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Pair appear in court as county council cracks down on fly-tippers
Two Ashington men who fly-tipped waste have been fined after appearing in court.
By David Sedgwick
Tuesday, 4th January 2022, 9:00 am
Updated Tuesday, 4th January 2022, 4:10 pm
The old wardrobes left in Rosalind Street, Ashington, by Thomas Smith.
Thomas McMillan, 29, of Castle Square, Ashington, and Thomas Aarron Smith, 24, of Maple Street, Ashington, appeared before Newcastle Magistrates for separate prosecutions, ordered to pay a total of £1,399 after they pleaded guilty to two offences of fly-tipping in Ashington.
On November 20, 2020, the Council received a report of a fly tipping incident on North View, at the rear of the former YMCA, of a quantity of mixed household waste.
Magistrates fined McMillan £320 for the offence, ordered him to pay £100 in costs and a victim surcharge of £34.
The fly tipping in North View, at the rear of the former YMCA, found to have been left by Thomas McMillan.
On January 14, 2021, the Council received a report of a fly tipping incident on Rosalind Street of a quantity of old wardrobes.
Magistrates fined Smith £480 for the offence, ordered him to pay £417 in costs and a victim surcharge of £48.
The council deals with more than 40 incidents of fly tipping a week in the Ashington area alone.
Cllr Colin Horncastle, cabinet member for community services, said: "There are so many ways to get rid of waste responsibly and I am pleased the vast majority of our residents do so.
"There are free facilities at Northumberland's household recycling centres for the disposal of household waste and we operate a household garden waste collection service and a bulky waste collection service for a small fee.
"No matter what the waste, or the reasons behind it, fly tipping will never be tolerated and will be dealt with accordingly by the council and all residents need to understand that they are personally responsible for ensuring that all waste is disposed of both correctly and legally.
"I would also actively encourage anyone who witnesses fly tipping to report this to the council."
Cllr Mark Purvis, business chair of Ashington Town Council, said: "We know that litter and fly tipping in the town annoys many residents.
"Ashington Town Council works in partnership with Northumberland County Council to combat fly-tipping and address enforcement issues.
"The people of Ashington pay for this service and deserve to see cleaner streets as a result.
"The message is clear, fly-tipping will not be tolerated, and offenders will be prosecuted."
Residents can report fly-tipping via nland.uk/flytip


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The event features short, sharp talks; our lectures and panels are each less than 20 minutes, so we get through a LOT in a day! XR Connects track highlights include Solfar's Thor Gunnarson who will be diving into his extensive experiences working in VR; Immersal's Jufo Peltomaa, who will be heading up our brand new AR track by looking at what the future holds for this world-changing technology; and Coatsink's Jon Davies who will be exploring what it takes to create an RPG in VR. In total there will be four different VR/AR/MR tracks covering everything from business through to development tips and tricks.
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Sprint offering ZTE Optik 2 Android tablet for $30 -- with two-year contract
The wireless carrier had offered a similar deal on the original Optik, but for $99 instead. The new tablet still lacks 4G LTE capabilities, however.
By Sean Portnoy for Laptops & Desktops | January 25, 2014 -- 14:03 GMT (06:03 PST) | Topic: Tablets
Most consumers are perfectly fine with using their tablets as Wi-Fi-only devices, but there are some -- and with some good reasons -- who would prefer to have cellular capabilities for accessing the Internet on the go. Sprint is trying to appeal to those users with a dirt-cheap deal, though it comes with a big caveat.
A couple of years ago, Sprint offered the ZTE Optik 7-inch Android tablet for what was then a bargain price: $99, as long as the buyer purchased a two-year service agreement. Flash forward to 2014, and it's not difficult to find a $99 tablet with no strings attached, so the wireless carrier has been forced to up the ante with the new Optik 2.
Sprint will offer the new tablet for a mere $29.99 with a two-year contract. The Optik 2 is, not suprisingly, a solid, if not spectacular, tablet spec-wise: quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 8GB of built-in storage, 1,024x600 7-inch display. While that sounds promising enough for the price, the same limitation from which the original Optik suffered will hobble the new model: It lacks 4G LTE service.
The inability to access Sprint's fastest service will make it easier to keep within the Tablet Connection data plan limits available with the Optik 2. These include (prices per month): $5 for 25MB, $10 for 100MB, $15 for 2GB, $34.99 for 3GB, $49.99 for 6GB, and $79.99 for 12GB of data. You can pay extra to use the Optik 2 as a Wi-Fi hot spot for up to five devices for $19.99 per month for 2GB or $49.99 for 6GB.
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22.09.2021 Author: Dmitry Bokarev
Who Will Get Their Hands on Afghanistan's Natural Resources?
Column: Economics
Region: Central Asia
Numerous studies of Afghanistan's subsoil have shown that the country is rich in all kinds of natural resources. Still, despite a large number of mineral deposits, the population's standard of living is low. Washington's withdrawal from Afghanistan has altered the balance of power in the country. American companies have had their eye on Afghan resources since 2001, when America sent troops into the long-suffering country. Still, in two decades, not a single organization has started its activities on Afghan territory.
In the early 1960s, Soviet geologists surveyed the land of Afghanistan and mapped the deposits of natural resources. However, the USSR was not interested in the development of Afghan subsoil because, at that time, the country paid much more attention to the development of its own resource industry. Moscow was unwilling to get involved with a politically unstable country that could refuse to cooperate at any stage of interaction. At that time, the Afghan government was balancing between the favors of the USSR and the US and trying to remain neutral.
Shortly after the pro-communist forces came to power in 1978, a war broke out in Afghanistan, in which the Soviet army took part on the side of the government forces. During the fighting, the Soviet military and opposing Mujahideen mined much of the country. Both sides did not think this would make mining difficult for the foreseeable future, as their primary concern was winning the conflict. During the war, the USSR did not exploit Afghanistan's natural resources because it was too expensive and insecure. After the withdrawal of the military contingent in 1989, Moscow completely abandoned its plans to develop the Afghan primary industry.
The fall of the pro-Soviet government in 1992 plunged Afghanistan into the chaos of civil war. Foreign companies did not even think of commencing mining operations because the state did not exist, and various radical Islamist groups controlled the land of Afghanistan.
After US troops entered Afghanistan in 2001, the USA attempted to provide the conditions for establishing a full-fledged ore mining industry. Using the old Soviet maps, American specialists began to prepare new ones, guided by past experience.
Usually, the main goal of the US military presence in other countries is unimpeded access to natural resources. Afghanistan was no exception. In 10 years, the US Geological Survey has managed to collect about 40 terabytes of data on the country's natural deposits. Afghanistan became the first country in the world to have its territory virtually 100% probed by hyperspectral imagery, which resulted in the release of more than 60 cutting edge maps by the United States.
Washington announced in 2010 that Afghanistan had almost $1 trillion in mineral wealth in its bowels. However, that estimate may not be correct, as it was given when the global market was recovering from the 2008 financial crisis. Also, the estimate did not consider such resources as gas, oil, and lithium, which is a scarce metal needed to produce increasingly popular electric cars.
During the US military presence in Afghanistan, it was actively supported by sponsors, including the US and its allies, as well as international organizations. However, funds were allocated mainly for strengthening statehood, rebuilding agriculture, energy, and infrastructure. In order to begin effective resource extraction, it was necessary to make the country safe for specialists to work. The Afghan leadership could either seek funding for mining from its own coffers or wait for material assistance from large foreign investors.
US President Joe Biden's 2021 decision to withdraw the US army from Afghanistan ended Washington's plans to begin mining Afghan minerals. The US leadership has realized that it lacks the power to control a country whose inhabitants negatively view the American military presence.
India tried to start building a large-scale steel mill in Afghanistan, but these plans collapsed. The project was first postponed due to the high level of terrorist threats. Then it was canceled altogether when Afghanistan was invaded by the Taliban (a movement banned in the Russian Federation) in August 2021. Afghanistan's Muslims support their co-religionists from Pakistan, which is in conflict with India over the Kashmir province, and have a negative attitude towards the Indians.
It can be assumed that China will show interest in the Afghan resources, but Beijing is in no hurry to enter into negotiations with the Afghan leadership to begin developing the fields. According to a representative of one of China's largest state corporations, his organization is ready to consider resuming cooperation in the commodities sector once the situation in the country is stabilized and the Taliban regime is recognized internationally, including by the PRC authorities. Afghanistan is a low-priority partner for China because it is easier and cheaper for Beijing to develop resource extraction in the post-Soviet Central Asian countries. First of all, this is because secular governments, officially recognized by the world community, are in power in these states. Possible logistics costs also play a significant role: a large part of Afghanistan's territory is occupied by mountains, and the Afghan-Chinese border is very short.
At the moment, the export of raw materials from Afghanistan to other countries is illegal. The Taliban extract rubies, emeralds, and lapis lazuli by artisanal mining and panning for gold from water to smuggle the valuable merchandise back to Pakistan.
The future of Afghanistan's commodities industry is entirely in the hands of the new authorities. If the standard of living in Afghanistan improves and the government succeeds in neutralizing radical groups, foreign investors would be able to come to the country and take up development of mineral resources. If that were to happen, Afghanistan would have the chance to leave its status as one of the poorest countries in the world and join the list of developing countries.
Dmitry Bokarev, political observer, exclusively for the online magazine "New Eastern Outlook".


