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Three Vietnam hotspots among 100 most visited cities
By Nguyen Quy &nbspDecember 10, 2018 | 06:03 pm GMT+7
Saigon, Hanoi and Ha Long cities are among the world's top 100 travel destinations, says a Euromonitor International report.
Colorful fireworks shows are seen on Saigon sky. Photo by Shutterstocks/HoangTuan
The three cities are respectively ranked 39th, 51st and 53rd in terms of international tourist arrivals in 2018.
The annual Top City Destinations Ranking report, compiled by the global business intelligence firm, notes that Saigon is expected to receive 5.8 million foreign visitors this year, up 5.9 percent against a year earlier.
It has overtaken some of world's leading cities like Beijing (54th), Sydney (55th), Chiang Mai (64th), Kyoto (67th) and Melbourne (76th).
Hanoi will welcome an estimated 4.6 million visitors, while Ha Long, home to the world famous bay of the same name in north Vietnam, expects 4.4 million arrivals, up 8 percent and 12 percent year-on-year, respectively.
Foreign tourists walk around the Hanoi's Old Quarter. Photo by Shutterstocks/Minhhue
The Telegraph recently recommended Hanoi as an amazing food destination, while Ho Chi Minh City has cracked various lists of top destinations for solo and retiree travelers, including being named by priceoftravel.com as one of the cheapest cities for backpackers.
Both cities were also named among top 10 overnight business trip destinations in a recent report compiled by MasterCard.
In August, Hanoi and HCMC made it to the top 15 destinations in Asia in a ranking by the U.S. News. The ranking considered local prices, accessibility and the variety of attractions in each destination along with travelers' feedback, and put Hanoi in 14th place followed by HCMC.
Hanoi: Heart of Vietnam
In the Economist Intelligence Unit's recent ranking of the world's most livable cities, Hanoi and HCMC were among the top five improvers.
According to the latest ranking from Euromonitor International, Hong Kong was the most visited city in the world with an estimated 30 million international tourists by the end of this year, benefiting from the Chinese outbound boom and strategic location with mainland China.
Major cities in the top 10 list this year are Bangkok, London, Singapore, Macau, Paris, Dubai, New York, Kuala Lumpur and Shenzhen.
In this year's ranking, Asia has continued its rise. The region accounts for 41 out of the top 100 cities, up from 37 in 2012, notes Wouter Geerts, consultant for Euromonitor International.
Asia Pacific is the standout region that has driven change in the travel landscape and is expected to continue doing so in the coming decade, with Singapore overtaking London as the third most visited city in the world by 2025, making the podium fully Asian, the report says.
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Town of Stewiacke
Full name: Town of Stewiacke
Website: www.stewiacke.net
Geographic region: Colchester County
In 2011, Stewiacke had a population of 1,438 representing a percentage change of 1.2% from 2006. This compares to the national average growth of 5.9%.
The percentage of the population aged 65 and over in Stewiacke was 20.9%, compared with a national percentage of 14.8%. The percentage of the working age population (15 to 64) was 64.8% and the percentage of children aged 0 to 14 was 15.3%. In comparison, the national percentages were 68.5% for the population aged 15 to 64 and 16.7% for the population aged 0 to 14.
Stewiacke occupies a land area of 17.67 square kilometres with a population density of 81.4 persons per square kilometre. This compares to Nova Scotia's provincial land area of 52,939.44 square kilometres with a population density of 17.4 persons per square kilometre.
97.2% of the population reported English only as mother tongue, 1.4% reported French only, and 1.4% reported a non-official language only, in 2011. In comparison, the provincial / territorial percentages were 91.8% for English only, 3.4% for French only and 4.1% for only non-official languages.
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Voter Turnout (2012): 58.54%
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Vol. 82/No. 48 ● December 24, 2018 The-Militant-Logo A SOCIALIST NEWSWEEKLY PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF WORKING PEOPLE
Workers face capitalist disdain in wake of wildfire social catastrophe
By Jeff Powers
Militant/Eric Simpson SWP member Joel Britton, left, talks with carpenter Tony Worino in his RV at fire refugee center in Chico, Calif. "How do the rich control everything and manipulate us?" Worino asked.
CHICO, Calif. — Since firefighters declared the Camp Fire 100 percent contained, the extent of the social catastrophe that accompanied the blaze — a product of the dog-eat-dog capitalist profit system — is becoming clearer. The catastrophe took the lives of over 80 people, burned 153,000 acres, forced over 50,000 people to flee, destroyed 14,000 houses, and almost completely obliterated the towns of Paradise, Magalia and Concow.
Many of those who lost their homes and belongings took refuge in Chico, the nearest town that hadn't been torched. Shelters and camps were set up where thousands got housing and hundreds of workers and students volunteered to provide food and aid.
On Dec. 7 a team of Socialist Workers Party members from Oakland expressed solidarity and met workers at the Silver Dollar Fairgrounds. It's the only Red Cross shelter in the area and home to 500 people.
RVs and cars with people living in them dot the parking lot. Carpenter Tony Worino, 63, welcomed the SWP campaigners into his RV. "My clients for finish carpentry have all been burned out," he told us, saying he would have to move.
"How do so few people control everything and manipulate us?" he asked. "For the rich we are just consumers."
"Working people face a dictatorship of capital," SWP member Joel Britton said. "But we have the numbers and the capacity to wage struggles to rebuild a fighting labor movement and fight for a workers and farmers government."
We also met Ramiro Ariaz Jr., who is living in a pickup truck. "It's hard living here. Lunch was yogurt, a fruit cup and an apple," he said. "I applied to the Federal Emergency Management Agency three or four times and they haven't given me anything."
FEMA officials made a big deal Dec. 6 about how they were bringing housing to an RV park outside of Corning. It turned out to be a grand total of 12 trailers.
Knocking on doors in Chico
We also knocked on workers' doors in Chico.
"There was only a 1 percent vacancy rate in town before the fire," building maintenance worker Kenny Hicks said. "There is hardly any place available to rent. This is a college town — California State University is here. When the students vacate their apartments this summer they're going to be snapped up by people who lost their homes in the fire. There will be no place for the students when they return."
We met Julie Whited at the front door of a nearby house. She was living in Paradise when the fire broke out. She lost everything. Whited is a counselor at the Catalyst women's shelter in Chico, where she's worked for 20 years. Friends in town gave her a place to stay.
"I work nights and went to bed at 4 a.m., so I was asleep when my son called on the morning of the fire," she said. "I thought it was still night because it was black outside. He told me I had to leave. I grabbed a few things and drove out of town."
"I don't have renters' insurance. I applied to FEMA for help. I'm lucky, they got back to me fairly quickly and cut me a check for $894 for rental assistance," she said.
Whited and other workers at the women's shelter organized to join the Communications Workers of America union. "After we got the union, my wages immediately went up. I had been working eight hours a night but they had only been paying us for five. They said we were sleeping and we didn't deserve the money," she said. "The union got back pay for us, plus more money per day." The union is also helping with emergency relief she said.
Whited and Evan Shuman, an agricultural worker in the neighborhood, got subscriptions to the Militant. Shuman also bought Is Socialist Revolution in the US Possible? by Socialist Workers Party leader Mary-Alice Waters.
A few houses down the street Francisco Bailon, a student at Chico High School, answered the door. "I'm in the choir at school," he said. "The head of the choir from Paradise High asked if we would be part of a tour he was arranging for high school choirs to tour local towns to bring joy to people hurt by the fire. Everybody volunteered."
Rebuilding twisted by capitalism
It will be a long, slow and expensive process before homes in Paradise are rebuilt. Everything involved will be twisted and distorted by the profit system.
The land has to be cleared of debris. Builders have to be found and prices agreed to. There is a shortage of construction workers, many who used to live in the area. FEMA will never help workers really recover.
In last year's Tubbs Fire, in the Santa Rosa area, 5,600 homes were destroyed. So far only 200 have been rebuilt.
Camp Fire began under Pacific Gas and Electric Company's high-voltage transmission lines, its likely cause. The lines were built in 1919 above the resort town of Pulga close to Paradise. The company reported problems there right before the fire. Some towers on the line were replaced in 2016, but that one was not.
PG&E has been hit by dozens of lawsuits and judgments of millions of dollars over responsibility for recent wildfires. The bosses had judged it better to pay people off than make repairs to aging equipment or keep areas around wires clear of tinder.
The same thing is happening again with Camp Fire. Recently passed laws in California allow PG&E to pass costs from legal judgments along to customers in higher rates. In the last seven years monthly bills for PG&E electricity have soared 46 percent.
Working people win gains, dignity in French protests
'Militant': Take story of yellow vest movement to US workers
US rulers push Beijing for trade and tariff concessions
New readers of Militant, books: Join SWP in campaigning!
Kaiser health care workers strike over heavy workload
Working people in Mosul rebuild lives, culture after defeat of Islamic State
Keep up pressure against Florida prison censorship!
Puerto Rico unions protest gov't health care cuts
Dallas cop charged with murder for killing Botham Jean
Mosul 'reading festival' celebrates return of art, literature
Sulaymaniyah students protest campus conditions
Socialist Workers Party Fund Drive (Final)
Fall Campaign to sell Militant subscriptions and books (Final)
On the Picket Line
Chicago charter teachers win strike for higher pay, smaller classes
Shipyard workers in Liverpool organize 'rolling' strike actions
Lenin: 'I declare war to death on Great Russian chauvinism'


