occurs we apologies but there is very little we can do after we book a shipment in with the courier service.
if a parcel is returned to us due to you not being at home or the courier having difficulty accessing your address their will be a £6.95 redelivery fee/charge if would would like the order refunded or resent.
Bank Holidays
If you place your order on a bank holiday the goods will be dispatched on the next working day available due to the couriers not operating on these days, we apologise for any delays in you receiving your goods.
As a Company we appreciate your time is valuable and that sometimes it is an inconvenience to wait at home or work for the delivery of your sports nutrition goods,
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Our Opening Times are as Follows, Monday to Friday 10.30am to 6.30pm and Saturday's 10am to 5pm
Store Collection Address
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Telephone Number
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Disaster Relief - How to Help Those in Need
November 7, 2018
Ways to Help:
Monetary donations can be made securely online or at any of the following locations.
Columbia | 2220 Shop Rd. Columbia, SC 29201 | (803) 254-4432
Greenville | 2818 White Horse Rd. Greenville, SC 29611 | (864) 281-3995
Florence | 2513 W. Lucas St. Florence, SC 29501 | (843) 661-0826
View the much needed disaster relief items on our Hurricane Florence Disaster Relief Wishlist on Amazon.com.
You can now shop our Hurricane Florence disaster relief registry on Walmart.com.
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Ready-to-eat, non-perishable items and household items such as…
|Canned Meat
|Individual size pop-top cans
|Pop Tarts
|Meat in Pouches
|Cleaning supplies
|Paper Towels, Toilet Paper, Kleenex
|Peanut Butter
|Garbage Bags
|Clorox Cleaning Wipes
|Snack Bars
|Paper Plates/Plastic Bowls
|Bottled Hand Sanitizer
|Protein/Granola Bars
|Plastic Forks, Knives & Spoons
|Bottled Water
|Grocery Store Gift Cards
|Diapers and Baby Wipes
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2018 will always be a year that'd be remembered for multiple geopolitical crises that hit the earth in the western world and even made tremors in the Middle East. But the latter, is unfortunately often the case as such, isn't it? This was a year where rabble-rousing against Donald Trump reached a crescendo, given the American President's polarizing decisions; moves on immigrants that earned him the wrath of the public-at-large.
2018 will also be remembered and in fact, mustn't be forgotten for arguably the greatest man-made tragedy in the Middle East, explosive and undeniable in size since the Second World War. The ongoing Yemen Crisis affected millions in a tiny part of the Middle East where Israel is quietly watching the proceedings, with its Arab Neighbours perhaps too stunned to interfere in a country that's bleeding for help.
As hundreds of thousands of kids are dying, with many on the verge of starvation as the mindless ferocity of war continues to pit Houthi Rebels against an exile government with western powers yet to react, if at all they'd, one wonders what happened in 2018 in other parts of the world?
While there were some blips for Tesla's Elon Musk, a relentless genius who had to face the media- for, would you believe it- matters that had more to do with smoking a joint that running what's essentially an idea for the present, not merely the future: electric cars.
In a year that was rightfully about #MeToo, it could be said, activism delivered a dominant victory for a discourse of our time that's more than a pretty-sounding phrase in a book: Feminism.
Women of the world, may more power be yours always.
But having said that, can one ignore a country that's not just the world's largest democracy but also a hub of innovation; a country that's spurring new organizations regularly to fulfil their potential?
How was 2018 for India from the sphere of innovation?
What were the top innovations in 2018 that, once again, catapulted India to the attention of the globe? Who were the people behind them and what were these fascinating ideas?
Let's find out:
Metamaterial by IIT-Kanpur
There's more to Kanpur than needlessly resorting to the UP-driven cliche of men chewing the beetle leaf and women gossipping among themselves. Those who still derive a thrill from this cultural personification are perhaps fans of movies that haven't grown in taste or know nothing about exuberance.