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The controversy over the Milwaukee Police Department's digital radio system reached a new level of intensity Thursday at City Hall, where members of a local watchdog group, police and fire union officials and Ald. Bob Donovan accused the department's leadership of failing to adequately address the system's problems.
The accusations prompted Police Chief Edward A. Flynn and Ald. Michael Murphy to question the motives of the watchdog group, Citizens for Responsible Government, which released nearly 250 Police Department reports Thursday that document problems officers have experienced with the new radios. Flynn and Murphy also outlined the recent steps the department has taken to improve the system.
Murphy said he believes the watchdog group, which describes itself as fiscally conservative, is trying to blame Mayor Tom Barrett for the radio system's problems in advance of this fall's gubernatorial election.
Barrett, a Democrat, is running for governor against Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and former U.S. Rep. Mark Neumann, both Republicans.
Barrett's chief of staff, Patrick Curley, said in a statement that the accusations are "irresponsible and reprehensible."
Christopher A. Kliesmet, spokesman for Citizens for Responsible Government, said the group is motivated by concerns about officer and public safety, not politics. The reports were obtained through an open records request, he said.
"It's as political as they want to make it," Kliesmet said in an interview.
The reports were filed by officers who have experienced problems with the radios and detail incidents that occurred as recently as May.
The digital radio system, known as OpenSky, has cost about $18 million since 2003 and became fully operational in February. It was initially expected to cost about $14.9 million and be operational by May 2005, according to city officials.
The system has been plagued with problems from the start, including dead spots and faulty equipment, police officers and city officials have said.
Last year, two officers told the Journal Sentinel that problems with the radio system delayed their arrival at a house where another officer had been shot Sept. 30. The officers said they had to follow another officer to the scene because they repeatedly could not hear their dispatcher broadcasting the house's address in the minutes after the shooting.
Flynn, who became Milwaukee's police chief in 2008, said Thursday that the department has made more progress on the radio system in the last 18 months than in the previous six years. He issued a memo in February urging officers to continue filing the reports documenting problems they encounter with the radios.
"I'm certainly not going to accept as valid criticism the implication that we don't care about the safety of our officers, that we are concealing some mystical truth or that we have been anything but open with our officers and open with the community and open with the political establishment about the progress that has been made," Flynn said.
The Milwaukee Fire Department and other city agencies are supposed to join the Police Department in using OpenSky, which cannot be monitored by radio scanners, preventing the public from listening to broadcasts.


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Castle of Terror is an interactive fiction game with graphics released for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum by Melbourne House in 1984.

Gameplay
The player is given a quest by an old man at the local tavern to rescue his daughter from the clutches of the local Count (a vampire), who resides in the nearby castle. Throughout the game, the player gathers items, which can then be manipulated to solve various puzzles. The text based interface, coupled with a visual display of the player's location, is similar in style to the Commodore 64 version of The Hobbit.

Reception
The game received notoriety amongst gamers as being impossible to fully complete, namely due to there being no known way to kill the count or achieve a full score of 290 out of 290. Grahame Willis, author of the game, has since revealed that it is not possible to kill the count and that messages suggesting so were placed in the game intentionally to frustrate players.

At the time of its release, it received mixed reviews. Your Commodore praised the game, describing its graphics as "very good" and its playability as "user friendly". Your Computer criticized the game, marking it as "fuzzy" to play. It got a 67% rating from Zzap!64.