A little over two years ago, our second daughter was born. At that time, my doctor told me I would probably never carry a baby past 32 weeks.
The months preceding Abby's birth and the year following her birth were full of trials. It seemed like one trial after another. We did our best to press on, obey God, and trust Jesus that He was sovereign and using everything for our good and His glory. But it was a struggle. Toward the end of last summer, we found out we were expecting Baby Paul. Because we hadn't moved into our new house yet (or even put in an offer), and because we were anticipating another 12 weeks in the hospital with a preemie, the news was a little overwhelming. I was praying one day about Baby Paul and felt God saying to my heart, "This is a reward".
So, over the next several months, we did our best to Trust in the Lord, seek His direction in all our decisions with Baby, and acknowledge Him. Right away, many came along side us and began to pray for Baby. There were at least two women from my Bible study who really carried our burden every single day.
From early in the pregnancy Dan and I started praying that Baby would not be born until after our church's annual Fur Rondy talent show.
We also started praying that Baby would not be breach. He had been breach through most of the pregnancy. At our 20-week ultrasound he was still breach and it was around that time that I became convinced that he would not flip. Though I asked our Bible study prayer group and my husband to pray that Baby would flip, I eventually resigned myself to the likely possibility of another breach baby, which would mean another c-section baby. I prayed about it one last time and fully surrendered it to God. A couple of nights later, Baby flipped and stayed head down for the rest of the pregnancy.
Baby was not a c-section baby. He was not even early enough for me to be stuck on magnesium or antibiotics. In fact, in answer to many, many prayers, Paul was born completely naturally. All the hospital did was provide ice chips, a birthing ball, and someone to catch Baby. (They even offered to let me do that, but I was a little distracted at the time).
My last big prayer request was that I would be able to hold Baby right when he was born. I didn't think that was ever going to happen, but I prayed anyway, and asked everyone else to pray too. I didn't get to hold Lydia until she was one day old. I didn't get to hold Abby until she was three days old. Words cannot describe how badly I wanted this. The closest I can come is "desire of my heart" (see Psalm 37:4). Words also cannot describe how happy I was the moment the picture below was taken. Or any time I see this picture. I know I've shared it before. I will probably share it again. This was one of the happiest moments EVER.
Paul was born at 35 weeks.
I am so thankful that God is so kind. That he leads us when we seek Him and He blesses us when we obey.
This is the view from my bedroom window. In fact, this is the exact view I see when I'm resting with my head on my pillow at nap time. A few days ago I was getting ready for my afternoon nap. The girls were settling down in their room and Paul was sleeping a few feet away from me in his bassinet, but I couldn't fall asleep right away. So I opened my eyes and watched the trees blowing in the wind.
The sky was a beautiful springtime blue and everything looked warm in the sunshine. Although the trees were still bare of any leaves, and they were waving in the strong winds, they were glowing a cozy golden brown. I watched the peaceful scene for a while thinking about how nice it is that springtime has finally come. It sure felt like a long winter this year.
Suddenly a change came over the scene so abruptly that at first I didn't know what had happened. I must have been getting sleepy and paying less attention to the trees when I looked out the window and saw everything changed. The trees were black. The sky was grey. The wind sounded harsh, and the warm glow of spring had gone. I wondered, at first, if it had been my imagination, but after a couple minutes the warmth returned and I realized that the change had only come from a cloud passing in front of the sun. It was just the shadow of the cloud that made that awful change from my warm spring scene to that cold, harsh one.
I lay in bed for a while watching the scene change back and fourth and I was suddenly struck by a parallel to my own life.
We have been basking in the warmth of having a new baby at home. Everything is full of newness, hope, and cozy time together. I am a bit like that tree basking in the new spring sun under that bright spring sky.
Of course, with a new baby comes its own share of challenges: sleepless nights, loads of laundry, and adjusting to life with three Littles. After the months of waiting and resting and limiting my activity, recovering from labor and delivery, and living through days on far less sleep, I feel a little bit like those bare tree branches being blown back and forth by the strong gusts of wind.
As I lay in my comfy bed and listened to that wind blowing, I realized that I couldn't do anything to change the color of the sky, the warmth of the sun, or the strength of the wind. But I do have control over one thing. I can choose to be the dark, cold tree branches hidden from the sun. Or, I can choose to be the warm, glowing branches, golden under those springtime rays. Of course, it's easy to be cold and short (especially with my toddlers) when I feel stretched thin and sleep-deprived, when the house is messier than normal, and I don't have any kind of predictable routine. In fact, I can't be warm and glowing on my own strength. I need the sun for that.
But if I will stay abiding in Jesus I can reflect His warmth, His gentleness and patience, His love and kindness, even when my branches are bare and the wind is blowing hard.
Of course, this doesn't just apply to my home as we adjust to having our little Paul at home with us. This applies to any situation in life that comes with its share of blessings and hardships. It's a good lesson in bearing with our trials and reflecting the light of Christ. And it's a lesson I can remember every time I look out my bedroom window.
One year ago, on my birthday, I began a project I called "One Year of Thankful". My 26th year had been tough. We moved a pile of times, endured unpleasant job changes, suffered through 12 unexpected weeks with a baby in the hospital, and were in the process of adjusting to having two kiddos at home. I was having a hard time, feeling down, getting angry, and realizing the lack of joy in my life. So I began this project: record one blessing a day and take a picture to go with it.
Now my "year of thankful" is complete. I've learned a few things along the way and I've enjoyed counting my blessings. I've learned that it's not enough to pick one thing a day, an attitude of thankfulness has to be continuous. I've learned that blessings come in showers and sometimes there are droughts. At times I would have to choose between a number of blessings in a day. Other times I would go for days struggling to think of anything for my "thankful".
10. Finding Things – Apparently I lose things somewhat frequently and really dislike it. Every time I find a lost item I have reason to rejoice.
Day 54 – I found my lost phone.
9. Nature and Beauty – From the beauty of freshly fallen snow, to a colorful sunset, to my favorite flowering trees, I love enjoying the beauty God has placed all around me.
Day 79 – Baby bunnies.
8. Relief from My Job – You don't even know how many times I took pictures of dishes washed by someone other than me! Or sometimes it was folded laundry, someone to watch the kiddos, or a discovery that made my life easier. A break from the grueling task of "domestic engineer" frequently made my thankful list.
Day 216 – Having my parents here while Dan and I were at the hospital, being able to take it easy as the girls were cared for and all the dishes and laundry done.
7. Material Things and Comforts – Material things were often gifts and comforts often included warmth or sleep. I'm blessed with so many nice "things": a house, clothing, all sorts of kitchen knick-knacks, and so many comforts like warm blankets, medicine when I'm sick, or the exercise ball that brought so much relief late in the pregnancy.
Day 71 – Nap time.
6. Love – Originally this was lumped under "Family and Friends", but it came up so many times I gave it a category of its own. From date nights to flowers, love letters, and special chats with Dan, it's clear that I enjoy any language of love from my husband.
Day 315 – My one and only Valentine.
5. Walking with God and Answered Prayers – This category skyrocketed late in my pregnancy with Paul. Every week was an answered prayer. But it wasn't just weekly milestones that made the list. During some of the most pressing trials of the year God brought much peace, guidance, and comfort.
4. Quiet, Precious, and Meaningful Moments – I am a creature of habit. Special moments that we enjoyed every day (like breakfasting in the breakfast nook or snuggling with Lydia in the morning) often made my list. I'm also an introvert and any quiet or peaceful moments made it into my thankful album.
Day 82 – This Moment: Snuggled up with his girls.
3. Food and Fun Times – I was amused at how often food came up as my thankful for the day. Especially special occasion food (aka something with cheese) or fruit. Fun times were also a favorite, including family outings, trips up North, and weddings and showers.
Day 156 – Another perfect pre-baseball picnic.
2. Productivity – This one really surprised me. It's back to those pictures of dishes I guess! The second most frequent thankful has something to do with making progress on housework, organization, research, or projects.
1. Family and Friends – This one isn't much of a surprise. Family and friends and the special moments we have together were the most common thankful by far. God has blessed me with many loved ones, but most frequent were my loving husband, and crazy kids.
Day 364 – Adding another little one to our family has only made me love them all more.
There are some days when I struggle to think of a good, picture-worthy blessing to be thankful for. Lately, that has not been the case.
After writing Wednesday's blog (on Tuesday afternoon), Dan emailed me with news about another house. On Wednesday evening we went to look at it, already almost certain this would be ours. By Friday we had filled out the paperwork to put in our offer, it was accepted, and suddenly we're on our way to having a home of our own. As things fall into place, I plan to share more about how God brought everything together for us.
Also on Wednesday, Lydia started to figure out potty training. It's a work in progress, but now it really is a work in progress. This is making all three of us so happy. (Abby doesn't know what all the fuss is about).
On Sunday, we packed up a picnic and met up with my parents and brother on their way back home from vacation. After lunch, my mom took Lydia over to the playground while Dan and I chatted with my dad about their vacation.
It was good to see them again, especially after such exciting times with the housing (and potty training).
And I'm only days away from finishing the front of Abby's quilt and moving on to the actual quilting step. I thought this day might never come.
Today is a drizzly day outside but here in this home we are overflowing with blessings. I just wanted to share a little of that overflow this afternoon.
This was the routine that continued for a couple of weeks. One afternoon, after a 25-minute run, I was making my way back along the busy road to our home. Every ten feet or so I would have to pull off to the side of the road while a car or two came speeding by in the lane closest to me. Lydia was eagerly asking to get out of the stroller to "run with you!", which can't happen until we are off the busy road and closer to the house. I was hot and tired and wishing for a longer stretch between cars so I didn't have to keep exerting all my energy to roll the girls into the grass and wait for more traffic to pass. I wanted to get home, get clean, and get some water.
Then I saw in the distance a red truck pulling a noisy trailer. I continued walking along the side of the road with my eyes glued to the truck, waiting until the last minute to pull off into the grass again. Just as the truck closed in on that particular distance when I have to turn off my path, the driver changed lanes. He turned his big truck and trailer into the left-most lane and zoomed by at a safe distance so that I wouldn't have to pull off into the grass.
He made my day. I was so happy I didn't have to do any wheelies or take any breaks. I just kept walking on that skinny bike lane on the side of the road. And, as I rejoiced in that little blessing I was struck by my attitude change. I was still making an inconvenient trek from the trail where I could safely run, but I was rejoicing in a blessing instead of sulking over the inconvenience.
There were so many factors about my runs that I was considering "halfway blessings".
The stroller that allowed me to go running…but didn't maneuver well.
The cell phone that kept time…but was hard to see and couldn't strap to my wrist.
The charged mp3 player that gave me good running music…but a whole lot of other content too.
The running trail that allowed me to run without stopping for cars…but the distance I had to walk to get to it.
The sidewalk that made my trek a little easier…but was only five houses long.
The red truck with a trailer that came zooming by…but changed lanes so I wouldn't have to stop.
It is so easy to focus on the half of my circumstances that aren't what I want them to be. But how much happier it is to focus on the "blessing half". Isn't that true all throughout life? The grass is greener on the other side, where the stroller wheels swivel and the sidewalks don't end. But watching that "greener" grass grow does nothing but leave me grumpy and unthankful.
I'm learning to be thankful…but I'm just going to have to learn again.
I'm so glad God doesn't give up on me.
When I was in seventh grade I joined the cross-country team. I dreaded every practice. The thought that kept me going during each race was "Before I know it…I'll be done…", and then I would picture my water bottle and my couch. I finished the season. I stayed on the team. And I ran every race without stopping to walk. At the end of the season I was devastated when I lost my team picture and later my team t-shirt was also lost in the laundry. There was no evidence that I had ever survived the whole season or that I had even joined the team.
After seventh grade I quit running until my college days. There was gym just across the street from my apartment that I could get into for free with my college ID card. For a few weeks I walked to the gym every weekday and ran around the track. Then I came down with a cold and decided to rest rather than run. My resting continued right up through college graduation. That was my second attempt at running.
When I was pregnant with Lydia, another Mama gave me a brilliant idea. She had trained couch-to-5K after her fourth baby was born, her fourth c-section at that. What a great way, I thought to get back in shape after nine months of pregnancy. I took that idea and decided to follow the same plan after Lydia was born, and then again after Abby.
I succeeded in my Lydia-5K, but then Abby came along. Training for a 5K with two littles is a lot harder than training for a 5K with one baby and a daddy who is in school and home often enough to babysit. After a couple of false starts at my 5K training this year, Dan and I both decided my running wouldn't be able to continue until we invested in a double jogging stroller.
So began my search. Every day I would get on Craigslist and check for a stroller that was in usable condition but within our price range. Finally, after a handful of disappointing emails and texts (Please, take your item off of Craigslist when it sells!), we paid $25 more than we wanted for a blue baby trend double jogger and I got to start my training again.
I realized that we don't even own a stop watch so my only timing device was my cell phone. Not ideal, but I could carry it while I ran and check the time whenever I ran underneath some shade. (The screen is too hard to see in the sunlight). I buckled up the girls and we took off for a short walk/run to test out the stroller and get my training back under way.
My long-awaited jogger has a fixed front wheel, so I have to do a wheely every time I want to turn. Since the stroller was lightweight, I didn't think it would be a problem. Right? Wrong. Our neighborhood is all curves. The neighborhood across the street is all curves. And the neighborhood next to ours is all curves. By the end of my short run, my arms were aching. To make things worse, all the neighborhoods around are tiny one or two street neighborhoods, fine for a 5-minute run, but not practical for anything longer.
I decided to find a route other than the neighborhood across the street. I ventured out onto the road, but that road is busy. Very busy. Semi-truck busy. And there is no sidewalk. I started the run in the "bike lane" but the first car that zoomed by at 50 miles an hour was far too close for comfort. I ended up jogging with my eyes and ears parked for the next batch of cars. Whenever some cars came I stopped my jogging, did my wheely to get off the road, and waited in the grass for the next break in traffic. All those wheelies were giving my arms a workout, but the stop-and-go running wasn't what I had envisioned.
The good news: there was a sidewalk for the stretch of about 5 houses. Five houses of non-stop jogging.
This time I didn't even bother to jog for the first 15 minutes. I repeated the previous route along the busy road with the tiny patch of sidewalk until I made it to a bike trail. Then I was able to complete my run in all its glory with no semi-trucks, to stopping, and fewer wheelies.
By now my runs were up to more than ten minutes and it was definitely time to bring along some music. I was happy to find my mp3 player but disappointed to realize the USB cord was packed away in some hopeless location and the player was dead.
I was back to running without music. And you know I don't like running.
One day I had the idea to try Dan's phone charger on my mp3 player, and it worked. My next run was so much happier, but with one down-side: the music last loaded onto the mp3 player also included the entire King James Version of the Bible, all 1,189 chapters of the KJV Bible. Great for listening, but not while running.


An Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris was forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya after a suspicious package was found on board, Kenyan police said.
Flight AF 463, which had 459 passengers and 14 crew members on board, had left Mauritius at 9pm local time (2230 IST) and was due to arrive in Paris Charles de Gaulle at 5:50am (1020 IST).
It landed at Moi International Airport, Mombasa, before 1am local time last night.
"It requested an emergency landing after a device suspected to be a bomb was discovered in the lavatory, an emergency was prepared and it landed safely and all passengers evacuated," police spokesman Charles Owino said.
"Bomb experts from the Navy and the CID were called in and took the device which they are dismantling to establish if it had any explosives," he said. The plane was still in Mombasa airport in the early morning, he added.


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March 17, 2008 | by Emma Wicks	| in News |
Vic cricket team administers righteous ass kicking
Victoria University were the winners of the 2008 New Zealand University Cricket Championship held in Palmerston North last week. The students, ranging from first years to postgraduates, won three out of four games and defeated defending champions Auckland University of Technology in the final by an impressive 103 runs.
Captain James Boyle says the team dominating batting performance was a big reason for the win. The team has had a successful season in the Hazlett Trophy division in Wellington.
Victoria's performance did not go unnoticed. Five members – James Boyle, Nick Waden, Mathan Thevakulasingam, Adam Clark and Neil Badenhurst – were selected for the University Cricket Team.
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Yoko Ono's art has always had a political bent. Her film Bottoms (1966), showed 365 bare backsides in a protest against the Vietnam War. A few years later in her performance Cut Piece, she sat motionless onstage while the audience cut small pieces off her clothes. Without words, the artist posed essential questions about the relationship between the artist and the viewer, about the objectification of the female form, and about cultural identity.
For decades, Yoko Ono has been an advocate for human rights and equality. To this day, she is still engaged in the constant struggle for world peace.
Yoko Ono grew up in Japan and the USA. In the early 1960s, she established herself as a concept artist. Together with her husband, Beatles singer John Lennon, she grew to international startdom as an artist, filmmaker, and singer. To this day, Yoko Ono is one of the most significant figures in the Fluxus movement.


