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By Sen   &nbspOctober 9, 2019 | 06:45 pm GMT+7 A Vietnamese search and rescue vessel. Photo by VnExpress. Vietnam Marine Department is eyeing the national budget or foreign aid to add five search and rescue vessels (SAR) to their insufficient number. A source from the department told the Ministry of Transport-run newspaper Giao Thong on Monday a new SAR which can withstand wind speed of 75-88 kph with a fuel tank capacity of 200-tons will soon be built. The new vessel can run a continuous operation for as long as 15 days. The Ministry of Transport has aprproved the proposal and is now reviewing the project design to assess its feasibility.  The department said it wants to build four more SARs by tapping into the Official Development Aid or seeking developed countries' help to use their used rescue vessels. Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center currently has only seven search and rescue specialized vessels. The country has over 125,000 commercial … [Read more...] about Vietnam plans to have more maritime rescue vessels

A live bat recently found in front of a Seal Beach department store has tested positive for rabies, making it the fifth rabid bat found in Orange County in the past month, health officials said Thursday. The bat was found about 8 p.m. Sunday in front of Kohl’s, at 12345 Seal Beach Blvd. Rabid bats were found in Anaheim on Sept. 18 and Sept. 21; at a bike rental shop at Irvine Regional Park on Sept. 18; and in front of a commercial building in Anaheim Sept. 13. Anyone who may have had physical contact with any of the bats or saw someone else having contact is asked to call the health agency’s Communicable Disease Control Division at (714) 834-8180, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., or (714) 834- 7792 after hours to determine the risk for rabies. Owners of pets who may have had contact with the bats should contact their veterinarian. The rabies virus is found in an animal’s saliva and is transmitted to people by a bite from a rabid animal. Although very rare, contamination of the … [Read more...] about Live rabid bat found in Seal Beach

The San Diego Animal Support Foundation is holding its annual Howl-O-Ween Hounds MEGA Adoption event this weekend.The foundation hosts seasonal themed animal adoption events during the year at Grossmont Center, teaming up with dozens of local rescue groups to bring together dogs, cats, rabbits, birds, turtles, tortoises and more.This year’s fall event runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at the La Mesa mall.More than 20 local nonprofit rescues and shelters will participate with more than 200 adoptable dogs and other animals available. All pets will be spayed or neutered, vaccinated and vet checked before adoption, according to San Diego Animal Support Foundation Executive Director Darlene White.White said her group has teamed up with Grossmont Center to host nearly three dozen MEGA adoption events over the years. She said the last one, during the summer, resulted in a record-breaking 131 adoptions of animals.“Our single intention is to bring as many adoptable … [Read more...] about Animal adoption event set for Grossmont Center this weekend

“You have to push past what you think you can’t do to get to what you ultimately can do!”Ever since I was a young boy spending time with my dad, Pete San Nicolas, Vietnam vet, Airborne Ranger, Long Range Recon Patrol (LRRP), I’ve loved watching action war movies.My dad, ever the patriot, on a recon mission stepped on a land mine and was blown to pieces. They pieced him back together without his legs, only one eye, and a mangled left arm with missing bones and a missing finger. Being awarded a Purple Heart, he persevered, recovered, and after three years in the hospital and rehab was able to bring his whole family from the small island of Guam to the mainland, where he met my mother, Valeri, and later had my sister, Nikki, and me, Peter.It’s amazing what the human body can do when the mind is strong. Yesterday I watched the film, “American Sniper,” which documents the life of one of the most effective Navy Seal snipers in the history of America, … [Read more...] about Ramona’s Trainer: The body-mind connection

PROVIDENCE — Nathan Carman thought his boat was in good working order when he left Point Judith, R.I., on a fishing trip three years ago, but something “fairly catastrophic” caused it to sink rapidly, causing his mother’s death, Carman’s lawyer said Wednesday. “Mr. Carman would never go out there with his mom in the middle of nowhere if he felt the boat was going to sink,” Carman’s lawyer, David F. Anderson, said during closing arguments Wednesday in a civil insurance trial over Carman’s efforts to collect $85,000 for the loss of the vessel. “Something let go in that boat.” In a 90-minute statement that capped the eight-day federal trial, Anderson argued that the 31-foot Chicken Pox was in poor condition when Carman bought it nine months before it sank, its problems masked by a good paint job and bonding. But a lawyer for two insurers countered that Carman, a Vermont man under investigation for the deaths of his … [Read more...] about Nathan Carman’s insurance trial comes to a close