References

External links

 Castle of Terror at the Internet Archive

1984 video games
Commodore 64 games
Adventure games
ZX Spectrum games
Video games developed in Australia
1980s horror video games
Video games about vampires

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Osric Orghallar: Wizard, Weaver member of the Tri-Arcanum Guild, Follower of the Gods of Light. he was the child of warrior priests of light, they were a part of a mercenary company that sought lost treasures in the Baalgor Wastelands.
Priam Au'rucornum: Wizard, Weaver member of the Tri-Arcanum Guild, Follower of the Gods of Light. Studied in Wisdom before turning his magic to serve the church of Light and Dark. He is contracted by the church to assist in various matters abroad and travels extensively on assignment. He has been dealing with pirates in the southern waters attacking ships carrying holy cargo most recently around the Commonwealth of Mishalla. He has helped a vessel bearing religious relics escape the dread pirate Blackbeard. He has survived his time in the rough township of Cyclone and avoid entanglements with the Naval fleets of the Land of the South Winds.
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Q: codility challenge, test case OK , Evaluation report Wrong Answer the aluminium 2014 gives me wrong answer [3 , 9 , -6 , 7 ,-3 , 9 , -6 , -10] got 25 expected 28
but when i repeated the challenge with the same code and make case test it gives me the correct answer
Your test case [3, 9, -6, 7, -3, 9, -6, -10] : NO RUNTIME ERRORS (returned value: 28)
what is the wrong with it ???
the challenge :-

A non-empty zero-indexed array A consisting of N integers is given. A
  pair of integers (P, Q), such that 0 ≤ P ≤ Q < N, is called a slice of
  array A. The sum of a slice (P, Q) is the total of A[P] + A[P+1] + ...
  + A[Q]. The maximum sum is the maximum sum of any slice of A. For example, consider array A such that:    A[0] = 3
      A[1] = 2
      A[2] = -6
      A[3] = 3
      A[4] = 1 For example (0, 1) is a slice of A that has sum A[0] + A[1] = 5. This is the maximum sum of A. You can perform a single swap
  operation in array A. This operation takes two indices I and J, such
  that 0 ≤ I ≤ J < N, and exchanges the values of A[I] and A[J]. To goal
  is to find the maximum sum you can achieve after performing a single
  swap. For example, after swapping elements 2 and 4, you will get the
  following array A:    A[0] = 3
      A[1] = 2
      A[2] = 1
      A[3] = 3
      A[4] = -6 After that, (0, 3) is a slice of A that has the sum A[0] + A[1] + A[2] + A[3] = 9. This is the maximum sum of A after a single swap. Write a function: class Solution { public int solution(int[] A);
  } that, given a non-empty zero-indexed array A of N integers, returns
  the maximum sum of any slice of A after a single swap operation. For
  example, given:    A[0] = 3
      A[1] = 2
      A[2] = -6
      A[3] = 3
      A[4] = 1 the function should return 9, as explained above.

and my code is :-
import java.math.*;

class Solution {
    public int solution(int[] A) {
        if(A.length == 1)
            return A[0];
        else if (A.length==2)
            return A[0]+A[1];

        else{
            int finalMaxSum = A[0];

            for (int l=0 ; l<A.length ; l++){
                for (int k = l+1 ; k<A.length ; k++ ){

                    int [] newA = A;
                    int temp = newA[l];
                    newA [l] = newA[k];
                    newA[k]=temp;

                    int maxSum = newA[0];
                    int current_max = newA[0];
                    for(int i = 1; i < newA.length; i++)
                    {
                        current_max = Math.max(A[i], current_max + newA[i]);
                        maxSum = Math.max(maxSum, current_max);
                    }

                    finalMaxSum = Math.max(finalMaxSum , maxSum);

                }
            }

            return finalMaxSum;
        }
    }
}

i don't know what's the wrong with it ??

A: It was a bug in the website and this is the reply from the support team
the evaluation system run your program not only on the test case it presented to you, but also on the mirrored test case B = [-10, -6, 9, -3, 7, -6, 9, 3]. On test case B your program indeed returned 22, when it should have returned 28.

A: public static int findMaxSumOfArray(int[] A) {
    int[] T = new int[A.length];
    int sum = 0;

    int max1 = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
    int max2 = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
    int max3 = Integer.MIN_VALUE;
    int max1index = 0;
    int max2intex = 0;

    for (int i = 0; i < A.length; i++) {
        if (A[i] < 0) {
            T[i] = sum;
            sum = 0;
        } else if (i == A.length - 1) {
            sum += A[i];
            T[i] = sum;
            sum = 0;
        } else {
            sum += A[i];
        }
    }

    for (int i = 0; i < T.length; i++) {
        if (max3 < T[i]) {
            if (max2 < T[i]) {
                if (max1 < T[i]) {
                    max2intex = max1index;
                    max3 = max2;
                    max2 = max1;
                    max1 = T[i];
                    max1index = i;
                } else {
                    max3 = max2;
                    max2 = T[i];
                    max2intex = i;
                }
            } else {
                max3 = T[i];
            }
        }
    }
    return max1 + max2 + (Math.abs(max1index - max2intex) == 1 ? max3 : 0);
}