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A Disabled Person Reviews: Sickness & Lies (BBC)
Note: this documentary is not good, and if you're disabled you might find it very upsetting. You might also find this review upsetting as a result, so feel free to skip it if you need to.
It has taken me a week to watch a 25-minute video.
Obviously, some of the reason for that is the cognitive fog that comes of holding an alphabet soup of mental health diagnoses, and that I'm supposed to be writing a dissertation. But most of the reason it took me a while is because, friends, this one hurt.
The disabled community is not unfamiliar with being mocked and/or dissected in mainstream media, having their diagnoses doubted and generally being treated like shit, within documentaries and outside of them. I was expecting this to be bad, so it's not that I was disappointed. It was an extremely angry kind of hurt.
The first thing I saw about this documentary was Jessica Kellgren-Fozard's Tweet about it, stating that she firmly declined to take part in the project because she disagreed with the premise. I've followed Jessica's career for a number of years now and I respect and trust her as a content creator, meaning that I also trust that what she has said is true. So yes, I started from an angry place in watching this doc, but only because I knew that footage of Jessica Kellgren-Fozard had been used without her permission. I hoped, though, that this little sprinkle of unethical journalism would be an exception, not the rule.
The premise of this documentary, apparently, is to investigate the recent phenomenon of "Munchausen's by Internet" (which, I would like to note, was invented by a white man). Essentially, Munchausen's by Internet is a factitious disorder linked to and driven by online interactions with other people, and I personally (as someone with, admittedly, zero qualifications on the matter) don't think it's a real thing. It's my opinion that yes, some factitious disorders are probably made worse by unregulated internet access, but the vast, vast majority of these people are legitimately disabled, enjoying community and acceptance for possibly the first time and eager to share in a space where that's welcomed. Regardless, the documentary also looks at people trying to diagnose others with MBI or otherwise trying to prove that they are not, in fact, disabled.
Sounds like fun, right?
Infuriatingly, the documentary provides no numbers about most of these things. We're informed that "many of the accusers are people with chronic illnesses themselves," but there's no clarification as to an exact number or proportion. They have no stats on how often people are malingering (which, I should note, then also makes them ill as someone suffering from a factitious disorder or similar), nor on how often disabled people are harassed about it. They don't present any data about disabled people's internet usage or about their wellbeing as it relates to internet usage; it's all interviews and broad statements. One statement that was absent of numbers but caught my attention was when the online chronic illness community was described as having "spiralled" in recent years. Not "grown", not "exploded", but "spiralled", because obviously the expansion of our community is a negative. They also draw attention to the fact that the number of chronically ill people is growing, especially among young women, to which I say two things: 1. Your data only shows you the growing number of diagnoses, which could be due to a huge range of factors including more comprehensive healthcare access, changes in the diagnostic criteria of certain disorders, etc., etc., and 2. Young women are one of the most thoroughly silenced groups out there. If the number of diagnosed-disabled young women is growing, could it be possible that it's because cultural shifts have allowed them to be diagnosed? And could it also be possible that a supportive and informative online community is helping with that? Of course, they don't dwell on any of this, because they're too busy panicking about how many disabled Instagram users there are nowadays.
I tried to draw hope from the fact that the presenter of the program is also disabled, but a cynical voice kept asking me whether, perhaps, the BBC had chosen a disabled presenter to mitigate the obvious yuckiness of the program's premise. She expressed that she began making the program as a result of falling down an online "rabbit hole" about chronically ill people, and the people who accuse them of faking.
Allow me to stop everything right there. I'm doing a Linguistics MA. I spend a lot of time investigating the way people frame things, what they bring to the foreground and what they do not. I noticed almost immediately that, wherever possible, the term "chronically ill" was being used instead of "disabled". I'm not sure why, but I have two theories: the optimistic one is that this is because the BBC knew that not everyone identifies with or wants to use the label "disabled"; the cynical one is that they didn't want to emphasise disability, because disabled people are, in the UK, a minority group protected by law (specifically, the 2010 Equality Act) and even if this documentary doesn't constitute a hate crime, acknowledging that you're closely dissecting the disabled community might make you sound like more of a prick than if you say "chronically ill". (This documentary does a lot of work to avoid seeming prickish. None of it is successful.)
Then there's the online bit. Yes, these are predominantly online communities that are being examined, both of ill people and of their doubters, but there was no discussion of disabled people forming community IRL, and, more annoyingly still, the discussion about backlash and suspicion was almost entirely focused on Reddit. A lot of people who watch this documentary might be inclined to think, "Ah, yeah, but Reddit is full of know-it-alls, argumentative bastards and people who are just generally cunts, so I don't imagine this happens anywhere else online, and ill people can just click away from Reddit if they're upset," which wouldn't be unreasonable. Unfortunately, this kind of thing happens on every platform I've ever used – Tumblr, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram… they all have some lurkers who are hoping you'll "disprove" your own disability. This behaviour is oppressive and inescapable, it is directed at members of our community within our own online community spaces, and, as even the documentary highlights, it can lead to real-life harm.
The trouble is that the documentary suggests that the harm that comes to ill people most often is self-inflicted as a result of trying to "prove" the existence of one's disabilities; it shows interviewees recounting their experiences with coordinated harassment and doxxing, but then immediately returns to the topic of people intentionally making their symptoms worse or inventing new ones. One influencer makes reference to people who "list off every single diagnosis, or sometimes even their medications" (emphasis mine), her tone suggesting that this is a psychologically unhealthy behaviour that is driven by a need to disprove Redditors and their ableist friends. It's my experience that when people list their conditions and/or medications, at least part of their reasoning is that someone else with that same condition, or using that same medication, can spot that someone is willing to talk about those things and can ask questions, compare experiences and receive encouragement. Again, yes, I do imagine that there are some people with actual factitious disorders who should maybe avoid that kind of content for their own sake, but I also imagine that they're a very, very small minority.
This was another bit of framing that frustrated me. Consistently, throughout this doc, behaviours like posting symptom lists, lists of diagnoses, photos related to medical care, etc., have all been treated as though they are done solely for the purposes of proving yourself to be ill. They did mention, sort of, that the disabled community can be quite supportive and caring, but they didn't consider for a moment that the things disabled people post are for the sake of other disabled people, rather than for the abled audience trying to expose them as liars. There was no use of the word "destigmatise" even though that seems like a pretty high priority for many disabled people, especially people with more "gross" disabilities like those related to digestion, or diagnoses which make you behave differently from your neurotypical peers. Wanting to destigmatise the specifics of disability, one's healthcare journey, bodies that look different from what's typical and the difficulties associated with being disabled is certainly the reason I post about mine, and it seems to me to be the main reason people share this information, for a disabled audience, an abled audience or both.
Lots of things, actually, that could look like signs of Munchausen's By Internet to an outsider are actually very typical parts of being disabled. Someone mentioned illnesses "piling up" as though that ought to raise suspicion, when in reality, 1. Lots of conditions are comorbid with one another, so plenty of people have multiple and/or changing diagnoses and 2. Once you're under the care of a certain healthcare team or similar and you've been diagnosed with one thing, it's way more likely you'll be tested for or could raise concerns about other things. Dr. Dickhead, who coined the term Munchausen's By Internet, also lists "miraculous recoveries" as a sign of MBI, which frustrates me since "miraculous" can be so subjective, and sometimes bodies really do just glitch badly and then figure themselves out. Moreover, it highlights "clones" who apparently imitate disabled people so closely that "they get the same chair, the same colour service dog", but listen. Wheelchairs are very expensive, and I personally wouldn't want to choose one without checking out the opinions of people who already own one. Service dogs, whilst being very very good boys and girls, do not come in a huge range of colours to begin with, so statistically you're pretty likely to see two people with a service dog of the same colour (you tit). The whole documentary feels like, regardless of its host, it has been put through a very particular lens that just cannot capture the nuances of being disabled, let alone being disabled online, because that diverts from the bit where disabled people are naughty lazy fakers. (It also feels like this should have been an hour long, partly for this reason and partly just based on the choppiness and the half-arsed interviews that answered like two questions.)
The investigation into the actual twats doxxing people for being disabled wrong was, in my view, less prominent than the discussion on faking/MBI itself, but it was also very "both-sidesy", interviewing a moderator for one of the subs where doubters cluster together to try and find signs of faking, and finding that she considered it "a failed experiment" rather than something that could cause actual harm. Quite tellingly, she also said, "Sometimes we forgot we were dealing with human beings," and acknowledged that "there is a line" but neglected to define where it might be. It seems like parts of the documentary are defending others' right to scepticism, which, y'know, whatever, but that also means they're implicitly defending behaviours that make others' scepticism the problem of disabled people. Public internet forums debating whether or not you're actually ill will always be hurtful, and sometimes dangerous (I convince myself I'm not disabled on a near-daily basis anyway; I don't need any encouragement to stop taking my antipsychotics).
The thing is, this documentary does not exist in a vacuum. It exists in a world where we know that chronic conditions are underdiagnosed, especially among minority groups like women, POC, LGBT+ people etc., and it will be viewed by the people who have the power to provide or withhold these diagnoses and the treatment one could subsequently receive. It will be viewed by nosy and ableist next-door neighbours who will make you feel unsafe claiming benefits in your own home in case they glimpsed you in the garden last week. It exists in a world where the disbelieving of disabled people is already causing suffering and deaths, so maybe it's clear why I'm angry about this documentary, which suggests that disabled people should be disbelieved.
