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    hms albion visiting helsinki

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    Hms Albion is a British ship supporting groups to land
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    Equipment required to let the troops to land
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    Vessel is equipped with self defencing barrel gun
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    Please do not use Google translator. In stead of that, British Dictionary can help...
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    original people in helsinki

    Sometimes people say that we Finns are silent and somehow uneasy to get near. Of course we do have some, but most of us are very interesting persons...
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    During the negotiations in Säätytalo, Helsinki, regarding fossil fuel use, we met mr. Tulipää (Firehead) - an exentric artist fighting against coal usage.
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    In Helsinki Arja met another interesting artist, Mr Markku "the Pig" Puustinen, that has created voice-producing art in Helsinki. 
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    Waste water treatment in helsinki

    We had an opportunity to visit the waste water treatment facility in Viikki, Helsinki.
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    Waste water treatment process starts with sand and big particles removal 
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    Some examples of the stuff people have flushed down the sewers
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    Good example of the "not-belonging" stuff is butt-plugs...
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    Mechanical grids are picking up unwanted things from the waste water
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    Primary sedimentation and thickening
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    All of the process is done underground
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    Oxygen is added to the process so the bacteria can eat the waste
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    Final cleaning is done with bacteria before the cleaned water is pumped to sea