A vivid love story and adventure tale, Oroonoko is a heroic slave narrative about a royal prince and his fight for freedom. The eponymous hero, Oroonoko, deemed royalty is one world and slave in another, is torn from his noble status and betrayed into slavery in Surinam, where he is reduced to chains, fetters and shackles. But his high spirit and admirable character will not be suppressed. The book was groundbreaking at the time and is considered to be one of the first novels written in English. Its condemnation of slavery and Europeans, and striking portrayal of sexuality and violence, shrouded Behn's name in controversy for years after it was published. A crucial text in the history of teh novel by a female author - one of the first English women to earn her living through writing.
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How do I join CFR SCCA?
It's simple. Go to the Membership section of this web site, download the membership form, and mail it in. It takes about 2 – 3 weeks to receive your membership card in the mail. Once you receive your card, you can go to any CFR amateur race for free.
Can I use my father's Oldsmobile to go racing?
We have a form of racing called Solo II that is just for the person who wants to have some fun. Of course you can take that program and make it serious by adding trick parts and prepping the car for tight corners. Solo II, also known as Autocross, is a race against time grouped with competitors of similar cars. These races are held on big lots or other large paved surface. See the CFR Solo II web site for more details.
I own a car that I want to race in Club Races. How do I find out more about prepping the car for racing?
Contact our Chief of Tech for more information (see Contacts for phone, email, and mail contact info). Also, you can contact your District Governor (see Districts to find your district) that can probably get you in touch with a driver or tech representative in your area.
I just joined and I don't know anyone. How do I get involved?
Your best bet is to contact the Governor of your district. See Districts to find your district. The Governor of each district holds a monthly membership meeting usually at the same place and time. At those meetings you can learn more about the club and meet other members in your area.
How long does it take to post results on the web site?
Most race results are posted within 1 to 2 weeks after a race weekend. You will see a notice on the "News" page of the this web site when the race results are posted.
How do I correct an error in the results or points?
Please contact the CFR points keeper or the Chief of Timing and Scoring for the event with any questions or problems in the results or points. No changes will be made to the online results or points, unless the Chief of Specialty or the Chief of the Event provide an update.
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A view from the Palm Trail.
Here at our center in St. Vincent, we are getting ready for hosting the first Horsemanship Vacation called Sahaja in December 2015 – more info here. Our small country is very special and has a unique history. When Colombus arrived to the island many years ago he renamed the island Saint Vincent. People had lived here for thousands of years and named their country Yurumein which means "Home of the Blessed". Nevertheless Colombus thought Saint Vincent was a better name and changed it. Now who was the Saint Vincent?
The story goes that the Saint Vincent was born in France at the end of the 1500's. He studied theology and on one of his travels he was captured and kept in slavery in Africa for two years. He managed to escape, returned to France and became a missionarie and I guess quite famous. I cannot find any information on why Columbus preferred Saint Vincent to Yurumein though. Later on the British occupied the island, turned people into slaves and not until 1979 did Saint Vincent gain its independence.
Here are some small fun facts about St. Vincent.
The Population of St Vincent & The Grenadines is 110 000.
There is an active volcano on St Vincent (La Soufriere) that last erupted in 1979. The volcano rises to 4,048 feet. It is the largest of the 3 craters that are present at the summit of the volcano, the other 2, the Somma and the 1812 crater, both presently dormant.
The Pirates of the Caribbean 1 was filmed 20 minutes from our center.
The Amazona Guildingi – the St Vincent Parrot is the National Bird.
We have 225 species of fish in the waters of St Vincent!
St Vincent is the only Caribbean country in which petroglyphs, recording our ancestors' presence are found.
Welcome to Yurumein – St. Vincent!
Jonna and I are working on preparing Jack, Elena and Darling for trail and beach rides. During the Sahaja Clinic a gentle beach ride should be possible for those who wish.
In this blog we will also share more from Jonna's journey as a working student.
Being with horses can teach you the greatest gift of all, to be here and now. This is the way horses are living their life, totally in the present moment. If you can't meet them there, you will not be able to communicate with them, easy as that. In Sweden I work as an occupational therapist with young adults who has got different kinds of disabilities. Every time I meet a new patient I also meet the challange to figure out who this very unique individual is. A diagnos says nothing about the person so I'll always have to spend a long time just to get to know this new person in front of me to be able to give the right help at the right time.
Many therapists don't take the time for doing this, and the result may look good in the computer according to models, structures and productivity but is a totally different story if you ask the patient. Many times we take too little time for listening, instead we make up in our own head what we think the problem is and how to solve it. Even though the patient has a problem you've seen many times before it always have to be seen from the individual's point of view and experience of the problem, and that is always unique.
Each person and situation is unique. Just like my patients, each horse is also unique. I've found out that I can use a lot of what I know as a therapist when I'm with the horses. To be able to work and communicate with them you'll have to spend time to get to know this unique individual that every horse represent. You also have to be aware and listen to what the horse is trying to say to you. Sometimes with my patients I can see an obvious and important problem that I would prior to start working with before anything else, but when I ask my patients what they would like to work with, It's many times something completely else.
I will have to be present in the moment, be aware about what I'm saying and about what the horse is saying, listen. This way of being with horses is really improving me in my role as an occupational therapist, this because horses respond to you straight away with their body and mind on how you act. It's also improving me in all my other roles in life, this because they teach me to live here and now, in the present moment.
Previous My teacher told me to "Kick my Horse".


It is 3.38am now as I'm tapping away and @evonnz is in the bathtub having a soak after our long day!
Haven't had the time to update earlier, gosh. Gonna keep it short and sweet if possible cos I feel compiled to update even though I really don't have that much time to! When abroad, time is a huge commodity and wasting any bit of time irks me.
On Friday, we went back to Juno Hair again for another shampoo/blowdry, and the staff were so happy to see us again! They are really sweet!!
My hairstylist (her name is Shim Sol Lip) did curls for me this time and I really liked the way it looked, sort of tousled and natural and very different from the usual kind of curls! I find that my hair is too short though. Still trying to grow out the hair!
Checked into our new hotel at Myeong Dong, after which we cabbed down to Hapjeong to meet Mel, Shine and Melvin, who were in Korea too, coincidentally!
The lip color that I'm wearing in the above picture is Étude House's Color Lips-Full liquid lipstick in PK02!
It's extremely bright and pigmented and I love how lasting it is! New fetish for liquid lip tints and this is going into my stash of favourites! I love pink lip colors the best.
So going for that K-beauty look! Can pass ma?
MY FAV, this baby German shepherd puppy that was tooooo adorable!! It was soooo furry and floppy and innocent looking that I fell in love with it!
After Bowhaus, all of us headed to Hongdae and we spent hours strolling through the streets, shopping and etc.
We visited Style Nanda too and I wasn't really into the clothes but 3CE makeup was 😍😍😍! I controlled myself and only got three items, but @evonnz went on a spree hahahaa. 3CE is not sold in Singapore so I think it's still worth buying!
Photobooth print-out from Style Nanda: they had a photo booth inside the shop! Coolios much.
We picked a random BBQ restaurant along the streets to have dinner at, and it was decent and quite cheap (less than 10,000 won per pax). Thank goodness I love meat so much cos I'm enjoying it to death in Korea! Like a shiok only!
My eyes are closing shut against my will.. Can't update anymore!