I'm angry that they used Jessica's image without her permission. I'm angry that they then said that "big-name influencers" like her had declined to be part of the documentary "because they're afraid of being targets", when Jessica states clearly on her Twitter that her motivation for declining was the ethical implications of the premise, and I suspect that was the case for many of these "big-name influencers". Mostly, though, I'm angry that this exists. I'm angry that this was made and aired, and that whoever made those decisions either didn't care, or didn't care to learn, how it might affect IRL disabled people. I feel betrayed that the host was disabled but didn't seem to bring any nuance to the table regarding disability, and was clearly there to portray "both sides", not to advocate for other disabled people. I'm angry that it was weirdly short, so it gave only a very brief overview of campaigns of organised harassment, which are both fascinating to me as a linguist and terrifying to me as a disabled queer. I'm angry that most of the people featured in this doc were white, and that the focus was so heavily on physical disability, and a whole bunch of other things. And I'm hurt, because I feel like actual humans chose views and ratings over my actual wellbeing.
The documentary did a couple of things I didn't hate, though! The host used they/them pronouns for a nonbinary interviewee, instead of misgendering them or carefully avoiding using any pronouns at all. She also did acknowledge that disabilities and medical interventions affect everyone differently, and what might hold true for her is not necessarily true for others. I liked some of the cool projection effects they used.
So, should you watch this wildly irresponsible and/or directly malicious documentary? Honestly, if you're disabled, I wouldn't recommend it – you won't learn anything new, you'll just be reminded how many people think you're a liar and just how unsafe disabled people are in the world. If you're not disabled, it might be worth watching just to know what discourse is floating around about disabled people, so that you're positioned to be a better ally and advocate… but really, it's not even terribly interesting, so maybe you're better off reading reviews of it (like this one! But read multiple! I don't represent every single disabled person!) and not giving the BBC the views. I can only really recommend it to people who, like me, sometimes want or need to get recreationally angry at the TV and who can't find anything more infuriating on iPlayer.
I'm not here to tell you what to do, but if you want to complain about any aspect of this documentary, you can get in touch with the BBC by clicking here. If you want to support your local angry disabled person, you can buy me a coffee through Ko-Fi here. If you'd like to see some calming pictures of kittens, click here.
akinkyautistic	Autism Stuff, reviews	1 Comment August 14, 2021
FREE RESOURCE: Autism Shapes
So I am aware that this is a sex blog, but it's also an autism blog, and, as usual, I have a bee in my bonnet about the general public's perception of autism and their limited understanding of what the autism spectrum actually is. Functioning labels ("high-functioning autistic" and "low-functioning autistic") are limiting and without nuance, and are mostly defined by how much one's autism inconveniences the people around them and/or impacts their ability to contribute to an ableist and capitalist society. They fail to take into account the fact that most autistic people don't have the same level of difficulty unilaterally with all aspects of life, and they make me so annoyed that I want to bite people.
So I made a PDF, because confrontation scares me. You can access it by clicking here. Essentially, the PDF introduces the Autism Shape, a way to visualise the experiences of autistic people in a way that doesn't limit them to a sliding scale which goes from "not very useful in a capitalist society" to "rather useful in a capitalist society". The blank template looks like this:
A sort of graph thingy with eight straight lines protruding from a black dot in the middle. These lines are marked at intervals, labelled from 1 (closest to the centre) to 10. They are all labelled with different things an autistic person may struggle with. From the top, clockwise, these are: Social interaction, Sensory perception, Interoception & self-care, Flexible thinking, Adjusting to change, Paralinguistic communication, Verbal communication and Cognitive empathy. In the bottom-right corner, there is some text which reads, "Morgan Peschek, 2019. Feel free to share, but please credit me!"
The idea is to prioritise the nuanced, lived experience of autistic people over the perceptions of their "functioning" that other individuals might have. You mark your own values on the template, with 1 meaning "I struggle a lot with this" and 10 meaning "I'm fucking amazing at this", and then you connect the dots to create a fun shape, like so:
The same graph as before, but this time with a teal eight-sided polygon drawn onto it. This is my own Autism Shape.
I've been developing the Autism Shape for a while now, and I'm really pleased with it, but I'm always open to suggestions! I'm particularly interested in input on how to make the PDF more accessible to people who use screenreaders, and to people with dyslexia for whom black text on a white background is difficult to read.
Who this resource is for:
Autistic people who want to define and express their own experience of autism
Professionals who work with autistic people and who know that the high/low functioning model is a pile of shit
Friends and families of autistic people, only for the purpose of showing it to said autistic person and saying, "Hey, this might be a helpful tool for you!"
Who this resource is not for:
Anybody who plans to build an Autism Shape on behalf of an autistic person. Obviously you can help them, but the whole point of revisualising the spectrum is to help autistic people define and express their own experiences.
At the moment, people who can't read English, because I don't have the means to accurately translate it or to commission a translation (let me know if you do!)
Anybody who practices ABA (Applied Behaviour Analysis), because if you use my cool resource as a way to harm autistic people, I might actually bite you.
I really hope that this tool helps my fellow autistics, and I encourage all my readers to share it far and wide. And on Saturday, I'll be climbing off my high horse to deliver some smut, since this is a sex blog – stay tuned!
Liked this post? Excited by the work I'm doing? Amazed that it took me multiple hours to create the goddamn template in free graphic design software? Consider joining my Patreon to help me do more things like this!
akinkyautistic	Autism Stuff, Mental health & wellbeing, Misc.	7 Comments August 28, 2019 September 8, 2019
Why Do I Keep Finding Autistic People In My Kink Communities? (For #AutismAcceptance Month)
Now, this might just be a Me Thing™, but I find that autistic people are disproportionately easy to find in kink settings.
Conservative estimates suggest that 1 in 100 people in the UK are autistic. Even if there were 100 people at every munch, social or class I've ever been to, and even if I was, miraculously, extroverted enough to talk to every single one of them, statistically speaking I should've been the only autistic person in the room. I have found, however, that this is rarely the case.
If you, like me, are wondering why autistic people seem over-represented in kink settings, read on; I have some theories.
1. A lot of kinks involve sensory-seeking behaviours.
Obviously I can't speak for every single autistic kinkster out there, but one of the things I enjoy the most about practising kink is the sensory component of it. The way that rope smells, the rhythm of a beating, the secure hug of being strapped to something – all of these things are sensory experiences. And in kink, we're not just pursuing sensory experiences covertly, like when I'm in a busy shopping centre and I discretely tap my fingertips against my thumbs to attempt to self-regulate. In kink, we're supposed to wholly lean into the sensory experiences we're creating.
Additionally, dungeons and the like are more or less designed to make it so that you can focus entirely on the sensory experience at hand. They often have some areas for louder play and some quieter ones, and there won't be any overwhelming distractions like a TV playing or people bumping into you. A well-designed dungeon is a safe sensory haven for the autistic kinkster.
2. Everyone in kink communicates more explicitly.
In vanilla life, communication with others can sometimes feel like an uphill battle. People use sarcasm and euphemism, they hedge their statements, and sometimes they say things they straight up don't mean. (I still struggle to understand that the question, "How are you?" is not a request for information about how I actually am, but rather a relationship-building pleasantry that requires me to say something banal that's easy to respond to.)
In kink, however, people are somewhat more forthcoming. Plenty of kinksters have Yes/No/Maybe lists that make their preferences clear, and there's generally a heightened degree of openness in settings where anal fisting and inverted suspensions are being discussed. A culture of consent means that people feel more comfortable saying what they actually mean.
(However, I do feel the need to point out to some of my fellow autistic kinksters that people in kink settings aren't always 100% forthcoming. Sometimes, when people feel uncomfortable saying, "No, thank you" to a proposition – because you are or are read as a man, because they've been harassed before, or simply because they want to be polite and avoid hurting your feelings – they will often use a 'soft no' instead. A soft no is something like, "Maybe another time," or, "I'm not really sure." It can be tempting to follow that up by asking when they would like to play with you or otherwise pressing them about it, but generally, a soft no won't turn into a firm yes. It's always better to say, "Okay, thank you anyway!" and then, if they actually are interested in playing with you "another time", they can come and seek you out.)
3. Kink is outside of the mainstream, so autistic people feel right at home.
Plenty of people in kink settings have experience of being belittled, mocked or shunned for things they do in their personal lives – and even when they don't, they're aware that it's a possibility. So it follows that plenty of people in kink are empathetic to people who, for reasons relating to neurodivergence, have also never felt too comfortable in mainstream society.
This is not to say that neurotypical kinksters face discrimination and oppression on the same level as neurodiverse folks, but they certainly know more about how it feels to be rejected by mainstream culture than vanilla neurotypical people do. Moreover, there's a pretty high correlation between people who practice BDSM and people who identify as LGBTQ+, and those people are even more likely to understand what it's like to exist outside of societal norms and to have to fight for one's own human rights. This helps kinky spaces to be welcoming and accommodating to neurodiverse people and helps those people feel safer and more able to be their authentic selves.
If you're autistic and you're not sure whether you'd be welcome in your local kink scene, I hope this post has reassured you somewhat. Not only will you have built-in conversation topics available to you, since kinksters all have at least one thing in common (kinkiness!), but you'll probably find your local munch or dungeon to be a welcoming environment where everyone is a little (or a lot) 'odd' by mainstream standards. I think it's pretty likely that you'll fit right in.
akinkyautistic	Autism Stuff, kink, Morgan's Musings	3 Comments April 20, 2019 November 25, 2019