Renowned for being a thriving trading community, Kanpur excites with the promise of its IIT and delivers, time and again, on ideas that truly possess the fire to change India.
This year too, the venerable IIT-Kanpur was at the heart of some innovation, that was, well, the need of the hour and for a while now, especially from the perspective of defence preparedness of India.
In creating 'Metamaterial', students came together to create a lightweight, ultra-thin, stealth material (read textile-based metamaterials) for radar absorption.
Okay, confused as to what the use of this concept it? Once soldiers wear this specific uniform, which is textile-based metamaterials, they can avoid detection by enemy-radar.
Smartphone-based censors for checking adulteration in Milk, IIT Hyderabad
Okay, so we know purity is something that's basically a nice-sounding word and that impurity is, at the heart, of what we inhale, eat, and even drink. Right? But what if you had at your disposal, an idea that lets you check, and therefore, validate the purity, hence, quality of what you're having?
What if you could examine the overall quality of milk using actually smartphone censors; would you turn a blind eye to the idea?
For sure, IIT Hyderabad's researchers have nailed it by currently researching on a technology that helps ascertain the aforementioned.
The smartphone-based censors would immediately study the quality of the milk and basis its quality, ascertain the acidity of milk.
Silly Monks Entertainment
Among the most successful and rapidly rising sectors in India is 'entertainment.' Therefore, how could it have lagged behind where it came to displaying some innovations for 2018, right?
Apparently, adjudged among the most innovative companies for 2018 by Fast Company, Silly Monks Entertainment, a digital-entertainment start-up is managing over 900 Youtube channels, apart from distributing media, TV, other visual content.
The firm actually came out with an IPO in 2018 and is currently like to expand toward Southeast Asia.
Geetanjali Rao, Tethys
As a nine-year-old, Geetanjali, an Indian-American resident of Michigan in the United States was concerned and really upset about the Flint water crisis for she was in the United States, (where she is currently as well) when a major issue broke out.
That the Flint water crisis that had swept Michigan off is feet actually led to the creation of a low-cost, economical, trusted solution to ward off water-related diseases that directly posed a threat for everyone.
With an agenda to check the water-contamination by virtue of testing lead-content in the water, Geetanjali, ever interested in the sphere of science and experimentation came out with Tethys; a low-cost, pocket-friendly monitor of lead-content in the water, an idea she was able to execute using help of her teachers at school and relying on hours and hours of study borne out of self-interest.
What is fascinating isn't the fact that Geetanjali's invention has been covered in different journals of the west, as well as the east, but that she is not yet a teen but is responsible for creating something that may have challenged the limits of many an elder's imagination.
Deepak Solanki, Velmenni Research and Development Pvt. Ltd, Wi-Fi using lightbulbs
After having dabbled with robotics at not one but two IITs: Mumbai and Hyderabad, Solanki's first poignant moment came in 2012, where he chanced upon 'Light-Fidelity' technology.
The Internet, as we know it, rests on power supplied by radio waves for it to function. But who supplies the power? Wi-Fi, right?
Just that in Deepak Solanki's case, the internet can be powered by LED bulbs-believe it or not- which, form the principal crux of his business idea, a prototype of the Li-Fi, a revolutionary method that powers the Internet to function on the power transmitted by light-bulbs. That Li-Fi can provide Internet speeds that are 100 times faster than conventional Wi-Fi makes this platform every bit alluring that it is and Deepak's work in this field every bit challenging as it may have been.
Paperboy, Jonna Venkata Karthik Raja
Ever heard of a newspaper aggregator? What does it do? Well, to put things into perspective, imagine the simple scenario where a mobile app that featured the widest possible range of Indian magazines and newspapers aggregated news at one space, into one large chunk of massive information? While all of that sounds laborious, believe it or not, it is already true and existing for real. All one's got to do is to explore the App: Paperboy, where news content from wide-ranging Indian magazines and publications are uploaded in real time.


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