Spoilers: John returns to the Jungle, campmates receive double treats and one more campmate is voted out.
After a slip during a walk with Harry on Sunday night's episode, John was taken to the hospital to assess the extent of his injury. Luckily it was nothing more serious than a sprained ankle and last night John was allowed to return to Croc Creek. Although Emily was the saddest to see him go, it was Anne who jumped up from her bed in excitement as she spotted him returning.
John returned to camp with a walking stick and a big boot on his injured foot but was in good spirits as his campmates welcomed him back to Croc Creek. The camp was soon brought back to life as John gave his own rendition of "Razzle Dazzle" from the Musical "Chicago," whilst waving his cane around.
Once John had been welcomed back into camp and settled down, he quickly noticed that one campmate was missing as he asked his fellow campmates; "Where's Malique?" John was shocked to learn that Malique had been voted out of the Jungle, but assured by his other campmates that Malique was fine and "He was ready to go."
Camp Leader James and his chosen Deputy Rita, headed to the Jungle Clearing for last night's movie-themed Bushtucker Trial "Stars of The Silver Scream."
Rita took on the role of spokesperson for the duo, as she stood in a giant-sized popcorn machine to five rounds of film based questions. Though she did not enjoy the critters that were dropped on her in each round, she did enjoy the popcorn despite being told by Holly "Don't eat the popcorn."
Each correct question earned James time to retrieve the stars. To get each star James had to force his head into movie-themed boxes with Jungle based names and use his tongue to unscrew the stars, all while trying to avoid the Critters, Snakes, Crabs and other Jungle creatures that joined him in the boxes.
In the end, Rita and James earnt 8/9 stars for their campmates.
Although Rita wished they had managed that last star, the remaining members of Croc Creek were more than happy with the stars they earned.
Fleur and Sair appeared as though they were auditioning to be the next hosts for "The Great British Bake Off," with their baking themed Dingo Dollar Challenge. The pair amused fans as they threw cake ingredients over each other in order to win their Dingo Dollars. As always the Dingo Dollars were the easy part, with the final question from Kiosk Kev being the difference between the campmates and a treat.
But last night the campmates succeeded in getting the question correct and were not only rewarded with a cupcake each but also with a treacle cover Fleur who allowed any campmate that wanted, to get a lick off her.
Little did the campmates know that they would be rewarded with treats once again after Harry and Rita were called out of camp to take part in a special challenge. In keeping with the movie-themed episode, the duo was sent off to the Jungle's very own "Blockbuster Videos"
Harry and Rita were employed to match videos to their correct boxes based only on being given one line from the film, but of course, they weren't allowed and a multitude of critters joined them on their late night shift. After a successful job, the pair earnt another round of treats for themselves and their campmates that included; Fizzy Pop, Ice Cream and Popcorn.
Last night's vote was left down to Sair and Rita before it was announced that Sair, who had been at the bottom the night before, would be the third campmate to leave the 2018 Jungle.
Now that there is just one week left of the 2018 series of I'm a Celeb a campmate will be voted off each night until there are just three campmates left and the winner is announced.


The match between Empoli and Napoli will take place on 2019-04-03. This Serie A meeting is set to start at 17:00 GMT. The team headed by A. Andreazzoli comes with 1 victories from the last 5 matches, while Napoli has 3 victories concluded in their last 5 games.
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Home > Blog > David Spero > Why All the Drama?
Have you noticed how people need drama in their lives? If they don't have anything to worry about, they create something. People with diabetes don't have to create. Diabetes brings plenty of drama. But is drama good or bad? If it's bad, how can we get rid of it?
Why do people pull for drama in their lives? Drama is defined by Google as "an exciting, emotional, or unexpected series of events or set of circumstances." So drama makes our lives more interesting. If we're bored or we feel there's no point, having some excitement and emotion might pick our lives up a bit.
Did you ever wonder why Oprah Winfrey's weight went up and down so dramatically, so often, in public with all kinds of media attention? Her fight with weight was her story — it personalized her, made her more sympathetic and lovable.
It seems a lot of people in our culture, especially women, have weight for the drama. A Gallup Poll found that 56% of Americans want to lose weight. Many people cycle through weight loss and regain time after time. Is the drama — the emotional highs of loss and lows of regain — driving some of this unhealthy behavior?
Multiple sclerosis (MS) has supplied me with drama for over 30 years. Every morning I wake up wondering, "Will I be able to get out of bed today?" What a relief when I can actually stand up!
Like diabetes, MS makes one worry about the future. When I have some good days, I wonder if I might be getting better. Bad days scare me and depress me.
As a result, I can stop worrying about things like my children's behaviors, my ability to pay bills, my attractiveness to women, or whatever. Lately, I've started a couple of programs to try to get better. There's some science to them, but they're not medical. If they work, I'll let you know. Meanwhile, they give me a whole new drama to act out.
Actually, most life problems pale compared to health status. If you check your glucose, you have your daily dose of drama right there. If their blood glucose, A1C, or neuropathy is worse, people tend to feel bad about their lives. And if their numbers are down, all is right with the world.
Either way, you can tell everyone else's problems to take a flying leap. You've got more important things to worry about. At least, that's one purpose drama can serve.
Drama also helps by distracting us. If life is too scary or too painful, we can distract ourselves with drama, real or manufactured. Our dramas can distract us from fears of death, of the future, of feelings of failure, loneliness, and things like that.
The downsides of drama are obvious. It's stressful. It can raise your blood pressure and interfere with sleep. It can pull you away from other things that might be more important. It can make it hard to pay attention to others, and thus hurt relationships with them.
Not everyone relies on body dramas like weight and health. If you have a troubled child or other relative, you can lose yourself in worrying about them and trying to help. Some people try to help almost anyone in need, whether they can actually help or not. We're playing roles in somebody else's drama and distracting ourselves from our own pain.
Other people, including me, spend a lot of time with the dramas of things happening in the world, such as wars and environmental disasters like global warming. Not sure what benefit I get out of those dramas. They mostly make me depressed, but I'm still drawn to them.
If we didn't have our various dramas, would we be bored? Would anxiety about death and the meaning of life creep in and make us miserable? Or would be happier, more present, and more effective? What would life be like without drama?
I'm betting that less drama will be good. I think I'm going to make this a priority for 2014, to let go of drama in my life. Try to accept; try to meditate. Things will still happen, but I hope not to worry about them as much.
I would like some advice from you, though. Has diabetes brought drama to your life? How do you feel about that, and what do you do about it?