first, the message seems harmless an email pops up on your screen that could be from a friend or colleague.
But click on it and your blood will run cold. Because what follows is a string of vicious threats to destroy your life unless you hand over money.
The 'ransom' email explains that you have been caught viewing an adult website captured on your computer's camera.
To add credibility to the sting, the email includes key private details, such as your phone number and secret passwords for a bank or shopping account.


text:
STAART (formerly the *AccessAbility Project) supports students with a disability, long-term health condition, specific learning difficulty, and/or mental health condition to thrive at university.
An introduction to STAART
STAART complements the academic support provided by our Wellbeing team. Disabled and dyslexic students at the University of Greenwich and in the local area (Year 11 onwards) can join up at any time. Here's an introduction to STAART from our ambassador, Becca.
Join as future student Join as current student
STAART is a disability and diversity focused initiative at the University of Greenwich. It was developed in 2007 in partnership with Aimhigher.
We provide information and guidance to disabled and diverse students – both future and current – who have concerns about going to university or completing their studies.
We continue to develop to meet the requirements of disabled and diverse students.
What do we mean by 'disability' and 'diversity'?
Disability and diversity include the following:
A mental-health condition such as anxiety or depression.
A specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia or dyspraxia.
A developmental disorder such as autism or ADHD/ADD.
A progressive medical condition such as Multiple Sclerosis, Cancer or HIV.
A sensory impairment which could affect the ability to see or hear.
We believe in a transformative model of widening access which views disabled and diverse students as positive assets to the university.
We work to the affirmative model of disability. The STAART Team does not view disability as tragic or something to be ashamed of.
We wear our uniforms and lanyards with pride and are happy to discuss how our disability, mental health difficulty and/or specific learning difficulty has impacted our university education.
This is why we use the term 'sharing' – it's a much more positive term than 'disclosure' or 'declaration', which suggests there is something to be ashamed/embarrassed about.
We recommend our future and current students to share their disability with their university. It is better to have support in place and not use it than find yourself struggling without it.
Our equal opportunities policy
What does D/deaf mean?
The term D/deaf is used throughout Higher Education and research to describe students who are Deaf (sign language users) and deaf (who are hard of hearing but who have English as their first language and may lipread and/or use hearing aids).
D/deaf is often used as a short cut to describe both groups who are similar but not exactly the same when it comes to communication. D/deaf is an example of how universities might use different words and terminology from those used in schools and colleges.
See tips for adapting to university.
What support can we offer?
Going to university can be challenging for anyone. Students move from a highly structured school or college environment to organising their own studies and social lives.
For disabled and diverse university students, these challenges can be more extensive, so preparation becomes even more important. STAART supports students through this transition.
Our STAART ambassadors – university students with their own disability or diversity – provide balanced, first-hand experience of the achievements and challenges of university life.
How can I access support?
There are several ways to access STAART support and our community.
Follow our Facebook or Twitter accounts for news and information or to talk to us and fellow students.
About our social channels
Transition days
Attend a transition day before term starts to get a tour of the campus and library and meet our STAART Ambassadors.
Our quarterly newsletter includes latest news and contributions from our team and ambassadors.
Come and meet our ambassadors at the STAART desk at Open Days and applicant events.
Sign up for the next event
The following national organisations focus on disability and/or education. Most have a variety of useful information.
Action for M.E. (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)
Action for M.E. is the UK's leading charity dedicated to improving the lives of people with M.E. It provides information and support to people affected by M.E.
Website: afme.org.uk
Address : Action for M.E. PO Box 2778, Bristol, BS1 9DJ
Email: admin@afme.org.uk
Notes: Telephone support Monday to Friday 11am - 1pm
Empowering people with Arthritis
Website: arthritiscare.org.uk
Address : Arthritis Care, 18 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HD
Email: Info@arthritiscare.org.uk
Notes: For an information pack, contact the 24-hour information line: 0845 600 6868
ASBAH (Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus)
The leading UK registered charity providing information and advice about Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.
Website: asbah.org
Address : ASBAH, 42 Park Road, Peterborough, PE1 2UQ
Email: helpline@asbah.org
British Polio Fellowship
The British Polio Fellowship seeks to empower and support all people in the UK living with the effects of polio and Post-Polio Syndrome.
Website: britishpolio.org.uk
Address : The British Polio Fellowship, The Xchange, Wilmington Close, Watford WD18 0FQ
Telephone: FREEPHONE 0800 018 0586 (Provided by MCI Worldcom)
Email: infobenefits@britishpolio.org.uk | info@britishpolio.org.uk
Deafblind UK
Deafblind UK is a national charity offering specialist services and human support to deafblind people and those who have progressive sight and hearing loss acquired throughout their lives.
Website: deafblind.org.uk
Address : Deafblind UK, National Centre for Deafblindness, John and Lucille van Geest Place, Cygnet Road, Hampton, Peterborough, PE7 8FD
Telephone: 01733 358 100 (Voice/Text)
Textphone: 01733 358 100 (Voice/Text)
Email info@deafblind.org.uk
Notes Information and Advice Line: 0800 132 320
CMT (Charcot-Marie-Tooth)
Supports those affected by Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, also known as Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy or Peroneal Muscular Atrophy.
Website: cmt.org.uk
Address : CMT United Kingdom, PO Box 5089, Christchurch, BH23 7ZX, UK
Telephone: 0800 6526316
Email: secretary@cmt.org.uk
Clinical-Depression
Understand it, treat it, beat it!
Website: clinical-depression.co.uk
Address : Uncommon Knowledge Ltd, Queens Building, Oban, UK, PA34 5SB
Depression UK
To help anyone who is troubled by depression and to provide support for their carers.
Website: depressionuk.org
Address: Depression UK, c/o Self Help Nottingham, Ormiston House, 32-36 Pelham Street, Nottingham, NG1 2EG
Email: info@depressionuk.org
Notes: We respond to enquiries by sending you a pack of information, by post, under plain cover. This site also contains external links to depression-related help bodies.
Down's Syndrome Association
Information and support for people with Down's syndrome, their families and carers, and the professionals who work with them.
Website: downs-syndrome.org.uk
Address: Down's Syndrome Association, Langdon Down Centre, 2a Langdon Park Teddington TW11 9PS
Email: info@downs-syndrome.org.uk
Notes: The helpline is open Monday to Friday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Dyslexia Action
A national charity and the UK's leading provider of services and support for people with dyslexia and literacy difficulties.
Website: dyslexiaaction.org.uk
Address : Park House, Wick Road, Egham, Surrey TW20 0HH
Email: info@dyslexiaaction.org.uk
Taking action to meet the identified needs and aspirations of all people with epilepsy and those with an interest in the condition.
Website: epilepsy.org.uk
Address: New Anstey House, Gate Way Drive, Yeadon, LEEDS, LS19 7XY, UNITED KINGDOM
Textphone: 07797 805 390
Email: helpline@epilepsy.org.uk | epilepsy@epilepsy.org.uk
Notes: The helpline is open from: 9am to 4.30pm Monday to Thursday and 9am to 4pm on Fridays.
LA (Limbless Association)
Providing information, advice and support to UK amputees and the limb-loss community.
Website: limbless-association.org
Address : The Limbless Association, Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton Lane, London, SW15 5PN
Email: enquiries@limbless-association.org
MENCAP (Mental Handicap)
The voice of learning disability. Everything we do is about valuing and supporting people with a learning disability and their families and carers.
Website: mencap.org.uk
Telephone: 0808 8808 1111
MNDA (Motor Neurone Disease Association)
The only national organisation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland dedicated to the support of people with MND and those who care for them.
Website: mndassociation.org
Address: Motor Neurone Disease Association, PO Box 246, Northampton, NN1 2PR
Fax: 01604 624726/638289
Email: enquiries@mndassociation.org
Notes: MND Connect offers advice, practical and emotional support and directing to other services and agencies. The service is for people living with MND, carers, family members, Health and Social Care Professionals and Association staff and volunteers who directly support people with MND. Contact 08457 626 262 from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.
The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign
Leads the fight against muscle disease.
Website: muscular-dystrophy.org
Address : Muscular Dystrophy Campaign, 61 Southwark Street, London SE1 0HL
Email: info@muscular-dystrophy.org
Notes: Phone and email information service is here weekdays 9am - 5pm to address concerns about muscle disease. Contact freephone support number 0800 652 6352 and via email.
MS Society (Multiple Sclerosis Society)
The UK's largest charity for people affected by multiple sclerosis (MS) – c. 100,000 people in the UK.
Website: mssociety.org.uk
Address: MS Society, MS National Centre, 372 Edgware Road, London, NW2 6ND
Notes: Email contact available via the website.
The National Autistic Society
To champion the rights and interests of all people with autism. It aims to provide individuals with autism and their families with help, support and services that they can access, trust and rely upon.
Website: nas.org.uk
Address : The National Autistic Society, 393 City Road, London, EC1V 1NG, UK
Minicom: 0845 070 4003
Email: nas@nas.org.uk
Notes: Helpline open 10am - 4pm Monday to Friday. Reply to all email and written enquiries within 14 working days.
RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People)
A UK charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people in the UK with sight loss.
Website: rnib.org
Address: Royal National Institute of Blind People, 105 Judd Street, London WC1H 9NE
Email: helpline@rnib.org.uk
Notes: The helpline (0303 123 9999) offers an immediate, expert and confidential service. Many of the helpline staff have sight problems themselves. They are trained to listen and to give reassurance and advice.
RNID (Royal National Institute for Deaf People)
The largest charity working to change the world for the UK's 9 million deaf and hard of hearing people.
Website: rnid.org.uk
Address: 19-23 Featherstone Street, London EC1Y 8SL
Telephone: 0808 808 0123 (freephone)
Textphone: 0808 808 9000 (freephone)
SMS: 07800 000360
Email: informationline@rnid.org.uk
Notes: Whichever way you make contact, please include your full postal address as information is often only sent via the postal service. Expect a response within 15 working days for all enquiries.
Samaritans provides confidential non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide. Whatever you're going through, whether it's big or small, don't bottle it up.
Website: samaritans.org
Address : Chris, P.O. Box 90 90, Stirling, FK8 2SA
Telephone: 08457 90 90 90
Email: jo@samaritans.org
Notes: Emails are always answered by real human volunteers, there are no "automatic" responses. We try our hardest to get back to you within 24 hours. If you need immediate support, you can telephone at any point and speak to a Samaritans volunteer.
About cerebral palsy – for disabled people achieving equality.
Website: scope.org.uk
Address : Scope, 6 Market Road, London, N7 9PW, England, UK
Email: response@scope.org.uk
Notes: For more information on Scope's services, cerebral palsy, or any aspect of living with disability, Scope Response offers confidential advice and information on 0808 800 3333 (9am-5pm weekdays, closed weekends and Bank Holidays). You can also email response@scope.org.uk or text SCOPE, plus your message to 80039.
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- Zoe Robinson, BSc Human Nutrition
STAART is one of the main reasons I came to the university, and one of the biggest driving factors that kept me going.
- Bradley Cory, BSc Biology
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STAART has been integral to my experience as a disabled student. It has given me the confidence and the opportunity to do things I would have never imagined possible two years ago.
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This is what I'm destined for
Following a stroke at the age of 16, Bradley's interest in biology has continued to grow. He is now pursuing a PhD in the biology of wound healing.
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Q: wsl, Ubuntu Preview - Error message on installation, first run cannot remove snapd.service I just fresh installed Ubuntu Preview on Win10 wsl2.
Installed "Ubuntu (Preview)" from Microsoft Store.
After installation the terminal showed following message.

Der Vorgang wurde erfolgreich beendet.
rm: cannot remove '/etc/systemd/system/snapd.service': No such file or directory
Installation successful!
To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo ".
See "man sudo_root" for details.