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Germany finds a reason to be proud
作者:21ST 来源:高中版第107期 日期: 2010-11-30
Konard Adenauer at a NATO conference.
外研版高三年级:Slavery and the American Civil War
关键词:History
话题归类:历史History
不再对民族自豪感讳莫如深,300万人参加投票评选"最伟大的德国人"。
MORE than 3 million Germans took part in the final vote of a three-month television contest on November 28 to decide who is "the best German of all time".
Konrad Adenauer, the man who led former West Germany to economic success in the 1950s, came out on top. He was followed by religious (宗教的) reformer Martin Luther and Karl Marx, the founder of Communism.
The contest also marks a turning point in the German people's attitude towards national pride. Ever since the end of World War II, the idea of a national hero was not encouraged. It was believed to relate to the Nazi Germany of Adolf Hitler, who used national pride as an excuse for extreme racism and mass-murderer.
With this dark cloud from the mid-20th century hanging over their heads, German people were embarrassed to celebrate their history. However, time is proving to be a great healer (疗伤药). "I belong to a generation that dare not mention the word 'patriotism'
(爱国主义)," said Germany's Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer in a speech to his Green Party. "But if patriotism means respect for democratic values, overcoming nationalistic prejudices (偏见) and protecting minorities, then I'm happy to call myself a patriot."
In an attempt to encourage this proper national pride, ZDF television, which organized the contest, left out Hitler and other top Nazis from the candidate list. "The best-known German was the biggest killer of all time," ZDF director Guido Knopp said. "Our project was 'Germany's best' and there was no room for a mass-killer."
The character and achievements of the most popular Germans show that the voters put high value on caring for others, contributing to the country and having the courage to find the truth.
Others in the top 10 include Hitler fighters Sophie and Hans Scholl and composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Germany's greatest writer Johann Wolfgang Goethe and the world famous scientist Albert Einstein were also part of this leading group.
关键词:外研版 高三 Slavery and the American Civil War 历史History
China finds the need for speed
She's proud of her policeman dad
Germany launches campaign to save language from English
最新调查显示欧盟重视儿童早期英语教育
[初二]Wisdom is better than force


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Oh man, I am so excited! This little project I started in early 2015. I worked on it in October 2015 for the 31 minutes challenge. Then, half finished, I tucked it away, until this week…and today? TODAY I FINISHED!
I am thrilled with how it turned out. It's a tiny 4″ book that I made myself (and want to make 500 more), and the #myselfiescrapbook project took exactly one third. At this point, my plan is to complete a "week in the life" photo project in the next couple of months, and use that for the next third, then another in 2019, so I have three separate selfie projects to record three different times in my life.
I also thought it would be fun to do a video to show you the inside!
The photos were taken mainly on my iPhone 4S, with a few on my D700, and then printed as a contact sheet at home on my HP 8200 (which has since died). The mini book is faux leather, by me, with scrumptious thick 120gsm paper. The patterned papers are from an old Lime Tart kit, and are the "Collectable" range by My Minds Eye. I also used Studio Calico stamps, stampin' up dies, dylusions pains and stains to add a mixed media vibe, and (recent) journaling was done with a Micron felt tip pen, size 02. If you have any specific questions, give me a holler!


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MUMBAI: Shabir Ahluwalia is a well-known actor of TV town, who made his debut with the show Hip Hip Hurray. He is currently winning hearts by playing the role of Abhi in Kumkum Bhagya.
He is married to actress Kanchi Kaul, and the couple is blessed with two children, Azai and Ivarr.
Ivarr turned a year older, and on his third birthday, Shabir shared an adorable video and penned down an emotional note. In the video, several cute moments of Ivarr can be seen.
"You are growing up way too fast and better that my bestest dream, may you keep shining and spread happiness and love not just at home but everyone who crosses your path , happy birthday my darling ivarr #minime #happybirthday," read the caption written by Shabir.


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Future Earns Eighth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 With 'I Never Liked You'
May 8, 2022 AY Music, News 0
Future earns his eighth No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 chart as I Never Liked You debuts atop the list with the year's largest week for any album. It earned 222,000 equivalent album units in the U.S. in the week ending May 5, according to Luminate. That also marks Future's largest week for a solo album, by units earned. His only album to post a bigger week was his collaborative set with Drake, What a Time to Be Alive, which bowed at No. 1 with 375,000 units in 2015.
In total, I Never Liked You is Future's 15th top 10 album on the Billboard 200. He previously topped the chart with High Off Life (2020), Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD (2019), HNDRXX (2017), Future(2017), Evol (2016), What a Time to Be Alive (2015) and DS2 (2015).
Also in the new top 10: The Weeknd's Dawn FM surges 35-2 after the release of its vinyl LP and boxed sets, Miranda Lambert's Palomino debuts at No. 4, and NoCap's Mr. Crawford bows at No. 8.
The Billboard 200 chart ranks the most popular albums of the week in the U.S. based on multi-metric consumption as measured in equivalent album units, compiled by Luminate. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). Each unit equals one album sale, or 10 individual tracks sold from an album, or 3,750 ad-supported or 1,250 paid/subscription on-demand official audio and video streams generated by songs from an album. The new May 14, 2022-dated chart will be posted in full on Billboard's website on May 10. For all chart news, follow @billboard and @billboardcharts on both Twitter and Instagram.
Of I Never Like You's 222,000 equivalent album units earned, SEA units comprise 214,000 (equating to 283.75 million on-demand official streams of the set's tracks), album sales comprise 6,500 and TEA units comprise 1,500. (I Never Liked You's standard edition was released on April 29 with 16 tracks, and then expanded in the middle of its first week of release with six additional cuts.)
I Never Liked You's starting sum of 222,000 units is the largest week for any album since Adele's 30 logged 288,000 units in the week ending Dec. 2, 2021, and the biggest debut for an album since 30launched with 839,000 a week earlier. I Never Liked You has the biggest week for any R&B/hip-hop album since Drake's Certified Lover Boy moved 236,000 in its second frame (week ending Sept. 16, 2021), and the biggest R&B/hip-hop debut since Certified launched with 613,000. In fact, in the last 12 months, only three albums have posted a week as large as I Never Liked You: Certified, Ye's (formerly Kanye West) Donda (it debuted with 309,000 in the week ending Sept. 2, 2021) and J. Cole's The Off-Season(debuting with 282,000 in the week ending May 20, 2021).
I Never Liked You boasts guests including Drake, EST Gee, Gunna, Kodak Black, Tems and Ye (all on its standard and expanded editions).
The Weeknd's Dawn FM jumps from No. 35 to No. 2 — matching its debut and peak position — following the release of its vinyl LP, cassette and deluxe boxed sets on April 29. The album earned 57,000 equivalent album units (up 241%), of which album sales comprise 44,000 (up 2,282% — making it the top-selling album of the week), SEA units comprise 13,000 (equaling 17.72 million on-demand official streams of the set's tracks) and TEA units comprise a negligible sum. 77% of Dawn FM's sales were from its vinyl LP, which was available in multiple variants, including a Target-exclusive edition pressed on translucent silver vinyl. In total, Dawn FM sold nearly 34,000 copies on vinyl — the largest sales week for an R&B album on vinyl since Luminate began tracking music sales in 1991.
Morgan Wallen's former No. 1 Dangerous: The Double Album falls 2-3 with 50,000 equivalent album units (down 3%).
Miranda Lambert notches her seventh top 10 album on the Billboard 200 as Palomino debuts at No. 4 with 36,000 equivalent album units earned. The set is the highest-debuting country album of 2022 and gallops in with the year's largest debut, by units, for a country effort. Of the album's 36,000 units earned, album sales comprise 24,000; SEA units comprise 11,000 (equaling 14.35 million on-demand official streams of the set's tracks) and TEA units comprise 1,000.
A trio of chart-topping albums is next on the Billboard 200, as Olivia Rodrigo's Sour falls 4-5 (34,000 equivalent album units; down 6%), Lil Durk's 7220descends 3-6 (33,000; down 15%) and the Encanto soundtrack dips 5-7 (32,000; down 7%).
NoCap nets his first top 10 effort with his debut studio release Mr. Crawford, as the album debuts at No. 8 with 29,000 equivalent album units earned. Effectively all of that sum was driven by SEA units (equaling 40.07 million on-demand official streams of the set's tracks). The rapper (real name: Kobe Vidal Crawford) has charted three previous efforts on the chart, going as high as No. 31 with Steel Human in 2020. Before the release of Mr. Crawford, NoCap had accumulated 1.48 billion on-demand official streams with his catalog of songs in the U.S., according to Luminate. The Steel Human album accounted for 332 million of those streams.
Closing out the new top 10 on the Billboard 200 are Drake's Certified Lover Boy (7-9 with 29,000 equivalent album units; down 4%) and Doja Cat's Planet Her (6-10 with nearly 29,000; down 5%).
Luminate, the independent data provider to the Billboard charts, completes an exhaustive and thorough review of all data submissions used in compiling the weekly chart rankings. Luminate reviews and authenticates data, removing any suspicious or unverifiable activity using established criteria before final chart calculations are made and published. In partnership with Billboard, data deemed suspicious and unverifiable is disqualified prior to the final calculation.
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Painting the Roses Red…. My Queen of Hearts Bin!
First, let me say hello and apologize for my absence. The past few weeks have been busy – both at work and at home. Thankfully, my mom has been maintaining the blog while I've attended to other business. I'm hoping things are starting to slow down and I can finally settle back in and take care of some crafting.
I started a craft several weeks ago and was finally able to finish it today. Once I finally sat down, it only took me about an hour and a half to finish.
This is my Queen of Hearts-inspired (fake) flower holder for my bedroom desk/vanity (to go with all the other Alice in Wonderland things I've been making).
As I mentioned, I started this craft several weeks ago. In fact, it was the same day I made my Cheshire Cat button art. That day, I started "painting the roses red" in true Alice in Wonderland spirit. The unpainted bin with the painted-red roses has sat on my bedroom desk/vanity ever since.
Today, finally able to return to the project, I started by painting the bin white. It took a few coats on the outside and then I wanted to ensure the inside was painted also in case the flowers didn't fully cover.
Once the white paint was dry, I drew my hearts, Qs and crowns on the bin in pencil (trying to replicate the look of a playing card) and then painted them. I had originally tried a red permanent marker for the Qs and smaller hearts but it didn't cover well. As soon as I added the paint, it started to come together.
Finally, I took the painted-red roses and the leaves and clipped them so that I could arrange them more freely in the bin. It was exactly as I imagined it would look – nothing too fancy but a simple, Alice-inspired décor for my desk/vanity.
And that's all it took! In just over an hour (after weeks of being an incomplete project), I finally finished it! In hindsight, I could have and probably should have finished this sometime over these past few weeks. Unfortunately, after long days, sleep sometimes overrules crafting.
What's next for my Alice in Wonderland plans? Perhaps some kind of white rabbit? Or maybe a hookah-smoking caterpillar? Only time will tell but I am eager to get back to crafting. It's been such a fun way to add some colour and excitement into my bedroom décor and it gives me a sense pride every time I look at what I've created, often from dollar store finds.
This is cute, I can't wait to see what other Alice inspired projects you come up with!
Kim has a whole list of things she wants to do!


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I do not know if the things CREW reports are true or not; probably some are; I imagine the Feds have a ways to go in electronic info mgmt.   However, the CREW organization itself seems to have a clear partisan political purpose.  That leads to some questions about the objectivity of their report.
its findings and recommendations are available at www.citizensforethics.org.


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Didi's English Upgrade: A Crucial Need in a Global Strategy
Chinese ride-sharing, Didi Chuxing
Since last May 5th, Didi Chuxing (滴滴出行), the Chinese ride-sharing application, reaffirmed its overseas ambition in rolling out an English App. As a reminder, last 1st August 2016, the firm backed up by Apple, announced a merger with Uber China in a venture that worth about $35 billion. After this agreement, Didi took over the American start-up's operations in China. Then, they chose first to focus on Chinese users and removed Uber's English app letting non-Chinese speakers with a real need.
Testing the app on local foreigners today to spread abroad tomorrow
Didi is now setting up an overseas strategy, and as announced last February, have formed an international division. Indeed, according to Fortune "one of the top priorities for Didi this year" is to go global. In this aim, they raised $5.5 billion and began the second evaluated startup just behind Uber (60$) with a private valuation that worth more than $50 billion. The upgrade application is now including useful features for non-Chinese speakers. For example, the English application – which is currently in trial closed version – will offer real-time messaging translation between the driver and his passenger, or the payment by international credit cards which is a real asset for targeting travelers and business people who don't stay long enough to open a local banking account.
Available first in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai, this upgrade is the first step for Didi's overseas spreading to come. Indeed, over a million of foreigners are working and living in China which is the perfect target to try the English version.
Didi's English Upgrade: Get ready for opportunities to come
According to Didi, "as an international economic and cultural hub, China increasingly attracts tourists, business travelers, and expatriates," then it's an obligation to adapt the offer to this increasing target. Indeed, in 2016, revenues for Chinese tourism industry amount to RMB 3420 billion according to Statista. The growing sector of tourism is already bringing more and more consumer to China. For example, this is the reason why Airbnb (爱彼迎, read "Aibiying "welcoming with love") is booming in China and plans to double their investment in the country. Moreover, by 2020, the WTO (World Tourism Organization) expects China to become the largest travel destination and the fourth largest source country.
The success of start-ups in China sustained by the sharing economy
The success of Didi, AirBnB or bike sharing platforms such as Ofo (共享单车), shows that the sharing economy is full of opportunities for start-ups in China. Indeed, the three-year-old Chinese firm, thanks notably to a $3000 million investment from Didi, is already leaning on 3,69 millions of weekly users and 500 000 rides made per day. As Didi, the startup is planning to spread abroad. In 2016, the sharing economy incomes have increased by 76% in China, according to iiMedia Research, reaching RMB 3.95 trillion (roughly $633 billion). Regarding this number, the sharing economy must bring, in years to come, other start-ups to succeed in China.
To know more about the Chinese ride-sharing market, contact our dedicated project managers by email at dx@daxueconsulting.com