I'm wondering about the rm error message and so I checked on snapd.
$ sudo systemctl status snapd.service

 ● snapd.service - Snap Daemon
      Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/snapd.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
      Active: active (running) since Thu 2023-02-23 12:45:20 CET; 1h 0min ago
 TriggeredBy: ● snapd.socket    Main PID: 175 (snapd)
       Tasks: 13 (limit: 4356)
      Memory: 62.2M
      CGroup: /system.slice/snapd.service
              └─175 /usr/lib/snapd/snapd

 Feb 23 12:45:19 march42-P40 snapd[175]: patch.go:64: Patching system state level 6 to Sublevel 1...
 Feb 23 12:45:19 march42-P40 snapd[175]: patch.go:64: Patching system state level 6 to sublevel 2...
 Feb 23 12:45:19 march42-P40 snapd[175]: patch.go:64: Patching system state level 6 to sublevel 3...
 Feb 23 12:45:19 march42-P40 snapd[175]: daemon.go:247: started snapd/2.58.2+23.04 (series 16; classic; devmode; wsl) ub>
 Feb 23 12:45:19 march42-P40 snapd[175]: daemon.go:340: adjusting startup timeout by 45s (pessimistic estimate of 30s pl>
 Feb 23 12:45:19 march42-P40 snapd[175]: backends.go:58: AppArmor status: apparmor not enabled
 Feb 23 12:45:20 march42-P40 systemd[1]: Started Snap Daemon.
 Feb 23 12:45:20 march42-P40 systemd[1]: snapd.service: Got notification message from PID 323, but reception only permit>
 Feb 23 12:45:21 march42-P40 snapd[175]: hookmgr.go:518: Reported hook failure from "configure" for snap "core" as 8d495>
 Feb 23 12:55:33 march42-P40 snapd[175]: storehelpers.go:769: cannot refresh: snap has no updates available: "core20", ">

So, it seems to me, that snapd service is enabled and running and not configured correctly. Do I need to disable snapd.service on wsl2 or should it leave it like this?
thanks in advance
Marc

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A hurricane hunter aircraft found that the tropical depression strengthened shortly before 1:50 p.m. EDT.
MIAMI - Tropical Storm Lorenzo formed just off Mexico's Gulf Coast on Thursday after the area was put under a storm warning.
A hurricane hunter aircraft found that a previously formed tropical depression strengthened and had top sustained winds of 60 mph shortly before 1:50 p.m. EDT, the National Hurricane Center said.
At 2 p.m. EDT Lorenzo was centered about 130 miles east-southeast of Tuxpan, Mexico, and 130 miles southeast of Cabo Rojo, Mexico.
The storm was moving west-southwest at near 3 mph, and expected to continue in that general direction. It was not forecast to change significantly in strength in the next day. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 35 miles, mainly to the west of the center.
The Mexican government issued a tropical storm warning from Palma Sola to Cabo Rojo, meaning winds of 39 mph to 73 mph were possible within the next 24 hours. The depression was expected to produce as much as 15 inches of rain over the Mexican state of Veracruz.
Meanwhile, in the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Karen slightly weakened in the open ocean. Karen's center was about 920 miles east of the Windward Islands and moving toward the west-northwest near 12 mph. Tropical storm force winds extend outward up to 205 miles.
Maximum sustained winds have decreased from 70 mph to 65 mph, and some further weakening is forecast for the disorganized storm.


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Many of the saints of Christendom are identified by an animal symbol.
If you don't feel a rapport with the animal totem based on your zodiacal sign, or the Native American Spirit Animals, perhaps you may decide that if a particular creature was good enough for your patron saint, it is good enough for you.
The early Algonquin Indians accepted the Christiam missionaries because both shared a belief in Spirit Animals, and the fusion of both religious beliefs led to a workable model that lasted over 200-years.
Eventually, all traces of native spirituality were eliminated from this hybrid spiritual movement, and modern day natives are nearly 100% christians.


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package com.w00tmast3r.skquery.elements.effects;

import ch.njol.skript.Skript;
import ch.njol.skript.aliases.ItemType;
import ch.njol.skript.doc.Name;
import ch.njol.skript.effects.EffSpawn;
import ch.njol.skript.lang.Effect;
import ch.njol.skript.lang.Expression;
import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser.ParseResult;
import ch.njol.util.Kleenean;

import com.w00tmast3r.skquery.annotations.Description;
import com.w00tmast3r.skquery.annotations.Examples;
import com.w00tmast3r.skquery.annotations.Patterns;
import com.w00tmast3r.skquery.util.Reflection;

import org.bukkit.Location;
import org.bukkit.Material;
import org.bukkit.entity.FallingBlock;
import org.bukkit.event.Event;
import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
import org.bukkit.material.MaterialData;

import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;

@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
@Name("Spawn Falling Block")
@Description("Summons falling blocks with modifiable properties.")
@Examples({"on place of dirt:",
		"	cancel event",
		"	spawn falling block of dirt at block"})
@Patterns({"spawn falling block of %itemtype% at %locations%",
		"spawn damaging falling block of %itemtype% at %locations%",
		"spawn undroppable falling block of %itemtype% at %locations%",
		"spawn damaging undroppable falling block of %itemtype% at %locations%",
		"spawn undroppable damaging falling block of %itemtype% at %locations%"})
public class EffBlockFall extends Effect {

	private Expression<Location> locations;
	private Expression<ItemType> type;
	private boolean breaks, damages;

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	@Override
	public boolean init(Expression<?>[] expressions, int matchedPattern, Kleenean isDelayed, ParseResult parseResult) {
		type = (Expression<ItemType>) expressions[0];
		locations = (Expression<Location>) expressions[1];
		damages = (matchedPattern == 1 || matchedPattern == 3 || matchedPattern == 4);
		breaks = (matchedPattern == 2 || matchedPattern == 3 || matchedPattern == 4);
		return true;
	}

	@Override
	protected void execute(Event event) {
		ItemType item = type.getSingle(event);
		if (item == null)
			return;
		for (Location location : locations.getArray(event)) {
			for (ItemStack itemstack : item.getAll()) {
				FallingBlock block = null;
				if (!Skript.methodExists(Material.class, "createBlockData"))
					block = location.getWorld().spawnFallingBlock(location, new MaterialData(itemstack.getType(), (byte) itemstack.getDurability()));
				else
					block = location.getWorld().spawnFallingBlock(location, itemstack.getType().createBlockData());
				EffSpawn.lastSpawned = block;
				if (damages) {
					try {
						Object craftSand = Reflection.getOBCClass("entity.CraftFallingSand").getMethod("getHandle").invoke(block);
						craftSand.getClass().getMethod("a", boolean.class).invoke(craftSand, true);
					} catch (IllegalAccessException | NoSuchMethodException | InvocationTargetException e) {
						e.printStackTrace();
					}
				}
				if (breaks) {
					block.setDropItem(false);
				}
			}
		}
	}

	@Override
	public String toString(Event event, boolean debug) {
		return "falling block " + type.toString(event, debug);
	}

}

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In the widely marketed video game Quest for Saddam, players fight stereotypical Iraqi foes and try to kill Saddam. Al Qaeda did its own take, creating an online video game using the structure of Quest for Saddam but adding a new "skin" to turn the game into a hunt for Bush: "The Night of Bush Capturing." Now artist Wafaa Bilal has hacked the Al Qaeda version of the game to put his own more nuanced spin on this epic conflict.
In The Night of Bush Capturing: A Virtual Jihadi, Bilal casts himself as a suicide-bomber in the game. After learning of the real-life death of his brother in the war, he is recruited by Al Qaeda to join the hunt for Bush. This work is meant to bring attention to the vulnerability of Iraqi civilians to the travesties of the current war and racist generalizations and stereotypes as exhibited in games such as Quest for Saddam, along with vulnerability to recruitment by violent groups like Al Qaeda because of the U.S.'s failed strategy in securing Iraq. The work also aims to shed light on groups that traffic in crass and hateful stereotypes of Arab culture with games like Quest for Saddam and other media.
Virtual Jihadi is meant to bring attention to the vulnerability of Iraqi civilians to the travesties of the current war and racist generalizations and stereotypes as exhibited in games such as Quest for Saddam; along with vulnerability to recruitment by violent groups like Al Qaeda because of the U.S.'s failed strategy in securing Iraq. The work also aims to shed light on groups that traffic in crass and hateful stereotypes of Arab culture with games like Quest for Saddam and other media.
In these difficult times, when we are at war with another nation, it is our duty as artists and citizens to improvise strategies of engagement for dialogue. This platform is a piece of fiction that uses the video game format to create alternative narratives and perspectives.
Because we inhabit a comfort zone far from the trauma of conflict zone, we Americans have become desensitized to the violence of war. We are disconnected, disengaged while many others do the suffering. The game holds up a mirror that reveals our own propensities for violence, racism and propaganda. We can close our eyes, our ears and deny that it exists, but the issue won't go away.