Indian Ministry of External Affairs said Lord Carlile's intended activity in India was incompatible with purpose of his visit as mentioned in his visa application.
New Delhi: British parliamentarian and adviser to the legal team of former Bangladesh Prime Minister and BNP chief Khaleda Zia, Lord Alexander Carlile has been denied entry into India on his arrival in New Delhi for not having the appropriate Indian visa, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
Raveesh Kumar said the British national had arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday without having obtained the appropriate Indian visa. "His intended activity in India was incompatible with the purpose of his visit as mentioned in his visa application. It was, therefore, decided to deny him entry into India upon arrival," he said on Wednesday responding to a query.
Meanwhile, Lord Carlile had told Dhaka Tribune that since he was not been permitted to come to Dhaka, he wanted to hold a press conference in India "to explain the complexities in Khaleda Zia's case to the international media community".


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Access to health care in remote communities in northern Finland
Saturday, May 30, 2015 - 02:09
Living in northern Finland one is used to relatively advanced infrastructure compared to other regions in the Arctic, which easily makes one to forget how far north and how remote one lives. But there is the important aspect of the word relatively! We usually get quickly used and adapted to the place where we live. Along with the adaptation goes the change of perception of numerous normative measures, such as distance or maybe time. However, there are times when it becomes more obvious where one lives, and which reminds us again on the relativity of our perceptions.
Living in Enontekiö, the municipality in the very northwest of Finland, I generally get the feeling of having a very sound and functional infrastructure surrounding me. Sure, my Internet connection is not as fast as I was used to it when I lived in Vienna where I studied. Nonetheless, it is obviously fast enough to maintain the HuSArctic website, as well as to stream videos – which I just heavily did when joyfully following some of the exciting games of the icehockey world championship that was won by another Arctic state: Canada. It was also during that time that I needed to see a dentist, as unfortunately one of my teeth broke. Shouldn't be a big deal, I thought, as there is a dentist's ordination in Hetta, the biggest village of Enontekiö, in which almost half of the municipality's population is living. The village hosts a few shops as well as the 'terveysasema' – the health station. However, when I called to get an appointment to have my tooth fixed, the person on the other end of the line had an unpleasant surprise for me: There was no dentist working in the village for almost two more weeks, so they offered me to make an appointment in Muonio, which is the next bigger village about 80 km from Hetta. But also there I had to wait a few more days to get an appointment, as only in the following week (I called on a Thursday morning) a dentist was available. Fortunately I didn't experience much pain, so waiting for a few days wasn't a big problem for me. And looking at my ever growing belly, eating a little bit less for a few days also didn't seem to become a crucial factor of survival. Anyhow, after the weekend I went south to Muonio and got my tooth fixed. After that incident I checked back on the website of terveysasema in Hetta to gather some other information and found out that if you want to make a regular appointment for the dentist, you should do so at least six (!) months in advance; for a medical practitioner you should do so two weeks in advance. Of course, in urgent cases it would be possible to get an appointment immediately; that is, if a doctor is present. Pretty much at the same time when I needed a dentist, also one of the cats who we share our apartment with got sick and needed medical attention. To his luck, the vet was available immediately and he did not have to travel to another village or wait for days. Still, this experience once again reminded me that northern communities in Finland – despite their relatively advanced state of infrastructure – are different to southern or more urban areas.
Like myself, also our room mate Herr Schrödinger has completely recovered (photo credit: Heidi Nousiainen).
Talking about the story above, also a friend of mine told about a similar experienc for basically a minor incident: After getting a deep cut in the hand, she needed to see a doctor to check if some nerves got damaged, and of course to get the wound properly treated and stitched. Her bad luck was that she injured herself on a Sunday afternoon, and the place of the accident was: Hetta. In the terveysasema there was no doctor present, so she was sent as well to the health center in Muonio. However, after arrival it quickly became clear that also the health center there wasn't properly prepared for treating her injury on a Sunday afternoon, which is why she got send to Kittilä, which is about 150 km from Hetta. Fortunately, there a doctor could see her and treat her injury. But, as she continued to tell me, traveling these distances for medical care is not unusual. As a mother of two children she already twice had to go to the next hospital to give birth; and the closest hospital (where you also need to go with severe injuries or for carrying out surgeries) is in Rovaniemi, some 300 km from Hetta, or 440 km from Kilpisjärvi, the northernmost village in Enontekiö. In Hetta there is an ambulance car permanently stationed. For emergency cases this car is standing by in order to drive their clients to the closest suitable facility. In case of giving birth it means, that before finally arriving at the hospital you will have an at least four hours car ride ahead of you, or in winter, or with bad road conditions, the ride could even take significantly longer. Another young woman from Enontekiö who is going to become a mother later this year, told me that she is not willing to take any risks, but instead wants to look for a room or a hotel from about a week before the birth should take place.
Access to health care is of course an important aspect of human security, and its absence may be a stress factor for some. More than once I have heard from travelers or tourists that they wouldn't feel secure to live so far away from a hospital, or that they would be concerned about the distance to the next hospital when going for a hike into the forest or into the tundra in northern Finland, which on the other hand is the regular work place for many local residents, such as reindeer herders. Since we get used to the environment and the infrastructure in the place we grow up or decide to live in, we may not necessarily perceive infrastructural gaps as immediate threats. Yet, lack of health infrastructure does pose certain challenges and risks to the concerned communities.
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Interacting with personnel on the spot at the Arctic – a conference organized in Burlington at the University of Vermont
► May 2015
► April 2015
The day of interesting lectures in the Arktikum
Spring doesn't feel like spring, if you haven't been at the St. Mary's Days!


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Teenager suicide bomber kills 18 in Pakistan's bus
A teen-aged suicide bomber killed at least 18 people and wounded 33 others on board a bus Wednesday in northwest Pakistan, officials said.
The teenager detonated explosives on the bus as it was about to drive off at the Tirah Bazar market in Kohat, according to city police chief Dilawar Bangish. Kohat is in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, formerly known as the North West Frontier Province, according to CNN.
According to police the target was a tribal chief opposed to Pakistan's Taliban whose stronghold is in the northwest of the country. A campaign of suicide bombings continues despite military offensives by Pakistan's US-backed government, euronews reports.