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The First Murder Case Based On Genetic Genealogy Goes To Trial
The genetic geneology evidence may or may not be sufficient to convict, especially under the cross examination of a skilled attorney focused on causal, not just circumstantial, evidence.
But, in a variance on machine learning, this trial may help detectives and prosecutors learn what sorts of data may be required to convict other criminals in the future. JL
Eric Levenson and Artemis Moshtaghian report in CNN:
Genetic genealogy has been used to identify suspects in dozens of murders, rapes and a recent assault. The field, once made up of hobbyists looking into family history, has transformed into a forensic method used by law enforcement. None of these cases have reached a criminal trial until now. The suspect's DNA, matches to a cousin on his maternal side and another cousin on his paternal side and the use of public databases determined the DNA belonged to William Earl Talbott II. Investigators followed Talbott and recovered a coffee cup fallen from his truck. The DNA from the cup matched the DNA on (a victim's) pants. (But) "The presence of DNA on the hem of the female victim's pants does not tell us who killed her and why."
The arrest in the Golden State Killer case last April, made with the help of a new forensic field known as genetic genealogy, gave investigators in Snohomish County, Washington, an idea.
They were working a cold case as well, a rape and double murder from more than 30 years ago. Investigators had the suspect's DNA from the crime scene, but there were no matches in existing federal DNA databases.
Could genetic genealogy, the combination of DNA analysis and family tree research, help with the case?
It could, and it did so quickly.
On May 17, 2018, just weeks after an arrest was made in the Golden State Killer case, police in Snohomish County arrested William Earl Talbott II, 56, and charged him with two counts of murder for the 1987 killings of Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg.
"We never gave up hope that we would find Jay and Tanya's killer," Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary said at the time. "Yesterday's arrest shows how powerful it can be to combine new DNA technology with the relentless determination of detectives."
Since then, genetic genealogy techniques have been used to identify suspects in dozens of murders, rapes and even a recent assault. The field, once made up of hobbyists looking into their family history, has transformed into a forensic method used by law enforcement.
But none of these cases have reached a criminal trial until now.
Talbott pleaded not guilty, and jury selection in his trial began on Tuesday. His attorney told CNN that Talbott did not commit the murders and that the DNA evidence did not prove he did.
"The detectives and the media have developed tunnel vision based on the DNA, overlooking the fact that there is no other connection between Mr. Talbott and the victims," said attorney Rachel Forde in an email.
The killings of Cook, 20, and Van Cuylenborg, 18, were "as random as they were savage," prosecutors explained in a probable cause affidavit.
On November 18, 1987, the two left Saanich, British Columbia in Canada, driving Cook's family van, according to police. Their plan was to take two ferries and pick up furnace parts for Cook's father in Seattle and then return to Canada the next day.
But when they did not return as planned, their parents filed missing person reports.
Less than a week later, Van Cuylenborg's partially naked body was found in a ditch in Skagit County, with a single gunshot to the back of her head, police said. An autopsy found evidence that she had been sexually assaulted, and swabs taken from her private areas contained sperm, court documents show.
On November 25, police found their van abandoned in a parking lot in nearby Bellingham, and inside was a pair of her pants that had semen stains on them.
A day later, Cook's body was found underneath a bridge in Snohomish County. Around his neck was a ligature made of plastic twine and two red dog collars, his head had been battered by nearby rocks and a pack of "Camel Lights" cigarettes were stuffed in his mouth, according to court documents.
The suspect's DNA from Van Cuylenborg's body and from her pants was not from Cook, so he was ruled out as a suspect. Investigators would later put that DNA into CODIS, the FBI's national DNA database, and into an Interpol database, but no matches were made to any person, court documents state.
The case then went cold despite having the investigative power of three counties and two countries.
Genetic genealogy leads to an arrest
It would take 30 more years until investigators got a break in the case.
In 2017, investigators reached out to Parabon Nanolabs, a DNA technology company, which used the suspect's DNA to provide a physical description of his hair color, skin color, and eye color.
But the Golden State Killer case opened the door for a new type of analysis known as genetic genealogy.
In this technique, the unidentified DNA is uploaded into a free, public online database called GEDMatch that has more than 1 million DNA profiles from people across the country. The website then produces a list of people who are related to the unidentified DNA, from immediate parents to fourth and fifth cousins. Genetic genealogists can then use obituaries, birth certificates, public documents and social media to try to build out a family tree and identify possible suspects.
In the Snohomish County case, Parabon genetic genealogist CeCe Moore analyzed the suspect's DNA and found matches to a cousin on his maternal side and another cousin on his paternal side, police said. This DNA analysis and the use of public databases determined that the DNA belonged to William Earl Talbott II.
Police said that Talbott, who worked as a truck driver, lived in the area near where the murders took place during that time.
With this lead, investigators followed Talbott and recovered a coffee cup that had fallen from his truck, according to an affidavit. The DNA from the cup matched that of the DNA on Van Cuylenborg's pants, and he was then arrested in Seattle, police said.
Authorities effusively praised Parabon's genetic genealogy work in announcing the arrest last May.
"We would not be here without the persistence of detectives in our office, and in Snohomish County, and without the invaluable support from Parabon," Skagit County Sheriff Will Reichardt said then.
Defense criticizes DNA 'tunnel vision'
William Earl Talbott II has pleaded not guilty to two murder charges in the 1987 killings of Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook.
Talbott's arrest was the first case in which Parabon produced a match that led to an arrest. The company recently announced it has provided DNA identification in another 54 cases since then.
But this will be the first time genetic genealogy reaches a trial. There had been a possibility that Moore would have to testify about the company's work, but the prosecution and defense reached a stipulated agreement that ruled that out.
Instead, a cold case detective will summarize the DNA and genetic genealogy work that led investigators to focus on Talbott.
The result of the trial may end up being less about the future of genetic genealogy than on the circumstances of this specific case.
"The presence of DNA on the hem of the female victim's pants does not tell us who killed her and why, and it tells us nothing about the murder of the male victim," Forde, the defense attorney, said.


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сложени је вулкан на граници између префектура Јамагата и Мијаги у Јапану. Чини је група стратовулкана и најактивнији је вулкан на северном Хоншуу. Централни вулкан групе укључује неколико купола лаве и седрасту куполу , која садржи кратерско језеро по имену . Такође је познат као  зато што мења боје у зависности од времена; лежи у кратеру формираном вулканском ерупцијом из 1720-их. Језеро је пречника 360 m и дубине 60 m, и једно је од главних туристичких атракција на подручју.

Једна од упечатљивих одлика познатих ски центара Заоа су  која се јављају средином зиме. Јак ветар преко оближњег језера баца капљице кише које се залеђују на дрвећу и његовом грању, све док се не формирају готово хоризонталне леденице. Снег који пада се задржава на овим леденим формацијама, а крајњи резултат је гротескна фигура дрвета. Ефекат на целој шуми оваквих дрвећа даје посетиоцима сабластан утисак. Зао је једна од 100 знаменитих планина у Јапану.

Rotaria rotatoria и Pinnularia spp. живе у ацидичном језеру Окама.

Види још
 Списак вулкана у Јапану
 Снежна земља (Јапан)
 Зао (жичара)

Референце

Литература

Спољашње везе

 Заозан — Јапанска метеоролошка агенција
  — Јапанска метеоролошка агенција
 Зао — Геолошки завод у Јапану
 Заозан — Институција Смитсонијан: Глобални програм о вулканизму

Планине у Јапану
Вулкани
Кратерска језера

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HomeNewsGrant program furnishes Rescue Squad office
Grant program furnishes Rescue Squad office
By Tre Lopushinsky
Thursday, Sep. 6th, 2018
Deputy Chief Ryan Leblanc and Wayne Keber recieved money to furnish the Rescue Squad building through Husky's Community Grant Program. (Photo Courtesy of Lloydminster Rescue Squad's Facebook.)
Husky Energy's Community Grant program has helped furnish the new Lloydminster Rescue Squad building. The grant program is available for an employee who volunteers in their community.
Lloydminster Rescue Squad members and Husky employees, Deputy Chief Ryan Leblanc and Wayne Keber applied for the grant as soon as they found out it was available. Leblanc says he's grateful of what his employer does for the community and the support he receives.
"I work for Husky Energy and they have always been a community supporter. They have always supported the organizations I've been a part of. I can't thank them enough for the help, it makes someone feel appreciated."
An exact amount isn't known but Leblanc estimates about $5,000 was spent towards the new furniture. He says a few finishing touches are needed but the office building is almost 100 per cent finished.
"We still have some work to do on the exterior of the building. We're looking for some parts around the outside and then we have to do some landscaping around the building. Then we're officially all complete."


Michael Stearns, Stwo, Cashmere Cat, Pascal, S P A C E and more.
A summer mix for s p a c e d out lounging and late night star gazing. Embark on on journey into deep S P A C E with a soundtrack of downtempo, chillstep, and future bass. Featured on Bombus Radio http://www.bombusradio.com.


WMD bolt-and-carrier set is precisely machined from high-grade steel alloy to government M16 specs, then given WMD's proprietary NiB-X nickel boron coating that results in a super-smooth, harder-than-chrome surface. NiB-X reduces friction to the bare minimum and is impervious to corrosion and abrasion. Drop in for AR15 / M16 rifles. Quite possibly the finest BCG and finish you will find anywhere.
Firing Pin – Manufactured, heat treated, hardened, Chromed and certified per Government drawings.
Carrier – AR15 style carrier, 8620 material, heat treated and case hardened. Manufacturing tolerances on inside diameters tightly controlled. NiB-X coated for durability and ease of cleaning.
-Gas Key – Hardened to USGI Specifications and attached using grade 8 hardened fasteners. Permatex No. 3D Aviation Form a gasket Type III Sealing Compound per MIL-S-45180 used on assembly. NiB-X coated. Staked per military specifications.
A very impressive, flawless BCG. Will use it again in my next build.


No one is perfect when it comes to dental health, but raising your awareness of current dental concerns is one of the best ways to improve you and your family's dental health.
A study of nearly 500 parents with children under age 12 was recently performed by Mintel. The focus of the research was to uncover how much parents knew about dentistry and the dental health of their children – the results were a little less than pearly white.
Approximately 50 percent of parents take their children to the dentist on a regular basis.
Approximately 20 percent of parents incorrectly thought that they only needed to take their children to the dentist after their teeth appeared.
Approximately 50 percent of fathers and 63 percent of mothers made sure their children regularly brushed their teeth.
Approximately 30 percent of children suffer from tooth decay.
Remember, it is recommended that children see a dentist at least once every three months to a year. Equally important, toddlers should have their first dental exam prior to their second birthday.
Looking for family dentistry in Eugene Oregon? It's never too early to begin caring for your child's future teeth. Many parents are unaware that there are preventative tooth decay methods available for even young children. For example, a fluoride varnish can help to make enamel stronger. Don't wait – set a foundation for healthy teeth now by bringing your child into Feldmanis Family Dentistry.